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What does inquiry teaching mean to you?
Which of the following scenarios would best describe your approach in presenting a unit on the gas laws?
At the start of the gas unit, students are given balloons, hot plates, beakers, graduated cylinders, thermometers, pressure probes, syringes, etc. They are instructed to be creative while they record observations and manipulate the items to see what they can discover about gases.
The teacher explains the relationships among temperature, volume, and pressure of a gas. Students then design their own experiments to investigate each relationship, being careful to select and control variables.
Prior to being taught the gas laws, students are provided instructions in order to collect data relating volume and temperature, volume and pressure, and pressure and temperature. Then, by studying and analyzing the data, they begin to discover and construct their own understanding of relationships among the variables.
After presenting the relationships among temperature, volume, and pressure of a gas, the teacher provides students with instructions for collecting gas data. Students perform the experiments and verify that the mathematical relationships among variables are indeed true.
Continuum of Teaching Styles (Traditional to Inquiry)
|Traditional Expository
|Guided Inquiry
|Principle Learning Theory
|Student Participation and Role
|Passive; Direction Follower
|Active; Problem solver
|Student accountability in outcomes
|Curriculum Goals
|Product Oriented
|Process oriented
|Teacher Role
|Guide or facilitator
Continuum of Lesson Designs: Expository to Guided Inquiry to Open Inquiry
|Traditional Expository Lesson
|Guided Inquiry
|Open Inquiry
|Inform: Teacher provides definition(s) and examples of new concept(s)
|Engage: Question posed by teachers or a teachers demonstration stimulates students' affective domain; Often elicits prior knowledge from students
Students are curious about a topic after making personal observations and are motivated to continue investigation.
|Verify: Teacher provides lab question and materials for students to confirm the previously-defined concept. Data Analysis should verify concept.
|Explore: The teacher has a clear direction about what students should learn and provides students with a question to enable them to collect evidence. Students collect data with materials provided by teacher.
|Students formulate a question and then design an experiment to collect evidence.
|Practice: Teacher provides similar problems and questions to re-enforce content knowledge. Re-teach if necessary.
|Explain: Students are guided through meaningful and thought-provoking questions to formulate an explanation from their evidence.
|Students independently formulate an explanation after summarizing the evidence.
|Repeat the Inform-Verify-Practice cycle with a related concept.
|Elaborate: Students is guided to possible connections or expansions on the concept. Often a second 5E learning cycle is used to examine connections. May be used to introduce real-world applications.
Student independently examines other resources and forms links to other explanations or phenomenon. Often designs and carries out further data collection and analysis.
|Evaluate: Students can provide or recognize concept definitions, examples, and solve algorithmic problems
|Evaluate: Students can communicate explanations, compare and contrast with other possible explanations, provide arguments in support
|Student conducts a critical analysis of investigations and modifies or expands as necessary.
Frameworks for Inquiry: Overview of Project
Inquiry is an approach to learning where the learner constructs his own knowledge about how the world works by gathering data through any of the 5 senses and by making meaning of the interrelationships that exist. The learner gathers data to answer a question that is either posed by the learner or by the instructor. Inquiry learning is a process that is cyclical in nature and requires the student to be engaged as an active participant in his own learning process. The inquiry process emphasizes the learner's process skill development as he interacts with science and the world around him. It is through these process skills that ANY learner at ANY age interacts with the natural and material world. These interactions lead the learner to new discoveries and understandings by forming mental models and frameworks that new knowledge and concepts can attach to, thereby strengthening and enlarging the individual's overall intelligence. The learner will not only gain science content knowledge with this program but will also use his process skills with increasing sophistication and improve "higher-order-thinking-skills" as he interacts with data through hands-on experiences.
High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach is specifically a Guided Inquiry approach that has been developed, improved upon and carefully sequenced with a specific goal in mind. This goal is for high school Chemistry students to derive the concepts contained within a two-year course sequence. The curriculum ensures the student success by starting off with a unit on simple measurement. This unit allows students to focus on how data is collected and analyzed so that meaning comes from the collected data. The course work then addresses chemistry concepts through a macroscopic lens and through the gas laws, progressing in a sequenced journey that parallels chemistry's historical sequence of discovery and building on a student's mental model of the particulate nature of matter. As the students work through the units, they continually revisit skills and concepts that are integrated into content that is presented later in the course.
Teachers who transform their teaching method and pedagogy with this guided inquiry style will find that they also will grow dramatically from the experience. Instructors will discover a deeper and broader understanding of the basic chemistry concepts and will learn new and better ways of relating course concepts to one another. Instructors will also discover that their guided inquiry approach to teaching has as much an impact on their students' success in the course as their attitude and content knowledge. It is just as important for an instructor to aid in the development of formal reasoning patterns as it is to pass on course content. The classroom environment that encourages the use of data for conceptual development will cause the student to be more engaged and construct his own learning while increasing his affective domain, improving his energy and attitude toward learning. The student will internalize and integrate the information on his own to a much greater degree. This will transfer to other learning situations and will help improve success in other academic endeavors. The instructor and the learner will grow in content knowledge, higher order thinking skills, process skills and will become lifelong holistic learners.
How can the abstract science of chemistry be taught by Inquiry?
|"High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach" Table of Contents
|Inquiry Title
|Traditional Title
|Unit 1
|How are Units of Measurement Related to One Another?
|Measurement & Density
|Unit 2
|How are the Pressure, Volume, and Temperature of a Gas Related to One Another?
|The Combined Gas Laws
|Unit 3
|Is There a Smallest Piece of Matter or Can We Keep Cutting a Piece in Half Infinitely?
|The Atom
|Unit 4
|How Can Matter be Classified According to its Composition?
|Classification of Matter
|Unit 5
|How Can Particles be Counted by Weighing?
|The Mole
|Unit 6
|What are the Patterns in the Chemical and Physical Properties of Elements?
|Periodic Trends
|Unit 7
|What is the System Used to Name Chemical Compounds?
|Unit 8
|What is the System Used Symbolize Chemical Change?
|Equations and Reactions
|Unit 9
|What are the Relationships Among Reactant and Product Quantities in a Chemical Change?
|Unit 10
|What are the Relationships Among Reactant and Product Quantities in a Chemical Change involving a Gas?
|Gas Stoichiometry
|Unit 11
|What is Specific Heat?
|Heat Energy
|Unit 12
|What Model Describes the Structure of the Atom?
|Atomic Structure
|Unit 13
|What Joins Atoms Together?
|Unit 14
|What are the Properties of Homogeneous Mixtures?
|Unit 15
|How do Protons Behave in Chemical Change?
|Acids and Bases
|Unit 16
|How do Electrons Behave in Chemical Change?
