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At birth, a majority of us are not handed what most would consider a perfect life, and it's ultimately what we do with what we've been handed that determines our destiny. Imagine being able to excel in life despite having a severe learning disability.
Well that's exactly what these men and women are learning to do every day through art-- right here in Panama City.
Playing music is just one of the many skills these adult students master at Pyramid Inc.
Pyramid Inc. a community resource center that gives adults with learning and developmental disabilities a chance at life; allowing each and every one of them the opportunity to learn skills that will prepare them for the work place.
Pyramid Inc. Director, Marcia Spurlock tells NewsChannel 7, "Our main goal is to teach people independent skills, daily skills and one way Pyramid does that is through arts."
Take 52-year-old Leonia Varner, she's been a student here for four years and has learned her passion for art and making jewelry.
"It's more fun doing jewelry, but then again I like to sing and dance. I like to do it all because it's a nice place to be," said Leonia Varner.
Shea Hornsby is approaching her eighth year at Pyramid, "I just like coming here, because it helps me to make jewelry and learn on the computer."
"We teach everything from Independent living skills, from washing your hands up to computer skills, like Shea so she can learn data entry," said Spurlock.
At Pyramid, sky is the limit. Instructors will teach the students whatever they want to learn. Students can be creative while learning to: paint, sew, make jewelry, work on computers, and even learn sign language.
Plus there's a major bonus...students can earn a paycheck for their work.
"The necklace, the bracelets and the anklet bracelets I make them to sell," said Hornsby.
"The people at Pyramid get half and I get half," said Varner.
Before, the opportunities were limited, but now, because of pyramid, finding a job and becoming self-reliant are realistic goals for Leonia and Shea.
"It gives her a sense of meaning and it gives her something to do," said Shea's Sister, Stacey Brannen. "She gets up and comes to Pyramid on her own, just like I get up and go to work, and it makes her feel good about herself. It's a great help."
Leonia is currently working towards completing her GED.
Those who attend pyramid receive funding for services through the Medicaid waiver program; however, families can also pay independently or privately.
Spurlock said all of the students art work and jewlery are sold on a daily basis inside Pyramid's art gallery. For more information on Pyramid, and to learn how you can purchase item's in the gallery, click on the link below.


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Now that you've celebrated the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, let's look ahead a little.
There will be a free agency period coming up, followed by the NFL draft (And, the Super Bowl winner picks last because of that. Who knew?)
So, where do you think the Saints need to improve.
Vote in The Times-Picayune poll to tell us what position the Saints will try to most upgrade.

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Players' effort pleases boss
by Stuart Vose
O'Neill reflects on loss despite late surge.
Martin O'Neill said his side did "just about everything" apart from score as they suffered a narrow defeat to Arsenal.
The London club took the lead through Santi Cazorla in the closing stages of the first half but were left clinging on as Sunderland dominated the majority of the second 45 minutes.
It was a fantastic effort by the team in the second half
- Martin O'Neill
Wojciech Szczesny twice denied Steven Fletcher, while a host of other chances came and went as the visitors hung on.
"It was a fantastic game of football," O'Neill told SAFC TV afterwards.
"The early chances at either end set the pattern for the rest of the game.
I think Simon Mignolet made some good saves for us and their goalkeeper was a tower for them in the second half."
O'Neill said he "couldn't have asked for anything more" from his players in the second period.
And he was particularly pleased with their efforts given the quality in the ranks of an Arsenal outfit who are looking to break back into the top four.
"Arsenal are a fine side and they caused us a few problems – we tried to deal with them as best we could," he said.
"It was a fantastic effort by the team in the second half. We couldn't get the ball over the line, but it wasn't for a lack of trying."
O'Neill added: "Obviously as we were pressing they had an opportunity or two to put the game beyond us – in that aspect we had a bit of luck, but at the other end we had none."


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On June 21st NorCalPCA hosted its first ever Career Fair at the San Francisco Federal Building at 90 7th Street. A big thank you goes to the Department of Labor for sponsoring us so that we could use several of the conference rooms in the Federal Building, to Karla Calinawan, Katherine Macdougall and David Song for work planning and managing the event.
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Organizations representing Federal agencies, nonprofits, graduate schools and private companies from around the San Francisco Bay area and beyond attended this half day event. Recent and not so recent returned Peace Corps Volunteers had their resumes reviewed by established RPCVs and talked with recruiters. Many of the recruiters were themselves RPCVs recently hired last year when the National Peace Corps office held a similar event. LinkedIn even sent an RPCV to host a session on using LinkedIn to get a job.
Every couple of years the National Peace Corps Office holds a career fair in the Bay Area but we recognized that the need is continuing with nearly 4,000 volunteers returning home each year. So we decided to take the initiative and not wait another couple years for Peace Corps Washington to come out here.
Although the Northern California Peace Corps Association hosted this event the career fair has region and even national appeal because the Bay Area is a particularly desirable destination for many recnet RPCVs who are rootless and willing to move to were the work is. We have world class universities, technology companies, nonprofits and Federal government jobs covering the entire western region of the United States – not to mention our awesome location where you can windsurf on the bay, hike in the Redwoods or ski at Lake Tahoe.
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The New Cult Canon: Near Dark
Friday, June 19, 2009
10:45pm @ Central Library
The Kansas City Public Library screens cult films with broad appeal as the annual Off-the-Wall Film Series draws inspiration from The A.V. Club, the arts and entertainment section for the satiric publication The Onion written by film editor Scott Tobias.
With The A.V. Club film reviews called The New Cult Canon as its basis, this monthly series continues with Near Dark (1987) on Friday, June 19, at 8:45 p.m. on the Rooftop Terrace at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Near Dark is the ultimate teenage vampire love story thanks to the innovations of writer-director Kathryn Bigelow, whose revisionist take on bloodsuckers seizes upon the grit of the traditional Western (and updates that genre as well). When a small town boy named Caleb (Adrian Pasdar) meets an attractive young drifter (Jenny Wright), he is adopted into a nomadic family of murderers. They lead him from a brutal barroom massacre to a standoff with Kansas policemen while trying to teach him to kill – and feed. But Caleb remains a pacifist, until his adoptive family targets his biological family. With Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen. Rated R. (95 min.)
Admission is free. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
The Off-the-Wall Film Series advances its New Cult Canon theme on the third Friday of every month through September. Upcoming films include Fight Club (1999) on July 17 and Donnie Darko (2001) on August 21. Film goers are welcome to bring pillows and blankets or any preferred seating for this outdoor event. In case of inclement weather, screenings will be moved indoors to Helzberg Auditorium.


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Be careful when you come across them, because all these terms mean "called" in the sense of "alias".
Here in Westphalia, you often find them when you look up old records, especially when you're dealing with families who owned a farm.
When a farmer died without a male heir, his daughter would inherit the farm. It was important to keep the farm's name, so the daughter's husband would from that point on be known as for instance "Schmidt genannt Möller" (which would translate to Smith alias Miller").
It happened in my own family even in two consecutive generations:
My 3x-great-grandfather was Johann Heinrich Schwentker. He was born in 1816 to his parents Anne Marie Schwentker (1783-1856) and Johann Heinrich Panhorst genannt Schwentker (1766-1836).
Anne Marie's parents were Catrina Ilsabein Schwentker (1751-1803) and Wilhelm Henrich Deppermann genannt Schwentker (1750-1806).
So in these two generations, the property was handed down through the female line. I guess that is why "Schwentker" is still a common name in my hometown of Werther.
If the name of the farm had played a minor role in peoples' minds those days, Wilhelm Henrich and Catrina Ilsabein's daughter would have been Anne Marie Deppermann, and her son would have been Johann Heinrich Panhorst, which would have meant that I, finally, wouldn't have been born not as Angela Schwentker, but als Angela Panhorst...
Btw, did I mention I'm an only child?
Okay, my part of the Schwentker family gave up farming three generations ago to become craftsmen, but I guess that if I was in the situation that I was the heiress of the family farm and intended to get married, I'd also want make sure that the name would survive.
The problem with the "Genannt" names is as follows: As years went by, people tended to "forget" that the farmer was not born with the name he had used for often enough two or more decades. When you look up the baptism records for the Panhorst-Schwentker children, in most cases their father's name was given simply as "Johann Heinrich Schwentker" with no mention of his Panhorst line at all, aside from one or two Panhorst godfathers.
So if you ever stumble upon one or two of the above mentioned terms... make sure to check the marriage entry. And if there is a marriage index, be sure to check the wife's surname!


