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The Turkish Experience of the Alliance of Civilizations –To what extent does Turkey offer an alternative perspective to the debate of the "Clash of Civilizations"? What are the practical and historical precedents in the Turkish experience for establishing an "Alliance of Civilizations." What does the "Turkish experience" (politically, socially, culturally, and historically) have to offer the post-September 11th world? What is the role of distinct Turkish identity (Muslim, secular, and democratic) for easing the tension in today's world? How have the multicultural policies and practice of the Ottoman Empire influenced the present context, or the policies of Atatürk, or those of the present government?
The Media and Citizen Journalism - In a rapidly changing media environment, user-generated content and citizen journalism are playing an increasingly important role and transforming the way in which people get informed about the world around them. From blogs to citizen-produced articles, the media landscape is being increasingly populated by new forms of media content. What is the real impact of these new forms of media on public opinion and policy-making? In particular, to what extent can such citizen-generated content help improve intercultural relations and cross-cultural understanding? How might this new media better address and dispel stereotypes or combat Islamaphobia? Will such media go beyond dominant hot-topic issues such as the wearing of headscarves or entry into the European Union?
Migration – Historical and contemporary migrations from East to West have brought with them the attendant issues of Islamic values versus Western democratic or Christian values. How has Turkish Muslim migration to Western Christian countries raised questions about integration/assimilation, intercultural dialogue, clashes of modernity and tradition and so on in Europe's efforts to wrestle with immigration policy? In addition, how is Turkey dealing with its own rapidly expanding immigrant communities and migration from rural areas to the urban centers? How are issues of mobility, identity and citizenship generating tensions but also creating new opportunities for creative energy and collaborative processes? How does Turkey collaborate and enter into constructive dialogue with its neighbors on such issues? How are different ethnic groups affected?
Youth – Sub-themes might address the youth population (aged 15-24) in Turkey of which an estimated 40% (about 5 million young people) are neither working nor going to school. We invite papers on topics related to street children, internally displaced, or victims of human trafficking. Such papers should also provide practical recommendations for how to strengthen the capabilities of youth to live lives of freedom and dignity, enlarging their knowledge and choices.
Education - Turkey offers an interesting case study of separation of mosque and state. How has Turkey approached the teaching of religion and belief in its schools? How is curricular content of teaching about religion and belief determined? What aspects of Turkish educational policy and practice promote the ideals of cooperation, tolerance and respect for cultural differences? How does Turkey educate its youths for national and global engagement? What do comparative studies say about the situation in schools in other Muslim and/or Christian countries?
Gender Issues - In Turkey, men and women generally constitute largely separate social spheres, each with its own values, attitudes, and perceptions of the other. Do gender relations in Turkish society reflect tension between traditional and modern values? In particular, do family loyalty, family obligations, and family honor constitute strong considerations that do not fit with modern ideals of equality between the sexes when it comes to making choices about dress, school, work, friendship, marriage, and children? Such choices are complex. What do researchers say about young women readopting headscarves? To demonstrate their commitment to Islam, or to resist the latest Western fashions in clothes and cosmetics? What proportion of Turkish women are working in major areas of the economy, such as manufacturing, teaching, health care, banking, law, and medicine? Although the Turkish government guarantees women equal work and pay opportunities, the traditional value system elevates gender segregation in the workplace and other public spaces as a social ideal. What are the implications of these practices? What are the trends? What role does government policy play in such issues?
Submission of Abstracts
Interested participants are requested to send an abstract of less than 250 words describing the focus of their papers or panel, the central argument, and the methodology employed. If proposing a panel, please submit the title and abstract for each paper along with the names and institutional affiliation of panelists. Whether a paper or a panel, all proposals must have personal information such as name, institutional affiliation, position or title, contact phone numbers, and/or e-mail address.
Abstracts may be submitted in hard copy or electronically. If the latter, please save your document in Word or RTF format and send as an e-mail attachment. In the subject line, please type "Alliance of Civilizations Conference." Abstracts may be sent to the conference organizer by post or e-mail at the addresses below.
Ms. Vivian Bonilla
Alliance of Civilizations Conference Coordinator
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, #2702
Kennesaw, GA 30144
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LISBON - Shirley H. Steele, 90, of North Street, died at 12:53 a.m. Monday at Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Steele was born March 26, 1924 in Washingtonville, a daughter of the late William and Rhoda (Bosert) Hannahan. After high school, she attended the Youngstown Business College.
She worked as a secretary for General Electric in Erie, Pa., the Columbiana County Farm Bureau and the Worthington Company in Cleveland until the birth of her first child.
She was a member of the New Lisbon Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Steele also served as church secretary for 12 years.
She is survived by her husband of nearly 66 years, Alfred "Fred" Steele, whom she married Aug. 8, 1948; daughter, Paula (Chris Baker) Steele of Columbus; sons, Dr. Carl Wayne (Bonnie) Steele of Port Clinton, Ohio, Mark (Candice) Steele of Decatur, Ga., and Tod (Tracey) Steele of Columbus; and one granddaughter.
A private memorial service will be held for the family Saturday afternoon at the Eells-Leggett-Stauffer Funeral Home. Private burial will take place at the Lisbon Cemetery.
The family will receive friends for a memorial visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the New Lisbon Presbyterian Church, Hospice of the Valley, or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Friends may also view Shirley's memorial webpage and send condolences online at www.eells-leggett-stauffer.com.

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INDIANAPOLIS—Next man up? The Colts are putting their mantra to the test. Sunday's 23-20 win over Miami might have come at a steep price.
Forced from the game with injuries were running back Donald Brown (knee), center Samson Satele (back), outside linebacker Robert Mathis (back), cornerback Jerraud Powers (toe), wide receiver Donnie Avery (hip) and right tackle Winston Justice (knee).
There was no immediate update on the severity of the injuries, but the schedule is working against the Colts. They face a short week, with a game on Thursday at Jacksonville.
It's hard to prioritize the areas of most concern.
A.Q. Shipley replaced Satele for the second time this season and again played well. Rookie Bradley Sowell stepped in for Justice. He held up but played sparingly. It remains to be seen whether he can be effective with more playing time.
At cornerback, defensive coordinator Greg Manusky is running out of bodies. Rightside starter Vontae Davis is expected to miss at least one more game, probably more, with a sprained knee. Losing Powers for any amount of time could be crippling.
That would result in Cassius Vaughn at right corner and either Darius Butler or Josh Gordy at left corner, with the other handling the role of nickel back.
The position in which the team is best equipped to cope with injuries is wideout. Avery was in the midst of a solid game against Miami—five catches, 108 yards—but rookies T.Y. Hilton (6-102) and LaVon Brazill (2-25) are emerging as solid contributors. Also, there's always veteran Reggie Wayne.
Running backs Vick Ballard and Delone Carter are capable of carrying the load if Brown misses time. Each is a powerful, decisive runner capable of moving the chains.


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What materials did you use? 100% Cotton fabric a variety of floral prints. 100% cotton thread "signature" green tonal. Cotton Batting Mixed selection of top quilting threads. Rasant Amann (cotton/poly), Rayon madeira and Gutermann thread.
What are you most proud of? Top quilting. This is my first major quilting project. As I am unable to do free motion quilting yet. I used a variety of simple design concepts to add to the overall design of the quilt. I will add additional pictures of the quilting once the quilt is completed.
Beautiful quilt! I too am working on my frr motion quilting. I learned a couple of days ago there is an attachment for my sewing machine that will control the stitch length when I am doing CRT motion quilting. I have also found and watched on YouTube some excellent Beginner Free Motion Quilting videos.