Sample Lesson Measurement & Density
Comparing Expository (traditional lecture delivery) and our Inquiry Lesson on Density:
|Unit 1
|Process Skills
Traditional Expository Lesson on Density, using the Inform, Verify, and Practice Model
| communications
|Inform: Teacher provides definition of density; Density ° mass/volume. Discussion follows with examples
|Verify: Students conduct confirmation lab(s) to find density.
|Practice: Use algorithmic formula to solve for the mass, volume, or density of different substances.
|Evaluation questions
|Unit 1
|Process Skills
Guided Inquiry Lesson on Density, using the 5-E Learning Cycle (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate)
| communications
|Engage: Students reveal prior knowledge about measurement units. "Construct a list of ten units of measurement and explain the relationship among any three units in your list."
|Explore: Students develop a personal measuring unit (head circumference) and find the relationships between different units of measurements. "Construct a graph of your head measurements vs. accepted lengths in centimeters."
|Explain: "Draw a line of best fit and determine the line's slope. What does the line's equation tell you? Explain how the relationship between your "head" unit and the centimeter involves proportionality." Students use the conversion ratio from their graph's slope and apply dimensional analysis in problem solving
|Elaborate: Measure the mass and volume of different substances and graph. Students find that one substance, like copper, will have a constant slope (density) that is different from another substance's slope. Students have construct their own definition of density.
|Evaluate: Using proportional ratios, students solve for the mass, volume, or density in problems.
Sample Lesson: Unit 7 What is the System Used to Name Chemical Compounds? (Nomenclature)
Comparing Expository (traditional lecture delivery) and our Inquiry Lesson on Acid Nomenclature
|Unit 7
|Process Skills
Traditional Expository Lesson on Acid Nomenclature, using Inform, Verify, and Practice
| communications
|Inform: Teacher provides the rules for naming and writing formulas of binary acids and oxyacids.
|Practice: Students do practice drills with names and formulas of acids.
|Evaluation: Students name and write the formulas for some acids.
|Unit 7: Lesson Progression
|Process Skills
Guided Inquiry Lesson on Acid Nomenclature, using the 5-E Learning Cycle
| communications
|Engage: "Are Scientists memory experts? Are you"? Students try their hand at memorizing the digits of pi, realizing that simple memorization is not going to work for a complex system.
|Explore: Students compare and contrast the names and formulas of a list of binary and oxyacids, and organize by patterns.
|Explain: Students construct their own set of rules for naming and writing acid formulas, and then create a flow chart.
|Elaborate: Students apply their rules to a novel set of acids and adjust as needed
|Evaluate: Students can modify nomenclature flow chart as needed, assign names and formulas to many acids
Sample Lesson: Unit 13 What Joins Atoms Together? (Bonding)
Comparing Expository (traditional lecture delivery) and our Inquiry Lesson on Bonding
|Unit 13
|Process Skills
Traditional Expository Lesson on Bonding, using Inform, Verify, and Practice
| communications
|Inform: Teacher gives definitions, examples, and properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding.
|Verify: Lab activity observing the different properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic substances
|Inform: Teacher defines Lewis Dot Diagrams for ions, covalent, and metallic substances. Teachers also define and give examples of orbital hybridization in various substances. Examine the VSEPR theory.
|Practice: Students make Lewis Dot Diagrams and determine the molecular geometry with sample formulas
|Evaluation: Students classify substances as having ionic, covalent, or metallic bonds, draw Lewis Dot Diagrams, and determine molecular geometry
|Unit 13
|Process Skills
Guided Inquiry Lesson on Bonding, using 5-E Learning Cycle with repeating loops
| communications
|Engage: Student reveal prior knowledge when asked "What evidence can you provide that supports the idea that atoms bond with other atoms?" Students then examine and group common substances based on their physical appearances and have to justify their classification system to other groups.
|Explore 1: Students calculate the difference of electronegativity values and the average of electronegativity in several bonds, graph, and look for patterns and common characteristics.
|Explain: Students reflect on the nomenclature rules from a previous unit and the substances' placement on the graph. Students derive a mental model of how electrons are behaving in the different bond groupings as related to electronegativity values.
|Explore 2: Students investigate the conductivity of materials, and advance their models based on whether electrons are fixed (localized) or mobile (delocalized),
|Explain 2: Students add valence electrons to their models and use the models to define and classify bonds as ionic, covalent, or metallic.
|Explore 3: Students construct Lewis Dot diagrams for elements using the electron configurations (Unit 12) and valence electrons. Students look for the relationship to the elements' placement on the Periodic Table. They then explore the possible bonding in F2, H2O, and NH3, NaCl, CaCl2, and Al2S3. Students watch a 2-minute video on a website to consider metallic bonds. Students must reflect back to the Explore activity to explain the conductivity observations based on bond types.
|Elaborate 1: Student propose a formula for methane based on the Lewis dot formulas of C and H (usually predicted to be CH2) but then are confronted with combustion values that do not support the prediction. Students have to modify their model to get the correct stoichiometry. Students examine orbital hybridization with SiCl4 and BCl3.
|Elaborate 2: Students use balloons (representing electron pairs capable of forming bonds around a central atom) to examine the shapes of molecules, like CH4, BeH2, and H2O.
|Evaluate: Students determine the bonding type by examining electronegativity values and determine bond shapes
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Who were the...
Pioneers in Science Inquiry Education
Robert Karplus (1927-1990)
At age 32, Robert Karplus left his work as an outstanding theoretical physicist and pioneered the inquiry movement in science education. The work of Jean Piaget showed that children have to progress from concrete thinking to more formal thinking skills. Karplus was revolutionary in applying Jean Piaget's work to developing new science curriculum. He worked to create curriculum where children construct, or build, their own mental models of science. He felt that effective teachers need to be aware of the reasoning patterns used by children. He developed a three-phase learning cycle, known as Exploration, Invention, and Discovery, emphasizing science study as hands-on experiences. In 1961 he started the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) at the Lawrence Hall of Science on the University of California-Berkeley campus. His first education paper with J. M. Atkin in 1962 was entitled "Discovery or Invention?" He also created a film for SCIC in 1969 titled "Don't tell me, I'll find out."
