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The December holiday meeting of the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club brought on friendly competition as seven members vied for a wrought iron sculpted flower. From left are Shari Main, Susan Coffman, Mary Ann Boyce (seated), Susan Clime (behind), Shirley Chapman, Joy Lauthers and Diane Moore. Boyce ended up with it.
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Eighteen members were present at the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club meeting at the home of Susan Maynard. "Christmas Exchange" was a social time for conversation with pizza and dessert. Shirley Farmer and Maynard were hostesses.
President Mary Ann Basinger welcomed Janet Nance into membership with a gift bag of gardening supplies.
A gift exchange brought lively moments when Kate Rothhaar set robber's bingo in motion. Ornaments, frames, bird feeders, candles and candies were revealed. A wrought-iron sculpted flower with hummingbird brought on many "robberies."
Community projects completed in the past month included the chamber of commerce dinner.
An Earth, Wind and Flowers' team put together a table themed "Polar Express." "Believe" mugs, a miniature train, tracks and decorated tree centered the table. Napa Auto Parts family chose the table with silver charger plates, tins of candies wrapped in silver and blue, and hugged by polar bears.
June and Steve Gebhardt, Susan and Peter Maynard, Mary Lee and Bill Minor and Sharon and Jim Stump chose the Dostal-Kirk table after completing the club's setting.
Maynard, Minor, Stump and Bev Sipe decorated for two hours at the Bucyrus Historical Society.
Over the years, the club has purchased trees, garlands and wreaths, replacing ribbons as they wore out.
Stump managed the kitchen and an outside sign and steps, while Minor hung the wreaths. Maynard and Sipe filled the parlor tree, the piano top and mantel, hanging the stockings with care. The window boxes on the carriage house were touched with greens, bows and artificial poinsettias.
The next meeting is planned for Jan. 7 at Minors,' when Ohio mammals will be discovered with Diane Sand, member and speaker.


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Green Construction Board launches low carbon 'routemap'
The Green Construction Board has published a new routemap to help the industry meet national carbon reduction targets
The board, which includes Sunand Prasad of Penoyre and Prasad and Lynne Sullivan from sustainableBYdesign, has called for urgent action to reduce carbon emissions.
The Low Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment was launched by former government chief construction adviser Paul Morrell at Ecobuild. It sets out what is needed from the construction industry to achieve government targets of an 80 per cent reduction in emissions by 2050.
Green Construction Board co-chair Michael Fallon said: 'This Routemap will help shape our Industrial Strategy for construction as we plan for the long term. It's a valuable contribution to our continuing work with industry and shows that even closer collaboration is required in the future if we want to get closer to achieving our objective.
'While the Routemap shows that the 80 per cent carbon reduction target is a very challenging one, we must not lose sight of the overall objective which is to minimise carbon emissions.'
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A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman's uterus. The uterus is also known as the womb. The uterus is located in the abdomen and is where a fetus grows during pregnancy. The uterine lining is the source of menstrual blood.
Women may need a hysterectomy for many reasons. It can be used to treat a number of chronic pain conditions, as well as certain types of cancer and infection.
Depending on your reasons for having a hysterectomy, the extent of the surgery will vary. Your doctor may recommend removing the cervix (the lower part of the uterus) and the ovaries (organs that produce estrogen and other hormones) as well.
Once you have had a hysterectomy, you will stop having periods. You will also be unable to carry a pregnancy. If your ovaries are removed, you may also go into menopause.
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in three American women will have a hysterectomy by age 60. (MedlinePlus)
There are many reasons why a doctor may suggest a hysterectomy. They include:
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a hysterectomy is the second most common surgical procedure performed on women in the United States. The most common is a Caesarian section. (WomensHealth.gov)
Hysterectomy is considered a safe surgery. It is effective in reducing or eliminating pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding.
Hysterectomy may not be the best option for all women. It should not be used for women who still want to have children, unless no other alternatives exist. Fortunately, many conditions that are treated with hysterectomy can also be treated in other ways. For example, hormone therapy can be used to treat endometriosis. Fibroids can be treated with other types of surgery that spare the uterus.
In some circumstances, however, hysterectomy is clearly the best option. For instance, a hysterectomy may be necessary to treat uterine or cervical cancer.
There are several different types of hysterectomy.
A partial hysterectomy removes only a portion of your uterus. Your doctor may leave the cervix intact.
A total hysterectomy removes the entire uterus, including the cervix. If your cervix is removed, you will no longer need to get an annual Pap test. You should, however, continue to have regular pelvic examinations.
A hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy involves removing the uterus along with one or both of your ovaries and Fallopian tubes. If both of your ovaries are removed, you will enter menopause. You may need hormone replacement therapy.
Hysterectomies can be performed in several ways. All methods require a general or regional anesthetic. A general anesthetic will put you to sleep so that you don't feel pain. A regional anesthetic will make your body feel numb below the waistline; however, you will remain conscious. Sometimes, this type of anesthetic is combined with a sedative. This helps you feel sleepy and relaxed during surgery.
The uterus is removed through an incision (cut) in the abdomen. The incision may be vertical (up and down) or horizontal (side to side). A horizontal incision is also called a bikini incision. Both types of incisions tend to heal well and leave little scaring.
This surgery involves a tiny camera called a laparoscope. Three or four small incisions are made instead of one large incision. The uterus is cut into small pieces and removed one piece at a time. Healing time may be shorter than with abdominal surgery.
An incision is made inside the vagina. The uterus is removed through that opening. No external cuts are made. Therefore, you will not have to worry about scars.
The doctor uses a laparoscope inserted through a small abdominal incision to guide the removal of the uterus through the vagina.
Hysterectomies are performed as a routine matter. Doctors consider them quite safe. However, as with all major surgeries, there is a slight risk of an adverse reaction to the anesthetic. There is also the risk of heavy bleeding and infection around the incision site.
Other risks include injury to surrounding tissues or organs such as the:
These complications are rare. However, if they occur, you may need a second surgery to correct them.
After your hysterectomy, you will be taken to a recovery room. The staff there will monitor your vital signs and give you medication for pain. After a brief period of observation, you will be taken to your hospital room. You will probably spend two to five days in the hospital. However, you will be up and walking the day after surgery.
If you've had a vaginal hysterectomy, your vagina will be packed with gauze to control bleeding. The doctors will remove the gauze in a few days. After that, you can expect to have bloody or brownish drainage from your vagina for about ten days. Wearing a menstrual pad can help protect your clothing.
When you return home from the hospital, continue to take frequent walks around the house. However, you should avoid any strain for four to six weeks. This includes:
If you've had vaginal or laparoscopic surgery, you will probably be able to return to most regular activities within three to four weeks. If you've had abdominal surgery, healing will take a little longer. You should be back to normal in about four to six weeks.


