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Quality education is without a doubt one of the necessary foundations for a thriving community. Excellent schools create excellent graduates, and that creates a pool of potential employees that can help attract business.
It is that fundamental truth that drives Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's continued effort to improve education in New York State, an effort that calls for an all-hands-on-deck approach from all stakeholders.
The most recent example of the governor's commitment to education has come in a preliminary report by his Education Reform Commission.
The 25-member commission is headed by Richard Parsons, former chief executive of Time Warner Corp., and includes Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, State Education Commissioner John B. King and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Suggestions range from longer teaching days and academic years, teacher competency exams, more pre-kindergarten, district consolidations and the recruitment of top high school and college graduates as educators.
Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the State Board of Regents, said it well when she talked about Cuomo's leadership in putting education issues on the front burner. The Regents praised the work – far from over – of laying out a clear road map for improving education. The commission's recommendations are well aligned, she said, with the Regents Reform Agenda and with the priorities in the state's Race to the Top funding and programs.
But real reforms must have political will behind them, particularly on the topic of district consolidation. Erie County is one of the state's worst offenders when it comes to the number of school districts, with a staggering 27, along with two Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). As civic leader Kevin Gaughan has cited in his research, this number is wildly out of proportion to any other community of like size. Moreover, 17 of those districts have fewer than 3,000 students each.
With many of those districts facing financial crisis, some superintendents have strongly hinted that it is unsustainable and unrealistic to operate under an old system designed for far more students. In this era of the tax cap, our current model is clearly unsustainable. That simple fact should drive new discussions that lead promptly to change. Persuading critics of such change will be difficult, but necessary.
The laser focus should be on delivering high-quality education to all students in the most efficient and effective manner possible. That effort requires the strongest possible board of education in each district.
This is especially important in Buffalo, where less than 50 percent of students graduate from high school. The nine-member Board of Education has tremendous authority over education in the city, including choosing a superintendent. Unfortunately, with board elections in May, barely 4 percent of Buffalo voters bother to cast ballots.
That low turnout hands over a disproportionate amount of power to special interest groups able to get their voters to the polls. Albany, therefore, should move school board elections from May to the general election in November, when voters are more likely to focus on the candidates and go to the polls.
The governor's Education Reform Commission has said that its action plan is designed to take the first steps to implement its vision for New York's future. Members will continue their work over the next year.
Everyone in New York has a stake in education. Vigorous discussion of the issues, followed by action, can make 2013 really count for children.


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Unexpected variation in feed lipids can cause tremendous challenges in configuring dairy cattle diets for maximum milk production and components. This month's Fatty Acid Forum webinar focuses on the science of feed lipid variation and the practical management of its impact on cow performance by Dr. Adam Lock of Michigan State University on Thursday, January 10th, at 3 pm central time.
Topics include:
1) The considerable variation of the fatty acid content and composition of fermented feeds, grains, pasture, and byproducts.
2) Why variation in fatty acid content may be important to diet formulation, intake of fatty acids, and risk of milk fat depression.
3) Possible effects of free vs. esterified fatty acids in feeds and the impact(s) on rumen function and animal production.
Dr. Lock's webinar will run 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes of questions and answers.
With degrees from the University of Nottingham in England, and Cornell University, Dr. Lock has become one of the foremost experts in the area of fatty acid nutrition. The emphasis of his research continues to be on the area of fatty acid digestion and metabolism in dairy cattle and the impact of bioactive fatty acids on animal production and human health.
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
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The Fatty Acid Forum, an ongoing learning platform for dairy nutrition professionals, was launched in May of 2012 by Virtus Nutrition to make the latest research and practical applications of feeding fatty acids broadly available to dairy nutrition professionals across the globe. Since its inception, The Fatty Acid Forum has grown to more than 150 regular subscribers to the forum.
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The procedures for filing an appeal of Individual Personal Property Assessment to the Mecklenburg County Board of Equalization and Review are outlined below for your information and assistance.
1. The taxpayer or taxpayer representative should first confer with the Assessor's Office concerning the assessed value, penalty, situs or taxability issue in question and to verify their right to appeal. All taxpayers are urged to provide to the tax assessor information about the appeal prior to the hearing in order for the tax assessor to have a meaningful opportunity to respond and to adjust the assessment at the informal level.
2. The taxpayer must complete a form supplied by the Assessor's Office entitled NOTICE OF APPEAL OF ASSESSMENT-PERSONAL PROPERTY.
A separate form must be completed out for each individual personal property account. The appellant must complete all applicable sections of this form, and the appeal must be signed by the taxpayer.
3. The failure of the taxpayer to complete the INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL PROPERTY APPEAL NOTIFICATION and to supply any additional documentation for the appeal prior to the hearing date may, at the discretion of the board, result in a dismissal of the appeal.
4. The taxpayer has the burden of proving that the valuation, penalty or situs for the property as determined by the Assessor's Office was incorrect, or that the property was taxed in error. When appealing a valuation, the taxpayer must prove that the assessed value substantially exceeds the true market value of the property.
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Altoona Area Public Library intern Joshua McConnell held up a 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablet during a March 27 board of trustees meeting, describing how the wedge-shaped pictographs represent one of the earliest known writing systems that even predates hieroglyphs.
He found it, he said, while archiving items in a storage room. Much of what he uncovered had been piled in boxes or hidden away in filing cabinets. Some of it hadn't been touched in 20 to 30 years, he said.
Along a wall, McConnell displayed some of his finds, including old photographs of Cricket Field, historical documents about Horseshoe Curve and Ivyside Park and a 5-peso bill from the World War II-era Philippines.
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Intern Josh McConnell holds a 4,000-year-old cuneiform at the Altoona Area Public Library.
The bill was particularly fascinating for some board members; "The Japanese Government" is printed across the top in English, with Japanese characters visible underneath the words "five pesos."
McConnell explained the Philippines was, at that time, an American territory that had been invaded by Japan and whose government began issuing fiat currency.
He said finding items like this and being able to read about some of the donors makes it feel like he's rediscovered his hometown all over again.
More than busy work
Executive Director Jennifer Knisely said in the nearly 20 years she's been with the library, McConnell is the first intern who has dealt with its historical documents.
It's been wonderful seeing all the history McConnell was able to uncover, she said, since much of it probably had been stored away when the library's location changed - from the Roosevelt Junior High School, to the Pennsylvania Mechanics Library and then to its current location.
"They were busy unpacking the library" and maybe forgot about other items, she said.
Before McConnell began his internship in January, he said, he was unsure how was going to spend the 240 hours required by his public history master's degree program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He said he feared at first that he might end up doing busy work.
But within the first few hours, he found a Crocker's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences from 1764 stored inside a metal box, the key to which he also just happened to stumble upon.
Library board President Barbara Kooman said the Crocker's dictionary was one of the most impressive finds.
The dictionary is special, she said. Now when it comes time to create an encyclopedia, it's easy to organize and "it's the a's and [then] the b's" but before Google existed, a group of people would have had to work to obtain entries from contemporary experts in medicine, the arts or science.
"They would compile all of the knowledge of the day in that Crocker's book," she said.
She and Knisely went through it, Kooman said, and they were amazed to see old maps of the United States with parts left blank.
"It stopped a third of the way through the country," she said, and the rest was labeled "unknown."
"We know so much about the world today. It's amazing," she said, "the books that were filled with incomplete information."
McConnell said as he continues his work, he views the items as threads of history that he gets to keep pulling at to find out more.
There is a personal connection, he said, to the people who loved the items so much they wanted them to be preserved forever in a library in the hope that someday maybe someone like him would find a use for them.
He said it was lucky that people who looked after the items knew enough to not throw anything away, but he added he sometimes laughs to himself when he comes across an item labeled with a donor's name it and a note to a director or library administrator saying, "What will we do with this?"
"And I'll think to myself, 'nothing!'" he said.
On display
From old newspapers to a stereoscope - which shows its viewer a left- and right-eye image as a three-dimensional one - McConnell said he's learned so many things about the library and Altoona that he didn't expect.
He has one more filing cabinet to go through before he can begin the next step of fully cataloging everything and creating aids to find them, but said he still finds something interesting almost daily.
The latest discovery was a ladies magazine from 1870, whose editor was Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
Knisely said now that McConnell has gone through most of the items, the next step is to create a display area so the public has a chance to see what he's found.
"It would be a shame to keep them hidden away in a filing cabinet," she said.
Knisely said McConnell is working on a proposal for a rotating display system so everything is accessible but secured.
People often think of a library as bringing information and technology to its community, she said, but another important role is to serve as a "steward of the past." No other institution can keep and protect public history, she said.
Kooman said she's hoping a whole new group of people now will be attracted to the library, and the trustees owe a great deal to McConnell "combining his love of history with the needs of the library" and being motivated enough to dig into the boxes and through the brown wrappings.
McConnell said there's some personal satisfaction to the work as well. He's happy he's doing a good job, he said, and is looking forward to the second half of his internship.
"I'm really doing something important," he said.
Mirror Staff Writer Kelly Cernetich is at 946-7520.


