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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Goose Creek Police have identified the man arrested after an incident Tuesday evening at Royal Lanes bowling alley on Central Avenue in Goose Creek, police spokesman John Grainger said Wednesday afternoon.
Gary Curtis Fraley, 47, of 117 Balbriggan Drive in Goose Creek, was taken into custody just after 7 p.m. Tuesday after a Goose Creek SWAT team used a taser to subdue him following a standoff of at least an hour.
Grainger said Fraley has been charged with assault and battery and kidnapping, and that investigators intend to charge Fraley with attempted murder and possibly other charges.
Police responded to a 911 call in reference to shots fired in the building at approximately 5:30 p.m.
The report said Fraley went to the owners office, where he produced a gun and held owner Steven Tsafos, of North Charleston, hostage. The reason for the confrontation has not yet been explained, but the report referenced an earlier reported incident with Fraley at the same location.
Fraleys wife is the manager of the bowling center.
According to the arrest report, witnesses said they could hear an argument in the office prior to a gunshot. The suspect had an unspecified dispute with the owner, Grainger said Tuesday.
Tsafos was able to leave the office with the suspect still inside, and that is when a shot was fired. At that point, the suspect barricaded himself in the office.
Police responded shortly after that, evacuated the bowling alley, and established a perimeter around the outside of the building.
What followed was about one hour of negotiation between the suspect and police, including a hostage negotiator from the Charleston County Sheriffs Office. At some point after those negotiations, Fraley was Tased by the SWAT team and taken into custody.
The investigation is ongoing.
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This is a list of names in which the description contains the keywords inventor or scientist or discoveror or physicist or biologist or chemist.
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Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]
ARCHIMEDES m Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek elements αρχος (archos) "master" and μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to plan"... [more]
BENJAMIN m English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]
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Latinized form of the Greek Δαιδαλος (Daidalos) which meant "cunning" or "curiously wrought"... [more]
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English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name Ya'aqov (see JACOB)... [more]
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From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?"... [more]
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Although Apple's iOS first showed up on the iPhone in 2007, it was
easily adapted to the larger iPad that launched in 2010.
Google is now starting to gain some traction with Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" -- it was
designed from the beginning for tablets. Likewise, HP/Palm
and RIM are using mobile, touch-optimized operating systems for their
And where does leave Microsoft? For now, Microsoft is being
left behind as its competitors continue to move forward at a lightning fast
pace. Even though the company has a stellar basis for a tablet OS with Windows
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Rain to put less of a damper on Daytona races
Massive dryer will cut down on rain delays at Int'l Speedway
UPDATED 9:53 AM EST Feb 15, 2013
Daytona International Speedway has a new toy.
The Air Titan is a massive dryer that Speedway organizers say will cut down on rain delays during Speedweeks.
The dryer will keep the track from getting soaked when rain threatens to dampen race events.
The Air Titan uses compressed air to push the rain off the track surface and onto the apron. Vacuum trucks will then remove the leftover water.
Speedway officials said the new dryers could shorten rain delays by 80 percent.
The dryers will likely help most during the summer months when afternoon showers often put a damper on some big races.
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
The Mellow Mushroom in Mount Pleasant hosted the fourth annual Mount Pleasant Beerfest on Saturday at its location on Highway 17 North.
After establishing itself among beer aficionados as one of the best craft beer festivals in Mount Pleasant, the Mount Pleasant Beerfest topped itself again with more than 30 local and national breweries serving up over 70 craft beers for unlimited tasting to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Charleston. There was live music all day on center stage by two local bands, Schema and Wadata, in addition to the tasty Mellow Mushroom food experience.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is the Caribbean nation the South Carolina Caribbean Culture and Heritage will highlight during its eighth annual Charleston Carifest Caribbean Carnival in June, Caribbean American Heritage Month.
The SCCCH will unveil details of the festival and show the film "Colores del Carnaval Dominicano" during a May 16 reception at the College of Charleston's Avery Research Center.
The reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Avery, located at 125 Bull St. in Charleston. Refreshments will be served.
The four-day festival begins June 20. Special guests will be the Honorable Dr. Neil Parsan, Trinidad and Tobago's ambassador to the United States, and Dr. Anil Ramnanan, the Trinidad and Tobago consulate general. The emissaries will lead the 2013 Carnival Street Parade from the Charleston Visitor Center down King Street to Brittlebank Park on the Ashley River.
While carnival is considered a time of fun and wild abandonment, Charleston Carifest is unique because it encompasses an educational component along with the frivolity.
Lorna Beck, SCCCH's president, said, "The Caribbean culture of wearing masks, reverence of the spirits and parading are carryovers from the early Africans who lived in the Caribbean and South Carolina.
"Learning the history of the Caribbean carnival celebration will provide a better understanding of the various activities incorporated into this celebration and will allow for better appreciation of it.
"The Caribbean carnival celebration is rooted in both European and African history," she said. "The goal of SCCCH is to create unity while embracing diversity."
Charleston Carifest started in 2006 as a carnival presentation. The festival moved to the park in 2007 during which time organizers focused on the music of the Caribbean. Starting in 2007, the festival has featured St Kitts and Nevis, Barbados, St. Lucia, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica in 2012.
Trinidad was a Spanish colony from 1498 until 1797 while Tobago changed hands 30 times among the British, French, Dutch and Courlanders. The island eventually became a British colony although heavily settled by French colonists. In August 1816, a group of 700 former enslaved people from the Southern United States were rewarded with land in Trinidad, and they settled there.
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CBS' Beverly Hills Cop reboot pilot has found the Judge Reinhold to Brandon T. Jackson's Eddie Murphy.
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Denman's character, Brad Fuller, is also described as a good guy to have on your side despite his social shortcomings. He will have a partner on the show named Leila, a role that has yet to be cast.
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AstraZeneca said today it will work with FibroGen to develop and commercialize its late-stage drug candidate FG-4592, a first-in-class oral compound for anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), in a deal that could generate as much as $815 million for the privately held biotech.
The companies said they plan to launch Phase III trials of the drug candidate in China and undertake "an extensive" Phase III development program for FG-4592 in the U.S.; the first late-stage study to support approval there and in Europe was initiated in December. Regulatory filings are anticipated for 2015 in China and two years later in the U.S.
U.S. commercialization of FG-4592 will be overseen by AstraZeneca, with FibroGen carrying out promotional activity in the ESRD market segment. The companies will co-commercialize FG-4592 in China, where FibroGen will be responsible for clinical trials, regulatory matters, manufacturing, and medical affairs, while AstraZeneca will oversee promotion and commercial distribution.
