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SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival, an internationally recognized world-class annual event for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and animation shorts has announced the festival award winners.
Press Release from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival
SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival, an internationally recognized world-class annual event for the world's most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and animation shorts has announced the festival award winners. This year, the world-renowned jury has selected two very special pieces as the Best of Show and Best Technical award recipients.
The Best of Show award goes to "Anchored", directed by Lindsey Olivares from Ringling College of Art and Design. This is a heartfelt piece that shows beautiful integration of the many elements that make up a film: sound, character design, art direction, and typography that are all applied skillfully to realize a clear emotional message.
At Ringling, SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia is emphasized as a very prestigious event. SIGGRAPH Asia is a common place for people of like minds to gather and help push the industry forward. While working on my film I tried to push boundaries and innovate ways to use technology to create a film that felt like a moving painting. SIGGRAPH Asia exemplifies this idea of pushing the limits of technology and creativity. Im very excited to hear my film was accepted into the Computer Animation Festival and also chosen as the Best of Show piece. Its an honor to receive the best of show from as prestigious a conference as SIGGRAPH Asia said Lindsey Olivares, director of the winning animated film.
The Best Technical award is accorded to "Assassin's Creed 2" from Digic Pictures. Produced by Alex Sandor Rabb, this clip shows distinct mastery of the elements of 3D CG production. Incredibly detailed and realistic main characters, clear cinematography, amazing surfacing, and world-class rendering made this a standout in terms of the computer graphics technology applied to storytelling.
Digic Pictures is honored to have its work selected from so many outstanding animation projects of 2009. We are proud of our Assassins Creed 2 cinematic trailer, which reflects our relentless pursuit of excellence and commitment to push all boundaries of CG animation. This award truly belongs to everyone at Digic Pictures who have contributed to the film, outdoing themselves on a daily basis according to Alex Sandor Rabb, Managing Director of Digic Pictures.
This year's SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival showcases the best and newest in computer animation from 15 countries over the past year. I'm happy that we have quite a few pieces that showcase the emerging creative and production capabilities of Asia. The Best of Show winning piece is a substantial accomplishment as it told a beautiful tale without the clich鳠of expression, but finding her own way. The Best Technical piece already caught the immediate attention of the industry upon its release. With a small team behind it, they worked diligently to produce this cinematic. It well deserves the award. Adding to the line-up are comedic student pieces, high-end commercial feature production, and independent animation from around the world, I am certain that we'll have a great festival for everyone who attends Leo Hourvitz, SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival Chair shared.
Japanese-centric Works from the Computer Animation Festival
Since the conference is being held in Yokohama, Japan, SIGGRAPH Asia will offer a number of pieces with very pronounced Japanese flavor. Besides the high-end graphics of the Tekken and Final Fantasy XIV promotional videos and the OLM reel, there are also some that takes on the quirkier approach on modern Japanese culture.
Cat Shit One (Electronic Theater)
This animation short attempts to bring Motofumi Kobayashi's groundbreaking and startling manga to the screen. The concept of this is the development of real and fierce combat by cute and fluffy animals. Packy, Botasky and Rats are special operations experts working in a private military company. Every day they are embroiled in combat somewhere around the world. In the first episode, they intended to come to the assistance of a hostage captured by guerrillas demanding the withdrawal of the US Army, but instead become surrounded by a large number of guerrillas. It is the intention of the producers to ignite the interest and awareness of the misery of wars that are taking place in this world through this clip.
Peeping Life (Electronic Theater)
Peeping Life takes the classic Japanese form of comedy known as "manzai" and puts it over simplistic animations to great comic effect. Three short everyday stories are spun to create the humor and lasting impressions.
Other highlights from the Computer Animation Festival
Astro Boy (Electronic Theater)
Imagi provided a beautiful sequence of Astro Boy learning to fly for the Electronic Theater. The clip shows a beautiful balance between a realistic look with a cartoony sensibility as Astro interacts with the sea of clouds. In conjunction with the Astro Boy production sessions and other related activities at SIGGRAPH Asia, we'll get a really good look at this production, which incorporates a Japanese source and was produced in Asia.
Deadline (Electronic Theater)
Not only did this year's Best of Show winner, "Anchored," use computer graphics and typography in creative ways, animators find ever-newer ways to apply computer technology to other forms of animation. In "Deadline" those reminder post-its come to haunt their author. Be sure to catch the making-of movie in the Animation Theater to see how this charming piece was put together with computer pre-visualization!
Tom N Jerry (Animation Theater)
This 11-minute comedic chase is evidence that that 3D computer graphics can be a means of individual Expression. In this clip, Tom chases Jerry in the airport. Meantime, they bump into a terrorist who tries to threaten the police with a bomb. They finally get on the airplane. The inspiration behind this comedic piece came from the producers passion for original series Tom N Jerry. Upon learning the passing of Joseph Barbera, half of the legendary duo of Hanna-Barbera and the creators of Tom N Jerry, he was inspired to create an animation piece that is equally entertaining.
Entering the Mind through the Mouth (Animation Theater)
This 23-minute dramatic piece revolves around the love story of a cat with a boy's mind and a mouse with a girl's mind. They try to escape from a wicked tamer who wants to make a mutant of a cat. This story is interesting because it is not normal. A cat and a mouse are often regarded as enemies, so a blossoming love is not possible. This clip aims to send the message that these animals, like all humans, are able to develop feelings for each other despite their very different backgrounds.
Full information for the Computer Animation Festival can be found on http://www.siggraph.org/asia2009/for_attendees/computer_animation_festiv.... For more information on SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 program updates, please visit www.siggraph.org/asia2009.


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Jury is now in place to hear the federal trial of 2 former local bankers and an attorney.
Terry Dubose, Edward West, and Frank Baker are charged with several counts of fraud against the US Government out of $4 million dollars.
The charges stem from the defendants' time at the old Coastal Community Holdings bank.
Dubose was the bank's CEO, West was CFO, and Baker was the bank's attorney and on the board of directors.
They are being charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and seven counts of wire fraud, punishable up to 30 years in prison.
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One-Eyed Jack is a purple-tinted Whatnot who is one of the mutinous pirates in Muppet Treasure Island.
Though he received his name in that film, the puppet first appeared (sans eyepatch) in The Muppet Christmas Carol, taking on two different roles in the same film. In the opening number, "Scrooge," he plays a vegetable seller (of the Singing Food) performed by Frank Oz. Later on, in "It Feels Like Christmas," he resurfaces as a prisoner with a British accent performed by Jerry Nelson.
Although the character's name is One-Eyed Jack, and despite the presence of an eyepatch in Muppet Treasure Island, the puppet does not have any actual eyes as a facial adornment.


