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Heroin. As contrasted with white pony, slang for cocaine, in the 1983 pop hit "White Horse" by music group "Laid Back".
"If you want to ride, don't ride the white horse."
"The TV Show 'Twin Peaks' used a white horse to symbolize heroin addiction."
"The TV Show 'Twin Peaks' used a white horse to symbolize heroin addiction."
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Another term for cocaine
Alex has been riding the white horse for days now, hes bound to fall off soon.
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A northern city in canada.Whitehorse,Yukon,Canada.
the best part of whitehorse is the wall-mart.
Hymen tərəfindən 20 İyun 2006
Street Definition for Cocaine Methamphetamine, and Heroine
Riding the white horse means to be high off one of these substances listed above
Barz the Phoenix tərəfindən 30 May 2016
Linked to instinct, purity and the drive of the physical body to release powerful and emotional forces, like rage with ensuing chaos and destruction. Most notably from Rob Zombie's Halloween 2.
Guy: Why is he killing everybody?
Other Guy: He has visions of a white horse.
Other Guy: He has visions of a white horse.
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The act of getting head and right when you are blowing your load you hit the unsuspecting female in the back of the head, and subsequently your jizz will come out of her nose.
Justin is getting head from Magda the cafiteria lady and he hits her so hard he gives her a whitehorse.
The Mecca of Deception tərəfindən 22 Aprel 2005
In a relationship, when the couple fights and breaks up, the girl will usually refer to the guy's charm in getting her back as his white horse.
"It's too late for your white horse to come around."
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Metals and metal finishes give star quality to the residence at 4 S. Adgers Wharf. The historic dwelling, created from a cotton warehouse built in 1800, is the site of the 2013 CSOL Symphony Designer Showhouse.
If you go
What: Charleston Symphony Orchestra League's 36th Designer Showhouse.When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 20 and 1-4 p.m. on April 21 (house tours, designer sales and boutique). Cafe Musique, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Where: 4 S. Adgers WharfAdmission: $20 at the doorMore info: 723-0020 or www.csolinc.org
The wide selection of antiqued, brilliant and subdued metals and metal finishes make up the thread that links the eight appointed spaces on two floors.
While many elements are required to give a space its feel, the metallics, a hot design trend, add light and interest.
Carol Lou Yaeger, chairwoman for this year's Charleston Symphony Orchestra League showhouse, also chaired the 2009 CSOL showhouse at Maison Du Pre, where designers transformed three structures at one site.
"This one is as different from what we normally do as the Maison Du Pre was," Yaeger says. "It has low ceilings, no piazzas and it does not have a dependency. It's a comfortable and elegant Charleston home made from a warehouse and designed for an imaginary artistic couple."
Visitors to the house accomplish two things.
They contribute to the CSOL's major annual project to raise funds for Charleston Symphony Orchestra scholarships and other outreach programs.
They also discover ideas for meeting their personal decorating challenges, especially those presented by small spaces.
Adelle Keller, who recently moved from New Jersey to Charleston, says she likes the color schemes used in the showhouse. Visiting it allowed Keller to see how the wall and furnishing colors look when used together, she says.
It's helpful to her that the designers have provided details about the paint colors. That gives her the option of buying them, confident that she's purchasing the right ones.
"Getting the paint right is very important," Keller says.
Grace Parent, who visited the showhouse with Keller, says she enjoyed touring it. "Everything is meticulously done with a great amount of creativity," she says.
Among the numerous must-see items is the dining room curtain rod with its mercury glass finials, which, like the home and most of its furnishings, is for sale.
Pieces can be purchased for as little as $8 and as much as $9,000, with many priced between $100 and $300.
Another standout is the natural cork veneer wallpaper with gold-leafed palm images that surround the living room fireplace.
Still another is a brass lamp in the lady's office and retreat that resembles a plant.
Visitors to the house will find an interesting array of sunburst and sunburst-inspired pieces on the wall.
The mirrors, popular during the 1960s and used during other periods in the past, are increasingly seen in well-dressed homes.
Such pieces, which feature several kinds of rays and faces, are found in virtually every room.
The gilded 18th-century Italian sunburst mirror above the living room fireplace, borrowed just for the showhouse, should not be missed. It has a center made of layered wood, rays created with metal rods and molded plaster, and numerous small mirrors echoing the central one.
Another sunburst-inspired piece found in the dining room features a compass face. Two identical sunburst mirrors flank the window of the lady's office and retreat.
There are many clever ways in which designers use metallics to bring light into their rooms.
One is the brushed silver feet on fabric-covered stools in the dining room. Another is the chandelier in the guest bedroom that would be rustic except for touches of bright silver.
In addition, pillows on the bed in the master bedroom add a bit of shine on their own and just beg to be crushed by someone seeking a bit of comfort.
Artist Carol McGill, who says she often uses heavy black frames for her coastal-themed pieces, chooses to have a gold line on the frames because it helps to highlight her work.
McGill also has paintings in gold and pewter frames in the master bedroom.
"My colors are so powerful, and I think the gold sets them off and makes them resonate," she says.
For many, the kitchen is the thing and the design for this year's showhouse does not include one.
Still, the house is well worth seeing.
The 2013 showhouse is an inviting place where elegance and comfort rule and, with the assistance of metallics, light plays.
Designers for this year's house are Roberta Ketchin, foyer, stairwell and upper hall; Caroline deVlaming Farrior, living room; Sandy Ericksen, dining room; Angie Artigues, master bedroom retreat and bath and artist's studio; Sandra Gaylord, gentleman's study; Julianne Vadas, guest bedroom; Maria Schendzelos, lady's office and retreat; and Kimberly Crane, courtyard and exterior.
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The living room of the 2013 Symphony Designer Showhouse at 4 S. Adgers Wharf in downtown Charleston.×
Artwork lines the walls of the upstairs stairwell hall.×
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The fireplace and mantel, as seen in a mirror in the living room.×
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Curving stairs lead to the second floor of the 2013 Symphony Designer Showhouse.×
The artist room is open and filled with light.×
The master bedroom of the 2013 Symphony Designer Showhouse as seen through a mirror. (Brad Nettles/postandcourier.com) 4/3/13×
Exterior of the 2013 Symphony Designer Showhouse on South Adgers Wharf.×

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Resolving our pension crisis will be the single most important thing we do for decades to come.
I will not allow any cuts to any benefits of our retirees.
Let me repeat that: no cuts to any retiree benefits. They earned their retirement. They earned their guaranteed security.
Nor will I allow any pension dollars already earned by any current employee to be diminished in any way.
Through meaningful pension reform, this budget will provide another $140 million dollars in pension savings for school districts across the state.
What we need to do, going forward from this time, is to create a new 401(k)-style retirement benefit for our future employees consistent with the retirement packages currently enjoyed almost universally by private sector employees.
My plan also suggests some adjustment in the way future benefits are calculated for current employees in order to maintain the solvency of our pension system and guarantee all current and future employees a worry-free retirement.
The surest way to guarantee the solvency of our pensions is to make certain that our pension systems can deliver what they promise. We can do that with very little disruption, but only if we act now!
The longer we wait the more disruptive the solution will become. Let us act now.
With some imagination and some cooperation, we can find a way to preserve our existing pensions and allow the next generation of state employees and teachers a chance to shape their futures.