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Get Your Drink On, Orange County!
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Bottoms up, Orange County!
It's not like we can knock Fresno, which--if you've visited it--you'd understand why it finished as the drunkest.
But 57? Nearby Riverside was No. 4 in the country! Even those latte-swigging freaks in LA finished ahead of us, at No. 48.
The way it worked, according to the USA Today, was cities were given letter grades based on "data such as death rates from alcoholic liver disease, booze-fueled car crashes, frequency of binge-drinking in the past month, number of DUI arrests and severity of DUI penalties."
Fine. But the numbers are still questionable. Those boozehounds in Chicago finished No. 85, the Pinot swillers in San Francisco were No. 86 and--get this--Boston was the soberest city in America, at No. 100 (or No. 1 if you count the opposite way).
The land of Cheers, Kennedys and Red Sauced fans? How could Beantown possibly pull that one off? Who knew Mitt Romney would leave such a lasting legacy?
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A successful caucus
When a party wins the presidency, as the Democrats did in 2008 and 2012, theres typically little pressure to change the partys nominating process. President Barack Obama often talks fondly of the time he spent in Iowa on his way to winning the caucuses and eventually the White House. Iowa Democrats take pride in having launched his presidential bid.
A caucus that raises questions
When a party loses the presidency, pressure increases to change the partys nominating process. The last two winners of the Iowa Republican caucuses, Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012, lost in their bids for the partys nomination, and the eventual nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney, lost in the presidential race.
Just five days after closing the books on the 2012 elections, some Iowa activists are already talking up the candidates they want to see in their coffee shops and backyards for the next round of presidential job interviews.
The first post-election 2012 visit by an eventual 2016 caucus candidate could happen as early as Saturday, when U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida drops by Republican Gov. Terry Branstads birthday party.
More than two dozen top Iowa politicians and party insiders interviewed by the Register last week believe Iowa will play host to two full-blown caucus contests in 2016. But thats not a given.
The Republican Party first will undergo intense soul-searching about its future in the wake of Tuesdays loss. That scrutiny will include questions about whether Iowas role in hosting the lead-off caucuses helps the party select its best nominee, top Iowa Republicans acknowledge.
One lesson of the GOPs 2012 election losses that the Republican Party is fading in credibility for non-whites and women is very much present in the minds of Iowa activists in both parties as they scan the horizon for 2016, interviews with party leaders confirmed.
The two parties start the 2016 cycle from very different places.
Top Democrats are still floating on sunshine over President Barack Obamas victory last week. But they interrupted their giddiness to agree that every potential candidate is an afterthought until two people decide what theyre doing: Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
Nonetheless, hopefuls will assemble on the chance neither runs.
Im just looking forward to going to the inauguration for our current president, Democratic strategist Jeff Link of Des Moines said with a laugh. But he added, I want to find someone to carry on the legacy.
As the Clinton-Biden watch continues, other Democrats will test the waters.
A trail of top-name Democrats visited the Iowa delegation at the Democratic National Convention in September (New Jerseys Cory Booker, New Yorks Kirsten Gillibrand, Minnesotas Amy Klobuchar, Marylands Martin OMalley, Montanas Brian Schweitzer, Californias Antonio Villaraigosa and Virginias Mark Warner). OMalley, the Maryland governor, appeared later that month at Sen. Tom Harkins Steak Fry, a meet-and-greet thats a magnet for presidential hopefuls.
Do GOP caucuses force turn to right?
On the Republican side, Paul Ryan tops the GOP 2016 wish list in Iowa. But virtually no one in Iowa leaves Rubio out of his or her top three.
The eventual field could offer a mix of new and familiar faces. Rick Santorum, a Christian conservative who won the 2012 Iowa caucuses in a photo finish, has been maneuvering to keep his Iowa network alive. He called U.S. Rep. Steve Kings personal cellphone to congratulate him on election night, and did an interview with WHO Radios Simon Conway on Thursday.
Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has made repeated trips to Iowa this year, including for a National Rifle Association rally and for a bus tour urging a no vote on judicial retention.
As candidate visits begin, the debate about the partys future will rage in the top echelons of the national party and here in Iowa. Some top Iowa conservatives believe their party needs to broaden its appeal to survive. Others call for nominating a harder-core conservative.
And those differing perspectives shade their views about the next Iowa caucuses.
The caucuses are the testing grounds where presidential candidates mold their general election persona, but winning here means impressing the voters who populate caucus night precincts. For Iowa Republicans, that includes a sizable bloc of unbending religious conservatives whose antipathy toward abortion, homosexuality and immigration reform runs contrary to the modern electorate.
The real question is: Does a candidate choose to participate here, or bypass us? said Christopher Rants, a Republican operative from Sioux City. Someone who doesnt want to run that far to the right will have to do the calculus about how to survive without Iowa, or just take their lumps.
Some Republicans here think Iowa was a root of Mitt Romneys most serious flaw the impression that he lacked the courage of his convictions, portraying himself as severely conservative and anti-47 percent to his base, but as an economy-focused moderate to the rest of the electorate.
While I desperately wanted Romney to win because of his managerial experience, said Republican strategist Robert Haus, he just never could convince people that he had a philosophical core. And I think that really hurt him.
Haus, who served as chairman of Rick Perrys Iowa presidential campaign, is still piqued that Romney chose to tack right of Perry on immigration as a tactic to defeat the Texan in the caucuses. Haus said he thinks that move ended up damaging Romney with Latinos and independents in the general election.
A bold conservative, or broader appeal?
Religious conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats thinks the only adapting the GOP needs to do is to pick bold conservatives instead of more moderate candidates like Bob Dole, John McCain and Romney.
Where we lost this election is we put up a candidate who had very little difference with the person he was running against, said Vander Plaats, a Grimes resident who endorsed Santorum for president.
Rants said he has gotten emails from fellow Republicans who, like Vander Plaats, say the party lost Tuesday because it didnt pick a candidate who was conservative enough.
What did they want, a Todd Akin or Richard Mourdock? Like that would have worked better? Rants said, referring to two Republicans who lost their races for Congress after they made controversial comments about rape that some thought hurt the GOP brand. Not likely. The fact is we cant be the party of old white guys.
Although Democrat Christie Vilsack lost her congressional race against King in northwest Iowa, her campaign is one sign that the ground is moving beneath our feet, Rants said.
Part of the pro-Vilsack message was that King is too hard-line on immigrants.
The You cant call the police because theyll deport you and I am not a dog mailer are not something they would have tried mailing in previous elections, Rants said of campaign messages from Vilsack and her allies. But evidently their polling and plan shows a changing demographic, and more importantly a changing attitude about those demographics.
Des Moines Republican David Kochel, who was Romneys Iowa strategist, noted that exit polls showed Romney lost the Hispanic vote nationally by a 71 percent to 27 percent margin, more than either George W. Bush or McCain. We cant continue to lose Hispanics by these margins, he said.
Kochel, whose yard signs advertised both Romney and a yes vote on retaining an Iowa justice who co-authored the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, said the partys message needs some retooling to be more attractive to women, minorities and younger voters.
Parties are allies in fight to stay first
Iowans who follow the Republican caucuses have seen parts of the Skip Iowa? movie before. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, seeking to appeal to moderate Republicans and independents, chose not to compete in the 2012 caucuses, but his dodge got him nowhere.
Romney, amid much speculation about how much effort he would put into a caucus campaign, spent little time in Iowa until a big December 2011 push. He nurtured his 2008 network all along, though, and came within an eyelash of winning the caucuses.
Not surprisingly, Gov. Terry Branstad, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and other Iowa Republicans strongly defended the caucuses in interviews with the Register last week. Some activists contended that any candidate can do well here and noted that not everyone to emerge at the top here has been a social conservative.
Iowa Republicans who place a priority on keeping the caucuses in the national leadoff spot may get some help from Democrats successes. Party leaders in Iowa have worked together to keep both the Democratic and GOP contests as the nations first caucuses.
Iowa Democrats think their caucuses, which spring-boarded a two-term president, are plenty safe from any national Democrats who want to change the early state nomination process. That makes it harder for the national Republicans to make any changes, which would require a two-thirds vote of the Republican National Committee.


