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There are those who believe that two of the world's most high-profile missing artifacts are hidden somewhere in the Dallas area. It's an interesting coincidence, given that the man leading the search for them and other cultural treasures lost since World War II happens to live right here.
The objects are reliquaries from the Dark Ages, sacred containers housing what are said to be the physical remains of saints. One is a crystal carved into the shape of a mitre. The other is a hollow gold cross. Not necessarily distinctive, as far as reliquaries go, but they are valuable, perhaps worth millions of dollars each. And as far as Robert Edsel knows, they could be in your attic. Or your mother's attic. With the last of our World War II veterans now leaving us, more and more stolen objects from the war are turning up as estates are settled. If you find one of the reliquaries, though, please don't put it on eBay. Call Edsel instead. It would be much better to return it to its rightful owner.
Robert Edsel's specialty is finding and returning artifacts and culturally significant items missing since the Nazi era. He calls his work the great final chapter of World War II. He is founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, based in Dallas. The name of his organization comes from a heroic, if somewhat oddball, group of GIs responsible for rescuing more than 5 million cultural objects stolen by the Nazis. Edsel has made it his mission to tell their story and to continue their work by finding what's still missing and sending it home. His work has also led to two books and a documentary film, which is why on March 1 he will receive the Texas Medal of Arts in a biennial awards ceremony that recognizes the state's most outstanding artists and philanthropists.
Though Edsel is in his 50s and his hair has gone white, he looks and carries himself with a youthful intensity like he could still be in his 30s. Efficient and directed, he recounts the skepticism he meets with the glee of a man used to having the last laugh.
"People would say, 'Who is this guy Edsel that he thinks he's found a story that Steven Ambrose missed, that Tom Brokaw missed, that everyone else who's written about history has missed? Either it's got to be a puff piece story that he's blowing completely out of proportion, or he's just completely wrong!' " he says. "But when you look at the scale of what these guys accomplished, finding and returning millions of pieces of cultural objects, including some of the world's greatest art treasures, you'll see that this really is the great untold story of World War II.
"If they hadn't rescued them, so many of the greatest works of art of all time would be lost forever. It wouldn't be the same civilization we have now. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans was so impressed with the story, they're about to announce the creation of a permanent exhibition about the Monuments Men. What I want now is for the president of the United States to acknowledge their contribution, before they're all gone."
Like most people who grew up in the shadow of World War II, Edsel assumed all the stories about the war had been told. Besides, even if there was a big story no one had heard, he didn't see how it would ever fall on his shoulders to tell it. Edsel wasn't a historian. He was just a guy in the oil and gas business.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1956, Edsel grew up in Dallas. He attended St. Mark's School of Texas and then SMU, where he studied finance. He also made a name for himself playing nationally ranked, professional qualifying tennis. After graduating in 1979, he went to work for an independent oil and gas producer. He learned the business quickly and soon struck out on his own, assembling oil and gas leases as drilling prospects for other exploration companies. In 1986, Edsel consolidated his oil and gas operations into a new company named Gemini Exploration Company, which pioneered the use of horizontal drilling technology.
For years, Gemini remained a small operation. Then, in the mid-'90s, the company suddenly became profitable, and its workforce went from eight to nearly 100. At that point, Edsel decided it was time to do something else. He sold Gemini's assets for a hefty sum and moved to Europe with the intention of immersing himself in the world of art and culture.
After living for a while in Paris, Edsel settled in Florence. There he engaged an art professor to guide him around the city. "I told him I wanted to see the city through his eyes," Edsel says. The long path that ultimately led Edsel to the Monuments Men began one day when Edsel was looking at the Ponte Santa Trinita, an exquisite elliptic arch bridge that spans the Arno River and was designed by Bartolomeo Ammanati, a student of Michelangelo's. There are five such bridges that cross the river in Florence, but the Ponte Santa Trinita is the most beautiful of them all. The discussion with his professor led to a day in September 1944, when the retreating German army unceremoniously blew up four of the five medieval Florence bridges, including the beautiful Ponte Santa Trinita. Edsel had assumed that the war had not touched Florence and that all five bridges were, naturally, the originals. But, in fact, the Ponte Santa Trinita was a reconstruction, barely older than Edsel himself.
He learned that Florence had actually taken a lot of bomb damage from air raids, Allied artillery bombardments, and street fighting. So why, then, did the city look much as it did before the war? How had the paintings in the museums escaped destruction? They couldn't have just grown legs and walked away. Someone had to have rescued them.
"I was embarrassed," Edsel says, "not that I didn't know the answers, but that until that moment, I hadn't even thought to ask the questions. I decided then and there to learn all I could on the subject."
He found The Rape of Europa, Lynn Nicholas' 1994 book about the Nazis' plundering of works of art during World War II. Edsel already knew that the Nazis had a thing about art and that many had gone overboard helping themselves to stolen artwork, but he wasn't sure why that was such a big deal, especially in light of everything else they did. After all, to the victor go the spoils; all armies plunder. But what made the plundering different, Edsel learned, was the massive scale on which they carried it out.
Adolf Hitler dreamed of being an artist, and when he unleashed upon Europe the greatest, bloodiest war in the history of humanity, he called it a battle for civilization. But the civilization he envisaged was a strictly Germanic one, a product of his own megalomaniacal imagination. Hitler's dreams for the future included refashioning tawdry old Berlin into Germania, a gigantic new "world capital."
For his Austrian hometown of Linz, Hitler's plans were only slightly more modest. So that no one there ever forgot the local boy who'd made good, he planned to remake it a shining new city, with, among other things, the world's largest and greatest museum. It would be called the Gemäldegalerie Linz, or the Führermuseum, and even before he unleashed his blitzkrieg on Europe, he sent out a clandestine army of art experts to survey the galleries and museums of all the soon-to-be-conquered nations. They made lists of the paintings that would be confiscated and hung on the Führermuseum's walls. Not long after the lists were completed, Hitler attacked Poland. Within a year, most of Europe was his. And so was much of its art.
The Rape of Europa was such an eye-opener for Edsel that he decided to turn it into a documentary. "So I flew to Washington and knocked on the author's door. 'Hi,' I said, 'I'm Robert Edsel. I really like your book, and I think a documentary should be made of it.' 'Oh?' she said. 'What do you know about making documentaries?' 'Actually, I don't know the first thing about making documentaries,' I told her. 'But I do know about getting things done.' " It turned out that was the right answer, because there were already some people trying to make a documentary out of the book, but they were bogged down with all kinds of production problems. Edsel stepped in and largely took over the film, which was released in 2006 and ended up winning numerous awards.
