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PCF News
PCF to Fund More Than 30 New Projects to Accelerate Prostate Cancer Research
PCF Continues Vigorous Funding of Innovative Cancer Research Projects That Would Otherwise be Left Unfunded in Today's Economy
January 6, 2010 -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) announced that it will fund at least 10 new Creativity and 20 new multi-year Young Investigator Awards in the first half of 2010. These grants will support innovative research ideas and encourage new ideas from some of the brightest young minds in the field of cancer research. This new round of funding will support many projects that would otherwise be left unfunded due to cutbacks in federal funding and the global recession.
"We are delighted to announce that we will be funding more than 30 new game-changing research projects in 2010 in addition to the 48 research programs that we are already supporting," commented Jonathan W. Simons, M.D., president, CEO and David H. Koch Chair of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. "The commitment of our donors enables us to continue advancing cancer research at a time when other funding sources are shrinking. In 2009, PCF donors contributed more than U.S. $36.5 million—just shy of our 2008 total of $37.2 million—to support PCF's research enterprise. Gifts to the PCF ranged from $5.00 to $5 million. We are grateful to our supporters, both large and small, for making ongoing research progress against prostate cancer possible."
PCF funded 10 Creativity Awards in 2009 and 20 Young Investigators in 2008. The foundation will release its list of 2010 Young Investigators in March. The deadline for the Creativity Awards Request for Applications is January 31. Complete information on PCF grant programs can be found in the Research and Grants section of PCF's website.
"PCF's Creativity and Young Investigator programs are designed to accelerate scientific research and discovery for funding new treatments and ultimately cures for this disease," commented Howard Soule, PhD, PCF's chief science officer responsible for overseeing the foundation's funded research programs. "Traditionally, 70 percent of our Creativity Award recipients go on to earn additional funding for their programs. Our Young Investigators are the human capital bringing new ideas to cancer research. They are energizing the fight against prostate as well as other cancers."
About the Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is the world's largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research focused on discovering better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. Founded in 1993, the PCF has raised more than $370 million and provided funding to more than 1,500 research projects at nearly 200 institutions worldwide. The PCF also advocates for greater awareness of prostate cancer and more governmental research funds. PCF advocacy has helped produce a 20-fold increase in government funding for prostate cancer since 1994. More information about prostate cancer and the PCF can be found at www.pcf.org.
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MOBILE -- Versona Accessories is open for business in Mobile's Bel Air Mall and area style mavens are excited.
"This is such a beautiful store. It's fabulous," said Anne Siegel of Mobile, during Versona's grand opening last week.
"If you have a special event to attend, this place has everything you need."
A concept created just 18 months ago by the CATO Co., Versona Accessories is billed as a store designed with an upscale feel, yet affordable prices.
The retailer has all the appeal of a high-end boutique with elegant displays of clothing and accessories offering the shopper ideas and options to extend her wardrobe. Rows and rows of accessories are categorized by color to make for an easy shopping experience.
A girl could browse for hours. It's a budget stylista's personal boudoir.
Store manager Kimmerly Moore agrees, saying the brand's goal is to offer women a place where they can create their own style at a great value.
"We merchandise our clothing with the accessories to spark ideas. There is something in this store for every woman and plenty of options to help her create her own style."
Offering not only accessories from head to toe, Versona also carries specialty fashion pieces like blouses, scarves, wraps and shoes to help keep a woman's closet fashion-forward.
"This store is phenomenal," said Debra Ford, senior store assistant at Versona and a veteran of Mobile's retail industry.
"We look very high-end, but our prices are great. It's a wonderful shopping environment and this store is a perfect fit for this town," Ford said. She added that Versona's offerings will help a woman easily prepare for special occasions, whether it be a wedding, prom or Mardi Gras Ball.
Moore said that the Versona brand was built upon the idea that fashion jewelry and accessories are one of the more recession proof areas in the women's retail segment.
"And what woman doesn't want options. This way, she doesn't have to buy a new wardrobe to change it up a little."
The retailer opened a store in Montgomery in the Spring and plans to open nine locations in the fall.
Versona's fashion jewelry, accessories and apparel are priced with exceptional values in every category. For example, there are bracelets ranging from $5.99 to $24.99, scarves from $7.99 to $19.99 and blouses priced from $7.99 to $49.99.
It will take quite a few visits to take in the plethora of offerings from this one-stop-accessory-shop. And the associates say customers can expect to find something new with each visit.
Versona Accessories will appear on the runway in Mobile Fashion Week, September 3-8. Follow Versona Accessories on Facebook and @VersonaStores on Twitter for trend news, giveaways and sales.
Write to Debra Braggs at P.O. Box 2488, Mobile, AL 36602 or email her at email@example.com. Read more Fashion Conscious columns here. Follow her on Facebook and on Twitter @Debrabraggs.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 8:00am - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 5:00pm
Presented by Talon International, co-hosted by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and the Florida Sheriffs Association
Tuition: $125
Course Content: This course is designed to address the needs and concerns of the modern day law enforcement or corrections supervisor. Subjects such as effective group functioning, multi-cultural/generational group development, creating shared vision, asking good questions, understanding strategic planning and more.
Who should attend: Any personnel who would like to become supervisors or any persons currently working as operational supervisors.
PLEASE NOTE: This class is limited to first 40 students. Cutoff for registration is 9/14/12. Sign up ASAP – do not miss this opportunity! The last time this class was offered, it reached maximum enrollment quickly.
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Sitecore partners with ADAM software to provide high-end digital asset management to enterprise customers
Customer experience management platform Sitecore announced today that it is partnering with digital asset management tool ADAM software.
With the big push towards content marketing this year, the integration gives Sitecore's enterprise customers a high-end digital asset management tool which acts as a centralized hub for their rich media marketing content. Through Sitecore multiple marketing channels, this content can then be tweaked, optimized and delivered in a targeted manner to customers.
Previously, Sitecore offered a media library (and other DAM integrations) to serve as a digital content repository for its customers, but the new ADAM integration has more features and is geared specifically towards enterprise marketers. "The agreement with ADAM Software serves the higher end of the market," says Sitecore's VP of product marketing Mark Floisand. "It is for content professionals who have a need for complex rich media management across all channels, regions and phases of the customer journey."
Floisand says the biggest advantage of the new offering is the time it saves by making workflows more efficient. "The combination addresses key business challenges, including time and resources wasted duplicating digital content, searching for rich media content, and managing content usage rights and guidelines," says Floisand. "When DAM and CXM solutions work together, marketers save time and money and can be more effective."
The features of the ADAM integration include:
- Full access to searchable asset and metadata in the ADAM system, centrally managed and visible from within the Sitecore interface.
- ADAM rights management to ensure that users stay compliant with IP usage rights across all sites.
- Insights into all content use and analytics about content performance.
- All asset changes can be uniformly enforced across multiple experience delivery channels. Updates to centrally held assets are automatically published to Sitecore along with notifications to the user.
Sitecore has previously positioned itself as a competitor to the enterprise marketing clouds, and with this new integration it is going head to head with Adobe's DAM solution within Adobe Experience Manager. Although ADAM has been rated as a Strong Performer by Forrester's Wave report on Customer Experience Management platform in 2012 (even rated ahead of Adobe on Strategy) but Adobe continues to be dominant in the space. Last year, it was named the only leader in Forrester's report on Web Content Management for Digital Customer Experience.


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The above device is called Stix. It is an example of a new line of wireless, motion-sensing gaming controllers for the PC and Internet.
"Stix will completely change the way people experience online and PC gaming," said Brian Zheng, President, Plahut. "At purchase, Stix will be compatible with thousands of free online and retail games, and we're adding more games to that list daily. The fun is endless with Stix, and the wide-range of free, supported games makes this product perfect for every member of the family."
There are two models, the Stix 200 and Stix 400. Stix 200 "adds active gameplay" to 2D online gaming. Stix 400 is compatible with both 2D and 3D environments. Learn more here.