Thanks you very much this quilt is my favorite so far. I am planning to concentrate on FMQ in the new year. I will be visiting Leah firstname.lastname@example.com she has wonderful FMQ designs and what is more important they are free. I will be starting there first for my learning. Julieannabell.
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I saw your later pictures of this quilt before I saw this one. I hadn't realised the size of the three-dimensional flowers - I think they are absolutely wonderful! I really must steal that idea for a project of my own!


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There once was, in the saddest part of a great city, a man dressed entirely in purple who had long gray hair and a flowing white beard, and who listened to the Earth and heard its pain. So he planted a garden amid all the crumbling buildings, the crime and the junkies and the hookers. Several times a day, he carried manure for it down from Central Park on his bicycle, a round trip of about 15 miles, and he ground rubble into sand to mix with the manure. The garden grew and grew until it covered five lots, with 15,000 square feet of virgin topsoil. It was open to all his neighbors, who would pick tomatoes, corn, cucumbers and flowers; the man, who called himself Adam Purple, named it the Garden of Eden. Like the first Adam, he hoped his garden would live forever and prosper. But the city had other plans; it wanted to plow up Eden and replace it with low-income housing, although the city was filled with buildings that needed fixing and had very few public gardens. And so, last January, bulldozers came and the garden on Manhattan's Lower East Side, like the first Eden, was no more. That was when the purple footprints began to appear in profusion on the city's streets.
They were made late at night, and at first there was no discernible motive. They were there one dawn around City Hall, another morning at Saks Fifth Avenue, and outside the city's newspapers' buildings. New Yorkers, who like anything strange, liked them. But who made them? the people wondered. And why?
And now come the answers: They are the work of an artist named George, and he makes them because he has fallen under Adam Purple's spell and shares his dreams about renewing the earth. George is in salvage, an allied trade. He keeps his last name to himself, there being a good chance that the city has a law against putting purple footprints on streets. His operation is his protest against the destruction of Adam Purple's Eden. "I intend to keep doing it," he says, "until they arrest me or there is some movement by responsible parties toward restoring the garden." George has taken his campaign to the scenes where Adam Purple's defeat was played out—the City Housing Authority, the courthouse where Adam lost his last appeal—and he painted three rows around the vanished garden. "There aren't too many construction sites with purple feet surrounding them," he says. "I'm trying, psychologically, to heap enough muck on the bulldozers to stop them."
When George did his first foot work, in Washington Square, he had a primitive method of application involving paint cans and ski poles with boots on them. Now he has automated somewhat, using "a rolling drum with foam rubber footprints attached." He camouflages his contraption, although he prefers not to say how. "I use Occupational Safety and Health Administration-certified paint," he says. "Each of the OSHA colors means something: red for danger, yellow for caution, green for safety. The purple means radioactivity." When he runs out of purple (he has six cans left), he'll move on to green—in the form of a vine lacing around the feet. Other people in the neighborhood where the garden used to be have now pitched in, stenciling rabbits, crabs—"everything that used to live in Manhattan and now does not," Adam says—around the prints.
George has believed in Adam Purple for four years now. "I became involved with the garden the minute I saw it," he says. "I wondered at the power within him to do this. This neighborhood was probably the most degraded, and here in the midst of it all was a beautiful, pristine garden with flowers and food. Adam began something life-affirming. This man actually has a plan for restoring the earth." The city can't see that: It is now trying to evict Adam Purple from his building next to where the garden was. It can be discouraging. After the bulldozing, George says, "I wanted to leave New York. But now I'll do the vine and see what happens...." He and Adam Purple would even settle for a new site, maybe east of Eden.
Why Is This Man Painting Purple Prints on the Streets of N.Y.?
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The Duggar family just got even bigger – it's a boy for Josh and Anna!
Josh, 23 – the eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar – and his wife welcomed a new addition on Wednesday, four days earlier than expected, a source confirms to PEOPLE. The couple are not ready to release the name publicly yet, but they are staying with the "M" theme.
Weighing in at 8 lbs., 5 oz., he joins big sister MacKynzie, 20 months. And he'll have plenty of doting relatives with 18 aunts and uncles – Jim Bob and Michelle's children – whose lives are documented on TLC's 19 Kids and Counting.
Anna, 22, gave birth at 5:55 p.m. in the family's Tontitown, Ark., home, the same place MacKynzie was born.
The newborn will also have a very special playmate: Michelle's youngest, Josie, who was born very premature, is now a healthy 17-month-old.
"I think of Josie being born at only 25 weeks," Josh told PEOPLE prior to the birth, "and it makes us think about how precious life is and what a blessing each child is."
For more on the latest Duggar addition, tune-in to 19 Kids: First Grandson this Sunday at 8/7c on TLC.
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Ranked among the nation's most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana's leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions, workplaces, schools and homes.
SATURDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- The death risk for American children and teens undergoing dialysis for kidney failure has dropped significantly in recent decades, a new study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 23,000 patients younger than age 21 who began dialysis between 1990 and 2010. During that time, there was a progressive decrease in the rates of deaths from all causes and from heart- and infection-related causes.
"Numerous factors may have contributed to the observed reductions in [death] risk over time," said Dr. Mark Mitsnefes, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and colleagues. "Improved pre-dialysis care, advances in dialysis technology and greater experience of clinicians may each have played a role."
Further research is needed to pinpoint the specific reasons for the decreasing death rate among youngsters undergoing dialysis, they added.
The study was published online May 4 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with a scheduled presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Kidney failure patients have a significantly shortened life expectancy and the loss of potential years of life is greatest among children and teens. Kidney transplants offer these youngsters the best opportunity for survival, growth and development. But 75 percent of these patients require dialysis while waiting for a kidney transplant, the study authors noted.
Dialysis is a lifesaving treatment for children and teens with kidney failure who are waiting for a kidney transplant, but the death rate among youngsters on dialysis is at least 30 times higher than for those in the general population. The risk is highest among very young children.
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WELCOME TO THE TUDOR GRANGE HOTEL Bournemouth
The Tudor Grange Hotel in Bournemouth has a prime location of Bournemouth hotels on a tree lined avenue on the East Cliff. The hotel is situated within a short walk to Bournemouth's award winning beach, Bournemouth Town Center and the BIC. The Tudor Grange Hotel is just a drive away from the world famous Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, New Forest, Salisbury Cathedral, Christchurch and Stonehenge.
The Tudor Grange offering bed and breakfast accommodation is the most beautiful hotel in Bournemouth, being immaculately based on an original Tudor House with parts relocated from a Berkshire Tudor Mansion in 1927. The Tudor Grange Hotel in Bournemouth retains many original Tudor features including oak paneling throughout, stained glass windows, golden rose embossed ceilings and the main "William and Mary" stairway.


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Harsh Mander, formerly IAS, now social worker and writer, was a member of the National Advisory Council and special commissioner to the Supreme Court of India in the Right to Food case. He is Director, Centre for Equity Studies, in New Delhi.
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Massage therapy in Louisiana can be very rewarding, but it starts with finding the right school for you. When you begin looking for a school, there are several areas you should consider.
First, you should check to see if school you are interested in is accredited by the Louisiana Board of Massage Therapy. Being educated by an accredited program will provide you with the proper skills and knowledge to become certified and practice in the state of Louisiana. Another important factor to consider when choosing a massage therapy school is cost. Often times financial aid is available, which you can find if you qualify for by reaching out to a school's financial aid department.
Finally, students that have other commitments should inquire about whether a program has flexible scheduling or not. Adult students often require night, weekend, or online courses to work around working a full-time job or caring for a family. Also, some programs can take only a few weeks to complete, whereas some may take up to a year. Take careful consideration of your time obligations when choosing a massage therapy program.
