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Incomes for the middle class and the poor are stagnant or falling, while the costs of life's necessities continue to rise, and the risks of falling behind economically grow. Our country faces a mounting economic opportunity deficit, as the American promise—the idea that if you work hard, you can achieve the good life, exemplified by a secure paycheck that grows year after year; a nice home in a safe neighborhood with decent schools; retirement savings; health care; some leisure time to spend with friends and family; and the ability to send your kids to college and pass them a bigger share of the American Dream—feels like it is slipping out of reach for far too many.
These problems are particularly acute for immigrants and people of color, who are rapidly becoming the majority population of the United States and will certainly be so by 2050. If current racial and ethnic disparities in income, employment, education, health, and other social services continue, we will not fully capitalize on the global economic advantages that we can derive from our increasingly diverse population, and we will not meet the nation's 21st-century workforce requirements.
It is imperative that we chart a course that underscores American ideals of fairness, equity, and opportunity, recognizing that our country's greatest strength has always been our people. In short, we need to rebuild a strong and growing middle class. Doing so is essential for a vibrant democracy and a healthy economy—and for our conception of what America is all about.
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Thick-billed parrots (a juvenile on the left, and an adult on the right) at a zoo.
Wildlife World Zoo
16501 W. Northern, Witchfield Park, 85340
What You'll See: Twelve hundred birds on display. Lory and touraco interactive feeding exhibits, free-flight bird show and an African
walk-through aviary.
Contact: (623) 935-WILD
Oakland Zoo
9777 Golf Links Rd., Oakland, 94605
What You'll See: Several aviaries: Fischer's lovebirds, hornbills, Princess parrot, Pionus parrot, doves and pigeons, and blue-and-gold macaws; Wildlife Theater in Children's zoo, which includes cockatoos.
Contact: www.oaklandzoo.org, (510) 632-9525
Sacramento Zoo
3930 W. Land Park, Dr., Sacramento, 95822
What You'll See: Hornbills, African grey, toucans, Amazon, thick-billed parrots.
Contact: www.saczoo.com, (916) 264-5885
San Diego Zoo
2000 Zoo Dr., San Diego, 92101
What You'll See: Macaws, mynah, hummingbirds and bearded barbets; "Flights of Fancy," once or twice a day, a free-flying flock of 11 macaws take to the air at the zoo; Scripps Aviary's African rain forest includes 200 birds and waterfalls; two aviaries in the Monkey Trails exhibit.
Contact: www.sandiegozoo.org, (619) 231-1515
San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
5500 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, 92027
What You'll See: Lorikeet landing offers the chance to feed nectar to these parrots. Other exhibits include "Condor Ridge" and a "Frequent Flyers" show.
Contact: www.sandiegowildanimalpark.org, (619) 231-1515
Santa Ana Zoo
1801 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana, 92701
What You'll See: Caiques, macaws, Amazon, several toucan species and a hornbill
Contact:santaanazoo.org, (714) 836-4000
Zoo Atlanta
800 Cherokee Ave, SE, Atlanta 30315
What You'll See: More than 45 species: sun conures, ground hornbill and turacos; "Wildlife Birds Show."
(404) 624-5600
Aviary & Zoo of Naples
9824 Immokalee Rd, Naples, FL 34120
What You'll See: Sanctuary, park, and zoo all in one. Where animals reign supreme.
(239) 353-2215
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Corner of Busch Blvd. and 40th St., Tampa
What You'll See: Hornbills; "Lory Landing" is a domed habitat that showcases lories and turacos. Also a bird show in the Bird Gardens Theater with Amazons, macaws, hornbills, Eclectus and other birds.
Gulf World Marine Park
15412 Front Beach Rd., Panama City Beach, 32413
What You'll See: A 20,000-square-foot aviary; macaws, cockatoos, toucans, Amazons, African greys, conures, grass parakeets and a variety of finches and canaries; bird show several times a day.
(850) 234-5271
Miami Metrozoo
12400 SW 152nd St., Miami, 33177
What You'll See: Palm cockatoos, Pesquet's parrots, black-necked storks; The American Bankers Family "Wings of Asia," a 54,000-square-foot tropical Asian aviary with about 300 birds.
(305) 251-0400
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
1590 Goodlette Frank Rd., Naples, 34102
What You'll See: Small collection of parrots, including macaws.
(239) 262-5409
Parrot Jungle Island
1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami, 33132
Aviaries and exhibits located throughout the park.
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
3701 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, 34234
What You'll See: A variety of bird species including macaws, Amazons, conures, eclectus, cockatoos, and turacos.
(941) 355-5305
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
1101 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa, 33604
What You'll See: Three hundred to 350 individual birds on exhibit in the zoo's two free-flight aviaries and Florida Boardwalk, including macaws and toco toucans. Lorikeet Landing is a free-flight aviary where visitors can feed the birds with nectar.
(813) 935-8552
Miller Park Zoo
1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington, IL 61701
What You'll See: Tropical America Rainforest, with more than 20 species of free-flying birds, including tanagers, red-fronted macaws, Amazons, parrotlets, pigeons and saffron finch; summer bird show each Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.
(309) 663-5906
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
3411 Sherman Blvd., Fort Wayne, 46808
What You'll See: The family-oriented zoo exhibits more than 500 individual birds on 38 acres. Includes free-flying fruit doves and pigeons; an aviary with Australian rainbow lorikeets, five species of rosellas; a breeding colony of African black-masked lovebirds; an Australian finch aviary; and macaws; award-winning rain forest exhibit and a half-acre walk-through aviary.
(260) 427-6800
Indianapolis Zoo
1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, 46222
What You'll See: An interactive lorikeet exhibit features 33 birds of six species. Small cups of nectar may be purchased.
(317) 630-2001
Potawatomi Zoo
500 Greenlawn Ave., South Bend, 46615
What You'll See: Hornbills, Swainson's and keel-billed toucans, paradise tanagers, fairy blue birds and African cranes.
(574) 235-9800
Blank Park Zoo
7401 SW 9th St.,
Des Moines, 50315
What You'll See: More than 120 free-flight avian species, including green-winged doves, 40 Gouldian finches, lilac-crowned fruit pigeons, Livingston's turaco, and a scarlet macaw clay river bank.
(515) 285-4722
Lee Richardson Zoo
3121 Finnup Dr.,Garden City, 67846
What You'll See: Turacos, lovebirds and lots of swans and ducks in the aviary.
(620) 276-1250
Sedgwick County Zoo
5555 W. Zoo Blvd., Wichita, 67212
What You'll See: Australian and South American outdoor walkway, which houses more than 100 species of free-flight birds, including seven species of macaws, guam rail, bleeding-heart pigeon, lorikeets, palm cockatoos, king parrots and eight species of Amazons.
The Louisville Zoo
1100 Trevilian Way Louisville, KY 40213
Lorikeet Landing at Rainbow Springs is located in the Australian Area
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
3601 Thomas Rd., Baton Rouge, 70807
What You'll See: "Tropical Bird House" houses both softbills and hornbills and the "African Flight Exhibit" contains turacos, sacred ibis and waterfowl.