"Our collaboration with FibroGen on FG-4592 is an important addition to AstraZeneca's growing late-stage portfolio in cardiovascular and metabolic disease, one of our core therapy areas," AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said in the statement. "Through our collaboration with FibroGen we aim to offer a first-in-class, convenient treatment option for doctors and patients."
AstraZeneca will pay FibroGen committed up-front and subsequent noncontingent payments totaling $350 million, as well as up to $465 million in potential future payments tied to development and sales milestones, in addition to tiered royalty payments in the low 20% range on future sales on FG-4592. AstraZeneca will make additional payments for development milestones in any later indications the companies pursue. The strategic collaboration "may be extended to other anemia indications," the companies added.
"This agreement secures proper development and commercialization resources for FG-4592, and ensures U.S. clinical trial efforts are fully funded," FibroGen CEO Thomas B. Neff said in a statement.
FG-4592 has met its primary Phase II objective of demonstrating anemia improvement in treatment-naïve CKD patients not on dialysis, as well as maintenance of hemoglobin levels and anemia correction in patients on dialysis, all with an acceptable safety profile and without intravenous iron supplementation.
Iron supplements and injectable erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) comprise current treatment options for anemia. FG-4592 is a small molecule inhibitor of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) that has shown potential as an oral anemia treatment by inducing erythropoiesis as a response to oxygen changes in the cellular environment, much as high-altitude conditions trigger production of red blood cells.
Under a licensing agreement with FibroGen, Astellas is developing FG-4592 (which Astellas calls ASP1517) for anemia in CKD and ESRD patients in Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East, South Africa, and Japan, where the companies have just launched a Phase II study for the experimental drug. That launch resulted in Astellas paying FibroGen a $12.5 million milestone payment, the companies said yesterday.
FibroGen said Astellas plans to conduct an additional Phase II clinical study in Japan of ASP1517/FG-4592 in nondialysis patients later this year.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance
Beiting Cheng
Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Ioannis Ioannou
London Business School
George Serafeim
Harvard University - Harvard Business School
May 19, 2011
Strategic Management Journal, 35 (1): 1-23.
In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased transparency. Using a large cross-section of firms, we find that firms with better CSR performance face significantly lower capital constraints. Moreover, we provide evidence that both of the hypothesized mechanisms, better stakeholder engagement and transparency around CSR performance, are important in reducing capital constraints. The results are further confirmed using several alternative measures of capital constraints, a paired analysis based on a ratings shock to CSR performance, an instrumental variables and also a simultaneous equations approach. Finally, we show that the relation is driven by both the social and the environmental dimension of CSR.
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"Dusting" Versus "Basketing" - Treatment Of Intrarenal Stones
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes of an established procedure for treatment of kidney stones that are present within the inner aspect of the kidney. This procedure is called flexible ureteroscopy, which involves placing a small camera through the urethra while anesthetized (asleep), up the ureter (the tube connecting kidney and bladder) and into the kidney to the kidney stone. Then, the stone is broken into tiny fragments using a small laser called a Holmium laser. While this treatment is a well-established option for treatment of these stones, there are several different techniques used to help eliminate them from the kidney. Some urologists treat the stone by a method called "active" extraction whereby the ureteroscope is passed back and forth into the kidney to remove all visible stone fragments. Others use a method called "dusting" whereby the stones are broken into tiny fragments or "dust" with the intention that achieving such a small stone size will allow the stones to pass spontaneously. There has not been a systematic and rigorous comparison of these techniques in terms of treatment outcomes. By collecting information on the success of treatment, the investigators hope to provide benchmark data for future studies of kidney stone treatment and improve the care of all patients who need surgery for their kidney stones.
The investigators hypothesize that the stone free rate for renal stone(s) 5-15 mm is around 90% and that the stone clearance rate with be 20% higher in those patients that undergo complete stone fragment extraction versus those that undergo stone dusting (residual fragments < 2mm).
Kidney Calculi
Kidney Stones
Renal Stones
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Ureteroscopic Treatment of Intrarenal Stones - A Comparative Analysis of "Dusting" Versus "Basketing" With Holmium Laser Lithotripsy
- Stone-free rate [ Time Frame: 4-6 weeks post-operatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]To assess for stone-free rate using K.U.B. (kidney-ureter-bladder) plain radiograph and renal ultrasound. If there is a discrepancy in follow up imaging between the presence of residual stones or fragments between the KUB and renal ultrasound, the KUB will be considered the reference standard for small fragments less than 4mm unless the stone composition is uric acid. If fragments 5 mm or larger exist it will be up to the discretion of the surgeon to order a CT to better delineate the presence of residual stones and their impact on the clinical management of that patient.
- Stone recurrence rate [ Time Frame: 12 months post operatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Stone recurrence rate one year after surgery
- Retreatment rate [ Time Frame: 12 months post operatively ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Evaluating the retreatment rate one year post operation
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Fragments basketed
"Active" extraction is whereby the ureteroscope is passed back and forth into the kidney to remove all visible stone fragments.
Fragments dusted
"Dusting" is whereby the stones are broken into tiny fragments or "dust" with the intention that achieving such a small stone size will allow the stones to pass spontaneously.
Detailed Description:
To date, there is inadequate literature to confidently determine the ideal technique of stone extraction during ureteroscopy, an endourologic procedure for the treatment of kidney stones. The goals of ureteroscopy for intrarenal stones are to fragment stones and minimize residual fragments while doing so in a safe and expeditious way with minimal harm to the patient. Options for the treatment of intrarenal stones consist of using a basket to pull them out or a laser to break them into small fragments. When stones are deemed too large to be basketed primarily, the standard preference in ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy is use of the Holmium:YAG laser which can effectively break stones into fragments small enough to remove or pass spontaneously.
There is no consensus on how to achieve optimal stone clearance once the primary stone is fragmented with lithotripsy. Many urologists choose to "dust" the stone by breaking it into tiny fragments < 1 - 2 mm in size with the assumption that stone fragments of such a small size will pass spontaneously after surgery. This can theoretically decrease operative times and lower risk of ureteral trauma by minimizing repetitive introduction and removal of the ureteroscope. Others choose to actively extract each possible stone fragment during the procedure thereby increasing the immediate stone-free outcome.
Active extraction however typically increases costs as it requires use of a basket or grasper and ureteral access sheath. To date, only one prospective, randomized study has addressed the practice of active extraction vs spontaneous passage, the results of which suggested higher rates of residual stone fragments, hospital readmissions and need for ancillary procedures when stones were not actively extracted (8). This study was criticized for not following a standardized operative protocol and not reporting several important outcomes including stone composition. Additionally, this study used semirigid ureteroscopy, specifically addressed ureteral rather than intrarenal stones, and did not follow a "dusting" protocol assuring minimal size of residual fragments.