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Parking and Big Data
Melissa Bean Sterzick
I was reading my Smithsonian magazine just the other day and came across some information that gave me a huge dose of anxiety. I should have known, the cover article was titled "The Future is Here."
First I started on an article that said of 1,000 Americans surveyed, 30 percent believe that school-age children need more math education and 19 percent think they need more English/writing/grammar/reading instruction. The article also expounded on the true need, and that is science and technology education, and offered dire warnings about how children in the United States rank 17th out of 34 developed nations on some very important test with an imposing acronym.
I immediately slumped into a depression about my two children enduring 12 years of public school, four years of college and two in graduate studies only to realize they can't find a job because they are miles behind their counterparts in 17 other countries. Hopefully, my daughters will stick together so when I'm dead and they are living on the streets they can share a blanket and scraps from the trash cans.
For my own peace of mind, I didn't finish that article but went on to one about microbial life – "the normal community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that makes up what scientists call the microbiome." Apparently there are different microbiological groups living in our guts, armpits, ear canals, and mouths, as well as a unique combo for each hand. Our bodies are a veritable "metropolis" of tiny critters. This new and improved "Big Science" approach is supposed to be revolutionary for the medical industry and its patients, but I was trying to eat my lunch, so I moved on to another article.
Next came a fascinating piece on the discovery of Alexander Graham Bell recordings and a method for extracting sound from his long-outdated medium – wax and cardboard discs. After that there was an article about Legos that was just too long to even start.
Last but not least was the article that actually related to parking and what inspired me to review my "leisure" reading in Parking Today. Titled "X and the City," the piece discussed mathematicians' ability to analyze a city in a way that allows them to do everything from "predicting the height of the tallest skyscraper to estimating the crime rate."
You might as well add quantifying, pricing and planning parking to the list of things these equations can do, because they're pretty comprehensive even in areas where they have not yet been applied. According to the article, what these brainiacs are developing is a "theoretical science of urbanism," and there is no doubt parking will eventually be addressed by this new branch of science.
The clincher for me and my twitchy psyche was a description in the Smithsonian article of the scope and power of this new science, which some call "Big Data."
"People carry tracking devices in their pockets all day long. They're called cellphones. You don't need to wait for some agency to publish statistics from two years ago. You can get this data almost in real time, block by block, hour by hour. We have acquired the technology to know virtually anything that goes on in an urban society," says Steven Koonin, a physicist.
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Project 3: Cellular Immunity and Immune Escape from EGFR Antibody Therapy
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS, Basic Science Co-Leader
Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH, Clinical Science Co-Leader
Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD, Co-Investigator
There is convincing clinical evidence that the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-specific monoclonal antibody (mAb), cetuximab, is effective therapy for advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCCHN). However, not all patients respond to cetuximab, and clinical responses are not correlated with the level of EGFR expression on tumor cells. Thus, there is a need to understand why clinical responses vary among patients, in order to select those most likely to respond to cetuximab therapy.
In contrast to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the antitumor activity of cetuximab may benefit from its interactions with the host's immune system, since cetuximab induces significant killing of SCCHN cells in vitro only in combination with natural killer (NK) cells and monocytes. Furthermore, in an animal model system, the antitumor activity of cetuximab is enhanced by the addition of NK cells. We therefore hypothesize that the antitumor activity of cetuximab is influenced by its ability to trigger an EGFR-specific cellular immune response and by the escape mechanisms SCCHN cells utilize to avoid immune recognition and destruction.
This hypothesis is being tested in 3 parts:
Hypothesis I: the anti-tumor efficacy of cetuximab depends on the NK cell FcγRIIIa genotype, EGFR expression levels on SCCHN targets, and Treg mediated suppression of NK cell lytic activity.
- Aim 1.1: To test the hypothesis that the FcγRIIIa genotype expressed by NK cells determines the extent of lysis in ADCC mediated by cetuximab
- Aim 1.2: To test the hypothesis that the EGFR expression level influences cetuximab-mediated lysis of SCCHN cells by NK cells
- Aim 1.3: To test the hypothesis that Treg influences the level of NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity against cetuximab-treated SCCHN cell targets
Hypothesis II: the anti-tumor efficacy of cetuximab depends on the induction of EGFR-specific CTL, which is influenced by the NK cell FcγR genotype, DC interactions with cetuximab-coated SCCHN cells and suppression mediated by regulatory T cells.
- Aim 2.1: To test the hypothesis that FcγRIIIa 158VV or VF expressing NK cells are more effective than those expressing FcγRIIIa158FF at enhancing the cross-presentation of cetuximab-coated SCCHN cells by DC
- Aim 2.2: To test the hypothesis that anti-tumor efficacy of cetuximab is depedent on the Treg-mediated suppression of TA cross-presentation by DC loaded with cetuximab-coated SCCHN cells
- Aim 2.3: To test the hypothesis that anti-tumor efficacy of cetuximab is depedent on Treg-mediated suppression of the cytotolytic activity of TA-specific CTL generated by priming with DC loaded with cetuximab-coated SCCHN cells
Hypothesis III: the in vivo anti-tumor activity of cetuximab in SCCHN patients is influenced by the NK cell FcγR genotype, EGFR-specific CTL activity, frequency of Treg and APM component expression in SCCHN lesions.
- Aim 3.1: To perform a single-agent cetuximab clinical trial and establish the association between clinical responses to the neoadjuvant cetuximab therapy and immune/molecular biomarkers in the tumor and blood
- Aim 3.2: To test the hypothesis that clinical responses correlate with the FcγRIIIa polymorphism and activation of NK cells in cetuximab-treated SCCHN patients
- Aim 3.3: To test the hypothesis that clinical responses to cetuximab are related to the frequency of EGFR-specific T cells in SCCHN patients treated with cetuximab
- Aim 3.4: To test the hypothesis that clinical responses to cetuximab are related to the frequency of functional Treg in SCCHN patients
- Aim 3.5: To test the hypothesis that clinical responses to cetuximab correlate with expression of EGFR, HLA class I molecules and APM components in tumor specimens
In this project, we are first characterizing in vitro the variables which are involved in the generation of EGFR-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) by cetuximab. They include the polymorphism of the Fcγ receptors expressed by NK cells, the EGFR expression level on SCCHN cells, and the ability of dendritic cells (DC) to cross-present tumor antigens to T cells following loading with SCCHN cells coated with cetuximab. Subsequently, we are characterizing how the immunosuppressive activity of regulatory T cells interferes with the generation of EGFR-specific CTL as well as with their lytic activity and that of NK cells.
To assess the clinical relevance of the in vitro results, we will determine how the balance between the induction of an EGFR-specific CTL response triggered by cetuximab and the immune escape mechanisms utilized by SCCHN cells impacts the clinical response to (antitumor activity of) cetuximab in SCCHN patients who will be enrolled in a trial associated with this project.
The results derived from this project will have an impact on the clinical application of cetuximab-based immunotherapy in SCCHN patients by identifying predictive immune biomarkers of biological and clinical responses, optimizing the selection of patients to be treated with cetuximab-based immunotherapy, and contributing to the design of interventions to enhance its efficacy. Furthermore, the principles defined with cetuximab may be applicable to other TA-specific mAb; therefore, the information derived from this translational proposal may have a broad significance for the clinical application of antibody-based immunotherapy to the treatment of malignant diseases.


