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What you see above? That's not part of my diet and weight loss plan (I'm down to 263 as of this morning, by the way -- as Olivia says, yay #TeamCarrots!). That image above is pure deliciousness. My other gig had a crazy little potluck yesterday, which I can't go into detail about because it was so crazy, and we all had to bring something insane yet edible. So I brought pigs in a blanket (hot dogs wrapped in dough, baked), stuffed with cheese, with more cheese melted between the blanket and the olive. All held together with a toothpick. What do I call this amazing dish?
Stephen Colbert's American Cheese Hotdog Dream Wrapped in Love.
Adam asked on Twitter last night:
What's your /played?
I wanted to know this because of my recent switch from my warlock to my warrior as my main. Over the next week or two I'll be going through some serious gearing in order to get up to speed and start contributing to the guild; it shouldn't be too hard given the kind of effort I'm able to put into it right now, but it's still going to be a challenge.
Anyways, I typed in my /played and found just over 150 days on him. Now my warrior was my main from classic through Wrath, so that kind of number shouldn't come as any surprise. Across all the toons though? I don't know... and I don't want to know. I'm already a little bit shell shocked by spending 150 actual full days in-game. I could have written an opus in those 150 days, could have written a novel, could have blogged more, could have networked more...
But you know what? I'm not upset that over the past seven/eight years I've done that. I'm very lucky that I've been able to adequately space out my family life, my work, and my personal time. It's all about perspective with figures like this. After all I need a break so my mind can rest after a long day's work (you'd be surprised how stressful blogging and online content can be). Without that rest I'd not be in the place I am now.
There is another aspect to that 150 hours though... there is. Maybe in another article I'll get into it someday. Not today though. Let's move on.
Shao asked:
What sort of world ending event will Blizz come up with the day WOW comes to a screeching halt expansion wise? Take a wild guess.
Ideally they won't. When WoW does shut down I want it to go out as it is, no fanfare, no big bangs, just Azeroth existing. The pets running around Stormwind, the lambs and cows grazing in Elwynn, the shop keepers selling their wares in Orgrimmar. At the end of it's life WoW needs to leave just as it came in, a humbled tribute to a great world that we all play in.
I don't expect WoW to ever be shut off at this point. I've mentioned this on the site before, but I think there's one gigantic reason why: the game itself has taken on a major cultural role. That means that it's going to be a unique piece of study for future scientists, and they are going to want to get their hands on it. Computers are still basically following exponential growth, and one day WoW's servers and clients will be easily run on an emulator or two. I have very little doubt that the Smithsonian would pick up WoW and run it as a self contained exhibit 100 years from now. Because it is truly the world's first exceptionally popular and massive virtual reality, it holds a unique scientific position, and that basically ensures it's never going to go truly offline.
Paul asked:
What if the sc2 trilogy is setting us up for a starcraft mmo and what if titan is secretly that mmo and blizzard is trying to distract us... dun dun dun!
It's not, Titan is all about [FIVE PAGE EXPLANATION REDACTED].
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My long time guild (Affinity on Suramar) has been trying to recruit to fill up our 10man group to try and revive the guild from post xpac burnout (cata) but have had zero apps or any luck what so ever with recruiting. It seems our server is not as populated as it once was. Now the officers (me and a few others) and the GM have been talking about a possible server transfer to a higher pop server (PvE Alliance heavy) to try and breath some new life into our guild that has been around for about 7 years with veteran raiders and a great group of people.
Now we haven't talked with the guild about this as of yet but plan to put the word out to see what people think. My question is do you or anyone else have any recommendations for a high pop PvE Alliance heavy server preferably a west coast server?
My guild went through the same thing, and we landed on Lightbringer-US. It's a good realm with a healthy market, and people no longer complain about the sever when we're doing recruitment. We've had some success with pugging people as well. And hey, if your guild falls due to recruitment issues, my group is looking for some fine folks. In fact, anyone is welcome to apply.
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Kids' Church for Primary Kids...
Sunday mornings, during school term
For the first ten minutes of our 10am Sunday gathering, people of all ages are in church together for contemporary style worship.
Then join us for music, drama, games, activities and all manner of fun as we get to know an
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i everyone! It's been a while since I've written any kind of major update regarding MTGO, and I wanted to let you all know that there are some pretty exciting features returning to MTGO in the very near future.
We are about to deploy redemption, recently added the ability to replay tournament games back to the system, and the free trial server is currently slated for a return early in 2009. We know these features are high at the top of everyone's list of desired functionality, and we've worked hard over the past few months to bring these back.
There are several things I'd like to mention. You'll note the changes specifically regarding the way multiple sets are handled. We hope these changes will help all players, but especially our international players. When we took a deep dive into the specifics of our shipping policies, it was truly shocking (to me) to see how much increased fuel prices had affected shipping costs.
Redemption details are listed below. As the process is slightly different, please read them carefully. In addition, after analyzing the traditional flow of redemption orders for "backlist" sets that would come in for the two years where product was out of Standard but still redeemable, it became clear that offering redemption according to our time tables was simply not providing enough of a benefit for the (very) few folks using the service. Well over 90% of redemption requests occurred just after the product's 2 year anniversary in Standard (including a few months after the rotation).
With that, we've created a new timetable for sets and their redemption eligibility. We devised a fair way to take care of those customers who wanted to redeem Fifth Dawn and Champions of Kamigawa block products in the past 7 months or so that redemption has been offline. To address that, we moved Fifth Dawn and ALL Champions block sets final redemption dates to June 27th of 2009 (the original Saviors of Kamigawa date). Originally, Champions was scheduled for last call a month ago in October and Betrayers was scheduled for February 2009. Hopefully this lets everyone complete redemptions with plenty of time to spare. There are other changes as well. As mentioned before, with the vast majority of redemptions coming in the first 26 months of a product's life cycle, we have expanded the product redemption life cycle. In general, large standalone sets will be available for redemption for ~38 months, and final sets in a block (like Eventide or Alara Reborn) will be available for redemption between roughly 28 and 31 months from their original on-sale dates.
You will also notice that entire blocks now rotate "off redemption" together, instead of one at a time. The new redemption cycle timetable is below:
With the build on December 3rd we reinstated tournament match functionality and we are striving for expanded functionality in the future. For now we felt it was important to revive this feature. Stay tuned for more news in the coming months.
We know that learning the MTGO interface (and Magic itself!) can be an imposing process, and new players should have a place to do that without having to pay us or feel any pressure. In early 2009 we'll bring back the free trial server that all of you know and love, in the same form it left. Once you've downloaded the client, at the login screen there will be a link to click to open the free trial server. All are welcome to play as often as they'd like. Accounts are numbered anonymously, and you will have your choice of any of the current base set theme decks. (Cards are non-transferable, of course.)
There are other major features in the works, such as a redesigned UI that was user/focus tested a couple of weeks back in a VERY preliminary wire-frame form by both active and lapsed MTGO players. We will have more info on this in early 2009. Initial reactions were quite positive in focus groups. We're also planning the best way to get leagues back to you all, as we know these serve a very important group within our player community. We have got some great events planned for the upcoming holiday season, which I'm sure Mike Gills will be on the forums telling you about shortly, and other grand plans for 2009.