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There's no doubt KG's the better player right now, but he has a lot more cons than pros in a comparison with Amare. Amare proved last season that he's healthy again, so there's no injury concern (not more than in any other case, that is). Also, he's younger. And KG's not only older, but has a lot more miles in his legs. I doubt he'll be able to play at his current level for more than 3 years. He'll be a damn good player after that, but not a MVP level player.
Also, contracts do matter in these deals, and Amare has more years and almost 10 million less in his contract (from KG's only remaining season).
KG to Phoenix; AS to GS; Monta, Pietrus and Foyle to MN?????
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I have no doubt that KG is a better player than Amare . . . which is not an insult to Amare at all.
There's just NO CHANCE KG will come to the warriors. He's looking for a ring with an established team. As far as McHale getting equal value for KG, that's pretty much impossible. Timberwolves will be loosers at the end of this because they are loosing one of the best players and teammates in the league right now because they were too incompetent to get a good team around him.
The Warriors are younger and run a very similar offense to Phoenix. Amare would fit right in.
I just want to know what it would take for Mullin to get the deal done. Some of our young talent (ie Ellis and Pietrus) and Foyle to get the money where it needs to be would be outstanding.
Phoenix would be getting KG.
I don't know if it would or wouldn't. There were reported to be some pretty bad teams making the third leg of this potential trade. I'm just wonding what it would take for the Warriors to be involved. Is it possible?
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One can exit Jet Airways on rally, says Phani Sekhar of Angel Broking.
Sekhar told CNBC-TV18, " Jet Airways is clearly avoid because the run up in the price was based on the frenzy of the deal happening. As an investor it is almost always a very bad idea to be chasing the deal frenzy and the prices thereon. So, now some of the investors are learning the hard way."
He further added, "From a longer term perspective however the fundamentals don't support the valuations that these companies are quoting at. With the entry of new airlines the competition is only going to increase and even the existing airlines are quarreling with each other in form of very competitive air fares. So, all this doesn't portent a very happy picture for Jet Airways investors. A good idea for the investor is to maybe wait for some rally to get out of or even at these levels one can just book losses."
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When it comes to winning awards for his green ways, Colin Firth admits that he probably a little less than deserving. "I fly, I drive, I eat meat. I commit
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Kansas Climate Action and a local chapter of the Sierra Club are sponsoring a screening of the film "Chasing Ice" tomorrow afternoon in Abilene. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion that includes two university professors, the executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union, and Kansas State Rep. Dennis Hedke, a Wichita area geophysicist.
We encourage you to educate yourself on the facts behind the global warming alarmist claims made in this movie, and to bring your own questions to present to the panel.
The screening and discussion will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow, July 13, at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum (200 E 4th St., Abliene).
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After your briefing, engage in the same kinds of exercises real astronauts do to prepare for the rigors of space flight. To understand what it feels like to hurl through space, take a ride in the multi-axis trainer simulator, a centrifuge-like device that randomly moves its occupant in multiple directions and through 360-degree revolutions.
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In this Forum we've discussed the under-rated (or at least under-purchased) Kaufman volumes "New Magic of Japan" and "Five Times Five Japan". There's a wonderful video of Charles Hsu, who performed most of the Ernest Earick material on another video, here:
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With Tulip Time over, the citizens of Pella and beyond are looking forward to the fun of Thursday Nights in Pella. Karen Eischen, Executive Director of the Pella Chamber of Commerce says they have a great lineup this year, beginning June 6 with the theme of Celebrating Families with lots of activities for kids.
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Contributor: Michelle Drerup, PSyD, Sleep Disorders Center
Ah, elusive sleep. Insomnia. Many of us have been there. For people with chronic pain — from arthritis to fibromyalgia to the pain of cancer — sleep issues are especially common. This can include difficulty falling asleep as well as awakening during the middle of the night or waking up earlier in the morning than desired.
Each year, Michelle Drerup, PsyD, of Cleveland Clinic's Sleep Disorders Center, treats hundreds of patients who come to her with insomnia and a variety of pain-causing medical conditions. "Treating insomnia can actually help a patient's chronic pain subside," she says. But before treating a patient for insomnia, she explains, it's important to rule out other issues that could be causing the problems such as medications or sleep apnea.
Once other issues are ruled out, she says, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the treatment of choice.
First: Understanding the insomnia
To understand how chronic pain might make it difficult to fall asleep, it is helpful to think about bedtime routines. Most people when getting ready for bed will eliminate distractions in order to relax and fall asleep including things such as turning off lights, making it quiet and trying to get comfortable.
"This quiet environment can cause problems for people with chronic pain," says Dr. Drerup, "because then the only thing left for the person to focus on is the experience of his or her pain." Unfortunately, without other distractions pain seems to become "louder" and in many cases, the perception of pain —not necessarily the actual pain — increases when attempting to fall asleep.
Second: Understanding the therapy
CBT for insomnia includes a number of strategies designed to improve sleep quality and help people change thoughts and behaviors that interfere with sleep. This type of therapy is often preferred over medications because it has no side effects and is effective for the long-term.
One of the main goals of the therapy interventions is to help patients control or eliminate negative thoughts and worries that keep them awake. Through cognitive restructuring work there is increased awareness of thoughts, and dysfunctional thoughts about sleep tend to decrease which makes it easier to fall asleep.
Another strategy is relaxation training, which is used to reduce or eliminate muscle tension and distract one from racing thoughts. Techniques include progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery and meditation, among others. Regardless of the type of relaxation strategy used, the treatment involves professional guidance and the teaching of these skills over a number of sessions.
Dr. Drerup conducts individual and group sessions on CBT for insomnia. Usually patients will take part in four to eight sessions to learn these techniques and discover what works for them.
In addition to cognitive restructuring and relaxation techniques, Dr. Drerup goes over the standard guidelines for good "sleep hygiene" as follows:
- Use the bed and bedroom for sleep and sex only. Avoid sleep incompatible behaviors in the bed including reading, watching TV, or worrying.
- Go to bed only when sleepy
- If unable to sleep within 15-20 minutes of getting in bed, get up and go into another room. Return to bed only when sleepy again. (Repeat if necessary.)
- Maintain a regular wake time regardless of the amount of sleep that night
- Avoid naps during the day
- Watch caffeine and alcohol intake
- Exercise, but don't do it too close to bedtime
The good news is that CBT for insomnia has been proven effective with 70 to 80 percent of treated participants.
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|Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition. (Photo: ciweb.org)
CHAUTAUQUA, NY – As a part of Chautauqua Institution's morning lecture series, five women examine the theme "21st Century Women: The Road to Social and Economic Growth." The lectures take place throughout Week Five of the Institution's season in Chautauqua's 5,000-seat Amphitheater. Afternoon/Interfaith lecturers will focus on the theme "Women Transcending Boundaries."
Adrienne Germain, president of the International Women's Coalition, serves as the morning lecturer Monday, July 25. Germain has fought for the rights of women in developing countries for nearly 35 years.
Isobel Coleman, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the council on Foreign Relations, lectures Tuesday, July 26. She directs the "women and foreign policy" program for the council. Coleman's writing has appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes and The Huffington Post.
Farhana Qazi lectures Wednesday, July 27. Qazi is an expert on international terrorism, specializing in Pakistan, Afghanistan and women in war. An instructor at the National Defense University and U.S. Central Command, Qazi was the first American Muslim woman to serve in the CIA's Counterterrorist Center.
Thursday, July 28's morning lecturer, Hawa Abdi is the founder of the Somali Refugee Hospital, which serves nearly 100,000 people. Abdi gained fame last year for standing up to hundreds of Islamist militants who tried to take control of her camp. Thanks in part to her efforts, the gunmen backed down and submitted to her request for a written apology.
Abdi will be interviewed by journalist Kati Marton.
|Mary L. Landrieu, United States Senator (D–LA). (Photo: ciweb.org)
Mary Landrieu, senior U.S. Senator from Louisiana, serves as Week Five's final morning lecturer. Landrieu was the first woman from Louisiana elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate. She was actively involved in the Golf Coast recovery effort and the recovery projects following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Morning lectures take place at 10:45 on weekdays throughout the Institution's nine-week season.
Joan Chittister, a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania kicks off Week Five's afternoon lectures. Chittister's book "The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully" won her ninth Catholic Press Association award. She currently serves as co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women.
Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, lectures Tuesday, July 26. Khan has lectured in the U.S. and internationally. She has appeared on ABC, PBS, BBC World, CNN, Fox News, National Geographic and Al Jazeerah.
Anat Hoffman, Executive Director of the Israel Religious Action Center, serves as the afternoon lecturer Wednesday, July 27. Hoffman works to combat racism, corruption and religious coercion through the promotion of Jewish Pluralism, tolerance and equality. She formerly represented the Civil Rights and Peace Movement on the Jerusalem City Council.
|Hauwa Ibrahim, Visiting Professor, Harvard Divinity School. (Photo: ciweb.org)
Hauwa Ibrahim lectures Thursday, July 28. Ibrahim, visiting professor at the Harvard Divinity School, became the only female recipient of the Sakharov Prize in 2005, joining the ranks of Nelson Mandela. She is also the founder of Aries Law Firm. As an attorney, Ibrahim defended human rights. She previously held a fellowship position at Yale University.
The week's final afternoon lecturer is Nadine Epstein, editor and publisher of Moment, an independent Jewish publication. Epstein will oversee a panel discussion instead of delivering a lecture. The panel consists of Rabba Sara Hurwitz, The Rev. Mary Ramerman and Amina Wadud.
Afternoon lectures are held in the Institution's Hall of Philosophy weekdays at 2:00. Afternoon lecture themes coordinate with the themes of the 10:45 a.m. lectures but take a different angle of vision.
Day tickets are available for purchase at the Main Gate Welcome Center Ticket Office on the day of your visit. For ticketing information, visit https://chautauquatickets.ciweb.org or call 716-357-6250.
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Ruby 2.1.0 release engeneering
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This is meta issue for releasing Ruby 2.1.0
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#1 Updated by Yui NARUSE over 2 years ago
- Description updated (diff)
- Due date set to 12/25/2013
#2 Updated by Yusuke Endoh over 2 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Assigned
- Assignee changed from Yusuke Endoh to Yui NARUSE
Now you are the release manager!
Yusuke Endoh email@example.com
#3 Updated by Yui NARUSE almost 2 years ago
I'll release Ruby 2.1.0-RC next week.
If you know any tasks/tickets which is not done yet for 2.1, please tell us!
#4 Updated by Nobuhiro IMAI almost 2 years ago
#5 Updated by Jeremy Evans almost 2 years ago
#6 Updated by Eric Hodel almost 2 years ago
I believe RubyGems is ready.
I will be marking the bundler features in RubyGems as experimental in the RubyGems release notes and Ruby NEWS files.
#7 Updated by Yui NARUSE almost 2 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Closed


