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Current Student Information
How do I register for classes? Registration, Advising, and Declaring Your Major, FAQs and Dates to Remember
Once you have been accepted to Salem College, you will meet with your advisor to plan your course of study and to choose your courses for the current term registration. There is no standing in line
at Salem.
How do I register for classes?
An email will be sent to your Salem email account indicating when the interactive course schedule for the term will be available for online viewing. (No hard copies of the schedules are available.) You can find the schedule here. Review the courses you need to take within your major as well as any general education requirements you may need to complete and use this to tentatively select the courses that best fit your personal schedule and academic needs. Contact your advisor to sign up for an appointment to review what you have preplanned regarding your plan of study. Preparing your MAP or "My Academic Plan" prior to your appointment is important and necessary to the advising process. During your advising meeting, obtain your advisor's signature on your registration card and turn the card in to the Fleer Center. Please check with the business office to clear up any account holds you may have or your registration will not be processed.
Any holds on your registration will be visible on your SIS account. All holds from the business office, library, health services, Fleer Center, etc. must be removed before your registration will be processed. It is your responsibility to notify the Fleer Center when your hold has been removed in order for your registration to be processed. You can check the status of the courses you registered for online at "MySalem" – SIS account on the Salem intranet.
How do I know who my advisor is?
Dean Williams, Jan Carey, and Betty Telford advise all new students with undeclared majors as well as any student who has yet to declare his/her major. Once you officially declare your major, you will meet with the advisor assigned to you within that major for all future advising and registration appointments. All students should officially declare their major by the junior status, which begins at 17 completed courses.
How do I make an advising appointment with my advisor?
Call the Fleer Center at 721-2669 to make an appointment with Dean Williams, Jan Carey or Betty Telford. If you have declared your major, you may contact your academic advisor by email or phone to make an appointment. Some advisors post registration times outside of their office.
Is there a deadline for registering?
Yes, there is a registration deadline for fall and spring semesters for degree-seeking students. After the deadline, a late fee of $35 must be paid upfront and out-of-pocket before you can be registered. Please see the website or the Fleer Center for registration deadlines.
How do I declare my major?
To declare your major pick up a green major card from the Fleer Center and schedule a meeting with the chair of the department in which you wish to major. Meet with the chair of the department to complete the card and obtain his/her signature and have the department chair designate who in that department will be your new advisor, then return it to the Fleer Center. The Fleer Center will send it to the registrar's office where it is officially listed on your degree audit as your major and/or minor (if you have one).
Where do I turn in my registration card?
Turn in your completed registration card to the Fleer Center on the designated preregistration days. You must complete the yellow registration card front and back with your advisor's signature. The registrar's office will not accept incomplete or unsigned cards. The registrar's office does not offer academic advising.
Am I finished once I turn in my registration card?
No. Please check your SIS account under MySalem to make sure your registration was processed correctly. Be sure you change the options to spring 2013.
The classes I registered for are not showing up on my schedule on SIS? What's wrong?
There could be many reasons. Make sure you have given the registrar ample time to input your request. At the busiest times of the year, the volume of registrations cards going through the registrar's office is large. Is there a hold on your account for past tuition, an overdue library book, emergency loan or parking ticket? Your registration will not be processed until holds are resolved. Remember to bring your receipt to our office once you have paid and we will send your card back through. Did the class you registered for have a prerequisite that you have not had? Did your advisor sign your card? Please call the office if you have any questions regarding your registration.
Course Catalog and Schedules
The Salem College Course Catalog, including course schedules for upcoming terms, is now available on the Web at http://www.salem.edu/catalog. See also the main College Academics section for additional information on academic programs and schedules.
Upcoming Dates to Remember
2014 January Term
|January 6
| Monday
| Classes Begin (8:00am)
|January 20
| MLK day, classes suspended
|January 31
| January Term Ends (10:00pm)
2014 Spring Term
|February 3
| Monday
| Classes Begin (8:00am)
|March 21
| Friday
| Spring Break begins (5:15pm)
|March 31
| Monday
| Classes Resume (8:00am)
|April 16
| Wednesday
| Celebration of Academic Excellence (classes suspended)
|April 21
| Monday
| Easter Monday (classes suspended)
| Friday
| Founders Day Convocation (4:15pm)
|May 14
| Wednesday
| Last Day of Classes
2014 Summer Term I
|May 27
| Classes Begin
| Last Day of Classes
|June 27
| Examinations Begin
|June 28
|Examinations End
2014 Summer Term II
|July 7
| Classes Begin
|August 7
| Classes End
|August 8
| Examinations Begin
|August 9
|Examinations End
Description of Salem Terms
• Fall: End of August to mid-December
• Spring: February to mid-May
• Jan Term: January
• Summer 1: End of May to end of June
• Summer 2: July to first week in August
Annual Registration Period
• Fall: April to start of term
• Spring: November to start of term
• Jan Term: October 1 to start of term
• Summer 1: May to start of term
• Summer 2: May to start of term
Enrollment information
• Fall or Spring full time enrollment: three courses (= four credit hours each course or total of 12 credit hours)
• Fall or Spring part time enrollment: less than three courses
• January (not required of Continuing Studies students) -- one course maximum per term
• Summer enrollment: two courses maximum allowed per term


