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MARIETTA - The Washington County commissioners accepted a $33,000 proposal for the creation of the new Emergency Operations Center at their meeting Thursday.
DLH Design LLC, a contractor in Marietta, made the proposal. It now has three weeks to create design plans for the new facility.
Washington County Commissioner Tim Irvine said the three-week deadline is tight.
"We were awarded a grant to establish the Emergency Operations Center," Irvine said. "In order to use the funding from the grant the project needs to be completed by the end of June."
DLH Design LLC wasn't the only company that offered a lump sum proposal.
M + A Architects, based in Columbus, provided an estimate of $42,900 for the project citing travel and shipping expenses for the difference in cost.
The Emergency Operations Center will be in the basement of Washington County Children Services on Davis Avenue in Marietta.
Also on Thursday, the commissioners extended recognition and appreciation on behalf of the citizens of Washington County for Marie Gustke's accomplishments as a small business owner in the area.
Gustke is retiring after 66 years as a small business owner in Belpre. Gustke's Department Store was the first of her four local businesses and it opened in 1946.
After that she owned Gustke's Variety Store, Gustke's True Value Hardware and eventually Memory Mall.
The Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding a celebration of Gustke's accomplishments at Rockland United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event will be free and open to the public, according to Jackie Cassady, a Belpre Area Chamber of Commerce board member.
"We only ask that if you plan on attending you call the chamber first so we have an idea of how many refreshments we will need to serve everyone," she said.
Gustke's contributions to the community over the past 66 years go way beyond the businesses she owned, Cassady said.
"Marie exemplifies what a dedicated small business owner means to a community," she said. "It's just amazing for her to have been in business for so many years and still have been able to volunteer her time to the community."


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While the world awaits the launch of Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 web browser, wondering if it will help halt the continued demise of the world's most popular web browser, it's clear that their main rival is no longer Mozilla's Firefox, but Google Chrome.
New figures released show that Chrome gained a further 0.72% of the market last month putting it at 10.7% overall market share. This is more than double the 5.2% market share it had this time last year.
Internet Explorer however has fallen to only 56% overall though this was mostly due to the loss of older versions of the OS. IE8 gained 1.18% in the month, making it clear that people are leaving IE to move to Chrome. Firefox also lost market share too and dropping back to 22.75%.
With the expected launch of IE9 only next week it will be interesting to see if Microsoft can claw things back. It's been obvious from the launch of their Windows Phone smartphone OS that, while it is an excellent product, the association with the name Windows, and the memories of Windows Mobile are holding it back. It remains to be seen if IE9 suffers from the same bad feeling as people just think of Internet Explorer overall as buggy and insecure. It's worrying though that IE6 still maintains 11.6% of the overall browser market, largely I would suspect, to enterprises.
This is excellent news for Google however as the Chrome browser helps drive traffic to their search and advertising businesses.

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Chapter 1-Section 1.1
1.1 Superconductivity
After successfully liquefying
helium at 4.2 K in 1908, H. K. Onnes began to measure the resistivity
of metals at these low temperatures. Using high purity distilled mercury,
Onnes found in 19111 that near 4.3 K the electrical resistivity in this metal
began to vanish. He later coined the term "supra-conductivity" which
has since been modified to "superconductivity". The initial discovery
of superconductivity in Hg was followed by the discovery of the same
phenomenon in other elements such as lead (Pb). Resistivity vs. temperature
curve for a lead sample is provided in Figure 1.1.
Superconductivity seemed
to be a unique phenomenon that had little influence on other physical
properties until 1931 when W. H. Keesom and J. A. Kok observed an abrupt
change in the specific heat of tin as it was cooled below its transition
temperature. This observation opened the door for investigations into
other thermodynamic properties associated with the superconducting
Figure 1.1: Resistivity vs. temperature of a thin
film of the conventional superconductor, Pb (lead).
The first landmark discovery related to thermodynamics of
super conductors was made in 1933 by Walther Meissner and Robert Ochsenfeld.2 The two scientists demonstrated the expulsion of magnetic
field from within a superconducting metal as it is cooled below its
transition temperature. As the material is cooled below its transition,
the superconductor creates an opposing magnetic field by generating
a current. It is thermodynamically favorable for a superconducting
material to have electrons in a superconducting state below its transition
temperature. The generation of current to oppose a magnetic field
requires energy, therefore it costs more energy when it must oppose
a larger magnetic field. If the energy required to expel the magnetic
field exceeds the energy gained by entering the superconducting state,
then superconductivity is lost. This is why there is a magnetic field
dependence on the superconducting state of a given material. If a
superconductor can exclude the magnetic field of a substance that has
the gravitational force pushing down the mass of the magnet, the magnetic
substance will levitate above the superconductor as seen in Illustrations
1.1 and 1.2.
In 1957,3 a theory that explains much of the fundamentals behind superconductivity
was proposed. Likewise, John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer
devised a microscopic theory of superconductivity, which has since
been described as the "BCS" theory. This theory accurately predicts
the superconducting properties of most metals and alloys. Although
it fails to predict the behavior of high-temperature superconductors,
many scientists believe that a modified BCS theory may one day explain
these new materials. At the heart of BCS theory is that the pairs
of electrons are "coupled" to the lattice vibrations, or phonons, within
the superconductor. These electrons are then able to move through
the latticewithout resistance.
1.1: Schematic demonstrating Meissner Effect where a) is the magnet
without the presence of a superconductor and b) is with a superconductor
excluding the magnetic field.
1.2: Photo of a rare-earth magnet levitating above a high-temperature
superconductor pellet composed of YBa2Cu3O7-x that
was chilled to 77K with liquid nitrogen.
Using the BCS
theory, it was predicted that the upper temperature limit for superconductivity
would be ~30 K. Prior to the recent discovery of high-temperature
superconducting materials, many scientists viewed skeptically the possibility
of ever breaking this barrier. By 1985, the highest transition temperature
was found to be ~23 K for Nb3N. That record was shattered
in 1986 by Karl Alex Müeller and Johannes Georg Bednorz4 at IBM, Zurich with the report of "Possible High Tc Superconductivity
in the Ba-La-Cu-O System.." Their paper reported an onset transition
temperature of ~35 K. The optimized composition was found later to
be La1.85Ba0.15CuO4. Although the
paper initially received little attention, as soon as the results were
independently reproduced by other workers there was a worldwide search
for new high-temperature superconductors, most based upon copper-oxide
perovskite structures. Bednorz and Müeller received the Noble prize
in physics for their discovery in 1988.
After increasing
the transition temperature of La1.85Ba0.15CuO4 to
as much as 52 K with the application of pressure,5 Paul Chu and colleagues began to investigate chemical substitutions
that could internally mimic applied pressure. In 1987, their research
paid off with the discovery6 of YBa2Cu3O7-x, a superconductor
with a transition temperature of 93 K. This important superconductor's
structure is shown in Illustration 1.3(a). This discovery was particularly
important because it identified the first superconductor which could
be chilled into its superconducting state with liquid nitrogen. Prior
Illustration 1.3: Crystal structures of a) YBa2Cu3O7-x and
b) HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8.
Illustration 1.4: Crystal structures of a) Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8 and
b) Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10.
required liquid
helium as their cryogen. Liquid
nitrogen is about 1/20 the cost of liquid helium and requires less
stringent insulation for storage. This led many to foresee practical
applications using this material.
By 1988, there
were numerous reports of high-temperature superconducting phases. Among
these was the discovery of the Bi phase cuprates7 which were found to have transition temperatures of 80 K
and 110 K. The former material exhibits a composition of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 and
the latter, Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu2O10. The
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 structure
is shown in Illustration 1.4(a). Almost immediately following the
report of the high transition temperature in the Bi phase cuprates,
Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10,8 shown in Illustration 1.4(b), was discovered which is superconducting
at 125 K. This material held the record for highest transition temperature
for several years until 1993 when superconductivity was discovered
in the Hg-based cuprate systems,9 having a composition of roughly HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8. One
member of this class is seen in Illustration 1.3(b). Upon application
of pressure, the transition temperature of this material can be increased
to well above 150 K.10 Currently, HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8 holds
the record for highest transition temperature under both applied and
ambient pressure conditions.
has also been found in many other novel chemical systems. Indeed the
phenomenon has been observed for the inorganic polymer, (SN)x which
has a transition temperature of 1.2 K. This material is the only known
polymeric superconductor. There are also a number of crystalline organic
superconductors made of charge-transfer salts, the most studied of
which are based on the salts of the following two compounds: tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene,
TMTSF, and bis(ethylenedithia)tetrathiafulvalene, ET. More recently,
a number of fullerenes doped with metals into their interstitial sites
have been found to be superconducting. Fullerenes are spherical balls
or tubes made up of five and six membered rings of carbon. The most
studied and easiest to prepare and purify is C60. This
spherical carbon allotrope packs in a cubic close packed arrangement. The
packing motif leaves tetrahedral and octahedral holes that can be easily
filled with alkali metals such as K, Na, or Cs as well as other cations
without distortion of the lattice. The first superconducting fullerene
system was K3C60 with a transition temperature
of 18 K. The substitution with the highest transition temperature
is currently Cs2RbC60 with a transition temperature
of 33 K.
There are still
many unexplored chemical systems in which superconductivity may exist. One
lesson that may be learned from the study of the cuprate system is
that superconductivity may be found in ordered systems with many complex
components and diverse chemical compositions. Careful control of the
chemical composition may be needed in the formation of new superconductors.


