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A sister and her brother were inside the new Walmart built in town. The sister at six years of age, the brother seventeen years of age. The brother was fixing to buy a present for his little sister on her birthday, but as soon as they were fixing to leave she had to go to the bathroom. Her brother showed her where it was, he started to look at some earrings she would probably like for her next birthday. As he started to buy them he saw people running from the end of the store screaming and yelling with fear. Before he new it he smelled smoke and saw fire, he ran to his little sister as fast as he could but when he got to the bathrooms they were already on fire. He new he had to get out as fast as he could to get help. But when the firetrucks arrived it was already to late. Two days later the family got a call from the hospital saying they have someone there by the name of sandy. They asked "How did you get this number"? The hospital said she was holding a purse in her hand with a card that said her name and number on it. The family drove to the hospital to see thier little angel. While they looked at her, they noticed her arm was almost all the way burnt off, and her face was so burned it needed surgery. But the family didnt have enough to cover the bill.
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A sister and her brother were inside a new Wal-Mart. The sister at eight years of age and the brother seventeen years of age. The brother was wanting to buy a present for his little sister beacuse her birthday was coming up. As they were about to leave, she had to go to the bathroom. Her brother showed her where the restrooms were and he began looking at earrings he thought she might like for her birthday.
As he started to buy the earrings, he saw people running from the end of the store screaming and yelling with fear. In the next moment he smelled smoke and saw flames. He ran to his little sister as fast as he could but when he got to the bathrooms the fire was already blazing. He knew he had to leave to make sure help was coming. When the firetrucks arrived it was already too late. They assured the family that there were no survivors.
Two days later the family got a call from the hospital. They told them that they had someone there by the name of Sandy. They asked, "How did you get this number?" The hospital replied that the little girl had a purse clutched in her little hand with a card that gave her name and number on it. The family drove to the hospital to see their little angel. While they thanked God for her survival, they noticed her arms were burnt so severely they were both amputated and her face was burned and she needed surgery. The family didn't have any health insurance and very little money to cover the bill. This family needs our HELP!
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This appeal on the behalf of an unnamed seven-year-old girl who was badly burned in a fire at a
first came to us in August 2003. Like the many other entreaties to pass along messages about ailing children as a way of helping to fund the medical requirements of those plight-stricken tots (e.g.,
Jessica Mydek
Rachel Arlington
Jermaine Beerman
), this one is also a hoax. There was no such fire, and no burned little girl who turned up in a hospital two days later clutching a purse whose contents helped link her to her family. The badly scorched 6-year-old who lost most of her arm to the conflagration and the costs of whose reconstructive surgery are being paid down by America Online, Inc. at the rate of $2 per
forward is fictional.
Sometimes these "forward an e-mail to help a sick kid" pleas have at least a faint aroma of plausibility to them, but this one shouldn't have fooled anyone. "Sandy" has no last name, which at least puts her ahead of her brother and parents, who lack given names as well. The city or general region — or indeed the country — where all this supposedly happened is not provided, nor is the date of the putative blaze. All we're told is it
happened at "the new Walmart built in town." The scope of all that was missing from this tale should have triggered the "Something's not quite right here" alarm.
As we always say about such come-ons on behalf of the afflicted, why would sponsors looking to generate favorable opinion among potential customers make their help contingent upon the right number of
forwards having been sent? In this case, would AOL want to be remembered as the horrible company that left the desperate family on the hook for a huge hospital bill it had no hope of settling, all because the Internet provider had pegged the forwards to a particular donation amount, and the number of forwards hadn't been enough to pay off the hospital? In other "sick or dying kid" hoaxes the illogic inherent to this point is even more obvious: Would the named corporate philanthropist(s) pull the plug on the financial assistance that was keeping the youngster alive, thereby sending the tot to the grave and getting itself forever branded in consumers' minds as the business entity that killed the child?
Although AOL is often named in these sorts of hoaxes as the benefactor standing by ready to ship cash to the desperate family on the basis of how many forwards are generated, it does not help ill children in this fashion. Indeed, according to its
section on its guidelines for applying for grants, it does not hand money to individuals. AOL does fund a number of charitable initiatives, but it channels its beneficence into programs that will assist communities rather than funneling it towards one or two needy few who are having a particularly bad time of it.
At least up until 2001, AOL did have a program wherein it recognized through its "
Child of Resolution
" Awards in the United Kingdom the achievements of children who had "demonstrated tremendous resolve in continuing their education, in spite of chronic or recurring illness, disability, or injury," but said award amounted to "an AOL Child of Resolution 2001 certificate, a £100 cheque, a year's sponsored membership of the AOL service in the UK, and an AOL rucksack containing a watch,
and stationery." Although these gifts would certainly delight and motivate a child, they hardly amount to underwriting medical bills that run into tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars for individual youngsters. AOL is invoked in these hoaxes simply because it's big and it's online.
A little more thought about this hoax should prompt the question of how AOL would know how many
had been forwarded and thus how much to write the check for. The note good-hearted folks are supposed to fling at one another contains no instructions about sending a copy to a central gathering point, so there's no one doing the counting. Though another widespread hoax involving Bill Gates has as its basis the notion that
tracking programs exist (visit our
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page for the 411 about that), in truth, they don't. At this time the technology doesn't exist to automatically trace an
through a cascade of forwards.
Everyone wants to help sick children get better, and the thought of a little girl having weathered such horror but by so doing sentencing her family to a burden of debt they haven't a hope of getting out from under tugs straight at the heartstrings. Problem is, hoaxsters know that, and for their personal amusement they play upon the very human drive to alleviate the suffering of others. Once again, this is the case — all that well-intentioned forwarding does nothing towards helping an injured child or her family. It does, however, make the day of some Internet prankster.
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If you've been studying for the old SAT, you only have a short amount of time left to take it. This standardized test is undergoing a redesigning process, a fact that leaves many high school students even more stressed about the test than before, especially juniors and seniors girding themselves for college applications. All the prep books from past years are obsolete! However, given what we [...]


