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This weekend's Ameriserv Flood City Music Festival headliners include a familiar name to Johnstown music lovers: Greensky Bluegrass.
The up-and-coming quintet has made the city a frequent tour stop since forming in 2000.
"When we first started touring, Johnstown was one of the first venues that we played," said Michael Arlen Bont, banjo player in Greensky Bluegrass. "We played Dively's [Tavern]. We've probably played there 10 times - it really is one of the first places we really played."
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Members of Greensky Bluegrass are (from left) Dave Bruzza, Paul Hoffman, Michael Arlen Bont, Michael Devol and Anders Beck.
Greensky Bluegrass will perform at 4 p.m. Saturday at the festival and then headline Sunday's final day with a show at 8:30 p.m.
The other headliners for this year's festival are Trombone Shorty (9:30 p.m. today), a Grammy nominee and a regular at the New Orleans Jazz fest in his hometown, and Robert Randolph & the Family Band (9:30 p.m. Saturday), a critical darling known for Randolph's virtuoso pedal steel guitar.
This year's festival will open at 1 p.m. today (performances from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m.) and continue at noon Saturday (performances from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.) and 1 p.m. Sunday (performances from 2 to 10 p.m.). All performances will be held on a series of stages set up at People's Natural Gas Park in downtown Johnstown.
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If you go
What: Ameriserv Flood City Music Festival
When: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. today (gates open at 1 p.m.); 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday (gates open at noon); 2 to 10 p.m. Sunday (gates open at 1 p.m.)
Where: People's Natural Gas Park, Johnstown
Admission: $22.75 per person for today and Saturday and $11.75 per person for Sunday
More information and to buy tickets: www.floodcitymusic.com
Shelley Johansson, communications director at the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, the nonprofit organization which presents the Flood City Music Festival in conjunction with Ameriserv Financial each year, said the festival's appeal grows every year.
"I think the festival has become more and more of a regional event, bringing people from farther and farther away," she said. "Every year, I talk to people who call in and it's really exciting to talk to someone from Canada who's excited about some band in the middle of the card."
That sort of die-hard fan may come away with more than just a good show, she explained.
"What I think is really fun is that a lot of times people come to the festival to see one band and then suddenly they find this other band that they wouldn't have found on their own. And then they have another favorite," she said.
In 2013, perhaps that new favorite band will be Greensky Bluegrass.
Consisting of Bont, guitarist Dave Bruzza, mandolinist Paul Hoffman, bassist Michael Devol and dobroist Anders Beck, Greensky Bluegrass is based in Kalamazoo, Mich., where Bont, Bruzza and Hoffman started the group.
Though he helped found the group, Bont, 37, was far from a bluegrass specialist when they started.
"I kind of stumbled upon bluegrass through Jerry Garcia," he said in a phone interview from a tour stop in Utah. "I was a big Deadhead in my early 20s."
"[And] I was like a punk rocker in high school!" he added with a laugh.
Greensky Bluegrass's seventh album, 2011's "Handguns," reached No. 3 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts. It seems as though the band, all of whom are in their 30s, has begun to peak at the right time. Their sound fits right in with the current wave of folk and bluegrass- influenced popular music performed by bands like Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers.
Bont says the band has grown out of the more traditional bluegrass box.
"We used to do a lot of traditional stuff," he said. "It's more like rock 'n' roll, singer/songwriter and jam influence that has ultimately influenced our music. We can play pretty much anything."
They hope to show that on their next album.
"We recently just finished up recording material for a new album," Bont said. "We hope to have it out in the fall. I think it's our finest work to date. It feels like a very mature album for us. ... I think there's 12 songs on it and I think they're all different."
Some of that music will be debuted at the Flood City Music Festival this weekend. The group has been specializing in festivals this summer, then they'll embark on a three-month tour in the fall.
"It's really fun to do festivals," Bont said. "You get a lot of new fans that way. It's great to be outside and enjoy the nice weather."
Greensky Bluegrass will have plenty of opportunities to gain new fans this weekend; The festival has an average attendance of 7,000 to 10,000, according to Johansson.
"One thing that I think people really enjoy about our fest is that it's an intimate atmosphere," she said. "You can get close to the stage [and] the stages are apart, but not so far apart that you're going to get tired walking from stage to stage."
And hopefully during those walks, festivalgoers will take a look at what's around them, she said.
"We want to continue growing our festival and let people know about all the good things there are to do in Johnstown," Johansson said.
Mirror Staff Writer Keith Frederick is at 946-7466.


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No other place in the Engadine can boast so many hours of sunshine as Celerina. That the sun-drenched village shines in a special light is also due to the charming village center with its typical Engadine houses.
Thanks to innovative hotels there is always something going on in Celerina – a concert, a party, always small, but always well arranged and therefore attractive. Every August, the New-Orleans Jazz Scene meets here to indulge for three days in good old Jazz from New Orleans. But also visitors who seek peace and quiet will find it: on the plain with its spase forests in whose heart the Stazersee, a supremely romantic lake invites you to take a dip.
切勒里纳山区基站交通方便,这是去往考尔维利亚滑雪区和恩嘎丁竞技滑雪场(57 种设施,350公里滑雪道)的最佳方式。切勒里纳Sonnenloipe(切勒里纳太阳轨道)提供了极好的越野滑雪条件,同时也可以拥有直接通往恩嘎丁的越野滑雪道(长达180公里)。精心准备的长达150公里的冬季步行路径、飞奔的雪橇、受欢迎的餐厅、阳光明媚的溜冰场以及整个恩嘎丁地区丰富多彩的活动足以填满您运动之外的其余闲暇时间。
- Segantini-Museum – dedicated to the painter Giovanni Segantini who spent the final five years of his life in the Engadine.
- Celerina New Orleans Jazz Festival – meeting ground of national and international Jazz luminaries (August).
- Cattle descent – festive procession at the end of the Alpine summer (September).
- Christmas Market (December).
- Sinfonia Konzert – music of the highest standard presented by the Engadin Symphony Orchestra (December).
- - Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2017, Corviglia, St. Moritz

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on August 30, 2012 - 5:48 PM
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When my grandson Walter was in second grade, he told me that his teacher had taught him "the M word."
"What's that?" I asked.
"She says when people get mad they should not yell or scream. M is the first letter of mad, so they should just say M for a long time. MMMMMMMM!"
What a smart teacher, I thought. That would make the classroom much more pleasant.
I had picked Walter and his sister up to go to a playground, and as we returned to his home he suddenly said, "Granddad! Let's stop for ice cream!"
"Oh, I can't, Walter," I said. "I'd love to, but it is 5:30 and I promised to have you home for supper. It would ruin your appetite and your mom wouldn't appreciate it. Another time."
There was a long silence. Then I heard, coming from the back seat of the car, "MMMMMMMMM!"
There are times when I need the M word myself. I used to have a job working with a group of churches throughout the northeastern United States. There were about 60 congregations on my list. Once, when visiting a church in Massachusetts, a member of the church complained that I did not come often enough.
I tried to explain. "There are more churches than weeks in the year," I said. "And some churches are having problems and need me to come more often. I try to go where I am needed most. If your church had a problem of any kind and your minister phoned me, I would come right away. But when things are going smoothly I can't come more than once or twice a year."
She gave me a look that expressed disapproval.
"Well, how often do you think I should come?" I asked.
"At least once a month," she declared.
"I can't do that; sorry."
The more I thought about that the more irritated I became. How unreasonable! She really makes me angry. There is no understanding of my situation at all!
A couple of weeks later I was having lunch with a wise elderly minister and I unburdened myself by telling him this story. When I finished he said, "Charlie, Charlie! Don't be mad at her. She loves you. She wants to see more of you. Obviously you can't do what she wants, but she gave you a compliment. Get mad when someone wants you never to come at all."
That helped.
Understanding where someone else is coming from while keeping control of your own schedule is wise. She can't make me come there, but she can't make me get mad either. I can understand what she wants and then do what I think is right. If I'm not threatened, I don't need to become defensive.
Albert Ellis, a famous psychologist, once said that we never get mad because of what happens to us, but because of how we interpret what happens to us. Proof? If you are on a crowded bus and someone bumps into you, your first reaction may be anger. But if you whirl around and discover that the person was blind, your anger disappears.
So, stay pro-active, not reactive. Try to understand others' points of view without letting them rule you.
If that doesn't work, just say "MMMMMMMMM!"
Charles Lamb, a retired minister, works part time as assistant to the pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown.


