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Monday, January 28, 2013
Contact: Krista Collard, 614.622.9109
Sierra Club Wins Major Transparency Victory
Oregon Families in Coal Export Public Records Case
COOS BAY, OR-- Today, the Coos County Circuit Court upheld the ideals of fairness and transparency in a case brought by the Sierra Club against the Port of Coos Bay for its refusals to comply with routine requests for public records. The Port of Coos Bay's efforts to dissuade the Sierra Club from inquiring about its plans to develop a coal export facility included attempts to extort nearly $20,000 in fees and invasive demands for information about the Sierra Club's members and donors as a stipulation for the records release. The Court has ordered the Port to turn over records without a fee and prohibited the Port from posing invasive questions involving constitutionally privileged information to the Sierra Club and other public interest groups in the future.
Cesia Kearns, Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign released the following statement in response:
"The court's decision offers renewed hope that the public's interest and open discourse remain top priorities to those charged with protecting the law and our local families. Despite having countless opportunities to be transparent with Oregon families, the Port of Coos Bay resorted to deceitful tactics to try to scare away public interest groups from learning more about their coal export plans, and opted to violate the Oregon Public Records Act rather than reveal even the names of the companies they are courting to develop a dangerous and unstudied coal export facility.
While local leaders throughout the Northwest are asking tough questions about coal exports, Coos Bay's active resistance to transparency begs the question – what are they hiding?
What we do know is that the potential impacts of mining and transporting coal on our families' health and safety, the harm to Oregon's existing industries, and an unreliable and declining interest in coal from the Asian market are a bad deal for Oregon families. We ought to know the extent of these risks, and this decision is a testament to how important the need for transparency is to our communities. As Oregon leaders like Governor Kitzhaber face decisions about the fate of these dangerous proposals, they should follow the court's lead: safety and open and honest accountability must take precedence over the coal industry's desire to make a quick buck at the expense of our local families."
The Sierra Club is represented by attorneys David Bahr, Law Offices of David Bahr; Jessica Yarnall Loarie, Sierra Club Law Program; and Duane Bosworth, Davis Wright Tremaine.

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A U.S. Bank on Central Avenue was robbed Friday.
The robbery occurred at about 10:40 a.m. at 300 Central Ave. A man walked up to the teller and demanded money and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to police.
Police said the robber is a black male between 50-60 years of age and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. They said he was wearing sunglasses a dark hoodie, jeans and a medical face mask.
The man proceeded south on foot after the robbery.
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Shots fired at corner store in Reading; 2 people dead
Men shot had just robbed store of lottery tickets, cigarettes, police say
A person described by police as a "private citizen" took matters into his own hands Monday, shooting to death a pair of masked robbery suspects armed with guns.
Emergency dispatchers reported receiving multiple 911 calls around 2 p.m. Monday from the area of North 9th and Exeter streets, where the intersection meets Kutztown Road, in Reading.
"I heard two boom booms," said Elvis West. "It sounded like gunshots."
Officers converged on the area and quickly established a crime scene outside Krick's Korner, a convenience store at the busy intersection.
"I knew somebody was hurt bad when I saw the cloth and rope around. I knew somebody had been shot," said West.
Two men, both armed with guns and wearing masks, had just left the store with stolen cigarettes and lottery tickets when they were confronted by the "concerned citizen," telling both suspects that he was going to call police and advising them to stay where they were, said Berks County District Attorney John Adams.
A brief scuffle ensued, during which the suspects pulled out their guns, Adams said. The citizen then pulled out his gun, for which he had a license to carry, and shot both suspects, said Adams, who personally reviewed surveillance video of the scene.
"It is unusual, but it's certainly not unheard of," said Chief Bill Heim, Reading Police Dept. "We've had several occasions over the past few years where citizens have been in such situations."
The man who fired the shots remained on the scene and surrendered his gun when officers arrived, said Adams, adding that he doesn't expect to file criminal charges because it appears the man "acted justifiably under the law."
In the meantime, neighbors said they're upset by the events that unfolded Monday afternoon.
"I have lived here since 1962," said Carmela Chipperfield. "Things are not like it used to be. A lot of changes. This man, trying to make a living, and he gets robbed."
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The Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
Mr. Bryan Harada
Ms. Ashley Koegel
Ms. Yara Mikhaeil
Ms. Katherine Ng
Ms. Sacha Prashad
Mr. Kevin Roy
Mr. Aswin Sekar
Ms. Rebecca Boyle
Mentor: Cue-Wei Xie
Opioid-Adrenergic Interactions in Sensory Neurons
Rebecca is a third year neuroscience major investigating the functional properties of G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) interactions in neurons. Under the mentorship of Dr. Cui Wei Xie, Rebecca examines the relationship between the μ-opioid and α 2a adrenergic receptors. Simultaneous activation of these two GPCRS has been shown to synergistically enhance the analgesic properties of opioid treatment. In heterologous cell systems it has been demonstrated that the μ -opioid and α 2a adrenergic receptors are capable of forming heterodimers. However, the mechanisms behind opioid analgesia, tolerance, and dependence have yet to be elucidated in vivo. Previous work in Dr. Xie's lab has demonstrated that μ-opioid and α 2a adrenergic receptors can undergo cross-desensitization and co-internalization in mouse dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons. Using the whole-cell voltage clamp technique to measure Ca 2+ current inhibition upon μ-opioid or α 2a agonist activation, Rebecca is examining whether both receptors must be able participate in ligand binding in order for either homologous or cross desensitization to occur. The results from these recordings in DRG neurons will help elucidate the requirements for μ-opioid and α 2a interaction and whether or not this interaction occurs at the receptor level or intracellularly at a point downstream of ligand binding.
Mr. Thomas Clarke
Mentor: Dr. Rachelle Crosbie
Title: The Role of Phosphorylation in the Binding of Gas11 to Microtubules
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Janine Bekker, Tom Clarke, Dr. Rachelle Crosbie)
Tom Clarke, a fourth year majoring in Molecular, Cell, and Development Biology, is currently conducting research under the guidance of Dr. Rachelle Crosbie. His research focuses on the microtubule binding protein Gas11. Dr. Crosbie's lab identified a microtubule association domain within Gas11 called the "Gas11 Microtubule Association Domain" (GMAD). Tom is working to delineate the key regulatory features within the GMAD region. His preliminary results demonstrate that the GMAD is phosphorylated and that mutagenesis of predicted phosphorylation sites within the GMAD reduces Gas11 binding to microtubules. Tom is currently working to characterize the binding properties of these phosphorylation mutants in vivo and in vitro. He then plans to test whether these mutants affect cell motility. Additionally, Gas11 functions in the context of a larger protein complex, called the "Dynein Regulatory Complex" (DRC). Dr. Crosbie's lab has recently designed two methods to biochemically purify the DRC from mouse tissue. It is hypothesized that this complex contains kinases and phosphatases that modify Gas11. Tom proposes to isolate and characterize these Gas11-regulatory proteins. After graduation, Tom plans to continue his education in graduate school.
Mr. Byran Harada
Mentor: Dr. James Bowie
Title: Structure and Function of the SAM Domain of Diacylglycerol Kinase δ
Bryan is a third-year biochemistry major, mathematics minor researching under the direction of Dr. James Bowie in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. For his project, Bryan is studying the structure and function of diacylglycerol kinase δ (DGKδ). DGKδ is a member of a family of kinases which convert diacylglycerol to phosphatidic acid. Since both diacylglycerol and phosphatidic acid are important lipid second messengers, the DGK isozymes may play an important role in regulating the signaling pathways which involve these two molecules. DGKδ possesses a sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain, which is a conserved structural motif found in a variety of proteins. Most SAM domains mediate protein-protein interactions, and the SAM domain of DGKδ has been shown to mediate the homo-oligomerization of DGKδ. This oligomerization is thought to be involved in determining the intracellular localization of DGKδ. In order to study the role of this oligomerization, Bryan has developed a novel in vivo fusion-reporter screen to identify monomeric mutants of the SAM domain of DGKδ. Identification of these monomeric mutants will reveal which amino acid residues are critical for oligomer formation as well as provide mutant proteins for further biochemical, biophysical, and structural characterization. Ultimately, Bryan aims to map the oligomeric interface of the DGKδ and solve the structure of the SAM domain of DGKδ, so that he can use this structural information to study the function of DGKδ oligomerization in vivo. This information may give insight into the regulation of DGKδ's activity and its role in intercellular signaling. After graduating from UCLA, Bryan plans to attend graduate school and pursue a Ph.D. in biochemistry or biophysics.