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GAME NAME: Bit.Trip SAGA
DEVELOPER(S): Gaijin Games
PUBLISHER(S): Rising Star Games
GENRE(S): Various
RELEASE DATE(S): 16 March 2012
If your idea of a good game is "PWNing N00Bs" in the latest generic First Person Shooter then Bit.Trip SAGA might not be for you. If you are after aesthetic 8-bit visuals, a ridiculously vibrant soundtrack and gameplay more addictive than a nicotine-laced packet of pretzels then Bit.Trip SAGA is just the game you've been looking for.
Bit.Trip SAGA is a compilation of six Bit.Trip titles; Beat, Core, Void, Runner, Fate and Flux, all of which have their own unique take on the overall retro gaming theme in stunning 3D.
Bit.Trip Runner is without a doubt the gateway drug in this collection. In Runner you take control of Commander Video, who is the main protagonist throughout the series. You will be tasked with running through each stage without stopping and will need to jump, slide, kick and block your way around various treacherous obstacles. While doing all this you are also encouraged to collect gold slabs in order to unlock bonus missions and increase your overall score on the leaderboard.
Bit.Trip Core is arguably the package's most challenging title. Projectiles move across the screen from various directions and you are tasked to aim in one of four directions and tap a button to fire a laser and destroy. At first the game can seem impossible to master but once you have a grasp of the controls and rhythm element to the game it become highly rewarding.
Bit.Trip Beat and Bit.Trip Flux are essentially an intense game of Pong on steroids… big elephant steroids. You slide your stylus up and down to move a paddle along the side of the screen. Your goal is to spring the approaching projectiles back to the other side of the screen. Beat and Flux are very similar and Flux can be taken as a sequel to Beat. The colours used in Beat give you a slight clue as to what each pattern type each is but, in Flux, all your patterns are a uniform white colour, regardless of the beat type. A nice change in Flux is the addition of checkpoints which make the game more manageable and allow you the occasional luxury of blinking.
In Bit.Trip Void you use your circle pad to move a black ball around the screen, grabbing additional black bits helping you grow in size. Doesn't sound too tough does it? As with all the other games in the SAGA package things gradually (sometimes not so gradually) become more difficult. The more black bits you absorb, the bigger your ball grows. The bigger your ball grows the more difficult it becomes to manoeuvre around your obstacles, which are compiled of various white bits. Void is probably the most simplistic concept in modern gaming but this makes it no less fun or addictive.
Lastly there is Bit.Trip Fate. Fate is an on-rail shooter which uses your stylus to aim and your circle pad to move along the 'rail'. The game is filled with various power ups which help eliminate enemies in tough-to-reach places. Fate comes as a nice change of pace and adds to the versatility of the package.
Bit.Trip SAGA delivers a diverse series bundled together in one package. It will be a while before there is another bundle released with this much charm, visual excellence and overall challenge.


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Accra floods: Ghana locals mourn loss on social media
The Accra floods and the Goil Fuel Station have resulted in the loss of lives and left many Ghanaian stranded.
The Accra floods and the Goil Fuel Station have resulted in the loss of lives and left many Ghanaian stranded.
Since the flooding started, 13 999 households have been affected, 69 995 people rendered homeless, and 48 lives have so far been lost.
Our spring edition isn't a happy tale. With the climate change situation more dire than ever, now is the time to put pressure on our governments.
Heavy rain in Serbia and Bosnia has caused rivers to flood, killing some and forcing thousands to flee as the water rises and landslides bury homes.
The South African National Parks is keeping camps in the Kruger Park closed because of floods, which have killed up to six people in Mpumalanga.
A low-lying bridge has washed away in Mabopane, Pretoria, after heavy rains resulted in flooding in various parts of Gauteng.
Several areas in Johannesburg are flooded, says the Gauteng provincial government, and emergency services are working to provide aid.
Construction companies have damaged an ecosystem and wrought havoc in a farming community in Cape Town and winter rains have exacerbated the problem.
Three children were killed in separate incidents when their homes collapsed during heavy rains in Limpopo over the weekend, authorities said.
With more storms on the way in Britain, the government and the United Kingdom's insurance industry are engaged in mutual finger-pointing.
The latest bout of heavy rains in Northern India has brought the total to over 580 people killed by heavy monsoon rains across India since June.
The City of Cape Town has spent nearly R1-million helping victims of the recent floods on the Cape Peninsula with blankets, meals and baby packs.
The city of Cape Town has stepped up relief efforts to help households affected by floods over the weekend, says a disaster management spokesperson.
Thousands of houses were also flooded after torrential rains, storms and landslides hit Russia's Krasnodar region near the Black Sea.
In the wake of the start of the COP17 conference on climate change, six more people have been killed in floods after sever rains in KwaZulu-Natal.
Floodwaters following overnight torrential rains have brought Ghana's capital city Accra to a standstill and killed at least five people.
Two people died and hundreds were stranded in Northern and Eastern Ireland after torrential rain closed roads and put Dublin on an emergency footing.
Thai troops have reinforced vulnerable river barriers after a sudden rise in the water level set back efforts to contain the worst floods in decades.
Torrential downpours in Algeria have killed at least 10 people and ruined hundreds of homes. A mother and her infant daughter are also


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Authorities in Washington Parish said a 41-year-old man is accused of aggravated rape and aggravated incest of an 11-year-old child.
Warren Ciravola Jr., 41 , was arrested Thursday, the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office said.
"DNA evidence was collected during this investigation, and it will be extremely difficult for Mr. Ciravola to explain this DNA for any reason other than sexual intercourse," Capt. Tommy Sorrell said in a news release.
Ciravola's wife, who was at the home at the time of the arrest, was also arrested on an unrelated charge Thursday.
Ciravola is being held in the Washington Parish Jail under a $500,000 bond for each charge.


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Joy Zarembka is the executive director of the Break the Chain Campaign at the Institute for Policy Studies, an organization working to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking in the United States. In this role she conducts interviews with migrant women from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe who have been trafficked, enslaved, or exploited while employed in the domestic worker industry in the United States.
Zarembka provides legal, health, and social services and referrals to domestic workers by assembling a coalition of lawyers, social workers, translators/interpreters, doctors, and shelters equipped to tackle these trafficking and exploitative cases. She works with international agencies and embassies, as well as Congressional and legislative advocacy groups. She also coordinates public education events, media coverage, and strategy meetings.
Zarembka has been instrumental in the creation of the Freedom Network, a nationwide rapid-response coalition that works to ensure that all enslaved and trafficked persons in the United States are able to enforce their legal and human rights.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a Kenyan mother and a European-American father, Zarembka holds a masters degree in international relations from Yale University and was awarded the Fox International Fellowship to Cambridge University. She has researched interracial families in Britain, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Jamaica. Her new book, The Pigment of Your Imagination: Mixed Race in a Global Society, was released in 2007.