We hope the re-introduction of these much-anticipated features further enhances your MTGO experience, and given our long-term commitment to MTGO we are confident that we will continue to provide an ever-improving place to play the world's premier TCG in an online format. We are streamlining our processes every day, and I see improvements at every turn. Progress is slower than I'd like at times, but we're definitely moving in the right direction. Thanks to all of you for sticking around to see it.
I mean it when I say that our community is one of the biggest reasons Magic Online has so much potential.
Happy Holidays,
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Nearly five years ago, Dr. Walter Atkinson was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Here he shares his journey that led him to the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center for treatment and describes his life after cancer.
By Dr. Walter Atkinson, Proton Therapy Center alumni
When my urologist told me that I had prostate cancer he insisted that I had to have surgery immediately. I astounded him by telling him that I did not have to have anything done. It was my cancer and I was going to be the one to decide what to do about it -- whether that included surgery or doing nothing. He didn't like that. He offered no other treatment options.
I began to read everything I could on the subject. I quickly found out about radiation seeds, IMRT radiation, and cryotherapy as options. As I read further, the choices looked grim since all carried side effect profiles that were less than enticing to consider. Impotence was one thing, but bowel or urinary incontinence issues alter your life in serious ways.
I continued to practice dentistry and enjoy life, knowing that it was not likely I would make it to 103 like Jiminy Cricket, but I was not going to wear a diaper. I was 57 years old and I was going out on my terms.
After a few months, I heard about proton therapy and its supposed low side effects. Why had none of the doctors I had consulted ever mentioned this before? It was certainly too good to be true.
I made an appointment for the following week and Dr. Lee informed me that I was, indeed, a candidate and fit the protocol for proton therapy. I was a Gleason 7, six of 12 biopsies positive with a PSA of about 5.7 and rising. I started hormone therapy since the center would not open for another six weeks.
I was in the earliest of groups of patients as soon as the center opened. Only one of the four gantries was operational and only one shift of treatment was ongoing. I and my buddies all learned together.
I was practicing dentistry in Baton Rouge, La., and flying my own airplane back and forth to Houston on a daily basis. Each day, I was seeing my own patients in Baton Rouge and having cancer treatment in Houston. It was a whirlwind. I never missed a treatment and I never missed a day of work. The proton therapy presented no ill effects that kept me from working. I joked with the proton therapy team that they should turn the machine on, since I wasn't feeling anything!
Time flew by in its own way. We each took our turn hitting the gong as we finished treatment.
Once my treatment was complete, life continued as it always had, except that I no longer had cancer and my family was no longer planning a funeral. I continued to partake in all of the activities I had always enjoyed. I had no side effects to report. I was not impotent, nor was I suffering any bowel or urinary side effects. Nothing.
I am now four years out of treatment and retired from dentistry. Jiminy Cricket never had it so good. I live in Colorado where I am a ski instructor in Vail and enjoy all of the physical activities anyone could ask for. I sailed an oceanic sailboat race this summer and hiked to the top of Mt. Elbert at 14,333 feet, the second highest mountain in North America. I have been building furniture, am restoring an old Jeep and ride my bike regularly. It's a good day to be alive.
Thank you, Dr. Lee, and all of the fine people at MD Anderson who made this possible. Now, if you guys will just do the workout I need to do each day to get ready for another ski season ...


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My daughter all but yawned at the first few alphabet videos I found on YouTube. I'd just about given up—at least for the morning—when we came across a Martian-like creature with a grin as wide as a football field.
I pressed play. Within seconds my toddler was grooving. She was as excited about her ABCs as an episode of Dora the Explorer.
Still, I had questions about this Martian man. I headed to the Have Fun Teaching website to investigate.
Mark Luchauer is not from another planet, but his website is out of this world. As an elementary school teacher, Mark saw the need for high quality teaching resources. His fellow teachers, like many of us parents, had little time to create the kind of teaching tools that put the joy in learning.
With a little seed money, and a passion for education, Mark launched Have Fun Teaching. The website is loaded with free stuff including worksheets, coloring pages, flash cards, activities, songs, and lesson plan ideas.
Have Fun Teaching also offers a buffet of educational videos that teach numbers and shapes, as well as how to be responsible and caring. Here's the video my daughter fell in love with:
Let's get to the giveaway.
Thanks to Have Fun Teaching, one lucky reader will win their choice of video download.
There is one (1) mandatory entry of commenting on the blog post. You may fill out as many entries as you wish on the Rafflecopter form and you can visit daily to earn more entries and increase your chance to win! Giveaway ends midnight EST on March 14. Winner announced March 15.
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Sellout or Savior?
He's been accused of betraying the open-source dream, but Ximian cofounder Miguel de Icaza believes corporate partnerships are the best way to realize it.
There's a sense of dissonance in the office of Miguel de Icaza. On one hand, here is the celebrated hacker – as in programming whiz, not virtual trespasser – wearing a T-shirt, looking boyish and rail-thin, and resembling an impoverished graduate student who has been living on coffee. But here also is the vice president of product technology for staid software giant Novell, entirely at ease as he takes command of a plush corporate conference room in Cambridge, MA, with a view of the Charles River and the Boston skyline. It's a dissonance, however, that de Icaza is quick to wave away. "There are a lot of motivations in the open-source community, like the freedom to choose software platforms and the chance to innovate," he says, referring to the global community of programmers who write software that others are free to download and modify. "Now one of my motivations is that I'm being paid to do this, and I have to deliver products."
Both determinedly idealistic and stubbornly pragmatic, de Icaza is in many ways the new face of the open-source software movement. A programming firebrand, de Icaza has rocketed in stature in just a few years from an unknown student at a Mexico City university to one of the leaders of the increasingly successful challenge to Microsoft's hegemonic grip on computing. And though he remains deeply connected with the community of idealistic programmers who make open source possible, his meteoric rise is fueled in large part by a keen marketing sense. De Icaza recognized early on that to be truly popular with everyday users, the Linux operating system – the freely available operating system that serves as open source's alternative to Windows – needed the same icon-based bells and whistles familiar from the Windows desktop and access to applications of the same variety and quality as those that run on Windows machines. Open source might offer cheaper and better software, but de Icaza instinctively recognized that it would only change the world if people actually used it.
Indeed, nothing better illustrates the surprising evolution of open source than de Icaza's trajectory over the last eight years. Starting as an unpaid programmer who contributed minor software programs that supplemented Linux, de Icaza cofounded a startup company called Ximian in 1999 to bring Linux-based desktop tools to market. The company quickly became a major player in the open-source movement, and last year Novell, a financially troubled software vendor best known for its corporate networking products, bought the startup.
Novell hopes to use open source to stop the hemorrhaging of its customer base. Novell's once vaunted Windows-oriented corporate networking software had been waging an increasingly vain battle against Microsoft's own products. "We were losing 10 to 12 percent of our base every year," says Hal Bennett, Novell vice president for business development. "We needed a bright new place to go." Novell hitched itself to the one approach making headway against Microsoft: open-source software. "Open source is starting to look like the future to a lot of people, and Novell desperately needed a future," says Rob Enderle of the market research firm Enderle Group in San Jose, CA. "Open source and Linux gives Novell a road map that appears credible."