(225) 775-3877
Salisbury Zoo
755 South Park Dr., Salisbury, 21802
What You'll See: Two species of macaws and Amazons, and sun conures
(410) 548-3188
Franklin Park Zoo
1 Franklin Park Rd., Boston, 02121
What You'll See: Lorikeets, cockatoos, African greys, Patagonian conure, blue-crowned hanging parrot, hornbills and Bali mynah. Two avian exhibits: Bird's World, opened in 1913, separated into five habitats with free-flight birds; The Tropical Forest with hornbills and turacos.
(617) 989-2000
Detroit Zoological Institute
Ten Mile Rd. & Woodward Ave., Royal Oak, 48073
What You'll See: Walk-through aviary with more than 130 individuals of 30 species, including softbills, parrots,
turacos and fruit doves.
(248) 398-0903
John Ball Zoological Gardens
1300 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, 49504
What You'll See: The 2005 budgie exhibit contained more than 300 budgies and the exhibit will be expanded for 2006. Also ground hornbills and a South American Boardwalk. Daily bird show.
(616) 336-4301
Minnesota Zoo
13000 Zoo Blvd., Aplle Valley, 5512
What You'll See: Green aracari, Bali mynahs and greater Indian hornbills; the "World of Birds Show"six days a week.
(952) 431-9500
Riverside Zoo
1600 S. Beltline Hwy. W., Scottsbluff, 69361
What You'll See: A sympatric, mixed species exhibit with normal grey cockatiels and bearded dragons.
(308) 630-6236
Popcorn Park Zoo
Humane Way, Forked River, 08731
What You'll See: This 7-acre rescue zoo is home to 20 cockatiels, 20 budgies, 12 finches, two Amazons, a cockatoo, an African grey and two macaws. Wildlife Club sponsorships for the birds that live at the zoo offer members updates and photos of their sponsored animal.
(609) 693-1900
Rio Grande Zoo
903 Tenth St., SW, Albuquerque, 87102
What You'll See: Umbrella cockatoo, Amazon, several species of macaws, sun conure, Abyssinian ground hornbill, Swainson's toucan, pigeons, lorikeet and many birds of prey; the "World Animal Encounters Show" features macaws, hornbills and birds of prey.
(505) 764-6236
The Buffalo Zoo
300 Parkside Ave., Buffalo, 14214
What You'll See: The Scrub Forest contains Cloncurry parrots, Princess parrots, red-rumped parrots, Eastern rosellas and Bourke's parrots. At Lorikeet Landing visitors can feed lories, and in late 2006 or early 2007, a South American Rainforest will open with dozens of free-flight birds and an observation deck that offers a view of the canopy and a two-story waterfall.
(716) 837-3900
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park
1 Conservation Pl., Syracuse, 13204
What You'll See: Twenty-six species of birds reside in the aviary here: hyacinth macaws, blue crowned motmots, bleeding heart doves and lorikeets.
(315) 435-8511
Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo
Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Rd., Bronx,10460
What You'll See: Hornbills, flamingos and penguins, blue-fronted and Cuban Amazons and silvery-cheeked and trumpeter hornbills; an exhibit of lovebirds at the Carter Giraffe Building.
(718) 367-1010
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, 45220
What You'll See: "A Celebration of Flight," exhibit 160 species of birds, including including the paradise Tanager, Pesquet's parrot, rhinoceros hornbill and king penguins. The summer show, "Great American Wings of Wonder Bird Show," features 21 species of birds, including macaws. Passenger Pigeon Memorial.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, 44109
What You'll See: Three species of macaws, lorikeets, palm and sulphur-crested cockatoos, African grey, toucan and thick-billed parrots; "Dr Zoolittle's Wild Animal Show," features trained parrots and other birds.
(216) 661-6500
Toledo Zoo
2700 Broadway, 43609
What You'll See: Cuban Amazons, Goldie's lorikeet, exotic pigeons and hornbills; presented a 1999 Exhibit Award for Excellence for the aviary.
(419) 385-5721
National Aviary
Allegheny Commons West, Pittsburgh, 15212
What You'll See: An indoor, nonprofit zoo dedicated exclusively to birds. Contains more than 700 birds: barbets, conures, macaws, flamingos, cockatoos and many more; "Wetlands of the America" exhibit, a lush free-flight exhibit, Tropical Forest exhibit; summer bird show with trained parrots, ravens, owls and hornbills.
(412) 323-7235
The Philadelphia Zoo
400 West Girard Ave., Philadelphia, 19104
What You'll See: The collection houses 350 birds, including hyacinth macaws, victoria-crowned pigeons and Kingfishers.
(215) 243-1100
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence, 02907
What You'll See: Bali mynah, Eastern rosella, pigeons and doves; wetlands trail with native birds, including blue herons.
(401) 785-3510
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
500 Wildlife Pkwy., Columbia, 29210
What You'll See: Features three distinct avian habitats: Penguin Coast; Asian Trek, featuring the rhinocerous hornbill and the Bali mynah; and Savanna Camp, showcasing birds from Africa and South America. Received the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Edward H. Bean Award for long-term breeding of toucans in 1997. Bird flight demonstrations are every day.
(803) 779-8717
Bramble Park Zoo
800 10th St., Watertown, SD 57201
What You'll See: Blue-and-gold macaws, sun conures, cockatoo, hornbills, turacos and lots of waterfowl.
(605) 882-6269
Knoxville Zoo
3500 Knoxville Zoo Dr., Knoxville, 37914
What You'll See: Fifty species of birds; bird show that features the famous African grey, Einstein, who has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, "Good Morning America" and "Pet Star."
(865) 637-5331
Tracy Aviary
589 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City
Destination Argentina, a free flight aviary featuring Argentine birds.
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Each year in September conspiracies and conspiracies theories about 9/11 are being discussed all over again. The old questions – and a few newer ones – about the sequence of events, possible manipulations of the public and a possible involvement of US agencies are being raised anew. But, do we really have good reasons to believe that the "true" conspirators are yet to be found? There is no lack of alternative plots on the internet, of course. "Nothing but conspiracy... Read more


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The Children and Youth Division of the city's Department of Human Services has been granted its first full license since the state Department of Public Welfare denied it a full license two years ago.
And, a mere 13 months after the state yanked the agency's provisional license and withheld $16 million, state officials are saying that in some areas, DHS has become a model for child welfare agencies across the commonwealth.
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It may be hoped that this AHA session will stimulate further professional activity leading to more extensive cooperation between language teachers and historians, drawing on the experience of the round-table participants and members of the audience.
Session Title: Languages: Since Qua Non for Globalizing Historiographies
Time: 9:30-11:30 A.M. Saturday, January 3, 2009.
Place: Sheraton New York, Carnegie Room West
Co-Sponsors: German Historical Institute, Conference Group for Central European History, World History Association
Moderator: Thomas M. Adams, Independent Scholar (History)
Volker Berghahn is a historian of Germany (Columbia University) who specializes in German-American relations. His numerous publications on German and European history include a survey that appeared in 2006 on Europe in the Era of Two World Wars. His teaching experience includes work with American undergraduate students at the Free University of Berlin, in a program conducted entirely in German.
Carol Klee--is Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. She is an expert on Quechua and on the contact of Spanish with other languages. She has also published extensively and served as a national consultant on curriculum and pedagogy. In charge of Spanish language instruction at the University for many years, Klee has played a leading role in the LAC program there, and she currently directs the National Resource Center on Western European Studies at the University of Minnesota.
