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Dr. Dennis Gross has been known as one of New York City's top dermatologists for decades. During the course of his career, the doctor began to notice patterns in the types of concerns seen in his patients. Spurred by a belief that the products already on the market were failing to fully address these problems, Gross developed his own line of skin care products, creating formulas that he was proud enough to put his name on. Since its launch in 2002, the Dr. Dennis Gross brand has represented effective products formulated on the basis of medical science. Now, you can bring home the best of what the brand has to offer through the Dr. Dennis Gross Sets and Kits line.
The Dr. Dennis Gross Sets and Kits collection features complementing products that work together to achieve common skin care goals. Perfect for those looking to start a new skin regimen, Dr. Dennis Gross Sets and Kits make it easy to locate the formulations that work well together. The Dr. Dennis Gross Sets and Kits collection also features cost-saving value prices.
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Terra Trellis: Colorful & Modern Trellises
Store Profile
- Location: online only
- Specialty: Colorful, contemporary steel garden trellises, tuteurs and arbors.
- Price range: ($$$) High-End
- Website: terratrellis.com
Store History
- Founded by: TerraSculpture
- Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
- Sister stores: TerraSculpture
TerraTrellis grows from the collaborative art and design team at TerraSculpture studio based in California. For several years, we've been creating impactful modern outdoor sculpture for gardens across the U.S. and beyond. TerraTrellis is our new collection of functional art made by hand in our Los Angeles studio.
Trellises are a great way to grow your green goods vertically. Not only do they save space, they're great for plants who are best at climbing, sprawling and spreading out. Terra Trellis has re-imagined the classic trellis, with these bright, modern and sculptural versions.
Terra Trellis is an offshoot of art and design team, Terra Sculpture based in L.A. The scupltural background is evident in the variety of forms and thought behind each trellis, arbor and tuteur product. The trellises are made of hand welded steel, stainless steel wire and water resistant zero-VOC finish. Each design is available in seven bright colors and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
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CV and LinkedIn profile review session for students that are targeting finance positions
IE Finance Club Nov 27, 2012
Does your CV past the test? Does your LinkedIn profile guarantee your visibility in recruiters search? IE Finance Club is hosting a CV and LinkedIn profile Review session for students that are targeting finance positions.
In a typical screening process, a resume is given less than 30 seconds of consideration. An employer checks just first a few results pages in LinkedIn to find candidates needed. How can you get your application out of the trash pile and into the interview pile?
Bulletproof your CV and LinkedIn profile to improve your chances at landing an interview with the power of peer feedback. You will have several finance area tables so that you and your peers can provide sound feedback. Not only will you gain some insight into how your CV can be improved or perceived by recruiters, but you may also find some useful attributes (wording, format, etc.) that you can incorporate into your CV/LinkedIn page.
Those with finance backgrounds are highly encouraged to attend - not only to fine tune your own CVs but also to help your fellow classmates with current industry feedback on their CVs.
HOW: All you need to do is bring 5-10 hard copies of your CV and/or LinkedIn profile (if you prefer, you may remove sensitive material or use an alias).
IE Finance Club reps will also be present so please feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions for future club activities. We hope you can join us.


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There is a comet that promises to be a good one now visible in the early morning in the constellation Bootes. It is predicted to steadily brighten through December and travel from one end of Ursa Major to the other. See the C/2012 K5 thread in the SS Observing forum for more details. And remember--comet predictions can be unreliable.
The comet was easy to spot in my low power wide field eyepiece at 75x. I pumped up the magnification for the sketch just so I could see if there was anything to see, but it's still pretty small. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
I did the sketch at the ep with a 2B pencil on Strathmore paper, adjusted the gamma and levels a little bit, added a little blur, and flipped it digitally to get the correct view.
Good luck if you decide to go for this comet. Since it's a morning comet, you'll be racing the sunrise, so you can't linger.


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Things to see and do - Fort Augustus
Leaving for Great Britain
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Fort Augustus Travel guide
Fort Augustus : Michelin's recommendations
This little town at the southern end of Loch Ness strides the Caledonian Canal, linking several lochs and forming a passage between the Atlantic and the North Sea. Watching the locks in action is itself an interesting sight. But beware, the town becomes a bottleneck in summer as traffic negotiates its swing bridge. Don't miss Fort Augustus Abbey on Loch Ness, given to the Benedictines in 1867. This Catholic community has an educational mission and runs a senior school. The abbey church is modern.


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Blue Turquoise Earrings– I have just written another educational page on blue turquoise earrings which many of my followers will see today. This page has photos and educational information on Blue Turquoise Earrings. Blue Turquoise is mainly from Arizona and there are only two Turquoise Mines still producing Turquoise in Arizona, the Kingman Turquoise Mine and the Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Mine. The photo of the blue Turquoise earrings on the right have Sleeping Beauty Turquoise gemstones. We invite you to come and read our new presentation page on Blue Turquoise Earrings.
We are doing a series of educational pages on Turquoise Earrings and next will be Turquoise Bead Earrings and soon Green Turquoise Earrings and on and on until we think we have written enough that you can educate yourself to be inteligent about Turqoise Earrings.
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise is very popular in the USA as well as the rest of the world. In the olden days of Persian and Egyptian Turquoise, people only valued the clear sky blue stones as they considered them pure. Turquoise has been secred for thousands of years and the healers and rulers used it for spiritual purposes. Blue Turquoise is still very secred in many areas of the world, Tibet stands out shining for Spiritual Turquoise and Metaphysical Turquoise Healing. We are presently searching for high quality Tibetian Turquoise and have already purchased two major collections.
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|Another Perspective
|Written by Lori Pankonin, The Imperial Republican
Nothing like service with a smile
I think back to a Red Carpet Service workshop in which several employees in area communities took part. The purpose focused on the front line people in the community who can make the first and only impression of a town.
If someone passing through stops for a purchase and the person who they pay is unfriendly, they can go away from that town with a negative image simply by that one contact. Or if the person has a question and the employee makes no effort to find an answer, an impression is made.
On the contrary, if someone is super friendly and goes above and beyond in offering service with a smile, the travelers might decide to stop for a bite to eat or even spend the night. Or they might continue to move on but take the impression with them about a friendly town (having talked to just a few people).
Such is the same when someone visits a church. No matter how much the sermon affected them, it's generally the way they are greeted and treated that makes the difference in their worship experience.
Looking back, my grandson absolutely loved the days when he got to ride the county handi-bus from preschool to daycare. Marv, the driver, was like a hero to him. One thing you didn't want to do was change the plan and pick him up instead when he was counting on the ride.
And in talking to Marvin Hamilton, you could tell it was a highlight for him. He watches the clock, taking his responsibility seriously to be at the right place at the right time to take these youngsters safely to their next destination.
It's not uncommon for Marv to offer treats, and he has had a lot of laughs about comments or songs from his young buddies. Every year, he provides pizza for each of the preschools where he makes stops. When he won a ginger bread house, all the kids joined in the fun of his win.
Kids aren't his only riders. He helps the elderly and any age in between with tasks like carrying groceries or helping someone put on their jewelry before venturing out.
Other drivers take on these tasks as well, however I've been made aware of the difference Marv makes in many young lives because of my grandchildren. He definitely offers an extra special touch in carrying out his responsibilities.
Our grandchildren were living in another community when Tayvin, age 3, saw a handi-bus there. "Is that Marv?" she exclaimed, somewhat disappointed to learn that it wasn't. She had never actually been a passenger on one of Marv's journeys, but she felt the delight of it all through her older brother.
Austin, age 6, rides the handi-bus to school on a regular basis now. I asked him the driver's name. He doesn't know. There are several. He's been forgotten three times, making him late to school. I've heard his mother say more than once, "I miss Marv!"
Here's to Marv and all the other Marvs in the world who go above and beyond in providing a positive spark and making a difference by going the extra mile with kindness and compassion.
Chances are when you make someone else's day, it will also feel good for you. There's just nothing like service with a smile!!