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Argentina (ARG)
The past
Along with Brazil, Argentina are one of only two South American nations to have appeared at all five FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals held since the inaugural competition in 2005. La Albiceleste reached the last eight in 2005, 2006 and 2008, but have never gone any farther.
The present
The Argentinians had to work hard to maintain their flawless qualification record at the preliminaries held on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach. In the group phase they overcame neighbours Uruguay, who surprisingly failed to progress, before battling past surprise package Venezuela in the semis and then going down to the Brazilians in the final.
The future
The Argentinians can rightly be satisfied with their efforts in an increasingly competitive qualification competition. Coach Francisco Petrasso is successfully overseeing a transitional phase, which has seen old hands such as the three Hilaire brothers and goalkeeper Marcelo Salgueiro make way for a new generation.
Former stars
Marcelo Salgueiro, Ezequiel Hilaire, Facundo Minici
Key players
Cesar Leguizamon, Luciano Franceschini, De Ezeyza
Qualifying statistics
Though standards have never been higher in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, Argentina breezed through the group phase in Rio, topping Group B after beating Ecuador 4-3, Colombia 2-0 and Uruguay 5-3. A narrow 3-2 semi-final win over the Venezuelans secured their place at Ravenna 2011, though Petrasso's men were second-best to the mighty Brazilians in the final, falling to a 6-2 defeat.
The numbers game
6 - Six of Argentina's 12-man squad at the South American qualifiers on the Copacabana did not appear at Dubai 2009.
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St. Elizabeth's partners with Walgreens Pharmacy for Free Bedside Prescription Delivery
St. Elizabeth's Hospital and Walgreens have recently partnered to help make each patient's discharge from the hospital more convenient with the Walgreens Bedside Prescription Delivery program. This new partnership gives patients the option to receive their filled prescriptions before they are discharged from the hospital, at their bedside, to eliminate the need for an additional stop at the pharmacy on their way home to recuperate. There is no additional fee for utilizing this service.
This optional service was added as a convenience to patients and also streamlines any insurance related delays or issues such as prior authorization of drugs, drugs not being covered by insurance and prescriptions being refilled too soon. Patients are also offered a one-on-one pharmacist consultation to discuss their discharge medications.
The hours for the free delivery are 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Most prescriptions are filled within two hours upon receiving the patient's discharge prescription. The Walgreens representative then picks up the filled prescription and delivers it back to the patient's room before they leave the hospital. Patients can pay for the medications with credit card, check or cash, just as they would at the pharmacy, and insurance prescription benefits are applied where applicable. After receiving the initial prescription at St. Elizabeth's, patients can refill at any pharmacy, even if they decide not to stay with Walgreens.
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Patients who do not want their prescriptions delivered during those hours, or when delivery is needed after hours, an additional service called "Express VIP Customer Pick-up" is offered. Walgreens expedites prescription filling so patients can pick them up through drive-through windows at their choice of locations in the area.
The addition of the Walgreens Bedside Delivery Service program is a testament to St. Elizabeth's commitment to offering region leading, high-value care for our community.


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Most pet owners love their pets, flaws and all. They accept that some dogs, should read most dogs, are not perfect. They have issues and problems, quirks and bad traits. We love them anyway but, wouldn't it be nice if they were better behaved so we could do anything without them without worrying and take them anywhere with us?
The answer is simple. They need training and so do you. Training is worthwhile as it makes both your lives easier. It ensures more fun and more safety for your pets.
Well-behaved pets, like well-behaved children are more welcome more places. They are a pleasure to bring with you all the time. This idea is at the foundation of having a life-long bond with a pet.
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All Breeds Rescue and Training in Colorado Springs has numerous classes which address many problems. They are located at 20 Mountview Lane in Suites B & C here in Colorado Springs. Call 719-264-6460.
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For the new puppy aged 6 to 22 weeks old, there is a course called Puppy Raising 101. This is an ongoing course so can be started any time. It focuses on socialization and the development at this age. This is a 6 week course and costs $130.
Puppy Elementary is for those puppies aged 20 weeks to 11 months. This 8 week course teaches your puppy life-saving behaviors with the teaching of cues. Cost is $140.
Next is a Foundation Course geared to learning cues(commands) and undoing annoying behaviors. This 8 week course also is $140.
There is a six week course called Walk with Me for $120 which teaches good leash manners which can also be a huge safety issue.
Another important safety course is Total Recall which ensures your dog will come quickly and reliably every time called. This course is for age 1 and older dogs and clovers7 weeks for $140
There are many more courses All Breeds offer for fun, safety and to use your dog in the roll of a therapy dog. They will even train the trainer so parents can go back to school with their furry children.


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These reflections are taken from the book "Pro-Life Reflections for Every Day" by Fr. Frank Pavone which is available for purchase at: ProLifeReflectionsForEveryDay.org
"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28).
Reflection: The single largest destroyer of human life in our nation and in the world is not poverty or AIDS; it is not heart disease or cancer; it is not terrorism or war. It is abortion. Some 50 million children around the world are killed each year by this procedure.
Prayer: Save us, O Lord, from the forces of destruction, especially those that we unleash upon ourselves. Enable us to pursue those things that will preserve our species and continue to fulfill your original command to multiply. Amen


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Honoring all our veterans
April 2, 2014
Last week's local tribute to Vietnam War veterans was yet another powerful reminder of the need to remember and thank those who served and their familie....
...as Rugby says...'this isn't about me'....but this is about Rugby...
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I feel he may have a bout of PTSD....even if he doesn't, I feel he qualify for some more bennies if he just says he has it....
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Has Rugby gone undercover as he must be deployed somewhere...been 'missing in action' for quite some time here?
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If the government would just give the Veterans free Obamacare, I feel that would solve the whole issue....
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For sure, Willies2016, do need to send out a blank check to all that want it.....it is the ONLY way to move forword. In fact, all welfare out to have automatic COLA increases, all minimum wages ought to have an automatic COLA, all government benefits should have an automatic COLA, and in particular, the programs that the people that vote for our Democrat Party ought to have a double-COLA built in....a DOUBLE COLA...to keep those people moving forword, and to keep them voting for our Party.
We do NOT want our politicians voting on things like this.....it all ought to be automatic COLA's..... to keep moving forword....
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Now JackAaah, that is not what I envisioned and that would only torpedo our already floundering ship.
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"Rugby Goes to Washington"...could be a new television comedy...
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That sounds like a very good idea EB. We should have more Veterans' in Washington serving and things would definitely improve.
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Thanks guys and gals you Veterans are the only respectable group left. I wish the Veterans would start their own political party and bring real leadership back to politics.
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To my regular blog readers —all one of you— my sincerest apologies for the long gap since my last installment. I had this Torrey Pines blog ready to go for the July 4th Holiday, but my photos wouldn't upload. It seems my publisher had changed image size requirements and didn't bother to offer updated specifications.
Even more of a painful surprise was the new requirement that went from a maximum of 300 characters to a minimum of 1500 to publish... so, I shall have to pad this article to get it published. I'll be prepared for the next edition and it will be back to my usual superlative prose!
But, let us move along and I'll suggest you head to Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve the next time you have a few hours alone with your camera! It is better, no doubt, to wait until after tourist season, but the clear, hot days we are experiencing now enhance the vistas. http://www.torreypine.org/
I'm told there is another way into the park from the south, but I don't know it. So, get there early, park at the beach, and take the rather arduous hike up old Highway 101 to the Reserve. Leave all your superfluous gear and picnic supplies in the car and carry NOTHING but the essentials (water, suntan protection, a hat, your camera, and ALL of your lenses!)
Usually, I suggest taking the minimum number of lenses, but there are things to shoot with your telephoto (birds, planes, parasailers), with your wide angle (unbelievable vistas), and with your macro (tiny flowers). If you only can handle carrying one lens up the steep road, make it your widest range zoom… I took my 18-300 and it worked pretty well.
Don't forget to stop at the Visitors' Center when you reach the top and ask the rangers for advice on shooting. There are many trails, offering differing views, and they know them all. They can tell you if there is anything other than the magnificent vistas that merits a photograph... like Peregrine falcons hanging-out in a certain area.


