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Golden Lighting 5221-4 CH-MBL Chrome Brookfield 4 Light Bathroom Vanity Light
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Technical Specs
|Specification Sheet
|Bulb Base
|Medium (E26)
|Bulb Type
|Compact Fluorescent, Incandescent
|Energy Star
|Full Backplate
|Light Direction
|Down Lighting
|Number of Bulbs
|Shade Height
|Shade Width
|Suggested Room Fit
|Watts Per Bulb
Golden Lighting 4 Light Bathroom Vanity Light from the Brookfield Collection
- Marbled Glass Shades
- Height: 9"
- Width: 30"
- Shade Height: 5.25"
- Shade Width: 5.5"
- Backplate Height: 4.5"
- Backplate Width: 30"
- Number of Bulbs: 4
- Bulb Base: Medium (E26)
- Bulb Type: Compact Fluorescent or Incandescent
- Bulb Included: No
- Watts Per Bulb: 100
- Wattage: 400
- Energy Star: No
- UL Listed: Yes
- UL Rating: Damp Location
Lamping Technology:
- Bulb Base - Medium (E26): The E26 (Edison 26mm), Medium Edison Screw, is the standard bulb used in 120-Volt applications in North America. E26 is the most common bulb type and is generally interchangeable with E27 bulbs.
- Compatible Bulb Types: Nearly all bulb types can be found for the E26 Medium Base, options include Incandescent, Fluorescent, LED, Halogen, and Xenon / Krypton.
- UL Listed - Indicates whether a product meets standards and compliance guidelines set by Underwriters Laboratories. This listing determines what types of rooms or environments a product can be used in safely.
Additional Golden Lighting Links
- View Manufacturer Warranty
- Shop All Golden Lighting Products
- Shop All Golden Lighting Brookfield Collection Products
Our SKU: 5221-4
This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):
- Chrome
- Oil Rubbed Bronze
- Pewter
*Denotes a finish or option that has been discontinued
2 Questions from the Community
The Golden Lighting 5221-4 dimensions for the backplate are 30" x 4.5" x 1". These are the measurements the manufacturer gives.
Recently I asked "what are the dimensions of the mounting plate?" You sent the dimensions of the plate in which the lights are attached. I need the dimensions of the plate that is attached directly to the wall.
A. The Golden Lighting 5221-4 dimensions for the backplate are 30" x 4.5" x 1". These are the measurements the manufacturer gives.
No, the Golden Lighting 5221-4 is designed to mount with the junction box directly in the middle.
Can the light be mounted off center of the junction box?
No, the Golden Lighting 5221-4 is designed to mount with the junction box directly in the middle.
Product Reviews
Golden Lighting Brookfield Collection
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Warranty Info
For indoor lighting fixtures:
Golden Lighting warrants its products against structural defects only, form one (1) year of shipment. Finish on our product is warranted for six (6) months after date of shipment. Products that are stored or used in extremely damp or salty air locations and/or conditions, which includes, but not limited to, intense sunlight, high winds, or acid rain, where product tends to tarnish easily, are warranted three (3) months from date of shipment. Golden Lighting will replace, at our discretion, products that fail to operate structurally, within the warranty period. This warranty does not cover products that were improperly installed or those in which parts have been tampered with or changed. The compliance of our products to project specification and approval for their use is not warranted by our company. Product sold as Discontinued or Close-Out is not warranted by our company and is not returnable. Golden Lighting will not be responsible or liable to buyer, its agents or employees, customers, or any third party for cost incurred in the removal or reinstallation or any product, or any incidental damages resulting in loss of use, loss of revenue, loss of profit, arising out of, or in connection with natural disaster, catastrophe, fault of negligence of the user or any third party, implied. Warranty period begins on the date of shipment from Golden Lighting.
For ENERGY STAR-qualified ceiling fans, Golden Lighting offers a limited lifetime warranty. This includes the fan motor but it is limited in that it does not include any fan components. The following fan components are warranted for one (1) year from date of shipment: blades, housing unit for motor, pull chain, down rod, decorative ceiling electrical box cover, finish, and light kit.
For outdoor lighting fixtures:
Golden Lighting offers a two-year limited warranty beginning on the date of the sales transaction. This warranty includes the repair or replacement of the fixture housing & casing and electrical components but is limited in that it does not cover the decorative finish or light bulb. For more imformation, or to report a claim, please contact Customer Service:
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HOOT! It's the 4th annual FarmOn! Hootenanny! Fundraiser Dinner. Billed as the "best event of the summer in the Hudson Valley," this is a fun-filled evening and unparalleled farm-to-table dinner featuring the cuisine of a New York City Michelin-Starred celebrity chef. While dining lakeside at the Copake Country Club in Columbia County, N.Y., attendees will get the opportunity to meet and eat with a local farmer and connect with members of the Hudson Valley community. The fun begins at 6 p.m. with a Hudson Valley cheese course and happy hour to taste the bounty of the region, featuring local cheese makers and creameries, local libations (beer, wine, spirits) and more. Enjoy live music and a multi-course farm-fresh meal with spit-roasted meat sourced just five miles away from the event. Watch a golf cart drive-in movie sponsored by Whole Foods Market, and bid on unique finds at silent and live auctions that raise funds for the FarmOn! Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Cap the evening aside a bonfire indulging in a sundae bar with local poached fruit and ice cream from Ronnybrook Farm Dairy. Every single consumable at this event is sourced within 40 miles and is included in one ticket price.
Tickets: $150 per person, friendsofthefarmer.com/tickets
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In Their Own Words: Welcome to the Community
"Is your son on the spectrum?"
The question was slightly jarring to me. My son and I had just walked into a gymnastics class for kids with autism. We had received his diagnosis only three weeks before, and we hadn't shared our news with anyone except for close friends and family. It was the first time we had been anywhere that was just for kids like mine and I wasn't really ready to talk to a total stranger about it.
"Yes," I answered, trying to keep the conversation short.
"Hi, and welcome! That's my son over there, and my name is Sandy. How old is your son? Do you live in town? How long have you known your son was on the spectrum? What was his diagnosis?"
I really didn't want to answer her. I wasn't even sure we belonged at this class, and all I wanted to do was pay attention to my son to see how he was responding to the class. I watched the other kids as they came in – six boys and one girl – and my first instinct was that we were in the wrong place. One little boy was crying, another was spinning in circles, and another one was running in all different directions. My son's not like that, I thought to myself. This isn't us.
And then I looked at my Henry. I watched him hold tightly to his one-on-one helper's hand as they walked on a low balance beam, but he wouldn't look her in the eye when she talked to him. I watched him try to run away to jump into the comfort of the sensory foam blocks and become so focused on that foam pit that he couldn't move onto anything else. I listened to him babble while he swayed back and forth on the rings, and saw the terror in his face when the noise level got up too high. The tears welled up in my eyes. We did belong here. This is the right place for him. We had found a safe place for him to exercise and develop his muscles in an environment that understood his special needs. For so long we had avoided the "regular" gym classes, music classes, and playgroups because of his behavior. No one here was giving me the usual disapproving looks we get when we're out places and Henry starts to act up.
I took a deep breath and turned to the mom.
"Hi! My son Henry was diagnosed with PDD-NOS a few weeks ago. We do live in town. In fact, I've seen your son at the preschool that my son attends. How long has your son attended classes here?"
It took everything I had to have that conversation, but it was such a relief. This other mom was reaching out to make a connection – to find someone else who struggles on a daily basis like she does – something I myself had been desperate to do for weeks and months. I was instantly welcomed into a community of people who "get it." No one batted an eye when Henry buried himself under the foam blocks at the end of class so he didn't have to leave. I got comforting looks of understanding from all the parents and teachers when he had a major meltdown leaving the gym, and big thumbs up from everyone when we finally got our shoes on and went out the door. These were moms and dads who shared my daily difficulties of just getting out of the house. Finally we were somewhere that felt like we belonged.
"Will we see you next week?" asked the mom.
"Absolutely," I replied.
This week's "In Their Own Words," is written by Alysia Butler of Hopedale, Mass.