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Next time you head to a Wizards or Capitals game, you may want to think twice about eating at the arena.
ESPN broke the story by looking into health department records. Their report shows that in 2009, 100 percent of the food vendors at Verizon Center were cited for critical health code violations.
DC Health officials confirm to 9NEWS NOW a widespread report that says every vendor at the Verizon Center was cited for critical health code violations back in March.
EPSN's report says mice droppings were found at ten vendoring locations.
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Cartilage Regeneration by the Chondrogenic Small Molecule PRO1 during Osteoarthritis
The ability to direct the differentiation of resident mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) towards the cartilage lineage offers considerable promise for the regeneration of articular cartilage after traumatic joint injury or age-related osteoarthritis (OA). MSCs can be stimulated in vitro to form new functional cartilage. In the OA-affected joint, the repair is insufficient, leaving a damaged matrix, suggesting that key factors are missing to properly direct the regenerative process. Molecules that activate the chondrogenic potential of cartilage stem cells may potentially prevent further cartilage destruction and stimulate repair of cartilage lesions.
Currently there are no disease-modifying therapeutics available for the 40 million Americans suffering from OA. Therapeutic options are limited to oral and intra-articularly injected pain medications and joint replacement surgery. The primary objective of this project is to develop a non-invasive, therapeutic for the regeneration of cartilage in OA. This new therapy will target the resident MSCs in the joint, stimulate production of new cartilage matrix, promote repair and thus limit additional joint damage and improve joint pain and function.
To provide a proof-of-concept for our strategy, a cell-based screen of a diverse small molecule library led to compounds capable of enhancing the formation of articular cartilage (chondrogenesis) from MSCs in vitro. In secondary assays, molecules were assessed for protection of the existing cartilage against induced tissue damage. Through these approaches, the lead low molecular weight small molecule PRO1 was identified which promotes cartilage differentiation and protects cartilage from damage. PRO1 reproducibly demonstrated in vivo efficacy in two animal models of OA (surgical and enzyme-induced). OA-associated pain was reduced and the architecture of the cartilage was restored. PRO1 therefore appears to activate the regenerative potential of the resident cartilage stem cells.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent musculoskeletal disease and globally the 4th leading cause of Years Lost to Disease (YLD). OA affects over 40 million Americans and the magnitude of the problem is predicted to increase even further with the obesity epidemic and aging of the baby boomer generation. It is estimated that 80% of the population will have radiographic evidence of OA by age 65 years. The annual economic impact of arthritis in the U.S. is estimated at over $100 billion, representing more than 2% of the gross domestic product. OA accounts for 25% of visits to primary care physicians. In 2004 OA patients received 650,000 knee and hip replacements at a cost of $26 billion. Without change in treatment options 1.8 million joint replacements will be performed in 2015.
OA is a painful, degenerative type of arthritis; physical activity can become difficult or impossible. Some patients with osteoarthritis are forced to stop working because their condition becomes so limiting. OA can interfere with a patient's ability to even perform routine daily activities, resulting in a decrease in quality of life. The goals of osteoarthritis treatment are to relieve pain and other symptoms, preserve or improve joint function, and reduce physical disability. Current therapeutic options are limited to pain medications and joint replacement for patients with advanced disease. No disease-modifying OA drugs are approved for clinical use. OA is thus a major unmet medical need with a huge clinical and socioeconomic impact and a complete absence of effective therapies. Clearly the development of a new therapeutic that is both symptom and disease modifying would have a significant impact on the well-being of Californians and reduce the negative economic impact on the state resulting from this highly prevalent disease.
We have carried out a structure-activity relationship study to identify highly potent analogues of kartogenin with chondrogenic and chondroprotective activities. Over 150 analogues were synthesized with structurally diverse elements and assessed for chondrogenic activity (ability to induce mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into cartilage producing chondrocytes) on human and rodent mesenchymal stem cells. A number of highly potent lead compounds were identified which will next be assessed in chondroprotective assays, cell-based selectively and toxicity assays, pharmacokinetic assays and in vivo rodent efficacy models. At the same time a number of assays were developed and used to assess the chondrocyte protective effects, joint retention, and proliferative activity on human chondrocytes of the parent compound, kartogenin. Kartogenin was found to: (1) have long term human and rodent chondrogenic activity; (2) possess chondroprotective activity in bovine chondrocytes (i.e., protects against degradative activities in the joint); (3) minimally induce chondrocytes proliferation (an undesired activity that could lead to fibrotic and immune responses); (4) have good joint retention (compound retained in the intra-articular space at the site of action); and (5) is subject to rapid systemic clearance (a desirable property to minimize systemic adverse effects).
We also identified the mechanism by which the compound functions. In contrast to other drugs in development for osteoarthritis, kartogenin does not target extracellular enzymes involved in joint cartilage degradation. Rather it appears to act directly on an endogenous stem cell population and induce chondrocyte formation. The molecule binds selectively to an intracellular protein filamin A, a protein involved in regulating the cell's cytoskeletal network (structural elements inside the cell). Rather than modulating the interaction of filamin A with other structural proteins, kartogenin blocks its interaction with the protein CBFβ (core binding factor β subunit, a subunit of a transcription complex with the runt-related transcription factor (RUNX) family). The result is an increase in CBFβ levels in the nucleus where it binds and activates transcription of RUNX dependent genes. In particular CBFβ activates RUNX1 dependent transcription of genes that play key roles in chondrogenesis. Thus this molecule acts by a novel mechanism directly and selectively on gene transcription to induce the selective differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells to chondrocytes. Importantly molecules that act by this method should complement the activity of drugs in clinical trials aimed at blocking degradative enzymes.
We have made excellent progress toward the identification of a preclinical candidate for the treatment of osteoarthritis. A large structure-activity relationship study was carried out with the chemical synthesis of over 250 analogues of the original lead compound. We have identified molecules with improved activity in cell culture and in relevant preclinical in vivo models. Based on these efforts we are synthesizing a final series of molecules which we will profile with respect to in vitro and in vivo chondrogenesis activity, pharmacokinetics and safety. We expect to choose the final preclinical candidate from this series in the third year of the grant.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent musculoskeletal disease affecting about 27 million people in the United States, and is the leading cause of chronic disability in the United States. Current therapeutic options are limited to pain or symptom-modifying drugs and joint replacement surgery; no disease-modifying drugs are approved for clinical use. OA is characterized by progressive degeneration of the articular cartilage, resulting from abnormal activation, differentiation and death of cartilage cells. A unique and unexplored therapeutic opportunity exists to induce somatic stem cells to regenerate the damaged tissue and reverse the chronic destructive process. Because limited joints are affected in most OA patients, intra-articular (IA) drug injection is an attractive treatment approach that allows high local drug concentration with limited systemic exposure. Targeting resident stem cells pharmacologically also avoids the risks and costs associated with cell-based approaches.
Cartilage contains resident mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that can be differentiated in vitro to form chondrocytes. This observation suggests that intra-articular injection of a small molecule that promotes chondrogenesis in vivo will preserve and regenerate cartilage in OA-affected joints. Using an image-based screen, we identified a drug-like small molecule, kartogenin (KGN), that promotes efficient and selective chondrocyte differentiation from MSCs in vitro. Intra-articular injection of KGN also shows beneficial effects in surgery-induced acute and enzyme-induced chronic cartilage injury models in rodents, as well as positive effects in incapacitance pain models. This project is aimed at the development of new lead compounds with improved biological activity, the demonstration of efficacy of the lead compounds in rodent and dog OA models and the elucidation of the cellular mechanisms underlying the cartilage regeneration activities of KGN and its analogs.
Through medicinal chemistry efforts, we have designed and synthesized over 400 analogs of KGN. Using cell culture based assays, we assessed the chondrocyte differentiation activity of these analogs and identified 17 compounds exhibiting improved potency compared to KGN (EC50 < 100 nM). These compounds showed no obvious cytotoxicity at high concentrations (100 μM) when incubated with a variety of cells present in the joints including MSCs, chondrocytes, osteoblasts and synoviocytes. Up to date, we have assessed the efficacy of 7 compounds using a rat OA model (medial meniscal tear). Two of the tested compounds showed significantly improved cartilage repair at the end of the study. At the same time, no adverse effects, such as body weight loss, pain or impaired motor functions, were observed in any compound treated animals. We are currently studying the effects of another 10 analogs using the same OA model, which is expected to conclude within two to three months. Next, we will assess the efficacy of active compounds in a canine OA model (partial meniscectomy using beagles). Furthermore, full rodent pharmacokinetics and non-GLP toxicology studies will be performed for the lead compounds.
To study the underlying mechanisms of KGN induced chondrogenesis, we designed and synthesized an affinity probe with biological activities comparable to that of KGN. Through affinity-based methods, we identified protein filamin A (FLNA) as the target of KGN. In MSCs, KGN binds to FLNA and disrupts its interaction with core binding factor β (CBFβ), which leads to the nuclear translocalization of CBFβ, subsequent activation of the RUNX1-CBFβ transcription program and, as a result, chondrocyte differentiation. This mechanism has been confirmed using cell biological methods including RNAi mediated gene silencing and cDNA overexpression of relevant genes such as FLNA, CBFβ and RUNX1. These studies have been published in the journal Science.
We have demonstrated efficacy in preclinical in vivo models of a potential drug candidate for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The small molecule functions by selectively differentiating meschenchymal stem cells to chondrocytes to repair damaged cartilage .
- Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol (2013) Small molecule-based approaches to adult stem cell therapies. (PubMed: 23294307)
- Science (2012) A Stem Cell-Based Approach to Cartilage Repair. (PubMed: 22491093)
- Science (2010) Aryl hydrocarbon receptor antagonists promote the expansion of human hematopoietic stem cells. (PubMed: 20688981)