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Cope's (Southern) Gray TreefrogHyla chrysoscelis(click images to enlarge)Appearance: The southern species of the broadly ranging gray treefrog complex is essentially identical in appearance to its northern congener, Hyla versicolor. In most of the Southeast, however, only the southern species, H. chrysoscelis, is present, making discrimination of the two species easy. Although highly variable in appearance, Gray Treefrogs generally have a gray to olive green ground color dorsally, usually with blotches in a camouflage-like pattern of different shades. A prominent light spot is usually present below the eye. The most distinguishing characteristic of this species is found on the hidden surfaces of the hind legs and lower body, which are washed with bright orange or yellow. This character can usually only be seen when the frog is climbing or is in the hand. This treefrog is a moderately large species, growing up to around 5 cm. (2 in.) in length.Habits and Habitat: Cope's Gray Treefrog can be found in forested habitats where water is present, prefer woody, shrubby vegetation for calling and feeding, and are most frequently found calling at night from bushes at the water's edge. During the day, gray treefrogs will retire to a small tree or shrub in a shady spot where they will remain almost motionless (and nearly invisible) until rains or nightfall. Winter retreats of this species are typical of most treefrogs and include rotten stumps and logs, underground burrows, and cavities beneath the loose bark of trees.Vocalization: The call of Cope's Gray Treefrog is best described as a rapid, harsh trill. Males call from bushes near water at night from early spring until high summer, and occasionally from ground level at the water's edge immediately before breeding. In large choruses, antagonized males will frequently emit their aggressive call: a rapidly produced, high-pitched call resembling creaky bedsprings. (Chorus includes Spring Peeper).Reproduction/Egg Description: Gray Treefrogs breed in backwaters of slowly moving streams, depressions in fields, roadside ditches, puddles, and small ponds. The vitellae of the eggs are small and gray or white and are laid in small clusters attached to vegetation at the edge of water.Distribution and Abundance: Locally very common and occurring in large groups when breeding and where habitat requirements are met, but probably widely dispersed and difficult to detect during non-breeding season. Cope's Gray Treefrogs are found throughout the Southeast, from central Texas eastward to the Atlantic coast, and southward to the Gulf coast and mid-peninsular Florida.SE ARMI Index Sites: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
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So where is Australian cricket? According to Shane Warne, it is heading nowhere and needs a radical overhaul. Typical of the man, Warnes observation on the present state of affairs in Australian cricket and his suggestions to set things right came with a touch of eccentricity. In his blog he picked his dream team for the administration of Australian cricket. He proposed Rod Marsh, Mark Waugh, Damian Martyn and Glenn McGrath as selectors, Mark Taylor as CEO of cricket and Ian Chappell as chief consultant. The team should be coached by Stephen Fleming (the former New Zealand captain is also on the Indian cricket boards radar to replace Duncan Fletcher) with Darren Lehmann as his assistant. Michael Hussey or Michael Bevan have Warnes backing for the position of the batting coach, while Merv Hughes or Bruce Reid should be in charge of the bowling department.
The list looks very impressive on paper but the question is that will Warne, or any player for that matter, ever have his way in administrative matters? History suggests otherwise. Warne didnt start the fire but he lit the kindle. The fire was burning since the late 1970s, when Tony Greig & Co joined hands with Kerry Packer. The movement revolutionised cricket, though in the end, a truce was called between the rebels and administrators. Interestingly, even after such a big movement, power remained with those who control the game from board rooms. But cricketers started getting their dues which made them happy. The officials had to backtrack a great deal and player power won. Cricketers who fought hard for their place in the spotlight beamed in glory. It was a universal gesture of triumph despite the fact that India had never been a part of that power struggle.
Far too often a question is asked that why sports shouldnt be run by players. Its a very logical query. But the problem is that good players dont always make good administrators. In one of his recent blog posts, former India batsman Sanjay Bangar beautifully described the reasons. Administration needs a lot of managerial skills, besides individual traits of consensus-building and patience, he wrote.
Also, as an administrator, one needs to know the unsung virtues of compromise and the art of keeping most members of his group happy. Sports administrators need to work in tandem with the local and Central governments, municipal authorities and police forces. Its a difficult


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On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Tanglewood Park will continue its annual summer series: Tuesdays at Tanglewood with the Slithery but NOT Slimy-Snakes of Tanglewood program. View a PowerPoint presentation of the park's common snake residents. Hear myths dispelled and learn about the essential roles that snakes play in ecosystems. Get tips for identifying and avoiding encounters with venomous residents. The presentation will end with an opportunity to meet Cornelius the Corn Snake (bring a camera for photo opportunities).
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The Hague Runs into B2B: Why Restructuring the Hague Convention of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters to Deal with B2B Contracts Is Long Overdue
Elacqua, Benjamin C., The Journal of High Technology Law
In October of 1999, The Hague Conference on Private International Law issued a Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Hague Convention). (1) There were sixty-four member States to the Hague Conference on Private International Law in January 2004. (2) In order to maintain effective international business to business (B2B) (3) contracts, the Hague Convention must revise some of its original language. (4)
Part I of the note analyzes electronic commerce, specifically B2B contracts. Next, Part II briefly describes the foundation and history of the Hague Convention, as well as two specific articles. In Part III, alternative approaches to jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments are outlined; including an overview of the informal working group's proposals to accomplish the goal of the Special Commission. (5) The Special Commission is concerned with whether the Hague Convention meet the needs of e-commerce. (6) Finally in Part IV, proposals are tested by adopting certain aspects of the alternative approaches in Part III, better aligning the Hague Convention with current B2B law.
By the year 2007, the number of Internet users is projected to be approximately 1.46 billion. (7) Congress has defined e-commerce as "any transaction conducted over the Internet or through Internet access, comprising the sale, lease, offer, or delivery of property, goods, services, or information, whether or not for consideration, and includes the provision of Internet access." (8) These transactions are creating a great deal of revenue, with some estimating Internet commerce growth to be 1.3 trillion by the end of 2003. (9) The above numbers evidence the growing trend toward the online marketplace using B2B contracts, but if the Hague Convention is not updated, these trends might decrease. (10)
This note specifically deals with B2B contracts. (11) Many nonnegotiated, mass-market contracts are enforceable as B2B contracts, under the current Hague Convention. (12) In addition, click-wrap agreements are also enforceable. (13) Businesses are able to choose which jurisdiction their contracts will be enforced by using clip-wrap agreements. (14) In a recent survey of international businesses, the majority of the businesses specified certain courts to obtain exclusive jurisdiction over their businesses. (15)
There are some courts which do not enforce click-wrap agreements. (16) Being relatively young, these types of "contracts" will surely change the way many conduct business over the next several years. Recently, a broad based electronic commerce organization has urged Mr. Jeffrey Kovar, Assistant Legal Advisor for Private International Law, United States Department of State, to revamp the current language of the Hague Convention because click-wrap agreements have an adverse impact on current electronic commerce. (17) Cases of this sort will be distinguished under the Hague Convention because the treaty honors forum selection clauses. If adopted by Congress, courts of the United States, and the several States would be required to enforce the Hague Convention. (18) Perhaps the threat of a constitutional crisis may permit some courts to disregard an adopted Hague Convention. (19)
There is another type of business contract conducted over the Internet, used mainly for personal transactions, called business to consumer (B2C) contract. (20) The most recognizable B2C contracts are transacted through ebay. Contracts which fall under this category are potentially within the Hague Convention, but there has been considerable dispute over the language of Article7-dealing with B2C contracts. (21) The online marketplace is now a global forum for businesses and persons to conduct business. In the interest of modernizing the law, the Hague Convention is proposing to adopt a uniform set of rules dealing with business, but that does not necessarily mean e-commerce or B2B. …