If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to email@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
June 25, 2010 at 2:23 pm
When I read this, I cried, because it feels like me & my son could really fit into a place like this. No one really understands what a family goes thru with this until they have to go thru it. What hurts worse is never knwoing what your kid is thinking or feeling and not knowing how to help. I would love to visit a place like this!


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Meet Hope, a Gift from Spring
Hope is one of those phenomenal insights of the emotional body that can appear in any shape and any context. Hope is cherishing the expectation of fulfillment in any part of your life. Hope is found in loved ones — your sister, brother, mother, father. Hope is the water that fills the well, the lighthouse that calls ships home. Hope is the food on your table and the gas in your car. Hope is as specific or as ambiguous as you need it to be. Where there is nothing, let there be Hope. Where there is something, let there be Hope. You can never have enough and there will never be a lack.
With the recent passing of the equinox and the shifting from one season to the next, Hope has taken up residence around each corner of Spring's beautiful awakening.


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A North Dakota man who pleaded guilty to killing the mother of a child he believed was his daughter has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The Dickinson Press reports (http://bit.ly/WdP8xf ) that 42-year-old Dirk Huber pleaded guilty to murder in October. He could have faced life in prison, but the deal with prosecutors capped his sentence.
Authorities say Huber suffocated 39-year-old Nicole Radebaugh with a pillow in her apartment bedroom after the argument about the paternity of her daughter. Huber evaded police for several days before being arrested in a remote area north of Medora.
Huber in October told a judge that he and Radebaugh were having an argument in Belfield in August 2011 when he "just snapped."
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We were introduced to more of Julie Bowen than we were expecting last night: her legs, the time she hit on Michael Cera when he was 14, her legs, her wacky personality, her legs, and did we mention her legs?
First up, we have a clip of Julie telling the always-always Michael Cera that she had once whispered "I love you" to him as an awkward teenager. Cera couldn't recall this ever happening.
Next, Bowen told the story of the time one of her twins trapped the other in the dryer. Maybe it was her nerves, but she kept referring to them as the "the smart one" and "the fat cute one" instead. Here's hoping they don't ever look for this clip when they get older.


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Pre-register for kids' bike rodeo
Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 12:29 a.m.
The Thibodaux Police Department will host a bicycle safety rodeo April 20 for kids up to age 12.
This article originally listed the wrong date and contact information. The bicycle rodeo is April 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, and those interested can contact Cpl. Joey Gustafson.
The rodeo will be held at the Harang Auditorium from 8 a.m. to noon. A road safety obstacle course will be set up for kids to navigate, and kids can learn more about bicycle maintenance. Kids must bring their own bicycle and helmet and be accompanied by an adult.
The event is limited to 60 kids.
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7 Costly Debt Traps and How to Avoid Them
It's incredibly easy to stumble into a debt trap. All it takes is a brief lapse in judgment. Opening a new credit card account without understanding the interest rates and fees, or the implications for your credit score, is just one example.
No one wants to become mired in debt — especially when common borrowing mistakes are avoidable. Read on to educate yourself about seven of the biggest debt traps and ways to avoid them.
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Buying Too Much House
Next, figure out the maximum down payment you can make. Try to put 20% toward your new home to avoid paying private mortgage insurance. You also need to factor in closing costs, which typically range between 3% and 5% of the home price. So if you want a home listed at $200,000, you would need to budget at least $48,000 to cover 20% down plus 4% in closing costs.
It is also important to account for homeowners insurance and real estate taxes, both of which can alter your debt-to-income ratio dramatically, says Granger. You'll probably want some money for decorating, too, and it's always good to set aside cash for emergencies. If you're not yet there financially, keep saving. It's best to buy a home only when you can truly afford it. Buy one when you can't, and foreclosure is a real possibility. Buying Too Much House
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Co-signing a Loan
Worse, if you suddenly find yourself in need of extra money, you could be denied a loan simply because lenders deem that you already have too much debt due to the co-signed loan. The only sure way to dodge this debt trap is to just say no when asked to co-sign a loan.
If you do opt to co-sign a loan, make sure that in a worst-case scenario you can afford to pay off the debt to avoid a lowered credit rating or legal action. Often, you can negotiate the terms of your obligation with a lender by asking to limit your liability to just the loan itself, and not late charges, attorney fees, etc. You can also ask a lender to let you know if the borrower misses a payment. Co-signing a Loan
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Raiding Your 401(k)
Prepare for a dramatic dip in your retirement savings if you leave your job before paying back the loan. Borrowers are typically given 60 days to repay the balance in full. Fail to do so and the loan is deemed a distribution, which can generate a tax bill and early-withdrawal penalties, depending on your age.
The biggest blow can come from lost growth potential. As long as the funds are absent from your 401(k), they can't grow for your future. Since many plans allow you to borrow up to $50,000 for as long as five years, that's a lot of lost growth potential.
Only borrow from your 401(k) if it is an emergency and you have tapped all other sources. If you go ahead with a loan, Jeanne Thompson, a 401(k) executive at Fidelity, recommends taking the lowest amount you can get by with and sticking to an aggressive payback schedule. Also try to keep making regular contributions — at least enough to earn the company match — and, most importantly, don't take the loan if you plan to leave your job or fear a layoff. Raiding Your 401(k)
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Mismanaging Credit Cards
Now, as your balance swells each month, it becomes harder for you to pay your bills, which dramatically increases the amount of time it takes you to retire the debt. Further, a damaged credit score makes it difficult to secure new lines of credit, which could force you to charge more on your current card or take out a cash advance.
By using up more of your available credit, you could further damage your credit score, particularly if you exceed 30% of your revolving credit limit. That cash advance also comes with a high price: Interest starts accruing from the day you withdraw the money. Now you have dug yourself deeper into debt, trashed your credit score and are left with fewer borrowing options.
Don't succumb to these common credit card mistakes. Pay your bills on time, send in more than the monthly minimum, track your credit rating at AnnualCreditReport.com, and keep close tabs on your spending habits. Mismanaging Credit Cards
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Binging on Student Loans
Take a close look at the salary range in your dream field. If you want to be a social worker, it might not make sense to take on $150,000 in student debt. Instead, explore more affordable education options. Study at an in-state school rather than out of state, or opt for community college over a four-year university.
Fudge also says that borrowers need to look at the big picture. For example, if you need $5,000 to cover costs for each semester, understand that over the course of four years, that seemingly small amount will add up to $40,000. Graduate school is another important consideration. If a masters or PhD is in your future, then it might be worth looking at less-expensive undergraduate institutions. Finally, exhaust all of your federal loan options before turning to private lenders, says Fudge. Binging on Student Loans
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Over-improving Your Home
As with all things real estate, location matters. Determine the resale value of home improvements in your area by consulting with local sales agents. Also check out Remodeling magazine's Cost vs. Value Report, which prices projects by region. A midrange bathroom remodel in New England, for example, averages $17,620 and recoups 61.1% of the cost at resale. The same project out West averages nearly $2,000 more but gets back 79.6%.
Avoid overly personal or over-the-top design choices. Most home buyers gravitate to neutrals. Also beware becoming the best house on the block. You might not recover what you put into the home if your neighborhood isn't on par with your tricked-out residence.
Then, figure out how you're going to finance the project. If you have enough equity built up, low-interest-rate options include a home equity loan, home equity line of credit (HELOC) or even a cash-out refinance. Don't raid retirement accounts to fund the master bedroom of your dreams. If your savings aren't sufficient and a low-rate loan isn't available, set aside improvement plans until your resources catch up with your inner designer. Over-improving Your Home
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Starting a Marriage in Debt
The average wedding in the U.S. costs $18,859, but there are many ways to do a wedding on a budget: Hold the ceremony in a friend's backyard, trim the guest list, skip the bar or send out wedding invitations online. You can also cut corners by buying a modest engagement ring and putting off the exotic honeymoon. A few years down the road, when you're on better financial footing, you can splurge on both.
It might be hard to think of the big financial picture when you're first starting out, but a wedding is just the beginning. Many couples will quickly yearn for a house and kids, but if you're too busy paying off the wedding bills, it will be difficult to set aside money for a mortgage and a 529 college-savings plan, too. So when deciding what kind of wedding to have, first make a list of other major expenses the two of you will be facing in the next year, five years and even ten years. You'll live happily ever after if you do. Starting a Marriage in Debt
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- At least 25 people are dead and dozens wounded in a wave of bombings across Iraq today.