Everyone, it seems, is jumping on the Wii bandwagon, eh, gamers? Question is: Are motion-sensing controllers a legitimate revolution or is it a fad?


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Preview "Guilty" Off Our New Album
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Who's got a birthday this month??
Patty is wishing all of you a Happy Birthday - and guest what? Me too! :) Hehe! It's not quite here yet, but my birthday is coming up soon! I'm one of those weird people that, no matter how old I get, I still LOVE my birthday! I look forward to it every year and I have never, ever, ever worked on my birthday! Now that I'm not technically working, I'm a stay-at-home-Mom, I may still be doing my "job" on my birthday, but being with my family is still much more fun! My birthday is one of my favorite days of the year and how excited was I to see this week's card from Patty!!
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Manufacturing nights at Camp McGregor – Jackson
We would like to invite you out to ICMIC for manufacturing nights at Camp McGregor Tuesday, July 16th & Wednesday, July 17th. This is a great time to show our youth what our local manufacturers are doing at their place of employment. Demonstrations, hands on activities and other ideas are welcome. Please call Deb Fry at 517-783-0717 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule one or both evenings with us today!
Participating Manufacturers: Alro – Plasma Cutter, CMF – Electric Circuit Board, CNC, Inflatable's, Eaton – Lean Manufacturing, MACI – Robot, Classic Turning, Accubilt – Pneumatic Can Crusher, Consumers Energy, Career Center – Welding Station and Schupbach's – Archery
Group Projects
We are almost there with sponsorships for all of our group projects. Only a few are left to be sponsored. The group projects are projects that the kids work on during the day with their instructors.
· Perception/Reaction- Students will determine each other perception and reaction rates under three conditions: visual, audible and touch. $75
· Pendulum Clock- Students will build a pendulum clock to determine its motion and accuracy. $75
· Electric Circuit- Each team of students will build an electrical circuit; if successful the buzzer will go off in the end. $75
· Electromagnet- Students will learn about the bridge between Basic electrical circuitry and devices which utilize electromagnet components. $75
· Windmill- Students will build windmill blades that will achieve the best performance in lifting weights. $350
· Shoe boxes
· 10 of the 5 gallon buckets for Thursday night's water fight.
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TILTON, N.H. - It's an opening salvo of the presidential campaign, minus actual presidential nominees.
Vice President Biden unleashed a biting critique Friday of Mitt Romney's policies, and the Republican came swiftly back at him - a full-contact preview of what the general election might look like should Romney win the GOP nomination to challenge President Obama.
The Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses are the first step in the voting to pick a party nominee. The New Hampshire primary follows Jan. 10.
In an opinion piece published in the Des Moines Register, Biden portrayed the former Massachusetts governor as the purveyor of failed, retreaded economic ideas. Romney shot back that Biden and Obama live an economic "fantasyland" out of touch with the real world.


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Janet the Australian of Brisbane, who writes The Old Foodie, the consistently engrossing food and cooking history blog, reminds us how words and their meanings get fuzzy as they move through time and cultures. Today she wrote about a 17th century banquet given in honor of Pope Innocent the XI (Wow. Why would any pope, feel the need to call himself Innocent? Weird.) wherein composed salads of fruits and vegetables called compostes were served, and she observed that
[Composte] was already an old word to describe a 'composition' or combination of ingredients – as in the modern use of the word to describe a mix of garden refuse in the process of melting down into rich soil. We do still use it in a culinary sense too – although we use the Frenchified version: the little accent mark over the second 'o' in compôte indicates the loss of a letter 's'. So there you are – next time you have a fruit compote you are really having a modern version of compost.
(Or is that composte? It damn well better be.)
In my experience, these types of salads are not called compotes so much anymore. Rather they are referred to as salade composée by francophonic chefs and composed salads by others.
Thanks Janet!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
The Pope ate Compost (e)?
Posted by Bob del Grosso
Labels: blogs, terminology
2 comments:
- Gary said...
"Why would any pope, feel the need to call himself Innocent?"
Having read a bit about Renaissance and Baroque Popes, I'm leaning toward the notion that the name was chosen with the papal tongue firmly in cheek.
- January 13, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Jennie/Tikka said...
My mind always goes to a classical music radio station announcer saying something like, "And that was a 17th century Salade Compose by the late Italian composer, Radicchio. Next up, Pasta Primavera by Verdi."
- January 14, 2008 at 12:01 AM
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How The Grill on the Alley escaped us in the past is beyond our comprehension. The restaurant located just outside the Dallas Galleria has quietly been serving up some classic dishes, along with some of the best steaks and seafood that can be found in Dallas for the past 9 years.
General Manager and chef Daniel Winans oversees the restaurant with a careful eye and strolls the room often to ensure each guest is comfortable. The restaurant, which originally hails from Beverly Hills, is a throw- back to more refined times when big dishes were served with expert care. Continue reading


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Prayer Requests
There are several ways you can communicate your prayer needs to the Prayer Ministry at Dawson.
- Write your request on the back of the worship insert and place it in the offering plate during one of the Sunday morning worship services.
- Ask that your request be written and submitted with Sunday Morning Bible Study Class records. There is a request form in the record envelope for requests to be recorded.
- Call the Intercessory Prayer Center at (205) 795-PRAY to talk to a prayer volunteer or leave a message for a prayer volunteer to receive.
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Former Judge Teaches Class In Oakland On 'How Not To Get Shot' By The PoliceAdministrative law judge Demetrius Shelton says behavior that used to get kids sent to the principal's office, now gets them thrown in jail.
Woman Pleads No Contest In Hayward Attack On Blues Singer Over Trayvon Martin TributeA woman pleaded no contest Friday to physical elder abuse for attacking blues singer Lester Chambers after he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin at a festival in Hayward last July.
Blackface Costumes Revive Controversy At HalloweenKelsey Crowe, who teaches in San Francisco, has been following the fracas & she sees more tribute to than hatred in Hough's costume...
Bay Area Singer Seeks $5M For Attack During Trayvon Martin TributeThe city of Hayward and the Bay Area Blues Society are partially responsible for a woman's attack on blues singer Lester Chambers after he dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin at blues festival last month, Chambers' attorney alleged Monday.
Charges In Attack Of Bay Area Singer During Trayvon Martin TributeA woman has been charged with felony counts of assault and elder abuse in an attack on 73-year-old R&B singer Lester Chambers at an East Bay blues festival where he had just dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin.
'Fruitvale Station' Movie Delivers Nuanced Portrait Of Oscar GrantOscar Grant did not deserve to die. That is the central message of the new film "Fruitvale Station."
Oakland Chief Admits 'Intelligence Failure' In Handling Of Zimmerman ProtestOakland Interim Police Chief Sean Whent said the department made mistakes in the handling of the initial protest the night of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial.
Bay Area Joins Nationwide Rallies For Civil Rights Charges Against Zimmerman
Calls For Peaceful Oakland Protests Heard At Latest Zimmerman Verdict Rally Hundreds fanned out in the streets of Oakland Friday night demanding justice for Trayvon Martin, but much of the talk on the streets was about the need for peaceful protest.
'Black Twitter' Credited With Torpedoing Zimmerman Juror Book DealJust hours after it was announced that unidentified juror B37 from the George Zimmerman trial had a book deal. the agent dropped her, following a huge backlash on a sub-culture of Twitter known as 'Black Twitter.'
Photos, Video Of Suspects In Oakland Zimmerman Vandalism ReleasedThe Oakland Police Department released photos and video surveillance footage of individuals responsible for acts of vandalism in Oakland during protests against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida.
Oakland Police Changing Tactics After Zimmerman Protest ViolenceOakland police Chief Sean Whent and Mayor Jean Quan pledged Wednesday that police will change their tactics in future protests to try to prevent the acts of violence that occurred in protests on recent nights.


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Biology Lab report Advice.....HELP
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Biology Lab report Advice.....HELP
I am doing a biology lab report and this is what my biology teacher e-mailed me to do.