The following is a quote from his article "Science Teaching and the Development of Reasoning" in Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Vol. 14, No. 2, page 367:
"the formation of formal reasoning patterns should be made an important course objective (at least as important as the covering of a certain body of subject matter"
Roger Bybee
Another pioneer in Inquiry Science Education is Rodger W. Bybee, director emeritus of Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). He was executive director of the National Research Council's Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (CSMEE) in Washington, D.C. Between 1986 and 1995, he was associate director of BSCS. He participated in the development of the National Science Education Standards, and from 1993 to 1995 he chaired the content working group of that National Research Council project.
BSCS's instructional model expanded on Karplus' three phases of learning. The model, developed in the late 1980's, has five phases: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate.
The BSCS model used a backward design process described by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe in Understanding by Design (2005). The educator starts with a clear statement about what students should learn, based on the content standards. Next, the educator needs to determine what will serve as acceptable evidence of student achievement (evaluation stage). Then, a decision is made about what learning experiences (engage and explore) would most effectively develop students' knowledge and understanding of the targeted content. Further refinement and activities may result (elaborate).
Montana Science Educators
Left to right: Dave Jones, Brett Taylor, Maureen Driscoll, Mark Cracolice,
Tony Favero, Karen Spencer, Paul Phillips
Dave Jones
Dave Jonesteaches Chemistry 1 and Chemistry 2 at Big Sky High School in Missoula, Montana. Dave has been teaching for 20 years after earning a Bachelor's of Science degree in Zoology from Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID, his Montana State Teaching Certificate from the University of Montana in Missoula, MT, and his Master's of Science in Chemistry from the University of Montana in Missoula, MT.
Dave's education awards include the following:
- 2009 Gustav Ohaus Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
- 2009 Big Sky High School Outstanding Faculty Award (selected by colleagues)
- 2007 Toshiba Foundation of America Science Education Grant ($18K) for Air Quality Project
- 2006 National Science Teacher Association Vernier Technology Award
- 2005 Best Buy TEACH Award
- 2005 American Chemical Society Division of Chem. Ed. Northwest Region Teaching Excellence Award
- 2004 NSTA/Toyota TAPESTRY Grant ($10K)
- 2004 Toshiba Foundation of America Science Education Grant ($20K) for Asthma and Air Quality project
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Brett Taylor
Brett Taylor teaches Chemistry and Advanced Science Research at Sentinel High School in Missoula, Montana. He has 30 years of teaching experience. Brett has a BS in Biology and a chemistry minor, and a Master's in Education, both from the University of California-Davis.
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Maureen Driscoll
Maureen Driscoll teaches Chemistry and Advanced Placement Chemistry at Butte High School in Butte, Montana. She has been teaching for 26 years after getting her Bachelor's degree in Botany from the University of Montana. She earned her Master's of Science in Science Education from Montana State University in 1999. She was awarded the Butte Education Foundation's Distinguished Educator Award in 2011.
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Mark Cracolice
Mark Cracolice, Ph. D., The University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.
Mark is the Chemistry Department chair and instructs General chemistry and graduate courses in chemical education. He has 17 years of experience.
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Tony Favero
Tony Favero teaches Chemistry, Physics, and Advanced Placement Chemistry at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, MT. Tony has 39 years of teaching experience. He got a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Lewis University in Illinois and his Master's degree in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. Tony was the 2006 Montana Recipient of the Siemens Award for Excellence in Advanced Placement Teaching in Science and Math. He was also awarded the 2008 Northwest Region American Chemical Society Award for Excellence in Teaching High School Chemistry
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Karen Spencer
Karen Spencer earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Montana State University. She earned a Master of Arts in Chemistry from Washington State University. She has been teaching General Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry at C. M. Russell High School in Great Falls, Montana for the last 33 years. Karen has received the following awards:
- American Chemical Society Northwest/Rocky Mountain Regional Award in High School Chemistry Teaching- 2000
- Montana Science Teacher Association Chemistry Teacher of the Year - 1997
- DuFresne Outstanding Educator Award- 2000
- National Honor Society Doctor of Service Award- 2003
- CMR High School Teacher of the Year- 1998
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Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips teaches Chemistry I & II, and Physics at Capital High School in Helena, Montana. Paul has 22 years of teaching experience after receiving his Bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Science. Paul has received the following teaching awards:
- American Chemical Society Northwest Region Chemistry Teacher of the Year- 2009
- Helena Education Foundation's Distinguished Educator Award (twice)
- Helena Education Foundation's Great Conversations about Great Teachers Award
- Capital High School National Honor Society's Most Inspirational Teacher Award (three times)
- Who's Who of America's Teachers (three times)
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What do the project data and results tell us about the effectiveness of inquiry teaching?
Do students get the chemistry content when using the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum?
Our data suggests that they do. The American Chemical Society (ACS) California Chemistry Diagnostic Exam is a 44 question multiple-choice test designed to assess students' chemistry content knowledge. Nine years of data have been collected. The first two years show data before the project began. The next three years indicate years in which the curriculum was used in pieces. The last four years indicate data for which the course was taught in its entirety using the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum. For all nine years the average score was above the national average of 22, which suggests that the students are learning as much chemistry content in the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum course as they were previously learning. The chart below displays these data.
Honors Chemistry students took the 2009 ACS High School Chemistry Exam, an 80 item comprehensive exam. Mean scores are compared to the national average below. Once again, student results parallel the national norms for content knowledge.
Do students' thinking skills improve when their teachers use the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum?
The data suggests they do. We pre- and post-tested our students using the Lawson Classroom Test of Science Reasoning (CTSR) and found significant gains in reasoning ability in groups that were exposed to the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum. During the 2009-2010 school year we did a comparison study. Two teachers are long-term members of the Frameworks for Inquiry project. Both exclusively use the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum materials developed by the project for their first-year chemistry class and both teach in Missoula high schools. The third teacher (the control) taught first-year chemistry for 25 years and does not use the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum materials. All three groups of students in these classrooms took an online version of the CTSR in the fall of 2009 (pretest), and again in the spring 2010 (posttest).