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Selena Gomez is one of the few Disney good girls who hasn't gone bad. She's a likable personality, a capable actress and a charming-enough singer. But the Grand Prairie native, who turned 21 this year, has always lacked an element of surprise, a slight edge that would set her apart from (or even put her in the same lane as) her peers.
Onstage, however, something clicks into place. Gomez channeled her inner diva Saturday night at Toyota Center amid a crowd of young, squealing, mostly female fans. She was edgier and more engaging and much more entertaining than her TV, film and recorded work have hinted at. (Even past RodeoHouston performances seem quaint in comparison.)
Gomez took the stage promptly at 8:30 p.m., dressed in white, to the electro snap-crackle-pop of "Bang Bang Bang" and "Round & Round." She has a light, airy voice that was likely supported by backing tracks. But she boasts a commanding presence, charging through the heavy production with vibrancy and energy. She fluttered amid several dancers but also powered through many songs completely on her own. It was a smart, welcome dynamic.
The pulsing dance-pop that anchored the show was accented with everything from reggae ("Like a Champion") to rock ("B.E.A.T."). She swirled around an S-shaped stage planted in the thick of the crowd, touching hands and whipping her hair into a frenzy.
There were a flurry of costume changes, from purple sparkle to body-conscious black. She ably handled the midtempo drama of "Stars Dance," worked a chair routine during "Birthday" (which morphed into Rihanna's "Cake") and belted a solid cover of Katy Perry's "Roar."
"Who Says," Gomez's flaws-and-all anthem, was a sweet standout, inspiring a top-of-lungs singalong from male and female fans. She worked a Vegas showgirl vibe during "Whiplash," complete with spangly gold and sequins; and briefly acknowledged her local roots.
"I am so, so proud to be a Texan, that is for sure," she told the crowd.
Gomez's two most recent hits, the slinky "Come & Get It" and hard-edged club track "Slow Down," hint at a potentially interesting musical direction. (That she closed with that pair of tracks likely means she agrees.) if she can bring that live energy and bounce to more of her recorded work, Gomez could become a real pop force.
Ballcapped trio Emblem3, shepherded into stardom by Simon Cowell on "The X Factor," lacked presence and passion during their opening set. (YouTube singer Christina Grimmie, who played for an even earlier crowd, could give them pointers on both.) Debut single "Chloe" has some charm, in a '90s throwback, Sugar Ray kind of way. But the guys don't do much more than point into the crowd and wave their hands back and forth. A cover of Rihanna hit "Diamonds" also exposed their vocal shortcomings. Maybe they needed more time at boot camp.


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Big Blaze.
The lightweight Blaze Mk1 is a new addition to Exposure's extensive line of cycling lights. It fills the rear LED niche, but instead of relying on an external power source, it has its own fully rechargeable internal battery.
Like Exposure's headlights, the Blaze uses Smart Port Technology Plus. Essentially, it's a cylindrical plug that allows you to insert the smart charger. But, it also enables you to plug in accessories like additional LED taillights, back-up batteries, or a remote switch. You can even charge other USB-powered devices with the Blaze. It will automatically recognize each accessory and configure the system to take a charge or power accessory lights.
The Blaze also shares Intelligent Thermal Management (ITM), a patented technology. If the internal temperature gets too high, the light will automatically drop down to the next lowest setting. It will remain at the lower setting until the temperature inside the housing returns to within the normal operating range.
The Blaze features a CNC's aerospace grade aluminum body that houses the 80 Lumen Cree XRE LED and 1400mAh battery. This ensures the Exposure Blaze Mk1 is durable and weather resistant for a long life on the road.
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How many hours do you get out of a charge with this light?
fire and forget
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
i haven't had a mount problem like previous posters. for me this light just works. Looong time before needing recharging, and super bright. I love that I don't have to think about or worry about my rear light being adequate, whether or not i should change the battery, etc.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Have two. Great light for riding during night and day. Keep it on during day rides to make it easier for cars to see you. Cars have stopped me during the day to tell me they were able to see the bright light a mile away. Good battery life.
On problem with the light is its mount. The mount has badly scratched the round seat tube on my SS frame and does not sit well on the integrated seat post of my carbon race bike. For a rear light costing as much as this light, the mount should be a lot better.
Somehow humidity found its way into one of the lights, despite the fact that I always put the plastic cap on.
Considering how much more visible this light makes you while riding on the road, it is one of the best things you can add to your bike.
Have you done any group rides with the light on? How do riders behind you handle the brightness of the light?
I set to flashing high and keep it on during day rides and have received no complaints from riders in my group. At night you will need to set it to steady low or turn it off if on a group ride.
I am in agreement with GHEP - I have issues with the light's mount. I purchased two of these lights due to their brightness, and I have been very impressed with the light's brightness and functionality. Now to the problem - the mount attaches to a seat post or tube via a rubber strap which makes it quick and easy to install. The problem is that the elasticity of the strap allows the light to "snap" back against my seat post every time I hit a bump in the road. I have this light mounted on my custom Seven with an Enve seat post. The light is scratching my seat post and I'm disappointed that there is not another option that allows you to securely mount the light off of the frame or seat tube. It's a lot of money to spend for a poor mooting set-up.
UPDATE: Recently one of my Exposure Flares and an Exposure STRADA (great road light) stopped working for no reason almost on the same day. I contacted Competitive with the problem and was directed to IBEX Sports Customer Support. I feared poor support and was pleasantly surprised. IBEX representative courteously instructed me to mail him the lights and a week later I had a replacement for both. No questions asked. I really like theirs lights, but is great to know that Exposure and IBEX stand behind their products in the event something goes wrong. Will continue to use and recommend their products...
Bright rear light w/ great battery life
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This light like most exposure lights is fairly pricy. but I think it is worth it as it works well and the battery lasts a very long time. I charge it after every ~8 hours of use and I'm not sure that is even necessary.
My only complaint is that it has a little plastic cap to keep water from getting into the charger port. This cap is very fragile and for me ripped off almost as soon as I got the light. given how important it is to keep water out of the charger port, I would have appreciated it if exposure had built a (much) more sturdy cap for it.
I have the same problem. The cap is connected by a thin piece of plastic and it tore off and got lost. This is a frustrating design flaw. I LOVE the light, however, and plan to buy another for my second bike.