Potential Career Opportunities
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, massage therapists in Louisiana have quite a healthy job outlook. While the average yearly salary is more than $35,000, the top ten percent can expect to make over $75,000 a year. This job can be fantastic for someone who likes to work with others and set their own schedules, or even own their own business.
Once you obtain a massage therapy license, there are a variety of career paths that you can pursue. You can choose to be a general relaxation massage therapist in a spa setting or you can choose to specialize in a modality that is specific to your goals. Specialization areas such as cranial-sacral massage and pregnancy massage are becoming more and more popular. You can specialize in these kinds of areas and still work in a spa or you can even open your own business.
One overlooked work setting for massage therapists are casinos. Often filled with out of town tourists, casinos hire massage therapists to provide added benefits to their hotel package. Another great area of specialization is athletic massage or sports massage. Those who specialize in this area will work closely with athletes who have been injured or are seeking to prevent injury. These may be runners, football players, cyclists, tennis players and more.
If you decide you want to be your own boss, you don't have to have a store front. You can be an on-call massage therapist. This involves traveling with your massage table and supplies to the homes of your clients. This provides you the benefit of scheduling your own hours and providing an added benefit to your clientele. Many practitioners choose to run their business out of their home. This is ideal for stay at home parents of small children. It provides you with the ability to look after your loved ones, but also the self-satisfaction of owning your own business and earning a living.
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Having a career in massage therapy can be very rewarding, both financially and personally. To find out if a career in massage therapy is right for you, contact the schools in your area to compare the benefits of several programs.


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The Leaf-Chronicle reports the sinkhole started out small, about 3 feet by 5 feet, but workers have had to dig a much larger hole – about 40 feet deep and 40 feet wide – to find stable bedrock.
The hole was discovered about a month ago where the football field meets the track during a project to replace the main stadium building.
Mike Jenkins, superintendent for Nashville-based Bell & Associates Construction, told the newspaper sinkholes are common in the area and the budget included sinkhole remediation funding.
Jenkins said workers continued to excavate Monday while officials met with a geotechnical engineer. He said the hole will be filled with rock and concrete.
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You need an oven, and a fridge/freezer.
Bacon. Bacon is magical.
Pork. Lovely lovely pork.
Grass fed beef. Either steaks, or ground beef.
Good luck, I have a challenging kitchen situation myself.
Until 2 weeks ago on my 19th birthday I had never eaten meat in my life. I had been brought up in a strictly vegetarian home which was obviously no sacrifice to me because I had never known anything different. I have been eating meat consistently for the last week and a half and eating entirely primally for the past week. This has been incredibly challenging for me mostly because up until a few weeks ago my diet was composed almost entirely of carbohydrates and my body is adjusting to them being removed as well as new sources of protein being added.
The problem I'm having now is that I don't think i've been eating enough variety in my meat. I've had chicken or turkey every day since becoming primal. It's not that the flavors are becoming boring or anything as I'm very skilled in the kitchen, the problem is that I'm unsatisfied after meals and my energy levels deplete throughout the day. I think this is because I've been eating only lean meats which isn't really comparable to the meat available in the natural world. Today I went to my farmer's market and picked up a pound of grass fed sirloin tip and right now its sitting my freezer.
This whole process of dealing with meat had been overwhelming to a very recent meat convert. I need help with the ins and outs of eating meat. Not only do I not know what I'm doing with meat but I have a lot of restrictions about cooking it.
In comparison to the rest of the primal community I'm sure I'm very young, having just turned 19 and still living at home. This poses a few problems: 1. I need to be preparing meals for only 1 person plus leftovers. 2. My dad refuses to have meat in the kitchen because it "repulses" him therefore I'm stuck with cooking on a hot plate in my garage. 3. My dad also refuses to have meat in the fridge or freezer in the kitchen so I'm stuck with storing it in a minifridge(with a very small freezer) in the garage as well.
With these restrictions in mind would someone please help me figure out how to transform cuts of meat into meals? Any info you guys can provide about thawing/preparing/storing/cooking/buying healthy, primal, meat would be incredibly appreciated.
P.S. If anyone lives in the western MA area and knows specific place to get the meats it would be insanely useful.
Move the fuck out.
You need an oven, and a fridge/freezer.
Bacon. Bacon is magical.
Pork. Lovely lovely pork.
Grass fed beef. Either steaks, or ground beef.
Good luck, I have a challenging kitchen situation myself.
...on reflection though, you could get a grill.
...but seriously it's your parent's house, so just move out and learn to be an adult. (that's not an insult.) (it might take 15-20 years.)
oh, yes... also look around for primal type meet ups in your area, check out cook outs, and such where other people will be making meat.
good luck.
cavemansam, I'm in western MA and there are many places to get grass-fed, free-range meat. The best and easiest place to buy small portions is at the various farmers markets. Let me know what county your in and I can help you find meat there. Also, if you have a bit more freezer space available to you, there is a fabulous meat share where you can get a certain number of pounds of different meats (usually a combo of pork, chicken and beef) that you pick up once a month. I just started it and it's fantastic! Give me a bit better idea where you are and I'll help you out.
ETA: Get thee a freezer! I just checked western MA Craigslist and there are a bunch of them for $100 or less. You'll have so many more options that way!
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On top of that, try some game meats like buffalo/bison: it has a baseline taste of beef, but a more stronger, succulent flavor. Some farmer's markets may have them; you may also try whole foods if there is one in your area, they sometimes have pretty good deals on nice clean beef and game meat (I can buy organic, grass fed ground beef for about $4 a pound; buffalo stew or ground meat for $6 a pound).
Speaking of stew, you could also invest in a slow cooker (or crock pot). They are inexpensive and would also allow you to cook in your garage. Just throw in some meat, flavoring agents such as spices, and any veggies you may desire in there in the morning and you have dinner done right there!
I don't know if the vegetarian lifestyle you lived allows for eggs, but definitely add some organic, pastured, or at least omega-3 eggs into your equation. One of my favorite things in the world is a simple concoction of eggs and bacon: get several strips of bacon firing up in the pan until the grease comes out, and then add some eggs to fry in the bacon grease until done. One word: delicious. Then again, bacon goes great with everything (except maybe vegetarian "meats").
I can understand where you are coming from in life: saying "move out" is much easier said than done, especially at 19. I'm currently a 22 year old graduate student myself, who lives at home with the parents over the summer. Paying for an apartment is no cheap affair. Good thing they have student loans and graduate stipends to help out. I don't know if you are a college student or not, but if you are, and if you are serious about moving out, you may find a few friends and collectively rent an apartment or find an apartment by yourself that is in an affordable range, and even take out a student loan (dangerous to say, I know) to help pay for the damages. Government subsidized loans are great as you don't need to pay back interest; these are the loans that I have been taking out.
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I say sit down and have a conversation with your parents. Explain that you really feel that this is healthier for you, and just like people are tolerant of their choice to be vegetarian, they should be tolerant of yours. Maybe you can workout that you can have a certain drawer in the fridge that will only be used for your foods. That you will only cook meat during a certain time, etc. Also consider getting a fire pit (cheap ones are available) and you can rotisserie your meat outside. I wish you luck, i know dealing with parents and PB is not easy.
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It's true that moving out will ultimately be the solution, but there are of course many factors affecting when that happens. I'm just impressed that at 19 and living at home you're doing what it takes to store food in your own fridge in the garage, and that you know how to cook.
I think you're gonna make it
I second the motion on a Craigslist freezer. If you can't pick up an actual gas grill, how about one of those electric George Foreman grill things. They were really popular a few years ago, and are now pretty easy to find for a few bucks in thrift stores.