Pennsylvania sits within a day's drive of 60 percent of the nation's population. Every year, nearly half-a-trillion dollars worth of goods and services move through our state transportation system.
Transportation is the bloodstream of our economy. If it fails, our economy fails.
However, the average bridge in our state is 51 years old. More than 4,000 of them are now deemed structurally deficient. In rural areas, some roads have been essentially cut in half because failing bridges have been closed to traffic, interrupting emergency services and threatening public safety.
Each day, one-and-a-half million Pennsylvania students travel in school buses across those very same bridges and roads. Our mass transit system has staggered under growing demand, aging infrastructure, and a lack of funding.
Mass transit is crucial to sparing our highways from congestion and providing a reliable environmentally friendly and affordable means of moving around a region.
Yet our customary way of funding transportation has fallen short of our needs.
Travel patterns have changed.
Cars have become more fuel-efficient.
People buy less at the pump.
Coupled with rising construction costs and a lack of serious action from the federal government this drop in revenue threatens our roads and bridges and with them our safety and our livelihoods.
I am proposing two adjustments to the way we provide for our transportation needs.
I am calling on the legislature to pass a 17 percent reduction in the flat liquid fuels tax paid by consumers at the pump.
Second, I am asking the general assembly to begin a five-year phase out of an artificial and outdated cap on the tax paid by oil and gas companies on the wholesale price of gasoline.
This cap was put in place at a time when experts assumed the price of a gallon of gas would never go beyond $1.25. It has gone to more than triple that rate in recent years.


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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The Town of Moncks Corner does not like drama.
Especially when preparing its budget for the coming fiscal year.
"We presented our new 2013-2014 budget to council in June and it passed its two required meetings by August," said Town Administrator Marc Hehn.
The process was drama free.
Any debate or discussion about what should stay and what should go was handled quietly and respectfully. The $5.85 million budget went into effect on Oct. 1 without any need for continuances.
"The way we do this is we have more than one budget meeting," said Moncks Corner Mayor Bill Peagler. "We schedule the meetings so that everybody can attend. Holding budget meetings with department heads at 10 in the morning when every member of council is at work is not conducive to a smoothly developed budget."
Included in the new fiscal year budget was the provision for a 2 percent merit increase to go into effect in April 2014 following a mid-year budget review.
"The funds are designated for a merit raise for town employees," said Lisa Hancock, town accountant. "It is not a cost of living increase. The funds are used at the discretion of department heads and are performance based increases."
Hancock added that if funds are not available after the April mid-year review, the 2-percent raises would not occur. An additional $28,595 is needed for the merit increases.
Also included in the FY 2013-2014 budget is $1.98 million for completion of Phase I of the Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex; equipment for the Moncks Corner Fire Department; funds for the proposed Moncks Corner Fire Station in Foxbank; and four new patrol cars for the Moncks Corner Police Department.
The mayor said that he is pleased with the progress of the Regional Recreation Complex but as he told the Berkeley County Legislative Delegation, the facility is not just a benefit to the town of Moncks Corner, but to Berkeley County as well.
"I asked them to think outside the box when it came to finding funds for this complex," he said. "This is something that will bring revenue countywide. We don't have enough space in our hotels and restaurants here so when we host tournaments people will also be eating and staying in hotels in Goose Creek and Summerville as well."
With the dry weather, construction has begun on the new concession stand and press box and has continued on the four ball fields.
"Obviously it's moving forward and is accelerating with the dry weather," Peagler said. "I'd rather have had the first phase completed in August so it wouldn't push against the start of the 2014 season, but just to see it advancing is very satisfying."
Peagler added the town's budget philosophy is simple - keep the taxpayers happy.
"We are a conservative council, myself and members of council, and we relay that philosophy to our department heads so we can produce a budget that makes the best economical use of the taxpayers' money," he said. "After all, they are our customers and we need to keep our customers happy."
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Google has big plans for Berkeley County.
Lilyn Hester, Google's Southeastern Public Affairs Manager, recently spoke to the Moncks Corner Rotary Club during the club's weekly lunch at Gilligan's restaurant.
Google is in the process of expanding its data center operations at the Mt. Holly Commerce Park. Hester, who works out of the Google Data Center at Mt. Holly, said Google is committed to Berkeley County and South Carolina.
"Google is bringing $600 million dollars into South Carolina and Berkeley County because we believe in Berkeley County and the resources here," Hester said. "Construction of the data center expansion is ongoing and currently is in the initial planning stages."
Hester added that while there is no set completion date on the data center expansion project, the new construction and Google's long term commitment to Berkeley County and the tri-county area points to a bright future for the workforce.
"We like to hire locally whenever possible," she said. "We prefer to hire from the tri-county area but our applications do go out worldwide."
Currently Google staffs 150 employees at its regional data center but that number is growing.
"With the expansion Google is hiring a wide variety of employees, not just degreed engineers, but support staff, electricians, maintenance workers, and office staff," she said. "The boom for Berkeley County will reach across the board.
"With construction gearing up, Google is now hiring. A lot of what we have available can be found online."
Interested applicants are invited to visit www.google.com/jobs for available positions locally and worldwide.
With the additional $600 million expansion investment Google's total investment at the site now totals over $1.2 billion.
The data center houses thousands of servers to support services such as Google search, Gmail, Google-Plus and YouTube. As demand for Google's services grows, the company must ramp up data center to meet this demand.
The boon to Berkeley County extends beyond data centers. Google is also involved in supporting science and mathematics programs in local schools. Since 2008, it has awarded more than $932,000 in grants to local schools and nonprofits.
"Students interested in math and science, don't decide when they're 17 and say, 'I really love math and I want to be an engineer,'" she said. "This is a passion that starts early on in their lives and it's our job to find those young students and cultivate their passion."
To that end, each February the Citadel Foundation and Google host the "Storm the Citadel Trebuchet Competition." Teams of local students, Citadel cadets, engineers, scientists, and corporate executives build and launch trebuchets, a device similar to a medieval catapult, competing in accuracy, design, and team spirit.
More than 400 people in the community have attended the event annually.
"This is our third year co-hosting the Trebuchet Competition with the Citadel," Hester said. "In our first year we had 10 to 12 teams competing. This year we had more than 40 teams competing and next year the Citadel is worried about having enough room on their parade ground to fit everybody."
Hester added that despite Google's size, "We are a start-up company at heart. Google started in a garage and we are big supporters of entrepreneurship. Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it accessible, but inside, we're not that organized. It's not good to take an idea to a big meeting. You take your idea and you run with it. That's the entrepreneurship we cultivate."
Google's community effort extends to helping senior citizens become more computer and Internet savvy.
"We provide training for seniors on how to get online, upload pictures and share information," she said.
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Foundations in Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness, an interactive online course, is drawing enthusiastic reviews from students at NIU and WIU. The course provides a comprehensive overview of issues that threaten public safety and commerce, including natural disasters, human made disasters, terrorism, and business interruption. Appropriate for a wide range of disciplines and online course management systems, foundations course materials are available to faculty members teaching homeland security courses at Illinois public universities at no charge during the 2007 pilot year.
To obtain a DVD containing all instructional materials for Foundations in Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness, faculty members should complete the Course Request Form. If you need more information, email email@example.com, or call Mary Mickey (866, 855, 1239).