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quote: Judge for yourself whether you think the iPad, iPad design patent, and Galaxy Tab (original) are that much like each other. Do the facts support Germany's ban?
quote: Most people who would see you using that Galaxy tab on a bus or in a library somewhere - without seeing that Samsung logo
quote: weather that's grounds for a lawsuit is a whole other story.
quote: What's stopping Samsung from making yellow, red, and blue colored Galaxy Tabs?
quote: Asus has been able to make very distinct tablets, not just in style but also function. But Samsung insists in keeping theirs looking as close as they can get away with being to Apple's design...you have to wonder why.
quote: True, but Apple own upwards of around 75 percent of tablet sales. When people see a smartphone they don't automatically assume it's an iPhone, but when they see a tablet, they indeed WILL often think it's an iPad.
quote: To give a counterexample, most people I know when they see a CPU think Intel made it... even if its an AMD chip. Should AMD be banned from making chips?
quote: What difference would that make? Their device is already black on the back, where Apple's is silver... clearly Apple will sue no matter what color it is.
quote: If you can't tell the difference between an Apple tablet and an Android tablet, should you be spending $500 on a tablet?
quote: And how exactly do you think Asus's tablets are so radically different, when their peripheral keyboard is detached?
quote: Ridiculous argument.
quote: The Samsung lawyer couldn't even tell them apart, despite knowing that one was not an iPad. The confusion isn't because they are both tablets and iPad is far superior so has achieved far higher sales. The confusion is because Samsungs design so blatantly tried to duplicate the iPad. The pathetic little minor differences which your article points out are not even close to changing the fact that the overall appearance is not even distinguishable by a Samsung lawyer.
quote: This isn't a counter example, it's a ludicrous claim. Apple and Samsung distinguish themselves on their DESIGNS, making products which attempt to look good. Processors do not, at all, since they are pretty much NEVER on display - so this argument is completely ridiculous.
quote: It's different because it looks different. You know, not being a complete rip off, right down to the packaging,... Maybe Asus lawyers could actually tell it apart? Shocking I know...
quote: plugs, connections?
quote: I guess that rules out the Samsung lawyers then? And please, it's not about not being able to tell the difference, that isn't enough.
quote: I can rip off a BMW down to every last detail, and then write 'JASON MICK IS BIASED' all over it - it's easy to tell which is which but it's still a blatant rip off.
quote: What's even more shocking is how you're so desperate to defend such blatant copying (in the eyes of the law, too) - when it's the customer who suffers when companies don't add any of their own designs into a product. Samsung trying to ban Apple devices by refusing them FRAND patents is just about as low as any manufacturer could go on the moral meter - yet it gets nothing but a passing mention from you.
quote: Honestly - nobody can take you seriously because you are dripping bias, and it discredits this whole site.
quote: /coolstorytroll
quote: Do those really look that different? Functionality dictates form. Repeat it.
quote: In your mind what would a sufficiently"different" tablet look like?
quote: Again with tablets people have no point of comparison... that is my point.
quote: in this case you're offering up a non sequitir, in that the "similarity" is perceived due to Apple's dominant position.
quote: What exactly about the packaging of the keyboardless tablet is so different??
quote: Obvious troll is obvious. ASUS Transformer Prime: Bluetooth 2.1 micro HDMI Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n Docking port Galaxy Tab 10.1: Bluetooth 2.1 HDMI Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n Wow... looks really different. Glad an expert has set the record straight.
quote: The overall design differences between any two touch-screen devices of a given size are minimal. The most striking visual element is the touchscreen itself. Apple does not make or design its own touch screens -- it buys them from LG. The rest is just putting a plastic/metal wrapper around the internals.
quote: You clearly are poorly informed. The incident you are referring to occurred when a Samsung tablet was held up over 10 feet from a Samsung lawyer... I would have trouble tell most laptops apart from that distance... It was just a meaningless court antic a la "if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!" Your insistence clinging to it is quite sad.
quote: quote: I can rip off a BMW down to every last detail, and then write 'JASON MICK IS BIASED' all over it - it's easy to tell which is which but it's still a blatant rip off. Nice, oddly random obtuse personal attack. I give you points for trying your best to avoid discussing the facts at hand.
quote: If you actually had read and understood the numerous pieces I have written on this topic, I think it's pretty clear that I point out that Samsung's lawsuits are also quite disruptive to the market.
quote: You clearly are a big expert on bias, no? But I suppose I have no right to write a public analysis. I had no idea you had passed a law prohibiting my free speech and freedom of the press... I'll know better next time, surely. Pass the koolaid, while you're at it, I'm kinda thirsty from all this typing.
quote: The smart car is meant for personal conveyance usually in crowded city driving. The Audi, while it can drive in the city, is made mostly for conveying a family around longer distances, yes they both can do each
quote: What's even more shocking is how you're so desperate to
quote: It's different because it looks different. You know, not being a complete rip off
quote: LOL tester you are the WORST troll. I actually rather read Tony's posts. At least he still tries and hasn't devolved into angry ranting.
quote: Samsung didn't "redesign" anything. They made completely superficial changes that nobody in their right mind would care about but Apple and these morons in Germany. A tablets "styling" is a result of function and internal components, not design.
quote: Some idiot the other day, probably you, accused everyone of copying Apple by "making things thinner"
quote: Really? I'm amazed you hammer Samsung so hard while saying this about Asus. They're quite similar in almost every aspect.
quote: It's the same black bezel with rounded corners and a screen in the middle. The thickness from the screen edge to the bezel even looks the same. The only difference is the aspect ratio is different, JUST like the Samsung, and there's no bottom center button. Cause, you know, that's such a crucial component and all about style. Not at all because it's the most logical place to PUT that button /sarcasm. Now please tell me how exactly is this radically different than Samsung's approach? By Appletard logic, Asus ripped off Apple as well.
quote: Again these tablet designs are a result of components and function, not styling. People don't make thick round form factors for tablets because there's no REASON to.
quote: What's stopping Samsung from making yellow, red, and blue colored Galaxy Tabs?