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2013 Massachusetts Softball
Massachusetts at Charlotte (Game 1)
4/14/2013 at Charlotte, N.C. (DL Phillips Complex)
Score by Innings R H E
Massachusetts....... 002 64 - 12 12 0
Charlotte........... 000 00 - 0 4 2
Umpires - HP: Gary Yost 1B: Joe McGeever 3B: Rodney Graves
Start: 12 p.m. Time: 1h 45m Attendance: 86
Weather: 80 degrees
2013 Massachusetts Softball
Massachusetts at Charlotte (Game 1)
4/14/2013 at Charlotte, N.C. (DL Phillips Complex)
Massachusetts starters: 33/cf MATTHEW; 4/ss DIAZ-PATTERS; 13/rf BETTENCOURT;
12/2b CARBONE; 5/1b MEEKS; 6/lf DELLA VECCHI; 24/dp WEBSTER; 22/3b ROGERS; 34/c
GRAY; 3/p RAYMOND;
Charlotte starters: 15/ss CAPONE, N; 8/cf ROGERS, A; 4/lf GWALTNEY, B; 17/c
INGERSOLL, C; 30/dp HOLLOMAN, L; 11/2b SLADE, S; 7/rf PLEMMONS, J; 10/1b LANG,
K; 5/3b STAMEY, C; 6/p WATKINS, K;
Massachusetts 1st - MATTHEW walked. MATTHEW stole
second. DIAZ-PATTERS struck out swinging. BETTENCOURT popped up to 1b. CARBONE
walked. MEEKS struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
Charlotte 1st - CAPONE, N struck out looking.
ROGERS, A walked. GWALTNEY, B popped up to rf. INGERSOLL, C reached on a
fielder's choice; ROGERS, A out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Massachusetts 2nd - DELLA VECCHI walked. WEBSTER
struck out swinging. ROGERS grounded out to p; DELLA VECCHI advanced to second.
GRAY hit by pitch. MATTHEW reached on a fielder's choice; GRAY out at second ss
to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Charlotte 2nd - HOLLOMAN, L popped up to cf. SLADE,
S flied out to rf. PLEMMONS, J grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Massachusetts 3rd - DIAZ-PATTERS singled to left
field. DIAZ-PATTERS stole second. BETTENCOURT homered, 2 RBI; DIAZ-PATTERS
scored. CARBONE struck out swinging. MEEKS popped up to rf. DELLA VECCHI
doubled to left field. WEBSTER popped up to cf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors,
Charlotte 3rd - LANG, K singled to left field.
LEWIS, H pinch ran for LANG, K. STAMEY, C reached on a fielder's choice; LEWIS,
H out at second 3b to 2b. CAPONE, N lined into double play 3b unassisted;
STAMEY, C out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Massachusetts 4th - LANG, K to 1b for LEWIS, H.
ROGERS reached on an error by 3b. ROGERS out at second c to 1b to ss, picked
off. GRAY hit by pitch. ZENK pinch ran for GRAY. MATTHEW singled to left field;
ZENK advanced to second. DIAZ-PATTERS hit by pitch; MATTHEW advanced to second;
ZENK advanced to third. BETTENCOURT hit by pitch, RBI; DIAZ-PATTERS advanced to
second; MATTHEW advanced to third; ZENK scored, unearned. CARBONE singled to
center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI; BETTENCOURT advanced to
third; DIAZ-PATTERS scored; MATTHEW scored. MEEKS popped up to lf, SAC, RBI;
BETTENCOURT scored. DELLA VECCHI singled to left center, RBI; CARBONE scored,
unearned. WEBSTER singled to right field, advanced to third on the throw
advanced to third on an error by rf, RBI; DELLA VECCHI scored, unearned.
HOLLOMAN, L to rf. PLEMMONS, J to dp. ROGERS popped up to cf. 6 runs, 4
hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Charlotte 4th - GRAY to c for ZENK. ROGERS, A
grounded out to ss. GWALTNEY, B grounded out to 3b. INGERSOLL, C singled.
HOLLOMAN, L doubled to left field; INGERSOLL, C advanced to third. SLADE, S
walked. CARROLL, C to dp for PLEMMONS, J. CARROLL, C fouled out to c. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Massachusetts 5th - GRAY popped up to rf. MATTHEW
singled. MATTHEW stole second. DIAZ-PATTERS singled to center field; MATTHEW
advanced to third. DIAZ-PATTERS stole second. BETTENCOURT singled to center
field, 2 RBI; DIAZ-PATTERS scored; MATTHEW scored. CARBONE singled to right
field, advanced to second on the throw; BETTENCOURT advanced to third. LANG, K
to p. FENNELL, J to 1b for WATKINS, K. MEEKS doubled to center field, 2 RBI;
CARBONE scored; BETTENCOURT scored. DELLA VECCHI grounded out to 2b; MEEKS
advanced to third. WEBSTER popped up to cf. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1
Charlotte 5th - LANG, K popped up to 1b. STAMEY, C
singled to left field. CAPONE, N reached on a fielder's choice; STAMEY, C out
at second ss to 2b. ROGERS, A popped up to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1


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This iridescent blue-beaded bowl figure belongs to a group of bead-covered figures representing the Kom royal family and their servants. The ensemble was probably carved during the later part of the reign of Foyn Yu who ruled from ca. 1865 to 1912.
The bowl figure represents a chisendo, an elite attendant in the serve of the king, or fon. It is both a functional object and a public symbol of kingly status. During court ceremonies, bowl figures were placed beside the fon and filled with kola nuts or flasks of palm wine, two essential ingredients offered to royal guests as gestures of hospitality. The bowl figure is also a representation of Kom concepts of support and status. For example, it embodies a supportive role because it holds and offers a vessel. Although represented seated (an indication of authority in many West African cultures), the chisendo's legs are rendered as structural elements of the stool, reaffirming the concept of support for the king. Befitting a high-ranking court official is the face, a study of calm composure, and bodily accoutrements of prestige, the multi-lobed cap and white beads representing ivory bracelets and anklets.
The beads covering this sculpture were manufactured in Europe, either Venice or Bohemia, and imported into the Grassfields region of Cameroon. Until the 1920s beads remained a royal prerogative and they were often stripped from old sculptures and reused. Fortunately this carving's original beaded covering remained intact until the 1950s when it was acquired by American Baptist Missionary Society member Gilbert Schneider. By then Laikom court ceremonies had changed and bowl figures fell out of use. Foyn Law-aw therefore used it as a commodity, giving it to Schneider as partial payment for his services in facilitating the procurement of a new tin roof for the palace.