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The Month in Review - Past 30 Days
Friday, August 26, 2016
Book of the Day - Resistance and Stability of Polymers
Akron Rubber Development Laboratory is ARPM's newest sponsor
Global rubber transmission belt industry is forecast to grow at 2.9 percent
Registration is now open for USA Rubber Processing Education Week in Nashville
Rubber conveyor belt market forecast to grow at 3.5 percent rate
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Huntsman to install state-of-the-art honeycomb composite spray molding equipment at Auburn Hills Technical Center
French tire market forecast to grow at a CAGR of over 6 percent in value terms through 2021
Reducing tire waste by using completely degradable, synthetic rubber
Bornion Guangken Rubber ready to harvest four million rubber trees first planted in 2009 in Malaysia
Global rubber glove industry is forecast to grow at 3.9 percent
India's Rubber Board to encourage block rubber production
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Early registration pricing for the International Elastomer Conference ends August 31
Cooper Tire establishes Roy V. Armes Scholarship in recognition of retiring CEO
Engel hosts LSR seminar in Bangkok
Goodyear names Joseph Zekoski senior vice president, global operations
Fort Wayne Rubber and Plastics Group to hold its third technical meeting on September 8
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Clariant reports 10.5 percent growth for the first quarter
ChemSpec, Ltd. opens Mexican performance products division
Registration opens for 7th Rubber Modified Asphalt Conference
Lubrizol Corporation terminates processor agreements with Astral Poly-Technik Limited
Myers Industries announces quarterly dividend
Monday, August 22, 2016
Bridgestone Canada Inc. celebrates the 50th anniversary of Joliette, Quebec facility
Trelleborg to acquire Schwab Vibration Control
Vincent Charles named head of corporate media relations at Continental
Cooper Tire expands its Mastercraft line of premium light truck tires
Huntsman Corporation announces global price increases for titanium dioxide pigments
Michigan Rubber Group announces speakers for September technical meeting
Friday, August 19, 2016
Michelin Tweel Technologies increases production of its TWEEL SSL hard surface tire
Lion Elastomer not adversely impacted by Louisiana flooding
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company confirmed that the European Commission initiate merger review
Cooper Standard acquires fuel and brake business of AMI Industries
Book of the day - Fatigue, Stress and Strain of Rubber Components, by Judson Bauman
Bridgestone named founding partner of Olympic Channel
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Huntsman Polyurethanes Vitrox resin system selected as finalist for CPI 2016 Polyurethane Innovation Award
Saudi government and business leaders gather in Los Angeles to promote partnership opportunities for industrial development
U.S. Department of Commerce announces a negative preliminary determination for anti-dumping duties on new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India
New report available on the global pneumatic tire market
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Yokohama Tire Corporation has been named the preferred tire vendor for Gemini Motor Transport
Midwest Rubber Company to acquire Wyoming-based Xccent Medical and Industrial Division
Rubber Division, ACS, announces upcoming training opportunities
Global silicone sealants market is forecast to reach $3.50 billion by 2024
Global pressure-sensitive adhesives market forecast to grow at a CAGR of 7.22 percent
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Dow Corning to showcase silicone innovation in glazing applications for construction at Glasstec 2016
TA Instruments introduces three new thermogravimetric analyzers
Global rubber additives market expected to grow at the CAGR of 7.2 percent
Ireland tire market is forecast to surpass $450 million by 2021
Global demand for industrial robotics forecast to reach $42 billion by 2020
Datwyler to acquire German silicone molder Ott GmbH
Monday, August 15, 2016
Global specialty chemical market is projected to reach $492.4 billion by the end of 2021
TIA announces 2016 Hall of Fame recipients
Dow Chemical and DuPont merger threatened by European regulators
Songwon Industrial Group released its financial results for second quarter
Consumer Reports finds 5.7 percent improvement in fuel economy with low rolling resistance tires
Friday, August 12, 2016
Book of the day - Rubber Molding Principles on sale 50 percent off
Apollo Tyres' net profit increases 11 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016-17
Petronas Chemicals reports lower earnings for the second quarter
R.D. Abbott signs a new distribution agreement with Kraton Performance Polymers for Cariflex isoprene rubber
Career fair to be held during the International Elastomer Conference in Pittsburgh this October
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Global polyurethane market forecast to reach $79.15 billion by 2021
Lanxess raises its earnings forecast for 2016
Trelleborg to showcase innovative technologies at ONS 2016
Momentive announces second quarter results for 2016
Yokohama Rubber to begin sales of ibar HG82 a new high-pressure hydrogen gas hose
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Zeon and Sumitomo Chemical form study for joint venture of S-SBR businesses
Patagonia introduces the world's first neoprene-free natural rubber wetsuit
New report available on the ethylene propylene rubber market
China sells $13.84 billion worth of tires in 2015
Smithers Rapra names VP of technical consulting services and adds new Akron laboratory general manager
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Innospec commits to purchasing Huntsman's European surfactants business
Evonik reports first half and second quarter results
Myers Industries reports decreased sales for second quarter
Alpha Technologies launches Premier HC high capacity system
Daikin America announces price increase for PTFE
Monday, August 08, 2016
Sumitomo Rubber to invest $88.9 million is SUV tire plant in NY
Arkema reports second quarter results
Michelin adds 30 new tires sizes to Defender LTX line
Kraiburg TPE to present new product developments at K 2016
Silicone-based product use increases in the treatment of scar tissue
Continental raises earnings forecast
Friday, August 05, 2016
Falken Tire signs sponsorship agreement with German Bundesliga Team FC Ingolstadt 04
Cooper Tire reports record profits in second quarter earnings
Yokohama Tire promotes Dan Funkhouser to senior director of commercial sales
Book of the day - Resistance and Stability of Polymers
Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries reports demand for rubber to remain weak
Rubber Division issues a call for abstracts for the Spring 2017 Technical Meeting
Thursday, August 04, 2016
BFGooodrich Advantage T/A Sport provides four seasons of traction and new levels of handling
Tire makers in India are expected to raise their natural rubber imports
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company declares 178th consecutive quarterly dividend
Trinseo to sell its Brazilian latex and automotive plastics businesses
Medical grade silicone market is projected to reach $7.23 billion by 2021
Wednesday, August 03, 2016
Continental off-the-road products return to the Americas
Sri Lanka Plast 2016 begins this week in Colombo
Davis-Standard to promote Global Advantage at K 2016
Hankook Tire participates in meet and greet with President Obama at Disabled American Veterans national convention
ExxonMobil expands new Exceed XP performance polymers portfolio
Aerospace tire industry forecast to grow at a CAGR of 3.9 percent through 2021
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Sentury Tire eyeing Memphis and Atlanta regions for new $500 million tire plant
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company to present at J.P. Morgan Auto Conference
Dow Corning's LED optical silicone encapsulants patent upheld by European Patent Office
Firestone Liberia reduces workforce due to low natural rubber prices
Toyo Tire introduces two new additions to its Open Country family of tires
Monday, August 01, 2016
Sartomer America's Virginia plant passes one million work hours without loss-time incident
Ohio State researchers grow dandelions to make rubber
AptarGroup expanding elastomer capacity at NY facility
Ube to buy majority stake in Mitsubishi's injection machine building business
RPM International reported record sales and income for fourth quarter and year
Dieter Scientific and Thomas Technology Group join CWB Chemical Divisions sales force
Friday, July 29, 2016
Mitsui Chemicals to increase production of Milastomer with construction of new facility
Dow reports second quarter results
Joseph Walker named USA Rubber Technologist 2016 by Rubber Technologists Network (RTN)
Global antioxidant BHT market forecast to reach $265.91 million by 2021
Bridgestone Americas announces the retirement of CEO Gary Garfield
Green Tire Reclamation agrees to remove 2,400 tons of ground tires from Indiana site