Complete eradication of stone fragments is one of the primary outcomes of ureteroscopy as residual renal stone fragments after ureteroscopy have been shown to lead to a subsequent stone event in approximately 20% of cases(9). However, maximizing eradication of stone fragments must not come at the expense of the patient. For this reason it is important to consider the operative variables associated with the different techniques employed to clear stone during such procedures.
For example, an average of nearly three times as much laser energy was used to fragment the stone into tiny pieces compared to active extraction (8). Conversely, active extraction of stone fragments requires introducing and removing the ureteroscope through the ureter a greater number of times in order to facilitate stone removal; which generally requires use of a ureteral access sheath, a treatment with its own associated risk.(10). The short term and long term differences resulting from use of these techniques is currently unknown.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Radiopaque renal stones above the level of the ureteropelvic junction
- Kidney stones must range up to 20 mm in size or in the case of multiple stones the conglomerate diameter (additive maximal diameter of all stones on axial imaging of computed tomography) up to 20 mm is required for inclusion
- Patient must be a suitable operative candidate for flexible ureteroscopy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have had prior ipsilateral upper urinary tract reconstructive procedures or history of ipsilateral ureteral stricture
- Patients who have undergone prior radiotherapy to the abdomen or pelvis and those who have a neurogenic bladder or spinal cord injury
- Pregnant subjects
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01619735
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Keywords provided by Mayo Clinic:
Kidney Calculi
Kidney Stones
Renal Stones
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
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Disney is once again giving out a Disney Vacation once a day for the entire month of January 2013.
From the Disney Time Sweeps Website:
This could be your year to hit the pause button on the hustle and bustle of everyday life and spend some Disney Time with your favorite people doing things together you might not get to do at home. Dance, clap and sing along with some beloved Disney tunes. Eat ice cream for breakfast. Spin in teacups. Chase Mickey Mouse balloons. Giggle and goof off with abandon. Do whatever the kids want to do. On Disney Time, everything is magic and everyone is just about the same age. The memories that you create together live in your hearts forever. So, pick the vacation that's right for you and enter for a chance to win! We're giving away one vacation per day for 31 days!
So each day all you have to do is go back and enter, we will remind you of this, just make sure you have signed up to receive our daily email of all the Disney Vacation Contests with daily entry.
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Mary C. Mullins, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
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B.S. (Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of California at Berkeley, 1989.
B.S. (Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of California at Berkeley, 1989.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
BMP signal transduction; molecular mechanisms of cell specification and maternal control in vertebrates.
Key words: maternal-effect, midblastula transition, Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP), signal transduction, Smad5, molecular-genetics, genomics, zebrafish, development, cell specification, embryonic axis
Description of Research
We are studying the molecular mechanisms by which a BMP (Bone Morphogenetic Protein) signal transduction pathway establishes different aspects of the vertebrate body plan. Various zebrafish mutants of BMP pathway components, as well as antisense knockdown approaches are used to dissect the molecular mechanisms by which this pathway establishes different cell types. We are studying the formation, function, and temporal regulation of a BMP activity gradient, which is implicated in specification of diverse cell types along the dorsal-ventral axis. We have shown that this gradient is essential in neural crest specification and is linked to dorsal-ventral patterning of neural tissue. Moreover, a subset of our defined components also function in post-embryonic heart development. Misregulation of BMP signaling leads to a debilitating disease in humans called FOP. We are currently trying to establish a model for FOP in the zebrafish.
Elaboration of the vertebrate body plan relies not only on zygotic processes, but also on maternally-controlled processes. That is, processes that depend on products derived from the mother that are deposited into the oocyte and are critical for proper development of the embryo. To this end we performed a large-scale maternal-effect mutant screen, not previously performed in a vertebrate, to identify mutants of key genes specifically required in the mother for oocyte development, egg activation, fertilization, the midblastula transition, and establishment of the axes of the vertebrate embryo. We identified numerous mutants in these processes and are studying the molecular and cellular basis for the defects, including positional cloning of the mutated genes.
Rotation Projects
1. Studies of maternal regulation of embryonic development, including the midblastula transition and animal-vegetal polarity.
2. Positional cloning of maternal control genes in the zebrafish.
3. Molecular activities of type I BMP receptors.
4. Studies on the action of BMPs as heterodimers versus homodimers.
5. The post-embryonic role of BMP signaling in heart development.
Lab personnel:
Bill Vought, research technician
Hong Zhang, research specialist
David Cobb, joint fish facility manager
Mona Finch-Stephen, joint fish technician
Yaniv Elkouby, postdoctoral researcher
Daniel Bricker, postdoctoral researcher
Yvette Langdon, postdoctoral researcher
James Dutko, postdoctoral researcher
Francesca Tuazon, graduate student
Joe Zinski, graduate student
Amy Kugath, research specialist
Matias Escobar, graduate student
Ricardo Fuentes, postdoctoral researcher
Ben Tajer, graduate student
Allison Jamieson-Lucy, graduate student
Selected PublicationsLittle, S. C. and Mullins, M.C.: Bone morphogenetic protein heterodimers assemble heteromeric type I receptor complexes to pattern the dorsoventral axis. Nature Cell Biology 11(5): 637-43, May 2009 (Cover photo).
Holloway BA, Gomez de la Torre Canny S, Ye Y, Slusarski DC, Freisinger, CM, Dosch R, Chou MM, Wagner DS, and Mullins MC: A novel role for MAPKAPK2 in morphogenesis during zebrafish development. PloS Genetics 5(3): e1000413, March 2009.
Bontems F, Stein A, Marlow F, Lyautey J,, Gupta T., Mullins M.C. and Dosch R.: The bucky ball gene controls germ plasm localization in the zebrafish oocyte. Current Biology 19(5): 414-22, March 10 2009.
Tucker, Jennifer A. Mintzer, Keith A. Mullins, Mary C.: The BMP signaling gradient patterns dorsoventral tissues in a temporally progressive manner along the anteroposterior axis. Developmental Cell 14(1): 108-19, Jan 2008.
Marlow, Florence L. Mullins, Mary C.: Bucky ball functions in Balbiani body assembly and animal-vegetal polarity in the oocyte and follicle cell layer in zebrafish. Developmental Biology 321(1): 40-50, Sep 1 2008.
Shin, Donghun. Shin, Chong Hyun. Tucker, Jennifer. Ober, Elke A. Rentzsch, Fabian. Poss, Kenneth D. Hammerschmidt, Matthias. Mullins, Mary C. Stainier, Didier Y R.: Bmp and Fgf signaling are essential for liver specification in zebrafish. Development 134(11): 2041-50, Jun 2007.
Connors, Stephanie A. Tucker, Jennifer A. Mullins, Mary C.: Temporal and spatial action of tolloid (mini fin) and chordin to pattern tail tissues. Developmental Biology 293(1): 191-202, May 1 2006.
