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Kevin Grandia | June 27, 2007
By Kevin Grandia • Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 12:10
I came across a surprising headline in the UK last night claiming that, "Three Quarters Believe Global Warming A 'Natural Occurrence.'" The "poll" was conducted by an UK publisher called Pocket Issue and their findings are in stark contrast to all of the polling data I have seen showing an ever-increasing number of people around the world convinced that global warming is caused by human activity, namely our reliance on burning fossil fuels, like oil, gas and coal, to produce energy.
In fact a recent BBC sponsored poll found that 66% of the British population believe that global warming is a result of human activity. The difference between this BBC poll and the Pocket Issue one is that while the BBC poll used a randomly selected cross-section of the British population, the Pocket Issue poll (find it here) used a "straw poll" method in which people simply go online and vote for their favored response. A random sample ensures that the opinions you are gathering are representative of a larger population (give or take a certain amount of error) and allows you to make claims about what that larger population's opinion is on a given subject.
In other words, if I randomly draw 1,200 people in the UK, call them and ask whether they believe global warming is caused by human activity, I can then make an inference on what the entire population of the United Kingdom believes (sorry for the simplicity to all the statisticians out there).
The Pocket Issue "poll" doesn't do this and the only conclusion that can be drawn from their online vote is that three-quarters of the 4,000 people who voted online believe that global warming is a natural occurrence. Even that conclusion is tenuous given the relative ease with which such online polls can be manipulated in favor of some tech-savvy voter's preferred outcome (i.e. I voted 5 times on the Pocket Issue poll).
Emma Hardcastle, the Pocket Issue publisher said in their press release that, "if 71% of people feel that Man has nothing to do with the recent change in our climate then those same people are not going to buy into any movement to reduce their carbon footprint. We need to make it clear that there is nothing natural about the significant rise in both carbon emissions and global temperatures since the industrial revolution. "
The punchline and Hardcastle's proposed solution for the all this apparent ignorance amongst the UK citizenry? Buy Pocket Issue's guide to global warming, of course: "Pocket Issue's brief is to help people to understand the facts, encouraging them to click through to a carbon counter as a result," Hardcastle states.
What Pocket Issue doesn't understand is that their misleading poll findings are now being picked up around the internet and being reported as evidence that people are not buying into global warming "hype" and "alarmism."
Here just a few of the sites I've found to illustrate my point: here, here, here, here, here and here.
By making such headlines, Pocket Issue is manufacturing a problem and it is spreading misinformation about the true state of public understanding on the important issue of global warming. And of course the irony is that somehow Pocket Issue believes that its efforts are helping "people understand the facts."
"Freeping" is the word you
"Freeping" is the word you want, coined by the US rightwing site Free Republic. On an active forum, someone posts a message about an online poll, and everybody who reads it goes and votes. And sometimes someone posts instructions on how to cheat and vote multiple times. Forums with varying political leanings may do this.
On-line polls are useless, except for propaganda.
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Nice one. I also know people who use macro mouse and keystroke pattern programs to throw these polls their way.
If your computer is fast enough I have seen programs produce up 1,000 plus votes an hour by clicking on the vote, clearing cookies, refreshing screen and then voting again.
Kevin Tracy replied on Permalink
I updated my article.
Hi there, I'm Here #6… www.ktracy.com.
I fixed my blog entry and acknowledged the poll was bogus. Granted, I that doesn't make me suddenly believe in man made Global Warming, I just have one more reason to dislike the British on St. Patrick's Day.
Thanks for the link though! :)
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Glad you fixed your blog entry. I wouldn't think that it would change your POV, but at least you're not lending yourself to misinformation.
Online polls and preaching to the converted
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
That's great that the Pocket Issue book had the effect it did on you Globeman. I just wish they had used different tactics to market their book. Such misleading headlines are what keeps the misinformation alive.

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The suspects - Garrett Sherlock, 26, of 606 Branch St. and Michael Faircloth, 26, of 203 Eighth St. - crashed into a parked car as Baltimore police pursued them in search of the stolen Bedford County firearms. The pair could face charges in the Saxton Outdoor Supply break-in after police allegedly recovered 29 missing handguns, as well as ammunition and several bags of cocaine.
The Saxton men, already charged with violating Maryland's stolen-gun possession laws dozens of times, will also face federal gun-trafficking charges, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent Steve Bartholomew said Tuesday.
Pennsylvania charges are not yet listed in the case, but Baltimore police said Sherlock and Faircloth stole the guns from near their homes in hopes of trading them for cash or drugs in Maryland.
Police allegedly found a loaded handgun near the driver's seat and 28 guns in a duffel bag in the Pennsylvania-registered car's trunk. A tip led police to the alleged thieves' Baltimore destination.
When Baltimore officers found the Buick identified as Faircloth's, they surrounded it in the early-morning darkness and gave chase when it began moving.
Faircloth and Sherlock allegedly fled, eventually crashing into a parked car and suffering serious injuries. Emergency workers had to cut them from the car's twisted wreckage, Baltimore police said in an affidavit.
They are in serious but stable condition, police said.
Bartholomew said the investigation will continue, including into the pair's alleged Baltimore contacts and the small number of guns apparently not recovered from the car.
More than 30 guns were reported missing after the men allegedly smashed into the Saxton shop with a car; with 29 recovered, some may already have been moved elsewhere, he said.
The rest were recovered "before they could have been potentially diverted to dangerous people," Bartholomew said.


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�The squirrel�s ate my pumpkins,� I moaned to my husband.
�Is that a secret code for something?� he wondered.
�NO!� I had a whole bunch of pumpkins on the front stoop and the squirrels massacred them.� Look!�
I pointed out the window to our front lawn.� There lay three pumpkins� or what was left of them.� They were strewn about the lawn with big chunks gnawed out.
�How�d they get down there?� asked my husband.