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There are several options for put ins for rafting. One thing to consider is that there are brush and tree hazards because there is not high water levels. If you are rafting for the first time you may get pushed into trees or brush.
One put in option is Friant Bridge which is at an elevation of approximately 315. It is next to the bridge. The trick is that just afting put in you will need to paddle to get through remains of an old bridge. It also can be tough when water levels are high thus is not as frequently used as other options.
The next option is Lost Lake County Park . This is great because you can practice and paddle around a bit before real rafting to get your bearing.
The First Mansion rafting put in option is challenging because at this point it splits into 3 channels. One is very narrow and has bends. The other splits to the Cobb channel. The middle one is most open and straight.
The Donaghy Mansion option is near some heron and egret nest areas.
The Causeway Culvert one requires rafting with a bit of still. You need to paddle through a culvert or carry your canoe up a steep bank and over a road and then put it back in at the other side just a bit after put in.
Fort Washing Beach rafting put in is privately owned so there is a charge for parking.
The Highway 41 Bridge may be a bit uncomfortable for some because below the bridge the river flows through narrow channels.
Sycamore Island is a nice one exact just after put in the river narrows and rafting participants need to watch for low hanging trees.
Scout Island put in is a Fresno County School owned site so it typically is not open to the public.


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This...is...not.....Sparta!!! Zack Snyder's 300 was an exercise in bare chests, rippling muscles (ladies, Michael Fassbender is half-naked the entire time), blood-letting, and staggering amounts of Spartan machismo. But underneath all of that and Snyder's glorious visual effects wizardry was a wildly fictionalized re-telling of one of history's most glorious battles, and a true example of brotherhood in the face of overwhelming odds. So there was more to it than many were willing to give it credit for, and apparently that extends to 300 creator Frank Miller, whose sequel 300: Rise of an Empire only seems to exist to bolster the CGI blood industry.
To be fair, the deck was stacked against this film much like the doomed Spartans at the hot gates of Thermopylae. With Snyder busy telling the mythological tales of Superman, the directing reins were handed over to Noam Murro, whose one time in the director's chair for the decidedly non-visual comedy, Smart People. An odd choice choosing Murro, and if anything it proves that some directors have an affinity for choreographing action, and some clearly don't. The blood flows in such a stagey, repetitive manner that it quickly becomes tiresome, and the only thing that saves the film at all is the outrageously wicked lead performance by Eva Green.
Green, who has always been a little bit scary despite her obvious beauty, combines both of those aspects with devastating efficiency as Artemisia, the fearsome naval commander to the Persian king, Xerxes (the returning Rodrigo Santoro). She's the most compelling character in a needlessly-confusing story that begins after the fall of the 300, and then jumps backwards to the battle of Marathon to introduce us to Greek hero Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton). So it's not a true sequel, but more of a side-quel taking place before, during, and then after King Leonidas (Gerard Butler, seen mostly in flashback) and his Spartan men fell. But you won't care about any of this, nor the high-minded rallying cries from Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey), who finds herself the unintended leader of Sparta and the key to uniting the Greek forces against Xerxes.
But the one you'll be rooting for, and possibly dressing up as for Halloween, is Artemisia. In a land full of brutish warrior-men she stands atop them all as the fiercest warrior, whose aggression with her twin-blades is only matched by her brutal love-making. In her leather-clad S&M gear she's brave enough to stand up against the might of Xerxes, who has been reborn as a god, and battle the men of Greece to a standstill. As Themistokles, Stapleton lacks commanding presence, and if only his personality was as defined as his stomach muscles. The prior film's epic, genre-breaking land battles have been replaced by lumbering naval warfare that consists of ships ramming into one another in slow motion, Murro's only visual flourish. The dialogue sounds like it was cribbed from episodes of Spartacus, but to be fair every sword 'n sandals flick sounds like that nowadays. Perhaps popping that in the Blu-Ray player would be preferable to this.
Miller, who developed the story Snyder and Kurt Johnstad wrote, seems to be chronicling the entire Persian invasion, and thus it makes sense for him to include the sea-faring battle of Salamis. It's just not an especially exciting story to be told cinematically, especially without all of the bells and whistles Snyder can provide. 300: Rise of an Empire doesn't quite bury the franchise under a pile of burning rubble, but there won't be any heroic odes sung about this forgettable sequel.