Mullins, Mary C.: Tolloid gets Sizzled competing with Chordin. Developmental Cell 10(2): 154-6, Feb 2006.
Little, Shawn C. Mullins, Mary C.: Twisted gastrulation promotes BMP signaling in zebrafish dorsal-ventral axial patterning. Development 131(23): 5825-35, Dec 2004.
Dosch, R., Wagner, D.S., Mintzer, K.A., Runke, G., Wiemelt, A.P., and Mullins, M. C.: Maternal Control of Vertebrate Development before the Midblastula Transition: Mutants from the Zebrafish I. Developmental Cell 6: 771-80, 2004 (cover photo).
Wagner, D.S., Dosch, R., Mintzer, K.A., Wiemelt, A.P., and Mullins, M.C.: Maternal Control of Development at the Mid-Blastula Transition and Beyond: Mutants from the Zebrafish II. Developmental Cell 6: 781-90 2004 (cover photo).
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It took an additional year, but former Lackawanna Mayor Norman L. Polanski Jr. has ended up in a coveted job as executive director of the city's Municipal Housing Authority.
The authority's board of commissioners voted 6-0 on Saturday to appoint Polanski to a three-year term as head of the agency, which owns and operates three apartment complexes with 490 units and a budget of about $4 million.
The move comes 13 months after Polanski completed two terms as mayor, during which he appointed several of the commissioners who went on to hire him.
"He set this up," said David Hardy, tenant commissioner. "Yeah, it was his soft landing."
In late 2011, Hardy was among a group of tenants who opposed an effort by the board of commissioners to appoint Polanski as soon as his mayoral term expired.
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has a policy that prohibits authorities from hiring elected officials until at least a year after the official's term in office is finished, and the board of commissioners asked for a waiver on behalf of Polanski.
HUD ultimately denied the waiver request.
The board chose to keep longtime deputy director Robert W. McManus as interim director over the past year, allowing Polanski, 63, to seek the director's post this month without the need of a waiver.
The board of commissioners appeared to go out of its way to make the appointment quietly.
It met for its regular meeting on Tuesday with no discussion of the executive director's job, according to Hardy.
"It was never mentioned when we had tenants there," said Hardy, who was elected by fellow tenants last September as a commissioner.
Two days later, Hardy received notice of a special meeting for 9 a.m. Saturday to discuss the executive director's post.
Hardy said he did not vote against the Polanski appointment, because he hopes to improve tenant living conditions and wanted to start positively with the former mayor.
"I'm going to do my best to work with him and make it better," he said.
Polanski will earn about $82,000 annually. He was paid $56,000 per year as mayor.
He resigned from his state job as a plumber with the Collins Correctional Center, he said. Polanski was on leave from that job during his eight years as mayor.
Polanski's appointment is effective immediately and he will be in the office today, he said.
Michael Antecki, chairman of the board of commissioners, could not be reached on Sunday to comment.
The move from City Hall to the housing authority is not uncommon in Lackawanna. Past mayors Kathleen M. Staniszewski and Thomas E. Radich did the same thing.
In Lackawanna, the mayor has the power to appoint commissioners, and when the board applied for the waiver in 2011, five of the seven commissioners were Polanski appointees. The two others were elected by tenants.
Three of his appointments are still on the board; two others have been replaced by new commissioners appointed by current Mayor Geoffrey M. Szymanski.
Polanski has maintained that he is highly qualified for the housing post because of his experience running the larger and more complex city, which employs more people, has more departments and operates on a budget of more than $20 million.
"I think people realize I do have the experience for it and I was the best candidate," he said. "I move forward and I will do the best job I can for housing just like I did for the city."
It's unclear who else was interviewed for the job.
Hardy said two other candidates were well-qualified and had more experience than Polanski.
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The 3 Worst Side Effects of Every Presidential Election
#1. The YouTube Videos ... Good Lord, the YouTube Videos
You can expect every sketch troupe and comedy website to put out election-themed videos every year, because staying topical and relevant is useful in sketch comedy. Your favorite sketch troupe will make some video about politics, and then a month later, a Christmas-themed video, and on and on, because that's what they do.
The weird thing is that this is the time of year when other people decide they need to get on the sketch video bandwagon. These people live their whole lives doing whatever their jobs are, but when it's almost time to vote, they put their jobs on hold to make an Internet video supporting or attacking a candidate. Usually -- and here's the weird part of the weird part -- with a rap song. There's something about election season that makes otherwise normal Americans wake up and say "I need to rent a green screen studio for the day and make a rap video about voting. For the people."
Some people make earnest rap videos supporting candidates they legitimately believe in, while others use the genre to trash the candidates they hate. Whether they're supporting or condemning a candidate, 9 times out of 10 you can bet that they don't actually know how to rap. It's baffling to me. One of the raps even opens with the lyric "His name is Romney and he's here to say," which is exactly what I say when I'm doing my impression of a guy who doesn't know how to rap and lives in 1996.
"Throw your hands in the air like you just don't rap."
My favorite political fan video to hate last election was "It's Raining McCain," because it involved trying to convince us that "get" rhymed with "McCain," which is one of the boldest stances on the ways that words sound that I've ever witnessed. This year, I think my favorite might be "Obama-Romney Debate Via Song," which dared to combine rapping, Rebecca Black's "Friday" (talk about timely!) and that hip new animation style that looks like what nightmares would make if nightmares took drugs.
If you think that image of Romney dancing with a cat-faced CG-monster is the weirdest visual in this video, then you probably haven't seen the one of Obama wearing a propeller cap riding a giant pot leaf like a magic carpet, directly beneath this sentence.
The video also includes Obama doing a "Call Me Maybe" parody ...
... and Romney in a leather vest and a pimp hat while "The Hustle" plays ...
If you're anything like me, watching that video would be a good use of your time, because your time is absolutely worthless.
Daniel O'Brien is Cracked.com's senior writer (ladies), and ELECTION ELECTION ELECTION (election). Follow him on Twitter. Or don't!
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quote: I don't want to have big busy noisy icons shat all over my desktop and filling the entire thing, I want a simple start menu and task bar where I pin only the apps I use and that's it.
quote: the overall angst I see is almost entirely exclusive to these forums and fanboy's such as this article reports on.
quote: I have adopted the opinion that Microsoft should retire the Windows name entirely. Particularly where trying to make inroads in mobile and tablet space.


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In Washington Irving�s classic story, a headless horseman hounded Ichabod Crane through Sleepy Hollow. In Durango, a headless horseman has chased Felix the Cat, a robot and a chicken from the wall of the Everyday convenience store at East Eighth Avenue and College Drive.