For the second day in a row, bombs targeted residents of ethnically disputed areas.
The deadliest of today's attacks took place in a village northwest of Baghdad inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group. Seven people were killed and 11 were wounded.
Shiite pilgrims also came under attack. A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims near Samarra, killing one Lebanese national and the Iraqi driver and wounding eight others. A car bomb went off on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims heading to Samarra, killing two, including an Iranian national.
Other car bombs exploded in Baghdad. One went off near an open-air car market, killing six people and wounding 30 others.
Yesterday, a series of attacks left at least eight dead and dozens wounded.
It's unclear who is behind the latest violence, though Sunni Arab insurgents frequently use coordinated bomb attacks to try to undermine the Shiite-led government's authority.


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HALF MOON BAY -- It's like a scene from a childhood nightmare. There are vast fields of Brussels sprouts, with workers tossing plants bearing dozens of them onto a harvesting machine. Little green balls pile up in bins by the thousands.
November is peak harvest season from Half Moon Bay to Watsonville, and the sprouts are in high demand. A remarkable transformation has occurred on this stretch of coast, considered ground zero for U.S. production of the vegetable: The sulfurous orbs that were once the bane of children's dinner plates have evolved into a prized fall treat.
The value of the local crop has skyrocketed in the past decade based in part, growers and distributors say, on a steady rise in the appetite for fresh Brussels sprouts. The pungent little cabbage is riding a wave of popularity thanks to culinary creativity, changing consumer habits and scientific research.
Scientific breeding
Half Moon Bay farmers John Giusti and David Lea once sold about 80 percent of their sprouts to the frozen market. But in the past decade the ratio has flipped, and they now sell that much or more of their crop fresh. Most of the sprouts are packed in Salinas and trucked east. The rest make their way to Bay Area grocery stores, farmers markets and restaurants.
"It's almost like a designer vegetable now, where they're very desirable," said Lea, who farms about 150 acres of sprouts. "Years ago, when we told people we were growing Brussels sprouts, people would say, 'Oh, no, they're so bitter!' "
Local farmers say the Brussels sprouts renaissance began about 20 years ago and more than 5,000 miles away. Scientists at agribusiness giant Syngenta's labs in the Netherlands began breeding different varieties in an attempt to mellow out the sprouts' acrid taste.
The program focused on compounds known as glucosinolates, said Peter van der Toorn, Syngenta's director of vegetable breeding. The substance is responsible for the bitterness of the sprouts but has also been studied for its possible role in preventing certain types of cancer.
"We have tried to design combinations of glucosinolates that give the health benefits of eating these vegetables while improving the taste," said Van der Toorn, adding the new varieties also have higher sugar levels.
Chefs picked up on the milder flavor and began experimenting with new preparations. Diners who had recoiled from the stench of mushy, overboiled sprouts as children were pleasantly surprised. TV food shows and culinary magazines began featuring innovative recipes.
Ideal conditions
Brussels sprouts farmers have also benefited from the culinary movement toward local, seasonal food. The vegetable has become a fall and winter staple in Bay Area restaurants.
Park Tavern in San Francisco serves Brussels sprout chips as an appetizer. Sam's Chowder House in Half Moon Bay roasts them with bacon and butter. The chefs at Hay Market in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood, where the menu changes daily, improvised several recipes last year.
"The big hit, oddly enough, was whipped potatoes with toasted Brussels sprouts," said executive chef Joe Cirone, who uses only California sprouts, eschewing the Mexican-grown sprouts that are available in the spring and summer.
Bocanova in Oakland's Jack London Square goes through as many as 20 to 30 pounds a day, according to executive chef John Ledbetter.
"I have about five side dishes on the menu," Ledbetter said, "and I sell Brussels sprouts more than anything else."
That appetite for fresh sprouts, along with the farmers' increased cost of doing business, helps explain crop reports showing the value of sprouts grown in San Mateo County has nearly doubled to $8.9 million since 2003 despite a slight drop in the number of acres being farmed.
The cool, foggy coast south of San Francisco provides ideal growing conditions. More than 90 percent of Brussels sprouts grown in the United States come from California, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and most of the Golden State's sprouts are harvested in San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.
Half Moon Bay farmer Mike Iacopi, who sells Giuti and Lea's sprouts at local farmers markets, said the salt air gives the vegetables character.
"At night you get that salty dew," Iacopi said, "and it gets into the plant, it gets into the soil, it adds flavor."
Whether it's the salty air or her mother's persistence, 5-year-old Lorenne Langmade has bought into the Brussels sprouts phenomenon.
"I like it when my dad grills them," said Lorenne while shopping with her mother at Whole Foods Market in San Mateo.
Tera Langmade said her daughter's attitude is much better than her own as a child. She regarded them simply as gross. But when she came across sprouts in a grocery store a few years ago, she gave them another try.
"I'm still not fond of them if they're not cooked right," said Langmade, a vegetarian. "It's all about the cooking with a lot of vegetables."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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From Joy to Terror
From Joy to Terror
A Travelling Exhibition from School 33 Art Center, Baltimore
Curated by DCCA Curator of Contemporary Art Maiza Hixson
Carole Bieber and Marc Ham Gallery
July 13 - October 20, 2013
All currently or recently Baltimore-based, the artists in this thematic group exhibition envision time travel, explore oral histories, and inhabit diverse personas to address relevant political, environmental, and socio-economic themes. A fantasy and reflection of contemporary culture, From Joy to Terror contextualizes the gallery as a space for art, activism, and social exchange. Featuring a selection of drawings, painting, sound, video, and sculpture, the exhibition also includes interactive artworks that hinge upon visitor participation. Making disparate references, the broad range of subjects reflects the role of interdisciplinary thought in contemporary artistic practice emerging from Baltimore.
Regarding the importance of artistic community, in her essay Unexpress the Expressable, critic Chus Martinez states, "The ideas for shaping and thinking the world do not—cannot—come from civil society but from a community of artists." Martinez goes on to critique art institutions and art exhibitions as "sense-making operations" that make seemingly inexplicable artworks palatable for publics. While From Joy to Terror is concerned with the idiosyncratic creativity of a particular geographic location, there is a limit to classifying any of the artists' creative expression as particularly "Baltimorian." Ultimately, artists in From Joy to Terror are distinct and represent Martinez's idea of an artistic community "who cannot answer to normativity."
-Maiza Hixson
Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art
Exhibiting Artists:
Benjamin Andrew, Baltimore, MD
Chronoecology Corps, 2013, Wooden cart, props and performance
Chronoecology Research Station, 2013, Table, computer, comic books
Chronoecology Field Report, 2013, HD video
Great Cedar Tree..., 2013, Inkjet print
A Zoo Study..., 2013, Inkjet print
View of West Dublin..., 2013, Inkjet print
Carpenters House..., 2013, Inkjet print
Benjamin Andrew introduces Chronoecology Corps as a gesamkunstwerk or a total work of art into the gallery. Encompassing nearly every creative medium, from drawing and sculpture to sound and video art, the project is also a living comic book based on the science fiction premise that in the future nature is obsolete and the artist is a time traveling scientist who must return to the past to archive people's experiences of the environment. The artist invents simulation machines to allow people of the future to imagine the sound of crickets at night and the feeling of grass between one's toes in the gallery.
Installing a desk, computer, TV monitor, and mobile cart in the gallery, at first glance Andrew's artwork may appear more like office furniture than scientific ephemera marking his epic utopian return to a metaphorical Garden of Eden. Through deadpan humor, Andrew evokes humanity's timeless nostalgia for nature and the very real threat of ecological destruction. Given that one half of all plants and animals species on dry land could face extinction by the year 2050 due to global warming and that 100 species die each day due to tropical deforestation, it is not absurd to imagine nature as a virtual world.