What's most significant about de Icaza's move to the corporate world is that it's not unique. "In some ways Miguel has been a totem for those of us in the open-source community," says Michael Shaver, an open-source project leader who recently joined Oracle Software. "He's gone from bits of hacking to dealing at a high level with both corporate and community interests. And that's similar to the direction the entire open-source movement has followed."


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Obviously, I"ve had a lot of luck finding obituaries about the Wulff family. This time, I came across my great-great grandmother's, Carolina Sophia Wulff, from the Freeport Journal-Standard, Sept 30, 1949, page 16. The portrait of Lena is a scan of a copy. I do not have the original, have never seen the original, and do not remember how I received this image. Probably through an ancestry.com contact. I'm not sure what's going on with the photo. It sort of looks like the paper is curling. Transcription of obituary: Mrs. Lena Bohnsack Elizabeth, Ill., … [Read more...]
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For all its good times and flying fruit, Punkin Chunkin also has a long history of supporting important nonprofits throughout the state of Delaware.
The event had a previous relationship with the Lower Delaware Autism Foundation before it merged with Autism Delaware in 2010, and has continued to support the new statewide program that operates as Autism Delaware.
"The Punkin Chunkin event has generated significant funds that go to support individuals and families affected by autism in Delaware," said Associate Director Teresa Avery. "Autism Delaware has grown rapidly over the years, as ...


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Sony Introduces a New Entry-Level Voice Recorder, the ICD-B61
Category: Audio Systems - Tags: Icd-b61, Sony, Voice Recorder
Sony announced the September 10th release of a new entry-level voice recorder, the ICD-B61. It's equipped with the minimum features, namely 512MB of internal memory, a built-in 28mm mono speaker, and provides a maximum output power of 250mW. It provides a recording time of around 301 hours.
Expect a price of 40€.
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The office will be responsible for strategic growth in the Chinese HVAC/R market, including OEMs and distribution.
"Moving full force into the Chinese market will heighten our ability to be the most innovative provider of electronic control and silicon design solutions dedicated to solving some of the world's most challenging energy consumption problems," said Sandeep Kumar, CEO of Microstaq. "The Chinese market is ripe for this technology and the growth potential is amazing."
Microstaq's Chinese business license was granted on March 30th and the office is now located in room 903, Tower B2 of the Creativity Building Complex, Science City, Guangzhou. Gene Yao, an industry veteran with 35 years in high tech and Tsinghua alumni, will lead Microstaq China as its Chairman. Mr Yu Li, who has a long history in building successful HVAC component businesses in China, is President of Sales for Microstaq China. The expansion into China is anticipated to add significant sales growth over the next three years.
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Minnesota Duluth is our second non-Division I-A poster. The Bulldogs have been a forced in Division II. The team won national titles in 2010 and 2008.
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I'm a sucker for doing things differently, and this week's Reader UI is no exception. Emails usually inspire me with topics to cover, and this particular email made me think long and hard about the software and hardware that I use. Combined with the fact that I'm fairly fresh off of the Razer Naga Epic review, I've got some opinions on alternative ways of controlling WoW.
World of Warcraft and Blizzard in general have been responsive to disabled gamers' concerns in many ways, from giving fights and encounters text emotes instead of just sounds to a large amount of UI customization in scale and effect. A largely customizable user interface, in fact, is something not to be taken for granted, as it can help help with a good number of motor disabilities, visual impairments, and issues dealing with the loss of a limb. In addition to the UI itself, World of Warcraft and the MMO genre have spawned a huge market for peripherals that help disabled gamers achieve a level of interaction that might never have been possible at the start of the genre.
The email that inspired this column:
Thank you very much for the email, Jon. Building a user interface for someone with disabilities is an incredibly important topic to cover. There are three main issues that we can discuss as far as the user interface is concerned and what it can help with in making a disabled gamers' experience more fulfilling. With such a customizable user interface and the added potential of addons, we can try to help some people overcome a handicap or two. The three issues are software UI, addons, and hardware.
Had an unusual situation with a guildie last night that I thought you might be able to help out with. I was trying to help a guildie with PvP and I learned that she has a physical disability (cerebral paulsey affecting her left side) that forces her into an unconventional keyset (she uses the arrow keys to move and can only hit shift and ctrl modifiers) with limited movement.
Anyway, I suggested that she grab the addon Clique to help with her situation and upgrade to at least a 5 button mouse if not a straight gaming mouse, but was otherwise totally stuck for how to help her. It got me thinking though, are there other addons or modifications that might enhance her interaction with the game world in spite of the limitations she is faced with?
Default user interface options
The standard included user interface has a few options for disabled gamers to make use of. First and foremost is the UI Scale option under the video configuration menu. UI Scale allows the player to scale up or down the entirety of the user interface with one option. You can make the user interface absolutely tiny or as big as the screen if need be. Using UI Scale to help a player with some type of visual impairment or affliction could make the game easier to see.
Spell alerts are another great option presented in the default interface options. Checking this box tells WoW to put text spell warnings in the middle of the screen when a creature or boss is going to use a big special ability of some kind. These warnings were not always announced by the game, but for accessibility purposes, Blizzard added in this option to make it easier for players to see incoming danger and damage, making raid encounters rely less on addons. To find this option, select the Interface menu option, and find the checkbox under "Combat."
Click-to-move is an excellent option for gamers with limited mobility, as the game allows for single-click character movement. Click where you want your character to go, and he'll go.
Everyone knows that green item quality is common, blue is uncommon, and purple is epic. Most people can easily see that a red mob is hostile and a green mob is friendly. What happens when you're colorblind, however? These colors might now mean anything. Blizzard has included a colorblind option in the default UI, giving players a tooltip text readout for mob status (hostile, neutral, friendly) and item quality. Now you'll be able to see item quality and mob status even without the ability to discern the colors.
These are just three of the options in the default UI that can potentially help with certain ailments or disabilities. As WoW continues, new options and accesibility features are being added. Most recently, people afflicted by epileptic seizures were having issues with the crackling lightning effects that accompany many new elemental death animations in Cataclysm, and Blizzard has already proposed a fix that will be coming in a new patch.
Addons add to accessibility
The customizable nature of the WoW interface allows addon developers and authors to add functionality to everything in WoW, including new accessibility options. Many different addons that you might not think were accessibility addons could very well become one for you.
Dominos and Bartender, the two leading action bar mods, are able to change and customize ability layouts on your screen. The default "long bar" approach might make it difficult for someone with limited hand mobility to move the mouse across the bar to reach new abilities. Instead, you could use an action bar addon to change the action bars into blocks of 4x3 abilities, lowering the distance between abilities.
Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs can help a disabled gamer with larger boss and ability warnings in dungeons and raids. Player and unit frame mods like Shadowed Unit Frames or Pitbull turn health bars with graphics into simple bars that might take out some of the clutter and allow for customizable colors as opposed to the default red.
For players with limited mobility or limited use of one limb, much like the reader from the original email that sparked all of this, addons designed to enhance what mouse clicks can accomplish are particularly important. My addons for clickers Addon Spotlight is a great place to start, especially with an addon called Clique, allowing a player to bind skills and abilities to mouse clicks. Combined with a mouse with a decent amount of buttons, you could get most, if not all, of the functionality needed to play on just your mouse.
