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Five years after "Drill, baby, drill!" entered the United States' political lexicon, there's a new push for offshore exploring and drilling, led in part by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott.
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"South Carolina's only substantial energy resource is its system of rivers and lakes, which provides for substantial hydroelectric power generation. South Carolina's industrial sector accounts for nearly two-fifths of State energy consumption."
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The South Carolina Republican is working on legislation to give companies a green light to survey the South Atlantic coast for oil and gas deposits — and to tap into them.
Scott's bill isn't likely to get introduced until next month, but he said it would offer the state a new source of revenue and jobs.
"I think we have it finished," he said. "We're just fine tuning."
However, one expert said that the long-standing national debate over lifting the drilling ban is driven more by politics than economics — and that it won't have any effect off South Carolina, where studies have shown there's relatively little oil and gas.
The House passed a related bill — the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act — last month to lift the drilling moratorium in coastal waters.
The vote broke largely along party lines. U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., was one of only five Republicans to vote against it. The four others were from New Jersey.
Sanford said in a statement he was bothered by how the measure would limit state authority.
"The bill gave the federal government sole authority and final say on all negotiations with oil and gas parties," he said. "As well-intentioned as this bill is, I still fundamentally believe that including a state's perspective is vital."
Scott's bill would take a different approach.
He said the seismic survey of the Atlantic Coast's deposits would be made public to encourage as much competition as possible for the leases.
"We would engage in a process a little differently than what they do on the Gulf Coast," he said. "We would provide the information from the seismic to hopefully create more bidders, a more competitive bidding process."
Scott said his bill will call for states to receive 37.5 percent of the revenues generated off their coasts — and for public-private partnerships from schools and entrepreneurs to form the workforce needed.
Also, he said under his bill, no rig would be built any closer than 25 miles to shore.
"We'll probably not see rigs off the South Atlantic coast, maybe ever, and that's good news, frankly," Scott said. "It's a 25-mile to 50-mile buffer zone, so for the first 25 miles, you won't see any permanent standing edifices whatsoever. ... Sitting on the beach in South Carolina you wouldn't be able to see it."
Sanford said the House bill would let a rig be built about three miles off shore "in plain sight from the beaches of the Isle of Palms or Hilton Head, with no ability of anyone in the state to impact that decision."
Sanford said he is writing a bill that would give states the final say on drilling within 12 miles of their coast. "This is generally accepted as the end of the line of sight from the coast," he said. "Beyond that point, I don't believe the state has a compelling economic interest."
Hamilton Davis of the Coastal Conservation League said he shares Sanford's concern that states are cut out of the process under the House proposal.
He said states should be allowed to do their own cost-benefit analysis — looking at potential jobs, revenue and environmental impacts — before agreeing that drilling off their shores is a smart move.
"There is no meaningful dialogue that can take place there," Davis said. "It's just go do it, cross your fingers and we'll hope it works out for the best interest of South Carolina."
Meanwhile, some have said the drilling debate — at least as far this state goes — is relatively pointless.
Mitchell Colgan, chairman of the College of Charleston's Geology and Environmental Geosciences Department, said if waters off South Carolina held promising oil or gas reserves, there already would be rigs out there.
"All of the mineral management studies of this area off the coast of South Carolina have shown that there are no oil reservoirs," he said.
"For an oil reservoir to be economically viable requires there to be a fairly good-size reservoir," he said. "Even if one can identify a reservoir, and this oil is technically recoverable, it does not mean that it is economically recoverable."
Colgan said the recent fracking boom — spurred by new technology that allows energy companies to extract more oil and gas onshore — has changed the supply and demand picture from four years ago.
"I don't know if I'm a great supporter of President Obama, but under his administration, we've gone through a great transformation with oil and gas," he said. "It's the fracking. We're not finding any new oil fields. What we're doing is going back to old fields and extracting oil that in the past we would have had no access to."
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When it comes to eating out, there are two kinds of families: restaurant families and diner families. My family is a diner family. No fancy steak houses or sushi bars for us. When we want a hearty dinner and indigestion for four, it�s off to the diner we go.
Diners are great because no matter which diner you go to, in any state, off any highway, you can always get the same thing and it will look the same and taste the same, and usually, two hours later, it will repeat on you the same. It�s like there is some big diner central where one guy cooks all the food and then sends it through some global transport tube to the diner where you�re eating.
Ding! Your tuna melt is up.
All the diners are decorated the same way, as well. They all have booths and breakfast bars and those same revolving dessert displays featuring gargantuan ten layer cakes that look incredible but taste, universally, like Twinkies. Even the chocolate ones taste like Twinkies. It�s quite a feat.
And then there is the menu. Diners are the only places in the world where you can get souvlaki, chicken parm and an enchilada all in the same restaurant� for breakfast.
Is it four-star dining? No, of course not. But there�s always something at the diner for all the fickle eaters in my family, so it works for us� as long as we don�t get too adventurous and stick to the chicken parm and the tuna melts.
Still, we have always been hopeful that one day we might find a diner that rises above the rest. An uber-diner with better tasting food. The Holy Grail of diners. The �best� diner.
And then we found it: The Best Diner. That�s what it was called� the Best Diner. It said as much on the big glowing neon sign by the side of the road.
Of course we were dubious. We�ve been to places that declared they had the �best pizza�� which turned out to be a dough-based Frisbee with tomato sauce. We�ve had �the world�s best coffee� and then seared our tongues on caffeinated swill. Yes, we have been fooled by these �best� claims before, so we entered The Best Diner suspiciously, with appropriately low expectations, and with a roll of Tums.