Hannah Brancato, Baltimore, MD
Cut Pieces, 2012
Used clothing, sewing machine
Looking at the meaning of fabric and textiles in contemporary artistic practice and involving the visitor in the making of the artwork, artist Hannah Brancato both sews quilts and works in a variety of new media, including sound and video. She states that her work "is designed to point out contradictions and injustices, often through storytelling." Her quilt installation entitled Cut Pieces includes an open call for fabric or garment submissions from the public. Visitors are invited to write a few sentences about their garment's history, where it came from and how long they had it. Pockets throughout the quilts hold transcriptions of these stories.
Another of Brancato's interactive works entitled What Gives People Power is a listening booth in which visitors can hear previous audio interviews with domestic violence survivors and perpetrators, as well and staff and volunteers from one of the nation's leading domestic violence centers, House Of Ruth in Maryland. Brancato states, "The project documents connections between perceptions of power and the cycle of violence. The resulting stories give voice to the stigmatized issue of domestic violence, while bringing to light the diverse ways and means that people empower themselves."
Brancato's quilts and listening booth involve the community in participatory works that combine textiles, craft, and decorative surface designs as part of the goal of educating people about social issues and implicating them in the work of art. Making accessible the personal stories of individual subjects participating in the artwork is a major motivation for the artist's creative process.
The Last Supper, 2012
Pen on panel
A sense of storytelling pervades the artwork of Emily Campbell whose two dimensional drawings visualize wildly utopian scenes and theatrical settings, invented histories, and fictional characters engaging in a variety of acts. All made with pen on board, from a distance each black and white drawing appears nondescript. However, upon closer inspection, a host of erotic and fantastic imagery comes into view. The artist states, "Fictional characters roam through disorienting and often compressed spaces, never completely relating to their surroundings.x Displaced forms, anatomical anomalies and dark psychological interactions proliferate in my work…whimsical elements can turn into the terrifying and grotesque, which stem from combining pop culture, art historical references and my own daily experience."
Jonathan Duff, Richmond, VA
Imaginary Still Life in Hell, 2012
Acrylic and oil paint on canvas
Drawing inspiration from mundane objects and America's material, consumer culture as disposable waste, artist Jonathan Duff's photographic work references catalogs of home décor and furniture companies. The artist finds that the "ultra clean and organized scenes in these catalogs are begging to be soiled." His two-dimensional abstract paintings combine garish and outdated colors with geometric shapes that enthusiastically embody the definition of generic composition, reminding one of bad 1980s graphic design and corporate lobby art. Occasionally, an aerosol spray squiggle appears in the images, suggesting graffiti or "wildness" in the midst of staid and restrictive environments. Duff's work both calls our attention to the creative potential and abuse of computer aided design templates.
Nathan Gorgen, Columbus, OH
Luxury Accommodations, 2012
Molded plastic, canvas, wood
Both and whimsical, Nathan Gorgen's Luxury Accommodations features a portable bathroom in the gallery that follows in the Duchampian readymade tradition. Aside from his gleeful homage to the commercial art of faux finishing in a seemingly sacred space of fine art, the artist creates a cultural monument out of a human waste container. In the United States, where Americans dump 16 tons of sewage into their waters every minute and prefer not to talk about it, the faux finished walls of Gorgen's sculpture are a conversational catalyst calling museum visitors inside.
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Smile, 2012
Oil paint on canvas
Painter Jordan Kasey enjoys "arranging organic forms into images that feel monumental and confrontational..." Kasey's large and aggressive canvases include surreal-looking portraits of richly colored rocks and, among others, the shell of human heads bursting with coral, sea anemone, and starfish imagery. She states that her works are "more about eliciting an emotional response from the viewer than conveying any specific intellectual or political message." Kasey's iconic image of a woman flashing an unseemly smile with her chin resting upon her contorted fingers and painfully arched wrists strikes a note of simultaneous pleasure and pain in the viewer. While fighting the urge to smile back at this archetypal beauty queen, we wrestle with the cartoonish depiction of her face as well as the way the artist severs her portrait just above the tip of her nose, only revealing the lower half of her seductive face. By intentionally excluding her eyes from the portrait, Kasey's work suggests that while the viewer has the power to gaze upon the image, we still cannot know the full identity of the person depicted. In this sense, Kasey's unknown and seductive surface manifests a sense of the beautiful and the sublime.
Make Studio, Tony Labate, Baltimore, MD
Barack Obama's Inauguration, 2013
Ink and colored pencil on paper
Tony Labate is a Make Studio artist known as "a reliably expert source of information about classic films, television, and music of the late 20th century." Labate illustrates his own version of the election of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's birthday, as well as his 5 Favorite Entertainment Awards, including the Tony, Academy Award, Emmy, Grammy, and the Screen Actor's Guild Award. Using watercolor and Sharpie marker, Labate's signature elongated drawing style portrays these ubiquitous cultural icons with a highly subjective slant that personalizes America's most mass produced and consumed spectacles and televised ceremonies.
Make Studio, Kareem Samuels, Baltmore, MD
Bible Boy, 2012
Ink and colored pencil on paper
Make Studio artist Kareem Samuels approaches pop culture whimsy and cartoon animation to convey the artist's spiritual perspective on contemporary culture. Creating a heroic alter ego for himself named "Bible Boy," Samuels depicts a caped character wearing eyeglasses and in another colorful drawing, accompanied by three formidable "Bible" heroines or "Angels" who fight to spread the gospel with him. Using watercolor, acrylic, Sharpie, marker, and colored pencil, Samuels develops colorful and highly idiosyncratic imagery that contextualizes his own identity and personal religious quest as a clever and powerful cartoon character tackling the world.
Make Studio, Gary Schmedes, Baltimore, MD
Will Bunny and Kitty Help the Lorax?, 2012
Ink and watercolor
Working in colored pencil, Sharpie marker, watercolor, and ink, Make Studio artist Schmedes draws cartoons characters inspired by Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, Warner Brothers' Minerva Mink, and Hans Christian Anderson's character Grundel Toad from Thumbelina. His spare compositions mix characters from different TV shows and include talk bubbles above the characters articulating their struggle to overcome particular obstacles—from saving the environment to deciding whom to date.
Vincent Valerio, Baltimore, MD
The Vincenzo Couture Experience, 2012 - Present
Mixed media installation and interactive performance
The surface of things preoccupies artist and fashion designer Vincent Valerio. Branding his own clothing line Vincenzo Couture, the artist creates wildly wearable sculpture that references the history of American pop culture and TV shows such as Pee Wee Herman's Playhouse and Leave it to Beaver. While Valerio performs the role of designer, he also models the clothes and stages fashion shoots for which he and other models strike a pose. Valerio also invites the viewer to try on his outfits and pose for a live digital photograph in the gallery, performing in one's own fashion shoot. In contrast to form-fitting clothing designed for the supermodel thin frame, Vincenzo Couture features collapsible suits that could fit practically anyone as they appear to be fashioned after circus tents made of bright colors patterns. Whereas Jordan Kasey's intimidating image of a woman's mouth may conjure feelings of desire and repulsion within the viewer, Valerio's photographs of smiling female models provoke humorous reactions as they appear to embrace the clown-like role his costumes require. Valerio states he is influenced by the loss of childhood innocence and collective joy and celebratory acts in American culture. His clothes do not constrict and separate the individual but house people under universally enormous sizes and "crazy" fabric. Donning the clothes, the viewer steps into a different guise, becoming someone else for a brief period of time.


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Set out a glass bowl of granola, pitchers of juice and milk, a platter of fresh fruit, a bowl of vanilla yogurt, and a basket of muffins or breakfast pastries from the bakery. Make coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, and you're ready.
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Prepare a breakfast casserole the night before and just shove it in the oven in the morning.
For a sweet fix, offer some cream cheese mixed with honey, raisins, and chopped walnuts. This is great spread on whole wheat bagels. In fact, making cream cheese spreads is easy. Try chopped sundried tomatoes, fresh herbs, or classic chive — you name it.
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for snow and freezing rain through 4 a.m. Saturday.
A wave of sleet and freezing rain is expected tonight in the Southern Tier and Western Finger Lakes regions.
Snow accumulation will be an inch or less throughout the day, and 1 to 3 inches tonight.
The National Weather Service warns that roads and bridges could become slippery due to combined pockets of freezing rain and sleet.