Alida Metcalf teaches the history of Brazil at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and has co-directed a thriving LAC program there with her colleague Nanette Le Coat in the French Department. Metcalf has won prizes for her writings on Brazil, writings that include a recent study on Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil, 1500-1600, and an earlier study entitled Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil.
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Jonathan Spence is the Sterling Professor of History at Yale, where he has taught since 1965. His writings on Chinese history, known to a large audience, include The Death of Woman Wang; The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds, and a biography of Mao Zedong. His contributions to the field have won him wide recognition, including a MacArthur fellowship. He has lectured and conducted research at Chinese universities, and served as President of the American Historical Association for the year ending in January 2005.
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Welcome to Regional School District 13: Durham/Middlefield. Together our two communities combine to create an outstanding school district and learning community that is characterized by pride and commitment. Our decisions are based upon our District mission and our individual and collective actions are predicated upon our Core Ethical Values. Our mission statement highlights our reverence for the traditions that exist in our communities and within our schools while acknowledging the importance of challenging yet caring learning experiences. We understand and embrace the concept of change and acknowledge that we are contributing citizens of the world. Our shared Core Ethical Values of respect, responsibility, honesty, kindness and courage provide us with a shared sense of pride. We are guided by our values and they provide both a guiding star and a measure of our integrity. We support one another, we believe in the good work that we do on behalf of children and we know for certain that collectively we are contributing to our community and to the world.
As we begin 2014 our work is marked by significant firsts in educational history. With states from across the country we are embarking on changes in curriculum due to the framework of the Common Core State Standards that in turn effects changes in teaching and learning. Our statewide assessments have changed to match these changes and this spring will mark the first full-district administration of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. The framework and process by which teachers and other certified staff members are evaluated has also changed across the state. While these significant shifts are an indication of increased knowledge and a more targeted and refined focus on teaching, learning and accountability, it represents a remarkable commitment of time, energy and resources at the local school level.
In Region 13 we are currently working as an administrative team with the Board of Education to present a budget to the community that is clear and responsible and is easy to understand in terms of its connections to our mission and the District goals. Our budget must maintain and enhance the programming, staffing and other resources that make our students successful. The process of building a responsible budget includes keeping a careful eye on the future. Similar to the trend in Connecticut and across the northeast, our enrollment projections in the foreseeable future show a decrease. This is also an important variable in our decision-making as we move through the Utilization Study process which is coordinated by DRA with an intended outcome of making an informed decision about our building usage.
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Preliminary results were obtained from a cooperative study designed to determine the efficacy of continuous therapy with urine-sterilizing agents in the treatment of chronic urinary tract infections. The primary objectives of the study are as follows: [1] to determine the efficacy of continuous therapy with sulfamethizole, nitrofurantoin, methenamine mandelate, and placebo in controlling bacteriuria after specific broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy; and [2] to determine if control of bacteriuria has a favorable effect on renal function.
The results of the control of bacteriuria with the various treatment programs are described in detail. Initial broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was successful in eradicating bacteriuria in 88% of the first 122 patients entered in the study. Methenamine mandelate prevented recurrence of infection in 78% of these cases over a 13-month follow-up period. Nitrofurantoin and sulfamethizole prevented recurrence in one half of the individuals treated compared with only 14% who received placebo therapy. The greater number of courses of antibiotics given for incidental infections and minor variations in the distribution of patients with adverse host factors in the methenamine mandelate group may have contributed to the better response rate with this drug.
Unless initial therapy eradicated or severely suppressed bacteriuria, active continuous therapy was ineffective in inducing a bacteriologic response. The patients who received multiple previous courses of therapy for urinary tract infection had a significantly lower response rate to the therapy given in the study.
The patients on active continuous therapy required fewer short courses of broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment for clinical exacerbations of urinary tract infection compared with the placebo group during the follow-up period.
There was no correlation between symptomatology and bacteriuria, but the urine sediment and stained smear provided a reasonably accurate index in predicting a positive culture.
No conclusions can presently be drawn from the renal function studies as to whether or not control of bacteriuria has a favorable effect on renal function.
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Undergraduate Learning & Teaching
Late Antiquity is the period roughly between 100 and 700 C.E. when in the regions and cultures around the Mediterranean the modern 'western' world emerged.
Religions like Christianity, Judaism, Islam and post-classical ('Neo'-) Paganism cannot be understood without an in depth understanding of the religious, cultural and political processes at work during that period.
The lists below contain modules that enable students to engage critically with Late Antiquity, focus on one or several religious traditions and thus develop a variety of academic and transferable skills (linguistic, historical, archaeological, sociological and anthropological) to address competently some of the most burning issues in the world today.
For further information on each module click on the links below:
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Religious Studies
- RT 2301 History and Religion of Ancient Israel
- RT 2306 Ancient, Medieval and Modern Judaism
- RT 4208 The Early Church: History and Memory
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- HS 3307 Julian the Apostate
- HS 3308 The End of Antiquity
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EDIT: By the way you are the one who approves on gay marriage.
I'm not gay. I already told you that I hate gay marriage. It was a pun on your name XXXfreakCK. Pornfreak!
EDIT: By the way you are the one who approves on gay marriage.
Conversing again? Also, let us remember Generalsma got kicked out for making his opinion about homosexuality too clear, so AVOID THE TOPIC.
@pharos: idk whether you were dissing me or not, but I'm assuming you are for me quitting on Lucario. Like other people said, Lucario is spacing and defense, and getting hit, and also his power comes from connecting combos. It's not my style to repeat over and over again the same strategies, and I felt I was falling into that with Lucario, so I went back to risky wolf where there's usually a surprise in every match. I can still use him somewhat though, and if you're still around by august I'll show you.
@GCommando: you're not competetive at all. Not only what CK said but you also lack something that competitive players have, and that is experience when it comes to offline tournaments and such. Online is never the same. In that aspect most of the people here, although they're good, don't really count as competitive brawlers.
Personally, I'm barely competitive myself. Judging from the fact that I play this game to enjoy it and not to win, and that in Smashville I stop fighting to go pop the balloon.
Currently Playing: Brawl, Wi-Fi Brawl and Rhythm Heaven.
Spoiler Alert!
You go to college, me don't. There are a lot of people in college, and 1 1/2 people play brawl in my house (my 9 year old brother plays it sometime). He's not bad but he needs a lot of improvement. None of my friends play brawl. Anax you have a big advantage on offline matches over me.
None of this is ontopic, read the first page and read the rest. It went from Ike to something else, to tier list, to Lucario, and to now this. This is officially the brawl offtopic page.
I just wanna say this. I heard it on Scary Movie 4, " Pip Pip, Pip Pip Vagina"! Ha Ha! That was funny
1. this thread is about ike but the last like 10 posts were about lucario
2. the internet is used for two things only Games and Porn and sometimes at the same time =)
3.How old are you guys? im 13 and if anyone tells me they're over 30 i will now leave and never come back.
(taking days off for no reason FTW!)
[EDIT] GC: which one are you agreeing with??