In the course of working on the film, Edsel began learning the answers to the questions he'd first asked that day in Florence. He learned about two daring, but largely forgotten, French heroes: Jacques Jaujard, director of the French National Museums, and his accomplice, Rose Valland, who not only kept track of all the artwork the Nazis were stealing but also found ways to circumvent them. After the liberation of Paris, the secret information Valland had gathered had a pivotal impact on the later discovery of looted artwork from France. Edsel also interviewed many of the surviving American GIs who'd later rescued the paintings, under the auspices of the Allied armies' Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) program—the Monuments Men. Though they were two separate groups, Edsel realized their work was so tightly linked that it was really one group and one great, mostly untold story, full of derring-do and heroics. But it was, unfortunately, largely outside the documentary's scope.
Time was running out. The GIs he needed to talk to were now in their 80s, and Edsel knew that if he didn't tell their story, it would soon be lost forever. Using teams of research assistants all over the world, he began assembling a large collection of photographs and documents relating to the subject and locating and interviewing more surviving Monuments Men.
Edsel left Europe and, after living for a spell in New York, moved back permanently to Dallas. His first project was Rescuing Da Vinci, a large book of photographs from the war, which, for the first time, told the story of the heroic Monuments Men. But all the publishers he approached rejected it. Edsel was confident in the material, in the appeal of these unsung heroes, so he published it himself. Rescuing Da Vinci, released in late 2006, was reviewed in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and featured on Charlie Rose and CNN. When he came to publishers with a second project, they were no longer quite so reticent. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, published in September 2009, was both a critical and commercial success and is now being translated into many languages.
Edsel was asking, and answering, all of the questions.
High up on the exposed brick walls of the converted warehouse on Dragon Street where the Monuments Men Foundation has its offices, hang large photographs from the war. A couple of them show smiling, helmeted GIs holding up famous paintings. In one, an officer stands behind some paintings, a .45 on his hip, looking very businesslike. In another, a soldier stands nearby, brandishing a submachine gun. There is a photo of generals Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley deep inside a salt mine, examining a rack of paintings.
But one photograph is particularly poignant. It is of a U.S. Army rabbi chaplain standing on a ladder next to a 10-foot-high stack of Torah rolls. One of the many ironies of Hitler and the Nazis is that though they may have murdered 6 million Jews and destroyed countless synagogues all across Europe, they were nevertheless scrupulous in collecting and preserving thousands of Torahs. It was one of the tasks of the MFAA program to see that these and other Jewish religious artifacts found new homes with the surviving Jewish community.The Monuments Men—mostly culled from the ranks of the enlisted, as well as junior officers and even civilians—often had to go head to head with senior officers and even generals. But, time after time, they stood up to them. "They were successful because their authority came from General Eisenhower himself," Edsel says. "He recognized that this was no ordinary war, that it was all about saving civilization. And he was the one who changed that old dictum into 'To the victor do not go the spoils.' When you think about how well we did in World War II, taking the high moral ground, we established a gold standard. We should never have lowered it. When you wonder about why we've done so badly in Iraq? Maybe the answer is there."
Eisenhower may have forbidden the kind of premeditated plundering the Nazis did, but the GIs who liberated Europe were still soldiers, and, like soldiers since time immemorial, they did their share of looting. Usually, it was items from people's homes: silverware, jewelry, gold watches, antiques, old books. "Considering what the soldiers had been through, you could hardly blame them, and most of what they looted was innocuous enough," Edsel says. But sometimes what was taken was much more precious. Probably the most famous case of this involved a sometime Dallas resident named First Lieutenant Joe Tom Meador.
Meador could have been a Monuments Man himself. He'd majored in art at North Texas State University. He was a country boy, from Whitewright, a small town near Denison, and, like one famous Monuments Man (Lincoln Kirstein, the future ballet impresario), Meador was gay. Being a forward artillery observer, he was unquestionably brave, but he was also an inveterate looter whose arts background guided his sticky hands. And his job as a forward artillery observer gave him plenty of opportunities during that ambiguous period between the German retreat and the American advance.
In late April 1945, just as the fighting was winding down, Meador's unit rolled into Quedlinburg, a small town in the Harz Mountains. Seeing them approach, the residents were delighted. The Red Army was only a few miles away, and the Americans were far preferable to them. Though Quedlinburg had little importance in 1945, a thousand years earlier, it had been a key town in the Ottonian Empire. Quedlinburg Abbey had accumulated a rich collection of priceless treasures from that period.
The treasures were now hidden in a nearby mushroom cave for safekeeping. Officials from the church asked the Americans to post a guard detail outside the cave. This the American soldiers did. Unfortunately, the guard detail was headed by Meador, who promptly stole about a dozen objects, including: an illuminated gospel book from the 9th century, an ivory liturgical comb, a printed evangeliary, and jeweled reliquaries. When they found out what had happened, the church authorities complained. For a while, the U.S. Army did investigate the case, but when borders were redrawn and Quedlinburg became part of the Russian Zone, the Army lost interest in the matter.
Following his discharge from the Army, Meador returned to North Texas. For the next 35 years, Meador lived a double life, spending his weeks dressed in overalls and cap, helping run the family hardware store in Whitewright, then driving down to Dallas for weekends among the gay community. Though he apparently sold many of the objects he'd stolen to help finance his lifestyle, the medieval treasures he kept, sometimes showing them to guys he wanted to have sex with. Despite this, no word of the treasures got out until after his death in 1980.
The treasures passed on to his brother, Jack Meador of Whitewright, and his sister, Jane Meador Cook of Mesquite. Once they learned what they had, they got greedy. For years, a wary courtship went on between the Meadors and several potential buyers. By then, the West German government had gotten wind of it and started investigating.
The Meadors eventually sold the objects to the West Germany government for approximately $2.75 million, but that was only a tiny fraction of what they were worth, and the brother and sister spent the next 10 years being prosecuted and harassed by various agencies of the United States government, especially the IRS, which sought more than $50 million in taxes, penalties, and interest. The Meadors settled with the IRS in 2000, but both died a few years later. Whatever they made couldn't have been worth what it took out of their lives.
Two pieces remain missing from the Quedlinburg treasures: the crystal reliquary looking like a bishop's hat and the hollow gold cross. Attorney Thomas R. Kline, who 20 years ago represented the Quedlinburg church in the case, thinks they're still in the Dallas area. Now a litigation partner at the Washington, D.C., office of the Houston-based law firm Andrews Kurth, Kline recalls how for a while he kept getting phone calls and faxes, mostly from antiques dealers who thought they might know about the missing objects. But one call stands out.
"My partner Alan Harris got a call from some woman asking about the cross," Kline says. "She asked Alan to describe it to her. She listened for a while and then very quickly said. 'Oh, mine's much nicer than that,' and hung up. I've got a funny suspicion that she had it. She probably still does."
The Meador case is exactly the sort of thing Edsel and the Monuments Men Foundation want to keep from happening. "We're not trying to get people in trouble," Edsel says. "Far from it. We believe in working with people and bringing honor to their service. I tell veterans who still have valuable objects like this: 'You've had it for a lifetime. You're not going to take it with you to your grave. Let's give it back together. It'll be a wonderful experience!'