�Wow, a jukebox at our table,� the kids exclaimed. �This is the BEST diner.�
�Yup, that�s what it�s called,� my husband and I snickered, as though we were the only ones to ever make this joke.The waitress took our order and brought over some coffee. The coffee was good. Great, in fact. Then the food came.It was also good. Really good. Yummy noises came from all around the table. I raised an eyebrow at my husband.�This really is the best diner,� I said to him. We smiled contentedly at each other. We were in Diner heaven.For many months we went to the Best Diner and ate the best diner food we�ve ever had. Perfect pancakes� thick, juicy hamburgers� mouth-watering desserts.Then ski season ended and we had to go back to our regular diner back home.Months passed and we tried new diners. Diners at home. Diners at the beach. Diners on the highway and off. But none of them measured up to the Best Diner.Then one summer day, we decided to take a drive up to ski country and see what it was like during the off season. As we got off the highway, we started to drool like Pavlov�s dogs in anticipation of our stop of at the Best Diner.�Look,� yelled my son as the neon sign came into view. �It�s not the Best Diner anymore.� We all stared at the sign that now said �Bob�s Diner.��Who�s Bob?� asked my daughter.�I guess Bob bought the Best Diner,� I surmised.�Is it still the best,� asked my son as we went inside. We looked around. The d�cor was the same. The jukeboxes were still there. The menu hadn�t changed.We were hopeful. But as soon as I tasted the coffee, I knew the jig was up.�What can I get you today,� asked the waitress.I sighed. �I�ll have the tuna melt.��2014, Beckerman. All rights reserved."Lost in Suburbia: A Momoir. How I Got Pregnant. Lost Myself, and Got My Cool Back in the New Jersey Suburbs"��makes a great beach read!�To get a copy for you or a cool mom you love,�CLICK HERETo become a fan of Lost in Suburbia on Facebook,�Visit me hereTo follow me on Twitter,�visit me here

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The Emmy Awards are almost here, and now it's time to tell us which show deserves to win outstanding drama series.
The nominees are a varied bunch:
There's fan-favorite football drama Friday Night Lights, which follows the stories unfolding inside a small Texas community; and last year's winner, the '60s advertising saga Mad Men, which stars January Jones as sullen housewife Betty Draper.
Then there's Dexter, the story of America's favorite serial killer; Boardwalk Empire about the life of Nucky Thompson, politician and gangster in Prohibition-era Atlantic City.
The Good Wife, which stars outstanding actress nominee Julianna Margulies, follows one woman's career and love life in the wake of her politician husband's high-profile sex scandal.
And Game of Thrones, HBO's well-received fantasy drama based on the best-selling book series A Song of Fire and Ice, features a cast of feuding characters, including exiled princess Daenerys Targaryen played by Emilia Clarke.
It's going to be a tough race when the 63rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards air live from Los Angeles's Nokia Theatre on Fox Sept. 18.
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LISBON - Columbiana County commissioners are willing to listen to what commissioners in other counties say about merging to create a regional port authority.
"It's an interesting proposition but we have not been approached yet," said Commissioner Mike Halleck, when asked about stories in other publications about the prospect of Columbiana joining with Mahoning, Trumbull and Ashtabula counties to create a regional port authority.
The suggestion came out of last week's meeting between commissioners from Mahoning and Trumbull counties during discussions over the fate of the embattled Western Reserve Port Authority that serves both counties. The port authority there has come under criticism by officials, one of whom has described it as "dysfunctional."
It was Mahoning County Commissioner David Ditzler who recommended creating a four-county port authority stretching from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, according to The Vindicator in Youngstown.
Columbiana County Port Authority CEO Tracy Drake said any such joint venture would be up to county commissioners, who created the port authority and are charged with appointing the board members.
Halleck said he would be willing to at least hear what his counterparts have to say on the subject. "I'm always willing to think outside the box and would certainly be willing to sit down with other counties to talk about this," he said.
This sentiment was echoed by his colleagues, Tim Weigle and Jim Hoppel, who like Halleck had not heard about the merger proposal until it appeared in other local publications.
"I would be interested in the idea and the concept. It certainly deserves a look-see," Weigle said, adding the devil would be in the details of how such a merger would work and what would become of each port authority's holdings.
Hoppel said he too would be willing to meet with them to discuss the idea, noting they already have a good working relationship with the commissioners who serve on the Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association, the agency that provides services to the unemployed in both counties.
"We do a pretty good job (cooperating) with the MCTA," he said.
On other hand, Hoppel said he cannot think of any immediate benefit of such a merger. "I can't see any reason in particular why we would want to join up with them," he said.


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Here's what the Buffalo Board of Education did on Wednesday when it voted to go ahead with the involuntary transfers of 54 teachers: It did its job.
The School Board has many obligations, but first among them is to see that Buffalo's students receive - at a minimum - the sound, basic education the New York State Constitution guarantees them. Yes, it has other responsibilities, as well - to teachers, to principals, to taxpayers - but none is as fundamental as its critical mission to educate Buffalo's underserved children.
That's why it was important for the district to appeal an arbitrator's decision on teacher transfers. It was the right move, and it was a hopeful sign to see the board and superintendent work closely on this.
"We know 80 to 90 percent of the students in these schools have failed for years, and that's not an acceptable proposition to the board or myself," said Pamela C. Brown, the district's new superintendent. She is correct.
The problem revolves around a recent ruling by an arbitrator who found that while the district may be able to involuntarily transfer teachers, the process it followed violated the district's contract with the Buffalo Teachers Federation.
On Wednesday, the district decided to appeal that ruling. In doing so, it pursued the only avenue that will allow it to serve the district's students while also remaining eligible for more than $5 million in federal school improvement funds.
The union is complaining about the contract violation and, according to BTF President Philip Rumore, that it will "cause great anger among the teachers of Buffalo." That could be true, although Rumore is famously well-practiced at the art of creative exaggeration.
True or not, the day when the adults framed and gamed the system to advance their selfish interests has to be past. As Brown noted, the students of Buffalo have suffered too long under current arrangements. It's time for the adults - the School Board, the administrators, the principals, the teachers, the parents and the union - to put the students first.
One way or another, that appears to require the transfers of these teachers. In order to claim that $5 million-plus in federal funds, the school district has to adopt one of four models for eligible schools.