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College basketball
Morehead State�s Woods may face discipline for push
LEXINGTON, Ky. � Morehead State first-year coach Sean Woods is facing possible disciplinary action after appearing to shove Eagles� point guard Devon Atkinson during Wednesday�s 81-70 loss to Kentucky.
Athletic department spokesman Matt Segal said Thursday the situation is being discussed internally, and any disciplinary action would be announced this morning.
Atkinson fouled out with 5:51 remaining, and an agitated Woods shouted at the senior as he walked toward the bench. The coach then appeared to shove Atkinson in the back, pushing him forward, and continued yelling at him during the timeout.
Woods, who led Mississippi Valley State to last year�s NCAA tournament before arriving at Morehouse State, said he wants his team to reflect his intense personality. And he especially was animated while facing his alma mater � which has the former point guard�s jersey hanging from the rafters at Rupp Arena.
Woods rarely stood still during the game, pacing the sidelines and getting in Eagles players� faces. Morehead State responded with a physical game that the Eagles held the lead against Kentucky in both halves.
It also resulted in 32 personal fouls that helped the Wildcats rally to win.
Big Ben Roethlisberger welcomes a �Little Ben�
PITTSBURGH � Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his wife Ashley are giving thanks for their new bundle of joy.
Benjamin Roethlisberger Jr. arrived Wednesday at 10:06 p.m., according to the athlete�s website. The couple�s first child weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was just more than 19 inches long.
The quarterback posted Thursday that mother and baby boy were doing well.
�We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers, it really means a lot to us. God is so good!� he wrote.
Roethlisberger made an appearance Thursday at a team facility in Pittsburgh, smiling and waving to a well-wisher who congratulated him as he left practice about 30 minutes early. He previously had been scratched from Sunday�s game against Cleveland because of rib injuries.
Offensive lineman Willie Colon said afterward that Roethlisberger �came in with that big old proud papa chest.�
college football
�Billionaire Coach� has Coastal Carolina in playoffs
COLUMBIA, S.C. � Coastal Carolina coach Joe Moglia increased the stock value of a company from $700 million to $10 billion in seven years. So he doesn�t think anyone should be surprised he could get the Football Championship Subdivision Chanticleers to the playoffs in his first year.
Plenty of people questioned Coastal Carolina when the school hired the man nicknamed the �Billionaire Coach.� Moglia coached a bit in high school and was an Ivy League assistant before heading into the business world in 1984.
After nearly two decades as a stock broker that were wildly successful, Moglia�s recent coaching resume included only two years as an unpaid executive adviser at Nebraska and a 1-4 record in 2011 as head coach of the UFL�s Omaha Nighthawks.
But Moglia sold the school on a simple idea � that putting together a successful business or a successful football team isn�t all that different.
�When I became a leader in the business world, I was a far better business leader because of my experience as a coach. I think frankly I am a better head coach at the college level because of my experience as a business leader,� said Moglia, who is best known for a 500 percent return as CEO of TD Ameritrade from 2001-08.
Coastal Carolina (7-4) won a share of the Big South Conference title and an automatic bid to the playoffs on a tiebreaker. The Chanticleers will be on the road Saturday for an opening-round game against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion Bethune-Cookman (9-2).
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A longtime Greeley teacher and coach was in critical condition Thursday after being hit by a car early that morning while riding his bicycle to Frontier Academy.
Sgt. Susan West, spokeswoman for Greeley police, said Richard Ziegler, 62, was apparently on his way about 6:40 a.m. to Frontier Academy, where he is listed as an employee under middle school math. He was struck in the area of 59th Avenue and 18th Street in west Greeley.
The person who hit Ziegler left the scene, and West said police were still searching Thursday for a small sedan, like a Chevrolet Cavalier, that is dark or possibly black in color.
"We need the public's assistance trying to locate this vehicle that may have been involved," West said.
West said video footage also shows a white pickup, possibly a crew cab, in the area about 6:45 a.m., and police are hoping to talk to the driver of the vehicle as a possible witness. She said that driver is not considered a suspect, but police hope he or she may have seen something that could help.
Ziegler suffered serious injuries, and he was in critical condition at North Colorado Medical Center, according to police.
Jeff Cranson, athletic director and assistant principal at Greeley West High School, said Ziegler graduated from high school at Greeley West and played baseball at the University of Northern Colorado.
Cranson said Ziegler has taught in Greeley for years, including for 10 years at Greeley West. He stays active and goes for a jog every morning, also picking up trash at the high school, Cranson said.
"He's one of the nicest men you'll ever meet and is willing to do anything for anybody," Cranson said.
Cranson said Ziegler coached baseball in the community for years and was head baseball coach at Greeley West for about a decade.
He retired from teaching and coaching a few years ago and is a tutor at Frontier Academy, Cranson said.
He said Ziegler has stayed active in sports, running the scoreboard at Greeley West basketball and baseball games.
"We're just hoping he pulls through," Cranson said.
Cranson said Ziegler and his wife have three sons, all graduates of Greeley West, and grandchildren.
West said the crash was called into police at 6:43 a.m., and police believe the crash took place about that time.
"They found the gentleman lying in the street," West said.
Police believe the car may have been traveling south on 59th Avenue and turned west onto 18th Street, based on scant evidence at the scene.


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Class of 1988 - 25 Year Reunion
Seminary Class of 1988, it's your year!
It might be hard to believe but it was twenty five years ago that you graduated from Ontario Theological Seminary.
We are pleased to invite you back to campus to see your classmates, enjoy a meal together, meet President Gary Nelson and have a private tour of the new Tyndale Bayview campus. It promises to be a great day together. So please RSVP today.
Event Details:
Light breakfast & lunch will be served.
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Bayview Campus - Auditorium
3377 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
I truly hope you can join us as this day is only possible because you chose Tyndale for your ministry training, and we want to say thank you.
We look forward to seeing you and your guest on April 2, 2013.
Blessings upon you,
Dr. Rob Patterson
Director, Alumni & Church Relations


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Thoughts from Foxboro… Perritt Shines in SU's win over Duke
Perritt Shines in SU's win over Duke…
Thoughts from Foxboro
Pat Perritt has been a work horse for the Syracuse Orange all year. His stats (13 Goals / 13 Assists / 14 Ground Balls) might not show a huge offensive threat, or an assist machine, but his play has been consistent and hard.
After coming into Syracuse as the number 4 recruit by Inside Lacrosse, Perritt had a lot to live up to. It was the supposed best recruiting class ever as the Orange had the #2, #3, #4 recruits.
His freshman year, he helped the Orange get to the Final Four where they were stopped by Virginia. His Sophomore year, saw the Orange finish the season with one of their worst records, not even making the NCAA tournament, and faced some personal issues off the field. He worked hard, got his act back together and was readmitted. His Junior season, last year, Perritt helped Syracuse to a redemption National Championship. This year, his senior year, it is time for him to shine.
Coming into this game, Pat Perritt had put up 21 points, 8 points, 13 points in his seasons, and had 26 points this season. All season it had been about the team and winning their second national championship. Today, he stepped up to the challenge. Perritt put up 4 goals and 1 assist. Most coming when Duke was still within reach of the Orange.
Syracuse started the game with John Galloway in goal. As much as I thought Al could have started after his performance against MD last week, John proved why he is the starter. Galloway ended up with 11 saves and 7 goals against.
Syracuse also put Sid Smith on Ned Crotty. A risky call as Sid does not have the footspeed as Crotty. After the first quarter, Crotty had 2 assists (on each of Duke's goals), but Smith completely shut him out, as Crotty did nothing the rest of the game.
Coach Danowski's team chokes again.
Once Syracuse started to pull away it was like the floodgates opened. I don't care if your team is losing by 8 at the start of the 4th quarter. You need to keep your your team's head and fight in the game. . Syracuse added onto their goal total, and Duke piled up penalties in the 4th as the game slipped through their fingers.
Duke's biggest hole this game was their defense.
The goals were coming from all over as Syracuse had seven different players score. It was the most goals allowed by Duke since 2004.
Duke's poles were too trigger happy as four different poles tried to take it coast-to-coast and score. None of them did. Joel White the LSM for Syracuse scored on Duke though.
Syracuse looks good. If they play like this on Monday, there will be yet another banner hoisted to the rafters.


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|July 2012
Musa Ahmed, Senior Scientist, Chemical Dynamics Beamline
At more than 17 years old, the Chemical Dynamics Beamline (ALS Beamline 9.0.2) is one of the oldest beamlines at the ALS. Over those years, the scientific thrusts at the beamline have evolved from performing state-of-the-art reaction dynamics studies to probing and understanding the physical and chemical principles that govern complicated phenomena in nature. Strongly coupled with this interest is a realization that research should be guided by the grand scientific challenges of the 21st century. Gaining a molecular level understanding of alternative carbon neutral energy sources and how to mitigate the effects of global climate change are themes that currently drive a number of users and beamline staff.
The beamline has four terminals—two with monochromators—which deliver vacuum ultraviolet light in the range of 7.4-25 eV. A number of endstations, all configured with mass spectrometers, measure and quantify processes which are relevant to a broad range of fields, particularly combustion and aerosol science, electronic structure of radicals, molecules and clusters in the gas phase and analysis of complicated systems, such as bacterial biofilms, atmospheric aerosols, fossil feathers and soil. Four of the endstations dedicated to molecular beams, aerosol studies, low-temperature reaction studies and imaging mass spectrometry are in-house facilities. Two "roll-up" endstations come from the Sandia Livermore combustion research facility where flame chemists and reaction kineticists probe complex molecules in exquisite detail and discover species never seen before using synchrotron radiation (see ALS Science Highlight "Direct Kinetic Measurements of a Criegee Intermediate"-ed.) . The home team, comprising students, post-docs and scientists discover the "glassy" nature of an organic aerosol, decipher the transfer of protons in the absence of hydrogen bonds (see this month's highlight, "A Surprising Path for Proton Transfer Without Hydrogen Bonds"-ed.) , and use lasers to blow sand and graphite up to get them into the gas-phase. In collaboration with outside users, the origin of the solar system is elucidated, the effects of cigarette smoke on walls quantified, and the nature of formation of organic molecules in distant Titan explained. Theoretical chemists can be seen working the owl shift, seeking to understand what happens when molecules relevant to biofuel production are heated to 1300 Celsius. Evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, environmental geochemists, and life science type folks have put 47-million-years-old bird feathers, dirt, pieces of wood, grass and leaves, and scum floating on top of a pond into the beautiful imaging mass spectrometer located right by the experimental walkway. Sometimes an old biodiesel running Mercedes can be seen in the parking lot outside, belching its exhaust into the synchrotron for study, and that is what the chemical dynamics beamline is all about. Seventeen years old and marching boldly on.
For more information about Musa and his team, and their research, visit the Beamline 9.0.2 Web site.