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Dealing with consumer perceptions of their food, farmers and, more specifically, animal care was the topic of two presentations during the pre-conference symposium at the annual meeting of NMC, formerly the National Mastitis Council.
"Consumers don't want 'industrial' agriculture, but they want cheap food," said Wes Jamison of Palm Beach Atlantic University. "They support strict regulations on animal care, but they want cheap food."
Animal care is not a front-of-the mind issue for most consumers, he believes. But they trust farmers to take good care of their animals and are easily activated by the media. However, the activation is short-lived, said Jamison. The negative impressions usually fade within 48 to 72 hours. However, consumers who have seen some negative publicity about animal care are more likely to get worked up again.
"Consumers trust farmers more than they do other industry representatives or advocates," said Jamison. "But that trust is eroding," due to the negative publicity such as the Westland/Hallmark slaughter plant abuses and the report about animal care on ABC's Nightline last month.
People view farm animal care through the same prism they view their pets. "That's a big problem facing animal agriculture," said Jamison. "Pets are family." He explained that, in our urban/suburban society, pets are kept indoors and are considered part of the family.
Consumers don't understand why farm animals shouldn't have the same care and attention.
"Our industry has a lot of economically valid practices for caring for animals, but we have to decide what is socially acceptable and not acceptable," said Candace Croney at Ohio State University. We have had gestation stalls for sows, crates for veal calves, cages for layers, and even puppy mills. "They all worked economically or they wouldn't have existed," she added. "But it has been decided that these are not acceptable." Jamison had said that profit is not justification for a practice in the eyes of consumers.
"Now we have to look at lameness incidence and tail docking and ask ourselves what's acceptable and not acceptable," said Croney. "We also have to look at mastitis and anything else on farms that causes pain and decide what we are going to do about it."
Self-regulation can work. Programs such as FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) can raise the bar on animal care and give our industry documentation that animal welfare and care issues are being addressed.


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Throughout the course of my life I have seen, experienced, and been a part of many things that have motivated me to do the undoable and inspired me to believe the unbelievable. I have found great power and direction in the common and the uncommon alike. My journey has been a truly wild ride and has given me some unique perspectives.
However, I can say without equivocation that on Tuesday, the 27th of January I had the most inspiring and motivating moment of my life. At 4:50 in the morning I watched my first child, my son Coleman, come into this world.
Never in my life have I seen anything more pure and good and right. Never have I been a part of something more spiritually powerful. Never, have I believed more strongly that anything can happen.
In the days since his birth I have relished the quiet moments when I hold him in my arms and look him in the eye. In those moments I have felt inspiration and motivation without equal. I have felt inspired to become better that I might set a proper example for him. I have felt motivated to never quit so that through me he might know the power of perseverance.
There are those who say that everything good and worth fighting for is no longer a part of this world. I'm here to tell you that at 4:50 AM on Tuesday, January 27 Coleman Jason Hall proved them wrong.
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5 Social Rules Parenthood Forces You to Break
#2. Never Interrupt
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As an Adult:
Everyone has that one acquaintance or co-worker who just doesn't know when to end an already boring story. They drone on and on about the most inane bullshit, and it just never ends. And they always have a story. You've known them long enough that you've actually developed a system to dodge them -- maybe a go-to excuse to leave the room, or you know when they take their break, so you time yours 10 minutes later than that.
But what you can't do is look them dead in the eyes and say, "You have to shut the fuck up. If I have to listen to even five more seconds of your IQ-puncturing drivel, the people who find your remains will assume that you were attacked by a tornado full of tractors."
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Oh, it's comin', bitch. Just keep on talkin'.
But to Your Children:
You are the last line of defense for the world -- we're begging you to use this power wisely. How you handle an annoying or overly talkative child will determine whether you gift the world with a normal, tolerable human or ... that guy.
Luckily, I've never met a parent (and maybe I've just been lucky) who didn't recognize when their kid was being an annoying sack of shit and just told them that point blank. It's really the only time I've seen that reaction be not only socially acceptable, but demanded by virtually everyone within earshot of the offending douchechild.
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"So that's why sometimes you just have to shut your big ol' stupid word hole."
My middle son loves Minecraft, but when he first got it, nobody else in the house played it. Every time one of us turned around, there he was, desperately trying to explain some facet of the game that none of us had the ability to comprehend. To us, he was just saying a random collection of words, and every time he found something new, that string of words got longer and longer, until I finally had to tell him, "No one has even the most remote idea what you're talking about because we don't play the game. That's great that you want to share it with us, but it's just one of those things that none of us care about. You're just going to have to accept that this is your thing and we want no part of this one." And then I punched him in the face, because that's what I call my "Learnin' Stamp."
#1. Never Talk About Money
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As an Adult:
This is the number one rule at pretty much every workplace in the free world. You never, ever discuss what you make, because if it's more than your co-workers, they'll get pissed, and the peasants shall revolt. Jealousy springs up. People start storming into the boss's office, demanding a raise. Everyone compares their work to yours, and every single one of them will swear that they're 10 times the worker that you are. Others feel inadequate and unappreciated. Morale just goes to hell -- I've seen it happen more times than I care to remember.
But it doesn't begin and end with pay scales. People don't want to hear how much you paid for your car or your house because it makes you sound like a braggart. They don't want to talk about bills -- hell, their own bills are stressful enough. Why would they want to talk about yours? It's pretty much universally accepted that if what you're about to say has a dollar sign somewhere in there, you can just bend right on over and fuck yourself.
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"I had a whole box of these custom made just for you. It cost $4."
But to Your Children:
Have you ever wondered why we do the Santa Claus thing, where we pretend the Christmas gifts are from some supernatural home invader rather than from Mom and Dad's paychecks? I'm convinced that half of it is due to parents not wanting to have "that" conversation with their kids, because it would be considered rude, or cynical ("Look, we have $200 to spend this year on you guys, so if you get that bicycle, that only leaves us enough to get your sister a Ziploc bag of sauce packets we stole from Taco Bell").
Because most of the parents I know take that attitude year-round -- kids are given no concept of what Mom and Dad make, or of how good or bad the money situation is, aside from a series of vague complaints Dad mumbles when he's going through the bills. When disaster strikes, all they know is "We had to cancel vacation this year, and Dad is missing a kidney." And when they grow up, they have no way to know what lifestyle any particular income will provide them. They have nothing to compare it to. That's why so many kids screw themselves with debt right out of college -- they're trying to get a home like the one they grew up in, not realizing that they're only making half of what their parents did.
My parents were like that, although I think it was because they actively hated money, therefore refusing to keep any of it in their possession. For other parents I know, it was because their parents brought them up with the "never speak this demon's name, lest it scorch the earth with its vengeful wrath" financial philosophy. And in all of our cases, we had to learn how to budget, save, spend, and manage all on our own from scratch. Yes, some of the consumer education classes from school helped, but that's a pretty fucking piss-poor replacement for seeing an actual budget in action. Yes, generic canned corn is 10 cents cheaper than the name brand. Thanks, high school.
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"Look, I'm doing economics!"
So where my kids are concerned, I'm transparent with what I make and what I spend, because it helps them know what money is and why it's so valuable. A shocking amount of people aren't -- even in the examples I mentioned above, where as adults the parents realize how hard their ignorance about money has made their lives, they still don't want to talk about it to their kids. It's just so ingrained that it's not a subject of polite conversation.
Personally, I don't want to add another annoying, financially ignorant, stankass shithead to the adult world -- we already have enough of those. So I'm talking to my kids with that socially polite bullshit stripped right down to its naked, boner-sporting truth. The way I see it, they might as well look at its shriveled, misshapen balls now, because it's going to flash them sooner or later anyway.
John is a columnist right here at Cracked. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.


