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Love them or hate them - for there's rarely an opinion in between - ramps were the dish of the day at the fifth annual Ramps and Rail Festival Saturday in downtown Elkins.
And Brian Rollins and his fiancee, Becky Dyer, had driven 300 miles to the Town Square near the Elkins Depot Welcome Center to dig in.
Residents of Bellefontaine, Ohio, the couple explained that the Buckeye State's lower elevation doesn't easily lend itself to cultivating the renowned wild onions.
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Joe Sabatino cooks spostani — ramp hummus and pesto ingredient fried in a flour tortilla — Saturday at the Ramps and Rail Festival. A total of 19 food vendors participated in this year's festival.
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A chicken makes a case for ramp salt during the Ramps and Rails Festival Saturday in downtown Elkins.
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Elkins residents Norma Fitzwater, left, and Deloris Wilfong sample ramp salsa Saturday afternoon at the the Ramps and Rail Festival in downtown Elkins.
"You can't get 'em in Ohio," Rollins said amidst that unmistakable aroma that makes some people's mouths water in anticipation and other people's noses crinkle in disgust.
"We lived right here in Elkins until my eighth grade year, which was the last time I had them, and we've been trying to get back ever since," he added.
The two had arrived early to sample the sweeping selection of delicacies, which ranged from classics like deep-fried ramps, ramp-laden Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and ramp chili to the more daring, experimental dishes such as ramp and shrimp wontons and spostani, which is ramp hummus and pesto ingredients rolled into a soft tortilla shell and deep-fried.
The two even talked one local vendor into allowing them to bring a ramp plant back to their Bellefontaine backyard, where'll secure it in the soil and hope for the best.
"We're going to try to plant it behind our house in Ohio," Rollins said. "It's like taking another little piece of home back with us."
And should the plant not sprout, Dyer said the two will make the trip again in 2014.
"We'll be back next year," she said. "It seems like (the festival) is only getting bigger and cooler."
Ed Griesel, who heads up the Elkins Depot Welcome Center, didn't disagree.
"I'm amazed at the amount of people came early this morning and stayed all day," he said. "I don't know if the number of people here has doubled, but there's definitely been a big increase in attendance over last year."
This year's festival featured two train rides, 19 food vendors and 23 arts and crafts entrants. Musical acts Wish Awake, Appalachian Spirit and Mark Hamrick supplied the day's entertainment.
And while some festivalgoers who came out to sample the fare were sure of their favorites - fried potatoes with ramps topped the list of many - other attendees, like Tucker County Circuit Clerk Donna Bava, were still undecided as they continued to sample condiments such as ramp salt, ramp butter and ramp salsa.
"So far, I like the (ramp) cheeseball," Bava said, "but I haven't been all the way around yet."
The Ramps & Rail Festival, which wrapped up at 5 p.m., was sponsored by the Elkins Depot Welcome Center, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Randolph County Development Authority, Randolph County Commission and the City of Elkins.
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LEWISTOWN - This year, the Rotary Club of Lewistown welcomes a fifth avenue of service - New Generations - to encourage youth leadership and service in Mifflin County.
The outreach will be headed by Interact Club, Rotary International's service club for teens ages 14 to 18. Cher Harpster, chairperson for New Generations and member of the Rotary Board of Directors, said participating youth will channel Rotary's commitment to service above self through the four traditional avenues of service; club service, vocational service, community service and international service. This is the first time Interact has been offered locally, she said.
"The goal is to have a club of kids who will take on Rotary's work to help the community," she said, explaining that Interact is essentially a Rotary club at the high school level.
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Interact Club members, from left, Chase Hicks and Tate Harpster, are pictured with Cher Harpster, chairperson for the New Generations Avenue of Service, during the 2013 Dance Your Heart Out 24-hour marathon. The event, held Feb. 2 in Lewistown, was one of the first service projects club members participated in together.
Interact clubs are self-governing and financially independent, allowing members to choose local and international service projects in which they wish to participate, she said. Last weekend, Interact members took part in the Dance Your Heart Out 24-hour dance marathon to benefit the congestive heart failure department at Lewistown Hospital. The marathon was one of the first service projects club members participated in together, Harpster said.
The local club is not yet chartered, but the first step is gathering interest and growing in numbers.
"Hopefully it will put a young face to Rotary," Harpster said.
While the Interact Club gets under way, Club President Dan Bennett said Rotary continues its youth and international outreach through its long-term youth exchange. This program offers youth ages 15 to 19 the opportunity to travel globally. Bennett said the exchange usually lasts one year. During that time, students live with host families and attend school in another country.
"The purpose of that is to create this understanding of diversity," Bennett said.
Exchange students are encouraged to be open to trying new things and fully embracing the culture of other areas. To gain a greater understanding of the culture, Bennett said most participants live temporarily with two or three different host families who are screened and selected by Rotary International.
"It is an exchange," though, he urged.
In order to offer the opportunity to local youth, area families must be willing to invite children from other countries to Mifflin County. Bennett said Rotary always is in search of qualified host families. Host families are expected to provide room and board, family supervision of the youth and involve the student in family activities.
Phyllis Mitchell, member of the Rotary Club of Lewistown, said it was the opportunity to learn more about another country and develop new relationships that convinced her and her husband to host a student last year.
"We did have hesitations because it is a big responsibility," she said. "But Rotary has an excellent support system for the student and the host family with clearly outlined policies and procedures."
Throughout the year, Mitchell said the student she hosted attended as many weekly Rotary meetings as possible, participated in weekend retreats with other Rotary Club exchange students and involved herself in cheerleading and yearbook club at the school.
"She made it easy for us. She respected the rules that we had established and was very willing to help out in any way we asked," Mitchell said. "It's a great way to expand your circle of friends and to learn more about another country."
Each avenue of Rotary International is meant to encourage and foster the idea of service, according the organization's website.
"The community needs to know that you're here to do good things. Your community depends on you," Bennett said.
Fostering the growth and development of youth - the new generation - is a significant part of serving the community, he explained. The Interact Club and long-term youth exchange are ways to help youth learn leadership skills, connect with others from around the world and serve those in their community.
"We make volunteering fun," he said.
For more information about Interact Club, the long-term youth exchange or other opportunities sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lewistown, call Dan Bennett at 248-2010. Families who are interested in hosting an exchange student for the next school year are encouraged to call as soon as possible for details.


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Derrick Cameron, antiquities dealer and adventurer, is furious when the priceless piece of Elizabethan lace he's been pursuing slips right by him, in the improbable custody of a mousy textile historian! But he will retrieve it, even if it means dragging a very skeptical, albeit adorable, Samantha back in time with him. After all, he is used to living dangerously—in whatever century he finds himself.
Conscientious Samantha Drummond never dreamed the package her British employer gave her would lead her into places an ordinary gal should never go—like Elizabethan England!—or throw her into the company of one extremely attractive, but highly suspect Highlander who not only thinks she's a thief, but insists on involving her in his mad schemes to retrieve his stolen treasure.
Trapped first in Elizabethan England, then caught in a web of modern-day intrigues, Samantha and Derrick are forced into an unlikely alliance by peril, never imagining that what they're forging is a timeless love….
"Stepping into one of Lynn Kurland's time-travel novels is definitely one magic moment in itself."—All About Romance
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I have to admit I'm a sucker for a good mystery. If there's not a gorgeous, slightly grumpy knight on a white horse involved, there's nothing I like more than a handsome, regularly-flirts-with-danger kind of super sleuth who surely kept a magnifying glass and deerstalker on his boyhood beside table.
Enter Derrick Cameron from Roses in Moonlight. He didn't start out as an investigator of very expensive treasures that have gone missing, but now that he's in the business of it, he finds that his particular skills of acting and disguise come in handy more often than not. His current case has him tracking down a priceless piece of Elizabethan lace. The problem is, the woman he believes is carrying that lace to its final dastardly buyer looks more like a sheltered librarian on a tourist trip than a hardened criminal on a quick run to London. It's baffling, but he's perfectly happy to keep a close eye on her and catch her red-handed.