As a practical matter, only two are available: the turnaround model, which requires the teacher transfers; or hiring an outside group to run each of the three schools in question - Drew Science Magnet 59, Futures Academy and Bilingual Center 33. But that option couldn't be implemented for months, costing students yet another year of substandard education.
What is more, the BTF's foot-dragging on implementing a teacher evaluation system prompted one of those organizations - the Center for Social Organization at Johns Hopkins University - to cancel its plans to help turn around two of Buffalo's most troubled schools - Lafayette and East high schools. If the BTF cannot be a hindrance in one way, it finds another.
Enough. We understand that the union's interest is in its members, not the students, but we believe its members want to do the job for which they enlisted. The union's obligation, and the district's, is to find a way to implement a plan in these schools now, not next month and not next year. The kids have suffered enough because of the adults. It's time for the adults to grow up.


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CLEMSON Since the middle of last season, as so many things veered off the planned course for South Carolina, the Gamecocks proved that the best of seasons are often defined by how a team handles that which it did not expect, the jarring developments that can derail lesser teams.
Last season, quarterback Stephen Garcia was kicked off the team, leaving sophomore Connor Shaw to step in. Shaw answered the challenge by helping USC finish 11-2 and go 5-1 down the stretch without injured tailback Marcus Lattimore.
In this seasons seventh and eighth games, the Gamecocks saw their hopes of making the Southeastern Conference championship game fizzle with back-to-back road losses to LSU and Florida, the latter a 44-11 debacle pockmarked by USC mistakes. In the ninth game, Lattimore suffered another knee injury, more devastating than last years.
Leaning on Shaw and defense, the Gamecocks went 3-0 without Lattimore, entering Saturday nights game at Clemson. But Shaw has nursed a sprained left foot since the Oct. 27 win over Tennessee, when Lattimore got hurt. Shaw aggravated the injury last week against Wofford and didnt heal enough in time for the Clemson game, leaving sophomore Dylan Thompson to start.
In keeping with USCs recent theme, Thompson rose to the lofty stage and helped USC beat Clemson 27-17, for the Gamecocks second ever four-game winning streak over the Tigers.
Thompson completed 23 of 41 passes for 310 yards, three touchdowns and one interception. Shaw could have played, and will be able to in the bowl game, but coach Steve Spurrier stuck with Thompson on Saturday.
Thompson was not entirely green.
Before Saturday, he completed 36 of 76 passes this season for 600 yards, five touchdowns and one interception. His most significant action came in the second game, against East Carolina. He played the entire game for Shaw, who was injured, and completed 21 of 37 passes for 330 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions.
Since then, Thompsons only meaningful action came in the second halves against Alabama-Birmingham on Sept. 15 and Florida on Oct. 20. Like the ECU game, those games provided few tense moments. USC beat ECU 48-10, led UAB 21-6 at half and trailed Florida 21-6.
As Saturday night unfolded, it became clear that Shaws cracked right throwing shoulder, which he suffered in the opener at Vanderbilt and sidelined him for ECU, turned out to be among the most important developments of USCs season, but not in the way most observers thought. The shoulder pain did not linger for Shaw, but it did allow Thompson to get valuable experience.
I wasnt nervous at all (on Saturday), Thompson said. The Florida game, I feel like toward the end, I finally got comfortable. Getting all the reps in practice this week, I was confident.
Said receiver Ace Sanders, who had 119 yards and a touchdown: He was exactly what his position said: He was the quarterback of the team. He was calm. We knew what he was capable of.
Though Thompson was far from perfect, he demonstrated admirable poise. On USCs first drive of the second half, he made the biggest throw of his career a 34-yard touchdown pass to Sanders, cutting across the field, on third down and 16. That put USC up 17-14 with 11:48 left in the third quarter. Thompson, a devout Christian, celebrated by running toward the end zone and pointing skyward.
USC never trailed again.
Thompson seems to lack Shaws mobility, but he iced the game with a brilliant sequence in the fourth quarter. On third and 19 at Clemsons 26, Spurrier called a quarterback draw. Thompson took the snap and surveyed the defense. He was expecting a zone, but he saw man-to-man, and his receivers had all the defensive backs blocked. Thompson ran untouched for 20 yards.
Im kind of athletic, I guess, Thompson said with a smile. The main thing was blocking. The holes were wide open. I think anyone could have done what I did.
Three plays later, on third and goal, he hit Bruce Ellington for a six-yard touchdown that put USC up 27-17 with 4:17 left. Just as important, the drive consumed 7:47.
After the score, Thompson pointed up again an image that might become as iconic in USC history as quarterback Steve Taneyhill raising his arms in the rain at Clemson in 1992, the year USC debuted in the Southeastern Conference. The Gamecocks had yet to prove themselves as a consistent winner then. Now, 20 years later, they find themselves 21-4 since the start of last season, because, once again, they rolled with their changes.


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Football Sets Alumni Golf Outing for June 15
Ball State will hold its annual Ray Louthen Memorial Alumni Golf Tournament Fri., June 15, at The Players Club in Muncie, Ind.
Registration will begin at Noon, followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by the awards program at 6:30.
Cost for the event is $400.00 per team, which includes greens and cart fees, unlimited range balls, beverages, lunch and dinner. Space will be limited so early registration is encouraged. You can sign up as a team or an individual.
In addition, hole sponsorships are available for $200.00, and includes one individual golf registration. For $500.00 you can receive a hole sponsorship and four-person team registration.
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Ordinarily, if you want to produce a stem cell without destroying an embryo, you must subject a somatic cell—a mature, differentiated cell—to fairly invasive treatment. You either resort to nuclear transfer or insert transcription factors, altering the original state of the cell. Either way, you can end up with an induced pluripotent stem cell, or an adult stem cell, which is fine, except adult stem cells can only grow into certain cell types. Adult stem cells lack the plasticity of embryonic stem cells, which can grow into any type of mature cell.
Now, however, it appears that a less invasive—but still fairly intense—approach to reprogramming somatic cells can give rise to adult stem cells. What's more, the adult stem cells may be pluripotent, as plastic as embryonic stem cells.