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Winnipeg, MB (Sports Network) - Braden Holtby made 20 saves to notch his
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4-0 triumph at MTS Centre.
Alex Ovechkin aided Holtby's cause by registering a goal and two assists,
while Nicklas Backstrom scored once and assisted on Ovechkin's tally in the
victory. Troy Brouwer and Marcus Johansson also lit the lamp for Washington,
which posted a 3-0 decision in its most recent visit to Winnipeg on Mar. 2
behind a 35-stop effort by Holtby.
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Trey Hillman Media Session: New Yankee Stadium; Thank you fans!
Editors note: Special thanks to our intern Brian, who has compiled the Trey Hillman interviews this season!
The "New" Yankee Stadium
Royals Manager Trey Hillman managed in the New York Yankees Minor League system for 12 seasons (1990-2001) compiling an 855-761 (.529) record, while collecting eight winning seasons and making the playoffs four times. So, it would be safe to say Hillman is probably pretty excited to make his first trip to the "New" Yankee Stadium. "I am really looking forward to our trip to New York. I have heard nothing but amazing things about the new stadium. Every opposing staff member I have come in contact with has said it has to be seen to fully appreciate it. It should be extremely fun to play there, the ball seems to be flying out of that stadium at a record pace. In all this, I of course want to take some games away from them while we are there," Hillman stated.
Thank you fans!
The Royals fans have a real chance today against the Minnesota Twins to approach 1.8 million fans for 2009 season. 1.8 million would be the first time since 1993 (1,934,578), and whatever the final tally turns out to be, it will the largest attended season since 1993. Hillman says it is a testament to the fans and the designers of this amazing new stadium. "It means a lot getting that kind of support from the fans and the community. I think the design team who constructed and fabricated this beautiful stadium deserve much of the credit. I constantly hear from family, friends, and colleagues about how amazing the "New" Kauffman Stadium is and what a great job they did with what they had. Kansas City should be proud of where they get to watch baseball, it is a spectacular stadium. I have enjoyed managing in such a fantastic ballpark, and look forward to giving the fans a reason to come out to the park next season."