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Main Ingredient Benzocaine Linked to Rare, Serious Disease
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May 5, 2011 -- The FDA has issued a warning to consumers about the use of benzocaine, the main ingredient in over-the-counter liquids and gels used to reduce teething pain in very young children.
Benzocaine is associated with a rare but serious condition called methemoglobinemia, which greatly reduces the amount of oxygen carried through the bloodstream. In the most severe cases, the condition can be life-threatening.
Benzocaine by Various Names
Benzocaine gels and liquids are sold under numerous brand names, including Anbesol, Hurricaine, Orajel, Baby Orajel, and Orabase, as well as store brands. It also is sold as lozenges and in spray solutions.
The products are used to treat pain caused by teething, canker sores, and irritation of the mouth and gums.
The FDA says methemoglobinemia has been reported with all strengths of benzocaine gels and liquids, including concentrations as low as 7.5%. The federal agency says most cases occur in children aged 2 or younger who were treated with a gel for teething discomfort.
The FDA says people who develop the condition may become pale or gray, become short of breath, feel fatigued, confused, and lightheaded. It also may cause a rapid heart rate.
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Signs and symptoms of a reaction to benzocaine usually appear within minutes to hours of using it. The FDA says adults should seek immediate medical attention if symptoms show up after using benzocaine.
The FDA says benzocaine products should not be given to children younger than age 2 unless under the supervision of a health care professional. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends giving children with teething problems a teething ring that has been chilled in a refrigerator, or gently rubbing the child's gums with a finger.
Adults who use benzocaine gels or liquids in the mouth should follow recommendations on the label of the product, which should be stored where it can't be reached by children, the FDA says.
However, the FDA says labels of marketed benzocaine products do not, as of yet, contain warnings about the risks of methemoglobinemia.
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Amanda E. Palmer, 88, of Norman, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at a Noble nursing center.
Services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, at First Baptist Church in Wanette. Burial will be at Wanette Cemetery.
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Was the severe weather system culminating in yesterday�s Oklahoma City tornado intensified � or even created � by climate change? That question will almost certainly be batted back and forth in the media over the next few days. After all, there is plenty of scientific evidence that climate change intensifies weather in general, but there remain legitimate questions about how � and even if � it intensifies tornadoes in specific.
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SAN JOSE -- Don't overlook an improved penalty kill as part of the reason the Sharks are off to the league-best 7-0-0 start they hope to build on Saturday night against the Nashville Predators.
After finishing 29th in the NHL last season, San Jose knew it had to do significantly better short-handed. It took a few games to get familiar with system changes brought in by associate coach Larry Robinson and assistant coach Jim Johnson, but the Sharks entered Friday's play tied for ninth in the NHL with an 83.3 percent success rate.
"We're starting to move together and read off each other and understand what our responsibilities are. That's the biggest thing," Johnson said, adding that goalie Antti Niemi also has done well when breakdowns did occur.
After giving up five power-play goals in the first three games, the Sharks were 16 for 16 on the penalty kill in their next four games.
"Once you get on a little bit of a roll, you get confidence, and that's why we're having a little bit of success right now," Johnson said. "But we've got to keep moving up."
Coaches and players both cite improved play in front of the net as one reason for the improvement, as power plays aren't getting easy second and third chances. But the Sharks also are doing a better job of simply getting the puck out of their own zone, something that keeps shifts short and legs fresh.
Increasing the number of clears was part of the plan.
"That's one of the things both Larry and I, when we came in this summer, looked at," Johnson said. "There were a number of times the pucks were on our sticks and we couldn't get it down."
Center Michal Handzus said many of the clears are a result of players picking up on the need to play as a unit.
"If we don't support each other as well, those clears don't come, because it's not always the first guy to the puck who gets the clear," Handzus said. "Maybe the second guy gets it because there is so much pressure in the zone."
Joe Pavelski, another penalty killer, said that the improvement has taken a lot of hard work and sacrificing the body as far as blocking shots. But avoiding penalties in the first place goes a long way, too.
"We don't have to give them five, six, seven opportunities," Pavelski said. "You want to stay out of the box, but when you do get that opportunity, everyone has to step up."
Coaches generally don't tinker with the lineup when a team is 7-0, but McLellan cited the progress being made by Burns as part of his rationale.
"What you don't want is both of them without any exhibition or game experience coming back in the middle of February," McLellan said.
Demers, he added, also deserves the opportunity to play regardless of the team's record.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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How To Work Out During Every Stage Of Your Cycle
Exercises to get you through even the worst days of your flow
Alisa Vitti, is the author of WomanCode, and an expert on these things. She says women need to be sensitive to the neurohormonal changes happening in their bodies while planning their exercise regimens.
Right after your period ends, in the follicular stage (7 to 10 days), you'll have fairly high energy levels. Vitti suggests you try a new cardio routine. "You have more new neural pathways being created during this phase, and they're more easily connected, so you're more likely to stick to a new exercise plan."
In the ovulatory phase (3 to 4 days), right after the follicular stage, you'll be at full energy levels, and can go for an even more intense work out. "This is where we have a sharp rise in hormones, including a dramatic increase in estrogen and a nice surge of testosterone," explains Vitti. So a boot camp wouldn't be out of the question.
In the luetal phase, which lasts for 10 or 12 days, you'll start to slow down a bit. "Your energy may still be high if you're healthy," Vitti says. But as estrogen and progesterone decline, you'll slow down. That's when, suggests Vitti suggests strength training or barre classes. When you reach the menstrual part of your period, you'll want to take it easy, and stick to low intensity workouts like walking or yoga. Trust us, your uterus will thank you. [Well And Good NYC]
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Red Devil football coach Mick Price and staff are seeking public assistance in finding some old team photos for the upcoming special 100 Years of Red Devil Football Program.
If you have a photo of the following Red Devil teams: 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1944 or 1948, please contact Price at 304-634-7312.
Thanks for your assistance in this special commemorative project.
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Hey Sage this might cheer you up, on CBC news in Canada they reported over 200,000 protesters in Washington and over 10,000 in Toronto.
Also that site with the pics was amazing, thanks for posting that.
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i was really shitting on myself this weekend cause i didnt go... my parents were away and i had to take care of their house... hoorah... i was thinking of yhou ... respect
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some pics of the rally....
here are some pics my friend toook
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I'm glad to hear that there are Americans who stand up against their goverment and show their dissgust of the current policy!
Things like this slowly break down my anti american point of view, it just showes that there are still people who care out there, thanks!
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"We have always been at war with Oceania "
I'm sorry I missed this one but I'll be sure to hit the one in Feb.
These roadtrips from RI cost anything, Sage?
If so I'll start saving now. >;}
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the bus trip cost $50
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do you really think there were 500k people? thats sounds like an exaggeration
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i saw some footage of this protest on C-span..it was on for hmm about an hour or so...i was like whoa...so many people!
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yup. i was glued to the tv, watching it on c-span. wish i could've been there. it was pretty emotional to see all those people and all that energy. i actually felt more patrioitic than i ever have before.
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i definatly wish i could have been there. thats amazing to see so many other people who dont want this either. bush is power hungry. he went and fucked up everything clinton did for us. its aggrevating.
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the san francisco one was off the heez. WAY more people than at the october one, and there were a fucking lot that time. last time the marching was pretty much done by 2pm, this time the sea of people had not slowed down at all by that time. last time the street was full but the sidewalks were fairly still; on saturday the sidewalks were moving the whole time and there were were many places where the street was completely clogged and the only place you could move at all was on the sidewalks. we went to dinner with my friend's parents later, who had gone to vietnam marches etc back in the day and they couldn't stop talking about how positive the whole thing was, and how everyone seemed to just be there with a good attitude, plenty pissed off but having a great time with each other etc.. they were very surprised and impressed. pretty heartening especially when you consider that there were NO protests about vietnam until several years in. despite the media's distortion and the government's indifference, it seems like a good sign that this much is going on before the shit even officially starts.
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do you really think there were 500k people? thats sounds like an exaggeration
yeah it sounds like an exaggeration. 200-300 would not surprise me though. The march was 2.2 miles long, on four lanes on road (and sidewalks) and apparently when the beginning of the march had reached the end, people were still leaving the starting point.... so it was really really long.