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Barry Smith offers a selection of his poetry written, and some previously published, over the last twenty years. He has divided the selection into three, Urban Spread (people and places), Beyond the Roadends (mountains and valleys) and Beyond Southern Shores (southern oceans and lands).
Retired scientist with interests in printmaking, poetry, environmental issues, outdoors - been mountaineering in New Zealand and overseas for years. Published in poetry journals and elsewhere.
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2 Mommies & 2 Daddies is a short-story about an open adoption. By beginning the child's life-long-journey with an open discussion of "adoption", this book makes the subject of adoption a natural part of child-rearing.
After almost 13 years of having fertility issues, my husband and I went to the fertility clinic. What they found changed us forever - Bi-Lateral Stage III Ovarian Cancer. Our chances of having were over, and it seemed, so was my life. Early this year, we were contacted about doing an open adoption for our son, Major. It has been a truly God-Blessed pregnancy. We have been there for the very beginning. He is our miracle!
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Missmary5 dice Wonderful beautiful job!!! Our adoption story does not involve 2 sets of parents but this book is a must for those who do! God bless your family!
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The University of Colorado men's basketball team fell short of completing the second largest comeback in school history after trailing by as many as 22 points and eventually falling to Utah, 58-55 Saturday afternoon at the Huntsman Center.
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Buffs (14-7, 4-5 Pac-12) with 18 points, while Andre Roberson recorded his 34th career double-double with 10 points, and 12 rebounds, respectively.
"These are the games that you have to prepare yourself for, whether it is on the road or it could happen at home, and we didn't handle it very well," said CU head coach Tad Boyle on 850-KOA radio. "We worry about the wrong things."
Utah (10-11, 2-7) took advantage of sloppy play by Colorado, who committed 10 turnovers in the first half, which marked a Pac-12 Conference high this season. It was the second straight game that CU committed 10 miscues in the first half. Comparatively, Utah only had two turnovers at the break.
The Utes ended the half on a 10-2 run to take a 27-23 lead into the locker room. The Utes also benefited from a solid performance from its reserves that outscored the Buffs bench 14-0 in the half.
However, CU did grab seven offensive rebounds in the first half which also marked a Pac-12 Conference high this season. Askia Booker and Josh Scott each pulled down two offensive rebounds, while Roberson had six defensive rebounds in the first half.
Roberson has recorded a double-double in all four games of his career against the Utes. He now moves into sixth place all-time in career double-doubles at CU with his mark of 34.
Yet, the second half started as bad as the first half ended for the Buffs as Utah went on a 9-0 run until Colorado forward Xavier Johnson made a layup to cut the lead to 40-27 with 14:12 remaining; however, that didn't slow down Utah.
Instead the Utes went on yet another 9-0 run and seized all momentum. During that span Colorado head coach Tad Boyle received a technical, granting Utah a pair of free throws and the ball which the Utes converted into four points and a 46-27 lead.
Moments later, Utah gained its largest lead of the game of 22 points after a made three-pointer by Cedric Martin with 12:28 remaining to take a 49-27 advantage.
Sabatino Chen cut the lead to four points after a made three-pointer of his own with 2:33 remaining in the game. The following possession Utah turned the ball over on a 10-second backcourt violation.
Dinwiddie then made one of two free throws after being fouled on a layup attempt to cut the deficit to 54-51. After another Utah turnover, Roberson scored on a layup to make it a one point game, the closest CU had been since 2:36 remaining in the first half.
Colorado had one last chance to send the game into overtime, trailing by three, but Dinwiddie's last second three-point attempt bounced off the backboard.
"It's a disappointing loss in a lot of different ways," Boyle said. "I'm disappointed in myself, and I take this loss as a head coach, if your team is not ready to play for the first 32 minutes of the game then you have to take a look at yourself in the mirror."
The largest deficit a CU team has ever overcome was 23 points when the Buffs completed an unbelievable comeback to beat Kansas State, 63-60, on February 26, 1955. It would have also been the largest second half comeback win in school history (18 points vs. Texas, Feb. 26, 2011, 91-89).
For Utah, it was the first win over Colorado since Dec. 30, 2004 when the Utes took down the Buffs 80-48 in Salt Lake City. The win snaps a five-game losing streak against CU.
Saturday afternoon, the Utes honored their former and late-head coach Rick Majerus, who passed away last December (2012). The Runnin' Utes honored the Majerus family with a special halftime tribute. Coach Majerus' famous sweater was retired into the rafters of the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
CU continues its three-game road trip to Oregon taking on the Ducks, Thursday, Feb. 7 (8 p.m., MST) and the Beavers (Sunday, Feb. 10, 7 pm.).


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Read Matthew 1
We begin with the 17th verse.
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
Why is this important?
If you were a new believer in Corinth or Ephesus, it probably didn't seem that important. If you were a Jew it should have forced you to make a decision as to whether Jesus was the Christ.
Here is his lineage from Abraham through David surviving the exile to Babylon and to the son who was born to Joseph and Mary.
Before you hear this gospel, know that it is a profile of the Christ—of the Messiah. It is not a biography. In fact most of this gospel only deals with the adult life of the Christ, but it includes enough of his birth and early years to confirm his is the One promised to come and save God's Chosen People, and not only them, but to bring salvation to the world.
Unlike Luke's gospel that we most often read for the Christmas Story, Matthew begins with Joseph's dilemma.
He was a good man but his wife was pregnant and not by him. He could have made a big deal out of this. He could have outted her on Facebook, called her names, and kicked her to the curb.
But this was Mary, the woman he was engaged to and planned to love for the rest of his life. He would just divorce her quietly and get on with his life.
This surely had to be a painful time for Joseph, but the gospel regards him as a man in right standing with God and one in the line of King David.
And so a revelation comes to Joseph in a dream. The revelation comes via an angel in his dream.
"Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
In this short revelation we see:
· Joseph is from the royal line of David.
· This child is the work of God.
· His name will be Jesus. The people of this time would have known that his name much like that of Joshua means salvation in God, Jehovah's salvation.
· If Joseph couldn't figure it out by the name, the angel told him directly, this child will save his people from their sins.
The gospel writer next connects some dots for us. The first part is from Isaiah's prophecy. The second is in Mary's womb.
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us").
Here is the amazing part. Joseph woke up, and though the scripture does come right out and say it, we must believe that he remembered this dream, this vision, because he took Mary to be his wife, though he had no sexual relations with her.
I have about 114 manuscripts that almost made it to consciousness. Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night and write down the story lines. If you think my handwriting is atrocious when I am awake, you should see it when I'm still mostly asleep.
But this vision that came to Joseph was surely compelling and did not pass with his awakening.
And so very early in his gospel, Matthew is prompting his listeners and readers to consider, is Jesus the Christ?
Here is the lineage.
Here is the Prophecy.
Here is the vision.
Here is the fulfillment.
Here is Jesus
Here is God with us.
Here is our salvation.
Do you want me to continue?
Are you ready to believe?
Though by our race and ethnicity most of us are not Jews; we have the gift of hindsight to see how important it was that the prophecy delivered to God's Chosen People be fulfilled as prescribed.
Welcome to the Gospel of Matthew. There is more to follow.