�Apparently the squirrels not only ate my pumpkins," I retorted. �"They also played soccer with them.�
Honestly, I was really miffed.� Every fall I buy mums and hay and pumpkins and decorate our front stoop.� And every fall the deer eat the hay and the squirrels decimate the pumpkins. After ten years of this, you think I would get the point.� But I am either insanely stupid or just unconsciously doing my part to help sustain the wildlife in our area.
I went outside and started to put what was left of my pumpkins back on the stoop.� While I was down on the lawn picking up the last one, I turned and saw the brazen little rodents already going to town on the pumpkins I had just put back.
�Hey, get off my pumpkins, you rats!� I yelled. �Scram, shoo!�� I waved my arms around, forgetting that I was still holding a little pumpkin.� The stem broke off and the pumpkin flew at my front door, smashing into a million little pumpkin pieces.� The squirrels scattered, then returned and started eating the smashed pumpkin.
Muttering evil squirrel things to myself, I got a broom and cleaned up the mess.� Then I arranged the two remaining pumpkins to hide the chewed out parts in the back.
The next morning I came downstairs to let the dog out.� I looked out the window and scanned the stoop and noticed that there were no squirrels.
There were also no pumpkins.
I walked outside and looked around, finally locating my two remaining pumpkins at the end of the driveway.� One of them was still mostly intact.� The other was a pumpkin pancake.�
There was a big tire track down the middle.� Apparently my husband had run over it with the car when he left for work.
I sighed and took the last chewed up pumpkin back to the stoop.� Then giggling somewhat hysterically, I got a broom and cleaned up the squished pumpkin in the driveway.
�I have to take some action to defend our last remaining pumpkin,� I told my husband.
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Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong returns to the theatre with These Paper Bullets! at the Atlantic Theater Company. The show, beginning Nov. 20, is a "modish rip-off" of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, telling the story of the Quartos: "Their fans worship them. Scotland Yard fears them. And their former drummer will stop at nothing to destroy them." Rolin Jones is the co-author. - See more at: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/fall-off-broadway-preview-vets-and-...
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Here are three reasons why you want this guitar from Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, donated directly from Billie Joe to raise money for the chimpanzees (his favorite chimp is Burrito):
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"Back then, I just wanted to write songs I could be proud of and be able to play in five years," Billie Joe Armstrong said last year of his attitude while creating Green Day's 1994 pop-punk breakthrough Dookie. The LP went on to sell millions and Armstrong — who didn't get the credit he deserved as a writer back in the days of more serious-minded bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam — has amassed one of the most impressive song books of the last 20 years.
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Grammy Award-winning and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Green Day has signed with SESAC for representation.
Consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool, the American punk band that has reached superstar status on a global stage for songs such as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "American Idiot," "Know Your Enemy," and "Wake Me Up When September Ends," has sold more than 75 million records, won multiple Grammy Awards and toured the world numerous times.
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RENO, Nev. - Actual remains of Buddhism founder Gautama Buddha (died around 486 B.C.E.) will tour Reno, Nev. Jan. 25-27.
This free exhibit of precious collection of sacred relics, to be held at Reno Buddhist Center (RBC), is sponsored by Dharmakaya Buddhist Study Group of Reno and RBC. These relics, which resemble pearl-like crystals, were found from among the cremation ashes of Gautama and other Buddhist masters, according to co-host Matthew Fisher. These include eight relics of Buddha from Dalai Lama's personal collection.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will be part of the invocation ceremony today, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that Buddha's "middle way" has lead a large world populace toward "the truth." He heartily welcomes the relics of this great and enlightened soul to Reno.
Visitors to this event may be able to participate in a blessing ceremony where the relics of the Buddha are gently placed on the crown of the visitor's head for a personal blessing. A "Special Blessing of the Pets" will be held on Jan. 27.
After Reno, this Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour will visit Mexico, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Indonesia; besides Riverside, Calif., Eugene, Ore. and Madison, Wisc. Collected by Lama Zopa Rinpoche over many years, eventually these relics will be enshrined in a 150-foot bronze statue of Buddha to be built in Bodhgaya (India), the town where Buddha gained enlightenment.-
"Visitors often report experiences of inspiration and healing when in the presence of the relics ... the powerful effects of the relics open their hearts to compassion and loving-kindness," an event announcement states. "The purpose of the Relic Tour is to inspire people of all spiritual traditions and paths to come together to experience the blessings of the relics," it added.-
Buddhism, the fourth largest religion in the world, started with the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha under a Bo Tree in India around 531 B.C.E. There are about 2,000 estimated Buddhists in Northern Nevada.


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Saint Vincent College recovered 21,561 pounds of recyclable materials during a recent recycling competition, finishing in first place in the per capita classic category among colleges in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. During the months of February and March, Saint Vincent competed with more than 520 other colleges and universities in the RecycleMania Tournament, which harnesses the competitive spirit around sports rivalries and uses them to increase campus recycling and waste reduction. Saint Vincent participated in the eight-week competition in which schools are ranked according to how much recycling, trash and food waste they collect. Between the Feb. 3 kickoff and the tournament's final day on March 30, participating schools collectively recovered 90.3 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials, preventing the release of nearly 121,436 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E) into the atmosphere. Saint Vincent recycled more than 21,561 pounds of paper, plastic and cans during the course of the competition, preventing the release of 45 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. During this 13th annual tournament, updated weekly rankings allowed schools to track their performance in eight categories – measuring their recycling rate, overall recycling by weight, lowest amount of total waste and per capita recovery for paper, cardboard, cans, bottles and food waste. Colleges could also participate in several special categories targeting electronics and film plastics as well as the game day basketball category which ranked schools based on recyclables collected at a single home basketball game. Saint Vincent College finished first in the Presidents' Athletic Conference in its per capita recovery of paper, cardboard, cans, bottles and food waste, recycling 9.12 pounds per person. Nationally, the colleges and universities that won top prizes in the three primary categories were the University of Missouri-Kansas City, California State University-San Marcos and Valencia Community College. The RecycleMania Tournament is an independent program of RecycleMania, Inc., a nonprofit organization led by recycling managers from participating schools. Program management is provided by Keep America Beautiful with additional program support from the United States EPA's WasteWise program and the College and University Recycling Coalition (CURC). This year, RecycleMania also partnered with the United Negro College Fund Special Programs (UNCFSP) and Campus Conservation National (CCN). The competition is made possible with the sponsorship support of the American Forest & Paper Association, Alcoa Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company and SCA.