The thing is, the only reason that Samantha Drummond would ever have red hands is because she'd been dabbling in paint, not because she'd been swiping lace. She has her degrees in the curation of historical textiles, true, but now that she's in England, what she really wants to do is pull out her sketchbook and capture a few idyllic scenes of pastoral British charm. The very last thing she expects is to be labeled a thief . . . well, let's be honest. The very last thing she expects is to find herself running through Elizabethan England while being labeled a thief, but sometimes that's just what happens when you're dealing with men who aren't surprised by travel to strange and sometimes vintage locales!
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Scott Evans (MBA '06) is making a big impact on the Salt Lake City dining scene. He opened his second restaurant, Finca, in Sugar House last April. Finca, which means vineyard/farm, takes a contemporary twist on Spanish cuisine that is sourced from local food producers.
While in the MBA program at Westminster, Scott worked in the food and beverage industry and diligently studied emerging food trends in Portland, Oregon and New York City. Scott felt Salt Lake was ready for a new restaurant concept that paired high-quality, locally produced cuisine in a casual, contemporary atmosphere. In 2009, Scott opened his first restaurant, Pago, which has won local and national recognition for its farm to table fare and top-rate wine selection.
While Pago was gaining status, Scott turned his sites toward opening a tapas restaurant that captured the authentic flavors of the food he had experienced while traveling through Spain.
Scott feels restaurateurs have a responsibility to help drive trends in the food and beverage industry. Scott is committed to sustainability and uses local pork, lamb, beef, eggs, flour, cheese and seasonal produce in the menus at both of his restaurants. Finca also uses many sustainable design elements such as bamboo tables, paper stone countertops, and custom furniture and metalwork by local artisans.


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Established in 1979, upon the death of John Phillip Immroth, this award honors the courage, dedication, and contribution of a living individual, group, or organization who has set the finest kind of example for the defense and furtherance of the principles of intellectual freedom. The award consists of a citation and a $500.
John Phillip Immroth was a teacher, author, scholar, advocate, and defender of First Amendment rights. He was the founder and first Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Round Table in 1973. His impact on the ideal of intellectual freedom and its practice was great.
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For mall cop E.J. Ferris, catching customers who "forgot to pay" is quite a change of pace from her former life in the military. But when a real crisis heats up her climate-controlled domain, her old instincts come back quicker than last year's skinny jeans.
On good days, Fernglen Galleria is a tranquil haven of capitalist splendor—but today is not one of those days. Arriving for her morning shift, E.J. spots a sleeping homeless person outside the east entrance. But the teenage boy turns out to be neither homeless nor asleep. He is, however, dead.
With half the security cameras sabotaged, no one can be sure what happened. E.J. is determined to help solve the case—whether Homicide Detective Helland likes it or not. Uncovering a deadly conspiracy right in her own mall, E.J is about to catch a killer, or get put on lay-away for good…
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Manufacturers are still trying to work
out final details on pricing for Intel-based Ultrabooks, but the devices
are on the way. For those that like the form-factor and weight on Apple's highly popular MacBook Air range, but can't be bothered with Apple's pricing or OS X, Toshiba
is serving up a fine alternative with the Portege Z830.
Toshiba has worked some serious magic on the Portege Z830 as
it manages to incorporate a 13.3" display (1366x768) and second generation Intel
Core processors into a frame weighing in at under 2.5 pounds. Part of the low
weight can be attributed to the Portege Z830's magnesium alloy body.
Although Toshiba won't tell us how fast the processors are
in the Portege Z830, the specs are quite amazing. It will come with a 128GB
SSD, backlit and spill-resistant keyboard, two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port,
GbE port, Secure Digital reader, HDMI-out, and stereo speakers.
to Engadget, the notebook
features an 8-cell battery, can be equipped with up to 6GB of DDR3 memory, and will
have an optional Core i7 processor upgrade available.
"The Portégé Z830 Series sets a new standard for thin
and light systems, not just in portability, but also in affordability for such
cutting-edge designs," said Carl Pinto, vice president of product
development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products
Division. "Toshiba's engineering achievements and expert craftsmanship
have resulted in a brilliant and fully thought-through innovation that exceeds
expectations, perfect for both mobile business professionals and
And keeping with Intel's mandate, the 0.63"-thin
Portege Z830 will start at under $1,000 (we're guessing $999) when it launches later this year. That would make
the lighter, better-spec'd Toshiba Ultrabook $300 cheaper than the entry-level
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quote: You realize though that you can fit lots of laptops into a manila envelope. They would bulge outwards but technically it would still be a laptop in an envelope.
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quote: Toshiba's Portege Z830 is cheaper, lighter, and better equipped than Apple's 13" MacBook Air
quote: An ultraportable user is wireless, not some circa-1999 ethernet user.
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My Friend Beth
... needs your prayers right now. I don't know what else to do or say.
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I know their pain and it is the worst possible pain! I will certainly be praying for them!!ReplyDelete
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PDPW Transition Cow Workshop address health, longevity and productivity April 9 in Oshkosh
PDPW Transition Cow Workshop address health, longevity and productivity April 9 in Oshkosh
The most significant weeks in a dairy cow's milk production cycle are the weeks leading up to and following the birth of a calf. Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) is offering a one-day workshop on helping cows in this important transitional period, as they face tremendous physiological, metabolic and nutritional changes.
The workshop "Fine Tuning the Transition Cow" will be held Tuesday, April 9 at La Sure's Hall, 3125 S. Washburn Street in Oshkosh, Wis. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., and five presentations featuring some of today's leading dairy scientists from industry and academia will follow:
• "Transition Cow Grouping Strategy Effects on Cow Health" will be led by Dr. Ricardo Chebel, DVM, University of Minnesota.
• "CSI: Cow Signs Investigation" will be taught by Tom Lorenzen, Alltech Dairy Specialist, who will provide an in-depth look at dry cow management through freshening stalls, bedding packs and tie stalls.
• "Feeding Strategies for the Transition Cow" will be presented by Dr. Elliot Block, Senior Manager, Technology, Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition.
• "On-Farm Ketosis Monitoring" will be led by Dr. Gary Oetzel, DVM, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• "Hypocalcemia Update for Dairy Farms" will also be given by Dr. Gary Oetzel, who will explore stages of hypocalcemia and outline steps that can be taken to avoid its negative impacts on transition cows.
This interactive workshop will include question-and-answer sessions with the experts. Lunch is also included. For a detailed brochure or to register, visit www.pdpw.org, or call 800-947-7379.
Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin is a dairy-producer founded organization that provides educational programs and services to fellow dairy producers. PDPW's mission is "to share ideas, solutions, resources, and experiences that help dairy producers succeed."


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Tiffin Police Department took about a dozen reports Friday of vehicles being tampered with, according to police reports.
A department spokesman said Friday afternoon no arrests had been made, and the department did not have any suspects.
Police took three reports from people in the 200 block of Jefferson Street Friday morning. Windows were smashed on a man's cars, a van had its driver's side window broken and another vehicle was damaged, according to reports.
Two people in the first block of Gross Street also contacted the police Friday morning. One reported a vehicle was entered overnight and the other reported a window was smashed on a car.
A person in the 100 block of Melmore Street reported Friday morning a window was broken out of a truck overnight and a person in the 200 block of Melmore Street reported Friday morning a windshield was broken out of a vehicle, reports state.
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BS in Business Administration
Concentration: Global Management
(effective Fall 2013)
During the last few decades, the U.S. economy has become integrated into the world economy. In addition, the U.S. is rapidly becoming a highly diverse, multi-ethnic country. These developments require individuals to be familiar with different cultures and nations. Whether you plan to work in marketing, human resource management, finance, MIS or any sub-discipline of management, you will need to combine functional expertise with a broad global perspective.
The undergraduate concentration in Global Management allows students the opportunity to prepare for managing in a world dominated by global concerns. It is especially valuable when combined with a careful selection of courses from the liberal arts which focus on other countries and cultures.