The dissections are the laboratory simulations of animal dissections. The idea is that generally, the organisms you are examining are progressing from "more primitive" to "more advanced" as you go along, and that those evolutionary advances can be noted, in part, by the evolution of those organisms' digestive systems from primitive to advance. This exercise is asking you to do a comparison of the characteristics of the various digestive systems you have examined during those dissections, with a particular emphasis on the evolutionary progress of these organisms.
I do know he is talking the animals that I dissected from the animal kingdom which are: clams, starfish, crawfish, perch, and fetal pig
can someone give me an example of how he wants me to do this.(Please don use the above animals; that for me to do)
any animal would do;I just need a start.
thank you.
Thank you.
I think he is asking you to observe different digestive system characteristics of each of the organisms you have studied, starting from the most primitive digestive system up until the more complex digestive system? Sorry if this doesn't help you at all, but from what you said in your question, that's all I can think of message me if you want me to elaborate.
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thanks. i appreciate it.
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North, South, East, and West
Grade Level: 3
Objective By the end of the lesson, children should understand the difference between left and right and north, south, east, west. They should understand that left and right are based on the human body and that the four directions of north, south, east, and west are based on the sun and the earth. More advanced students can learn northwest, southwest, etc. This lesson can be integrated with science.
Teaching method and activities
|1. Introduce the words NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, and WEST while pointing in the correct direction. Relate them to the sun by explaining that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
|2. These directions do not change when a person changes locations. Show the class that the words have nothing to do with the way we face -- that NORTH is always in the same direction for everyone.
|3. Draw a compass on the ground -- NOT ON THE BOARD!! It should look like this:
|4. With an older class, draw in Northwest, Southwest, etc., like this .
|5. Take the class around the village or down the street and then ask them again to determine the directions, using the sun as a guide
6. If you have a compass, let each child see it, hold it, and look for North.
Time 30-40 minutes
Materials You do not need any specific materials for this lesson. The lesson will be enhanced if you can find a compass and show the class how to use it.
Notes: The lesson will be enhanced if you can find a compass and show the class how to use it. You should prepare carefully for this lesson.
Direction and distances
The Lesson The lesson consists of telling children to move around this grid using only a DIRECTION and a DISTANCE. You start by saying to one boy: Start at X. Go 2 squares north then three square East. Where are you? Then ask a girl: How do I get from Q to T? After some time allow the pupils to start giving the directions.
Remember! When you have a map on a board the directions are not true directions. Even so you must use the direction words: We see on the map that Tanzania is NORTH of Zambia.NEVER say that Tanzania is above Zambia!
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One Direction's Niall Horan kissed Katy Perry – and he liked it!
The 19-year-old recently confessed to locking lips with the "Teenage Dream" singer in an interview with British Cosmopolitan.
When asked about the sexiest woman he's ever kissed, Horan recalled the smooch with Perry.
"It was amazing and very purple – she had purple lipstick on," he says. "I don't think there will ever be anything cooler than kissing her ... until I marry her, maybe."
After being awarded Ultimate Men at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2012, Horan and the rest of One Direction – Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson – spoke about becoming a worldwide phenomenon, becoming men and the state of their love lives.
Styles – who is considered the ladies' man of the group – feels "lucky to be in this position," he says. "I'm not entitled to get annoyed. I'm not half as busy as they make me out to be," he says. "A lot of the time, the way it's portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way. But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot."
One Direction's Niall Horan Talks Kissing Katy Perry
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Resurrected Girl Speaking
It has always been my desire to share my passion about life and what God is doing with it. I believe that God has a plan for all of us, it's just up to us to figure out what that plan might be. Through speaking God has given me a vision of how to reach the hearts of women everywhere who are suffering in silence, existing in the shadows and believing their lives are not worth living. These are people that God wants to reach and I pray that as He gives me words to speak, they will resonate with the heart of every woman, and call them out of the shadows into lives filled with abundance!
My favorite subjects include: restoration and healing for women, marriage issues and living with focus and purpose.
Speaking topics are: "Be Who You Already Are" and "Thriving in a Bi-Polar Marraige."
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If you are interested in hearing a positive and encouraging message please contact me at 210-219-4863 or email email@example.com.
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Spain advanced to the gold medal game of Eurobasket 2011 with a 92-80 win over Cinderella story Macedonia. Serge Ibaka, who has had a pretty nice tournament off the bench for Spain playing behind Marc and Pau Gasol, added 11 points and four rebounds. This play accounting for two of those points and one of those rebounds.
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Our guide will lead you kayaking adventure in the Panama Canal Watershed, near the Soberania National Park. While paddling along the Chagres River keep your eyes open for toucans, sloths and other animals as they awake with the morning sun.
Crewed Yacht Charter on board a traditional sailing yacht. Explore the San Blas islands in comfort and style. Professional skipper and hostess will make this a fun, informative and enjoyable cruise.
B&B in residencial area from Panama City, we have four rooms, each with private bathroom, A/C and cable TV, Wifi we speak Spanish, English, German and Italian.
Panamas ONLY RV resort full hookups completely enclosed compound with pool, WIFI and restaurant on the premises. 5 clean comfortable rooms with A/C hot water showers, ceiling fans
Villa michelle is a family and luxurious hostel guesthouse for Vacation, Tourism, Leisure and Shopping in Panama. Villa Michelle is one of the hostels, inns or lodges more luxurious, a peace and secure lively atmosphere in the city.
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It certainly took much longer than they would have liked, but the New York Jets have finally earned their first win since the bye week with a convincing victory over the Oakland Raiders.
There is still plenty of room for improvement on both sides of the ball, but the Jets showed a lot of improvement in a lot of areas, including the offensive line, secondary and quarterback position. The result was their most comfortable win in well over a month.
The Jets still have a long way to go before playoffs can become a reality, but they appear to finally be headed back in the right direction.
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Dashboard cameras are known to catch people at their worst on the road, whether it's carelessness, cluelessness or just plain road rage. However, the constantly running video cameras also capture the kindness of humanity, too. Here's a compilation of these acts of selflessness and bravery.


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Self-serve beer could be on its way to Miller Park.
Milwaukee Sportservice has filed an application with the city to install two beer vending machines at the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark.
The self-serve machines debuted at Target Field in Minneapolis in time for the All-Star Game. Users buy a card they can scan at the machine, which can pour up to 48 ounces every 15 minutes.
You may not see the machines at Miller Park this season. The Common Council's licensing committee is expected to review the application in September.
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Malone University graduates a record 681 students – Baccalaureate service and Commencement ceremony are now viewable online
May 22, 2013 | Release # 6632
Malone University graduated what is believed to be a record 681 undergraduate and graduate students at its 121st commencement ceremony held earlier this month at Faith Family Church in North Canton.
Baccalaureate speaker was Gregory Miller, Ph.D., professor of history at Malone. Also speaking were Christa Salem, a graduating history major from Norton; and Peter Simionides, a graduating communication arts major from Canton. A podcast of the Baccalaureate service can be found online at http://new.livestream.com/maloneuniversity/2013baccalaureate.
Addressing the Class of 2013 at the commencement ceremony was the Reverend Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Rev. Rodriguez's address, "The Lamb's Agenda" -- and entire commencement ceremony -- is available for viewing on podcast at http://new.livestream.com/faithfamilylive/malone.
Photos of the event are available for viewing and downloading at the Malone University Flickr website. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maloneuniversity/sets/72157633567727476/).
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President David King
Provost Donald Tucker
Graduating Senior Christa Salem
Graduating Senior Peter Simionides
Baccalaureate Speaker Gregory Miller
Commencement Speaker The Reverend Samuel Rodriguez
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone has been recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2015
Suzanne Thomas, APR
Director of University Relations
Malone University
2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W., Canton, OH, 44709
Phone: 330-471-8239
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Craig Langenfeld, Rally international technical account manager, traveled from Australia to India to attend the inaugural Agile India event. He shares his experience.
Agile India!