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ABC vows to bring funny back
ABC made a solemn vow to bring back more hit, half-hour sitcoms to the airwaves starting with the new TV season, according to Variety.
The network's heads made their announcement at last week's Television Critics Association gathering.
The network's head of entertainment, Steve McPherson, said he wants the network to return to the days of Roseanne and Home Improvement because he knows tough times are ahead and people will need a lot of "comfort food" to help the pain go down. He also feels a "certain intimacy" is missing in the sitcom's absence, which is an astute and observant way to describe it. With the exception of How I Met Your Mother, there isn't a traditional, popular sitcom on the air right now.
So, how does the Alphabet network plan on bringing the funny back to television? Will they take new risks and give starving creative minds an outlet to create the next new cult comedy sensation or bring to life some poignant and touching new television comedy about the foibles of everyday life? Hell no. They are playing it safer than a kid who wears two cups to his first little league baseball game.
McPherson hinted at giving Desperate Housewives producer Marc Cherry some more airtime with a new show. He squashed the rumors that King of the Hill would find a new home on the network, but confirmed that Mike Judge's new show The Goode Family will air in May. And as for According to Jim, McPherson said it was probably done but added "never say never." Just say never already.


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Where in our government is the door open for such a measure to be levied against the American people…in the US Senate, the entity responsible for ratifying a potential treaty Obama may sign.
So this is why it is so important to repeal the 17th Amendment and return the states rightful place in the Federal Government and Congress. With the 100 we have today, only a handful would vote down global taxation, while the rest would eagerly lap it up.
The cancer in our government is the 17th Amendment. Repeal the 17th and checks and balances return, and so does the 9th and 10th Amendments.


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To help prepare NQTs for the world of teaching and achieve interview success, here are the most common questions asked at the Hays NQT mock assessment days, answered by an expert panel of headteachers from their partner schools.
The panel:
The expert panel is made up from a diverse range of experienced school leaders:
• Wendy Tomes, principal, Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry
• Peter Kent, headteacher, Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby
• Helen Morgan, head of school, Hipperholme & Lightcliffe High School, Halifax
• Steve Bowles, vice-principal, Grace Academy, Solihull
How do I know that I have selected the right school to apply for?
SB: I would always recommend you do as much research as possible, study the information in the initial advert, the person and job specifications, the school website and of course the Ofsted reports. A visit can be useful prior to an interview, but do not ask all your questions as you will need to save some for the interview. Ask questions that will make an impact with the school, to demonstrate that you are really switched on and understand the key strengths and issues around the school, the Ofsted report and school website will help you in gaining this understanding.
HM: There is nothing like walking through a school's gates to see if the ethos of the school is right for you. Does the ambience reflect the vision, values and attitudes you had hoped for? Take the opportunity to talk to students and staff (teaching and non-teaching) so that you get a clear feel for the school and what it is about. Make sure you get the opportunity to walk around the school, go into lessons, look at any displays and see the behaviour of pupils at break and lunchtime. You need to have a clear sense that students are happy and that you will be well supported in your first year as a teacher.
How many schools should I apply for?
WT: Apply for as many as you feel are genuinely of interest to you. Every headteacher will have a different idea of what makes a good application, so get your applications in to as many opportunities as you can.
PK: Don't just go for every school you see. Read the adverts carefully, look at the background information provided by Hays and the school. Ask around; ask if some of your peers know anything about the schools that you are looking at.
Can a maternity post lead to more, or should I ignore these when I am applying for NQT jobs?
HM: Not at all – maternity posts can open doors, however as schools' budgets are shrinking I can see these positions becoming less attractive. If you are not successful in securing a full-time permanent post, a maternity cover position does provide a good opportunity to 'get your foot in the door' and build your experience in readiness for further applications. It will also help you in terms of making sure you are the candidate with 'more experience' and dependent on context, this can you stand out as a more attractive prospect.
WT: A maternity vacancy can provide a good initial opportunity, however, I would suggest only applying if the maternity post is for a full academic year as it will allow you to complete your first NQT year in one school. If the position is less than the academic year, then I would recommend you only consider applying if you really cannot find a job elsewhere.
I am looking for part time work - do I have to wait until I see a part time advert, or should I apply to the school and make them aware I only want part time work?
PK: That is fine, but make it clear at the point of application. From experience, it can be very annoying if you are interviewing a potentially suitable candidate to be suddenly told something that was not mentioned in the original application.
HM: If you are up front in your application, the school is in a position to make a considered decision and may invite you for interview if they have some flexibility with the appointment. There is a stronger possibility of being more successful with this approach if there is a skills shortage in your specific subject.
Do schools shortlist all applications, or should I have confidence that I have done something right on my application form?
SB: No, shortlisting is based on the most suitable candidates. I would recommend that you tailor your application and include a punchy letter 'selling your skills and experience and personality' to the role.