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Two people were taken to the hospital when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Maple Road in Amherst Saturday afternoon.
The motorcyclist, Ryan J. Hudson, 25, of Amherst, was transported by Twin City Ambulance to Erie County Medical Center with serious injuries, said Amherst Capt. Patrick M. McKenna.
The driver of the vehicle, Linda Marie Johnson, 48, of Lockport, also was taken to ECMC for evaluation.
The crash occurred shortly after 4 p.m., McKenna said. Johnson, who was heading west on Maple, tried to make a left turn into the Boulevard Mall and collided with Hudson, who was traveling east on Maple, investigators said.
Hudson's motorcycle was split in half, McKenna said. Half of the motorcycle vaulted into the air and came to rest several feet away from impact, he added.
Speed may be one contributing factor in this crash, police said.
Senior Investigator James Quigley is leading the investigation. The eastbound lanes of Maple were closed for several hours after the crash.


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The key word was "qualifications."
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's astonishing announcement last week that women would be allowed in combat jobs from which they had been barred stirred up all sorts of emotional arguments for why women aren't cut out for the work.
Some argued they'd be a distraction to men in the unit. Others worried that male soldiers would want to come to the aid of their injured female counterparts. Frankly, those arguments seem a little insulting to highly trained men already working on the battlefield.
I'm amazed more people weren't surmising that women would want to paint their toenails and break out crying on the battlefield.
Many of the serious concerns about women in combat – unintended pregnancies and sexual assault among them – have become the reality during a decade of war that has seen women in more military roles in war zones than ever before.
Better attention to dealing with these problems was needed well before the ban on women in combat jobs was lifted.
As local veterans pointed out last week, women have already been on the front lines. They're serving the country in harm's way, yet they're denied the opportunity to move into combat jobs that can advance a military career.
And the combat ban hasn't stopped women from injuries or death; 152 women in uniform have died serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The fact is that they have become an integral part of our ability to perform our mission," Panetta told reporters during a Pentagon briefing last week. "For more than a decade of war, they have demonstrated courage, skill and patriotism."
But here's the key thing about Panetta's remarks last week announcing that, on a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was lifting the ban on women in direct ground combat roles: He made it crystal clear the military doesn't plan on pandering to women.
The qualifications, he said, aren't changing. Just because warrior jobs are open doesn't mean that women are going to get them.
"Let me be clear," Panetta said. "I'm not talking about reducing the qualifications for the job. If they can meet the qualifications for the job, then they should have the right to serve, regardless of creed or color or gender or sexual orientation."
What we want are rigorous standards for the toughest jobs defending our country.
That could mean we won't see a surge of women entering newly opened combat jobs that require physical strength, given the reality that women's bodies just aren't built like men's.
The United States isn't a trailblazer on this issue. In Canada, where women have had access to combat roles for more than two decades, little more than 2 percent of combat jobs are filled by women, according to the Associated Press.
Many women won't be cut out for the physical nature of combat jobs. Others will, and if they can pass the tests – the same tests men have passed – then why should they be turned down?
"Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier," Panetta said. "But everyone is entitled to a chance."
The tough standards should stay. The arbitrary gender discrimination should not.
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A BAG IS a bag is a bag. Except, of course, when it's vintage Hermès or Chanel. If you measure desirability by press and paparazzi coverage, there is no doubt that the Hermès Birkin and, to a lesser extent, the classic, quilted Chanel 2.55 are the world's most desirable bags. Of course, there's another way to judge a bag's merit and that's by examining the prices they obtain on the secondhand market. By that measure, the Birkin and its older sister, the Kelly, win hands down.
"I always say that buying a new bag is like buying a new car. It loses 20% of its value once you drive it off the lot—unless it's a Birkin," says Mark Deleon, who, together with partner Alan Stolz, owns the Perfect Purse, a vintage handbag store in Southampton, New York, that specializes in Hermès. "The Birkin is the classic vintage car of handbags."
To stand in the Perfect Purse is to be the small-leather-goods-loving equivalent of Charlie in his chocolate factory. And there's a strong possibility that you could quickly turn into a Veruca Salt amid the shiny, love-lavished Birkins in multifarious colors, sizes and skins. On one table, Hermès Jige clutches lie awaiting inspection. In another section, the Kelly—named for Grace—reigns supreme. Chanel quilting and the occasional Bottega Veneta weave also vie for attention.
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Mr. Deleon, a former manager at tony New York department store Bergdorf Goodman, is passionate about his bags, lovingly cleaning and repairing them before putting them up for sale. Recently, his partner had to wrest his favorite—a rare, 32-centimeter orange Kelly—from him for a client, who happily parted with somewhere north of $25,000, or about £16,000, for the privilege. "It was like my baby, that bag," says Mr. Deleon. "I can't believe that I will never see it again."
But it's not just "those crazy Yanks" paying "crazy prices" for these ultimate status bags. At London retailer Lilac Blue, you can find a 35-centimeter, electric blue Birkin for £51,000. And at the Dress Box, a vintage concession stand in London department store Liberty, a 1940s Hermès Kelly with "just the right amount of patina" sits waiting for just the right owner at £43,000. A large '90s Kelly in tobacco is £36,000.