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EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) A south-central Kansas man has pleaded guilty to killing his grandmother while burglarizing the 69-year-old preschool teacher's home with his girlfriend.
The El Dorado Times reports 20-year-old Jacob Hoyt entered the plea Friday in Butler County District Court.
Hoyt was initially charged with premeditated first-degree murder for the December 2011 strangling death of Loyce Cody at her Augusta home. He pleaded guilty instead to first-degree murder in the commission of a felony _ in this case, aggravated burglary.
Hoyt and Lyndsey Giovinazzo were arrested shortly after the killing while leading officers on a two-county chase in Cody's car.
Giovinazzo pleaded guilty earlier to first-degree murder. She was sentenced last month to 25 years to life in prison.
For Hoyt, prosecutors recommended a life sentence with a chance for parole after 20 years.
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One of our animators shows off a multitude of moves. [url=/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=16528] click for full story [/url]
Brainp0wa12/22/2008 1:14:09 PM Permalink[quote]it's rare for anyone to ask if you have a degree.[/quote] That's the kind of info that would have made me actually listen to my guidance counselor. Well he did say that I could be a forklift operator. I guess they don't need a degree either.
xR3Dnaxel4x12/19/2008 10:43:47 PM PermalinkUm.. i couldn't let this one go without saying anything. too many coincidences.... So my name is Noah BREWSTER. I Live in Indianapolis, IN.. I'm currently a freshman at Savannah college of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah , GA. I've been using programs like cybermotion 3d, blender, gmax, 3ds max, maya. since i was like 9 y.o My planned major is Animation... O.O and visual fx... Also will be studying Interactive game development, and industrial design. And its my dream to become part of the bungie family... Cept now someone has my initials. but seriously noah is not a common name. and we're from indiana. and we wanna do the same thing. O.o now you know.. Anim8 Away my friend. make all those different animations blend so milky smoooth.
Serious Suicide12/19/2008 9:22:22 PM PermalinkI love these and yet hate them at the same time. I am really interested in game design and what everyone does. But every time I read one of these articles I feel guilty that I am not practicing making maps (my career goal).
Anim8rJB12/19/2008 8:58:42 PM Permalinkfor these 'breaking in' things, are they going to interview anyone who's been there longer than a month or two?
Kaiser TheGreat12/19/2008 4:21:09 PM PermalinkI love that screen shot! Thank goodness I don't have his job because all my characters would look like they have to take a crap or something. I think it would be pretty hard making character movements. [Edited on 12.19.2008 8:21 AM PST]
Subnova12/19/2008 4:04:46 AM PermalinkI love these interviews, I hope to see more in the near future.
PhsYcoon12/19/2008 1:16:26 AM PermalinkThis interview will help those people wanting to become animators. Good job.
INSANEdrive12/19/2008 12:07:13 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Noah Bordner My main inspirations growing up were anything CG (Jurassic Park, Toy Story), classic anime films (Akira), the concept art for the games I loved, and the sense of timing and humor that had been hard-wired into my brain from watching endless Warner Bros. cartoons..[/quote] You... My dear sir, are full of win. (Mostly for Akira ^_^) I demand an animation of the Chief smashing a grunts skull with his bare hands (and/or the assistance of a wall). :Evil-but-still-ever-delightful smile:
Nico12/18/2008 11:38:24 PM PermalinkCongratulations on the landing the job. Good luck in the industry, hope to meet ya some time at GDC.
ABotelho12/18/2008 11:37:15 PM Permalinkwhere can i get that screenshot? its uber cool! so... is he part of what makes elites do a back flip to board an enemy in a prowler turret? lol [Edited on 12.18.2008 3:38 PM PST]
H2O HALO RECON12/18/2008 11:27:05 PM PermalinkOryx is defeated on Normal. Yesss? - 11/21/2015 10:17:54 PMVery nice picture. Keep up the good work urk.
Dropship dude12/18/2008 11:00:23 PM PermalinkAnimators need to improve their perception of movement. No-one in reality twitches every six steps, no-one! Only joking, but I've seen it happen.
onyx spartan12/18/2008 10:46:33 PM PermalinkPretty cool. It's really cool getting an insight at what some of the people do and how they got in contact with Bungie.