Hardware helps
There are tons of hardware manufacturers out there making great peripherals for WoW and the MMO genre in general that could greatly help with accessibility for players with disabilities. Hardware is more expensive than free addons, but the right hardware could help a disabled gamer overcome even the most dire physical limitations.
For gamers with limited mobility in one hand, I would strongly consider checking out the Razer Naga or Naga Epic, which I recently reviewed. Essentially, the Razer Naga's array of mouse buttons replace the top number row of keys or the numpad on the keyboard, making WoW controllable with just the mouse. One-handed control is a great option to have, especially when pairing the mouse with addons that also increase accessibility.
One of the more creative and absolutely brilliant ideas that I've heard people use for modifier keys and push-to-talk Mumble or Ventrilo is using a USB foot pedal. Doing a quick search on Amazon for USB foot pedal will present many options outright. I've never used one personally, but using a foot pedal as a push-to-talk button or as a modifier key could replace a lot of what a second hand would be responsible for in an MMO, transfering that functionality to the foot instead of the hand.
Adapting to individual needs
I was born with bilateral strabismus and, like many men, I am colorblind. I deal with very mild afflictions and couldn't possibly comprehend how difficult it is for someone with much more severe disabilities to play WoW, much less any MMO. Hopefully we as a community can put together our collective knowledge and imagination to help those who can use it. These suggestions are just some of the ways WoW's interface, addons, and hardware peripherals can help out a gamer with visual impairments, limited mobility or other disabilities.
I know there is no specific reader UI this week (there are plenty in the queue to write about, I assure you), so this week, go back and check out some of our past spotlights and get some ideas. We'll return next week with a more traditional column.
Interested in getting the most out of your user interface? Come back once a week for more examples of reader UIs. For more details on individual addons, check out Addon Spotlight, or visit Addons 101 for help getting started.


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Science & Engineering Expo (SEE Princeton)
The Science and Engineering Expo (SEE Princeton) is a day dedicated to capturing the imaginations of young students. More than 1000 middle school students from local schools come to Princeton University each year to interact with Princeton scientists and engineers and explore science with the help of demonstrations and hands-on activities. The Science and Engineering Expo at Princeton University reaches these students at a critical time in their education when many students lose interest in science and no longer consider careers in science and engineering. Throughout the day, they will explore a wide range of research from Princeton that is at the cutting edge of science and engineering. Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) was instrumental in the creation of the program and was the co-lead organizer for the Science and Engineering Expo from 2004 through 2010. PCCM still actively participates in SEE Princeton, but the primary organizational contact is now Ann Sliski of Princeton's Molecular Biology department.


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Lower Farm Markets Seen Tuesday
On Tuesday, the CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start lower.
The early calls for the commodities on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, are weaker. Corn is seen opening 2 to 4 cents lower, soybeans 10 to 12 cents lower, and wheat 1 to 2 cents lower.
In overnight trading, the July corn futures contract traded 2 3/4 cents lower at $5.05 per bushel. July soybean futures traded 14 1/2 cents lower at $14.48. The July wheat futures contract traded 3/4 lower at $7.25. For July soybean meal futures, the contract traded $5.70 per short ton lower at $473.00; July soybean oil futures traded $0.09 higher at $41.26.
The outside markets are favorable for Tuesday's grain trade. The real factors driving the calls will be the lower overnight markets.
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This morning I did what I like to call a "Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy" or "The answer to the great question, to life, the Universe and everything" ride. I did my personal best in distance. This morning I rode 42 miles with an overall average of 16.5 mph. 42 miles is the most I've ridden in one day and, even better, in one single ride--I never put a foot down until I finished. Also, another first for me, I ate a Kashi bar and was able to grab the water bottle and drink all while riding--no stopping.
I really thought about making it an official ride-my-age, aka Pie, ride, but I had quite a few things to do today. So, 54 miles will have to be my next goal--so I can have pie.


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If emo has cheerleaders, they're Keith and Cathy Latinen. Since 2007, the Michigan-based husband and wife have tirelessly run the Count Your Lucky Stars label during a time when the genre didn't have many vocal supporters. Many of its releases have inspired bands in the now-thriving young scene to take up the '90s Midwest emo sound and do what they will.
The Latinens are also behind the complicatedly named Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), which has released EPs and split seven-inches with the likes of Dikembe, Modern Baseball, and Football, Etc. The band's last full-length album dates back to 2009, making the forthcoming You Will Eventually Be Forgotten worth the long wait. The lilting "A Keepsake" gets a premiere here, with a guest verse sung by Braid's Bob Nanna.
A straightforward storyteller, Keith Latinen works in details and similes, not abstraction and metaphor. It's part of what makes Nanna's verse so charming, as he smiles at a canoe trip's memory without being smothered by it:
We split up in two canoes
I imagined us as Lewis and Clark
charting acres of unspoiled land
as the Mainstee opened up like a canvas
You Will Eventually Be Forgotten comes out Aug. 19 on Topshelf Records and Count Your Lucky Stars Records. It will be paired with a graphic novel based on each of the songs, illustrated by Ben Sears.


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Super Spy, by Matt Kindt
I'm not entirely certain what Matt Kindt's deal is. The guy seems preoccupied with spies, to the point where he can't help but put them in almost everything he writes. It's not a huge complaint, or even a complaint at all–I've never seen it not work. 3 Story, for example, didn't really need the espionage elements, but they don't detract from the broader narrative. And when Kindt jumps in feet-first, as with Super Spy, it's pretty damn sweet. Kindt's jumbled, interlocking character studies show off a rather different take on the genre than most are used to seeing–far from predatory Fleming-esque jingoism, Super Spy concerns itself with the human cost of being someone who lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and sometimes murders for a living. All the genre's stock characters (the ruthless assassin, the femme fatale, the suave agent provocateur, the gadget geek, etc.) are present, and all of them have had their nationalistic fervor long since beaten out of them by the realities of invisible war. Not even taking place during World War II, where there's at least a well-defined mission, elevates these folks above walking-wounded status, with one notable exception–"the only winning move is not to play," indeed. At times, this book almost seems to be making fun of spy novels; the titular character, for example, learns two things the hard way, first that each fancy gadget is something else that can go wrong, and second that wearing a belt made of bombs is a really, really bad idea. While other works (24 especially) may revel in the more unseemly aspects of the profession, Super Spy treats them as ugly as they truly are.
Haunted Horror #1, various writers/artists, edited by Craig Yoe and Steve Banes
The first of a bimonthly slice of everything I love about pre-Code horror. This isn't something I'd originally planned to pick up, but a bit of Jack Cole and Simon/Kirby (who I had no idea even did horror) sweetened the deal. While all the work on display here is excellent (apart from Sekowsky and Walton's "Black Magic In A Slinky Gown", which is just dumb), those stories in particular truly shine. I realize Golden Age horror comics tend to be wildly misogynistic as a matter of course, but between "The Vengeful Curse" and Betsy & Me I'm starting to get the impression Cole really, really hated his wife. "Slaughter-House!" is, simply put, the single most nihilistic thing I've ever seen Kirby's name attached to. Granted it's pretty much just a metaphor for the Holocaust, but that wasn't even nine years gone when the story saw print, and so would still have had impact aplenty at the time (along with the art–Kirby can be disturbing as hell when he wants to be, it turns out). Also of note are the surprising homoerotic undercurrents of Baily's "The Constant Eye" and the horribly disturbing final image of Disbrow's "Ultimate Destiny". Yoe deserves kudos, also, for the minimal restoration work–I genuinely believe cheaper is better when it comes to this sort of thing, none of this digital recoloring nonsense for me.