"Everything that Hermès does is quality and that's why the prices hold up," says owner Steven Stelios, who also owns the stand-alone Dress Box store in London's Knightsbridge neighborhood. "That and the fact that you can't order a bag at Hermès any longer, so it's unlikely you would even find the right bag in the store."
Indeed, many customers who go into an Hermès store with the intention of buying a Kelly or Birkin will find themselves leaving empty-handed. According to Hermès, the lack of availability is simply due to supply and demand. Its bags, each of which takes 18-20 hours to make, are still handcrafted in France, starting with the leather workers who hand-cut the leather and ending with artisans who meticulously put the bags together, three or four at a time.
"It is absolutely true that for many of our handbags the demand in the market exceeds what our craftspeople are able to make," says a spokesperson for the fashion house, confirming that "taking orders is usually not our firm's policy." "Despite substantial investments in new workshops and in recruiting and training new craftspeople, our increase in production is still currently below the increase in demand."
The F word looms large when it comes to vintage Birkins, Kellys or Chanels. "There are so many fakes out there," says Mr. Deleon. "I walk along Madison Avenue and I can spot at least five in one outing."
The Dress Box's Mr. Stelios agrees. "Authenticity is a problem," he says. "The other day, a woman came in with a 2.55. I told her I didn't need to get that close to see it was a fake; I could just tell by the quilting."
As you might expect, the queen of the bag world commands a different kind of counterfeit pricing. Research suggests that you could expect to pay more than £300 for a fake Kelly or Birkin, and above £500 for a top-of-the-line fake. So how do you guard against parting with a large bundle of cash for the wrong thing? The simplest policy is the same one Hermès applies: "If you buy an Hermès bag outside of an Hermès store, you are never sure that it is genuine."
But if you are shopping online, where there has traditionally been a thriving market in vintage Birkins, Kellys and Chanels, use sites that have been around for a long time, such as Portero (portero.com) and Mallories (mallories.com). At eBay, their stance is clear: "Bags must have original proof of authenticity either from a receipt or confirmation from the rights owner [the manufacturer/brand]," the company says in a statement. "We do not accept third-party authentication or sale of bags without any proof of authenticity."
"If you are on a site with motorcycles and the occasional Kelly bag thrown in, then you know you are likely looking at a fake," says Mr. Deleon, who adds that years of experience have taught him how to authenticate. "Hermès uses a blind stamp, which tells you the year the bag was made and who made it."
'I always say that buying a new bag is like buying a new car. It loses 20% of its value once you drive it off the lot—unless it's a Birkin. The Birkin is the classic vintage car of handbags.'
Other ways to tell the real thing from a fake include numbers on the keys, which come with the bag; the quality of the hardware on the bag; and good, old-fashioned touch. "The leather that Hermès and Chanel use really is incredible," says Mr. Stelios. "There's nothing like it."
But with the high prices those bags are commanding, other more affordable options can look more appealing. "I'm really seeing more interest in other bags—the unbranded older bags that are incredibly beautiful and cost much less money," says Mr. Deleon, who shows me an adorable white Gucci saddlebag for $165.
As I leave the Perfect Purse, Mr. Deleon bustles from the store cupboard to let me glimpse his newest find: a rare 15-centimeter micro-mini Kelly in purple alligator. "Isn't it adorable?" he asks, adding that he expects to sell the bag for as much as $10,000. Nodding his head in the direction of Mr. Stolz, he says: "I had to persuade him that I needed to buy it." Mr. Stolz smiles back benevolently at Mr. Deleon and then rolls his eyes. "I don't understand it," he says. "You can't even fit an iPhone into it, for goodness sakes!"
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Syrian volunteers help evacuees from Lebanon
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Some 100 volunteers are working around the clock, assisting thousands of evacuees and providing water, food and first aid services to those who need it. They are helping transport people to temporary shelter locations, registering beneficiaries, and providing logistical support to relief convoys moving towards the border with Lebanon.
In Dabbusiyyeh border town, 70 kilometres from Homs a Red Crescent ambulance is permanently stationed at the border. Latest reports are that at least 150 refugees have been sheltered temporarily in a school there, since it is closed for summer vacation.
More than 1,000 families have already been accommodated in schools, dormitories and monasteries in Damascus. The SARCS and other charities supplied beds, blankets and pillows. More than 8,000 hot meals are provided to refugees every day and more shelter is being prepared to accommodate more people as hostilities intensify.
For SARCS volunteers, preparations for the current crisis did not begin at the same time as hostilities. In fact, they began nearly five years ago when the Red Crescent initiated a series of training workshops and camps on disaster preparedness and management.
With assistance from the International Federation, the SARCS began to train a large number of its staff and volunteers in disaster management, created a national disaster intervention team and conducted a vulnerability and capacity assessment.
Over those five years, the Red Crescent was put to the test several times. Its staff and volunteers were the first to respond to the collapse of the Zaizon dam in 2003 and they were immediately mobilized in Al-Kallaseh, when several buildings collapsed, killing and injuring dozens of people.
The conflict in Iraq was another test, during which the SARCS organized several major campaigns to support the Iraq Red Crescent in its assistance programmes for the people of Iraq.
To assist evacuees from Lebanon, the Red Crescent has begun a major donation campaign in Syria in cooperation with the private sector, local non-governmental organizations and some radio stations.
For example, Globalcom, Syriatel, and Areeba, the three major mobile telecommunications companies, have dedicated hotlines for the campaign.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society is also coordinating international assistance to Lebanon through Syria.
So far, large shipments of food items, kitchen utensils, tents and medicines have been received from the Kuwaiti Red Crescent, the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent, and the Hashemite Charity of Jordan. The SARCS also donated 4 ambulances and 42 tonnes of relief items to the Lebanese Red Cross.