Other ideas:
Cook a roast or a pot of beef stew at a friend's house, then bring the leftovers back to your place to last many meals. Fry up a package of bacon while you're there, then eat it cold. It's yummy on apples or crumbled in with eggs that you can scramble on your hot plate.
Canned fish is an easy, inexpensive, no-cook option. (Google for salmon/tuna salad recipes if you don't like it plain or want creative ways to add flavor and fat.)
Beef jerky (be sure to check the carbs, as a lot of commercial jerkys are full of sugar) is another simple option.
Ground beef sauteed with onions, garlic, and miscellaneous veggies is tasty and easy on a hot plate.
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Thanks for the helpful advice everyone,
I live in Franklin County and that freezer idea sounds like a great one.
As far as compromising with the parents, I've tryed and my dad basically said that having meat cooked and stored in the house makes him fundamentally uncomfortable. At least he is understanding of my decision to live healthier. My mom is much more difficult as she responds to my new lifestyle with "you ate grains forever why stop now, you're just making things difficult" which I'm sure many of you have heard.
The Crock pot aslo seems like a great idea because right now I'm working at a farm really early in the morning and once the fall semester comes again I wont have as much time to cook.
I am a full time student but I go to community college (for money reasons) and commute from home. I am working on moving out but it definitely is difficult. First I need to get a non-seasonal job
You could also try a more aggressive approach: unobtrusively put bacon in some of your parents' food; once they taste the holy bacon goodness, they will never criticize your aberration from vegetarianism ever again!
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"But most of the people there had solid tumors and a chance for a cure," he said. "I didn't relate real well."
There is no cure for the cancer Tischler has, multiple myeloma, which attacks bone marrow. Tischler longed to talk to survivors who could tell him what to expect.
"I could get plenty of medical information off the Internet, but what I couldn't get was information about how it felt to have myeloma," he said.
Out of frustration, the Arlington resident founded the North Texas Myeloma Support Group in 1996 for patients, caregivers and family members. It now attracts people from across the state and Oklahoma. The group gives people a place to learn about research and the disease, which can cause pain and fractures.
"Newcomers are usually scared to death because there is no cure," Tischler said. "When I was diagnosed, I expected to be dead after three to five years."
Tischler and his wife, Lucy, started the group after they attended an International Myeloma Foundation seminar in California. At the meeting, they expected to see a roomful of people in terrible condition, Lucy Tischler said.
"Instead, we saw all these people who were healthy-looking and enjoying life," she said.
Susie Novis, executive director of the International Myeloma Foundation, founded the organization in 1990 with her husband, Brian, who later died from the disease, and one of his doctors.
"In the early days, myeloma was not on the radar, so people who were diagnosed with it had never heard of it," she said. "Today, myeloma is a little better-known, but people still need to be educated about it."
The biggest challenge is reaching out to people who may not realize that their symptoms, which include exhaustion, could be signs of the disease, Novis said. The disease typically afflicts the elderly, but it has been diagnosed in people under 45 who tend to attribute their pain to overworked muscles or a back injury.
Since his diagnosis, Peter Tischler has learned much about coping with the disease. After six months of chemotherapy, the disease reached a plateau. Three years later, blood tests showed that the cancer was not under control, and he underwent chemotherapy again. He has not needed treatments since.
"Some days it is hard to think of myself as having cancer because I live my life like I would if I didn't have myeloma," said Tischler, who is retired from IBM.
But it is hard to escape the reality of the disease. Since the support group was founded, 94 of its members have died.
New treatments are showing promise, said Dr. Marvin Stone, chief of oncology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
High-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell transplants have improved survival rates. Thalidomide, which caused disabilities in babies during the 1950s, has also prolonged some patients' lives.
Although the Food and Drug Administration has not approved thalidomide for the treatment of myeloma, studies show that about one-third of the people who failed standard chemotherapy responded to it, Stone said.
With new treatments comes hope that eventually the cancer will be curable, Tischler said.
"Ten years ago, there were only two or three drugs to treat this," he said. "Now there's a whole armament."
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• For registration and information, call (800) 452-2873, ext. 226, or go to www.myeloma.org.
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Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, the antibody-producing cells normally found in bone marrow.
• There will be about 15,980 new cases in the United States this year.
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• The disease can cause fatigue, weakness, bone pain, fractures and susceptibility to infection.
• Geraldine Ferraro, a former vice presidential candidate, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998.
• The North Texas Myeloma Support Group meets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. For more information, call Peter Tischler at (817) 466-3822 or go to northtexas.myeloma.org.
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Modern wheat is a drug.
People are addicted to it.
When they ask you eat their cakes and cookies, they are basically being DRUG PUSHERS.
But what's worse is that people have started bringing in gluten-free cookies and goodies, so the gluten argument isn't gonna work anymore. And I am certainly NOT going off on a primal screed. I guess I'll resort to calories-in-calories-out CW?


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Our 265th Dad in the Limelight is Martin Weckerlein. I want to thank Martin for being a part of this series. It has been great getting connected with him and now sharing him with all of you.
My name is Martin, and I grew up in Germany until the age of 23 when I married my wife, Julie, who is an American. We met in Nuremberg in 1999 when she was a foreign exchange student there. After my schooling in Germany, I was a tank commander in the German Army (Bundeswehr) for a few years. Then, my wife and I married in 2002, and lived in Italy for three years, where I played American-style football for the Italian-Austrian league. After that, we moved to Washington D.C. in 2005, and I was a banker there for six years until earlier this year, when I became a full-time stay-at-home dad to our three children.
2) Tell me about your family
We have three children: two girls ages 9 and almost 4, and our little son, who just turned one. My wife does social media work for the government while I stay home full-time and care for the children. Since 2001, my wife and I have maintained a popular, award-winning family web site called "Julie and Martin" which we use to document our lives for our friends and family around the world (you can also find their site on facebook – https://www.facebook.com/
3) What has been the largest challenge you have had in being a father?
The biggest challenge for me is to find activities throughout the day that is going to appeal to all three of the kids. Their ages and interests are so different, and they all have so much energy. But all three of them really enjoy being outdoors, so we burn a lot of energy at the park or with bike rides around our town. Another challenge is trying to keep up with everyone's schedules: my wife and her work schedule, my daughter's school schedule, all the appointments and activities. It gets a little crazy trying to keep up with everything.
4) What advice would you give to other fathers?
Find a way to keep track of everything, and embrace modern technology! The only way for me to keep our lives organized without forgetting too much is to have a calendar with reminders. My iPhone is a great way for me to do it. It allows me to stop watching the clock like a hawk to make sure I leave on time to pick up my oldest from school and I can play with the other two until my phone tells me to move on to the next scheduled activity.
5) Seeing that you (or your position) are in the limelight, how have you come to balance parenthood and outside life? If you are currently not in the limelight per se, please still answer this in regards to how you balance parenthood and outside life.
It is really great having our family blog, and I enjoy it when we hear from our readers who connect with the things we share. Fortunately, the blog doesn't require a lot of time, so it is not a huge disruption for us to maintain it. Of course, finding a balance to everything is perhaps the biggest challenge for my wife and me. It is very easy for the two of us to get caught up in everything, and sometimes we forget to just sit down and have a conversation with each other. It's hard, but we try to find time every now and then to get a babysitter and to sneak away for some time alone with each other, to reconnect as a couple.
6) What have you learned from the fathers that you have interacted with?
I am really close to my father-in-law, Larry. He's always had a really great sense of humor. He is a true family guy, and he values spending time and creating memories with his family. He's taught me that it's okay to slow down, and enjoy these moments with my kids because the time goes so fast. He's also always encouraged his daughters to go out and see the world, and all three of them have accomplished a lot. I see how my wife and her sisters really respect their father, and I want my kids to have the same relationship with me when I'm older. He is a great example and I've learned a lot from him.