"We took back a stolen item to Berlin in May that an American soldier had picked up as a souvenir. He had no idea what it was. It turned out to be a very important document."
The document was Gemäldegalerie Linz Album XIII, a catalogue of paintings by 19th-century German artists that Hitler planned to put in his museum. Essentially, it was a shopping list.
The task of confiscating most of the artwork went to Alfred Rosenberg. His "action teams"—the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, or ERRs—found and took whatever paintings Hitler wanted. But Rosenberg had competition in Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe. Göring helped himself to whatever was on the walls of art museums and confiscated private collections of wealthy Jewish families. Though he wasn't supposed to take the artwork Hitler wanted, he sometimes did, just so he could personally hand them over to Hitler. Because Göring was much more powerful than Rosenberg, it wasn't long before the ERRs were working for him.
In a last-ditch effort to ingratiate himself, Rosenberg prepared a series of beautifully bound catalogues containing photographs and detailed descriptions of the paintings going to the Gemäldegalerie Linz.
"Rosenberg brought all these books to Hitler as a way of saying, Look how good I did," Edsel says. "But by then Hitler didn't want to see him anymore. On the other hand, Hitler did love the books and, as we learned much later, took them with him wherever he went."
Which brings us back to the American soldier.
John Pistone—the man who'd taken the 12-pound, leather-bound book—was then a young infantry private whose unit had just taken over Hitler's ransacked house near Berchtesgaden. There were other volumes of the collection lying around (the original collection included 31 albums), but one was all Pistone had room for in his pack. For the next 64 years, it stood on his bookshelf in his home in Ohio. Sometimes he looked at it, but he didn't really have any idea what it represented until a friend looked it up on the internet. Pistone also learned about Robert Edsel and the Monuments Men Foundation. He decided to give Edsel a call.
"Until he called me, everyone had assumed they had been destroyed when Hitler and his staff evacuated from the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia in 1944, because that was their last known location. But it turns out that Hitler had prized those volumes so much he took them with him back to Berchtesgaden," Edsel says. "When I first met Mr. Pistone, I encouraged him to be a visible presence in the return of this document, to allow him to receive the credit he was due, but also to set the example for others. He graciously agreed. It was a very happy moment to witness this fine veteran receive such praise in the presence of his family. He later told me it was one of the proudest moments of his life, and it speaks volumes about what we at the foundation are all about."
Album XIII has a new home now, at the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin. But where are the other volumes? "Millions of items are still missing," Edsel says. "Now that the World War II generation is leaving us, we can expect a deluge of items to start surfacing. A lot of the veterans who still have these things should think about how much good they can do by saying, 'I'm done with it. Here it is!' "
Brendan McNally is the author of Germania (Simon & Schuster, 2009). Write to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CL&P reported as of 8:40 p.m. that 30,877 of its customers statewide were without power. That number — 2 percent of the utility's customers — dropped from more than 120,000 on Friday night and a peak of more than 600,000 earlier in the week.
The only town with a large number of outages remaining was Old Lyme where 419 or 7 percent of customers were still without power.
On Saturday a CL&P spokesman said the shoreline damage and outages in lower Fairfield County have been the biggest challenges for the utility.
"The damage on the shoreline is on par with New York and New Jersey," spokesman Mitch Gross said of the two states hit the hardest by Sandy. "We're talking about the total rebuilding of portions of our system."
CL&P said in a news release that it has repaired more than 800 broken utility poles and has restrung more than 78 miles of power cables. It said the power restoration effort included more than 7,000 storm responders from across the country.
Gross said the company still stands by its earlier estimate that projects a "substantial" restoration to customers by either Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime, the critique of CL&P's response to the storm will likely continue.
"There will be plenty of time for assessment and comparison and measurement," Gross said. "Job No. 1 is getting those remaining customers back on as quickly and safely as we can."
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Return to Azakhel Camp, a year after the floods
July 22, 2011 by Ned Colt
|Some of the handful of Afghan refugees who still live in Pakistan's Azakhel Camp, a year after they survived record floods in Pakistan. Photo:Ned Colt/IRC
They are distressing photos, but the community elders are almost giddy as they study them. "Yes, that's him!" one calls out in Pashto, jabbing a finger at a bearded man in one photo. "That one there? She gave up and moved to the city," another shouts. They are poring over a photographic record of last summer's devastating floods, shot by my International Rescue Committee (IRC) colleague Peter Biro.
I'm at the windblown remains of the Azakhel refugee camp, one of Pakistan's oldest centers for Afghan refugees. It's almost two miles long and close to three decades old, and as thousands learned last August, it's located on a flood plain. When the annual monsoon rains developed into lethal floods, almost the entire camp of a thousand mud-brick homes was inundated.
I've come to Azakhel ten months after Peter. Ten months after the IRC and other humanitarian organizations launched a massive relief effort across the three hardest hit regions of Pakistan. I've come to Azakhel to meet with those who've stayed here, and to learn how they've fared.
The elders beckon me to follow them across railroad tracks into what was the heart of the camp. It's the end of the dry season, so the land is parched. In every direction I see the remains of houses alongside well-trod paths. Mature eucalyptus trees provide some shade, but the heat is unrelenting.
Here and there, boys struggle with wheelbarrows almost as big as themselves, hauling bricks they have salvaged from the mud. They stack them neatly where homes used to stand. While no one has been allowed to rebuild due to the flood threat, I'm told the piles continue to rise in hope that the Pakistan government will rescind the ban. But at least two thirds of the residents have moved away; those remaining live in ragged tents.
My guide indicates a burly man headed our way. Then he points to one of Peter's photos from last year. In the picture, the same man is sitting on a pile of debris, an island in the stagnant water. He is bearded like most Pashtuns; he's obviously been searching for his belongings, because his hands are caked with dried and cracking grey mud. In the photo he looks angry and bitter, different from the smiling man approaching us.
His name is Mir Salam; he's 45 and came to Azakhel as a boy of 11. A year ago, he cared for his family of ten with the proceeds from his three auto-parts shops. Post-flood, he's down to one small garage where he separates metal scrap for recycling.
"There is nothing remaining here," he says. "Everything is gone. My shops and my business." But then he breaks into a broad grin. "You know? I can still smile, because I am alive, as is my family, so we are alright."
For now, the remaining residents of Azakhel have no idea what the future holds. Because the camp is on a flood plain, the government wants them to leave, fearing another deluge this summer. It is increasingly tough for those who remain to get by.
In the 80's and 90's, the IRC and other humanitarian organizations were active in the camp. The IRC helped to build and operate schools here, but they have been washed away. The IRC also helped dig wells and provide sewer services. Today, residents still use these hand pumps, but flooding has contaminated the groundwater. In the entire camp, I see only one construction project, a mason erecting a small wall. "It's for a new madrasa," a blind cleric tells me. "Here we will have Koranic studies for girls; we have already built a religious school for the boys."