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Wisconsin Oven manufactures gas fired and electrically heated Normal Duty Walk-In Ovens (SWN series). They are available in 55 standard sizes and all meet FM, IRI, NEC and NFPA 70 & 86 recommendations.
Features found on the SWN series are:
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- Standard Maximum Temperature Rating of 500°F-optional ratings of 650 & 800°F
- Heavy tongue & groove panels with 12 gauge exterior roof & base trim
- Aluminized interior
- Fully adjustable ductwork to provide even airflow throughout the entire work chamber
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We awoke early Sunday to images of Joe Paterno's statue being removed by a jackhammer and a forklift, in effect creating his second funeral.
And we awake today fearing there may be yet another death in the Penn State family - this one even more unexpected and one that may take years for the university and the Nittany Nation to recover.
NCAA President Mark Emmert has confirmed that sanctions will be levied against Penn State at a 9 a.m. press conference this morning.
The word "unprecedented" has been included in the advance notice, which means the penalties will be stiff and unforgiving.
Sanctions reportedly will not include a death penalty that would sideline the football team for a season or longer. They reportedly, though, could be as bad or even worse.
If the NCAA allows Penn State to play football but takes it out of bowl consideration for several years, places a TV ban and strips significant scholarship numbers - all of which have been speculated - the university may find itself wishing the punishment would be a one-year death penalty.
We'll have to wait and see, and we won't have to wait long.
This case that culminated with Jerry Sandusky's conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse against 10 children - and Penn State's decision, according to Louis Freeh's report, to conceal evidence over the years - is so sickening that the NCAA obviously feels it needs to make a statement.
To those who have built their falls around Penn State football and emotionally attached themselves to the Nittany Lions for years, harsh penalties in light of all the suffering that has already taken place is mightily disappointing.
But it's difficult for the NCAA to ban programs for recruiting violations and not take a stand here, much as it will hurt, and even if what transpires will likely add more innocent victims - though not the kind of victims on which Sandusky preyed.
About to pay a price - unfairly - are the current players, many of whom never met Sandusky, the new coaching staff, led by Bill O'Brien, the student body and the entire Penn State community.
Economically, an entire state will share in the suffering.
With the use of the word "unprecedented," it doesn't appear that the firings of Paterno and Graham Spanier, the Freeh report, PSU's $2.5 million donation to child abuse, its pledge toward a new course and now the statue's removal will curry favor with the NCAA.
As sad it was to watch the dismantling of the statue, Penn State President Rodney Erickson obviously had no choice in that it had become a safety hazard, to itself and to the university.
Paterno had become too much of a lightning rod, and the Freeh report that the university had commissioned - though incomplete and an opinion, certainly - included enough testimony to justify Erickson's decision.
With that wound still open, the NCAA is wasting no time in rubbing salt in it, and the pall over State College will continue indefinitely.
Neil Rudel writes about Penn State football from the Altoona Mirror. Follow him on Twitter @neilrudel.


text: Père-Lachaise cemetery, final resting place of numerous notables, is an atmospheric, eerily beautiful haven, with little cobbled footpaths, terraced slopes and magnificent old trees which spread their branches over the tombs as though shading them from the outside world. The cemetery was opened in 1804, after an urgent stop had been put to further burials in the overflowing city cemeteries and churchyards. The civil authorities had Molière, La Fontaine, Abelard and Héloïse reburied here, and to be interred in Père-Lachaise quickly acquired cachet. A free map of the cemetery is available at all the entrances or you can buy a more detailed one at the Père-Lachaise shop at 45 boulevard de Ménilmontant. Among the most visited graves is that of Chopin (Division 11), often attended by Poles bearing red-and-white wreaths and flowers. Fans also flock to the ex-Doors lead singer Jim Morrison (Division 6), who died in Paris at the age of 27, and to Oscar Wilde's tomb (Division 89), which is topped with a sculpture by Jacob Epstein of a mysterious Pharaonic winged messenger. You can also visit the graves of Edith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Corot, Balzac and Modigliani. In Division 97 are the memorials to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps and executed Resistance fighters. Marking one of the bloodiest episodes in French history is the Mur des Fédérés (Division 76), the wall where the last troops of the Paris Commune were lined up and shot in the final days of the battle in 1871.


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Campus Patrol provides the following services 24 hours per day, seven days per week, year-round:
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Westminster College employs eight full-time campus patrol officers. Patrol shifts are set up so that two officers are on patrol at all times.


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a basketball game when you use a broom to block the ball from goin into the net. You hae 10 seconds to score if not its the other persons ball. There is also a crease around the basketball hoop.
I broke my finger playin mcdermid-ball
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Who wants to watch back to back games against the ducks in Anaheim? this isn't baseball
Well, maybe this schedule will open the NHLPA's eyes to realignment. Its a pretty rough one for Detroit, Columbus, Nashville, Winnipeg, and even Chicago. Plus, I'm sure that Edmonton and Calgary fans are thrilled that they won't play Winterpeg once.
Anyway, game on.
It wasn't that they were opposed to realignment. They weren't given all the information, and there were so many unknowns come playoff time, and when they asked for the info bettman dragged his feet. Don't even get me started on the uneven divisions