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|Master Time Line
|Introduction: What Is The New Testament?
|The New Testament: Some Basic Information
|Other Early Christian Writings
|The Development of the Christian Canon
|Implications for Our Study
|The New Testament: One Other Set of Problems
|At a Glance: The New Testament Canon
|Excursus: Some Additional Reflections: The Historian and the Believer
|The Environment Of Early Christian Traditions: The Greco-Roman World
|The Problem of Beginnings
|One Remarkable Life
|The Environment of the New Testament: Religions in the Greco-Roman World
|At a Glance: The World of Early Christianity
|The Environment Of Early Christian Traditions: The World Of Ancient Judaism
|Monotheism: The Belief in One True God
|The Covenant: Israel's Pact with Its God
|The Law: Israel's Convenantal Obligations
|Temple and Synagogue: Israel's Places of Worship
|Forms of Early Judaism
|Political Crises in Palestine and Their Ramifications
|The Formation of Jewish Sects
|The Jewish Context for the Traditions About Jesus
|At a Glance: The World of Early Judaism
|The Traditions Of Jesus In Their Greco-Roman Context
|Oral Traditions Behind the Gospel
|The Gospels as Biographies of Jesus
|At a Glance: The Traditions of Jesus
|Some Additional Reflections: The Authors of the Gospels
|Jesus, The Suffering Son Of God: The Gospel According To Mark
|The Synoptic Problem
|The Beginning of the Gospel: Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God Who Fulfills Scripture
|Jesus the Authoritative Son of God
|Jesus the Opposed Son of God
|Jesus the Misunderstood Son of God
|Jesus the Acknowledged Son of God
|Jesus the Suffering Son of God
|Jesus the Crucified Son of God
|Jesus the Vindicated Son of God
|Conclusion: Mark and His Readers
|At a Glance: The Gospel of Mark
|Jesus, The Jewish Messiah: The Gospel According To Matthew
|A Redactional Approach to Matthew
|The Importance of Beginnings: Jesus the Jewish Messiah in Fulfillment of the Jewish Scriptures
|The Portrayal of Jesus in Matthew: The Sermon on the Mount as a Springboard
|Jesus Rejected by the Jewish Leaders
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|Conclusion: Luke in Comparative Perspective
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|The Study of Paul: Methodological Difficulties
|The Life of Paul
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|The Founding of the Church in Thessalonica
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|The Church at Thessalonica after Paul's Departure
|Conclusion: Paul the Apostle
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|Paul And The Crises Of His Churches: The Corinthian Correspondence
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|At a Glance: 2 Corinthians
|Paul And The Crises Of His Churches: Galatians, Philippians, And Philemon Galatians
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|The Theme of the Epistle
|Pauline Models for Salvation
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|Conclusion: Paul and the Romans
|At a Glance: Romans
|In The Wake Of The Apostle: The Deutero-Pauline And Pastoral Epistles
|Pseudonymity in the Ancient World
|The Deutero-Pauline Epistles
|At a Glance: The Deutero-Pauline Epistles
|The Pastoral Epistles
|The Historical Situation and Authorship of the Pastoral Epistles
|At a Glance: The Pastoral Epistles
|From Paul's Female Colleagues To The Pastor's Intimidated Women: The Oppression Of Women In Early Christianity
|Women in Paul's Churches
|Women Associated with Jesus
|Paul's Understanding of Women in the Church
|Women in the Aftermath of Paul
|Ancient Ideologies of Gender
|Gender Ideology and the Pauline Churches
|At a Glance: Women in Early Christianity
|Christian Conflicts With Jews And Pagans: Hebrews And 1 Peter
|Christians and Jews
|Early Christian Self-Definition
|Continuity and Superiority: The Epistle to the Hebrews
|At a Glance: Hebrews
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|Christians in a Hostile World: The Letter of 1 Peter
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|The Johannine Epistles
|Understanding the Johannine Epistles
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|Conflicts within the Early Christian Communities
|At a Glance: Christian Internal Conflicts
|Christians And The Cosmos: The Book Of Revelation
|The Content and Structure of the Book of Revelation
|The Book of Revelation from a Historical Perspective
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UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF MEYER
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UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF MEYER, 382 U.S. 158 (1965)382 U.S. 158
UNITED STATES v. MARYLAND FOR THE USE OF MEYER ET AL.
No. 543, October Term, 1963. Certiorari denied December 16, 1963. Rehearing denied December 7, 1964. Rehearing and certiorari granted and case decided November 22, 1965.
116 U.S. App. D.C. 259, 322 F.2d 1009, reversed and remanded for further proceedings on unresolved issues in complaint.
Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Douglas, Morton Hollander and David L. Rose for the United States.
Louis G. Davidson, Richard W. Galiher, William E. Stewart, Jr., and Peter J. McBreen for respondents.
The motion for leave to file a conditional petition for rehearing is granted and the petition for rehearing is also granted. The order of December 16, 1963, 375 U.S. 954, denying the petition for writ of certiorari is vacated, and the petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is reversed in conformity with our decision in Maryland for the use of Levin et al. v. United States, 381 U.S. 41, and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for further proceedings with respect to the unresolved issues tendered in respondents' bill of complaint.
- It is so ordered.
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Florida Marlins to endure another month without Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson's timetable for a return to the rotation came into focus after Tuesday's game, when the Marlins placed him on the 60-day disabled list. The move was not the result of Johnson suffering any sort of setback. The Marlins simply needed the 40-man roster spot to add Elih Villanueva, who through three innings allowed eight runs on five hits and walked five against the Phillies.
Johnson will not be eligible to pitch any earlier than July 16, the third game after the All-Star break against the Cubs at Wrigley. Manager Edwin Rodriguez estimated Johnson would make at least two rehab starts.
"It's hard to take because he's the ace of the rotation," Rodriguez said. "We have to move on. I think the players are feeling that way. First it was two weeks, pretty much everybody was like we can handle that as a team. Now it's getting longer and I can see the players feeling that loss.
"He's moving in the right direction. He threw [off flat ground Tuesday] and felt fine…We laid out the whole plan of how we're going to build him up and he agreed with it."
Johnson has had his share of health issues, starting with Tommy John surgery and a back issue that sidelined him all of September last season. It's scertainly not because of his physical conditioning.
"If you point out anybody in the clubhouse that is a hard worker and keeps himself in good shape, that's Josh Johnson," Rodriguez said.
The rotation since Johnson's last outing: 5-13 (assuming Villanueva takes the loss) with a 5.70 ERA. Chris Volstad (6.07) and Javier Vazquez ( 7.09) have the two worst ERAs among 113 qualifying major league pitchers.
"It's very disappointing, and I'm sure if you ask them they're also very disappointed," Rodriguez said. "We have to deal with that. Hopefully those guys can turn it around and the worst is already over for them."
** Hanley Ramirez, who returned from the disabled list Tuesday, will not start day games after night games for a while, per doctors orders. Emilio Bonifacio started Wednesday afternoon and will be at short again for the Thursday matinee…
Rodriguez is perusing "177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class," and for good reason considering the Marlins began play Wednesday having lost 15 of 18.
"First, I need some tips to relax the players in tough times, something that I should say, certain words I should be using to get them going," Rodriguez said. "There's one that says maturity is a process. I kind of like that one."


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Jess Jose Leija, 33, was killed in a one-car rollover late Saturday night in southwest Lubbock County.
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NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository Collection: IJEB Vol.49(10) [October 2011] http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12849 The Collection's search engine Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search Sodium selenite attenuated cisplatin-induced toxicity in rats: Role of electrolytes homeostasis http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12869 Title: Sodium selenite attenuated cisplatin-induced toxicity in rats: Role of electrolytes homeostasis

Authors: Noori, Shafaq; Mahboob, Tabassum

Abstract: Sodium selenite (1 mg/kg body weight, ip) for 10 consecutive days treatment showed marked increase in intra-erythrocytes K+ and plasma Na+ level while slight increase in Na+ K+ ATPase level. No mortality was observed at this dose of sodium selenite. However, sodium selenite pretreatment partially restored the Na+ K+ ATPase and intra-erythorcytes and plasma sodium level, while completely restored the intra-erythrocytes K+ and plasma Mg2+ level. No change was observed in plasma Ca2+ level. Thus sodium selenite successively attenuated the Cisplatin-induced electrolytes alterations and toxicity by exerting the stress response of sodium.