This approach—stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency, or STAP—has been pioneered by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in collaboration with the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan. These researchers, rather than directly meddle with the internal workings of somatic cells, chose to alter the cells' external environment. Specifically, the researchers stressed the cells almost to the point of death by exposing them to various stressful environments including trauma, low oxygen, and acidic conditions.
The researchers discovered that within a period of only a few days, the cells survived and recovered from the stressful stimulus by naturally reverting into a state that is equivalent to an embryonic stem cell. The stem cells created by exposure to the external stimuli were then able to redifferentiate and mature into any type of cell and grow into any type of tissue, depending on the environment into which they were placed.
This startling result was published online January 29 in Nature, in an article entitled "Stimulus-triggered fate conversion of somatic cells into pluripotency." While it may be an overstatement to say "that which does not kill a somatic cell makes it pluripotent," the authors of the Nature article did write that "somatic cells latently possess a surprising plasticity. This dynamic plasticity—the ability to become pluripotent cells—emerges when cells are transiently exposed to strong stimuli that they would not normally experience in their living environments." The researchers also noted that STAP cells showed a substantial decrease in DNA methylation in the regulatory regions of pluripotency marker genes.
To examine the growth potential of these cells, researchers used mature blood cells from GFP+ mice, mice that had been genetically altered with a specific mutation to light up green under a specific wavelength of light. They stressed the GFP+ cells from the blood by exposing them to an acidic environment and found that in the days following the stress, those cells reverted back to an embryonic stem cell-like state. These stem cells then began growing in spherical clusters, similar to a plant callus. The cell clusters were introduced into the developing embryo of a non-GFP mouse (whose cells do not light up green) to create a mixture of cells (a chimera). The implanted clusters were able to create GFP+ tissues in all organs tested, confirming that the cells are pluripotent.
Researchers hypothesize that these findings raise the possibility that unknown cellular functions that are activated through external stress, may set mature adult cells free from their current commitment and permit them to revert to their naïve cell state.
"Our findings suggest that somehow, through part of a natural repair process, mature cells turn off some of the epigenetic controls that inhibit expression of certain nuclear genes that result in differentiation," said Charles Vacanti, M.D., chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Director of the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at BWH and senior author of the study.
Researchers note that the next step is to explore this process in more sophisticated mammals and ultimately in humans. If this same process can be demonstrated in human cells, then one day, through a skin biopsy or blood sample—without the need for genetic manipulation—researchers may be able to create embryonic stem cells specific to each individual, which in turn could be used to create tissue without the need to insert any outside genetic material into that cell, creating endless possibilities for therapeutic options.
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It's that season again… time to change my purse over for the summer. Yes, I'm two months late, but better late than black leather in August.
Actually, I couldn't care less about what I carry. My mother is the only reason I know about purses. (I still don't know about shoes, as proven by the tore-up Skechers I wear everywhere.)
Even now, at 84, Mom hangs on to her nifty collection of clutches, shoulder totes, boxy clasp handbags and an amazing antique alligator purse. I used to play with that one during church. When one of us kids got restless, she'd snap open the clasp, pull out a roll of Certs and pass it around. My earliest memories of the Episcopal Church are the sweet smell of Certs and the pillbox hats my mother always wore. That and being allowed to drink coffee at the post-service social hour. (My parents were odd that way: As a teen I couldn't date, experiment with makeup or wear a bikini—but I'd been drinking coffee for 10 years.)
Back to the pocketbooks: I guarantee Mom didn't give a fig about the alligator that died to make her purse. She kept it in her closet next to the mink wrap handed down from her aunt. Sometimes she wore both to the important Eastern Star meetings. Today she'd probably be splashed with paint while walking down the street.
I do not have the purse gene but I do carry one, like 99.9999 percent of women. Honestly, I'd be satisfied with toting a plastic grocery bag. In college, I went through a wonderful, rebellious phase when I carried only a leather wallet. It was so liberating! But not all women's pants have pockets and most skirts don't, so pretty soon it was back to a bag.
I find mine at thrift stores and consignment shops. Widdle is great at spotting a good one. This year's model is a funky red number with black and white zebra stripes on the sides. It actually looks like something a crazy woman would carry, which of course is why he bought it for me.
Recently, an article in "Glamour" or "Good Housekeeping" or some other magazine I never have time to read had an article listing what the well-stocked purse should contain. Sensible items like aspirin, comb, mini-flashlight, spare house and car keys, billfold, ink pens, compact with mirror, eyeglass cleaner, safety pins, collapsible umbrella, hand cream, nail file, emergency pair of earrings, healthy snacks and, of course, breath mints.
I read this with growing horror, because my purse actually contains: A wad of crumpled receipts; lint-covered Lifesavers; hairbrush with broken handle; leaky—or dry--ball-point pens; seven half-used lipsticks; battery charger for a flip phone I lost in 2010; expired credit cards, library cards and cough drops; random vitamins; dusty raisins; small cracked mirror; a 2009 rabies tag; broken earrings; tangled necklace; 78 cents in change; and one dead smartphone.
The only thing between me and disaster is the green LL Bean backpack I always keep in the car. It usually contains workout gear, bottled water, protein bars, a towel, my ancient and beloved iPod shuffle and, for reasons I can't currently recall, several quart-sized Ziploc bags. It's roomy and comfortable, and I love it more than any purse. But I'd look weird walking into church with a backpack slung over my shoulder.
I think it's time to borrow Mom's alligator bag.
Julie R. Smith, who hopes to come back as a marsupial, can be reached at email@example.com.
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- Clothing from all of the above periods is also collected, both fashionable and everyday wear, official uniforms and occupational dress. Also included are accessories of all types and items of personal use. A study collection has also been compiled for use by students and specialised school groups.
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- The craft collections represent the working life of rural and semi-industrial Wales; they include woodworking, leatherwork and metalworking crafts as well as basketmaking, cornmilling, pottery and other rural occupations. The textile craft collections include quilting, embroidery, lacemaking, tailoring, textile machinery and products of the woollen industry in Wales.