HM: No – we always cut candidates, simple spelling or factual errors will result in not being shortlisted. Letters that are personalised to the school and give the school a flavour of who you are, why you want to teach and your experiences so far, will generally be more successful. Letters that look like they are standard or have been 'cut and pasted' are usually unsuccessful. Try to refer to things from the prospectus, school information or website that attracted you to that school in particular.
At what point does quoting the school ethos and vision statement become a turn off to a school?
WT: I am always pleased to see evidence when an application is personal to our school and that an applicant hasn't just submitted a generic application. I like it when a candidate can show they subscribe to this vision.
PK: I agree, it can be overdone, but in my experience it is more common for ethos and vision to be ignored by many candidates. Heads want to see that you have done some reading about their school and they will recognise the time you will have taken in putting the information together. However, one (maybe two) references would be enough.
How should I write my personal statement? What information should I include?
HM: I always stress that you should write your statement formally using standard English and make sure that it is fluent and accurate.
An obvious structure would be:
• The context for why you want to be a teacher and your passion for working with young people and your subject.
• Why you want to work at a particular school (refer to their prospectus and website).
• Your experience so far and reflections on it and different aspects of teaching – for example; assessment, differentiation, planning lessons – you could do this by placement or key stage. Demonstrate that you are able to reflect on what you have learned and use it to help improve and develop.
• Your pastoral experience and commitment to wider school life.
• Why you are a strong candidate for the post at that school.
PK: Focus upon the way in which your skills and talents will make a contribution to the school. Link in what you are saying about yourself, with what you perceive the school to be looking for. These statements should be different each time you make an application because they should refer to the information provided by the school.
How do I prepare for safeguarding questions if I haven't had to deal with any relevant situations?
WT: You don't have to have dealt with any specific safeguarding issues in the past, you just need to reassure the panel that you know how serious it is. You need to demonstrate that you would make sure you would be trained and understood the school's procedures. Ask who the named contact is in the school and what training is offered to staff.
SB: Advise them that you would check the policy of your current school. If not consult any union or DfE document. I would say that experience is not vital, knowing principles of what to do is more important to a school. Best to know these but actually they can be refined.
If I study two subjects, what is the best way to structure my answers for interviews?
PK: Often it will be clear which one the interviewer is focusing upon. However, it is fine to distinguish between the two ("in maths we take this approach, while in physics...")
HM: Focus on the subject you will be teaching, but don't be afraid to draw in your other subject, it demonstrates that you are versatile.
Is it better to prepare answers for competency based questions (for example, learn them off by heart) or not?
SB: Try not to learn everything by heart apart from the theoretical content and aspects of a topic. When answering any question "say it, explain it and give an example". So know the theory, use this to give your answer (yes/no). Explain it through an expansion of the theory and then give an example based on your experience. Interviewers will be interested in how you apply the theory to improving learning, so be careful you do not waffle unnecessarily.
PK: I would advise you not - it is likely to come over as a prepared answer. An honest attempt at responding directly to a question is normally the best approach.
What is an NQT mock assessment day?
At Hays we work in partnership with headteachers from around the UK to provide NQTs mock assessment days, where they are put through their paces on the types of questions they will be asked at their first interview. The NQT's are given expert advice from both the headteacher and a Hays recruiting expert on how to achieve interview success and secure their first teaching job.
To speak to a recruiting expert contact your local Hays office or request a call back from the Hays education team and we will call you.
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Tonight Alive are working on new music this winter, Sleeing With Sirens will premiere new video at midnight, The Ataris' Kris Roe has a "moment" and more.
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CALEDONIA, Mich. (WZZM)- Local auto dealerships are trying to figure out how they can protect themselves against thieves who are swiping expensive wheels and rims.
On Tuesday, wheels were stolen from the Ed Koehn dealership in Greenville. That same night, Betten-Baker Chevy Buick in Coopersville was hit.
"They're after these 19-20 inch chrome tires," says John Harkema, General Manager at Seif Chevrolet in Caledonia. His dealership was hit a year ago. Harkema came into work and found five vehicles on the ground.
"They jack em' up, throw some blocks underneath, go to next one, wrench the wheels off, then throw 'em on the trailer and away they go."
That's likely what happened earlier this week at two other West Michigan dealerships. Thieves targeted six vehicles at the Greenville dealership. Later that night, 14 vehicles were stripped of their wheels and rims in Coopersville. As news spread about what happened, other dealerships became concerned.
"Biggest thing that goes through your mind is, 'am I gonna be next?'"
The Seif dealership had security cameras in place before the first theft in 2011, but the images weren't great, so they upgraded the system. They tweaked it even more after the recent thefts at other dealerships.
"One thing we did to prevent that is we increased our security coverage with more cameras. Constant footage, to make sure we're keeping tabs on everything that's going on."
Harkema says even at night, the cameras picks up a good image. He would like to think that anyone driving by on M-37 would see unusual activity, but just because you're located on busy street doesn't mean you're safe from thieves.
The wheel-rim combinations are worth between $800 and $1,000 each.