It's something, but not enough. As 24-year-old truck driver Akhtar Muhammad tells me, "We can't understand what is happening here. We are just passing time, hoping we can rebuild our homes."


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This is long overdue. Sorry it took so long. You can find the audio file from the BoF here. (Thank you, Rakesh!) You can find a transcript of the audio file, made by my amazing wife, here. The audio file is a little hard to understand in places, so I can't guarantee that we got every word correct, but we did our best. Unfortunately, the recording cuts off about 2 minutes too early, but we only lost about a question and a half. Also, the transcript is still missing Dan Hushon's biography. I'll work on getting that added when I get time.


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With Shark Week upon us, it's time to get into the spirit of things with some festive shark-inspired eats and drinks. No need to wait for a Shark Week party when you can have your own any day of the week! Check out the following recipes that are perfect for your gathering.
This adorable Waves of Fun Cookie from Betty Crocker is perfect to make with kids, and you can add as many gummy sharks as you desire. You'll need standard recipes like sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, flour, blue decorating gel, and white frosting, with little add-ons such as striped gum, gummy rings candy, licorice, fruit snack roll, cookies, and grahams. It takes a little over an hour from start-to-finish, including cool down time.
The Watermelon Shark Carving would make a fantastic centerpiece for a Shark Week party, and it's a lot easier to do than it looks. Of course, you'll need a watermelon, but for this recipe, you'll also need any round fruit as well as Swedish Fish. The tools you'll need are a large knife and spoon, a vegetable peeler, dry erase marker, and a small utility knife. Depending on your carving skills, it will take less than an hour to complete.
These Shark Fin Cupcakes are absolutely adorable, and are ideal for a party, to send to school with your kids, or even to just make for your family and friends. All you have to do is bake up a batch of chocolate cupcakes, top it with white frosting that's colored with blue food coloring, and use Oreo cookies to make the fins. Super easy to make!
While the Shark Attack Punch doesn't include alcohol, you can always add it in if you're making this drink recipe for adults. The kid-friendly version includes Blue Hawaiian Punch, Sparkling Pear Juice, and gummy sharks. Should you so choose, you can also add in grenadine to give the appearance of blood.. For the adult version, just throw in your favorite clear alcohol.
Happy Shark Week!
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Lansdowne Resort, the AAA Four Diamond property located in Leesburg, has unveiled a new dog friendly program, officials announced today. The dog friendly resort in Virginia also introduced their "Howl for the Holidays" seasonal offer that will allow dogs to stay free with a guest and have the $100 non-refundable fee waived. The special seasonal dog friendly offer is available from November 24 through December 30, 2013. For guests staying with canines over Thanksgiving, the resort is preparing a special dog friendly dinner with turkey, oatmeal, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.
"We have seen an increase in the number of guests inquiring about whether we were dog friendly, so this decision was a direct result." said Michael Snapkoski, director of sales and marketing at Lansdowne Resort. "Aside from our resort, there are dog friendly parks in the area, so allowing dogs seemed like a great way to fulfill a need for guests and families that love to travel with their four-legged friends."
Upon arrival at the resort, the dog will be provided with a special bone amenity and permission to use an official Lansdowne Resort dog bowl. The property will allow dogs in certain rooms on the second floor of the hotel. The weight size restriction for one dog is 75 pounds, or two will be permitted with the limit of 50 pounds per dog. Guests are asked to announce plans to travel with a dog prior to arrival, and be required to fill out and sign the dog friendly policy agreement during the check-in process. Lansdowne Resort is composed of 500 acres of land which includes Bark Park, a dog friendly rest area, and the Potomac Heritage Trail, a walking path where dog and owner can explore along the banks of the historic Potomac River.
The dog friendly resort in Virginia also offers a Kanine Kitchen with all items onion and corn free. This doggie room service option includes Peanut Butter Bones; Ruffrey Rrrrrisotto with mixed meats, light garlic, rice and finely chopped vegetables; Meatloaf a la Bingo with potatoes, finely chopped vegetables, navy beans, ground beef, eggs and wheat germ; and Apple Pup-Cakes with applesauce, vanilla, wheat flour, apple chips and honey.
Lansdowne Resort is located in scenic DC Wine Country about 40 minutes west of Washington DC and eight miles north of Dulles International Airport. The AAA Four Diamond property is International Association of Conference Center (IACC) and Virginia Green certified and has 296 luxury guest rooms and 14 suites. Amenities and resort recreation include four restaurants; an Aquatic Complex with five pools and a waterslide; three tennis courts; 12,000 square foot Spa Minérale with 13 treatment rooms; and The Golf Club at Lansdowne with 45 holes of golf designed by Robert Trent Jones and Greg Norman, and managed by Troon Golf.
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Lansdowne Resort is the Washington, DC area's only full-service resort. A recipient of the AAA Four-Diamond Award in every year of its existence, this resort combines impeccable service, urban style, understated luxury and premium amenities.
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Students may be employed by companies in which faculty members hold an ownership interest.
A student may not be employed by a company in which a faculty member (or faculty members spouse or household member) has an ownership interest if: (a) the student is enrolled in a course in which the faculty member may have input into a grade or academic evaluation; (b) the faculty member is a member of the students thesis or dissertation committee; or, (c) the faculty member is the students advisor or the director of his or her thesis or dissertation research. Such students may perform research benefiting a faculty owned company only pursuant to a sponsored research agreement or formal internship agreement through the University.
IThe employment of students in faculty-owned businesses requires special safeguards to ensure that the financial interests of the faculty member do not impact the academic status of the students. Formalizing a policy for this that is consistent for the entire University (KU-Lawrence Campus and KU Medical Center) will help standardize procedures and protect students, faculty and the University.
Prior to such employment, the student, faculty member, the chair of the students department, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Vice Chancellor for Research, and a company officer (other than the faculty member) must sign a disclosure agreement as shown in Exhibit A.
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KUMC Faculty and Unclassified Handbook Patent Policy and Procedures (PDF)
KUMC Graduate Studies Handbook Policy on Conflicts of Interest
KUMC Student Handbook Intellectual Property Policy
Kansas Board of Regents Policy on Intellectual Property
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Student Disclosure Agreement
This agreement is between the University of Kansas Medical Center, an institution of higher education located at 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas, ____[name]_______ Company, a corporation with its principle place of business at___[address]______, and ____[name]______, a Student/Resident in the ____[name]______ Department in the School of ____[name]______ at the University.
Whereas, in order to govern the relationships among the University, its faculty and staff, and Company and to avoid or manage any conflicts of interest that may arise by virtue of these relationships, the University and Company entered into this Student Disclosure Agreement executed on __[date]__; and
Whereas, the Student/Resident desires to accept an employment position with Company and also proposes to enroll in courses at University.
Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:
The following conditions shall apply to the employment of the Student/Resident by Company during the period beginning__[date]___ and ending__[date]___.