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|Young Americans and area students give energetic performance
|Written by Darci Tomky
Including everything from 1920s flapper dances and Cat in the Hat books to Mary Poppins songs and hip-hop dancing, the Young Americans and area students delivered an impressive high-energy performance Tuesday, Feb. 2 at the HHS auditorium.
Young Americans, a company of 40 performers ages 18-22, stopped in Holyoke Jan. 31-Feb. 2 on their 2010 world tour. During their three-day stay, the group conducted intense workshops for area students grades 4-12.
Representing six schools, 139 students, including 104 from Holyoke, learned about all aspects of the performing arts including singing, dancing and acting.
Tuesday's performance gave the students a chance to show off their new skills to a packed house.
"I've never seen these kids do some of the things they did, and they (the Young Americans) brought it out in them," said Holyoke music teacher Marcia Dalton.
With a little confidence boost from the Young Americans, students were on stage singing and dancing in a very fast-paced, enthusiastic program. The show featured songs from several countries, a childhood memories collection, a singer/songwriter tribute, a tour of music through the decades and an African-themed portion.
"It's been fabulous—so high energy and a positive experience for our kids," said Holyoke band teacher Pat Wiebers. "I think it's something that will stay with them all their lives."
Prior to the students' performance Tuesday night, the Young Americans presented their own collection of songs with a wide variety of costumes and musical styles that definitely had audience members on the edge of their seats.
The young adults stayed with 17 host families while in Holyoke, said Wiebers. She also reported the Music Parents Association played a huge role in bringing the group to town.
Holyoke students who participated in Young Americans include:
Fourth grade—Arturo Dominguez, Victoria Hatton, Grace Dille, Anna Jelden, Dominique Penzing, Regan Van Overbeke, Brandon Nevarez, Anthony Beltran, Mariah Pell, Natray Peregoy, Drew Stewart, Jarrett Woodhead, Lane Stapleton, Luke Krogmeier and Monse Conde.
Fifth grade—Monica Dominguez, Morgan Philips, Juana Penzing, Bryce Cornett, Katie Gerk, Jaxie Gerk, Karla Hermosillo, Tara Krueger, Kacey Jaeger, Tristan Sullivan, Austin Herman, Emily Krogmeier, Erick Zink, Sydney Goldenstein, Brendan Mayden, Brook Prottsman, Logan Osborne, Oscar Hermandez, Brian Beltran, Jack Smith, Dylon Lousberg, Kaitlyn Shafer and Daniela Baeza.
Sixth grade—Roni Beavers, Brigitte Bejarano-Mendoza, Jaylene Dominquez, Taylor Mayden, Cody Lamm, Peyton Dittmer, Dani Brandt, Issac Brandt, Dennis Amaya, Josilyn Lutze, Marques Harvey, Alison Coyne, Yvette Banuelos, Lori McWilliams, Ivette Varela, Adilene Bencomo, Megan Parker and Tony Roberts.
Seventh grade—Ramon Favela, Megan Vieselmeyer, Alex McCallum, Kaylee Ham, A.J. Brandt, Taylor Goldenstein, Lynnette Stark, Kaetlynne Overton, Christina Conde, Luke Stewart and Hannah Gillmore.
Eighth grade—Jacob Vasa, Xandra Lock, Brittney Prottsman, Malena McWilliams, Kelsey Kramer, Audi Peña, Ashley Humphreys, Shaylee Krueger, Persha Mason, Maddie King, Makayla Spitz, Zach Roll, Logan Tharp and Trevor Dalton.
Alternative High School—Kracinda Thompson.
Freshmen—Ben Martinez, Araceli Banuelos, Erin Vieselmeyer, Chandler Gerk, Jasmine Conde, Camille Elliott and Molly Brandt.
Sophomores— Amy Krogmeier, Leo Ochoa, Natasha Peregoy and Brooke Parker.
Juniors—Kaylee Groshans, Becca Brandt, Catrina Krueger, Ella Stewart and Briar Bergner.
Seniors—Megan Colglazier, Severine Barras, Nicole Brandt, Molly Fricke, Nora Roth, Brittany Durbin and Duncan Brandt.


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Football Team Aids in Parkersburg Relief
PARKERSBURG, Iowa -- After seeing the unbelievable, Travis Williamson couldn't believe his own eyes. As he and family members picked up the pieces of their Parkersburg home Saturday, a group of 20 Iowa State football players, coaches and staff were on what was left of his door step to help him tear down his home. Tear it down so he and his family could build it again after a tornado ripped through this town of more than 1,800 people May 25, killing seven, and causing millions of dollars in damage.
"A man came by and asked if I needed help," Williamson said. "No one said who they were or why they were helping. We weren't going to turn that offer down. So I said �sure.'"
Everything changed May 25 around 5:30 p.m. Williamson, his wife Emily and their two children were driving south out of Parkersburg to his father's farm, which is about a mile from town.
"We could see rotation in the clouds," Williamson said. "When we drove into my dad's driveway, Emily and the kids went inside immediately. My father and I watched as the tornado started to go through Parkersburg."
The last thing Williamson did before heading for shelter was call 911. He was back outside three minutes later. It was obvious that this was a major tornado (eventually classified as an EF5, the most potent twister possible, with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour). People began driving by the farmstead after being detoured from the usual road into town. The Williamson family could not drive back into town and walked their way to what was left of their neighborhood. There wasn't much. Over 400 homes were damaged, many totally destroyed. The high school no longer had a roof and the gym was gone.
"It was hard to tell just where your house was," Williamson said. "Some people couldn't even tell what street they were on."
Like all those who survived the disaster, Williamson was thankful that his family was safe. A friend accommodated them with shelter. Now it was time to start clearing the mountains of debris. They weren't sleeping much. That is why Williamson, who works in crop research for Monsanto, took the unexpected volunteers up on their offer.
They got more than they bargained for.
"There were 20 people and when I found out that they were Iowa State football players, I couldn't believe it. It was great luck or divine intervention."
The group, which included Iowa State players, coaches and staff and Jonna Chizik, wife of Cyclone head coach Gene Chizik, jumped in with both feet.
"These guys did this with no fanfare, no media present, they just wanted to help," Williamson said. "Mrs. Chizik was right in the thick of it, pulling out debris from what had been the basement. They turned a week's worth of work into a five-hour project."
The ISU party was stunned by the extent of the damage, but touched by the positive attitude of those who were picking up the pieces.
"You could see how appreciative they were," Iowa State defensive coordinator Wayne Bolt said. "You couldn't believe the devastation. But all of those people were so upbeat. It was really contagious and emotional."
Cyclone safety James Smith was caught off guard with the unfamiliar sights amidst the relief effort.
"I had never seen anything like that before," Smith said. "The people in Parkersburg have to start all over. You can't get that stuff back. That is something that will always be stuck in my memory."
Just the tear down was a daunting task.
"You see it on the news, and then you get there in real life," sophomore quarterback Austen Arnaud said. "You looked up and it was nothing but debris. It was all just house foundations. It was surreal."
Smith was happy to be a part of such a large effort.
"There was so much to do," Smith said. "I feel like we made a difference, even though we were only there for a day."
It was a huge coincidence that the group of Cyclones happened to be helping a family with Cardinal and Gold roots. Williamson's uncle, Rod, is a former Iowa State athletics staffer and now an associate athletics director at Vanderbilt. After hearing about the efforts of the ISU football party, Rod sent an e-mail Sunday to Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard.
"Their efforts stunned my family" Rod Williamson wrote. "My nephew left me a phone message, wondering if I had anything to do with them showing up. I have just gotten back from the SEC Spring Meetings and other than asking some friends to send gift certificates to them, I have not done anything yet...Our family is so touched by this unexpected act of kindness, teamwork and unselfishness we can barely scrape up the words...We have always been proud and enthused to call ourselves "Iowa Staters" but it'll take us a long time to figure out what we can say or do to show our appreciation for the shoulder-to-shoulder teamwork that the Iowa State football team just showed us."
To be sure, it will take months and longer to rebuild Parkersburg. Williamson and his family will work their way back, day-by-day until the job is done. All was not lost. They were able to find a considerable number of old pictures in the wreckage, saving precious visual memories. Now, with a little help from a group wanting to lend a hand, they will always have a little room for more.
"Coach Chizik called me again today," Travis Williamson said. "I told him I really don't have any words that can describe our appreciation."