Illinois Homeland Security Education Alliance is collaborating to prepare professionals and the public to meet homeland security challenges.
Alliance partners are working together in unprecedented ways:
All Illinois public universities have been invited to participate in IHSEA and many have expressed strong interest in joining the Alliance.
View an interactive demonstration of NIU's foundations course.
Faculty - Order a DVD of the Foundations course by completing this online form
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The Williamsville Central School District is expected to see enrollment declines over the next 10 years as elementary enrollment continues to fall.
The five-year history and five-year projections for elementary schools show continuing declines, according to a study by consultant RED Group shared with the School Board on Tuesday night.
Middle school enrollments have remained relatively flat over the last five years but are expected to fall in the next five years. High schools have seen a decline, but five-year projections for the high schools indicate mild but steady, short-term growth.
In other news:
• A class size report by the district showed that seven classrooms in grades two, three and four at Dodge and Maple West elementary schools were over class size guidelines. Another seven classrooms at Transit, Mill and Heim middle schools had classes with more than 30 students.
Finally, at the high school level, six classes at North High and two classes at South High had more than 30 students to a class. But 62 classrooms had fewer than 15 students.
Superintendent Scott Martzloff attributed the low class sizes to the desire by the district to continue to offer a wide variety of course and program choices for high school students.
Martzloff said the class size overages were due to a 49 percent increase in the number of new students enrolling in the Williamsville district. The district had 225 more new students at the start of last school year, but that figure grew to 334 students at the start of this school year.
• A review of the independent audit of the district for 2011-12 shows that the district raised $152.82 million in revenue and had $154.86 million in expenses, said Assistant Superintendent Thomas Maturski. The district fell short of raised revenue by $2.04 million. That deficit was covered by district reserves, he said.
Since $2.02 million was needed for one-time contractual expenses, he said, the use of reserves to cover the deficit was appropriate. "We really are in a balanced budget situation," Maturski said.
The district still has $50.61 million in reserves, though much of it is already earmarked for specific expenses, he said.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Sumter escaped Wando, 2-1, in the AAAA Lower State playoffs Monday at Warrior Field in Mount Pleasant.
No. 1 Sumter (25-2-1) advances into Fridays Lower State title game and will face the winner of Wednesdays Wando-West Ashley elimination game.
Senior right-hander Phillip Watcher struck out 13 batters and scattered 10 hits with no walks over seven innings in the Gamecocks win. Watcher went inning for inning with Warriors senior Tyler Kimbrell who allowed just two hits and two walks with five strikeouts through seven.
It was a battle out there tonight, Sumter head coach Brooks Shumake said. (Watcher) pitched his heart out for us and we were fortunate enough to scratch across two runs for him.
Charlie Barnes put Sumter on top in the fourth with a sacrifice RBI to score Javon Martin.
Trevor Pedersen answered for Wando (18-9) in the bottom frame with a single into left field to drive in Gervais DuPre.
With two outs in the top of the fifth, Jordan Holladay moved to third on a wild pitch. Three pitches later, Holiday stole home on another wild pitch for the go-ahead Gamecocks run.
In a game like this, its critical to be fundamentally sound to force something to happen, Shumake said. Theres a lot of strategy to try to push one across in a game this close. Thats normally what its going to come down to this deep in the playoffs.
Pedersen tripled into right field with two outs in the sixth. He came inches from tying the game, nearly stealing home in a tight play at the plate. In the top of the seventh, Pedersen gunned down a runner from center field to home for the third out to keep the Warriors alive.
Watcher sealed the win with one of his best innings of the night, forcing a groundout, and back-to-back strikeouts in the seventh.
Holladay and Watcher picked up Sumters only hits of the night, both hitting 1 for 2. Holladay added a run scored and Watcher a walk.
Tyler Ackard hit 3 for 4 for the Warriors, along with Pedersen who finished 3 for 4 with an RBI. Wando hit .333 as a team but left nine runners stranded. The Warriors put two on with no outs in the first and left the bases loaded in the third and fourth.
All night we put guys in scoring position and just couldnt find that big hit, Wando head coach Dirk Thomas said. Its a shame to lose that way, but it was just a well-played game. This is what high school baseball is all about. Good pitching, great plays, crowd was into it. We made the game of baseball proud tonight, both teams.
Wando won at West Ashley, 5-3, May 10 in the Lower State opener.
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hey dose iny one like D Gray Man? tell me so if you do i love it its vary good manga
I haven't read the manga yet, but my wife is watching the anime. I like the anime version, so i will check out the manga.
its really good i rekamend it for all manga lovers
does it have any blood in it??"people do not need violence to solve there problems."
yep if you like devil like killing manga you will like thes one
According to icv2.com, D-Gray-Man will be licensesing it. I think it's a gothic anime.
This hasn't reached my realm of circulation as yet... when my minions have acquired it so will i and you will hear my opinion.... The path to conquest leaves nothing else to be desired!!!!


text: Doris Humphrey is one of the founders of American modern dance. Humphreys education started at Francis Parker School, which was based on John Deweys principles of progressive education and experiential /experimental learning. Humphrey maintained this educational philosophy throughout her life along with democratic principles of inquiry and individualism. Friedrich Nietzsches, book, The Birth of Tragedy, also influenced Humphrey, and later Frank Lloyd Wrights architecture also left imprints on her and her choreography. She began her professional performing and choreographing career at Denishawn, and stayed there for ten years as a leading dancer and teacher. In 1928 she and fellow dancers Charles Weidman and Pauline Lawrence left Denishawn to form the Humphrey-Weidman school and company in New York. It was here she began to develop her own technique and became a choreographer and theorist who made important contributions to the growth of modern dance. Unlike her mentor, Ruth St. Denis, Humphrey was not driven by religious messages; she was a humanist. Many of her dances speak of mans nobility and are an affirmation of faith in the world and humanity. Water Study, choreographed in 1928, embodies Humphreys elements of fall and recovery (the process of falling away from and returning to equilibrium), breath rhythm (phrasing and dynamics associated with breathing) and natural movement (movement derived from natural sources), which became the basis of her technique. In Two Ecstatic Themes Humphrey poses the physical drama of rising versus sinkingthe conquest of and the surrender to gravity. While promoting her company Humphrey wrote, My dance comes from the people who had to subdue a continent, to make a thousand paths through forest and plain, to conquer mountains and eventually to raise up towns of steel and glass. Humphreys ancestors were people who had, in fact, arrived in New England when it was a wilderness and through successive generations had become religious and educational leaders. As an idealist, she came to view the dance as capable of showing human perfectibility and harmony. Her performing career was cut short by arthritis, and Humphrey turned to choreography, creating the first course in it at the Dance Department of New Yorks 92nd Street YMHA. Humphrey wrote Art of Making Dances, published posthumously in 1959 and it is still used as a text for dance composition courses. Doris Humphrey always will be considered an enduring part of dance in America.


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To fail so badly that when all the passing grades were removed from the curve, the Sherpa Jack grade will still fail.
Guy 1: Oh man, physics was so hard I think I Sherpa Jacked it.
Guy 2: Yep, you're stupid.
Guy 2: Yep, you're stupid.