7) What else would you share regarding your experiences as a father thus far?
It is really great being with the kids as a stay-at-home parent. Before we had children, we decided that we wanted at least one parent to be home during the first two years of our kid's life, and we've been able to do that with all three children. First, I was a stay-at-home in Italy with our oldest. Then, shortly after our second daughter arrived, my wife's enlistment with the Air Force ended and she stayed home for a few years. Now, our son is here and fortunately, we are in a comfortable place where my wife has a great job and I can stay home. I love it because I can experience all these moments I would have missed if I continued to work full-time. I'm there as my son learns to crawl and walk, and I appreciate that when my oldest daughter comes home from school, I am there waiting for her. I am there building castles with our sofa cushions with my second daughter after lunch. I feel really engaged with my kids, and while it is really the hardest job in the world, it's the job I enjoy the most.
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The births of my children are the most memorable experiences. Every single arrival was unique. I was so overjoyed about the arrival of this new, beautiful baby, and so filled with love for my family. My children are growing up to be really awesome people, and I am so proud of them.
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Running due north from O'Connell Bridge, broader than it is long, to Parnell Square, O'Connell Street is the main artery of Dublin's Northside. Lined with numerous impressive memorials, as well as the historic GPO and the remarkable four-hundred-foot-high stainless steel "Spike" sculpture, this bustling thoroughfare was originally laid out in the fashion of the grand Parisian boulevards. Poorly redeveloped since the damage caused by the 1916 Easter Rising, nowadays the street is very much a mishmash of modern shop frontages, though glancing at the upper storeys reveals some of its former glory. The streets around, however, represent a consumer's paradise and, particularly on Liffey Street Lower and in the burgeoning Italian quarter centred on Bloom Lane (the result of a local developer's fascination with all things Tuscan), you'll find plenty of stylish bars and cafés. Notable cultural landmarks east of O'Connell Street include the Abbey Theatre, centre of the twentieth-century revival in Irish theatre, and, along The Quays, the opulent eighteenth-century Custom House.
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Just to the left of the "Spike" stands one of O'Connell Street's few remaining buildings of major historical importance, the General Post Office, whose significance lies in its role as the rebels' headquarters during the Easter Rising of 1916. The building was constructed in 1818 but only its Ionic portico survived the fighting – and still bears the marks of gunfire. Following restoration, the GPO reopened in 1929 and inside its marble halls you'll find Oliver Sheppard's intricately wrought bronze statue The Death of Cúchulainn, representing a key moment in the Irish legend Táin Bó Cúailnge.


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FLINT, MI – Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley was in the Lansing audience Thursday when he heard Gov. Rick Snyder in his annual State of the State address praise the entrepreneurship and collaboration between Diplomat Pharmacy and St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center.
"The success of Diplomat Pharmacy and its economic development accolades is indeed worth noting," Earley said during a news conference at City Hall Friday, Jan. 17. "It represents a level of commitment and collaboration on the part of many stakeholders and underscores the fact that Flint is still capable of solid economic development and jobs creation, despite the financial situation that the city struggles to overcome."
Diplomat is the largest independent specialty pharmacy in the country and helped sisters Judy Blake and Carol Weber connect with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's community venture program.
The Roman Catholic sisters started St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center in 2008 making scrubs, gowns and other merchandise. They did so because they saw the employment opportunity as a pathway out of crime and poverty for area women.
Diplomat CEO Phil Hagerman said he was out of town and was unable to attend Snyder's speech.
"I was really excited to hear the sisters recognized so prominently," Hagerman said Friday, Jan. 17. "I think successful businesses can accelerate social change. Our goal at Diplomat is to be accelerators to things that are going on out there."
N.E.W. Life has 26 employees, with plans to get to 100 by the end of 2014. The sisters could not be reached for comment on Friday.
Hagerman said the hiring of Steve Wolbert as Diplomat's director of community relations and governmental affairs has helped bring projects such as N.E.W. Life to the attention of Diplomat and other corporate partners.
"We've been very appreciative of the city's support to us," Hagerman said. "I think I underestimated the power of the support and the care we've gotten from the city. The city's given to us great support and accolades and really makes us want to give back and help support the change in the city."
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Thu, Dec 20th 2007 5:34am
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db0, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 5:52am
BillionI've just checked the article and it mentions 160 Billion, not 170 million.
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Evil Mike, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 6:27am
Re: Billion160 Billion Won ~= 170 million US $
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Jason Still, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 6:30am
Re: BillionThe article said 160 billion won
1 South Korean won = 0.001065 U.S. dollars
so that comes out to about $170,400,000 USD
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Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased), Dec 20th, 2007 @ 6:33am
Re: BillionThat is 160 billion won (the currency of South Korea).
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MadJo (profile), Dec 20th, 2007 @ 6:35am
Re: BillionYes, 160 Billion South Korean won:
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Anonymous Coward, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 7:36am
Re: BillionWhat the 3 guys above said.....
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Deserving Name, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 8:00am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Billion(quietly but arrogantly sticks pinky into mouth and chuckles as he mutters)
1 Billion Won
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db0, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 8:01am
Re: Re: BillionOh, sorry. My bad.
Back to lurking I guess :)
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zcat, Dec 20th, 2007 @ 1:09pm
Feh!!By all means, keep quoting the cost at "160 BILLION" without mentioning the currency.. ;-) it's certainly no worse than what the MAFIAA do when they quote 'loss to piracy' by pulling large numbers from various orifices.
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yamanin, Dec 23rd, 2007 @ 11:51pm
KORUS FTAI live in South Korea, and most of the coverage of the FTA and the protests against it have focused on things like importation of American beef and rice (which would actually be a good thing for the majority of the population as it would lower food prices) or the screen quota that protects the Korean film industry (which no longer needs it now that they've started producing quality films instead of the low-budget crap that was churned out by the bucketful in the 70s and 80s.) I personally would find the idea of forcing Koreans to accept the US copyright "standard" that was put in place to ensure a work-free living for Sono Bono's grandchildren (though not with Cher, since Chastity is a lesbian) far more disturbing than reducing the price of bulgogi at my local restaraunt. I'll see if I can't get a protest organized; not hard to do around here.
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uri geller, Aug 7th, 2008 @ 12:38am
copyright extensionFacts be known, western companies cannot do business in Korea - or they be driven out by how/where they are situation, put in impossible locations logistically. Copyright is just one small piece. Western internets refuse to allow access to Korean internet or email because of Korean internet behavior. Trademarked brands are really really important parts of Intellectual Property that allow that consumer products companies to achieve distinction and quality / variety differentiation taking many years to achieve. Copyright theft refers to stealing copyrighted things such as written and recorded information. Trademarks are a little vague but you know it when you see it - logos, names, distinct combination of shape and colors etc. Walk into any e Mart or Shinsegai and you see it - but being used by Korean company. The theft of Starbucks brand by Korean firms and then have it upheld in court and you understand where Korea is on the development curve. It dropped from 20th to 40th on the World Bank developed country ranking because of this kind of crap - along with the b.s. of chaebols CEO criminals behavior - thugs and petty criminals being convicted of serious crimes and then told it is ok you can go home now. Grow up Korea.
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The Penn State trustees have re-elected Keith Masser to a 6-month term as chairman.
The board chair's term is shortened because the trustees are moving their annual board reorganization to July later this year.
Masser, a potato farmer from Sacramento, Pa. who was elected to the Penn State board as a farm delegate in 2008 and succeeded Karen Peetz as chairman last year, was unopposed in his bid for a new term.