A black-and-white photographic image of a headless boy on a pony replaced the mural of cartoon characters during Bastille Day weekend.
It�s called the �Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse,� perhaps since the cropped photo does not show the pony rider�s face, but it�s also named after a 1970s soul album by Eugene McDaniels, said Aaron Schmitt, a local artist who coordinated the project.
People seem more upset about the disappearance of Felix the Cat than they are with the absence of a head.
�No one likes it,� said Rebecca Gilstrap, a cashier at Everyday. �Everybody is saying they like the other one better.�
Ramona Thompson-Acosta remembers seeing people getting out of their cars to take pictures of the original mural, which went up in early April, painted by artists in town for an exhibition on public art at the Durango Arts Center.
�It was artwork, and people really put a lot of effort into that,� Thompson-Acosta said. �It�s just a shame to see it get covered up.�
Some vestiges of the original mural remain, however, in the eyes of the Native American chief and bunny faces in the style of the �Life in Hell� comic strip can be found peeking out from beneath the new wallpapered image.
Schmitt said Jetsonorama, an Arizona artist who created the �Headless Heroes� image, wanted to pay homage to the previous artists. Schmitt, who worked on the original mural, said he got many of the artists� approval for the successor mural.
While the new image �has gotten mixed reviews,� Schmitt said he wanted to do something different. If people don�t like �Headless Heroes,� they will appreciate that another mural will replace it in four months as part of a regular rotation.
Jim Hendricks, an Everyday customer, is a fan of the �Headless Heroes.�
�It�s elegant yet unpretentious,� Hendricks said. �The last one was a collage. Sometimes those can overwhelm you. With this, you can pause to look at the different textures. You see the action flowing, which is kind of nice. I like it. It�s pretty sweet. It�s not graffit-ized, it�s more like a work of art.�
It�s timely too, he said.
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Ryan Reynolds Punches Costar Scott Speedman on Set of New Film
The actor, 36, proved he knows how to pack a punch while filming a scene for Queen of the Night in Sudbury, Canada, on Tuesday.
On the receiving end of Reynolds's fist is his costar, Scott Speedman.
Directed by Atom Egoyan, the thriller is focused around a father trying to locate his kidnapped daughter.
In addition to Reynolds and Speedman, the movie also stars Rosario Dawson.
But it hasn't been all work and no play for Reynolds, who has been filming in frigid temperatures. Wife Blake Lively – donning lots of warm layers – recently joined him in Sudbury for a date at the movies.


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Cinderella (with Orchestra)PBT's season ends with the enchanting fairy-tale story of Cinderella choreographed by Septime Webre with dazzling sets, shimmering costumes, enchanting fairies, jesters, dragonflies, a fairy godmother, and evil stepsisters. This production features the PBT Orchestra playing Sergei Prokofiev's magnificent score.04/19/2013 - 04/21/2013237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The Nordic Sound: NorwayChatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series presents pianist Walter Morales in music by Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding, and Tellefsen in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's Year of Europe: Scandinavia.04/19/2013Time: 4:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
A Celebration of African-American Music & the ArtsA Celebration of African-American Music & The ARTS" will feature Jazz, Blues, Dance, Spoken Word, Gospel and Monologue. The event is co-presented by the CCAC Department of Music and The Pittsburgh Gospel Choir.04/19/2013 - 04/20/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: CCAC Allegheny Campus Gymnasium, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Black Orchid String Trio - A Concert of FirstsThe trio premieres works by composers Alan Tormey, Ryan Stewart, Chris Massa, Adam Rook, and Ash Madni, and plays Elliott Carter's String Trio. The Space Upstairs is a loft above Construction Junction with entrance at the corner of Thomas and Lexington. On street parking. (Please don't use Construction Junction's lot)04/19/2013Time: 7:00 pmLocation: The Space Upstairs, 214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Mary Flower and Colin LindenMary Flower, a 2008 Blues Music Award Nominee for "Acoustic Artist of the Year," is renowned for a uniquely personal vision of roots music that blends ragtime, acoustic blues, and folk styles. Linden is a singer and songwriter, a prolific record producer (Bruce Cockburn, Tom Wilson, Colin James), a guitar sideman for such stars as Emmylou Harris, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. 04/20/2013Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Singing CityA large-scale, city-wide historic concert event featuring Manfred Honeck and the PSO with a choir of thousands from the Pittsburgh region and beyond. Selections will include Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Verdi's Requiem, Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, a world premiere, an audience sing-along, and remarks from Cardinal Donald Wuerl,04/20/2013Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Petersen Events Center, University of Pgh., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Hugo TrioInspired by the words of Victor Hugo, "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent," CMU performance majors Alexander Hettinga (viola), Jessie Nucho (flute), and Natalie Severson (harp) won the Pittsburgh Concert Society's Major Artist Auditions, and worked with Pittsburgh composer David Stock to prepare his piece "A Vanished World."04/20/2013Time: 7:30 pmFirst Presbyterian Church, 309 Lincoln St., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Veit Hertenstein, violaWinner of the 2012 Young Concert Artist auditions, Veit Hertenstein won the "la Grange" prize at the Verbier Festival, and has appeared at the Marlboro and Menuhin Festivals. He'll debut this season at NYC's Merkin Hall and the Kennedy Center in DC. With pianist Pei-Yao Wang, he'll play works by Schumann, Prokofiev, Rota, Shostakovich and Piazzolla.04/20/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Carey Performing Arts Center, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PAwebsite
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Very powerful young felines, under your control.
If you masturbate, a kitten kills God. The kitten is one of the killing kittens.
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от Mike 03 март 2005
masturbating, usually guys jerking off to pornographic images. a common phrase on fark.com.
Please forgive me in advance for the one or two kittens that I may be directly responsible for killing after looking at this boobies link.
от tonmeister 14 февруари 2005
Listening to emo music...
also masterbation
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Everytime you listen to emo god kills a kitten
Everytime you masterbate god kills a kitten
Everytime you masterbate god kills a kitten
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Slang for "The slaying of innocent people."
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Get an overview of this hotelArt Deco hotel connected by footbridge to Paddington Station
Near Oxford Street
Located in London's West End, adjacent to Paddington train station, this hotel is a 15-minute train ride from Heathrow airport; it is three blocks from Hyde Park and Oxford Street.
Impressive interiors and fitness center
Built in 1854, this six-story Victorian building combines impressive interiors in Art Deco style with modern technology, including fitness facilities; restaurant and bar onsite.