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The 5 Stages of Revenge Fantasies Every Man Has Had
Being a man is about a lot of things: It's about morality, it's about strength of will, it's about maintaining honor in the face of adversity. But mostly it's about involuntary, delusional, immature power fantasies launching at the slightest provocation. They say that "A rich interior world is a joy to own," but if you're anything like me, your interior world is less "joy" than it is a constant, unceasing Tony Jaa movie that unfolds in response to every minor annoyance. If you've ever asked a man what he was thinking and thought you detected a little something false in his answer, I'd like to try to give you the real one right now. But first, there are a few things you should understand about the interior of some men's minds. Like ...
#5. It Always Starts Small
It's not like every man is spending every minute of every day looking for an imminent terrorist attack or carefully plotting the deaths of his enemies. That's not a harmless, delusional male power fantasy; that's a proactive paranoid schizophrenic. No, most of our thoughts are just ordinary fare -- Is that burrito place new? Do I have time to stop for a burrito? If that makes me late for work and I get fired, can I buy burritos with food stamps? -- it's just that the power fantasies are tricky little bastards. They're seductive; they worm their way into your head so slowly that you don't even realize it's happening until the rational part of your brain checks back in to see how everything is going and finds you knee-deep in bloody ninja.
"Oh, I uh ... I see you're busy. I'll just be hanging outside with reality. Let us know when you need us again." -- The Rational Brain
Here's a purely hypothetical example that is in no way based on reality: Let's say you're at the grocery store, mentally weighing the pros and cons of potential burrito fillings. After careful debate, you pay for your two dozen tortillas and 20 cans of chili (it's beans and meat pre-mixed! Holy shit! Is there a Nobel Prize for Burrito Construction?), but as you turn to go, the cashier hands you the bag all wrong -- like kind of sideways and twisting it a little bit at the crucial hand-off point. It slips right through your fingers, and you drop it, sending chili cans rocketing in every direction and drawing the other customers' attention to your secret gastrointestinal shame. Now you're embarrassed, you're annoyed and you start wondering why he did that: Don't they have, like, bag handling classes or some shit? What is this guy, a birthday party magician at Chuck E. Cheese's; what kind of human being hands somebody a bag with a fucking wrist flourish?
No, he did that shit on purpose, and now he's just standing there -- not even thinking about helping you -- smirking and exchanging knowing looks with the other customers. He's an asshole, is what he is. You can tell. You can spot an asshole with a mere glance; you're like the Sherlock Holmes of asshole detection, and this guy is the Moriarty of assholes. Asshole.
You should say something. "Sweet bagging, Bilbo." No, that's crap. "Nice bag handling, B ... uh ... Bagger Vance." Shit.
You know this is going to be one of those L'esprit de l'escalier moments, when you think of the perfect thing to say just 10 seconds too late. But it's not too late right now. You're pissed off, and your brain is demanding some kind of response, but you don't have a killer quip ...
#4. It Escalates Quickly
And that's when the brain starts to panic. In the absence of witticisms, it runs through the mental Rolodex of other things appropriate for the situation, and somehow lands on random physical assault. That's when something I call the Revenge Cortex kicks in ...
"You should just punch him in the dick," the Revenge Cortex says calmly, as if presenting the most rational possible plan. "Then throw him on that little conveyer belt and zip him back and forth for a while, punching him in the dick again every time his crotch arrives at the register. And then when you scan his stupid face, the display will just read 'Sold.' Yes, that's it. That's the plan. Let's get lost constructing the precise visuals of this fantasy instead of just focusing on picking up all these cans of Harmel, the store-brand knock-off chili with the suspicious dents everywhere."
"Don't mind me, ma'am: Just hammering dents into all the cheap stuff. Gives the poor folk something to grab onto, with their malnourished little hands."
And, because your attention was entirely wrapped up in a Sidekicks-style fantasy revenge world, you've dropped the bag again. Did he just laugh? He did, didn't he? "Maybe he was coughing," your rational mind interjects, but it's too late: The Revenge Cortex has got you.
"People can't be allowed to get away with this kind of crap," it coos. "Whip this can of Double the Meat, Quintuple the Beans at his head."
#3. We'll Retcon History to Justify It
But we're not going to actually consider violence as an option. That's crazy talk. You can't just go around assaulting strangers with discount meat slurries -- everybody will think you've snapped. They'll see your disproportionate physical response and they'll totally dismiss the real issue: this asshole's flagrant bag-handling shenanigans. History will not witness that you were righteous in this conflict, and he'll be free to continue his reign of slippery bag-relaying villainy. No, if you just jumped up right now and started wailing on the dude, even you would have to admit that you're the bad guy: "He dropped his groceries everywhere and then just flipped out and started calling for price checks on dick punches," the old lady in line behind you will tell the police.
So what can you do? The rational part of your brain usually checks back in at this point, and relays a number of realistic options: Say something self-deprecating. Apologize. Shuffle the goods out of the aisle so you're not blocking anybody's way. Let it go.
"Or go outside and light his car on fire. That would also be way more reasonable than what you're thinking right now."
Then the Revenge Cortex slithers on in and says, "I bet if you stood up, right now, and just looked him in the eye like you were onto his game, you know he'd pull something. He'd try to hit you first, or pull out a switchblade or something." Yeah! And you could disarm him like you're pretty sure Jackie Chan did to that one guy in that one movie that one time (I mean, that guy was trying to hit Jackie with a swordfish, but it's gotta be the same principle, right?).
See, if that happened -- if he pulled some shit on you first -- then you could beat his ass, and everybody would recognize you for the hero you truly are. You'd have stopped the Bag Twisting Menace. Hell, they'd probably throw you a parade. Why wouldn't they? After all ...


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MYRTLE BEACH You can note the change in Wandos offensive philosophy by examining the role of wide receiver Rudder Brown from his junior to senior season.