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Brawl code: 0473-9415-5397 - Zapp
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When asked what i would do if i was facing an opponent many times faster, stronger and infinitely more experienced. I replied "i would kick his ass for being a liar"
I agree with you Pharos. I'm 15 by the way. Who cares, the thread creator is banned so we could talk about other stuff but let's keep it brawl (and ocassional porn).
Snake should be at the top of the tier list not Metaknight. Snake looks tough.


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AS BUFF LIFEGUARD MATT BRODY on Baywatch, the most popular syndicated show in television history, David Charvet frolics on the beach with voluptuous, half-naked women, cruises around in nifty speed boats and works on his tan. PBS it ain't. But it is a job to die for—which is actually what Charvet nearly accomplished last November while shooting a scene that required him to spend an hour running in and out of 55-degree surf north of Malibu. "I just started freezing," recalls Charvet, 22, a telegenic cross between Jason Priestley and Alain Delon. "I kind of lost body functions, and it got scary. They had to lift me up and throw me in the shower and have three guys hold me while I'm shivering and shaking and chipping my teeth."
Not even hypothermia, though, could cool Charvet's passion for his work. "He's the first to jump into the water and scream, 'I love this job!' " says the show's star and executive producer, David Hasselhoff. "Even when the waters are freezing, he doesn't whine or complain. He is 100 percent professional."
If Charvet's assignment is to attract women, he is certainly earning his keep. An estimated 1 billion viewers from 72 countries tune in to Bay watch each week. Judging by the show's fan mail, and the reactions Charvet engenders as he walks down the street, he is one of the main attractions. "I've seen a few girls almost faint in front of him," says prima Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson, Charvet's former real-life sweetheart. "He's great with it. It doesn't affect him."
Well, that's not entirely true. His fame, he says, fills him with a sense of obligation. Charvet regularly visits hospitals and public schools in the Los Angeles area to talk to students about drug and alcohol abuse. Since February he has also written a Dear David column in Tiger Beat magazine, spending 4 hours a month answering letters by hand in his spare time. "Our responsibility as stars is to be sort of role models," Charvet notes. "That's our power. If I can just get my point across and hit two or three kids that really need it, I've done some good."
Once it was Charvet who needed the help. The actor, who was born and raised partly in France, is the son of Sasson Jeans founder Paul Guez, a multimillionaire who developed a drug problem and started his downward spiral when Charvet was 8. By then, his parents were already divorced (Guez had moved to New York City), and Charvet was living in Paris with his mother, Christiane, now a Beverly Hills boutique owner (he took her maiden name) and his stepdad. "I started seeing a man who was so totally great destroy himself," says Charvet, speaking of his father in the living room of his sprawling four-bedroom Beverly Hills house. "It had a huge impact on my life. I never did drugs or tried them. I had to grow up a lot quicker because I was almost taking care of my father."
One night when Charvet was 16 and living in L.A., his father called from New York City. "He said, 'David, I've hit rock bottom,' " remembers Charvet. " 'Can you pick me up at L.A. airport and take me to the hospital? I need your help.' I took him to the detox program at St. John's, and from that moment on he's been sober." He's also been successful. Guez, who has five other children from two more marriages (Christiane also remarried and has a daughter from that union), launched a new jeans company three years ago. Today, he calls his son "wonderful. My best friend."
Charvet has made an equally strong impression on Pamela Anderson. Despite being platonic friends since their breakup less than two years ago, she still regards him as "more than anybody, the love of my life." They were already living together when, as struggling actors, both were coincidentally cast on Baywatch in 1992. She remembers Charvet predicting that their relationship would change once they began working on the same show. "And he was absolutely right," recalls Anderson. "In this business, it becomes very competitive when two actors are starting out." Still, Charvet, who doesn't have a steady girlfriend at the moment, has remained Anderson's confidant. "We had a great romance," he says, "but now she talks to me about her boyfriends. People on the set think we're faking it but we aren't."
Not that Charvet doesn't love the make-believe involved in acting. He grew up watching John Wayne films dubbed in French, and "when I first arrived in California, every time I passed by a studio and saw cameras, I had chills running up and down my body. I felt like I belonged there." While attending Santa Monica's University High, he took acting classes. In 1991 he graduated from high school and promptly landed his first acting job in a Bugle Boy jeans commercial. More important, he met Anderson at the audition. In the spring of '92, David auditioned for Baywatch and was immediately hired. "He's really grown as an actor," says Hasselhoff. "In the beginning he was the first to say, 'I've got to get my ass in acting class,' and he did. I see his future as very bright."
Movies are his next goal. Charvet hopes to follow in the sandy footsteps of Erika Eleniak, a former Baywatch beauty who costarred in Steven Seagal's Under Siege. "Give me a part in a film," says Charvet, "and I'll show you that I'm not just a heartthrob." But that's where his starry ambition ends. "My main goal in life," adds Charvet, an accomplished cook, "is to have a family and a great home. Career and money will never buy me that happiness. If it means not being in this business, then I'll leave it. So everyone better catch me before I leave!"
LEAH FELDON-MITCHELL, in Los Angeles
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The second-generation Ford C-Max replaced a model which caused controversy when it first launched. It was only offered as a five-seater, while rivals could sell you a seven-seat MPV for the same money.
Ford has redressed that in part with the second-generation C-Max. This model, simply called C-Max, is still strictly a five-seat MPV; if you need two extra seats or considerably more load space, then you'll find that in the seven-seat Grand C-Max – essentially the same car but stretched a little for a roomier cabin.
This new five-seater C-Max keeps the previous version's clever seating system which allows the centre rear seat to fold under the left-hand seat, and the pair to move diagonally inwards and back, to give four-seat luxury.
Trim level and engine options are kept relatively simple. The C-Max is available in either Zetec or Titanium trim, and with a choice of five engines. There's a 1.6-litre petrol available with either 104bhp or 123bhp, a 114bhp 1.6-litre TDCi, a 148bhp 1.6-litre petrol-turbo Ecoboost and a 138bhp 2.0-litre TDCi. Gearboxes are five-speed manual with the non-turbo 1.6-litre petrols, or six-speed with the rest. The 2.0-litre TDCI also gets the option of Fords's excellent Powershift auto 'box
The new, 1.6-litre Ecoboost is of particular note as it's a naturally sporty engine which, because of its direct injection, low-inertia turbo and dual variable valve timing, has diesel-like thrust from below 2000rpm.
The 1.6-litre TDCi is the eco champ of the range with claimed combined economy of 61.4mpg and CO2 emissions of just 119g/km, but it's not the most satisfying to use. It isn't an intuitive engine to get the best from and needs thought and care when timing rapid getaways from junctions. The 2.0-litre diesel, however, is impressively smooth and refined, with typical torque from low down. It works brilliantly with the Powershift gearbox, too.
Don't discount the entry-level 1.6-litre petrol unit though. It's surprisingly sweet for around town; only on the motorway does it get buzzy.
The C-Max rides on a chassis Ford uses to underpin cars of this size on across the globe, although some of the suspension components themselves are from the second-generation Focus models. However, every facet has been re-thought and new technology, such as dampers with better valving and a bigger diameter, is included. Suspension parts have been judiciously lightened, suspension mounts have been stiffened and the car has a wider track at both ends. There's a new electric power steering system, now that Ford is happy EPAS can deliver decent feel, and the steering rack has been quickened.
