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I keep telling everyone my Giant FCR1-W is a 9 speed bike. It even says that below the handle bars. But my SO and BIL, along with a few other friends who looked at the sprockets say there are 9 in the back in 2 in front so it is 18 gears. When I go from lowest to highest gear, I can do 9 changes. So is is my bike 9 or 18 gears? The dealer who sold it to me said it was 9 gears. I found some descriptions and pointed it out that it says 9 GEARS. But that doesn't help. I can't win the argument.
The reason for the argument? I think I've outgrown the bike. When I got it, I rarely used the higher gears. After four years riding, I am continually riding in the highest gear except for hills. I think I want something that has a few more gears. They keep saying I have higher gears (I can't find them) so why do I want a new bike. It seems I only have 5 changes on the first thumb thing on the right and 4 changes when I move the thumb thing to the left. Where are my other 9 gears????

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Even with the assumption of "ad relevancy," a majority (56 percent) of U.S. smartphone users say they don't want to ever be targeted on their devices, at least according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study.
Only 10 percent were okay with being ad targeted in such ways on a daily basis. Twenty-two percent of the total sample were okay with being targeted on a weekly basis and 12 percent were open to a monthly ad.
Somewhat surprisingly, the younger, mobile crowd had equally strong reservations. Half of the youngest profiled group (18-to-24 year olds) and 61 percent of the next group (25-to-34 year olds) were averse to any such targeting.
In follow-up focus groups, respondents explained that mobile ads are generally annoying and frustrating and usually interruptive and distracting to something else they are engaged in doing on their mobile device.
Asked to list their greatest concern around mobile advertising overall, the top answers were:
Regardless, when asked to rate the targeting criteria for mobile advertising, the most preferable option was by "Interests," 54 percent; followed closely by "Your current location," 44 percent. Scoring lower were "By previous online purchase history," 25 percent; "Based on types of website visited on phone," 24 percent; and "Based on types of websites visited on PC or tablet," 19 percent.
Other findings in the survey regarding the general acceptance of mobile ads:
How would you compare the general resistance to ads on a smartphone to its close cousin, the PC?
This report is at odds with award-winning work done for AOL that I was proud to consult on, written up in HBR, referred to as 7 shades of mobile.
When you use a focus group and survey approach that is untethered to behavioral data, it really depends on how you ask the questions and can get highly misleading results. The key is that people want relevant advertising and offers, especially for apps they have downloaded specifically for shopping purposes where they have granted permissions. It is now possible to address the question via an experiment and I would be shocked if mobile advertising that is "targeted" via first party data and permissions doesn't produce significant lift.
This is the same phenomenon. As the generations get younger, they are rejecting more the idea of companies pushing messages to them, no matter what the venue. Unfortunately, marketers lack that understanding and still want to push, push, push.
I don't have a good answer, but I know it isn't making ads more "interesting" or "relevant." What companies should do is hold a session with their marketing people and speculate "How would we market our products if advertising was no longer a tool?" If they didn't come up with a solution, they would at least come up with some alternatives.
The wheels have turned. No longer is the question, "How do we reach our customers?' but "How do our customers reach us?"
I understand the results of the survey, but I think that as more and more people rely on their phone to pay for purchases, research items, compare prices etc., mobile ads will be better accepted. The key to that acceptance is in the relevancy of the products to the user's lifestyle and the ability to tweak the ads to make them shorter and more impactful. I would never say that we are years from that happening given the speed at which mobile usage is progressing.
J. Peter Deeb, Managing Partner, Deeb MacDonald & Associates, L.L.C.
The mobile use cases of being on-the-go, in the store, or searching for stores/deals are not ideal forums for display advertising. The research seems to support this, with consumers preferring being able to browse content at-home in a less busy scenario.
I'm not sure mobile ads will ever work very well on a mobile phone, as much as opt-in offers pushed or pulled in real time based on the shopper's mission. The use of iBeacons will be a good test case for how this works in practice. It seems best to have a plan to orchestrate an engagement strategy that cuts across the digital path to purchase. In that scenario you might employ a more content-oriented messaging strategy with display advertising that unfolds in the at-home use case, that connects to a new application, offer or promotion to be used in-store or on-the-go on a small screen mobile device. The inverse would also happen, where instead of mobile ads, you engage consumers with real time promotions and offers that lead to opt-in communication permissions so you can follow up the mobile experience with a connection to more engaging display content at time better suited to the shopper.
So the overall effect is greater leverage than if you focus only on mobile advertising. To do this well at scale, you need to understand individual consumer and shopper behavior.
Gib Bassett, Retail and Consumer Goods Industry Principal, Oracle
Regardless of consumer reaction, mobile ads are here to stay. The only question is how to serve them up so that they are palatable. The aspects that consumers find irritating are the legacy of old-school television and radio advertising.
To "break through" on TV, a commercial needs to be funny, weird, shocking, or intrusive in some way. "Intrusive" - that word is a regular feature of creative briefs at agencies. I imagine that philosophy is at work for many of today's mobile ads too.
But on the mobile screen, "intrusive" won't work. Why? Because the mobile device is a personal device. It is intimate. You can't shout at someone or interrupt someone while they are engaged in another activity, without pissing them off. Instead, relevancy and compelling content will win over interruption and weirdness. Sorry guys, this isn't TV Lite.
Liz Crawford, SVP, Strategy & Insights, Head of ShopLab, Match Drive
Consumers pay for mobile phone and usage. They resent the intrusion of advertising, much to the dismay of retailers and brands. Is this really new news? If marketers want consumers to accept mobile ads, they should offer to partially underwrite the cost of mobile service.
Yes. They don't want to be barraged so that's why having a consumer's permission to deliver these matters and relevancy is key. If it's not relevant to a consumer's specific interests, that will frustrate them. The challenge is the companies delivering the mobile ads need to define relevancy in a way that works for both the consumers and themselves.
There are several challenges with ads on mobile as the article pointed out. The smartphone is personal and consumers don't want someone intruding on that personal space. The real estate is also limited on a smartphone so anything you try to show will interfere with the consumer experience.
I am sure someone will crack the code on mobile advertising. I can tell you now, like many consumers, I have no interest.
What if someone created a no ad phone plan? It would cost more, but all ads would be blocked and personal data protected. Even ads within 3rd party apps. Interesting concept.
John Boccuzzi, Jr., Managing Partner, Boccuzzi, LLC
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (the classic rock song by Bachman Turner Overdrive) may actually better predict what will make future mobile ads effective. The challenge to this point has been that mobile advertisements are just advertisements. The relevance factor has not really fully emerged and consumers honestly don't know what the future state of "ads" may be.