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|Alterations in CT mediastinal anatomy produced by an azygos lobe.
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|PMID: 6787889 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|Computed tomographic (CT) scans of 11 patients with an azygos lobe were compared with similar scans of age- and gender-matched normal controls. The reflections of the right lung against the superior mediastinum were evaluated, and particular attention was directed to five specific areas: the azygos vein and arch, the superior vena cava, the pretracheal and retrotracheal areas, and the esophagus. With an azygos lobe, the azygos arch is at a more cephalad position than normal. The axis of the superior vena cava is oriented toward the left. The azygos lobe intrudes into the pretracheal and retrotracheal mediastinum contacting the anterior wall of the trachea, the medial wall of the superior vena cava, and most of the posterior wall of the trachea in the majority of patients. The presence of an azygos lobe significantly alters the contour of the right mediastinum and changes the relation of lung to the superior vena cava and trachea.
|J M Speckman; G Gamsu; W R Webb
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|Title: AJR. American journal of roentgenology Volume: 137 ISSN: 0361-803X ISO Abbreviation: AJR Am J Roentgenol Publication Date: 1981 Jul
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|Created Date: 1981-08-27 Completed Date: 1981-08-27 Revised Date: 2008-02-15
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Sterling gains against U.S. dollar in forex trading
The Bank of England has decided that current quantitative easing levels are adequate, and decided to continue holding the current ceiling.
There are some concerns that the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone could affect Britain, since British banks have exposure to the debt of different eurozone countries. However, for now, the Bank of England feels that things are not going to be too much trouble.
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Isa Peterson, 26, is proof a bachelor's degree from a small private college in Kenosha can take you places — and can lead to a lucrative career.
The Kenosha native — a graduate of Bradford High School with a bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from Carthage College — is now an aerospace engineer in Silicon Valley, California.
In basic terms, it is Peterson's job to position large telecommunication satellites into place 22,300 miles above Earth after their launch for Space Systems/Loral, a commercial satellite provider in Palo Alto, Calif.
In today's economy, many are questioning whether it is worth it to go to college, or are worried they won't be able to get a job after graduation. But Peterson landed a career in a growing field with a typical starting salary of around $75,000 upon completion of a master's degree.
And, she said, it all started at a college with just 2,500 full-time undergraduate students. She credits her success to engaging professors and outstanding research opportunities. She said she valued the small classes where deep conversations are encouraged.
"I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do," Peterson said of her plans when she entered Carthage.
She took a variety of advanced placement classes at Bradford, from art to physics.
"At Bradford, I was definitely in the art crowd," she said, acknowledging Carthage also has a great arts program.
At Carthage, it was her science classes that inspired her.
"I just really fell in love with the subject matter," she said. "The professors at Carthage are amazing and really engaged me."
At Carthage, Peterson took part in NASA's Systems Engineering Educational Discovery program. The program pairs college teams with NASA engineers to design and test experiments essential to NASA goals.
"It was an amazing opportunity and really solidified my goals," Peterson said.
All Carthage students are challenged to perform original studies under the close guidance of the faculty as part of their courses of study. Dennis Munk, coordinator of undergraduate research, said this approach enhances learning by connecting lessons to real-world settings and requires students to respond to novel challenges.
Munk said surveys show those with undergraduate research experience are more likely to earn degrees and pursue advanced degrees.
Peterson graduated with bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, and minor degrees in Spanish and math. She went on to earn a master's degree from Purdue University in astronautical aerospace engineering.
She began looking for a job the December before graduating from Purdue and was hired by SSL by the end of March.
While Peterson ended up with degrees that led to a good paycheck, she said that was never the motivation.
"It was more so being able to secure a job in a field that is exciting, challenging and extremely interesting," Peterson said. "I knew I would be happy with any sort of salary."


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To the Editor:
Cristina Lafferty-Hassinger, daughter of the Sandy Hook principal lost in 12/14, spoke out in an March 6, 2013 Danbury News-Times article, of her frustration with how the United Way of Western Connecticut is distributing the monies from the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, which News-Times reported to now be at $10 million. Key issues were the delay in getting funds distributed and requiring "proof of hardship."
I find her comments to be disturbing. Donated monies should now have been essentially all turned over to the families of the victims and the appropriate first responders.
Lest we forget, it is their money.
I suggest a specific amount of money be immediately turned over to the victim's families and to the key first responders for their use in coping with the horrific impact of 12/14. Allow them to decide how best to use the funds.
Donors would have insisted that these monies be handed over to the families with:
(a) No requirement to come forward and request funds.
(b) No need to justify what the funds will be used for.
(c) No requirement to keep receipts or reconcile with benefits from their own medical insurance.
(d) No delay in distributing the monies.
(e) No administrative costs deducted from the monies contributed.
(f) No direction given as to how each individual's share should be spent.
No one can judge each family's many needs as they struggle with this ghastly horror. For some, a week in Disney World may be the best near term aid. For others, replacing an older trouble-prone car will reduce their anxiety somewhat.
I suggest the United Way/Newtown Savings Bank fund immediately write checks to each of the 26 victim's family for $225,000. Checks should also be immediately given to first responders with the amount based on the extent to which they were exposed and traumatized as they performed their duties.
Estimated total cash dispersed as instant checks is $6 million, money that those impacted need now. Indeed, needed three months ago!
The Newtown Savings Bank/United Way fund would still have $4 Million for other benefits or unusually needs.
I would ask former Senator Lieberman and current Senator Blumenthal to work with the IRS to have these funds be tax free. IRS may already have such a provision, I just do not know.
United Way/Newtown Savings Bank fund is singled out only because it is the largest. Smaller funds should consider a similar approach.
A great many people are working very hard to do the right thing with the monies being donated and their efforts are greatly appreciated.
Frequently, however, the simplest approach is the best.
Steve Bennett
4 Monitor Hill Road, Newtown March 13, 2013