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Celebrating Black History Month with the Legacy of Good Eating
Feb 23, 2013 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
BI-LO Store #292 2512 Tobacco Road Hephzibah, Georgia 30815
During Black History Month, BI-LO proudly celebrates the diversity of its customers and the many flavors of the African-American heritage by hosting a Legacy of Good Eating at select stores. As part of the celebrations, shoppers will enjoy an afternoon of family, food and heritage and will be treated to a live cooking demonstration featuring Chef Amadeus, the winner of the Food Network's "Extreme Chef: Mexican Showdown", who will prepare a kickin' jerk chicken dish. In addition to the delicious food tastings, event attendees can pick up new recipes such as pan seared pork chops, seafood and sausage jambalaya, Hoppin' John and shrimp, avocado and mango salsa to add to their cook books, as well as enjoy a live radio remote, children's activities and more.
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Local Watchdog Warns of Proposition L 'Deception'A guest on the Charlie Brennan Show yesterday, Tom Sullivan says the County library system has enjoyed steady revenue growth.
Clayton Mayor Pushes For Tax IncreaseLinda Goldstein is the co-chair of the Proposition L effort. It would increase property taxes by six cents to fund major renovations at county libraries.


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And Falling, Fly
Written by: Skyler White
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- 352 Pages
- 2 Mar 2010
- Berkley
- Adult
Thanks! The world of and Falling, Fly is a strange mash-up of Ireland, alternative culture, and Dante. To be honest, it started with Olivia, my vampire/heroine; the world grew to house her.
I wanted to pry open a space between how the world today looks and how it would feel to someone who remembers Eden. I wanted to play between the beauty we experience every day—the gorgeous detail, the loving attention given to the nested hearts on the top of my coffee —and the alienating scale of the machinery that brought the beans to my local guy who roasts them.
It's commonplace to talk about how the world is shrinking now, and also to acknowledge how vast time and the universe are, but somewhere on that continuum, there's a hitch—a place where my understanding and my acceptance hang up, if only for a moment. I wanted to house my story there, where I'm not at home, where there's both beauty and pain for me.
How did you come up with your protagonist, Olivia? Is she based on anyone you know?
Olivia is based on one of the darker sides of myself. She's that dissatisfied, hungry, searching part of me that wants what she can't have and is half irritated and half in love with that wanting. I wrote and Falling, Fly as an opportunity to interrogate her, to poke around in my relationship to desire —with wanting and being wanted, with wanting and getting —or not getting.
I wanted to try to understand why desire can be both motivating and crippling, where it can get twisted into craving or addiction, and where it can open up into liberation and love. That's why she's the angel of desire.
What drew you to the theme of fallen angels?
The un-fallen kind aren't any fun.
No really, there's no tension in perfection, no eroticism in the ideal. I want to write about the kind of people I love in my life —the complicated, imperfect types. This is why my cover art pleased me so much. There's something in the stone wings that exactly captures the paradox of a fallen angel —the symbol of flight fashioned of the one thing that you know can't fly. It's paradox that drew me to fallen angels —that draws me to people —that is so tied up in how I understand love and anything I could call god.
What do you look for in a good novel? Which genre are you personally drawn to?
I am utterly promiscuous in respect to genre. I'll read twenty pages of anything. Beyond that, the story has to take me. I'm a sucker for beauty —although I tend to shy away from "pretty" beauty. I like terrible beauty, tragic beauty. I like strong women, surprising plotlines and richly visualized writing. I want to get lost in a story world, but more than anything else, I want a story to affect me emotionally. If a book can upset me or turn me on, scare me or make me laugh, or alter my perspective, then I'll go back to that writer again and again, faithfully.
Can you tell us a bit about what you're working on next?
My next book, In Dreams Begin, coming from Berkley in December 2010, is a dark time-travel romance/horror in which a contemporary graphic artist wakes up on her wedding night in the body of Maud Gonne, the Irish revolutionary and suffragette, only to fall wildly, Victorianly in love with the poet and occultist WB Yeats.
It's been a very intense book to write. It's a very personal story, but it's also highly accurate historically and required a lot of research, both from a mountain of books and travel in Ireland, England and France. You can read more about my research trip on my blog.
Also, you can visit my website for more info at www.skylerwhite.com.


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What Samsung Is Selling Now: Boundaries
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday took another shot at telling the customers of its chips and display screens something like this: "It's safe to buy from us. We won't tell our colleagues who build cellphones, computers and TVs what you're doing."
It did so in another announcement about corporate promotions, the third this month.
Each one touted a reorganization that wasn't a reorganization, though many in the Korean media reported it as such.
Wednesday's statement said that Samsung will operate in two main business divisions, one for consumer products like TVs and cellphones and one for components like chips and displays. A vice chairman will oversee each division.
The statement is virtually a carbon copy of one issued in January 2009. The difference now is that, of the two vice chairman, the one who is the top guy as chief executive officer is the consumer products guy. In 2009, the components vice chairman was also the CEO.
To drive home the safe-to-buy-from-us point, Samsung's Wednesday announcement said, "The independent management of finished products and components is expected to reinforce the wall between businesses and enhance trust with our clients."
Asked for details, a Samsung spokesman said it's difficult to describe how it is hardening the division between its two big operations. He noted that some departments, such as human resources, will be divided up and operate only within the respective divisions. But employees may still cross from one to another.
The big issue is that customers of Samsung's chips and display, firms like Dell or Sony or HTC, worry that employees in those units will tell their colleagues in the consumer-product units what's going on.
It's a problem that the tech industry calls "channel conflict." Samsung executives have long maintained that the use of non-disclosure agreements and secret contracts means that employees of its component divisions cannot tell the finished-goods side what they're doing.
Samsung executives rarely speak openly about the problem, but they privately acknowledge spending a lot of time trying to persuade component customers that they keep secrets and compete fairly in finished-goods. They also have to keep their prices low because they know that the buyers of components, worried about Samsung's competitiveness in finished goods, will gladly buy components from other companies.
Of course, this year, the issue became a public one for Samsung when Apple Inc., its biggest buyer of chips, sued the company in the U.S. for copying smartphone designs. Samsung fired back with multiple lawsuits in other countries.
Investors then began speculating that Apple might scale back its purchases of Samsung's chips, which is a problem not just because of lost revenue but because Samsung's profit margins are higher on chips than they are in phones.
Some big U.S. technology companies weren't able to wade through channel conflict issues. Over the past 20 years, firms like IBM, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard all spun off businesses that were competing with customers of the divisions that brought its biggest profits.
No investment analyst will go on record speculating that the Samsung will break up in the same fashion. The company is controlled by its founding family and they are widely seen as eager to hang on to it. Indeed, this week they took a step to restructure the entire Samsung conglomerate, South Korea's largest business group, for another generation.


