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'Deep Dark Secrets in the Deep Sea' POWDERMILL NATURE RESERVE, SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE TO PRESENT FIRST LECTURE IN NEW SERIES ON EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY OCT. 18 LATROBE, PA – Powdermill Nature Reserve, the environmental research center of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Saint Vincent College Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing will jointly present "Deep Dark Secrets: Diversity and Evolution in the Deep Sea" by Dr. Marymegan Daly, as the first lecture in a new partnership, Evolution and Ecology Lecture Series, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 in the Luparello Lecture Hall, Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion, on the campus of Saint Vincent College. Admission is free and no registration is required. Renowned deep-sea expert Dr. Daly is associate professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Daly will share stories from her explorations of life in earth's last frontier. She has discovered more than 30 new species of sea anemone from locations as diverse as piles of sunken whale bones and remote waters more than 10,000 feet deep. The Evolution and Ecology Lecture Series was developed to address topics of special interest regarding biodiversity, conservation, behavioral ecology and evolution. This joint venture – which capitalizes on Powdermill Nature Reserve's global network of researchers and Saint Vincent College's commitment to education for its students and the community – provides the opportunity to hear from some of the world's leading figures in ecology and evolutionary biology. The series is being coordinated by Dr. John Wenzel, director of Powdermill Nature Reserve, and Dr. Bruce D. Bethke, associate professor and chair of the biology department at Saint Vincent.
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Monday night's The Voice gave the final three contestants three chances to earn fans' votes, as every singer revisited a "breakout" song, sang a new song and performed a duet with his or her coach.
First, however, came a touching tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy. While singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," coaches and singers held up the names of those whose lives were lost on Friday morning.
Team Cee Lo's Nicholas David then kicked off the competition with Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire." Not able to resist a pun, his coach chimed in on his performance: "Your fire tonight burned this house down," Green said. David later revisited his performance of Bill Withers's "Lean On Me" and joined Green for a duet of Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music."
Team Blake's two contestants also had the crowd cheering. Terry McDermott sang his best song, Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," and took a stab at Mr. Mister's "Take These Broken Wings." But the crowning moment of the night for McDermott was his duet with Blake Shelton as they delivered Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)." Adam Levine, decked out in a long rocker wig, played guitar alongside them.
Cassadee Pope sang "Over You," co-written by her coach and his wife, Miranda Lambert. Pope received huge praise the first time she sang it, but the song about Shelton's late brother held special meaning in the wake of the shootings in Newtown.
"America's heart is heavy, and that's about healing," Shelton said. She also moved the coaches with her take on Faith Hill's "Cry."
"I don't care that you weren't on my team," Levine said. "I am so proud of you and so happy that you're here at this moment." Pope finished the night with Shelton for a duet of Sheryl Crow's "Steve McQueen."
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Pfizer has decided to acquire FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, which is developing drugs to treat diseases caused by protein misfolding. With this purchase Pfizer furthers its interest in rare and orphan diseases as well as CNS diseases.
FoldRx' lead candidate, tafamidis meglumine, stabilizes the protein transthyretin (TTR) and prevents dissociation of the tetramer, the rate-limiting step in TTR amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN). FoldRx has completed a 128-patient, international, multicenter Phase II/III study. Currently, liver transplant is the only treatment option available for this progressively fatal genetic neurodegenerative disease. In Europe the firm has filed an MAA. Tafamidis has orphan drug designation in the U.S. and the EU and Fast Track designation in the U.S. for the treatment of ATTR-PN.
"This transaction will add another important component to the growing portfolio of innovative in-line and investigational medicines for orphan and rare diseases within Pfizer's specialty care business and will complement the current and planned future research and clinical development taking place in Pfizer's specialty care neuroscience disease area," remarks Geno Germano, president and GM, Pfizer specialty care business unit.
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FoldRx uses a yeast-based drug target discovery platform. Besides its focus on diseases caused by misfolded proteins, the company is also trying to identify therapeutic agents for cystic fibrosis, Parkinson disease, and Huntington disease. Tafamidis is its only clinical candidate.
While specific financial terms were not disclosed, Pfizer will make an up-front payment and contingent payments if certain milestones are achieved. Pfizer moved into the orphan drug space in December 2009 when it paid Protalix $60 million up front for its Gaucher disease enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), taliglucerase alfa. The company also agreed to pony up another $55 million in milestones related to regulatory approvals.
Competition for Gaucher disease will come from Shire, which has both FDA and EC approval for its ERT, VPRIV™ (velaglucerase alfa for injection). Genzyme already has a drug on the market, Cerezyme, but there have been significant shortfalls over the past year due to manufacturing issues. On August 30, sanofi-aventis made its $18.5 million bid for Genzyme public, and the latter responded with a resounding no to offer.
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I was disappointed to read about the young lady who was sent home from Brentwood Middle School for dyeing her hair blue this week.
I understand why it happened. I mean, the rule seems pretty clear, printed there in the handbook and all. Once a rule is published, especially in a middle school setting, selective enforcement is a terrible idea.
So I get it.
I also think this just might be the perfect opportunity to get rid of that particular rule. Everyone seems to agree that this child meant no harm, but she was sent home from school anyway. If you have a rule that forces you to keep good kids out of their classrooms, I think it's time to question the absolute necessity of that rule.
I'm all for keeping gangs away from kids. But I'm not convinced that banning hair colors from middle schools gets us closer to accomplishing this. Sometimes the rule just isn't good enough to deserve the fight, even if there might be some vague connection to a possible safety concern.
I feel this way about a lot of rules imposed on kids. For example, my children are required to wear coats at recess. To be clear, since this is the rule, I tell them that they have to listen to their teachers and wear their coats, even if they feel too hot.
But honestly, I have always thought that was a ridiculous rule, even when I was a teacher. I understand the intentions behind it, but again, the possibility that a child would choose to become so cold it could make them sick or do them some other actual harm seems very slim to me. In my experience, kids put their coats back on all on their own before it becomes a problem.
I worry that we are teaching our kids to accept, without analysis or debate, the idea that they can only be safe and secure by agreeing to give up their rights to self-determination (I'm too hot, but I have to wear a coat anyway) and self-expression (I will be punished for liking blue hair because gang members wear blue clothes). I think respect for authority is also important, but I don't think respecting authority requires blind acceptance of the ridiculous, from adults or kids.
The problem of gangs and school safety is complex and important. Addressing the problem by reacting to a normal and harmless act of teenage self-discovery with suspension seems a bit ridiculous to me.