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Should Salem put up a scaffold to shield the sidewalk in front of the TanFastic building?
I kind of like the scaffolding idea.
Passersbye would get the impression the bldg. was being worked on .
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They should tear the****thing down!!
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I don't care what they put up as long as they hand the bill over to the owners. This crap has gone past ridiculous.
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Who owns the building?And why has this saga gone on for so long.Someone in city government needs to step up and tell the owners fix it or raze it.
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notSocialist, nobody is denying anyone of their property. What should be happening is the City should stop getting in between these two owners blame game battle. Everyday these two buildings, yes, two buildings deteriorate away endangering the public should be FINED out their rear ends.
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The city got involved with their lawsuit.Then like a bunch of dummies dropped it .Thinking tan fastic was going to honer their aggreemnet " Wrong "
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Some of you make it sound so easy. Just fine them or just make them tear it down. It is not that easy folks. There is a legal dispute going on about who is legally responsible for the wall in question. Until that is settled nothing permanent will be done about the situation. It is a catch 22 for the city. The situation will be corrected when the legal process has been completed. The wheels of justice move slowly but they do move. I the city is doing the right thing in trying to protect the public. I do agree with watchdog though on one thing.The city should save the bill for whoever it turns out is responsible for the crumbling wall.
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"Some of you make it sound so easy."
It is easy, and it should have been. Once the fire department stepped in and started acting on the behalf of the State Fire Marshall and the governing laws dictating this step by step, it should have been EASY.
"There is a legal dispute going on about who is legally responsible for the wall in question."
Yep, there sure is concerned, and that has absolutely nothing to do with the City and a moot point. Both owners need to be fined and ordered to fix it. That battle of who is responsible for the damage doesn't matter right now, the two owners can fight that out later.
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Let me see if I am getting what you are saying watchdog. Are you advocating that the government be able to assess fines and require citizens to cough up the money for what ever the government officials determine that they should, without due process of law??? I must say I am kind of shocked by that if that is your attitude toward this. I was sure you were a staunch supporter of the government not over stepping their bounds.
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UPPER SANDUSKY - Brandon Gibson won the boys race and a teammate finished in the top 10 Tuesday to help Columbian end third at the Upper Sandusky Ice Breaker.
Gibson crossed the line in 16:50.4 for the Tornadoes, who edged out Oak Harbor, 118-122, for third. Bay thumped Mount Gilead, 39-104, for the crown.
Chris Gates ran fifth (17:21) to back Gates.
Carey ended sixth (163) and Fostoria turned back Upper Sandusky 234-240 for 11th.
Dominic Solis paced Upper Sandusky by claiming 10th (17:40.1), Fostoria's Salvador Cantero ended 16th (17:58.3) and Brayden Leist finished 25th (18:25.9).
Columbian's girls took fourth with 149 points in their meet, with Carey ending sixth (172) and Upper Sandusky coming in 11th (299). Fostoria did not field a full time.
Carey's Sarah Walter led area runners by finishing 23rd (22:02.3), while Columbian's Chandler Carley (22:18.5) and Abrie Smith (22:20.2) ran 24th and 26th.
Raven Rodgers clocked in 36th (22:47.2) for Fostoria, and Upper Sandusky's Zoe Garber ended 71st (24:36.8).
Old Fort boys run 1-2 for third
WILLARD - Old Fort's Marcus Meyers and Brad Bannister took the top two spots Tuesday as the Stockaders finished third at the Willard Early Bird Invitational.
Meyers finished in 17:44 and Bannister ended in 18:01. Donald Young added a ninth (19:37) for Old Fort.
Norwalk took the title with 35 points, with Willard turning away the Stockaders 45-54 for second.
Old Fort's girls also took third, with Willard edging the Stockaders 55-56 for second. Norwalk took the title with 36 points.
Jackie Becker's second (21:52) and Kayal Garza's third (22:12) led the Stockaders, with Lexi Rhodes ending 10th (24:09).
Mohawk girls boot L-B
SYCAMORE - The Mohawk girls soccer team beat Liberty-Benton, 3-1, with Kim Danner, Cambria Kohlenberg and Sarah Runion each scoring a goal.
Kohlenberg had two assists for the Warriors and Danner added one.
Liberty-Benton had five shots on goal, with Mohawk's Liz Runion having four saves. Mohawk also had five shots on goal.
Eppard-led Genoa rolls
GENOA - Genoa opened the boys soccer season Tuesday with an 8-2 win over Old Fort.
Brad Eppard scored four goals for the Comets, Joshua Mabus scored three, and Nathan Wit added one. Garet Kimmet and Marc Salas each scored one goal for the Stockaders. Ryan Balliett had 14 saves for Old Fort.
Medalist not enough for Bucks in NCC?match
GALION - Adam McGinnis took medalist honors for Buckeye Central, but Crestline got the win Tuesday in a North Central Conference match at Valley View.
McGinnis fired a 40 to help the Bucks shoot 177.
However, the Bulldogs improved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the NCC on the strength of Ryan Armstrong's 41 and Andy Lutz's 43.
Eric Heydinger backed McGinnis with a 43 for Buckeye Central (1-1, 1-1).
Williams ties for medalist, NR wins tri
New Riegel's Korey Williams tied for the day's best score with a 38, and New Riegel eased past Seneca East and Elmwood in a tri-match at Clinton Heights.
New Riegel shot a 161, outdistancing the Royals (176) and the Tigers (179).
Andrew Hohman (40), Lance Smith (41) and Brady Hall (42) backed Williams and pushed the Blue Jackets to 2-0.
Nate Phillips led the Tigers with 41.
Elmwood's Allen Dyar shot a 38 to tie for medalist.


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Homeowners in the Town of Evans will see their school tax bills go up more than 2 percent under a tentative budget approved this week by the Lake Shore Central School Board.