That said, brands would be wise to begin the process of creating relevance through relating directly with consumers rather than trying to sell to them. Nobody likes advertisements, but everybody likes to feel special, cared for, and unique.
According to the study, "context and relevancy is king" and that means that it's not just about knowing the person and purchase habits, but also the context - together these become much more powerfully effective. One of the activities cited in the survey respondents is purchasing merchandise/services from a website using their mobile devices (32%) with the focus group respondents "mostly all" were doing it.
As to intrusiveness and crossing the line, the survey authors also were clear in their findings: consumers will tolerate mobile ads when they fit what they are doing (right context) and are meaningful (relevant) - otherwise they are considered intrusive to the ongoing activities. What is more egregious to consumers is what the survey authors called "crossing the line" where personal space and privacy is violated - when private emails and text messages are scanned and mined for keywords.
My takeway: purchasing goods and services using mobile device has become an expected and natural act. Breaching privacy (personal point to point communications vs. social media posting) falls in the creepy side of the continuum. Smart marketers will respect people's privacy while delivering relevant and contextually aware communications to the consumers.
Mohamed Amer, Global Head of Strategic Communications, Consumer Industries, SAP
The key to acceptance of delivery to smart phones is that the content be personalized offers and not general advertisements.
By definition, personalized offers mean offers that the recipient is likely to find of value. Of course, this is easier said then done! The challenge for us science folks is to learn how to synthesize all we know about the individual's preference history, with the individual's current need state and location. From this synthesis, inferences as to what offers the individual would truly like to receive at a certain point in time can be made and acted upon.
One deduction that might be made for some individuals is that no offer is what would be appreciated. But my guess is that, for the vast majority of individuals, there are offers that would be appreciated in most situations. Our job is to create the systems that will identify and deliver such offers.
Dr. Paul Helman, Chief Science Officer, KSS Retail
No consumer will ever say that he or she would like to be targeted for ads on his or her device, be it a cell phone, computer, or otherwise. The real question is does ad-targeting actually work? And there lies the billion dollar question.
David Biernbaum, Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant, David Biernbaum Associates LLC
I agree with the study that mobile advertisements should not just be repurposed ads from other channels. Mobile users are much more task-oriented and view advertisements, especially large and non-relevant ads, as interruptions.
Much of the "free" internet economy is founded on advertising as the source of revenue. Key here is to not take a "pave the cowpath" approach but to rethink the entire process leveraging both the technologies available and presentation opportunities. For example, make it a relevant suggestion that helps the user accomplish their current task. Or offer a discount on the products they are looking at.
Again, the mistake is to take yesterday's billboard-style ads and throw them at users hoping the some single-digit percentage of them will click (in many cases, by accident). Users expect more and will respond negatively to the brands that take the blind "see what sticks" approach.
Todd Sherman, Managing Partner, T3C Partners
Of course no one wants constant ads from random retailers popping up on their phones at inopportune times. But do they want a relevant, valuable offer timed to their current activity? Probably. So it's incumbent on marketing to figure out how to deliver such win-win ads.
When you get responses like "too intrusive" or "not relevant" and "too many," that is a simply a reaction to the reality that most ads are targeted only from the manufacturer rather than the consumer perspective. Most "targeting" as practiced today is often nothing more than a manufacturer wish list, extrapolated based on something else the consumer has bought or done. That may be okay for slower media like snail mail, coupons on a website or even email, but targeting for mobile has to be much more dynamic and totally relevant to the moment. Otherwise, it is just clutter.
Andy Casey, Senior Partner, Loyalty Resources
"Relevance" is a magic word invoked by mobile marketers in an effort to justify their intrusion into the media experience. It seems like a reasonable principle, but I suspect that consumers may have much more nuanced ideas of what relevance means in their lives.
Right now a lot of big strategic and monetizing bets are being made based on the belief that mobile users are eager to view promotional content. OK, well at least they are willing to tolerate promotional content, right?
Mobile is an un-mass market. I suspect too many of the supporting surveys are constructed to validate the broad premise of relevance without digging deeper into individual differences. Relevance needs to be not just about which message to send at a given moment, it must also be about if a message should be sent at all.
Mobile ads use impressions as a metric while mobile apps use interactivity. What is the purpose of trying to make an ad impression on a device designed for interactivity?
Ed Dunn, Founder, (Stealth Operation)
Get an ad on TV, I get cheap content/entertainment.
Get an ad in the paper, I get a cheap newspaper.
Get an ad on the radio, I get free content.
Get an ad on a website, I get free/cheap content.
Get an ad on e-mail that I sent to a free junk e-mail account, I got an intro offer and basically some unobtrusive spam.
Get an ad on a smartphone, I get an ad from a site that gave me an intro offer, once upon a time, and I get an ad that I don't want to see, that some marketing guy thought I wanted and likely got paid by a manufacturer to send out, and it possibly cost me money to get it.
Sorry, no thanks.
The mobile phones are going to become what once was junk mail (as in tossed into the trash); then it became telemarketers (hang up on these idiots), and now we have a plethora of ads pouring into the mobile phones.
I see a trend that people will delete before even reading.
To me, I want my businesses to get permission to send ads to my phone, so I can control the number of items being sent. A relevant super hot deal is what all of us want, not some rubbish pushing something we don't.
It will have to work itself out, as this is just beginning.
As will other RetailWire panelists, I am curious about how the questions were asked. Globally, we are seeing very little resistance as mobile adoption becomes ubiquitous. As long as the CPG and retail brands create compelling offers that primarily drive true loyalty, rather than overtly push product promotions, consumers will most assuredly become more comfortable with the inevitable rise of target marketing efforts over time.
Ralph Jacobson, Global Retail Industry Analytics Marketing Executive, IBM
The problem here is a failure to communicate at its most basic. Advertisers and marketing firms keep saying "darn it, we know what's relevant to you and it's for your own good that we're sending you this stuff. You should appreciate it." And smartphone users (and many PC users) keep saying "no you *don't* know what's relevant to me, darn it, and you never will. You keep sending me unwanted messages and I'm getting really annoyed at both the personal intrusion and time waster."
The last thing in the world most of us want is more government regulation with penalties on businesses. But that is exactly where this may be headed (akin to the Do Not Call List), if people who specialize in "targeted marketing" don't figure it out.
The cool thing about ads on mobile devices is the ability to target. However, for the adds to be effective, the smartphone owner must give permission. That doesn't mean small type that a customer might miss when they are doing another transaction. This means true "I want to get your info - especially if it applies to me" kind of permission. The retailer should be careful how frequently they connect and balance the benefits to the customer as they push advertising to them. Done well, you'll create an amazing relationship with a customer. Mismanaged and the customer will disconnect from this channel - or worse, may disconnect from doing any business with you in the future.
Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer, Shepard Presentations, LLC
It's all in proportion to the size of the device, and the fact that most people are still reading everything that comes to the phone. So short/sweet/and relevant please, or that "opt out" button is going to become an app some day that people can install to easily select and delete.
The use of a mobile device is by its very nature a different experience than a PC or a "real" item like a magazine or TV. We feel more "in control" of our mobile device and therefore we expect more control of the ads we see there.
There is a balance between wanting to know about deals and information when we want it, and being deluged with such information when we don't want it. The answer is to enable all push notifications to be turned off easily when not wanted, and turned on when wanted. The control will ultimately go to the consumer, so advertisers will be best positioned that grant this power to the user now.
Mike Osorio, Senior VP Organizational Change Management, DFS Group
Allow customers more options to "op-in or op-out."
The structure of mobile ads may be the root cause of the problem. Innocently visiting a web site on the phone seems to trigger splash ads that are often not easy to delete or get around. I have often attempted to click out, but instead triggered the ad link and had to back my way out of the navigation.
If designers of these ads were more open in their architecture, they might find less resistance from consumers.


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A Solo Bike Tour in Taiwan
March 9, 2012
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's a short article and link to some great photos from a Bike Friday customer.]
By Yang Cheng-Hsieh
Sometimes I like the freedom of solo travel. I don't need to wait for
others. I can take a rest break whenever I want and ride at my own
speed. On the last day before winter vacation ended, suddenly the
weather turned good. I seized the opportunity to tour solo on my BIKE
FRIDAY to see the beautiful spring Sakura (cherry blossoms) and enjoy
the feeling of wandering.
I really like my diamond frame Bike Friday, which I got from the U.S.
I got a TravelCase and Trailer for it in Taiwan.
I traveled through the Ruifang disctrict of New Taipei City, northeast
of Taipei, to Pingxi – famous for the Lantern Festival, Shuangxi,
Chinkuashih ? location of the Gold Ecological Park, and the Jiufen
mountains. My trip was very leisurely, over Shiping road, a beautiful
road through the mountains with views of maple leaves in autumn and
cherry blossoms in spring.
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Hi Mr Yang,
It must be very beautiful places and scenery to cycle with your Bike Friday. Must have enjoyed the trip. Hope to have the chance to ride with you someday. I just got my pocket companion bike recently and also enjoyed riding the bike. I am from Singapore and like to have this opportunity to cycle Taiwan, such a beautiful place.
Seah Yong Sen
From Singapore
I am very impressed by your tour, and on top of that by the shoes you show on a picture, which apparently use two soles!!!
Can you tell us where you found them, because they look very appropriate for this type of voyage. Thanks.
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Clinical research shows that about 25% of all women will have a yeast infection at some point within their lifetime. Most cases are from a rapid growth of a fungal organism candida albicans lining the walls of the vagina. Though there are many prescribed medications used to treat this problem, boric acid for yeast infections proved to be quite an effective solution is to.
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What Great War Hero Are You?
What famous war hero are you most like? Here is a list of great war heroes and their stories.
York and his men flanked the Germans, overran a unit, and captured the enemy. Suddenly he came under fire from a different machine gun on a nearby ridge and six Americans around him were killed. York, the Tennessee farmboy who had grown up hunting dinner for his family, remained cool and began to shoot. "All I could do was touch the Germans off just as fast as I could. I was sharp shooting. All the time I kept yelling at them to come down. I didn't want to kill any more than I had to." The Germans surrendered and York marched 132 German prisoners back to the American lines.
His Congressional Medal of Honor citation called him fearless, daring and heroic.
"Warriors are funny people," writes Noonan. "They're often naturally peaceable and often do great good when they return. York went home to Tennessee, married, founded an agricultural institute (it's still operating as an award-winning public high school) and a Bible school. They made a movie about him in 1941, the great Howard Hawks film "Sergeant York." If you are in Manhattan, walk down York Avenue on the Upper East Side. It was named for him. He died in Nashville in 1964 at 77.
Los Niños Héroes of Mexico City
If we are going to consider history's great heroes, we cannot overlook Juan de la Barrera, Juan Escutia, Francisco Marquez, Agustin Melgar, Fernando Montes de Oca and Vicente Suarez. They are known to very Mexican schoolchild as "Los Infantes" or "Los Niños Héroes," the little boy heroes. The youngest was 13. All were teenagers, military cadets in Mexico City. The Mexican-American War was in its final chapters. United States Marines were quickly advancing on Chapultepec Castle, Mexico's national military academy.
Mexico's General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna recognized the strategic advantage that Chapultepec Hill held. Rising some 200 feet above Mexico City, it was naturally fortified. However, American forces greatly outnumbered their Mexican counterparts, both in manpower, strategy and gunpowder.
When it became apparent that the American forces were triumphing, Santa Anna ordered a retreat to safety. The six young cadets refused and fled into the building – vowing to stay and defend their academy.
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Madison's Cafe in Jefferson City has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.
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I don't want to jump to conclusions, but after hours and hours of researching Node.js, all I hear is, "It's fast." Well, thats great, except that people are also saying it's the "new Rails." I've got a few questions regarding that claim and encourage any Node.js fan to send me answers to firstname.lastname@example.com and I will post the best answers below each question. Thanks.
Can one reasonably argue that you could make an equally complex app in Node.js as fast as you could with Rails?
In my opinion, the best thing about Rails is how structured it is. It almost makes it impossible for anyone to screw up a Rails app. They are all structured the same because of DHH's quoting "A place for everything and everything in its place". I can open any Rails app and instantly know where i can find almost anything. Rails apps almost force me to write well structured code. How is Node.js any better at this than PHP without the cake?
Rails is full of time saving development goodness like generators, migrations, etc to help cut down on developer hassle and billing time. Is Node.js concerned with developer happiness and billing time at all (Hackers are usually oblivious to the business concerns of a project)?
IF you cannot argue that 1) Node.js is just as fast to develop with as Rails, 2) Node.js makes it easy for developers to write clean code and 3) Node.js cuts down on dev hassle and billing time more than any PHP, then my last question is this: If the average programmer is $40/hr and the average server is $0.05/hr, why does it matter if Node.js can handle as much as a Rails app on half or even 1/10 as many servers, if it takes even a few hours more to develop/maintain with Node.js than Rails?
Rails is awesome only slightly because of the Ruby language, it's the framework itself that makes working with it fun. Until there is a framework around Node.js that makes web development as fun and fast as Rails does…I just don't get it.
