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CHICAGO — As soon as Michael Overman announced that he was gay, the Southern Baptist church that raised him, that led him to attend an evangelical Christian college and inspired him to pursue ministry, left him feeling abandoned.
He stayed estranged from Christianity for about six years before eventually finding his way to Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, a congregation in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood that welcomes gays and lesbians.
Reinvigorated by the church's acceptance, he enrolled at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., and sought ordination in his new denomination.
But the United Methodist Church does not ordain gay clergy in committed relationships. That created a predicament for Overman, who joined his partner in a civil union last spring. He knew he could try keeping his relationship private as some partnered gay clergy opt to do. But that approach made him uncomfortable.
"If I'm going to be in ministry, I'm going to be in ministry as my whole self," said Overman, 28. "When I look at Christian faith, it was always Christ's mission to restore people in the community and restore people to wholeness. It didn't make sense to me to go into ministry as a closeted person. That felt inauthentic."
Following a number of gay and lesbian former Methodists who find themselves unable to serve in the church that cultivated their calling, Overman withdrew from the denomination to seek ordination instead in the Disciples of Christ Church, which accepts openly gay clergy in committed relationships. The departure of Overman and others spotlights the internal drama in one of the last mainline Protestant denominations that require gay clergy to stay celibate. Methodist teaching states that the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.
But many Methodist clergy and congregations don't share that point of view.
This includes Holy Covenant, one of the first Methodist churches to have a female pastor in the 1970s when women were first ordained. The Rev. Matthew Johnson, pastor of Holy Covenant now, said the congregation's acceptance can perplex people like Overman who don't fully grasp that the Lakeview congregation is an anomaly.
Last year, Johnson joined more than 200 elders, deacons and pastors in the church's Northern Illinois Conference who pledged to defy national church policy and bless same-sex unions.
"Holy Covenant is this little pocket of resistance," Johnson said. "Because of the work we're doing to bring about justice in our denomination, we have to be honest with everybody. The way that we are is not the way the rest of the church is."
Johnson said he and Overman discussed two options. Overman could wait until the church changed its teachings or he could forge ahead in trying to become a minister and see how far he got in the process before his civil union became an obstacle. Overman chose the latter, knowing it would take a miracle to be as transparent as he wanted to be and continue in the process, Johnson said.
Still, Overman wasn't entirely transparent. Instead of naming his partner or referring to his husband, he spoke of "a significant other" on his application. When a local committee charged with certifying him for ordination warned him about the ambiguous language, he instantly felt uneasy. But the panel never asked whether his significant other was a man or a woman, and it encouraged him to move forward in the process.
Nevertheless, "it felt more like an attack than an affirmation," he said. "I left that meeting feeling really broken and uncertain and really hurt. I had compromised myself, and I had not been my whole self. If that's how the process was going to continue, then I couldn't do it."
"Practicing 'don't ask, don't tell' in a ministry context is pushing people to sin," Overman added. "Thou shalt not lie." A blog item he wrote about his experience for Reconciling Ministries Network, a Methodist gay rights advocacy group, went viral.
Bishop Sally Dyck, head of the church's Northern Illinois Conference, met with Overman regarding his decision to leave. She insisted that the church does not take a "don't ask, don't tell" approach.
"We are saddened to lose a gifted person going toward ministry," she said. " 'Don't ask, don't tell' is not the approach taken when referring to the church law, which bars the ordination or appointment of 'self-avowed practicing homosexuals.' The district committee appreciated and respected Michael's honesty about his personal relationship and in turn had to be honest with Michael about the reality that the Board of Ordained Ministry is bound by the current laws in the Book of Discipline.
"This is the tension our denomination continues to struggle with and discerns as the United Methodist Church also acknowledges in the Book of Discipline that all persons are of sacred worth," she added.
The Rev. Scott Field, pastor of Wheatland Salem Church, a Methodist congregation in Naperville, supports the Methodists' celibacy requirement for gay clergy, which has been on the books since 1972. He doesn't question the vocation of aspiring clergy who happen to be gay and in committed relationships. But he believes they should, like Overman, seek ordination in North American churches that don't have the same requirement. Methodists must honor a global consensus on the issue, he said.
"I want to help them fulfill their calling, but it might not be among us," Field said. "I agree with him that we shouldn't be having to keep secrets."
The Rev. Gregory Gross, a Methodist deacon who also pledged to bless same-sex unions last year, said many of his gay classmates at Garrett sought ordination in other churches.
"Sadly, the UMC has lost too many excellent clergy and clergy candidates, and my heart aches for my denomination," Gross said. "It should not be this way."