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After that, BET began paying Mattocks $30 an hour for freelance social media work, according to her lawsuit. The network made several offers for the Facebook page, but the two sides could not reach an agreement.
Eventually, BET and Mattocks reached an agreement in February 2011 allowing the network access to the Facebook page and promising not to exclude her. BET made another offer to pay her more than $4,100 a month for a three-year period, which she rejected. She then decided in summer 2012 to "demote" BET's administrative access to the page.
It was then that BET terminated its agreement with Mattocks, and her page was removed from Facebook's site. BET's own Facebook page for "The Game" grew quickly to more than 6.2 million "likes," according to the lawsuit.
Mattocks is asking for unspecified damages for several claims, including breach of contract and "breach of good faith and fair dealing."
In its response, BET contends that it was Mattocks who violated their agreement over use of the Facebook page when she restricted the network's access. BET's attorney say in court papers that the network was "seeking to protect its intellectual property by halting what it concluded was (Mattocks') unauthorized use of that property."


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Family strives to preserve memory of father's World War I service
Monday, January 13, 2014
At the point of his passing in 2011, having reached the age of 110, Frank Buckles had become somewhat of a celebrity as the only living World War I veteran in the United States. Over the years, stories of his wartime service were shared through articles and interviews to preserve his legacy for future generations.
On the local level, many similar examples of bravery and sacrifice from World War I exist, but have been lost or are rapidly disappearing as the children of these veterans themselves pass away.
To prevent the loss of such treasured accounts, one local family has shared memories of conversations with their father and collected newspaper articles and military accounts for a better glimpse into his past.
"Dad was born in Osage City (in 1895)," said Helen Lepage, daughter of Emil Van Loo. "The family moved to Taos for awhile and then to a farm in Wardsville."
According to Van Loo's discharge papers, he was pulled from his rural surroundings on Sept. 12, 1917, at which time he was inducted into the U.S. Army in Jefferson City.
The single, 22-year-old farmer's military career got off to somewhat shaky beginnings when he and a friend nearly discovered the penalties for leaving their training site of Camp Funston, Kan. (located on Fort Riley), to return home for an unauthorized absence.
"He was going to be shipped overseas for the war and didn't know if he'd make it back," said Della Braun, one of Van Loo's daughters. "The Army wasn't going to give him a furlough, so he and a friend decided to make a furlough for themselves."
A newspaper account from the period indicates the two soldiers were homesick, and when they arrived in Jefferson City by train, Cole County Sheriff Anton Richter, who was tipped off by military authorities, was there to meet them.
Though the sheriff was supposed to take the men into custody, he allowed them to remain with their families over night on the promise that they would take the train back to camp the next day — a promise both men honored.
Whether any punishment was levied against the two soldiers is uncertain; however, the following year Van Loo was able to redeem himself of any blunders that occurred during his training when he deployed to France with Company D, 138th Infantry.
Soldiers' records retrieved from the Missouri Secretary of State's website indicate Van Loo served overseas May 3, 1918, to Dec. 11, 1918. Yet his enlistment records provide an even greater level of clarification on his service record — most notably, a combat injury that would aggravate the young farmer for many years to come.
On Sept. 29, 1918, while participating in a major Allied offensive that stretched across the Western Front (the Meuse-Argonne Offensive), Van Loo was shot in the left thigh by a German soldier.
"He laid on the battlefield for two or three days before anyone found him," said Dave Van Loo, 71, Lohman, the youngest of Van Loo's children.
Van Loo was treated in a hospital in France and sent back to the United States, where he received an honorable discharge from the Army at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on April 30, 1919.
Returning to Wardsville with a 50 percent disability from his injury, the veteran was married and soon purchased a farm adjacent to his parents. Throughout the next several decades, Van Loo worked the land and helped raise seven children — but not absent the constant reminder of his service in France.
"We saw his injury a lot growing up; it was something that never really healed," said Dave Van Loo. "You could look at the spot on his left thigh and see all the way to the bone."
On Sept. 23, 1973, Van Loo passed away, taking with him accounts of his service in foreign lands, and leaving his family behind to piece together his military history through available records.
"Many of our youth don't realize the sacrifices that have been made for them by people like my dad," said Dave Van Loo. "They don't know what has been done for them."
He added: "If guys like my dad hadn't done what they did during the war, our children wouldn't be enjoying the freedoms they are today … and we shouldn't let that be forgotten."
To learn more about military records available through the Missouri Digital Heritage site, please visit www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/.
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Stage 2: Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), 223 km
Stage 2: Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), 223 km
Moved to Luxmebourg for work late last year - will actually get to visit the tour finish in Esch-Sur-Alzette on July 3 and watch them (for 10 seconds) as they pass through the town I live in, Bertrange.
Can't wait. Next year I'll head down to the Alps for a mountain stage (hoping for de Huez again) and get to Paris for the finish.
Anyone have advice on watching the tour?
big congrats to thor for sprinting on all the intermediates and finishing 3rd (more time bonuses) on the stage.
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Boonen managed to get second from nowhere after Hushovd lost his footing. Thor look third, Freire fourth, Bennati fifth...
So Thor is back in yellow?
Yep. Got it back the way he lost it. Intermediate sprint bonuses.Originally Posted by -VELOCITY-
These are very tight crowded finishes.
What an exciting final 20KM or so. I love seeing stuff like that. I really thought Kessler had it, but the sprinters were too much for him.
Originally Posted by * jack *
Thor is responsible for his own front wheel, No fault on McEwen... this time....
"You should already be aware that riding with people who steer with their elbows, stick food to the top tube of their frames and ride around in dick togs is not a great idea." -- Classic1
didn't McEwen go a fair way off his line? Or doesn't it work like that?Originally Posted by Smoothie104
any news on who crashed into the last 3 kilometers of the race?
Having seen the replay in bird's view and from the finishing line, it's obvious that McE went several meters sideways and into Thor. Anyway. I have also seen footage of McE and Thor shaking hands and smiling after seeing the same replays, so I assume there will be no protest.
What was worse, was the Rabobank rider's move a few hundreds meters earlier, causing a mass pile-up.
Where's George? Did he crash?
Robbie McEwen: "Zabel and O'Grady went first and I didn't want to leave it too late like yesterday and so I went for it. At one point I clipped Hushovd with my feet but I just kept going. I felt great in the sprint and my team did an excellent job for me, as always. I lost a little footing in the sprint but I made it despite having Boonen and Hushovd right on my wheel. I didn't want to wait for them. I didn't do any intermediate sprints today to save myself for the finish and the big points and prizes."
Thor Hushovd: "My foot hit McEwen's and it came out of the pedal. But I stayed in there and took back the yellow jersey. I'm going to do my best to keep it. But Boonen too will do whatever he can do to take it from me."
EDIT: Disregard- McEwen is first in points.
[The official site says Robbie will wear the green tommorrow. Thor leads in green but is also leading in GC so will wear the yellow; Boonen is second in points with McEwen third-why doesn't Boonen wear the green tommorrow?]
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He crashed with 5k to go. He's out of the tour.Originally Posted by pathdoc
i may have overreacted
You are mean, mean manOriginally Posted by Laggard
21st in stage in the lead pack.Originally Posted by pathdoc
falls to 4th in GC due to lesser bonus time, 16 sec. behind Thor.
I thought Hindcappie's stunt was relatively lame. Hushovd fighting off boonen for intermediate sprint points is a bit more impressive than sneaking ahead while no one's looking.Originally Posted by CyLowe97
On the flatlands, Hindcapie is a woossy boy that shouldn't be allowed on the same road as Hushovd
The tour is pratically over, everyone else should just stop trying
Am I the only one who thought this was a relatively boring day?Originally Posted by Devil
It's all boring until the last 2 minutes, which is why I have trouble staying awake through 2-3 hours of dribble a night just to get to it. Mountain stages are better though, and could be real crackers this year with the tour blown wide open. That's what I'm looking forward to.
That and Robbie winning the next 3 stages
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Flat stages are usually pretty boring until the bunch sprint at the end. Today had a bit more drama with Tom and Thor doing their thing.
Is there anything more heartbreaking in sport than seeing a guy run out of gas 200m from the end and get swallowed up like that. Kessler was soooo close and he just blew, then he was just chewed up and spat out. Brutal.