Barefoot Gen vol. 10: Never Give Up, by Keiji Nakazawa
The concluding volume of a remarkable, albeit frustrating series. Barefoot Gen is melodramatic, full of one-dimensional characters, preachy as nine hells, has questionable production values (the lettering is Comic Sans), and it's not even that well drawn…and yet it's still absolutely worth reading. This is because it presents a viewpoint of the Hiroshima bombing you still don't see that often–that of the completely hacked-off survivor. Gen Nakaoka is pissed at us Americans for dropping the nuke, and seeing how it proceeded to kill virtually everyone he ever cared about–whether through the blast itself or its aftereffects–and the subsequent (far more brutal and repressive than most Americans realize) occupation, it's not hard to blame him. However, Gen's just as pissed at the Japanese government, both for starting the war (which it couldn't possibly win with the resources at hand, creating near-famine conditions among the civilian population) and getting its people into this mess in the first place and its lackadaisical (read: f***ing nonexistent) attitude toward disaster relief. And he's especially pissed at the American and Japanese people in general, who often seem willing, even eager to do it all over again in Korea and beyond. We hear a lot of discussion about the necessity of the bombings and the subsequent disarmament-vs.-one-upsmanship debates, as well as plenty of survivor accounts, but not a lot about the true human cost, both to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to the species as a whole.
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin Hall
Speaking of outside perspectives…this collection covers works by LGBT creators from the underground-comix scene all the way to the present. With content ranging from humor to autobio to erotica (fair warning: this book isn't work, kid, or redneck-safe), the book is a fascinating look at gay lifestyle and identity throughout the years. Even for heteros like myself, this is an intriguing, useful compilation–it never hurts to get outside one's perspective/comfort zone, especially with such bold and talented creators (some I'm familiar with, most I'm not) lighting the way. Most interesting to me was finding out the gay community isn't so monolithic as the mainstream media often depicts it to be–it has its outsiders, nonconformists, and rebels. You know, just like any other social group. Just more proof for homophobes that the problem is with you, not them (like we needed any).
Sgt. Rock Archives, vol. 1, written by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert and others
But, you know what? I leave you this week forced to admit No Straight Lines isn't the most educational book I read this week. That honor instead goes to this tome, which brings to light a little-known historical tidbit. Did you know that American soldiers in WWII disappeared upon being killed? Yeah, me neither. But apparently, they'd just go *POIT* and their helmets would drop to the ground. No idea where their uniforms went–apparently the supernatural department responsible were a tad more considerate than the ones doing the Rapturing. Beats me what was being buried at Arlington–coffins full of jellybeans, maybe?
Believe it or not, I do have a point here, that point being "the Comics Code was bullshit". A shocking revelation, I'll admit. What we have here is antiseptic war, one with all of the gunplay and excitement, but lovingly boiled of all the gory aftermath. Which, of course, makes it all the more understandable why the kids who grew up reading stuff like this would keep starting/fighting in the things. The occasional blown-off limb may seem grotesque, but it's better for you in the long run. Think of it as a vaccination, if that helps. The CCA's bowdlerization smacks of a coverup in comparison.
Crap, I was supposed to be talking about the comic, wasn't I…if you read Enemy Ace, it's pretty much what you'd expect. Kanigher's still formulaic and repetitive as all hell, and Kubert is still awesome–his work's more claustrophobic here, but it's to be expected. Kubert's way better at getting information across than his writer, his work (in particular his faces) showing off far more emotion and privation than any word balloon. It's one of those books where you eventually just stop reading the text, occasionally deigning to glance at it when you're not 100% clear what's going on. I'm wondering if we can get DC to do the equivalent of a Garfield Minus Garfield project, where they collect a bunch of Kubert/Kanigher collaborations with all the text taken out. I'd buy that, which is more than I can say of this book as it stands now.
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Ok, now it makes perfect sensePosted by: JT in Barack Obama, Bush, Iraq, News, Politics
From The London Telegraph by way of ThinkProgress.org:
Maj Gen Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President's decision, adding: "These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency. [...]
Among the graphic statements…is that of Kasim Mehaddi Hilas in which he says: "I saw [name of a translator] ******* a kid, his age would be about 15 to 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn't covered and I saw [name] who was wearing the military uniform, putting his **** in the little kid's ***…. and the female soldier was taking pictures." [...]
Three detainees, including the alleged victim, refer to the use of a phosphorescent tube in the sexual abuse and another to the use of wire, while the victim also refers to part of a policeman's "stick" all of which were apparently photographed.
Now the "kid" in the above example was male, as was the translator who was allegedly busting up his bowels.
Also from The Daily Beast:
A senior military officer familiar with the photos told me that they would likely provoke a storm of outrage if released. … Some show U.S. personnel engaged in sexual acts with prisoners and each other. In one, a female prisoner appears to have been forced to expose her breasts to be photographed. In another, a prisoner is suspended naked upside down from the top bunk of a bed in a stress position. [...]
Still other withheld photographs have been circulating among U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq. One soldier showed them to me, including a photograph in which a male in a U.S. military uniform receives oral sex from a female prisoner.
So the decision that Barack made to block the release of these photos is a little more justified. No matter how many "My Bad"'s you issue after revealing that your government condoned and permitted sexual assault on male and female (sometimes underage) detainees in your charge, you are going to have a tough time "focusing on the future" without answering calls to prosecute military and CIA personnel and also civilian contractors. I really don't think that there's any way around prosecutions and further investigations, because I think that there isn't way to ignore this any further. I read a story yesterday that said essentially Maliki was briefed on these photos and stated, "Bagdad will burn" if the world were to see these images. Releasing the photos without any actions taken to apprehend or answer to the crimes these images depict would probably rush the United States out of the region much sooner than planned, for good or for ill. The longer Obama hesitates to sort out these crimes and bring perpetrators/planners/instigators to justice the more he is complicit in the coverup.


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By Tony Grossi
The Morning Kickoff …
You have spoken: Art Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore in 1996. The scars left from that heart-ripping act have not healed over 17 years. Not by a long shot.
That's the undeniable conclusion of an informal, non-scientific survey we conducted the past week.
With Modell up for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the day before the Super Bowl, we asked readers to guide my vote on the selection committee. Should I speak out against Modell's candidacy, as I did the one other time he was a finalist in 2002? Should I speak in favor? Or should I remain neutral and let the other 45 voters decide?
The results were emphatic. We conducted the poll from Monday through Friday. Users of Twitter were asked to vote simply #ArtOut or #ArtIn. A total of 3,400 Tweets were tabulated and 2,780 – 81.8 percent – voted #ArtOut. #ArtIn received 620 mentions, 18.2 percent.
At the same time, we asked readers to send comments to email@example.com, along with name, city and phone number. I anticipated the emails would come from the most passionate respondents. That was truly the case.