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North-South GameWhat: 64th annual high school football all-star gameWhen: 12:30 p.m., SaturdayWhere: Doug Shaw Stadium, Myrtle BeachTickets: $15 at the gate. Up to two children (under 7) admitted free with one adult ticket holder.Local playersMike Myers, DL Goose CreekJalen Stevens, LB Goose CreekShawn Peace, DL StratfordNoah Shuler, RB StratfordRudder Brown, WR WandoChuck Rouse, OL WandoC.J. Frazier, QB BlufftonMarquis Webb, WR BlufftonDillon Alford, OL GeorgetownAnthony Blair, DE GeorgetownDeAngelo Stephenson, RB Bishop EnglandDaitwan Commodore, RB Fort DorchesterAnthony Smalls, QB HanahanRoderick McCRay, DB TimberlandJerod Tucker, RB SummervilleJohnny Burch, DE St. Johns
He was named the teams most valuable wide receiver as a junior because of his blocking ability. The Warriors attack was ground-oriented and his chances to make plays were limited.
Brown was selected to play in the 64th annual North-South all-star football game his senior season because of his pass-catching ability. The 6-4, 190-pounder had 51 receptions for 875 yards and 12 touchdowns.
He really worked hard in the offseason, Wando football coach Jimmy Noonan said. We always knew he was sure-handed. But when it comes to high school football, you marry your capabilities with the schemes. We felt if we could complete 60 percent of our passes, we could avoid going three-and-out and keep our defense out of bad situations. We had a quarterback, Christian Hart, who completed 60 percent. We had three or four receivers who had good numbers, but Rudder was our most productive.
Brown has spent the week in Myrtle Beach preparing for Saturdays North-South game, which will be played at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Doug Shaw Stadium.
Its a great honor to be here, Brown said. Its exciting. There are a lot of great players up here and to be part of it is special.
Brown helped the Warriors to a special season. The team set a school record with 10 victories and the community rallied behind their team.
That was probably the best thing about the season, Brown said. We had the support. It was a great feeling to ride the bus to the stadium and see signs along the way. And then as we came down the street to the stadium, there were parents and fans holding signs. The bond we made with the community was great.
The only disappointment was the 25-20 loss to White Knoll in the first round of the Class AAAA Division I playoffs.
It took some of the shine off the season because we were expecting to go deep in the playoffs, Brown said. We just didnt match up well because of the offense they ran. We werent used to the Wing-T offense they ran.
Saturday, the South should come out throwing as they try to end a three-game losing streak against the North. Joining Hart are quarterbacks C.J. Frazier of Bluffton and Anthony Smalls of Hanahan.
Brown has been impressing college coaches all week. A coach from The Citadel watched him in drills Wednesday. Wofford and VMI have shown a lot of interest in Brown, and now Navy is showing interest.
He shows the ability to play at the next level, Noonan said. Hes able to use his body to his advantage, and he has those long strides. Hes got deceptive speed. You can find him open and he gets behind people in the secondary. He has the size and ability to make plays.
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5 Things from the 70s We Want Back
2. Life Without Shia LaBeouf
Cinematic sociologists refer to it as the "Pre-Shia Period," but I call the years preceding Shia LaBeouf's birth as the "Golden Age of Movies." There was a time when you could go to the theater, confident that the nasal, inexplicably irritating actor known as Shia LaBeouf would not be there. No pale, doofy suburbanite would be making an appearance for the sole purpose of destroying the sequel to your favorite movie. Indeed, even in 1990, you could enjoy Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, blissfully unaware that somewhere in Connecticut there was a small boy slowly plotting to ruin everything you held sacred.
But that's how the beef rolls. He's stealth. You'll see him in Disturbia and think, "Hmm, that Shia kid did a fine job of playing a wimpy, entitled, annoying pud. But film after film you start to realize that's always the role he's playing. And when he's supposed to be playing the bad ass Brando-esque greaser son of the coolest archeologist/adventurer the world has ever known, well it's just intolerable. So, right now, we formally request that along with the political gridlock, crap economy, and tensions in the middle east, the 21st Century Seventies, please bring us life without Shia.
1. Casual Sex That Won't Kill You
So apparently, and this came as a bit of a shock to me as someone who went to college in the 90s, but there was a time when you could meet someone, know virtually nothing about their sexual history, have unprotected sex with them and --this is the best part-- not contract a horrible disease that would kill you. Isn't that awesome? Oh, and get this. There was enough sex for everyone! Like there were whole parties about it. And your biggest problem was 1 out of the 5 people you had sex with that week would give you crabs. Small price to pay, amirite?
How could the cosmos give us two straight years of economic disaster worse than the financial blight of the 70s and still keep our sex potentially fatal? Just doesn't seem right. Come on, everybody. Let me hear you! "No more unemployment without more sexual enjoyment!"
Did it work? No. Hmmm. Well, at least we have World of Warcraft now. Choke on that, 70s.
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Dozens of Motorcyclists Rally After Highway Altercation
By Derek Kravitz, Pervaiz Shallwani and Ted Mann
Dozens of motorcycle club members staged a protest outside St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Morningside Heights on Wednesday evening, saying they were unfairly being labeled as gang members and thugs by authorities.
The protest came after a group of motorcyclists who participated in a ride on the West Side Highway on Sunday got into an altercation with the driver of a Range Rover when one of the cyclists slowed down in front of the vehicle and was struck. That set off a high-speed chase that resulted in the beating of the SUV driver, Alexian Lien, 33, in front of his wife and two-year-old daughter.
Portions of the incident were caught on a video camera affixed to the helmet of one of the motorcycle riders. The footage was later uploaded to YouTube.
The motorcyclists said they gathered at the hospital on Wednesday in support of Edwin "Jay" Mieses Jr., who is being treated there. The 32-year-old sound engineer from Lawrence, Mass., was seriously injured in the melee when Mr. Lien allegedly hit some of the riders when he accelerated away from cyclists blocking his path on the highway, police have said. Mr. Mieses's family said he is paralyzed and in a medically-induced coma.
The video has since gone viral. Republican mayoral nominee Joe Lhota called the incident gang related on Wednesday.