Ms. Ashley Koegel
Mentor: Dr. Dennis Slamon, Dr. Juliana Oh
Title: Characterization of H37/RBM5 lung cancer tumor suppressor gene
(Ashley Koegel and Dr. Juliana Oh)
Ashley Koegel is a fourth year biochemistry major. She has been conducting research under the guidance of Drs. Dennis Slamon and Juliana Oh since the start of her second year at UCLA. She is currently working in the Slamon Lab in MRL on a project characterizing the H37/RBM5 tumor suppressor gene in lung and breast cancers. H37 is located at chromosome 3p21.3. Deletion at 3p21.3 is one of the most prevalent (occurs in >80% of lung cancers) and one of the earliest genetic alterations in lung cancer. Therefore uncovering the molecular pathways of this gene holds particular promise for the development of new cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. Compared to adjacent normal tissue, the H37 transcript and/or protein is underexpressed in ~75% of primary non-small cell lung carcinomas. In addition, when transfected into A549 lung cancer cells, H37 significantly inhibits cell growth both in vitro and in vivo. Using A549/H37 cells, Ashley has participated in research to show that the molecular mechanism of H37 tumor suppression involves both G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.
Based on data from earlier yeast-two hybrid screenings, Ashley is currently investigating the H37-MTA1 (Metastasis Associated Protein 1) protein-protein interaction in vivo. MTA1 protein is an Estrogen Receptor (ER) co-regulator which binds to ER and is also known to be involved in the HER2 oncogene pathway in breast cancer. Given that H37 was initially discovered to be differentially expressed in HER2 overexpressing breast cancers, and that the 3p21.3 region is also frequently deleted early in breast cancer, the H37-MTA1 interaction may explain the potential role that H37 has in the HER-2/ Estrogen Receptor (ER) pathway in human breast and lung cancers. In addition, Ashley is using siRNA techniques to knock down the expression of H37 mRNA in immortalized breast and lung epithelial cells in order to investigate the role of H37 in preventing tumor initiation. This research could potentially lead to earlier detection of lung (and breast) cancer and the development of novel therapeutics. Upon graduation, Ashley plans to pursue a joint M.D./Ph.D program studying translational oncology research. Ashley would like to thank all of the members of the Slamon Lab for their support and invaluable guidance.
Ms. Yara Mikhaeil
Mentor: Dr. V. Reggie Edgerton and Dr. Niranjala Tillakaratne
Title: Spinal AMPA receptors in spinally transected mice after step training .
(Yara Mikhaeil and Dr. Niranjala Tillakaratne)
Yara Mikhaeil is a third year Neuroscience major working with Drs. Reggie Edgerton and Niranjala Tillakaratne examining the biochemical pathways underlying spinal learning. Edgerton lab has previously demonstrated that even in the absence of supraspinal input, mice are able to learn and retain specific motor tasks. Yara is focusing on comparing and contrasting the biochemical pathways that have been established in the hippocampus, to those that may be occurring in the spinal cord. More specifically, Yara examines the changes of AMPA receptors in adult mice whose spinal cord had been completely transected at a mid-thoracic level and had learned to step through a robotic assisted step training regimen. AMPA receptors are fast-acting ionotropic glutamate receptors that consist of a combination of four subunits: GluR1, GluR2, GluR3 and GluR4, and are critically involved in excitatory transmission. GluR1 is the subunit of interest in most research projects due to the fact that it is phosphorylated in two specific sites: ser-831 by CaMKII and PKC and ser-845 by PKA. Yara performs immunohistochemistry on the spinal cord tissue to determine the levels of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated AMPAR in the muscle specific motoneurons using specific antibodies to these receptors. These changes will reflect both the phosphorylation of pre-existing AMPA receptors as well as the insertion of silent synapses, which is the addition of new AMPA receptors. The findings of this project will provide more insight in the molecular pathways involved in spinal learning. For example, the phosphorylation of serine 845 will tell us that the following pathway is involved in spinal cord learning: Adenyl Cyclase ® cAMP ® Protien Kinase A ® serine 845. The project relates the behavioral learning of motor tasks by spinally transected mice to the learning that occurs in the brain, especially in the hippocampus. In addition, it compares the pathways involved in cumulating long term memories in both the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, these findings will be beneficial in development of therapeutic treatments to improve stepping in spinal injured patients. In the future, Yara plans to pursue a joint MD/PhD degree and continue her research in the field of neuroscience.
Ms. Alissa Minkovsky
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Denny
Title: Establishing stable expression of EWS/FLI1 in primary cell lines in the search to find a Ewing's Sarcoma cell of origin
(Left to right: Christopher Denny, Alissa Minkovsky, and Gary Potikyan)
Ewing's sarcoma is a poorly lethal pediatric cancer characterized by a chromosomal translocation that results in the juxtaposition of the EWS gene on chromosome 22 with one of five different ETS family transcription factors of chromosome 11, the most common of which is the Fli1 gene. Alissa Minkovsky, a Junior Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Major, is studying this EWS/Fli1 chimeric gene in the lab of Dr. Christopher Denny her first year here at UCLA. She is working, with the guidance of Gary Potikyan, towards attaining stable expression of the EWS/Fli1 protein in murine embryonic stem cells by altering tumor suppression pathways in order to come closer to finding the cell of origin in EFTs. Stable expression of EWS/Fli1 has been achieved in NIH3T3 murine cell lines which already possess numerous mutations in tumor suppression pathway genes but expression has been toxic to most primary cell lines. Strong evidence exists that alteration of the INK4a/ARF network, is necessary for oncogenesis in Ewing's. The knockdown of p16, a protein that is upstream in the p53 and RB tumor suppressor pathways, will hopefully make expression of EWS/Fli1 stable in mouse embryonic cells so that the cell types that do tolerate expression of EWS/Fli1 when the ES cells are differentiated in an tetracycline-inducible system can be identified. Alissa is studying towards a MD/PhD and a career in biomedical research.
Ms. Katherine Ng
Mentor: Dr. Steven Smale
Title: Chromatin Remodeling During an Inflammatory Immune Response
Katharine Ng is a third year Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics major conducting research under the guidance of Dr. Stephen Smale. The Smale laboratory is interested in understanding the transcriptional regulation of pro-inflammatory genes.
Previous work done in the Smale lab has grouped bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-inducible genes into three major regulatory classes based on kinetics of induction, requirement for de novo protein synthesis and requirement for nucleosome remodeling complexes. Efforts to decipher the differential transcriptional regulation of these classes of pro-inflammatory genes have increasingly focused on the regulatory role of chromatin structure and nucleosome remodeling. Assaying for inducible DNase I hypersensitivity can provide information about changes in accessibility of local chromatin structure that take place upon stimulation, and DNAse I hypersensitivity has been found to be associated with regulatory regions of many genes. Katharine's project involves the utilization of DNase I hypersensitivity assays to monitor nucleosome remodeling at the promoters of LPS-inducible genes in each of the three classes and locate novel regulatory elements of these genes. It is hoped that understanding the pattern of DNase I hypersensitivity will aid in a more comprehensive understanding of the complex differential regulation of these genes.
Ms. Sacha Prashad
Mentor: Dr. Hanna Mikkola
Sacha Prashad is a third year Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology major conducting research under the mentorship of Dr. Hanna Mikkola. Dr. Mikkola has previously shown that in mice, the placenta is one of the first organs to harbor self-renewing, multipotential hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Sacha is investigating whether the human placenta possesses a similar ability to support HSC development, and possibly even generate HSCs de novo. Recent work in the Mikkola lab has shown that placental hematopoiesis in the human occurs as early as 4 weeks developmental age, as evidenced by the presence of multilineage progenitors/candidate HSCs in 4 week placental tissue explant cultures. Sacha's project involves localizing these putative HSCs in their placental niche using candidate stem cell surface markers. In the future, these putative HSCs will be isolated, and their ability to engraft and function in vivo will be examined by using immundeficient animal models. The characterization of the placental niche of the HSC will illustrate how HSCs are generated and protected during fetal development, and ultimately allow for the recreation of this microenvironment ex vivo so that HSCs may be expanded from cord blood, or generated from embryonic stem cells for therapeutic purposes.