The board Tuesday approved a $53,285,537 budget for the 2013-14 school year, which is up $535,694, or 1.02 percent, from this year's spending, said Daniel Pacos, assistant superintendent for administration and finance.
The tax levy – the amount to be raised in taxes – is $16,281,499, which is a 2.34 percent increase. However, that's still below the district's calculated tax cap of 2.37 percent, Pacos said.
The state tax cap, though often explained as a 2 percent cap, is actually based on growth and exclusions and is different for each district.
Meanwhile, the tax rate in Evans would go up 39 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, to $17.13 from $16.74, Pacos said.
An Evans homeowner with a house assessed at $100,000 would see the tax bill go up about $39 next year.
The budget picture was much gloomier in Lake Shore, until recently, when the state restored aid in the amount of $902,023.
"For our district, the additional state aid of $900,000 made our budget process much different from the very early stages of our budget development, resulting in fewer staffing and program reductions for next year," said Superintendent James E. Przepasniak.
"We were hoping for a little, and we got a lot," Pacos added. "It took a lot of those items we were talking about off the table."
Still, the board made a series of cuts, including chopping five instructional positions and one noninstructional position, to save the district more than $226,000.
In three of those positions – a middle school counselor, a transportation worker and a middle school teacher for gifted and talented students – the employees are retiring, and the district won't fill the jobs, Pacos said.
But that also means the district will eliminate the gifted and talented program at the middle school with the retirement of that teacher.
In addition, the district will cut the equivalent of two full-time positions at the high school, based on seniority and course enrollment, Pacos said.
A public hearing on the school budget is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 14 in the Lake Shore Senior High School auditorium, 959 Beach Road.
The budget vote will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 21 in the lobby of the high school.
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The January 2010 earthquake dealt a tragic blow to a country where 55 percent of the population already lived below a poverty line of $1 a day. Still struggling to rebuild, many families have no means to support themselves. Harmful environmental practices have also damaged the country's vital agricultural land, decreasing production and leading to increased food insecurity.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
It was different from any writing she had done.
Goose Creek High School junior Megan Montgomery spent countless late nights composing what would become her first play, "Falling Into Place."
Falling Into Place began when GCHS drama instructor Dorothy Smith presented students with a premise, and asked them to fill in the details.
"It was a challenge," Montgomery said. "It was a lot to take into consideration."
Students were given limited information: A couple has split up and must use a mediator in the custody battle over who gets to keep which memory. "Memories are represented by items and pieces of paper," Montgomery said. "It's like that one song that reminds you for that boyfriend or girlfriend."
"Once they give up the memory it's gone," creative writing instructor Nick Geary said.
Montgomery said some memories were happy, and some weren't. The young writer used flashback to tell the story.
"The scenes I'm most proud of are the funny ones," Montgomery said. "They are hard to write."
"Some of the characters' parents are comic relief," Geary said.
Geary said Montgomery is the student who rose to the occasion to write the play.
In the past few weeks drama and music students composed songs for the musical and are rehearsing scenes.
All students and teachers involved in the production are part of Berkeley Center For the Arts (BCA), a special "school within a school" academy at GCHS that rising ninth graders throughout the Berkeley County School District can test into and audition for to pick an area of emphasis that they focus their studies on in the next four years.
"We had a lot of different eyes over it," Geary said. "Sometimes her classmates would devise and edit scenes. The drama teacher and students would give feedback."
"I had a picture of how the characters looked in my head," Montgomery said. "I go to all their rehearsals. It's a lot different how it looks on stage than on paper . . . the way the actors do the motions.
"The cast is huge. I learned a lot about what they do in the process. The songwriters take emotion from these little lines in the play. They wrote most of the songs outside class."
"This is what BCA is all about," Geary said. "All their talents – writing, music – you get a glimpse of their discipline. They're on the line."
"It gives students a sense of self and community," Berkeley County School District Fine Arts Coordinator Kathy Clark said. "The home students have together is important."
"It gave those talented arts kids a home and a way to flourish," Geary said.
The performance is 90 minutes. Montgomery said the play was 100 pages but was edited down to 83.
Montgomery has taken two creative writing classes and is currently enrolled in Geary's poetry classes.
"Poetry to me is abstract," she said. "Here I had to think I was writing for an audience rather than myself. It was like separating the two."
"They have me for two classes a year for four years," Geary said of the writing students. "Here we have 10 writing classes. We have a great creative writing community. When you talk about getting ready for college, reading and writing is everything.
"Kids who are involved in art end up scoring higher on exams. We've seen that in our seniors."
Students can only apply for BCA as incoming freshmen. There are 15 students selected for each discipline: creative writing, theatre, wind and percussion, stringed instruments, visual art, vocal music and dance.
The performances are April 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. at GCHS.
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Tarangire National Park has long suffered from a severe staff housing shortage, a shortage so severe, in fact, that in some cases three families live in a single small house. Small detached buildings that were originally constructed as shower rooms and cooking areas have been pressed into service as additional bedrooms, leaving people to bathe and cook outdoors. Both parks have also suffered from a lack of fresh water supplies for park rangers and staff, especially to the remote security posts around the park.
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IN PEACE WITH PREDATORS: U.C. Biologists Say People Must Learn to Coexist with Africa's Carnivores if These Animals Are to Survive
By GLEN MARTIN
Laikipia Plateau, Kenya -- University of California at Berkeley biologist Laurence Frank is crouched disconsolately in the middle of the African bush, getting pelted with raindrops the size of seedless grapes.
The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) is an organization that conducts bipartisan international exchanges, providing emerging leaders, aged 25 to 40, the opportunity to experience firsthand the political and cultural dynamics of other countries. ACYPL facilitates more than twenty-five exchanges, enabling nearly 250 American and international political leaders to participate.