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I thought 500,000 was including the people who were at the San Fran. protest, and it was really about 250k each.
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I was there in DC...
it was fucking amazing......
i was there and am still astounded
be there!!!!!!
500,000 strong.....i saw a couple news stations covering it too....and their message was completely twisted.....fucked up
who saw the guy wearing only speedos and holding markers for people to draw peace signs all over him....he was shivering like crazy
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Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Family members say four Georgians killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 16 were transporting packages, traveling on business and going to the doctor when tragedy struck.
Joel Moore of Clyo left home early Wednesday to travel to a meeting with co-workers at International Paper. Michael J. Smith of Covington was on the job as a contract truck-driver for FedEx. And Clayton and Josephine Warnock, a couple from Dublin, were heading to Atlanta for a doctor to check his pacemaker.
All of them died early Wednesday as 27 cars, pickup trucks and tractor-trailers braked, swerved and collided in a chain-reaction collision that also sent nine people to a hospital with injuries.
Authorities are investigating whether smoke from nearby fires may have mixed with fog and blinded drivers.
(Copyright 2013, The Associated Press)


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The Cult of Rajavi
By Elizabeth Rubin
Published: July 13, 2003
For more than 30 years, the Mujahedeen Khalq, or People's Mujahedeen, has survived and operated on the margins of history and the slivers of land that Saddam Hussein and French governments have proffered it. During the 1970's, while it was still an underground Iranian political movement, you could encounter some of its members on the streets of New York, waving pictures of torture victims of the shah's regime. In the 80's and 90's, after its leaders fled Iran, you could see them raising money and petitioning on university campuses around the United States, pumping photographs in the air of women mangled and tortured by the Islamic regime in Tehran. By then, they were also showing off other photographs, photographs that were in some ways more attention-grabbing: Iranian women in military uniforms who brandished guns, drove tanks and were ready to overthrow the Iranian government. Led by a charismatic husband-and-wife duo, Maryam and Massoud Rajavi, the Mujahedeen had transformed itself into the only army in the world with a commander corps composed mostly of women.
Until the United States invaded Iraq in March, the Mujahedeen survived for two decades under the patronage of Saddam Hussein. He gave the group money, weapons, jeeps and military bases along the Iran-Iraq border -- a convenient launching ground for its attacks against Iranian government figures. When U.S. forces toppled Saddam's regime, they were not sure how to handle the army of some 5,000 Mujahedeen fighters, many of them female and all of them fanatically loyal to the Rajavis. The U.S soldiers' confusion reflected confusion back home. The Mujahedeen has a sophisticated lobbying apparatus, and it has exploited the notion of female soldiers fighting the Islamic clerical rulers in Tehran to garner the support of dozens in Congress. But the group is also on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations, placed there in 1997 as a goodwill gesture toward Iran's newly elected reform-minded president, Mohammad Khatami.
With the fall of Saddam and with a wave of antigovernment demonstrations across Iran last month, the Mujahedeen suddenly found itself thrown into the middle of Washington's foreign-policy battles over what to do about Iran. And now its fate hangs precariously between extinction and resurrection. A number of Pentagon hawks and policy makers are advocating that the Mujahedeen be removed from the terrorist list and recycled for future use against Iran. But the French have also stepped into the Persian fray on the side of the Iranian government -- who consider the Rajavis and their army a mortal enemy. In the early-morning hours of June 17, some 1,300 French police officers descended upon the town of Auvers-sur-Oise, where the Mujahedeen established its political headquarters. After offering the Iranian exiles sanctuary on and off for two decades and providing police protection to Maryam Rajavi, the French mysteriously arrested Rajavi along with 160 of her followers, claiming that the group was planning to move its military base to France and launch terrorist attacks on Iranian targets in Europe. Immediately, zealous Mujahedeen members in Paris, London and Rome staged hunger strikes, demanding the release of Maryam, and several set themselves ablaze.
In Washington, Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas and chairman of the Foreign Relations subcommittee on South Asia, accused the French of doing the Iranian government's dirty work. Along with other members of Congress, Brownback wrote a letter of protest to President Jacques Chirac, while longtime Mujahedeen champions like Sheila Jackson-Lee, Democrat of Texas, expressed their distress over Maryam's arrest. But few, if any, of these supporters have visited the Mujahedeen's desert encampments in Iraq and know how truly bizarre this revolutionary group is.
Recently, I went to visit Camp Ashraf, the main Mujahedeen base, which lies some 65 miles north of Baghdad in Diala province, near the Iranian border. Ashraf is 14 square miles of ungenerous desert surrounded by aprons of barbed wire, gun towers and guards in trough-like bunkers, shaded by camouflage netting and dehydrated palm trees, their trunks thickened by dust. As you pass the checkpoints and dragons'-teeth tire crunchers into the tidy military town, you feel you've entered a fictional world of female worker bees. Of course, there are men around; about 50 percent of the soldiers are male. But everywhere I turned, I saw women dressed in khaki uniforms and mud-colored head scarves, driving back and forth along the avenues in white pickups or army-green trucks, staring ahead, slightly dazed, or walking purposefully, a slight march to their gaits as at a factory in Maoist China.
Pari Bahshai, a stocky Iranian woman in her mid-40's and the military commander of Ashraf, was my tour guide for the day. We drove through the grounds in her white Land Cruiser out to a dry, burning plain where dozens of young women were buried in the mouths of their tanks -- adjusting, winching, tinkering with the circuits and engines that keep their fighting machines alive. There were neat rows of Brazilian Cascavel tanks, Russian BMP armored vehicles and British Chieftains, most of them captured from Iran at the end of the Iran-Iraq war.


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ST. LOUIS -- Rookie Tomas Hertl will be in the lineup tonight when the Sharks face the St. Louis Blues in a showdown of unbeaten NHL teams.
And the 19-year-old right wing might find himself lining up at times against one of his good friends from the Czech Republic. Blues left wing Vladimir Sobotka was a teammate of Hertl's on Praha Slavia during the NHL lockout a year ago, and the two trained together last summer.
Did Sobotka expect Hertl to have an immediate impact in the NHL with seven goals in five games?
"He's working hard and he's a good player, but nobody expected the start he's had," Sobotka said. "He's scoring goals, he's got great patience on the ice and he has speed on the ice. That's his advantage."
Sobotka was the player Hertl turned to before coming to San Jose when he had questions about the NHL and United States.
"What is it like? What's the life like here in the U.S?" Sobotka said Hertl asked him. "And I said it was going to be a little different in St. Louis than California, you know. But everyone has to go through this and I think he's doing a great job."
Sobotka, 26, tried to reassure Hertl as far as the language barrier.
"His English is not good," Sobotka said, "but I told him he should be fine in three months."
Hertl had to leave Saturday night's 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators late in the second period after an awkward collision with left wing Clarke MacArthur. He did not return, but after two days of rest, coach Todd McLellan said the rookie is good to go.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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The status of the SaberCats' Russ Michna remains in the hands of team doctors, who are following protocol after the veteran quarterback suffered concussion-like symptoms in San Jose's opening-night win over Portland on March 17.
Rookie Nate Stanley started the past two games with mixed results. He was outstanding in the SaberCats' home-opening win over Philadelphia but unable to bring the team back in a loss to Pittsburgh.
Stanley will likely start Friday's 7:30 p.m. game against Spokane at SAP Center, though coach Darren Arbet said it'll come down to a game-time decision.
Players said they feel comfortable with either quarterback.
"It's really a win-win situation," defensive back/kick returner David Hyland said. "Russ has the experience and has proved himself. Nate may be a rookie, but he's way ahead on the learning curve. He's done a great job for us. If you flipped a coin, we'd all be happy with the result."
AFL four-year veteran Kimani Jones arrived Tuesday and rookie Zach Allen arrived Wednesday.
For Hyland, it's personal. He's hosting Chad McClain, who serves in the Marines and who befriended Hyland. "It's humbling to try to get into that mindset," Hyland said. "They are the ultimate competitors, and you can't replicate that type of brotherhood they have with their fellow soldiers. Chad is exactly the kind of guy you want out there defending our country. He sets a high standard for all of us."