The results of the Pre/Post testing are remarkable. Students in the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum groups (N=57), (N=47), made an average 1.92 and 1.20 point gains respectively. This represents 12.8% and 8.1% increases in their average CTSR scores. In contrast the control (N=35) group made an average gain of 0.37 points representing a 2.5% increase. The average normalized gain (ANG)–a ratio of the percent gain to the maximum possible percent gain–was remarkably different also. The High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum groups ANG results were .519 and .298, respectively, indicating a medium effect on the students' science reasoning skills. The control group ANG of .0657 indicates the course had no effect on students' science reasoning skills. The results are summarized in the chart below.
During the 2010-11 school year we did another study involving 3 teachers. Again two of the teachers are long term members of the Frameworks for Inquiry project, and the third is not. All three teachers used the High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum exclusively for their first year chemistry classes. Again, all three groups of students took an online version of the CTSR in the fall of 2010 (pretest), and again in the spring of 2011 (posttest). Students in the three groups (N=79), (N=100), and (N=19) made an average 2.03, 1.11, and 1.80 point gains respectively. This represents a 22.9%, 12.4%, and 19.3% increases in their average CTSR scores. The ANG results were .330, .182, and .319 indicating that the curriculum had a medium affect on the students' science reasoning skills. These results are significant because the N=19 group was taught by a non-project teacher who had very similar results in reasoning skills gains. The results are also summarized in the chart below.
The main point regarding this data is that curriculum materials developed as inquiry-based can have a profound effect on students' science reasoning skills.
|Thinking Skills Gains Measured using the Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (CTSR)
|Project Teacher A
|Project Teacher B
|Non-project Teacher C
|Project Teacher A
|Project Teacher B
|Non-project Teacher D
|Control vs Treatment
|CTSR Pretest mean (15 items)
|CTSR Posttest mean (15 items)
|Average normalized gain
Data from the first year of implementation of the project supports that even a small infusion of inquiry- based learning can impact student thinking skills. A preliminary study used Honors Chemistry students as the control group. Students in Honors Chemistry have stronger math skills than General Chemistry students. The treatment group, General Chemistry students, was given early versions of the first six units of High School Chemistry: An Inquiry Approach curriculum as part of their studies. The treatment group showed higher ANG than the control, despite their lower math abilities.
|Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (CTSR)
Same School / Same Teacher
|Control (Honors Chem)
|Treatment (Gen Chem)
|# Students
|# Units
|CTSR Pretest mean (13 items)
|CTSR Posttest mean (13 items)
|Average Normalized Gain (ANG)


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Police say 53-year-old Dr. Elizabeth O'Hearn was pulled from the water near the 2300 block of Boston St. on Thursday. Police say they were called to the area around 4:45 a.m. after a witness reported a woman floating face down in the water. O'Hearn, who lived near where she was found, later died.
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Kyle Marchini on the Edgington Post
Recorded: Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Mark Edge of the Edgington Post/Free Talk Live interviews Kyle Marchini regarding the Independent Institutes The Challenge of Liberty 2012 Summer Seminars for Students.
View videos and more information about the Summer Seminars.
Experts: Kyle MarchiniType: RadioIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Free Market Economics, Terrorism and National Crises
New Directions for Peace and Security
Recorded: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
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Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental regulations enacted since has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.
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lets go State!
since a&m has gig 'em, texas has hook 'em, tt is guns up, isu needs something like that. Any ideas? Twist 'em? Im bored driving to eastern iowa...
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lets go State!
since a&m has gig 'em, texas has hook 'em, tt is guns up, isu needs something like that. Any ideas? Twist 'em? Im bored driving to eastern iowa...
I've always thought that but didn't know a good way to represent that. Any ideas?
This could be a big one today!!!
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They need to win, I know too many Nebraska fans... Let's Go STATE!!!!
Took the PE exam in Lincoln yesterday, went on a bender in Lincoln last night......stayed with my buddy in the Haymarket, he's a bit nervous about Nebraska for the game.
I'm going to the game with my 18-year old brother who's a Husker fan (I'm 29), first ISU/Nebraska game for us to go to together, should be fun! FIRE UP GO CYCLONES!!!!!
whats the weather like in lincoln?
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I've always thought that but didn't know a good way to represent that. Any ideas?
Whup'em? Tough with the 'Clones - Living in Texas, though makes me want to have one too...
"Yep, that Cyclone that passed through Jones AT&T Stadium sure did Wreck 'Em, Tech." - Me, to my boss last Monday, Texas Tech Alumn
Tough this one out keep it close.
Gotta love gameday. All doubts subside. The game starts 0-0. No one has a true leg-up. Anything can happen
Storm 'em?
Haven't felt good about this one most of the week. The good news is I didn't feel good about the KU game either and we almost pulled it off.
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whats the weather like in lincoln?
Cold, but it will be a pretty nice day it looks like. I think supposed to be in the 50s by mid-afternoon (about the time the game is ending).
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Organizers of Monday's downtown rally in front of the Hennepin County Government Center estimated the peaceful crowd of all ages and ethnicities at between 3,500 and 4,000 people. "I'm supposed to be here with my people, elbow to elbow and cheek to cheek, side by side," proclaimed local poet Tish Jones, who was among a host of speakers addressing the crowd before marching down South Sixth Street to Hennepin Avenue and returning to the Center. Another protest is scheduled for Saturday as part of a national day of protest over the Zimmerman verdict. (For more information about Monday's demonstration, go to the MSR website at www.spokesman-recorder.com.)
Similar marches are being held all across the country. And despite last weekend's jury verdict, the national NAACP has requested that the U.S. Justice Department resume its investigation in the Trayvon Martin murder case. Continue Reading →


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So far ive found that ex zuga and dullind act as normal whilst this is cast.
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On the Genera'ls order, it says it makes you immune to other card's direct to cemetery effects. So, your own or your enemy's assissin would fail. However, Close skills that send 'this card to the cemetery' would still work, because it's not an outside effect.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) --- Overnight welding work turned deadly for a Metro contractor.
Two Metro employees and a contract worker were rushed to the hospital after crews were doing weekend work on the red line. The contractor, identified as 41-year-old Harold Ingram of New Jersey, died at the hospital.
Metro says welding equipment ignited hydraulic fluid that was leaking from a vehicle or other equipment causing an explosion.