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We're thrilled to announce that Cara Page of Audre Lorde Project and Manish Vaidya of Peacock Rebellion will be emceeing the 2014 Money for Our Movements conference!
Join us for our opening plenary on "Strategies for Funding Revolutionary Work" featuring Shira Hassan (previously with Young Women's Empowerment Project) and Jenny Lee (Allied Media Projects), moderated by Adrienne Maree Brown.
Our dynamic debate on boards (read this year's resolution!) will be moderated by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld (Building Movement Project) with Mike Roque (Adobe Consulting), Brigette Rouson (Diverse City Fund), Trish Tchume (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network), and Tova Perlmutter (Engine of Progress) debating.
Our closing panel, "Funding Social Justice Past, Present & Future: An Intergenerational Dialogue" featuring Krystal Portalatin (FIERCE), Yasmeen Perez (Right to the City), Stephanie Roth (Klein & Roth Consulting), Ife Kilimanjaro, Ph.D (East Michigan Environmental Action Council)and Karen Toering (Social Justice Fund NW) will leave you full of ideas and inspiration for resourcing our movements for the long haul.
We'll be offering over 70 workshops and facilitated discussions on the following topics, including (partial list):
- Pump Up Your Board for Fundraising: Getting Your Board Engaged and Energized with Christina Yoon of Yoon Consulting
- Let's Stay Together: Create and Sustain Dynamic Fundraising Teams with the Circle Process with Sophia Kizilbash & Johnny Buck of Native Youth Leadership Alliance
- Four Cornerstones of Major Gifts Fundraising with Paul Jolly of Jump Start Growth
- Email Marketing to Support Year-Round Online Fundraising with Joleen Ong of NTEN
- Courageous Conversations for Fundraisers with Miguel Gavaldón
- Implementing Donor Management Software with Jack Aponte & Jon Goldberg of Palante Tech
- Almost There: 10 Strategies for Year-End Fundraising with Ari Wohlfeiler of Jewish Voice for Peace & Avi Cummings of Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- Creating an Annual Fundraising Plan with Priscilla Hung of Community Partners
- Fundraising as Self Development with Beth Raps of RAISING CLARITY
- Dolla Dolla Bill Y'all: Building Power as Youth Fundraisers with Naa Hammond & Fred Ginyard of FIERCE
- Donor Organizing Through Giving Circles: Social Justice Fund's Story with Karen Toering and Mijo Lee of Social Justice Fund NW
- Designing your Crowdfunding Campaign with Erin Barnes & Brandon Whitney of ioby
- Moving Towards an Integrated Grassroots Fundraising Culture: Data, Tools, and Practices with Alice Aguilar & Tomás Aguilar of Progressive Technology Project
- Party On! Throwing Awesome House Party Fundraisers with Jeff Pinzino of Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- People of Color Traditions, Strategies & Stories for Our Collective Survival with Naa Hammond of FIERCE & Cara Page of Audre Lorde Project
- Leading Stellar Trainings for Volunteer Fundraisers with Christa Orth of Wingo, Inc.
- Meeting Your Goals by Meeting Your Donors with Mary Grace Wolf & Arturo Clark of National People's Action
- How We Made Friends Before Facebook with Jackie Kaplan-Perkins
- Writing Proposals, Understanding Program Officers and Getting Grants: Everything You Wanted to Ask and Were Afraid to Ask with Marjorie Fine
- Overcoming Fundraising Complacency on Long-Standing Boards of Directors with Gregory Cohen & Sadia Kalam of Cause Effective
- Savvy and Sustainable Fundraising Strategies for Movement Organizations with Arika Kern & Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
- Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money with Andy Robinson of Andy Robinson Consulting
- Breaking the Isolation Bubble: How to Talk Back to Foundations with Jeanné Isler & Lisa Ranghelli of National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
- Allied Media Projects: Shared Services & Network Building with Jenny Lee & Mike Medow of Allied Media Projects
- The Lion's Roar: How Our Stories Shape Movements (and Raise Money) with Pam Pompey & Yee Won Chong
- Messaging for Fundraising and Movement Building with Tova Perlmutter of Engine of Progress
- How to Raise $50,000 in Six Weeks with Stephanie Roth & Nancy Otto of Klein & Roth Consulting
- Membership is Powerful: Building Power and Sustainability Through Dues-Paying Membership with Beth Rayfield of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
- Collective Resiliency, Sustainability, Donor Organizing & Grassroots Giving with Cara Page of Audre Lorde Project & Theo Yang Copley of Class Action
- People-Powered Organizations: Building Successful Monthly Sustainer Programs with Allison Budschalow & Kristin Campbell of Media Mobilizing Project
- Designing for Change: Visual Communications for the Left with Nadia Khastagir of Design Action Collective
- Hi-Tech Tools for Fundraising and Communication Made Simple with Yee Won Chong
- Member-Driven Fundraising: Creative Ways to Combine Organizing and Money-Making with Alia Trindle of People First
- We Tweet, We Like and We Raise Money: How Youth & Young Adults Fundraise and (re)Imagine Our Resources with Laurene Francois of GIFT
- Matching the Right Team with the Right Fundraising Strategy with Miguel Gavaldón
- Understanding Constituent Relationship Management Systems with Rebecca Johnson of RoadMap Consulting
- Making Stronger and Smarter "Asks": How to Write to be More Influential with Randall Quan of Community Resource Exchange
- The Exchange Collaborative Fundraising and Resource Sharing Model with Roxanne Anderson of MN Transgender Health Coalition
- Collective Dollars, Collective Sense: Giving Circles and Models of Cross-Class Philanthropy with Jessie Spector of Resource Generation, Sha Grogan-Brown of Grassroots Global Justice, Rebecca Wisotsky of Trans Justice Funding Project, and Ellen Barry of Criminal Justice Initiative.
- Authentic Leadership Development & Renewal with Pam Pompey
- Measuring Your Social Media Efforts with Chris Tuttle of Idealware
- Planned Giving Made Easy with Stan Yogi of Klein & Roth Consulting
- Visual Communication: Create Pictures, Videos and Presentations Quickly, Easily and Affordably with Yee Won Chong, Nadia Khastagir of Design Action Collective, and Joleen Ong of NTEN
- People of Color & Fundraising with Mike Roque of Adobe Consulting
- Shared Leadership Models: Sharing Power, Decision-Making, and Building Sustainability for the Long-Haul with Ife Kilimanjaro, Ph. D, of East Michigan Environmental Action Council and Ryan Li Dahlstrom of GIFT
- Nuts and Bolts of Finance in Organizing with Shira Hassan & Karla Mejia of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
- Off Limits? How Government Funding Can Make Your Social Justice Organization Even Stronger with Jennifer Freedman of CASA de Maryland