He said the "don't ask, don't tell" avenue has become the church's unofficial yet de facto approach that many gay clergy have found ways to navigate. But he empathizes with Overman's decision, calling the "don't ask, don't tell" approach "hypocritical" and "sinful."
"While there are supportive persons throughout the denomination, this policy of looking the other way can lead clergy to feeling used," he said.
Overman said he understands that some clergy have chosen to hide their relationships and does not judge that decision negatively. It's simply not a route he can take.
"What I might feel would be deceitful or inauthentic on my part, someone else may have wrestled with and come to terms with," he said. "I trust they've gone through that discernment process. ... I'm not called to hide."


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Warmer temperatures and scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to return to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas on Monday and last through at least Saturday, according to forecasters with the Slidell office of the National Weather Service. The best chance of heavy rain will be Monday night and Tuesday, but no severe weather is expected, according to the weather service's Sunday hazardous-weather outlook message.
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A California-based company is thawing out a 2012 plan to build a frozen food warehouse in North Charleston.
Lineage Logistics said Thursday it is scheduled to break ground in July on a 340,000-square-foot storage site at 7748 Palmetto Commerce Parkway, part of the Palmetto Commerce Park development between Ladson and Ashley Phosphate roads.
The warehouse will use rail access and the local port for its export operations, the company said.
"Specific customer needs and comprehensive infrastructure in the world-class Port of Charleston makes this key logistics hub an important addition to our other port-centric facilities on the East Coast," Lineage Logistics CEO Bill Hendricksen said in a written statement.
The site of the proposed warehouse is the exact location where Millard Refrigerated Services said in late 2012 it would invest $42 million in a cold-storage distribution center and create 87 jobs.
It new cold-storage distribution center for overseas-bound meat products.
The Nebraska-based company was supposed begin shipping meat products overseas from North Charleston this year, but the building never materialized.
Earlier this year, Millard was sold to Lineage Logistics. A representative from the Colton, Calif.-based company's headquarters could not be reached for comment Thursday.
In a statement, Lineage Logistics said its new North Charleston warehouse will include "high-capacity blast freezing" for exporting protein food products to foreign markets.
The State Ports Authority said it welcomed the delayed investment.
"The port is experiencing strong growth in the refrigerated container business," CEO Jim Newsome said in a statement. "The addition of Lineage's cold storage and blast freezing facility provides Charleston with the increased capabilities necessary to meet the needs of this important cargo segment."
Last month, the SPA's board of directors approved up to $12 million to help expand the New Orleans Cold Storage space on Remount Road in North Charleston to support the increased demand.
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In our last portrait session at Torrey Pines, Tamara and I had planned on shooting film also for some close up nude and semi-nude fine art portrait photography. We ended up having to reschedule for another day unfortunately. We did the reshoot in La Jolla where I know of a little cove that provides some… Read more »
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New Orleans has adopted a Heisman Trophy winner.
Ingram has spent the past 5 1/2 weeks working with local trainer Wyatt Harris at the Sonic Boom speed, conditioning and strength academy in Jefferson. The facility, tucked beyond the railroad tracks off Central Avenue, regularly hosts a range of top athletes from area high schools and colleges, as well as pro players such as the Saints' Tracy Porter, Robert Meachem and Devery Henderson.
Ingram has shed about 10 pounds, and said he feels primed for next week's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. But his training with Harris won't end there. Ingram rented a condo and plans to spend the entire summer in his "home away from home" before heading off to his first training camp.
"I guess everybody just has to go to the spot they think is best for them. And this was the best for me," said Ingram, who learned of Harris from former college roommate Robby Green, a former John Curtis safety. "I know Wyatt. I know his history, his resume, things that he's accomplished with different athletes. And I just thought he was the best fit for me.
"He works me hard. I get a lot of personal attention. He cares a lot about every person he trains, and he puts his heart and soul into it."
Ingram, who is from Flint, Mich., said those visits to New Orleans helped with his homesickness in college, since his family was so far away. He said Green's family has become like a family to him.
"This is like my family away from home," Ingram said. "(Green) is my boy. So if we'd just get a little homesick, we'd hit the road and come down to New Orleans. Really, just sometimes if you wanted to just get away from school, just come down here and chill."
Ingram is one of three draft hopefuls working full-time at Sonic Boom this winter. Six days a week, he joins Arkansas-Monticello quarterback Scott Buisson (a Rummel product) and Tulane receiver Casey Robottom (from St. Charles) as they go through a grueling program that Harris based off the dreaded "Sonic Boom Monday" workouts developed by former Southern track coaches Claude Paxton and Johnny Thomas.