Along with Masser's election, the board approved the addition of trustees Kathleen Casey, Donald Cotner and Richard Dandrea as at-large members of its executive committee.
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Without a doubt, park people are the nicest people in the world. At the recent Oktober Fest at Garlo Nature Preserve, this was demonstrated many times over.
On a cold, windy and sometimes rainy weekend, the five commissioners of the Seneca Connty Park District, together with some Friends of the Park, rolled up their sleeves and did all that was necessary to set up the festival. Tents were erected, electric lines strung, wagons, straw bales and tables and benches were collected from the other parks and 100 pounds of potato salad was made along with sauerkraut and red cabbage.
A good crowd attended in spite of the weather, and the proverbial good time was had by all.
My own encounter with an unknown benefactor made my day. I was sitting at the information table for several hours, putting up with the cold wind, when a lady asked me whether I would like to borrow her gloves. I gratefully accepted, and then she returned with two blankets from her car. What a difference that made. My most grateful thanks to her and to all the others who made the day so successful.
This is a great time to visit one of the five parks in the Seneca County system, to enjoy the fall colors as you walk the trails.
Garlo was the first preserve, and is the largest with 292 acres of woodlands and wetlands, a 37-acre shallow lake, along with three ponds and seven miles of hiking and equestrian trails. A boardwalk makes some areas wheelchair accessible from the parking lot. Garlo is on SR 19 just south of Bloomville.
Forrest Preserve is on CR 6, just east of SR 231, and features an 80-foot bluff overlooking Honey Creek. Some of the most beautiful scenery in Seneca County in contained in this area, with abundant wildlife in the trails and woods. Access to the bluff is up a metal stairway built into the hillside right beside the road, and has been a favorite place of the small boys in my family since it was constructed several years ago.
Steyer Preserve covers 141 acres with deep woodland ravines, canoe access to the Sandusky River and well-marked trails that incorporate four trail bridges. A restored cabin is available for gatherings. An 80-acre hunting area is open in season. The park entrance is on North CR 33, just east of SR 53, beside the new bridge in Fort Seneca.
Bowen Preserve near West Lodi will have its grand opening in the spring as trails are completed. Its 65 acres of open prairie include the West Lodi Church, which continues to be maintained by the West Lodi Historical Society.
Zimmerman Preserve is a plot of land off SR 18, between Genex and Autumnwood. This area has benefited from a Kellogg grant for handicapped accessibility and features raised garden beds, a well specially designed for use by the handicapped and fully accessible trails and shelters along Willow Creek.
Each parkshows its own characteristics as it fulfils the mission of SCPD, to "preserve, protect and promote the diversion of our natural resources; to educate and develop an appreciation for the unique natural, rural, historical and cultural aspects of Seneca County."
There is no better way to spend a fall afternoon than a picnic in the park. Take the family, put on your walking shoes and explore some of the trails. They all are well mapped, with distances clearly marked. Picnic tables and shelters are provided, and the scenery is beautiful.
See you at the park!
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BURNS: I do want to take one minute to honor someone who has been an unsung hero here at the Press Briefing. It's Ferd Kuyatt who is retiring from the State Department on March 31. All of you benefit, as do I, from the fact that we have Court Reporters here who transcribe everything you say and everything I say. Ferd has been doing that since 1980 with the State Department...
SCHWEID: Will Ferd be transcribing this briefing?
BURNS: Yes, he will.
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Q: Do you know what the current status is of the Four-Party Talks and particularly what the U.S. understanding is of the current North Korean position on the talks?
BURNS: I checked just a little while ago, and I'm told that there is no reported progress to date. The United States and South Korea have made a proposal to North Korea. We hope that North Korea will accept it. We're not aware that they have yet accepted it. They have not come back to us to say that.
Q: It seems that the North Korean Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kim Gye Gwan, is still in the United States. Do you know, is there a possibility that negotiations will continue with him on the Four-Party Talks before he leaves?
BURNS: I understand that Vice Minister Kim Gye Gwan left the United States this morning.


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Samuel Shook
- A Proper Handling of a Moral Scenario: Under Aristotelean
- Temporary instructor at University of Wyoming
2015Elizabeth Bell
- Revising Revision: Multiple Entrenchment Orderings in the AGM Model of Belief Revision
- University of Wisconsin Ph.D. program
- The Limits of Models: Model Schemata In Disability Studies
- Adjunct instructor at the University of Houston-Downtown and applying to Ph.D. programs
- Caring about Caring
2014Richard Foland
- Bayesian Cognitive Modeling: A Failed Attempt To Refute the PotS
- Studying in New York to be a Police Officer
- Aristotelian Justice and Environmental Ethics
- Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University
2013John Poland
- Understanding Nature: Towards a More Inclusive Approach to Aesthetic Appreciation
- Working as an itinerant philosophy instructor and applying to Ph.D. programs
- Learning as Recollection in Plato's Phaedo
- Accepted to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
2012Jennifer Lamborn
- Two Standpoints and the Transcendental Distinction: An Analysis of Kant's Conception of Freedom
- Secondary English Language Arts Instructor
- Arbitrary Things
- Ph.D. candidate at University of Illinois
- "A Defense of Ontological Deflationism"
- University of Wyoming (M.A. Spanish Literature), now Ph.D student in Spanish Literature Washington University in St. Louis
Casey Hart
- "Truth and Abstract"
- University of Wisconsin - Madison (full funding)
Ian Harmon
- "Specified Ways of Knowing How"
- University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign (full funding)
Erik Hoversten
- "Faultless Disagreement and the Semantics of Personal Taste"
- Rutgers University (full funding)
T. Scott Dixon
- "Problems with Presentism"
- University of California Davis (full funding)
Jeremy Weiss
- "Wants and Reasons"
- Ohio State University (full funding)
Allison Fritz
- "Analysis of Nature-Human Conflicts in Light of Just War Theory"
- University of Nebraska
R. Jason Williams
- "Spinoza on the Relation between Substance and Attribute"
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Adam Thompson
- "Groundwork for a Concept-based Theory of Confirmation"
- University of Nebraska (full funding)
Jennifer Lyn Cole Wright
- "The Problem(s) with Principles: Towards a skill-based account of mature moral agency"
- University of Wyoming (Ph.D, Psychology), now Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
Bruce Buchanan
- "Deep Ecology and Authenticity"
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Christopher Gaffney
- "The Problem of Prior Probabilities in Bayesian Confirmation Theory"
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John Bengson
- "From Inner Perception to Direct Attention"
- University of Texas, Austin (Ph.D, Philosophy), now Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ben Whiting
- "Functionalism as a Reductive Explanation"
- University of Chicago Law School (J.D., with High Honors), now Associate at Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, L.L.P.
Luke Glowacki
- "Establishing a Foundation for Environmental Rights"
- University of Wisconsin, Madison (Law), studied at University of Utah (Philosophy and Law), now at Harvard University (Anthropology Ph.D. program)
Crystal McLeod (nee Primeau)
- "Species as Individuals: A Critical Analysis"
- Appalachian State University (M.A., Clinical Psychology), now Clinical Counselor, Michigan Technological University
William Devlin
- "Science without the Independent World"
- Boston University (Philosophy), Associate Professor at Bridgewater State College.