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DC Councilwoman Muriel Bowser is also a WMATA's board member:
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In 2010 two workers were killed by a piece of rail equipment near the Rockville Metro stop.
This past May fire erupted underneath a rail car at the Silver Spring Metro Station.
Metro has seen several derailments on the Red Line including one in August near the Rhode Island Avenue station and hardly anyone can forget the deadliest in the transit system's history back in 2009.
Bowser, "We know we are undergoing major track work on the red line and that's why we have the weekend closures. It is dangerous work and these workers are going into the system, all over the system so we can get it in the good state of repair that customers deserve."
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Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders
West Chester University
Dr. Cheryl D. Gunter, Chair
201 Carter Drive, Suite 400
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610.436.2115
Fax: 610.436.3388
Who May Apply?
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders welcomes qualified applicants from mainstream and diverse cultural backgrounds. An applicant must have completed (or be in the process of completing) an undergraduate degree or its equivalent in communication sciences and disoreders. Please click here for a detailed description of admission requirements:.Admission Requirements Information
Average GPAs & GREs of Students Accepted in Fall, 2015
|Average undergraduate GPA
|Range = 3.42 to 3.98
|Average underegraduate major GPA
|Range = 3.70 to 4.0
|Average Verbal GRE Score
|Range = 144 to 159
|Average Quantitative GRE Score
|Range = 141 to 156
|Average Analytical Writing Score
|Range = 3 to 5
Items Required for Application
To apply to the MA degree program, you must submit the items listed below. Forms required for the first two items can be accessed by clicking on the links provided.
1. University Application form
This form is only available on–line at WCU's Office of Graduate Studies website.
2. Communication Sciences and Disorders Supplemental Application form
Supplementary Application (2015)
3. Official Academic Transcripts
Applicants must provide one official academic transcript from each institution where undergraduate coursework was completed. If a graduate degre was completed in another discipline, an official copy of this transcriipt must also be provided. All transcripts must be sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies at the address provided below. Alternatively, they may be sent to the applicant. If they are sent to the applicant, they must be maintained in their sealed envelopes and included in the application packet to be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies.
4. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores
Applicants must instruct the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send their official GRE scores directly to WCU's Office of Graduate Studies at the address provided below.
5. Letters of Recommendation
An applicant to the Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate program must ask two (2) recommenders to support the application. Electronic letters are preferred but paper letters will be accepted. A link to the electronic recommendation form will be sent to each recommender after the applicant has entered the name and e-mail address of each recommender into the applicant's on-line application form. Paper letters of recommendation must be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies at the address provided below. Questions about this process can be addressed by contacting the Office of Graduate Studies at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 610-436-2943.
6. Personal Statement (aka Goal Statement, Essay)
Applicants must provide a personal statement describing their academic and professional goals. This statement must indicate how an applican'ts experiences thus far have led him or her to these goals and how WCU will support his or her goal achievement. The personal statement may be no morer than 500 words in length.
7. Structured Vita
The purpose of the Structured Vita is to provide the admissions committee with information about an applicant's experiences beyond the academic requirements of the undergraduate program. Detailed directions for creating a structured vita are provided at the following link: Structured Vita
Important Additional Information
1. Office of Graduate Studies
ALL application materials must be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS). Do NOT send them to the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The OGS address is as follows:
Office of Graduate Studies
102 W. Rosedale Avenue
West Chester, PA 19383.
Questions about whether an applicant's materials have been received must be directed to the Office of Gradute Studies (OGS), OGS can tell you whether portions of your application have been received (e.g., transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, etc.). The phone number of OGS is 610-436-2943.
2. Self-Managed Application Protocol
The University uses a self-managed application protocol. This means that an applicant is responsible for gathering the above application materials and sending them (or arranging to have them sent) to the Office of Graduate Studies. As indicated above, some items (e.g., academic transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation) may be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies by the agencies or individuals from which they originate. The remaining items must be sent by you to the Office of Graduate Studies in a single packet. Please also see the university application form for further instructions regarding the delivery of your application materials to the Office of Graduate Studies.
3. Application Deadline - January 15
The Office of Graduate Studies must receive all application materials no later than Janaury 15th for an applicant to be considered for admission in the following fall semester.
Note that the CSD graduate program accepts new students only once a year in the fall semester. There is no new-student enrollment in the spring or summer. Therefore, all applications received by 1/15 will be processed in consideration of the fall semester of the same calendar year.
4. How to verify that application materials have been received
To receive confirmation that application materials have been received, applicants may contact the Office of Graduate Studies via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or via phone at 610-436-2943.
5. Receiving information from CSD about the status of an application
The process of informing applicants about the status of their application extends from the end of March through early August. Like all graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), WCU's program typically receives many more excellent applications than there are seats in the program. Also, as is typical of most graduate programs, not all of the applicants who are invited to join the program accept the invitation. To manage these variables, invitations are extended in rounds based on the following schedule:
Round 1 - Invitations are extended at the end of March and recipients must decide by April 15
Round 2 - Invitations are extended by about April 18 and recipients must decide by about April 26
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or 2 days of receiving their invitations. If there is a change in contact information since
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days of receiving their invitations. (Again, if there is a change in contact information since
the submission of an application, please send the updated information by e-mailing the
Graduate Program Coordinator: firstname.lastname@example.com)
If an applicant does not receive an invitation during Round 1 but meets the criteria for being accepted into the program, his or her name will automatically be placed on a Wait List for consideration during Rounds 2, 3 or Round 4.
If an applicant does not meet the criteria for being accepted into WCU's program, he or she will be notified by April 30th.
If an applicant qualifies for admission but remains on the wait list after the program has been filled, he or she will be notified by about August 15th and possibly sooner..
6. Daytime Classes
Full-time and part-time students must be available for daytime classes.
7. Questions about Prerequisites for Admission or Program Components
If you have questions about the structure and content of the MA program please click on the FAQS tab of the Graduate Program menu
8. Financial Aid
Information about financial aid is available at the following website:
9. Graduate Assistantships (GAs)
A limited number of half-time GAs are available for Communication Sciences and Disorders students. An assistantship provides a waiver for half of the tuition and it provides a stipend. In return, GAs provide 10 hours of work per week under the supervision of a professor within the Department. To be eligible for a GA position, applicants must submit a Graduate Assistantship Application Form with the online university application. The award of GAs is generally made in August.