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to bugger someone until you have no energy, it doesn't matter when you spunk, you battle on until your nackered
Up for a bugger lug
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Grumpy person - usually older, can be attributed to any person who is being a grumpy pain in the bum.
Ask buggerlugs over there, he'll proabably know the answer.
Come on buggerlugs, lagging behind again...
Come on buggerlugs, lagging behind again...
от easyman 30 август 2006
Affectionate term for a child
You're a Buggerlugs.
Hiya Buggerlugs
Hiya Buggerlugs
от Kaede351 03 ноември 2008
An affectionate term for a female friend, if you're from up north!
Hey buggerlugs
от Julie Steel 23 януари 2004
An affectionate term for a child, particularly when it isn't listening to the adult, the implication being that the child's ears (lugs) have been fucked (or buggered) and can no longer hear as a result.
"Oy, buggerlugs, are you listening?"
от Minjeeta 28 юли 2009
1.Someone with very large ears.
2.Ears ideal for use as handles which afford a sodomiser extra purchase and thus enable the delivery of a more thorough, forcefull bumming.
2.Ears ideal for use as handles which afford a sodomiser extra purchase and thus enable the delivery of a more thorough, forcefull bumming.
"Dude that supple boy has bugger-lugs!"
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extremely ugly!
Urghh!! Your face offends my mirror bugger-lugs!
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MPC FAQs
MPC Frequently Asked Questions
What are classes like?
MPC classes focus on a variety of communication disciplines. Some classes concentrate primarily on the theoretical underpinnings of communication, while others focus on practical applications of those theories to topics such as integrated marketing communication, professional writing and editing, or web design and multimedia production. Class work and discussion include hands-on participation, guest lectures, and some group projects. Students are encouraged to participate actively in discussions, suggest changes to the curriculum, and use projects from their employers for various assignments.
Our classes are small, so you receive individual attention and can take advantage of professional networking with other students. A typical class includes 15 or fewer students. Three-credit courses meet once or twice a week; one-credit courses have four class sessions, usually on Saturday mornings.
Should I take certain classes before others?
The MPC program is NOT a lockstep program. However, completing the theory-based classes is a required foundation for applying those theories to practice. Once those classes are complete, you can take the application core classes and electives in any order. Once you have been admitted to the program, you will want to meet with Professor Helen Hodgson, program director, to plan a course of study.
How long will it take me to graduate?
Depending on how heavy your typical workload is, you should be able to take between three and seven credits each semester. Whether you attend part-time or full-time (seven credits or more) is up to you, and you may choose to take a semester off. The 36-credit-hour program is designed so that students can complete the program in two calendar years, but many students choose to complete the program at a slower pace. As long as you attend one class a year, you are considered in good standing (although we wouldn't recommend it!). If you leave the program for three consecutive semesters, you will have to reapply.
What will be expected of me?
One of the greatest assets of the MPC program is our students. The professional and personal experiences each student brings to the classroom are invaluable. Our students are committed to being successful and to sharing knowledge with others.
For each hour you are in class, you are expected to complete at least two hours of homework. We realize that many of our students are working professionals with many commitments. The faculty is happy to work with you if special arrangements need to be made to accommodate business travel or family obligations as long as they are not detrimental to your studies or disruptive to class. In return, we ask that you be prepared, are motivated, and make the appropriate arrangements to integrate the demands of graduate studies into your life.
Is it for me?
Effective communication--whether it's integrated marketing communicaiton, web desiign, technical writing and editing, oral presentations, public relations, social media, or project management--is vital in today's professional world. And an MPC degree is an excellent opportunity for you to build that expertise. If you are committed to developing cutting-edge knowledge and skills in diverse areas of communication, the MPC program has a broad curriculum that will help you meet your individual goals. While an undergraduate degree in communication is not required to be successful in the MPC program, a background in communication, marketing, technical writing, or design may be helpful.
Westminster is proud of its reputation for small classes and faculty committed to teaching. Attending graduate school can be an adjustment, but the individual attention and outstanding instruction you will receive in the MPC program will make it well worth your investment.
what can I do After graduation?
Our graduates have used their degrees to move into or advance in a variety of communication fields. Effective communicators are in demand in today's information age, and you will have the expertise to choose from many different careers. Upon completion of the program, you will also have an impressive portfolio of class work and your field project to show employers. The following is a sample of companies where MPC graduates have worked or are currently working:
Is it practical?
The MPC course curriculum balances communication theories and practical applications. The way that theory informs practice is essential knowledge for any communication professional to have.The capstone of the program, the field project and professional portfolio, provides an opportunity to combine your personal interests and knowledge into an impressive final project and a portfolio that highlights all of your best work.
The MPC program is designed to meet the needs of busy professionals while also advancing career development. Classes are held in the evenings (all weekday classes start at 5:30 p.m. or later) and on weekends. All classes are held on the Westminster campus, 10 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City.
How do I apply?
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Mars Science Laboratory Shakedown in the High Arctic
|Andrew Steele of the Carnegie Institution of Washington checks out the red beds from Sverrefjelle.
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Members of the AMASE team (AMASE stands for Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition) last month completed their fourth field season on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. They went to test out instruments similar to those that will fly on an upcoming mission to Mars, and to perform a field test of a prototype rover, Cliff-bot, that is capable of climbing up and down 80-degree slopes.
Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, which lies between the northern tip of Norway and the northern polar ice cap. It is an inviting destination for astrobiology researchers because it contains several Mars analog sites: geologic formations that resemble, in various ways, ones on Mars.
One such site contains Devonian-age redbeds, formed between 408 and 360 million years ago. Such red-rock formations are a familiar sight in the American southwest, although there they are typically older. The redbeds in Svalbard, composed of rust-colored fluvial sandstones and mudstones, which contain the iron-bearing mineral hematite, are reminiscent of regions of layered terrain seen on Mars in images taken by orbiting spacecraft.
Svalbard's "blueberry site" was selected because sulfate-bearing sandstones there contain small spherical concretions similar to the "blueberries" found by NASA's Opportunity rover in Meridiani Planum. The martian concretions, which contain hematite, helped scientists confirm the former presence of liquid water on Mars. The Svalbard concretions do not contain hematite; they are rich in sulfate and carbonate minerals that also form in the presence of liquid water. Interestingly these concretions contain evidence of cryptoendolithic communities.
A third site contains carbonate globules embedded within volcanic rocks, similar to carbonate globules found in the martian meteorite ALH84001. Work done by the AMASE team during the 2005 field season, which focused extensively on these globules, determined that they formed purely through non-biological processes, when a volcano erupted, about one million years ago, up through an overlying glacier. A paper describing these findings has been accepted by the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
A primary goal of this year's field work was to test two instruments similar to those selected to fly aboard NASA's upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). MSL, a rover scheduled to launch in the fall of 2009, will reach Mars in October 2010. It will look for signs of habitable environments, places where life could have gained a foothold in the past, or could still be surviving today.
MSL's CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) instrument will be capable of performing both X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analyses of powdered rock samples. It will catalog the chemical and mineral composition of rocks it examines. MSL's SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instrument will contain both a GCMS (gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer) and a tunable laser spectrometer. SAM will search for organics. Together, the two instruments will enable scientists to go a step beyond what the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have achieved. Those rovers, still active on the martian surface, were designed to find evidence of liquid water. MSL will be able to assess habitability.
|Diagram of the CheMin instrument.