Rally has enjoyed partnering with many Indian teams throughout the years, so I was thrilled to be a part of the first Agile India conference. After spending time with my Indian counterparts, it's clear that Agile is critical to changing the way software teams work together in India. It was impressive to see that this inaugural conference was sold out with over 700 attendees from 21 countries present. It is no wonder that India is one of the great software engineering nations of the world.
Challenging the Status Quo in Healthcare and Aerospace
I was excited to see a full house attend my presentation, Practicing Agile in Regulated Environments, on the Enterprise Agile stage on the last day of the conference. The topic was one that surfaced several times throughout the conference, so I was thrilled to share my knowledge and provide a platform for a community discussion of practices. The highlight of the presentation was a cameo appearance from Matt Anderson, Director of Program Management at Cerner Healthcare, who shared his experience with Agile and the FDA. The audience contributed throughout the session, proving to me that the Indian Agile community is challenging status quo by implementing Agile in complex environments like Healthcare and Aerospace.
Venturing Outside the Conference and into the Community
It was important to me to not just show up and solely represent Rally at the conference, but to also understand the Indian culture and see what we can do to impact the Agile community internationally. My interest brought me in contact with two organizations:
- National Association for the Blind (NAB)
NAB offers programs that range from teaching the blind life skills that allow them to live independently, to teaching advanced computer courses and placing individuals at companies like Cisco and Intel. All of their services are completely free to the people they serve. Learn more and donate here.
- Freeset
This fair trade business offers employment and empowerment to women. John Sinclair told the Freeset story during a very emotional keynote presentation that received a standing ovation. Rally was honored to partner with Freeset in order to provide the conference bags to attendees.
I was lucky enough to get to work with software teams who are building better practices around the globe. Speaking of which, India was a stop on my recent quest to circumvent the world in less than a month. I don't think it was a record, but it sure was fun!
Craig Lagenfeld is a Technical Account Manager at Rally Software Development.
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Day 156
Key Lime Martini
4.5 shots out of 5
OK, OK, so I felt bad last night that I made and drank all of the Key Lime Daiquiri and my husband got none. Then, Anita from the Hungry Couple posted a link today to her Key Lime Martini recipe that she had made. Problem solved! My husband is a very happy man right now!
I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5. This is yet another great cocktail from Anita and her Hungry Couple Blog! Thank You Anita! I can definitely taste the lime in this cocktail and it tastes good!! I am ABSOLUTELY going to have to check out more of her cocktails! This cocktail is a good blend of all of the ingredients giving the lime a little more flavor then the rest (as it should be). I will be making this as well as the Key Lime Daiquiri in the future most definitely! If you are a fan of lime, I would suggest you try both of these cocktails, I think you will be pleasantly surprised!!
(P.S. Check out my Birthday Presents over on my New Cocktail Equipment and Supplies tab)
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Here is the recipe for a Key Lime Martini:
- 1 1/3 oz vanilla vodka
- 1 oz light rum
- 1 oz melon liqueur
- 1 oz lime juice
- 1 oz pineapple juice
- 1 tsp simple syrup
In a shaker add ice and all ingredients above. Shake them up real well and strain them into a chilled martini glass and enjoy!
Here is a photo of the end result:
Here is a photo of the ingredients:
Once again, Thank You to Anita from Hungry Couple for your fabulous Key Lime cocktails!! Can't wait to check out more of your cocktails!!
The Cocktail Lady


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Selecting the best travel credit card ultimately comes down to the type of rewards each person values. Rewards for travel credit cards can come in the form of air miles, points, or a mixture of both. Many of the top travel credit cards are associated with a specific hotel chain, while others are more general. The rewards for hotel credit cards are often greater, but there is the clear disadvantage of only being able to earn a high number of points on purchases with that hotel.
One of the best travel rewards credit cards on the market is the Barclaycard Arrival™ World MasterCard® due to its sign-up bonus and earnings on travel and dining purchases. The Barclaycard Arrival™ World MasterCard® offers 2x miles on travel and dining purchases, which is a large reward in a popular category. All other purchases will earn one mile per dollar, but new cardmembers can earn 20,000 bonus miles when you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days – that's enough to redeem for a $200 travel statement credit. When miles are redeemed for travel, a cardholder also gets 5% of those miles back. The major benefit of this card has to be its versatility. Cardholders are not limited to specific airlines or companies to earn rewards and there are no blackout dates. Additionally, book the travel you want – airfare, hotels, cruises and more and earn miles on your purchase. Add all of that to no annual fee and it's hard to argue that there is a more well-rounded travel credit card.
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In terms of media hype, the Capital One Venture Rewards Card can't be beaten, and the hype is for good reason too. The generous two miles per dollar spent with no blackout dates and being able to redeem miles for more than just flights are two of the reasons why this is one of the best travel credit cards around. The Capital One Venture Rewards Card also comes equipped with the feature that erases travel costs of a booked trip by redeeming points or miles within 90 days to wipe the purchase from the cardholder's statement. All Capital One Venture Rewards card owners receive concierge service and additional benefits of Visa Signature. On a more negative note, this Capital One card has a $59 annual fee, but the first year is free.
The PenFed Premium Travel Rewards card is one of the best travel credit cards because it offers five points per dollar on all airfare purchases, which is far and away the best travel rewards bonus. Prospective cardholders will first have to become PenFed members, which is an extra hoop to jump through, but once that's out of the way, spending $2,500 within the first three months will earn 20,000 bonus points. Those points are equivalent to $200 towards a flight. Cardholders can also redeem points for merchandise and gift cards in addition to travel. Spending $15,000 on the card in a calendar year will grant the cardholder a free membership that provides access to airport lounges around the world. Beyond the rewards, the card also offers 0% promotional balance transfer APR for 18 months and a regular APR of 9.99%.
For those who frequently stay at hotels within the Hilton family, this travel credit card is a must-have. It ranks as one of the best travel credit cards because the rewards (in the form of Hilton HHonors points) are the most significant of all travel rewards credit cards. Again, for someone who doesn't want to earn rewards in the form of should look for a different rewards card. Cardholders can earn six HHonors points per dollar spent on hotel stays within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio, three HHonors points per dollar spent at supermarkets, drugstores, and gas stations, and two points per dollar for all other purchases. On top of that, there's a 40,000 HHonors bonus when a new cardmember spends $1,000 within the first four months. Cardholders also receive all of the great benefits of the Visa Signature cards, which include concierge service, lost luggage insurance, travel insurance, and retail purchase protection.
Similar to the Hilton HHonors card, the Marriott Rewards® Premier card provides rewards to cardholders who stay at Marriott hotels. Someone with no interest in redeeming points for free stays at Marriott hotels should mark this card off their list. People who are regular Marriott customers will find this travel rewards credit card to be one of the best around. First, the sign-up bonus, at 50,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 in the first three months, is one of the best of any card in the industry. New cardholders also get one free night stay at a Marriott hotel. For every dollar spent at over 3,600 Marriott locations, five points are earned. Airline tickets, restaurants, and car rentals will earn two points for every one dollar. Besides the specialized nature of the Marriott Rewards® card, the only other negative is the annual fee of $85, but the first year fee is waived.


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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
book featuring alice apple
All Sewn Up by Chloe Owens recently as it features lots of my fabrics. Its a really beautiful and thoughtfully put together book with loads of lovely ideas and pretty pages, many of which are bordered with fabrics I've designed (I love the sweet vintage fabric giraffe too!). You can purchase the book here from Amazon (a real bargain for a hardback!) and visit Chloe's website here.
2 comments:
- Pomme de Jour said...
That Chloe's a clever girl, I can't wait to see it, I think she has used a couple of my vintage wallpapers too ...
- 21 March 2012 at 13:35
- green glamour said...
hello ive just brought one of your lovely long dogs from INC in Exmouth. i have put a picture of him is his new home on my blog.thank you i love him. hesta devon
- 5 April 2012 at 09:19
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DEC. 3-Billy Kemper of Kuau scores a perfect-10 wave in the third round of the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore.
DEC. 4-Free-agent outfielder Shane Victorino, the only Maui-born All-Star in major league history, agrees to a three-year contract with the Bos-ton Red Sox worth $39 million.