Students in this track have two options. One is to complete three international business concentration courses from the School of Management. The second is to complete two SOM courses and one course from a list of liberal arts courses which have been approved by the SOM faculty as applying to the Global Management concentration. Option 2 can only be used when Global Management is a secondary concentration. Each course is four credit hours. Course descriptions of SOM courses appear below.
IBUS 410 - Negotiations
Introduces the fundamental concepts of negotiation such as BATNA, ZOPA, integrative vs. distributive bargaining. From this foundation, the course expands by integrating the international dimension.
IBUS 480 - Special Topics: Global Business Risk Management
IBUS 480 - Special Topics: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
In-depth comparative perspective on business development and strategy across the most important regions with emerging markets in the world.
IBUS 480 – Special Topics in International Business
Courses on current topics in the fields of international business and global management.
MKTG 470 - International Marketing
Seminar on marketing problems in the international environment. Students will gain an understanding of scope of international marketing activities and impact of culture and environment on marketing programs.
FIN 460 - International Corporate Finance
Seminar addresses issues in international finance including balance of payments, exchange controls, international reserves, adjustment mechanisms, and off-shore financing.
Acceptable Non-SOM coursework
As part of the Global Management concentration, students may include one course from outside of the School of Management. The following courses from Harpur College have been evaluated by SOM faculty and approved for inclusion in the Global Management concentration. Not all are offered every semester and some courses may be special topics courses only offered once or only occasionally.
AFST 280A/LA&C 280A: Caribbean Economic Issues
AFST 280R/SOC 280R: Social Change: Africa, US, Europe
AFST 282B/HIST 282B: The Modern Caribbean
AFST 287D/ANTH 287D/HIST 283B/SOC 280K: African Cultures and Civilizations
AFST 311/SOC 311/HIST 386E: Africa in World System Perspective
AFST 321/SOC 321: Race and Cultural Relations in the World Community
AFST 378: African Metaphysics
AFST 384F/ECON 381F: International Institutions and World Economy
ANTH 251: China: Its Culture and Society
ANTH 252: Peoples of the Pacific
ANTH 254: Peoples and Cultures of The Middle East
ANTH 258: Peoples & Cultures of Europe
ANTH 264 Cultures and Crisis
ANTH 277: Peoples and Cultures of Southern Africa
ANTH 363 Anthropology of Developing Nations
ANTH 380C/HIST 385C: Intro Arabic Civilization & Culture
ANTH 380W: Econ Underworlds & Globalization
CHIN 350: Business Chinese
COLI 280R/RUSS 232: Russia and the World
ECON 313: International Political Economy
ECON 314: Economics of the Developing World
ECON 315: Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 317/AAAS 317: The Economy of China
ECON 381E: Economic Development in Africa
ECON 414: Economic Development: East Asia
ECON 436: International Trade
ECON 437: International Monetary Economics
GEOG 211: Cultural Geography: Society, Environment and Change
GEOG 253: People, Space and Environment in Latin America
GEOG 257: Geography of the Middle East
GEOG 259/MDVL 270J: Eastern Asia: Land and People
GEOG 347: Geography Of Globalization
HIST 212: 20th Century Europe
HIST 215: Modern Britain 1714 to present
HIST 218: Modern France 1815-1995
HIST 219: History of Spain
HIST 221: Making of Modern Germany
HIST 226: The Soviet Union 1917-1991
HIST 235: Muslim Peoples of the World
HIST 237: History of Human Behavior
HIST 272: Japan 1600-1945
HIST 274: Modern China
HIST 275: 20th Century Middle East
HIST 276/LA&C 276: Modern Latin America
HIST 277/AAAS 277: Modern South Asian History
HIST 286P: Making/Unmaking of the British Empire
HIST 317: 20th Century France
HIST 330: Modern European Thought
HIST 334: The Middle East & the US
HIST 372: 20th Century Japan
HIST 374/.AAAS 374/SOC 374: China in the 20th Century
HIST 473: Imperialism in East Asia
HIST 486Q: Human Rights in 20th Century
LA&C 226/ANTH 226: Women in Latin America
LA&C 264/PLSC 264 Politics of Latin America
PLSC 319: Issues in World Politics
PLSC 356: Politics of the European Union
PLSC 375: International Law
PLSC 380: Special Topics in World Politics
PLSC 485H: Human Rights and World Politics
PLSC 486F/SOC 480C: World Political Economy
SOC 302: Sociology Of Latin America
SOC 311: African World Systems Perspective
SOC 321: Race and Cultural Relations in the World
SOC 328: Comparative Social Development
SOC 330: Latin American Women
SOC 359: Urban Sociology
SOC 369: Sociology Of Contemporary Asia
SOC 375: Economic Sociology
HDEV 380N: Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Senegal
Students wishing to recommend a course for addition to this list should submit a request to SOM Advising, attaching a course description or syllabus. The course request will be reviewed by an appropriate faculty member and may be added to the list of acceptable courses if acceptable.
International Experience Requirement
Students must complete a travel abroad course, a study abroad or an international or domestic internship where the student is exposed to issues relating to international business. For assistance in finding study abroad programs or international internships, contact the Office of International Programs (NAR-G1). For assistance with domestic internships with an international component, contact the Career Development Center or SOM Director of Career Services, Christina Whitney (AA-G16). Two travel abroad courses are currently offered by SOM during winter and summer sessions. See course descriptions above for IBUS 480: Doing Business in India (winter) and Doing Business in China (summer).
Language Proficiency Levels for the Global Management Concentration
All students need to fulfill minimum second language requirements at Binghamton University, namely either 3 semesters in one language or two semesters each in two languages. For the Global Management concentration this is insufficient; we expect a higher level of proficiency. Furthermore, language skills need to be practiced otherwise the learner will forget. Therefore, SOM requires that language proficiency evidence is of recent date (i.e., no more than 3 semesters old upon graduation).
At SOM we recognize that our students earning a Bachelor's degree will not work as interpreters nor negotiate supply contracts their foreign language. Given this, for the second, third, etc. language proficiency level thresholds are as follows based on the 2012 definitions of the American Council of Foreign Languages (ACTFL):
1. Speaking – 2nd Language: Advanced low, Any additional language(s): Intermediate mid
2. Writing – 2nd Language: Intermediate mid, Any additional language(s): Novice high
3. Listening -- 2nd Language: Advanced low, Any additional language(s): Intermediate mid
4. Reading -- 2nd Language: Advanced low, Any additional language(s): Intermediate mid
Frequently Asked Questions
1. I'm a native English speaker and I have taken 4 semesters of Spanish at Binghamton University. Do I qualify for the 2nd language proficiency requirement?
Yes, SOM will accept your 4 semesters of Spanish as fulfilling the requirement as long as the last language course was taken after the 2nd semester of your sophomore year.
2. I'm a native English speaker and I have taken the required 3 semesters of Spanish at Binghamton University. Do I qualify for the 2nd language proficiency requirement?
No. You need to take one more semester during your Junior or Senior year to satisfy the requirement. Alternatively, you can sit for the proficiency exam and if you pass at the minimum level SOM will accept this without any additional semesters of language instruction.
3. I'm a native English speaker and I have taken the required 2 semesters each of Spanish and Hebrew at Binghamton University. Do I qualify for the 2nd language proficiency requirement?
No. You have two choices to qualify for the language proficiency requirement: (a) You can take two more semesters of either Spanish or Hebrew with the last course in the Junior year. (b) You can sit for the proficiency exam and if you pass at the minimum level SOM will accept this without any additional semesters of language instruction.
4. I'm a native English speaker. I came to Binghamton as a freshman with advanced credit in French and needed to take only one semester during my freshman year. Do I qualify for the 2nd language proficiency requirement?
No, you won't. Your language instruction is too dated. SOM wants to be sure that students upon graduation still retain their 2nd language skills. You have two choices to qualify for the language proficiency requirement: (a) You can take an upper level French course during or after your junior year as a refresher course. (b) You can sit for the proficiency exam and if you pass at the minimum level SOM will accept this without any additional semesters of language instruction.