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john is an iron, he is attracted to men
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A gat, peice, heat, or any kind of handgun.
You better watch how you step or you'll get this iron to your mind.
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Word used to describe unusually flat-bottomed feet(flat-footedness). Typically these feet are great for water skiing but not great for running. Irons can be easily spotted by the total flatness of the bottom of the foot.
Davit: Wow! You have flat feet!
Zach: Yep, they're called irons.
Davit: Can you barefoot ski?
Zach: I'm the best at it!
Zach: Yep, they're called irons.
Davit: Can you barefoot ski?
Zach: I'm the best at it!
door Davit McBarn 26 januari 2006
1. a pistol or other firearm
2. the weights used by weightlifters
The guy had an iron and he paid the price for misusing it.
door The Return of Light Joker 9 februari 2008
Of all forceable entry tools, the "Irons" are probably the most favored by firefighters. Consisting of a flat-head ax "married" to a halligan bar, the uses of the Irons are many. They are most commonly used to gain access to locked doors and windows. The halligan bar has three different prying tips on it. They are a spike, a wedge, and a two-pronged fork or claw. By inserting one of these tips into a door or window frame and driving it with the flat-head ax, the trained firefighter can make quick access through most common types of doors. By driving the spike into the floor, the halligan bar becomes a good anchor point to attach a rope during emergency rescue procedures. The flat-head ax is also useful for cutting through windows and doors that may be boarded up. The Irons are carried with a special "marriage" strap, the blade of the ax inserted into the slot of the claw on one end, and the handle of the ax resting between the spike and the wedge on the other.
After Firefighter Steve got to the door and realized it was locked he exclaimed, "Dammit, I forgot the Irons, again."
door Cut it 19 juli 2005
a group of homosexual men
"Would you look at those set of irons"
door cookie101 22 mei 2005
the collective term for a group casual female sexual acquaintances.
"I've been chirpsing my irons all night and now im knackered!"
"I've been chirpsing my irons all night and now im knackered!"
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MARTINSBURG - United Commercial Travelers of America and Chick-fil-A will sponsor the 2011 Concerts in War Memorial Park. Concerts begin at 7 p.m. Lineup includes:
Today: Razmus;
July 21: Williamsport Community Band;
July 28: Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band; and
Aug. 4: United States Army Field Band, "Volunteers."
For more information, visit www.mbcparks-rec.org.
Paul Pfau Trio
set to perform
CHARLES TOWN - An electric open jam session, with the Paul Pfau Trio, will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. today at the Tap House. Additional BluesGate Jams include the following:
Friday, 7 to 10 p.m.: Tom Flegal at the Tap House; and
Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m.: Dan Cronin at the Dirty Dawg Saloon, in Martinsburg.
Opera House hosting live music
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Opera House announces the following lineup:
Friday: Patent Pending;
July 23: The Demon Beat with Elephant Child; and
July 29: Larry Keel and Natural Bridge.
Admission ranges from $5 to $12 depending on concert.
For more information, visit www.OperaHouseLive.com.
Good Natured
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MARTINSBURG - The acoustic folk duo "Naked Blue" will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Good Natured Cafe, 209 S. Raleigh St. Dinner, wine and beer will be served all evening. Cover charge is $5.
For more information, call 304-262-9978 or visit www.goodnaturedllc.com.
Pen Mar concert series sets lineup
CASCADE, Md. - Pen Mar Park 2011 Summer Music Series announces the following lineup. Performances will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. in the 4,000-square-foot dance pavilion. Admission is free:
Sunday: Organist Jim Powers;
July 24: Spectrum;
July 31: Jay & The Jingos;
Aug. 7: The Andy Angel Quartet;
Aug. 14: Music By Just Us;
Aug. 21: Mike Surratt and The ECB;
Aug. 28: The Ray Birely Orchestra;
Sept. 4: The Holders;
Sept. 11: Fancy Brass;
Sept. 18: Variety;
Sept. 25: Four Easy Pieces; and
Oct. 2: The Josh Tindall Orchestra.
For more information, call 240-313-2807.
City Park to host concert series
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Municipal Band's Summer Concert Series will be held at 7:30 p.m. every Sunday at the Peter Buys Band Shell. Lineup includes:
Sunday: "Conductors Night";
July 24: United States Army Tuba Quartet with Neal Corwell;
July 31: Rosanne Fraley;
Aug. 7: Loras Schissel and Ashley Wyrick;
Aug. 14: Lisa Gleason;
Aug. 21: Keith Smith; and
Aug. 28: HMB Dance Band with Joel Guyton and Bill Wilson.
Admission is free.
Jazz trio to play at fine arts museum
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Lydia Lewis, Caleb Nei and Dan Zarcone will perform at 2:30 p.m. July 24 at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. Admission is $5 for nonmembers; and free for museum members and children 12 and younger.
Shepherd faculty recital planned
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Faculty members of Shepherd University's Department of Music will perform at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.
Performers include David Drosinos, Stephen Czarkowski and Dr. Scott Beard. Admission is $5 for nonmembers; and free for museum members and children 12 and under.
'Red, White and Blue' series set
HAGERSTOWN, Md.- Hagerstown Community College's Alumni Association recently announced its concert schedule for the seventh annual Red, White and Blue Summer Concert Series.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Aug. 14, 4:30 p.m.: U.S. Navy Sea Chanters;
Aug. 22, 6:30 p.m.: U.S. Air Force "Max Impact";
Aug. 24, 6:30 p.m.: U.S. Navy Commodores; and
Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m.: U.S. Army TRADOC "James River Ramblers" Band.
All concerts are free, open to the public and will be held in HCC's Alumni Amphitheater. Concessions will be available for purchase. Please note that no outside food is permitted on the amphitheater grounds.
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"A group of old friends that included Ryan and Sandra spent New Year's together at Sandra's restaurant Bess Bistro," her rep tells PEOPLE. "They all had a great time ringing in the New Year as they have in the past ... as nothing more than friends."
Despite speculation, a source close to Reynolds, 34, echoes the sentiment that there's nothing romantic in real life between the on-screen lovebirds, who starred in The Proposal together.
Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson, 26, Reynolds's soon-to-be ex-wife, dined at the same restaurant on Dec. 28 with her pal Drew Barrymore.
Bullock, who's friendly with both Reynolds and Johansson from their days as a couple, stopped by the table to say hello to her fellow actresses during their meal, according to an observer.
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A woman continously grinding back and forth on the penis while having sex doggy style
1. That girl knows how to throw it back
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While males on top "giving it to her" Female throws motion back to him.
She throw it back, cause it make ha nut quicker .
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(v.) the act of "grinding" very well.
JayP: "ayo... ima see you at the club tonight and you gunna throw it back.yeeeeesssss"
от billy bob jr. III 02 май 2008
A.Finishing a cup of liqour in a gulp
B.Dancing(girls grinding on boys)
B.Dancing(girls grinding on boys)
A.Dude 1-You Stressed Ma Dude?
Dude 2- YEa
Dude 1-Well throw that Bacardi back
B.Bitch, Throw It back
Dude 2- YEa
Dude 1-Well throw that Bacardi back
B.Bitch, Throw It back
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a term used to highlight an awkward situation, often said in drinking situations to encourage others to take another drink of alcohol for the purpose of becoming intoxicated so as to care less about the awkwardness occuring
"That really sucks that your girlfriend hooked up with Joe last night."
"Welp, throw it back."
"Welp, throw it back."
от Doll 27 април 2005
In regard to music, whenever somebody plays an older song, or one that is not fresh or new, this is referred to as throwin it back.
"Damn I havn't heard this song in forever, you really know how to throw it back!"
"Damn Straight..."
"Damn Straight..."
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Plies said he taught her how 2 throw it back
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Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:06 PM
I'm currently playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer pretty regularly, and i'm about halfway through finishing the campaign on Insanity difficulty.
I'm also on the side playing Halo Anniversary edition co-op online, Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare, and Monday Night Combat.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 04 May 2012 - 05:55 PM
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Posted 07 May 2012 - 09:35 AM
When that's done, I'll finish up inFamous on the PS3 (one of the free games I got as a "Thank You" when the PS Network was down for over a month).
And then, probably go mildly old school, and play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on the Xbox. Downloaded that years ago from the Xbox Live Marketplace, and I usually play it once every year or so. That game easily has one of the best soundtracks ever.
Posted 07 May 2012 - 04:58 PM
Posted 08 May 2012 - 01:05 AM
RE6.. yes please. Operation Raccoon City was a mess, I barely count it as a Resident Evil game.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:13 PM
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:28 PM
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 11 June 2012 - 01:16 PM
A - inFAMOUS again, but with all Evil choices (I'm doing all Good on this playthrough).
B - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Played this game a dozen times, but it never ever gets old. The Metal Gear series has been my favorite game series of all time, and this one was nothing less than spectacular.
C - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. I played this one previously, and made it about 1/3-1/2 through the game, but never had a chance to finish the game.
So, what say you? A, B or C?
Posted 05 October 2012 - 02:13 AM
I'm currently playing Borderlands 2 primarily, along with NHL 13, Mass Effect 3 online and Dust: An Elysian Tail.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 08:00 AM
Ironically, I just finished up AC:B this weekend. I really want to pick up Assassin's Creed Revelations and go through it before AC3 hits later this month.
A bit late on the reply, but i'd say give Assassins Creed a once through.
I'm currently going semi-old-school again, playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Hard to believe that game is almost 10 years old).
Posted 05 October 2012 - 05:31 PM
I preordered Dishonored today, a potential great title from the guys that brought us Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Looking forward to getting into that one.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 10 October 2012 - 10:09 AM
It's interesting to see how many similarities Bioware put into KOTOR and Mass Effect. One example I can think of is a loading screen I saw last night in KOTOR said something to the effect of "Due to the dangers of exploring new hyperspace routes, most of the galaxy remains unexplored", exactly like they said in the ME series.
The original two Knights of the Old Republic games are phenomenal, and still remain in my top 5 all time games list. It's a damn shame that instead of a modern KotOR 3 they made the MMO on PC instead.
Posted 11 October 2012 - 07:11 PM
We've seen a few HD remakes on the xbox recently, including Resident Evil 4, Crysis, Metal Gear Solid Collection, and Halo Anniversary. If they ever decided to rebuild and modernize the original two Old Repubilc games i'd gladly pay another $60 for them.
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 12 October 2012 - 04:21 PM
Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:14 PM
The BIG downer IMHO is the frequent use of button mashing on action prompts. In some cases the camera angle changes requiring you to change the direction you are running which will cause you to mistime the action button mash. I dislike dying repeatedly because of a camera angle change.
Other than that, the AI partner is a huge improvement from RE5. If you like RE, it's worth picking up imho. Be warned it's more horror action than the old school survival horror.
Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:26 PM
In memory of Steve Shoen, Rest in peace.
Posted 13 October 2012 - 06:57 AM
RE has been leaning a bit more towards the horror action genre opposed to it's survival horror roots. RE6 got beat up a bit in reviews and i'm not entirely sure why. I plan on getting into it soon.
The button mashing sequences are THAT annoying. That aside, I do like it. Hit me up to play doubles if I'm on. I think you'll like Piers once you unlock him in the Mercenaries.
Posted 15 November 2012 - 09:05 AM
Sadly, I only had time to play about 30 minutes last night, so I'm still in the VERY early stages of the game. Much more time available tonight.
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I don't think you can blame poor training for this type of injury. It's not like it's an injury to a joint or muscle. Nonetheless, the teams training regimen should be reexamined.
I don't know what it is, but I hate hearing how it's bad luck, or being snake bitten, etc. Back to back years now we've been hit with ridiculous injuries.