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Beer Review: Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Happy Hour: Midas Touch
My latest fixation is Midas Touch, a year-round specialty from craft brewing pioneer Sam Calagione of Dogfish. I was drawn to its unique ingredients — barley, honey, white muscat grapes, and saffron — but also discovered its uniquely storied history.
Dogfish's Midas Touch recipe is based off of chemical analysis of residues found in clay vessels belonging to King Midas and dating back to the eighth century BC. At the time of its release, it was the oldest fermented beverage in the world. If what King Midas was drinking tasted anything like what I've been sipping, then he had it pretty good. The liquid is half aromatic wine, half beer, with a nice honey nose and a lingering finish, thanks to the addition of the floral and fruity muscat grapes. A glass makes me feel like ancient royalty, too. What's your craft beer of the moment?


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Jose Pimentel's Arrest a Timely Reminder That Terror Threat Is Still Very Real
by Judith Miller
Usama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but their message continues to inspire terror. The arrest of Jose Pimentel, a 27-year old Dominican-born American citizen charged with plotting to blow up police cars, post offices, and U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, highlights several trends that trouble and puzzle American law enforcement.
The first is the extent to which American citizens continue to be radicalized here in America without traveling abroad or any apparent direct contact with the Al Qaeda militants who Pimentel allegedly told friends had inspired him. According to a 2010 study by the New York Police Department, 30 of 33 terrorist plots studied by the NYPD involved a would-be terrorist who was radicalized at home – 90 percent of them in the West.
The NYPD has been focused on this group of "jihadi" wanna-bes ever since 2007, when a report co-authored by Mitchell Silber, who now oversees the NYPD's intelligence analysts, first identified "home-grown" terror as a leading trend in terrorism cases.
Silber and other terrorism analysts have repeatedly warned that there were likely to be more "homegrown" plots ahead in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Another trend of concern is the role of the Internet in their radicalization. At least three plots aimed at New York within the last three years were inspired by "Inspire," the glossy on-line magazine published in English that was targeted to the audience Islamist militants most desire, Americans and other English-speakers who can blend into Western culture.
Inspire featured interviews with jihadi heroes and militant "self-help" articles like "How to Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom." The police charge that Pimentel followed the recipe contained in that article in buying the ingredients for and assembling his own pipe-bomb. His effort was literally by the book.
There have been no more issues of Inspire since Samir Khan, another American citizen who edited and produced the magazine from his hide-out in Yemen, was killed in a drone attack last September along with his hero and "Inspirer," Anwar al-Awlaki. But his legacy, his on-line magazine, lives on. And if the allegations against Pimentel are true, the magazine continues not only to "Inspire," but to provide a deadly manual for those seeking to use terror to kill Americans at home and abroad.
A third trend of concern is the disproportionately large number of converts to Islam within the ranks of accused terrorists.
Is there something particularly insidious about the combination of the Hispanic "macho" culture among young males and conversion to Islam that drives such young men toward the most violent, extremist interpretations of the faith?
Could this group of American immigrants feel particularly marginalized and hence, be vulnerable to militant radicalization when they convert?
No one seems to know.
But Pimentel is hardly the first Hispanic convert to turn to terror. Among the first, and most notorious, was Jose Padilla, the Hispanic-American citizen radicalized in Chicago and arrested in 2002 for plotting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge.
Another was Carlos Eduardo Almonte, a naturalized American who came from the Dominican Republic and converted to Islam. Last June, he was arrested and accused with another conspirator of conspiring to commit murder, kidnapping, maiming and mayhem in the name of God. They were arrested while trying to go to Somalia, where they intended to join an the Al Qaeda-affiliated, Somalia-based terrorist group called Al Shabab, or "the guys" in Arabic.
And now there is Jose Pimentel.
Now that Usama bin Laden is dead and Al Qaeda is under enormous pressure, there is tendency to dismiss terrorism as yesterday's threat. Indeed, the NYPD's large, well-funded counter-terrorism program that surveilled Pimentel since 2009, long before his violent words turned into potentially even more violent deeds.
Last August, the Associated Press began publishing a series of articles about how the NYPD has been collecting information about Muslims for its program. The thrust of the articles is that the NYPD intelligence programs use monitoring techniques that violate the First Amendment. The police, they claim, have conducted surveillance of entire Muslim neighborhoods, chronicling people's daily activities, where they eat, socialize and pray. Police infiltrated dozens of mosques and Muslim student groups and investigated hundreds more, the reporters charge, based on NYPD documents and interviews.
The NYPD has denied violating New Yorkers' civil rights and has said that its legal surveillance is required to keep New Yorkers safe. Mayor Mike Bloomberg went out of his way on Sunday night to praise the NYPD's counter-terrorism program. Jose Pimentel is just the latest reminder of why.
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Peelander-Z is more than a band and more than a punk band. In light of its raucous, ridiculous greatest hits album, Super DX Hitz, the myth that the band hails from the Z-area of Planet Peelander and that its Lycra costumes are in fact the members' "skin" seems appropriate, if not plausible. For the "Japanese Action Comic Punk Band," the music is a soundtrack to the living, breathing, screaming enigma that is Peelander-Z, all bright costumes and color and karaoke and yelling and games of "human bowling." Similarly, Super DX Hitz is more than a collection of the band's most boisterous songs from throughout its 13-year history on planet Earth; it is a nonstop kamikaze mission into the happy-go-lucky punk world of Peelander-Z, complete with a karaoke DVD to scream along to.
While most punk music is associated with reckless, violent and hostile emotions, Peelander-Z approaches its noisy punk rock with glee. Scrawled across the bottom of the album's shiny gold cover is the legend "28 Happee Songs FUN FUN FUN," a reflection of the goofy, balls-out attitude behind Peelander-Z's baby-friendly hard rock. Grinding, noisy guitar chords, fast, pounding drums and hoarse shouting meet a chorus of high-pitched kiddie TV show voices, random silly input from randomly silly noisemakers and gleeful babbling in Peelander-Z's charming insanity. It is clear from the band's recorded work that Peelander-Z is an ecstatically childish celebration that incorporates the whole audience in sing-along segments and antics that involve diving headfirst past a man in a giant squid suit into a bunch of bowling pins.
With such a high level of energy and mayhem pumped into each song, it comes as no surprise that most tracks on Super DX Hitz are roughly two-minute bursts. The 28 tracks range from five seconds ("Champion") to over four minutes in duration ("Manga Man") and total just over an hour of zany comic book karaoke madness. Two tracks from the end, the energy dies down into uncharacteristically low-key and, in the case of "Pink Punk," acoustic numbers. Most of the time, lead screamer Peelander-Yellow directs sing-along segments and employs a Eugene Hütz-like husk in his voice, but the last two tracks feature fresh vocalists: a girl singing in "Pink Punk" (is there a Peelander-Pink?) and a dorky, nasal Peelander singing in Japanese on the closing track, "Happee Pee." The slow songs are about the extent of Peelander-Z's sonic diversity, which is not an integral part of the Peelander-Z experience; virtually every track is an explosion of punk sound and kooky pandemonium similar to the last.