Image credit: LANL
The principal investigators for both CheMin (David Blake, NASA Ames Research Center) and SAM (Paul Mahaffy, NASA Goddard Space Center) participated in this year's AMASE expedition. By working with each other in the field – their activity in Svalbard was the first time they had done so – and by comparing their instruments' results
"It just gives us more experience with a variety of analog samples, and some of the decision-making processes that we would be going through on the surface of Mars. It's a good way of really getting out in the field and understanding how decisions are made and interpreting the data, at some level, rapidly. It's good experience just to kind of get our feet wet and operate a little bit like we're going to be operating with MSL," said Mahaffy.
The AMASE team brought with it not only the CheMin and SAM instruments, but also several additional instruments used commonly in biotechnology laboratories. These included PCR (polymerase chain reaction) equipment, which duplicates DNA; instruments capable of detecting ATP and cell-wall components; and a microarray that can detect proteins, which is scheduled for inclusion on ExoMars, a future European Space Agency mission to the red planet.
This extra equipment gave the SAM and CheMin teams additional information to help them interpret the results from their instruments, said AMASE Project Scientist Andrew Steele, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Although the biotechnology techniques will not be available for the samples MSL analyzes, the experience the scientists are gaining now will help them recognize patterns in the data they do receive from MSL.
For example, one set of samples was collected from weathered peridotite outcrops at the carbonate globule site. CheMin showed that the mineralogy of the sample indicated an environment that could support life, and SAM detected organics and amino acids in the sample. On Mars, this is all the information that will be available. But the additional biotech instruments were able to confirm a viable life signature in the Svalbard sample. They gave the SAM team confidence that the organic signature they saw was valid.
Another sample, taken from oil-rich dolomite, was correctly identified by CheMin as a calcite-dolomite mixture. SAM again detected a lot of organics in the sample, similar to what one would expect to show up in oil shale. But the additional biotechnology techniques showed only small amounts of viable life present. Conclusion: the organic signal was evidence of past life.
"Just throwing one technique at a sample gives you an overview. Throwing two, three, four, five techniques all correlating the data sets, gives you much more confidence that you're actually looking at something that's there and that's potentially life," said Steele. "We can look to see how the instruments all perform on a similar sample set, get the teams talking together to begin to understand what the limitations of somebody else's technique and how that fits into their analysis."
Avoiding and detecting contamination is a problem the AMASE 2006 team spent a lot of time addressing. It's nearly impossible to eliminate every single microbe from one's test equipment. So there's always the possibility that an organic signal seen in a rock on Mars comes from bacteria that were missed during the spacecraft cleaning process on Earth.
"By doing this on Earth now with a group of samples that are analogous to those that we'll be looking at on Mars, what we're able to do is, if there's a significant input from contamination, then the SAM team, because it's worked on all these samples on Earth, will be able to distinguish the signals that they're seeing a lot easier. They'll have a lot more experience at looking at mixed signals and taking them apart," Steele said.
The AMASE team also gained valuable experience in sample acquisition and preparation. "Each technique needs a slightly different sample preparation," Steele said. "Many of the kind of really simple, down-to-Earth things like sample prep, and how you run it cleanly – all these things get lost in the mud, usually, and are left to figure out sometimes until too late, when the mission's started."
|Trapped mineral fragments associated with microbial communities appear inside blue ice.
Photo: Kjell Ove Storvik/AMASE
Indeed, from Steele's perspective, the most important accomplishment of AMASE 2006 was not the specific analyses that were performed, but rather the team-building that occurred. Not only did the science teams for different MSL instruments get a chance to work together in the field, but the scientists worked closely with the rover drivers, so that they got a sense of how the entire cycle – from scientific goal, to rover request, to sample acquisition, to data return and analysis – needs to be integrated.
"That was the biggest challenge," said Steele, "to get 30 scientists and engineers working together as a team. And that happened. For me, the biggest highlight is we forged a team to do that."
AMASE is arranged by Physics of Geological Processes (University of Oslo) in collaboration with the Norwegian Space Center. Its expedition leader is Hans E.F. Amundsen of PGP. This was the first year AMASE received funding from NASA's ASTEP (Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets) program. Steele is the Principal Investigator for the ASTEP grant. The ASTEP funding will continue for two more years. Next year, the AMASE team plans to explore more challenging sites, and to integrate a coring device and additional scientific instruments, including deep-UV and Raman spectrometers, onto the Cliff-bot rover. The also plan to control the rover remotely, to more closely simulate a real-time Mars mission.
Related Web Pages
MSL Fact Sheet
Life in Tiny Tunnels?
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Five things to look for as Penn State plays one of its biggest games in years - for reasons on and off the field - against No. 9 Ohio State.
No. 1: Let it fly
Colleague Neil Rudel has mentioned several times over the years that if the Nittany Lions had to throw the ball 40 times, they probably would lose.
While largely true during the previous era, the fact that PSU likely will have to throw at least 40 times to win this game shows just how different the program is now under Bill O'Brien.
The formula is easy to figure out:
n Matt McGloin leads the Big Ten in passing at 255 yards per game and averages 37 pass attempts, with a high of 51 against Northwestern.
n Ohio State gives up 272 yards through the air.
n The Buckeyes have a weak defense overall, especially in the secondary and even at the linebacker spots.
n Since no one has been able to stop PSU's NASCAR offense yet, look for O'Brien to run it a lot.
n The Buckeyes have an explosive offense and also like to go no-huddle, so there almost certainly will be a lot of points scored by both teams. The Lions will either need to throw it a ton to outscore Ohio State, or throw it a ton trying to catch up if they fall behind.
The last time McGloin faced an Urban Meyer-coached team, he threw five interceptions in the 2010 Outback Bowl loss to Florida. McGloin is a very different quarterback now - smarter, more efficient, less of a gambler - he's working in a far more dynamic offense and he's going up against a bad defense.
Look for McGloin to be around 29-of-46 for 330 yards, four TDs and one interception.
SUBHD: No. 2: Protect McGloin
Since he's going to be throwing a lot, the Lions have to make sure to keep the Buckeyes away from the quarterback. That's tough to do with so many dropbacks, and you can bet Ohio State is going to bring loads of pressure whenever it can to try and drill McGloin. Left tackle Donovan Smith must have a good game to protect the blind side.
If McGloin were to get knocked out of the game, Penn State would have virtually no chance to keep up with the Buckeyes' offense.
SUBHD: No. 3: Special situations
Penn State's kicking game has been dreadful, while Ohio State has strong special teams, having blocked six kicks already. The Buckeyes have a big advantage at punter (Ben Buchanan averages 42.2 yards to Alex Butterworth's 35.7), and the Lions still have no idea what to expect on field goals.
Would O'Brien trust place-kicker Sam Ficken with the game on the line? Or would he go for it on, say, fourth-and-5 from the OSU 19 with a minute to go and down two or three points instead of trying a 36-yard field goal? That's the kind of decision the first-year head coach had better be prepared to make in this type of game.