I think we can choose our battles more effectively than this.
Claire Boyles is married with two children. She writes for Greeley Moms.
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To neutralise the attack on Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots, BJP think-tank PPRC prepares a comparative document that reveals a horrifying chronicle of communal violence under non-BJP governments.
Death and destruction are staple fodder for demagogues to ignite popular passions during elections. Riots are the stormy petrels of confrontationist politics and are used by mainstream parties, especially Congress, to capitalise on minority insecurity. In spite of Rahul Gandhi's faux pas on Muzaffarnagar youth being contacted by ISI after last month's riots, Congress pipers continue to play a single tune—'Narendra Modi's hands are stained with blood of 2002 Gujarat riot victims.'
With seven months to go for the 2014 general elections, strategists on both sides are at work to change the political discourse for political gains. To counter the Congress gameplan to target Modi on the Gujarat riots, the BJP's newly minted think-tank, Public Policy Research Centre (PPRC), re-launched on October 21 and headed by director Vinay Sahasrabuddhe has drafted a nine-page document on the history of communal riots in India. The well researched document suggests that the communal record of Congress governments and that of other non-BJP parties is far worse than Modi's one time taint and the Gujarat riots should not been seen in isolation.
The research paper entitled 'A Factsheet on Communal Riots in India' documents the history of sectarian violence in India, which it states has become a "permanent phenomenon after the 1960s" due to politics of "vote bank and appeasement."
It goes on to record India's long history of communal strife. As the purpose of the document is to counter the 'secular 'offensive on Narendra Modi, the think tank has presented a comparative study of causes and responsibilities regarding other major riots including the 1983 Nellie Massacre, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the Ahmedabad riots of 1969. The comparative graph forms a virtual arsenal to attack the Congress's failed record of maintaining communal stability in states it has ruled. In the 1983 Nellie Massacre (result of clash es between ethnic Assamese and Bangladeshi settlers) 1,819 Muslims were killed on Congress watch. During the 1984 Delhi riots that followed Indira Gandhi's assassination, around 2,733 Sikhs were butchered. In the 1969 Ahmedabad riots in Congress-ruled Gujarat triggered by an attack on a temple, the toll was 512.
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Teach for America, part of the federal AmeriCorps program, allows recent college graduates to teach in classrooms for two years, with an expressed aim of improving education in the inner city and in rural areas.
Supporters say the program – in which many of the recruits come from the ranks of elite colleges and universities – has helped struggling school districts over its 20-year history while opening the doors to future educational careers in teaching and school administration.
But critics contend the recruits are poorly trained and most do not commit to a career in teaching.
The Buffalo School Board, with the support of Superintendent Pamela C. Brown, is expected tonight to consider adding 30 Teach for America recruits over each of the next two school years. When the proposal was introduced last week, Darren Brown, the district's executive director for human resources, said the recruits could be used for hard-to-fill positions such as special education, bilingual instruction and English as a second language, and to boost the ranks of minority teachers.
The idea of introducing Teach for America to Buffalo was raised by Robert G. Wilmers, chairman and CEO of M&T Bank. He played an instrumental role in recruiting former Superintendent James Williams to Buffalo, and M&T Bank has partnered with Westminster Community Charter School for the past 20 years.
Wilmers said he told Brown that he and the M&T Bank Foundation would shoulder some of the costs to hire and train the recruits, and that he also would solicit community contributions.
The district failed to make anyone available to The Buffalo News to comment despite repeated requests.
"One of the most impressive lessons we've learned ... is that leadership matters. If we can attract some smart new talent today, and develop them into smart new leaders of tomorrow, that's a smart investment in Buffalo," Wilmers said.
"I don't know why the results aren't better in Buffalo, but I just thought this was something that makes sense."
But the program has its share of critics, who say it advertises more than it delivers.
They warn that the recruits receive a minimum of training, rarely commit to long-term careers teaching in inner-city schools and undermine teachers' unions as part of a corporate reform movement that doesn't put students or career teachers first.
"Less than 20 percent stay in the classroom for more than five years. Teach for America's nickname is 'Teaching for a while, and temps for African-Americans,' " said Mark Naison, professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University, and a leading critic of Teach for America.
"Ask yourself a question: Would any suburban district or private school take teachers trained for five weeks? Young people in poor neighborhoods need relationship-building with teachers that lasts beyond their time in the classroom, and that is exactly what TFA teachers never provide, because they're there and gone."
Diane Ravitch, former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, is also strongly critical.
"Every school district needs experienced teachers, well-prepared teachers and new teachers who are committed to make a career of teaching and are dedicated to the school and the community for the long haul. TFA meets none of those requirements," said Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University.
According to Teach for America, 7,800 of its 28,000 alumni remain in teaching. The application process is highly selective, with 17 percent of the approximately 50,000 applicants accepted in 2012.
"We have taken a look at the common characteristics among our most successful teachers, and [applied them] to the candidates who are applying for the corps," said spokeswoman Kaitlin Gastrock. "Those include things like a record of demonstrated achievement, the ability to influence and motivate others and a real commitment to work with people with diverse backgrounds."
But Teach for America hires aren't going over well with some out-of-work teachers That includes Jeff Schroer, a father of two who taught mathematics in middle and high school the past eight years in Las Vegas, before returning last summer to Tonawanda to be near family.
"Teach for America takes people from all over the country, and when they're done, they want to go back there. I saw it happen in Las Vegas," Schroer said.
"They're not the best teachers, they're not the most qualified, and they're not the answer to the problem. Especially when you have so many SUNY schools that are putting out teachers who don't have to relocate, and are committed to this town.
"Their training is ... laughable," said Schroer, who holds two master's degrees.
The district would be responsible for paying each recruit who undergoes the intensive five-week summer training program the same salary and benefits as any other first-year teacher. It would also pay Teach for America $5,000 a year per teacher for two years, and $150,000 in costs associated with professional development during the first year.
The recruits would join the Buffalo Teachers Federation. Philip Rumore, the union's president, said he won't take a position on hiring Teach for America recruits until the executive committee and building representatives meet on March 7.
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1. Get after those tackles. You've heard the numbers by now. The Arizona offensive line has given up 17 sacks in the last two games alone. Much of that pressure has been allowed by left tackle D'Anthony Batiste and rookie right tackle Bobby Massie. Even without Mark Anderson, this is a matchup the Bills have to dominate. Mario Williams (below) will once be expected to produce commensurate to his salary against a lesser opponent. The Bills should give Kyle Moore a chance to spell Chris Kelsay on the right side on passing downs.