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This week has been a trying but good one for me. I feel like I've rounded yet another corner (so.many.corners.) but for once (in my life?) (in a long long time?) I'm happy with who I see when I see me. Like, I actually can feel myself going in the right direction. If that makes any sense?
I still struggle with reading my Bible like
I'm sensing a lot of new things within me but it's almost like they aren't new, but that this was me all along.
Like, I was underneath a bunch of stuff that I'm throwing off, purging left and right and while I was running the other day it was like I saw it all happening, and I passed this bench and envisioned the old me, sitting there and I kept running and it was like, I'm leaving her behind. And it made me so happy.
I'm ready to live.
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Domestic airfares increase 6% in Q1 2012 over a year earlier
Average air fares and hotel rates climbed in first quarter 2012 compared to a year earlier, with the biggest percentage increase coming in domestic air fares. This comes from the American Express Business Travel Monitor.
To simplify the explanation of why: Companies are still having their employees travel, while suppliers are keeping a lid on capacity.
- Category Average Change
- Domestic airfares $261 +6%
- International airfares $1,933 +4%
- Domestic hotel rates $157 +5%
- International hotel rates $240 +1%
"Prices rose in the first quarter as companies put travelers on the road to jumpstart 2012 business goals while supply remained relatively tight," said Christa Degnan Manning, director, EXPERT INSIGHTS Research at American Express Global Business Travel.
She suggested that companies give employees incentives to comply with corporate travel policies rather than punishment for not doing so.
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Maui Campus, Maui College, Hale 218
You will learn about local ocean safety principles and practices; historical, cultural, and customary practices of Hawai'i's ocean users; and rules regarding protected species and thrill craft operation in Hawai'i. Effective January 2005 all recreational thrill craft (personal watercraft) operators must complete this certification class on the safe use and operation of a thrill craft.
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Actually I stumbled across this fragrance by mistake, from the first time I smelled the fragrance I was sold on it. Cabotine is my favorite fragrance ever! I've been wearing it for about 4 years now and nothing can take the place of its flowery fresh scent. Whenever I wear it my co-workers always say they can tell whenever I left out of a room
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A friend who worked in perfume introduced me to Cabotine many years ago. I love this fragrance. I get compliments and people don't know the name so it's unique. I find it a bit strong when I first put it on but it lingers for a long time.
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I fell in love with Dior Tendre Poison and was disappointed when it went out of production. Then I found Cabotine. Cabotine smells spot on like Tendre Poison. So glad to find this clone of a fragrance I loved!
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NORTHAMPTON - When Cooley Dickinson Hospital and its physicians group inked a deal last fall with Blue Cross Blue Shield to launch a new way of paying for medical care, it joined the vanguard of a movement that many believe will reshape health care in America.
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NORTHAMPTON - Not everyone is enthusiastically behind the global payment plan model for health care, either out of fear of the unknown or because the model looks a lot like the HMO-managed care plans of the 1990s.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, for example, reported that only 59 percent of physicians indicated they would participate in voluntary accountable care organizations, according to its annual "Physician Workforce Study" last fall.
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NORTHAMPTON - Polly Peterson is a frequent flier to Cooley Dickinson Hospital, though that's a label she is beginning to shed.
Over eight months last year, the Northampton woman was sent to hospital a dozen times for complications of congestive heart failure.
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BOSTON – October 27, 2011 – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) today announced that Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) and Cooley Dickinson Physician Hospital Organization (CDPHO), based in Northampton, Mass., will join BCBSMA's innovative payment system known as the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) effective January 1, 2012. Introduced in 2009, the AQC is a modified global payment model designed to slow the growth in health care spending and improve patient care by helping physicians and hospitals emphasize quality and value over volume.
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More than 150,000 seniors in Eastern Massachusetts who are enrolled in traditional Medicare plans have received a letter in the mail - or will soon - informing them that their doctors are part of a newfangled health care system. Each accountable care organization, or ACO, is aimed at making sure patients get "the right care, in the right place, at the right time,'' the letter says.
It's likely that few, if any, know just what an ACO is. Until recently, many health policy experts were hard-pressed to explain exactly how the new health care model, formalized under the Affordable Care Act and launched by Medicare on Jan. 1, would work.
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Legislation backed by Massachusetts' governor would create regulation for accountable care organizations and establish a health information technology council.
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Massachusetts, the first state to adopt near-universal healthcare coverage is out in front of healthcare reform once again. This time, the idea is to revamp the reimbursement system for physicians and hospitals, from the current fee-for service model to a global payments model (aka bundled payments). This is a key step toward adoption of the accountable care organization model, which is getting a lot of attention from both providers and payers, even though it is still loosely defined and largely untested.
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Yesterday marked a health care milestone in Massachusetts which I'm particularly pleased to blog about: Governor Patrick announced comprehensive health care payment and delivery reform legislation that is designed to control rising health care costs and improve patient care throughout the Commonwealth.
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Accountable care organizations take up only seven pages of the massive new health law yet have become one of the most talked about provisions. This latest model for delivering services offers doctors and hospitals financial incentives to provide good quality care to Medicare beneficiaries while keeping down costs. A cottage industry of consultants has sprung up to help even ordinary hospitals become the first ACOs on the block.
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ACOs are hot. They were the topic of a major federal meeting yesterday. Today they are on the agenda of the Massachusetts panel that's charged with revamping the health care payment system. Another state panel has already recommended heading toward them. They are causing many concerns. Your health care organization may try to become one. So what are they?
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LOCKPORT – Paul J. Schubert of Niagara Falls finally pleaded guilty Wednesday, on his third courtroom appearance since being presented with a plea offer in connection with as many as six armed robberies of western Niagara County convenience stores.
Schubert, 21, of Townsend Place, admitted to attempted first-degree robbery as second-degree robbery, as he acknowledged holding up two 7-Eleven stores on Buffalo Avenue in the Falls, one on Sept. 6 and one on Sept. 12. The plea, which involved a promise of no more than 10 years in prison, covered all the robberies.
However, Schubert faces as long as seven more years in prison for third-degree burglary. He pleaded guilty in June to a 2010 break-in at a Seneca Avenue home, and was admitted to a court-supervised drug treatment program, from which he was officially expelled Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas.
She scheduled sentencing on all charges for March 1.