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POSITION: Right Wing
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BIRTHPLACE: Brandon, MB, CAN
DRAFTED: DET: 1988-80 overall
|WHL East Second All-Star Team (1989) Memorial Cup All-Star Team (1989) Missed majority of 1990-91 due to arm injury suffered in automobile accident, July, 1990. Traded to Winnipeg by Detroit for Winnipeg's 3rd round choice (Darryl Laplante) in 1995 Entry Draft, May 25, 1994. Claimed by Calgary from Winnipeg in NHL Waiver Draft, January 18, 1995. Signed as free agent by Boston, August 7, 1996. Missed entire 1997-98 due to leg injury suffered in cycling accident, July, 1997.
|Right winger Sheldon Kennedy was a top scorer in junior but more of a defensive role player in the NHL. His struggles as a pro after a brilliant amateur career were understandable after he came forward as a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of junior coach Graham James.
Kennedy played three years of junior with the Swift Currant Broncos where he was one of the top players in the WHL. He scored 287 points and was voted on to the WHL East second all-star team in 1989. That same year he scored 24 points in 12 playoff games as the Broncos won their first Memorial Cup. Following the victory he was named to the tournament all-star team. During his junior career Kennedy also won a gold medal with Canada at the 1988 World Junior Championships and also played at the 1989 WJC. The promising winger was chosen 80th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1988 Entry Draft.
Kennedy split his first three pro seasons between Detroit and Adirondack of the AHL and often struggled with his confidence. He was a checking forward on the Wings in 1992-93 and 1993-94 as the team recorded consecutive 100-point seasons. Following the 1993-94 season Detroit gave up on Kennedy and traded him to the Winnipeg Jets.
By the time the owners' lockout ended, Kennedy no longer fit in to Winnipeg's plans and he was placed on waivers. He was claimed by the Calgary Flames and was a solid checker and penalty killer for them until signing as a free agent with the Boston Bruins in 1996. It was in Boston where Kennedy courageously came forward with the truth about the sex crimes committed against him while he was a teenager.
A serious off-ice accident caused him to miss the 1997-98 season and he was released by the Bruins. He returned to play one last year with the IHL's Manitoba Moose and the EV Landshut club in Germany before retiring to concentrate on getting on with his life and helping other victims of sexual abuse. Kennedy launched his own ranch as a healing and counselling centre for sexually abused children and undertook a cross-Canada rollerblade trek to raise money for his activities.


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Career Development seminar
On Monday, Nov. 3, the WCSU Career Development Center will offer a Career Decision-Making Seminar at noon in Room 201 of the Student Center. Information about career choices and how majors fit with career options will be available for WestConn students, faculty and staff only. For more information, call x78263.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, painter Selina Trieff will discuss her work at 11 a.m. in Viewing Room 1 of White Hall. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university's Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series. For more information, call x78881.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the WCSU Career Development Center will hold drop-in hours from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 300E of the Westside Campus Center. WestConn students, faculty and staff are invited to stop in and ask questions about careers, have a resume critiqued, or to learn more about CDC programs and services. For more information, call x78263.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, the WCSU Career Development Center will present a "Cleaning up the Digital Dirt" workshop at 1 p.m. in Room 228 of the Student Center. WestConn students, faculty and staff are invited to learn about who is looking at their Facebook or MySpace pages and the techniques they should use to make a positive impression. For more information, call x78263.
upcoming NEWMAN DINNERS
The Newman Center will host free dinners at 5 p.m. in the center, 7 Eighth Ave., on Wednesday, Nov. 5 and Wednesday, Nov. 19. The dinners are open to WestConn students, faculty and staff only. For more information, call (203) 744-5846.
jhumpa lahiri book discussion
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall, "The Namesake" author Jhumpa Lahiri will discuss her work. This event is part of the "One Book, One Community" program in which WestConn, the Danbury Public Library and the Danbury Schools have partnered to create a series of events aimed at encouraging the entire community to read the same book, "The Namesake," by Jhumpa Lahiri. The event will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call x78754 or visit www.onebookdanbury.org.
employee supplemental benefits fair and ing financial workshop
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the human resources department will sponsor a supplemental benefits fair in the Student Center, Rooms 201 and 202A, from 9:30 a.m. to noon for emplyees to learn more about the supplemental benefits available to state employees. A finanical planning workshop titled "Retirement Planning for Women" will be presented by ING Financial Advisers, LLC, and will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in the same location. All employees are invited to attend. For more information, contact Lisa Lengel at x78666.
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the WCSU Career Development Center will present a talk by a successful WestConn alumnus who will share how he put his degree to work in a unique career at 1:30 p.m. in Room 212 of the Westside Campus Center. The event will be free and open to WestConn students, faculty and staff only. For more information, call x78263.
On Thursday, Nov. 6, graduates from the WCSU department of social sciences will discuss how their degrees positively influenced their graduate school choices and career paths, from noon to 2 p.m. in Room 103 of Warner Hall. The Social Hour Seminar will be free and the public is invited. for more information, call x78453.
Swimming power relay fundraising event
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the WCSU Women's Swimming & Diving team, along with those from more than 70 other colleges, universities, high schools and clubs throughout the country, will be participating in the Third Annual "Leave it in the Pool" Hour of Power for Cancer Research at 5 p.m. in the O'Neill Center Natatorium. In honor of Carleton College swimmer Ted Mullin, who died in the fall of 2006 from sarcoma, a rare, soft-tissue cancer, this event unifies swimming and diving teams in a simultaneous-cross-country effort to raise team spirit for, and awareness and philanthropic support of, sarcoma research. For more information about the Hour of Power Relay and information on sarcoma, please visit http://go.carleton.edu/HourofPower or contact Jill Cook at x78624.
Adjunct Instructor Scott Benjamin will hold guest lectures during his political-science classes. Upcoming speakers include: Radio consultant Tom Zarecki, who will discuss satellite and terrestrial radio on Thursday, Nov. 6; WestConn President James W. Schmotter, discussing Connecticut's economy on Thursday, Nov. 13; and business consultant Paul Streitz, who will discuss immigration reform on Thursday, Nov. 20. All lectures will be held from 5:25 to 6:25 p.m. in Room 201 of White Hall. The discussions will be free and open to the public. For more information, contact Scott Benjamin at (860) 210-2146, ext. 129.
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the WCSU Graduate Student Union will host Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Richard Shenkman, who will discuss "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter" at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Theater. Shenkman also is an associate professor of history at George Mason University and editor of George Mason's History News Network. The talk will be free and the public is invited. For more information, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The WestConn theatre arts department, in cooperation with the music department, will present "Cabaret" in the Berkshire Theatre. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6; 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7; Saturday, Nov. 8; Thursday, Nov. 13; Friday, Nov. 14; Saturday, Nov. 15; Friday, Nov. 21; and Saturday, Nov. 22; and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15. Ticket prices will be $22 for adults, and $18 for senior citizens and non-WestConn students. WestConn students will be admitted free with valid ID. Call the Berkshire Theatre Box Office at x78732 for information. To purchase tickets, call x7TIXX or visit www.wcsu.edu/tickets.
On Thursday, Nov. 6, the WCSU Keyboard Club, music department and Student Government Association will present pianist David Allen Wehr at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. Tickets will be $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors and non-WestConn students. WestConn faculty, staff and students will be admitted free with valid I.D. For information, call x78499 or visit www.wcsu.edu/tickets.
On Friday, Nov. 7, the WCSU Alumni Association will host a dinner-theatre event at 5:30 p.m. in Warner Hall. The $45 cost will include dinner and a ticket to the theatre arts department production of "Cabaret." For more information or to make a reservation, call x78290.
On Friday, Nov. 7, the WCSU Jazz Combos will perform at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. Featured will be the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, the Tomlinson II Combo, the Weisz I Combo, the Begian Combo and the Morrison Combo. The program will include a variety of original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards such as "Just Friends," "If I Were a Bell" and "Body and Soul." The performance will be free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted. For more information, call x78350.
On Saturday, Nov. 8, WestConn will host a planetarium show, "A Closer Look at Draco the Dragon," at 3 and 5 p.m., followed by telescope viewing of the moon, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, the asteroid Vesta and the autumn sky from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call x78672.
On Sunday, Nov. 9, the WCSU Orchestra will perform at 2 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. The performance will be free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted. For more information, call x78350.
On Sunday, Nov. 9, renowned environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall will speak at a symposium about the international water crisis, at 6 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. Hosted by the university and Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute, the symposium will feature a panel that will address water conservation, sanitation and access. The event will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call x73260.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, WestConn will host a Veteran's Day observance, featuring a keynote address by author Dr. Jefferson Wiggins at noon in Ives Concert Hall. WCSU student and National Guardsman Derek Roy will offer commentary, followed by the laying of a wreath of remembrance and the reciting of the Gettysburg Address at the flag pole outside Old Main on the Midtown campus. The event will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call x78606.
The WCSU Tutoring Resource Center will host the following workshop for students during the fall semester: "Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years at WestConn: An Overview of Opportunities" on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The hour-long workshop will be held at 1 p.m. in Room 104 of Berkshire Hall and is free and open to the public. For more information or to reserve a seat, call the center at x79245.
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Dr. Philip Hineline of Temple University will discuss "Early Interventions for Autism" at 4 p.m. in the Student Center Theater. The talk is part of a series of "PsychMatters: Invited Lectures" to be offered by the psychology department this year. For more information, call x78476.
On Thursday, Nov. 13, students in WestConn's music program will present a piano studio recital at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. The event will be free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted. Call x78350 for more information.
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, painter Robert Crawford will discuss his work at 11 a.m. in Viewing Room 1 of White Hall. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university's Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series. For more information, call x78881.
On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the WCSU German Studies Center will present "German Singing Societies" at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Theater. Commemorating 400 years of German history in the United States, the program will explore the contributions of German Singing Societies and will include a demonstration of choral singing by the Arion Singing Society of Danbury. The performance and discussion will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 792-2795.
On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the WCSU Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall. The performance will be free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted. For more information, call x78350.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, the WCSU Graduate Student Union will host author and attorney Diane Rapaport, who will discuss her award-winning books "The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England" and "New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians" at 7 p.m. in the lobby of Warner Hall. The talk will be free and the public is invited. For more information,e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The editorial content staff of the WestConn Report can be contacted most efficiently via e-mail. Please send to firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also send content via inter-campus mail addressed to "WestConn Report / UP&D – Old Main 202". Please allow sufficient time. Please do not call the office and leave a voice message with your request.
CSU International Education Conference
"Strengthening International Education Across the Connecticut State University System"
Central Connecticut State University campus, 1615 Stanley St., New Britain, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, please visit www.ccsu.edu/csuiec/default.htm.
Planetarium show & telescope viewing
"A Closer Look at Draco the Dragon," at 3 and 5 p.m., followed by telescope viewing of Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, the asteroid Vesta and the autumn sky, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Westside Observatory & Planetarium. For more information, call x78672.
WCSU Concert choir and chamber singers concert
Ives Concert Hall, 8 p.m. Free and open to the public; donations to the music department will be accepted. For more information, call x78350.
Parking Rules and Regulations updated
The Western Connecticut State University Police Department announced today that the university has approved an addition to the current Parking Rules and Regulations for 2008 and 2009. Due to the limited parking available on the Midtown campus, persons with contractor permits or who who work for outside agencies or vendors providing services on campus, as well as those who work for limited time periods under outside contracts, may only park in the White Street garage. If the need should arise to park elsewhere on the Midtown campus, specific authorization must be obtained from the police department. The shift supervisor or OIC on duty at the police department may grant permission for contractor loading and unloading of tools, gear and equipment.
The Faculty Development and Recognition Committee, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce that the 2008 Faculty Recognition Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, and will recognize faculty accomplishments for the time period covering June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2008. The Faculty Recognition application for this year's ceremony can be found via a link on the WCSU Web site. Please note that applications will be accepted electronically only. Where supporting documentation of activity is requested, it should be submitted as an attachment to the electronically submitted application. This year's ceremony will include the second WCSU Teaching Excellence Award. To access information about the criteria and nomination process for this award, visit the faculty recognition Web page. DEADLINE FOR BOTH SUBMISSIONS IS 9 A.M. ON NOV. 3. Please make every effort to be included in this important event.
The deadline for applications for Reassigned Time for Research Awards for the 2009-10 academic year is Nov. 6. Refer to the Faculty Handbook for further information. The Research and Development Committee reviews applications and makes recommendations to the provost/vice president for academic affairs.
police survey
WestConn Police ask for your help to improve their service to everyone on campus. Please go to www.wcsu.edu/police to fill out a survey. The results will guide administrators as they continue to examine safety and education issues for students, faculty and staff on campus.
Yoga instructor Eliza Littrell is teaching Hatha Yoga classes on Wednesday mornings through Nov. 19, from 8 to 8:50 a.m. in the Bill Williams Gym in Berkshire Hall. Beginners and advanced students are welcome and mats will be provided. Tony Zatzick also is currently teaching a series of Kundalini yoga classes on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall, now through Dec. 2. For that class, please bring your own mat.
Volunteers are needed for the Morning Glory breakfast program, which feeds the homeless a healthy breakfast on Tuesday mornings from 6:45 to 9:45 a.m. For more information, contact
Kelly Sniffin.
Hosting a student for thanksgiving
On campus, students from all over the world would like to experience Thanksgiving with a local family. If you're interested in opening your home and hosting one or more students for dinner, please contact Missy Gluckmann at x73270.
IRB Fall 2008 meetings
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) will meet in the Student Center, Room 228, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Wednesday, Dec. 10. If you would like to submit a proposal, please send the original proposal and 12 copies, at least two weeks in advance, to the Office of Grant Programs in Warner Hall 321. Forms and a link to the required online training programs for protection of human subjects can be found on the ERes page under "Institutional Review Board." For questions, contact Dr. Shane Murphy at x79398.
ING Retirement Counseling Opportunity
ING financial advisers will be on campus to conduct one-to-one retirement counseling sessions on the following dates: Nov. 4, Nov. 11 and Nov. 25. If you participate in the Alternate Retirement Plan, or in any of the ING supplemental retirement plans (403(b), Roth 403(b) or 457), this is an opportunity for you to talk with an ING representative regarding your portfolio. Perhaps it's time to adjust your asset allocations or simply join a supplemental retirement plan. Join a supplement plan with as little as $20 deducted from each paycheck. To set an appointment with WestConn's ING representative, Ms. Marilyn Timbers, CFP, please send her an email or call her at (800) 784-6386 Ext. 4003363. This program is sponsored by the Human Resources Department. Please contact Lisa Lengel at x78666 if you would like more information.