2. Don't turn a journeyman into a superstar. The Bills have a history of letting unknown running backs go off for career games. That has to end today against an Arizona team without its top two running backs. Whether it's LaRod Stephens-Howling, William Powell or Alfonso Smith carrying the load for the Cardinals, the Bills need to shut down a rushing attack that ranks 31st in the league in both yards per game (63.4) and dead last in average rush (2.7). That should put the pressure on quarterback Kevin Kolb, who remains inconsistent. He flat-out missed some throws last week in the loss to St. Louis.
3. Be mindful of Daryl Washington and Patrick Peterson. Washington, the Cardinals' inside linebacker, is the best player in the NFL you've never heard of. There isn't a player at his position playing better football. The Cardinals love to blitz Washington up the middle, through the "A Gap" of the defense (the space between the center and the guard). Expect Washington to test the right guard spot especially if the Bills have to turn to tackle-turned-emergency guard Sam Young. As for Peterson, the second-year cornerback is one of the elite players in the league at his position. He'll shadow Stevie Johnson for much of the day and is also dangerous on punt returns, he ran four back for touchdowns last season, an NFL record. Bills rookie punter Shawn Powell will need to pin Peterson to the sideline, or kick out of bounds.
4. Stay on the field. The Bills were dominated in time of possession last week, 36:17-23:43, because they converted only 2 of 10 third downs. That's no way to try and establish a rhythm with running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller. The other part of the equation, of course, is not turning the ball over. The Bills have proven they do not have the ability to overcome giving the ball away, which they've done 13 times. The Cardinals' defense has forced 11 turnovers, tied for fifth-most in the league.
5. Change the halftime routine. In the second half of the last two games, the Bills have been outscored, 73-14, and have given up 659 yards. Whatever halftime adjustments the Bills coaches are making aren't working. "What do we give them to eat or drink at halftime; you evaluate all of it," coach Chan Gailey said. "If I had that answer Iwould have already solved the problem. I don't have that answer." He needs to find it today.
Outlook: The Bills are approaching this game as one that could make or break their season. Count me as one who feels the week spent out west will be good for them to bond and really focus on a needed victory. If they don't turn the ball over, they'll get it, barely.
Prediction: Bills 21, Cardinals 20


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quote: The sad part is most the money goes to paying the 97 employees wages.~13M Salaries~2.6M contracted employment~1M volunteer staff~1M Grants
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quote: You are suffering from a disconnect with reality. What a negative outlook you have. I have psychoanalyzed you and have determined the following.
quote: Parents get divorced, kid sees one parent swindle the other out of copious amounts of money with dubious expense claims, kid inherits grossly inaccurate world-view of people who ask for money for legitimate reasons, kid grows into person fearful and skeptical of entities in charge of money management, person shares world-view on internet in a fashion such that realistic people cringe in pity.
quote: Either you're as bad as your example, or something as bad as your example happened to you, but I'm fairly certain the world (this charitable institution) isn't as bad as you believe. Get a hug, smoke a bowl, believe in the goodness of others, you may have been burned before, but what a shame to live in such constant gloom.
quote: You are no doubt just another bitter scrub, but I thought your disconnect sufficient enough to warrant note. I feel sorry for anyone that ever engages in monetary dealings with you cause if you act the way you think everyone else acts, everyone else is screwed.


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The rag you use to wipe your load up with after beating off.
Don't leave your jack rags on the bathroom floor.
af wino joe 6. maj 2003
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A piece of cloth used to catch the ejaculate that shoots out of one's penis when he masturbates, or "jacks off".
"I can't believe your girlfriend is using my hork-encrusted jackrag as a napkin! Gee, she wipes her mouth an awful lot."
af Fo Shizzle My Nizzle 8. juni 2004
a rag or piece of clothe used to catch ejaculation when masturbating.
Hey bro i used your tee shirt to jack off on. Hope you don't mind
af ikonworx 9. februar 2004
Any form of cloth used to clean up with after jacking off.
"Quick, I'm about to cum, hand me my jack rag."
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A pornographic magazine that provides visual stimulation.
Jay was up shit creek when his wife found his jack rag under the bed.
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Durango resident Jennie Lee Duncan died Monday, May 7, 2012, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango. She was 80. Ms. Duncan died of an infection that resulted from a fall and broken hip in April.
She was born to Oscar and Amelia Sittner on Feb. 2, 1932, in Montrose. Ms. Duncan grew up in Montrose and Ridgway. She often told stories of helping her father bring the cattle down off the mountain and helping him bring in the hay and other crops he raised.
Ms. Duncan lived in various places in Colorado, New Mexico and Montana.
She married George Nicks. The marriage later ended in divorce.
In the early 1960s, she moved to Durango with her son, Terry Nicks, and her parents. After moving here, she married L.B. Easter in Durango. The marriage later ended in divorce.
Mr. Sittner owned Wagon Wheel Liquors, and Ms. Duncan worked there for many years.
She also had businesses of her own at various times, including Mr. Terry�s, a bar where the Hampton Inn now is located, and a restaurant in Town Plaza before Oscar�s Cafe. She worked at several jobs in the area. Her last was at Peerless Tyre Co., where she worked in the 1980s and �90s.
Her friends said she loved her life on the ranch in Ridgway growing up and life in general.
�Not many people knew that she was an awesome yodeler,� said her daughter, Gay Lynn Easter. �She used to yodel for her children and family.�
Ms. Duncan was preceded in death by her son, Terry Nicks.
She is survived by her daughter, Gay Lynn Easter, of Green Forest, Ark., and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.
Cremation has occurred. At her request, no services were held. At a later date, her ashes will be spread in Montana, where she loved to fish and camp when her children were young.


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Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM
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In Part 2 of our best lenses for the Canon EOS 5DS R review, we're looking at the best optics for travel, wildlife, portrait and event photography. Whether you're looking for a versatile zoom for weddings, a prime for the best quality portraits, or a professional sports and wildlife lens, we've got all the data you need. So let's analyze the scores in five different categories — short telephoto prime, long telephoto prime, "fast" telephoto zoom, "slow" telephoto zoom, and super-zoom — to discover the best-performing lenses in each group.
Launched side-by-side, the EOS 760D and EOS 750D (a.k.a. T6s and T6i in North America, respectively) share a lot in common, including the same high-resolution 24.2-Mpix APS-C CMOS sensor, complete with Canon's Hybrid CMOS AF III for fast and accurate focusing. We've put the two models through our lab tests, along with a wide range of native and third-party Canon-mount lenses. Read on to find out how these models perform.