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alright i love anime and manga!! whenever i get cable where i live the cable company has a thing where you can try the anime network on demand. i can NOT however figure out how to get the network on my programing! i now have dish and REALLY want to know if i can get the anime network!! can someone help me out?
that relates to what your looking for or you just go on their homepage and look up pay-per-view to find the channel its an add on that could cost more ~I'm Everywhere But Nowhere~
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WAY too difficult and complex.
'' It hard for me to reach god form.. but i must keeep fighting to survive HUZZAH!''
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Choosing and applying to law school
The law school admission test (LSAT) and law school applications
Getting into law school
Suceeding as a student
Finding career fulfillment
In How to Get Into Law School, Susan Estrich lends her unique point of view and far-ranging experience-as ace law student, tenured professor, renowned legal scholar and analyst-to the life and career questions applicants will face, and answers them in the frank, no-nonsense manner that is her trademark. Featuring anecdotes from admissions directors, professors, veteran attorneys, and adventurous students alike, How to Get Into Law School lays out the facts on:
Getting Scholarships
Community service
The Rigors of Studying
Surviving Interviews
Finding Employment
If you're considering going to law school, this is your indispensable how-to guide.
"Brilliant." –Christopher F. Edley, Dean, Boalt Hall Law School
"If anyone can remind you why you once loved the law, and still might, Susan Estrich will." –Kathleen M. Sullivan, Dean and Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Table of Contents
Professor of Law and Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Book One: Getting In
1. Getting Ready
2. Should You Take Time Off Before Law School?
3. Are You Commited?
4. The LSAT
5. Making the Case for Yourself
6. The Personal Statement
7. How to Get Great Recommendations
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Researchers agree that now is a crucial time to be involved in hepatitis C virus (HCV) research. "Current estimates suggest that HCV infects over 170 million people worldwide," notes David B. Smith, Ph.D., principal research scientist, Roche. "The current standard of care (SOC) for HCV involves 48–72 weeks of treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Approximately 40–60% of the patients treated with SOC achieve a sustained viral response after this treatment. Roche is highly active in the effort to discover additional treatment options that can be added to the existing SOC to increase these response rates and benefit more patients."
Improving the course of treatment for HCV is not without its challenges, however. "HCV has a notoriously high rate of mutation," says Anna M. Boguszewska-Chachulska, Ph.D., cofounder of Genomed. "We need to find a solution that addresses this, and there are a few compounds under development out there that look promising at this time."
Cambridge Healthtech is hosting an HCV drug discovery track as a part of the "Drug Discovery Chemistry Conference" to be held next month in San Diego. This article previews some of the talks as well as provides an update on what's happening in small molecule drug discovery in the HCV field.
Flossie Wong-Staal, Ph.D., CSO and executive vp research at ItherX, says that the conference is happening at a good time for her company. "We just licensed a compound that failed as an anti-inflammatory that has great potential in the HCV space. It already has a good safety profile in over 250 human subjects and is highly potent against HCV entry (EC50 in the picomolar range). This drug is now ready for a proof of concept clinical study in HCV patients.
"Our back-up candidates exhibit EC50 of <1 nM and a >10,000-fold therapeutic window in our assays has been shown using both genotype 1 and genotype 2 HCV. All the entry inhibitors act additively with the current standard of care as well as an HCV protease inhibitor," says Dr. Staal. "Furthermore, the compounds are equally potent against a protease mutant virus that is resistant to the protease inhibitor. This class of compounds can add significantly to a drug cocktail targeting multiple steps of the viral life cycle, with the goal of completely eliminating virus infection."
Dr. Wong-Staal will talk about developing entry inhibitors for HCV. "We've developed different programs for targeting virus entry at different points. ITX5081 and its back-up compounds target a known HCV receptor, SR-B1. We have a series of compounds that target the HCV virus envelope. This is at the lead-optimization stage. A third program is based on a new receptor for HCV that we have discovered and shown to be essential for HCV infection of liver cells.
"This target is amenable to both biologics and small molecule drug development. Unlike HIV, which utilizes one of two alternative co-receptors for virus entry, HCV engages multiple receptors in series, and it appears that blocking any of these receptors would affect virus inhibition. Furthermore, such inhibitors should be able to work synergistically with each other, as well as with inhibitors using other modes of action."
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LEWISTON – Dr. Lester H. Schiff, longtime chief of staff at Mount St. Mary's Hospital, died Sunday after a long illness at his home in Las Vegas, where he lived for the past year and a half. He was 89.
Affiliated with Mount St. Mary's Hospital for 48 years, he retired in 2001 after 19 years as chief of staff. He also served as chief of pediatrics and medical director at Mount St. Mary's and was an attending pediatrician at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
A native of Chicago, Dr. Schiff was a graduate of the University of Chicago and Amherst College and earned his medical degree from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1948. He served his residency at Children's Hospital in Buffalo and at the Children's Medical Center in Boston. In 1952, he joined the medical staff of what was then St. Mary's Hospital as a pediatrician and opened a private pediatric practice in Niagara Falls. He later had offices in Lewiston.
He was appointed chief of pediatrics at Mount St. Mary's in 1957, assistant chief of staff in 1980, chief of staff in 1982 and medical director in 1989, when he retired from private practice.
Dr. Schiff was an attending pediatrician at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University at Buffalo Medical School.
He was past president of the Martha Beeman Child Guidance Clinic and served on the Niagara University Council.
He was the founder and chairman of the Niagara County Child Maltreatment Council and an advocate member of the Niagara County Task Force on Child Abuse.
Dr. Schiff was active in Temple Beth Israel in Niagara Falls and was chairman of the annual citation awards for the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
He also was active in public health programs, serving the United Way, United Cerebral Palsy Association, the Health Planning Council and the AIDS Task Force.
His wife of 61 years, the former Miriam "Mimi" Sapowitch, an artist, painted the murals in the pediatrics unit at the old St. Mary's Hospital in Niagara Falls.
He also is survived by four daughters, Karen Lustig, Barbara Fine, Janet Schiff-DiFiore and Sandy.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Amherst Memorial Chapel, 281 Dodge Road, Getzville.