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Imagine not being able to eat a meal ever. That's life for people with Crohn's Disease, a chronic condition that attacks the body's digestive tract. Now, some folks are turning away from traditional medicine to keep the disease in check. It's a drug-free solution that's not easy.
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She found a treatment used across Europe called eternal nutrition. This milk-shake is kind of like a nutritional energy drink, and it put Steve's disease in remission.
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Steroids work, but they can boost the chances of osteoporosis, high blood pressure, and infections. A European study found this liquid diet is just as effective as steroids, and has no side effects. But it can cost more than $200 a week, and sticking with it is no treat.
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Steve's wants to add solid food soon. But he'll stick to his routine as long it makes him feel better.
Enteral Nutrition is an alternative supplement for food and is the first choice for children in Canada and European countries suffering from Crohn's. It has also been an official treatment for Crohn's disease in the United States as well since 1960. The liquid is similar to nutritional energy drinks like Ensure or Boost. Like any other medicine,
Enteral Nutrition must be given for six to eight weeks in order to induce remission and to maintain remission. The treatment must be continued for years. It's typically not covered by insurance and more research is needed because the mechanism by which Enteral Nutrition induces clinical remission in Crohn's disease still remains unclear.Read more at www.wndu.com
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A team of Fisher and Ohio State graduate students offering a new approach to medical imaging for detecting breast cancer that would replace painful biopsies and the stress-inducing mammography won two major entrepreneurial competitions.
Terahertz Diagnostic Systems (TDS) team won the $3,000 first-prize in the nation's most prestigious technology business start-up competition, the 2007 Materials Research Society (MRS) Entrepreneurship Challenge in April. Last month, the team won the 2007 Deloitte Business Plan Competition hosted by Fisher's Center for Entrepreneurship.
"These were extraordinary wins because this team's effort was an example of students leveraging research expertise and resources across Ohio State to develop a project that impressed international and national scientists and business executives," said Michael Camp, academic director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Camp was the team's advisor for the MRS challenge.
TDS consisted of physics doctoral students H. Lee Mosbacker and Michael Hetzer, mechanical engineering graduate student Arindam Ghatak and MBA students Jeff D. Martin and Erwin Grabisna and Lawrence Burr Zimmerman, a chemical engineering doctoral candidate. Columbus entrepreneur Brad Beasecker advised the team for the Deloitte competition.
The team presented a business plan for new medical imaging technology, Advanced Digital Imaging System. The system, still under research and development, would eventually have the capability of detecting cancer without painful compression that accompanies mammography, according to the team. The business case forecasts that the new technology could increase revenue streams for hospitals and clinics and reduce billions of dollars in biopsy costs and treatment for late stage cancer treatment for patients.
The technology utilizes an array sensor for medical imaging based on a spintronic functional polymer. It was developed by Arthur Epstein, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry. Epstein's technology was patented through the Office of Research's Technology, Licensing and Commercialization (TLC) team and was made available by the office to the Center for Entrepreneurship. The Technology Entrepreneurship Commercialization Academy also provided support to the students.
"This is an excellent team of students and entrepreneurs who identified a technology and came up with an exciting new paradigm and identified a business application that was in reach of realization," Epstein said. "They chatted with me directly to understand the technology on a deeper level. They met with people at the Technology Licensing and Commercialization group and found out what would be the potential market."
The graduate students joined forces in Fisher's Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Academy, a graduate specialization program under the direction of Camp and the Center for Entrepreneurship.


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Jane Green will appear as a guest author at this year's Big Book Club Getaway, to be held at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino on February 21-22. The event will feature more than eighty authors, and is presented by The Mark Twain House & Museum. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit: www.thebigbookclub.org.
Today, Hartford Books Examiner welcomes Jane Green.
The author of fourteen New York Times bestselling novels, Ms. Green is also a contributor to various print and online publications including Huffington Post, The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan, and Self. Prior to writing novels, she worked in entertainment journalism and public relations, and was a feature writer for The Daily Express. Her current focus is on writing complex, character-driven stories that explore the concerns of real women's lives. Originally from London, Ms. Green now lives in Westport with her husband, children, and menagerie of animals.
Ms. Green's next novel, Tempting Fate (St. Martin's Press, $25.99) is scheduled for publication on March 25, 2014. Advance praise has been enthusiastic. Library Journal awarded the title a starred review, noting, "Green once more proves her skill at exploring the complexities of the human heart." Further, Kirkus called the book "A Scarlet Letter for the 21st century" while Booklist lauded, "Green takes things in interesting directions as she deftly explores the aftermath of Gabby's rash, impulsive decision, making her latest a captivating cautionary tale."
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From the New York Times bestselling author of such beloved novels as Jemima J, The Beach House, Another Piece of My Heart comes an enthralling and emotional story about how much we really understand the temptations that can threaten even the most idyllic of relationships….
Gabby and Elliott have been happily married for eighteen years. They have two teenaged daughters. They have built a life together. Forty-three year old Gabby is the last person to have an affair. She can't relate to the way her friends desperately try to cling to the beauty and allure of their younger years…And yet, she too knows her youth is quickly slipping away. She could never imagine how good it would feel to have a handsome younger man show interest in her—until the night it happens. Matt makes Gabby feel sparkling, fascinating, alive—something she hasn't felt in years. What begins as a long-distance friendship soon develops into an emotional affair as Gabby discovers her limits and boundaries are not where she expects them to be. Intoxicated, Gabby has no choice but to step ever deeper into the allure of attraction and attention, never foreseeing the life-changing consequences that lie ahead. If she makes one wrong move she could lose everything—and find out what really matters most.
A heartfelt and complex story, Tempting Fate will have readers gripped until they reach the very last page, and thinking about the characters long after they put the book down.
Now, Jane Green reveals a few pages from the book of her life …
1) As a child, did you wear your literary lust loud and proud or were you a closet bibliophile?
It wasn't so loud and proud given I was always tucked away in the corner of a library reading, but everyone knew what a bookworm I was.
2) What book(s) were you likely to be caught keeping company with under the covers?
I loved the Nancy Mitford books, and anything that transported me to another world.
3) What are you reading currently & what is your initial impression?
Elizabeth Gilbert's The Signature of All Things, and am enjoying it immensely. It is a book that envelops you completely each time you open it.
4) What one book do you always recommend when asked?
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido. The book that has probably had the most influence on what I write.
5) Which of your own books would you suggest to readers & why?
Tempting Fate which comes out in March, but until then, The Beach House which is the perfect cozy beach getaway read.
6) Is there a book or author that readers would be surprised to know you've read and liked?
Can't think of anything!
7) Who is the one author that would, or did, make you weak in the knees upon meeting?
I would be completely tongue-tied if I met Armistead Maupin. I have been a huge fan for years and years.
8) Has there been an "I've made it" moment in your career?
Cooking lunch for Hugh Grant for Parade magazine wasn't very literary, neither was having Harrison Ford take me up in his helicopter, but both would never have happened had I not had this career. Highlights of my life!