In Part 2 of "Best lenses for the EOS 7D Mark II," we're looking at the performance of primes on Canon's flagship APS-C sensor.We've analyzed over 300 fixed-focal-length lenses on the EOS 7D Mark II, including own-brand Canon EF and EF-S lenses that are designed specifically for use on the Canon APS-C sensor. Covering a range of third-party alternatives as well, our comprehensive analysis will help you pick out a prime, whatever your photographic needs.
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With a full-frame 18-Mpix CMOS sensor and twin Digic 5+ processers that's capable of continuous bursts of up 12 fps – the fastest of any professional DSLR currently - the Canon EOS-1 Dx is the firm's flagship press camera. We've assessed it with over 100 EF mount lenses, to see how well they perform. Read on to find out which models are the best optically and which, if any, you should avoid.
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Introduced in July this year, the EOS 70D at first sight seems like a regular update to the maker's mid-range EOS 60D model. It shares a number of features with the firm's existing SLR range including a 19-point cross-type phase detection AF system, a 3-inch (1.040M dot) articulated touchscreen and built-in WiFi connectivity with remote viewing and image transfer. The camera can also shoot at up to 7fps and has 1080/30p video recording with stereo sound using an optional external microphone.
After the publishing the test results on the Nikon 500mm and 600mm f/4 super-telephoto lenses, we've now turned our attention to the 300mm and 400mm f/2.8 versions. Read on to see how well these legendary models perform.
In the lead up to Photokina 2012, Canon announced the new Canon EOS 6D full-frame entry-point model within days of Nikon publicizing their most-affordable full-frame camera to date, the 24-Mpix D600. While the EOS 6D boasted some attention grabbing features including built-in WiFi and GPS and slightly undercut the Nikon on price, it couldn't match its rival in one or two key areas, namely the less populated AF system and lower resolution sensor.
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300mm f/2.8L IS USM II Lens Module
It seems that there still isn't a DxO lens module for this lens. I am hoping one is in the works.
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300mm f2.8 L IS USM ll
I have to agree with you. I hate too but I owned the older IS version of this lens and tested it against it. Colors are beautiful, pictures are great but it lacks the resolving power of some of my other lenses? Maybe I am wrong and it is the best. Maybe I got a bad copy. But at the end of the day it is what it is.
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300mm f/2.8 L IS USM II vs 300mm f/4 L IS USM
You gave a higher score to f/4.
I had both lenses and your judgment is not aligned to the result that I got.
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A creepy person. Someone who does something creepy.
That lady with the forty bold cats sure is a real creepazoid.
di Rene 17 novembre 2004
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noun. A person lacking social skills, basic manners and whom can also lack basic personal hygiene training, who believes that he is special to the world, and that he should be accommodated according to his whims (usually because his mother told him so...)
Creepazoids look to disrupt successful, fun and harmonious situations because they are unable to contribute to them.
di The Mistress Didi* 27 agosto 2006
A guy who is very creepy and stalks girls. This guy might also masturtbate in your home and eat your food.
"Oh no, you better stay clear of the Creepazoid over there. He wacks a lot and drains your fridge."
di Cubanian 04 febbraio 2007
Someone who is the leader of other creepers. One who has been a creeper for a while and knows that they are. Also, someone who laughs at their own jokes and has an awkward apperance.
That kid in the bushes is a creepazoid.
That guy is such a creepazoid; he only hangs out with creepers.
That guy is such a creepazoid; he only hangs out with creepers.
di Moose117 03 novembre 2008
A person that is creepy from birth.
Have you seen that creepazoid Philip Eno?
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Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell you what WE find unacceptable:
quote: letting the powers-that-be know that what is done in darkness can be brought to light (hacking information) What advice to you have for them that will be more effective than what they're doing?
quote: Its the GEs of our time and in the future that we have to worry about. 1984 is dead. Big brother is not a nameless government, but the cartel of powerhouse corporations who buy policy that we have to worry about.
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Two Walmart shoppers were caught stuffing a garbage can full of merchandise and then trying to leave with it without paying.
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1. The act of releasing urine from your penis.
2. The act of releasing semen from your penis
I drained the main vain all over her.
Well, time to drain the main vain
Well, time to drain the main vain
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as in you need to go urinate(av a piss).
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 21-year-old surfer from DeBary paddling in the waves in the South Jetty, suffered the first shark bite this year season, Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Tammy Marris said earlier today.
The surfer, whose name was not immediately available, was bitten 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Marris said, adding he suffered a minor cut to his hand.
Volusia County had eight shark bites last year, most of them near the South Jetty, where sharks as long as 5 feet, are drawn to bait fish that swirl in the swollen surf.
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Where to go if you're a rich pimp wanting much more class than the 99 cent store.
None o' that 99 cent crap, Jeeves. To tha dollar store.
von Brisk 20. Juni 2004
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Retail establishment specializing in Party Supplies, Movie Theater style Candy, off-brand or generic items, and potentially toxic Chinese Imports. All items are price fixed at One Dollar US.
Dan's hair is falling out because he buys his shampoo at the Dollar Store.
von Tagz 30. Dezember 2008
another name for a strip club
"honey, I'll be home in a bit. I'm just going to the dollar store"
von G. Ceisner 25. Mai 2006
Not including Crawfordsville, IN's Your Dollar Store With More, which is by far the best dollar store around, dollar store is just that... a place where you can buy things for a dollar. These things normally break after a week or so, especially their crappy toys.
The Dollar Store's slogan should be 'Cheap in quality, cheap in price.'
von Gwen Stefani Grrl 20. Juni 2004
Another word for the strip club, titty bar, and or nude dancing.
Guy#1 "Ey man, let's go to the dollar store and spend some money!"
Guy#2 "Yeah I need to see some tits."
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Majors: Sociology and Social Work
Year of Graduation: 1972
Current Job Title: Senior Communications Analyst, Sociology/Social Work at the Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
Please give a brief description of your current position.
When I was in college, I had no idea there was a career that would combine my analytic background with my love of writing and editing. This is that hybrid sort of job--part editor, part writer, part English instructor, part analyst, part peopleperson.
What path did you follow to arrive at your current job?
Not sure I followed the most direct route; I started out working in Social Work, then did a stint in marketing at Twin City Federal, got a master's degree in Professional Writing and Editing, ended up again in marketing doing proposals and marketing materials, worked as an English instructor, and then got hired by the GAO IT team.