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When I recently read "Why Work-Life Balance is a Crock," I smiled a long satisfied kind of smile, the kind you get when you realize you're not the only one who absolutely positively can NOT do it all. I am a mother of three girls, two in elementary school, and one in middle school. My husband of 18 years works out of town five days a week, and is, therefore, unable to assist in any kid duties. I also work part-time, yet, somehow, the lines between part-time and full-time often get blurred (in terms of hours, certainly not pay or benefits). I also volunteer at our church as well as at my girls' elementary school.
This is why I am able to laugh at the many goof-ups that have begun to define my crazy over-scheduled life. This past September, I took the lead role in organizing and carrying-out our school's annual Back-To-School Social for 900 people. This was no small task, especially since it fell on my youngest daughter's birthday, as well as the day after one of my most critical work deadlines. Sleep during the months of August and September was not an option for me. I worked tirelessly on all three equally important projects.
I made lists, lived with my Blackberry glued to my head, and even wrote the one most important task on my hand — yes, on the palm of my hand with a red Bic pen. My hand screamed in blood red: "Cupcakes to School at 11:50." This was one task that I absolutely could not blunder. My daughter Parker would never ever forgive me. I glanced at my scribbled hand numerous times on the morning of September 9th. I looked at it as I met with vendors, picked up dry ice, and talked with school administrators about tent deliveries. I stared at it in defiance as I remembered to pick up the cupcakes from the bakery, with plenty of time to spare.
At 11:45 on the morning of September 9th, I arrived at my daughter's school. I did a quick rear-view mirror check to be sure I was presentable for our elementary school. Moms at our school follow one of two very strict unwritten dress codes. You may choose to arrive at school, fashionably out-of-breath, as if you have just flown in from a summit in Prague, dressed in a dark power suit with a bedazzled lanyard sporting the name of your prestigious company (preferably SAS, GSK, or Cisco, as we are in Cary, N.C.). Your other option is a quality name-brand tennis skirt or other sports attire, preferably in black with a touch of hot pink. The former of these two choices may have on tasteful make-up. The latter, of course, is limited to nude lip gloss. I chose the sports attire and nude gloss for my big day.
At 11:48, I signed in at the office, carrying 24 gorgeous cupcakes, juice boxes, birthday plates, and coordinating napkins. I had exactly 12 minutes to "be present and engaged" with my daughter at her cafeteria birthday event before meeting the tent set-up crew near the volleyball courts. I beamed as I walked into our noisy cafe. As soon as I walked in, I caught a glimpse of my middle daughter, Taylor. I smiled brightly as I waltzed right to her table and set down the treats. I asked her class to hold up one finger if they preferred chocolate and two fingers for vanilla. Then, I asked Taylor's good friend to hand out the napkins and plates, while another handed out juice boxes. I noticed a bizarre look on Taylor's face, but I didn't have time to let that look sink into my head. I was down to four minutes at this point. Taylor's classmates eagerly held up their fingers to designate their cupcake flavor choice. I quickly threw down lavishly decorated cupcakes on each plate while the fourth-graders squealed with delight.


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SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that reason it is important to remember that like all information we provide, the studies we describe in SNPwatch are for research and educational purposes only. SNPwatch is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice; you should always seek the advice of your physician or other appropriate healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of any disease or other medical condition.Human Molecular Genetics, suggests that the effect of this variation is strong enough to overcome the maternal instinct and social pressure to protect one's unborn child from the harmful effects of cigarette smoke.British researchers studied 2,474 women who smoked regularly before becoming pregnant. When questioned about smoking during their first trimester, 31% of the women with two Gs at rs1051730 had kicked the habit, compared to only 21% of the women with two As. During the third trimester, 47% of women with two Gs were smoke-free, while only 34% of women with two As were.Overall, after adjusting for pre-pregnancy smoking quantity, the researchers calculated that each A at rs1051730 increases a woman's odds of continuing to smoke throughout her pregnancy by about 1.2 times.The authors say their results show how genes can influence what is perceived by many to be a matter of self-control, but that "it's in my genes" shouldn't used as an excuse to avoid giving up smoking during pregnancy.23andMe customers can check their data for rs1051730 using the Browse Raw Data feature. This SNP is also featured in the Nicotine Dependence Research Report. For more information, check out the following Spittoon posts related to this SNP:
- SNPwatch: Genetic Variation Linked to Smoking and Lung Cancer Might Also Raise Risk for COPD
- How A Person Smokes Might Affect Lung Cancer Risk
- SNPwatch: Two Vices, One SNP — Drinking and Smoking Behavior Both Linked to Nicotine Receptor Genes
- SNPwatch: Focusing on a Gene Variant that Might Help Counter Cigarette Cravings
- SNPwatch: "Environment" also genetic?


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AIPAC Delegates: "We're Here to Support Israel"
Over 13,000 delegates attend AIPAC policy conference. The ones who spoke to Arutz Sheva seem optimistic.
By Hezki Baruch and Gil Ronen
First Publish: 3/4/2012, 7:47 PM
Over 13,000 delegates attended AIPAC's policy conference in Washington, DC Sunday, said to be the largest in the organization's history.
Arutz Sheva's special correspondent at the conference spoke to some of the delegates and heard words of optimism.


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Widget. How that got in the file is unclear to me. And none of my
company files are there, only the sample from AccountEdge.
Second, when I went to version 10, so I can keep working, it does not recognize the company file because it is a newer version - 15.0.2 -vs- 14.2.2.
Any advice or suggestions are welcome. Thank you,
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Project Objective: To design a cruise terminal at a site in Detroit, MI. The cruise terminal had to support program such as security check-in, departure and arrival gates. This was the final project of design studio 2 and the third building design project of architecture school. As before, this design is an evolution of concepts learned from the previous projects.
My solution was a terminal the shape of the site, leaving space for a walkway in front of the terminal along the river. For convenience to the passengers I designed a single level terminal. Since all passengers were to board the cruise boat from the second level, a ramp was designed to allow cars to drop passengers off directly to the second level, allowing a direct path towards the departure gates.
Much effort was put towards the user interface of the building (layout) so that it was most convenient and efficient for the users. Incorporating the rooftop plaza was the last step in completing the design. A place where people could watch the cruise ships arriving and departing. Building audience seating into the rooftop affected the ceiling of the floor below, causing it to slowly rise until it reached a skylight. The audience seating served the dual purpose of function for the rooftop, and aesthetic beauty for the ceiling of the floor below.


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During the second half of the nineteenth century, through the early years of the 20th century, Congress took several steps to fund agricultural education. The 1862 Morrill Act was the beginning of public support of agricultural education. The 1887 Hatch Act and 1890 Morrill Act followed.
The 1887 Hatch Act funded an agricultural experiment station in each state, where research was conducted on various agricultural issues, with an eye toward problem-solving. The second Morrill Act funded additional land-grant colleges to provide opportunities for Black farmers. Lastly, the 1914 Smith Lever Act created cooperative extension, in part a means of delivering the results of this research to farmers where they lived and worked. We've covered the two Morrill Acts previously, and will talk about cooperative extension in a future article. Today, a snapshot (both literally and figuratively) of where we stand on some of these issues now.
Last week, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released Justice and Health: Missing Ingredients in the U.S. Food System, an interactive look at the U. S. food system, where they highlight the injustice in the distribution of money resources currently involved in food production. In particular, the federal government has settled lawsuits over systemic discrimination against minority and women farmers. One result of this discrimination is that Black-cultivated farms declined from 16 million acres in 1920 to 3 million today. Black farmers themselves declined from fourteen percent of the total to one per cent today.
Additional points of interest include a book published by the University Press of Kentucky. For "Black Farmers in America", photographer John Francis Ficara spent four years photographing Black farmers throughout America. Author and Fox News correspondent Juan Williams wrote the text that accompanies these photos. Also, in an interview published today, Juan Williams exhibits his penchant for independent thought on today's political issues.
In a more positive development, students at Big 10 universities are forming the Big 10 Real Food Challenge Leadership Team, an endeavor to bring sustainable food to campus dining at the Big 10. According to a summary published by the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, "Leadership Team members will have the unique opportunity to make a big impact on the food system by working to leverage the purchasing power of Big Ten universities. The Real Food Challenge leverages the power of youth and universities to create a healthy, fair, and green food system by shifting university food budgets away from industrial farms and junk food and towards local/community-based, fair, ecologically sound, and humane food sources." Eight of the twelve Big 10 schools, as well as incoming universities Rutgers and Maryland, are land-grant colleges.