Robinson "Rob" McIlvaine, 87, retired career diplomat, editor and conservationist, died June 24, 2001, at his home in Washington, DC.
A specialist in African affairs, McIlvaine served as Consul General in the Congo and ambassador to Dahomey (now Benin), Guinea, and Kenya. He had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Lisbon, Director of the Inter-Departmental Seminar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, and Chairman of the U.S. Section of the Caribbean Commission.
A recent wildlife survey in the Laikipia District of central Kenya in February 2001 provided an opportunity to test a Zebra Simulation Model developed by The Mpala Research Centre. This predictive model can estimate the total number of zebras present in a given area. The prediction for this year, according to the model, was 23,726. Compared to the actual number of zebras found through traditional survey techniques in February was 26,095. This is a difference of 9% and represents an accurate substitute for more costly sampling methods.


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The shape of nanoparticles that carry DNA through the body can be changed to increase their effectiveness in fighting cancer and other diseases, a team of researchers concluded in a paper published today.
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and Northwestern universities changed the shape of the nanoparticles through a gene therapy technique that carries DNA into cells without the use of virus. The team details its nanoparticle work in a study published online today in the journal Advanced Materials.
The team conducted animal tests, all using the same particle materials and the same DNA. The only difference was in the shape of the particles: rods, worms, and spheres that mimic the shapes and sizes of viral particles.
Shapes were formed by packaging the DNA with polymers, then exposing them to various dilutions of an organic solvent. DNA's aversion to the solvent, with the help of the team's designed polymer, caused the nanoparticles to take on a given shape, surrounded with a "shield" to protect it immune cells.
"The worm-shaped particles resulted in 1,600 times more gene expression in the liver cells than the other shapes. This means that producing nanoparticles in this particular shape could be the more efficient way to deliver gene therapy to these cells," said Hai-Quan Mao, Ph.D., an associate professor of materials science and engineering in Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering, and the study's co-corresponding author, in a statement.
"These nanoparticles could become a safer and more effective delivery vehicle for gene therapy, targeting genetic diseases, cancer, and other illnesses that can be treated with gene medicine," Dr. Mao added.
Dr. Mao's nanoparticles consist of compressed healthy snippets of DNA within protective polymer coatings. The particles do not deliver the genetic material until after they have moved through the bloodstream and entered the target cells, where the polymer degrades and releases DNA. That material serves as a template through which the cells can produce functional proteins against disease.
Dr. Mao, who has spent a decade developing nonviral nanoparticles for gene therapy, and colleagues were able to reshape them into rods, worms, and spheres with help from researchers at Northwestern using computer models run on Quest, the university's high-performance computing system.
The models allowed the study's other co-corresponding author, Erik Luijten, Ph.D., associate professor of materials science and engineering and of applied mathematics at Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science team to perform molecular dynamic simulations that mimic traditional lab experiments at a far faster pace. The computations were complex enough for some of them to require 96 computer processors working simultaneously for one month.
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on June 17, 2013 - 6:17 PM
Nov. 19, 1941 – June 14, 2013
Edward J. McMahon of Clarence, a retired professor of education at Daemen College, died Friday in Beechwood Nursing Home, Getzville, after a brief illness. He was 71.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Mr. McMahon earned a bachelor's degree in education from Buffalo State Teachers College, a master's degree from Canisius College and a doctorate from the University at Buffalo. He taught at Daemen College for 45 years and, upon his retirement in 2011, was granted the title of professor emeritus.
Mr. McMahon served as chairman of the Education Department for 25 years and was the recipient of the Daemen College President's Award for Outstanding Faculty in 1985.
He was the founder of British Car Club of WNY and a past president of Phi Delta Kappa Educational Society.
Survivors include his wife, the former Joann M. Ciaccio; a son, Charles M. Fell; a sister, Maureen Tibbetts; and a brother, Brian.
A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in Wick Center at Daemen College, 4380 Main St., Snyder.


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I'm continuing to learn so much about myself as Mom, friend, wife, person. It can get bigger than me sometimes and I don't know where to put all this information! I write about it here and am afraid I come across as someone that knows what she talks about. But I think if you know me by now you know that just writing here is what helps me build the strength and character to just get by.
At least until the next new shoes.
Here's Carter & me at the fashion show. And my 20 1/2 week baby belly. This Friday is a big day.


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International Voluntary Workcamp 2006
Dunkwa-on-Offin, Ghana
Welcome to GHANA and KRAMOKROM
From its spectacular scenery to its vibrant cities and hospitality, Ghana offers a wealth of opportunity to its visitors. Ghana is regarded as the most popular place for independent travel in West Africa, its good transport links and central location making it an excellent starting point for longer travel.
This is the first International Volunteers Work Camp 2006 which will be hosted by Young Peace Brigades, an International Voluntary Organization with representatives in over 10 countries; as part of its 2 year anniversary.
The organization is bringing together social activist, volunteers and youth all over the world to experience, learn and undertake projects, campaigns and share ideas on topical global issues that is affecting our world today. The WorkCamp2006 is also to give something to the people and most importantly a helping hand.
Cultures and languages from all over Ghana thrive in Kramokrom, one of the most multicultural communities in the middle of a rainforest in the central region with its beauty lost to the people of Ghana and the outside world. Making it the ideal host for the diversity and dynamism of WorkCamp2006.
Kramokrom - found in the Upper Denkyira District of the Central Region in Ghana, is commonly referred to by volunteers of Young Peace Brigades International as "Peace Within", Kramokrom is known for its natural presence and beautiful forest. A trip to Kramokrom wouldn't be complete without a tour of the rainforest.