5. I'm an international student and want to have global management as (one of) my concentration(s). What do I need to do for my second language?
As an international student you needed to provide proof of adequate English language skills in order to study at Binghamton University. This is your second language and therefore you are qualified.
6. I'm a Korean American and I speak Korean at home. I have not taken any 2nd language beyond the Binghamton University requirement of 2 semesters in Mandarin and Spanish. Do I qualify for the 2nd language proficiency requirement?
No, you don't. For you the same rules need to be applied as spelled out in the answer to Question #3.
7. I am a native English speaker and in addition to English I speak Polish at home since my parents emigrated from Poland and I visit my family in Poland every summer. Polish is not offered at Binghamton University. I have taken the required 2 semesters in French and German. What do I need to do for my language proficiency?
You can do two things: Either you add two more semesters in French or German as specified in the answer to Question #3 or you can sit for a proficiency exam in Polish and if you pass at the specified level you satisfy the requirement.
Note: Language proficiency exams will either be administered by faculty in Harpur College or by the Language testing International Testing Office (oral and written). The cost for the LTI test is to be borne by the student. Currently the cost is $85 for the speaking test (via telephone) and $45 for the writing test.


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Wal-Mart at the NSB Regional Shopping Center on State Road 44 wasn't the only happening place in New Smyrna Beach for Black Friday holiday shoppers. Canal Street and Flagler Avenue merchants showcased bargains too. Bright lights and a window of a Christmas wonderland at the Pink Flamingo at Petals, 201 Canal Street, beckoned shoppers Friday night.
Editor's note: The following story was submitted by contributing writer Dale Smith:
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Merchants on Canal Street saw a busy day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday, having hoped for a better-than-usual influx of shoppers from a year ago when the economy was bottoming out.
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Key Messages:
- If you are receiving or recovering from cancer treatment, you need to take extra precautions to protect yourself from foodborne illness, which can be severe or even deadly.
- Certain foods are more likely to cause illness than others, such as uncooked fruits and vegetables, raw or undercooked meat and seafood, and unpasteurized dairy products.
- There are a number of ways to prevent serious foodborne illness, including practicing food safety and knowing the symptoms you should call your doctor about right away.
Food safety is important for people both during and after cancer treatment. Cancer and cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and stem cell/bone marrow transplantation, often weaken the immune system, making it harder for your body to protect itself from foodborne illness, also called food poisoning. Foodborne illness, which is caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, parasites, or viruses, can be severe and sometimes deadly.
Talk with a member of your health care team about how to safely handle, prepare, and store food, and which foods you should avoid. Also ask how long you should take food precautions and when you will be able to eat certain foods again.
Foods to avoid
Some foods have a higher risk of becoming tainted with bacteria, such as Listeria, E. coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Vibrio, in addition to Toxoplasma, a parasite. These include:
- Unwashed fresh fruit and vegetables, especially leafy vegetables that can hide dirt and other contaminants
- Raw sprouts, such as alfalfa sprouts
- Raw or undercooked beef, especially ground beef, or other raw or undercooked meat and poultry
- Cold hot dogs or deli lunch meat (cold cuts), including dry-cured, uncooked salami. Always cook or reheat these foods until they are steaming hot.
- Refrigerated pâté
- Raw or undercooked shellfish, such as oysters. These items may carry the hepatitis A virus and should be cooked thoroughly to destroy the virus.
- Smoked fish
- Some types of fish, both raw and cooked, as they may contain high levels of mercury
- Sushi and sashimi, which often contain raw fish. Commercially frozen fish, especially those labeled "sushi-grade" or "sashimi-grade," is safer than other fish, but check with your doctor before eating it.
- Unpasteurized beverages, such as unpasteurized fruit juices, raw milk (including raw milk yogurt), or cider
- Soft cheeses made from unpasteurized milk, such as blue-veined (a type of blue cheese), Brie, Camembert, feta, goat cheese, and queso fresco or blanco
- Undercooked eggs, such as soft boiled, over easy, and poached; raw, unpasteurized eggs; or foods made with raw egg, such as homemade raw cookie dough and homemade mayonnaise
- Deli-prepared salads with egg, ham, chicken, or seafood
Simple steps for food safety
Think about your water source. Some water sources, such as well water, may contain potentially harmful bacteria or chemicals. Community-supplied tap water is fine for healthy individuals, but it is not tested for safety for people with weakened immune systems. A water filter that removes spores and cysts, as well as trace organics and heavy metals, is recommended for food preparation and drinking. Many types of these filters are for sale in stores.
Shop smart. Do not buy food stored or displayed in an unclean area. In addition, do not buy bruised or damaged fruits or vegetables, or cans that have cracks, dents, or bulges. Pick up foods that can spoil at the end of your shopping trip and store them in a cooler on the way home.
Prepare and clean up carefully. Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables, including those labeled "organic," under running water and dry them with a clean towel or paper towel. Also, clean the top of cans before opening them. After preparing food, wash your hands for 20 seconds with hot water and soap, paying special attention to areas between fingers and under nails. Clean your utensils and dishes with hot water and soap, and disinfect your kitchen and cutting boards using one teaspoon of liquid, unscented bleach mixed into one quart of water.
Prevent cross-contamination. Keep raw meat, poultry, and fish or their juice away from other food since bacteria can spread, causing cross-contamination. Wash all items you used for preparing raw foods, including utensils, cutting board, and plates, before using them for other foods or cooked meat. It is ideal to set aside one specific cutting board for preparing uncooked meat and chicken and never using it for uncooked fruits, vegetables, or other foods. Do not rinse raw meat or poultry because it can spread bacteria to nearby surfaces.
Cook food to the right temperature. Use a food thermometer to check for a safe internal temperature of all poultry and meat. For instance, a hamburger should be cooked to at least medium (160˚F). Get a full list of recommended internal cooking temperatures.
Chill food promptly. Refrigerate or freeze perishable food within two hours of cooking or buying it (sooner in warm weather). Proper cooking destroys bacteria, but they can grow on cooked food if it is left out too long.
Thaw food properly. Thaw frozen food in the refrigerator rather than at room temperature. You can also thaw food in frequently changed cold water or in the microwave, but cook it as soon as it thaws.
Dispose of old food. Eat canned and packaged food before its expiration date (the "use by" or "best before" date). Consume refrigerated leftovers within three to four days. After that time, throw out the food. Even if the food does not smell or look spoiled, it still may be unsafe. Some bacteria, such as Listeria, can grow even on foods stored in the refrigerator if they are kept for too long.
Take precautions when eating out. At restaurants, avoid buffets and salad bars where food sits out for a long time and comes in contact with many people. Food can become contaminated when someone infected with a virus, often a norovirus, or another "bug" handles it. If you take home leftovers, put the food in a "to-go" container yourself, rather than having the server do it.
Symptoms of foodborne illness
Symptoms of foodborne illness differ depending on the pathogen that causes the illness. Most often, symptoms are like those of the stomach flu:
- Diarrhea
- Stomach pain or cramps
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Fever
Sometimes a headache and muscle pains also are present. E. coli usually does not cause a fever, and diarrhea often is bloody.
The time when symptoms begin can vary widely, from a few hours to 10 days after eating the tainted food, or even later. With Listeria, symptoms may not start until a few weeks later. But with most foodborne illnesses, people start feeling sick within the first day or two after infection.
When you suspect foodborne illness
Call your doctor right away if you think you have a foodborne illness as early treatment is important. Drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. Keep the suspected food or the food's packaging materials as your doctor may want it to be examined. If you became ill due to eating food at a public place, call your local health department. By reporting it, you may help prevent other people from getting sick.