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Bold, beautiful, and impeccably balanced, the 2006 Artesa Carneros Pinot Noir makes a hedonistic and stylistic statement. It is dark, scented, and savory – no wimpy wisp of a Pinot here. Delicious scents of currant, clove, chocolate, and wood smoke permeate the nose. In the mouth, this wine's olfactory carries through on the mid palate, offering an elegant, rich, multi-layered center that combines red fruit, spice, and fresh-cut tobacco leaf flavors that persist long after swallowing. Fresh acidity on the finish adds an extra dimension to the wine and artfully frames this wine's hedonistic bent. Concentrated and complex, the 2006 Artesa Carneros Pinot Noir will continue to improve in bottle for several more years. However, one of the glories of this wine and the finest Carneros Pinot Noirs are their ability to bloom in the glass after just a few minutes of aeration. Enjoy this superb Pinot at cool room temperature (no more than 66º F).
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Sookie will spend the next ten days primping for "Best in Show." WMTW News 8's Meghan Torjussen reports.Video Transcript
áááÑ WHOEVER COINED THE PHRASE "IT'S A DOG'S LIFE..." CLEARLY NEVER MET THIS GERMAN WIREHAIRED POINTER FROM MINOT. THE THREE YEAR OLD DOG AND HER HANDLER WILL BE BUSY -- SPENDING THE NEXT TEN DAYS PRIMPING AND PREPPING FOR THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY.. GOING AFTER THE EXCLUSIVE TITLE "BEST IN SHOW." WMTW NEWS 8'S MEGHAN TORJUSSEN HAS MORE. 19:04 she loves it as you can see she loves to have it done, what??? 19:07 LIKE A TRUE CHAMPION, THIS THREE YEAR OLD GERMAN WIRE HAIRED POINTER PATIENTLY STANDS THROUGH HOURS AND HOURS OF GROOMING... 10:54 I probably have about 6 to 8 hours in to her already 10:59 HER AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB NAME IS "HEYWIRE'S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AT KENSHAW" -- A NAME, DERIVED FROM HER CHAMPION PEDIGREE. BUT TO HER FRIENDS, SHE'S JUST SOOKIE... 23:37 she likes you Meghan THIS WILL BE SOOKIE'S FIRST TRIP TO WESTMINSTER, WHERE SHE WILL COMPETE FIRST AGAINST HER BREED. IF SHE WINS - SHE GOES ON TO HER GROUP -- SOOKIE IS A SPORTING DOG... THEN COMES THE BIG ONE-- FINGERS CROSSED -- BEST IN SHOW... 33:32 she's just in really great shape. If she's groomed up the way she needs to be, I think she has a good chance 33:39 ...SOOKIE IS NO UNDERDOG EITHER... IT MAY BE HER FIRST WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW, BUT SHAWN DAMON HAS SHOWN THERE BEFORE. SHE HAS 20 YEARS OF HANDLING UNDER HER BELT... AND SOOKIE HAS, AFTER ALL, BEEN TRAINING SINCE SHE WAS 8 WEEKS OLD. 40:08 so this is sookie? That is sookie40:10 DAMON SAYS SOOKIE'S DAD AND BROTHER HAVE BEEN BEST IN SHOW WINNERS - IN SOME CASES MULTIPLE TIMES. 12:58 she gets to the show ring and she knows exactly what to do BUT DON'T LET HER BREEDING FOOL YOU -- THE GRACEFUL GAIT AND REGAL STANCE WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO.. JUST A NORMAL DOG. 34:58 she loves everybody, she loves other dogs, she loves to show, she's just an easy girl 35:03 AN EASY GIRL FACING SOME STIFF COMPETION IN NEW YORK CITY IN JUST TEN DAYS. THERE, SHE'LL COMPETE AMONG THE THERE, SHE'LL COMPETE AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST - 24:24 .he'll make sure her teeth are correct ... ..AND WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR THAT SMILE ON T-V - BUT NOT BEFORE SHE GETS A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR GETS A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR LUCK... 37:52 sookie, gimme a kiss...yes, hahaha 37:55 IN MINOT, MEGHAN TORJUSSEN, WMTW NEWS 8.
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George W. Bush Presidential Center greets some of its first visitors — SMU students, faculty and staff
Two days before the George W. Bush Presidential Center opens to the public, Southern Methodist University students, staff and faculty got their first look at the museum.
About 2,400 people received tickets to visit on Monday. The first visitors included students, staff and faculty from around the city, country and world. Some were from as far away as Saudi Arabia, India and China. Many said they'd never been to a presidential library before.
They watched videos, played with touch screens and posed for photos at the desk of the Oval Office replica. "That is one comfy chair," said Chase Harker, an SMU freshman from Prosper, Texas. "I like this room. Other than the windows, you can imagine yourself there."
Many visitors lingered near the Sept. 11th display. The exhibit includes news clips from 9/11, condolence letters sent from international dignitaries, a wall commemorating victims' names and a twisted steel beam from the World Trade Center that visitors can touch. "When you sit there, you can't help but cry," said Rosemary Sanchez, who has worked at SMU as an administrative assistant for 32 years.
Sanchez got a kick out of the Oval Office — from its replica furniture to the Texas-style rose garden next to it. "They've done wonderfully," she said. "We have to come back. I'm going to bring my husband."
Saryn Hoover, a graduate student from Dallas, was impressed by the museum's level of detail. "My friend and I were saying it almost gives us a headache thinking about how much planning had to go into it," she said. "I didn't know what to expect, but I'm definitely blown away."
Sheri Starkey, who works in SMU's human resources office, visited after watching the center's construction from her office window. "I look forward to spending much more time here. And some lunches," she said, referring to Cafe 43, the museum restaurant.
Before heading back to work, Starkey stopped at the gift shop. She purchased a George W. Bush bobble head. It's for her mom, an early gift for Mother's Day.


