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It's the time of year when new high school grads start making their final decisions about that next big step. Whether that means joining the armed forces, pursuing a higher education or jumping right into the workforce, it's one of the most important choices a person can make.
While there are many paths to success, this year's top two students from Palmetto Christian Academy (PCA) both agree that the key may be taking advantage of any and all challenging opportunities that come your way.
Jackson Pearce, son of Stuart and Beverly Pearce, earned the honor of being PCA's valedictorian for the class of 2014.
Pearce has committed to Furman University, citing its small-school atmosphere and liberal arts education as key factors in his decision. "The school really gave off a true passion for learning and a focus on their undergraduates and giving them the best opportunities they can provide," said Pearce. While at PCA, Pearce was captain of the varsity swim team, a representative in student government, delegate at Palmetto Boys' State and member of the National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Quiz Bowl team. He also took time to pursue his inner thespian as a member of the Palmetto Players and even performed alongside the Footlight Players.
"I was one of those kids who saw opportunities and seized them up and took whatever came my way," said Pearce.
Pearce plans to major in neuroscience while at Furman and plans to attend medical school following college. "I've always wanted to go into medicine, but the big draw for neuroscience is that it takes biology, which is something I enjoy studying, and psychology and combines the two together," said Pearce. "It really captivated my interest, and while it may be a little more difficult, I'm going to have some incredible opportunities as I pursue medicine."
Salutatorian Katie Quinn will be attending Clemson University in the fall with plans to major in food science and human nutrition with a minor in Spanish. Quinn hopes to one day become a nurse or dietician and possibly work with malnourished children in Hispanic countries. When it came to selecting a school, Quinn was drawn to the university's challenging and rigorous academic and research opportunities as well as its welcoming atmosphere. "I was also attracted to the sense of community I felt the first time I stepped on campus, so that I could make Clemson my home away from home," said Quinn.
During her time at PCA, Quinn served as president of both the National Honor Society and the Spanish Club while also serving as captain of the Varsity tennis and soccer teams. She also volunteered at East Cooper Medical Center and serves at St. Peter's Anglican Church.
When asked what advice she has for those entering or still in high school, Quinn said, "Don't give up. Take the most challenging classes you can and be determined to do well." She credits her parents, Ward and Leslie Quinn, her AP classes and her teachers with equipping her with the tools she needs to tackle any problem while also considering how the outcome may affect others.
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After months of deliberation, the Altoona Area School District is closing Wright and Washington-Jefferson elementary schools.
The decisions by the Altoona school board were made separately Tuesday night, with votes that were unclear until the last moment.
"I didn't know whether it would pass or not," Board President Ryan Beers said.
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Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski
Altoona Area School District teachers gather in the hallway of the Altoona Area Junior High School after the board voted to close Wright Elementary and Washington-Jefferson Elementary schools.
Kimberly Lockard of Altoona consoles her daughter Maya, 12, after the vote to close Wright Elementary passed. Maya would have been in sixth grade there next year.
Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski
Altoona Area School District teachers attend Tuesday night's board meeting.
Melinda McCloskey of Altoona talks before the board's vote about how the closing of Washington-Jefferson Elementary would affect her family.
The board does not anticipate enacting employee furloughs to accompany the closings, but that appeared to be a minimal comfort to teachers who hugged tearful children after the meeting at the Altoona Area Junior High School auditorium.
One parent of four children affected by Wright's closing, Kimberly Lockard (no relation to longtime board member Dick Lockard) tried to console two of her crying children after the decision was made.
"They didn't know," she said. "Tuesday [was] the last day of school, and they never had a chance to say goodbye. It's not fair. Their teachers are like second mothers and fathers."
Beers said the board has been considering closing the schools for several years. Enrollment has declined and is projected to continue declining.
The board's architect, Vern McKissick, estimated the decisions could save millions of dollars over the next five years on energy and operations, as well as avoiding maintenance costs.
Beers, Vice President Maryann Joyce Bistline, Skip Dry, Cheryl Rupp, Tim Lucas, Elizabeth Chapman and Dick Lockard voted to close Washington-Jefferson. Sharon Bream, on vacation, was absent.
Ron Johnston cast the only no vote, but he was joined by Lockard in voting against closing Wright.
Lockard voted to close Washington-Jefferson because the board will transfer its preschool services to that building, and with only 248 students currently served at the school, "It's only half full," he said.
Wright, though, was a different story for Lockard.
He and Johnston attended a talent show on Monday at Wright. The school's 320 students performed dance numbers and magic acts, and at the end of the show, the students held up a sign reading, "Please don't close Wright School."
"I turned to Dick and I said, 'I got a soft heart. I can't close this school,'" Johnston said. "Dick said, 'I got a soft heart, too.'''
Johnston said he doesn't want Wright and Washington-Jefferson students to end up in class sizes of 25 to 30 at other elementary schools.
From the crowd estimated to be about 100, Steve Kiser, Melinda McCloskey, Carrie Varner and Renee Wyland addressed the board.
McCloskey's son attends Washington-Jefferson. He has special needs but is earning As and Bs because teachers "know how to deal with him," she said.
She expressed concerns that if her son, currently in a class of 22 students, is put in a larger class, he will suffer.
The board is anticipating an average class size, districtwide, of 25 to 26 students, Beers said.
Wyland, a parent-teacher organization president of one of the closing schools, criticized the board for closing the schools without having a sure plan for where all students will attend school next year.
"You should have been prepared to tell us what's going on," she said.
Kimberly Lockard is unsure who will teach her children next year. She isn't even certain which school her children will attend.
"The report said they'd go to Juniata Gap, but we are right in the area of Ebner," she said.
She rejected any theory that children will adapt well to their new schools. She speaks from experience as one of her older teenage children switched school districts at age 13 and was "completely different," she said.
"Roots and stability are the most important things in a child's life," she said.
School boundary lines resulting from the closings are roughly figured out and have been published on McKissick's website. There will be tweaks made for transportation and kindergarten enrollment, so the board could not yet answer specifics.
Parents don't know their children's teachers for next year, and the board was not allowed to make arrangements prior to official board action, Beers said, citing reasons of "school code, legal advice and advice from McKissick."
Acting Superintendent May Lou Ray said the district will know enrollment numbers in the next two weeks and will send out [informational] letters as soon as possible.
"[But] it could be the beginning of August," she said.
Johnston's and Lockard's reasons for voting against closing the schools are also based in some simple logic.
"We have no buyer for Wright," Lockard said.
"If they could sell it, OK," Johnston said. "[But] if you can't sell it, keep it open."
Mirror Staff Writer Russ O'Reilly is at 946-7435.

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His character, Andy, was supposed to show up to the house of ex-girlfriend Anne (Rashida Jones) completely naked, catching Leslie (Poehler) off-guard when she opened the door. But instead of wearing the industry-standard nude boxers, Pratt, 35, secretly stripped down.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - In an era where the NFL is under legal attack for withholding information about the dangers of concussions, the sport of boxing continues to offer prize money for inflicting the same.