It's a piece of cake to sync your pages, keynote and numbers docs between your iOS devices, but what about the Mac? I've been trying to do this for months. Well, if you've ever wanted to as well, take a look in ~/Library/Mobile Documents.
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create a credit card model (only store masked cc #) http://cl.ly/1A3r260e2c3B2m21071d
recap: create a customer, create a credit card attached to that customer, charge the card.
when you create a customer or card, you have to pass it in a id/token that you generate yourself
when you create the credit card, you pass in the token you generated for the customer
when you charge the credit card, you pass the token you created for the card
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Spinning wheels of the carbon cycle: Carbon from gasoline to plant material
Yaffa Grossman, Beloit Colleg; george wittler, Ripon College
Students will determine the quantity of carbon dioxide released by driving a vehicle and the the amount of photosynthetic activity required during that time period to offset this carbon dioxide production.
Communicating Campus Resource Flows
Suzanne Savanick Hansen, Macalester College
Students research one of the energy or resource flows across the campus and design an educational project the describes the magnitude and importance of this energy or resource flow to the campus community for display during Earth Week.
Exploring in the Footsteps of Columbus: Letters Back Home
Nancy Gates-Madsen, Luther College; Anne-Marine Feat, Luther College
Students will write a letter back home describing a "pristine" wilderness scene of a Caribbean beach. They will compare their descriptions to Columbus's diary chronicling his first impressions of Hispaniola, paying attention to: 1. what is seen (and not seen) 2. the filter/frame of reference used to describe the landscape 3. the rhetoric of the letters.
Sustainability through Place
kathleen martinson, Luther College; Sonja Darlington, Education and Youth Studies, Beloit College
Experiencing Systemic Thinking
Craig Mosher, Luther College
This teaching activity will assist social work students to experience and understand social and natural systems through observing and writing about their observations.
Gründliche Gründstücke
Amy Gates-Young, Modern Languages, Central College
Phenology Plot Project
Ruth Kath, Luther College
Phenology Plot Project–"In Honor Of" Tree Project Enhanced
Legacies of Gandhian thought
Brian Caton, Luther College
Remembering the Model T
Jim Farrell, Environmental Studies, St. Olaf College
Where does your energy come from? Analyzing your energy bill
Mary Savina, Carleton College
Students use utility bills to determine the cost and sources of energy in their households.
Global Economic Inequalities: Microcredit Lending
Jim Zaffiro, Central College
Making actual microcredit loans to individual potential borrowers, in the context of an introductory international politics course.
Phenology Plot Project
Suzanne Savanick Hansen, Macalester College
Students pick one place in the Carleton Arboretum to spend at least 20 minutes observing the biodiversity in that one place at least six times during the term. Students must record observations visually and with the written word and share their final projects with the class.
Climate Change: Carbon Dioxide Data Analysis
Brock Spencer, Beloit College; Marty St. Clair, Coe College
Common Resource Experiment: Simulating Tragedy of the Commons in a Classroom
Dmytro Zhosan, Ripon College; Aaron Swoboda, Carleton College; Steve Holland, Luther College; David Hayes, Coe College
An in-class activity intended to introduce students to the Tragedy of the Commons, its causes and potential solutions.
Mineral Resources Museum
Mary Savina, Carleton College
Students trace the mineral/material sources of common objects in their dorm rooms and create a display of these objects with information about material sources, processing, and sinks.
Home Energy Audit/Retrofits
Barbara Whitten, Colorado College
Home energy audit/retrofits allow students to apply thermodynamic principles to planning and executing a retrofit to make an existing home more energy efficient.
Meal Satisfaction and Sustainability for Psychology
Lee, Jen (Coe College) With Contributions from Kent Simmonds (Luther College) and Betsy Hutula (ACM)


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So, excitement about bicycle racing is not new. Articles in The New York Times appeared in abundance in the 1870s about this burgeoning spectator sport. Such events were sometimes referred to as tournaments, contests, or matches and were often combined with other athletic events.
Enter the secured employee bike room parking at the Central Library, and you'll understand how much bike commuting is part of the Library's culture. You'll find it packed with commuter bikes every day of the year.
Whether we're mopping our sweaty brows in the heat of the summer, or bundling up for our dark, cold winter rides, Denver Public Library employees LOVE being in the saddle.
What are you doing this weekend? We've got some great events going on! Which one are you doing to?
Are you going to stop by the Schlessman Family Branch Library to learn how to Maintain Your Bicycle with the Denver Bicycle Cafe? Saturday, June 8 at 10 a.m.
Have you had a chance to look at the November/December schedule of Fresh City Life My Branch events and classes yet? Here are some highlights!
On Saturday, November 10 at 2 p.m., celebrate Veterans Day with Army Bicycles: The Ride Stuff at Schlessman. Local, Pulitzer Prize winning author Jerry Cleveland explores how the military has used the bicycle and why it attracted the attention of commanders worldwide.
Just Ride by Grant Petersen
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All these events are happening on Saturday, May 5:
Bird Watching 101, Part 1, at Ross-Broadway at 10 a.m. Please register, 720-865-0135 or email@example.com. Learn the basics of bird watching, how to ID birds, where to look for them, and how to use a field guide! Look for Bird Watching 101, Part 2 on May 12!
Got plans for the next few days? Try out a free Fresh City Life My Branch event at your local library!
Explore space at the family-friendly A Whole New World: Dawn at Vesta event on Saturday, July 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Schlessman Family Branch. NASA's Dawn spacecraft will arrive at asteroid Vesta this month. Learn about the faster than fast ion engine literally propelling the mission, science instrumentation, and how Dawn will contribute to our understanding of the Solar System.
Join Fresh City Life My Branch for food, a journey, or a craft this week!
There are offerings for whatever you want to learn this week through Fresh City Life My Branch! Hungry? Try Picnic Foods tonight, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Schlessman. Learn to liven up your picnics or hikes with dishes that everyone will love! Recipes and samples included! Or maybe you're thinking of changing the way you eat.
Feeling a bit crazed with everything going on in your life? Come relax at a Fresh City Life My Branch program this week!
Maybe you're worried about your money, and whether you're investing it in a legitimate place. Ease your mind with Outsmarting Investment Fraud presented by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation on Thursday, June 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Bear Valley Branch. Learn questions to ask and how to find out if an investment product or professional is legitimate.
Yes, folks, it's technically still spring! Time for rebirth, renewal, and starting new things! The perfect time for a Fresh City LIfe My Branch event!
If you haven't been to one of Monica's fun, informative, and tasty cooking demonstrations, this is your chance! If you've tried some of the recipes from her appetizers or soups class, you know you want more! Learn to create tasty Summer Salads that will keep your family happy and healthy on Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Smiely Branch.