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If there's something strange in your credit report, who you gonna call?
Sorry, not even Ghostbusters will help, even though consumers often describe being haunted by errors in their credit reports that they can't get corrected.
If you haven't been successful in getting a credit bureau to address problems with inaccurate information in your credit report, you might have felt alone in pressing for a resolution. You probably had no idea whom to call.
That's changing. Now you can call the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The watchdog agency has begun accepting individual complaints about credit bureaus. The CFPB will be investigating inaccurate information on credit reports, the improper use of people's reports, the inability of consumers to obtain copies of their reports or credit scores, and problems with identity theft protection services.
"This is a big step for the federal government, which has never had widespread access to information about the credit reporting industry," said Bill Hardekopf, chief executive of LowCards.com. "It will help bring transparency and public accountability to credit reporting agencies. Until now, credit agencies have been like the Wizard of Oz, powerful but unapproachable."
The information in a credit report is used to generate a credit score. Errors in your file can lead to the denial of credit, a job or insurance.
"Credit scores now cast long shadows over many areas of our personal lives," Hardekopf said. "The credit score is how businesses judge you and determine the interest rate you will pay. Every American deserves an accurate report and the chance to easily dispute errors and get timely corrections."
The credit reporting industry has consistently maintained that the vast majority of reports are error-free and that it is rare for a mistake to affect the credit terms a consumer gets. In a study released last year, researchers found that less than 1 percent of credit reports had errors that could adversely impact consumers. The study was funded with a grant from the Consumer Data Industry Association, a trade group that represents consumer data companies.
Consumer advocacy groups have produced their own studies showing just the opposite – that many reports are riddled with errors. A much-cited study by the National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups found that almost 79 percent of all credit reports had some type of error.
If you have an issue with a credit bureau, your first stop isn't going to be the CFPB. The agency wants you to initially go through the credit reporting company's complaint process. If the problem isn't fixed, then you should contact the consumer agency at www.consumerfinance.gov/complain or by calling toll-free at (855) 411-2372. And when you do, you'll be given a tracking number to check on the status of your complaint. As part of the CFPB's process, you'll have an opportunity to dispute the company's response to your complaint.
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For many stores and homes, the power outages from Friday's storm not only meant going without TV and air conditioning, but also a loss of perishable food.
"We counted our losses and threw it in the dumpster. We didn't want to make anybody sick by salvaging it," said Keith Brown, store manager of Kroger in Elkins. "We are in the process (of getting more shipments) - we've had some but not all."
A manager for Walmart in Buckhannon told The Inter-Mountain, "We did lose quite a bit." She did not have any figures for the store's losses as of Monday.
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"Actually, we're getting pretty well back replenished," she said, adding that some supply trucks have been coming in.
She said the store now has milk and other perishable food items. "(We) have enough to fill counters," she said.
Candace Queen, manager at Kroger in Weston, would not provide details for losses, but said employees were working to get the store open again as soon as possible.
"We still have trucks in route - we don't have everything completely here yet. At this point in time, perishables are very slim," she said.
Meanwhile, Shop 'n' Save of Belington was trying to get back to normal as well.
Manager Donna Sinsel said by Saturday, the Belington Shop 'n' Save had to throw out meats, deli items, dairy and most frozen items. She said employees "worked all day Saturday unloading and throwing stuff away."
Still, while dealing with the losses, the store made a contribution to the community.
"We donated what ice we had to the emergency squad and fire department and Office of Emergency Management," Sinsel said.
Sinsel told The Inter-Mountain on Monday that her store was expecting a shipment of ice from Fairmont, but hadn't received it yet. She said milk also was a little scarce.
"We've got meat, deli, milk. ... (We're) trying to get our trucks in early on Tuesday morning. We're in business; it's slim business," she said. "We had major losses, we're still totaling."
Bob Breitinger, director of operations for CGP Foods, which is the parent company for Shop 'n' Save, said perishable foods could be restocked in Shop 'n' Save stores sometime today.
"We have trucks coming in," Breitinger said.
Grocery businesses weren't the only ones to lose something as a result of the storm.
Blair and Sandy Thrush, of Charleston, traveled through Elkins Monday to get away from the power outage that still looms over their area and much of the state. They said they lost "bags and bags" of perishable food items, and they were headed toward Canaan Valley "to get away from the power shortage and the heat."
Todd Pingly, of Jimtown, said he was lucky because he had several generators and didn't lose anything.
"I feel bad for the older people," Pingly said.
Rock Cave resident Ronald N. Buckton also had a generator - but he had a tough time getting gas.
"I'm able to keep the freezer going for about six hours a day, (just) don't open the lid," Buckton said about his efforts to keep his food from thawing and going bad.
Sarah Howard, of Buckhannon, said her family didn't have a generator, but they still tried to salvage perishable foods.
"We saved what we could by putting everything into the freezer to try and keep it longer. When it started going bad, we grilled it. I have to say, grilled hot pockets are amazing," Howard said.
Howard said her first concern was to ration what she and her family had, and the biggest scare was how utilities would remain out.
"I was putting filtered water into anything that would hold it, even leaving a bathtub full," she said, adding that the storm and the high temperatures were hard to take.
"We lost our minds first with the heat," she said.
Bekke Florence, of Elkins, said her first reaction to the power outages was to "get my kids to relatives with power," especially when she heard the area could be without electricity for several days.
Some residents lost more than just food as a result of Friday's storm. Some lost time at work, and income. Some also had property damages.
"The awning on my camper, one side tore off," Carolyn Healey of Montrose said.
Others weren't too worried by the storm and its aftermath.
Laura DePriest Stackpole, of Buckhannon, said, "The only thing that we lost was the time we spent hunting gas for the generator."
Stackpole said she thought, "Bring it on," when she heard the power could be out for days.
"It isn't ideal, but I think that it gives people a wake-up call and reminds them of everything they take for granted," she said.
"Plus, it teaches a lesson that we can always be prepared for things like this when they happen."


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New EFF campaign proposes seven changes to U.S. patent system
Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched Defend Innovation, a campaign to end software patent abuse, promote seven alterations to the United States patent system, and initiate dialogue about the ways software patents actually hinder the inventors they are designed to protect.
"The software patent system is broken," said EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels in a statement released last Tuesday. "Patents are supposed to help promote new inventions and ideas, but software patents are chronically misused to limit competition, quash new tools and products, and shake down companies big and small."
A new website—defendinnovation.org—neatly summarizes the EFF's position on software patents as well as the organization's proposed changes to the current patent system:
- A patent covering software should be shorter: no more than five years from the application date.
- If the patent is invalid or there's no infringement, the trolls should have to pay the legal fees.
- Patent applications should be required to provide an example of running software code for each claim in the patent.
- Infringers should avoid liability if they independently arrive at the patented invention.
- Patents and licenses should be public right away. Patent owners should be required to keep their public records up-to-date.
- The law should limit damanges so that a patent owner can't collect millions if the patent represented only a tiny fraction of a defendent's product.
- Congress should commission a study and hold hearings to examine whether software patents actually benefit our economy at all.
Internet users can support the EFF's seven proposals by adding a digital signature to Defend Innovation, and the EFF will soon travel through Silicon Valley to collect stories about the effects of patent abuse from entrepreneurs. It will combine these signatures and narratives with expert testimony from academics, lawyers, and inventors to produce a white paper entitled In Defense of Innovation—which it will use to educate lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
But Defend Innovation also acts as a platform for conversation about software patents, bringing together programmers, engineers, patent holders, academics, activists and others concerned with the ways in which software patents stifle innovation.
"The U.S. Patent Office is overwhelmed and underfunded, and issues questionable patents every day–patents that hurt innovators and consumers alike," said EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman. "It's time for the technology community to work together to create a blueprint for reforming the broken software patent system."
And work together they have. Since debuting June 19, defendinnovation.org has collected thousands of signatures and attracted numerous comments (like this one from the Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman), according to EFF staffer Molly Sauter.
"Since we launched, we've already received an amazing response, and now we're watching as more and more people sign the petition and leave comments," Sauter said. "This campaign isn't just about our proposals–it's also about creating a space for the tech community, inventors, academics, and others to express their concerns and suggestions for dealing with the patent system."
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Woooooo! Sounds like a great initiative. Let's hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears.
I would have to say I actually disagree with change #3. In my memory, the patent office has never asked inventors to provide a prototype for their inventions, and now that the US has become a first-to-file country, it seems even more unreasonable to expect inventors to submit working code when they make their application.
The patent office has long had the right to require a working model. (Among other things, it keeps people from trying to patent perpetual-motion machines.) Change #3, as far as I can see, basically applies that requirement to software. Since software patents are relatively easy to write broadly (they tend to cover relatively abstract concepts), I wonder if perhaps the working-code requirement might be an attempt to keep applications a little closer to practical reality. (As always, I could be wrong.)
It's not clear to me that being first-to-file makes the requirement of working code unduly burdensome--since everybody needs to provide code with their filing, wouldn't the code requirement burden all applicants pretty much equally? Or am I missing something?
"4. Infringers should avoid liability if they independently arrive at the patented invention."
That is the essence of copyright law. You can write your own code as long as you don't copy somebody else's. If you abolish software patents entirely then the existing copyright law provides all of the intellectual property protection needed to implement point 4..
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EFF petition is too weak, time to start FFII in the United States.
Agree.. way too weak. It's one thing in biotech, where investments are in the billions, and it takes years to get a product to market. In software, patents are simply a barrier to innovation - used more to block competitors than to protect innovation.