We received 667 emails. The anti-Modell sentiment numbered 607 – 91 percent. Only 42 – 6.3 percent -- were pro-Modell. Somewhat surprisingly, 18 respondents asked that we remain neutral.
"I believe that it is time to move on, not for the sake of Art's legacy or for the fans of Baltimore. I couldn't care less about either," wrote Robert White of Akron. "We have a new owner and a new direction. It's time to move forward. State your case. Sit back and let the newbies rewrite history. We know what happened."
That was a minority opinion.
From near and far: As you would expect, the plurality of responses came from Northeast Ohio (25.6 percent). Another 24.4 percent came from the rest of Ohio – making an even 50 percent of responses from the Browns' home state.
The remainder of comments came from 38 states and 12 countries. We received emails from Washington to Florida, and from Hawaii to New Hampshire. We heard from Canada, Scotland, Australia, Poland, United Kingdom, Russia, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Kosovo, France and China.
The passion on the Modell issue certainly was not limited to Ohioans.
"The passage of time may soften the blow, but it doesn't change the fact that Art decided to go," wrote Dale Yurovich from Chiang Rai, Thailand. "What he did was, still is, and will always be a selfish act, contrary to the best interest of the NFL. Do not let the passage of time re-write history or fashion a sympathetic spin simply because Modell is not around any longer."
Artie Pesh-Imam of Issaquah, Wash., wrote: "Art should not be in the hall of fame for the simple reason that he used the Browns to save himself from financial distress. It's one thing if the guy was a strong businessman and put in quality effort but couldn't find success, but we know that's not the case. The Browns organization saved Modell from bankruptcy. The hall of fame for any institution represents those who made an undeniably positive impact upon that institution. Modell, I don't believe, fits this criteria."
Dozens of emails from an older generation began like this one from Glick Schultz of Durham, N.C., who wrote, "I've been a Browns fan since my first trip to the Stadium in the mid-fifties … "
But the younger generation – some might say that "lost generation" of Browns fans – weighed in, too.
Kent Scheerer of Brunswick wrote, "I'm 26 and all I can remember growing up is my parents devastated by the move, having to pick a random team to vote for, and being told stories of 'how great the Browns used to be' like a bedtime story. Then nothing but sub-par play 14 years. How could my generation possibly care enough about the positive impact to Baltimore, and a now a division rival after conference realignment a few years back, to vote him in?"
On to New Orleans: The meeting to hash out Modell's candidacy will take place the day before the Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 47.
Modell renamed the Browns the Ravens and owned them until the second phase of a two-pronged sale to Maryland businessman Steven Bisciotti was finalized in 2004. After Bisciotti took over, Modell remained a 1 percent minority owner and was a visible presence with the team right up until the time he died on Sept. 6 at the age of 87.
His spirit has been a driving force in the Ravens' storybook season. His death unquestionably has pushed Modell back onto the doorstep of the Hall of Fame. But his numerous detractors agree that Modell's death did not change his legacy.
"I think sensitivity to Art Modell's family is appropriate, given his passing, but nothing has changed in terms of Art's qualifications for the HOF," wrote Hal Diener of Lewis Center, Ohio. "Not only did Art rip the sports heart out of the city of Cleveland, he outright lied about his plans while maneuvering the relocation behind the scenes."
On the theme of "forgiving," Dale Harris, a church pastor in Clayton, Ohio, wrote, "Forgiveness and moving on do not require enshrining someone as a hero."
And this from Alan Crockett, a Cleveland native now living in a Baltimore suburb: "When Mr. Modell passed last year, the prevailing theme among sports reporters here was how such an angel of a man was still being so unfairly vilified by Cleveland and subsequently having his rightful Hall of Fame honor denied. This outrage continuously filled the airwaves especially since everyone knows 'it was Cleveland's own stupidity' that forced Modell into leaving. This perception is why I implore (you) to stand up for the truth. Forgiving is one thing, but we should make sure no one ever, ever forgets."
Supporters of Modell have persistently charged my opposition to him is the result of "a personal vendetta." There is no vendetta. This poll shows that the people most affected by Modell's move – generations of fans of the Browns – want me to represent their case to the Hall of Fame committee.
Doing anything less would be irresponsible.
|Tony Grossi covers the Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR, ESPN 1540 KNR2 and www.espncleveland.com.
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|Characterization of serum interleukin-15 in healthy volunteers and patients with early arthritis to assess its potential use as a biomarker.
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|PMID: 20736143 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|As interleukin-15 (IL-15) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis, we analysed the serum IL-15 (sIL-15) levels in healthy subjects and patients with early arthritis to establish a cut-off point that might serve to define elevated sIL-15. This is an initial step to determine whether sIL-15 has the potential for use as a biomarker for patients with early arthritis. The IL-15 concentration was measured in serum obtained from 161 healthy controls and from 174 patients with early arthritis, and the relationship between the expression of the two IL-15 mRNA variants and the sIL-15 levels was also assessed. In healthy controls, the median sIL-15 value was 0.83 [interquartile range (IQR) 0-8.68] pg/mL; there was no significant difference in the sIL-15 values according to gender [median level in males was 1.99 (IQR: 0-8.68) pg/mL and in females 0.50 (0-8.25) pg/mL: p = 0.821]. Moreover, sIL-15 levels did not correlate with age (r = 0.033, p = 0.685), and they did not display a clear circadian rhythm in healthy donors, with the median values for IL-15 close to zero at each time tested. In the light of these findings, we considered that sIL-15 was elevated if its concentration was above 20 pg/mL, since this cut-off point corresponded to the 90th percentile for this healthy population. We found that 30% of the patients with early arthritis had sIL-15 values > 20 pg/mL. The levels of sIL-15 did not correlate with disease duration in early arthritis patients, nor did they fluctuate with changes in disease activity over the follow-up period. In addition, the high level of sIL15 in patients was not associated with alterations in the alternative splicing of the IL-15 mRNA, favouring the variant that produces the protein with a long signal peptide for secretion. Serum IL-15 levels were increased in a subpopulation of patients with early arthritis, indicating that this measure may serve as a biomarker for this condition. Further studies will be necessary to determine whether the clinical evolution or response to treatment of patients with high sIL-15 levels differs.
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Circus freak
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An Orchard Mesa baby couldn't wait until the hospital to be delivered.
Ryland Mendenhall entered the world with quite a story. On August 21st two days before his due date, Ryland surprised both his mom Jennie and dad Paco.
Jennie woke Paco up early in the morning to tell him it was time. Her water broke just before stepping out the door, which was about as far as Jennie made it. It only took 20 minutes from her water breaking to the delivery of her fifth child.
Paco helped Jennie deliver Ryland on the front porch of their home, while Paco's mother was on the phone with 9-1-1. By the time paramedics arrived, mom and baby were back inside the house.
According to Jennie the paramedics said, "They don't get calls like this very often. They usually have plenty of time to get to the hospital and not have the baby be born at home."
Paramedics checked on the baby then took both Jennie and Ryland to the hospital. Paco says, "I got to say I'm married to a superwoman, that's all I got to say, cause I couldn't of done that, and I know its got to be a difficult thing to do to stand and deliver your child."
Now both baby and mom are home and doing just fine.