More Information
ASCO Answers Fact Sheet: Food Safety (PDF)
General Nutrition Recommendations
Nutrition Recommendations During and After Treatment
When to Call the Doctor During Cancer Treatment
Additional Resources
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Food Safety for People with Cancer


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Standing, Injury in Fact, and Private Rights
F. Andrew Hessick
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming
Under current law, a plaintiff has standing to bring suit only if he alleges that he suffered an injury in fact. The Supreme Court has said that this factual injury requirement is necessary to preserve the separation of powers by limiting courts to their historical function of resolving only the rights of individuals. But, despite this stated purpose, the Court has required a showing of injury in fact in actions where a plaintiff alleges the violation of a private right. This Article argues that the injury in fact requirement is superfluous in such actions. Yet the Court has not distinguished such cases, and has in fact denied standing in cases alleging the violation of private rights. As the Article shows, requiring a showing of factual injury in private rights cases is ahistorical and actually undermines the separation of powers by preventing the courts from guarding rights and by limiting Congress's power to create rights.
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The city's unpopular occupancy tax was enacted in 1976 and repealed the next year.
But nearly four decades years later, it's still causing headaches for homeowners, who must prove the $10 tax was paid on their home when they try to sell it.
The Common Council is trying to make it easier for people to deal with the hassle and hopes that in a few years, the tax's burdensome legacy will be stamped out.
At the time the tax was enacted, residents could pay it right away or wait until their home was sold and pay it at the closing.
Owners of homes who have not paid the tax face $40 in interest and a lien on their property.
The Council is set to adopt legislation today that allows homeowners to receive proof that the tax was paid by using the city's website, instead of having to make an in-person visit to City Hall.
In addition, the proposal drops a $3 fee homeowners were charged to create a receipt.
The legislation also asks the city's Law Department to write a law that would cause the liens associated with the occupancy tax to expire in 2018.
Real estate brokers and attorneys have asked the Council to reform the system, which affects city home sales, said South Council Member Christopher P. Scanlon, who is sponsoring the measure.
"The occupancy tax lien simply needs to find a way to go away," wrote real estate attorney Keri D. Callocchia, in an essay published in February in The Buffalo News. "Its continuation is a symbol of inefficient government."
The tax only brings in approximately $10,000 per year, and likely costs that much to collect, said Patrick J. Curry, spokesman for the Comptroller's Office.
The tax affected 100,000 homes in the city when it was levied, and since then all but 1,587 homes have paid the tax.
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on December 2, 2012 - 3:14 PM
Two muggings were reported in Buffalo overnight.
A Military Road man told Northwest District police that three men jumped him at Grant Street and Potomac Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. today, beat him up and stole his wallet.
Five men assaulted a Roebling Avenue man about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at a gas station at Fillmore Avenue and William Street, Ferry-Fillmore District police reported. The victim was treated in Erie County Medical Center.


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Submit to the DPC call for papers!
This year Ibuildings will host the Dutch PHP Conference (DPC) in Amsterdam for the tenth time in a row, on June 23rd - 25th. As you may have noticed, since a couple of weeks you can send in your tutorial or talk proposals. The Call for Papers closes on February 22nd.


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New website shows impact of practices on corn yield
New website shows impact of practices on corn yield
www.7WondersOfCorn.com details multiple-year, omission-plot research of Fred
Below, Ph.D.
Ever since he witnessed 300-bushel-per-acre corn more than 25 years ago, Fred Below, Ph.D., has spent his career researching how other farmers can do it, too. The years of groundbreaking information he's discovered about the specific factors that affect crop yield are now available to the public at www.7WondersOfCorn.com.
Below, a professor of plant physiology in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois, has categorized the results of his research into seven management practices or "wonders" that can result in high yielding corn. His study helps growers answer the question of what the latest products and practices contribute to yield.
Below's unique "omission plots" allowed him and his team to see the bushel impact when an individual "high tech" practice or input was added or subtracted, then compare it to other plots in which all "high tech" actions were in place in same plot. Replicated in various locations over various years, the results allowed Below to identify and rank those seven factors with the greatest impact on corn yield.
"Roughly speaking, the higher up on the Wonder list the more control that factor exerts over the Wonders that follow," Below explains. "When combined, all of these factors contribute to big-yield gains." In order of importance, they are:
1. Weather
2. Nitrogen/fertility
3. Hybrid selection
4. Previous crop
5. Plant population
6. Tillage
7. Growth regulators
Each one interacts with the others to produce an average bushel-per-acre yield. For example, weather and nitrogen directly affect each other. But Below states that, if used correctly, nitrogen accounts for almost the same value as weather; when combined, weather and nitrogen account for more than half the crop yield. Part of the "high tech" package in Below's study included using urea stabilized with AGROTAIN technology to control nitrogen
losses that typically occur.
The new 7WondersOfCorn.com website features separate video segments dedicated to each Wonder, narrated by Below himself; a "News" section about Below's real-world plots at the upcoming Farm Progress Show; a link to the 7WondersOfCorn Facebook page where growers can share their own photos and experiences; is easily navigable.
Below will present his plots and detail the 7 Wonders of the Corn Yield World in person at the annual Farm Progress Show ( AGROTAIN lot 1164 on Eleventh Street) Aug. 30 – Sept. 1 in Decatur, Ill. Below's plots at the show were sponsored by AGROTAIN International, BASF, DEKALB and Mosaic. Company representatives will be on hand to answer grower questions as well.
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Broadway at 61st Street is the site of a museum that is receiving increasing attention from lovers of religious art…and art in general: The Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) at the American Bible Society headquarters.
MOBIA's current exhibition, which will run through June, is "Passion in Venice: Crivelli to Tintoretto and Veronese." It highlights a theme central to the history of Christianity and Christian art: Christ as the Man of Sorrows described in Isaiah 53. Its origins rooted in Byzantium, the figure entered Venetian art in the late Middle Ages after which it flourished locally for centuries, eventually acquiring its own name in dialect, Cristo Passo. This depiction of Christ, his head bowed down with suffering and death, was a particular devotion for Venetians.
It is truly a spiritual experience to walk through the exhibition room and take in all the representations of the Man of Sorrows. These treasures range from tempera on wood, to marble, even to a polychrome papier mâché depiction that somehow has survived for nearly 500 years.
The exhibit is not huge but it might be emotionally draining for some. On the other hand, our culture doesn't like to look at suffering and death. Even we Catholics, who have been surrounded by crucifixes all our lives, have lost our sense of shock at the suffering Jesus endured for us. "The Man of Sorrows" might provide the jolt that we need in this season of Lent, a reminder of the Son of God who fulfilled what Isaiah said:
"…he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors."
Speaking of treasures, more than 600 catechumens from all over the Archdiocese will come with their sponsors to St. Patrick's Cathedral this coming Sunday afternoon. In the presence of Archbishop Dolan, these catechumens will sign the Book of the Elect, another milestone in their RCIA journey to the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist, which they will receive in their parishes at the Easter Vigil. The following Sunday, hundreds of baptized adults seeking full initiation in the Roman Catholic Church at Easter will gather at the Cathedral and three other large churches in Orange County, Dutchess County and Staten Island for the Call to Continuing Conversion.
Isn't it fascinating that in spite of the bleak picture the mainstream media paints of the Church, people still want to join us!


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4 Tips on How to Stay Focused in Fatherhood
Do these things and you will be on your way to reaching your full potential as a dad. read more
Dadvice: This Might Work Better With Your Daughter
You say you want to find more harmony in your relationship with your daughter? Try this. read more
7 C's For Communicating With Teens
Which of these C's do you struggle with the most when communicating with your teen? read more
Consider the Bait and Switch of 'Hooking Up'
The sexual landscape of today's society is dangerous, especially for young people. Here's some facts of which you may not be aware. read more
6 R's That Can Help Revive Your Marriage
This is more than simply another checklist. Check it out. read more
5 Reasons You Are Being Shut Out by Your Teenager
What can you do to remedy the situation? read more
5 Dangerous Lies That Lead to Infidelity
Marital affairs rarely happen randomly. They result from believing and justifying these lies. read more
5 Things Job's Friends Teach Us About Being a True Friend
These guys are perfect examples of why we should be listening to God and not to men. read more
Dads, This Is a Crucial Relationship Element As Your Daughter Matures
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Olympus UK has announced an upcoming consumer promotion. Those purchasing an Olympus OM-D E-M5 compact system camera between 15th October and 31st December can claim a 45mm (90mm eq.) f/1.8 short telephoto lens absolutely free by redemption. This offer will only be valid for the UK and the Republic of Ireland and only through authorised stockists. You will need a valid UK/ROI VAT receipt to claim your free lens, subject to the promotion's Terms and Conditions, which will be posted at the website below, starting 15th October.