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Purdue's forestry and natural resources farm has been renamed the Richard G. Lugar Forestry Farm. The 175-acre forestry farm promotes production of improved hardwoods to benefit Indiana's forest products industry. In addition, students use the farm's resources for their research, and the farm is the site of numerous Extension programs. It operates primarily under the auspices of Purdue Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, which Lugar helped to create. "Senator Lugar has a passion for trees, a passion for science and a passion for Purdue," said Forestry and Natural Resources head Rob Swihart. "It is an entirely fitting tribute to have the property that promotes forest science named in his honor." Senator Lugar visited the campus on November 11 for the dedication ceremony, and later gave a talk on global food security.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers from Purdue and Colorado State universities have discovered that the fungus responsible for thousand cankers disease, a lethal affliction of walnut trees and related species, has a rich genetic diversity that may make the disease more difficult to control.
Adjunct assistant professor of forestry Keith Woeste and fellow researchers analyzed the genes of 209 samples of Geosmithia morbida from 17 regions of the U.S. to determine the genetic diversity of the fungus, its possible origin and how it spread throughout the West and to parts of the East.
The researchers identified 57 distinct haplotypes, or genetic races, among the samples, a curious finding for an organism that reproduces by cloning itself. The high diversity of Geosmithia morbida likely indicates that the fungus mutates readily, said Woeste, who is also a hardwood specialist with the U.S. Forest Service.
"The high mutability of this fungus means we can expect the unexpected," he said. "We can't count on the fungus' genes to be the same year after year, which certainly makes it harder to control. It will also be harder to breed trees resistant to this disease."
First reported in the early 1990s, thousand cankers disease is deadly to black walnut trees and their relatives, such as butternut and wingnut trees. Black walnut trees are prized for their dark, high-quality wood and play a valuable role in the forest ecosystem as a food source for wildlife.
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A Georgia man who officials say faked his own death to avoid prosecution on sex charges in Florida, has pleaded no contest in the Florida case.
The News Herald of Panama City reports 19-year-old Nathan Wilkins pleaded no contest Thursday to charges that he traveled to Panama City with the intent of meeting an 11-year-old child for sex.
Wilkins was arrested in a sting operation by investigators who placed phony child sex advertisements on the Internet and arrested those who responded.
Wilkins was out on bond when a Georgia fisherman found a supposed suicide note and Wilkins' clothing on the banks of a river. He was found three days later in Colorado and authorities say he had attempted to fake his death to avoid prosecution.


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Video: Sochi Hotels Gear Up to Receive Olympic Guests
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(USA Today) -- The State Department issued a travelers' alert Friday for the Sochi Olympics, offering standard security tips while traveling and cautioning about medical facilities and Russia-related terrorism concerns in Georgia.
Americans attending the Games "should remain alert regarding their personal security at all times" and "remain vigilant and exercise good judgment and discretion when using any form of public transportation," theadvisory urged.
Noting that the Olympics are the "first large-scale event to be held in Sochi," the U.S. government said, "Medical capacity and infrastructure in the region are untested for handling the volume of visitors expected for the Olympics," and medical care in many Russian localities "differs substantially from Western standards due to differing practices and approaches to primary care."
SEE ALSO: Olympic response team: Security firm and ready in wings
Travelers were advised to consider "purchasing private medical evacuation and/or repatriation insurance."
Noting recent terror attacks in the Russian Federation, the advisory pointed out that the Games "present an attractive target for terrorists."
STORY: Second suicide blast in 2 days kills 14 in Volgograd
The Caucasus Emirate has indicated it may target the Olympics. The militant Sufi nationalist group, formed in 2007, has already attacked a ski resort, trains, an airport and a theater.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has said 100,000 security personnel would be on duty at the Games and around Sochi.
"Russian authorities have indicated that they are taking appropriate security measures in Sochi in light of this," the State Department said. "Acts of terrorism, including bombings and hostage takings, continue to occur in Russia, particularly in the North Caucasus region. There is no indication of a specific threat to U.S. institutions or citizens, but U.S. citizens should be aware of their personal surroundings and follow good security practices."
Friday's advisory also reminded lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers that Russia has banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors and that the law applies to foreigners, even though the authorities have not clearly defined what constitutes "propaganda."
But elsewhere the State Department writes that LGBT individuals "are protected by anti-discrimination laws in Georgia, and there are no legal impediments to the organization of LGBT events. However, traditional cultural attitudes result in LGBT individuals often facing de-facto discrimination and harassment by state and private actors."
More information is available on the State Department's LGBT Travel Information site.
Beyond Olympic- and Georgia-specific concerns, the State Department also reiterated basic tourist-awareness tips regarding theft, muggings, taxis, lodging, credit cards and documents. As is standard for much travel abroad, the State Department recommended signing up for its Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, in addition to sharing itineraries with family, friends and co-workers.
The State Department offers more detailed information and recommendations on its Georgia site.
All travelers to Georgia should "regularly monitor emergency messages on the U.S. Embassy's website for the latest information on the security situation throughout Georgia. In the case of a crisis and/or natural disaster, U.S. citizens in Tbilisi may tune in to FM radio stations for any updated U.S. Embassy emergency message for U.S. citizens."
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AUSTIN — Residents at the William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home in Temple are set to witness a precision, military drill usually performed only for soldiers returning from Iraq.
Fort Hood's First Cavalry Division's Horse Cavalry Detachment will perform at the Texas State Veterans Home at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 10.
"We're proud to welcome such an outstanding example of military tradition," said Jerry Patterson, Chairman of the Texas Veterans Land Board. "Our veterans appreciate this in a way that those who haven't served just can't understand."
At 10 a.m. the First Cavalry's Horse Cavalry Detachment will mount up and perform about 30 minutes of drill on horseback. A weapons demonstration - which consists of charging across the field on horseback and shooting pistols at targets, as well drawing sabers and attacking targets - will follow. The team consists of 11 riders and a wagon team. Following the demonstration, the soldiers will be treated to lunch at home with the residents.
For additional information on Texas State Veterans Homes and special home, land and home improvement loans for Texas veterans, call 1-800-252-VETS (1-800-252-8387), or visit the VLB Web site at www.texasveterans.com.
WHO: Fort Hood's First Cavalry Division's Horse Cavalry Detachment
WHAT: Precision, military drill
WHEN: 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 10
WHERE: William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home, 1424 Martin Luther King Jr. Lane, Temple (north end of VA campus)