Mr. Kevin Roy
Mentor: Professor Guillaume Chanfreau
Title: The role of double-stranded RNA endonucleases in eukaryotic gene regulation
Kevin, a fourth-year major in Biochemistry, performs research under the direction of Dr. Guillaume Chanfreau in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The Chanfreau Laboratory investigates the regulation of gene expression primarily at the post-transcriptional level, using the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as baker's yeast. In particular, the laboratory is interested in the regulatory role of class III riboendonucleases, which cleave double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), focusing on the yeast nuclear RNase III homolog Rnt1p. Rnt1p is responsible for the regulation of various mRNAs, some of which control the import of iron, as well as the processing of a number of non-coding RNAs, including precursors to ribosomal RNA and small nuclear and nucleolar RNAs. Kevin is investigating the structure of Rnt1p by mapping its independently folded domains through limited proteolysis. While the structure of the dsRNA binding domain of Rnt1p is well characterized, the role of other domains in assisting substrate recognition and catalyzing cleavage is unknown. Identifying these stable domains may facilitate further structural studies with the goal of understanding the mechanism of RNase III binding and cleavage. Kevin is also investigating the function of two nuclear-encoded proteins found to associate with the large subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome. These two proteins have been found by sequence homology to contain the class III riboendonuclease catalytic domain, but there is no known functional role for either protein. Kevin is analyzing the processing of mitochondrial RNA in yeast strains deficient in each of these proteins. Accumulation of unprocessed mitochondrial RNA may reveal substrates for these putative RNases III and identify a role for dsRNA processing in mitochondrial gene regulation. Greater understanding of the regulation of mitochondrial genes in yeast may elucidate common mechanisms for mitochondrial gene expression in higher eukaryotes. Furthermore, a comparison of the mode of regulation in mitochondria with that in the prokaryotes may reveal evidence for the endosymbiosis theory of the origin of mitochondria. More complete characterization of all yeast RNase III activity will bring insight into the mechanisms by which eukaryotic RNases III recognize their dsRNA substrates and catalyze cleavage while preventing cleavage of non-substrate dsRNA in vivo. Kevin will continue his research while pursuing his Masters degree as a Departmental Scholar from Fall 2007 to Spring 2008. Afterwards, he intends to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. degree to combine his research and clinical aspirations.
Mr. Grant Sanders
Mentor: Dr. Michael Teitell
Title: Bacterial Production of GST-labeled Polynucleotide Phosphorylase (PNPase) for Use in Identifying Novel Interacting Proteins of PNPase by Far Western Analysis
Grant Sanders is a third year student majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics who is conducting research under the guidance of Dr. Michael Teitell in the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. His research focuses on the protein, Polynucleotide Phosphorylase (PNPase), which is a 3'-5' exoribonuclease localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane. Immunoprecipitation experiments have shown a tight binding between PNPase and the oncoprotein, T Cell Leukemia-1 (TCL1). TCL1 is a 14-kDa protein that has been studied extensively by the Teitell Lab and its overexpression in TCL1 transgenic mice has been shown to result in B cell lymphomas of the germinal center. Mammalian PNPase, however, has only been recently identified and both its cellular function and the role it plays in conjunction with TCL1 remain unclear. Grant's project will include elucidating the role PNPase plays is cancer formation by identifying any additional binding partners in the cell, something that has been troublesome in the past due to artifacts produced with immunoprecipitation experiments. Grant will perform a Far Western Analysis to identify any binding partners of PNPase in both the mitochondria and cytosol. He is currently optimizing a protocol to purify large quantities of Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) tagged PNPase to be used as a probe in his experiment. Being extremely insoluble, the GST-PNPase probe is difficult to purify yet Grant has successfully altered the protocol to efficiently create substantial amounts of the intact protein. The Far Western Analysis will hopefully shed light onto PNPase's function in the cell and will help Grant further characterize the protein's role in B cell lymphoma formation. After graduating from UCLA, Grant plans on attending medical school and continuing biomedical research in an academic setting. Grant would like to sincerely thank Dr. Michael Teitell and Cynthia Balatoni, as well as all of the other members of the Teitell Lab, for their guidance and unwavering support. He would also like to thank the Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program for the opportunity they have provided him.
Mr. Aswin Sekar
Mentor: Dr. Desmond Smith
Title: Identifying genetic circuits in cells
Aswin Sekar is a third year Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology student conducting research in Dr. Desmond Smith's laboratory in the Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Department. Aswin is working on a project that is part of a recent trend in systems biology that involves the investigation of a methodical perturbation of biological systems. His project seeks to identify and map regulatory gene circuits in a mammalian system using microarrays. Identifying regulatory genes has vast implications because it allows for the detection of putative control genes in humans by homology. After completion of his bachelor's degree, Aswin plans to attend medical school and become a physician-scientist. He would like to thank Dr. Smith and Chris Park for their mentorship, as well as the Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program for fostering his research efforts.
Mr. Kevin Yackle
Mentor: Dr. Utpal Banerjee and Dr. Gerald Call
Title: Characterization of Two Nuclear-Encoded Genes Putatively Involved in Mitochondrial Protein Translation
(Dr. Gerald Call and Kevin Yackle)
Currently Kevin is conducting research in genetics to study developmental biology in Drosophila melanogaster under the mentorship of Dr. Utpal Banerjee and Dr. Gerald Call. He is working to characterize two nuclear-encoded genes that are putatively involved in mitochondrial protein translation. These genes were identified through a genetic screen on the 3R chromosome which utilized mitotic recombination technology in order to reveal interesting cell cycle phenotypes caused by lethal mutations. These mutations were mapped and homology searches classified as nuclear encoded genes whose proteins function within the mitochondrial protein synthesis. This mechanism of function within the mitochondria of higher organisms like Drosophila has not been shown thus far. Experiments will be conducted in an in vivo (adult fly) and in vitro system (cell culture). The in vivo research will involve the re-introduction of wild type genes in order to rescue the mutant phenotypes of mitochondrial staining which show respiration and protein phenotypic effects in mutant organisms. The in vitro experiments will use dsRNA to knockout these genes in cell culture. To study mitochondrial function ATP levels will be measured to show respiration and Western analysis will reveal effects on protein translation. Lastly, fluorescent fusion proteins of these genes show localization patterns within the cell. Through these assays these nuclear genes can be characterized as functioning within the mitochondria where they play important roles in protein translation. After graduation Kevin plans on joining an MD/Ph.D program with the goal of becoming a medical scientist. Kevin would like to thank and acknowledge Dr. Utpal Banerjee, Dr. Gerald Call, everyone in his lab, and the Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program.


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Mini Apple Place CardsJacinda
Thanksgiving may be over, but you can start planning for those holiday meals. These adorable mini apple place cards would look so cute on a Christmas table. Use mini styrofoam apples so that you can reuse them for years to come. I love the idea of a harvest holiday table with apples and holly for decorations.
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Bohemia Group was launched in 1992 with three actors and two bands, in a one-room office on the corner of Santa Monica & Crescent Heights.
Today we are all over the world with HQ on the historic corner of Hollywood & Vine as well as offices in New York, London, Auckland, New Orleans and Dallas. We are continuing to expand into Canada, Europe and South Africa. With the belief that as the entertainment business becomes more of a global business - you should not be limited by your geography.
From the start, Bohemia Group has slowly built its business. While the industry was undergoing massive changes – strikes, near strikes, recession and general industry apathy – we grew. We kept our heads down and our noses to the grindstone. We worked hard, we weathered the storm, continued to prove that anything is possible and that you can have fun doing it!
What do we do?We manage people….... Actors, musicians, writers, directors, skateboarders, personalities. We are strategists. We see the bigger picture and work with our artists to get them to the next level and the next and the next.Check out some of the folks we work with IMDbPro. IMDbPro.