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The 500-seat Gillis Theater on the VMI post was filled to capacity with high school and college students and teachers from across the nation as VMI's second biennial Leadership Conference, "Cheating, Lying and Honor in America's High Schools, Colleges and Universities," opened today. The conference will continue tomorrow when the current generation of students takes the lead in discussing and presenting strategies for encouraging academic and personal integrity.
LEXINGTON, Va., March 5, 2012 – Who cheats? Anybody. Everybody.Cheating occurs among males and females, among all age groups, among low and high achievers, among students and corporate leaders, among major league athletes and ordinary taxpayers, among bankers, journalists, and employees in any workplace where there is something to steal.So said opening session speakers Dr. Eric M. Anderman and Dr. David Callahan in VMI's Leadership Conference, "Cheating, Lying and Honor in America's High Schools, Colleges and Universities." "When I became a teacher, I was absolutely floored by how many of my students cheated," said Anderman, looking back on his time as a middle and high school teacher, a graduate teaching assistant, and professor at The Ohio State University. "The amount of cheating we see at our university boggles the mind.""This conference could not be more timely, and it couldn't be more important," said Callahan, author of The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead. "The epidemic of cheating in our high schools and our colleges is unacceptable. It undermines the basic idea of meritocracy, of the level playing field. "Cheating doesn't just undermine education," he added. "It undermines America and what this country is all about."But though cheating is prevalent across American society and American schools, Anderman's research has identified factors that influence cheating, making it more or less common in various environments."When people cheat, they make a decision," he said, a decision based mainly on three issues: their own goals, their confidence in their ability to do well without cheating, and the costs associated with cheating.Studies show that males cheat more than females and that more cheating occurs in science, math, business, and engineering classes than in humanities and social science classes. Studies show that older students cheat more than younger students and that low achievers cheat more than high achievers.But more important than any of these factors, said Anderman, is whether or not cheaters are likely to get caught. An estimated 90 percent of all cheaters don't."This is a huge thing that figures into the decision-making process," said Anderman. That element of the cultural environment, whether or not cheating is tolerated, is key.Also key is whether the teaching environment emphasizes mastery or grades. For students, wherever grades are emphasized over mastery, cheating increases. A similar emphasis exerts a similar influence in the work environment for teachers."High stakes testing is a tremendous force in teachers' lives," said Anderman, noting cheating scandals in Chicago and Georgia in which teachers were suspected of helping their students cheat. The repercussions of failed standardized tests at the state and federal level are perceived by many school teachers to be dire.While Anderman explained the particulars of who cheats and how and why, Callahan cast cheating in schools in the broader context of an overall ethics crisis."Here is what I know about the state of ethics in America: We have problems, big problems. It's not just our college campuses where people cheat, not by a long shot," he said, pointing up instances of unethical behavior by doctors, lawyers, accountants, athletes, and journalists that have made the news in the 10 years he has been studying the issue."Many Americans cheat on their taxes – tax evasion costs over $300 billion a year. … Theft at the workplace, embezzlement, is actually the most costly form of crime in the United States. … [And] a great many ordinary Americans engage in insurance fraud."At the same time, noted Callahan, crime rates, including murder, rape, and robbery, have been falling, as have teen homicide, drunk driving, and alcohol and cigarette use rates. "In many ways, we are in a period of moral renewal," said Callahan, adding that people seem to be using a different moral compass regarding money and economic security. "We live in an era with pervasive economic anxiety. … There's a lot of status anxiety and envy in America. … The rational incentives to cheat have never been greater than they are today."Callahan said that young people are internalizing anxieties about economic security and are able to rationalize cheating because they believe it's common. They watch the news too, after all."There's a pretty remarkable level of cynicism among America's young people," said Callahan. Identifying these key elements that influence cheating can be a step toward a solution. The conference itself, said Callahan, is another one."We are standing up, and we are saying enough, enough already," he said. "We're not just part of a conference here, we're part of a movement, a movement that may still be small, but a movement that with time and work can reduce cheating in our high schools and colleges."In addition to changing the environment of teaching to emphasize mastery, educators need to change the environment of learning to include enforcement."Academic integrity is simply not the highest priority in education today," said Callahan. "That has got to change. In every area where cheating has become epidemic, we find sleeping watchdogs. It's just rational. People cheat more when they think they can get away with it."The movement starts with this conference."We can change that calculus," concluded Callahan. "We are stronger together, with more ideas and solutions. …We can have a huge impact."–Sherri Tombarge


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Weapons in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
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In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, there are a total of 23 weapons, excluding the fist. New weapons like the Teaser, the Dual Pistol, Proximity Mines, and Flashbang Grenade are introduced in the game. Other weapons came from the 3D Era and the HD Era. 3D Era weapons are changed or reintroduced like the Sword (similar to the Katana), Revolver (the Python), Chainsaw, Flame Thrower and the Minigun. The weapons can be found in red dumpsters around Liberty City, or bought online through Huang's PDA, which are then delivered to the nearest safehouse.
The Sniper Rifle and the Molotov Cocktail are the only weapons in the game that serve as a mini-game (assembling and making, respectively). The Sniper Rifle is also the only weapon that cannot be bought or carried by the protagonist, excluding missions given.
In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the gun shop; Ammu-Nation displays in the form of an in-game website, where the player can by mostly all weapons except the Fists, Explosives, Sniper Rifle, Flame Thrower and Sword.
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Overview of Downtown Nashville
Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the center for many of the state's industries, such as publishing, healthcare, banking, and music. The city is famous for its music scene, art scene, and southern culture, and has long been a draw for many who relocate to the area. With around 1.6 million residents, Nashville comes in as the second largest city in the state -- behind Memphis -- and has also been ranked as one of the ten fastest-growing cities in the nation.
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Downtown Nashville is home to several apartment buildings that offer gorgeous views of the city and the Cumberland River, which runs right next to Downtown Nashville. Studio apartments often rent for around $1,000 on the low end, and more luxurious units can range up to $3,000 for two or three bedrooms. Most of these Downtown Nashville apartments offer additional amenities, such as a swimming pool, gated access, concierge service, covered parking garages, and fitness centers. Certain apartments include certain utilities and wireless internet with the cost of the rent.
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Living in Downtown Nashville, you would be located right in the heart of the country music scene, which is so popular here that it has earned Nashville the nickname "Music City." The regular events that constantly go on at local venues have also earned the city the nickname, "Nashvegas." Every night of the week you can find live music in downtown Nashville, such as the famous "honky tonks" on 2nd and Broadway. You can easily walk to more than sixty bars or restaurants before or after a show.
Besides its famous music and nightlife, Downtown Nashville offers a little bit of something for everyone. Shopping fans will find a boatload of boot shops, western clothing stores, music stores, and souvenir shops. The Art District on 5th Avenue has a popular arcade with galleries and monthly art walks. And every year Nashville holds many art festivals, such as the Nashville Film Festival, the Country Music Marathon, the Iroquois Steeplechase, and many more.
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You can easily find pet-friendly apartments in Downtown Nashville, though some may have weight restrictions. Nashville boasts more than half a dozen parks near the downtown area, but you will be required to keep your pets on a leash. Unfortunately, Nashville only has three dog parks, but one of the largest and most popular dog parks is adjacent to Centennial Park, not too far from the city center.
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Nashville traffic has inspired a song to be named in its honor by the Bellyachers, and another local band named itself Traffic Jam, but these tributes may be due mostly to the city's music culture. Traffic in the music city consistently ranks far below busy cities such as Atlanta, Seattle, and even Portland. Barring a major accident or a construction site, you can get out of the city in a matter of minutes. Major highways run in a circle around downtown, and a short drive will take you to I-40 or the airport.
Fans of mass transit will find an extensive bus system, called the MTA, that can take them anywhere. MTA's central hub in downtown Nashville is the Music City Central building, and the bus lines spread to neighborhoods and towns outside the city in every direction. Fares typically cost around a couple dollars, and daily commuters can purchase long-term passes for up to a month at a time.
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The nearest high school to downtown Nashville, Hume-Fogg High, is consistently ranked among the nation's top fifty. This high school, and most public schools in the city, are served by a district called the Metropolitan Nashville Schools, which serves more than 81,000 students. Around half of the students are African-American, a third are Caucasian, and the rest belong to other ethnic backgrounds.