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A selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free. * denotes a highly recommended show.
* ''ABCD: A COLLECTION OF ART BRUT,'' Museum of American Folk Art, 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street, Manhattan, (212) 977-7170 (through July). Memorably vivid and widely abused, the phrase Art Brut (meaning raw or rough art) was coined in the 1940's by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. This exhibition, drawn from the holdings of a Paris-based foundation, attempts to reinstate his original meaning, revisiting the amazing pantheon of artists who inspired it and proposing some additions. Its many highlights include works by acknowledged greats like Adolf Wölfli, Aloïse Corbaz, Henry Darger and Augustin Lesage, but the show also introduces many equally riveting artists unfamiliar to American audiences. Hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Free (Roberta Smith).
GEORGES ADÉAGBO, ''Abraham: L'Ami de Dieu,'' P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, at 46th Street, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 784-2084 (through March 30). Mr. Adéagbo, born in Benin in 1942, is making his United States debut with a rich, deceptively low-key installation that resembles an African outdoor market, a New York City sidewalk sale and a personal archive in the process of being sorted. Hundreds of objects are neatly arranged on the floor and walls: paintings, secondhand books, record albums, African sculptures and magazines, many of which the artist gathered in New York, sent to Africa, then brought back for the show, reversing the global itinerary of African art centuries ago. And what do they all add up to? A myth-laden history of the world, of art and of African and American culture circa 1960. Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 6 p.m. Admission: $5; $2, students and 60+ (Holland Cotter).
* ''AFRICAN FORMS,'' Museum for African Art, 593 Broadway, near Houston Street, SoHo, (212) 966-1313 (through Aug. 8). This show forgoes the figurative sculptures and masks that made African art a foundation of Western modernism to concentrate on supposedly humbler stuff, objects of physical adornment and daily use. With some 400 objects created by 156 ethnic groups, it proceeds in clusters of related carved wood neck rests, stools and boxes; ivory hairpins and snuff bottles; all kinds of jewelry; baskets and ceramic vessels; as well as spoons, weapons and musical instruments. The show is pervaded by elegance, economy of form and a sensitivity to materials that is both intensely spiritual and protomodern. Figurative sculpture and masks may be the ''high art'' of Africa, but there is no low. Hours: Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 6 p.m. Admission: $5; $2.50, students and 65+ (Smith).
* ''COMMITTED TO THE IMAGE: CONTEMPORARY BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS,'' Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, (718) 638-5000 (through April 29). This sharply installed survey of 94 artists covers several decades of work, much of it by a generation of photographers who came of age in the 1960's and 70's. The pictures are sorted by broad themes (people, beauty, family, religion, etc.), and formal polish tends to predominate over conceptual grit. The terrain is, over all, unsensational ordinary life, with the heat now and then turned up high. Images of urban churchgoers, Louisiana sugar cane cutters, the magnetic Billie Holiday and children in African refugee camps sit side by side. The eclectic array has its share of bland entries, but there are dozens of wonderful artists here, and their collective spirit is persuasive. Hours: Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 am. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m (until 11 p.m. the first Saturday of the month). Admission: $4; $2, students and 62+ (Cotter).
* ''CORREGGIO AND PARMIGIANINO: MASTER DRAFTSMEN OF THE RENAISSANCE,'' Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, (212) 879-5500 (through May 6). This copious and beautiful exhibition has nearly 130 drawings by two artists who were aligned in time, geography and, briefly, style in the third decade of the 16th century. Correggio, who blew the roof off Renaissance illusionism with the ecstatic ceiling paintings that he made in Parma in the 1520's, is represented by a room of exquisite mostly red-chalk studies that reflect a penchant for brazen foreshortening, glowing light and atmospheric sfumato; they also attest to a sensuousness that can seem more proto-Rococo than Proto-Baroque. The two galleries of Parmigianino's drawings seem true to his Mannerist sensibility. A searching restlessness is evident in the constant shifts in medium, style and subject, in the considerations of other artists' work (including Correggio's), in the pensive self-portraits and portraits and most of all in several drawings that layer together unrelated motifs. So is a relatively new notion for his time: drawing for the sake of drawing. Hours: Sundays and Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays until 8:45 p.m. Admission: $10; $5, students and 65+ (Smith).