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Iraq - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000
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|Central Statistical Organisation
|United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF -
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|Last modified
|Sep 26, 2013
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The data from this study are used in the following publications:
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1 Children out of school: measuring exclusion from primary education. : Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2005.
2 Proportion of births attended by a skilled attendant – 2007 updates. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research, 2007.
3 "Taking stock of maternal, newborn and child survival: 2000-2010 decade report country profiles." WHO Countdown to 2015.
4 Edirisinghe, Neville. "A study of the food grain market in Iraq." RECONSTRUCTING IRAQ WORKING PAPER NO. 3 (2004).
5 Garfield, Richard, and Ron Waldman. "Review of potential interventions to reduce child mortality in Iraq." (2003).
6 Ghai, Yash, Mark Lattimer, and Yahia Said. Building democracy in Iraq. : Minority Rights Group International, 2003.
7 Gordon, David, Michelle Irving, Shailen Nandy, and Peter Townsend. "Multidimensional measures of child poverty." Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research Draft Conference Paper (2005).
8 Gordon, David, Michelle K Irving, Shailen Nandy, and Peter Townsend. "The extent and nature of absolute poverty." (2007).
9 Guerrero Serdan, Gabriela. The effects of the war in Iraq on nutrition and health: an analysis using anthropometric outcomes of children. 2009.
10 Guha-Sapir, Debarati, and Olivier Degomme. "Estimating mortality in civil conflicts: lessons from Iraq." (2007).
11 Hou, Zhenchun. "Theoretical and empirical analysis of child labor: evidence from Kosovo and Iraq." McGill University, 2005.
12 Loaiza, Edilberto, and Claudia Cappa. "Measuring children's disability via household surveys: The MICS experience." 2005 Population Association of America (PAA) meeting. Philadelphia, PA, 2005.
13 Lopriore, C, M C Dop, A Solal-Celigny, and G Lagnado. "Excluding infants under 6 months of age from surveys: impact on prevalence of pre-school undernutrition." Public health nutrition 10, no. 01 (2007): 79-87.
14 Mason, John, Jonathan Rivers, and Carole Helwig. "Recent trends in malnutrition in developing regions: Vitamin A deficiency, anemia, iodine deficiency, and child underweight." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 26, no. 1 (2005): 57.
15 Nonoyama-Tarumi, Yuko, Edilberto Loaiza, and Patrice L Engle. "Late entry into primary school in developing societies: Findings from cross-national household surveys." International Review of Education 56, no. 1 (2010): 100-125.
16 Schnepf D, Randy. Iraq agriculture and food supply: background and issues. : CRS Report for Congress, 2004.
17 Siziya, Seter, Adamson Muula, and Emmanuel Rudatsikira. "Diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections prevalence and risk factors among under-five children in Iraq in 2000." Italian Journal of Pediatrics 35, no. 1 (2009): 8.
18 Siziya, Seter, Adamson Muula, and Emmanuel Rudatsikira. "Socio-economic factors associated with delivery assisted by traditional birth attendants in Iraq, 2000." BMC International Health and Human Rights 9, no. 1 (2009): 7.
19 Siziya, Seter, Adamson S Muula, and Emmanuel Rudatsikira. "HIV and AIDS-related knowledge among women in Iraq." (2008).
20 Wardlaw M, Tessa. Low birthweight: country, regional and global estimates. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2004.
21 Watts, Susan, Sameen Siddiqi, Ala Shukrullah, Kabir Karim, and Hani Serag. "Social determinants of health in countries in conflict and crises: the eastern Mediterranean perspective, draft 1." (2007).
22 Watts, Susan, Sameen Siddiqi, Alaa Shukrullah, Kabir Karim, and Hani Serag. Social determinants of health in countries in conflict: The eastern Mediterranean perspective, Draft 2.0. Cairo, Egypt: Health Policy and Planning Unit, Division of Health System, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, World Health Organization, 2007.


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Guilt is a Useless Emotion #2
|One of the reasons I don't blog much about the environment, is because I personally believe that guilt is capable of destroying the planet, or at least altering the surface of the planet beyond a point where it is hospitable for human life. Really. Guilt, as opposed to greed or laziness, is the cornerstone of public resistance to expert messages on climate change. And yet it is quite difficult to talk about this stuff without inspiring that dreaded emotion.
The most profound and easiest response to our guilt is denial. Denial can take many forms, sometimes the more absolute this is not happening as well as this change is not man-made through to this is someone else's problem and nothing I can do will make a difference. Most of the people I talk to about climate change come up with a variation on one of these. But it is a defensive move, what they are really saying is, "Don't talk to me about this. I don't want to feel bad about this. It is not my fault."
And truthfully, it isn't.
It is not your fault that climate change is happening! Were you present, powerful and in possession of all the facts, two hundred years ago when we started using fossil fuels in our technologies on a massive scale? I thought not. Therefore it is not your doing.
No living organism can exist without making some impact on the environment around it. Some things are pretty much condemned to causing harm to other things whenever their prosper; parasites as well as certain bacteria, viruses and fungi, for example. As someone born in the twentieth century, you were born into a world where we were already dependent on all sorts of unsustainable resources and practices. We were already using fossil fuels, which are by definition, a finite resource. Even if there is no climate change at all, this stuff will run out and before it does, there is likely to be a great deal more conflict and suffering over it.
Meanwhile, unless the vast majority of scientists, who we regard as intelligent, good and conscientious on most other matters, have either made a horrible mistake or are attempting to purposely mislead us over a sustained period of time (in which case, we might as well start entertaining Creationism and Flat Earth Theory), this is also bringing about a dramatic change in our weather systems, one which is likely to become extremely dangerous to human life at some point – when and in what way remaining areas of genuine controversy.
You and I were born into a crisis situation, a crisis which people didn't foresee and one that has only become glaringly obvious in the last few decades. It's okay. Your conscience is clear. And indeed, if it all goes to pot, if the human species is overwhelmed by floods, hurricanes, famine and disease within tens or a few hundreds of years, it shan't have been your fault either.
In fact, this isn't about you and your conscience at all. To chose to act on Climate Change is a positive choice to make a meaningful contribution to everyone else around the world for many generations to come. Many of us who are alive today are not going to see many of the negative effects of Climate Change, not the real horrorshow stuff. But I believe we can fix this. We must.
On which subject, please listen to this years Reith Lectures with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs; this guy rocks, is optimistic about our ability to sort this mess out and won't make you feel guilty, I promise.
Labels: Environment, General Nonsense, Guilt