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A sexy name, that's Native American. A character in brother bear possibly the best disney movie of all time.
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Lead poisoning
Lead is a metal that was once a common additive to household paint and leaded gasoline and was used in water pipes and as a solder in canned foods. Although these uses have been banned, the interiors of many houses built before 1978 contain peeling lead paint chips and dust and lead-contaminated water. The soils around the houses and near adjacent roadways may also be affected. Children who live, play, or spend time in these environments are at risk and can bring lead into their bodies by inhaling or ingesting contaminated dust, water, paint chips, and food. Other local sources of lead may be areas near industrial or manufacturing sites.
A young child's exposure to lead can damage the brain and other organs and cause behavioral problems and developmental delays. Poisoning from this environmental hazard usually occurs in early childhood. In the majority of cases, exposure does not cause physical symptoms, and impaired cognitive development may not be noticed until the child enters school.
Many children in the United States need to be screened for lead poisoning during early childhood (around 2 years of age). Elevated blood lead levels are a sign of significant lead exposure. A simple questionnaire helps health care providers identify children at high risk. Even so, many children who are at high risk have not been screened. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 250,000 children in the United States between 1 and 5 years of age have blood lead concentrations that are higher than 10 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL), the concentration at which the CDC, until recently, had recommended public health measures be taken. The CDC notes, however, that there is no apparent threshold below which harmful effects of lead do not occur. In 2012, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (ACCLPP) made the recommendation that the threshold for blood lead levels be lowered to 5 mcg/dL due to mounting evidence of the detrimental effect of even minute amounts of lead. The CDC announced acceptance of this recommendation in May 2012.
Currently, lead levels are monitored on a local level based on state and national standards. The CDC recommends that each state develop a plan to detect children who may have been exposed to lead. Some states test every child at least once, while others focus on the children in older neighborhoods who are considered at highest risk. Some local health departments recommend blood lead screening at younger ages or more frequently whereas other areas lack any state or local screening plan.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend that screening be offered at least to the following:
- Every Medicaid-eligible child at 1 year of age and again at 2 years of age
For children not eligible for Medicaid, AAP also recommends following any local recommendations for screening and, if there are none, health care providers should consider screening all children at least once at age 2 and preferably also at age 1, unless lead exposure can be confidently excluded.
Both the CDC and AAP also recommend that health care providers and state screening programs consider screening children of parents who work with lead as well as immigrant, refugee, and other foreign-born children of any age when they enter the United States.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Lead - Prevention Tips
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APHA. CDC Accepts Advisory Committee Recommendation to Replace "Level of Concern" for Lead Poisoning with New Reference Value. Washington, D.C. May 16, 2012. Available online at http://www.apha.org/about/news/pressreleases/2012/cdc+advisory+new+reference+value.htm through http://www.apha.org. Accessed May 2012.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Response to Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Recommendations in "Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call of Primary Prevention." PDF available for download at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/ACCLPP/CDC_Response_Lead_Exposure_Recs.pdf through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed May 2012.
(January 4, 2012) Report of the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention. PDF available for download at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/ACCLPP/Final_Document_011212.pdf through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed Jan 31, 2012.
(June 1, 2009) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lead. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/ through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed Jan 31, 2012.
HealthyChildren.org. Lead Poisoning. Available online through http://www.healthychildren.org. Accessed February 2012.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Lead Exposure in Children: Prevention, Detection, and Management. Pediatrics Vol. 116 No. 4 October 1, 2005, Pp 1036 -1046. Available online at http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;116/4/1036#SEC7 through http://aappolicy.aappublications.org. Accessed February 2012.
MayoClinic.com. Lead poisoning. Available online at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lead-poisoning/FL00068/DSECTION=tests%2Dand%2Ddiagnosis through http://www.mayoclinic.com. Accessed February 2012.
Anne M. Wengrovitz, MPH, Mary Jean Brown, ScD. Recommendations for Blood Lead Screening of Medicaid-Eligible Children Aged 1--5 Years: an Updated Approach to Targeting a Group at High Risk. MMWR August 7, 2009. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5809a1.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed June 2012.


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49ers fans hope there will be plenty of "Kaepernicking" in New Orleans during Super Bowl 47.
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kissing the tattoos on his right bicep after an article critical of his tattoos came out last month.
The touchdown celebration has spawned Kaepernick's legion of fans to upload photos of themselves "Kaepernicking" to social media.
There is even a "Kaepernicking" T-shirt (See photo). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the shirts go to Camp Taylor, a camp for children with heart diseases. Kaepernick is involved with the charity, which is based in Salida. Learn more.
You can upload your "Kaepernicking" photos by going to KCRA.com/ulocal and selecting to the Sports-Niner Fans category.


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quote: Dont give me there are other download sites for mp3s.
quote: What lock-in? Please demonstrate how turning off the HACK that Palm made to fraudluently trick iTunes into thinking a Pre is an iPod prevents you from using iTunes in conjunction with your Pre.
quote: And while you're at it, please demonstrate how it would be anti-competitive in any way, shape, or form, if Apple somehow actually did truly make iTunes incompatible with any music players other than their own.
quote: Please, please, please - demonstrate how it is possible, in any universe, for anyone to have a monopoly on a pure commodity like .mp3s.
quote: Putting it bluntly, if Apple had a readily available API for iTunes for those companies wishing to enable their devices to sync with iTunes, in my opinion they should be able to freely do so. Why shouldn't they? Because they have their own hardware? So what? The iTunes user base extends beyond those with just iPods. Why not accomodate for everyone?
quote: The lock-in is that without a hack, you cannot sync the Pre using iTunes. You have to use Apple hardware. I'm sure for those with Mac computers and OSX, which iTunes is the main music player/organizer, this is very convenient indeed. I think with that said, it's pretty clear to see how this is a lock-in, particularly for those with Apple computers.
quote: I never said anything about being anti-competitive. This is purely simple convenience for users of iTunes. The inability to sync a Pre without said hack is a prime example of Apple's disrespect for the users of it's software. Just because there's nothing in it for Apple, that doesn't mean they cannot benefit the consumers. That way they might actually gain some respect, which they are sorely lacking right now.
quote: Perhaps it's not a monopoly per se, but there is no doubt that Apple is a massive player in .mp3 sales. Just because it's a commodity, that doesn't mean the provider of that commodity can't use unfair business practices to stifle the competition in another market. Apple is using the massive power it holds with iTunes unfairly towards other hardware manufacturers, and more importantly, it's users, to benefit themselves in the music player market.
quote: First of all, your opinion on the matter has no bearing.
quote: Apple has not published an API, and they have no need, ethically or legally, to do so.
quote: If the iTunes/iPod combo has a competitive advantage, such as the Synch function, then good for Apple. If they want to retain their competitive advantage (and what sane company wouldn't?), that's up to them.
quote: The last half of your statement is just you bitching about the fact that, in your opinion, Apple *should* open it up to others.
quote: Yes, it does. You can by .mp3s from any other source you want without penalty. Apple has no basis from which to abuse any consumers in this manner.
quote: The problem is that this is just your OPINION, which has not the slightest bearing on what Apple needs to do, from an ethical or legal standpoint.
quote: . I am sure that Pre owners, and owners of any non-Apple music players, would prefer that Apple gave them the Synch feature because it is ever-so-slightly more convenient than dragging-and-dropping your music around.
quote: If Apple started doing something with their .mp3 service that you don't like, you can simply stop using their service and use another service instead to get .mp3s
quote: Apple doesn't sell MP3s. They sell M4A or AAC (whatever).
quote: AFAIK, this is not at all like Windows Update, because the Palm device is updating using software running on the user's machine.
quote: In the world of Lossy audio, Apple is the overwhelming dominant player, and nothing is likely to change, that. Apple, just like MS, goes out of their way to make it hard for users to switch to a non-apple device.
quote: Could they use some other software? Sure, but most will not, because they dont' know any better. Many are likely unaware of anything else.
quote: It may not be illegal, but most of us can see that given a chance, Apple will turn out to be at least as evil as MS was in the 90's (and while I like MS products, they were positively unethical in their business practices).
quote: Apple isn't any better. In fact, given the fact that they've actually sued web journalists for being journalists, I'd say they've already exceeded MS in some respects.