SUBHD: No. 4: OSU running game
Quarterback Braxton Miller gets all the attention (see below), but running back Carlos Hyde gives the Buckeyes a big threat. The 6-foot, 235-pounder has had 140, 156 and 91 yards in his last three games and often takes direct snaps when Miller gets a breather.
SUBHD: No. 5: Player to watch
Miller is the most exciting player on the field in virtually all of Ohio State's games, but he's coming off a neck injury last week at Purdue and might not be 100 percent.
He's a dynamite runner, averaging 120 yards per game, but the Lions' have a strong front seven that will be geared up to stop him.
Whether PSU will devote one spy to keep tabs on Miller at all times will be interesting to see, as opposed to simply staying in the base defense.
Either way, the Lions must force Miller to try and beat them with his arm. Can he do that? We'll see.
The Buckeyes love to go for big plays, with Miller airing it out deep, and the Lions' secondary always has to be aware of speedy receiver Devin Smith (averaging 22 yards with six TDs on 23 catches).
Prediction: Penn State 33, Ohio State 30
Cory Giger is the host of "Sports Central" from 4 to 6 p.m. daily on ESPN Radio 1430 WVAM. Reach him at 949-7031 or @CoryGiger on Twitter.


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To my fans: I wanted to let you know that I am bowing out of some upcoming events due to pending vocal cord surgery which will require a period of time for me to rest and recover. No talking or singing for a while but my doctors expect a complete recovery.
I am especially sorry about two events that I will now be unable to attend: I was scheduled to be honoured at the Canadian Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala on June 11th.


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Witherspoon, 38, shared a couple of Instagram pics on Friday from the set in New Orleans showing just how much she's bonded with the Modern Family star as they play a police officer and a prisoner on the run together.
"Happy Friday with @SofiaVergara," she captioned a pic of the two of them in costume, adding the hashtags #workwife #happywifehappylife.
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"Thanks for the makeup @SofiaVergara Now can you do my hair?" the mom of three wrote.
Vergara, 41, shared a similar shot, captioning it, "Makeup emergency, NoLa Set! @RWitherspoon don't panic!"
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I have been working on my latest knitted handbag (this version now named the Elizabeth for the recipient of the Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway) and after a few adjustments and do-overs, finally finished it up today. I was starting to get in a knitting funk and feel like I am ready to go again!
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Haven't see mite boxes in a while? I hadn't myself, so I was pleased when Sr. Pauline Chirchirillo, PBVM Director of the the New York Office of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, offered the boxes, along with coin cards and envelopes, to the directors and coordinators of our parish religious education programs.
During Lent, the children in the parish programs will have an opportunity to help other children around the world through the Missionary Childhood Association, formerly called the Holy Childhood Association. At the same time, they will be learning a lesson about sacrifice by giving up something for Lent and putting the money they would have spent into the mite box or one of the other holders. At the end of Lent, their monies will go to the Sr. Pauline's office and from there to the Missionary Childhood Association for distribution.
There's nothing to stop us grown-ups from doing something similar. In the Archdiocesan Catechetical Office, we decided that we could help Sr. Pauline and the Association ourselves simply by dumping our excess change into a Holy Childhood collection bucket, which Sr. Pauline was happy to supply. We are not a large staff but we all seem to have a lot of change. That bucket is filling up.
What about doing the same thing in your home? Yes, of course, many people already dump their change into a box or vase and then take it to the bank. You could do that. Then you might write a check for the amount to the Missionary Holy Childhood Association and mail to Sr. Pauline at this address: The Office for the Propagation of the Faith, 1011 First Avenue, 17th floor, New York, NY 10022.
Or, you (and we in the Catechetical Office, too!) could emulate the children. Choose something to give up and add the price of that to the spare change in your container. Maybe this doesn't seem like much of sacrifice but it's do-able. That's important to keep in mind. Taking on a big sacrifice that you won't be able to sustain or that will drive everyone around you crazy is not such a good idea. An uncle of mine used to give up alcohol for Lent each year. By the First Sunday after Ash Wednesday, his wife was ready to give him up.
The mite box idea is something any of us – from the youngest to the oldest – can do.
A blessed Lent.


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A Section 337 complaint at the ITC is often resolved much faster than cases in U.S. courts.
U.S. intellectual property owners are increasingly turning to the little-known U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to protect their most important IP rights. In 2008, nearly 15% of all patent trials conducted in the U.S. took place at the ITC.
Biotech and pharmaceutical companies are no exception. Amgen filed a successful complaint at the ITC in 1988 against Chugai involving imported recombinant erythropoietin (EPO). In 2006, it again filed a complaint involving imported EPO, this time against Hoffman-La Roche. In the mid-1990's Genentech filed a complaint against Biotechnology General and Novo Nordisk, accusing them of infringing patents relating to recombinant production of human growth hormone.
More recently the ITC investigated a complaint filed by Bavarian Nordic involving modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) viruses and vaccines. That case ended with a consent order settlement.
The ITC has also issued orders excluding imports of Viagra and Cialis following investigation of complaints from Pfizer and Eli Lilly. In both cases the ITC issued a general exclusion order, barring all further imports into the U.S. of all infringing products. Of the 34 new investigations instituted by the ITC in 2006, seven involved medical, pharmaceutical, or biotech products.
EPO was Amgen's first commercial success and in many ways its most important product. Human growth hormone was Genentech's flagship product. Viagra and Cialis are hugely important to Pfizer and Lilly, respectively. GEN is running a two-part series on Section 337 of the U.S. trade laws to elucidate why these companies would go to the ITC with such important intellectual property issues rather than to the courts. This first part will give background on Section 337 and detail the various advantages of going to the ITC compared to the U.S. courts. The second part, which will run on Wednesday, December 23, will provide tips for complainants and respondents.
Section 337 and the U.S. ITC
Section 337 of the U.S. trade laws provides private parties with remedies for unfair import practices other than practices related to pricing or import volume. Section 337 investigations are generally directed at infringement of U.S. patents, trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights, although many other unfair acts can be addressed, including misappropriation of trade secrets and antitrust violations.
A Section 337 complaint is investigated by the ITC, an independent federal agency comprising six commissioners, an extensive supporting staff, and independent administrative law judges (ALJs), who are responsible for handling the case and issuing an initial determination on the merits, which the ITC can then review.
Also unlike the courts, the ITC's Office of Unfair Import Investigations (OUII) participates as a formal party in all investigations, charged by law with representing the public interest in Section 337 cases. With just a few exceptions, the ITC applies the same procedural rules and substantive intellectual property law as the U.S. courts.
The remedies under Section 337 are severe. If the ITC finds a violation, it normally issues an exclusion order, directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prohibit importation of all products that violate the order. The ITC can also issue a cease and desist order, barring continued sale of existing inventories in the U.S., with severe fines for any violation. The ITC decision may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which also hears all other patent appeals.
Why Should a Complainant Go to the ITC?
In the appropriate case, the ITC can offer a number of advantages over a district court, such as:
Expedited resolution of cases: Section 337 investigations are expedited, with a hearing generally within eight to nine months of initiation. A final ITC decision can generally be expected within 13 to 15 months of initiation. One alternative for speedy resolution of patent-infringement cases is to go to a district court "rocket docket." Many rocket dockets, however, are slowing down, and several recent Federal Circuit decisions such as TS Tech and In re Hoffman-La Roche have directed the rocket dockets to transfer cases to jurisdictions with a stronger connection to the case. This makes it harder to keep cases in a rocket docket, while cases are not transferred out of the ITC.