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1972 saw them premier the new album at concerts in Europe, Japan and America (with no fewer than six tours there that year), delivering the powerful new Machine Head set. It was at a concert in the Danish capital of Copenhagen that the first (and only) full film of the famous Mk 2 line-up presented here was made (on DVD for the first time).
The tour continued through to 1973 when Deep Purple returned to America, selling out more shows and shifting more albums than they had ever done. A camera crew turned up to film the group in New York in May for the "In Concert" show, and this is also released here for the first time (on any format), including the only performance of the line-up doing "Smoke On The Water."


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Kevin Page the Parliamentary Budget Officer knows that he's on the Tories hit list. All the Members of the House of Commons know that Mr Page has become a thorn in the side of the Harper government. Then why don't the Harperites just admit that they will not give Mr Page the information that he is seeking because they are afraid he will do with that information what he has done with all the information he has received thus far-he will make it public, because that is what his job demands of him.
Mr. Page is looking for information regarding the projected effects of the cuts that are being made through the budget. The $5.2 billion in spending cuts will obviously affect government jobs, programs and services. His questions are important if he is to fulfill his mandate to respond fulsomely to the queries of Members of the House of Commons. But what we find are stalling tactics, obfuscation and lies.
As we read in today's article by Paul McLeod in the Chronicle Herald, "The government initially said it was handcuffed from releasing cut details by union contracts that require giving advance notice to employees.""
But government unions then went public, saying they supported more information about cuts being released as long as it didn't name specific employees losing their job."
"In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Treasury Board President Tony Clement said the government was holding back information for compassionate reasons." Now get this…
"This isn't about the unions, it's out of compassion for workers that we decided to inform them first," said Mr Clement. The other day Minister Peter Kent described Megan Leslie's very reasonable question in the House as 'sanctimonious twaddle'. How should we characterize Mr Clement's offering? Let me just say that Mr Clement has a rather loose understanding of what is required when one is asked to honestly respond to a legitimate question.
So, why the secrecy? Why are the Harperites unwilling to respond with clear answers to these requests? Curiously it was the Harper government that passed the Accountability Act in 2006 as a means of ensuring that transparency was maintained in the reporting of financial and economic information to Members of Parliament. But here they are, now as a majority government, actually refusing to comply with the request of the person who presently holds the position that their own government established. Back then, during the debate on the Accountability Act, they argued that it was necessary to have a person charged with the responsibility of making sure that Parliamentarians were able to secure the necessary and pertinent information that would help them to make the best decisions as legislators. The Harperites, it seems, no longer feel that that is demanded of the government.
Kevin Page is very clear, both about his mandate and about the principle that is at stake. He is reported in the McLeod article as writing of his concern in this way, ""Without transparency (we only have proposed savings by department; no baselines by program activity) it is impossible for Parliament to hold the government to account…" And this is the crucial point, Mr Page is doing precisely what he is supposed to do he is part of the system that helps keep the government accountable to the citizens of Canada by providing parliamentarians with the information they require to be able to do their job efficiently and effectively. By withholding information and maintaining secrecy on the flimsiest of rationales, the Harperites are proving that they are governing in bad faith. It also clearly shows that they have no respect for Parliament or the citizens of Canada.


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Typically, consecutive movies in a franchise have storylines that move forward in time, but the timeline in the Paranormal Activity franchise is a little more complicated than that. The first movie took us into the home of Micah (Micah Sloat) and Katie (Katie Featherston), a young California couple who became obsessed with discovering the source of the strange occurrences in their home, an obsession that ended in demonic possession and death. The "found footage" that comprised the second movie took place before (prequel), during (midquel), and after (sequel) the events in the first movie and revealed that the the entity was transferred over to Katie by her sister, Kristi (Sprague Grayden), and her brother-in-law, Dan (Brian Boland), after it nearly tore their family apart.
The latest movie, Paranormal Activity 3, plays with the timeline even more, setting much (if not all) of the action 18 years before the events depicted in the first two movies — showing that Katie and Kristi may ultimately be responsible for inviting the demon into their lives by playing around with the occult as children. In the first TV spot released for the movie, we see the girls playing the childhood game "Bloody Mary" and actually summoning... something.
Paranormal Activity 3 was written by Christopher B. Landon (Burning Palms) and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish).