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I was owned Olympus couple of years ago and it was a huge difference to Canon. But I heard very good opinions on the newest Olympus products!
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And You Call Yourself a Film Buff?! THE GRADUATE
For being released in 1967, it's pretty impressive how relevant The Graduate still is in 2011. I graduated in December 2009 with a degree in film and television media studies and soon discovered that my studies in school were very different from the jobs available in the "real world," whatever that actually means. After nearly two years after graduation, I still have no idea what I really want to do. Fortunately, this is a feeling most recent college grads can relate to, including Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock!


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New feature: Links We Like
Links We Like is a new feature of the MyHeritage Genealogy Blog.
We'll be providing periodic round-ups of interesting links to family history-related resources. These may be books, articles, personalities, new online resources and much more across the spectrum of family history.
So much happens that it is difficult for most readers to read everything that is out there, so we hope to help you advance your research by collecting links with information that may help.
And now for our first edition of Links We Like:
-- Searching your Irish roots? Ireland is helping families to understand the lives of their immigrant ancestors with three tourist attractions. These include the Guinness Storehouse's archives (if any of your ancestors were ever employed there), a replica of an 1847 famine ship and the Cobh Heritage Center. Read about them in an Okahoman article.
If you're trying to trace your Irish ancestry, these new interactive exhibits make getting to the root of your family tree both easy and fun.
-- Researchers often have trouble locating the maiden names of female ancestors. One Tennessee woman has discovered 11 generations of maiden names in her family tree.
-- Readers in Charleston, South Carolina and environs will have a chance to visit the largest genealogy conference in the US, May 11-15, run by the National Genealogical Society. A Kids' Kamp is set for Friday morning as well as special Saturday sessions to help local residents improve their research skills. Click here for more information.
-- Roots travel is featured in the Wall Street Journal. While many of us use the Internet to trace our families, more and more family history researchers want to walk in their ancestors' footsteps by visiting ancestral towns. Here are some tips on how to get started:
According to those in the field, a growing number of travel companies and genealogical experts are offering "ancestral" or "heritage" trips. Former emigration hot spots, including Ireland and Nova Scotia, have recently begun promoting genealogical records on government-sponsored tourism websites. And hotels and resorts, including the Lodge at Doonbeg in County Clare, Ireland, and the Sheraton Grand Hotel; Spa in Edinburgh, Scotland, have hired genealogists.
"Genealogy is almost trendy," says Elaine Bostwick, tour coordinator at Ancestral Attic of Carp Lake, Mich., which arranged for 42 genealogical tours last year, almost double the number five years ago.
-- Learn something about the Roma - known also as Gypsies - and their origins and migrations in this Times of India article.
The Romani gypsies in Europe trace their ancestry to the nomadic communities in India. During the medieval period, gypsies in India began migrating westwards because of incessant foreign invasions. From India to West Asia and gradually to Africa and Europe - that is, from Rome and Barcelona, they spread to France, Germany and England. They were initially called Egyptians; apparently Europeans believed that they came from Egypt and were travelling under papal patronage. Later, Egyptians was shortened to gyptians and finally the word 'gypsy' became the moniker for these nomads.
-- Do you live in Scotland and would like to learn more about family history? On May 14, there's the Tayroots Genealogy Fair in Edzell. Some nine local and other history and genealogy groups will assist attendees. In addition to a lecture on the Guild of One Name Studies, an archivist will speak on old photos. Attendees are invited to bring their family photos along for identification. Admission is free.
"In the past people moved across the country following their trades or searching for work – so we often find that visitors in the East need information on the West!"
Let us know if these links have provided clues or suggestions for your own research. We look forward to reading your comments.


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Keith Lockhart conducts PSO Musicians Guest conductor Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops Orchestra leads members of the Pittsburgh Symphony who will donate their time and talents for this inaugural benefit concert for the PSO Musicians Care Fund — a charitable fund through the Pittsburgh Foundation to support local school music programs in need and preserve the teaching of classical music for future generations.10/14/2013
Beethoven on the Bluff - Piano Trios II The three Opus 1 piano trios were first performed in 1793, but Beethoven polished them for two more years before publication. He had written much music already, but he wanted to save this important designation for his best work up to that time. The three trios show a remarkable diversity and depth of emotion and many strokes of genius. The Duquesne Piano Trio will present them as a whole, as Beethoven intended.10/14/2013
Pittsburgh Art Places The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's Office of Public Art hosts the web site PittsburghArtPlaces.org, a community resource covering 13 southwestern PA counties. Permanent and temporary art spaces are encouraged to create profiles on the site, so that visitors can learn about these places, and share their favorite sites, and create and publish their own itineraries.10/15/2013
Johnstown Voice Recital Vocalist Leanna McGiboney sings a half-hour recital, with light lunch to follow.10/15/2013
The Rocky Horror Show Brisbane Management Group presents an interactive new take on Richard O'Brien's cult classic; an immersive theater experience through three distinct venues, with Brad and Janet and 13 other characters. Directed and choreographed by Lisa Ann Goldsmith, with music Direction by Lisa Harrier. No one under 18 admitted.10/16/2013
Harpsichord Showcase Back for a second year by popular demand, this event features Chatham Baroque's gorgeous concert harpsichord built in 1977 by Mark Adler in Washington D.C. Works by J.S. Bach, Forqueray, Rameau, Scarlatti, and Sweelinck will be played by harpsichordists Marc Giosi, Edward Moore, Richard Stern, and Justin Wallace -- and Chatham Baroque.10/16/2013
Zimmermann & de Perrot FRIDAY SOLD OUT. With a great deal of mischief but at the same time anger and depth, the duo Zimmermann & de Perrot present a disconcertingly original marriage of theatre, circus and dance. Supported by five circus artists and dancers, these two directors, who now enjoy dazzling success, have far exceeded all expectations in their new work. The stage design, which revolves on a horizontal axis, forces the performers into the most unlikely positions. All this is put at the service of a caustic story, which makes Hans was Heiri a work that has broken down barriers among the public to an extent rarely seen.10/16/2013
Culture Club: The Curators of the 2013 Carnegie International Since 2010, Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, and Tina Kukielski have discussed, debated, and challenged each other on every artist chosen for the show. Culture Club gets you inside that process as each curator leads small-group discussions of a few favorite works throughout the exhibition. Come with your questions, and hear the curatorial team arrived at its choices.10/17/2013
Ina Garten: The Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten, the best-selling cookbook author and star of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa shares her natural approach to food; tips, stories, and maybe even some recipes. On stage, Ina Garten delivers a charming insider's view of the world of the Barefoot Contessa and the pleasures of good food, cooked with love and passion and engages the audience with an interactive Q&A.10/17/2013
Jazz Ensemble Mike Tomaro, director.10/17/2013
Broadway and Beyond with Brian Stokes Mitchell Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the PSO in songs from Broadway classics, including Porgy and Bess, South Pacific and Funny Girl. This "Broadway baritone extraordinaire" has enjoyed a critically acclaimed career on Broadway, film and television, as well as in concert halls. Ted Sperling, music director of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of South Pacific, will conduct.10/17/2013
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Greensburg Civic Theatre opens its 62nd season with this delightful musical that won a Drama Desk awards for Best Revival of a Musical. The revised 1999 version adds two new songs, Beethoven Day and My New Philosophy. Mike Crosby stars as Charlie Brown. Rob MacIntyre directs.10/18/2013
Jim Cunningham - 16th Annual St. Andrew's Lecture Jim Cunningham is Artistic Director of Classical WQED-FM 89.3, Host of the QED Morning Show and PItssburgh Symphony Radio broadcasts, as well as a leader in the Southwestern Pennsylvania arts community. He will share his experiences from the most recent Pittsburgh Symphony tour of Europe.10/18/2013
Organ dedication The new organ was designed and built by Al Sterner and Walker Technical, and voiced by Bob Walker. Dr. Jason Keefer will play works by Bach, Elgar, Franck, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and others. An organ demonstration will feature Dr. Keefer and St. Joseph's music director, Emily Lapisardi. 10/18/2013
Zero Cost House Zero Cost House is a collaboration between Philadelphia's Pig Iron Theatre Company and acclaimed Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada. Awkward, personal, and idiosyncratic, this is Okada's most autobiographical work, and his first work created for an English-speaking theatre company. It's a meditation on how Thoreau's Walden changed Okada's life; on the disruptions and re-imaginings that accompany a national disaster; and on the uneasy compromises between radical idealism and contemporary living.10/18/2013
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration, which tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with strong-willed farm girl Laurey Williams, has enchanted audiences since its first production in 1943. It features unforgettable songs such as "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "People Will Say We're in Love." The 1955 film version starred Shirley Jones and won three Academy Awards. Jones' son, Broadway and TV actor Patrick Cassidy.10/18/2013
Music of Chile Alberto Almarza, flute.10/18/2013
Every Voice Benefit concert Daphne Alderson sings the great ballads of Edith Piaf and Leonard Cohen to benefit the Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts. Tickets include hors d'oeuvres, wine, desserts, and there will be a silent auction.10/19/2013
Happy Birthday! Walter Morales conducts Beethoven's Leonore Overture #3, Britten's Young Peoples Guide to the Orchestra, and selections from Verdi's operas Nabucco, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Don Carlo and Aida to mark the bicentennial of the composer's birth.10/19/2013
An Heroic Opening Music Director Istvan Jaray begins his 30th season with Britten's Matinees Musicales, Roberto Di Marino's Guitar Concerto featuring soloist Robert Belinic, and Beethoven's Symphony #3, "Eroica".10/19/2013
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A Pearl Harbor survivor and war hero will be honored this week, but the reason is a bit peculiar.