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Mississippi Median value of specified owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 by County
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Value for Mississippi (US Dollars): $99,900
Data item: Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Updated every year. http://factfinder2.census.gov
Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot) would sell for if it were for sale.
This tabulation includes only specified owner-occupied housing units--one-family houses on less than 10 acres without a business or medical office on the property. These data exclude mobile homes, houses with a business or medical office, houses on 10 or more acres, and housing units in multi-unit structures. Certain tabulations elsewhere include the value of all owner-occupied housing units and vacant-for-sale housing units. Also available are data on mortgage status and selected monthly owner costs.
The median divides the value distribution into two equal parts: one-half of the cases falling below the median value of the property (house and lot) and one-half above the median. Median value calculations are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars.
Scope and Methodology:
These data are collected in the American Community Survey (ACS). The data are estimates and are subject to sampling variability. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at factfinder2.census.gov. The data are period estimates, that is, they represent the characteristics of the housing over a specific 60-month data collection period.
Margins of Error (MOE). ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a MOE. The MOE used with ACS estimates can be interpreted as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate plus the MOE and the estimate minus the MOE (the upper and lower confidence bounds) contains the
For example, suppose the 5-year ACS reported the percentage of people 25 years and older in Birmingham, Alabama who had a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the MOE associated with this estimate is plus or minus (+/-) 0.9 percent. By adding and subtracting the MOE from the estimate, we can calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate at 21.3%, +/-0.9%:
21.3% - 0.9% = 20.4% = Lower-bound estimate
21.3% + 0.9% = 22.2% = Upper-bound estimate
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population in Birmingham, Alabama of age 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in 2007-2011 falls somewhere between 20.4 percent and 22.2 percent.
For this Fact and other 5-year Housing Characteristic Facts (listed below), their estimates and margins of error or percents and percent margins of errors can be found on Data Profile - Housing Characteristics. This profile is displayed by geography. Click on the link for "Browse data sets for (geography picked)" near the top of the Quick Facts profile page, click on the link for People QuickLinks/American Community Survey - "Housing Characteristics" for the data profile.
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Mike Mainieri: Straphangin'
Mike Mainieri: Straphangin'
Mike Mainieri (vibes, xylophone)
An American Dairy: The Dreamings (NYC 6026-2)
Mike Mainieri (vibes, xylophone), George Garzone (tenor sax), Marc Johnson (bass), Peter Erskine (drums).
Composed by Mike Mainieri.
Recorded: New York, 1997
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
As vital and inquisitive a musician as Mike Mainieri has been over the years, best known as leader of Steps Ahead, it's hard to believe he is turning 70 in 2008. Yet at age 15, he played on Paul Whiteman's radio show with his own trio, and was a Buddy Rich sideman from 1956 to 1963. He also won the New Star Award in the 1961 Down Beat Critics Poll. Rich, in fact, urged him to Americanize his Italian name to Mann, and therein lies a tale. His first An American Diary release in 1995 (with Joe Lovano), Mainieri wrote, "was a project that put me in touch with the dichotomy of musical tastes in my family." The second project, The Dreamings with George Garzone, he "dedicated to my family who introduced me to the art of storytelling, which they drew upon through their nomadic Italian and Sephardic wanderings and enriched my American heritage."
The track "Straphangin'" is described by Mainieri as "inspired by subway folklore. As a child, I would observe the body motions and facial expressions as my fellow straphangers would dance and bounce their way through the city." This led to a "fascination with puppets," which he would make and dress and "then attach their feet to vibe mallets and stage shows over the front of my instrument." He calls drummer Peter Erskine "the motorman of this particular ride." Erskine initiates a swaying subway car rhythm before Mainieri and Garzone play the choppy, staccato theme. Garzone's long breakneck tenor solo is intensely creative, with hurtling lines, slurred notes, dissonant wails and even a simulated train horn at one point, rhythmically exciting overall and relentlessly paced. Mainieri is less hurried but sizzling nonetheless, expertly on xylophone at first before switching to vibes, where only his vibrato differentiates his precise extended runs and expressive percussive attack. Erskine solos with great command and feeling before vibes and tenor ride the train to its final destination. Although nothing like "Take the 'A' Train," "Straphangin'" is just as invigorating in its own unique way.
Reviewer: Scott Albin
Tags: 1990s jazz · vibes
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Grace Daley leads the nation
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Dec. 15, 1999
NEW ORLEANS, La. - - Tulane All-American Grace Daley leads then nation in scoring, according to the most recent NCAA women's basketball statistical release.
Daley, a senior from Ocala, Fla., is averaging an NCAA-best 26.4 points per game, while leading 24th-ranked Tulane to a perfect 7-0 record. In addition, junior center Janell Burse is ranked 34th nationally in scoring with a 19.7 points per game average, making Tulane the only school in the nation to have two players in the Top 34 in scoring.
As a team, Tulane is ranked fifth in scoring offense (84.7 points per game), 13th in scoring margin (+18.4) and 15th in field goal percentage (48.2)
Daley, the Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year, has yet to score fewer than 20 points in any of the Green Wave's first seven games and has posted back-to-back 30-point efforts (33 at Texas A&M, 35 vs. SMU). In the Wave's last two games, Daley is averaging 34 points, 11 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. This season she has already moved into second place on the Conference USA career scoring charts and stands fourth on the Green Wave career scoring lists with 1,742 career points. She needs just 339 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Tulane history.
Daley joins a distinguished list of Tulane athletes who ranked either first or second in a national statistical category at one point during the 1999-2000 academic year. In football, Patrick Ramsey led the nation in total offense at one point, while wide receiver JaJuan Dawson briefly led the nation in receptions per game. Volleyball standout Kim Sentmore led the nation in kills at one point, while soccer player Colleen Lake spent time as the nation's second-leading scorer.
The Tulane women's basketball team, ranked 24th by the Associated Press and 25th by the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 21 with a neutral-site game against Nicholls State. The two teams will play at the Houma Civic Center, with tip-off set for 6 p.m.


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J.J. Abrams confirmed the Star Wars Episode VII script is done. The announcement has fans nervous about the upcoming story line of the popular franchise. According to The Verge on Monday, there will not be IMAX filming like previously considered. The details of the film are minimal, but the excitement of the progression on the movie has fans really looking forward to what is next.
"We're working really hard and we've got our script and we're in deep prep," said J.J. Abrams to The Wrap on Sunday. The confirmation is a big deal as people have wondered how far along the project is and who might be involved.
Now fans are starting to question who might be starring in the film. There have been plenty of names, but no confirmations have come from J.J. Abrams just yet. One name that keeps coming up is Breaking Bad actor Jesse Plemons. As there is no confirmation of his involvement, fans definitely see the star as a possible character in the story.
So when will the cast get together for the project? According to USA Today on Monday the filming starts in May and the location for the first shots is in England.
Star Wars fans know that J.J. Abrams is one of the best people in the business to keep secrets. During his show Lost there were few spoilers and other projects he has been part of rarely share details until the fans see it. There is no doubt that some details will be known, but until the new Star Wars film is seen in the theaters don't expect too many spoilers.
Star Wars Episode VII is due out on December 18, 2015.


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Dignitary Greetings and Introductions Protocol
Styles of Address
When hosting a dignitary, it is imperative that members of the university community follow the protocol for dignitary greetings and introductions. Hosts must follow this protocol to exhibit respect and professionalism as a reflection of the university.
To read the Government of Canada Protocol, click here.
To read the Protocol for the Government of Ontario, click here.