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Labor Day weekend is usually an opportunity for me to look ahead at the fall lineup of sweaty events, but this year's different.
This weekend
Sixth annual Race Judi-cata 5K run and walk. 8 a.m. Saturday at Hampton Park. $10-$25. www.charlestonracejudicata.com
Lowcountry CrossFit workout fundraiser for the 19 fallen firefighters in Arizona. Various times Saturday. $10. www.lowcountrycrossfit.com
The month of September, one of the most under-appreciated months in the Lowcountry, has suddenly become jammed with an array of events, both new and renewed.
Kiawah Tri
While the Kiawah Island Golf Resort Triathlon on Sept. 15 is an inaugural event for the resort, a triathlon on Kiawah Island on the third Sunday of September has been a staple for endurance athletes for 19 years.
Kiawah decided to put on the event inside the gates in the months after the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission told the former triathlon's race director, Mike Loggins, that he no longer could use Beachwalker County Park. The event was too big for a park that had become popular with beachgoers.
The resort, which has hosted the Kiawah Island Marathon and Half Marathon for nearly three decades, has experience putting on a first-class endurance sports event that entails nightmarish logistics.
Race director Elisabeth King says she was surprised at how the logistics of a triathlon for 400 people has proved to be as challenging as the marathon and half for a total of 4,000 people.
As expected, Kiawah is going the extra mile to turn the weekend into a celebration, hosting a Get Fit Festival on Sept. 14 at Night Heron Park to coincide with the triathlon's packet pick-up and course briefings.
Among the activities will be yoga, a basketball clinic with College of Charleston Coach Doug Wojcik and family fitness activities. The event is free and open to anyone, including those not staying on the island or participating in the triathlon.
Another extra will be a "practice swim" in the ocean, set for 12:30 p.m. Sept. 7.
For triathletes, note that the inaugural Kiawah Island Golf Resort Triathlon is nearing its cap of 400 individual and relay registrants. If you want in, you better sign up soon.
Chucktown Showdown
On the same day as the Get Fit Festival, Sept. 14, the inaugural Chucktown Showdown stand-up paddleboard races will be held, with the elite 8.5-mile and recreational 4-mile races starting and ending at Brittlebank Park.
Joe "SUP Joey" McQuaid, organizer of the event, expects to draw about 100 racers, thanks largely to prize packages and scenic but challenging courses.
"This is a race where the long-course overall winners will be winning cash prizes, while some of the other categories will be receiving prizes (items)," says McQuaid, noting that Lucey Mortgage Corp. is the presenting sponsor of the event, which benefits Special Olympics.
Chucktown Showdown also is tied to the BIC SUP One Design U.S. National Championship, to be held at James Island County Park on Sept. 15.
Montague Mile
Most avid runners know their typical times for 5Ks, 10Ks, halfs and marathons. But what about the mile? That distance has practically died at the hands of the metric system.
But retro is in, and the mile, at least nationally, seems to be making a comeback.
Locally, mile races have come and gone, but in an ironic twist, the folks behind the Charleston Marathon seem to have a formula that can make it work in the Holy City, or the North Holy City.
The inaugural Montague Mile features seven one-mile races — kids (14 and under), high school (15-18), females (19-39), females masters (40 and up), men's (19-39), men's masters (40 and up) and elite (invitational) — from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 15 on the main drag of Montague Avenue in North Charleston.
Charleston Marathon executive director Liz Miello says the event is meant not only for participating but spectating.
"Given that it is a mile, it is open to all ages and running levels," says Miello. "It is a chance to run an all out mile and then to watch the local elites duke it out. The elite heat is last, so the excitement will build as the evening progresses."
Running Scared
Zombies are hot, and Charleston is getting its second zombie run in two years with Boone Hall Plantation's inaugural Running Scared 5K Zombie Apocalypse on Sept. 22, which will send folks racing through the "zombie infested woods" of the plantation.
How does a zombie run work? Runners will venture into the woods with three "life flags" hanging from their waist band and will run an obstacle course. Like flag football, zombies hiding in the woods come and try to remove the flags. The goal of the runners is to have at least one flag left when they cross the finish line.
Participants can sign up as runners ($50), feasting zombies ($50), the zombie horde ($25) or as spectators ($10 in advance, $15 at the gate). For the budget conscious, note that prices for runners and zombies goes up $10 after Sunday.
Joining the zombies will be a zombie celebrity. Erin Bushko, who plays a zombie on the hit AMC TV series "Walking Dead," will be on hand to meet participants and sign autographs during the Ultimate Zombie Bash that will be taking place from noon-8 p.m.
Boone Hall is using the event to kick off its Boone Hall Fright Nights, Sept. 27-Nov. 2.
ALS run moves
For 12 years, the ALS HOPE 5K Beach Run has been held in early June on the Isle of Palms by students in the physical therapy and occupational therapy programs at the Medical University of South Carolina.
When the students no longer wanted to organize it, the South Carolina Chapter of the ALS Association picked it up, but because of other existing charity events in the spring, the nonprofit decided to move it to September.
The 13th edition comes at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 on the Isle of Palms.
As of last week, more than 20 solo swimmers have signed up for the third annual Swim Around Charleston, a 12-mile swim around the city's peninsula.×


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New Second Harvest facility to open soon
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is nearly ready to move into a new distribution center, and some imaginative volunteers are helping to make it a cheery place to call home.
About 30 Walt Disney Imagineer VoluntEARS came together to paint a huge Disney-themed mural on the walls of the new 100,000-square-foot facility. The "Mickey and the Beanstalk" mural demonstrates how a few seeds can make a big difference.
"The VoluntEARS from Walt Disney Imagineering brought a little bit of 'Disney Magic' to our new facility," Dave Krepcho, President and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, said in a prepared statement. "Through their support and hard work, they have transformed our volunteer areas and made them come alive."
The $15 million distribution center will serve more than 700,000 people.
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Adding more gun laws won't make streets safer
The News featured the murder of a 15-year-old Chicago girl on the Jan. 21 front page. The girl, an honor student and recent participant in the presidential inauguration, was gunned down while seeking shelter from the rain in a city park. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police chief vowed immediate action and called for tougher gun laws to prevent future shootings. Great press, but poor relevancy to the facts.
Chicago and Illinois already have gun laws so restrictive that they were recently stricken down by the Federal Courts. Yet in 2012, there were 446 gun-related deaths in Chicago (out of 506 homicides). There were no charges filed in 94 percent of these homicides. The problem in Chicago – contrary to what the president, his former chief of staff (Emanuel) and the Chicago police chief say – is not a lack of gun laws, but the enforcement of existing laws.
Why is it so hard to state the obvious: Criminals have no respect for laws and the result is the carnage that stains Chicago's streets. Gangs, not lawful citizens, are turning America's major cities into killing fields. I found my information through a quick search of police records and FBI statistics. American streets will be safe when the public demands safe streets, not more laws.
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This will never actually happen, but we're okay with it because we kind of already know who's a good kisser – at least on camera.
See which costars kiss and tell, from Josh Hutcherson's game-changing smooch to Kirsten Dunst's less-sexy encounter with Brad Pitt.
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On smooching: Jennifer Lawrence
There's just something so romantic about fighting to the death, are we right? "She's a great kisser – so, yup, the bar is high," Hutcherson revealed to Cosmopolitan of his The Hunger Games ally, whom he first puckered up to during the saga's first installment in 2012.
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If your first kiss was awkward or, you know, behind your school's gymnasium, try not to be too jealous of Kunis, who was introduced to the art of lip-locking in 1998 by none other than her current boyfriend, Kutcher. At the time, however, he was just her That '70s Show costar. "I was like, 'Oh, he's so cute – it's the Calvin Klein model!" the actress told PEOPLE in 2001. "Then I was like, 'I have to kiss him?' I was so nervous and uncomfortable. I had the biggest crush on him."
Emma Stone
It's really hard being Emma Stone because you have to kiss guys like Andrew Garfield and Ryan Gosling, and then everyone wants to talk about it. Stone, who actually gets to smooch her The Amazing Spider-Man on-and-off screen love interest all the time, had the honor of comparing those makeout sessions to her Crazy, Stupid, Love kissing partner, Gosling, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "Apples and oranges, you know," she told DeGeneres in April 2012. "I love all fruit."
Kristen Stewart
On smooching: Dakota Fanning
For the Twilight alum, sharing some on-screen P.D.A. in 2010's The Runaways, well, rocked. "It was cool. I didn't mind it," Stewart, who played the Joan Jett to Fanning's Cherie Currie, said while promoting the film. "The way that it happens in the script is so just a sort of moment in time and fun and natural and sort of impulsive."
Kirsten Dunst
You might want to sit down for this one: According to Dunst, kissing Pitt in 1994's Interview with the Vampire totally sucked. (Yes, we're talking about The Brad Pitt, who was named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive not once, but twice.)
However, Dunst's assessment had more to do with their age gap (she was just 11 when they filmed) than his kissing prowess. "Everyone at the time was like, 'You're so lucky you kissed Brad Pitt,' but I thought it was disgusting," she told Bullett magazine in March. "I didn't kiss anyone else until I was 16, I think. I was a late bloomer."