DEC. 5-The New York Jets add defensive lineman Tevita Finau, who played at Lahainaluna High School and Maui High, to their practice squad.
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Shane Victorino poses at Fenway Park earlier this month after signing with the Boston Red Sox.
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DEC. 8-Keahi De Aboitiz of Australia wins Kite Surf Pro World Tour's season-ending event at Hookipa, and the overall points title. De Aboitiz defeats Mitu Monteiro of Cape Verde in the final. Oahu's Moona Whyte wins the women's event, beating the Netherlands' Jalou Langeree, the series champion, in the final.
DEC. 15-The University of Hawaii men's basketball team defeats Chaminade 104-93 at "The Barn," Molokai High School's gym in Hoolehua. The occasionally chippy game includes five technical fouls- four against the Rainbow Warriors, who were playing on the Friendly Isle for the first time, and improved to 7-2 in Maui County. Lolohea Mahe of Kahului knocks out Edwin Dewees of Arizona in a heavyweight bout on the inaugural Maui Fighting Championships card at the Maui Mall. In a co-main event, middleweight Sale Sproat of Molokai wins by submission against Shannon Ritch of Arizona.
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Definition of bell
1 a : a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck b : doorbell
2 a : the sounding of a bell as a signal b : a stroke of a bell (as on shipboard) to indicate the time; also : the time so indicated c : a half hour period of a watch on shipboard indicated by the strokes of a bell — see ship's bells table below
3 : something having the form of a bell: as a : the corolla of a flower b : a bell-shaped organ or part (as the umbrella of a jellyfish or the dewlap of a moose) c : the part of the capital of a column between the abacus and neck molding d : the flared end of a wind instrument
4 a : a percussion instrument consisting of metal bars or tubes that when struck give out tones resembling bells —usually used in plural b : glockenspiel
Origin and Etymology of bell
Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar — more at bellow
First Known Use: before 12th century
Definition of bell
transitive verb
1 : to provide with a bell
2 : to flare the end of (as a tube) into the shape of a bell
intransitive verb
: to take the form of a bell : flare
bell the cat
: to do a daring or risky deed
14th Century
First Known Use of bell
14th century
Definition of bell
intransitive verb
: to make a resonant bellowing or baying sound <the wild buck bells from ferny brake — Sir Walter Scott>
Origin and Etymology of bell
Middle English, from Old English bellan
First Known Use: before 12th century
First Known Use of bell
Definition of Bell
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Definition of bell for Students
1 : a hollow metallic device that is shaped somewhat like a cup and makes a ringing sound when struck
2 : doorbell
3 : the stroke or sound of a bell that tells the hour
4 : the time indicated by the stroke of a bell
5 : a half-hour period of watch on shipboard
6 : something shaped like a bell <the bell of a trumpet>
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They helped kick off the summer season with different meats including ribs, ribeye steak, shrimp and pulled pork.
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A key moment in Tony Kaye's black-and-white abortion documentary, Lake of Fire, sums up the film's philosophical stance on the issue quite succinctly: Alan Dershowitz, says simply, "Everybody is right when it comes to the issue of abortion." And although the film includes what could be considered "shock footage" -- things like a doctor casually washing off and examining the dismembered parts of a 20-week-old fetus in a colander to make sure he got it all out -- the film carefully avoids taking a clear stance on one side or the other of the abortion debate.
In that sense, Lake of Fire rather reminded me of last year's Jesus Camp, directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, which also examined religion and politics with an eye toward objectivity. In both cases, your take on the message of the film will depend largely on your philosophical point of view. To a lot of people watching Jesus Camp, the evangelical Christians teaching children to be "soldiers for Christ" were downright scary; if you're an evangelical Christian, though, the film views almost like an infomercial or recruitment video for your cause -- of course it makes sense to convert souls for Jesus from the cradle up, and to raise children to be wiling to fight and die for their God. The same can be said of Lake of Fire, though if you lean strongly toward one side or the other of the abortion debate, Kaye's objective eye may be harder to discern. Let's start with the players: Kaye opens the film squarely on the "pro-life" side of the debate by introducing us to House Bill 1215, which makes abortion in the state of South Dakota illegal except for cases where the life of the mother is endangered. The bill, authored by Representative Roger Hunt, was signed into law by Governor Mike Rounds on March 6, 2006. Hunt is interviewed for the film, and he more or less confirms that in passing the law, the South Dakota legislature was deliberately violating Roe vs. Wade in the hopes that by the time the bill makes its way to the Supreme Court, President Bush will have weighted the Court in favor of a pro-life decision that will overturn the historic court decision that made abortion legal in 1973.
From there we volley to the other side of the court: an unidentified young woman making the point that we will hear again and again from the pro-choice team: the irony that the pro-choice advocates are the only ones who seem to be focused on actually reducing the need for abortion to begin with, while the pro-lifers largely also seek to push abstinence-only sex education and limit access to birth control -- the very things that can reduce unplanned pregnancies. Later in the film, we will here from other pro-choice women who speak to the heart of this subject, raising the question of whether the pro-life movement is really motivated, as they say, around saving children, or if the anti-abortion movement is really about controlling women and, specifically, women's sexuality.
Squarely straddling the fence of this undeniably touchy issue are folks like Alan Dershowitz and Noam Chomsky, both of whom share a similar perspective on the abortion debate: It's impossible to say which side is right because, well, both sides are right. Chomksy sums it up thusly: "There are conflicting values, and taken in isolation, each of the values is quite legitimate. So the value of human life, or for that matter the value of the life of any organism, you should accept ... Well, that idea that life should be valued has come into conflict with another value, and we know what that one is ... the values that we hold are not absolute ... So choice is legitimate, preserving life is legitimate, and sometimes they run into conflict."
Dershowitz sums up his own quandry as a staunchly pro-choice advocate, who when seeing his own daughter on a sonogram, realized he viewed her as a person even while she was in utero -- but qualifies that by adding that he felt that way because he and his wife had planned the pregnancy and had wanted the child, and so he had viewed her as a person from the time the pregnancy was two to three months along. "I'm not sure how I would feel about a two to three-month-old fetus whose mother had decided to abort," he says.
It is true that some of the folks on the "pro-life" side of the philosophical aisle come across as a little ... religiously motivated and passionate, but it's also true that religious fundamentalists represent a sizable chunk of the pro-life side, just as feminists and academics make up a fair portion of the pro-choicers. Nonetheless, listening to anti-abortion activist John Burt, in particular, is rather disconcerting; hearing Burt talk in his impassive drawl about the "lake of fire" in which he believes all who don't believe as he does will burn for eternity is undeniably chilling. Whether on-camera in his interview for the film, or on the witness stand at the trial of Michael Griffin, who murdered abortion doctor David Gunn in 1993, Burt, a former military man and KKK member who is now an Assembly of God lay minister, is eerily calm and detached as he talks in his slow, perfectly calm about his beliefs on Jesus Christ and abortion.
Another activist, Andrew Cabot, comes across as rather more fanatical when he enumerates on-camera the various reasons for which he believes people should be executed. The "sodomites" (that's homosexuals, for those of you playing along at home) are a favorite target for Cabot's wrath -- Kaye finally gets him to utter the word "lesbian" but it's clear he doesn't even like the word to cross his lips. What of the blasphemers -- those who take the name of his Lord in vain -- (well, at first Cabot isn't clear on whether those folks are actually blasphemers, but a quick consultation with fellow activist Paul Hill clears that up) -- should they should die too.? Yes, sayeth Cabot, someone who uses the word "goddammit" is a blasphemer, and should be executed on the spot. And no, he's not joking. (Hill would later be the first person executed for the murder of an abortion provider for the 1994 shooting deaths of doctor John Britton and his security escort, James Barrett.)