Definition of a concussion: "An injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow and followed by a temporary or prolonged loss of function." Boxing is the only sport left on the planet that not only condones concussions, but makes them the goal, awards them and applauds them with headlines such as: "KNOCKOUT VICTORY!"
Why do we encourage these gifted athletes to rattle each other's brains for our entertainment when we know their lives will never be quite the same.
Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao met this month for the fourth time, each fight more tenacious than the last. The first three were decided by decisions, but the fourth resulted in a knockout of Pacquiao. According to an Associated Press report, "The winner, Juan Manuel Marquez sang 'Happy Birthday' to Bob Arum at the post-fight news conference, with a concussion and a broken nose. The loser, Manny Pacquiao, sat in a nearby hospital, having a brain scan."
With the score now even at two and two, Arum, chairman of Top Rank Boxing, is already entertaining a fifth fight between the two gladiators. "I'll call it Pacquiao-Marquez 5: Epic."
Epic? I would not like to see a picture of these two athletes twenty years from now. Actually, we already have that picture - Muhammad Ali.
For the beating he took at the hands of Marquez, Pacquiao was guaranteed 25 million dollars. Worth it? I don't think so. I guess the good news is, we can purchase Manny Pacquiao energy bracelets for $34.95 while they last.
So what's the answer to keeping this sport entertaining while preventing concussions? Olympic rules and regulations would be a good place to start. Professional pugilists would be required to wear approved headgear and 10 ounce gloves. This is still boxing, we're not looking for a pillow fight here.
We've come a long way from the stark roots of a sport that first appeared in the Olympic Games of 688 BC, when leather bands that covered the fist were filled with metal. To be knocked out in ancient Greece was to be carried from the ring on a slab, then straight away to the cemetery in a coffin.
Mike Fink was the first American to make a name for himself as the brawling "King of the Keelboaters" back in the early 1800s on the Mississippi River. I shall close here with a concussion and whisky fueled boast that Mike Fink was known to bellow: "I can out-run, out-jump, out-shoot, out-brag, out-drink, an' out fight, rough-an'-tumble, no holts barred, ary man on both sides the river from Pittsburgj to New Orleans an' back again to St. Louiee. Come on, you flatters, you bargers, you milk-white mechanics, an' see how tough I am to chaw! I ain't had a fight for two days an' I'm spilein' for exercise. Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
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Prodigy: A Legend Novel by Marie Lu; Putnam, 384 pages ($17.99). Ages 12 and up
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Nora Hamilton has been launching her career as a house restorer in the lovely Adirondack town of Wedeskyull, where her husband Brendan is a policeman. But her life is shattered when she discovers the body of her husband, who has apparently committed suicide in their home. Now Nora not only has to deal with her inconsolable grief, but the peaceful town seems to have changed overnight. Her mother-in-law, with whom she was never close, becomes increasingly antagonistic. Nora can't seem to go anywhere without being followed by one of Brendan's fellow cops; their excuse is that they are worried about her mental health. Then little things, especially Brendan's mementos, are disappearing from her house. As she looks into Brendan's background, she finds out that she may not have known her husband as well as she thought she did. The frigid air that blows through the town is the perfect metaphor for Nora's feelings of isolation. Milchman's original approach serves her story well, including the unpredictable resolution.
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Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King; Walker, 322 pages, ($28)
Leonardo da Vinci was a genius of delay, a master of the unfinished. "Tell me if anything was ever done," he lamented in a notebook.
Ross King, an English novelist and historian, tells the story, in "Leonardo and the Last Supper," of the improbable creation of one of art's greatest masterpieces. With a fiction writer's feel for character, King depicts a supremely ingenious, enigmatic, stubbornly independent, and underachieving Leonardo, and, with a nonfiction writer's skill, he sets the sketch against a richly described background of a society in creative and often violent ferment.
"A commission to paint a wall was not the most obvious assignment for Leonardo," King writes. He had never worked in fresco, the preferred technique of the day for painting murals. And he had never worked on a painting so large: 15 feet tall and nearly 29 feet wide.
Leonardo finished what he started, although he took about four years, going slowly enough to annoy the leader of the Dominican community at Santa Maria.
The Leonardo who emerges in King's pages may have been a genius, but he was a refreshingly human one. King writes that Leonardo, brilliant as he was, was "a poor mathematician" and had difficulty with Latin: "That one of history's greatest brains struggled with amo, amas, amat should be a consolation to anyone who has ever tried to learn a second language."
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By Ann F. Monroe
The late television and radio writer Andy Rooney once made this observation about the inevitability of growing older: "The idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone."
Too often, aging is accompanied by increased isolation. Despite medical advances that may prolong life, the reality is that social isolation affects seniors "when decreasing economic resources, mobility impairment and the death of contemporaries conspire to limit social contacts," noted researchers from University College London. People who are socially isolated face increased risk of cardiovascular disease, infectious illnesses, cognitive decline and death.
These conclusions come from a study published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found that isolated seniors were more likely to be older, unmarried, have limited education and be less wealthy. Further, social isolation was associated with health conditions such as chronic lung disease, arthritis, impaired mobility and depression.
Social contact, on the other hand, aids health management. People who live alone or lack social contacts may experience increased risk of death should health conditions worsen, since they lack a network to monitor their health and urge medical attention.
More people of all ages live alone these days and, therefore, risk social isolation. About 28 percent of all non-institutionalized adults 65 and older lived alone in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging.
The population of people 65 and over in Western New York is expected to increase 26 percent between 2000 and 2030.
Participating groups reported an increase in the number of volunteers assisting seniors; success in providing home modification products such as smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors; growing social contact through new neighborhood groups and events; informing more seniors about the activities and services available; and success in identifying and obtaining additional financial support to continue and expand their activities.
Ann F. Monroe is president of the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York.


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Every year in the fall you'll find articles online about the glorious array of filth proffered by state fairs. It's become a quaint, kitschy sort of endeavor for carnies to try to murder you via deep fryer, and we all love hearing about the sludge they sell us because it's so amazing or bizarre that they deep fried cabbage-filled trousers and then someone ate it. Deep-fried butter, fried ice cream, fried fat wrapped in fatty fat served on a quivering pile of semi-congealed fat.
I wanted to see if this was all hype or if there was effort being put into these foods. Did anyone care what they tasted like, or was it all novelty? And suppose you spent a day at the fair eating nothing but this crap -- how would you feel by the end? Would you fall into some sort of Morgan Spurlock pussified full-body shutdown? Would you puke? Would you just feel bad that you spent $100 on shitty food? There's one way to find out.
I wanted to start my day right, so I headed out at 11 and got myself lunch. Chili cheese dog, a bucket of fries with cheese and gravy (what our Canadian brothers who survive it call "poutine" because it will make you shit upward of 13 times), and deep-fried bubble gum.
#1. Chili Cheese Dog at 11:15 a.m.