In-room safes
Hilton London Paddington's 419 air-conditioned guestrooms feature traditional furnishings and large windows, along with flatscreen televisions with pay movies, tea and coffee facilities, and laptop safes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hilton London Paddington146 Praed Street Paddington London England W2 1EE
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
At Hilton London Paddington's fully-serviced business center, guests have access (on a first-come, first-served basis) to 2 PCs with high-speed Internet access, a printer, fax, scanner, and photocopier (fees apply). Secretarial services are also available during office hours for a fee. The hotel also offers 18 versatile meeting rooms. For those wishing to keep fit, the hotel offers a well-equipped fitness center with the latest cardiovascular equipment. Towels, showers and mineral water are provided. Full meals and refreshments are available from the stylish Brasserie restaurant, a discreet lounge-bar, and the contemporary Steam Bar.
Limo or town car are also available, as well as onsite shops. This property is smoke-free.
- Concierge services
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 419
- Number of floors - 6
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Year Built 1854
- Express check-out
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Meeting rooms 18
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of meeting rooms - 18
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( GBP 14.99 per 24-hour period ), Wired internet access ( GBP 14.99 per 24-hour period )
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Minibar
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
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- Designer toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
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- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Iron/ironing board
- Flat-panel TV
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
The Brasserie - Chic and contemporary, this two-level restaurant features polished wood floors, steel lamps with frosted-glass shades, a humidor, and bar. Upholstered chairs and banquettes surround tables topped with crisp white linens and fresh flowers. Serves modern international cuisine for lunch and dinner and a hot and cold buffet breakfast.
The Lounge - Nestled beneath the lobby's sweeping staircase, the Lounge is a dimly lit, discreet venue in which to enjoy pastries, sandwiches, afternoon tea, or a drink. Relaxing in armchairs and sofas, guests are serenaded by the grand player-piano.
Steam - A destination bar, Steam is big, bright, and boldly designed. Huge black-and-white photos are mounted on exposed brickwork walls, and ceiling lights hang over multi-colored bar stools, armchairs, and tables. Hotel guests and Londoners heading for a night on the town talk above the not-too-loud rock music and choose from an extensive range of wines, beer, cocktails, and light international dishes.
Please check the Rooms and Rates page to see which rates include breakfast.
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 35 per pet, per stay
- 2 per room (up to 75 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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- No onsite parking is available.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: GBP 21.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: GBP 14.99 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
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- Pet fee: GBP 35 per pet, per stay
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has been making waves with its Windows
Phone 7 Series operating system, Palm
is battling the Grim Reaper with slow sales of the Pre and Pixi,
and Apple is just on cruise control until the next generation iPhone
and iPhone
OS 4.0 hit later this summer. Forget the looming lawsuit from
Apple, HTC and Sprint are looking to spice things up with some
Android lovin' in the form of the HTC
its name implies, the new smartphone takes advantage of Sprint's
4G WiMAX network. In addition, the phone supports EV-DO Rev. A,
CDMA, and EV-DO.
continues to lead the 4G revolution as we introduce HTC EVO 4G to
give our customers an experience that is unlike anything available in
wireless to date," said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. "Not only is
this feature-rich device incredible on our Sprint 3G network, but
Sprint 4G speeds will take mobile multimedia, including live video
streaming, gaming and picture downloads, to a whole new level."
it comes to the specs sheet, many people thought that the Google
Nexus One had just about every smartphone on the market beat. The
HTC EVO 4G simply crushes everything else on the market thanks to a
4.3" (480x800) TFT LCD, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM,
8.0mp camera in addition to a 1.3mp front-facing camera for video
conferencing, GPS, digital compass, stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile
HDTV, and HDMI (720p) output. When it comes to storage, the HTC EVO
4G has 1GB of storage built-in and can support up to 32GB via a
microSD slot.
that the HTC EVO 4G is a flagship Android device, it is obviously
running Android 2.1.
and Sprint have a strong history of working together to bring
consumers technologies and advancements that make their lives
easier," added HTC CEO Peter Chou. "We believe that the HTC
EVO 4G represents the best of Sprint and the best of HTC working
together to bring an unmatched device to the U.S. This combination of
HTC and Sprint innovation will allow people to do even more while on
the go, faster than ever on the Sprint 4G network."
has not announced pricing for the HTC EVO 4G, but the phone will be
this summer.
quote: There's plenty of proof on the market right now that shows there is no space/size penalty for having a real keyboard. None.
quote: ...and for the record, I think it's quite clear that many people really have not thought about the difference between a real keyboard and onscreen. I fundamentally don't believe that everyone "gets it already." If you want to call me a dink, then fine...but I am quite certain that the vast majority of consumers really haven't "gotten" it.
quote: Name two phones that share the same platform(or similar) one with a keyboard one without, that are the same size. Otherwise you are not making an Apples to Apples comparison. If you really think the droid could not be smaller if it had not included a keyboard, you are kidding yourself.


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A second and final phase of the Laguna Shores waterside development in Laguna Phuket has been launched, following the success of Phase 1 which sparked international demand for affordable chic apartments from a renowned developer in a prime resort location.
At the heart of the Laguna Phuket resort and to be managed by a new hotel brand under the Banyan Tree Group, Laguna Shores was launched in mid-December 2012 by Laguna Property, Phuket's largest developer of high-quality resort residences,
With almost 60 per cent of the 229 units in the six-storey U-shaped Phase 1 building already reserved, Phase 2 offers an additional 105 units in another six-storey building and is generating similar demand from a cosmopolitan mix of Thai and international buyers seeking a reliable property investment in a holiday setting, with access to luxury resort facilities.
The development's stylish one-and two-bedroom apartments start from THB 4.5 million and range in size from 40 to 88 sq.m., with various layouts utilising thoughtful use of space. Apartment layouts on offer include a number with mezzanines that increase the living area floor space for additional relaxation options.
Laguna Shores buyers not only get spectacular view of a shimmering lagoon and the sparkling Andaman Sea, they're also entitled to a Laguna Resident's Privilege Card providing benefits and discounts of up to 50 per cent at selected Laguna Phuket five-star hotels and facilities.
Convenient payment plans of up to five years are available for the apartments with quality furniture and fittings packages available, while investment and lifestyle rental programmes provide maximum flexibility and choice to investors.
Laguna Property has sold nearly 800 properties to date, with numerous phases of developments sell-out successes. Its other branded luxury properties include Banyan Tree Residences, Dusit Thani Pool Villas, and Laguna Village.
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Social media and tabloid press breathlessly reported that The Bachelor's Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell had split after he flirted with another girl.
Here's the problem: It wasn't true. "We're doing great," Ferrell, 27, tells PEOPLE. "We are very happy together."
Galavis, 32, tells PEOPLE that he's taking the rumors in stride. "People are going to say what they want to say," he says. "I can't pay attention to that. I don't like to read what people write, because they don't know what our relationship is all about."
Adds Missouri native Ferrell: "He does a better job of ignoring it than I do. I read what people say, and it does hurt my feelings. I'm only human. But really, we are happy and doing well."