Questions about the general application form or about the application for Graduate Assistantship should be directed to the Office of Graduate Studies at 610-436-2943.
Questions about the receipt of application materials should be addressed to the Office of Gradute Studies at 610-436-2943.
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London 2012 - Ryan Lochte, USA, winner of the men's 400m individual medley, holds his gold medal.
London 2012 - Yuya Horihata of Japan is on his way to a sixth place finish in the men's 400m individual medley final.
London 2012 - Michael Phelps, unable to add to his collection of 17 Olympic medals, finishes fourth in the men's 400m individual medley final.
London 2012 - Michael Phelps finishes the butterfly leg of the 400m I.M. in second place, but fades to fourth by the end of the race.


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May 4, 2016
The man who pulled the trigger and killed a Chapel Hill man forced to dig his own grave has been sentenced to at least 24 years in prison.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports (http://bit.ly/ZbE7KM ) that 25-year-old Matthew Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping last month in Orange County. The combined sentences for the crimes will run 24 to 30 years.
Prosecutors say while Johnson shot and killed 20-year-old Josh Bailey in 2008, he only did it after being kidnapped and ordered to shoot Bailey by 23-year-old Brian Minton, the ringleader of a criminal gang.
Minton was found guilty of first-degree murder in May and sentenced to life in prison.
Seven other people were charged in connection with the killing.
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90 degrees. If you really need the defense, you'll build into the side of cliffs (e.g. the Anasazi and other cliff dwellers). As long as there is sufficient access to water and land for agriculture, you can pretty much build anywhere. There are terraced hillsides with angles of up to 60 degrees in various places around the world. Much above that, though, and soil isn't really thick enough for terracing. There are many villages in Europe built up the side of hills to the top because the hill makes for a natural fortification in case of attack.
The problem with things like Monument Valley-style buttes and with tepui is they tend to have little or no good soil or water on top of them (well, tepui have water from rainfall and some soil, but the tops tend to be pretty much inaccessible and not terribly suited for agriculture). If the buttes are relatively small (a couple hundred feet or so), then there really shouldn't be too much problem with habitation because that's not too far to carry water or go to tend the crops. There would likely even be steps and ladders cut into the side for access. I wouldn't expect to see much in the way of pack animals or wagons, though, without serious roads winding around the thing or a good crane system.


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Jeff Bridges
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Robert Duvall
Colin Farrell
Director:- Scott Cooper
Let me be the first to admit – Jeff Bridges is one of my favourite actors of all time. This guy can seriously act his chops off and put the world to rights in the space of ten words. His cult iconic role in Coens classic 'The Big Lebowski' put Bridges well and truly on the map and ushered in a phenomenon of popularity for the character he portrayed – The Dude. Arguably, the 'coolest' man ever. Jeff later went on to star in K-PAX with Kevin Spacey, Iron Man and 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy (balls up there I think…)
But yes, it is a one-sided opinion, and I've been fairly off the mark with these things before. My only argument for this one in particular? Academy Award. Jeff scooped the best actor award at 2009's Oscar ceremony, where he was heralded by his peers and mentors. Far fucking out man…
As it's nearly Oscar time for the last 12 months of cinema, I thought I'd recap the film that gave Jeff the opportunity to win the award. Crazy Heart.
He plays country music legend, Otis 'Bad' Blake – For the duration of the film though, he only refers to himself as 'Bad', and will be 'Bad' til the day he dies – so he says. An audacious method of separating the good side from the 'bad' side – See what I did there?
Travelling across the States armed only with his guitar, bottle of whisky and a packet of smokes, Bad performs at downtrodden, beaten bars and bowling alleys to a pack of beer-swilling, slack-jawed fans of yester-year. Bad's problem (apart from this one), is that he's on his last legs. After years of smoking and alcohol abuse, he's pretty much one step from being face down in the dirt – but trucks on to make good on his gig commitment and to bag himself some well-needed cash.
Bad Blake, as a character is a screamingly obvious homage to stars like Kris Kristofferson. Jeff's natural ability toward the character does make it seem so much more grounded and humble. Almost like watching a biopic or documentary – A whirlwind career turned sour. I found myself very skeptical of how the film would pan out however, questioning whether Crazy Heart would have a bigger payoff from either ending in Blake's ultimate downfall, or ultimate rebirth. A little disappointed I was with the general ending, but it was one of a few niggling aspects which pinched this film of repeat viewings.
The performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal as journalist/love interest Jean was kind of out of place. Maggie's a solid actress with a lot of good credits behind her – but her connection with Bridges is slightly…awkward(?) And at sometimes creepy. At times I thought this could be a show of pity toward Blake, a show of empathy. Sure, it looks lovely and full of 'awwwness' on screen but you may find yourself peeling back the layers and taking a closer look into her real intentions.
I'll summarise this fairly rapidly…. Was Crazy Heart a great film? Not really. Was Jeff Bridges deserving of his Oscar? Hell yes.
Although formulaic and little too predictable (yesss) at times, it really wasn't about the story that made it watchable – it was Bridges' performance. Bringing such a subtlety of class during the musical numbers, and an eerily disheartening feeling in a deleted scene depicting Blake's relapse into alcoholism and his unforeseen woes at being rejected by Jean.
With credible support from Robert Duvall, and Colin Farrell (yes, Colin Farrell ain't too bad at all here). Crazy Heart, although not his best movie to date, definitely Jeff Bridges' best performance to date. Best watched with a cold beer, and a couple of smokes.
That's how The Dude abides.


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Major: Physics
Year of Graduation: 2008
Current Position: Volunteer, St. Mauer's Abbey Hanga, Tanzania
Who is Ben DeMarais?
While at CSB/SJU I did not study abroad, but have been traveling abroad for the first time beginning in July until now! I decided to join the Benedictine Volunteer Corps (BVC) because I knew that I wanted to volunteer for some time right after graduation. I was not ready to go on for more studies, nor was I ready to enter the job market. I didn't want to just be a bum sitting at home, so I decided to be courageous and travel the world! I was amazed at the opportunities offered to Saint John's graduates through this volunteer program. I didn't exactly know what I was getting myself into, but slowly I am coming to truly appreciate the opportunity I have been given.