One cyclist, Christopher Cruz, 28, of Passaic, N.J., has been charged with unlawful imprisonment and reckless driving, a traffic violation. The Manhattan District Attorney's office declined to prosecute a second man, Allen Edwards, 42, who was arrested and charged by police on Tuesday. Police are looking for other bikers involved with the assault, which left Mr. Lien with two black eyes and lacerations to his face and body.
Lexie Filpo, 30, of Corona, Queens, said she was riding on the back of a friend's motorcycle during Sunday's ride and saw the bikers' efforts to stop Mr. Lien's vehicle.
"I preferred to stay behind that car because it just seemed reckless the moment it got on the highway," Ms. Filpo said, standing on the corner across the street from the hospital. Other cars stopped on the entrance to the highway to let the wave of bikers pass, she said, adding that only Mr. Lien insisted on merging into traffic.
"When everybody came to a halt, I stood up to see everything that was going on," she said, referring to the initial effort to bring Mr. Lien to a halt. "The video doesn't show that people were actually telling him to stop and to slow down."
The subsequent chase and violence stemmed from riders' attempts to get Mr. Lien to stop because he had struck Mr. Cruz, Ms. Filpo said. "The law says when he hits somebody from the back, he has to stop," she said.
Jose, a 35-year-old biker from Harlem who said he was with other motorcyclists for the first part of the ride along the West Side Highway, but did not see the incident with the SUV, said the motorcyclists feared for their safety and were targets of Mr. Lien, who he said was driving "aggressively."
"No one on our side is getting justice. The Range Rover hit one bike, ran over two bikers and then kept going," he said. "That's not how someone who is scared acts. I don't believe his story and everyone, the police, the media, is painting us like we started it. We didn't."
Jose declined to give his last name. Wednesday's protest was held amid heavy police presence and motorcyclists were told by officers beforehand to leave their bikes at home. Still, dozens of bikes were parked outside the front steps of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine near St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital.
Some of the motorcyclists complained that police had prevented them from attending the event by setting up checkpoints. A law-enforcement official disputed that and said some cyclists didn't observe police-sanctioned rally and protest areas.
"We did not limit anything or anyone," the official said. "They arrived separately and chose not to meet at their agreed upon rally area in Brooklyn."
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- Motorcyclist Paralyzed in West Side Highway Chase Speaks Out
- Lhota Unleashes Harsh Crime Ad
- Four NYPD Officers Attended Biker Rally on the West Side
- Seventh Biker Charged in West Side Chase and Attack
- Undercover Detective Charged with Gang Assault in Biker Attack
- Undercover Detective Allegedly With Bikers Shattered SUV Window
Some motorcyclists were in the city over the weekend for Hollywood Stuntz, an annual unsanctioned motorcycle event where bikers drive around Manhattan and perform tricks.
Some of the bikers who protested Wednesday night said those involved in the altercation on the highway, including Mr. Mieses, were not part of Hollywood Stuntz but rather were amateur bikers or members of well-known motorcycle or auto clubs, dubbed MC's and AC's.
"In the video, you see a few colors, or jackets, representing MC's of the bikers but a lot of these guys looked like they were on their own," said Victor Rodriguez, a 39-year-old member of the Solo Noi Motorcycle Club in the Bronx.
Mr. Rodriguez, who did not attend Sunday's Upper West Side ride, said several biking enthusiasts from New York City stayed away from the event because they knew the potential for arrests and "silly stuff," referring to biking stunts.
"We look menacing but we're not out to fight anyone," he said.
Earlier Wednesday, two attorneys who said they were representing Mr. Lien exited his apartment building.
The lawyers, Frank C. Panetta and Nicholas J. Massimo, said the firm will issue a statement on Mr. Lien's behalf on Thursday.
"We ask that you please just respect his privacy," Mr. Massimo said. The lawyers would not say in what capacity they are representing Mr. Lien and would not comment on his condition.
–Sarah Armaghan contributed to this article.


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– L.L., Buffalo
A: Start the conversation about counseling by talking about yourself, not about her. If you talk about her, she may feel like you are on the attack, which might make her defensive and less likely to hear what you're trying to say. Tell her you've been thinking about therapy because you want to take steps to be a better husband, and you can contribute more to the relationship if you have more tools in your kit.
While things can start with you, the process will be much more effective if both of you participate. After all, you're both members of the marriage and both of you need to be involved in order to change or improve. As a couple, you both will benefit from advice on how to communicate better and have a more satisfying relationship.
Invite her to go see someone with you, with no obligation, to test the waters and see how it feels to her. She might be surprised at how liberating and positive it feels. If the professional is the right fit, it's likely that your wife will feel reassured and some (if not all) of her objections will disappear.
The discussion of going for help might get heated if she jumps to the conclusion that the counseling is the first step to separation or divorce. In your mind, it's probably just the opposite, so make that clear.
Ditching the ex
– M.K., North Tonawanda
A: Many people break off relationships without cutting the emotional ties as well. The main reasons for this could be fear of the unknown, being "toxically comfortable" in the relationship, or wanting to change someone.
First, consider the reasons why you broke things off in the first place. Obviously you know that the two of you have issues and are probably not a good fit.
If you're really and truly done with him, cut him off completely. This means no phone calls, no texts, no email, and certainly no meet-ups. Get rid of the things around you that remind you of him and think of it as a fresh start.
The only thing aside from cutting contact that will help you move on is time. They say that time heals all wounds, and it's true. You just have to be ready to take that time and resist the urge to let him back into your life. And if he has ever been abusive in any way, l urge you to seek counseling.
There are plenty of other fish in the sea, and one of those men could be a great partner for you. Have some self-worth, self-love and self-respect. Recognize that this relationship has run its course, and that you deserve a healthy, long-lasting love.
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Believe it or not... I got married a little over a month ago! It's awesome and rad! Thanks to all the well wishers and congratulators. My new wife and I spent our honeymoon between the Oregon and Northern California Coasts.... and on the forest moon of Endor.