What advice/suggestions would you have for students who might be interested in your career?
I think the key to being successful in any career is knowing what you are interested in/good at to pursue for your career, and then figuring out how to get paid to do that. Professional writing (AKA technical writing) is a developing profession. If you are interested, you need a solid background in writing and editing and some good people skills. Subject matter expertise doesn't hurt, either. For whatever job you are interested in, you should do your homework: find out what skills you need to have to get the job and then start working towards that end. An internship would be a good way to get started.
What activities/experiences were helpful at CSB/SJU (and elsewhere) in preparation for this career?
I interned in the Social Work field and then got a job in it. I think learning how to work with people was very helpful.
What skills are important in your field?
Strong analytic and writing skills are required. And as with most careers, people skills are very important--that includes the ability to listen and understand what others are saying as wells as what they can't seem to say.
What kind of opportunities are available working for the government and how do you find out about them?
There are many job opportunities in the federal government; however, many of them are not available in the Twin Cities. I work with lots of people who come from the Midwest, though, so it's quite possible to get here from there. Look at www.usajobs.gov for descriptions of job opportunities with the federal government. Most federal agencies (except for FBI, CIA, possibly DOD, and the 'secret' branches) put their job ads on that website.
Most agencies offer summer internships. In the agency I work for, if you do an internship and get high ratings, you can be offered a position when you graduate and you won't need to go through the rather long application process. It's the best way to get into the federal sector. Once in, you can transfer within your agency or to another agency without losing benefits. When you apply, be sure that you follow the instructions exactly! There are no short cuts. And because the wheels of government turn slowly, it takes longer to get hired. But be persistent--follow up with a phone call and, if you don't get hired the first time, try again.


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Nuclear receptors are popular targets for drug companies searching for new therapeutics for cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory, and other diseases. Indigo Biosciences in State College, PA, designs and sells nuclear receptor assay kits to speed the discovery of new drugs.
While at Penn State University, Jack Vanden Heuvel, Ph.D., and Blake Peterson, Ph.D., developed the technology platform that screens for nuclear receptor activity. Soon after, pharmaceutical companies began asking them to test compounds in their academic laboratories. "That's when we realized a business could be built around our technology, and we launched Indigo Biosciences as a service provider in 2005," says Dr. Vanden Heuvel, CSO.
Nuclear receptors are transcription factors that bind specifically to small molecules, hormones, drugs, and other chemicals to regulate specific genes and control cellular metabolism, homeostasis, and development.
Agents that interact with nuclear receptors are the focus of research programs at numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. Indigo's goal is to identify novel compounds with on-target or potentially dangerous off-target bioactivities. "There are many areas where we can help pharmaceutical companies build their pipeline and eliminate risk," adds Dr. Vanden Heuvel.
All the nuclear receptor assay kits offered by Indigo Biosciences contain live reporter cells that are protected during shipping with a cryopreservation process called CryoMite™. The cryopreservation method keeps 95% of cells alive during freezing and thawing.
"People have frozen mammalian cells for a long time, but they have a high mortality rate when warmed up," explains Bruce Sherf, CTO. The CryoMite technology transformed Indigo from being a service provider into a product provider of assay kits.
"The ability to ship cells overnight and maintain a high cell viability is unique among our competitors," adds Sherf. Most other companies in the nuclear receptor field sell naked DNA vectors that encode various genetic elements. Customers must generate their own reporter cells and develop and optimize assays in their laboratories.
In contrast, "we provide a complete, optimized assay system with reporter cells, positive controls, and reagents. It's a lab-in-a-box, and customers only need to supply instrumentation." Researchers obtain data within 24 hours by following four easy steps: thaw, feed, dose, and read.
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Water main break knocks out power at ASU
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Park Amenities
Playground Building Electrical Outlets
- Pavilion (46' x 35') - 10 outlets
- 13 Picnic Tables Ballfield
- Indoor room (21' x 28') Playground Equipment
- Refrigerator Restrooms
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Temple Playground
Laurel Run Park
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$3 per hour,
Min. $6 use
$5 per hour,
Min. $10 use
Temple Playground Hours
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Reservation hours are from 7 AM until 10 PM.
A $100 Security Deposit is required of all groups who reserve park facilities. Security Deposits are deposited and returned upon adherence to all policies and the criteria listed below. This fee assures that you will abide by the rules set forth on these pages as well as park regulations written on the permit. MTPR staff will notify you by telephone prior to any assessed penalty.
It is the responsibility of each permit holder (the person whose name appears on the permit as the "Contact Name") to know and understand the rules and regulations for use of the permitted facility. It is the responsibility of the permit holder to inform and enforce facility use regulations among those attending their event or activity or risk being penalized.
When Muhlenberg Township staff becomes involved in enforcing regulations, penalty fees are assessed against the Security Deposit on file in the MTPR Office. A list of Standard Penalties follows. There may be situations that call for an adjustment to the listed fines (more or less severe). The decision to alter the listed fine rests with the Director of Parks & Recreation after incident reports and shift reports are reviewed.
Penalty (Single Use Permit)
1. Excessive Noise
1st notification to group……Warning
2nd notification to group………..100%
2. Dog in park listed as "No Dogs Allowed"
1st notification….Warning
2nd notification…,.……………50%
3. Alcohol w/o surcharge
1st notification….Warning and removal or sign alcohol approval form. (group will be billed additional $100)
2nd notification….Loss of security deposit-100%
4. Illegal substances or underage drinking
Loss of Security Deposit – 100%
5. Trash/decorations not:
(a) cleaned up or
(b) properly
disposed of in containers provided
50% - 100% security deposit assessed depending on the number of township staff and length of time needed to clean up
6. Illegal parking
if moved on 1st notification…Warning
2nd notification…50% of security deposit
3rd notification….100% of security deposit
7.Vandalism, Theft, Damage
100% plus Group assessed cost of repairs or replacement; must be paid within two weeks of invoice
8. Attendance exceeded permitted facility capacity
30% and higher…………………100%
9.Other infractions
Handled on a case-by-case basis
**If Police intervention needed … no future rentals**
Refunds, which include rental fees and alcohol permits, will be issued according to the following provisions:
- Cancelled with 28 or more days notice– 100% Refund
- Cancelled within 21-27 days of reservation – 75% Refund
- Cancelled within 14-20 days of reservation – 50% Refund
- Cancelled within 7-13 days of reservation – 25% Refund
- Cancelled within 0-6 days of reservation – No Refund
The Security Deposit is always refunded for rentals that did not occur.