No abortion documentary would be complete without the presence of Randall Terry, Operation Life founder. In this case, whether through timing or happenstance, Terry actually ends up looking like the more rational person on hand at a protest, when he gets into a conflict with the pro-choice contingent. We see Terry repeatedly try to engage in civil discourse with the pro-choice protestors, mostly young women who are pissed off by his mere presence, only to have them scream taunts in his face and mockingly sing "Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!" at him. Finally he shrugs. "You see? This is denial. They don't want to hear the truth. You can't engage in intelligent conversation with these people."
Entertaining though it is to see drag queens dressed as "church ladies" reassure Terry that Jesus loves him even if he is a bigot, It would have been much more enlightening to hear one of the more rational and intelligent pro-choice folks featured in the film engage with Terry in a debate on the philosophical issues in question -- but then, if Chomsky and Rabinowitz are correct, and everyone's right anyway, what would be the point? If neither side is wrong, and the people on both sides are firmly convinced they're right and are unlikely to change that point of view, is there any point in discussing the issue at all?
The film, inadvertently, answers that question for at least the pro-life side, by bringing out one of the former big players of the pro-choice movement -- Norma Mccorvey, aka Jane Roe -- the "Roe" in Roe vs. Wade. Mccorvey talks about the historic court case that bore her pseudonym into infamy -- the law she once fondly referred to as "my law" -- and about the aftermath of that decision: the hate mail, the death threats, the terrible isolation. Still, for many years she was a pro-choice advocate, speaking out on the issue of abortion rights, albeit one largely kept of the fringes of the women's rights movement.
And then, in 1995, Operation Rescue moved into the office next door to hers. In the midst of the protests that gathered on the sidewalk outside their respective offices, Norma Mccorvey began to sit on a bench between shouting matches and talk with Operation Rescue's Flip Benham -- the man who had confronted her at a book signing, accusing her of being responsible for the murders of 35,000,000 babies. And somehow, by the end of that year, through her friendship with a little girl named Emily, the daughter of one of the Operation Rescue workers, Mccorvey had "found Jesus" and become one of the pro-life movement's most outspoken proponents.
Whether you fall on the pro-life or pro-choice side of the issue or, if, like Chomsky and Dershowitz, you hover somewhere in the middle, there's no denying that Lake of Fire is a masterfully made film that's as much a history of the abortion rights battle as a philosophical examination of its arguments. Kaye worked on this film for 15 years, painstakingly gathering the remarkable footage seen here, and his patient effort has paid off in creating a film about abortion that's both thoughtful and comprehensive. By keeping his lens aimed at that mythical middle ground, Kaye has done what many might have thought impossible -- created a film about abortion that both sides of the debate can watch and claim as their own.
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Booster Seats Find a New Backer – Sciencetoddler-times
An announcement from a bunch of famous number crunchers this morning almost spelled an end to the booster seat. But not so fast – also released is an announcement from a bunch of children's health professionals who say the booster seat is saving kids.
The researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention found there's a forty-five percent reduction in risk of injury for kids in booster seats in an accident than for kids wearing just a seatbelt.
Which is interesting in light of the numbers spit out by the authors of SuperFreakonomics earlier: they say the fatality rate for kids in car seats is 18.2 percent, while with seat belts it's 18.1. They were talking about ditching the seats for kids over two – which brings us to booster seats.
Let's face it – if a crash is so bad that it kills your kid in a car seat, chances are it's going to kill your kid in a seat belt too. So is it that surprising that the SuperFreakonomics folks found the numbers were pretty close?
Fortunately the numbers also mean less than twenty percent of the accidents in the U.S. are actually killing babies. So let's move on to the other EIGHTY percent of the accidents, shall we?
The study from Children's Hospital in Pediatrics took a look at more than seven thousand kids involved in real crashes over a nine-year span. The kids studied ranged in ages from four to eight as a means to look at the increasing rates of booster seat usage in the states and whether it's worth it.
According to the scientists: it is. Regardless of whether the booster seat had a back or was backless, the researchers found they were forty-five percent less likely to sustain injuries in a crash, with the greatest amount of safety afforded in a side-impact crash.
More by this author:
Famous OB Sends Dads Out of Delivery Room
Why Parenting Mags Ignore Dad
They Say: Common Medicine May Counteract Vaccines


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Events this week: MAM lecture; Bay View Wine Fest; WingFest
MAM founding works
Before the Calatrava, before the Kahler, before the War Memorial Center, there was the Layton Art Gallery. And without Frederick Layton and the gallery, we wouldn't have the others. The Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive, which is rooted by the Layton collection, is paying tribute to the man and his gallery with a 125th anniversary exhibition. In the Gallery 10 and the Decorative Arts Gallery, MAM will display the works upon which the museum was founded. And the Baumgartner Galleria will display items that illustrate the history of MAM. Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Lubar Auditorium, guest lecturer Giles Waterfield will discuss "The Role of Private Patrons" in Layton's development of his collection. The lecture is free with general admission. »Read Full Article
Martin Short, his alter egos get big laughs
An evening with Martin Short at the Pabst Theater on Saturday night wasn't just an evening with Martin Short.
Ed Grimley was there, Short's famed SCTV creation, with his pants as usual pulled impossibly high up to his chest. So was Franck Eggelhoffer, Short's eccentric, difficult to understand wedding planner from "Father of the Bride." »Read Full Article
MSO blends musical vocabularies of composers, orchestrators
Listening to a piece of music by one great composer that has been orchestrated by another great composer is a bit like hearing the music through that second composer's ears.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and music director Edo de Waart presented two pieces that offered just that chance on Friday evening, along with the heartbreaking Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Alban Berg, inspired by the death of his friend's daughter. »Read Full Article
Jim DeVita paints portrait of Rothko in Forward Theater's 'Red'
Madison — Before becoming one of the last century's great artists, Mark Rothko thought hard about a career as an actor, and he habitually referred to his pictures as "dramas." In his Tony-winning "Red," John Logan brings that drama on stage.
Madison's Forward Theater has now brought "Red" to Wisconsin, where it opened Friday night under Laura Gordon's direction, in an 85-minute, intermission-free production featuring Jim DeVita as Rothko and Nate Burger as Ken, Rothko's young, fictionalized assistant. »Read Full Article(1)
Cafe 1505 in Mequon will expand its footprint and add a bar
The breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Cafe 1505, at 1505 W. Mequon Road, Mequon, plans to move the grab-and-go deli part of the business to a vacant space across the hall in East Towne Square.
The move is expected next week. It will allow the cafe to expand deli seating by about 20, up from the current five, so more guests can linger over coffee and laptops if they don't wish to sit in the full-service dining room. It also will expand its lineup of prepared foods for takeout. »Read Full Blog Post


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Press Release
October 31, 2013
Antione Oakely, Manager, PR and Communications
Produce for Better Health Foundation
7465 Lancaster Pike
Suite J, 2nd Floor
Hockessin, DE 19707
Fax: 302-235-5555
PBH Applauds New Partnership to Market Responsibly to Children
Use of Sesame Street Brand Influential
Produce for Better Health Foundation President Elizabeth Pivonka issued the following statement regarding First Lady Michelle Obama's announcement that Sesame Workshop and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) have joined the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) in a two-year agreement to help increase kid's consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables:
"We've long said that changing consumer behavior will require the implementation of many strategies and tactics. Between Disney's commitment to strong nutrition standards and marketing only healthy foods to kids, and now today's pledge from Sesame Street allowing the produce industry to use their characters for free, which young children can relate to, all ages are covered. PBH is pleased to work with the entire fruit and vegetable industry to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables for better health outcomes."
Today's announcement comes on the heels of the first ever White House convening of a food marketing summit to children, which PBH was proud to participate in, during which Mrs. Obama called on stakeholders to leverage the power of marketing to promote healthy products and decrease the marketing of unhealthy products to kids.
About Produce for Better Health Foundation
Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) fruit and vegetable education foundation. Since 1991, PBH works to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve public health. PBH achieves success through industry and government collaboration, first with the 5 A Day program and now with the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters public health initiative. Fruits & Veggies—More Matters is the nation's largest public-private, fruit and vegetable nutrition education initiative with Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators in each state, territory and the military. To learn more, visit www.PBHFoundation.org and www.FruitsandVeggiesMoreMatters.org. Follow Fruits & Veggies—More Matters on Facebook or Twitter.