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When can I get a pleco?
How long should I have my tank set up before I add a pleco? I know they don't do so well in new tanks, and I'm closing in on the end of my third week here. I'm guessing now is probably too soon, but it would be nice to have a timeline. Anyone know?
What sort of pleco are you looking to get? I added my ancistrus plecos roughly 8 weeks after my tank had completed cycling with no problems.
I'm not sure. One that stays pretty small. I was reading about different kinds in a different thread, but I don't remember which one.
bristlenose pleco is one that stays small, they should be added maybe 1 or 2 months when the tank has finished cycling and is starting to grow green algae. Most plecs are best added at this time.
I have never heard of this concept.
I cycled my tank by employing, in part, 6 gold nuggets with no adverse effects noted to date (11 months subsequent).
IIRC Gold Nuggets aren't real big algae eaters - more like sucking worms out of the substrate and off rocks and the like (Could be wrong - never felt like spending $40 on one). I know one of the very first fish I got to start the first 10 gallon tank that started me on the path to rampant multiple Tank Syndrome was a Clown Pleco, and I basically cycled the tank with him. Not smart, mind you, but he did survive. Course, he was never diddly for algae eating either.
Frankly with Plecos, it doesn't really matter. Ottos, on the other hand, you had best have something in an Algae growing for them to eat, or there will be some dyin'.
I've heard the same thing. Otos are pretty sensitive, but plecos are hardy. I feed my pleco algae wafers...
Just for the record, I wouldn't add any fish, regardless of hardiness, to a tank that hasn't finished cycling, as your cycle will only regress. Wait until you have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, a low reading of nitrates. Then do your first water change of your cycled tank to make sure it stays that way. I wouldn't base it on a time line. My tank took 2 weeks to cycle, my large tank a little longer, and I've heard some take a few months to be done.
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The Fulton Lady Hornets softball team worked itself into two holes and worked its way out of both.
Fulton junior pitcher Brooke Baysinger's sacrifice fly to score junior second baseman Dacrie Depping in the bottom of the ninth inning was the game winner in the Lady Hornets' 7-6 North Central Missouri Conference win over Moberly on Tuesday night at the high school athletic complex.
Baysinger earned the complete-game victory, striking out 10, walking three and allowing four earned runs on six hits.
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Synbiotics and Gastrointestinal Function Related Quality of Life After Colectomy for Cancer
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"We need to do something to better inform our freshmen. Our underclassmen make up the majority of our dropouts, suspensions, expulsions, transfers and failed classes. Why it is that our freshmen are always getting in trouble?" Madera South activities director Julie Larrivee inquires.
It is time to take action and help the younger generation! Today: 900-plus freshmen, 100 student leaders, 80 minutes, four rotations, and an endless amount of information and influence.
Larrivee has created a new event with the help of Madera South staff and students called Freshmen Passport to Success. This event will help prepare and inspire our freshmen and will launch today during sixth and seventh periods. All freshmen are required to attend and will be split into four groups and rotate to four different stations.
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Cristal Rivera is a senior at Madera South High School and is the Associated Student Body commissioner of public relations.


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Lakewood Fatal MCI Accident
West Metro Wadsworth Extrication & MCI
03/14 ~ At 12:50 West Metro Firefighters were dispatched to an accident with extrication at 23rd Place & Wadsworth Boulevard between a black vehicle and SUV with 2 parties trapped. While Company 1 was en-route, dispatch advised responding crews of a fire under the hood of one of the involved vehicles. Engine 1 arrived on scene, quickly knocked the fire and asked for 2 additional ambulances. District Chief 2 arrived on scene, assumed Wadsworth command and asked for an additional Engine for resources. Command advised that Capital City Ambulance also arrived on scene to assist. Crews extricated 2 parties at 13:06, transported 2 red trauma patients to Saint Anthony Central and command declared an MCI event at 13:10. One of the code red patients, a male in his 20's later died at the hospital and 2 additional patients were transported. Both directions of Wadsworth Boulevard were closed from 20th Avenue to 26th Avenue for an extended period of time for the investigation.
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Vikings Season Finale: Creator Michael Hirst talks about the finale and beyond
The Season Finale of History Channel's Vikings is here and BuzzFocus was on call with creator and showrunner, Michael Hirst, who also created The Tudors and Camelot, and was an executive producer on The Borgias. He shared with us his thoughts on last week's episode, "Sacrifice," tonight's finale, and Season 2.
Last week's pivotal episode, "Sacrifice" saw Ragnar and his crew visit Gamla Uppsala to pay sacrifice to the gods. Hirst was asked where the relationship of our main characters goes after Ragnar tried to have Athelstan sacrificed:
Michael Hirst: Strangely enough there isn't an immediate fallout from that because one of the things Athelstan will come to understand was that Ragnar wasn't going to sacrifice him because he hated him or he thought he was disposable. He wanted to sacrifice him because he thought he was worthy as sacrifice; he liked him. It's one of the strange counterintuitive things about Vikings, for example they liked going into battle so they could die and go into Valhalla. In a curious way, it was a compliment to him that Ragnar wanted to crucify him. Because he was a Christian monk in England, he's a way for the audience to experience these Viking and Pagan worlds. I slightly identify with him and his story becomes richer and more interesting as we get into the next season. He's a major character in the show and George Blagden is a great actor and it does him full justice.
While the pillaging and the battles were sure to be a draw for audiences, surprisingly, so has the character of Athelstan and whether or not he embraces Viking culture. Michael, could you explain the anatomy of the scene where Athelstan is asked to renounce his religion, like Peter did with Jesus, and that while he wasn't ready to renounce, perhaps this scene was the beginning of that change in him:
MH: One of the important things about last week's episode and the over-arching issue of spirituality on the show is that we don't know very much about Paganism and how they ritualized. We do know that there was a temple in Uppsala, they had carved figures and priests. But in terms of the ceremonies and the rituals, we don't know very much so it was a question of doing something that felt right, that felt appropriate, and touched on things that people could relate to.
It's clear that Christianity borrowed a lot of things from Paganism. I wanted to make that borrowing quite clear and for people to see that. Some of the rituals with the unfolding of the sacrificial weapons had echoes of Catholic liturgy and rituals, and that was deliberate. To echo the question three times was another deliberate attempt for me to connect those times to our own. To connect in people's minds Paganism with things they might believe now. It's a very important part of the show. It's something I'm very keen on myself. You're right to pick it up and I hope there was some kind of shock on his face that he was asked to renounce three times.
The fact he was holding onto the crucifix after the third time he was asked to renounce, you realize he didn't reject it. The priest had been right to press him. Three is a magical number; nine is the number of sacrifices they did and nine is magical today and it was magical then.
Hirst on Athelstan's "sudden" transformation and change in appearance:
MH: (As we discussed) he has not renounced his Christian belief, and nor does he completely well into Season 2. In order to stay alive he has to try fit in with his Viking hosts, so it's not surprising that he adopts their clothing and grows his hair and so on, but what happens inside is a different matter. If I had rushed that, I would have been guilty of doing something that would've been wrong, but I didn't do that. It's very modulated, it's an issue that keeps coming back, it's a big issue in Season 2 and Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard) always refuses to believe he's renounced his Christianity. Floki's a Pagan fundamentalist, if I can describe him as that, and he's very, very suspicious of Athelstan.
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The inspiration in creating Vikings:
MH: Most of what little we did know about the Vikings was wrong so I wanted to tell the story from their point of view and to introduce the world this race of people who were amazing, as was their technology and social life. I find them inspirational. They were assimilated into most western countries so we all know Vikings; we're all a little bit Vikings ourselves, they're not foreign people, they're very close to home.
On the opening credits and the Fever Ray song.
MH: There are so many clichés about the Vikings we wanted to dispense with and really get people thinking in a different way. We knew we were saying something different about the Vikings, that we were going to surprise people. We wanted different music, a different approach, something with a more contemporary edge to it so people didn't think it was a museum piece. The Fever Ray song, "If I Had a Heart" was chosen by our first Scandanavian director, Johan Renck. Johan's also one of the world's foremost music video directors and he knows a lot about music.
We had a great company (Rama Allen directed with The Mill+ and Take 5 Productions) make that credit sequence. We discussed some of the images we wanted and how we were going to do it but one of the joys for me is to be able to work with other creative people at the top of their game and that's what happened. I never get bored of listening and watching that introduction. You get so much information, emotion and atmosphere in a very, very short sequence. It's so clever–it's brilliant.
Rama Allen explained on the Mill+ website:
"The credits were inspired by a folktale found in The Sagas, That of the 'Nine Sisters' the goddesses of the waves who would pluck Viking explorers from their ships, and pull them to a sensual, dark and watery grave. The Vikings' relationship with death was built on honor, inevitability, sex and the constant presence of gods pulsing through every grain of sand and swell of the ocean."
"Ritual. Supernature. Memory. Visions. Salt. Gold. Smoke. Sex. Metal. Blood. Gods. Fire. Death. Honor. Family and the Sea… are all Viking themes we drew from. To develop the sequence we sought the haunting, ancient, fearsome and visceral part of us. "
Michael, we must ask about Donal Logue (Terriers, Sons of Anarchy) joining the cast and his role of King Horik and what his potential is in Season 2?
MH: King Horik is another historically based character who's a very important character and I was delighted with Donal's casting. Horik does develop very, very significantly in the new season; he's a major player. Horik is a complex character who is very difficult to read. Audiences will find him full of contradictions and for me as a writer, that makes him fascinating but he's entered as a sympathetic character, an ally of Ragnar (Travis Fimmel). Things are going to develop from there. It's not going to be an easy ride. I promise this is a major character who came onto the scene last week carrying his chicken and he's going to be a force in the coming season.
Hirst on the Season 1 finale where we are introduced to Jarl Borg, a man who Ragnar will confront and attempt to settle a matter with, for King Horik:
MH: It's an inspired piece of casting, he's played by Thorbjørn Harr, who has real Vikings roots. I knew because of the actual history I was telling, I knew that Horik sent Ragnar to another land, Gotaland (Part of Sweden today) as an emissary. I needed for him to meet someone interesting and important. Jarl Borg is one of the few characters I completely invented. I couldn't think of what to call him. My favorite tennis player of all time is Bjorn Borg. Jarl is another word for Earle, so he's Jarl Borg. There are a lot of unresolved issues with Jarl Borg at the end of episode 9, so like Horik, Borg is very, very important in the second season. He interests me, he's a complex man, and a lot of things have happened to him and a lot more things will happen to him.
Hirst on Rollo and his plans to betray his brother:
MH: That's a very big issue in the finale. You can feel for Rollo (Clive Standen) to some extent, but he lives in the shadow of an extremely successful sibling who is becoming increasingly famous. In Viking society, fame and renown were very important. So you have a guy who is clearly a great warrior, a great fighter and he's suffering in comparison with his outstandingly gifted brother. He has a lot of unresolved issues, including of course his continuous love for his brother's wife, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick). In Viking society, again, family was very, very important. They fought together in the Shield War, they were very close knit and the relationship between Ragnar and Rollo comes to a head in the last episode.
Hirst on writing the finale for season one prior to knowing if Vikings would be renewed.
MH: I didn't want it to end at season one, we got these great characters up and running and there's a lot to tell and say about Ragnar, who is of course, a historical character, who had an extraordinary career. There are number of unresolved issues at the end of episode nine, that needed at least another season to resolve and deal with. You can imagine I was extremely happy it was picked up again.
Hirst on writing all of the episodes
MH: I confess that my problems is I can't delegate. I find it hard to give up material that I'm personally involved with. I wouldn't mind trying. The idea of giving away my babies away to other people to play with isn't a great one when I feel able to do the work and feel inspired to do the work. In my head all the characters become close acquaintances of mine and I love to go to my study in the morning and find out what they've been up to and whether they're going to surprise me. As long as I have strength and health and imagination I want to keep writing, certainly this show. I have no intention of letting anyone get their hands on this show if I can help it. Maybe if we go beyond 10 seasons I might let someone else in on the game.