1. Permits are required: to reserve a facility in any park; to consume alcoholic beverages; to use locked facilities; whenever twenty (20) or more individuals will be in attendance; to stay after park hours.
2. All requests for use of park & recreation areas must be submitted on the appropriate application and permit forms provided. Permits must be signed in the Parks and Recreation Office, 5401 Leesport Avenue, Temple, PA 19560, within 3-5 business days after receipt of application. No reservation will be held without payment. A copy of the approved or denied permit will be issued by the Park and Recreation Office. Reservations will be considered on a first come-first served basis.
3. Requests for permission to consume beverages must be included on the application form. There is an additional $ 100 surcharge for alcoholic beverages. BE INFORMED: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF TEWNTY-ONE (21) YEARS PERMITTED TO VIOLATE STATE LAW BY THE POSSESSION AND/OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF PERMISSION GRANTED ON THIS APPLICATION.
4. No permit shall be issued to any individual under the age of 25 years. The "person responsible" listed on the permit is jointly and severally liable for all costs, expenses, fees and all property damage and/or personal injury occurring or sustained by any individual in attendance.
5. Rental fees required for use of the facility will be determined according to the current rental policy. All fees shall be submitted together with the application. No permit will be approved until such time that these fees are paid or special arrangements for payment have been approved by the Director.
6. Refunds will only be granted under the following circumstances:
A. Functions that are not approved.
B. Functions that are cancelled at least 4 weeks prior to the scheduled date.
7. Groups are responsible for all areas and contents during the entire time of their occupancy. Any damage will be the financial responsibility of the group and/or the "person responsible" to whom the permit is issued.
8. Fires may not be built or allowed anywhere in Park areas except in stoves or fireplaces designated for that purpose.
9. Groups using facilities that are normally locked such as buildings, restrooms or electric panel must pick up the necessary keys at the office during normal business hours one or two days before use. A $20.00 deposit fee is required which will be refunded upon return of all keys.
10. Groups requesting equipment loan service for their outings must contact the office a minimum of two weeks in advance to reserve the equipment and to make arrangements for pick up. A deposit and user fee must be submitted according to existing policies. A limited number of those Kits are available which will be distributed on a first come-first served basis.
11. Profit making activities are strictly prohibited except those conducted by a resident charitable, civic, or church organization. These organizations may conduct a maximum of two (2) profit making functions in any calendar year, which must be separated by a minimum of six (6) weeks.
12. While the Township will insure that no group other than the permittee is approved for use of a facility during any time period, a public notice reserving this area WILL NOT be posted. Note: parks remain open to the public at all times.
13. All organizations using any Park area are required to return it to its proper condition prior to leaving, to include:
a. Storage and/or arrangements of tables, chairs, etc. d. All doors and windows closed and locked
b. Trash in proper containers. e. All decorations, signs, etc. removed.
c. Lights off (except where designated).
Groups neglecting to return the Facility into proper condition will be charged according to the security deposit criteria for all extraordinary custodial duties required.
14. All activity must be concluded at such time as is required for the group to return the facility to its proper condition and be vacated prior to their respective closing times. Regular park closing time is 7:00 AM – Sunset. Parks hours with a reservation are 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM. Rental hours for Jim Dietrich Farmhouse and the Recreation Building are from 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM.
15. The Township reserved the right to require adequate supervision of all functions involving individuals under twenty-one (21) years of age. A minimum of one (1) responsible adult, twenty-one (21) year of age or older, must be present for each twenty (20) individuals in attendance under twenty-one (21) years of age at all functions. Additional supervision may be required as deemed necessary.
16. Whenever any conduct or acts of individuals or a group is determined to be in violation of the rules governing use of this facility or in violation of any statues, ordinances, or regulation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Township of Muhlenberg, the deviant group's privilege to use the facility will be terminated immediately and they will be expelled from Township Property. In addition to expulsion, the Muhlenberg Township Police Department may arrest and detain any individual(s) or issue citation(s).
17. The person responsible who signed the permit for use of this facility must be present during the entire period of use.
18. In case of emergencies regarding use of facilities, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 610-929-1503. If there is no answer, contact the Muhlenberg Township Operations Supervisor at 610-301-7964.
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Four people were arrested at an adult theater in Clarksville, Ind., on Friday night, police said.
Police had received complaints from residents in the area.
Police said officers witnessed four men involved in sex acts and were indecently exposed.
Investigators said Craig Wilson, Robert Razor, Joseph Sonne and Eric Baxter were arrested and charged with public nudity and public indecency.
Three other men were arrested seven weeks ago at the same business following a prostitution sting by police.
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Woman accused of leaving baby in alley skips trial
Elizabeth Michaud charged with endangering child
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Leavenworth woman who didn't show up for the start of her trial on charges that she left her baby alone in an alley.
Jury selection for the trial of Elizabeth A. Michaud was scheduled Monday morning in Leavenworth County District Court. But Michaud, who's been free on bond, did not appear.
Michaud was charged with aggravated endangering a child after she allegedly left her infant son in a Leavenworth alley last May. Authorities said they believe she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time.
The Leavenworth Times reported Michaud also failed to show up in court Monday afternoon for a hearing in a case in which she faces drug charges.
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Controversy - the pros and cons
Effect of trepanation on brain pulsations
Mechanism and beneficial effects of trepanation on cerebral circulation
Trepanation across different cultural groups
Trepanation is the practice of making a hole in the skull in order to improve the brain pulsations and hence the overall well being.
A trepan is the instrument used for making a hole in the
skull bone. It is sometimes spelled trephine. The idea is to pump up the
brainbloodvolume. It's known that one's level of consciousness is directly
related to the volume of blood in one's brain. As a result, trepanners
say, one feels happier and more energetic. The practice of trepanation
has been around since the Stone Age. Trepanation is the oldest surgical
procedure practiced by mankind. At no time had evidence been found that
brain surgery was the intention of this procedure. To the contrary, evidence
shows that from the very earliest trepanations elaborate care was taken
not to penetrate below the level of the bone membrane. Care was taken
not to penetrate through the dura matter. Care was taken not to damage
the brain.