The couple – who ended up together (but not engaged) on Season 18 of the reality dating show earlier this year – spent the weekend in Celebration, Florida, to participate in Hearts of Reality. The event, sponsored by Lexin Capital raises money for Give Kids the World, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.
It's work that resonates with both of them. "I work with these types of children every day, so it's near and dear to my heart," says Ferrell, a pediatric nurse. "I'm very fortunate to be in the position that I'm in, and I don't take it for granted. I want to do anything I can do to help."
"As a father, I know how important this charity is," says Galavis, who has a daughter, Camila, 5. "I'm really happy to help, and it's the right thing to do. This is what's important. This is what matters. Not everything else."


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Tiffin reports
A 300-block North Sandusky Street woman requested to speak to an officer Wednesday afternoon about an eBay item she believed was stolen.
A 100-block Erie Street woman reported Wednesday afternoon a friend was refusing to give back a cell phone.
A theft of prescription medication was reported Wednesday afternoon in the 100 block of Minerva Street.
A first-block Kensington Avenue caller reported Wednesday afternoon a GPS had been stolen from a vehicle.
A vehicle in the 100 block of Nelson Street was reported entered Wednesday evening.
A 300-block Jefferson Street caller requested to speak to an officer Wednesday afternoon about the theft of cash.
A 200-block South Washington Street caller reported Wednesday evening a group of people were about to fight. One man was given a warning for disorderly conduct.
A first-block Charlotte Street caller reported Wednesday night a woman with cuts all over her face and neck walked to the residence. Police took the woman to Mercy Tiffin Hospital to speak to Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services, but she then left the hospital.
County reports
A woman went to the station Wednesday night to speak to a deputy about a person supplying tobacco to her minor children.
A 100-block Cottage Avenue woman reported early Thursday morning someone had been in her vehicle.
A 3000-block South TR 66 man reported early Thursday morning someone turned on a light in his barn. Deputies checked the area and were unable to locate anyone.
An 8000-block West TR 96 man reported Thursday morning someone stole his trash toter that was at the end of the driveway.
Fostoria reports
A 300-block West Tiffin Street woman went to the station Wednesday evening to report her landlord had stolen her
A caller from Los Tocallos, 203 N. Main St., requested an officer Wednesday night to remove a person.
A man reported Wednesday night his vehicle had been hit by a rock near railroad tracks on Findlay Street.
A shoplifter was reported Wednesday night at Kroger, 126 W. High St.
A 1400-block Van Buren Street woman reported Thursday morning someone broke into her garage and vehicle.
A 100-block West Fourth Street woman reported Thursday morning her son's bicycle had been stolen.
A marijuana pipe was found Thursday morning in the 600 block of Sandusky Street.
A man reported Thursday morning copper wire stolen from the 900 block of North Main Street was found at a scrap yard.
An 800-block Eastern Avenue caller reported Thursday afternoon a man who was selling a cleaner tried to enter their residence.
A vehicle break-in was reported Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of East South Street.
Tiffin fire
Firefighters were called to 643 Miami St. Wednesday afternoon for a false call.
County fire
Bloomville firefighters were called to East CR 6 Wednesday evening for a field fire.


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"A thrilling, mind- boggling adventure."
-The Times (UK)
"Reynolds's approach seems new, exciting, vibrant."
"A sweeping, audacious slice of galactic-scale intrigue and subterfuge."
-Andromeda Spaceways
"Reynolds has once again created a galaxy-spanning, mind-boggling stage on which to set a gripping, thoughtful, intelligent drama."
I had—and continued to have—great fun exploring the Revelation Space universe, but it was always clear to me that I wanted to write other kinds of book, even within what might be termed the fairly narrow overlapping genre categories of hard SF and space opera. The tone of the Revelation Space books tends towards the dark and claustrophobic, with cosmic extinction lurking behind every page. The galaxy is a dangerous place, fundamentally inimical to human life, and humanity only adds to its problems by being so fragmented and fractious. In House of Suns I wanted to examine an interstellar civilisation from a different, less bracingly pessimistic viewpoint—and that meant creating a new future history. Gone are the inimical alien killing machines; the galaxy of House of Suns , while not without its perils, isn't stalked by death and horror to anything like the degree of the universe of the Revelation Space books. The endless rise and fall of civilisations notwithstanding, it's a galaxy more conducive to sightseeing.
I came at the book having already written a novella, Thousandth Night, set in something like the same universe of House of Suns . That story introduced Campion and Purslane, two members of a starfaring clan of clonelike individuals known as Gentian line. The clones—they're both male and female, but derived from the template of a single individual—spend their lives zipping around the galaxy in great, two hundred thousand year long circuits, playing tourist. At the end of each circuit, they meet up to swap memories. The story introduced some of the traditions and taboos of the lines, and sketched in some of the historical background. For the novel, which I started a couple of years later, I took everything that I liked from the novella and ignored everything else that didn't quite fit. I moved the action forward another four million years and introduced a significant new factor into galactic geopolitics: the emergence of an AI civilisation known as the Machine People. As with the novella, I tossed in just about every superscience gadget I could think of—inertialess drives, force fields, stasis boxes, and refrained from offering much in the way of explanation for how any of these innovations functioned. For the characters, who have been living with these things for millions of years, they're as commonplace—and dull—as plumbing or double glazing. As with the Revelation Space books, I made the speed of light a hard upper limit for travel, but this time even travelling at near the speed of light is trivially easy for the "shatterlings" of Gentian line.
As might be clear from the above, this isn't a book that obeys the rules of strict hard SF. Even without FTL travel, many of the technologies—antigravity, etc—are impossible based on what we know today, and that's before we get to the wormhole-manipulation and stellar engineering that is the bread-and-butter of the clone lines. I tried to place reasonable limits on these technologies, however, and make sure that there were still certain feats that were beyond the abilities of the shatterlings. A character suffers a violent death, and can't be magically restored to life—mortality is all too real, even for these long-lived characters. I also wanted to counterbalance the superscience hardware by playing fair with the scenery, so I tried to set the action in the real Milky Way galaxy, with all the structure and complexity as revealed to us by modern astronomical results. Along the way, though, I also tried to pay homage to some of those gorgeous SF paperback covers of the seventies, with their awesome, inscrutable artefacts towering or hovering over bizarre alien landscapes. And, of course, the ancient machinery of the vanished Krell…
I hope that House of Suns functions as an independent novel. To some extent, history is only just beginning as the novel closes. I had a blast writing it, and hope that some of that enjoyment shines through the text. I wanted to write a book that was forward looking in terms of the way it examined ideas about interstellar civilisation, artificial intelligence, memory and personality, but also fondly in debt to the marvellous vistas of golden age SF, when the universe truly looked as it might turn out to be our playground.