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WASHINGTON – Metro is saving big money with its hybrid buses, even though the technology gets nowhere close to the 40 miles per gallon available on hybrid cars.
WMATA spends about $40 million a year on fuel for its fleet of buses. On average the buses get about 3.5 miles per gallon.
While that sounds bad, it's actually one of the best in the nation and a huge improvement. Over the last eight years, Metro's average fuel economy of its bus fleet has increased by 27 percent; moving from 2.96 mpg to 3.76 mpg, according to the WMATA blog.
Compared that to New York City buses' 2.7 miles per gallon.
Metro started replacing its diesel buses in 2006. Now the diesel-electric hybrids make up 41 percent of the fleet.
The result is less pollution in the air and a savings millions of dollars a year.
WTOP's Mark Segraves contributed to this report. Follow Mark and WTOP on Twitter.
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(WUSA) -- Elsie Whitlow Stokes Charter in D.C. is getting students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade ready for an international job market.
The second graders inside the school are learning math and French simultaneously. Some of the students are so fluent in the language that they are doing a little teaching too.
Every class has a French and English teacher. Some days, their work is done all in French. Other days, it's done in English.
Founder Linda Moore named the school after her idol Elsie Whitlow Stokes, the best teacher she ever encountered -- and her mother. Moore says the goal for the charter school was simple: prepare students for their global dreams.
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Part 9: How to Install a WindshieldWritten on March 1, 2005 Valiant Effort Gets a New Forward View
The windshields in vintage Mopars are made of a thin sheet of plastic sandwiched between two pieces of glass, creating "safety glass." This construction prevents the glass from shattering. Instead, the plastic retains the glass fragments.
Over time, windshields sometimes "fog" or whiten around the edges--a result of the two pieces of glass separating and pulling on the plastic. This haze not only detracts from the looks of your Mopar, the separation eventually causes the glass to lose its safety properties.
The windshield in our Valiant had not only separated, but dirt and debris had begun to fill the void. In 1967, Chrysler used a one-piece weatherstrip that surrounded the glass and was retained by a locking strip that, when inserted into the rubber, would expand the rubber to effectively seal the glass-to-body mating surface. The problem is no one makes the locking strip anymore, and our locking strip was junk. Most of it was missing, and the rest was in little pieces.
Since Project Valiant Effort will not be treated to a concours resto, we decided to install weatherstripping and the stainless trim from a '69 Dart. The problems were the absence of clips to retain the trim and, well . . . where do you find a cheap windshield for a '67 Valiant? The weatherstrip and trim was acquired from Layson's Restorations. For the windshield, we found a tinted piece snagged from a '65 Valiant sedan at a salvage yard for $60. Since the rubber weatherstrip will not, by itself, seal the windshield, we bought a tube of windshield sealant from the local parts store to help plug the gaps.
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1. We had already removed the windshield with a utility knife in order to pull our dash for repairs when we discovered the weatherstrip locking bead was unavailable. We'll show you how we installed weatherstripping and trim from a '69 Dart to install a fresh windshield.2. To install the clips, we drilled holes for the clip retaining screws in the windshield opening at the center point from the interior lip to the outside edge of the opening. We drilled in the center because the clips have a slotted groove and can be adjusted in or out for the trim to fit flush when finished.3. (A) When we ordered our weatherstripping from Layson's Restorations, we also ordered the clips. We didn't have a guide to goby for the distance between the clips, so we started in the middle on the top of the opening and placed the first two clips slightly out from the center.4. Since our windshield is recycled, the old sealer and dirt were removed. With a razor blade, we scraped off most of the old sealer, then worked it over with WD-40 to remove the rest of it. Finally, glass cleaner was used to remove any remaining residue and ensure proper adhesion to the sealant.5. Before installing the windshield, we cleaned the opening and repaired any rust. Our Valiant's opening was in good shape, so we cleaned the old sealer from the frame and used the air compressor to blow away any loose debris.6. Place a bead of sealer around the opening. The bottom of the seal does not have a lip like the sides and top do. Place a 1/4-inch bead as far to the inside of the opening as possible. On the sides and the top, place a small bead as close to the edge of the lip as you can. After applying the sealer, install the weatherstrip into the windshield. Be sure to check the sealer manufacturer's instructions regarding set time before installing the weatherstrip.7. With the weatherstrip installed into the opening of the car, put a small bead of sealer into the groove that receives the windshield. Now place the windshield into the bottom portion of the groove in the weatherstrip. The groove in the weatherstrip has a locking lip that allows it to be opened to slide the glass into place.
9. For our stainless trim, we thought we'd have to scour the swap meets. Luckily, Layson's Restorations has a vast assortment of used trim pieces. We started at the bottom of the windshield and carefully pressed the trim over the clips. Do not use brute force to put the trim on because you could dent the trim or have to start over when you put your hand through the windshield.


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Who works when the government shuts down?
Thousands of government employees are out of work Tuesday after the government shutdown. Here are a few of the jobs that would be allowed to continue to work and a few that would be furloughed.
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Will work: Food Inspectors
Will work: Money printers and engravers
Won't work: Public affairs officer
Won't work: National park visitor center employees
Will work: Veterans Affairs nurses
Will work: International Space Station scientists
Won't work: Automotive recall inspectors
Will work: Air traffic controllers
Will work: Meteorologists
Won't work: Winery permit processors
Won't work: NASA support staff
Will work: Drug enforcement agents
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JOHN, Sir William Goscombe (1860 - 1952)
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Media: plaster
Size: 18.1 cm
Acquired: 1953; Gift; Mrs Luke Fildes
Accession Number: NMW A 332


text: Well I went out over the long weekend for my first archery mule deer hunt. Did it mostly as a scouting trip. Well Sunday night I spotted a huge 180" typical. Put a stalk on and got to 61.1 yards, very confident at that yardage but a 160" buck was standing directly in front of him. I was shaking so bad, I thought my heart was going to explode. Can't wait to try again. As a side note over 2 1/2 days i spotted over 30 bucks and half were over 150", but only the one that would break 180"


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Western's service area is in the heart of our Nation's renewable energy potential. Nine of the 10 windiest states in the Nation are in our geographic footprint. So it makes sense for Western to partner with the Department of Energy's Wind Powering America initiative to present awards to public-owned utilities and cooperatives for their leadership in promoting wind energy development.
On Feb. 22, East River Electric Cooperative in Madison, S.D., received the Wind Cooperative of the Year Award for generation and transmission cooperatives at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association TechAdvantage Conference in New Orleans.
East River, a Western customer serving eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota, earned the award by creating a model for community-based, locally owned wind development that relied on South Dakota citizens rather than large equity investors.
Also, Western and DOE's Wind Powering America initiative are currently accepting nominations for the 2013 Public Power Wind Award in partnership with the American Public Power Association. Nominations are due March 25. See the news release for more information.
This is the eleventh year for the Public Power Wind Award and the twelfth for the Wind Cooperative of the Year Award. You can see the year-by-year progression on installed wind capacity in the United States in an animated map on Wind Powering America's website.