Procedure of trepanation and its effects on the body
An instrument called a trepan is used to make the hole. Throughout history, the trepanning tool has developed dramatically, evolving from a crude hunk of sharpened flint in prehistoric times to a hand-cranked auger in the first century to, nowadays, an electric drill. Anyway, the trepan goes into your skull and a chunk of bone is extracted. You bandage yourself up and eventually the skin heals over, leaving only a small indentation to show for the hole in your head. The idea is to pump up your brainbloodvolume. Your level of consciousness, goes Huges' theory, is directly related to the volume of blood in your brain. Babies have naturally high brainbloodvolume, being born with a soft spot at the top of their heads, the fontanel, that gives the brain room to pulse. When you look at a baby's head, you can actually see the pliant tissue at the fontanel throbbing with the baby's heartbeat, pumping oxygen through the brain. Within the first year, though, that soft tissue hardens into bone. And therein lies the problem. Once the fontanel seals off, your brain has no proper vent through which to breathe. To make matters worse, the upright stance you adopt as a toddler allows gravity to pull blood away from your head, the beginning of a lifelong drain. Pulsation decreases. Brainbloodvolume plummets. You get lethargic, estranged, depressed. By opening up that hole one may reverse nature's wayward development and return the skull to its original condition. As a result, trepanners say, you'll be happier, more energetic and less prone to crippling bouts of ennui. You'll ascend to the child's plane of acute consciousness from which you disembarked to enter the lowly malaise of adulthood.
Though doctors disagree and say it's dangerous. You expose your precious brain, you remove God's covering, there's a risk of infection and all sorts of other problems. Brain doctors seem to view this invasion of the cranium's hallowed realm as a violation of some universal taboo. More to the point, they don't approve of amateurs dipping their fingers into the neurochemical soup. But they readily agree on one point: a hole is the starting point for all neurosurgical procedures. Trepanation is performed, for example, to evacuate hemorrhages and to relieve pressure in the cranial cavity caused by cerebral ulcers. But, for neurosurgeons, the hole is a means to an end, and they put the bone back in place.
Trepanation was practiced on every continent through every time period and by every race of mankind until the advent of brain surgery in this century. Doctors give this medical advice to people that trepanation was done in past centuries for superstitious, magical or religious reasons. They generally look on trepanation as a practice akin to blood letting. They scoff at it. They deny that trepanation could have a reasonable basis. They fear that to practice trepanation would demean their professional status. They have stated that they wouldn't undertake it if their lives depended on it. And further, trepanation can't be investigated by any individual doctor because a board must be set up to approve all research projects connected to universities and hospitals. However trepanation doesn't go away. It is ingrained in our history. The ancestors of modern Europeans, the Battle-Ax people, were prodigious trepanners as well as were all other ancient peoples. There is an extensive scientific literature on trepanation both in medicine and anthropology. The risk to benefit ratio would have to have been very favorable for the practice to have been so widely practiced but official investigators haven't been able to see that there is a both a rationale and a benefit to this procedure. There seems to be a deliberate intent amongst them not to see, maybe even a conspiracy, that there is a benefit to making a hole in the skull bone. This is understandable though because if doctors and scientists recognized the benefit they would be obliged to announce to the world that upright walking humans need a hole in the head! It's unlikely that doctors will be stepping forward with this announcement anytime soon so in the meantime the public will have to educate itself and then educate the doctors.
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Uniting Community & Faith: Celebrating Seven YearsThe Pittsburgh Gospel Choir, Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones, Director, presents its Fall Concert to mark its 7th Anniversary.11/16/2013Time: 4:00 pmLocation: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
A Night With AmadeusIstvan Jaray conducts Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds, and Mozart's Requiem with the Johnstown Symphony Chorus.11/16/2013Time: 7:30 pmPasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
20th-21st Century American MusicAmy Williams, piano.11/16/2013Time: 3:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Pianist Alec ChienAlec Chien plays an all-Chopin recital on Lincoln Hall's restored century-old Steinway. The Red Brick Gallery also displays a show of watercolors, pastels, and photography.11/16/2013Time: 7:00 pm42 S. Palmer St., Foxburg, PAwebsite | map
Duquesne University Symphony OrchestraJeffrey Turner conducts Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor", featuring pianist David Allen Wehr, and Sibelius's Symphony #2.11/17/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Av, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Time for FunHailing from St. Petersburg, performers literally roll up their sleeves to create a captivating–and quite unique–magical world. Wonderfully choreographed, hands and arms interlock and entwine to create trains, sailboats, ticking clocks, flocks of birds and more. With clever lighting design, the limbs dance in space and assemble into recognizable shapes and words. (60 minutes, all ages)11/17/2013 - 11/24/2013Location: 6 locations, 9 showswebsite
Kimberly KongPittsburgh-born pianist Kimberly Kong will play Haydn sonatas in E major and C minor, Chopin's four Scherzos, and works by Mendelssohn and Lizst. She made her Pittsburgh Symphony debut with conductor Edward Cumming at age 9, then studied at Juillard and the Peabody Institute, where she now teaches. She has performed at Weill Recital Hall and the Kennedy Center.11/17/2013Time: 3:00 pmKresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Free Reading of a New Musical in DevelopmentMusical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh invite you to a reading of a new musical in development, Off with Her Maidenhead, with book and lyrics by Amy Claussen, and music by James Rushin. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com/17/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Parker QuartetThis young Grammy-winning quartet, recipients of a Cleveland Quartet Award, perform Mendelssohn's Quartet in D major, Op. 44 #1; Erwin Schulhoff's Quartet #1; and Shostakovich's Quartet #9 inb E-flat major, Op. 117.11/18/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Jazz Guitar EnsembleMark Koch & Kenneth Karsh, directors.11/18/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Spono 8.00pm: "I am going to take all your money"
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Between the Lions is an award-winning PBS television series designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while playfully demonstrating the joys of reading. Each show aims to give children ages 3-7 some of the experiences they need to become successful readers.
Unique among the hundreds of children's programs on the air, this puppet, animated, and live-action show is based on a detailed and rigorous literacy curriculum, and was developed in extensive and ongoing consultation with reading professionals. The result is a lively, educational blend of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and other teaching methods for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students. Several independent, scientifically-based reading research studies have shown that Between the Lions has a significant impact in increasing children's literacy.
The show's "mane" characters, lion cubs Lionel (age 7) and Leona (age 4) serve as role models for younger viewers. Cleo and Theo are the cubs' playful, understanding, and literary parents, who eagerly demonstrate the power and pleasure of literacy.
Watch at the Between the Lions website.
Meet Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona - plus all their friends!
Here you can find games practicing rhyming, following directions, vocabulary and much more!
Watch these Folktales and Fables online!
Download audio, music, and video clips to your portable media player and take the Lions with you wherever you go!