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Start-up Discussion Brings U.S. And Russian Businesses Closer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of young Russian start-up companies gathered in Moscow yesterday at the Skolkovo Foundation — a Russian scientific and technological center for the development and commercialization of advanced technologies — to receive advice and tips from leading U.S. entrepreneurs on how to successfully launch a start-up company. The event, hosted by the U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC) in cooperation with the Russian Federation's Trade Representative in the United States, represented an opportunity to share best practices on a commercial level at a time when bilateral political ties are strained. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120713/MM40069LOGO-b)Through Telepresence technology provided by USRBC member Cisco, the videoconference connected Washington, DC; Boulder, CO, and Moscow in real time. Startup DC Chairman Evan Burfield and Brad Feld, the managing director of Foundry Group who has successfully launched 126 startups, provided the meeting participants guidance regarding the U.S. experience in establishing, incubating, and commercializing projects. The event was organized under the framework of the Innovation Working Group of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, and was supported by the U.S. Department of State and the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. RIA Novosti Chief Editor Samir Shakhbaz moderated the discussion. Oleg Fomichev, Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development, and Lorraine Hariton, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, delivered welcoming remarks. "Entrepreneurial ecosystems are popping up all over the world, and Russia is not an exception. While the country's legacy still presents many challenges for startup development, it is an interesting and promising time for entrepreneurship in Russia, with countless opportunities for startup communities," said Brad Feld. Evan Burfield added, " Russia has a tremendous legacy of innovation in science and technology. Today, entrepreneurs in Moscow or Novosibirsk have access to the same technologies and distribution networks as entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, or Tel Aviv. What's critical is for Russia to work to create an environment where risk-taking and challenging the status quo is rewarded." USRBC Executive Vice President Randi Levinas noted, "Today's session, which highlighted Russia's potential and permitted savvy, skilled Russians to tap U.S. expertise, can be a driver for economic growth in both countries. The U.S.-Russia Business Council is pleased to be able to contribute to this productive discussion and to enable our businesses to continue to identify bilateral commercial opportunities." According to Rinat Dosmukhamedov, Trade Representative to the United States, "This video conference is the first step towards exchanging experience and establishing constructive dialogue between the U.S. and Russia, all with the help of new online technologies. Events like this one serve to promote improved cooperation and inspire innovative solutions." The U.S.-Russia Business Council invites you to view this dynamic exchange in its entirety using the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI8WWaUXyeY) The U.S.-Russia Business Council, a member-based trade association of U.S. and Russian companies, offers a platform for the open exchange of ideas on U.S.- Russia commercial issues. Learn more at www.usrbc.org . SOURCE U.S.-Russia Business Council
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Wednesday Jun 29 2011
Instructors learn program to prepare future manufacturing, technical workers
Retirements and fewer opportunities to take technical education classes due to funding cuts are creating a shortage of employees with skills to design, engineer and repair equipment. The Sierra Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Community Collaborative (www.sierraschoolworks.com) was formed in response to this need. The collaborative brought together 10 high school and Sierra College career technical education instructors to learn MasterCam — a computer aided design and manufacturing software application — and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining skills at Rocklin High School on June 6. Dan Frank, engineering support technology instructor at Rocklin High School and Scott Seacrist, iDesign instructor at Lincoln High School, conducted the training at Rocklin High School's engineering lab. Participants learned how to set up computer code in MasterCam, and then created dominoes and stacking blocks on CNC milling machines. The California Community College Chancellor's Office awarded an SB70 grant to Sierra College to create a pipeline of students from middle school to high school to college interested in and prepared to fill the need for skilled technical employees. To learn the needed skills for local, in-demand, highly-paid careers, students can pursue engineering, mechatronics, welding, energy technology, and design and engineering support at Sierra College. For information about the Sierra STEM Collaborative, go to www.sier raschoolworks.com or contact Carol Pepper-Kittredge, director of the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies at Sierra College, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (916) 660-7801.


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The Western Lake County Amateur Radio Society (WeLCARS) is an amateur radio club based in Fox Lake, Illinois, dedicated to the advancement of amateur radio through experimentation, education, and public service.
WeLCARS is a "general interest" amateur radio club that has members interested in nearly all aspects of the hobby, from HF to VHF, public service, rag chewing, contesting, to building their own antennas and equipment. The club meets the first Friday of every month at a local restaurant named a few days before the meeting on the WeLCARS Yahoo Group and conducts VE testing at the Grant Township Center at 26725 W. Molidor Rd. in Ingleside. Other project meetings and outings are announced on the Yahoo group.
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Western States Office
The mission of the NIOSH Western States Office (WSO) is to identify and respond to priority Western occupational safety and health (OSH) issues and serve as a local and regional NIOSH presence in the Western U.S. The WSO also functions as a "gateway" for the Western states to access the technical expertise and resources available throughout NIOSH. Along with the Alaska Pacific Office in Anchorage and the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research in Spokane, the WSO helps establish and maintain OSH capacity, conduct site visits, provide outreach and technical assistance and maintain close working relationships with Western stakeholders, including state and local health departments, universities, medical facilities, environmental and regulatory agencies, industry and labor groups. The WSO has expertise in industrial hygiene, epidemiology, occupational medicine, safety engineering, and health communications.
The Western Region
The Western U.S. consists of 17 contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii. This region encompasses a broad range of OSH issues, with several of the Western states consistently recording the highest work-related fatality rates. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Western U.S. has experienced rapid and continued growth. Between 2000 and 2010, the population in the Western U.S. grew by 13.8%, compared to 3.2% in the Northeastern U.S. and 3.9% in the Midwest. Nevada was the fastest-growing state between 2000 and 2010, growing by 35.1%, followed by Arizona (24.6%), Utah (23.8%), Idaho (21.1%), and Texas (20.6%).
WSO emphasis areas include:
OSH Capacity Building and Surveillance
States have a vital role to play in the surveillance of occupational injuries, illnesses, and hazards and a primary function of the WSO is to promote and foster occupational safety and health (OSH) surveillance and program capacity for the Western states. This objective is in support of the NIOSH Strategic Goal to enhance the use of state-level public health surveillance information at both the state and national levels for prevention of occupational illnesses, injuries, and hazards.
Surveillance of occupational injuries, diseases, and hazards provides critical data that can be used to prioritize prevention efforts and focus resources to protect workers. To accomplish these objectives, the WSO works with many partners, including the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) , Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and Agricultural Research Centers , states and other federal agencies. The WSO also works closely with many NIOSH Divisions and Programs, including the NIOSH Surveillance Program .