Focus and C-Max drivers will find the cars familiar, but they will note improvements. Most of the 1.6-litre models have a new, sweeter-shifting six-speed manual, which is also 30 per cent lighter than its predecessor. The cars are quieter in powertrain, wind and road noise than their predecessors.
They ride more smoothly and the excellent steering is sensitive and conveniently high-geared. There's a sense that these Ford products are the first to be tested in every major world market, and its engineering teams have spared no effort to make them ready.
This C-Max is almost certainly the class leader in terms of driver involvement, but that isn't the car's only talent. If you don't need the extra seats and interior space offered by the Grand but you want more space than you'll find in a Focus or Golf hatchback, then it's hard not to recommend this excellent five-seat version. But there's plenty of competition at this price, so think carefully about whether a high-rise hatch is for you when there are full-size estates available for similar money. That said, if the C-Max's brand of domestic transport suits your lifestyle then it won't disappoint.
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Malone University students and faculty/staff take part in Service Learning trips around the world in the spring/summer of 2013
May 24, 2013 | Release # 6630
64 Malone University faculty, staff, and students are either currently, or soon will be, traveling abroad to participate in service learning trips this summer. An additional 17 took part in service learning trips over the semester break earlier this spring. Summer destinations include Italy, India, Romania, Poland, Kenya, Denmark, and Costa Rica. Spring trips took students as far away as Ecuador – and as close to home as the Lighthouse Ministries in Canton. Malone University service learning participants partner with international hosts who have compassion, experience, and knowledge with the people of the countries the teams visit. The trips are created around the potential to learn, both about the culture and from the nationals who host them. The service projects incorporated into the trips are designed by nationals of the host country to address a real need.
Overview of 2013 trips:
Italy, co-leaders: Ann Lawson, instructor of communication arts, and Jacci Welling, Ph.D., professor of history.
This trip is focusing on the art and religion that typify Italian culture and includes visiting several museums and churches. The team has been based in Rome, and has been visiting Roman highlights of the Colosseum, Pantheon, Forum, Vatican and Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Christian catacombs and Trevi fountain. Side trips to Siena in Tuscany and Cinque Terre on the coast are also on the agenda. The team's service project with Rome Baptist Church is spending two days cooking, serving and talking with refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to Lawson, "The students learn about the culture of Italy and, thereby, learn more about our own. They see the larger world and the way the Lord is working in other cultures and traditions. I hope they learn respect for our difference and our similarities. We visit St. Peter's, the Vatican and many other Roman Catholic churches to better understand our connectedness and roots of Christianity before the Protestant Reformation. There's so much more! I could talk at length about why I do these trips and why I love facilitating and watching the transformation and growth in students!" She continues, "When you travel or immerse yourself in a new culture, you understand more and fear differences less. That enables us to love people, as Christians should. Paul writes about understanding a culture in order be a credible witness, and this gives Malone students that opportunity. Those who travel become resilient, open, aware, and willing to think of situations in new ways."
Dr. Welling adds, "The most powerful experience has been preparing and then distributing lunch at a park for immigrants (mostly young men, far from home) from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Tunisia. Later, we gathered in a reading room sponsored by the same Baptist church that sponsors the weekly lunch program and met with some of the young men who wanted to practice their English. The students will have some wonderful stories to share."
India, co-leaders: Mike Hansen, men's hall resident director, and Stacy Utecht, women's resident hall director.
This trip will focus on engaging with the socially marginalized of India: people who are slum and village dwellers, people who live in leper colonies, and people who are disabled. The team's time will be spent in service to an indigenous mission organization called Word for the World and will be based in Chennai, Madurai, and Pondicherry. Sightseeing will include Indian Ocean, Hindu temples, historic Christian locations in southern India, and rickshaw rides. Hansen and Utecht say that they "are most looking forward to observing the culture, interacting with the people, and learning the intricacies of a country very different from our own! We anticipate being stretched out of our comfort zones, but that our hearts will also come alive as we get to sit with people in leper colonies, hold and play with children, and be inspired by diligent pastors and missionaries. Going to India is like stepping into a different world, but we are excited to be challenged in our thinking and to learn how we can be better global citizens."
Romania, co-leaders: Elizabeth Patterson, associate professor of social work; and Kathryn Gritter, resident hall director.
The team will spend three weeks in Medieval Transylvania, in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, known as Dracula's birthplace, Sighisoara, Romania! They will have the opportunity to experience a country transitioning from a harsh communist dictatorship to becoming members of the European Union. Through working alongside Veritas staff, participants will serve the needs of some of the most marginalized community members, serving and learning through supporting social service programs for children, families, and the elderly. Students will also have an opportunity to live and learn within the culture through staying with host families in the community. The team leaders say that they are looking forward to "giving the students the opportunity to experience the beauty of Romania, learn about the culture and its people, while living with host families and serving alongside Romanian staff as they reach out to some of the needs in the community, including work with disadvantaged children, families and elderly."
Poland, co-leaders: David Entwistle, Psy.D., professor of psychology; and Jack Harris, Ph.D., director of global and off-campus programs; professor of business administration.
Poland has become much more economically productive since leaving the communist block, but it is also a nation where alcoholism, materialism, and spiritual longing are commonplace. The team will be working with Don and Betty Orr, Canadian missionaries who have lived in Poland for the last decade, providing training and support to local pastors and congregations. The team will visit the historic Jewish quarter, the Auschwitz concentration camp, and the Old Town of Warsaw which was completely rebuilt after World War II. According to Dr. Harris, "We spent the last two days with our students spending time interacting with students at a university in Warsaw. Later in the trip we will be working with high school students and a youth group. This evening we will be in Biatystok meeting and exchanging ideas with student from Norway. Tomorrow will be putting furniture together and helping distribute clothing. There will be many more things to come. We will be meeting and working with numerous different groups from Poland, serving wherever we are needed. We will be learning about another culture, how people communicate, its leadership, food, clothing styles, and more."
Kenya, co-leaders: Jay Case, Ph.D., professor of history; and David Dixon, Ph.D., professor of communication arts.
This trip is designed to engage the Christian faith in Africa, and is grounded in an academic course on the history of Christianity among the cultures of East Africa. The trip has taken the team to the modern city of Nairobi, churches founded by a student of (Malone University founders) Walter and Emma Malone in the hills of western Kenya, and a mission station on the Great Rift Valley called Kijabe. Service projects include interacting with children in an orphanage and ministry among domestic refugees. Dr. Dixon explains, "This trip is primarily to learn about the history of Christianity in East Africa, so we're looking forward to meeting with people who have watched Christianity take root, and have wrestled with what it means to be Christian in African cultures."
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Denmark, co-leaders: Debra Lee, Ph.D., dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences; and Kathleen Flaherty, Ph.D., professor of nursing.