Glenn Harvey Lane, who was a command master chief in the U.S. Navy, will have one of his aloha shirts dedicated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Aloha Shirt Museum in the Wailea Gateway Center.
Lane died in December 2011 at the age of 93, and was one of the last survivors of the USS Arizona. His ashes were returned to the sunken ship in September in a ceremony that only 36 of his former comrades have received.
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Glenn Harvey Lane is seen wearing his aloha shirt at a ceremony held by the USS Arizona Reunion Association in 2008. Lane survived the sinking of both the Arizona and the USS Nevada during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lane family photo
On Dec. 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, an explosion blew Lane off the ship's burning deck.
In a 1999 home video that was made to preserve his story, he recounted that fateful day.
"Those turrets both blew their magazines and that ship disintegrated," said Lane, who was serving as an aviation radio man.
"It shuddered, it jumped out of the water . . . and then dropped back into the water and then a great big ball of flame came roaring back."
He said that he quickly turned away with his head in his hands and was thrown off the ship's deck "like a big hot broom rapped you across the back."
He awoke underwater and struggled to swim to the surface. There was 6 inches of oil on the surface, he said, and when he looked back at the ship, he could not see anyone alive.
Lane swam to the USS Nevada, but that ship also was sunk by Japanese dive bombers.
"I'm probably the only guy in the world that had two battleships shot out from under him in less than two hours," he said.
Trish Anderson Lane, who lives in LaConner, Wash., was at the dedication ceremony on Oahu in September for her father, and will attend Wednesday's event at the museum.
After visiting Maui in 2008 and driving by the shirt museum with her family, she contacted the owners, Nick and Diane Oosterveen, and explained her father's story.
"I thought, 'Boy it would be pretty cool if they could showcase my dad's shirt,' " she said.
She said that after the war, her father was stationed at Pearl Harbor for about five years, starting in 1949, and that she was born in the islands in 1953.
However, she wasn't quite sure when he had bought the aloha shirt, and she showed it to Diane Oosterveen, who has collected aloha shirts for 35 years.
"It's beautiful," Oosterveen said of the yellow shirt featuring Asian dragons and other designs. "I had seen it in books . . . but I had never seen that pattern before in person."
She was able to trace the shirt back to 1949, due to its plastic buttons. She said that aloha shirts made in Hawaii in subsequent years had buttons made out of coconuts.
The museum, which has about 200 aloha shirts, will display the shirt along with Glenn Lane's story at the checkout counter.
"The story about Glenn is very, very moving," said Nick Ooosterveen. "We want to celebrate a great soldier and the aloha shirt history."
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Friday's ceremony in North Charleston was supposed to be about "Phase 2" of Boeing's local expansion — a $1.1 billion investment and 2,000 more jobs in exchange for a government incentives package that includes $120 million from the state.
The Boeing incentives deal
Boeing's pledge: The company will invest $1.1 billion and hire 2,000 more workers in South Carolina over the next eight years.State help: The S.C. government agreed to contribute $120 million in public money, raised by a bond offering, for infrastructure purposes, such as acquiring land, preparing sites for development and road work.County tax relief: Charleston County Council is one vote away from adding Boeing's expansion to the company's preexisting "fee-in-lieu of taxes" arrangement. That effectively allows the company to pay less than a fifth of what its tax burden would otherwise be on its buildings, land and machinery over the next 30 years. Instead of the 10.5 percent industrial assessment rate, Boeing will pay 4 percent, and get half of it back through what's called a special source revenue credit. The expansion also qualifies Boeing to claim $2,500 in state job tax credits per net new employee rather than the usual $1,500 per employee.Boeing's plans: The company is already expanding its local aft- and mid-fuselage factories and component paint shop and upfitting office space inside its final assembly factory. Boeing has bought the former S.C. Research Authority buildings and agreed to buy 320 more acres across International Boulevard from its complex. Legislators have said perhaps half of the 2,000 promised jobs could be information technology positions with the rest being engineers and production workers.
And it was, as a series of top elected and Boeing officials, looking out over the complex from an observation deck, marveled at how the 787 Dreamliner plant has progressed since the first major government-backed expansion here in 2009, and what the next round will include.
Then Michael Luttig, Boeing's general counsel and a part-time Kiawah Island resident, articulated what many outside the company have suspected about its long-term plans for the Lowcountry.
"As we lay the foundation for Phase 2, does anyone doubt there will be a Phase 3 and Phase 4 ... ?" the former federal judge asked.
The politicians who followed him on the program certainly didn't.
"Judge, I hope we're here a couple years from now," House Speaker Bobby Harrell said.
"We look forward to Phase 3, 4, 5 ... however it goes," Charleston County Council Chairman Teddie Pryor said to chuckles.
And just as Gov. Nikki Haley was moving to ceremonially sign the bond bill that will defray Boeing's infrastructure costs over the next eight years, she sounded a final note on the theme.
"I have it on video that you said Phase 3, 4 and 5," she said to Luttig. "So it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when."
"So I'll send you that video often," the governor, a vocal Boeing backer, joked.
The sunny ceremony came a day after the governor of Boeing's historic home state, Washington, floated his own incentives proposal to the aerospace giant.
Late last month, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney praised the South Carolina operation and said the company had not yet decided where to build or source parts for the revamped version of the wide-body 777.
Those comments, combined with the company's decision just days later to officially offer the re-engined, composite-winged 777X to customer airlines, set off speculation that Boeing might be looking beyond Everett, Wash., for 777X production or design.
Boeing now builds most 787s and all 777s in Everett.
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It was in that context that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee appeared Thursday at the Boeing-sponsored Future of Flight Center in Everett and, according to Seattle-area media reports, proposed reviewing Boeing's existing tax breaks, improving transportation arteries around its factories and maybe paying to train workers for Boeing, like South Carolina does.