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Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians says offensive line is a priority for the upcoming draft
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Unlike many coaches, the Cardinals' Bruce Arians doesn't parse words when asked for his opinions. This one, about his offensive line, is an example.Share Tweet
Phoenix Suns season review: The storm after the calmvalleyofthesun.com Apr 22, 2013In 2012-13, the Phoenix Suns got it so wrong, they actually got it right. That is of course, if the next move is to actually rebuild. Over the previous two seasons, team management assembled rosters...Share Tweet
Run on tackles could cause Cardinals to consider Branden Albertprofootballtalk.com Apr 22, 2013The Arizona Cardinals could use a left tackle, and they have the No. 7 overall pick in a strong draft for left tackles. But with talk increasing that all three of the top tackle prospects will be gone within the first six picks, the Cardinals may need t…Share Tweet
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Belt, Giants Walk OffApr 22Brandon Belt's first career walk-off hit lifts the Giants past the Diamondbacks and to their seventh straight home win.
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2013 NBA Playoffs-- Memphis Grizzlies drop tight game in Game 2Apr 22The Grizzlies had some superb play from Mike Conley, but the other team had Chris Paul.
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El Pasoans can get a real taste of German culture and food later this month.
About 140 kegs of authentic German Paulaner beer have been shipped from Münich for the annual Oktoberfest celebration on Sept. 16-18 at Fort Bliss.
The Eyachtaler, a traditional German brass Oktoberfest band, and the Schuhplattler, a traditional Bavarian dance troupe, will provide entertainment, giving participants a glimpse into German life.
The event, organized by the German Air Force Air Defense Center, will also feature a German drinking contest.
Tickets are going fast. The second day is already sold out and tickets for the first day are expected to be gone soon.
"This is the most traditional and most popular German celebration," said Lt. Col. Stephan Lawrenz, project manager for this year's festival.
"It's a one-of-a-kind chance for the American public to get a taste of real German food and real German beer.
"The beer we will serve is not produced here. It's the original beer for the Münich Oktoberfest."
The beer was transported by boat in a cooler container. It is now stored in two huge cooling trailers at Fort Bliss.
Admission to the event's first two days cost $25 per day and includes a beer stein, German food and a raffle ticket for prizes. Beer is extra. The event benefits the German Air Force's local charity efforts.
The final day, Sept. 18, will offer free admission yet people will have to pay for food and other extras, Lawrenz said.
About 5,000 people are expected to attend over the three days.
Oktoberfest has a long history, originally starting in 1810 to celebrate a royal German wedding. The event is now celebrated all over the world.
Each day will begin with a ceremonial keg tapping in which the U.S., German and Bavarian national anthems will be played. Special guests from Fort Bliss will be selected to tap the first keg each day.
Lt. Col. Uwe Spindler, leader of the Schuhplattler, said the event will show off German culture.
For instance, there will be a sauf machine contest. Sauf is German slang for "very fast, hard drinking."
Six people will team up to drink out of a large beer mug at the same time and compete against other teams to see who can drink the fastest, Spindler said.
"The fastest team can do it in about a second," Spindler said.
The 18th annual FirstLight Federal Credit Union German American Night Run will be on Sept. 10 at Freedom Crossing and will serve as an unofficial start to Oktoberfest.
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This article is part of the supplement: New trends in digital pathology: Proceedings of the 9th European Congress on Telepathology and 3rd International Congress on Virtual Microscopy
Virtual health care center in Georgia
1 Department of Pathology, University Hospital Berlin – Charite. 10117-Berlin, Germany
2 Georgian Telemedicine Union (Association). 0171-Tbilisi, Georgia
Diagnostic Pathology 2008, 3(Suppl 1):S4 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-3-S1-S4Published: 15 July 2008
Application of telemedicine systems to cover distant geographical areas has increased recently. However, the potential usefulness of similar systems for creation of national networks does not seem to be widely appreciated. The article describes the "Virtual Health Care Knowledge Center in Georgia" project. Its aim was the set up of an online integrated web-based platform to provide remote medical consultations and eLearning cycles. The project "Virtual Health Care Knowledge Center in Georgia" was the NATO Networking Infrastructure Grant dedicated for development of telemedicine in non-NATO countries. The project implemented a pilot to organize the creation of national eHealth network in Georgia and to promote the use of innovative telemedicine and eLearning services in the Georgian healthcare system. In June 2007 it was continued under the NATO Networking Infrastructure Grant "ePathology – Virtual Pathology Center in Georgia as the Continuation of Virtual Health Care Center".


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FILE - APRIL 5: According to reports April 5, 2013, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ruled that the U.S. government must make the Plan B, or 'morning after', contraceptive pill available over the counter to all ages. BOSTON - FEBRUARY 27: The Plan B pill, also known as the 'morning after' pill, is displayed on a pharmacy shelf February 27, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. Many states may have to deal with legislation that would expand or restrict access to the drug since the federal government has not made a decision to make the pill available without a prescription. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The "morning after" pill can be made available to women of all ages and without a prescription, a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, ruled yesterday, dealing a blow to U.S. restrictions on access to the contraceptive.
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make the emergency contraceptive available without restrictions in 30 days. Korman's ruling follows a reproductive rights group's request to reopen a lawsuit over access to the contraceptive Plan B, claiming the FDA acted in bad faith when it placed restrictions on the drug.
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Indianapolis Board OKs New Colts Stadium Suites
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP): A city agency has awarded contracts to build two luxury suites and make other improvements at the home of the Indianapolis Colts. The Capital Improvement Board approved the $2.1 million project for Lucas Oil Stadium. The Indianapolis Star reports board members say the project will keep the stadium at a ``top-notch level'' to attract other events. Board members agreed with the Colts in April to spend up to $2 million for the work.


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ENB - Region 2 Notices 8/31/2011
Negative Declaration
Kings County (Brooklyn) - The New York City Environmental Protection (NYC DEP), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Lower English Kills Aeration will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the installation of a third blower in an existing NYC DEP building and the installation of 2,985 feet of air header piping with air diffusers along the bottom channel portion of the Lower English Kills in order to increase the dissolved oxygen concentration to levels necessary to meet the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) mandated Class SO water quality. The proposed project is Phase II of the Newtown Creek Water Quality Facility Planning Project (WQFP). The WQFP was developed to address NYS DEC's 2004 Consent Order, which requires NYC DEP to improve water quality through combined sewer overflow (CSO) and non-CSO abatement strategies.
The existing system contains two blowers of 1,750 cubic feet per minute (CFM) capacity each. The system delivers 1,750 CFM via a six-inch diameter air header and diffusers to Upper English Kills. The blower for the proposed action would also have a capacity of 1,750 CFM. The system would run with one blower on for the Upper English Kills and one blower on for the Lower English Kills. The third blower would be on standby as a back-up for either of the two active blowers. The blowers would be activated in 15 minute intervals for a total of one hour per month, during non-operating times (October through April), for 12 hours per day, 15 days per month during transition periods (May and September), and 24 hours per day during peak operation periods (June through August).
The project is located at 1106 Grand Street and Lower English Kills, Brooklyn, New York.
Contact: Mitchell Wimbish, NYC DEP, 59-17 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11373, Phone: (718) 595-4451, E-mail: email@example.com.
Notice of Acceptance of Draft EIS
New York County (Manhattan) - The New York City Planning Commission, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Saint Vincents Campus Redevelopment. Copies of the Draft EIS may be obtained from Robert Dobruskin, New York City Department of City Planning, Environmental Assessment and Review Division, 22 Reade Street, Room 4E, New York, NY 10007, Phone: (212) 720-3423; or from Robert Kulikowski, Office of Environmental Coordination, 253 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10038, Phone: (212) 788-9956. The online version of the Draft EIS is available at the New York City Department of City Planning's website at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/env_review/eis.shtml.
The action involves two proposed projects, the East Site project and the Center for Comprehensive Care. The proposed projects would be developed independently of each other, the proposed East Site project by RSV, LLC and the Center for Comprehensive Care by North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJ). They would also be subject to different approval processes. To develop the East Site project, a number of land use approvals are needed from the New York City Planning Commission (NYCPC). No City land use approvals are needed for the Center for Comprehensive Care, but it is subject to New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) approval.
The applicant for the East Site is seeking from the NYCPC zoning map and zoning text amendments as well as special permits for a large-scale general development project (LSGD). The proposed zoning map action would rezone the block between West 11th and 12th Streets east of Seventh Avenue from C2-6 to C6-2 for the portion within 100 feet of Seventh Avenue and rezone the adjacent midblock portion from R6 and C1-6 to R8. The zoning text amendments would permit the floor area ratio available for certain LSGDs within Manhattan Community District 2 to be used without regard to height factor or open space ratio requirements and allow for a reduction in open space requirements for appropriate open space with superior landscaping. The applicant for the East Site is also requesting special permits under ZR Sections 74-743, 74-744, and 13-561 to waive certain bulk and open space requirements for their LSGD and to permit an accessory parking garage on their site.
The proposed Center for Comprehensive Care is consistent with current zoning and will not require approvals from the NYCPC. A Certificate of Need (CON) approval is required from the NYS DOH for the Center for Comprehensive Care. A CON application has been filed by NSLIJ. There will be review of the Center for Comprehensive Care by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP).
The projects encompass one block and two partial blocks on either side of Seventh Avenue between West 13th Street and West 11th Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, new York (i.e., the former campus of Saint Vincent's Hospital Manhattan) and is wholly within the Greenwich Village Historic District.
Contact: Robert Dobruskin, New York City Department of City Planning, 22 Reade Street, Room 4E, New York, NY 10007, Phone: (212) 720-3423.