Action Projects: The Action Projects for WorkCamp2006 are intended to facilitate the participation of individuals, groups and communities in the Workcamp2006 from countries around the world. Broader participation of individuals representing a wide spectrum of experience will enrich the learning and empowerment potential of WorkCamp2006. Action Projects will support the accessibility and inclusion of marginalized or vulnerable communities throughout the WorkCamp2006 including workcamp planning and development. Building on communications activities and products, action projects will involve target groups and communities in developing and implementation specific projects and activities.
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Global Village: The Global Village will serve as an international gathering place with displays of culture, food, community, theatre, and a marketplace. The Global Village, open both to delegates and general public, will provide learning and interactive open spaces to share experiences of the diverse communities affected by and responding to poverty, including education, HIV/AIDS, Water and Sanitation and creative arts. Free exhibition space for NGOs and grassroots organizations will also be hosted in the global village.
Organizer: Young Peace Brigades
Venue: Imbraim-Kramokrom Upper Kenkyira, Central region
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The Text pane is the pane to the left of a SmartArt graphic, where you can enter and edit the text that appears in your SmartArt graphic. If you're looking for information about adding numbers or bullets to your slides or documents in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 or Microsoft Office Word 2007, see Add bullets or numbers to text and Create a bulleted or numbered list. If you need help with creating a SmartArt graphic, see Create a SmartArt graphic.
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Introduction to the Text pane
By using the Text pane, you can focus on your message without having to worry about the resulting SmartArt graphic. When you create a SmartArt graphic, the SmartArt graphic and its Text pane are populated with placeholder text that you can edit and replace with your information. At the top of the Text pane, you can edit the text that will appear in your SmartArt graphic. At the bottom of the Text pane, you can view additional information about the SmartArt graphic, such as what type of information it is best suited for. If the information at the bottom of the Text pane is not visible, either point to the SmartArt graphic name at the bottom of the Text pane, or drag a border of the Text pane to make it larger.
Although you cannot drag text onto the Text pane, you can copy and paste within the Text pane. You can also copy from the Text pane to any 2007 Microsoft Office system document, or from 2007 Office release documents to the Text pane. As you complete your content in the Text pane, you can try different layouts and customize your SmartArt graphic.
In general, SmartArt graphics work best with shorter amounts of text. Longer amounts of text might distract from the visual appeal of the SmartArt graphic and make it harder to convey your message visually. However, some layouts, such as Trapezoid List in the List type, work well with larger amounts of text. Alternatively, you can include additional information outside of your SmartArt graphic but within your 2007 Office release document, or you can provide the information orally during your presentation.
In certain SmartArt graphics, only some of the text in the Text pane appears, because the SmartArt graphic contains a fixed number of shapes. Text, pictures, or other content that is not displayed is identified in the Text pane with a red X. Content that is not displayed is still available if you switch to another layout, but if you keep and close this same layout, the information is not saved, to protect your privacy.
Any time you click away from the SmartArt graphic, the Text pane disappears. Unless you hide it, the pane reappears when you click the SmartArt graphic. To close the Text pane, click Close in the upper-right corner of the Text pane. To show the Text pane, click the handle to the left of your SmartArt graphic.
You can check the spelling of the text in the Text pane and resize or move the text.
What do the bullets in the Text pane indicate?
The Text pane works like an outline or a bulleted list that maps information directly to your SmartArt graphic. Each SmartArt graphic defines its own mapping between the bullets in the Text pane and the set of shapes in the SmartArt graphic.
To create a new line of bulleted text in the Text pane, press ENTER. To indent a line in the Text pane, select the line that you want to indent, and then under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click Promote. To negatively indent a line, click Demote. You can also press TAB to indent or SHIFT+TAB to negatively indent from within the Text pane. Any of these manipulations updates the mapping between the bullets in the Text pane and the shapes in the layout for the SmartArt graphic. It is not possible to demote text more than one level from the text in the line above, nor can you demote the top level shape.
Note: Depending on the layout for the SmartArt graphic that you choose, each bullet in the Text pane will be represented in the SmartArt graphic as either a new shape or a bullet inside a shape. For example, notice how the same text is mapped differently in the two SmartArt graphics below. In the first example, the sub-bullets are represented as separate shapes. In the second example, the sub-bullets are represented as bullets in the shape.
If you are using an organization chart layout with an Assistant shape, a bullet with a line attached indicates the Assistant shape.
Formatting text in the Text pane
Although character formatting, such as font, font size, bold, italic, and underline, can be applied to text in the Text pane, character formatting is not displayed within the Text pane. However, all formatting changes are reflected in your SmartArt graphic.
Keyboard shortcuts
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Indent text
TAB or ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Negatively indent text
SHIFT+TAB or ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Add a tab character
Create a new line of text
Check the spelling of text
Merge two lines of text
DELETE at the end of the first line of text
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
I am the Marketing Associate for the Washington County Community Foundation in Washington, PA, a non-profit that works to promote and facilitate philanthropy in our community.
I am from Scottdale, PA. I first became familiar with Saint Vincent through the Prevention Projects program that brought "Be Cool" the penguin to local public schools. When I was a junior in high school, I came on a "Get Acquainted Day" with one of my friends and fell in love with the campus.
Academically, Saint Vincent's courses were excellent. They taught me to think more critically and analytically, and they taught me to communicate more effectively. Additionally, Saint Vincent gave me the opportunity to meet some truly wonderful people – both during my time there as a student and after.
I have fond memories of many of my professors, but Dr. William Snyder of the English department can probably be attributed as being the most influential. I can say without hesitation that I am a stronger writer because of him. I enjoyed so many of my classes that it would be difficult to choose an absolute favorite…the Romantic Age, Eighteenth Century Literature, Literary Criticism, Holocaust Questions, Latin, Art History and Black & White Photography…all are about even in my book.
My best advice would be to take advantage of the many resources Saint Vincent has to offer – from prefects to professors and members of the Benedictine community. No matter what you may need or what questions you may have, there is a knowledgeable and caring support system ready to help you.