Harris, a former track and football standout at Southern, grew up in Hammond and Baton Rouge. He played in the arena leagues and in the former World Football League, and worked as a physical trainer with the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office. All the while, he worked out with former college teammates such as former NFL standout Aeneas Williams, and gradually his career as an elite fitness trainer grew.
Harris' program concentrates on everything from speed and explosion to strength to nutrition. He said he's not interested in focusing specifically on the 40-yard dash and other combine workouts. He's more focused on making his guys better all-around athletes -- though he believes the results will show up in Indianapolis.
"I'm teaching him how to make that easy, training the muscles to do that," said Harris, who said he hates being labeled as a "pre-draft" program.
"Mark's not here to train for the combine. We're training guys for careers. The goal for me is to get him ready to go to camp and compete," Harris said. "I care about him being able to do the things that NFL teams are going to want to see. He's going to have a running backs coach (working him out), and I don't know exactly what drills they're going to want to do."
On Tuesday, the players alternated from station to station doing drills that help with specific movements. At one point, they were rapidly pumping their arms in a running motion. Then they were replicating the 40-yard dash in slow motion with their feet banded together. Then they were making explosive leaps forward while attached to a rope with 110 pounds of tension.
Ingram said he is down to 212 pounds for the first time since his freshman year.
"I look bigger. I look a lot more cut," said Ingram. "Everything is coming together now. All the things we work on are starting to show, and I'm excited to go show what I can do. I'm ready to put all this work to the test. I'm ready to go out there and put it all on the line."
Ingram said the first few days of training were especially tough, but the gain has been worth the pain.
"The first week, you barely can walk, you know. Your hips are busted up, everywhere. Arms, shoulder, back, you're just busted up. And it's like, man, why am I doing this?" Ingram said. "But after a while, the next week you feel better, next week you feel better, next week you feel better, and you start getting more and more confident in everything that you're doing here. The training is hard, it's not for everybody, it's really not. But that's what I love to do. I love hard work.
"There's no special formula for success. It just takes hard work and dedication. And that's what I'm all about, and that's what we do here at Sonic Boom."
Ingram ran for 3,261 yards and scored 46 touchdowns in three years at Alabama. He was especially dominant as a sophomore, when he ran for 1,658 yards en route to the Heisman Trophy and the BCS championship. Last year a knee injury limited his production. But he said the knee has become a "non-issue."
He is projected as the top tailback in this year's draft, most likely in the top-20 range overall. The Saints, who pick 24th, could use a runner like Ingram, especially if they part ways with Pierre Thomas and/or Reggie Bush.
"That'd be nice," Ingram said. "But I'm just excited to go through the whole process, and wherever I end up, I'm going to be focused on being the best player I can be and helping them win championships."
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THANK YOU, PRINCESS CRUISES!!! What an amazing job of putting together a cruise to honor veterans .My husband and I flew in the day before the cruise and stayed at the Airport Doubletree by Hilton hotel at Houston Hobby. They have a free shuttle to and from the airport so we were able to go back to the baggage claim area the day of the cruise to meet our Princess transfer bus. This worked very well. Embarkation at the new Houston port went as well as it could with so many more Premier and Elite passengers than those who were not. The terminal is beautiful and well equipped. The downside is that it is a very long taxi ride from the airports (Houston Hobby is the closest) so we recommend doing a Princess transfer to and from the ship. Once onboard, the staff of the Caribbean was awesome with their welcomes. Our stateroom was ready just after noon and we were greeted by our Steward, David, who welcomed us by name. Nice touch!
Since this was not a normal cruise to multiple ports, More and was really to allow veterans a chance to meet one another and share "war stories", we spent the week attending the excellent seminars.
Food in both the Horizon Court buffet and the Palm Dining Room was excellent with a great variety of foods each day. Service was excellent! Nightly entertainment was excellent as well!
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John Edward "Jack" Stoehr, 57, Denver, Colo., formerly of Altoona, died May 30, 2012.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, son of John B. and Doris Stoehr.
Surviving are his parents; a son, Shane; a granddaughter; two brothers: Brian and Pat; a sister, Dianne Griffin; five nephews; and seven nieces.
Jack was a beloved father, son, brother and uncle and was loved by so many. He was a friend to more than we will ever know. We will miss his music, his storytelling, that wonderful grin, laughter and gregariousness, his positive outlook, his generous nature, his love of animals and so many other things about him. The world was a little brighter, and we are all a little better for having known him.
Friends will be received from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012, at The Stevens Mortuary Inc., 1421 Eighth Ave., Altoona. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at noon Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Lakemont, by Monsignor Michael Becker.