We produce….Bohemia Group Originals is our production company. We think it's important to always be creating and help clients create. We have a slate of films, tv shows, web series and plays that we are always working on.
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Human Rights Council side events prove to be great success in Geneva14 June 2013
Geneva (UNOSDP)- The Human Rights Council side event was organized by the Permanent Missions of the Russian Federation, Brazil, Greece and the Republic of Korea. The event was aimed at promoting awareness, understanding and application of human rights principles through sport and Olympic Ideals.
The main goal was to discuss the ways of using the potential of the Olympic Games to generate a wider understanding of human rights ideals, such as equality, non-discrimination and dignity which are enshrined in Olympic Charter as well as Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event was moderated by H. E. Mr. Alexandros Alexandris and Mr. Wilfried Lemke, the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sport for Development and Peace, who was also joined on the panel by representatives from Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Korea and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Mr. Lemke spoke about the need for all sporting events to work to be inclusive of all people around the world. He highlighted one of the lines in the Olympic Charter that states 'sport is a human right'. Mr. Lemke stressed that we need to work to be inclusive of people with disabilities, we must work hard to promote equality of gender through sport, and also we must work to promote the safety of children through sport. Other panelists agreed with these points and provided examples of how, as future Olympic hosts they were working towards promoting sport as a human right for all.
Joint statement promotion of Human Rights through Sport can be found here.
GOLD – You can do more then you think, premiered at the United Nations Geneva.
The screening of the GOLD Movie, 11th June, was a side event of the ongoing Human Rights Council in Geneva. It was jointly organized by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva. The screening was also supported by the Geneva Group of Friends, an informal intergovernmental platform among Permanent Representatives to the United Nations. The Group aims to promote dialogue and encourage UN Member States and the UN system to integrate sport actively into their policies and strategies.
Since the start of the project in 2010, the Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace has been involved and the stories of the three exceptional athletes have touched him deeply. He is confident that this film will help to elevate the profile of the Paralympic movement and spirit; and that it is an excellent tool to raise awareness for the importance of the UN Convention on the rights of person with disability.


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CHICAGO—The cover 2 defensive scheme employed by Bears coach Lovie Smith has always been a hard sell in Chicago—a city where the blitz, hard hitting and even brawling have been the styles of choice.
But on Sunday at Soldier Field, the cover 2 system blended nicely with physical play, turnovers and eventually even a bit of brawling to produce the kind of Bears victory that any connoisseur of point prevention could appreciate.
A 37-13 victory over the Detroit Lions not only lifted the Bears back even with their victims in the NFC wild-card chase at 6-3, but also showed how Smith's style of play can still be relevant in an era of zone blitzing and increasingly popular 3-4 schemes.
"We had a bead on the ball and the quarterback," Bears cornerback Tim Jennings said.
Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford had come into the game with four interceptions for the year, and Lions had only five total giveaways. They left with six more giveaways and Stafford with four more interceptions. The Bears' defense, which had given up big plays of 73, 88, and 46 yards in the Oct. 10 loss at Detroit, started each half by forcing two turnovers.
When cornerback Charles Tillman and safety Major Wright produced pick-6s to open the second half, the Bears had a 34-6 lead and the outcome was sealed.
The Bears' D made it so easy for the offense that quarterback Jay Cutler had to throw for only 123 yards and Matt Forte had to rush for only 64 yards.
"Didn't have to do a whole lot," Cutler said. "Hand it off, complete a few passes early on."
With Tillman blanketing Calvin "Megatron" Johnson all over the field, the corners moving up to challenge the Lions' receivers, and Pro Bowl end Julius Peppers occasionally sliding inside to tackle, Smith and coordinator Rod Marinelli showed creative touches that helped the Bears force their most turnovers since 1995.
Combined with yet another Devin Hester punt return touchdown—on a day when he was suffering from an illness and an ankle sprain—the defense's effort resembled nothing like those early in the year when the Bears struggled to a 2-3 start.
"I don't think you're going to lose too many games playing like that on defense," said linebacker Brian Urlacher, who collected the first takeaway when he recovered a fumble by Johnson after a clothesline-style tackle by Peppers. "That's as dominant as I've been around since I've been here, I think.
"They had yards … whatever … they were late in the game. We got takeaways when we needed to and scored with them."
Smith gave credit to Marinelli for putting Peppers inside to avoid all the chip-blocking he has seen in recent games. Peppers had a sack to go with his forced fumble and also a tackle for loss despite playing, as defensive tackle Anthony Adams said, "on one leg" due to a knee sprain.
"He's a beast, a Hall of Famer," Adams said.
The tighter press coverage helped eliminate many easy slants and skinny post routes that had stung the Bears' defense early in the year. Tillman's interception and TD return came in man-to-man coverage, not in cover 2.
The Bears also tried to hide coverages to confuse Stafford, who threw 63 passes, completing 33, for 329 yards with what essentially was a broken finger.
"I think it's our disguise, and it's our pressure," Wright said. "With him, he's not one of those quarterbacks who gives up a lot of picks like that. But I feel like our pressure got to him, our disguise got to him, and I just feel like our defense overall was getting to him."
The Bears' defense was a concern early in the season when the team was ranked 31st in rushing yards allowed per game. But with Jahvid Best out because of a concussion, the Lions had no running threat to complement Stafford.
The Lions, who have lost three of the last four to NFC teams competing for wild-card spots, have two games left with Green Bay and also have to play at New Orleans. Their chances of staying in the wild-card chase may hinge on getting some type of running threat to take pressure off Stafford and Johnson.
Lurking in the background are thoughts of the 2007 season when Detroit started 6-2 before finishing 7-9.
"I think our defense did a great job of really keeping us in it," Stafford said. "We outgained them almost 2 to 1 (393 yards to 216). Those guys fought up there and did a great job of keeping them out of the end zone.
"We just kind of shot ourselves in the foot on offense."
It's the kind of thing a well-executed, underappreciated cover 2 can do to an offense.


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About 60 of the regular full-time and adjunct faculty of the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering assembled for a half-day meeting at the Marvin Center on Saturday, January 27, 2007. Participating in the planning and review session were Environmental and Energy Management concentration faculty members Dr. Jigar Shah, Dr. Robert Romano, Dr. Michael West, Dr. Richard Cothern and Dr. Jonathan Deason. The E&EM faculty coordinated the content among E&EM courses and laid plans for continued growth and improvement of the program.
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Lovely to read your experiences in Singapore. Jan and I had a three day stopover on our way to Australia. We were refused entry to Raffles as I had no socks on with my sandals! We were there just before Christmas and it was weird to hear the carol in the bleak mid winter being played in so much heat!.Really enjoyed their food and the high wire trip out to the island. Brian
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For the last three days we've basically just been wandering round the city absorbing the scale of the new buildings and their contrast with the old colonial sights. Whilst doing this we've rather fallen for Singapore, and I think both of us would quite fancy living here. Barring the incredible heat and humidity, which has made the aforementioned walking a little uncomfortable (and in turn made us a little irritable with each other!) at times, the rest of the city is an oasis of pristine shopping malls, perfect temperature air conditioning, and general order and functionality
Yesterday we paid a visit to the Singapore National Museum, with fairly low expectations as, on the whole, museums aren't our bag. I was wonder-struck though, as a fully interactive, high tech experience took me through the recent history of the sovereign city state – with Monaco and Vatican City the only two others in the world, we discovered. It was like losing three hours on Wikipedia – something I'm rather prone to doing back home when I should be doing something else – as we navigated our own way through the history with a super-IPod contraption, giving us information and video on any object which tickled our fancy. It's comfortably the best museum I've ever been to. There are some pictures below.
The modern mega-city of Singapore sits comfortably alongside the old colonial quarter with its clubs, hotels and civic buildings – populated these days by the hugely affluent multi-cultural, but mainly transient population of Singapore. I love to explore these old haunts, and the pavilion of the Singapore Cricket Club, situated right in the heart of the city – complete with cricket pitch surrounded by towering office blocks – held a particular allure for me
The Raffles Hotel had an altogether different attitude towards us. More used to being a part of the tourist trail, they were quite happy and not at all snooty about me getting my bedraggled and swea- soaked hands on their almost two hundred year-old snooker table in the rather splendid Bar and Billiards room. This was despite Kanan and I declining their offers of a twenty pound cocktail.