Page(s): 791-794 Effect of mating and parasitism regimes on progeny production and sex-ratio of Campoletis chlorideae Uchida http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12868 Title: Effect of mating and parasitism regimes on progeny production and sex-ratio of Campoletis chlorideae Uchida

Authors: Dhillon, M K; Sharma, H C

Abstract: The ichneumonid parasitoid, C. chlorideae is an important natural enemy of pod borer/bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in different agro-ecosystems. The sex-ratio of parasitoids has an important bearing on the population build up of the natural enemies for biological control of insect pests. Therefore, the present studies were conducted to gain an understanding of the influence of mating behaviour and abundance of the insect host on fecundity and sex-ratio of the parasitoid, C. chlorideae. There was no significant influence of number of matings and abundance of the insect host on cocoon formation, adult emergence, and larval and pupal periods of C. chlorideae. However, fecundity and female longevity were significantly influenced by mating and abundance of the insect host. There was a significant and positive correlation (r = 0.84**) between longevity and fecundity of C. chlorideae females. The unmated C. chlorideae females produced only males. Nearly 20% of the females that had mated twice were able to parasitize the H. armigera larvae successfully. The sex-ratio of the progeny from females that had mated twice was male biased. Females mated with males from the unmated females produced significantly less numbers of females than those mated with males from the fertilized females, indicating genetic regulation of sex-ratio in C. chlorideae.

Page(s): 786-790 Non-exhaustive test for aerobic capacity determination in running rats http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12867 Title: Non-exhaustive test for aerobic capacity determination in running rats

Authors: Manchado-Gobatto, FB; Gobatto, CA; Contarteze, RVL; Mello, MAR

Abstract: A simple and applicable method for non-exhaustive aerobic evaluation in running rats is described. Wistar rats were submitted to running test at different velocities (10, 15, 20, 25 m/min) with 48 h recovery among them. At each velocity, the rats ran two bouts of 5 min with 2 min of rest between bouts. Blood samples were collected at the end of each bout for lactate determination. For each intensity, delta lactate was calculated and using deltas obtained by four tests, an individual linear interpolation was plotted. The y-intercept of linear interpolation was the "null delta lactate" equivalent to the critical velocity (CV). To verify the lactate stabilization at CV, the animals were submitted to 25 min of continuous exercise (15, 20, 25 m/min), with blood collection every 5 min. The estimated CV was 16.6±0.7 m/min, with significant linear regressions (R=0.90±0.03). The rats presented maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) at 3.9±0.4 mmol/L, at 20 m/min. The CV was less than MLSS but significantly correlated with this parameter (r=0.78). This non-exhaustive test seems to be valid for the aerobic evaluation of sedentary rats and this protocol underestimates the MLSS in 20%. This test seems to be the interesting method for the evaluation of rats submitted to acute exercise or physical training.

Page(s): 781-785 Novel substrate (algal protein) for cultivation of Rhodospirillum rubrum http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/12866 Title: Novel substrate (algal protein) for cultivation of Rhodospirillum rubrum

Authors: Vatsala, T M; Rekha, R; Srividhya, R

Abstract: Rhodospirillum rubrum was grown under light anaerobic conditions with phycocyanin (C-pc) extracted from Spirulina platensis as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. When grown under these conditions cellular components like lipids, carbohydrates, protein, carotenoids, bacteriochlorophyll were similar to the one grown with malic acid and ammonium chloride. Growth of R. rubrum increased with increase in concentration of C-pc (200 to 1000 mg/l). R. rubrum also utilized C-pc under dark anaerobic condition. With both malic acid and C-pc as carbon sources C-pc was consumed only after exhaustion of malic acid under light anaerobic condition. No aberration of cell morphology was seen under scanning electron microscope (SEM). R. rubrum utilized both phycocyanobilin and phycoprotein individually as well as in combination. When grown with 1000 mg/l of phycoprotein 450 mg/l of biomass was obtained, and with combination of phycocyanobilin (75 mg/l) and phycoprotein (925 mg/l) 610 mg/l of biomass was obtained. Phycocyanobilin alone did not inhibit the growth of R. rubrum. Utilization of C-pc with protease like activity was observed in plate assay. Protease like activity was also observed as zones around the colonies in plates containing sterilized casein, gelatin and filter sterilized bovine serum albumin. No amino acids were detected in the supernatant when analyzed with ninhydrin. Extracellular protease like activity was highest when C-pc was used as substrate (2.8 U/ml). Intracellular protease like activity was not detected in cell free extracts.