Also, the first 5,000 fans will receive a free rally towel.
Friday' s game
Spokane (1-1) at SaberCats (2-1), 7:30 p.m.


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Steve Ballmer Moved to Tears at Employee Meeting
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, one of the world's hardest-charging executives, was moved to tears Thursday as he led what is likely his last annual meeting with employees.
The yearly event–uncreatively named the "Microsoft Company Meeting"–offers up sneak previews of future Microsoft products, and serves as a pep rally for some of Microsoft's roughly 100,000 employees.
This year's gathering in a Seattle basketball arena also served as one of the first stops on the Steve Ballmer retirement tour, as he prepares to hand over the reins in coming months to just the third CEO in Microsoft's history.
Ballmer, choking up near the close of the roughly seven-hour meeting, told more than 10,000 attendees about his love of Microsoft and pledged the company will keep innovating and "change the world," according to people familiar with the meeting. He also alluded to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison skipping a planned speech this week to catch his America's Cup sailing team.
The CEO, wearing a blazing yellow shirt, exited the stage to the song "(I've Had) The Time Of my Life."
Employees, some who arrived in company buses from Microsoft's suburban headquarters, lined up early Thursday morning to file into KeyArena near Seattle's downtown. The onslaught was severe enough that some local news outlets and transportation agencies issued traffic alerts and told people to avoid the area. Many more Microsoft employees watched on webcasts at home or in local offices around the world.
Prior Microsoft company meetings have featured celebrity emcees, such as "Saturday Night Live" star Seth Meyers from and comedian Amy Sedaris. Microsoft opted to go without a celebrity host this year. (Blitz, the mascot for the Seattle Seahawks football team, was in attendance, according to a photo posted on Blitz's Twitter account.)
Ballmer's tears weren't the only moment of drama. Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, showed what some attendees said was an emotional video of children talking about how proud they are of their parents who work at Microsoft. Terry Myerson, newly in charge of operating software for Windows computers, Xbox videogame consoles and Microsoft smartphones, was among the other executives to speak to attendees, as was Mark Penn, the executive responsible for Microsoft's advertising and marketing strategy.
Executives demonstrated a Halo videogame running over the Internet rather than downloaded on a videogame console. Myerson hinted at the possibility of a unified app store for Microsoft-powered phones, tablets, PCs and other gadgets–to replace scattered hubs for downloading apps for computing devices running Microsoft software. The demonstrations were more aspirations than features likely to be immediately available, attendees said.
Outside the meeting, some local businesses sought to take advantage of the Microsoft throngs. Buckley's on Queen Anne, a pub located two blocks from KeyArena, opened its doors early to serve breakfast and Bloody Mary drinks after getting requests from a couple groups of Microsoft employees, said general manager Harrison Hegberg.
Asked whether Buckley's had sold any Bloody Mary drinks well before the 10 a.m. start time for the company meeting, Hegberg said, "I saw a few go out."
This post has been corrected. An earlier version of this post incorrectly said Mark Penn is the executive responsible for Microsoft's marketing. He is in charge of the company's advertising and marketing strategy.


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Politics Counts: Marijuana Debate Goes Mainstream
Dante Chinni writes Politics Counts every Friday. Mr. Chinni is the director of the American Communities Project at American University, which examines different types of communities across the U.S.
It wasn't long ago that talking about marijuana legalization was on the fringe of American politics, and the idea was largely dismissed by the mainstream. But a range of polls suggests that is no longer the case. In fact, 2014 may be remembered as the year marijuana legalization went mainstream in politics.
Survey numbers show legalization is gaining steam across the board, while opposition isn't strong. And this week's Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll revealed people believe marijuana is a less harmful substance than tobacco, alcohol and even sugar.
When voters in Colorado and Washington state voted to legalize marijuana in 2012, it came as a surprise to many. This year the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that works to loosen laws around the drug, has many targets in its sights. In Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland and Washington, D.C., it aims to get the drug decriminalized — that is, to have possession or use treated like a traffic stop with with no jail time or criminal record. The group is pursuing full legalization in Rhode Island and Alaska. They have plans for other states in the year ahead.
How did this happen so suddenly? In a sense, it didn't really. Look at questions on marijuana legalization over time and you will see a pretty clear trend going back to the 1990s, though one that has accelerated in recent years.
According to data from the Pew Research Center, 17% of Americans favored marijuana legalization in 1991. By 2002, it was 32%. In 2010, it had climbed to 41%. And it currently stands at 54%, a majority favoring legalization.
There are other numbers behind that shift.
First, there's a growing population that has experienced the drug first-hand, as Pew notes. But another significant factor may be there simply isn't a lot of concern about the health effects of the drug among the public, this week's Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found. When people were asked to choose the substance was the most harmful for their health among four: tobacco, alcohol, sugar or marijuana, marijuana scored lowest. Only 8% of those surveyed rated it as the most harmful.
And that ranking of the four substances was remarkably consistent across all demographic and political groups, men and women, Democrats and Republicans and all levels of educational attainment. That kind of agreement is very hard to find on anything in America today.
Only one group on the chart below rated marijuana higher on the list, those 65-or-older – and even they ranked marijuana as less harmful than tobacco and alcohol.
Those rankings may be something of a surprise, particularly where sugar is concerned, but perhaps they shouldn't be. It follows a larger cultural shift.
In some places, marijuana is a medicinal drug available with a prescription, while sugar is called a driving force behind the nation's high obesity rates. In the 1980s, First Lady Nancy Reagan urged people to "say no to drugs." Today, First Lady Michelle Obama has made fitness and healthy eating her priority.
When you consider the rankings, the push toward legalization doesn't seem surprising, it seems logical. Why should the substance people consider the least harmful be the illegal one?
Meanwhile, on the other side of the legalization fight, the opposition isn't strongly engaged on the issue, according to January's Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
In that poll, people were asked how they would react if their state "allowed adults to purchase small quantities of marijuana for their own personal use from regulated, state-licensed businesses." Overall people said they would favor such a law, 55% to 43%, but just as important the group that said "they would actively work to overturn" the law was fairly small across the board.
No demographic or political group in the chart below had even 30% that would "actively work" to overturn legalization and in most cases the percentage that would "actively support" the law was higher. Again, that's a surprising amount of agreement in a divided country.
Put all those data sets together, and the trend toward legalization seems likely to continue. That trend isn't completely uniform, of course. There are certainly still places in the U.S. where marijuana legalization seems anathema and may for some time.
Many people will be watching to see what happens in Colorado and Washington in the months and years ahead. Problems or successes with those experiments will play a big role in shaping public opinion.
Regardless, the marijuana-legalization debate, once stuck on the fringe, is now firmly in the center of the mainstream of American politics.


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I have really enjoyed my first summer with a Road bike having completed a couple century rides and one hill climb race. However at the end of July I suffered a significant hamstring injury (playing golf of all things!) that I'm just starting to recover from. Unfortantely it took a couple months of not progressing with recovery to finally have an MRI and the MRI showed more damage than expected. Specifically, "A Grade III/III-B Tendinosis of the right proximal hamstring tendon with at least partical avulsion of the hamstring tendons from the ischial tuberosity." In other words, part of my hamstring tendon is acutally pulled off the bone right where I sit. Ouch! My least favorite activity is driving in the car but I've now found getting on my bide feels pretty good as long as I'm on my narrow road bike seat. I tried a wider seat at a spin class and it sits me right on the problem area. I'm finding that lowering my intensity level and not doing much climbing helps me do it somewhat pain free. However a couple weeks ago my foot got caught in my clip at a quick stop and I tore it again and created a big hematoma.
So, that's my story. I'm looking for any advice from others on recovering from a similar injury. I'm also considering a new therapy called Platlete Rich Plasma injection (a new form of Prolotherapy) that seems to show promise in helping the tendons heal. Does anyone have experience with this?
Finally, I'm trying to set-up a winter training program (I live in Salt Lake City so not lots of outside riding in the winter) and I'm consider attending a J.R.Smith Power Cycling camp to keep me active and progressing. Then starting the spring with training goals to prepare me to ride the 210 mile LOTOJA next Septemeber. Any feedback on on this type of winter program or preparing for LOTOJA would also be appreciated.