This trip follows a recent visit by Danish nursing student Mike Flor as a result of relationships built through the University's cross-cultural experience, a requirement for all nursing majors. Jack Harris, Ph.D., director of global and off-campus programs, and Lora Wyss, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing, collaborated on ways in which a component of nursing focuses on spiritual care in a secular environment – and introduced that concept to Danish academics through the cross-cultural experience. Trip leaders Dean Debra Lee and Professor Kathleen Flaherty are introducing current junior nursing students to Denmark culture - including nursing and health care - while exploring cross cultural possibilities for graduate nursing education. Follow their blog here:
Costa Rica, team leader: Leslie Hay, Ph.D., associate professor of biology
While some students will be fulfilling internships involving sea turtle monitoring on the beaches of Osa Peninsula, a remote beach in southern Costa Rica at Corcovado National Park, others will spend a week doing research projects. Research will focus on tropical ecology at two biological research stations, run by the renowned Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). Dr. Hay is an OTS alumna and has been doing research and mentoring undergraduates there for several summers. According to Dr. Hay, "I am looking forward (the most) to seeing the students' faces when they wake up early in the morning in the rainforest in southern Costa Rica and they hear male howler monkeys "booming" (very loud raucous calling) near their cabin, and they see and hear scarlet macaws calling in the trees nearby. It is a magical experience that you must 'walk-in' to fully know and comprehend the majesty of God in all his creation! My first experience of the tropical rainforest was 25 years ago in Ecuador, and I have never forgotten it – and now I have shared His majesty of the tropical rainforests with many students – I never tire of it, as God's glorious splendor abounds!"
Ecuador, team leader: Beth Clark Thomas, Ph.D., professor of elementary education.
Designed specifically with education majors in mind, this trip – conducted over spring break -- focused on schools and education systems as the team explored the rich culture of Ecuador and its people. The service project included working with children at the Nuevos Amigos school, supported by RiverTree Christian Church. Nuevos Amigos serves children living in extreme poverty, providing a Christian education, meals, school supplies, vitamins, and clothing for more than 125 children each day. According to Dr. Clark-Thomas, "The trip was transformative! It was especially meaningful to see how the Nuevos Amigos teachers, students, and community openly give God the glory for 'all' that they have, when we, who have so much, aren't always as intentional. The team taught children literacy lessons, taught English to the teachers, ate in the homes of the school community, and even took the children of Nuevos Amigos School on a field trip to the Equator!"
Lighthouse Ministries, Canton, team leader: Joey Frangos
You don't have to travel very far to encounter – and do something about – poverty. Conducted over spring break, the domestic travel team learned from, and worked with, our urban neighbors in Canton through Lighthouse Ministries . The Lighthouse is an urban youth outreach organization that offers programming to support the at-risk youth living in its Southeast Canton neighborhood. The students spent spring break with Lighthouse Ministries' after school program each day, at the elementary school, helping students with homework, playing with them in recreation, and helping with art class. The team learned about poverty and the forces/decisions that seem to perpetuate poverty here in the U.S. In addition, they worked with local homeowners in the urban area, helping with small work projects that need taken care of. The students were challenged in many ways, and given a new understanding of the city in which they live.
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
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Industrial farming, mining and urban development have endangered soil and resulted in cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. How can humans reconnect to dirt — the living skin of the Earth?
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Blending experimental images with an intimate interview with therapist Robert Hall, this short film chronicles how one man transformed a childhood of abuse into a life of confidence and strength.
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A filmmaker turns the camera on himself as he and his wife upend their lives in pursuit of local food, discovering along the way stories about community, sustainability, and identity.
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In a world where people are employed as live body contagions to immunize urban populations, an unvaccinated man resists being inoculated.
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Residents of a quiet ranching community and "Top Gun" naval air base struggle to discover why the children of their town are diagnosed with leukemia at 44 times the national average.
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Using dreamlike cinematography and personal stories, Frozen Angels presents the future of human reproduction, available now in Los Angeles.
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Author Rachel Simmons brings together the latest research on the psychological, physical and emotional development of girls.
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A woman who contracted cancer as the result of exposure to a synthetic hormone in utero documents her journey with humor and grace.
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East Erie house damaged by gunfire, fire to be torn down (Updated: 12:18 p.m.)
An east Erie house heavily damaged by fire this morning is being held as a crime scene as fire and police investigators continue their search for a possible cause.
The two-story house at 2114 E. 20th St. will be demolished, and investigators will remain on scene to make sure that there are no bodies inside the residence, Erie Chief Fire Inspector Guy Santone said.
The house was believed to have been empty when the fire was reported at 4:37 a.m. The woman who owns the house was in the process of renovating it, and a man had been staying there for about a month, Santone said. The man reportedly did not stay in the house overnight because someone had fired multiple gunshots at the residence early Monday morning, he said.
The man has been accounted for today, Santone said.
It is unknown this afternoon if the fire is connected to the shooting. Investigators have only been able to determine at this point that the fire started in the kitchen area of the house.
See Wednesday's Erie Times-News and GoErie.com for more coverage.


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Hailing from a small beach town 40 minutes west of Los Angeles, Adrianna will be graduating from Westminster in June with a degree in Communications.
With an exceptional academic record in tow, Adrianna has truly taken advantage of several exceptional opportunities that Westminster offers, studying abroad in Rome, Italy, her junior year. She says that it was a "wonderful experience that allowed me to immerse myself in a new and exciting culture."
Adrianna fondly recalls one of her favorite Westminster memories: "As a service project for my technical writing class, we taught the senior citizens at Friendship Manor how to use computers. It was an educational experience and tons of fun getting to know their stories and their lives."
This spring, Adrianna began as a copy writer intern at Spyderwise Media, a web development company in Holladay, Utah. After just three months, she was offered a full-time position as Creative Content Director, which she will start upon graduation.
Reflecting on the past four years, Adrianna has no doubt that Westminster was the right place for her. "I can honestly say that Westminster was the perfect choice for me. After applying and being accepted to over a dozen schools, I chose Westminster and have never looked back. Between the amazing snow (so different from Southern California) for snowboarding opportunities and the perfect spring weather for camping and hiking adventures, SLC is now home."


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June 1, 2012
House Jewish Projection: Candidate Elimination Week
Our J-Meter House Jewish Projection – in which we track races of Jewish candidates for the House of Representatives, and give you an up-to-date assessment of the general picture of Jewish presence in the House and the Senate – will be updated again next week. That is because the outcome of primary votes might have impact on the numbers, and might reduce even more the number of projected Jewish Representatives following the 2012 November election.
Steve Rothman of New Jersey's 9th district seems to be in a tough situation. Polls show that the Democratic race – to be decided June 6 – is tight. "A new poll commissioned by U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell shows the 9th Congressional District primary a virtual dead heat. An outline of the poll, obtained by PolitickerNJ, gives U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman 43.8 percent of the vote to Pascrell's 43.3 percent. An additional 12.9 percent of those polled are undecided." Rothman's rival, Bill Pascrell, was endorsed by former President Clinton (Pascrell was a Hillary Clinton supporter in 2008, Rothman was an Obama supporter). Obama stepped in on Friday to support - but not endorse - Rothman with an invitation to the White House.
If Rothman loses, the district might still have a Jewish Congressman, if Republican Rabbi Shmuley Boteach wins in November. Boteach has a long way to go, but is gaining attention and seems like a viable contender.
Franke Wilmer will also face the voters next week (June 5). In a seven-candidate field she's one of the two leaders in fund raising. It should be noted, though, that even if Wilmer clinches the nomination, polls give the Republican nominee in Montana the ultimate advantage.