Western States Occupational Network (WestON)
The WSO works with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE) and the Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAPERC) to co-host annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) meetings that focus on increasing state OSH program and surveillance capacity in the Western U.S. These meetings bring together colleagues from all 19 Western states, NIOSH researchers and other occupational safety and health professionals for a day and half meeting to learn about current OSH issues, network and discuss potential collaborations. The eighth annual WestON meeting is planned for September, 2015. For more information visit WestON .
Oil and Gas Extraction Research
Oil and gas extraction is a rapidly growing industry in the West and has been identified by NIOSH as a priority occupational safety and health research area. The Western States Office manages the NIOSH Oil and Gas Extraction Safety and Health Program which seeks to reduce injuries and illnesses among oil and gas extraction workers. Researchers have built partnerships with industry stakeholders, identified priority research areas, and obtained funding to focus on the most frequent safety and health hazards in the industry. The WSO also conducts field evaluations to assess health risks and exposures in this industry. Current products include publications in industry magazines and scientific journals, safety training videos (on the topics of Rig Moves, Seatbelts and Fall Protection) and a set of rig safety inspection checklists. All of these products have been developed in collaboration with safety professionals in the industry through participation in the NORA Oil and Gas Extraction Program.
Additional Activities
The WSO provides support and technical assistance in the Western U.S. to the:
- NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program investigations, particularly in established focused areas such as construction
- NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFIPP) with special emphasis on Wildland Fire Fighters
- NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program
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Well folks, it's that time of year again. That's right – it's resolution time. But rather than join a gym to shed that extra 20 lbs of gut weight, resolve to stop eating baby animals (veal and cabri are too good to give up), or take up a diet of strictly flax and wheat germ – I am rolling out another list of restaurants in the area that I MUST try in the year ahead.
Admittedly, I made just an 'OK' dent in last year's list, hitting six of the 16 spots that I pined for. The reason for that was my culinary attention being pulled in other directions as new openings kept hitting my radar throughout 2012. But in the end, I did sample awesome cuisine from Casa B, Journeyman, Marliave, Radius, The Gallows, and Gaslight Brasserie Du Coin. Not too bad.
Looking ahead to the year of the Water Snake – here's my list of resolution restaurants. Hiss, Hiss, Yum, Yum.
- Cinquecento | This hotly-anticipated cavernous Italian joint from the Aquitaine Group has wild boar gnocchi. Gnocch-said.
- Giulia | A just-opened Porter Square newcomer serving more upscale Italian eats. Run by a former Via Matta chef.
- Tavern Road | Chef Louis DiBarcarri (Sel de la Terre, Storyville, Chef Louie Night) plans to open a space in Fort Point with the words Porchetta, Game Birds, and Rotisserie on the menu. P.S. They'll have a street food window. Booyah.
- Blue Dragon | Celeb chef Ming Tsai is opening an Asian Fusion spot in Fort Point.
- Ribelle | Strip T's chef Tim Maslow is coming to Brookline (Washington Sq) with a new spot next year. I'll be there.
- Bronwyn | We will finally have a good German restaurant around Boston. Currywurst and Spaten anyone?
- Spoke Wine Bar | The guys behind Dave's Fresh Pasta bring you a wine bar right next to their current venue.
- Erbaluce | This Bay Village upscale Italian hideaway will be a romantic gourmet date for me at some point in 2013
- Oishii | A carry-over from last year's list, but I will make it this time around!
- East By Northeast | This Pan-Asian small plates resto in Inman Square has been open for a while and deserves my attention.
- Santarpio's | Yes, someday I will hike over to Eastie and eat pizza. It will happen.
- Estelle's | This is what you get when you combine the chefs of Poe's Kitchen and East Coast Grill.
- Bon Me (the restaurant) | A popular Vietnamese food truck goes brick and mortar in Kendall.
- Belly Wine Bar | The owners of Blue Room and Central Bottle team up to deliver a nice wine bar concept in Kendall.
- Uni Sashimi Bar (and late night ramen) | More for the late-night ramen to get Oringer's take on a dish that is all the rage right now.
- Lone Star Taco Bar | These guys hit the Allston scene big and then fell off my radar. They're back on, and I WILL get their tacos in the year ahead.
So there it is. Another 16 places to run to in an effort to continue eating my way through all that Boston has to offer. In case you haven't noticed, the restaurant scene in the area is bumpin'. Lots of these places haven't even opened yet, but when they do it promises to be an exciting year. See you there…


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by Chris Devers
Do you remember how it was in the old days? I must explain that the old days for me meant being a boy in the 1950s.
Open fires were the norm. My dad built a fire every winters morning. He did this by first placing rolled up newspaper in the grate. On top of the newspaper he would lay wooden sticks in a criss-cross pattern. Then he would carefully place lumps of coal on top of the sticks. Next came lighting the fire. He would light selected exposed corners of the newspaper, which would soon cause the sticks to catch fire. Then the sticks provided the flame and the heat to set the coal on fire.
Although building and setting off a fire was science in action, it was almost an art form in the hands of parents of that generation.
The living room usually housed the fireplace, and this room was the one that warmed up during the day thanks to the fire. Other rooms in the house could be cruelly cold. That included the bathroom. If you had one!
Nobody I knew had central heating. If you wanted a bath, this often meant adding boiling water from pans or kettle into the bathtub which was part filled with cold water. If you were lucky you could warm up your bath towel by draping it over the stove or cooker until you needed to use it. Anyway, enough of me and my past history.
Nowadays, we dont know were born! A bath is a luxurious pleasure. There is plenty of instant hot water. And you usually have a choice of radiators on which to hang your towel over so that it is lovely and warm when you get out of the bath.
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Theophil Bock and the SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
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In 1915, the German passenger liner turned auxiliary cruiser, Kronprinz Wilhelm, interned in Philadelphia. After capturing 15 merchant ships since the outbreak of World War I, the ship was low on fuel and ravaged by sickness in its crew. While the ship was laid up in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, its crew lived in a nearby camp. However, when the United States joined the war in 1917, the United States seized the Kronprinz Wilhelm and relocated its crewmembers to Fort McPherson in Georgia as prisoners of war.
Theophil Bock was one of the German sailors, probably a stoker, brought to Fort McPherson. Bock's collection of photographs and postcards document both his wartime service on the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the years of his internment in Georgia. While serving, Bock photographed everything from the use of airplanes during warfare to his fellow Kronprinz Wilhelm crewmembers.
Once relocated to Fort McPherson, Bock's photographs capture how these prisoners of war entertained themselves with activities ranging from theatre productions to card games.