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Chef Tobin
Amy's introduction to a lifetime of entertaining occurred when she was 12 years old, at the magazine rack of her local supermarket. Smitten by the beautiful image of a chicken dish on the cover, Amy purchased the publication with her own money, studied the recipe and then prepared it for a party of 10 delighted family members. She has been stirring up inspired ideas for living ever since.
Today, Amy appears on her personal website, Inspired Ideas, along with a weekly radio show, "Amy's Table," on Q102 FM (101.9) in Cincinnati. She also is the Culinary Director of EQ at the Party Source in Northern Kentucky, plus offers regular lifestyle tips and recipes on the weekly TV show HomeWoRx.
Gold Star Chili Cincinnati Style Pizza
- 1 pizza crust
- 1/4 cup Gold Star Chili
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- 1 hot dog, sliced into rounds
- Optional: chopped onion, yellow mustard
- Heat oven to 450°.
- Place pizza crust on a baking sheet.
- Spread with Gold Star Chili, leaving a half inch border.
- Sprinkle with shredded cheddar.
- Scatter with sliced hot dog.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
- Top with optional chopped onion and yellow mustard if desired.
- Slice into wedges; serve.


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"Open Mic Night". The phrase alone conjures up images of skinny-jean clad hipsters downing cans of one dollar PBR while filling the air with clove cigarette smoke and performing home-written acoustic ballads and slam poetry. Thankfully, Up and Under Pub, located at 1216 E. Brady Street, has the audacity to buck these trends and provide an avenue for veteran and novice bluesmen alike to showcase their chops.
The festivities music begins around 10:00pm every Monday, and the performances are bookended by reruns of Family Guy and The Simpsons that play incessantly on the televisions around the bar.
The pub's webpage tells tell patrons to "[E]xpect nothing but the best young talent in Milwaukee", and that description is just about spot-on. When an open mic night features such seminal hometown talents as Milwaukee Slim and the Bryan Cherry Band and the worst act of the night is an acoustic slide guitar rendition of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited", you know expectations are surpassed.
The quality of the music, as well as the great drink selection and prices (especially for pitchers) makes Up and Under one of the most valuable watering holes during the week. If you plan on taking the stage, be sure to arrive early to make sure there are open slots on the sign up sheet and to gather your courage, liquid or otherwise.


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Gold Resource Corporation (GORO) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for September 09, 2013
Gold Resource Corporation ( GORO ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 09, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.03 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 23, 2013. Shareholders who purchased GORO stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 5th year that GORO the same dividend. At the current stock price of $8.11, the dividend yield is 4.44%.
The previous trading day's last sale of GORO was $8.11, representing a -65.74% decrease from the 52 week high of $23.67 and a 16.86% increase over the 52 week low of $6.94.
GORO is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as BHP Billiton Limited ( BHP ) and VALE S.A. ( VALE ). GORO's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.4.
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Today in music history:
There were several significant events on this day between the years 1946 and 2013.
On this day in 1946 Ruth Pointer future member of The Pointer Sisters is born in Oakland, California. Also on this day Paul Atkinson future guitarist for The Zombies is born in the UK.
On this day in 1955 Derek Longmuir future drummer of The Bay City Rollers is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
On this day in 1958 Simon & Garfunkel--using the names Tom and Jerry--release their third single which is titled "Our Song".
On this day in 1964 The British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who is the "Mr. Wilson" in their song "Taxman", presents The Beatles with the Show Business Personalities of 1963 award at the Variety Club of Great Britain Annual Show Business Awards.
On this day in 1975 Kiss releases Dressed to Kill.
On this day in 1976 Paul Kossoff, guitarist for Free, dies at the age of 25. Also on this day bassist Gary Thain of Uriah Heep dies at the age of 27.
On this day in 1982 while touring Florida Black Sabbath has a stopover for the night at a farm in Leesburg. During the night, a small aircraft pilot and friend of the band offers to take the members on flights. Guitarist Randy Rhodes is at first hesitant due to his fear of flying but later agrees to go on a short flight On a low pass over the tour bus the plane clips the tour bus and crashes in a fireball, killing all passengers and the pilot.
On this day in 2001 Aerosmith, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Queen, Steely Dan, Ritchie Valens and Solomon Burke, and are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
On this day in 2013 Buddy McRae, last surviving member of the doo-wop group The Chords dies at the age of 79.