Draconian remedy: If a complainant establishes that a respondent violated Section 337, the ITC will normally automatically issue an exclusion order to be enforced by customs and perhaps a cease and desist order as well. In district courts, injunctions are often difficult to get, and district court judgments are not self-enforcing. Moreover, an ITC exclusion order can apply to products that incorporate the infringing component in a combination or different form. This may be particularly important for drugs that are made in a variety of formulations or in compound form.
In rem jurisdiction: Unlike in many district court patent cases, there are very few if any jurisdictional issues in a Section 337 case, since the ITC's authority to issue an exclusion order is in rem, i.e., based on the product importation. The ITC does not need to have jurisdiction over the foreign accused parties. Personal jurisdiction is required for a cease and desist order. However, the ITC exercises nationwide jurisdiction over U.S. entities, and any foreign party that chooses to defend itself and appears at the ITC thereby concedes personal jurisdiction.
Experienced judges: The ITC ALJs are generally very knowledgeable in patent and intellectual property law, unlike many U.S. district court judges.
No counterclaims: While the ITC will receive counterclaims (such as antitrust claims), the complainant can immediately remove any counterclaim to a U.S. district court, where it is often stayed until the ITC issues its final determination.
Parallel proceedings: At the same time it files the complaint with the ITC, the complainant may also file suit in a district court, commonly referred to as a parallel proceeding. The ITC cannot award monetary damages against an infringer, but the district court may award such damages following the ITC determination. While the ITC determination is not binding on the district court in patent cases, the district court often defers to the ITC determination.
General exclusion orders: The ITC can also issue a general exclusion order, which bars the import of goods from all sources including companies and exporters that were not specifically named as a respondent. This remedy can be particularly useful in cases where the complainant faces a widespread pattern of foreign infringers and it may be difficult to identify all such foreign sources, or where sources could change frequently over time.
Proceeding at the ITC may have strategic as well as substantive benefits for a complainant asserting IP infringement for a biotech or pharmaceutical product. Companies on both sides of the divide should know about and understand the ramifications of Section 337. The second part of this two-part series will focus on considerations for biotech and pharmaceutical firms thinking of using Section 337, as well as how best respondents can proceed.
James B. Altman is a member of the law firm of Miller & Chevalier Chartered. He serves as the coordinator for the firm's Section 337 practice group, has represented clients in more than 20 Section 337 cases, and is the president of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association.
James B. Altman is a member of the law firm of Miller & Chevalier Chartered. He serves as the coordinator for the firm's Section 337 practice group, has represented clients in more than 20 Section 337 cases, and is the president of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association.
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The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), funded in part by the beef checkoff, sponsored the Culinary Institute of America's Flavor, Quality & American Menus (FQAM) annual leadership forum, Sept. 4-7 in California. Held in conjunction with the University of California, Davis, the forum brought together the nation's top chefs and foodservice industry leaders to discuss food, share information and ideas, and advance American agriculture, food processing, and the culinary arts.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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The Buffalo school district is down to two finalists for the appointment of a deputy superintendent. The final choice for the district is expected to be announced within the next day or two.
The hiring of the new deputy superintendent – the top job below the superintendent – will represent the first phase of a two-step process to shake up and reorganize the district's central administration.
The district did not release the names of the finalists but said neither candidate comes from within the school district or any district within New York State. The two finalists are veteran school administrators at senior-level positions in their current districts, said Darren Brown, executive director of human resources.
Both candidates also have experience in urban school settings, he said.
The district received more than 35 applications for the deputy superintendent position after posting the position on district and nationwide job search listings, Brown said. Phone interviews were conducted three weeks ago with a small group of finalists by interim Deputy Superintendent Mary Guinn in partnership with HealthNow.
Superintendent Pamela Brown announced at last week's Board of Education meeting that there were three finalists for the position, but one finalist has since withdrawn from consideration.
The goal is to settle on a final candidate by next week's board meeting, though it may take a little longer, Brown said Wednesday. She also said her ideal candidate is "someone who has the sense of urgency to accelerate progress."
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Liz Allen: Wise young readers enlighten me
Jean Bikorimana, 10, zoomed through "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon," a Newberry Honor Book by Grace Lin. I'm on Chapter 3 of the novel, which all Erie School District fifth-graders are reading.
The school district loaned me the book after I read aloud to Jean and his Edison Elementary School classmates on March 1 for Dr. Seuss Day.
I knew my visit to Edison, 1921 East Lake Road, would be special when Michael Harper, 11, walked me to Pat Sherbin's classroom.
"I just love to read," said Michael, whose current favorite writer is Suzanne Collins, author of "The Hunger Games" series.
I asked the students if they had any questions for Gov. Tom Corbett when the Times-News Editorial Board met with him later that day.
"What's the pathway to become president?" Mark, Michael's fraternal twin, asked. Listing George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Corbett said that serving as a governor is a good route.
Mark, Michael and Jean are brainy and wise. They encourage each other to achieve, and they boast about the rest of their classmates, too. Jean reads at a 10.5 grade level, said the twins (Mark is at 8.5 and Michael at 8.3).
Mark and Michael credit their Jefferson Elementary kindergarten teachers for instilling the love of reading. "My teacher pulled out this really cool book of a guy skateboarding. I realized I wanted to start reading," said Mark. Michael wanted to dive into chapter books after his teacher read "The Magic Treehouse" to the class.
A book "can take you places like nothing else can. It increases your vocabulary. It's like a class, but you're doing it yourself," Michael said. "Get into reading as soon as possible and stay into it, because you need it for everyday life," Mark said.
Jean, who wants to be an engineer like his dad, didn't speak any English when he came to Erie from Tanzania at age 5. In kindergarten, he was sent to the nurse five times because, he said, "I didn't know what they were saying and I got a headache."
Students accumulate points for every book they read. Michael has 35.6; Mark has 58. Jean has 583.7.
"Jean's a dream student," said Sherbin. "In my 33 years, he's the most outstanding reader of my lifetime. I am honored to have him."
For boys who don't like to read, try comic books, or start with an easy book and work your way up, the boys advised. "If you don't like to read, write your own book," said Jean. For book ideas, visit www.ARbookfind.com, a site for accelerated readers, they recommended.
The boys already have summer reading plans. Mark's choice? "Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress."
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A 67-year-old Lancaster man was seriously injured Monday morning when he was struck by a car, Lancaster police said.
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"Did you know that guy back there?" "No, I just gave him a gentleman's nod because we made eye contact. It's just polite to acknowledge someone's existence."
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The producers of the bulls on display during the Feb. 15 Heart City Bull Bash in Valentine, Neb., had a primary reason behind what they do — improving the genetics of the commercial cattlemen.
Stepping into the local antique store, Cody Foster & Co. Inc., was a Valentine fourth grader, whose primary reason for being there that day was to improve the life of one girl in India, a victim of the human trafficking trade.
Nevaeh Foster, a slight, dark-haired, always-smiling youngster — older in spirit than her 10 years — is concerned with unknown girls on the other side of the world.