How does the Benedictine Volunteer Corps compare to the Peace Corps? Is this organization primarily focused on teaching or do they do other service as well? Also what countries do they operate in? What is your time commitment to being in Africa, and what is a typical day like for you?
The BVC is a program started in Collegeville run by St. John's Abbey. Right now the sites where volunteers are placed are as follows:
2 in Hanga, Tanzania at St. Mauer's abbey
2 in Guatemala
2 in Santiago Chile
2 in Jerusalem
1 in Rome
1 in Collegeville
In the past there have also been two volunteers in New Jersey.
The assignments are varied depending on the site. In Hanga our responsibilities are mainly with the schools in the village. In Rome the volunteer helps in the library I believe. In Guatemala the volunteers also teach.
I obviously know the most about the Tanzania site, but for more information on the BVC as a whole you should contact Br. Paul Richards.
My plan right now is to stay in Africa for a total of 9 months. I have already been here for 10 weeks, so that means I will be returning to the states sometime in April 2009. This is a flexible commitment, however. One of the previous volunteers who was in Tanzania just left last spring after a total of three years in the country!
The BVC is similar to the Peace Corps in the fact that it is a volunteer organization with multiple levels of in-country support. With the Peace Corps I understand the time commitments to be stricter. Their supervision over you is also a bit stricter, as they need to be because they are such a large organization. I have met quite a few Peace Corps volunteers in the past two months here in Tanzania, and they seem like a great community of people.
I probably should have revealed this to you earlier, but the BVC is currently only available for male graduates from SJU. This is because the volunteers are all placed at Benedictine Monasteries that are only communities for men.
What is life in Africa like? What sort of living environment are you in and how was it getting used to your new surroundings? Also, how have you approached teaching without having prior experience in a classroom?
Everything moves at a slower pace here. That has taken a while to get used to. It was very frustrating for me at first because I am one that just wants to get things done...now. I am slowly becoming more comfortable with my abundance of down time. The people here in Tanzania are very friendly. It has been difficult to not know the language (the official language is Swahili) but most people I meet are very friendly and want to try and talk regardless of the language barrier. I live in the guest house of the monastery. I have my own bedroom with a bathroom which is pretty nice. We eat meals in the guest dining room three times a day. There is not much variety in the food, but it is pretty good. I also make an attempt to pray with the monks usually once a day for night prayer after supper. The monastic community in Hanga is very welcoming. They take good care of the volunteers here.
I would say that I am still adjusting to life here, and probably will be for the next 7 months until I come back home! It has been a difficult adjustment at times, but it has been comforting knowing I am still connected to SJU through this Benedictine Abbey here and the support of the Benedictine Volunteer Corps. Finally, to talk about teaching. I had minimal experience in front of kids from a couple summer programs I did the past two summers. This experience, as well as coming from a big family, helped me in being comfortable being in charge of 50 thirteen-year-olds for 3 hours a day! I do some lesson planning, but also allow each class to develop as I teach. It is nice to have a very good understanding of the subjects that I teach (English and math).


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uSave LED Joins Carbonfree® Business Partnership to Expand Environmental Commitment
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"Our mission includes converting large facilities over to LED lighting thereby making a significant reduction in energy usage Nationwide," says Harry Zuker, CEO of uSave LED. "Offsetting our own carbon footprint with Carbonfund.org credits shows our commitment to the environment."
uSave LED supplies high quality and highest rated state-of-the-art energy saving LED lighting to commercial property owners and tenants nationwide. In addition to offsetting its operational carbon footprint, uSave LED's corporate office uses 100% LED lighting, its staff keeps business travel to a minimum and maintains a mostly paperless office.
The commercial LED lighting solutions offered by uSave LED enable clients to save money while reducing energy consumption and helping to preserve the environment. The LED bulbs are energy efficient (65-90% savings versus traditional bulbs), long lasting and labor saving. The firm offers a free energy study of business lighting and lighting needs, matches these requirements to corresponding products, and presents a findings report including specification sheets of the products, warranty options, financing options, available government incentives and potential tax deductions.
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A commitment to providing environmentally-responsible lighting solutions while mitigating its own operational emissions puts uSave LED in the front of its industry for environmental leadership. Carbonfund.org is happy to welcome uSave LED to the Carbonfree® Business Partnership.
Carbon Cutters Brings Carbonfree® Lawn Care with a Conscience to Fairport, NY Area
Spring is here, snow is melting in the northern regions… and lawn care season is just around the corner! For homeowners in the Fairport/Rochester, NY, area, there's a new choice for mowing and lawn care service that's committed to Carbonfree® operations.
Carbon Cutters is a multifaceted lawn care service provider offering environmentally responsible and organic lawn care services. The company's pledge to sustainability can be seen in all aspects of its business practices, including a recent decision to join Carbonfund.org's Carbonfree® Business Partnership program.
"At Carbon Cutters, we take the environment into consideration with every aspect of our business, from the tools we use to the shirts we wear," explains Steve Popp, Owner. "We use all electric equipment that will be charged by solar power. We use only environmentally friendly and organic techniques for lawn fertilization. We have partnered with Carbonfund.org to help us offset whatever carbon we generate from our daily business."
Carbon Cutters was created after recognizing the negative impact of conventional lawn care industry on the environment and seeking to provide a carbon neutral alternative. As Steve puts it, "At Carbon Cutters, we cut the carbon and the chemicals, but never the quality!" Carbonfund.org applauds Carbon Cutters' commitment to environmental sustainability and creating a clean alternative to traditional lawn care practices.
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery Expands Environmental Stewardship through Carbonfree® Partnership
It's still early in this new year, and with Earth Day approaching next month, it's a great time to look for ways to improve, expand and enrich your commitments to protecting and preserving our environment.
During 2013, Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery of St. Helena, CA augmented their organic agricultural practices and environmental sustainability initiatives by offsetting business flight emissions through Carbonfud.org. This year, Spottswoode took the additional step to allocate a larger portion of its 1% for the Planet pledge to join the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program, thus neutralizing all of their annual operational emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's carbon reduction and clean air projects around the world.
"Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we feel strongly that we must be a part of the solution to this global crisis," explains Beth Novak Milliken, President and CEO of Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery. "We take our commitment to the environment seriously, and through our actions, we hope to inspire others to care for and respect our natural resources as well."