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SeraCare Life Sciences said yesterday it took key steps toward sharpening its focus on diagnostics, starting with selling its biorepository, biobanking, and laboratory services business to Precision Health Holdings (PHH). The price was not disclosed.
Headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD, PHH is a specialized medical research company that supports development and commercialization of personalized medicines and therapies. PHH's offerings include biorepository and biobanking services, AccuCell® products, and some laboratory services.
PHH was founded last year by life science entrepreneurs Ethan Leder and Mark Clein with $150 million in equity capital. PHH intends "to build a portfolio of innovative services and businesses that lower the cost and improve the quality of research and development of pharmaceuticals and other medical products," according to the website of a PHH co-investor, J.H. Whitney & Co.
"We can now more freely serve our growing customer base in the in vitro diagnostics market and execute on our mission of improving quality of life by advancing a global understanding of disease," Charles Mamrak, SeraCare's CEO, said in a statement. "The sale of our biorepository business is an important element in our growth strategy for SeraCare."
SeraCare also said it is reorganizing into three commercial business units—IVD research, IVD processing, and clinical laboratory—with the goals of gleaning greater insight into customer needs as well as streamlining business processes.
SeraCare also appointed five new executives to lead those units as well as units involved in operations, R&D, and quality. The five new executives:
SeraCare went private last year following its $82 million acquisition by Linden Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused exclusively on leveraged buyouts in the healthcare and life science industries.
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No Joke: How to Earn $1 million in less than 2 weeks
Louis CK has proven that people are willing to pay for quality content, even if it is available freely.
The comedian put out a video of his latest performance at $5 a pop via his website. He then used social media to market it and whammo – in 12 days he amassed a whopping $1 million.
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Beautiful photos!! these are really great and definitely capture the feeling of being there. Looks like you guys had a blast.ReplyDelete
You guys truly are in the sweet spot there! That looks like your own private aquarium of wonders too - gorgeous puddle of creation! Any luck finding a church home there yet?ReplyDelete
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I think we need to take a field trip to your neck of the woods!ReplyDelete
Abby and I were looking at your pictures and Abby said "Mimi, Aunt Steph lives on the sand"..ReplyDelete
It's like you live near your very own aquarium. Truly amazing and beautiful is God's world, yes? Thank you for sharing with us...ReplyDelete
omg! what beautiful pictures! The children are so lucky to be experiencing such beauty:)ReplyDelete
perfection. this is absolutley perfection.ReplyDelete
Love it. Playing in God's creation is learning about Him in away that feeds the soul!ReplyDelete
Oh I totally love this post, your little beach strollers are so adorable!!! I can't believe we live beside the ocean on opposite sides of the world!!! One Day we should have a beach swap!!! We'll take a week or two at yours and you take a week or two at ours!!!ReplyDelete
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The UTHSC Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for reviewing research activities utilizing recombinant DNA (rDNA) and other biohazardous materials to ensure that UTHSC principal investigators and lab personnel utilize appropriate best practices when performing this type of work. All research by UTHSC investigators that utilizes rDNA, as defined in the NIH Guidelines, must be registered with the UTHSC IBC according to policies established by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA).
Regardless of whether you are new to research at UTHSC or have been engaged in it for some time, the Research Compliance Checklist serves to guide investigators in completing research compliance and safety training requirements for different activities. Please take a moment to complete the checklist. Note those forms and safety training requirements that must be completed. Also note the activities that must take place before beginning research projects at UTHSC. This checklist provides a reminder of documentation of safety training needed by research compliance committees and offices.
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The NIH Guidelines, initially published in 1976, were the first documents to formulate the concept of an IBC as the responsible entity for biosafety issues stemming from rDNA research. Per the NIH Guidelines, rDNA is defined as; (1) molecules that are constructed outside living cells by joining natural or synthetic DNA segments to DNA molecules that can replicate in a living cell, and (2) DNA molecules that result from the replication of these molecules. Although the use of non-replicating synthetic nucleic acids, such as siRNA, would not be included in this definition and are considered Exempt by the NIH Guidelines, research utilizing these materials must still be registered with the IBC.
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Biohazardous materials include all infectious agents or biologically derived infectious materials that present either a risk or a potential risk to the health of humans, animals or the environment. The risk can be direct through infection or indirect through damage to the environment. Biohazardous materials include certain types of recombinant DNA; organisms and viruses infectious to humans, animals or plants (e.g. parasites, viruses, bacteria, fungi, prions, rickettsia); and biologically active agents (i.e. toxins, allergens, venoms) that may cause disease in other living organisms or cause significant impact to the environment or community. Biological materials you may not consider to be biohazardous may still be regulated as biohazardous materials.
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When a man's penis, whether hard or not, is pointing upwards in his pants against his stomach. Usually happens when laying down, but is most uncomfortable standing up.
*whispers to Dalton sitting next to him in class* Dude, I'm up so up north right now, but I don't want anyone to see me adjust myself.
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North of Yonkers
He got sent up north/up the river
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The upper peninsula of Michigan.
Up north is a virtual mystery to those of us from the lower peninsula.
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The north of England. Anywhere from Northumbria south to Derbyshire. Home to a bunch of inbred mutants, and the League Of Gentlemen. Wierd people.
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NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of David E. Alexander's On the Wing: Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight (Oxford University Press, 2015).
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House Resolution 548 (PDF), introduced in the United States House of Representatives on December 3, 2015, would, if passed, express the House's support of designating February 12, 2016, as Darwin Day, and its recognition of "Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol on which to celebrate the achievements of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge."
The Utah state board of education voted 11-4 on December 4, 2015, to adopt a new set of science standards for grades 6-8, according to a December 4, 2015, press release. Included, despite early signs of controversy, are evolution and climate change.
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A measure that would have acknowledged "the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real" was rejected in the U.S. House of Representatives on December 3, 2015, according to The Hill (December 3, 2015).
As the tenth anniversary of the decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover approaches, Americans United for Separation of Church and State commemorated the occasion with "Science Lessons," published in the December 2015 issue of Church & State.
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