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United Way Lays Out New Goals For Education Branch
Joanna Minnis, 20, a junior at James Madison University, helps Smithland Elementary School second-grader Cristian Lopez, 7, read during lunchtime on Thursday. Minnis is a volunteer in the new United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County initiative We Read to Succeed, which hopes to spin success stories for those with difficulty reading. (Photos by Nikki Fox / DN-R)
Alyssa Formica, 20, a sophomore at James Madison University, reads to Smithland Elementary School first-grader Blake Bailey, 6, during lunchtime Thursday as part of the We Read to Succeed initiative. "Reading was not my thing when I was younger. It was something that was a hassle for me more than anything else. When someone would read to me, that's when I started picking it up," said Formica.
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|MTEN successful in debut
The Idaho men's tennis team wrapped up its first weekend of collegiate play with success in two tournaments, as the team split between the Baylor Invitational in Waco, Texas and the Eastern Washington Fall Classic in Cheney, Wash.
Marius Cirstea and Abid Akbar took part in the Baylor Invitational, one of the nation's elite collegiate tennis tournaments. Akbar won his first two singles matches before falling to eventual runner-up Hunter Reese of Tennessee, the tournament's No. 2 overall seed. Cirstea went dropped his first singles match before advancing to the third round of the consolation bracket. Akbar and Cirstea teamed up to go to the doubles quarterfinals with a pair of wins before falling 9-8 to eventual champion Jarryd Chaplin and Edward Jones of Tennessee.
"I am happy with Abid and Marius' performance at this high-level event," Idaho coach Jeff Beaman said. "We just started official practice last week and to jump right into an event with some of the best teams and players in the country and compete makes me excited for this upcoming year. Abid served for the second set against the No. 2 seed from Tennessee after beating a strong player from Baylor which is another top 20 program the round before. In doubles the guys showed that they can compete with any pairing in the country."
In Cheney, Idaho players finished first in two of the three main draws. Freshman Matt Oddonetto went 4-0 in singles play to win the White Flight and sophomore Cesar Torres teamed up with Montana's Eric Braun to go 5-0 in doubles, winning the doubles draw.
"Matt's win in the white flight shows that he is on his way to becoming a very strong college player," Beaman said. "He has a lot of talent and to win his first college singles tournament shows he also has a very strong mental part to his game to avoid the huge ups and downs from match to match that most freshman go through."
"Cesar had a great run in doubles, he was randomly paired up with a player from Montana after we had to withdraw one of our guys due to an injury," Beaman said. "They had a great run winning the finals over several very strong teams. This really excites me as Cesar was not in our doubles line-up last year but has worked at getting comfortable on the doubles court during practice and small group work outs."
Jose Bendeck advanced to the quarterfinals in the Red Flight in Cheney while senior Jake Knox won his first two matches in the White Flight to reach the semifinals. Senior Filip Fichtel reached the White Flight quarterfinals.
The Vandals continue their fall slate Oct. 5-7 when they head to Boise for the BSU Fall Tournament.


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Living in the USA, it is hard to watch Japanese athletes competing in the Olympics on TV, but I am hoping to watch the women's ski jumping competition on February 11, 2014. I have been keeping an eye on Sara Takanashi from Japan. She is the 17-year-old ski jumping world cup champion, and has won first place in 16 competitions out of 22 since January 2013.
Sara is from Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and goes to the international school in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Sara's brother is also a ski jumper, and her father was a ski jumper also. She chose to go to the international school so that she could handle the English language when participating in the competitions overseas.
There is the article about her at Olympics.org. I hope Sara will make history in the first women's ski jumping competition in the Olympics.


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"Opportunities for introspection have come few and far between for New York City-based cellist Julia Kent. After coming to prominence as a member of the cello-driven group Rasputina in the '90s, she went on to arrange and play on numerous recordings and tour extensively as a member of Antony and the Johnsons, among other projects. The opportunity to explore her own emotional and creative world came with her solo LPs, Delay (2007) and Green and Grey (2011), and it is something she appropriates fully on her captivating debut for The Leaf Label, Character. Recorded alone in her home studio, Character develops the layering techniques Kent brought to the fore on her previous solo material, the flow of intertwining cello motifs working as an external representation of competing internal meditations. "I ended up thinking about the process of life," explains Kent. "How sometimes a narrative in fiction is meant to mirror the chronology of human life, and how our lives, in a way, can resemble works of fiction, but without the possibility of controlling the outcome the way an author can." Thus, she called the album Character, a reference to the notion of humans being characters in their own narrative. In the past the cellist has adopted field recordings to accompany her playing; Delay saw recordings taken from various airports as Kent became fascinated by their ambience, whilst samples were taken from nature as she explored boundaries between electronic and organic sounds on Green and Grey. In Character, their somewhat hidden nature is just as important, reflecting the need for introspection that drives the album." (label info)
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Health Economists Back Elements of Senate Bill in Letter to Obama
A group of prominent health economists sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday backing key elements of health-care legislation approved by the Senate Finance Committee, including an excise tax on high-value insurance plans and a commission to promote Medicare's solvency.
The 23 signers of the letter include economists who have advised Democratic administrations as well as Mark McClellan, who was head of Medicare under the George W. Bush administration.
The economists said the excise tax will not only raise federal revenues but also create incentives to reduce private-sector health-care costs and help boost workers' cash wages. The House version of the health bill doesn't include what is sometimes called the tax on "Cadillac" health plans. It is opposed by unions, which say the tax would hit many plans of middle-income workers.
The economists also said a commission on Medicare composed of medical experts "should be empowered to suggest changes in Medicare to improve the quality and value of services."
Backers of the commission say it would help take the politics out of controlling the rising cost of Medicare. Opponents say it would take too much power out of the hands of members of Congress. The Senate Finance bill includes the Medicare commission, while some other proposals don't.


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Sensors of extracellular nutrients in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Hanna ForsbergAffiliated withLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, Box 240, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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It has been known for a long time that yeast are capable of making rapid metabolic adjustments in response to changing extracellular nutrient conditions. Until recently it was thought that yeast, in contrast to mammalian cells, primarily monitored nutrient availability through the activity of intracellular sensors. Recent advances in our understanding of nutrient sensing indicate that yeast cells possess several nutrient-sensing systems localized in the plasma membrane that transduce information regarding the presence of extracellular amino acids, ammonium, and glucose. Strikingly, the transmembrane components of several of these sensors, Ssy1p, Mep2p, Snf3p, and Rgt2p, are unique members of nutrient-transport protein families. Perhaps with the exception of Mep2p, the ability of these transporter homologues to transduce nutrient-(ligand)-induced signals across the plasma membrane appears to be independent of nutrient uptake; and thus these sensor components may function analogously to traditional ligand-dependent receptors. Additionally, the G protein-coupled receptor Gpr1p has been shown to exhibit properties consistent with it being a sensor. These recent advances indicate that yeast cells obtain information regarding their growth environments using sensing systems that are more similar to those present in mammalian cells than previously thought. The fact that yeast plasma membrane nutrient sensors have only recently been discovered reveals how little is understood regarding the molecular signals that enable eukaryotic cells to adapt to changing environments.
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Congressman Jim Bridenstine represents Oklahoma's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The District includes Tulsa, Washington and Wagoner Counties, plus parts of contiguous counties.
After graduating from Jenks High School, he went to Rice University, graduating in 1998 with a triple major (economics, managerial studies, and psychology). He was captain of the Rice Men's Swim Team and still holds a number of school records.
After college, Bridenstine became a pilot in the United States Navy. He flew combat missions in Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003) from an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln. In 2004, he received orders to fly F-‐18 Hornets at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, where he flew enemy profiles as a target for TOPGUN instructors.
While on active duty, Bridenstine was involved in a number of business activities from real estate, to livestock, to the Rocket Racing League. In 2007, Bridenstine left active duty to earn an MBA from Cornell University. He returned to Tulsa to be the Executive Director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum where he created the QuikTrip Air and Rocket Racing Show, attended by 40,000 people, and launched Tulsa's campaign to acquire one of three retiring space shuttles. Bridenstine is still a pilot in the Navy Reserve, flying counter-‐drug missions in Central and South America until taking office. Congressional rules limit his flying, but Jim remains active in the Navy Reserve.
Jim Bridenstine's background is excellent preparation for his Congressional Committee assignments on the Armed Services Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
The 37-year-old Congressman is married to Michelle (Ivory) Bridenstine and they have three children: Walker (7), Sarah (4), and Grant (11 months).