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MARTINSBURG — While it is often instinctual to try to help someone in need, a recent increase of attempted telephone and email extortion scams strives to take advantage of residents' generosity....
a while and found out personal information about my life. He filed a report with this apparently well meaning site, and of course I responded to him and resolved the complaint.
Yet this well meaning site is based upon the same extortion model as the mugshot sites. You must pay them a minimum of $2,000 to get the listing removed, even if you are the original complainer. They offer some twisted logic that this is to protect the complainers from pressure, but the reality is that this is how they make their money. In other words their business model is extortion plain an simple.
They have listed my address, and one day a few years ago my 7 year old told me that some man was waiting at the bus-stop and scared her, grabbed her arm, asking questions about the company that I used to work for.
This is unfair and I have written to various agencies to try to stop this criminal behavior. Now I'm appealing to you the journalist, the citizen, to help me to stem this extor
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She was a single mother, with no job, but she scrapped together the $125 and sent it to the company. A couple of weeks the mug shot was taken down, however, the same mugshot had popped up on 3 other sites....each one asking that she pay to get her picture removed.
This is strictly extortion.
When I was an professor at a New York university, a deranged female student attacked me during an test, and then claimed to the police that I had attacked her..despite 35 witness to the contrary. I was lucky that the cops knew me and convinced her not to proceed, yet it could have led to an arrest and a mugshot.
This is a trend on the internet, a growing form of extortion parading as public service. I decided to write about this because I have a similar problem with the complaint sites.
In particular the rip-off report, happily took an un-verified complaint from a customer of mine over 4 years ago.
This customer was a bi-polar schizophrenic and he stalked me for a
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There is a new and growing trend that all should be aware of especially journalists. I am landlord and automatically Google everyone who applies for an apartment. When I searched for this girls name multiple mugshot sites popped up. I thought wow she must be a serial killer. When I asked her about it, she was embarrassed and started to cry!
When she finally got her composure back, she explained that she had been involved in a domestic dispute with her crack addict ex-husband, and he had filed a charge because she would not give him money.
I said that's terrible, did you contact the site and ask them to take it down?
She said that she was released soon after the picture was taken, and no charges were ever filed against her. She did not know about the site, until after being denied for a job, a person who worked there had sympathy on her and told her about the mugshot site.
She then contacted the site and was told that she had to pay $125.00 to get her mugshot remo
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Another scam people should be aware of is this Call Forwarding trick. Based on the complaints posted at Callercenter**** , the scam starts out with the phone ringing, usually late at night, and caller tells the victim that someone has been injured, and to contact the victim's family by dialing *72, followed by a phone number. But that *72 would only activate the call forwarding function -- letting the scammer make collect phone calls and pay-per call services at your expense. Many people don't find out they've been conned until they receive a whopping phone bill.
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Here's another tip just for the writer. Instinctual means pertaining to instinct. The word you want is instictive. There is a difference. Learn it and don't make this mistake again. There, now you can remove this comment. I'm trying to get to 20. Right now I'm stuck at 18.
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There is a big mail scam out right now. It comes from the National Processing Center in Wash DC it is info about Social Security Death Benefits. I Google Mapped the address and it came up a liquor store in DC
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This is good info, what do we have to do when a rash of burglaries happens in our area and we cannot get it in the Journal??
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(Another) Evening of One-ActsOn the heels of 2013's successful Evening of One-Acts, Stage Right is presenting (Another) Evening of One-Acts -- all written or premiered in Pittsburgh. The show includes the world premiere of Savesies, by Phillip Beard, the hilarious story of two South Side neighbors arguing (in genuine Pittsburghese) over the last parking space on their street, as they prepare for a Fourth of July cookout.02/06/2014 - 02/15/201402/06 - 8:00 pm02/07 - 8:00 pm02/08 - 8:00 pm02/13 - 8:00 pm02/14 - 8:00 pm02/15 - 8:00 pmLocation: Boyd Community Center, 1220 Powers Run Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Planets with NASA FilmManfred Honeck leads a celebration of Pittsburgh composers. Five composers contributed movements to a world premiere suite inspired by the classical "elements" earth, water, air, fire, and metal. NASA video footage accompanies The Planets. From bellicose Mars to mystical Neptune, Holst's iconic musical portrayal of the planets and their astrological significance delights audiences with its richly-colored orchestration and memorable melodies.02/07/2014 - 02/09/201402/07 - 8:00 pm02/08 - 8:00 pm02/09 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Robert Qualters: A LifeThis retrospective features more than 60 paintings, prints, and drawings, plus photographs of commissioned murals and installations by the Pittsburgh-based artist who was PCA's 1985 Artist of the Year. Qualters' style features the artist's commentary - as cursive text - in the borders of his work. This show is curated by art historian and independent curator Vicky A. Clark, who authored the new book, "Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies."02/07/2014 - 04/20/20146300 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Halfway to Somewhere2013 PGC resident artists Granite Calimpong of Seattle and Brent Rogers of Chicago came together to experiment, try new ideas and make art in a nonlinear way using different materials and new approaches and processes. Calimpong's work is typically blown and cold-worked glass that is simple and clean with a focus on the form and surface. Rogers' work focuses more on content rather than form. He uses imagery, lamination and painting on glass to convey various concepts.02/07/2014 - 04/20/2014Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
6 ArtistsSix solo exhibits of selected artists from the region represent some of the cutting edge concepts being navigated in contemporary art today and were curated by Adam Welch. The solo artists are: Ian Brill, Keith Lemley, Daniel Luchman, Jennifer Myers, Meghan Olson, and John Sanders.02/07/2014 - 04/20/20146300 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Fresh Works: Alan ObuzorFresh Works is a creative laboratory at The Alloy Studios for Pittsburgh artists who seek to make connections between dance and the rest of the world and explore cross-genre collaborations. This month's program culminates with a performance during Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn featuring choreographer and dancer Alan Obuzor and vocalist Anqwenique Wingfield.02/07/2014Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Celestial FantasyThe program includes Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini featuring pianist Igor Lipinski, Aaron Jay Kernis' Musica Celestis, and Richard Strauss' Death and Transfiguration.02/08/2014Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
Onward to MarsIf NASA could send you to Mars but it was only a one-way trip, would you go? Dan Wilcox's "Onward to Mars" is a live, audio/visual astronautical rock opera that takes you on a journey to discover the music of the Red Planet. Part of the Community Supported Art (CSA) series.02/08/2014Time: 8:00 pmNew Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Fitness and diet infomercials are in their own category of skepticism and hilarity, and part of me actually wants to try the product. Whether it's car wax or food storage, there seems to be a solution for everything. Diet and fitness isn't immune and we found some of the newest and crazy As Seen on TV fitness gadgets.
Sauna Pants/ Slimming Sauna Shorts/ The Belly Sauna: While these products have some key differences, their goal and method is largely the same. With the Sauna Pants, just slip on the orange shorts, turn on the heat dial, and your extra water weight is promised to be gone in no time with 50 minutes a day of use. The Slimming Sauna Shorts don't heat up, but they're made of thick, non-breathable Neoprene (like what Scuba divers wear), so you'll definitely compress and sweat in these. And they come with an adjustable Velcro strap! My favorite, however, is The Belly Sauna. It's just what it sounds like – a sauna for your belly. Bizarre. (more…)