See how the chili is puddling at the edges of the bun there? That was mostly tepid grease. The dog inside the bun I think was a boiled wiener, the first affront in a series that was presented to me at a cost of $5. The cheese was from a bag, some pre-grated mass of processed C.H.U.D. blubber, and the chili may have been found in the woods near the grave of a malefic and terrible witch. It was salt and grease with beans. I could feel the spirits of the farts they would birth frolicking between my teeth as I chewed.
I ate this dog for science but was put off right away. Never boil a wiener, because in doing so, you commit hate. You put hate in your food when you boil it. Only eggs and potatoes deserve to be boiled, and even then you need to mash the potatoes afterward to prevent the awful blandness of a British snacking hour. I needed a palate cleanser.
#2. Bucket o' Poutine at 11:22 a.m.
Is this food served in a bucket? Yes. It is a bucket of poutine that costs $12. That's a lot of money for a cramp. There are fries, cheese curds, and brown schmear as far as the eye can see. Ironically, the gravy seems to be a distilled form of my chili, as it is mostly salt and grease. I ate the whole thing with a frown.
Are you aware of cheese curds? I think cheese aficionados have experienced them, but the average person probably never experiences cheese in curd form, as they seem relatively rare at the supermarket. Imagine a brick of cheese you might buy at the store. Now imagine taking a bite out of that brick, chewing it for about 20 seconds, then spitting it out and letting it dry. That's a cheese curd.
#3. Deep-Fried Bubble Gum at 11:35 a.m.
Dessert was the thrill of deep-fried bubble gum for $8. How could this be bad? It comes on a stick, and the presentation is so far winning in terms of its ability to not make me wince. It still sounded gross, but doesn't it look pleasant? This would make Giada De Laurentiis quiver below the belt, it's so pretty. Yeah, but then this happened:
If that's spooge, I will be very displeased.
Can you see what's happening in there, that white, frothy foam inside? I was unsure whether someone spit inside this goo ball or if a cat had heaved up that sludge they produce after eating too much grass. Neither option was one I wanted to explore further, so after one bite, I gave these salty, sugary pink devils a heave into the trash. I will not start my day consuming bile.
I needed some time to settle my insides down and gird my loins for a second round, so why not partake in the fun and frolic of the fair?
Oh man, Super Nudvering is the best!
A table selling cheap made-in-China dollar-store toys for $29 immediately caught my eye. I asked the fellow working there if he could guarantee it would break before I got it home and he stared at me in that way a cat stares at a window it wants to get out of but can't open because it's merely a beast, so I left. Only a handful of paces from this table, I had an American Beauty moment.
Greasy meat abandoned on the floor. Been there before.
This lowly pepperette sat abandoned on the floor, only a single bite taken from the tip. Just the tip, I thought to myself with a giggle. Cured, spicy meat, discarded and unloved. Kicked aside by passing strangers. Was this a metaphor for life? Is this how we all end up? Leaving grease stains on the universe's poured-concrete floor? It was time to eat again.
#4. Deep-Fried Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers at 1:25 p.m.
These bad boys are deep-fried bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers that set me back $5. There was literally nothing bad about this whatsoever. It was a jalapeno popper that someone put bacon on. It was genius. When heaven shits itself, this is the stuff that trickles down its pants leg, and we should all be so lucky to fall upon it. It was delicious.
A downside, if there could be such a thing, was that I was definitely feeling the burn already. Not from the jalapenos (those were tame), but one should never consume a bucket of anything and then eat again that day. I assume a horse could have taught me this lesson, but obviously people aren't really prepared to know such things ahead of time.
#5. Deep-Fried Peanut Butter Cups at 1:38 p.m.
Isn't that pretty? And only $4, the best deal so far! Deep-fried desserts are apparently an art form to carnies, while savory dishes may as well be pulled from the belly of whatever unfortunate soul choked to death eating one last. The cardboard skiff it's served on leaves something to be desired, but look at that gentle chocolate drizzle -- just the perfect accent to what turned out to be a molten core of weapon-grade Reese's napalm.
I understand the principle of deep-fried foods -- that they must be immersed in oil of a temperature suitable to slough flesh from bone -- but I figured by the time these got to me they would have cooled to a reasonable and edible temperature. Instead, the first bite seared a layer of tongue clean from my mouth and made me do that "unnghh!" thing children do when faced with asparagus for the first time, plopping the steaming, fizzling PB delight onto the pavement. Other adults stared at me in disgust, while one child stared wistfully at the wasted treat on the ground. I silently dared him to eat it, but his father pulled him away.
The other two tasted delightful.


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The singer explains how he lives his life to the fullest in the September issue of O Magazine (on newsstands now), and describes getting married at the age of 28 as his "best mistake."
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Robert Kantrowitz '82, professor and chair of mathematics, presented "A close look at the geometric series test" at the joint meetings of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society held Jan. 15-18 in Baltimore.
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In the Western German Lacrosse League the second half of the season started with a highlight. On the 14th of March the Duesseldorf Antlers, ranked place 2, hosted the fourth ranked Cologne Indians.
Under floodlight at the Duesseldorfer Sport-Club 1899 facility, the home team had the better start.
The third quarter shootout started with the German National Player Florian Kriependorf who scored the 1-0.
Until the 4. Quarter the Antlers overran the guest form the "Domstadt" and put a 10-0 on the scoreboard. With goals from national team players Lorenz Lehmhaus, Sebastian Trischler and Dominique Nebreklijevic.
With the start of the last quarter the Antlers shifted one gear back and let the Indians get better into the game. They used the chance and scored twice, before the Antlers finished the great derby with 2 goals by Ansgar Schaefersbirken.
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Picturing Idaho is a new special from Idaho Public Television just in time for the holiday season.
Producer Jim Peck and director Alan Austin roamed the state with a diverse group of photographers. This fall we bring you another unique production that could only come from Idaho Public Television. In it, you'll explore the world of photography and photographers in Idaho.
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INWOOD - While holding a 15-10 lead at the end of the first quarter at Cline Court Tuesday night against the Faith Christian Academy Falcons, Musselman Applemen coach Derek Basile decided to mix it up defensively.
"We played a little man to man, and our 1-3-1 zone hurt them," Basile said. "We did pretty well with those, and our press in the second half affected them as well."
It all added up to a 67-30 victory by the Applemen.
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Musselman's Hezekiah Dupree pulls down a defensive rebound in front of Faith Christian Academy's Will Peifer during the second quarter of Tuesday's win by the Applemen.
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In the first quarter, R.J. Stephens got the Applemen started with seven of his 10 points, and Trevon Wesco threw down a one-handed dunk that gave Musselman the energy needed to stretch its lead further in the second quarter.
"R.J. did a great job of getting to the hole and finishing his layups, and Trevon's dunk was a big momentum swing," Noah Brooks said. "We needed that to pick us up."
Once the first quarter came to a close, the athleticism of the Musselman defense came together. The Applemen held Faith to 20 points over the final three quarters.
"We were able to put pressure on as we forced turnovers," Stephens said. "Coach Basile did a great job of putting the right defesne in. That got us the easy baskets we needed, and it was easy going."