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Corollary to Parkinson's Law, where 'WORK EXPANDS SO AS TO FILL THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR ITS COMPLETION' but how demand will always expand to meet supply.
Examples of Smolka's Law include but are not limited to: the amount of junk you possess depends on the amount of storage space you have, the number of cars on the road depends on how many roads there are and cheaper, new energy sources to overpopulation.
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Music 101 - Noah Bendix-Balgley PSO Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley gives an informal lecture, titled "Concertmaster: The Symphony's Quarterback." He will discuss his life and career, and his role as PSO Concertmaster, and also take questions from the audience.05/07/2014Time: 12:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Ping at Trinity CathedralThe virtuoso madrigal ensemble Ping, a quintet founded atr CMU, presents a lunchtime program at Trinity Cathedral in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. This informal concert will feature a variety of sacred and secular music, including works by Ping member and Trinity Cathedral composer-in-residence, Sean Salamon.05/07/2014Time: 11:30 amLocation: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 328 Sixth Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Comfort ZoneMarlon Youngblood's "Comfort Zone," featuring Tony Award nominee Anthony Chisholm and directed by Mark Whitehead, is about the aftermath of a shooting and how it impacts a community. "Comfort Zone" is based on the searing hit production from last year's Theatre Festival in Black & White.05/09/2014 - 05/31/2014Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Doubt, A ParableIn this brilliant and powerful drama by John Patrick Shanley, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.05/09/2014 - 05/18/201405/09 - 8:00 pm05/10 - 8:00 pm05/11 - 2:00 pm05/16 - 8:00 pm05/17 - 8:00 pm05/18 - 2:00 pm Carnegie, PA
The Devil's ArithmeticIn this adaptation of Jane Yolen's Newbery Award-winning novel, Hannah, a modern day teenager, has to celebrate yet another Jewish holiday with her family – but this year will be different. Little does she know her world is about change. She is mysteriously transported back to the Holocaust. With Hannah, we become caught up in a world of deceit, discoveries, friendship, faith and family. Lisa Ann Goldsmith directs.05/09/2014 - 05/18/2014New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Ping 101: The Final [Exam] ConcertCMU's virtuoso madrigal quintet, Ping, ends its inaugural season with music from their bucket list, with two premieres by Carnegie Mellon students Daniel Arnaldos and Andrew Dewey and works by Sondheim, Stephen Foster, Mister Rogers, and the most difficult madrigal ever written.05/09/2014Time: 6:30 pmLocation: Great Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
From Russia with LoveGlinka's Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto featuring Monique Mead, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique."05/10/2014Time: 7:30 pmKatz Performing Arts Center, JCC, 5738 Darlington Rd, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Uniting Community Through Song: Celebrating Seven YearsThe Pittsburgh Gospel Choir, directed by Herbert V.R.P. Jones, will celebrate its 7th Anniversary in concert.05/10/2014Time: 4:00 pmLocation: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Festival of BachPittsburgh Music Alliance members (The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh Camerata, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, and Renaissance & Baroque) will represent the breadth of Bach's works across 12 hours, in performances including Bach's Chaconne for violin, a variety of motets, three violin concertos as well as the concerto for violin and oboe, the quadruple and triple harpsichord concertos, and concluding with the grand "Magnificat" performed jointly by all five organizations. Free admission. Donations encouraged.05/10/2014 - 05/29/2014Time: 10 am - 10 pmLocation: Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Mother's Day Concert A fun and festive celebration for you and Mom.05/11/2014Time: 2:30 pmLocation: Somerset High School, Somerset, PAwebsite
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Sitting on the sofa on a Sunday watching football, drinking beers and eating nachos and buffalo wings.
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'Sofa Sunday' is the day or days when most people shop for the holiday gifts using their tablets.
What a sofa sunday! (I got many of my gifts for the holidays purchased from the convenience of my home, using my tablet)
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Get a sneak peek review of soon-to-be-release Drupal 8
Drupal 8's accessibility advantage
When it was released in 2011, Drupal 7 was the most accessible open source content management system (CMS) available. I expect that this will be true until the release of Drupal 8. Web accessibility requires constant vigilance and will be something that will always need attention in any piece of software striving to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 guidelines.
This has been useful for many organizations that, for legal, economic, or ethical reasons, want to make their sites as accessible as they can be.
What makes Drupal different from most other CMSs is that the focus has been on improving Drupal Core's accessibility on all levels (public, content editor, administrator, and developer). Fixing problems in Core allows us to fix accessibility problems at the source, and they propagate by default to themes and modules that are used.
Adding more semantics
The biggest accessibility enhancement is about additional semantics in the form of HTML5 and WAI-ARIA. Used properly, both add context that can be useful for users who use assistive technology. We have added ARIA landmarks and roles. There is also now a central means to leverage aria-live so that a screen reader can be alerted when dynamic content on a page is updated without a page reload.
One of the common problems in Drupal 7's forms were that multi-part checkboxes and radio buttons weren't properly wrapped in a <fieldset> element. In Drupal 8, this has been brought into the Forms API so that these elements are properly grouped together.
Drupal is known for being strong with internationalization, but creating accessible multi-lingual sites is a real challenge! Fortunately, Drupal 8 has done a lot to add semantics to its extended language support.
Little things add up
There were lots of little changes that were made to font sizes and color contrast to make sure that Drupal 8 themes meet with the WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines.
One big challenge in many user interfaces is making sure that the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone. When working with limited space on the page, it's difficult to accomplish this for many CMSs. Drupal added this by default in Drupal 7 for some content but has extended this further in Drupal 8, and we are leveraging a common set of visually-hidden CSS classes.
There has been an initiative to seek out other open source code to adopt in Drupal. This has been called Proudly Invented Elsewhere, and it has had a big impact both on Drupal 8's accessibility and the accessibility of other projects. The Drupal community pushed jQuery UI and CKEditor to improve their accessibility before adopting their code.
In Drupal 7, we decided to centralize functions such as how we address accessible alternatives to CSS display:none;. At about the same time the popular HTML5 boilerplate did the same. In Drupal 8, we chose to rename our CSS classes to the more commonly used "visually-hidden" so that it would be easier for themers who are already familiar with that convention.
Another big enhancement in Drupal 8 is a centralized tabbing manager. Websites are becoming increasingly complicated, and for keyboard only users, there needed to be a way to stack the tab order to manage this. We are using this on the back-end, but it will be available for all modules and themes that want to be able to ensure that the tab order is logical.
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It is important to remember that it's not just our users that may have disabilities. Especially with an aging generation of boomers, accessibility is a concern for people in all levels of an organization. Drupal's commitment to remove accessibility challenges in the admin level is huge. This also puts this CMS in a great place to address the new accessibility standard Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG). ATAG is largely about helping content authors produce more accessible content.
We've done some simple things in Drupal 8 to help us conform to ATAG. An administrator can now force image uploads to include alternative text. We've also opened up the HTML headers in the default filter to encourage editors to create more structured content. Ultimately though, it is mostly because of how Drupal is structured that we are able to help authors produce more accessible content using this interface.
One of the biggest wins for Drupal 8 is that Views has been brought into Core. Views is the most popular and powerful contributed module in Drupal 7, so it was terrific to see it incorporated in Drupal 8. This is a big accessibility win for Drupal administrators as well as end users. Views UI has been cleaned up to make it much more semantic, but we've also added accessibility improvements for table views. Tables now support both HTML5's caption and description elements, as well as having proper id/header semantics for each cell.
Now, there's still more that needs to be done and will hopefully get into Core before the first release of Drupal 8, but that being said, it is now a long way ahead of the nearest competition. Because Drupal is modular, modules and themes that are built on the new API will inherit many of the best practices we've built into Core. Keep in mind that any of these extensions could override a best practice, so there will still be work to improve the accessibility of Drupal 8 community contributions. But the community standards are set in Core and most modules will follow them.
Start experimenting with Drupal 8
If you're keen on accessibility and want to try out Drupal 8, an easy place to begin is http://simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.x where you can also use that to test any of the Drupal 8 contributed modules on http://drupal.org.
There are some great ways to begin experimenting with Drupal 8 and contributing to it now. What the Drupal community has done is still pretty unique, but it is certainly something that other open source projects can learn from and adopt.
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There is no question that Drupal has continually evolved and improved in CMS capability to be more heuristic and adaptable in areas like accessibility.
However it is incorrect for Mike Gifford to state that " Drupal 7 was the most accessible open source content management system (CMS) available", or even for Drupal 8 today, as the Plone CMS/Portal has long had all of the accessibility features mentioned, comprehensive WAI and deep granularity of content workflows for several years.
The fact of an integral object oriented full function Application Server in Plone, to separately manage and control all aspects of workflow CMS logic ad direct integration with multiple external data sources/databases distinctly shows the benefits of Plone by comparison.
Unfortunately, many developers in the PHP/MySQL arena have a tendency to erroneously extrapolate any advantage of their product over other some-what similar PHP/MySQL CMS to all other Web development CMS - Portal platforms.
Mike, thanks for sharing what we can expect with Drupal 8 and for also highlighting how Drupal is moving forward in the content management system areana.