Yesterday a lovely Chinese-Singaporean man came to our future rescue. We stumbled across his vegan restaurant purely by chance, and he served up some delicious fare for us
Despite its gleaming towers making a breath-taking skyline (particularly by night, see pics), no crime, and complete absence of visible poverty, Singapore does have its problems of course. There is only one political party here which has been in power since independence from the British, and whilst not on the same scale as China, censorship is a bit of an issue. Whilst here I have heard the government described as one in which everything is tolerated as long as it is moderated. It's also been described to me as a benevolent dictatorship. Perhaps there's something to be said for it though, as the city holds a wonder and allure which has been hard to resist – perhaps why Singapore has one of the highest populations of foreigners anywhere in the world
We're off back into Malaysia by overnight bus tonight to the Cameron Highlands. Singapore has been a great place to immerse ourselves in the modern for a while, and of course it's been a real privilege to have the comforts and company of family for a few days.
Love as always
Jo and Kaa.
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You are the only people who have ever made me feel I'd like to go to Singapore. Now regretting that we didn't take up a friend's offer to stay with them when they lived there for two years. Another friend worked there for Seimens and never ate in the house, using market stalls etc for food. These had to meet such strict hygiene requirements that she never had qualms or. indeed, after- effects!


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BEREA -- A new restaurant will open its doors at 4 this afternoon.
The Berea Union Depot Taverne, a historic building that was once a train station, will welcome patrons today. Many Bereans remember the restaurant that was formerly known as The Station and Pufferbelly.
Its website includes a menu selection available at the renovated restaurant on Depot Street in Berea, next to Front Street overpass.
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Excerpt From The Beginning; A Memoir
By Lester Chambers with T. Watts
I am the former lead singer of a 60's band, The Chambers Brothers. I performed before thousands at Atlanta Pop 2, Miami Pop, Newport Pop and Atlanta Pop. I DID NOT squander my money on drugs or a fancy home. I went from 1967-1994 before I saw my first royalty check. The music giants I recorded with only paid me for 7 of my albums. I have never seen a penny in royalties from my other 10 albums I recorded. Our hit song was licensed to over 100 films and television commercials without our permission. One major television network used our song for a national commercial and my payment was $625. I am now 72 (sic), trying to live on $1200 a month. Sweet Relief, a music charity is taking donations for me. Only the 1% of artists can afford to sue. I am the 99%.
We were raised in the Baptist church in Mississippi. When I was very young, I would spend summers with my grandmother in Forest, Mississippi, to help her with her chores. We were actually born in Forest, but moved to Carthage, when my dad had some trouble with some White folks. Over there (in Forest), they had a male vocal choir where I learned to sing notes. They would ring a tone on a chime and the tenors, baritones and the different vocal sections would match the tone in whatever corresponding key. Everybody would hum their key. And it would be like, "do re re me me do me re do me me re re mi do do mi mi re mi do re mi do," and so on. That's called singing notes. Then we'd sing the lyrics, "Ever since I parted from my friends, I started livin' life within', I want to live right, to live right, to live right, Jesus all the time "
At home, we would sing around the fireplace and quite often we'd sing in the cotton fields. We'd get requests from the neighbors two or three hills away because we were in the echo hills of Mississippi. When you'd shout something there, you could hear it four hills away. "Would you guys sing such and such today, today, today?" You could hear the echo bouncing. We'd answer, "Yes," and it would bounce, "yes, yes "
We developed our brand of four part harmony by singing in those echo hills. We also had four sisters, who sang with us so we were like a choir ensemble. Jewell Lee was the oldest, followed in birth order by Bonnie Ruth, Vera Lois and Lucinda, the baby. The harmonies were a blessing from God. What can I say? How else could it have got there so perfectly? There was Joe with the big deep voice, George with the tenor voice, Willie with the baritone lead voice and me hittin' all those high notes, it just worked right out. (I also have five siblings who sang separately from our choir ensemble.)
My brothers and sisters are still alive. There's a family reunion every year. We use to do it all over the world. Now it's limited to a few states and whoever is close will come. Everybody is too old to travel.
Getting Out Of Mississippi
Sharecropping life in Carthage, Mississippi was a hard life. It was like the worst life anybody could ever have. I actually saw the owner of the farm, Mr. Doug, (who was also the local Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,) give my Dad fifty cents and tell him, "That's all you cleared this year George, but think about it, your family still has a place to stay and you can get anything you want at the store." You know they had a little store where you could get fertilizer, cornmeal and all your essentials for that type of miserable life. As miserable as it was, Mr. Doug treated us decently. It was business to him. If we got sick, he'd get us to the doctor. I remember when my brother George had an attack of appendicitis; Mr. Doug was quickly right there and rushed him to the doctor. Normally, White doctors wouldn't treat Black people. We had to relay on root doctors or purveyors of Hoodoo who would prepare ointments and potions for you. My dad was an absolute genius at it. He kept us healthy. He was a Medicine Man. He could really make a potion, brother!
We were just sitting there waiting for an escape time to come. Two of my brother in laws had bought a 1952 Ford and driven it from Los Angeles where they lived, to Carthage. Now Mr. Doug, the farm owner came over and said to my brother in law, "Arthur Lee, what are you doing here?"
My brother in law said, "Mr. Doug, we just came to visit for a little while."
"You didn't come to get my niggers, did you? Because if you did, there's gonna be a problem."
"Oh no Mr. Doug. We're just visiting. We'll be gone in about a day."
We had secretly already packed everything we could take, but had hidden everything so it looked like we hadn't. We were waiting for the right opportunity to get outta there. Late one night there was a severe rain storm with thunder and lightnin'. We proceeded to quickly load the car. We got all we could in. In order for Mr. Doug not to hear the car start, we pushed it far up the road until it started to roll down the hill. We all jumped in and coasted way down the hill and then started the car so it wouldn't wake anybody. We drove to my grandmother's house which, at the time seemed like forever, but in reality it was only a few miles away. She'd packed up chicken for our trip and we ate chicken all the way from Mississippi to Los Angeles.
When we left my mother and dad in Mississippi it was hard because we didn't know if we'd ever see them alive again. It was like, oh my God, hopefully they will be able to eventually come. We were really worried about what Mr. Doug would do when he discovered we were gone and weren't working his fields.
I was about thirteen or fourteen years old when this happened. I don't remember how many weeks went by before Mr. Doug released my parents. They made it to California and we were united together as a family again.
California was like a whole new culture. We had never seen Mexican people. We had never seen Chinese people. None of that. All we knew about was White people and Indian people. Back in Carthage, there was really only one block that had sidewalks. It was where the courthouse was and they didn't really allow Blacks to walk around the courthouse. It was just very, very hard back there and my dad couldn't see us growing up in that environment. He did all he could. Bless his heart and amen.
Into the Cali Music Scene
Basically the only music we'd heard in Mississippi was country. Most notably, the Grand Ole Opry on radio. When we went to town we could hear Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker on the jukebox. Then Hank Ballard messed around and recorded Work With Me Annie and that got on that Mississippi jukebox too. Boy, that was somethin'!
When we came to California, we found ourselves surrounded by Latin people and Latin music. Within a couple of days I found a job a paper factory, made a couple of bucks until I started school and bought myself a record player. I was hearin' this music that the Latin people were playin' on weekends all night long. It was like a festival. The first two albums I bought were Willie Bobo and Tito Puente. I played those till they ran me out the house!
California was such a different life than Mississippi. The lifestyle was different, the food was different, etc. In Mississippi, the state had handed us down schoolbooks from wherever they could get them from. They'd issue us eighth grade books, sometimes twelfth grade books, sometimes only the teacher had a book. Anyway, I learned all this stuff and when we got to California, I found that frequently, in the classroom, God, I'd already had that stuff. So I was able to take a test in the 7th grade and passed to the 9th and when I started 10th grade, I still found that I'd been taught all that. What was amazing was, in Mississippi, you couldn't go to school all year. You could only go after the crops were all in.