Carrying a 34-16 halftime lead, Musselman stretched the lead in the third quarter.
"We did not execute things as well in the first half," Basile said. "We weren't in the right places, and I challenged the guys to be in the right spots. We did a much better job of that in the second half."
Musselman outscored Faith 24-9 in the third.
Brooks made three straight 3-pointers to start an 11-0 run before Sam Romine stopped the run with an NBA-range 3-pointer, making the score 51-25.
The Applemen responded with seven more points, including 3-point shots from Wesco and C.J. Venable to end the quarter.
The Applemen increased their lead to 37 before the final buzzer sounded.
Wesco led all scorers with 18 points, and Brooks added 12 points.
Faith Christian was led by Stephen Johnson and Romine, who led the team with 10 points. Joe Michael added four points, and Isaiah Walls and Will Peifer each added three points to round out the Falcons' scoring.


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The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority spent at least $90,218 over 16 months to hire a public relations firm to do PR work that other upstate New York housing agencies handle in-house.
Now some BMHA board members are questioning why an authority that's supposed to be serving the poor found it necessary to hire Eric Mower + Associates in a no-bid contract for basic communications matters that authority executives had been handling themselves up until September 2011, when they first retained the firm.
EMA was paid at least $17,336 from September until the end of 2011, according to documents obtained by The Buffalo News through the state Freedom of Information Law. .
Excluding newsletters, BMHA paid the public relations firm another $72,882 for 281 hours of work in 2012.
The authority hired EMA in a no-bid process in 2011, citing "emergency" conditions when it was dealing with the fallout after asbestos was discovered at two housing developments. The BMHA has continued the arrangement since then without getting competitive proposals from other public relations firms.
The hourly rates EMA charged the public housing agency last year ranged from $325 an hour for work done by a senior partner to $125 an hour for tasks performed by junior employees.
Based on the data provided, an average of just over 23 hours of work was done per month last year, costing taxpayers an average of $6,073 per month.
The board discussed the possibility of hiring a public relations firm to help market the positive things being done by the authority, said Michael Seaman, chairman of the BMHA board of commissioners. But the hiring of Eric Mower + Associates never came before the board for a vote.
Instead, he said, Executive Director Dawn Sanders-Garrett had the authority to hire EMA using funds designated for professional services.
"It fell under her authority as long as it stays within the dollar amount. I think the contract amount was $25,000 a year," Seaman said.
That's well below the $72,882 EMA was paid last year.
Seaman said the board will talk with Sanders-Garrett soon to find out why she called on EMA for simple matters.
"Why would you ask for help to respond" to routine issues? he said.
Some of the routine duties were handled by Stephen Bell, an EMA partner and director of public affairs, who gets paid $325 an hour.
For instance, Bell called a reporter in May 2012 to talk about the attendance record of one of the commissioners. And last September, he sent four news releases and media advisories about Erie County Medical Center's mobile mammography unit visiting BMHA properties.
Bell also returned calls on behalf of BMHA officials for basic information during last year's tenant elections. The reporter's message was left for BMHA attorney David Rodriguez, but Bell returned the call, saying Rodriguez was busy. Bell said he called to see if it was something he could help with.
Up until last year, questions from reporters had been answered by Sanders-Garrett, Rodriguez or Modesto Candelario, assistant executive director.
That also was the process under Sanders-Garrett's predecessor, Sharon West. After West left in April 2005 for a similar job with the City of Tampa, Fla., BMHA General Counsel Gillian Brown assumed the additional role of interim executive director and was the main contact who responded to reporters' inquiries.
In 2003, however, BMHA retained Travers Collins & Company – another local public relations firm – for about two years, according to that agency's principal, Bill Collins. It performed basic marketing and communications services for the authority, including writing and editing news releases, doing newsletters and handling internal communications, Collins said.
Travers Collins was selected over four other firms in a competitive review.
EMA, though, was hired under BMHA's "emergency procurement policy when cases of public emergency arose out of unforeseen occurrences and conditions affecting ... Kensington Heights Development and Marine Drive Apartments," according to information Rodriguez provided. He was referring to the discovery of asbestos in both cases.
However, the housing authority's records show that EMA performed services beyond the scope of Kensington Heights and Marine Drive.
For example, Bell issued news releases like one from December 2012 regarding demolition of the former Woodson Gardens apartments on Best Street; a November 2012 news release about the authority's annual meeting; and one in July 2012 about a local nursery donating flowers to BMHA residents.
He also issued emails announcing the 2012 tenant election process and was the contact person who fielded questions when some tenants did not receive their ballots.
Bell has said that as part of EMA's agreement with BMHA, he cannot be quoted. Still, he speaks on behalf of the authority while issuing emailed news releases that identify Sanders-Garrett, Candelario or Rodriguez as the media contacts.
In a written response, Rodriguez said the authority needed the expertise, resources and distinctive skill sets that EMA brings. And the amount that has been paid to the public relations firm is less than one quarter of one percent of the authority's $50 million operating budget.
When asked why the services were not bid out, officials cited the emergency provisions.
The emergencies at Kensington Heights and Marine Drive, though, occurred in 2011.
Buffalo's largest landlord, BMHA has about 10,000 low-income, public housing residents spread through 33 public housing developments and an additional 1,372 participants in its Section 8 program.
Unlike Buffalo, other upstate housing authorities make do without hiring separate public relations companies.
For instance,there are about 2,500 low-income public housing residents at Syracuse Housing Authority and more than 3,000 Section 8 families.
Executive Director Bill Simmons and David Paccone, senior management analyst, generally are the spokesmen who handle media calls, said a staffer. The aide added that the Syracuse agency does not have the money to hire a public relations firm.
The Rochester Housing Authority has 4,400 low-income, public housing tenants and an additional 8,000 on Section 8 vouchers. An aide there said Executive Director Alex Castro is the authority's spokesman and handles media matters.
Niagara Falls Housing Authority has about 800 apartments and 1,500 low-income, public housing residents but it does not administer a Section 8 program.
Staff and employees there handle public relations responsibilities, but the work was becoming "a little cumbersome," said Executive Director Stephanie Cowart.
She recently put out a request for proposals for a person or firm to help with the agency's website, annual report, internal and external communications and news releases on a short-term basis. Cowart has a "very small" operating budget and will have to find the money to pay about $3,000 a month for the outside services for about a year.
"Then we can go back to doing things ourselves. I don't want to spend the money if we don't have to," she said.
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As promised, the great Stephan T. Lavavej is back! Tens of thousands of you have watched STL's (those are his initials, so that's what we call him) introductory series on the STL, or Standard Template Library. If you haven't, you should. This series, Advanced STL, will cover the gory details of the STL's implementation -> you will therefore need to be versed in the basics of STL, competent in C++ (of course), and able to pay attention!