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NEWPORT - Dr. George Orthey loves the autoharp.
Orthey is a 79 year-old retired veterinarian with the United States Army. The Perry County man can't hear a thing without his hearing aids. He admits he can't play an instrument.
But Orthey is a world-renown autoharp craftsman who has created 1,448 autoharps for professional performers and amateur enthusiasts since 1964.
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George Orthey, of Newport, rests on one of his handcrafted auto harps inside his shop recently.
Sentinel photos by TABITHA GOODLING
A flower is the trademark of Orthey's instruments which is seen being held by performer Oscar Harris of Virginia.
Sentinel photos by TABITHA GOODLING
Music and the military
Orthey grew up in the New York City metropolitan area but never took a liking to "city life." Each weekend he visited his aunt and uncle's farm and would wake up in the middle of the night to listen to his favorite radio program that consisted of folk/blue grass or "old time" music.
While Orthey was in college the Korean War was in full rage. He attended veterinarian school and was a vet with the U.S. Army. Orthey worked as a zoo veterinarian in Panama and taught courses on nuclear warfare while stationed in San Antonio, Texas.
"I never did the same thing twice," he said of his 28-year military career, admitting he enjoyed watching his comrades "blow up the dessert" during training. It didn't take long for Orthey to realize he was not satisfied in the career. He began the hobby of making wooden instruments in the early 1960s "to keep me from losing my mind."
He called his shop in Newport a "horse barn," due to its outside barn-like appearance, but the shop was created in the 1960s strictly for making instruments. He began making dulcimers and turned to autoharps when his late wife, Mary Lou, "got tired of them."
He then began selling his work in 1964 under the business name Orthey Instruments. He retired from the Army in 1982 and has been working full time at the auto harp shop.
"In 30 years I haven't had a month without orders," Orthey said.
The inside of Orthey's shop looks like a saw mill with various saws and machinery. On the walls are newspaper clippings of artists like June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash and many other performers who have purchased auto harps from Orthey. There are pictures from other customers who sent him notes of appreciation and wanted to show Orthey how his instrument is being put to good use.
His clientele has also included members of The Carter Family and The Carter Sisters featuring June Carter Cash. He also received a note from John Sebastian of the 1960s band The Lovin Spoonful who called Orthey's work "marvelous."
Mountain Laurel concerts
Orthey is also the co-founder of the Mountain Laurel Auto Harp Concert Series held each June at Little Buffalo State Park in Perry County. He started the concerts along with wife, Mary Lou, 25 years ago as a result of a concert on the couple's front porch. The Ortheys invited customers of the auto harp business to perform one summer evening. It became a yearly event that grew into a circus tent perched in the couple's back yard. When it became evident hundreds of people wanted to attend, the couple started presenting the series at the state park.
And still, that wasn't enough for the artists.
"They wanted more," Orthey said.
Orthey then created the winter concert series that occurs one weekend out of the month from January through April. A concert is held at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Friday evening, followed by a workshop at Orthey's business Saturday afternoon and another concert Saturday evening at Highland Presbyterian Church in Newport.
The next event is slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at St. John Evangelical. The workshop will be held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, and the Newport concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Featured artist Walt Michael and Company will be performing at each venue.
January's featured performers, Dale Jett and Hello Stranger played one of Orthey's autoharps at the Grand Ole Opry in Tennessee. Jett is a descendant of The Carter Family and plays bluegrass/folk music in his own Virginia-based group. He and bandmate Oscar Harris have purchased many of Orthey's instruments over the years.
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'out of the ditch'
Jett, a self-proclaimed "hillbilly," said he believes Orthey "brought the autoharp out of the ditch."
His engineering style gives the instrument credibility like no other autoharp, Jett said. Early in the auto harp making business Orthey had attached a metal rod, the bracing of the instrument, to the frame. A musician pointed out the sound difference if the bracing was not attached. Every auto harp since then has no attachment.
"It's like an open door," Harris said of the sound, "You can really hear (the difference)."
The men who attended the January workshop commented on Orthey's ability to keep the sound of the auto harp the top priority and not its appearance. Orthey has a trademark flower on each instrument but keeps the pieces simple.
Orthey points out the wood grain must be lateral on each instrument because that detail also affects the sound. Orthey has used walnut trees from his own Perry County backyard as well as some cherry trees. He has also had pieces of redwood sent to him from California.
Orthey is always perfecting his work and visits other instrument businesses. "He's forever trying to improve," Jett said.
Not out of tune yet
Orthey's age and hearing disability have not stopped him. He joked he plans to live to be a 100. Orthey was diagnosed at age 35 with Meniere's Syndrome which attacks the vestibular part of the ear. He wears hearing aids in both ears and without them he is deaf.
Orthey has a protege, Greg Schreiber in Millerstown, who assists Orthey with the business and has access to his trademarks. Schreiber often listens to the autoharps after they are finished to ensure they sound properly before they are sold.
Orthey said the only way he can play the instrument is if the chords are numbered. "When I finish a harp I always play 'Home on the Range' because I know it and I know what I am doing.'"
Lovin' Spoonful's Sebastian once asked Orthey, "You make these so beautifully, why can't you play them?"
Orthey responded, " You play beautifully. Why can't you make one of these?"
The musician was dumbstruck with the response.
Though Orthey loves making the instrument he is most content listening to it. During each concert and workshop he is seated comfortably to the side taking it all in.
"The most important thing I want to hear is the music. It's my life."
More information on Orthey autoharps and future Mountain Laurel Concert series events: www.ortheyinstruments.com.


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Low Dough Country Show with Cowboy Troy.
With Ransomville.
Date: This event ended on
Cost: $10
Venue: CLOSED: Club Infinity
8166 Main St.
8166 Main St.
More Info: www.infinityconcerts.com | 810-9745
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Money 101
What is Money 101?
Money 101 is for youth ages 13-17. Come learn the basics of money management, how credit is established and maintained, and the basics of investing. Camp will be held in the Westminster Center for Financial Analysis that simulates a trading floor for securities. Participants will create a stock portfolio that can be tracked all summer long. Also the camp will cover many of the requirements for the scouting Personal Management merit badge.
The camp is run by Jon McKenzie the Director for the Westminster Center for Financial Analysis and a licensed practicing financial advisor. His real world examples and hands on experiences will leave the youth excited to properly and effectively manage their money now and in the future.
The camp will be held in the morning from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on Monday, June 20, 2016 through Friday, June 24, 2016. Cost is $195 and will cover all fees, shirt, snacks, and supplies.
For further information, contact Jon McKenzie (camp director 801.832.2878) or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.