I would like to offer my opinion if I may. I am not suffering from this specific injury but have battled my fair share. I am a very competitive person, sounds like you are too. I found the best way to battle injury is to rest, judging from my past experiences(IT band syndrome, runners knee, tendonitis, overtraining) the best cure is to bite the bullet and stop the activity that aggrevates you ailment all together, I think the fitness and conditioning you may lose due to inactivity is worth not having to battle chronic/lingering injuries. Tendonitis can be very serious if not treated and will never heal unless you let it. After all, wouldn't you rather sit out 2-3months and get back into it strong, rather than battle it for years for the plain and simple fact that you couldn't stop because you thought you were going to lose what you have so tenaciously worked up to, too me its not worth it. Have you seen/asked a doctor as to what he/she thinks? Please take this advice for what it is worth, I am not trying to be the expert but just thought I would share my opinion.
I have to agree with Anthony on this one. REST!!!! I have the same injury that you have in April and I was on crutches for a week and then I slowly started to walk on it and 6 weeks later I thought I was doing fine. I did a sprint triathlon and it was a little sore and I thought this is not that bad I am just a little out of shape. Well the next triathlon I did I took 43 minutes to run a 5K and at the end I could barely walk across the finish line. I went back to the doctor and she told me suck it up, STOP RUNNING! STOP BIKING! Swim as much as you want and go for brisk walks. It is now October and I am finally able to get in and out of the car without a problem and I since it was my right leg I can actually push down on the gas and brake without any pain. I resisted the urge and just swam, walked for 3 months. I also started light wieght training after 2 months to get it back into shape.
Happy Healing
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Corpus Christi native Kenny Jackson will embark on his second season as Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Islanders Baseball team. After helping out with the team in 2013 season, he will fill the void left by Brett Gips, who was promoted to recruiting coordinator for the 2014 season.
Jackson acts as the third base coach, as well as assisting Coach Malone with the hitters. Defensively, Jackson serves as the main coach for the outfielders and assisting with infielders.
Jackson was drafted in the 31st round by the Florida Marlins in 2011. He spent one season playing in the Gulf Coast League for the Marlins before focusing on a coaching career.
During his collegiate career, Jackson spent his final two seasons at Texas A&M where he started in each of the Aggies 69 games that season — a season in which A&M reached the College World Series. That year Jackson hit .278 while driving in 28 runs. He was a sure-handed shortstop as well, committing just 10 errors on 319 chances and turning 35 double plays. During his junior year Jackson played in 55 games, while getting the start in 31 of them, hitting at a .263 clip.
Prior to his time with the Aggies, Jackson played his first two college seasons at Alvin Community College where he was a two-year starter. In his sophomore year he was named first-team all-conference shortstop while hitting six home runs and driving in 41 RBI with a .376 batting average. In 2008, he helped the Dolphins to the Region XIV conference title and a fifth-place finish at the JUCO World Series.
Jackson spent his high school career playing for coach Gabriel Perez at King High School. As a senior he was a first team all-district selection and was voted the team's most valuable player while receiving the Mustangs' gold glove award.


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Kennebunk High School students combating underage drinking
Students place stickers on alcohol packaging
Students at Kennebunk High School spent their Saturday afternoon combating underage drinking.
As part of Project Sticker Shock, the students placed bright orange stickers on alcohol packaging at stores around the community. The stickers warn adults about the consequences of supplying alcohol to minors.
"We're just putting the stickers that say providing alcohol to minors is illegal and there are fines up to $2,000 and or a year in jail," student Sam Hickson said. "The bright orange grabs their attention. The biggest thing you can do is get the word out."
The school's Captains' Club, the Kennebunk School Department and the police department initiated the program.
Copyright 2012 by WMTW.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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The biopharmaceutical industry has seen an extraordinary evolution over the last 30 years since the first successes of recombinant DNA technology. Today, it represents the highest growth rate sector for the pharmaceutical industry. Developments in protein expression systems and cell culture technologies, along with major advances in analytical characterization capabilities, are at the core of the biopharmaceutical industry's rapid growth. This article presents an overview of how protein expression and cell culture have evolved over the last 20 years and highlights the emerging areas for development in each of these fields.
The factors that dictate the choice of a cell line include the expression level, economic considerations, and desired product quality for a given biological function. Because of the ease and the speed with which E. coli processes could be scaled up, this bacterium was a dominant host until the mid 1990s. Fermentation systems for E. coli with capacities in the range of 40,000 L were operational in the 1980s. As the need for producing properly folded protein molecules and antibodies with appropriate glycosylation patterns grew, the industry shifted toward the use of eukaryotes, particularly mammalian cells. The processes developed in the 1980s using mammalian cells often resulted in lower product yields. However, product yields of 1–2 g/L are currently commonplace, and industrial claims of product titers as high as 10 g/L have been recently made. The two cell lines that are primarily used for recombinant protein production in the biotechnology industry are Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and mouse myeloma (NS0) cells. At the same time, extensive use of and research in other expression systems, including bacteria,1 yeasts,2 insect cells,3 plants,4 human cells,5 and transgenic animals,6 are underway. Some notable applications that have emerged in the recent past include the glycoengineered yeast strains for controlled glycosylation,7 the use of duckweeds for producing protein therapeutics,8 and the cell-free production of recombinant proteins.9 Because the majority of investigational and clinical biotechnology products are currently being produced in mammalian cells, this article focuses on the use of mammalian cells to produce protein and antibody therapeutics.
Expression vectors commonly use a strong viral or cellular promoter and the gene of interest is generally isolated as a cDNA without introns. Because splicing is known to affect the cytoplasmic transport and translation of mRNA,10 most expression vectors will also include at least one intron sequence, usually located between the promoter and the cDNA coding sequence. The gene expression may also be improved by using the more abundant tRNA codons.11
It is known that the transcription of the inserted recombinant gene in the mammalian cell genome often can be influenced by the site of integration of the gene of interest in the mammalian cell genome. This may in turn affect the specific productivity and clonal stability of the resulting cell line. The incorporation of the recombinant gene in the host genome is a random process and several approaches have been demonstrated to either locally modify the chromatin structure or target a specific site of integration. Several protective cis-regulatory elements can be used to locally modify the chromatin structure used, e.g., insulators,12 locus control regions,13 scaffold or matrix attachment regions,14 ubiquitous chromatin opening elements,15 conserved antirepressor elements,16 and butyrate.17
The integration of the recombinant gene in the host genome is random, which makes it an inefficient process (approximately 1 in 10,000 events results in a successful recombination) and the chromosomal site of insertion and the copy number cannot be predicted.18 To overcome the problems associated with randomness of recombinant gene insertion in the host genome, the use of episomal vectors has been demonstrated as a viable strategy for recombinant protein production.19 However, the most notable development has been the demonstration of site-specific homologous recombination, which can be achieved by using recombinase enzymes (e.g., bacteriophage P1 Cre or yeast Flp enzymes). These enzymes exchange DNA between the transfected plasmid and the host genome at the sites thought to be relevant for high expression.20


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The family lawyer for a black teenager who died in a 2006 hanging at an Ohio church camp has asked the local sheriff to reopen the investigation after another camper invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning last week.
Attorney Cliff Arnebeck made the request of Logan County Sheriff Andrew Smith on Friday. He says the witness's request for protection against self-incrimination raises new questions about the death of James McCoy III.
McCoy was found hanging from a tree at a Christian camp near Bellefontaine where his Columbus-area church was on retreat in April 2006. It was his 18th birthday. A lawsuit alleges it was asphyxiation prank akin to a lynching. A coroner ruled it suicide.
A message was left Friday with the camper's lawyer.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Three local SUNY Delhi students will be teaching golf to school-age children.
Caleb Blass of Trumansburg, Sean Murphy of Pine City, and Jacob Wichtowski of Wellsburg, are majoring in business and professional golf management.
The major includes golf-specific courses and requires four different internships at approved national or international internship sites.
For more information, visit www.delhi.edu.
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