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Founded in 1883, Blinn's tuition and fees average about one-third the cost of the same classes at most four-year public universities in the state. In addition to its four campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg and Sealy, the College teaches online courses, dual credit for high school and prepares students for quick employment through its workforce education, technical training and vocational education programs. For enrollment information and to learn about financial aid opportunities, visit blinn.edu.
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The Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program provides funding to state and local law enforcement agencies to perform DNA tests on evidence they collect from rape crime scenes. Named after rape survivor Debbie Smith, whose perpetrator was caught through CODIS, the national DNA database, the program has helped identify thousands of rapists and made our communities safer. Renewal of this act will ensure that we can continue to accurately assess and reduce the backlog of untested DNA evidence from open rape cases (commonly known as rape kits) and bring perpetrators to justice.
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There's a huge backlog of DNA evidence from unsolved rape cases that has never been sent to the lab for analysis. Until we test this evidence and identify the rapists, those criminals remain free to attack more victims. Moreover, recent changes to the law will help bring transparency to the DNA rape kit testing process, help us efficiently target resources to cities that have the biggest backlogs, and empower those communities with information about the rape kit testing status in their area. Ensuring that the federal investment in this program continues will help eliminate the evidence backlog and take thousands more rapists off the streets.
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S. 822, the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2013, renews the Debbie Smith Act for five years. The bill is sponsored by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX). This legislation has historically enjoyed wide bipartisan support, passing by large margins in 2004 and 2008. Want more information? Read a section-by-section summary of the bill. Then ask your Senator to co-sponsor it!


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From Thomas Jefferson to Martin Luther King, Jr. and beyond, great leaders of American democracy have drawn from the Bible to inspire their vision of a society with liberty and justice for all.
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Martin E. Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School.An ordained Lutheran pastor and author of thousands of articles and over 60 books, he is arguably the most prominent public intellectual of religion and America.
Vincent E. Bacote
Vincent E. Bacote is associate professor of theology and the director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College. He is author of The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper, and has contributed to several books including Prophetic Evangelicals (2012).
Catherine Brekus
Catherine Brekus is associate professor of American religious history at the University of Chicago. Her most recent book is Sarah Osborn's World: The Rise of Evangelicalism in Early America, about the early evangelical movement based on an eighteenth-century woman's manuscript diaries.
Jennifer Powell McNutt is an associate professor of theology and history of Christianity in the Biblical and Theological Studies Department at Wheaton College. She is author of Calvin Meets Voltaire: The Clergy of Geneva in the Age of Enlightenment, 1685-1798 (2013)
Lillian Daniel
Lillian Daniel is senior minister of the First Congregational Church, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She is the author of three books, the most recent of which is the highly acclaimed When "Spiritual But Not Religious" Is Not Enough.
Henry Lee Allen
Henry Lee Allen is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Wheaton College. He has published numerous articles about sociology, ethnicity, and American higher education.
Timothy Beal
Timothy Beal is Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University and Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts (in progress). He has published 13 books, including The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book.
Father George Smiga
Father George Smiga is the pastor of St. Noel Catholic Church in Willoughby Hills, Ohio, and a professor of Scripture and homiletics at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Wickliffe, Ohio.He is the creator of BuildingOnTheWord.org, a website about Scripture, culture, and faith.
Amy E. Black
Amy E. Black is associate professor of political science at Wheaton College. Her latest projects include Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason (Moody, 2012), and Religion and American Politics: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives.
Edith Blumhofer
Edith Blumhofer is professor of history at Wheaton College and directs the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE). She is writing Evangelicalism: A Very Short Introduction for Oxford University Press and researching three nineteenth-century British hymn writers for a book to be published by Paulist Press.
Matt Vaselkiv
Matt Vaselkiv is a senior at Wheaton College pursuing a degree in biblical and theological studies with a minor in political science.
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Patrick Lannen is a senior at Wheaton College where he is a double major in biblical archaeology and biblical and theological studies.


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The hillside on the northeast side of the property, below the home, was terraced in the 19th century. Cotton was grown on these terraces when the Ferrell's owned the property.
Designed by Hentz & Reid in 1916 the elegant entry gates were manufactured in New York for the Callaways.
The Fuller E. Callaway home was designed by Hal Hentz and Neel Reid to complement the formal gardens started by Sarah Ferrell. The commission began in 1914 and was completed in 1916.
Family and guests frequently entered the home from this covered entry which features beautiful cast-stone columns and a vaulted ceiling.
Note the Southern Magnolia espaliered (trained to grow flat against the wall) on the side of the former garage and chauffeur's quarters, framing the arched windows.
The bathhouse was added by Alice and Fuller Jr. in 1941. It was designed by architect Hill R. Huffman of Atlanta to blend with the existing architecture of the estate. The swimming pool was replaced in 2004 with a terrace that features an attractive central fountain.
In the early to mid-1900's the Callaway family had a large vegetable garden in this area. In 1950, Alice Callaway converted part of the old vegetable garden into the Ray Garden, where she grew roses, ornamental conifers and colorful annuals.
These sturdy cold frames are seasonally covered with glass to protect tender plants from the winter cold. The garden workhouse is situated over the boiler room which provided heat for both the main house and the glasshouse.
The herb garden contains a wide variety of culinary, medicinal, and aromatic herbs. Four rose pillars with antique climbing roses pay homage to the rose garden that was once here.
Originally constructed in 1916, the greenhouse was remodeled in 1949 by Alice and Fuller Callaway, Jr. and is maintained much the same as it was in Alice's time.
This is the oldest part of the garden where Sarah Ferrell started her planting in 1841. Once called the Sanctuary, this garden area contains several religious symbols planted in boxwood.
Sarah Ferrell drew her inspiration for this cluster of grapes planted in boxwood from a Biblical account in Numbers.
The Sunken Garden is delineated by a beautiful semi-circular stone wall. Stone steps on each side lead down to a curved stone bench and a round pool.
The Magnolia Walk is the longest terrace in the garden. Magnolias along this terrace were reportedly planted from seed during the War Between the States.
At the east end of Magnolia walk, near the GOD topiary is where Sarah Ferrell's boxwood maze is said to have been. Fuller, Sr. redesigned this area after purchasing the property, while Alice Callaway added St. Fiacre to the birdbath.
The unique bird gate was commissioned by Alice Callaway from noted blacksmith Ivan Bailey.
At the east end of the Magnolia Walk Sarah Ferrell planted the word "GOD" in boxwood.
This stone wellhead marks the location of another well that was used to water the garden during the Ferrell era. It features ironwork designed by Neel Reid. Beside the well is a hedge of Tea plants shaped in a shallow "v" which was installed by Alice Callaway.
The long narrow walkway bordered on both sides by large boxwood is called Lover's Lane.
This garden walkway was named Florida Lane since it contained many tender and tropical plants brought back from Florida by the Ferrells and Callaways.
On the upper terrace adjacent to the home are boxwood mottos planted by Sarah Ferrell and Ida Callaway. The large central fountain was added at the suggestion of Neel Reid in 1916.
On this avenue, the yellow flowering golden rain trees offer shade to the stone benches added by Fuller and Ida Callaway.