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I realized we didn't start a new post yet this month so I thought I would start if off with good news...I got a BFP!!! So happy, though trying to not get too excited since I am not out of the woods yet. The dr told me there is 50% miscarriage rate with IVF so I won't feel comfortable for awhile yet. Looking forward to the blood tests next week to confirm!
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Washington Animal Rescue League's new Pet Of The Week is Dopey.
Despite his name, Dopey is anything but that. The playful 3-month-old little guy has an outgoing, exuberant personality.
He's one of a blended family of kittens whose antics have entertained viewers of Discovery's "Too Cute" kitten cam in the League lobby over the past month. During that time, Dopey pretty much ran the show, enticing his companions into games of tag at every opportunity.
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I want to preface this by saying that I haven't had time to do any exploration of this myself so I could be overlooking something but -
I have been at two client's offices in the past week that are rather remote and use a DirecWay satellite link to the internet, Zimbra just doesn't seem to work.
The login screen loads fine but upon actually loging in I receive a very broken page with no images and nothing but basic text. Now I'm really wishing I had taken a screenshot.......
As anyone who has used these satellite links in the past will know, the latency is horrendous at best which brings me to my question -
Could this latency be causing timeouts within the Zimbra UI and thus breaking it? Both machines are fully patched and updated windows machines running XP and IE 6 so that shouldn't be a problem.
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The work of the office of the Senior Gender Adviser has been drafted in a quadrennial plan (2009-2012). In this section you can find details about the initiatives that meet this objectives. Please select a specific theme to find more about it.
Following is an overview of the main activities to be carried out by the office of the Senior Gender Adviser:
- Global policy work on gender with the Rio Conventions.
- Support and strengthening of women voices at the international environmental fora.
- Policy work within the Union on the linkages between gender and climate change.
- Mainstreaming gender in IUCN's Energy Initiative, in Landscapes and Livelihoods Initiative, in policies on economic, trade and investment.
- Further develop work on gender and disaster risk reduction.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. -- This past weekend, Columbus, Ga., played host to an international tournament, in which 20 teams traveled thousands of miles to play for a championship.
And every player was deeply visually impaired, if not completely blind.
The National Beep Baseball World Series brought a slew of American teams, as well as the defending world champions from Taiwan, to the Peach State for a special weekend.
"It's almost like playing football, baseball and track all in one," Dee Butler said of the sport.
Butler is a member of Atlanta's beep baseball team, the Eclipse. She is also its oldest member -- a 55-year-old grandma. She lost her sight gradually growing up.
"I have basically no retina at all," Butler said of her condition, "so all I see is light."
She found, in blind baseball, physical salvation.
"Knowing that Saturday's gonna get there and I get the chance to get outside," Butler said, "there's nothing like it."
The sport itself is relatively simple; think baseball as you know it, but with a few modifications:
"So many times, society has a negative stereotype towards the word 'blindness'," said Eclipse player Garrick Scott. "It makes it seem like a death sentence."
Scott lost his sight as a young man but just kept pushing. He is now the president of the Georgia chapter of the National Federation for the Blind.
"When we do something as miniscule as tying our shoe," he said, "they use words like amazing, super, or fantastic, and it's not."
In the double-elimination tournament, Taiwan successfully defended its world championship, defeating a team from Austin, Texas in the finals.
The Eclipse, in their first World Series, won four games and finished 13th out of 20 teams -- a major success for a very young team.
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The women's championship will be played March 7-10 at Oklahoma City's Chesapeake Energy Arena, which serves as home to the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
Single-Session tickets are priced at $25 and $20, plus applicable service fees for reserved seats. All spectators beginning at age two must have a ticket to enter the arena. One session will be played on Friday night with two sessions on Saturday and one session each on Sunday and Monday.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com. They can also be purchased at the Chesapeake Energy Arena box office Monday - Friday from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. CT. The box office accepts Mastercard, Visa, Discover, American Express and cash as methods of payment.
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March 7-10 ~ Oklahoma City ~ Chesapeake Energy Arena
Friday, March 7 (all times Central)
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Venues That Rock
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Santos Party House (left) photo by Nisian Hughes; Music Hall of Williamsburg photo by Adam Macchia
Some people move to New York City for the music. Others visit for it. Whether you come to play or to listen, the fact is that NYC has acquired pilgrimage status when it comes to rocking out (or scatting, crooning or rapping). This devotion is no surprise, given the City's legendary history of making stars. Even if you can't agree on who's better, there's no arguing that both Madonna and Lady Gaga got their starts here (along with Bob Dylan, Charlie Parker, Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, Run-DMC and many more). The prevalence and diversity of concert venues across the five boroughs only fortifies NYC's musical foundation. Check out the following slideshow of places to hear music in New York City.—Laura Kusnyer