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If you're bummed that the Alleyway's production of "A Christmas Carol" is sold out, don't sweat it. Theaters across Western New York are in full-on holiday mode. Here's a look at some of the holiday productions, from an inner-city spin on "A Christmas Carol" to a one-night puppet show about a tiny snow monster:
"Christmas is Comin' Uptown," 7 p.m. today through Dec. 16 in the Paul Robeson Theatre's home in the African American Cultural Center (350 Masten Ave., 884-2013); tickets are $20 to $27.50.
In this adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge is not a London banker, but a Harlem slumlord who's getting ready to foreclose on a community center before a trio of ghosts arrive to tell him what's what. The cast is largely young students from the African American Cultural Center's Theatre Arts Program under the direction of PRT Artistic Director Paulette Harris.
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," through Dec. 16 in separate productions at Theatre of Youth (203 Allen St., 884-4400) and the Lancaster Opera House (21 Central Ave., Lancaster, 683-1776). Theatre of Youth tickets are $24 to $26; Lancaster Opera House tickets are $13 to $20.
It's a testament to the popularity of this holiday children's theater standby that two local theaters are taking up productions of this adaptation of Barbara Robinson's popular 1971 book. It tells the story of the out-of-control Herdman children, who enter a church seeking free snacks and inadvertently become a part of a Christmas pageant – much to the initial annoyance of the other children. It's a great showcase for aspiring young actors, of whom there will be many in both productions.
"The Littlest Snow Monster," 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec.27 in the Lancaster Opera House; $10.
Here's the tantalizing Facebook description of this new production from local puppeteer Adam Kreutenger (of "Avenue Q" fame), along with Maria Droz, Zach Haumesser and Cameron Garrity: "A village of snow monsters, high atop a mountain, hold a yearly winter Olympics. But the games can't start this year, because the littlest snow monster has gone missing."
"The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas," through Sunday in MusicalFare Theatre (4380 Main St., Amherst). 839-8540; $39
This show, the brainchild of Western New York native and Broadway veteran Jeffry Denman and his collaborator Marc Kudisch, workshopped last year at MusicalFare and is coming back in completed form. The 75-minute musical comedy is a blend of Christian and Jewish traditions – not to mention varying styles of song and dance – that seeks to bring people of every faith together during the holiday season.
Also playing:
"The Eight Reindeer Monologues," presented by the Francis Bacon Experiment through Saturday in the Wasteland Theatre (700 Main St., 348-2005); $15 to $20.
"Four Tickets to Christmas," a dinner theater production presented by Family Life Ministries through Saturday at Michael's (4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg, 800-927-9083, or www.fln.org/tickets); $37.50.
"Irving Berlin's White Christmas," through Sunday in Shea's Performing Arts Center (646 Main St.). 847-1410; $35 to $65.
"A Christmas Carol," through Sunday in a Theatre in the Mist production at Stella Niagara Theatre (Lower River and Pletcher roads, Lewiston, 856-0694); $6 to $14.
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," presented by the Towne Players through Sunday in Sheridan Parkside Community Center (169 Sheridan Parkside Drive, Tonawanda, 693-9641); $8 to $10.
"Inspecting Carol," presented by Western Door Playhouse through Dec. 9 in the Woodbox Theatre, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (1201 Pine Ave., Niagara Falls, 297-5910); $8 to $10.
"Radio TBS," presented by Subversive Theatre Collective and Brazen-Faced Varlets through Dec. 15 in the Manny Fried Playhouse (255 Great Arrow Ave., 408-0499); $15.
"A Broadway Christmas Carol," through Dec. 16 in O'Connell & Company's home in Gleasner Hall, Erie Community College North Campus (6205 Main St., Williamsville, 848-0800); $25.
"It's a Wonderful Life," presented by Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects through Dec. 16 in Seneca Queen Theatre (4624 Queen St., Niagara Falls, Ont., 905-374-7469); $5 to $30.
"It Was a Wonderful Life!" through Jan. 5 in the Chapel at Forest Lawn (1411 Delaware Ave.) 885-1600; $25.
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Berkes-Nelson is the president and executive director of Econ Illinois at Northern Illinois University.
Zimmerman is president of Zimmerman Home Builders and the founder of the Golden Apple Foundation.
Rockford Promise is a program that helps fund college education for Rockford District 205 students. For information: rockfordpromise.org.
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When one sneezes suddenly while performing any act of oral sex.
"dude, last night was going great but having sex with that sick girl bit me in the ass. Lets just say she gave me the worst blown tire I've ever seen.
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quote: Oracle could get an injunction against sales of all phones and apps. That would stop it dead.
quote: If the code is modified sufficiently then they technically aren't using the same code and thus the licence is invalid anyways.
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As is so often the case, just when you've lost almost all faith in the wisdom of the American populace, something comes along to cheer you up a bit.
The latest example is a survey co-sponsored by Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, no less, in which a majority of Americans say they would prefer that a certain unsuccessful politician keep her thoughts to herself at least for a while.
The story is HERE:
According to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg Public Policy Center survey, Americans would like to tell Sarah Palin, Jesse Jackson�and Dick Cheney that it is time to be quiet.
More than 40% of Americans are tired of them. Ms. Palin gets the dubious distinction of 52% wishing her to fade away, including almost 2 out of 5 conservatives and Republicans.
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Officials address public safety in Jefferson County
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CHARLES TOWN — Sheriff Pete Dougherty traded in his typical blazer for a black sheriff's uniform Wednesday afternoon when he took a moment to address Monday's twin bombings at the Boston Marathon....
"God help us if something bad does happen."
Could it be that the County Commissioners spend all their time on our dime watching "Mayberry RFD" ?
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Security. The word is useless when a psycho wants to terrorize. Anyone thinking they can outsmart a terrorist is not thinking clearly. The best way to stay safe is stay home and focus around the family. Society's high maintenance entertainment level gives the terrorists thousands of targets on a daily basis. Stay home and have a BBQ!
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Mr. Doughtery, seems to be a nice enough person, but you can tell he doesn't have a clue. He talks in circles, and you can't really understand him. He needs to go to some training, a school board member just doesn't get it. God help us if something bad does happen. We don't have anyone to really take charge, because Mr. Jones is no longer a deputy he draws his retirement,just the paper pusher now.
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The Herald reported today that judge Bailey ruled since the County doesnt have a policy concerning law enforcement behaviour that the civil case cannot be brought against the county , only Shirley. So, basically these law enforcememt guys rape, pillage , burn whatever , its not the countys problem - they dont have a policy on that. What a crock!
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"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God." Psalm 20:7
Can Americans say that with a whole-heart?
There is a large difference between common-sense preparations and obsessing about "safety".
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If the Sheriff is just an administrator, isn't his wearing a uniform an insult to real officers? Not just Dougherty, but all non-officers.
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All of this homeland security bunk is a flying waste of tax payers money. To think we have 3 full time people in a county homeland security office is a shame.
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quote: Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is...
quote: Also, whatever is "likely" about Bush is of zero concern, since "likely" is not "definitely" and therefore is supposition and conjecture, not FACT. As a science argument, you must discard this.
quote: I am smart enough to reject all the BS that's religion from my life, so I am not influenced by it at all.
quote: UDHR was declared before Bush Jr was even born.
quote: Umm...really? How about Roe vs. Wade where viability is defined as the interim point at which the fetus becomes potentially able to live outside the mother's womb, albeit with artificial aid
quote: It matters because belief in the Bible as anything more than a few philosophical guidelines, is the same as believing Batman/Superman exist
quote: And yet you're foolish enough to believe your life isn't influenced by it. Hilarious.
quote: Give me another...
quote: give me one that says that viability = life, because Roe v Wade doesn't make that distinction.
quote: Prove it.
quote: Prove it. I am not influenced by religion in any aspect of my life. I do not follow any, and I reject all of them.
quote: Here's what Bush did: [his administration announced something in 2001]...
quote: I gave you one and beat you fair and square, no more moving goal posts, you idiot.
quote: I never said viability = life, since even a single cell is life. However Roe vs. Wade argues that viability = human. Let that sink into that cancerous brain of yours.
quote: ... so are the events in the bible and the supernatural powers of Jesus. They are all fiction .
quote: Do you believe in a God, or a supernatural force, or are you a "science guy" believing in evolution?
quote: It is possible to give 'human being' a precise meaning. We can use it as equivalent to 'member of the species Homo sapiens'. Whether a being is a member of a given species is something that can be determined scientifically, by an examination of the nature of the chromosomes in the cells of living organisms. In this sense there is no doubt that from the first moments of its existence an embryo conceived from human sperm and eggs is a human being.