PBH is also a member and co-chair with Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) of the National Fruit & Vegetable Alliance (NFVA), consisting of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry working to collaboratively and synergistically achieve increased nationwide access and demand for all forms of fruits and vegetables for improved public health. To learn more, visit www.NFVA.org.


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The Star-Ledger's Jeremy Cothran recaps the tumultuous fourth inning:
In total, nine Marlins came to the plate and six had hits in the fourth off Pelfrey. Four of those were of the extra-base variety, starting with Jeremy Hermida's triple to lead off the inning. Jorge Cantu tied the game at 1-1 when his single fell just shy of Carlos Beltran in center.
After a single by Josh Willingham put runners at first and second, Pelfrey responded by picking up a pair of outs. First, he struck out Uggla and then got Jacobs to fly out to shallow left. But Cody Ross kept the inning alive with a two-run triple on a ball he hit into the right-field corner. Two more run-scoring doubles followed, including one from the opposing pitcher Johnson.
Jerry Manuel promptly replaced Pelfrey with middle reliever Chris Muniz.
The New York Times suggests the Pelfrey pull may help the Mets down the line:
Knocking out Pelfrey early indirectly helped the Mets. His sudden emergence has come with a price -- his innings are piling up quickly -- and the Mets do not want to risk an injury by increasing his workload too much.
Muniz struck out four over two innings of play, followed by Duaner Sanchez's one-hit inning of relief. The Mets were still in it until Joe Smith made his way from the bullpen as the fourth Mets pitcher of the night and gave up a Dan Uggla home run in the eighth.
Smith has allowed five runs in 1-2/3 innings over his past three appearances, but insisted he isn't hitting a wall as he did last year, in his first full pro season.
The trade deadline is at 4 p.m. today. Could the Mets be looking for some bullpen help?


text: At 09:40 PM Friday 1/19/01, Scott Smith wrote: >Looking at my question from the other end, isn't it always good to have >more layers of security if they are truly in different dimensions? >[...] 1000 times more secure [...] Most of what I know about security I learned from Norm, and the answer to this question especially so. As always, I've probably garbled it from the way Norm would put it. credit->Norm, blame->me. Norm, feel free to clarify & correct. The physical world is full of continua and non-local effects and such. As a result, there's no such thing as a perfectly impenetrable barrier. Physical security is based on barriers that resist attack, or counterattacks that deter attack, but there's nothing available that can prevent a successful attack. Defenses and attacks are quantitative matters, and defense in depth, thicker walls, redundant walls, belt and suspenders, all lead to increases in security. In the computational world, these intuitions have some applicability to defending against cryptanalysis or electrical attacks, but otherwise they lead us astray. In the computational world, we know we could build a perfect defense, but for our own confusion and stupidity. Our greatest threat is not that our attacker will mount a larger attack, it is that we overlooked a bug in our own defenses. If we haven't overlooked any bugs, it matters not how great an attack our enemies mount, we are invulnerable. If we do have a critical security bug, then once an attack that exploits it is posted to the internet, we can be destroyed by a flea. Very little about computer security is quantitative. Our best defenses against our own confusion are simplicity and modularity. Ideally, for any modularly separate security issue, there should be *one* non-redundant mechanism that we have a hope of understanding. In computation, redundant defensive walls are never copies of the same wall, because no one would think that is stronger. Rather, they are walls of different types, like your capabilities + stack introspection, that make the system larger and harder to understand. Worse, this redundancy leads to the old vaudeville act: "I though you were handling that case." "What? I thought you were handling it." Ideally, good separation of concerns should make it clear what *one* mechanism is supposed to handle any individual problem, and that mechanism should take care of it perfectly. Of course, we will still have bugs, but any effort spent building redundant wall would have been better spent debugging. Note: I am not arguing here against stack introspection + capabilities, or stack introspection + ACLs. That will wait until I see a concrete secure language design (for which Java doesn't count). I am instead arguing specifically against the perspective quoted above. Cheers, --MarkM


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EGUSD in the Spotlight
4th Annual High School Conference helps train the leaders of the future
In one room, shouts of laughter filled the air. In another room, students brainstormed the effects of homelessness on teenagers. In a small conference room, students danced and sang with one another as they learned about icebreaker activities.
Over 300 students serving as conflict managers and peer counselors, as well as students in unity programs, Students Reaching Out and other peer leader groups from Elk Grove Unified high schools joined together for a day of learning and sharing at the 4th Annual High School Conference held on February 7th at the Antioch Progressive Church in Sacramento.
This year's conference theme was "We Have the Power To…Build A Bridge." The conference is unique because many student leaders actually facilitate the majority of the workshops and sessions. Peer counselors from Elk Grove High School and Students Helping Students from Sheldon High School played a large role in the development and planning of the conference.
"Students who attended the conference are exposed to an environment which encourages them to open their minds to new ideas, express their own ideas, empowers and challenges them to work together to make a difference at their own schools," said Tami Silvera, a positive youth development program implementer for the district.
Students from nine high schools from throughout the district – including Elk Grove, Florin, Franklin, Laguna Creek, Pleasant Grove, Sheldon, Valley, William Daylor and Rio Cazadero – spent the day attending workshops and interacting with one another to develop their leadership skills.
The conference was paid for through monies provided by the district's State Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) and Federal Safe and Drug Free Schools (SDFS) funds.
"The purpose of the conference is to give students who are in helping leadership roles at schools throughout the district an opportunity to network and gain skills and information related to teen issues," said Leanne Ward, a teacher at Sheldon High School and co-coordinator of the conference. "The conference workshops help provide the tools to empower the participants to feel more secure in their roles as leaders and role models at their own school."
The day started off with a rousing address from keynote speaker Phil Boyte. Boyte, a motivational speaker since 1983, spoke to students about preparing themselves to be able to be a leader – no matter what the situation.
Later, students had the opportunity to choose to attend four workshops from a variety of options throughout day. Nineteen different workshops were offered, including: Becoming a Better Friend – Making the Connection; Breaking Down Stereotypes; Building the Bridge; Crackin' Up, How to Break the Ice; End the Silence: Stop the Bullying; Genocide: The Past, The Present, The Future; Girl Talk; Guy Talk; Homelessness: Life In Transition; Make the Right Choice; Mirror Mirror on the Wall; Personalities; The Power of Words; Rumors and Cyber-Bullying; Silence the Violence! Increase the Peace!; A Transformed Life; True Colors; Unity Day; and Youth Speak Out.
This year's workshops were lead by students from Elk Grove, Franklin, Laguna Creek, Pleasant Grove and Sheldon high schools. Adult guest presenters included Phil Benadum from the American Heart Association and Phillip Barna from Another Choice – Another Chance.
The day ended with a closing presentation by Boyte focusing on how the students in attendance could take what they learned back to others at their schools.
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Jan. 16, 2008 - Laguna Creek High School hosts ConnectEd Policy Site Visit
Jan. 02, 2008 - Senior Attendance Drive returns for second year
Dec. 12, 2007 - John Ehrhardt Elementary students combine academics and community service
Dec. 03, 2007 - EGUSD's Commitment to Service Learning Honored
Nov. 15, 2007 - Winners announced for No Excuses – Go to School Rhyme & Poster Contests
Nov. 13, 2007 - Veterans Day celebrated at Elk Grove Unified
Oct. 23, 2007 - Time of Remembrance Project and Website
Oct. 15, 2007 - Markofer Elementary offers "Donuts for Dads/Muffins for Moms"
Oct. 3, 2007 - EGUSD elementary schools participate in Walk to School Day
Sept. 18, 2007 - Options abound on new College and Career website
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The Blurb
Working in the Games Industry features interviews with 21 people working in a wide range of jobs. As well as general information about careers in this field, the book is made up of interviews with real people talking about their jobs.