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For those undecided seniors in Florida who will be listening to more propaganda from the Republican Party during the coming weeks, I urge you to consider this:
Vouchers for Medicare is not a wise policy.
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Two things to know about the Oklahoma City Thunder fan who hit a halfcourt shot during Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers to win $20,000:
First, Heath Kufahl said he's going to use the money to help pay for his wife's cancer treatment, the Daily Oklahoman reported.
And, second, he's not really a Thunder fan. "I'm actually a Lakers fan," he said, according to the Orange County Register. "Don't tell anybody. I had to wear a Thunder shirt."
Kufahl, who coaches at a private school in suburban OKC, made the halfcourt shot between the third and fourth quarters, becoming the fourth fan to accomplish the feat in the Thunder's history but the first since 2011.
According to the Daily Oklahoman, Kufahl's wife, Jenni, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in October 2012, and the money will be used for the mother of seven's mounting medical bills.
So, suffice it to say, this wasn't your typical fan hits a halfcourt shot to win a bunch of money (even if he gets tackled and hugged by an NBA superstar).


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Archive for January, 2012
RE: "MIT climate scientist receives frenzy of
That climatologists are now the target of ideologically driven abuse from climate denialists whose carefully packaged preconceptions are endangered by inconvenient facts is hardly surprising. These attacks are of a piece with similar responses from conservatives in other spheres who feel their world-views are under attack, as in the case of a teenaged girl in Rhode Island who successfully sued to remove a prayer banner from her public school's wall, and who's been receiving threats of ... Full Story
Middle Class, RIP; the new face of poverty
The great economic divide in America finds its roots in politics, in unrestrained capitalism, if you will, and in unrestrained money for politics. The following articles explain some causes and effects. Some questions for you to think about as your read this. Before you do, look at this graph from Moyers and Company; The Triggers of Economic Inequality. Be sure to roll your cursor over the triangles to see what action to place at these critical junctures. Does the present ... Full Story
The shame of Guantanamo
It has been 42 years since I was at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Strange how no one adds the "Cuba" any more. It was a small U.S. enclave at the edge of a hostile foreign country, a country that did not want us there. Not much has changed in that arena for the last four decades. The major problem for my aircrew was the short distance between the end of the runway and the fence demarking the "border" between the U.S. Navy and Cuba. It made for a difficult approach at night at an unfamiliar ... Full Story
The Ron Paul candidacy
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has created a great deal of controversy with his libertarian views. He has caused much turmoil both in the conservative camp and among liberals. It appears however, that only liberals are willing to talk about his views. The fact that so many of his views are also espoused by true liberals illustrates how the far right is sometimes nearly indistinguishable from the far left. Several respected liberal writers have taken up the issue, but the ... Full Story
POGO criticizes defense spending
Obama's and Panetta's Spending Plan Reassures Defense Contractors, But What About Taxpayers? Statement of Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project On Government Oversight President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta may have said a lot of the right things today when outlining the need to rein in military spending—they'll get no argument from us on the need to move beyond the Pentagon's out-of-date Cold War mentality. But beyond the ... Full Story
Death Threats for Climate Scientists
MIT climate scientist receives frenzy of hate mail Prominent MIT researcher Kerry Emanuel has been receiving an unprecedented "frenzy of hate" after a video featuring an interview with him was published recently by Climate Desk. Emails contained "veiled threats against my wife," and other "tangible threats," Emanuel, a highly-regarded atmospheric scientist and director of MIT's Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate program, said in an interview. "They were ... Full Story
Eagles Just Out of Condors' Long Reach in 3-1
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Colorado Eagles defeated the Bakersfield Condors, 3-1, as Kyle Jones stopped 41 of 42 shots to pick up his 16th win of the season. The victory gave the Eagles a weekend split of the series in Southern California. Just like Friday night, one team controlled much of the play in the first period, but this time it was the Condors out-shooting the Eagles, 16-5. However, it was Colorado that once again got the game's first goal when Alex Penner found Aaron Slattengren ... Full Story
The other presidential candidates
Buddy Romer - Republican From The Brad Blog Roemer Exclusion from GOP Debates Just Latest Example of Corporate Media Electoral Manipulation Former LA Governor's powerful indictment of unrestricted corporate money in politics shut out of national debate... by Ernest A. Canning In the latest tracking poll released out of New Hampshire, the Suffolk University/7 NEWS poll , TX Governor Rick Perry receives 1% support from 500 likely voters in the Granite State. Former LA Governor and four-term U.S. ... Full Story
Friday the 13th Certainly Unlucky for Eagles in Loss
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Condors doubled-up the Colorado Eagles, 4-2, in the first game of a weekend set between the teams. The Condors, who entered the game with the worst record in the league, got two goals from their power play, which also entered the game as the worst in the league, as they were able to take advantage of odd rebounds all night long. Colorado jumped out to an early lead when Patrick Cey capitalized on an odd-man rush by putting home a Jake Marto rebound from ... Full Story
Lady Spartans Silence Lions
Berthoud Girls Basketball Bests Lyons 43-15 By Dan Karpiel Sports Writer Thanks to a dominating performance on both sides of the floor, the Berthoud High girls basketball team reduced the roar of the Lyons Lions to a mere purr on Thursday night at the Berthoud High gym with a commanding 43-15 win. "We were just doing the right things, playing the way we're supposed to play," said Berthoud High Head Coach Randy Earl after his team's 28-point victory. The Lady Spartans shot 17 of ... Full Story


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Full Speed Golf: 'Speed and golf typically aren't in the same sentence'
The world's fastest golfers are in town this weekend for the Oregon Speed Golf Open. It's golf played at a lightning-quick pace, but these guys are also very good. Click on the "Play Video" button to watch this story.


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Selling a House with Homesales
Last updated at 12:22, Tuesday, 18 September 2012
If you own a property and are considering selling it, in the unsteady real estate market of today it is advisable that you proceed with the utmost caution.
One fact which shows just how shaky the market is is the fact that according to the Housing Industry Association, sales of new homes in Australia have dropped to their lowest since 1994. This should not, however, discourage you, as even in a market as turbulent as that which we face, you can still succeed in the sale or rental of your home. The best way to start is by placing a listing somewhere where many potential house buyers will see it, and www.homesales.com.au could be said to fit this description. The website allows sellers and landlords to place ads online.
The research you conduct will be crucial to your success. You should learn of house prices, local estate agents, and how best to present your property. The Homesales website offers a vast selection of tools to assist you in this regard. The website offers the most up-to-date news about the Australian real estate market. It contains articles to help you to make your house stand out in a packed market. You will thus have those tools which can maximize your profit potential and make a quick sale. Renting is a burgeoning trend, as many homeowners are opting to rent their property rather than sell it.
Established in 2009, Homesales was initially a residential real estate site. Since then, it has expanded in scope and is now a leading source of inventory from all over Australia. Homes for sales and rent are listed. Potential buyers and renters can narrow their search to a specific location. Users can request quotes from agents and search a multitude of property listings. This is helpful to sellers because they can see the prices of other properties, and structure and price their own property more effectively.
When placing a listing, there should be good photographs. Homesales allows photographs to be easily uploaded. Buyers now generally peruse online listings prior to visiting a property in person, necessitating concise listings and strong. The tools available at the website will enable you to better target your listing.
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