9) What is your greatest literary ambition?
Actually, for now I think I'd quite like a movie...
10) Fill in the blank: Hartford Books Examiner is _____.
…kindly hosting all of us. Thank you!
With thanks to Jane Green for her generosity of time and thought.
Hartford Books Examiner will moderate the Big Book Club Getaway's "New England in Fiction" panel featuring authors Jane Green, Nan Rossiter, and Joseph Monninger this Saturday, February 22, at 4 PM. The full schedule of events can be viewed here. For further information, visit: www.thebigbookclub.org.


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It is vital that parents just check to make sure that no one has stolen the idea locally. We have to keep our children safe.
Anyone involved with or considering such acts needs to be made aware that a crime like this will have little leniency.
East Moline Police Capt. John Reynolds said is perfectly as he stated, "The seriousness of this is pretty evident," Reynolds told the paper. "Any time you put razor blades on playground equipment where children play, it's very serious. The way they were put on there shows someone wanted to do harm to a child."
More than one dozen razor blades were discovered at East Moline city park in a western Illinois community after t 2 year old was injured. Thankfully, it was not a serious injury.
No suspect has been caught at this point, but the investigation is ongoing.
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Following a similar formula to the seizure of Crimea, the Russian government is making noises about eastern Ukraine and also the Republic of Latvia. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Russian troops are massed on the Ukrainian border. Where will it all end? The Washington Post put together this "cheat sheet" graphically displaying reasons to be concerned about renewed Russian expansion:
This is not to suggest that Russians will invade or annex each of these countries of concern. If Obama, leading the West, (or not leading) continues to do little more than symbolic noises without even a wrist slap of real consequences for Moscow, the Russians won't have to invade. They will simply signal their displeasure and their targets will fall in line and do Russia's bidding.
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Instead of leading Obama is busy declaring Happy Hour at Democrat fundraisers and working on March Madness basketball tournament predictions. The official White House web site even has a page dedicated to this activity. Real leadership on Ukraine appears to be absent.
Elected officials and former National Security personnel from both the Republican and Democrat side of the aisle have urged stronger measures and more visible leadership (1,2,3,4,5). Even Hillary Clinton says we need to do more. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, declared this crisis "a call to action." At some point that "action" must be more than words.
Actions speak louder than words and action is the only language Putin understands. Concrete steps Obama and the West might take include (1,2,3,4,5):
- Obama threatened to "isolate" Russia in the world community if it seized Crimea. It's time to do just that and cut Putin off from international forums. Not just throw Russia out of the G-8 which treated Russia as an equal but end NATO and other links, like trade organizations, as well.
- Give the Ukrainians the defensive weaponry they need.
- Restore cuts to America's military.
- Do more than send John Kerry or Joe Biden to Poland and the Baltic States. Restore the missile defense treaty with Poland (and the Czech Republic) which Obama foolishly canceled because he believed the Russians were our friends. Send additional military aid to the region.
- Provide massive financial support for Ukraine as that country attempts to transition away from reliance on Russia.
- Russians closed down local news media in Crimea and replaced it with state propaganda. Beam Western news and information into Crimea and Ukraine.
Writing at Slate, Fred Kaplan suggests we discuss with Ukraine and allies over open phone lines Putin is most likely bugging the possibility of sending covert military aid and Delta Forces to disrupt and punish any Russian military expansion.
Oil and Gas: The Most Effective Weapon but One Obama is Loathe to Use
The suggestions above are short and near term proposals. What is needed is a long term plan that deprives Putin of the ability to engage in such lawless activities. The most effective tool to use is oil and gas. Putin's military and the Russian economy depend on oil and gas to survive. Reduce that revenue and Putin is impotent.
Ideas to investigate corrupt Russian oil and gas executives and freeze their holdings in the West do not go far enough. Drive down the price of oil/gas and provide new sources of supply to Europe and Putin's options dry up. With the stroke of that pen Obama is always talking about he could order the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to speed up applications for new liquefied gas exports. He could also open up the process for exploring for oil and gas on federal lands that has been largely shut down since he became President. In a few years massive new supplies of energy would drive down world prices and force the Russians to retreat. Reagan did it in the 1980's. But would Obama?
As of now, not even the Meals Ready to Eat (MREs)Obama promised earlier have left their storage locations in the United States let alone been delivered. Putin surely knows this and takes it as yet another sign of Obama's weakness and indifference. Five years into his presidency and Obama appears incapable of providing strong leadership. Unless that changes nations like Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea will continue to threaten world peace. The best hope for peace is a strong America and that's one job Obama doesn't seem to understand!


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Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the new educational system for many states. Children will be evaluated on their grade level but the CCSS will set the "should know" standards.
CCSS is expected to be incorporated in America's educational system. Many believe it is a move that will improve the education of American students. Opponents declare CCSS is too vague and does not provide sufficient curriculum guidelines to assist teachers in classroom implementations.
The initial execution of CCSS in some states resulted in a drop in assessment scores. Many educators and parents were in an uproar concerning these scores. The controversy of the implementation of CCSS starts with excessive government involvement and ends at disruption in the classroom. Many are unable to agree on whether or not the core standards will work.
Here is what to expect if CCSS is incorporated in your child's school:
• From Kindergarten to 12th grade there will be "new English language arts and mathematics standards".
• The new standards are to ensure that students are prepared for college work.
• CCSS hopes to put in place across the board educational standard of consistency for students in America. It will elevate the level of education for students in many states.
The pros and cons are embedded within the above outline, as a parent the major concern is always how does it directly affected "my child's education".


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Mike Kelly
Director of the Graduate Programs in Education and Director of the programs in Special Education and Adolescence Education
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Dr. Mike Kelly has been a member of Dominican's Teacher Education Division since 1987. He graduated from Iona College with a BA in Spanish and Education and then pursued his MS in Ed in Special Education at the College of New Rochelle followed by a post Masters/Professional Diploma in Administration/Supervision and Urban Education and a Ph.D in Administration and Supervision with an emphasis in Special Education Administration. Dr. Kelly instructs many courses in Teacher Education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels—in traditional and online formats. He serves as the Director of the Graduate Programs in Education as well as Director of the programs in Special Education and Adolescence Education at the undergraduate level and advises the Senior Year Overlap Program (SYROP). He is the Certification Officer and liaison with the NYS Education Department. Dr. Kelly serves on a number of professional boards and committees including the NYS Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) where he is a regional representative and student chapter advisor. He has a professional practice where he provides psycho-educational diagnostic, remedial and counseling services for children, adolescents and young adults with learning disabilities. He has presented at many state and local conferences on his topics of research interest including Inclusive Pedagogical Practices, Universal Design for Learning, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Assessment, Parenting, HIV/Aids Education, Educational Technology Integration and Cultural Responsiveness.