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|Studies Bolster Promise of Topological Insulators
|Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00
A few years ago, a strange new material began to drive research in condensed-matter physics around the world. First theorized and then discovered by researchers at Berkeley Lab and their colleagues in other institutions, these "strong 3D topological insulators"—TIs for short—are seemingly mundane semiconductors with startling properties. Not only are they promising materials for energy-conserving electronic applications, they provide a fascinating medium for possibly observing still-theoretical particles that could play a major role in quantum computing. Two angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies recently performed at ALS Beamline 12.0.1 improve the prospects for the practical application of TIs in advanced devices.
Topological insulators conduct electricity only on the surface; inside, they are good insulators. The direction and spin of the surface electrons are locked together and can only change in concert. Perhaps the most surprising consequence of this is that the surface electrons cannot be scattered by defects or other perturbations and thus meet little or no resistance as they travel. In the jargon, the surface states remain "topologically protected"—they can't scatter without breaking the rules of quantum mechanics.
This resistance to backscattering could potentially make these materials ideal candidates for electronic applications—except that at higher temperatures, where real-world devices would be used, scientists expected that increasing vibrations in the crystalline lattice (atoms vibrate as they warm up) would cause a different kind of electron scattering. Collisions between electrons and the lattice vibrations, known as phonons, would cause energy dissipation and losses in the conventional way. But no one had studied these higher-temperature electronic interactions, until now.
To study a TI's surface conductivity, electron transport on its surface has to be separated from total conductivity, including in the poorly conducting bulk, something for which ARPES is well suited. ALS Beamline 12.0.1 seems to have an ideal balance of energy, resolution, and flux for ARPES research on topological insulators. This beamline was used for some of the first experiments establishing that 3D TIs actually occur in nature, and several teams have worked there, validating the characteristics of TIs. By recording the angle and energy of photoemitted electrons on a CCD detector, ARPES gradually builds up a direct graphic visualization of the sample's electronic structure. Properties, including electron–phonon coupling, can be calculated from the diagrams.
Two recent studies were done at Beamline 12.0.1 on a particularly promising topological insulator, Bi2Se3, on whose surface electrons can flow at room temperature, making it an attractive candidate for practical applications, like spintronic devices, or more speculative ones like quantum computers.
In one experiment, ARPES measurements showed that the surface electrons barely couple with phonons at all, even as the temperature approached room temperature. Although there's still a long way to go, experimental confirmation that electron–phonon coupling is very small underlines Bi2Se3's practical potential and eliminates one potential impediment to TI-based spintronic devices that efficiently conduct electricity while consuming less energy.
The spin-locked electronic states of room-temperature TIs could also open a gateway for more exotic possibilities as well. For example, by layering a superconducting material onto the surface of a TI—a feat recently achieved by a group of Chinese scientists working at Beamline 12.0.1—it may be possible to create a theoretical but yet unseen particle that is its own antiparticle, one that could persist in the material undisturbed for long periods. Discovery of these so-called Majorana fermions would be an achievement in itself and could also provide a way of overcoming the main obstacle to realizing a working quantum computer, a method of indefinitely storing data as "qubits."
The experimental examination of strong, 3D topological insulators is a field hardly more than five years old, and the potential rewards, both for fundamental and applied science, have only begun to be explored.
Research conducted by: Z.-H. Pan and T. Valla (Brookhaven National Laboratory); A.V. Fedorov (ALS); D. Gardner, Y.S. Lee, and S. Chu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); M.-X. Wang, C. Liu, J.-P. Xu, F. Yang, L. Miao, M.-Y. Yao, C.L. Gao, D. Qian, and J.-F. Jia (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China); C. Shen and Z.-A. Xu (Zhejiang University, China); X. Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences); X. Chen and Q.-K. Xue (Tsinghua University, China); Y. Liu (Pennsylvania State University); and S.-C. Zhang (Stanford University and Tsinghua University, China).
Research funding: National Basic Research Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, China; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, China; Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Shanghai Education Development Foundation; Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning; the U.S. National Science Foundation; and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Operation of the ALS is supported by the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publications about this research: Z.-H. Pan, A.V. Fedorov, D. Gardner, Y.S. Lee, S. Chu, and T. Valla, "Measurement of an Exceptionally Weak Electron-Phonon Coupling on the Surface of the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 187001 (2012); and M.-X. Wang, C. Liu, J.-P. Xu, F. Yang, L. Miao, M.-Y. Yao, C.L. Gao, C. Shen, X. Ma, X. Chen, Z.-A. Xu, Y. Liu, S.-C. Zhang, D. Qian, J.-F. Jia, Q.-K. Xue, "The Coexistence of Superconductivity and Topological Order in the Bi2Se3 Thin Films," Science 336, 52 (2012).
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One of my favorite things that I use every day, and just can't live without is my camera- it even has its own story. It's just a simple Nikon CoolPix L11, one of the cheapest you can buy, but it does a great job!
When all of a sudden a huge swarm of birds began flying crazily around our street and since my camera also takes video, I quickly switched to record the Hitchcock-like scene!
And then also, some more photographs from last night- my two pirates- look at them give their scary Arrr, Matey! (Carter is wearing Jolly Jack BabyLegs on his arms... I won them from Adventures of a Twenty-Something Mother... aren't they awesome?) Click on photo to enlarge.
And my niece Abigail... could she bee any sweeter?
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Barnard News
Media outlets have highlighted Barnard English Professor Rory Jones' new book, Gluten Exposed.
Concert organist and Prof. Gail Archer, director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Choir, recently performed at the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence, Italy, kicking off her international summer tour.
A review by Mary Gordon '71 is featured on the cover of The New York Times Book Review.
Columbia University confers an alumni medal on Barnard's Elaine Schlozman Chapnick '61.
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I mean this in the least abrasive way possible, but if you think C/S and whoever US team 2 is are in anywhere near the same league as D/R or MTM, I believe that to be objectively wrong. That does not mean there is nothing to enjoy about US pairs skating or that it is not fun to watch and worth watching. It just means MTM and D/R (and IMO even L/S) are currently better than the current crop of US pairs.
Also, I am an American.


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SALEM-Fresh off its first victory of the season Monday, the Salem baseball team was anxious to repeat the winning feeling.
The Quakers wasted little time jumping on Beaver Local, scoring six runs in the first two innings en route to an 8-0 win Wednesday at Salem High School.
It is the second straight win for the Quakers, who improve to 2-10 overall. Beaver Local drops to 6-7.
"We are starting to come together as a team," Salem sophomore Keaton Turney said. "At the plate we are doing a better job of moving runners over on the bases and getting them in. We aren't making as many mental mistakes."
Turney sparked the Quakers with his pitching and hitting, collecting three singles and four RBIs at the plate, while also working through multiple jams on the mound to hurl a complete-game shutout.
"Keaton had a couple of rough stretches where he got a little anxious and couldn't find the strike zone, but each time he settled himself down and began throwing strikes," Salem coach Gary Martin said. "We helped him out a lot defensively, too."
Salem got right down to business in the first inning against Beaver Local starter Chandler Cornell. After a leadoff walk by Alex Weikart, Branson Wilms followed with a single and Andrew Robbins hit a two-run double to the fence in centerfield. Turney followed two batter later with an RBI single to make it 3-0.