Jonathan Foltz
- "The Epistemic Limits of a Semantic Theory of Indexicals and Demonstratives"
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Robert Wolverton
- "Aristotle and Nietzsche: A Comparison of Virtue"
- University of Wyoming (Ed.D., Education), now Program Manager, CRHRE, University of Wyoming
Mark Bauer
- "Consciousness and Reducibility"
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Philosophy), now Visiting Assistant Professor University of Colorado-Denver
Karson Kovakovich
- "Deflationism"
- Rutgers University - State University of New Jersey (ABD, Philosophy), now District Manager, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Scott O'Brien
- "Tensegrity and Biological Laws"
- University of Indiana (Philosophy)
Peter Stoval
- "The Limits of Biocentric Individualism"
- University of Wyoming (Ph.D., Education), now Academic Services Coordinator, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Ethan Keyes
- "Nietzsche and the Truth in Language"
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Ronald Hustwit
- "Investigating the Philosophical Investigations: An analysis of some basic concepts of the beginning sections"
- University of Arkansas (Ph.D., Philosophy), now United States Air Force
Alec Muthig
- "Zarathustra's Descent: Of Art and Mountains"
- WyoTech (Instructor)
Elizabeth Anne Franklin
- "Nietzsche's Changing Aesthetic"
- University of Wyoming (Law)
Joseph P. Johnson
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Douglas Sullivan
- "Wittgenstein on Certainty: Action and Justification"
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Jason Landry
- "A Pragmatic Theory for the Speaking and Listening of a Parable"
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Jason Goltz
- "Toward an Alternative Interpretation of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling"
- University of Utah (Ph.D., Philosophy), now Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Westminster College (UT)
Kenith Sobel
- "Assertion Hunting in Forrester's New Deontic Logic"
- Vanderbilt (Ph.D., Psychology), now Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Central Arkansas
Matthew Heitmann
- "Wittgenstein on Logical Necessity"
- Temple University (Ph.D, Philosophy), now Head of Marketing, BMC Switzerland
Sharron Connor
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Fantastic Fest 2010 is past the halfway point, and some of the movies that have screened once already are generating spectacular buzz among the attendees. I was impressed at the size of the standby line last night for 'Rubber', the French film about a telekinetic killer car tire. Magnet Releasing picked up the U.S. distribution rights for 'Rubber' back in May, so anyone who has missed it on the film-fest circuit may get a chance to see it at a later time.
However, some of the best and most popular movies at Fantastic Fest this year don't have an American distribution deal yet. We can urge you to see them, but can't tell you how or when that could happen. We may have to resort to buying a DVD or Blu-ray from another country a year from now, and finding a multi-region player to watch it. That's inconvenient and often expensive, so we're hoping that the seven films listed below will soon find U.S. distributors who will buy the rights for an American DVD release and, if we're lucky, theatrical release as well.
Possibly my favorite film (so far) at Fantastic Fest this year, 'Agnosia' is the second feature from Spanish director Eugenio Mira, who brought 'The Birthday' to the fest in 2005. I've heard a few people dismiss it as "just another costume drama," but they're wrong. It's a beautiful film with fairy-tale elements about a young woman suffering from an ailment where she cannot perceive the world around her properly, the men who love her, and the industrial espionage that affects all three of their lives in unexpected ways. 'Agnosia' opens in Spain in November and hopefully we'll see a U.S. release next year.
Sound of Noise
This Swedish "musical cop comedy" attracted attention at Cannes earlier this year ... and just won the Best Picture (Fantastic Feature) award at Fantastic Fest. It was also an audience award runner-up, and when I saw 'Sound of Noise' a few days ago, people left the theater with big goofy grins on their faces. You can read our review for more details.
Golden Slumber
Another runner-up for the audience award (who won? Keep reading!), 'Golden Slumber 'was a film many Fantastic Fest attendees were looking forward to seeing as soon as the fest lineup was released. Director Yoshihiro Nakamura's previous film 'Fish Story' was extremely popular at the fest last year. Normally I get fidgety during long movies, but I don't think I glanced at my watch once during this 139-minute suspenseful and often amusing drama about a trusting man wrongly accused of a heinous crime. Peter Martin said in his review, "Yet even when the movie's heart is on its sleeve, it never feels contrived; Nakamura reins in the melodrama in a captivating, compelling manner."
I'm hoping to see 'Drones' tonight -- I do tend to enjoy comedies that riff on the workplace. Also, it stars Angela Bettis, whom I always like watching in films. Peter Hall described it to me as: "A very charming, quite funny riff on cubicle life; only the cube life in Drones is filled with various species of aliens hiding as humans, each of whom has a different plan for planet Earth." William Goss saw it earlier this year at the Florida Film Festival and noted its "off-kilter charms." Surely some U.S. distributor will find it charming as well?
'Bedevilled' won the Audience Award at Fantastic Fest this year, as well as a Best Actress award for Seo Yeong-hee . Peter Hall's description: "Its increasingly bleak subject matter is not congruous with the normally 'fantastic' movies programmed for the fest. Trades fun and flare for gut-wrenching drama with a truly cathartic payoff."
Kidnapped (Secuestrados)
'Kidnapped' was one of those movies I decided to see on a whim after some friends touted it as "the best home invasion movie playing the fest this year." They also assured me that the violence would not be too intense for my wussy self ... although it did push those boundaries a bit. It's not only a tense, taut ride, but it's also stylistically interesting -- very few cuts, and some interesting split-screen sequences. John Gholson disagrees, calling it a "tiresome feature-length onslaught of relentless tears, screaming, and sobbing amidst occasional bursts of queasy shock-value violence." I think you should get the chance to decide for yourselves.
The Man from Nowhere
Our Peter Hall called it "the most badass film at the festival." He further explained that "'The Man From Nowhere' is what happens when you combine a South Korean revenge film with an American don't-mess-with-the-secret-agent mindset." Since most of us don't want to have to find a South Korean DVD and the player to watch it on, hopefully someone will pick this up for American theatrical/DVD release.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- A video showing Huntsville Police officers arresting a man outside a church Sunday is gaining attention on social media.The video shows two officers on a man in the parking lot of First Baptist Church on Governors Drive in Huntsville. The video also shows officers detaining the individual shooting the video, while the first man is shown being maced as well as tripped to the ground after being handcuffed.
AL.com is seeking comment from the Huntsville Police Department as well as officials at First Baptist Church. Dr. Harry Hobbs, communications relations officer, said "We are working on a statement that we will send to all media soon concerning the incident."
Click here to read the official response from Huntsville Police about the incident, what they say led to arrest
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Consumer audio components manufacturer Harman International Industries (NYSE: HAR ) announced today its fiscal 2014 first-quarter dividend of $0.30 per share, double the payout it made last quarter of $0.15 per share.
The board of directors said the first quarterly payment at the new rate will be made in September. The audio components maker has made quarterly payouts to investors since 1994.
"Our company's performance and our strategy for continued growth and cash generation gives us the confidence to substantially increase our dividend and move our payout ratio and yield solidly in line with the S&P500," said CEO Dinesh C. Paliwal.
The regular dividend payment equates to a $1.20-per-share annual dividend, yielding 2.5% based on the closing price of Harman International Industries' stock on June 25.


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You don't need to be a meteorologist to figure out November was much warmer than normal. In fact, many cities and towns logged their warmest November on record.
November 2011 was the warmest on record in Hingham, where records date back to 1960. The average high temperature was 58.5, with the average low coming in at 37.9. Combined, that resulted in an average temperature of 48.2. That's a whopping 5.7 degrees above average! Furthermore, the mercury rose to 60+ on 15 days, or half the month! That's quite remarkable.
In Boston, where records go back to 1872, November 2011 came in as the second warmest November ever recorded. The average high was 58.5 and the average low was 42.2. Combined, that resulted in an average temperature of 50.4. Like Hingham, that's 5.7 degrees above normal!
In addition, Boston logged its all time warmest Autumn (September-November). The average temperature during that time was 58.5, which is 4.0 degrees above average. The old record of 58.3 dated back to 1931.