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According to the Buffalo Museum of Science the first man in Genesee County arrived 11,000 years ago. Chipped-stone spear points have been unearthed at an archaeological excavation along with mastodon bones at a farm in Byron. The earliest man, Paleo-Indian, was nomadic and followed herds of animals through the ancient forest to the Ice-Age tundra on the edge of Lake Tonawanda. Prehistoric Earthworks discovered in Oakfield along with the Divers Lake flint quarry, just north of Indian Falls, have added to the evidence that Genesee County attracted very early inhabitants.
The Senecas, who were members of the Iroquois Confederacy, controlled Western New York until the close of the 18th Century. One of their meeting locations was at the bend in the Tonawanda Creek, near the heart of today's Batavia. Before this vast territory could be opened for pioneer settlement, it was necessary to obtain the land from the Native Americans. The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, followed by the Big Tree Treaty of 1797 forced the Senecas to live on reservations. Today the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, located within a section of the township of Alabama, is home for many area Senecas.
Western New York was divided into several land tracts by investors eager to sell property to the pioneers. The Holland Land Company, composed of bankers from Amsterdam Holland, was the largest investor. The name Batavia was chosen to honor these Dutch land owners and was taken from the Republic of Batavia which was an area of the Netherlands before 1806. From 1798 until 1800 a survey of their 3.5 million acres was conducted and the first sale of land was in 1801. With growing population and governmental needs Genesee County was created in 1802 and was named from the Seneca word meaning "Beautiful Valley."
The original Genesee County included all of Western New York and as populations grew within this region the neighboring counties were established. (Allegany in 1806; Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara in 1808; the western portions of Livingston and Monroe in 1821; Orleans in 1824 and Wyoming in 1841). County government began in 1803 with the completion of the first courthouse west of the Genesee River and the election of county officers. The present day Genesee County encompasses 501 square miles and has a population of 60,060 (according to the 1990 Federal Census). The County is divided into thirteen towns, beginning with Batavia, the County seat which was organized in 1802, Alexander, LeRoy and Pembroke in 1812, Bethany and Bergen in 1813; Byron, Elba and Stafford in 1820; Alabama in 1826; Darien in 1832; Oakfield and Pavilion in 1842.
Land has always been the county's greatest asset. The diversity of soils and climate conditions attracted the early settlers who carved out homes and farms, developing Genesee into one of the richest agricultural regions within New York State. Genesee County has the highest percentage of classified farmland in the state and three of the top 100 vegetable farms in the country. The fertile muck soil in Elba has made Genesee one of the principal counties in the nation for growing beets and onions. Dairy farming is still the leading commodity in the county and over all Genesee is fourth in agriculture sales within New York State. The country side is dotted with farm stands and annually the Farmer's Market provides a cornucopia of fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers.
Genesee County has a variety of recreational opportunities for every age and interest. Darien Lake Fun Country, started in 1976 as a camping facility, has grown into New York's largest combination theme park and entertainment resort. Darien Lake Theme Park now features more than 100 rides, including one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters in North America. Genesee County Park and Forest is the oldest county facility in the state. Situated in the town of Bethany the park comprises more than 400 acres and offers year round enjoyment. The 2,000 acres of the Bergen - Byron Swamp was dedicated in 1964 as a National Natural History Landmark by the United State's Department of the Interior. This swamp possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the Nation's Natural Heritage and contributes to a better understanding of our environment. It is of special interest to students of zoology and botany and is a haven for bird watchers. The rich historical significance of the county may be experienced in the variety of local museums. The two largest, the Holland Land Office and the LeRoy House are both treasure troves of artifacts from the past. Each of the museums offers unique displays that illustrate the daily lives from the inhabitants who contributed to the development of our communities.
Contact the County Historian: at (585) 344-2550 ext. 2613 to find out more.


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Is there anything Shaq doesn't do? I feel like everytime I look he is on TV or doing something crazy… gotta love it.
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Shaquille O'Neal has climbed some tough hills in his career, winning title is never an easy road no matter how good your team, but none more challenging than his recent team victory.
Weighing in at around 1000 pounds Team Shaq and a handful of folks that just happened to be lucky or unlucky enough to walk by Shaq in Vegas took on 4-Time Reigning Hotdog Champion Joey Chestnut in a handicap eat-off. The odds were highly stacked against Chestnut taking on Shaq plus 5 others while he stood alone in front of a plate of hotdogs. The competition was surprisingly tight, but for Team Shaq to edge out sole Joey in the final seconds by one hotdog is still quite astonishing in my mind. How does a 200 pound guy take on 6 big eaters and lose by one.
The good omen of the contest? Shaq edged out Joey 36-35, and he said he chose his 36 because he has always been in the 30's and 6 was the number of teams he has played for, I think this was his hardest victory and he subconsciously knew it would inspire greatness this season and next.


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September 29, 2004 - Volume 1, Number 1
The Institute's new full-scale testing facility
The National Institute for Aviation Research is greatly expanding the reach of its global aerospace R&D laboratory with the addition of substantial full-scale aircraft structural fatigue testing facilities from a major aviation manufacturer.
The National Institute for Aviation Research will provide proprietary full-scale aircraft fatigue testing services for the entire aviation industry from facilities
obtained from Raytheon Aircraft Company and located at its manufacturing campus in Wichita, Kan. The new operation will be called the Aircraft Structural Testing and Evaluation Center.
Raytheon Aircraft is the Institute's launch customer for the additional facility.
"With these additional substantial testing facilities, the National Institute for Aviation Research strengthens its structural testing lab capabilities so we can now offer expanded services to the leading aviation manufacturers and designers from around the world who utilize our qualified research team," said John Tomblin, executive director of the National Institute for Aviation Research.
"I appreciate Raytheon Aircraft's enterprising approach to achieving full utilization of these aerospace testing facilities while fortifying the R&D capabilities of the institute," he added.
The innovative arrangement will permit the Institute to utilize the former Raytheon structural fatigue testing facilities to accomplish proprietary work for any aircraft manufacturer or designer, including Raytheon competitors. The Institute will continue to offer services to the aerospace industry while providing individual companies with competitive security.
"The National Institute for Aviation Research has performed laboratory research for many distinguished aerospace manufacturers, aircraft designers and government agencies, and these added facilities and equipment will permit our business to grow even further," Dr. Tomblin said.
Included in the structural fatigue testing lab facilities are 46,000 square feet of hangar space, access to an 8,000-foot runway, approximately $10 million in reliable test facilities and numerous skilled technicians to operate the equipment. The Institute will relocate its Aging Aircraft Research Laboratory to the new fatigue test facility.
This adds substantial capacity to existing National Institute for Aviation Research facilities, which already encompass a 74,000 square foot laboratory complex and a talented workforce of more than 200, including 130 qualified staff members and associates who have undergraduate and post graduate degrees in aerospace and engineering related disciplines.