After Cornell loaded the bases with two walks and a hit batter in the second, Turney made him pay with a two-run single, boosting the lead to 6-0.
"We did a nice job of sitting back at the plate and being aware of the strike zone," Martin said. "We attacked and got ahead early."
"They hit it hard, but we helped them out a little bit early," Beaver Local coach Steve Dawson said. "We had some mental errors in the field and had a hard time finding the strike zone."
In Turney's last start versus Sandy Valley on Saturday, he pitched effectively early on before falling apart in the middle innings. It looked like he could be headed for the same fate Wednesday as the Beavers loaded the bases with one out in the fourth.
However, after a conference on the mound, Turney escaped trouble in the blink of an eye when Cornell hit a double-play comebacker to the mound. Turney then wiggled out of a two-on one-out threat in the fifth to keep the Quakers comfortably ahead.
"It felt a little like my last start but luckily we got out of trouble tonight," Turney said. "(Catcher) Andrew Robbins did a great job of coming out and talking to me and keeping me calm."
"Baseball is all about timely hitting," Dawson said. "And we weren't very good at bringing runners home tonight."
The Quakers momentum will be put to a serious test tomorrow when they host Marlington, one of the top contenders in the Northeaster Buckeye Conference. Beaver Local is at West Branch Friday.
"We are a better team than our record shows," Salem coach Gary Martin said. "The last two games we've cleaned up a lot of our mental mistakes. We have to stay at this level from here on out."
SA: 3-3-0-0-1-1-x-8-8-1
SA-Keaton Turney, wp, (7IP, 3K, 4BB) and Andrew Robbins.
BL-Chandler Cornell, lp, (7IP, 5K, 5BB) and Trevor McLaughlin.


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on December 19, 2012 - 8:54 PM
, updated December 20, 2012 at 12:04 AM
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Legislature adopted a 2013 budget Tuesday night that increased the amount to be collected in property taxes by 1.89 percent.
The budget passed by a 10-5 vote at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Republicans Kathryn L. Lance of Wheatfield and Cheree J. Copelin of Niagara Falls joining Niagara Falls Democrats Dennis F. Virtuoso, Owen T. Steed and Jason A. Zona in voting no.
Despite that, the Democrats took credit for reducing the tax levy increase from 3.7 percent, the figure in the tentative budget presented Nov. 15 by County Manager Jeffrey M. Glatz. "We did our job. We had all the resolutions that reduced the budget. They didn't have any," said Virtuoso. "The minority caucus was able to deliver a 2 percent tax increase, which could have been zero."
While voting down several of the Democrats' proposed amendments, the Republican majority adopted the Democrats' version of the single largest amendment to the budget, a $900,000 increase in the estimated sales tax revenue for next year. The GOP initially had proposed a $500,000 increase.
Friday, Glatz had criticized a further $900,000 increase in the sales tax estimate as "like playing Russian roulette."
But Tuesday night, he noted that the Legislature dropped the notion of cutting the county self-insurance fund by $360,000. It went down only by $68,000, to counteract the need to restore some overtime in the Sheriff's Office budget.
"The way I look at it is, it's kind of a wash," Glatz said.
The final budget of $321.8 million showed a spending increase of $5.3 million, or 1.67 percent. The tax levy was trimmed by $1.3 million as a result of the amendments. It would have taken $2.65 million in amendments to eliminate the tax increase.
Property tax rates for the individual municipalities are:
Cambria, $7.73 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, an increase of 9 cents from 2012; Hartland, $7.74, up 10 cents; Lewiston, $9.43, unchanged; City of Lockport, $7.74, up 9 cents; Town of Lockport, $7.75, up 9 cents; Newfane, $8.05, up 26 cents; Town of Niagara, $13.16, up 14 cents.
Also, Niagara Falls, $8.43, up 18 cents; North Tonawanda, $8.03, up 9 cents; Pendleton, $7.96, up 17 cents; Porter, $8.14, down 26 cents; Royalton, $7.89, up 2 cents; Somerset, $7.73, down $2.33; Wheatfield, $11.22, up 13 cents; Wilson, $8.40, up 18 cents.
The variations are caused by changes in each community's assessment rolls. Somerset's, in particular, was altered by its first townwide reassessment in many years, Real Property Services Director John E. Shoemaker said.
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For the first giveaway, I've chosen a Mexican recipe book "365 Easy Mexican Recipes" by Marge Poore. As the name suggests, the recipes are simple and quick to make. It is a great book for beginners and experienced cooks alike and covers a wide gamut of vegetarian and non-vegetarian fare from various regions within Mexico. You will be surprised at the sheer variety this cuisine has to offer. So dear readers, make sure you leave a comment here or on my FB page if you are interested. Non-bloggers, please leave your email addresses in your comments. I have enabled comment moderation and will not publish your comments, so your personal info is safe.
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I've mentioned saaru pudi (saaru powder/rasam powder) in many of my recipes here. I finally get to post it, since my mother is here and I finally got to see how she made it. (Yeah, I still get my powders from mom!) :) Saaru, for us, is not just watery rasams but also can be thicker, with or without vegetables, with or without lentils. This powder is used in the above as well as in some gojjus and palyas. I've used them in some curries too.
2 cups coriander seeds
2 cup red chilies (3/4 byadagi: 1/4 guntur)
1/3 cup jeera
1/4 tsp methi seeds
1 tbsp whole pepper
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 cup fresh curry leaves
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 pea sized heeng/asafoetida blocks
In a pan, dry roast jeera and mustard seeds separately. Keep aside.
Dry roast methi seeds and hing. Keep aside.
Add a bit of ghee and fry pepper for a minute or two, until it starts to crackle. Keep aside.
Add a tsp oil and fry coriander seeds and curry leaves, until the leaves become crisp. Keep aside.
Add a tsp of oil and fry the red chilies on low flame until crisp and the loose seeds become crisp. Add turmeric and fry for 30 seconds.
Add all the previously roasted ingredients into the pan. Mix and switch off stove.
Let it cool and grind until smooth. I used a regular mixer jar and it is not quite smooth but still works fine.
Store in an airtight container.


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Judgment day: Intelligent design on trial
Yesterday I watched, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial." This is a documentary about the Dover, Pennsylvania's public school system and its legal battle over whether or not to teach "Intelligent Design" alongside evolution. Of course there are two sides to every story, but one would not expect a small public school system to be in federal court on constitutional challenges to the first amendment.
On one side are the public school science teachers who prefer to only teach evolution in their classrooms because they believe that "Intelligent Design" is the same thing as biblical creationism. On the other side you have parents and a couple members of the school board who believe that evolution is a theory and that "intelligent Design" is just another alternative theory that should at least have some honorable mention.
Normally such matters would be resolved locally but this case makes it all the way to a federal courtroom to prove either that Intelligent Design is science, or that Intelligent Design is a cover for biblical creationism.
It's a tense documentary but a good one.