Blue Hill
Atop Blue Hill in Milton, where weather records go back to 1885, November 2011 was also the warmest recorded. The average maximum temperature was 57.0, the average low was 40.4, and the average temperature was 47.9. That's a stunning 6.9 degrees above average! This month beat out November 1975 by 0.5 degrees to snatch the record.
As in Boston, this was also Blue Hill's warmest Fall season on record with an average temperature of 55.1 The old record of 54.8 dates back to 1931.
What it Means for Winter
So, does all this November warmth mean it will be a warm winter? According to data from Blue Hill, the answer is likely yes. When examining the top 20 warmest Novembers on record, and then comparing the following winter months (December-February), one finds that only 2 subsequent winters were colder than average. The remaining 18 winters were near or above average, some by as much as 5-7 degrees. Recall that several weeks ago I also posted about the fact that snowy Octobers typically correlate with below average snowfall winters.
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ESPN pundits Mark Schlaback and Bruce Feldman both agree that a MAC team from Michigan will go to the GMAC Bowl (the default bowl for the MAC Champion). They just differ on whether it will be Central Michigan or Western Michigan.
Mark Schlaback likes CMU to win the MAC, facing NC State in the GMAC Bowl (ACC vs. MAC).
Bruce Feldman sees Western Michigan as the MAC Champion, sending CMU back to Detroit to play Illinois in the Little Ceasers Pizza Bowl (MAC vs. Big Ten)
College Football News likes Northern Illinois, hot off their win over Purdue, to take the MAC and face Wake Forest in the GMAC Bowl.
As for Central Michigan -- I hope you like bread sticks -- CFN sees us in a tussle with Golden Gophers of Minnesota at the Pizza Bowl.
Fire Up Chips is praying to the gods of mozzarella and pizza sauce to spare his teams life from ending up in Detroit for the 4th consequent year.
I like Central Michigan versus Wake Forest in the GMAC Bowl.
The dream match up would be facing a Miami Hurricanes. Of course Miami would have to tank the second half of the season -- right now they look fantastic -- in order for us to get such a large billing in the GMAC Bowl.


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Notre Dame annually extends its recruiting reach across the country to acquire top-tier talent. Head coach Brian Kelly's approach to the 2014 cycle has followed suit.
He currently holds 16 commitments from 13 states in a class that ranks ninth in the nation, according to 247Sports. The Fighting Irish are far from done with this latest haul of talented prospects, but the team is already anticipating several polished players.
Notre Dame will welcome a bevy of athletes capable of contributing early in South Bend. Here's a glimpse at five 2014 commits who will arrive on campus with high expectations for immediate success.


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One of the main things I love about walking into a spa is the calming scent that fills the air. It's like instant relaxation before your spa treatment has even begun.
When I was younger, my sister used to burn incense sticks. It was all the rage back in the early 90's. To be honest, I would make fun of her for it. All these years later, I didn't realize that it was a form of aromatherapy… and now I love it, just in essential oil form.
I recently received the Gurunanda Ultrasonic Essential Oil Diffuser, and honestly, I'm so in love.
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SALISBURY, England - Many families across Europe are going hungry in the midst of the European debt crisis.
However, Christians are beginning to work together to provide support to those facing financial disaster.
Like many families in the United Kingdom, Sean and Mandi Clarke were feeling the bite of the recession sweeping across the country.
Sean was a long distance truck driver and was rarely home, so he took a major pay cut to work for his local council.
But as a result of that decision, Sean said their family's debts spiralled out of control until they faced bankruptcy.
"We couldn't afford to pay the bills accumulated from credit cards and loans from the bank, which we took a big dip in the money. And, hence, we got ourselves into a substantial amount of debt," he explained.
To add to this, Sean's wife, Mandi, suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome. She says it was heartbreaking when they were forced to downsize their home and sell many of their possessions just to survive and feed their young children.
"That was difficult. We sold a drum kit, a few of the kids toys. Anything that could make us money, we sold it so basically we could eat," she said.
Their youngest child started being bullied, so Mandi tried homeschooling their children, but she became too ill to cope.
"I just can't do it," she said. "Sometimes I spend most of the day in bed. So now they're back in school. It seems to be a bit easier because I can do the school run with my husband's help and then if I need to I can come back to bed for a couple of hours."
The Threat of Secularism
The current euro crisis means these challenges are affecting families across Europe. In response, the European Christian Political Movement, along with the Christian Concern, recently hosted a conference in London to mobilize Christians to work together to engage in positive solutions to this crisis.
The delegates from across Europe say the greatest problems affecting their countries include increasing secularism, materialism, lack of ethics, and the breakdown of the family.
"The biggest threat is not Islam. The biggest threat is secularism. The biggest threat is materialism," one delegate explained.
"Ethics have been lost and people have forgotten why they are there and what they should do to help their neighbors, the poor," another delegate said.
"Marriage rates are actually plummeting, while the divorce rates are rising and we see that co-habitation is becoming more and more usual," a delegate added.
However, Alan Craig, the current leader of the Christian People's Alliance, a Christian democratic political party in the UK, said this conference was a major step forward in dealing with these problems.
"Well, this is why this conference is so important. The whole idea of being optimistic, having faith, look out and taking risks of compassion and caring for your neighbor -- all those values of are being lost in our materialists and self-centered society," Craig told CBN News.
"Those values put back in will put a new vitality back into our society," he said.
An Unexpected Christmas Gift
The Clarkes received help from the Trussell Trust food bank ministry, one example of Christians working together to deal with the current crisis.
"We came home Christmas Eve and looked at our doorstep and there was a big hamper," Mandi recalled. "And I'll be honest I cried because it was like, 'Oh my goodness. We can sit and eat as a family for the first time in probably a couple of months.'"
"And to get a parcel like that, I cannot thank the food bank enough. It was amazing," she added.
Sean said the support they've received meant the burden of knowing how they would feed their kids during Christmas was lifted.
"It was a great relief off my shoulders to be able to put food on the table, not only for my children but for my wife and myself," he explained.
Mandi said not only have they received this practical help, but have made many new supportive friends through their local church.
"Well, being a Christian and going to our local church, it did knock our faith quite considerably going through debt and everything," she said.
"Just practical support of people just phoning and saying, 'How are you we're praying for you,' it built my faith up a lot and it's much stronger now than it has been," she added.
As the help of the Trussell Trust means the Clarke family didn't go hungry durin Christmas, the challenge remains for Christians across Europe to work together to face this crisis with the compassion of Christ.
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A man who escaped from the Huron jail early Tuesday has been found in in Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls police Sgt. David Osterquist says Charles Beeney was taken into custody at about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Beeney's escape from jail prompted Huron schools to go on lockdown status as a precaution.
The 45-year-old Beeney is originally from Lansing, Kan. He was arrested last December on an aggravated eluding charge after leading law officers from five counties and the South Dakota Highway Patrol on a chase through Jerauld County. The chase ended when he crashed the pickup truck he had stolen in North Dakota.
Beeney in 2006 was sentenced to five years in the North Dakota State Penitentiary for stealing a pickup and escaping from the Richland County Jail.


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European walking champion Yohan Diniz said for L´Équipe he will continue one more year despite the olympic disappointment. He was disqualified after finishing 8th in the London 50 km competition. His next aim is the World Championships in Moscow.
German decathlete Rico Freimuth told leichtathletik.de he is aiming to score 8500 points in 2013. His main goal remains the IAAF World championships in Moscow so he has decided to skip the European indoor championships in Göteborg in March. During his winter preparations Freimuth will mainly work on his pole vault, javelin throw and 1500 m.- informed EME NEWS