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text: Jobs Training Bill Now Law By Bill Leonard 7/22/2014 Permissions A jobs training bill supported by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and other employer groups was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 22, 2014. The new law is designed to help unemployed U.S. workers get the skills they need to find jobs by streamlining and untangling a complex web of federal workforce training programs, according to a congressional analysis. By reducing the size of workforce boards that administer federal job development initiatives and requiring these boards to work more closely with local businesses, the measure also will make the training programs more responsive to employer needs, supporters of the new law claimed. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (H.R. 803) is an update and reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), a federal jobs training law first enacted in 1998 during Bill Clinton's presidency. Sources familiar with the issue said that the law would help improve information flow and employer access to federally funded job training and development programs. "The bottom line is that the law will increase and enhance employers' opportunities to participate in the federal programs that are funded and governed under the WIA," said Jennifer Homer, vice president of communications for the Association for Talent Development. "The law will also give employers more access to information on workforce development initiatives in their communities." Congress had not reauthorized the WIA since 2003, and the law was in desperate need of a rewrite, according to Homer. Without a full reauthorization of the law, Congress kept the WIA job training programs alive by extending funding through budget deals and continuing spending resolutions. Administration of the programs had grown convoluted as a growing number of agencies added new training initiatives. "There were some redundancies and overlap among the departments, and just figuring out what programs were available and who was eligible to participate had become very confusing," said Homer. It took Congress nearly five years to hammer out the final bill, which finally cleared both houses of Congress on July 9, 2014. "It's been a long time coming," she said, "and employers should expect to see improvements as the law takes effect." According to the legislation, the law will become effective as the different training initiatives start new program years. The program years vary according to when the initiatives were enacted, so the new law will gradually take effect beginning at the end of 2014, continuing through 2015 and 2016. In addition, the law reauthorizes regional employment centers, which help job seekers with resume writing, English as a second language courses and job-search techniques. The legislation also renews the U.S. Department of Education's Gear Up grants to improve college access for disadvantaged youths. The reauthorization of the employment centers aims to reduce red tape for job seekers and smooth the process of connecting them with training programs and businesses that are looking for workers with certain skill sets. "This update of the law won't be a game changer, but employers should notice changes with how federally funded training programs are being administered in their communities," Homer said. Bill Leonard is a senior writer for SHRM. Quick Links: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: What It Means for HR Professionals, SHRM Online, October 2014 SHRM Online Staffing Management SHRM Online Workforce Readiness Resource page Keep up with the latest Staffing Management news. Permissions Related Content The New Talent Landscape: Recruiting Difficulty and Skills Shortages Evaluating the Job Prospects for the Class of 2016 HR Has an Emerging Role in Battling Sex Trafficking DOL's Workforce Training Rules Slated for June Community College Partnerships Offer Untapped Talent Pools ADVERTISING LINKS