I've also been blessed with a photographic memory. When I was 16, I passed the high school equivalency test and was out of school.
The Chambers Brothers Gospel Group
As we settled into California, we had this Gospel Group, The Chambers Brothers. We joined The International Interdenominational Singers Alliance. We were singing Gospel every Sunday with whoever came to town. They had big programs. Eventually though, the Alliance had a problem with our attire. They wanted us to wear matching suits. Because of our differences in sizes though, we could not find four suits that matched. My brother George was an adult. Willie was an adult sized teenager, I was younger and Joe was smaller than I. So they eventually dismissed us because we could not meet their uniform requirements. So, we started going to coffee houses.
We didn't to the coffee houses with the idea that we would sing. At first we went just to hear the music. That's where we met Sam "Lightnin' " Hopkins. What a great time that was. We had heard about him and went down to the Ashgrove in LA to hear him and other great musicians they would bring in about twice a month. My brother Joe started doin' Lightnin's hair. Lightnin' was likin' it. So Joe got into Lightnin's head and asked him how to get a job at the Ashgrove working as an entertainer. Lightnin' told him, "Well, you gotta talk to Mr. Ed Pearl."
So we go to talk to Mr. Ed Pearl and he asked us, "What do you sing?"
"We sing Gospel," we stated.
Pearl replied, "We do Blues, Folk and Country here. I don't know that our audience would like Gospel."
We asked Ed Pearl if we could try and one night he auditioned us in front of a live audience and they loved it So we got the job and became opening act at the Ashgrove for Lightnin' Hopkins,
All my young life I had wanted to meet Sonny Terry. One night, sitting around the house, my brother Joe came in all excited and said, "Lester, Lester. Guess what."
"Sonny Terry is coming to the Ashgrove."
"You're kidding."
"No, he's coming there with a guitar player named Brownie McGee.
So we went to hear Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and through meeting them, got introduced to Barbara Dane who hung out with the Gospel/Freedom/Folk/Protest movement crowd. So we got involved singing background with her cuz we just wanted to sing, you know? So now we're singing Gospel in this coffee house, and man, it was magnetic. It was such a great thing. The spirit was so high, the furniture wouldn't stay in place. Pearl had to switch to plastic cups because so much glass was broken. People were dancin', turnin' things over cuz they loved our Gospel. It got crazy. Mahalia Jackson heard about it. I don't know how, but she protested that Gospel shouldn't be sung in places that served alcoholic beverages because of the sacredness of it. She got so much steam behind her protest that we were banned from singing Gospel at the Ashgrove and any coffee house that served alcohol.
So we were like, what are we gonna do now. So we said, "Okay, we like Jimmy Reed. We like Lightnin' Hopkins, we like Brownie and Sonny. We like all that! So we decided to take those slow Blues, speed 'em up and turn them into Rock/Blues. So we did that, really invented the genre of Bluesrock and never got credit for it. So that's how we became to be known as crowd-pleasers. Then we got booked at the Newport Folk Festival.
The Newport Folk Festival
We weren't actually booked at The Newport Folk Festival in 1964. Barbara Dane was booked and we sang with her in New York's Central Park to promote the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. We actually rode to Newport with the actor Theo Bikel.
Meanwhile word had gotten out that Josh White, Sr. was sick and would be unable to perform his slot at the Festival. They were looking for somebody to take his place. So they asked him. He said, "My sons and brothers, The Chambers Brothers."
We didn't play the main stage at Newport in 1964. We did Gospel workshops (mixed up with a little country) with acoustic guitars. At that point, people were still thinking Josh White might be able to perform but he couldn't, so they invited us to take his place. When we got on that stage in front of 54,000 people, we became instant comedians because we ran out on stage and put on brakes and skidded to a stop, started looking around thinking, wow! The audience started laughing
From the wings, George Wein is telling us, "Do not plug in those electric guitars."
We had no choice. We had one acoustic and one electric. We plugged in. My brother George had the gutbucket bass. So on stage we started with Jimmy Reed's You Got Me Runnin' (Baby What You Want Me To Do).
The whole audience was dancin'. We were a hit. After the set, George Wein couldn't say enough about how surprisingly good we were and we were most definitely invited back next year.
The next year also the year Bob Dylan went Electric. The Paul Butterfield Band was there. Son House, Reverend Gary Davis. Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Peter, Paul & Mary, Lightnin' Hopkins, Fannie Lou Hamer and so many more were there that I can't remember.
When Bob Dylan went onstage with his white Telecaster, many in the crowd booed. So all the Folksingers joined hands and went on stage behind him to support him. People in the crowd were sayin', "Go get a real guitar. " He told them, "This is a real guitar." So that was how the electric guitar was introduced to the Newport Folk Festival.
After hearing us at the festival, Bob Dylan took us to New York because he wanted us to sing background for him on his Highway 61Revisited album. We did the session, but somehow, our vocals never made it to the finished product. After the recording session, Dylan was playing a club in New York after that was called Ondine and invited us. It was the first hip disco in New York, probably in all of the United States.
It was at Ondine that we met the group with the unlikely name, "The Losers." Their drummer was Brian Keenan whom we recruited and adopted as the "5th Chambers Brother." That's led to him becoming our drummer.
All of a sudden we became the in-demand background and session singers for any and everybody. It became a whole new life for us. We knew that we had been accepted musically for our talent. We could do what we did anywhere, anytime.
--Bob Davis
Co-Founder www.soul-patrol.com
Lester Chambers (of the groundbeaking Chambers Brothers) discusses his musical journey thru 40 years of Rock n' Roll, Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Funk, Reggae, etc. Lester also discusses his relationships with musical legends such as Sly and the Family Stone, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix and more, as he educates us on the past, present and future of the music/culture.
We also get a WORLD PREMIRE of selected cuts from Lester and KK Martin's new CD called 'BLUES FOR SALE'. We hear the songs Ain't Got You, Parchman Farm, People Get Ready, Time Has Come Today.


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Frances Faile, Conservator and Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Friday, March 23
HSM Ann Arbor Office (2117 Washtenaw)
This workshop is designed to help small museums and other historical organizations properly manage their historic textile collections. The presenter will cover basic care and handling for a variety of historic textiles. She will also cover inexpensive storage solutions and mounting techniques for display. Workshop participants will also have a chance to share and inquire about examples from their own collections.
If you are a personal member of HSM or represent an organization that itself is a member of the Society the cost for attending the workshop listed above is $39. Non-members may also attend for $79 (*includes a one-year membership). This workshop will be held from 9 am to noon at HSM's Ann Arbor office located at 2117 Washtenaw. To register for a workshop online visit http://www.hsmichigan.org/conferences/workshops
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Sometimes people have bad ideas.
Sometimes, thankfully, those bad ideas are very public and the whole world gets to look at them at laugh.
Bringing Tito Ortiz out of retirement to fight Rampage Jackson is one of those ideas, and Bellator was just kind enough to do it where we could all see. It's the type of train wreck that, since the UFC crushed most other competitors, there just isn't enough of anymore.
Here are some other beauties that are right up there with this latest debacle.


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Contact Person:
Suzanne K Lindsay
Phone: (620) 235-4400 Fax: (620) 235-4429
The annual Pitt State Math Relays are designed to give area high school students an opportunity to participate in mathematics competition featuring knowledge, ability, and speed. We feel that it is important to give recognition to those students who are talented in one or more of the many different areas of mathematics.
The Math Relays will begin at 10 a.m. with a general meeting in the Bicknell Center for the Arts. The medals will be given to the math instructors in our office at approximately 3:30 p.m. Headquarters for the relays will be in Rooms 210 and 224 Yates Hall.
10th Grade Events
11th Grade Events
12th Grade Events
Team Events
11:00 a.m.
Grubbs 107
11:30 a.m.
Algebraic Equations and Inequalities
12:00 noon
Algebraic Word Problems
Ballroom A
Algebraic Simplifications
Ballroom B
12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Computational Math
Governor's Room
Grubbs 109
Analytic Geometry
Ballroom C
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Number Theory
Logic and Set Theory
Probability and Statistics
2:00 p.m.