The book is part of a series of Working In titles published by Babcock Lifeskills. These are well-respected careers guides produced to help 13- to 19-year-olds of all abilities with their career decisions. They are available in schools, libraries, careers centres and bookshops throughout the UK.
Release Manager
Andrew Powell is a release manager with Eutechnyx in Gateshead. As a new game goes through development, it's Andrew's job to build the constant changes to code and art assets into ever-improving versions of the game, to check the work-in-progress and report any bugs or crashes.
How would you outline your role?
I work with the team that creates the NASCAR games. My job is to accumulate all the changes made by the different departments working on the game into a playable version.
What are your main responsibilities?
I decide when a new build (a revised version) of the game is needed, although there are also requests from other departments to check what they've been working on.
I grab code changes and art changes using special software and briefly test all the enabled functions to make sure they are playable without crashes.
I usually do this on a daily basis, alternating between different platforms, such as Xbox and PS3. I run the current version on multiple test kits using debugger software. This software records everything that is happening code-wise on the console. This simulates the end-user multiplayer experience and captures any crashes or bugs to be examined later.
What is your working environment like?
I sit at a desk surrounded by the programmers of the team. All other members of the team are just a few steps away. The atmosphere is generally calm with members of staff coming and going, communicating ideas and solving problems.
Who do you work with?
I work closely with the lead programmer of the project, and other programmers that take care of various aspects or modes in the game. I also work closely with members of the QA team when I find a bug that needs extra attention.
What special skills or qualities do you need?
I need to be self-motivated as I manage myself day-to-day. I need to know what's going on in terms of progress – is this particular aspect of the game working or not working? What's needed for the next milestone? If it's not working, I'm normally the first person to notice!
How did you get into this job?
I knew I wanted to have something to do with computer games as early as 12 years old. In secondary school, my strongest subject was IT. I decided against the general education of sixth form and went to college to study ICT for a year instead. I then went on to a BTEC National Diploma in IT Practitioners in Software Development. Here I had my first experience of programming and realised what doors it could open.
Afterwards, I went to university to do a degree in games computing, which helped me get my first job.
What training have you had?
Different studios use different hardware and software and much of it isn't available commercially to the general public. Some studios even develop their own in-house tools and engines to achieve the required results. It means you tend to train as you go, working with new equipment and learning from your colleagues.
Do you use any special tools or equipment?
I use test consoles for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, a debugger and a lot of specialised software packages.
What do you like and dislike about your job?
When things aren't working, progress can be very slow and frustrating. But I enjoy knowing my actions make a big difference to the final product. I get a real buzz when the project is finished and in the shops, knowing my name's in the credits.
What are the main challenges in your work?
When people ask me to perform different tasks at the same time, this is when I'm really pushed to my limits. It's easy to panic in that situation but you just need to step back and assess the situation, then prioritise the order of tasks.
What are your long-term career plans?
I'm interested in becoming a games designer or producer or in leading focus tests with users. At the moment I'm really happy where I am. I've haven't learnt everything my role has to offer. When the time comes, I'll look for opportunities within the company or companies I've already worked for.
Andrew's route
● GCSEs.
● NVQ level 2 in ICT and BTETC ND IT Practitioners Software Development.
● BSc (Hons) Games Computing.
● Jobs as a graphical artist and in quality assurance.
● Release manager with Eutechnyx.
Andrew's tips
● Try to play as many different genres as possible. You won't enjoy them all but you can ask yourself: Why has the game been designed like this? What makes it enjoyable? What could be done better?
● Know your hardware. Gain experience with all current consoles and handhelds still in production.
Related jobs
Computer games developer
Computer games tester
IT support technician
Software developer
TV or film producer
Web developer
Getting in
Some studios only take graduates – usually with a degree in games computing or development, but not all. A strong portfolio will put you at the top of the pile.


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OSHA News Release - (Archived) Table of Contents
OSHA National News Release
U.S. Department of Labor
National News Release USDL 00-310
Tuesday, October 24, 2000
Contact: Bill Wright
Imminent danger notices posted following finger amputations
A Texas door manufacturer is facing a fine of $1,124,500 following a series of accidents that caused two workers to suffer finger amputations, and another to endure crushing injuries to both hands, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today.
Lifetime Doors, Inc., is being cited for 37 alleged safety and health violations at its Hearne, Texas, facility. OSHA's inspection of the company resulted in 17 alleged willful instance-by-instance violations of employer failure to train employees in locking out machinery, which contributed to serious hand injuries - including finger amputations.
"This company allowed employees to continue working on the very machines that caused two employees to suffer finger amputations within 24 days of each other," said OSHA Administrator Charles N. Jeffress. "The employer failed to comply with known safety requirements, even in the face of repeated injuries and employee complaints. The manner in which this company operates epitomizes its disregard for employee safety and cannot be tolerated."
OSHA assessed Lifetime Doors $860,000 for the 17 instances of failing to train employees in lockout/tagout procedures. An additional $210,000 penalty was proposed for three alleged willful violations of machine guarding requirements and failure to implement a lockout/tagout program.
OSHA also cited the company for 15 serious violations of the hearing conservation, hazard communication, flammable and combustible liquids, personal protective equipment, powered industrial trucks, machine guarding requirements, and electrical standards. Total penalties for the serious violations totaled $53,500. Two other-than-serious violations for failure to post noise regulations and violating recordkeeping requirements were issued with a proposed penalty of $1,000.
"During our inspection, we found that managers at the Hearne plant were well aware of viable safety and health policies and still failed to implement them," Jeffress explained. "This company knows safety regulations, having experienced 12 previous OSHA inspections and numerous citations. Yet, they have continued to compromise their employees' safety."
Today's citations resulted from an investigation begun on May 5, 2000, following an employee complaint regarding finger amputations. Within days of the initial inspection, another employee suffered serious crushing injuries to both hands after being pulled into an unguarded machine. Because of ongoing injuries at the plant, OSHA ultimately posted Imminent Danger notices on two machines where employees had been injured and no corrective measures had been taken. The notices were removed only after the company provided guards for those machines.
Lifetime Doors, Inc., produces doors for the home industry, including hollow core, solid and bifold doors. The company employs 540 employees at six plants nationwide, including 81 at the Hearne facility.
A willful violation is defined as one committed with an intentional disregard of or plain indifference to the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and regulations. A serious violation is one in which there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result, and the employer knew or should have known of the hazard.
Lifetime Doors has 15 working days to contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
This news release text is on the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.osha.gov. Information on this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 693-1999.
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Summary: Once the Ferncliff Hotel and resort was abandoned in the 1940's, nature began to return. Today, the peninsula is a National Natural Landmark, a northern outpost for southern species. But rododendron tangles line much of the trail.
You begin heading south along the rocky shoreline. Just down from the Low Bridge, look for the fossilized imprints of the 300 million year old Lepidodendron tree. An ancestor of the club moss, the scale tree imprint looks like a fossilized mountain bike track.
You then get to the falls. It was here in 1754 that George Washington abandoned his hope for a water passage to the "Forks of the Ohio" at what is now Pittsburgh. The Youghiogheny River dropps 100 feet in it's 1 mile bend around Ferncliff Peninsula.
After the falls the trail climbs higher and then around the entire peninsula. There are a number of other trails that cross the peninsula, including the Fernwood Trail which will take you past the foundations of the Ferncliff Hotel.
Trailhead: From the Donegal exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, turn left onto Rt 31. Travel 2 miles and turn right onto Routes 711 & 381 South at Santelli's Market. Proceed 10 miles to Normalville turn left at the T-intersection onto Route 381 South for 11 miles to Ohiopyle State Park. The parking area is on the right just after the railroad crossing and before the bridge.
There are no facilities at the trailhead but supplies and a rest room is available across the road at Wilderness Voyageurs Outfitter Shop.
This is also a trailhead for the Youghiogheny River Trail, a rail-trail conversion that extends north to McKeesport and south to Confluence. (Lat:39.87199 Lon:-79.4939)
Trail Guides for Ohiopyle S.P.-Ferncliff Trail:
50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania
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Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer,
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