Although the men on the Kronprinz Wilhelm lived in the United States beginning in 1915, they remained proud of their German roots, integrating names like "Mozart" and "Bethoven" on street signs.
During his time in the United States, Bock wrote multiple postcards in English to Miss Elsie Badholzner in Philadelphia, often signing his cards "as ever yours Theophil Bock." After the end of World War I, Bock appears to have remained in the United States, returning to Philadelphia. A postcard sent to Bock in January 1928 was addressed to "Mr. Th. Bock, 4615 Frankford Ave, Phila, Pa," an address in northeast Philadelphia.
researching former Kronprinz Wilhelm merchant marine
I am researching the life of Joseph Kanske, my great grandfather. My grandfather told me that he was a German merchant marine on the Kronprinz Wilhelm and illegally jumped ship before settling in Detroit, MI. Where are the photographs you discuss in this blog post located? I'm looking for any proof my that my great grandfather was ever a crew member and/or passenger on this ship (his name is not on any publicly available passenger lists that I've found online). Thanks!--Lauren
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Hi Lauren,
Thanks for your comment. Your research into your great-grandfather's life sounds really interesting! The photographs I discuss in this blog post are part of the Theophil Bock collection, which is located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It's a pretty small collection, with about 50-100 of Bock's photographs and postcards. Feel free to reach out to the Historical Society if you're interested in looking further into the collection.
Kronprinz Wilhelm
I'm always amazed at the historical records which contain information about the Kronprinz Wilhelm, Civil War stories, etc. It's very interesting and always sparks a process of discovery. Thank you.
German Merchant Marine Jump ship
My grandfather also said he was a German Merchant marine who jumped ship, his us census records show he arrived in the us in 1915 his name in the us was King he said his German name was Koenig I think that is how its spelled is there an Edward Koening ? listed on that crew list
Crew members Kronprinz Wilhelm
My grandparents in Philadelphia hosted a crewman from the Kronprinz Wilhelm for a holiday dinner. As a thank you the crewman sent my grandfather a handmade copper and wooden letter holder. The copper is engraved with "SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm." On the bottom is a handwritten note. It looks like the crewman's name was Andenhen (?) Conrad Hafermas.
German POW- Matthias Schiffers
I found a wood carving "SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm" from Fort McPherson. It is signed by GPOW- Matthias Schiffers. Does anyone know how to go about finding more records on these prisoners?


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Welcome to Valley View! Valley View consists of 35 teachers, 23 support staff members, 625 students, a very active parent teacher organization, and MANY wonderful, supportive, involved parents, and yours truly – Bob Siegel, the proud principal of this wonderful school community. The students who attend Valley View are in developmental kindergarten through fifth grade.Our PRIORITIES here at Valley View follow:
Our number one concern for your children – our children – is their SAFETY, SECURITY, and overall WELL BEING! Student welfare is of paramount importance to all staff at Valley View as evidenced by how seriously we take the Code Red Emergency Plan, as well as our fire and tornado procedures. The discipline policy here is based on LOVE and LOGIC, and each staff member has been trained in "Capturing Kids' Hearts" as well. The basic premise that the Valley View Team works from is that positive and nurturing relationships are critical to the highest achievement, and that ALL children are GOOD, but sometimes make bad decisions. There will be a consequence for any wrong doings so that the child is responsible for his/her actions. Discipline will always be done in a respectful manner – maintaining a child's dignity. We have very well-behaved students due to how well our parents are raising their children, as well as the staff's insistence on proper behavior.
We believe that the most effective school environment is one that emphasizes the education of the WHOLE child - including skills that they will need to be the BEST that they can be in our society. There is a pro-active mindset in teaching our children HOW to interact with each other responsibly, and how to conduct themselves in our school—and world. As we travel down the road of learning with your children, our staff believes in equipping our students with all of the tools they will need to be successful "big people." Our goal is to assist you as parents in teaching the children in our care the importance of Responsibility, Caring, Teamwork, Effort, Common Sense, Initiative, Sense of Humor, Cooperation, Friendship, and other attributes that make for a fulfilling and successful life.
Obviously, the reason we're in business is to educate your child. We have had a proud history at Valley View of student successes - including the reception of the prestigious GOLDEN APPLE AWARD – the highest academic honor given by the Governor of Michigan. Valley View has been fully accredited through AdvancEd, citing high achievement in ALL content areas - in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
One of our most critical roles as Valley View staff is to keep parents "in the know!" Our teachers do a wonderful job informing parents about classroom curriculum and events through their newsletters and other contacts. Our weekly school newsletter, "The Valley Viewer", keeps parents informed about the overall school program. Teachers also communicate weekly via email with parents. The principal's door is always open for parents to express their concerns, ask questions, or make suggestions. Also, feel free to call or email me at the above numbers with any concerns you may have.
Lastly, but certainly not to be construed as the least important facet of school business, YOUR involvement is critically important in the success of Valley View. We are indebted to the high percentage of Valley View parents that contribute in many ways to our children's success at Valley View! It is awesome to walk the hallways and visit the classrooms where many parents are actively involved in so many different ways. Our P.T.O. Board this year consists of:President – Karina RhodesVice President – Karen MichelTreasurer – Rick AllshouseSecretary – Kim KorhornThank you to these people for all the help they provide to staff and students all year long by their efforts and financial contributions.
We hope that this brief introduction to the Valley View Family proves to be helpful, and we want to assure you that we will all do our best to make your child/children and you feel comfortable and "at home" at Valley View. My -our - goal is to be the "home away from home" for your child. I vow to treat your son or daughter as if they were my own!Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and, again, always feel free to call or email if you have any questions or concerns.In the joy of learning,Bob Siegel, Principal Valley View Elementary School
There are many different clubs, groups and activities that students can get involved with at Valley View. Below are links to just a few of the options available.
First Grade
Mrs. Reid
School colors: Orange and black
Mascot: Valley View Vikings
Valley View Mural - 2005
Mission Statement
The mission of Valley View is to empower all students to learn to their potential. We are committed to promote educational, personal and social growth to develop life-long learners.


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The doctor said i got pregnant on Mrach 3rd so how many months would that make me?and why?
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The pull of gravity on a planet is the sum of all its particles causing a pull on another object, including those in the northern hemisphere. The direction of the pull of gravity is towards the center of the planet. All the stuff on the planet is concentrated around an abstract point towards which they are all pulled, and because a planet is round, that point is at the center of the globe. North and south are defined by the rotation of the planet, not its gravity. Or the orbit of the planet around its star or the rotation of its star etc. north and south are arbitrary.