There are also a lot of Jewish contenders in California districts slated for primary vote next week. Berman vs. Sherman is naturally the notable battle, but that's one of the races in which - no matter who wins - a Jewish candidate will emerge from the race. That is not the case in California's 47th district, where Alan Lowenthal is trying to win the nomination, or in the state's 28th district, where Rep. Adam Schiff is vying to keep a seat in the House post-redistricting.
In Illinois' 10th district, there are signs that the chances of the Jewish contender challenging Rep. Bob Dold are pretty good. Brad Schneider is running neck to neck with Dold in the polls, and the district is listed almost everywhere as one of the districts likely to switch parties.
Our hesitation and then ultimate decision to include Randy Altschuler (NY-01) in our table of House contenders, even though he is not yet on the radar of political experts, hasn't yet paid off. But it is starting to show some promising signs: Altschuler is now officially the Republican candidate, as his primary rival withdrew from the race. But more importantly, observers of this race believe it will be a very tight one:
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March for immigration reform tomorrow in Coachella
United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez and local leaders will participate in a march for immigration reform and to honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez in Coachella tomorrow.
The march is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Coachella Plaza Shopping Center, 49647 Highway 86. Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez, D-Coachella, Coachella Mayor Eduardo Garcia and other council members are expected to attend, according to United Farm Workers.
Thousands of people are expected to participate in marches in California and Washington this weekend. Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers of America, died 20 years ago and his birthday on March 31 is a holiday in California.
The marches are part of United Farm Workers' national campaign "Con la Union de Campesinos Tendremos Papeles," or "With the United Farm Workers We Will Have Papers."
Events and marches are planned in other California cities, Oregon, Washington and Washington, D.C. in the next few months.
They are part of a "continuing effort to urge lawmakers to pass a new immigration process that would allow the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to legalize their status," according to a UFW statement.
Founded in 1962 by Chavez, the United Farm Workers of America is the country's largest farm workers union, according to its website.
For information, go to www.ufw.org or call (661) 823-6151.
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OSHA News Release – Region 1
U.S. Department of Labor
Region 1 News Release: BOS 2000-134
Monday, September 25, 2000
Contact: John Chavez
The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has completed its investigation of a March 23rd scaffold collapse which occurred during the construction of the IMAX Theater in the Providence Place Mall in Providence, Rhode Island, and has cited three contractors for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and proposed combined penalties against them totaling $96,400.
Cited were: ZVI Construction Company, Inc., of Boston, Mass., the general contractor for the construction of the theater, which had overall responsibility for worker safety; H. Carr & Sons, Inc., of Providence, RI, a subcontractor whose employees were working on the scaffolding, installing sheet rock; and Brand Scaffold Rental and Erection, of Wilmington, Mass., the contractor which erected the scaffold.
According to Kipp W. Hartmann, OSHA area director for Rhode Island, the alleged violations chiefly concern the contractors' failure to ensure that the scaffold was properly erected and maintained:
"OSHA's inspection found that the scaffold was improperly erected in that the trusses supporting the spans were not locked in, lateral bracing for the trusses was never installed, numerous cross braces were missing, and the cribbing used to support some of the legs was not stable," he said. "It was also overloaded well beyond the limits that would have been allowed even had it been erected properly. And finally, inspections of the scaffold by a competent person, that is, someone with the knowledge and authority to spot and correct hazards such as overloading, were inadequate. The inspections, which were not being done daily, ceased entirely the week before the scaffold collapsed.
In addition to violations related to the collapse, Hartmann noted that other sections of the scaffold lacked guardrails or equivalent forms of fall protection, exposing workers to falls of up to sixty feet to the floor and employees were not adequately trained to recognize and avoid scaffold hazards.
"The fact that no one died in this accident was purely the result of great good fortune," he said. "Luck, however, is not a reliable safeguard. Workers ought to be able to rely on employers to take the basic, commonsense steps to insure that scaffolds are properly erected and that they are not overloaded."
Specifically, the citations and proposed penalties encompass:
H. Carr & Sons, a sheet rock contractor located at 100 Royal Little Drive in Providence, RI, faces a total of $62,500 in fines for:
Three alleged Repeat violations, with $60,000 in proposed penalties, for: loading a scaffold in excess of its rated capacity; failure to have a competent person inspect scaffolds for defects before each shift; and failure to provide fall protection at unguarded levels of the scaffold and at unguarded openings.
[This employer had previously been cited for substantially similar violations in September 1999 following OSHA inspections at worksites in Hingham, Mass., and Providence, RI].
One alleged Serious violation, with a proposed penalty of $2,500, for: failure to situate scaffold legs on base plates.
One alleged Other than Serious violation, with no cash penalty, for failing to adequately train employees in scaffold hazards and applicable regulations.
ZVI Construction Co., Inc., the project's general contractor, headquartered at 930 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, Mass., faces $14,400 in fines for:
Four alleged Serious violations for: loading a scaffold in excess of its rated capacity; the scaffold was not capable of supporting four times its maximum intended load; the scaffold was not inspected for defects by a competent person prior to each work shift, and had damaged planks, was improperly braced due to missing or unsecured braces, and unstable cribbing was used to support some of its legs; and failure to provide fall protection at unguarded levels of the scaffold and at unguarded openings.
Brand Scaffold Rental & Erection, located at 17 Old Ballardville Street in Wilmington, Mass., the contractor which erected the scaffold, faces $19,500 in fines for:
Four alleged Serious violations for: the scaffold was not capable of supporting four times its maximum intended load and inadequate employee training in scaffold erection hazards; unstable cribbing used to support scaffold legs; damaged planks on the scaffold; and numerous missing or unsecured braces on the scaffold.
Hartmann urged Ocean State employers and employees with questions regarding workplace safety and health standards to contact the OSHA area office in Providence at 401-528-4669 and added that OSHA's toll-free, nationwide hotline -- 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742) -- may be used to report workplace accidents or fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, especially if they occur outside of normal business hours.
A serious violation is defined by OSHA as 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.
An other-than-serious violation is a condition which would probably not cause death or serious physical harm but would have a direct and immediate relationship to the safety and health of employees.
A repeat citation is issued when an employer has previously been cited for a violation of an OSHA standard or its equivalent and that citation has become final.
OSHA is empowered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to issue standards and rules requiring employers to provide their employees with safe and healthful workplaces and jobsites, and to assure through workplace inspections that those standards are followed.
Each company has 15 working days from receipt of its citations and proposed penalties to either elect to comply with them, to request and participate in an informal conference with the OSHA area director, or to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
The information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (617) 565-2072. TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) Message Referral Phone: 800-347-8029.
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• A retrospective study of bone marrow transplant recipients shedding adenovirus type 11 in the urine was carried out to determine the association between viral shedding and hemorrhagic cystitis in this population. Weekly urine virology surveillance cultures were obtained during the first 100 days following transplantation. Adenovirus type 11 was cultured from five of 502 bone marrow transplant recipients from 1977 through 1984. In four of these five patients there was associated hemorrhagic cystitis. This contrasts with an overall incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis of 20% in this bone marrow transplant population. A case of hemorrhagic cystitis occurred in a patient following bone marrow transplantation. Recognition of a viral origin of hemorrhagic cystitis may explain the occurrence of late hemorrhagic cystitis in patients despite interventions designed to prevent cyclophosphamideinduced hemorrhagic cystitis. Hemorrhagic cystitis may be the presenting sign of a lethal adenoviral infection.