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by Jeffrey Herf
I agree with David Bell's observations about the conceptual grounds in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century social theory for the lack of interest in and knowledge of international relations among many historians. Yet on the margins of the domestic, internal mainstream neglecting international politics, there was a minority current in social theory that sought to integrate the study of society with that of war between states. Clausewitz's On War, and Raymond Aron's Peace and War are two key classics of this tradition. In Britain, James Joll's works integrated intellectual history with that of relations between states. The British historian Michael Howard's essay collection, The Causes of War presents a number of trenchant essays about "the forgotten dimensions of strategy" that applied this tradition to the cold war in Europe. In 1991 I published, War by Other Means: Soviet Power, West German Resistance and the Battle of the Euromissiles. It brought together the study of the political culture of West Germany with an examination of the balance of power between the Soviet Union and the Western alliance. Oddly, it remains one of the few, perhaps the only work that gives the battle of the euromissiles the historical significance it deserves as one precondition for Western victory in the cold war. One can still read recently published accounts of the cold war that barely mention it or even assume that it had nothing to do with the
subsequent implosion of the Soviet Union and its empire and that the events of 1989 were overwhelmingly, and again, the result of events and trends internal to the Soviet Union. In writing and researching that book, it became clear to me that policy makers in West Germany and in Washington paid a far more attention to the impact of events within societies on the capacity of states to sustain "will" and generate power than historians focused on internal histories of societies assumed would be the case. Many of them also believed that the battle of the euromissiles, far more than a "star wars" system
that was never built, was one of the turning points of the cold war. Historians of the cold war have yet to give those events the significance they deserve.
A more promising development has occurred in the integration of the history of the Holocaust with the events of World War II. Once discussed separately from one another they now are integrated in work by Gerhard Weinberg, Richard Breitman, Omer Bartov, Christopher Browning, Ian Kershaw, Saul Friedlander, Leni Yahil. Shlomo Aronson's Hitler, the Allies and the Jews and my own recent work on anti-Semitism and Nazi propaganda continue this trend. A recently published volume in the important series, Germany and the Second World War that will be published in English in the next year or two by Oxford University Press examines German society during World War II.
Weinberg's splendid collection of essays, Hitler, Germany and World War II draws out the impact of ideologies and world views in Moscow, Berlin, London, and Washington on the war. Williamson Murray and Richard Overy in different ways have examined the intersection of war, economics and ideology before and during World War II. Readers who think historians of war and diplomacy have been intellectually asleep while the real action has been taking place elsewhere have many pleasant surprises to discover in the ferment that has been going on in this part of the historical discipline.


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Posted by Tom Fornelli
Can you believe we had three posts in a row here that made no mention of Ohio State, Jim Tressel or Terrelle Pryor? Those were some scary times, but don't worry, I'm here to put the world back on its axis.
When we last checked in on the college football world's latest whipping boy, it was to hear allegations that Pryor had received up to $40,000 in compensation for autographs he signed while with the Buckeyes. We also found out that Pryor would not be returning to Ohio State next season. So Terrelle had a pretty busy day, but while I don't have access to his daily planner, there are plenty of people wondering what Pryor's next step will be. A lot of people think that Pryor will apply for the NFL's supplemental draft, but just as many people think that he isn't quite ready for the NFL yet. At least, not as a quarterback.
So, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter, the UFL may be the best bet for the next place we see Pryor don the pads before trading them in for tattoos.
A well-placed UFL source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday that Pryor would benefit from the coaching in the league, which includes high-profile former NFL coaches such as Marty Schottenheimer, Dennis Green, Jim Fassel and Jerry Glanville. The source said he believes there's "a decent shot" Pryor could wind up playing this year in the UFL.
Sportsbooks don't seem to feel the same, as Bodog has released odds on where Pryor will end up, and the UFL is listed at 3/1. The CFL comes in at 5/4 and the NFL is at 10/11.
If you forced me to guess -- actually, you don't have to force me because I'm about to do it anyway -- I'd say Pryor will wind up in the NFL. Some team will probably take a chance on him if he enters the supplemental draft, though I don't know that he'll end up playing quarterback. Now, if he has his heart set on playing quarterback, while Pryor may want to go to the NFL, he'd probably be better off in the UFL or CFL. It would give Pryor a lot better shot of playing time and proving to NFL scouts that he can play quarterback.


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- Thursday, November 01, 2012
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Seth Horvitz
Date + TimeThursday, November 01, 2012
7:00 p.m.
LocationPhyllis Wattis Theater
Lozano-Hemmer is internationally recognized for his kinetic sculptures, responsive environments, and photography and video installations. His work is featured at SFMOMA this fall both with his installation Frequency and Volume and in the group exhibition Field Conditions. Join us for a special conversation with Lozano-Hemmer on radio technology and other subjects.
Following his talk Seth Horvitz, an experimental composer, will present his Eight Studies for Automatic Piano a work inspired by simple iterative processes, elegant geometry, the idiosyncratic behaviour of machines, and the works of James Tenney, György Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, and Charlemagne Palestine. The pieces will be performed by the Yamaha DC7 Mark III Disklavier, a modern-day player piano.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, artist
Seth Horvitz, musician
Admission + Ticketing
$10 general; $7 SFMOMA members, students, and seniors.Buy tickets
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Frequency and Volume, Relational Architecture 9 (2003); installation view of Trackers exhibition at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France, 2011; photo: Antimodular Research, courtesy Galería OMR and bitforms gallery