Basically, to gravity, it does not matter where on the globe you are, rivers always flow downhill, towards the center of the Earth.


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The time to judge a basketball player is not on his best night.
With that in mind, local basketball fans should expect a lot from Columbus North center Tori Jackson.
Jackson made the difference in the Bull Dogs' 69-59 victory over Columbus East at North's Memorial Gym and, frankly, his play was a little inconsistent on a night when the student sections were dressed like they were celebrating either Halloween or New Year's Eve.
Yes, it was Saturday Night Live crazy on Tuesday, and that made everything that much more interesting.
North's big No. 41 made it more fun for the Bull Dogs' student rooting section, which must have had a Slip 'n Slide party in the Lowe's paint department before topping it all off with stocking caps. East celebrated the rivalry encounter with safari hats. I can't explain that one, or the big fish net. I guess they were trying to catch a River Monster.
In this case, either the 6-foot-8 Jackson or the No. 7-ranked (coaches' poll) Bull Dogs could have been considered prize lunkers.
Nobody was going to get a net over Jackson. He left all the ho, ho, ho happiness to the non-basketball playing students as he accounted for 19 points and 13 rebounds to go with a few unforced errors under the basket.
Consider the impact he will make on a game when he puts it all together.
"I wasn't paying attention to the ball," the soft-spoken Jackson said of his turnovers.
No matter. One of Jackson's best qualities, to go with his athleticism, is his mental toughness. Players often get down on themselves when things go awry. Not Jackson.
"I just keep going, keep hammering," he said.
He kept hammering anything in his path, and the result was a hard-earned win over a very good Columbus East squad which held North's other front-line starters, Clint Cunningham and Josh Speidel, to a combined four points.
If ever there was a night for North's big man to hammer away, this was it.
He scored eight points in the first quarter when North established a 23-18 lead with two of the baskets coming off offensive rebounds and put-backs.
Then came a lull for Jackson in the second and third quarters as East made its run at an upset, even closing the gap to 36-34 in the third quarter.
But when push came to shove in the fourth quarter, Jackson was back at work, adding another nine points, all from his work in the paint, as North pulled away.
The North student section danced and cheered and finally spilled all over the court to celebrate with the players. "It was amazing," Jackson said of the 5,000-plus fans who pushed into the gym. "They pump you up."
It was a playoff-type atmosphere in a game that was played before the Olympians and Bull Dogs unload their Christmas stockings. There is a lot more basketball to be played.
But East coach Brent Chitty knows what he wants to find under East's Christmas tree. "We have to block out better," he said. "They exposed that."
Jackson will hit the sack dreaming of something else. "I think we can go all the way," he said.
That just might be the case. And maybe, just maybe, Jackson will have that perfect night.
"I know I can do more," he said.
So do we.
Jay Heater is The Republic sports editor. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 379-5632.


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This Persian Basmati Rice with Cabbage is full of flavor, scented with saffron and features a crispy onion crust (tadigh).
What? You've never heard of basmati rice being served during the Thanksgiving meal? Funny. We have it all the time! As many new immigrants come to the US, it is customary to bring parts of their culture into the new world they are living in. Italians brought us pasta and pizza. The Irish brought their potatoes and beer. The Germans gave us sausage and more beer. The Chinese introduced sticky rice and noodles. Persians have their kabob and of course, basmati rice.
My parents don't live in California, so every Thanksgiving they are typically guests at their friends' Thanksgiving meals. My mom is always asked if she could bring some basmati rice. It's now a Thanksgiving tradition with our all-American friends.
My mom has always prepared rice for our holiday meals. It's a staple dish that we loved as children. We went from eating plain white rice, to trying all the wonderful variations of pollo (cooked rice): sour cherry, green beans & tomato, lentil, orange peel. All of these rice dishes are usually made as a side dish to a meat dish.
And they match beautifully with a roast turkey or ham.
Most pollo dishes require you to layer the par-boiled rice with the extra ingredients as you prepare it for final steaming.
My uncle is also an amazing cook. He introduced Basmati Rice with Cabbage (Kalam Pollo) to me. It's a simple dish for you to start with your first pollo. The cabbage requires about 5-8 minutes of sautéing prior to layering with the basmati rice. The crust I chose was onion. Mmmm… the original onion rings.


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|Article Authors:
|George J M Webster; Stephanie Reignat; David Brown; Graham S Ogg; Louise Jones; Suranjith L Seneviratne; Roger Williams; Geoffrey Dusheiko; Antonio Bertoletti
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|Longitudinal analysis of CD8+ T cells specific for structural and nonstructural hepatitis B virus proteins in patients with chronic hepatitis B: implications for immunotherapy.
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|The cytotoxic T-cell response in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been described as weak and mono- or oligospecific in comparison to the more robust virus-specific T-cell response present in resolved infection. However, chronic hepatitis B is a heterogeneous disease with markedly variable levels of virus replication and liver disease activity. Here we analyzed (both directly ex vivo and after in vitro stimulation) the HBV-specific CD8 T-cell responses against structural and nonstructural HBV proteins longitudinally in patients with different patterns of chronic infections. We found that the profiles of virus-specific CD8(+)-T-cell responses during chronic infections are highly heterogeneous and influenced more by the level of HBV replication than by the activity of liver disease. An HBV DNA load of <10(7) copies/ml appears to be the threshold below which circulating multispecific HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells are consistently detected. Furthermore, CD8(+) T cells with different specificities are differentially regulated during chronic infections. HBV core-specific CD8(+) T cells are associated with viral control, while CD8(+) T cells specific for envelope and polymerase epitopes can occasionally be found in the setting of high levels (>10(7) copies) of HBV replication. These findings have implications for the design of immunotherapy for chronic HBV infections.
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|DNA, Viral;Viral Nonstructural Proteins;Viral Structural Proteins
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|Adult; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes(immunology); DNA, Viral(analysis); Female; Hepatitis B, Chronic(immunology; therapy); Humans; Immunotherapy; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Viral Nonstructural Proteins(immunology); Viral Structural Proteins(immunology); Virus Replication
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Thousands of family and friends turned out Tuesday for the funeral of former Browns and Ravens owner Art Modell, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
An important figure in the development of the league, Modell was one of the NFL's most polarizing owners. Cleveland fans never forgave him from moving his club to Baltimore for financial reasons after the 1995 season, but Ravens fans were fond of him and he also was remembered as a loving family man on Tuesday.
Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Joe Flacco, Haloti Ngata and Torrey Smith were among current Ravens players who attended the funeral. Former Ravens players Michael McCrary, Peter Boulware and Rob Burnett also went to the service, which Rabbi Andrew Busch presided over.
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