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Career (thru 2011): Has led the team in assists in each of her first three seasons ... ranks seventh in school history in assists ... career attack pct. of .272 ranks among the top 5 in school history ... 25 times with 30+ assists and six times with 40+ assists ... has posted 16 career double-doubles.
2011: Played in 21 matches with 20 starts...recorded team-high 562 assists to go along with 80 kills, 16 service aces, 121 digs, 31 blocks, and a .274 attack pct....ranked ninth in the Atlantic Sun with a 7.49 assists per set average...named to the Clarion Classic all-tournament team...38 assists, 10 kills, six digs and six blocks in Sept. 9 win over Bethune-Cookman...notched three other double-doubles in 2011 besides B-CU match...40 assists and 10 digs Sept. 10 vs. Wofford...32 assists and 10 digs Sept. 16 vs. Hampton...43 assists, 13 digs and six kills Sept. 17 vs. Florida Atlantic...twice tied career high with 45 assists (Sept. 24 vs. Jacksonville, Oct. 29 win over FGCU)...29 assists and eight kills in Sept. 27 win at Bethune-Cookman; 29 and 7 in Oct. 25 win at Savannah State.
2010: Played in all 27 matches with 26 starts at setter...one of five Hatters to appear in all 98 sets...team-high 755 assists...98 kills (1.00 kills per set)...team-high .259 attack percentage...second on the team with 23 service aces...also recorded 201 digs and 30 blocks...recorded five double-doubles on the season...33 assists, 12 digs and five kills vs. Florida Atlantic (Sept. 3)...44 assists and 16 digs vs. USC Upstate (Sept. 16)...33 assists, 15 digs and six kills vs. USC Upstate the next day (Sept. 17)...32 assists, 13 digs and six kills vs. Mercer (Oct. 15)...career-high 45 assists, 14 digs and seven kills in win at Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 10)...34 assists, nine digs, five kills and four blocks at UNF (Oct. 1).
2009: Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team...started 19 matches at setter and played in 67 sets before missing the final month of the season with an illness...Stetson's "do-it-all" rookie was still named to the A-Sun All-Freshman squad despite the absence...team-high 372 assists, 21 service aces and .284 attack percentage...ranked second on the team with 1.67 kills per set and 151 digs...121 total kills...recorded seven double-doubles and eight near triple-doubles...24 assists, 10 kills and nine digs at UNF (Sept. 25)...31 assists, 10 digs and eight kills in Sept. 29 win over Bethune-Cookman...24 assists, 13 kills and eight digs with .426 attack percentage at USC Upstate (Oct. 2)...set career highs with 37 assists and 17 digs, along with eight kills, on Oct. 8 vs. Kennesaw State...23 assists and 14 digs at FGCU (Oct. 13)...five service aces in first career home match vs. Southern Illinois (Sept. 8).
High School: Carneal enjoyed a highly successful career at Chancellor High School, leading the Chargers to a 24-3 record as a senior and earning herself Player of the Year honors in her district and region as well as from the Freelance Star...Group AA State Player of the Year and Washington Post All-Metro Area First Team...tallied 412 assists and 282 kills in 2008 for Head Coach Rod Crooks...named MVP of the Virginia High School Coaches Association All-Star Match in July after notching 37 assists, seven kills and six digs...also played varsity basketball at CHS, and club volleyball for the Richmond Volleyball Club.
Personal: The daughter of Mike and Teresa Carneal...born Jan. 29, 1991...majoring in Sport Management.


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Preserving our forests, protecting our future
This guest blog post is provided by Environment Canada which is responsible for protecting the environment, conserving the country's natural heritage, and providing weather and meteorological information to keep Canadians informed and safe.
Are you looking for ways to save energy, protect the environment, and make a difference in your community? Canadian Environment Week (June 5 - 11) is the perfect time to take action to make your business greener.
In your office/at work:
- Be energy efficient - check out the ENERGY STAR Savings Calculator.
- Move beyond paper and plastic recycling - check out Recycle My Cell to learn about recycling and refurbishing used computers, fax machines, cell phones, and batteries.
- Limit your use of packaging and encourage customers to bring reusable bags.
- Join the Commuter Challenge (link no longer active) and encourage your employees to leave their vehicles at home.
- Encourage flexible work hours or telecommuting. The more cars we keep off the road, the better.
- Encourage your employees to use reusable mugs and water bottles.
- Have a litter-free lunch week at work! Watch this video if you don't know how.
In your community:
- Sponsor a local park.
- Encourage employees to volunteer at charities that focus on the environment.
- Plant a tree on your business' property (register it on Green Wave!) (link no longer active).
- Make a charitable donation to an organization that protects the environment.
For more green tips you can do at work and at home, check out 40 ways to take part in Canadian Environment Week. To learn more about Government of Canada environmental initiatives, visit our ecoACTION website (website no longer active).
I'm surprised refilling ink cartridges and using remanufactured laser toners was not included on the above list.
•Every year over 60 million inkjet cartridges are sold across Canada, over 700 million across North America
•It takes around 74ml of oil to produce a single inkjet cartridge (2.5 ounces)
•That means it takes over 4,440,000 liters of oil to keep Canada in inkjet cartridges every year!
The process is environmentally friendly and delays the trip to the landfill for numerous cartridges annually.
In addition, refilling cartridges is one of the few environmental concepts that also saves consumers money. Refilled cartridges can save consumers up to 50% off the cost off buying new.
Win win for everyone.
Home run! Great slugging with that answer!
Je suis un (futur) entrepreneur qui se tient présentement à l'étape du plan d'affaires.
J'aimerais me partir une entreprise dans le domaine sportif/éducatif et aimerais bien me bâtir un édifice 100 % autonome (solaire, éolien, géothermie, etc.)
Je ne sais point si vous pouvez m'aider ou plutôt me diriger dans la bonne direction, mais je suis à la recherche de subventions possibles, de possibilité (entreprises) qui fera de mon projet un rêve réalisable.
Bonjour Jason,
Les gouvernements offrent certains programmes d'aide financière et d'encouragement conçus spécifiquement pour les initiatives environnementales et ceux qui visent à réduire la consommation énergétique. Vous pouvez consulter certains de ceux-ci à la section Programmes de financement et d'encouragement.
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CALCUTTA -The ground was too much for the Beavers to cover.
The Canfield boys' basketball team raced out to a 25-point halftime lead en route to a 79-60 victory over AAC rival Beaver Local Friday night at the Beaver Dome.
With the loss, the Beavers drop to 9-5 on the season.
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Beaver Local's Josh Underwood looks for room on Friday against Canfield. (Photo by Aaron Petchal)
"Canfield showed why they are on top of the conference," Beaver Local head coach Jake Walgate said. "They are real tough.
"It was a close ballgame. They jumped out to the lead in the first quarter. Then in the second quarter, we cut it down to four points. Then, we had some struggles, and they were able to take advantage.
"In the second half, the kids battled back. We cut down to 11 at one point. Then, we still had to sacrifice some things, and they were able to get the lead back up."