Diane DiSpagna
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
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Dr. Diane DiSpagna received her Doctorate in Education with a concentration in Special Education from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. DiSpagna has earned two degrees from Long Island University including a Master's of Science in Early Childhood Education and a Professional Diploma in Educational Administration, with a certification as School District Administrator. Her Undergraduate studies were completed here at Dominican College where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology with a concentration in Education, with an N-6 Teaching Certification. Before coming to Dominican, Dr. DiSpagna taught in the early childhood and primary grades and served as an elementary school principal for 10 years, all of which has given her many years of valuable experiences to share with the students in the Teacher Education Program. During her career she has also served as a consultant for the teacher preparation programs for other higher education institutions, as a scorer for the Principal Licensure Examination, and is an active member of the Rockland Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. DiSpagna also serves as Counselor for the Dominican College Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education.
Roger Tesi
Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Education Division
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Dr. Tesi is an Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Education Division. He earned his B.A. from the University of Charleston, his M.A. from Montclair State University, and his doctorate from Rutgers University. Dr. Tesi is a former public school teacher, principal, assistant superintendent of schools, and superintendent of schools. As a school and school district leader his schools have been nationally recognized by the United States Department of Education and Phi Delta Kappa. Dr. Tesi was selected as the Middlesex County, New Jersey, Teacher of the Year and that same year was a finalist and the second runner-up for the New Jersey State Teacher of the Year Award. In addition to the above accomplishments, Dr. Tesi served as a department chair, director of several graduate programs, and a professional development school consultant while at William Paterson University. He has successfully written accreditation reports for both TEAC and NCATE, the two national Teacher Education Accreditation bodies. Included among Dr. Tesi's research interests are program assessment, teachers' theoretical constructs, the effectiveness of field trips, and the relationship of GPA and success in teaching. He teaches the Introduction to Teaching Methods course and supervises student teachers.
Anthony Bencivenga
Professor of Teacher Education
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Professor Bencivenga earned an M.A. in history at New York University and a B.A. in social studies and secondary education at Rutgers University. His fields of concentration include curriculum and instruction, staff development, and leadership. He has published in several journals including the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin, the Middle School Journal, and the English Journal on the topics of instructional leadership and social/emotional intelligence. Professor Bencivenga is a Faculty Associate, national presenter, and consultant for the George Lucas Educational Foundation and a consultant for ISCALS(Improving School Climate for Academic and Life Success) at Rutgers University. Professor Bencivenga's work has focused on the relationship among social/emotional intelligence, the learning environment and academic achievement. He has presented at the Harvard University Conference on Media Literacy, the Education and Public Outreach Conference of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Education Writers' Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC, the Building the Brainware Conference on Social/Emotional Learning and Academic Excellence at Rutgers University, and at the Columbia University Media Education Institute. He teaches and advises in the Freshman Year Program and is a member of the Honors Committee. Professor Bencivenga teaches Educational Psychology, School and Society, Introduction to Teaching Methods, and Methods in Adolescence Education. He also conducts field observations of student teachers.
Kathleen Femiani
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Coordinator of the Childhood Education Program
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Professor Kathleen Femiani has been a member of the Teacher Education faculty since 2005. She earned a Master of Science in Administration and Supervision from the College of New Rochelle. In addition, Professor Femiani also earned two degrees from Hunter College: a Master of Science in Elementary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English. As Coordinator of the Childhood Program, she developed and supervises an internship program for seniors enrolled in her courses. Professor Femiani presented papers on the role of reflection in the development of pre-service teachers at the Eastern Educational Research Associates Conference in 2012 as well as the Biennial Dominican Colloquium in 2012. She had a long career as an elementary school teacher in which she also provided professional development for teachers of Mathematics. Among the courses Professor Femiani teaches are Educational Psychology, Teaching Mathematics, Teaching Science, and Teaching Social Studies. In addition, she participates in the supervision of Student teachers each semester.
Jennifer Kaywork
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Coordinator of the Early Childhood Education and Technology Education programs
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Dr. Jennifer Kaywork developed the Early Childhood Education and Technology Education programs from their inception, and continually works in the field to keep the programs up-to-date and relevant. Dr. Kaywork earned a B.S.Ed. from the University of Georgia in Elementary Education/Child and Family Development, an M.S. from Virginia Tech in Child and Family Development, and an Ed.D. from Rutgers University in Elementary and Early Childhood Education. Dr. Kaywork has conducted research on peer teaching and learning with young children as well as on student teacher reflective practice. She has studied early childhood education in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and much of her teaching focuses on this hands-on and child-directed learning, Dr. Kaywork is an active member of the early childhood community in New York and New Jersey, and serves on numerous advisory boards and board of directors that work to provide high quality early childhood care to all children. She also works as a consultant for families and schools in the areas of early childhood education and child development, and has published a book on infant/toddler development and curriculum.
Carol Strax
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Dr. Strax earned her B.A. from Dominican College, M.S. and P.D. from the College of New Rochelle, and Ed.D. from Fordham University. She is a past president of the New England Educational Research Organization, has held many leadership positions in the Eastern Educational Research Association since 1999, and has published on the topic of special education. A qualitative researcher, her interests include inclusive education, the use of service dogs with people with disabilities, and children's literature. Dr. Strax teaches Psychosocial Aspects of Exceptionality in the graduate program as well as a range of courses including Instructional Strategies and Materials for the Learner with Exceptionalities, Psychology of Learners with Intellectual and Behavioral Challenges, Inclusive Settings, and School and Society in the undergraduate program.


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The Franciscan Order's unique charism comes from the love Francis of Assisi had for the poor and for people of all cultures, origins and religions, and from the emphasis he placed on contemplation and action. The Canadian Franciscans have inherited a long-standing apostolic tradition, and evangelization is at the heart of their vocation and identity. They have founded missions in seven large apostolic areas.
For over six centuries, some 400 friars have been part of the Custody of the Holy Land. They are spread out over 64 friaries and 21 shrines. Their work also includes 40 parishes, 30 schools, six colleges, and eight hostels for pilgrims. Our Canadian province, which has always had four or five friars in the Holy Land, has had a Commissariat of the Holy Land in Ottawa since our foundation. Each year, it collects donations from all over Canada to support the needs of Christian communities in the Holy Land and of the pilgrimage sites. It also offers an annual pilgrimage in the footsteps of Jesus.
In 1342, the Church entrusted the Franciscans with the care of the Holy Sites. Today, these friars look after some 30 shrines in Palestine. Over time, the Custody of the Holy Land has set up Commissariats of the Holy Land in over 60 countries in order to make known the Work of the Holy Land, to increase devotion for the Holy Sites and to collect funds. In 1888, Br. Frédéric Janssoone o.f.m., a former missionary in the Holy Land, established a Commissariat in Trois-Rivières, and was himself the commissary until his death in 1916. In 1919, the Commissariat was moved to Ottawa. The first French Canadian to become a Franciscan priest chose the missions in the Holy Land and arrived in Bethlehem in 1902. In January 1979, it was estimated that 45 Canadian Franciscans had served in the Holy Land.