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After renewing SelfSigned certificate ( tried both from Admin panel and from CLI) i just copied ca.pem ( tried both from /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca & /opt/zimbra/conf/ca ) as a ca.pem.crt and install it on my desktop ( tried both XP & win7) but still i am getting Certificate warning ( in both outlook express and microsoft outlook)..
So what is the correct path of Self Signed certificate after renewal and before renewal ? is it
/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/ca or /opt/zimbra/conf/ca or another?
can i renew my self signed certificate for more then 365 days? using bellow cli
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MOUNT AIRY, MARYLAND (WUSA9) -- Only on 9, some local parents will be in a Maryland courtroom Friday after they allegedly broke into the home of their daughter's boyfriend and beat him with a baseball bat.
According to police, the parents blamed their daughter's drug use on the young man. The four Montgomery County residents were allegedly set on revenge. In mid-November, William and Tanya Costigan, along with Daniel Delmar and his girlfriend Catherine Lonas broke into this Mount Airy home and savagely beat the young man inside, according to charging documents.
Their victim, Eric Mandley, was the boyfriend of Kristin Delmar. She's the daughter of Daniel Delmar and Tanya Costigan. Police say they blame Mandley for their daughter's drug problems. She was arrested in late October and charged with possessing heroin, syringes and other paraphernalia.
Investigators say William Costigan beat Mandley with a metal baseball bat, fracturing his skull and landing him at Baltimore's Shock Trauma. Mandley's sister walked in on the attack and called 911. She told investigators that Delmar was holding a wooden baseball bat and a hunting knife, and threatened to return the next night.
All four adults are now facing first-degree burglary and assault charges. Late last month, a judge ordered them to stay away from Mandley and his home.
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they were supposed to save paper also but that is not the case.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 04:01 AM
not very much recorded, Mare Cimmerium was the only dark feature i could see across the globe. the area south of Mare Cimmerium (Eridiani & Ausonia i believe) was a brighter yellow in color than the more orange dessert on the northern hemisphere (Elysia-um & Aetheria?).
i could however for the first time clearly see the north polar hood, it even had a faint bluish/grey teint.
two bright patches of haze or limb brightening were also seen at the edge of the disk.
i used no filters, but during the whole observation i made use of an apodizing mask, this has worked miracles on Jupiter and, to a lesser extent, improves the view of mars as well!
good luck with your observations!
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 12:25 PM
Your making me want to study Mars in detail. Thanks for sharing and pipping my interest in this planet.
Posted 15 August 2009 - 03:03 PM
That is a beautiful rendering of Mars.
Posted 15 August 2009 - 03:27 PM
Your Mars sketch is beautiful. With Mars still a long way off you are creating some nice sketches and this is the best one yet.
Posted 15 August 2009 - 11:46 PM
Posted 16 August 2009 - 06:42 AM
I got up very early this morning to sketch the Moon and Mars close to each other , but a million clouds prevented that happening.
Lucky you
Posted 16 August 2009 - 07:34 AM
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Posted 16 August 2009 - 11:30 AM
Jay, i'm looking forward to your observations!
Dee, i'm sorry to hear bad weather prevented you from sketching this morning, it has happened to me quite a few times as well
phxbird, i use color pencils on standard white copy paper. i then scan the sketch in and sometimes adjust the brightness and/or contrast levels a bit. this sketch needed no adjustement.
Posted 16 August 2009 - 02:52 PM
Posted 16 August 2009 - 03:07 PM
Nice sketch! And thanks for your support to try to see some detail in Mars with my 7 cm refractor. But it didn't work... I will tell you my first try with my 30 cm dobson.
Posted 17 August 2009 - 02:23 PM
Your sketch reminded me of one of the earliest Mars sketches, done by Cassini's nephew Giocomo Maraldi. See any resemblance? [The sketch is from the book, The Exploration of Mars by Werner von Braun and Chesley Bonestell]
More on Marldi here:
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Posted 18 August 2009 - 04:45 AM
i doubt Maraldi was watching the same side of mars, too bad we'll never know what he saw (or is there software able to go back a few centuries ).
to me it looks a bit like one of Huyghens' sketches of Syrtis Major, take a look at his right sketch here. perhaps maraldi failed to see Syrtis Major extending further north, or there was haze obscuring it, or perhaps that feature was not as dark as it is now...
i find those old planet sketches fascinating!
i looked the book you mentioned up on amazon.com, "perhaps i'll buy it", i thought. seems they're selling from $50 up to $663
Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:25 AM
Thanks Michael, yes indeed there is a resemblance
i doubt Maraldi was watching the same side of mars, too bad we'll never know what he saw (or is there software able to go back a few centuries ).
Most programs like Starry Night will let you go back or forward a couple of thousand years (or more). I took Mars Previewer II back to the date on Maraldi's sketch, August 19th, 1719. Unfortunately, since we don't know the time of Maraldi's observation I couldn't pinpoint the features that he sketched, but when I entered the time that Mars would have been at maximum altitude for Maraldi (36°), the CM came up 223°.
to me it looks a bit like one of Huyghens' sketches of Syrtis Major, take a look at his right sketch here. perhaps maraldi failed to see Syrtis Major extending further north, or there was haze obscuring it, or perhaps that feature was not as dark as it is now...
Huyghens is credited with being the first to see and sketch Syrtis Major. Those two sketches of his you linked to were done many years before Maraldi. The one on the left was done on November 28th, 1659 and I believe is the first drawing of Syrtis Major. The one on the right was made on August 13th, 1672 at 10:30PM. I plugged those numbers into MPII and came up with Syrtis Major on the CM. Mars had an apparent diameter of 22.7 arcsecs on that date. Btw, this is the first sketch to clearly show the Martian South Polar Cap.
You're right--there is a resemblance to Huyghens's 1672 sketch. but I still think Maraldi sketched Mare Cimmerium--it just looks too much like your sketch. (Mars had an angular diameter of 24.8 arcsecs at the time of Maraldi's sketch)
I found another sketch that Maraldi did later in the year 1719--I think it shows that he knows what SM looks like. By this time, Mars had shrunk to 17 arcsecs.
i find those old planet sketches fascinating!
Me, too!
i looked the book you mentioned up on amazon.com, "perhaps i'll buy it", i thought. seems they're selling from $50 up to $663
Yes, it's a collectors item. I was fortunate to borrow a copy from a friend for a little while back in 2003. It no doubt contributed greatly to my Mars Mania.
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 03:11 AM
amazing coincidence that the suspected cm for maraldi could also have been 223°
Posted 20 August 2009 - 04:07 AM
What a great sketch. It not only makes me want to view mars more, It also makes me want to build one of those apodizing mask.
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Posted 20 August 2009 - 10:16 AM
Clear skies.
Posted 20 August 2009 - 11:58 AM
on jupiter i can see more easily the same levels of detail (and more) than with my 8".
i haven't looked at saturn, but i guess that'l be the same as with Jup.
on mars, i can't really tell, i still have to do a side by side comparison with the 8 incher. i also have no experience with observing mars at 5" with the other scope. but it's almost sure to be a step up from the 8". still have to compare the mirror quality though i think that's all right.
the binoviewer is an all different story. in fact i'm not happy with it. i bought it exclusively for high power planetary observing, but whatever i do, i just can merge the image(s) of mars. i can almost merge the views of jupiter, but in both cases the image is really bad, when i see loads of detail in mono-mode, i can see *none* with the BV. i had a quick look at some deepsky objects with it, and M13 was truly breathtaking with it. but that's not where i bought the thing for! no one told me, and i didn't search well enough, that you best avoid using eyepieces of 10mm focal lenght or less... that's too bad cause i also acquired a second set of orthos ranging from 4mm to 12.5mm with which i always do my planetary observing & sketching!
i don't really know what to do with the binoviewer, fact is i can't use it with my orthos. only thing i can still try if i want to use the bv is sell the second set of orthos and buy some ep's between 25 and 10mm and use the bv in high power modus so i can still achieve reasonable powers with it to observe the planets. but that means buying 4, 6 or even 8 new eyepieces !
Posted 20 August 2009 - 01:39 PM
I am sorry that I have not responded to your excellent observation of Mars sooner but I wanted to be able to identify the albedo features for you. Your were able to view a good amount of detail over Mars. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
As Michael points out, your observation reminds us of the observation made by the French-Italian astronomer and mathematician Giacomo Filippo Maraldi (1665-1729) in 1719. This observation points out the permanence of the major Martian albedo features over time with intermittent changes in certain regions of the planet over time.
I look forward to your future observations of Mars.
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Posted 25 August 2009 - 11:55 AM
I have the same problem with all binoviewers. I didn't understand why till a little while ago when I had my eyes checked. It turns out that one of my eyes is 7 degrees off from the other, therefore I can't easily merge images.
It doesn't affect everyday life but it can be a problem with binoculars and binoviewers.
Posted 25 August 2009 - 02:00 PM
Roland & Sol, it's good to hear from fellow sketchers that i'm not the only one having some problems with a binoviewer!
do you think i could solve the merging issue by using longer focal lengths ep's? (in the bv high power modus)
i'm guessing it should be a little easier to look through two ep's with larger eye lenses simultaneously than 2 ortho-peepholes?
on the other hand, it hink the exit pupil will be the same if i use the same powers, so it won't do nothing to help?
i'm willing to give this a shot, and if that doesn't work, i will sell it, i'll ask but i don't think returning will be easy since it would have to be shipped over again. i can always try to sell it here in belgium and europe though.
thanks for the info!


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North Central College holds workshop featuring guest speakers and panel of veteran students to learn best practices to support its veterans on campus.
North Central College held a Veteran Students Workshop for faculty and staff on Dec. 2 to learn about the experiences of students with a military background and how the campus community can best support their adjustment back to academic and civilian life. The workshop featured guest speakers and a panel of North Central faculty and students who are veterans.