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Public Meetings
- Published: January 3, 2013
Village Of Yellow Springs Public Meetings
• Human Relations Commission
Thurs., Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m.
• Council Meeting
Mon., Jan. 7, 7 p.m.
• Energy Board
Tues., Jan. 8, 7 p.m.
• Board of Zoning Appeals
Wed., Jan. 9, 7 p.m.
• Planning Commission
Rescheduled for
Wed., Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
Meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
The meetings are wheelchair accessible. Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the Village Clerk's Office at 767-9126 or [email protected].
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aka star of MTV's "Teen Wolf?" Or is this just another fake? If it is real then I'm truly surprised given his rising status. He did have a modeling career before he started acting but I had no idea it was this revealing. He sure does have a nice hole though. I would rim/fuck that thing 24/7. Oh and I love how the very tip of his ballsack is showing. So sexy. I sure do hope this is real
It's a fake.
Damn Colton is hot!
It's not Colton....
CH is absolutley dreamy!! no doubt. and if the other dude in those early photos are really his bf, then he also has great taste in companions...
"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
Joey Graceffa
I like that body type as in that pic Mjeh, it's just so hot!
CH posts vidz on keek.com. he's so cute you just can't resist!!
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"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
Joey Graceffa
Colton's first appearance on Arrow is supposed to be February 20th.
I don't get this guy at all.. is he trying to 'say' that those pictures never happened, and that he's a straight male? What gives? Can someone fill me in on this?
I just think it's strange. I am not obsessed with him or anything, I just find it strange. Sorry the questions offended you so much!
Looking forward to Colton's appearance on Arrow this week.
Colton is really one of those very gorgeous looking guy in hollywood. His face is just simply beyond perfect. It's like his face is sculpted by a Greek god.
I couldn't agree more with the comment above
hes lookin damn fine on that show....cant wait to see his character develop....(into olivers lover i hope)....lol
I hope Colton's character on "Arrow" is likeable.
His character on "Teen Wolf" isn't exactly likeable?? Did Jackson become nice in the end?
Every picture of colton is the perfect example of a picture that will probably give you a boner for like few weeks.
Society is funny. They ask you to be yourself and yet they judge you.
Thea may become Artemis (or Speedy) someday perhaps, but who knows?
If they introduce Jade (Cheshire) then we could probably figure out his story for awhile.
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When Teen Wolf ended last season, Jackson turned into a Werewolf with the hottest blue eyes. I really thought Jackson's story line was developing into what would be a huge part in season 3. He had displayed so many layers in season 2 and I was really looking forward to learning about who Jackson was. I expected to find out that Jackson's biological parents had been killed because of who or what they were and I anticipated his adopted parents might play a role in season 3 as well.
Well I guess we'll never know. I'm really disappointed he left Wolf. I can only hope his part on Arrow will allow him the opportunity to show off his acting capabilities and let his fans continue to admire his model looks, his rocking body and those dreamy eyes not to mention that killer chest and washboard abs we got to see so many times in the locker room showers at Beacon Hills High.
The guy has 'that look.' Even when he isnt posing he looks like a model posing
presenting Colton Haynes at the Elton John Oscars Party!!! looking his usual...stunning and sexy!!!
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"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
Joey Graceffa
ugh he is just seems like one of those down to earth hot guys who dosent realize how hot people find him
young wild free
^ Oh he probably knows!
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He looks immaculate
"Don't wait for the world to be ready. Find what you're looking for."
Joey Graceffa
I'd sell my house to pay for one night with him
One night looking into those eyes and being held tightly aganist that body. Feeling the warmth of his chest aganist yours and feeling his heart beat as it vibrates through you. Colton whispering to you. Then as things move on, our bodies entwined as light touches turn to groping and a damp sheen of sweat starts to appear. Our breathing becomes fast and shallow as kisses first turn to licks and then to nibbles. Whispers turn to moans as our hands explore every inch of each others body and we pass the point of no return. Gasping for breath between moans and the intense aggressive nature of two creatures so deeply joined together push us toward the first of many orgasms of the night. Right then there is nothing else. Nothing outside the two of us. Life itself has stopped and the world has ceased to exist. That would be one night with Colton...
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Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint (Sonnet 23)
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Milton is the master of the stately sounding poem, and "Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint" is no exception. Not only does he use grand concepts drawn from Greek mythology, the Old Testament, and Christian theology to describe his "late espoused Saint," he also uses the meter of the poem to reinforce important moments.
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Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
Print version ISSN 1516-635X
On-line version ISSN 1806-9061
Rev. Bras. Cienc. Avic. vol.10 no.4 Campinas Oct./Dec. 2008
Productive consequences of fasting neonatal chicks of different genetic constitutions for growing
Gonzales EI; Stringhini JHII; Dahlke FIII; Cunha WCPIV; Xavier SAGV
IVoluntário Professor Livre Docente. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, UNESP. Botucatu, SP, Brasil
IIProfessor Associado I, DPA/EV-UFG. Goiânia, GO, Brasil
IIIProfessor Adjunto, DZ/SCA-UFPR. Curitiba, PR, Brasil
IVMédico Veterinário, Mestre. Avibal-Sadia. Buriti Alegre, GO, Brasil
VMédica Veterinária, Mestre, Poli-Nutre Alimentos Ltda. Osasco, SP, Brasil
The study was designed to evaluate the productive consequences of fasting neonatal chicks obtained from strains genetically divergent for growing. Four hundred eight chicks from three strains, 160 from breeders selected for high growth rate and excellent feed conversion ratio (Cobb 500), 160 from breeders not selected for fast growth (JA57), and 160 from a white egg layer strain (Hy-Line W98) were allotted in a 3 (strain) x 2 (fasting period - 8 and 36h after hatching) factorial arrangement with 5 replicates of 16 chicks each. Immediately after hatching, all chicks had similar (P>0.05) relative yolk sac weights (14.13%, 14.50%, and 15.49% for Hy-Line, Cobb, and JA57, respectively). The yolk sac retractions were proportionally higher for Cobb and JA57 chicks up to 144 h (6 days) after placement, but were not influenced by 36h of feed fasting. At 7 and 14 days of age only Cobb chicks had their body weight and weight gain significantly (P<0.05) depressed by 36h feed fasting after hatching. Results indicate that broiler chicks with intense initial growth rates (Cobb 500) need an outstanding nutritional supply, either from exogenous (feed) or endogenous (residual yolk) sources, to achieve a final weight compatible with their genetic constitution. For slow-growing chicks (Hy-Line), nutritional supplementation via yolk sac seems to be more important than exogenous supply (feed) of nutrients during the neonatal period.
Keywords: Chicks, fasting, neonatal, performance, yolk sac.
Factors that regulate growth rate of chicks after a period of feed restriction are partially related to the adaptation of the gastrointestinal tract, such as weight increase, increase in the activity of digestive enzymes, and decrease in the time of digesta retention (Nir et al., 1993). More attention has been recently given to the time that the chicks remain without feed after hatching, which influences the performance of broilers at slaughter age (Gonzales et al., 2000, 2003). Similar to the phenomenon of yearly feed restriction, feed fasting results in poor development of supply organs and tissues of the gastrointestinal tract (Uni et al., 1998).
It is known that the growth of neonatal chicks before exogenous feeding (feed) depends on the nutritional elements absorbed from the residual yolk sac (Noy & Sklan, 1998). However, as previously mentioned, delays in placement and feeding of broiler chicks cause productive losses later on, at 42 days of age (Gonzales et al., 2003). Early feeding after hatching, as compared to delayed feeding, appears to stimulate yolk utilization (Noy & Sklan, 1998; Speake et al., 1998).
According to Nitsan et al. (1991), the size of yolk sac of birds selected for high growth rate (broiler chicks) is smaller than those birds that present slow development, such as White Leghorn birds. These facts indicate that the supplementation of nutrients via residual yolk is not sufficient to support the extremely high growth rate of broiler chicks during the initial post-hatch phase. Thus, the use of residual yolk and the need of exogenous nutrition (ration) of neonatal chicks from divergent background for growing may be different and related to at least two factors - the genetic bird constitution and the feed fast time immediately after hatching.
This study was designed to evaluate the productive consequences of chickens obtained from strains genetically divergent in growth rate (Cobb-500, JA57, and Hy-Line W48) and subjected to a period of either 8 or 36h of feed fasting after hatching.
Chicks were obtained from three breeder strains: Cobb 500, selected for high growth rate and excellent feed conversion ratio; JA57 (naked-neck broiler), not selected to grow very fast; and Hy-Line W98, light bird selected for egg production. Mean weights of the incubated eggs for chick production were 63.7g, 72.0g and 73.0g for Hy-Line, Cobb, and JA57 breeders, respectively.