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2-8-06- A water main break in Durant left residents high and dry Wednesday morning. The problem was a broken pipe that runs under Mineral Bayou on the east side of Durant. City workers estimate about 1/3 of Durant's faucets went dry Wednesday. Crews were able to get the pipe fixed a little after 12:00 p.m.
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Associated Press Release
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Department of Labor is planning to help an insurance company find bilingual insurance claims associates in the metro Atlanta area.
State labor officials said Thursday that the department will host a recruitment fair for State Farm Insurance Sept. 11 at the Georgia Department of Labor's North Metro Career Center.
Officials say applicants must be fluent in English and Spanish, and language tests will be administered to all applicants.
Labor officials say those who are 18 or older and have a high school diploma or GED are welcome to apply and at least one year of call center or customer service experience is preferred.
Applicants are asked to bring a resume and to be prepared to fill out an application.
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July 7, 2013
Andy Murray of Britain reacts after defeating Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men's singles final match Sunday in London.
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Andy Murray needed one more point, one solitary point, to win Wimbledon — a title he yearned to earn for himself, of course, and also for his country.
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Wednesday Dec 02 2009
Kids do posters, essays, not drugs
By: Susan Belknap, The Press Tribune
Reading 120 essays and reviewing 350 posters may seem like a daunting task but to the six members of the Roseville Emblem and Elks clubs of Roseville, it was just part of a day's work. The essays and posters were part of an annual contest sponsored by the clubs as a part of a drug awareness campaign that recognizes students in the Roseville City School District for their good works. "I was pretty impressed," said Emblem Secretary Barbara Ferreira. "We've been doing this contest since 1991. The kids were judged on the use of the theme we had this year and their originality." Roseville City School District employee Katie Haupt was involved with the coordination of the program as well and said she was impressed with the amount of time many of the contestants put forth for the contest. "There was lots of individuality but they also all paid attention to the theme," Haupt said. That theme, according to Ferreira was, "I have better things to do than drugs," was personalized in each of the posters and essays the students entered in the contest. Out of the 350 posters submitted by students in the third through fifth-grade throughout the Roseville City district, three entries from 10 individual schools were recognized in front of family and friends at a dinner and awards ceremony hosted by the Elks and Emblem clubs at their lodge located on Brady Lane in Roseville. In addition, 12 students in grades six through eight from Crestmont and Buljan schools were honored for their essays that followed the anti drug theme. First place winners were awarded a $100 savings bond, second place students received a $50 bond and third place honorees were the recipients of a $25 gift card from Wal Mart. In addition a grand prize was awarded in both the essay and poster contest. Buljan sixth-grader Jake Young was the recipeient of third place for his school with his essay that described several examples of activities people could do instead of drugs. "My essay said basketball, musical theater and spending time with family are ways to keep from drugs," Young said. Young's mother, Meg, who is a teacher at Valley View School in Rocklin said she was proud of the work her son turned in. "I didn't even know he was working on it," she said. "I'm totally proud." Daniel Rock, 11, a fifth-grader from Vencil Brown Elementary School took second place honors for his poster, which he said encouraged children and adults not to smoke. "It's (taking drugs) is just not healthy. Instead of doing drugs people can go to the park and walk around," Rock said. Kaseberg School Principal Karen was in attendance Monday night and said she's glad the Emblem Club has sponsored the poster and essay contest. "This sort of thing just opens up the conversation with kids about drugs," she said. "Many of our students who participated in the project this year did it as a home project." The certificates and awards were presented by Elks President Troy Asher, Emblem President Elaine Johnson and Elks Drug Awareness Chairman Dick Gaspari. FIRst place essay winners read their essays to the audience including Buljan eighth-grader Matthew Mason who won the Judges award and a $200 savings bond. "I have love and happiness from my family and friends," Mason read from his essay. "I don't need drugs. Drugs are never the answer."