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Absolutely loving these things. There aren't enough reasons to make them, I think. Tonight I just did plain vanilla ones, with leftover stewed apples and vanilla sugar. Very fine.
And I started looking through books on Amazon to see if there's anything out there on operatic libretto writing. Answer? Not really. Shame, that… I'll keep looking.
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Who would think a midsize crossover would be a company's best selling vehicle. Well Acura's 2014 seven passenger AWD MDX is a top seller as it was in prior years. But the 2014 has been made even better since it has been redesigned with a host of refinements. It boasts a quieter interior, a lengthy list of standard amenities and a new front end that smoothed the beak grille of earlier models. And added were five sexy shark eye headlamps per side.
Prior to the 2014 model, the MDX used a Honda Pilot and before that a Honda Odyssey minivan platform. But the 2014 is built on a completely new platform that provides more interior space. It allows for a new second row power sliding seats (5.9 inches fore & aft) for easier third row access, plus it affords either more leg or cargo room.
When perusing the window sticker of the MDX, it's surprising to see that there are no extra cost options. That's because Acura included everything but the kitchen sink. Actually the only extra cost is for delivery. To say the MDX is loaded is an understatement.
The Tech Package, for example, includes such niceties as a 115-volt power outlet, heated rear seats, rear door window shades, a rear seat entertainment system with a 9-inch screen and more.
The Advanced and Entertainment packages include remote start, auto dimming side-view mirrors, collision mitigation system, lane-keeping assist, adaptive cruise, upgraded entertainment system with 16.2-inch screen, roof rails and more.
The latter is a sore subject with our son who bought a '14 MDX and spent an extra $1000 for the rails because he didn't opt for these packaged deals. The problem is, the rails are solid strips (essentially ornamental) since he couldn't secure a Christmas tree to them, as there are no openings to tie it down.
That aside, the MDX has loads of grunt from its standard 3.5-liter, 290-hp (267 lb/ft of torque) V6. Coupled to a 6-speed automatic transmission, the MDX does not want for power. It has EPA mileage ratings of 18 city, 27-highway and carries a tow rating of up to 5,000 pounds.
The MDX is laden with a host of safety equipment to include ABS, front-seat side airbags, a driver's knee airbag, agile handling assist dynamic braking, side curtain airbags with rollover sensor and much more.
Acura designers did a commendable job on the interior that requires a mere 19-inch step-in. Perforated leather seats are supportive and sofa soft. The vertical stack houses an 6.75x4.5-inch LCD screen for GPS nav, audio and a multi-angle rearview camera. Then there's another 6x3.5-inch display for operator information and vehicle warnings.
MDX's seats heated quicker than others, but they require several touches on the screen to select settings. When selecting heat, a neat orange rectangular display shows the desired temperature setting. The higher the setting, the brighter the rectangle gets. And on the center stack a silver dial serves as an operational mouse.
Back in the cargo area and with the third row seats up, the area measures 20 inches deep, 45.5 wide and 29 high (15.8 cubic feet). Fold the third row and depth reaches 46.5 inches and with the second row flipped, there's 80 inches of depth. There's also a nifty underfloor storage bin measuring 37x15.5x6.5 inches. Cargo load height is an easy 30.5 inches.
As for the AWD system, a four-wheel display shows which wheel is applying the traction. And the application is seamless.
Another neat feature is that the doors lock/unlock automatically when nearing the vehicle provided the keyfob is on you.
Ride wise, MDX is smooth and quiet and a great vehicle to take for the long ride to Orlando with the kids in tow. Handling too is taut with nary any body lean in sharp turns taken at speed.
As a luxury crossover, the MDX, with all the aforementioned goodies, priced out at $57,400 with delivery. This puts it in a crowded class of which some are higher priced while others are a bit lower in price. Price aside, the MDX retains quality build and luxurious comfort.
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Kamehameha Schools' 'Āina Ulu program
In 2003, Kamehameha Schools approached the staff of Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO Kānewai to discuss the possibility of creating something similar to the Kānewai garden in Punaluʻu. KPLOK formed a partnership with the Kamehameha Schools' 'Aina 'Ulu program. Through this partnership, Kanewai opened a sister site in Punalu'u, within the Ko'olauloa district of O'ahu, which provides an alternative site for participants to experience lo'i and thereby maintaining a sustainable level of use at Ka Papa Lo'i o Kanewai. This partnership allows KPLOK to increase its delivery of programs to larger size groups, work with Koʻolauloa district community, KS programs, and increase its production of Hawaiian varietals of kalo to the state.
Currently KPLOK hosts 3,000 people at this site. The range of ages and activities are as diverse as the groups that visit.
The KPLOK staff will soon be planning for the programmatic and maintenance of Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO Punaluʻu. Some of the ideas for the plan are to possibly provide a space for Hawaiinuiakea classes to be held, implement an ahupuaʻa learning model, Kupuna housing, Internships for students, curriculum development, and a Ocean and Konohiki program. The advantage of Punaluʻu valley is incredible because it is a valley that KS entirely owns.
Watch the video by Hawaiian Airlines that was shown to visitors coming to Hawaiʻi on all Hawaiian Airline flights. The video features a few of our students who share their thoughts about kalo and Hāloa.
Papa Mahi'ai Kalo Series
The Papa Mahi'ai Kalo Series (HWST 351 and HWST 352) are listed with the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies (HWST) and are taught by the director of Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai. It is a reflection of the interdisciplinary nature of Hawaiian knowledge. These classes introduce and reinforce student learning in the realm of Hawaiian traditional practices of kalo farming and stresses the importance of learning by doing. The final examination for HWST 351 involves each student creating their own pōhaku ku'i 'ai (poi pounding stone) and papa ku'i 'ai (poi pounding board) and using those implements to make their own poi. Students are also responsible for finding their own materials to make their implements. Success is gauged on the quality of food produced with the kalo they cared for over the semester, relationships they fostered in the class, knowledge of traditional practices of agriculture and sustainability, and the quality of the implements and skill to produce food.
In the HWST 352 class, students learn not only the different varieties of kalo and its purposes, but are also introduced to different plant diseases. Students engage in modern issues affecting kalo farming including water rights. The Mālama Hāloa event is associated with this class as a way of providing students, faculty, and community members an opportunity to become familiar with traditional and modern ways of caring for Hāloa, our Hawaiian ancestor manifested in kalo. As a culminating experience, students are charged with presentations on specific varieties, which they are responsible for harvesting, cooking and cleaning, replanting, preparing of extra stalk for interested participants, and creating an informational display on the particular variety of kalo chosen, including details of certain diseases affecting kalo and environmentally responsible remedy. Success in this class is gauged on the ability as the class as a whole to contribute to the body of information on kalo farming and effectively servicing community participants at Mālama Hāloa.
Mauiakama is one of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language Immersion Camps and is a collaborative effort between UH Mānoa and UH Maui College. Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai provides the venue and support teaching staff for these students in the week prior to the immersion camp and the technical support and expertise for the students upon their return from the camp. Camp consists of 1 week Hawaiian language immersion and work at Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai, 1 ½ week immersion experience on Maui, followed with preparation of final projects, and final presentation to encourage the revitalization of traditional Hawaiian values, concepts, and practices by stressing the importance of the traditional style of listening to the kūpuna and following their guidance; promoting kōkua, laulima, lōkahi and huki like, the traditional social practices of people helping each other, of unity, and of working or "pulling" together; and emphasizing the traditional Hawaiian sensitivity to the land and total environment; that is, the basic underlying concept of aloha 'āina (spiritual relationship to the land) expressed through mālama i ka 'āina (caring for the land) and hulihuli i ka 'āina (gathering from the land) the gifts or products of the land referred to as 'ai kamaha'o o ka 'āina (the amazing sustenance of the land).
Mālama Hāloa Lecture Series and Kalo Festival
This is an annual event hosted by Ka Papa Lo'i o Kānewai, providing students, faculty and community members an opportunity to become familiar with traditional and modern ways of caring for Hāloa, our Hawaiian ancestor manifested in kalo. The inaugural event ran from March 31 through April 3, 2010 featuring a tour and lecture of rare plant and micro propagation, Native Hawaiian plants and plant conservation by Lyon Arboretum's Junior Research Leader, Nellie Sugii. Kalei Nuuhiwa, curriculum developer and researcher from Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation's Papakū Makawalu, lectured on the Hawaiian moon calendar and its application to traditional farming. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation's Alan Murakami spoke on traditional water rights and issues concerning water rights in east Maui. Eighth generation kalo farmer and fisherman from Puna, Hawai'i shared his vast cultural and technical expertise of growing kalo, 'awa and koa. Konanui's lecture on Hawaiian varieties of kalo during this event continues to air locally on the television channel, 'Ōlelo, reaching to farmers, teachers and students throughout the state of Hawai'i. The event culminated with Kānewai's cornerstone activity, First Saturday, where Kānewai staff showed their gratitude to participants who came to show their aloha for Hāloa.
The 2011 event again featured Kalei Nuuhiwa, as she spoke on the heavens and the sun in Hawaiian epistemology. The event concluded with Kānewai's First Saturday Community Workday, featuring respected elder and native speaker of Hawaiian language, Earl Kawaa, discussing and teaching participants how to ku'i 'ai through the Hawaiian language.