Algebra Medley
2:40 p.m.
For more information and/or an entry blank contact:
Terry Ann Martin (contact by email)
Department of MathematicsPittsburg State University1701 S. BroadwayPittsburg, KS 66762-7502(620)235-4400
If you are requesting an entry blank, please do so by February 10, 2017, and include the following information:name of sponsor(s), school, basketball classification in your state, whether your school is private or public, telephone, address, and email address.
Certificates will be presented to all participants. A minimum of three medals will be awarded in each individual event in each division (large schools and small schools). Medals will also be awarded in each team event in each division.
There will be a $1.00 charge per student for each event entered.


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The McRib and My McPregnancy Craving…Danielle
I think we all need to take a step back sometimes in our pregnancy and realize when we made a critical food craving mistake, and last night was that time for me. Knowing my husband would be at his company Christmas party until around 9, I knew I was on my own for dinner and took it as an opportunity to be the cool mom and treat the kids to some crap fast food.
Who doesn't like a happy meal when Daddy isn't going to be around to bring the 5 o'clock smiles?
So McDonald's it was. I was going to get my typical chicken nuggets, with sweet and sour sauce, but when I pulled into the parking lot and saw the advertisement exclaiming "The McRib is back!!" I couldn't McResist it.
Boy did I make a McMistake!
I dove into it like a teenage boy who had not eaten all day long, and within two bites, I was done. Finished. Grossed out. The barbecue sauce had fooled me, and the mystery meat sent me straight for the bathroom praying I didn't throw the small bit I had indulged in right back up. Thankfully I kept it down like a champ. I am still trying to decide if that is a good or bad thing though.
This was the first craving I have had this pregnancy that turned out to be truly horrible, but I guess I can't really blame anyone but myself. Seriously, what about a McRib actually sounds appealing?
So ladies, spill! What was your worst pregnancy craving… you know the one you regret till this day!


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Spectra LL400
Product overview:
The Spectra Precision LL400 Laser Level is durable & highly accurate, allowing it to withstand the toughest of job sites.
Fully automatic, this self-levelling Spectra Precision Laser LL400 Laser Level sets a new standard in rugged reliability, handling a wide variety of general and concrete construction applications. Even in tough jobsite conditions, the LL400 consistently delivers reliable, accurate performance to increase your overall productivity and cost-savings.
The LL400 Laser Level features easy, one-button operation for basic levelling and provides reliable, highly accurate, long-range measurements, even for machine control applications.
The LL400 is designed to be durable and reliable, day in and day out, and can be operated in the rain for superior drop and weather protection. The rugged LL400 can withstand drops of up to 1 metre onto concrete and tripod tip-overs up to 1.5 metres. This strength, combined with full weatherproofing and dust-proofing, results in reduced downtime and lower repair costs.
The LL400's self-levelling capability and optional RC601 remote control provide outstanding accuracy and allow one-person setup of slopes on grade.
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Highly rugged design and unique patent-pending lighthouse seal protects the transmitter head and glass, offering superior drop and weather protection for reduced downtime.
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Highly accurate at 1.5 mm at 30 meters for precise measurements on the job.
Temperature-calibrated, high accuracy for consistent performance across larger jobsites.
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Withstands a direct drop of 1 metre or a 1.5 metres tip-over onto concrete.
Ability to be used up to 800 m diameter with a detector makes the unit ideal for small to large projects.
Single-axis slope mode offers fast set-up and grade match to a reference mark for permanent and accurate ceiling slope reference.
Energy-efficient design offers choice of rechargeable or alkaline batteries for lower operating costs.
Long-range (optional) remote control gives you quick access to all the laser functions without returning to the laser instrument.
Customizable to your needs with the choice of two detectors.
Detector features:
Choosing the right detector ensures maximum performance from the LL400. You can customize the LL400 to your specific application needs with a choice of the HL700 or CR600 detectors.
Technical specification:
+/- 1.5mm @ 30 metres, max. operating diameter 800m
+/- 5 degrees self levelling range
Example usage:
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Driveways and ramps
Machine control
Cut & Fill
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This laser is covered by a new "5-Year - No Cost" Warranty which covers all defects due to material and workmanship. Spectra Precision Laser products with this warranty that have failed will be repaired FREE OF CHARGE for five years from the date of purchase.
Calibration and servicing:
If you routinely work on large job sites, which require you to have a physical Calibration certificate, issued in your name and matched to the Laser via its serial number, you must ensure you tick the above box marked "Paper Certificate" (where applicable) to add a Calibration certificate to your order. The Certificate will then be generated and included with your Laser. Please note the issuing of a Calibration certificate DOES NOT delay or hold up the despatch of your Laser in any way.
Kit comprises of:
HL700 Laser Detector, Staff mounting bracket & Batteries
Robust Carry case
Instruction / Safety Manual
Full 5 years Warranty
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|Mounting thread
|5/8 inch
|Power source
|Both types (Rechargeable & Non-Rechargeable)
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A Moment's Peace
My daughters are sleeping on the sofa, silent but for tiny puffs of breath from their perfect little slack sleep-mouths, cuddle toys held loosely to their chests. I want to make indelible mental records of moments like these. There are so many occasions where I wish I had time to pause and just absorb it all. I will myself to etch them in memory, for recall in another time and place, when their feet have stopped growing and walked away. But my brain fails me, our busy life rushes on and slowly they slip away. It upsets me to know that these moments will soon vanish into the fog of long-term memory to only appear in short bursts of dream between sleep and waking.
So I take photos; endless photos. To an outsider they are a mundane catalogue of the ordinary, to me they are a digital miracle through which I can happily browse for hours; and which they do too when they manage to sneak off with my phone. I find them under the dining table, hunched over the small screen, pointing each other out in the pictures and chatting gleefully in their barely-intelligible toddler language. All they see is images of themselves, playing, eating and laughing. But I'm looking at the years of mine and my husband's life given over to them, the work involved for 'free play', a happy day out, or the quiet snooze on a Wednesday afternoon.
Occasionally I catch glimpses of how they may look when they're older, and speculate on how they might turn out, and I inwardly wince at the prospect of them becoming harder or affected by the wider world. I guess that's normal for a parent, but their potential both excites and terrifies me.
Despite often yearning for a moment's peace, as I sit listening to their breath and browse countless proud photos of them passing development milestones, I quietly, really, honestly never ever want them to grow up.By inadifferentvoice in Parenting 3 Comments »
Discussion 3 Responses
February 13, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Beautiful! Really eloquent post that I could relate to completely
February 14, 2013 at 8:12 am
such a lovely heartfelt post.
February 18, 2013 at 6:31 pm
Jane, how do you manage to always sum up the feelings so many of us have but are not always able to describe in such a beautiful way? My girls are now 8 and 6 years old and they are young ladies, with their own distinct characters and personalities, which is wonderful, but I often wish that I could glimpse back at certain scenes of them as babies or toddlers. We are so lucky to be living in more of a digitalised world and taking and storing of millions of photos is possible, so thankfully we won't have only our memories to rely on x


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The College of Education (COE) is committed to supporting students and alumni as they develop career plans, and evaluate their professional goals. The College of Education, along with other University of Washington departments, is here to support students in gaining the skills and knowledge required for both professional development and career advancement. Students and alumni have access to a variety of resources including networking events, workshops and job/internship postings.
Make sure you read the post on the right-hand column! Learn about events and other topics related to professional development.


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SALEM - At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the Salem Historical Society will be offer the first of many opportunities for the community to assist with the identification of old photographs.
"This session will be held as part of the 'History in the Round' initiated recently," David Stratton, director of the Salem Historical Society Museum, said.
The society is in possession of hundreds of photos and the sessions will be held in the Shaffer Library meeting room located at 239 South Lundy Ave.
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Michele Mickey Weaver and David Shivers of the Salem Historical Society review a number of old, historical photos in the Dale Shaffer Research Library in preparation for the first "History in the Round" session Wednesday. The society has asked for assistance in obtaining identifications and information related to hundreds of photographs it has and is scheduling round-table sessions with residents to help out. Anyone interested can attend the first session at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Dale Shaffer Research Library located on Dale Shaffer Way. (Salem News photo by Larry Shields)
Anyone interested, of any age, is invited to participate and share their knowledge with these valuable resources.