Chicks were allotted eight hours after hatching to a randomized block experimental design with a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement (3 strains: Cobb 500, JA57, and Hy-Line; and 2 fasting periods after hatching - 8 and 36h), with 5 replicates of 16 chicks each, totaling 6 treatment groups, 30 experimental units, and 480 chicks, being 160 of each strain.
Birds were distributed in three batteries of five floors each divided in two boxes. When necessary, heat was provided during the post-hatch rearing period (1 to 14 days) using infrared lamps placed in front of the batteries.
Immediately after placement (8 hours after hatching), all birds had ad libitum access to water. At this moment, half of the birds of each strain were fed. The other half was fed only 28h after placement (36h after hatching).
Feed was supplied in mash form, and formulated to contain 3050 kcal/kg ME, 0.57% Met, 0.94% Met+Cys, 1.20% Ca, and 0.46% available P.
After hatching, ten birds of each strain were weighed, killed by cranial traumatism, and had their yolk sacs excised and weighed. The same sacrifice procedure and residual yolk sac evaluations of two experimental birds per replicate were carried out at 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 and 144h after placement. Body weight, weight gain, and mortality index of the experimental groups were recorded on the 7th and the 14th experimental days.
Results were statistically processed using General Linear Model procedures of SAEG (1999) computational program. Data were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) according to a block experimental design with a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement. When necessary, differences among means were separated by Tukey's test (p<0.05).
Chicks from the three strains had similar relative yolk sac weights immediately after hatching despite the differences in body weight (Table 1). Cobb neonatal chicks presented the highest body and yolk weights, which were different from those of Hy-Line and JA57 chicks. However, yolk sac percentage relative to chick body weight was similar among strains (14.50%, 15.49%, and 14.13% for Cobb, JA57, and Hy-Line, respectively), which is consistent with the results obtained by Chamblee et al. (1992).
No statistical interaction (P>0.05) between strain and feed fasting effects was observed for yolk sac retractions (Table 2) up to 144h (6 days) after placement. Independently of the fasting period, a normal standard curve of residual yolk sac reduction as a function of post-hatching time was observed. Only small amount of residual yolk was present up to 144h after placement in all chicks of the three evaluated strains. However, residual yolk utilization was proportionally higher in Cobb chicks as compared to Hy-Line birds. JA57 chicks presented intermediate yolk sac retraction. Holding the birds for 36h without feed did not influence the proportional use of the yolk sacs. However, other studies indicated that fasting depressed yolk utilization (Noy & Sklan, 1998; Gonzales et al., 2003). This difference may be attributed to the high coefficient of variation observed, which is characteristic of this kind of measurement.
Significant interactions (P<0.05) between feed fasting period x chick strain were observed for body weight and weight gain (Table 3). As expected, consistent weight gain of the Cobb chicks at 7 and 14 days of rearing was registered (Table 3), and independently of fasting, they presented the highest body weight and weight gain, followed by JA57 and Hy-Line birds. However, only Cobb chicks had their body weight and weight gain depressed by 36h of feed fasting. Body weights and weight gains of Hy-Line and JA57 chicks were not affected by the long period of fasting. In fact, Hy-Line birds held without feed for 36h after hatching showed higher, despite not significant, weight gain than their 8h-fasted counterparts. Confirming other studies (Gonzales et al., 2000, 2003), delaying access to feed for 36h after hatching impaired body weight and weight gain of broiler chicks selected for fast growth.
Observing the relative weight gain curve of the 8h-fasted chicks up to 6 days after placement, a clear difference in favor of Cobb chicks for growth was verified (Figure 1). This figure also shows that Hy-Line chicks had negative weight gain at 24 and 48h after hatching, and grew very slowly from the 3rd to the 6th day post-hatching, suggesting that these birds did not respond enough to the supply of feed.
Mortality index was low, and did not differ among the treatment groups (Table 4).
The results of this experiment indicate that chicks with intense initial growth rates (Cobb 500) need an outstanding nutritional supply, either from exogenous (feed) or endogenous (residual yolk) sources, to achieve a final weight compatible with their genetic constitution. For slow-growing chicks (Hy-Line), the nutritional supplementation via yolk sac seems more important than the exogenous source (feed) during the neonatal period.
The authors thank CNPq and FAPESP for their financial support.
Chamblee TN, Brake JD, Schultz CD, Thaxton JP. Yolk sac absorption and initiation of growth in broilers. Poultry Science 1992; 71:1811-1816. [ Links ]
Gonzales E, Leandro NSM, Varoli Jr JC, Takita TS, Loddi MM. O tempo de jejum do neonato e a restrição alimentar quantitativa influenciando a produtividade de frangos de corte na idade de abate. Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola 2000; (Supl 2):4. [ Links ]
Gonzales E, Kondo N, Saldanha ESPB, Loddi MM, Careghi C, Pizzolante CC, Decuypere E. Performance and p hysiological parameters of broiler chickens subjected to fasting on the neonatal period. Poultry Science 2003; 82:1250-1256. [ Links ]
Nir I, Nitsan Z, Mahagna M. Comparative growth and development of the digestive organs and of some enzymes in broiler and egg type chicks after hatching. British Poultry Science 1993; 34:523-532. [ Links ]
Nitsan Z, Dunnington EA, Wiegel PB. Organ growth and digestive enzyme levels to fifteen days of age in lines of chickens differing in body weight. Poultry Science 1991; 70:2040-2048. [ Links ]
Noy Y, Sklan D. Yolk utilization in the newly hatched pouts. British Poultry Science 1998; 39:446-451. [ Links ]
SAEG - Sistemas de Análises Estatísticas [CD-ROM]. Viçosa: Fundação Arthur Bernardes: UFV; 1999. [ Links ]
Speake BK, Noble R, Murray A. The utilization of yolk lipids by the chick embryo. World's Poultry Science Journal 1998; 54:319-334. [ Links ]
Uni Z, Ganot S, Sklan D. Posthatch development of mucosal function in the broiler small intestine. Poultry Science 1998; 77:75-82. [ Links ]
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Plus: Cuozzo disappointed by Graffit, and more, in our weekly roundup of restaurant reviews.
At Bar Basque, "the codfish is ethereal. It provides a taste of the North Atlantic that is as soft on the tongue as a cloud," writes Sam Sifton. "[Fujinaga] cooks this food beautifully, and his menu offers real pleasures, particularly in the precincts of appetizers and side dishes." [NYT]
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At Compose, "fresh mozzarella run through a chemical gauntlet has the texture of a jiggly egg yolk. [Slurped down like an oyster], it's a fun little bite," says Jay Cheshes. "But while Nick Curtin gets points for audacity, his food is too precious, derivative and short on thrills to merit its exorbitant price tag." [TONY]
Red Rooster "is international fusion at its most effortless and apt," says Robert Sietsema. "A disproportionate amount of the action, though, is in the appetizers, where the chef's imagination really takes flight." [VV]
Graffit "isn't a terrible restaurant, but one flying miles below its stratospheric self-image," writes Steve Cuozzo. "Most annoying of all was a house pride, 'rainbow' scallops ($24), where four miserly specimens sported the colors, but precious little flavor, of squid ink, saffron, pimento and beets." [NYP]
"While the fare is generally impressive [at Edi & the Wolf], the quirky décor and fun ambience are the real draws," writes Lauren Shockey. "The $19 [pork schnitzel] entrée is certainly good, but true to form, it's best as a vehicle for the sides—vibrant and creamy potato salad, cooling cucumbers, and sweet-tart lingonberry jam." [VV]
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In Las Vegas boxing circles, you're not going to find too many people who feel last year's fight between Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson warrants a rematch.
Unless you're Antonio Tarver, that is.
"It wasn't what Chad Dawson did that night," says Tarver.
"It was what Antonio Tarver didn't do. I just wasn't myself that night."
Last October at the Palms in Vegas, Dawson not only put a lid on several months of trash talk, but he dominated Tarver through 12 rounds, winning with lopsided scores of 118-109 and 117-110 twice.
This Saturday night, Dawson, 27-0 (17 KOs), making his HBO debut, says he'll not only repeat a victory over Tarver, 27-5 (19 KOs), but he'll do it in an even more convincing manner.
"What's gonna be different this time," says the dethroned champ, "is that I'm gonna show up to fight.
"When I throw my hands, no one is better. When I'm determined, I'm a hard guy to beat. There'll be no defensive posturing—I'm gonna take the fight to this guy. And if I crack him, I'll hurt him."
Though undefeated, Dawson has been hurt in previous fights. Tarver plans to capitalize on this.
"I get up for fights like this," says Tarver. "That's why I'm undefeated in rematches."
Of his five losses, three have been avenged. In 2000, Eric Harding decisioned Tarver; two years later, Tarver paid it back with a TKO. In 2003, Roy Jones eked out a majority decision; six months later, Jones was TKO'd. And in 2004, Tarver lost a split decision to Glen Johnson, but six months later, avenged it.
A loss to Bernard Hopkins in 2006, and the loss to Dawson in 2008, are the sole blemishes on Tarver's 12-year career.
"I got everything to gain and nothing to lose," says Tarver, who was able to secure the rematch from a clause in the contract last October. "I lost the championship. Now it's time to get it back.
"He says he's gonna knock me out this time. I hope he does come at me. Then I won't have to go looking for him. If he comes at me and doesn't run, it's gonna be a hell of a fight. An unforgettable fight."
Though 40 years old, Tarver says it's not quite time to hang up the gloves.
"I feel good, and rejuvenated," he says. "I'm not ready to ride out into the sunset yet.
"I still have a lot to prove."
© 2009 by Fightnews.com.


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