"I think every state has to do what they can to get jobs, to keep companies and to be successful," Haley said Friday when asked about her Pacific Northwest counterpart. "Washington's doing what they have to do, we continue to just be a good partner with Boeing, show a strong relationship and keep our workforce ready."
State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, who helped broker the first incentives deal four years ago and has called himself "Senator Boeing," said he read that Inslee didn't make a money pledge like his state has.
"So he's not serious," the Florence Republican and Senate finance chairman said.
Haley would not say whether the state planned to offer additional incentives to land some part of the 777X, simply pledging to "keep talking" to Boeing.
Defending incentives
Meanwhile, an economic development delegation from the Palmetto State, including a handful of people from the Charleston area, happened to be in the Seattle area this week, Claire Gibbons of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance said.
The entourage was out West prospecting for Boeing suppliers and other aerospace companies and trying to "raise the profile of Charleston as an aviation hub," Gibbons said.
Back on the observation deck, Haley offered a spirited defense of the state's regular use of incentives to lure or retain businesses. Critics of corporate incentives argue that governments should invest in public education or social services instead of profitable companies such as Boeing.
"When we do incentives, we only do it for infrastructure," she said. "It is only site-ready. We make sure that we give them the proper site — water, sewer, everything built — and we make sure that everyone they hire, they only get the credits after they hire the people."
She said the system offers "true accountability."
"We don't throw additional money," she said. "We don't have additional money to throw. But it is important for us to always remember that it is government's role to take care of infrastructure so companies be at home."
Back in the air
When Boeing announced in 2009 that North Charleston would become the site of its first commercial aircraft assembly plant outside Washington, the company committed to invest $750 million and create 3,800 jobs in exchange for incentives The Post and Courier valued at as much as $900 million.
Having surpassed those goals — Boeing has invested more than $1 billion and employs more than 6,000 people in North Charleston — the company came back to the state this year to help finance its future expansion plans around Charleston International Airport.
The Legislature fast-tracked the incentives bill, and Haley signed it into law April 23. In addition to the state bond money, Charleston County is now one vote away from approving its part of the package.
It is an "unbelievably euphoric time for Boeing" and its 787 program, according to its top local executive Jack Jones.
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the 787 in mid-January after smoky battery malfunctions on a pair of in-service planes. No one has been able to identify the cause of the overheating incidents, but Boeing devised a multi-part fix its executives have called comprehensive, and the FAA officially accepted it last month.
The high-tech plane has returned to the air, and deliveries likely will resume soon.
Six mostly finished 787s sat on the Boeing South Carolina flight line Friday. Luttig and Jones said there are six more jets moving through the massive final-assembly factory.
Boeing announced this week that it is now making seven 787s per month between its North Charleston and Everett factories, and is on track to be making 10 per month by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the expansion of the local complex is well underway, including add-ons to the aft- and mid-body factories and office-upfitting on the fourth floor of the centerpiece final-assembly facility.
Luttig, described by Jones as the company's "closer," claimed to be as excited Friday "as I was four years ago."
"Today we stand at the threshold of a new stage of our partnership together," Luttig said. "It is a proud day for Boeing, it is a proud day for South Carolina, it is a proud day for Boeing South Carolina."
Reach Brendan Kearney at 937-5906 and follow him on Twitter at @kearney_ brendan.
Gov. Nikki Haley ceremonially signs Boeing SC expansion incentives bill. (Brendan Kearney/staff)×
SC flight line of Boeing 787's (Brendan Kearney/staff)×
Boeing plant in Charleston, SC. (Brendan Kearney/staff)×
Reps. Gilliard and Limehouse (Brendan Kearney/staff)×
Gov. Nikki Haley speaks to the crowd at Boeing SC. (Brendan Kearney/staff)×
Boeing South Carolina Vice President and General Manager Jack Jones welcomes House Speaker Bobby Harrell to the podium at Friday's celebration of the legislative deal wherein the plane maker agreed to invest another $1.1 billion in its local factory complex in exchange for $120 million of infrastructure support from the state. (Brendan Kearney/postandcourier.com)×
Boeing South Carolina Vice President and General Manager Jack Jones (right) welcomed House Speaker Bobby Harrell to the podium at Friday's celebration of the legislative deal wherein Boeing agreed to invest another $1.1 billion in its local factory complex in exchange for $120 million of infrastructure support from the state.×


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CHARLES TOWN — The Charles Town City Council decided not to take a vote Monday evening on the Teen Court program. The vote was instead tabled until the Jan. 7 meeting....
What is that Forest Gump saying about stupid is..........and then we have........."I think the program has enough merit based on what was presented to us that it is worth trying," Paonessa said.......when all the statistics show we don't have a need for this program. Yet Paonessa and Bringewatt pushed using public funds for this. They both need defeated in elections next time.
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I think I'm really going to be serious about scrutinizing all of the toys in our playroom and want to plan out just how I can make all our gifts this year for Christmas. I wasn't kidding in my post yesterday. It just makes sense- from a "greener point of view" and also until I feel confident in what I am spending our money on for now.
And also, if anything, it's a time to re-think about the excess in my home right now. I would be embarrassed if some of you could see how many toys my kids have. I can blame it on loving grandparents and aunts & uncles, but you know, I could do something about this if I really wanted to.
Amy at Musings Of A Crunchy, Domestic Goddess has a great post with some good ideas during this time. I think we need to take this stuff seriously. I don't feel like I am acting in fear, but out of awareness. The only way we can get things to change is to do something about it!


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Buffalo Bills tight end Scott Chandler sure did not look Thursday like a guy who just 4½ months ago was laying on an operating table having major knee surgery.
Chandler was running brisk pass routes and catching throws from rookie quarterback Jeff Tuel in the Bills' fieldhouse after the team's spring practice. If you looked closely maybe you could have seen that his cuts were not as sharp as normal. Maybe. He was running hard. He looked good, and he came off the field in a full sweat.
"The knee feels really good," Chandler said. "I feel great. Running routes, you guys saw, I don't know that it's 100-percent but it's better than most so I'm feeling good."
Chandler's full return by the time the Bills open the season in September is important to the team's offense.
At 6-foot-7 and 263 pounds, he is a big target with a huge wingspan and a security blanket for Buffalo's quarterbacks. That's especially key given the Bills' youth at the wide receiver position, where Stevie Johnson returns as the only sure-fire, proven commodity.
Chandler caught a career-high 43 passes last season, tied for second most on the team. His 571 receiving yards were second only to Johnson's 1,046. He has 12 touchdown catches over the past two years, the most ever by a Bills tight end over a two-year stretch.
Chandler tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee at Miami last Dec. 23. He had surgery on it Jan. 9. The rehabilitation time for the surgery normally is seven to 10 months. Chandler feels good about his chances of practicing when Bills training camp opens in late July.
"I feel it's realistic," he said. "The injury is different than it used to be. The doctors are better. And I have to attribute some of this to I'm a Christian guy. God is the ultimate healer. Just put your faith in him and see how it goes."
"This is probably my third week," Chandler said, referring to when he started running pass routes. "I'm just kind of ramping it up each week. I've just been running 'em without ball and I started to catch the ball now too. So I feel good."
The Bills refrained from adding a prominent tight end in free agency. They didn't get a chance to get a top tight-end candidate in the draft. By the time their third-round pick came up, the top five at the position had been taken. Buffalo did pick speedy University of Arkansas tight end Chris Gragg in the seventh round. They have a capable blocking tight end in Lee Smith.
The offense needs a healthy Chandler. He wants to be ready for training camp to start developing chemistry with the Bills' QBs. Former Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick had a lot of faith in Chandler, who made stops in San Diego and Dallas before establishing himself with the Bills in 2011.
"I've made no bones about the relationship between the quarterback and the receiver needs to be there," Chandler said. "You want to build a relationship with these guys. You want them to know that when it's man to man, you're the guy they want to go to. Yeah, I want to be there in training camp so they can see and so the new coaching staff can see what I can do."
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, was at practice Thursday as part of a tour of NFL teams and spoke to the players. Bills Hall of Famer Jim Kelly also watched practice.
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