This text is taken from Les Franciscains au Canada, edited by Jean Hamelin, Septentrion, 2005, pp. 123–140. Translation by the Franciscans of Canada.
"Heaven and earth are within us," Gandhi said. Each person carries within himself or herself the story of the universe: all those particles that form me today have already been part of something else, and will be part of something else again someday. Read more >>>


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Mimosa, or Silk Tree, is not a native to the United States. It is originally from China and was introduced here in 1745 and cultivated as an ornamental. It is a member of the legume family (peas and beans) family and is capable of fixing nitrogen (pulls nitrogen from the air). Mimosas are a popular ornamental tree in the Bluegrass because of its fragrant and showy flowers.
Mimosa is a small to medium-sized, deciduous (drops its leaves in winter) tree that can grow 20 to 40 feet tall, with the average height being about 25 feet. Typically, younger trees have branches that are lime green in color, but as they mature, the bark turns a light brown. Leaves are alternately arranged and have 20 to 60 leaflets per branch, giving the Mimosa a fern-like appearance. Mimosa flowering occurs from May through July and it is currently in full bloom all over the Bluegrass. The pom-pom flowers grow in clusters at the base of the current year's growth; they are fragrant and pink in color. The seed pods are flat and approximately 6 inches long with the characteristics of many legumes. When the seed pods are dry, they turn straw-colored and contain 5 to 10 light brown oval-shaped seeds about ½ inch in length. The seed pods cling tightly to the branches and can be seen on the bare branches during the winter months.
Mimosa can be reproduced by seedlings, grafting, or by seed. Vegetative reproduction happens when trees are cut back severely, causing quick re-sprouting and regrowth. Young branches of Mimosa can also be grafted (a method of rooting a new plant from a living branch) to make new plants. The Mimosa seeds require scarification (scratching or notching the seed) in order to germinate. The cold weather of winter allows the seeds to freeze and naturally break apart with thawing. Because of the need for scarification, Mimosa seed pods can remain dormant for many years. Most of the time, seeds are sprouted close to the parent plant, but seeds can also travel by water or wildlife.
Mimosa has the ability to grow in various soil types, so you can see them in open areas, like fields and vacant lots, or along forest edges. Mimosa is often seen along roadsides in urban and suburban areas becoming a problem along banks of creeks and rivers, where its seeds are easily transported in water. Because of their ability to produce large amounts of seed and are ability to re-sprout when cut back or damaged, it is a strong competitor for other native plants. Mimosa trees are very dense and they decrease sunlight and nutrients to other plants.
In many states, Mimosa is considered an invasive plant, due to its ability to grow and reproduce along roadways and disturbed areas, and its tendency to readily establish after escaping from cultivation. However, many people love these trees in their gardens, and Mimosa is commonly planted near back patios because they attract hummingbirds. This tree is a great choice where you need a small to medium sized ornamental tree. Mimosas are drought tolerant and can be planted in full sun or partial shade. Although they can tolerate zone 5 and above, Mimosa can suffer dieback when winter temperatures drop below -5 F for an extended period and they die practically to the ground when temperatures are much colder.
Many Mimosa trees in the Bluegrass Region took a major hit during the severe winter of 2013-2014. What until mid-summer before removing a seemingly dead tree; the tree may actually still be alive.


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Another month is upon us, and in Gettysburg, that means an upcoming "First Friday." What is "First Friday" exactly? First Fridays are times when the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association offer up great deals and specials, each first Friday evening of the month.
First Fridays generally take place January through November, roughly between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. At this time, participating businesses offer up specials in the way of savings and sales for shoppers, diners, lodgers and towngoers. The specials vary each month, sometimes incorporating a theme.
Last month marked the first First Friday of 2014. On Jan.3, Sweeet!, the candy store located at 100 Baltimore Street was offering up new gummy candy items to sweeten up the new year. Adams County Winery, at 25 Chambersburg Street, presented their Warm up at "25C," which included their delicious mulled wine for only $4 a glass (regularly priced at $5). Dunlap's Family Restaurant and Bakery, located at 90 Buford Avenue, presented dinner entrees that were 20% off. During the 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Happy Hour at Gettysburg Eddie's, all draft beers were $1 off, and all mixed drinks were $2 off. Appetizers were also $2 off. Other offers included T&S Clothing and Gifts offering a "Winter Warm Up Special" on clothing sales, Tommy's Pizza's "First Firkin Friday at Five" Happy Hour special, and One Lincoln's coffee Happy Hour specials.
February's First Friday will kickoff on Feb. 7, featuring these great merchants as well as many more. All are participating partners and members of the Gettysburg area Retail Merchants Association, and fly the banner advertising their participating deals in their windows.
The tradition for holding First Fridays, Gettysburg Style, has been ongoing now for eight years, with participating partnership growing annually. Though First Fridays date back eight years, the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association, known as GARMA for short, can trace its roots back 50 years ago. As a non-profit corporation, GARMA's mission is to help create, promote, advertise and represent the better business interest of the membership of the organizations involved. GARMA members make up a wide range of retail stores, shops, services, restaurants, financial institutions, attractions, accommodations and local media. There are currently well over 70 participating affiliates.
Aside from extending hours and promoting deals for the monthly First Friday event, the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association also takes on many duties and responsibilities to foster growth, support and opportunities throughout the community. GARMA supports local interests and endorsement including those for holiday and seasonal events throughout the borough, publicity provision for community attractions and advertising and even serves as an insurance umbrella for co-sponsored events.
For more information on the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association and upcoming events and First Friday happenings, visit www.gettysburgretailmerchants.com.


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A new plane from Europe evoloved on the market: The Italian ultralight market was young, and all of the airplanes flying as microlights were dacron covered with a two-stroke engine, a wide open cabin, and low cruise speed. In that time a young company was created in 1986 by the Partenavia's founders: the Pascale brothers, Luigi and Giovanni.
The company with the name Tecnam at that time was in charge of producing parts, assembling, and testing the ATR-42/72 horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, and fuselage sections. In 1990, Paolo Pascale made the suggestion to his uncle to enter the microlight business after analyzing what the market offered in those years. The result was the development of a microlight with the characteristics of a bigger General Aviation airplane: The Tecnam P92, the first microlight with General Aviation style.
Meanwhile, over 20 years since the first flight, the P92 is still one of the best selling models of the Tecnam production line, with 13 variants and versions, the P92 has delivered almost 2,500 units as ULM/LSA and VLA with more than 200,000 flown hours.
Two years ago, Tecnam decided to celebrate this model introducing the Taildragger as the 20th anniversary edition, and then launched the "P92 Echo Classic Celebration Program." The production of a special variant with a special price for the customer, they removed anything that was needed to just go have fun flying, with as little distraction as possible, like it was in the earlier days of aviation. They created a microlight with an empty weight of just 606 pounds with one of the lowest prices in the light aircraft market.


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