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery is a family-owned vineyard and winery renowned for producing classic and refined wines that honor their vineyard origins. The balance, grace, and integrity reflected in their wines also drive a commitment to organic farming and stewardship of the winery's gardens, historic building, and local watershed.
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery has farmed organically since 1985 and became a California Certified Organic Farmer in 1992. In addition, Spottswoode is certified Napa Green by the Napa Valley Vintners, uses solar power in their vineyard and winery, maintains insectaries and bird boxes in the vineyard, runs tractors on biodiesel and works to conserve water. The winery spearheaded the restoration of Spring Creek, which defines the southern boundary of their vineyard and is shared with many residential neighbors. The expansion of the winery's environmental responsibility to mitigate all operational carbon emissions through the Carbonfree® Business Partnership demonstrates an ongoing dedication to the health of land and air upon which Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery depends.


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Hank Silverberg, wtop.com
TYSONS, Va. – A new $11 million firehouse, almost ready for fire trucks and firefighters, may not open for business until 2015.
Firehouse 42 stands near a busy intersection at Route 7 and Beulah Road in Fairfax County. Across the street is a new housing development with large luxury homes that are still being finished.
It is only a few miles from the new Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line that is scheduled to open later this year.
But the $4.2 million needed to staff and operate the firehouse is not included in the current $3.57 billion county budget proposal.
The firehouse was built to help protect an area that will be growing substantially once the Silver Line begins operation.
Some residents at the local post office were surprised to hear that the firehouse will stay empty for more than a year.
Leroy Baxter says he's been impressed with local redevelopment planning for Tyson's until now.
"In this case, it might have been more productive to plan it and let it sit for a while, and then move it in at the right time," he says.
Julie Murphy says it made sense to build the fire house, but she's concerned about its operation timeline.
"They should make sure that those who are developing this area pay the requisite fees to support fire safety," she says.
Sean Murphy, who is not related to Julie, says the lack of money to pay for operating the firehouse can be attributed to the people who complain about tax increases.
"If your not gonna pay money in, your can't get basic services," he says.
The county executive Edward Long has indicated the firehouse, which will be called the Wolftrap Fire Station 42, can be staffed by 2015.
There are three other existing firehouses serving the area right now.
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The red carpet gleamed with sparkly metallics and shiny, futuristic-looking fabrics. See photos from this year's Met Gala.


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Not so fast, Snopes — the New York Daily News reported yesterday that a 2-foot baby alligator was found under a car after a storm in Astoria, Queens, followed by another larger alligator found in Brooklyn. An Argentine tegu and a "very large" iguana were also found in the NYC area within the same 24 hour period.
Coincidence, or evil reptilian aliens attempting to take over New York? Only time will tell.


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December 11, 2008
Demolition taking place next to Library
The building at 1639 West First Avenue (at the stoplight at Oakland Avenue, just east of the Library) is scheduled for demolition beginning Monday, December 15.
Equipment will arrive on Friday, December 12, and will be on site most likely through Wednesday, December 16.
There is no anticipated conflict with Library business or parking, and no plans for surrounding street closings.
The demolition of the building (formerly SVR Data Processing) makes way for the Spring 2009 construction of an additional Library parking lot. The redesign includes extensive, park-like landscaping (evergreen & deciduous trees and shrubs) and lighting, with the entrance off Oakland Avenue.
The Library Board of Trustees is pleased to use this Library property to meet the needs of the community.
Questions? Call Administration at 614-486-2954.


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having vision insurance appears to improve the chances of better eyesight among working adults.
researchers say regular eye exams are the best way to prevent vision loss and detect conditions like glaucoma, cataracts or macular degeneration.
in fact, they found people who had undergone an eye exam in the past year had better vision than those who had not been tested.
and not surprisingly, people without vision insurance were less likely to have had an eye exam.


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In an interview yesterday, Jay-Z talked about texting with President Obama. He sounded a little too arrogant at first so he had to scale back, but he admits that he does keep in touch with our president.
Blake Jenner and Melissa Benoist definitely have something to sing about! The "Glee" costars are officially engaged, Blake plays Ryder Lynn and Melissa plays Marley Rose and they both joined the show in the fourth season. The couple only recently publicly acknowledged their relationship during a Twitter chat with ET. Congratulations!
Superman Henry Cavill and "The Big Bang Theory" hottie Kaley Cuoco have broken up, just days after the news broke of their relationship. A source confirms the split, but no reason was given. Henry, who stars in "Man of Steel" and Penny from the tv show had only been in what had been described as the "beginning stages" of coupledom.
Lady Gaga's "ARTPOP" album will come out November 11 and be accompanied with an app. It's like she's take a page right out of Jay-Z's book. But it worked for him. Her lead single will drop August 19 and pre-orders for the album will kick off September 1.
There's a reason we call them "paparazzi scumbags". Suri Cruise is seven years old, and she's spent her entire life being hounded by these jackals. And so yesterday, as she and her mom Katie Holmes were trying to get past them and to their car in New York, she kind of lost it. She started yelling stuff like, "Stop it!" and "Get out of the way!" And remember, this is Suri doing the yelling, not Katie. Well, as Suri was getting into her car, one of these morons yelled, "Bye, Suri, you little brat!" Another photographer heard that and told the guy it wasn't cool, but he responded by calling Suri that other B-word. Although he only said it to the guy he was arguing with, not to Suri or Katie.


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Artemether; Lumefantrine/Protease Inhibitors (mono deleted 10/04/2012)
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
These medicines may change how your liver processes each other.
What might happen:
In some cases, the amount of artemether and lumefantrine in your blood may increase and cause an increase in side effects such as headache, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, rapid heart beat, abdominal pain, and muscle aches. In other cases, the amount of artemether, lumefantrine, or your protease inhibitor may decrease and they may not work as well.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Your doctor may want to change your antimalarial. Let your healthcare professional know if the side effects of your medicine increase.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
1.Riamet (artemether/lumefantrine) UK summary of product characteristics. Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. June 27, 2001.
2.Coartem (artemether/lumefantrine) US prescribing information. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation April, 2009.


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Steven Alan Papier-Mâché Side Table - Round
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Handcrafted in Haiti. Designer Steven Alan created this side table in collaboration with Caribbean Craft, a Port-au-Prince-based employer of skilled papier-mâché artisans. Made completely by hand of recycled materials, it's a light and airy addition to any room.
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