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Canfield 79, Beaver Local 60
CA (79): Cole Pryjma 3 3-17 19, Matt Hutchison 0 0-0 0, Ryan Kaleel 0 0-0 0, Brady Clark 2 3-4 7, Kaymaun Alexander 1 1-2 3, Andrew Midgley 6 2-2 14, Conner Kesner 0 0-0 0, Mike Yourstowsky 5 0-0 10, Cristian Labra 0 2-2 2, Alec Hammond 0 0-0 0, John Schiraldi 3 0-0 7, Marco DeLorenzo 3 2-2 9. Totals: 26 25-31 79.
BL (60): Chase Hilliard 4 0-0 9, Jared Lyder 5 5-6 15, Brandon Fetty 3 2-4 9, Ethan Campbell 1 0-0 3, Troy Hudson 7 3-7 18, Zack Mick 1 1-2 3, Chandler Cornell 0 0-0 0, Josh Underwood 1 0-0 2, Matt Chamberlain 0 1-2 1. Totals: 22 12-21 60.
3-Pointers: Canfield: 2 (Schiraldi, DeLorenzo); Beaver Local: 4 (Hilliard, Fetty, Campbell, Hudson)
Three players scored in double digits to lead the way for the Cardinals.
Cole Pryjma produced a game-high 19 points to lead the way, while Andrew Midgley delivered 14 points and Mike Yourstowsky collected 10 points. Pryjma did most of his damage from the free-throw line as the senior scored 13 of his 19 points from the charity stripe.
Two players scored in double digits for the Beavers.
Senior sharpshooter Troy Hudson netted a team-high 18 points, while Jared Lyder recorded 15.
Also for Beaver Local, Chase Hilliard and Brandon Fetty each delivered nine points, Ethan Campbell and Zack Mick each contributed three points and Josh Underwood added two points. Finally, Matt Chamberlain chipped in with one point.
"We knew what to expect," Walgate said. "We were ready. They like to pressure you. They get after you. They get in your face.
'They are so quick. They like to have that quick-outlet pass to midcourt. I thought we could have gotten a few more charges. We are going to have to bounce back tomorrow night.
"We knew they wanted to get out and run, and we wanted to get back.
"It is no time to sit around. We knew what we need to do. We just have to come out and do it."
The Cardinals took the lead early in the game, and Canfield led 19-12 at the end of the first quarter. The Cardinals broke the game open in the second stanza as the visitors outscored the hosts, 27-9, in the frame to take a 46-21 lead at halftime.
Though the Beavers were down big at the break, they refused to go away quietly into the night. Beaver Local responded in a big way in the third quarter as the Beavers outscored the Cardinals, 22-9, in the quarter to pull within 55-43 entering the fourth.
Beaver Local closed the gap early in the fourth quarter, but Canfield was able to respond as the Cardinals righted the ship as pulled away for the victory.
The Cardinals won the JV game, 56-23.
Mason Mangapora netted a game-high 17 points to lead the way for Canfield. Conner Hall tallied six points to lead the way for the Beavers.
Beaver Local will not have to dwell on the loss for long as the Beavers are scheduled to return to the court in less than 24 hours. Beaver Local is scheduled to play tonight at Columbiana County rival East Palestine.
Walgate said he expects the Bulldogs to come out ready to play tonight.
"He (East Palestine head coach Tom Bingham) does a great job with them," he said. "We know they are going to play hard. They play a tough style. They can rebounded the ball. They have some good shooters. We are going to have to be ready. It is not time to pout. If we do, we will take another one tomorrow night."


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HARRISBURG - Mike McQueary has been vilified nationally to the extent that it's highly unlikely he'll be coaching in college football anytime soon, if ever again.
And there's no question that in March 2002, when he says he witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually molesting a young boy in the shower room at the Lasch Football Building, McQueary should have summoned police to report what he called "a crime" during two hours of intense grilling Friday morning at the Dauphin County Courthouse.
McQueary must live with what he didn't do, and, like all the other principals in this sick, depressing case, it's cost him dearly.
His inaction has also precluded, to this day, the identification of the alleged victim in the shower.
Given the benefit of hindsight from the high-profile case of alleged child sex abuse, everyone's awareness has been raised on how to deal with such a tragic situation.
But as McQueary answered questions with poise and consistent with the grand jury presentment Friday, I could not help but think that Penn State failed him.
Here was a 27-year-old graduate assistant, one of the lowest-ranking soldiers of the football empire, discovering a coaching legend and family acquaintance - Sandusky - naked and allegedly pressed against a youngster McQueary estimated to be 10.
McQueary described his emotions as "shocked, horrified, distraught and not thinking straight."
He admitted, "I really didn't know what to do."
He called his father, John, to seek advice. Asked if the two considered calling police, Mike said Friday, "Absolutely - without a doubt."
But they didn't.
Because it was late on a Friday night, they waited instead until Saturday to call Joe Paterno. They did so by 8 a.m.
Paterno, kiddingly, thought McQueary, in the third year of a three-year graduate assistantship, was calling for a full-time job.
"He [Paterno] said, 'I don't have a job if that's what this is about,''' McQueary said.
He assured the coach, whom he had never called that early on a Saturday, the matter "was much more serious" and requested a meeting "right away."
McQueary and his father went to Paterno's home. The meeting lasted, McQueary said, "10 minutes."
Do you find that interesting?
This was about Paterno's former top assistant, by then retired but still with campus access and having been investigated but not charged with a similar allegation in 1998, and the meeting lasted only 10 minutes.
The next day, Paterno called athletic director Tim Curley, and the two met with Vice President of Finance Gary Schultz.
About a week later, Curley and Schultz met with McQueary. The meeting, McQueary said, lasted only a few minutes, and the decision was made to pass the information to The Second Mile and inform Sandusky to stop bringing kids to the campus facilities.
Again, don't you think more time should have been taken to quiz McQueary and get as much information as possible on the seeds of an issue that has cost Penn State much?
Even though Sandusky was naked in the shower with a youngster, Curley's testimony said it was his decision not to advance the matter to campus police. He made it, he said, with university President Graham Spanier's blessing.
Curley said he was not aware of the 1998 investigation. Schultz said he was.
Attorneys for both Curley and Schultz hammered away at McQueary, wondering why he didn't call police.
Because Schultz's responsibilities included supervision of PSU security, McQueary thought then and said Friday, "sitting next to Mr. Curley, in my mind, is the police."
Curley's and Schultz's lawyers defended the integrity of their clients, saying if the graphic details that McQueary presents are true, everybody - including Paterno - would have called police.
They will attempt to discredit him, and maybe a jury will ultimately agree.
But why would McQueary make this up? And if he hadn't gone to the Lasch Building that night, how much longer would that shower have lasted?
No doubt, as mentioned, McQueary should have acted more decisively and called authorities himself.
But it also looks from here like the leaders of Mike McQueary's alma mater could have done a whole lot more to help him deal with a situation we can only pray none of us ever encounters.
Managing Editor Neil Rudel can be reached at 946-7527.