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Some gun shows canceling after Conn. mass shooting
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Four gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., all canceled.
A show in White Plains, N.Y., -- brought back a few years ago after being called off for a decade because of the Columbine shooting -- is off because officials decided it didn't seem appropriate now, either. In Danbury, Conn. -- about 10 miles west of Newtown -- the venue backed out. Same with three other shows in New York's Hudson Valley, according to the organizer.
Gun advocates aren't backing down from their insistence on the right to keep and bear arms. But heightened sensitivities and raw nerves since the Newtown shooting have led to toned-down displays at gun shows and prompted some officials and sponsors to cancel the well-attended exhibitions altogether.
Some of the most popular guns will be missing from next weekend's gun show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., after show organizers agreed to bar the display and sale of AR-15 military-style semi-automatic weapons and their large-clip magazines.
"The majority of people wanted these guns out of the city," said Chris Mathiesen, Saratoga Springs' public safety commissioner. "They don't want them sold in our city, and I agree. Newtown, Conn., is not that far away."
The mayor of Barre, Vt., wants a ban on military-style assault weapons being sold at an annual gun show in February. Mayor Thom Lauzon said he supports responsible gun ownership but is making the request "as a father." The police chief in Waterbury, Conn., just a few miles from Newtown, has halted permits for gun shows, saying he was concerned about firearms changing hands that might one day be used in a mass shooting.
In New York's suburban Westchester County, Executive Rob Astorino had brought back the show in 2010 after a ban of more than a decade following the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, but he said the show would be inappropriate now. The shows in the Hudson Valley and Danbury were listed as canceled on the website for Big Al's Gun Shows.


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This is part of our new Alumni Spotlight series, where we highlight alumni of our affiliate groups and the awesome things they have been doing since they graduated. Are you a Secular Student Alliance alum? Tell us how you've been doing! We'd love to spotlight you!
This month's featured alumnus is Sam Shore. Sam is an alumnus of the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, class of 2011, where he was the Social Media Director for the Illini Secular Student Alliance for a year and a half. While he signed up for his affiliate group's email list at the beginning of his freshman year, it took being personally invited by a friend to their fall kick off picnic at the beginning of his third year in college for him to get involved. By the spring semester, he had joined ISSA's Board of Directors.
Since graduating, Sam chose to stay in Champaign, where he currently works as the Membership Coordinator at the local Unitarian Universalist Church. He was also recently appointed for the Champaign County Board, where he represents much of the campus and downtown Champaign.
When asked what he considered the most influential experience from his student activism, Sam replied, "Representing my group on an interfaith panel on same-sex relationships. Preparing for this event made me consider how I was to present myself and my values. Learning to see the concerns of those I disagree with has made me a better person who is more adept at defending my positions."
Sam also stated that his time in ISSA helped him get to where he is today by helping him learn to cooperatively execute projects and manage volunteers.
"Because of my experience as a student leader, I got to spend a year coordinating the national partnership between Foundation Beyond Belief and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, which provided the opportunity to travel, do a lot of good, and further hone my professional skills. Working locally on fundraising for LLS with the ISSA officers who came after me brought me in contact with the mayor of Champaign, who has been a great ally to humanist causes and helped me make local connections that have benefitted me professionally and led to great new friends."
Any advice for current secular students, Sam?
August E. Brunsman IV is the Executive Director of the Secular Student Alliance. This essay is part of a series we called our Executive Corner Pieces. These are generally published the second Tuesday of each month and give you a little insight to the thoughts of our Executive Director.
Last month, we publicly launched our revamped Mission, Vision, and Values and the response has shown us how many folks share our organization's values and vision. The SSA is committed to increasing diversity, focusing on making our work richer by working with intersectional causes, and helping more people use secular values to find meaning and purpose in their lives. We are very proud of all the work that went into this revamp and of the time and effort from our Board of Directors and tireless staff. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, and we appreciate that our supporters feel the same way about the direction of the Secular Student Alliance.
However, we've also received some questions about our new Mission, Vision, and Values that I wanted to address.
Some supporters are concerned that we won't be continuing the sort of work we've done in the past with our affiliate groups, but our new Mission, Vision, and Core Values adds to who we are as an organization. We're still planning to do Ask an Atheist Day, Graveyard of the Gods, and Darwin Day. We're also going to keep supporting debates and discussions that question the role of religion in society. We remain proudly secular and fearless inquiry is a central part of who we are!
Most of the students we support see their secularism as a core part of their identity. Their decision to focus on the only life and only world they know informs all of their important decisions. We want to let our students know that we expect and encourage their thoughtful engagement on the pressing issues of the day. This isn't just about our students' time in high school or college, but about living meaningful lives as secular individuals. We want to set them up to continue spreading secular values and normalizing secular identity after they graduate. To do that, we need a secularism that's big enough and rich enough to inform a lifetime of decisions. Just to be very clear, we don't think we have all the answers. But we do want to encourage a lot of conversations.
Every week, the SSA prepares a summary of what the secular student movement is doing. To hear this update and news from the secular movement, tune into the SCA's National Secular Movement Update every Thursday at 12PM ET.
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Today is Ask an Atheist Day! We've had forty or so affiliate groups request packets of materials for events on their campus, and we anticipate hearing great things in the next few weeks about how things went. Our staff also participated in an Ask Me Anything on reddit today as part of the celebration.
Next Thursday is the first Openly Secular Day! The University of Central Florida is hosting the flagship event with speakers such as Chris Kluwe, Greta Christina, and Hemant Mehta, but many more events will be going on throughout the country. You can find more information at openlysecularday.org. Keep an eye on our website for a recap of events in the next few weeks!
Conference registration for our Annual Conference is open. This year's Secular Student Alliance Annual Conference will be in Columbus, Ohio July 10-12th! You can also check out our schedule of speakers which includes representatives from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Think Progress, the National LGBTQ Task Force, as well as secular student leaders from around the country. Information about our awesome annual conference so you can be as excited as we are can be found at secularstudents.org/2015con.
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The years 1999-2000 could serve quite well as a period of marked changes
in biomedical publications. Several important developments involving scientific
publications during this time represent significant changes that may be recognized
as turning points for years to come. Perhaps most noteworthy is the tremendous
capabilities of electronic information dissemination, with the ever-increasing
power, speed, reach, and convenience of the Internet. This development has
revolutionized and probably changed forever the dissemination of scientific
information both from centralized repositories and institutions1
and from individual journals.2 In addition,
concerns about ensuring proper attribution and credit for authorship of scientific
articles have led to efforts to define the exact contributions of each author
of a published article more precisely and to changes in ways to report these
contributions more completely.3,4
Moreover, the dismissal of the editors-in-chief of 2 major general medical
journals in 1999 resulted in careful reexamination of and substantial changes
in the relationship between editors and owners of scientific journals.5,6 Yet, regardless of the magnitude or
potential far-reaching implications of these changes and other challenges
involving scientific publications, the importance of and appreciation for
3 key constituencies—authors, peer reviewers, and readers—undoubtedly
have and must remain unchanged.
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