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HealthNow New York President and CEO Alphonso O'Neil-White plans to retire and the Buffalo-based health insurer is planning to launch a national search to find his successor.
O'Neil-White, who has been HealthNow's top executive for nearly a decade, did not say when he will retire or spell out a timetable for the search.
O'Neil-White, who is 64, said he is "initiating a transition plan" now to "allow for a seamless transition," according to a company statement. The company did not name a successor, but O'Neil-White and Chairman Thomas J. Hook stressed that a succession plan is in place and the announcement allows the board "ample room to do a national search for O'Neil-White's successor."
O'Neil-White is not expected to step down until his successor is in place, said Julie Snyder, a HealthNow spokeswoman.
O'Neil-White, who has been CEO longer than any other recent executive in the company's history, said he is in "excellent health."
"This is an appropriate time for me to announce my intentions, not only because of my age and tenure, but because I know [HealthNow New York] is poised and prepared to thrive in the new health-care environment of the next several years," he said.
O'Neil-White has been with the company for 17 years, since joining the company as senior vice president and general counsel and then taking a promotion to interim CEO in 2003. The company noted that he is credited with turning the company around, restoring it to a position of financial strength, higher and appropriate reserve levels and continued leadership of the market.
"I am extremely proud of what our company and team of leaders accomplished during this decade-long run I've so enjoyed," O'Neil-White said.
O'Neil-White joined HealthNow in 1996 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary before being named interim CEO in December 2003 and permanent head in July 2004. Before his recruitment to HealthNow by former CEO Thomas Hartnett, O'Neil-White was vice president and general counsel for the national industry trade group now known as America's Health Insurance Plans.
Previously, he served as labor counsel for Humana, a publicly traded national insurer specializing in Medicare, and general counsel for Group Health Association, one of the nation's first HMOs. He began his career as an attorney in private practice, specializing in labor and management relations.
Besides HealthNow, he also serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the National Institute for Health Care Management, the Buffalo State College Council and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
The Buffalo-based company also stressed that "members, customers and associates will see no impact on services during the transition."
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The preparation is to rub copious amounts of soap over your womans breasts. This can be done with hands or dick, then push the breasts together and hump until orgasm.
"Get anywhere Friday night?"
"Yeah, got a soapy tit wank off the barmaid"
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"Yeah, got a soapy tit wank off the barmaid"
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To slide ones penis in the crack of a womens breats and have sex with them.
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an activity performed by people desperate to please when they are unable to give somebody what they want in the first place.
"I am unable to give you any money, but will you accept this soapytitwank as an altenative?"
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lux or imperial leather work best-plenty of lather and then you add some cream
she lathered the leather then I creamed it off
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in this context, used to describe the inane and vacant expression sometimes appearing upon an individual's countenance, suggesting that they are unable to focus or concentrate on current events owing to a preoccupation or pervious misdemeanour involving some form of deviant activity
Andrew, you've gone all Soapy Tit Wank again; will you please just get a grip, a life and a proper haircut, or just fuck off home, will you?
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The upcoming HB R10 nitro competition racing car achieved history at last week's IFMAR 1/10th IC World Championships, not only achieving the feat of having the most cars in the Main Final, but setting an unbeatable TQ at the hands of Finnish racer and HB team member Teemu Leino! Leino started from pole, ahead of newly crowned electric touring car World Champ Groskamp, while HB teammate, touring car runner-up and 2-time IFMAR champion Atsushi Hara started from 3rd, with 2006 electric touring car World Champion Andy Moore started from 10th after a very solid run in the 1/2 Final which put him in the Main Final ahead of many former World and European champions in just his third nitro touring car race ever!
In the hour-long Main Final, Teemu was one of the first to have engine problems after running for nearly ten minutes straight at 0.2 and 0.3 seconds per lap faster than the second place driver. Several long pit stops to tune his engine and a flame-out would prevent Teemu from challenging for the lead after 1/3rd distance, but when his car was running smoothly he was easily running much faster than the lead cars and fought strongly for fourth and fifth place until the nearly the end of the race. Andy Moore, who started from 10th on the grid, was able to challenge for fourth and fifth from the halfway point of the race and was running smoothly and consistently. For a relative newcomer to the class, making the World's Main Final was a fantastic achievement! After earning a 2nd place at the electric on-road Worlds earlier this year, Andy surely has shown that he possesses the skills to compete at the highest level in every on-road class. In the last 30 minutes of the 60-minute final, the driver that would prove to be the most threat to Meen V, who started from fourth, inherited third when Groskamp spun out on the first corner and took over first place when Teemu had his engine problems, would be Atsushi Hara. Hara ran his first set of tyres for 40 minutes, according to plan, then ran long fuel stints in an effort to catch Meen. In the end Hara's lap times were approximately the same as Meen's and a valiant attempt to run an extra lap on low fuel meant that he ran out of fuel on the track and had to have the car recovered by the marshals. In the end, Hara finished in a solid second place, and has shown once again why he's a threat in any class of racing he chooses to try! Without doubt, this is a great debut for the HB R10, with enviable results against the toughest competition. With the smallest factory team at the Worlds, all three drivers got into the Main Final, the most cars of any of the teams at the event. The R10, with Teemu Leino at the wheel, set the fastest qualifying times and had the fastest racing pace, eventually finishing second in an epic struggle that was eventually shortened a few minutes by rain. The HB R10:
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F. Murray Abraham
Award winning actor F. MURRAY ABRAHAM has also established a reputation for his powerful and sensitive work in the genre of spoken word with music. He has performed under the batons of some of the greatest conductors in America and Europe and made his New York Philharmonic debut in May 2005 as the Narrator in Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat. He returned in June 2006 to narrate Copland's Lincoln Portrait, and again in December 2007 for a presentation of "Inside the Music" with Gerard McBurney featuring Shostakovich Symphony No. 4.In June 2007, Mr. Abraham appeared in the Detroit Symphony's performances of L'Histoire du soldat. He has appeared with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, and performed Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and James Levine. In May 2008, he performed the Genesis Suite with the Seattle Symphony and Gerard Schwartz.
Mr. Abraham has appeared in more than 80 films, including Amadeus, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Golden Globe and L.A. Film Critics Awards. His other films include Lina Wertmüller's House of Geraniums (with Sophia Loren); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (with Robert De Niro); Where Love Begins (with Virna Lisi); The Name of the Rose and Gus van Zant's Finding Forrester, both with Sean Connery; Brian De Palma's Scarface and Bonfire of the Vanities; The Ritz; and Star Trek: Insurrection. Mr. Abraham's television appearances have included Zanuck Productions' Dead Lawyers, Noah's Ark,Dead Man's Walk, Largo Desolato, Season of Giants, Excellent Cadavers, Quiet Flows the Don, The Betrothed, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Marco Polo.
A veteran of the theater stage, F. Murray Abraham has appeared in more than 90 plays, among them Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (for which he received an Obie Award), Trumbo, Standup Shakespeare, the Italian tour of Notturno pirandelliano (with Michele Placido), Susan Stroman's A Christmas Carol, the musical Triumph of Love (alongside Betty Buckley), A Month in the Country, the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, The Seagull, Oedipus Rex, Creon, Angels in America (both Millennium Approaches and Perestroika), The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Waiting for Godot, The Caretaker, The Ritz, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Duck Variations, A Life in the Theatre, and Paper Doll.


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In a fps, after getting a kill, the player stands on top of the dead body and proceeds to crouch up and down repeatedly, therefore it looks like he is "humping" his opponent. For me, this is best done on Halo 2 (Xbox live) because the person you kill can see that you are "humping" him.
After killing player 2, he did his Victory Hump.
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Suicide Prevention and Anti-Bullying Tour hits Berks
In 2003, after his 17-year-old son committed suicide, Ron Pappalardo began working in the field of suicide prevention. Pappalardo will bring his Suicide Prevention and Anti-Bullying Tour to Penn State Berks on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
Pappalardo's book, "Reconciled by the Light," recounts his experience and the lessons he learned, including healing from grief, overcoming depression, and the power of forgiveness. His book has helped thousands; his presentations leave audiences feeling hopeful, uplifted, and enthusiastic to help others. During his presentation, he will discuss the warning signs of suicide, strategies for ending bullying, and simple tips for defeating the number one cause of suicidal thinking—depression. Pappalardo promotes understanding and cooperation between young people of all nationalities, religions, and ethnicities.
This lecture is part of the 2013 Mental Health Fair, which will be held throughout the day on Jan. 30, 2013 from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Lion's Den. This presentation is part of the Penn State Berks Arts and Lecture series. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Life at 610-396-6076.