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Damien Brunner scored the lone goal of the shootout to lift the Red Wings over the Blue Jackets, 4-3, last night at Nationwide Arena.
It was the first home game for Columbus after the start of the lockout-shortened NHL season.
Cam Atikson, James Wisniewski and Vinny Prospal all lit the lamp for Columbus (1-0-1).
Sergei Bobrovsky halted 39 shots in the loss.
Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and assist in regulation for Detroit (1-1).
Brian Lashoff and Ian White also scored for the Wings while Jimmy Howard made 30 saves to pick up the win.


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"I found a voice, and you found an instrument."
— Vice President Biden, speaking of actor James Earl Jones at the annual Ford's Theatre gala in Washington.
Biden and Jones, who was awarded the Lincoln medal at Sunday night's ceremony, had speech impediments as children.
Biden said his stuttering was "dehumanizing and embarrassing," but he overcame it by reading poetry (Ralph Waldo Emerson and W.B. Yeats) in his bedroom mirror.
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This has been like the biggest week ever for my two favorite music things: (a) DIVAS and (b) INDIE ROCK. Won't you join me in my revelry as I recount the internet's latest and greatest?
1.) You've been hearing about it all week long, but here's the definitive proof: Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," does sound alarmingly like Madonna's "Express Yourself." But Madge is cool with it, so NBD. (BuzzFeed)
2.) I'm not going to say that Weezer sold out, but here is a video of their version of the State Farm jingle. Yes, as in the insurance company. (Stereogum)
3.) This cat had a hard time finding a home because he looks like the Dark Lord, a/k/a, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, aka Lord Voldemort from the "Harry Potter" movies. I wish he didn't, but it is what it is. (AOL)
4.) Don't know if you heard, but a little band called Radiohead, or as I like to refer to them, THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME, are putting out an album on Saturday. You can preorder it online for $9. (The King Of Limbs)
5.) In other seminal-indie-rock news, the Flaming Lips have released a single in 12 parts that can only be heard when each part is played simultaneously on 12 different iPhones/computers. I don't have 12 friends (sad face), so you'll have to let me know if it's any good. (Pitchfork)
6.) The big hip-hop beef this week comes courtesy of Lil' Kim seemingly beheading Nicki Minaj on the cover of her new mixtape Black Friday. But then Nicki got on Twitter and was like "whatever." And then Kim was like, "It's not even a beef unless someone gets shot." (Billboard)
7.) Remember that song "Barbara Streisand" from the minds of Legendary NYC house producer/DJ Armand Van Helden and legendary hip-hop/electro DJ A-Trak, who together form the outfit Duck Sauce? Now you can "duck sauce" a version of the song with your name. (Urlesque)
8.) Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" video premieres tonight on MTV and MTV.com at 9:55 p.m. ET (right before "Jersey Shore"), and I'll just say I've already seen it — working at MTV kind of rules that way — and BRIT LOOKS FIERCE. MTV News will be doing a live chat discussing the video starting at 11 p.m. ET on MTV.com, and you should definitely not miss it. (MTV)
9.) HEADLINE: Drunk Baby Trashes Bar, Gets Offered 'Jersey Shore' Spin-Off (Ninemsn)
10.) So that anchorwoman who forgot how to talk, who then everyone started to freak out over because they thought she had a stroke? Turns out, she didn't have a stroke. It was a headache. (ABC, LA Times)


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Elephant seals have surprisingly high levels of naturally produced carbon monoxide — a noxious gas that is deadly at high concentrations — in their blood, a new study finds. In fact, the amount of carbon monoxide found in the blood of these large mammals is roughly the same as that in people who smoke 40 or more cigarettes each day, researchers say.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas that is naturally produced in small quantities in humans and animals. The scientists are unsure why elephant seals have such unexpectedly high levels of the gas in their blood, but the researchers suggest it could protect the animals from injury when they dive to extreme depths in search of food.
In humans and animals, carbon monoxide is a byproduct of the breakdown of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in red blood cells throughout the body, said study leader Michael Tift, a comparative physiologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. (Gallery: California's Deep-Diving Elephant Seals)
Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin, effectively suffocating the protein and preventing it from transporting oxygen. In healthy adult humans, about 1 percent of hemoglobin is bound to carbon monoxide. But the amount of hemoglobin incapacitated by carbon monoxide can reach as high as 10 percent in elephant seals and chronic, heavy cigarette smokers (who are exposed to carbon monoxide from burning and inhaling tobacco), the researchers said.
"Elephant seals are known to have the highest blood volume of any mammal, so we knew there was the potential for producing a lot of carbon monoxide," Tift told Live Science. "When we looked into the levels of carbon monoxide in the blood, we suspected there could be a lot."
Yet, while elephant seals appear to have elevated levels of carbon monoxide in their bloodstreams, the concentration of the gas is not so high as to cause harm, the researchers said.
"The levels in elephant seals are not high enough to inhibit oxygen transport or lead to carbon monoxide poisoning," Tift said.
Carbon monoxide's colorless and odorless properties have earned it a reputation as a "silent killer." When the gas invades up to 20 percent of hemoglobin stores, humans typically begin to suffer the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning — lightheadedness, headaches and other flu-like symptoms. The gas typically becomes deadly when it incapacitates more than 50 percent of hemoglobin stores, Tift said.


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- Identify negative or inaccurate thinking. To do this, the cognitive therapist may ask the patient to pay close attention to their physical, emotional, and behavioral responses to a troubling event.
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The highly anticipated Season 3 DVD in a 2-disc set including all 13 episodes from Season 3 of the TV show along with bonus footage including several great hunts not seen on TV! See why this show is so popular among so many outdoorsmen. Follow along as the HB crew takes you through an entire year from turkeys in the spring to trophy whitetails in the late season and everything in between.
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