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HBO's Teaser Trailer of Hard Knocks Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons will be featured on HBO's 2014 "Hard Knocks", the reality TV show that focuses on training camp and the challenges rookies and veterans alike face in order to make the 53-man roster. Have a peek at what is to come in August. Post by Hard Knocks. Sports-Kings ...Read More


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It's happened before, but for the Kentucky Cattlemen's Association Convention, it is a first. An Internet auction to sell cattle from Kentucky took place Friday night at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green.
KCA officials hope that increased demand and decreased cattle numbers will translate to a successful sale. Organizers say the Internet auction is a relatively new concept that is gaining in popularity.
Previous auctions have been successful and provided good prices for Kentucky cattle producers.
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Well I tell you there is one place I wouldn't mind getting a small group together and shooting. That is the Altamaha River swamps around Darien. I've often wanted to go there but don't know the lay of the land. I'm guessing a john boat would be required.Originally Posted by glbeas
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Mequon-Thiensville School Board urges legislature to increase funding
Board sends letter to state legislature, asking to increase K-12 funding
Mequon — The Mequon-Thiensville School Board is urging the state legislature to approve a per-pupil increase for the 2014-15 school year that aligns with the consumer price index.
The board met with Rep. Dan Knodl and Sen. Alberta Darling on May 18 to discuss developing a sustainable kindergarten-through-12th-grade funding formula and providing more local control to school boards in governing their own districts, according to a news release from the School District. Per-pupil increases on the revenue limit have historically been tied to CPI, but that is no longer the case.
The board expressed their concerns in a letter they are sending to legislators as they hash out final details of the 2013-15 biennium budget. The letter addresses a few key points, including local control over school schedules, as well as the need for an increase to per-pupil funding.
The district has seen budget reductions over the last 10 years. The board asked legislators for an increase of at least $150 in per-pupil funding. The letter also notes that the district does not benefit from additional revenue unless the per pupil increase is $275 or more.
In the letter, the School Board asks that the Joint Finance Committee recommend a change in the legislation that dictates when the school year will begin. School, legally, cannot start until Sept. 1.
"School boards, and the communities they serve, have been patient in waiting for a change in this law, which places children at a disadvantage for summer enrichment programs. The ability to set a school calendar must be shifted back to local school boards, who best know and represent their individual community's needs."
A full version of the letter is available at mtsd.k12.wi.us.
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A man was shot in the head early Thursday morning while sitting in a car in a Kmart parking lot in northeast Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade police said Daniel Martinez, 19, and Samuel Kontorosvky, 18, arrived in a stolen car. Police said while Martinez was trying to steal another car, a third man approached them and fired multiple shots.
Martinez was shot in the head. He crashed into a tree when he tried to drive away.
Martinez ran to a nearby home for help while Kontorosvky flagged down a passing police officer.
Martinez was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.
Kontorosvky faces a charge of grand theft auto, and police said charges for Martinez were pending.
Police are still searching for the man who opened fire.
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November 26, 2015
Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP) A man is being treated for a non life-threatening wound after police say his wife threw a knife at him.
Officers arrested 19-year-old Desirae Polzin about 1 a.m. Monday. Her unidentified husband told police the two had been fighting when Polzin suddenly threw a knife.
The man was taken to Evans Army Hospital on Fort Carson with undisclosed injuries.
Polzin is being held on suspicion of second-degree assault at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.
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I never really put much thought into how my hair would look at my wedding, but I'm wishing I'd done a bit more research after seeing these lovely old images of Edwardian hairstyles.
Unless your wedding is aspiring to be completely Edwardian themed, I think images like this are a great means of inspiration for you to pick and choose certain elements. I often think that the best wedding inspiration is found in places that aren't at all about weddings.
So taking ideas from those beautiful Edwardian hairstyles with their plaits, soft curls, buns and ribbons, here is some modern inspiration for wedding hairstyles…


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i had just read a post not long ago about a web page where they give you fribies to try but my laptop ran out of batery and turned off anybody know where it went or wich one is it please it seem interesting
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|Nov. 12 12:16 PM PT1:16 PM MT2:16 PM CT3:16 PM ET20:16 GMT4:16 AM 北京时间1:16 PM MST3:16 PM EST2:16 PM CT0:16 UAE (+1)15:16 ET18:16 - The Philadelphia Eagles have signed veteran return specialist and wide receiver Brad Smith. The move announced Tuesday comes four days after Smith was released by Buffalo. The Eagles released wideout B.J. Cunningham to make room on the roster.
Analysis: A versatile player on offense, Smith is known for his ability to play receiver and quarterback in wildcat formations. He's averaged 25.7 yards on kickoff returns with four touchdowns during an eight-year career with the New York Jets and Bills. Smith has five TDs receiving, four rushing and one passing. Smith injured his ribs in the preseason and had been on Buffalo's injured reserve list.
|Nov. 8 1:49 PM PT2:49 PM MT3:49 PM CT4:49 PM ET21:49 GMT5:49 AM 北京时间2:49 PM MST4:49 PM EST3:49 PM CT1:49 UAE (+1)16:49 ET19:49 - The Buffalo Bills have released Smith off of their injured-reserve list. The move, announced Friday, comes 10 weeks after Smith hurt his ribs in Buffalo's preseason-finale against Detroit.
Analysis: Smith was entering his eighth NFL season, and third with Buffalo. He's a versatile dual-threat on offense, known for his ability to play receiver and quarterback in wildcat formations. He became expendable because the Bills have essentially abandoned running the wildcat under new coach Doug Marrone.
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Analysis: The person said Monday the new deal provides the Bills additional salary-cap space and also better reflects Smith's production over his first two seasons in Buffalo. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the team has not announced the move, and Smith did not reveal the reason behind it. The National Football Post first reported Smith had restructured his contract on Sunday.


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The Pennsylvania Federation of Chapters of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will convene its four-day 47th biennial convention at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, York, on Sunday.
President Maria Ritzman of Lebanon County Chapter 458 will preside.
NARFE members and delegates from 47 chapters throughout the state have been invited to attend and participate in the business sessions. Workshop sessions on officers and member involvement are also scheduled.
About 150 to 200 members are expected to attend. Members from the Adams/Hoover, Chambersburg, Lebanon, Mechanicsburg and York chapters are serving as hosts.


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13th Judicial Circuit Docket Schedules
Variations from the docket schedules for the Circuit Judge
Divisions are issued periodically
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Variations from the docket schedules for the Associate
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Pursuant to
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