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Compared with other regions across New York State, Western New York may not have clinched the biggest prize in the latest round of economic development grants from Albany. But the Springville Center for the Arts, a small and ambitious cultural organization working to revitalize its economically challenged community in southern Erie County, came away a huge winner when the grants were announced Wednesday.
The state's Regional Economic Development Council program awarded the center $829,120 for two major rehabilitation projects, an unusually large sum for an organization of its size and resources.
About half the money, $434,310, will be used to repair and expand the center's headquarters in a former church just off the village's main drag. The remaining $394,810 will go toward the center's project to repair and convert a dilapidated building on Springville's Main Street into a multi-use arts center that will include artist residences, exhibition and performance spaces and a café.
Springville Center for the Arts Executive Director Seth Wochensky, who has led the campaign to grow the organization and improve the vitality of the village, called the grants "remarkable." His proposal to the state made clear that the center is promoting art not merely for art's sake, but as a means to bring sorely needed economic investment and vitality to Springville.
"We cannot approach looking at these funding [opportunities] and just saying that our only impact is just art from a theoretical standpoint, because we exist in the world," he said. "We have impacts far beyond the arts from just a purely aesthetic appreciation standpoint. It is kind of remarkable I think that our organization was able to make the case that we fit into all those other boxes."
Aaron Bartley, a member of Western New York's Regional Economic Council and director of People United for Sustainable Housing, said the Springville Center for the Arts proposal was directly in line with the council's 2011 plan for funding "smart growth" projects.
"Smart growth, to us, is defined in part by a focus on investing in downtowns and village Main Streets," Bartley said. "What the Springville Center for the Arts is doing, how it ties into the larger rebirth of the street that it's located on and the fact that arts and culture are a driver of economic development and relate to the values of urbanism is embedded in that smart growth [strategy]."
The modern life of the organization began in 2007, when the Springville community raised $100,000 to purchase a former Baptist church a block off Main Street. With Wochensky at the helm and the community contributing volunteer labor and other piecemeal contributions, the center began to host theater performances, film screenings, art exhibitions and classes.
The grant will enable the center to repair its badly damaged roof as well as repair the masonry of its exterior; completely renovate the building's south wing to include expanded classroom space; double the size of its art gallery; bring its bathrooms up to code; and make the building more accessible.
"Our whole thing has been: make the building safe, efficient, comfortable, accessible to all the people we want to program the arts to," Wochensky said. "It's going to allow us to expand our workshop program a lot. It'll allow us to bring more people in. Our [art] exhibit program, it'll just change that game completely."
The other project, a major repair and renovation project to save a 132-year-old building at 5 E. Main St. from the wrecking ball and convert it into a multi-use facility called Art's Café, holds promise for kick-starting development in the village's struggling core and providing the center a steady stream of earned revenue.
"I think it is the signal of a new wave of investment in downtown, without a doubt," Wochensky said of the two grants. "I think one of the biggest impacts that we've always been after with the 5 East Main project is spurring other investment. A private entity could never take that building, turn it around and make a project. It would just be absolutely impossible. But we're able to save that building and the buildings next to it, and we really hope that will make private investment so much more appealing."
That's also the hope of Regional Economic Council co-chairman and smart growth proponent Howard Zemsky, who said the council believes in historic buildings, adaptive reuse projects and arts and cultural organizations as economic drivers.
"It fits in around those themes of smart growth and the desire to attract talent, young people. For too long, I think we've sort of separated those things out, like community development and economic development, as though they're totally different, unrelated activities. We don't believe that to be the case."
For Bartley, who stressed that the region's economic development plan is not limited to urban cores but should extend to small towns and villages across five counties, the impact of the state's investment will be easy to see.
"When you drive through that town," he said, "you will definitely see the impact of that project in a visible way."
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
Renold Sossong is a 2008 graduate of Bishop Carroll Catholic High School.
While studying at Saint Vincent, he completed internships with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the City of Johnstown Department of Economic Development and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. He has been an active member of the Saint Vincent College community serving as president of the Student Government Association Executive Board, as president of the Saint Vincent College Republicans, as a prefect for the Office of Residence Life, as business manager of The Review student newspaper and as vice president of Delta Mu Delta, the national honor society in business administration.
He has participated in Campus Ministry volunteer service in West Virginia, Brazil and Alaska and will serve in Taiwan/China this summer. He has been honored with membership in Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society), Delta Mu Delta (chapter vice president), Aurelius Scholars, Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities and as a member of the Dean's List. He has served as a project counselor with the Diocese of Buffalo's Camp Turner and as a project manager with Applewood Development in Johnstown.
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The environment is God's gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations and towards humanity as a whole. When nature, including the human being, is viewed as the result of mere chance or evolutionary determinism, our sense of responsibility wanes. In nature, the believer recognizes the wonderful result of God's creative activity, which we may use responsibly to satisfy our legitimate needs, material or otherwise, while respecting the intrinsic balance of creation. If this vision is lost, we end up either considering nature an untouchable taboo or, on the contrary, abusing it. Neither attitude is consonant with the Christian vision of nature as the fruit of God's creation.
"Nature expresses a design of love and truth. It is prior to us, and it has been given to us by God as the setting for our life. Nature speaks to us of the Creator (cf. Rom 1:20) and his love for humanity. It is destined to be "recapitulated" in Christ at the end of time (cf. Eph 1:9-10; Col 1:19-20). Thus it too is a "vocation"[115]. Nature is at our disposal not as "a heap of scattered refuse"[116], but as a gift of the Creator who has given it an inbuilt order, enabling man to draw from it the principles needed in order "to till it and keep it" (Gen 2:15)
Wise words, these. They come from Pope Benedict XVI in his encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. They place responsibility for the environment in our hands as our Catholic vocation. Many Catholics, your correspondent included, don't know enough about this vital – yes, vital – issue. Here's a chance for us to remedy that.
On Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m., the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona College in New Rochelle will present a learning opportunity to us. Father Joseph Mitchell, a Catholic priest and member of the Passionist Community will speak on "The Great Work: Finding Our Way into a Viable and Hopeful Future." The offering is $10 per person (Iona students go for free). The talk will take place at the Romita Auditorium. Thomas Berry, by the way, was a world renowned ecologist and Passionist priest.
Father Mitchell is the director of the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center in Louisville, Kentucky. He has also created Lent 4.5, a seven-week faith formation program that educates Christian communities on using the traditional Lenten disciplines to protect creation, embrace Gospel justice, and nurture their own spirituality. With Lent nearly upon us, we might discover a new way of observing the penitential season and learning more about vocation to be green Catholics.