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Think you've got your head wrapped around Moll Flanders? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
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National Dental Hygiene Month 2015
This October marks the sixth straight year that the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) and the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company are teaming together during National Dental Hygiene Month (NDHM), with the ADHA and the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program (WOHP) working collaboratively to increase public awareness about the importance of maintaining good oral health. The focus on NDHM this year centers around the four components of good oral health maintenance: brushing teeth twice daily, flossing every day, rinsing with antimicrobial mouthrinse and chewing sugar-free gum. Dental hygienists are encouraged to remind patients to "Do the daily 4" and, during each dental office visit, start a conversation with them on how integrating good oral health-care habits into their daily routine will benefit not just their oral health, but also contribute to improved overall health.
Throughout National Dental Hygiene Month, the ADHA, WOHP and other allied stakeholders will work to help dental hygienists make a difference in their communities, and offer resources to help raise awareness and share information. Below, you will see a short video from ADHA President Jill Rethman, RDH, BA, outlining just why NDHM – and starting the conversation with your dental hygienist about disease prevention – is so important.
ADHA Immediate Past President Kelli Swanson Jaecks, MA, RDH, has a 30-minute video webinar geared to educate elementary school students about the importance of good oral health care habits. The webinar shares information about a number of topics, including how to maintain good brushing and flossing habits, and the impact that excessive amounts of sugary foods and drinks can have on oral health. Click the image below to view the video.
Below you will see a variety of resources and helpful tips that you can use during National Dental Hygiene Month. Click on the subheads to expand the content and learn more.
- Resources and Product Samples
This year, the ADHA is again proud to make valuable resources and product samples available to dental hygienists involved in community outreach and patient sampling initiatives, including Orbit sugar-free gum, Reach dental floss, Listerine antiseptic mouthrinse, coupon pads and other educational materials. To find out more and to make a sample request, please click here.
We've also put together a host of other resources on this page that offer more information on the daily 4, links that you can share with patients on proper brushing, flossing and the use of an antimicrobial mouthrinse, and how chewing sugar-free gum can help you maintain good oral health when you can't brush your teeth by stimulating saliva production. You can see those resources below. In addition, you will find downloadable versions of past NDHM posters, NDHM materials that can be shared with patients, Spanish-language materials and handouts, and other helpful links. To learn more and access those materials, click here. And for individuals seeking additional oral health information, please visit the Patient Resources category in the ADHA.org Resources section of the ADHA website.
For state and local dental hygienists' associations, a number of public relations tools are available to you by clicking here. These templates can be modified to fit your needs, and help promote any state or local dental hygienists' association NDHM event.
- Capture a Candid or Share Your #NDHM2015 Story
Do you have an exciting story to tell about your community outreach project or unique event that is helping improve the public's oral health? Share it with us on ADHA's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. Tell us how you and your fellow hygienists are making a difference and improving the health of your patients. And be sure to include the #NDHM2015 with your posts, so that others can track and follow the positive impact dental hygienists are having each day.
And to bring a little fun and interest to this year's NDHM campaign, the ADHA and the WOHP are again supporting the highly popular NDHM Poster Contest. This year's "Capture a Candid" contest encourages dental hygienists to take a picture of themselves, their colleagues, their community – anyone who is committed to improving oral health – and the NDHM poster in the most unique non-operatory setting. Be sure to highlight the Daily 4 regimen of brush, floss, rinse and chew, share your photo with us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, and include the #NDHM2015 hashtag with your submission. And of course, encourage friends and colleagues to like or favorite your submission! A first-, second- and third-place cash prize will be awarded ($150, $100 and $50 respectively) to the winners at the contest's conclusion on Oct. 31.
- Take a Free CE Course
In 2015, the ADHA and the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program teamed up to offer an all-new National Dental Hygiene Month complimentary CE course. This year's program, "Chewing Gum, Eating Behaviors, Oral Ecology and Saliva As a Homeostatic Mechanism," was taught by Michael W.J. Dodds, BDS, PhD, oral health lead, scientific and analytical discovery at the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Unfortunately the complimentary CE course is now closed and no longer available. Individuals who have already registered for the course but not yet finished it have been sent an email with instructions on how to access the video and complete the program. If you have questions regarding your registration and how to finish the course, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The ADHA's Institute for Oral Health (IOH) is again proud to partner with the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation to offer community service grants of $2,500 or $5,000 to applicants pursuing projects intended to improve their community's oral health. The submission deadline is Oct. 1, 2015, so those interested in applying should submit their application now. You can find more information on these grants within the ADHA IOH website by clicking here.
And of course, National Dental Hygiene Month is a celebration of dental hygienists and the important role they play in the lives of their patients and the communities they serve. To help recognize those important contributions, the ADHA and the WOHP want to share a special thank you with all ADHA members. Please look for a unique message and gift with your September/October issue of Access magazine. We are here to support you all year round, but want to take this time to especially say thank you to our members and potential members for your daily contributions to your office, your patients and your community. Thank you for all that you do each and every day!
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Always brush two minutes, two times a day, every day
Research shows that brushing for two minutes is the single most important method for reducing plaque and preventing cavities, gingivitis and other plaque-related diseases. Brushing for two minutes twice a day is crucial to maintaining healthy smiles. Proper brushing technique cleans teeth and gums effectively. Here are some links to help you find out more about how to brush your way to a healthier smile and mouth.
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- Proper flossing technique
- Text 2 Floss – A partnership between ADHA and the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. Text2Floss is a one-week interactive educational tool meant to help people develop positive oral hygiene habits through the use of mobile technology.
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- Flossing and interdental cleaning tips
Ensure Flossing is a Daily Habit
Daily flossing (or other methods of interdental cleaning) removes plaque and food particles that cannot be reached by a toothbrush, particularly under the gumline and between teeth. Failure to do so can allow for plaque buildup in these areas – which in turn can lead to tooth decay and gum disease.
Getting into the routine of daily flossing can be a challenge. Making flossing easier can improve compliance with recommendations for daily flossing. If you resist flossing, try to determine why and tell your dental hygienist. Knowing the precise reason you are not flossing will enable them to recommend floss with the right thickness, coating or filaments so you might be encouraged to floss more often. Here are some additional education information sources and resources to assist in making sure to floss each day.
- Rinse
Use mouthwash to improve oral health
Rinsing your mouth with an anti-microbial mouth rinse each day is another important step you can take to prevent gum disease (gingivitis). Remember that the teeth themselves account for less than half of your mouth, so brushing and flossing alone cannot eliminate all plaque and germs. Be sure to finish your oral care routine with an antiseptic mouthwash that carries the ADA Seal of Acceptance. You also should talk with your dental hygienist to determine which mouth rinse is right for you. The following educational information and resources can provide with you additional insight into the proper use of mouth rinse.
- Chew
Chewing sugar-free gum after eating can help fight tooth decay
Research shows that chewing sugarfree gum after meals and snacks helps protect your teeth, complementing a healthy oral care routine. After eating or drinking, bacteria in the plaque on teeth produce acid, and plaque pH can decrease to an unsafe level. This can cause demineralization that, over time, weakens teeth and can lead to decay. Chewing stimulates the salivary glands to increase their flow rate by up to 10 times during the first few minutes of chewing and the flavors in sugarfree gum also increase the quantity of saliva in the mouth. When brushing isn't possible after eating or drinking, chewing sugarfree gum, like Orbit, stimulates saliva, which can help clean food particles and neutralize plaque acids on the teeth, as well as helping to back mineral density in teeth by shifting the equilibrium from demineralization to remineralization. Other Resources from the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program can be found by clicking here.
Wrigley is proud to support National Dental Hygiene Month. The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program has a longstanding commitment to partnering with dental professionals, and draws on decades of clinical research and expertise about the oral care benefits of sugarfree gum. To learn more about the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Program, visit wrigleyoralhealth.com.
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For more than 25 years Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programs (WOHP) have supported independent clinical research into the benefits of chewing gum including saliva stimulation plaque acid neutralization and tooth strengthening to help oral care professionals and their patients understand the role of sugarfree gum as a convenient tool for everyday oral care. Today Wrigley operates oral healthcare programs in 47 countries worldwide. The WOHP is one example of how we make a difference to people and the planet through performance and how we incorporate our principles based approach to business into all that we do. For more information please visit http://www.wrigley.com/global/principles-in-action.aspx.
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