Stratton explained that for years the Salem Historical Society has received hundreds of photographs of Salem and other topics.
"Often these pictures are not fully identified which requires an effort to determine the view and/or the individuals related to Salem's history," he said.
The inspiration came from Florida resident Phil Shasteen who visits his father, Gordon in Salem, regularly.
A 1967 Salem High School graduate, Phil Shasteen said that two years ago he and his dad took the Salem History Museum tour.
Afterward, Shasteen said he mentioned to one of the guides how impressed they were with displays.
But one thing bugged him.
"I was disappointed that there weren't more old photos of Salem's buildings, events and residents," he said.
"For example, unless I missed them, there were no photos of the Fourth Street School, the Metzger Hotel, the Lape Hotel, or the Ohio Bar and Grill.
"While many of the old buildings are not of historical significance in the traditional sense, they have special meaning to many Salemites."
He then learned the museum has hundreds of photos but not have the manpower to sort through and label them with notes of what they depict and the significance of the photos.
Shasteen explained that after mentioning it to the society, he brought the subject up with others who suggested "having my 89-year-old father and his SHS classmates spend one day or morning (or maybe more) each week to sort through the photos and record the pertinent information."
His father is a lifelong resident of Salem and "between him and his classmates," Shasteen said, "I'm sure the museum would garner priceless information and insight into the significance of the photos.
"All they would need is someone to record their observations."
It was a great idea whose time had come.
But there is also a sense of urgency, Shasteen said.
"Due to his and his classmates' ages, this is a time-limited opportunity," he noted.
That led to contact with Michele Mickey Weaver and the ball got rolling and the society scheduled the first "History in the Round" for June 4.
Stratton said, "Although registration is not necessary it will help with arrangements if a phone call could be made beforehand to 330-337-8514.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the Society.
Shasteen put the idea a little further down the road.
"I also believe that this process could yield a coffee table book of the most significant photos that could be sold to raise funds; or a web-based catalogue with donation requests imbedded strategically among the photos," he said.


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Man critically hurt after setting house on fire, officials say
Crews called to house near NW 23rd Street, Villa Avenue
UPDATED 4:34 PM CDT Apr 03, 2013
A man was critically injured Wednesday when he set his own house on fire in northwest Oklahoma City, fire officials said.
Click here: Naveen Dhaliwal's video report
Crews responded to a house fire in the 2500 block of Northwest 23rd Street on Wednesday afternoon and rescued a man from the home.
He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
KOCO's Erielle Reshef is reporting that the man set the house on fire after an argument with another person in the home.
Stay with KOCO Eyewitness News 5 for the latest information on breaking news.
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I found the book to be a great ending book of the amazing LOTR trilogy. From the beginning to the end, I was interested and wanted the book to never end. The plot, setting, characters, and details were all so amazing. I definitely enjoyed reading it.
I guess a similar author, someone who would write books like this, would be Christopher Paolini because with the Eragon series, you were taken to a fantasy world where the main character was going on a journey. There are elves, magic, dwarves, dragons, and a mystical, fantasy theme to the books in both series.
I would definitely recommend this book because it was a really good book to read and if you like fantasy/action books, you would love this book. After you read this book, you will want to watch The Return of the King. Its a really awesome book, and if you don't read the whole series, then you are missing out.
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PITTSBURGH -- Southern Miss president Martha Saunders issued a public apology for an apparent racist chant by members of the basketball team's pep band Thursday.
When Kansas State freshman guard Angel Rodriguez stepped to the free throw line during the first half of the Wildcats' 70-64 NCAA tournament victory over the Golden Eagles at Consol Energy Center, several members of the band chanted "Where's your green card?" in unison. Rodriguez is a native of Puerto Rico who attended high school in Miami and is an American citizen.
"We deeply regret the remarks made by a few students at today's game," Saunders said in a statement issued by the school and posted on its website. "The words of these individuals do not represent the sentiments of our pep band, athletic department or university. We apologize to Mr. Rodriguez and will take quick and appropriate disciplinary action against the students involved in this isolated incident."
The chant was not audible to many reporters in the arena, but could be heard during the CBS Sports broadcast of the game on TruTV. A clip where the chant is audible was posted Thursday on YouTube.


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A change in strategy in the second half paid dividends for Duck Hill (Agustin Arellano, Tom Uskup, John Gobin and Bob Stanton) as an explosive 5th chukker shifted the momentum of the game, and they went onto defeat Peachtree (Barb Uskup, Randy Rizor, Marcos Onetto and Antonio Galvan) 11-8 in the finals of the Aiken Polo Club's USPA Officers Cup Sunday at Whitney Field.
The game's first goal was scored by Duck Hill's Agustin Arellano, and served as a harbinger of things to come as the game's youngest player would go onto earn Most Valuable Player honors. Peachtree kept things close as Antonio Galvan tied the game with a goal from the field. But, Duck Hill showed their determination as John Gobin battled through traffic to score late in the period.
Several deep drives by both teams in the 2nd chukker were thwarted by the defensive pressure applied by the opposition. Peachtree managed to tie the game on a successful 60-yard penalty conversion by Antonio Galvan. A goal from the field by Marcos Onetto provided Peachtree with a comfortable cushion as Antonio Galvan's scoring touch created a 3 goal margin between the teams going into the half.
A change in strategy would be in order for the game's second half, and Duck Hill made some minor adjustments that would serve as the impetus to reach their objectives.
"At half time, we were down by 3 goals," said Gobin. "I kept telling myself to slow down, take my time, don't rush and stay on the game plan."
However, a couple of missed opportunities at the start of the 2nd half by Peachtree seemed to provide Duck Hill with the confidence they needed. Duck Hill began to finish plays, create offensive opportunities and find holes in the Peachtree defense, where their offensive chances in the 1st half were disrupted by picks being set by the opposition. And it was one of those missed opportunities by Peachtree that gave Duck Hill the chance to start their resurgence. John Gobin started a play, Agustin Arellano found himself in perfect position, and his intuitive sixth sense enabled him to be in the right place at the right time allowing for a shot on goal that hit the right upright, but Tom Uskup was following and finished the play. Gobin would reduce the deficit to 1 goal. on a successful 60-yard penalty shot. Peachtree's defensive lapse served as a catalyst. They would win the bowl-in, and Marcos Onetto and his 2nd half string would flash their speed as he was able to split defenders and score. In the chukker's closing minute Peachtree continued their relentless attack as Antonio Galvan popped the ball through the uprights.
A 3 goal advantage to some may seem like a significant margin, but with 2 chukkers left, the lead was anything but safe. Duck Hill's determination, steady play and consistent teamwork broke the game open in the penultimate chukker. Tom Uskup scored from the period's opening bowl-in, demonstrating the speed of his mount, but more importantly all four team members were involved in the play that created the successful scoring opportunity. John Gobin's goal from the site of the infraction brought Duck Hill within a goal. Duck Hill's confidence began to grow with each offensive drive. Gobin would win the bowl-in, and Arellano would finish the play to knot the game at 7-7. A propitious set of circumstances found Duck Hill taking advantage of a Peachtree miscue as Gobin's quick thinking and reflexes saw him pounce on the ball giving Duck Hill their first lead of the game since the opening chukker. Duck Hill could have increased their lead to 3 goals, but a missed penalty shot and a stifled offensive drive, one that saw Peachtree's Antonio Galvan make a great defensive play, denied those chances. Duck Hill did take a 2 goal lead into the final chukker as Gobin hammered the ball through the uprights from 40-yards out.
Teamwork and patience increased Duck Hill's lead to 3 goals as a give-and-go between Gobin and Uskup resulted in another score as Uskup's goal came on a deftly played cut shot. Tom Uskup's 6th chukker horse Christina, trained by Julian Daniels, was selected as Best Playing Pony. Peachtree would get within 2 goals as Marcos Onetto reduced the margin. Gobin showcased his playmaking abilities late in the chukker as he assisted on Arellano's goal.


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