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One of the huskiest and most arresting tenor-sax voices of the '60s avant-garde belonged to Archie Shepp. Raised in Philadelphia, he first turned up in pianist Cecil Taylor's fervid group around 1960, played on John Coltrane's landmark 1965 Ascension LP and recorded some of the decade's most memorable expressions of black pride and Africanism, such as Fire Music, Mama Too Tight and The Magic of JuJu. In recent years the traditionalist in Shepp has come to the fore, and he has worked with older musicians such as drummer Philly Joe Jones and recorded an album interpreting tunes of Charlie Parker. Shepp's latest album is bluesy and accessible. Sad to say, the weakest link is his own playing. The old husky urgency of tone has turned erratic and disjointed, at times almost flatulent. Articulation is sloppy. Worse, Shepp's phrases are blunt and tentative; he sounds as if he is still warming up or is just plain tired. The effect is oafish and teetering, even allowing for what may be a calculated effect. Shepp is to be commended for one thing—unearthing John Coltrane's tune Straight Street, a seldom recorded masterpiece of hard bop from Coltrane's 1957 album, First Trane. Its sinuous, coiling energy survives even Shepp's mangling. (Soul Note)
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UNIVERSITY PARK - At a "Yamato: The Drummers of Japan" performance, it's not just about the musicians on stage.
The audience plays a part in creating the energy of the show, Masa Ogawa, the Japanese drumming troupe's artistic director, explained in an email.
"Yamato is not just a drumming show. We can promise to you that the show will be the first experience of your life. You can join our show, drumming with us, exhaust all the energy, laughing together, and after then, you can feel the power of you," he said.
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The "Yamato:?The Drummers of Japan" troupe will perform the show "Rojyoh —?The Beat on the Road" to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Another energy-packed show from the group, which has visited more than 50 countries and performed more than 2,800 shows, is making its way back to the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State.
On its 20th anniversary tour, about 10 members of the 20-member troupe will perform "Rojyoh - The Beat on the Road" inside Eisenhower Auditorium on Tuesday evening.
"Our audience has always been very enthusiastic about the troupe, and we have regular requests to have them come back," CPA Director of Marketing Laura Sullivan wrote in an email. "The Penn State students seem to really enjoy them as well. Their performance is great for all ages."
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What: Yamato: The Drummers of Japan, "Rojyoh - The Beat on the Road," 20th anniversary tour
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Eisenhower Auditorium on the Penn State University Park campus
Tickets: $38, adults; $24, 18 and younger; $15, University Park students. Tickets are available at the door.
Kimberly Powell, the faculty adviser for student organization Penn State Taiko Drum Club and associate professor of education and art education, saw Yamato perform the last time they came to campus.
"They are an energetic, spirited and athletic group of highly skilled players who have toured the world extensively," she wrote in an email. "Their effect on an audience was powerful, as audience members felt compelled to move, smile and clap along to their rhythms, jumping out of their seats to dance toward the end of the performance."
While here, the troupe will hold a drumming workshop with members of the Penn State Blue Band and the drum club, Sullivan wrote.
A family drum workshop with the drum club is also scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday on the Eisenhower Auditorium patio.
Members of the club will work with participants to "learn drum techniques, rhythm exercises and a song," Powell wrote.
The workshop is open to all ages. No registration is required. The workshop will move to the Eisenhower lobby in case of inclement weather.
Powell will also host an "Artistic Viewpoints" informal moderated discussion at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Eisenhower Audiotorium conference room.
"My artistic viewpoints discussion will present an overview of the history and roots of taiko drumming in Japan and in the United States, as well as a discussion of the artistic conventions and practices that are involved in taiko drumming, such as rhythmic patterns associated with taiko ensembles and the choreographed movement referred to as kata," she said.
During the discussion, Penn State Taiko "will perform rhythms, movements and a song segment, in order to situate the audience in the sound and style of taiko, so that they might better discern some Yamato's performance techniques," she said.
Although the Yamato performance is noisy, United States audiences have given back more, Ogawa said.
"We hope to exchange the energy," he said, in part, of what he'd like the audience to experience.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Research Highlights 2012
Welcome to the RIT College of Science Research Highlights page. The goal of this page is to highlight some of the college's faculty-student research projects.
School of Physics and Astronomy
Investigation of the Structural Ordering in Magnetron Sputtered Co/Pt Films with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy
Faculty Advisor(s): Michael S. Pierce, School of Physics and Astronomy, Richard Hailstone, Center for Imaging Science is the one responsible for the TEM images shown in the figure.
Student Researcher: Junghune Nam, School of Physics and Astronomy
Physical and structural properties can influence the magnetic properties of a system, including hysteretic behavior. Shown here are the results of X-ray scattering performed on three of six Co/Pt multilayer thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy grown at different sputtering pressures between 3 and 20 mTorr. Measurements of the crystallinity, from the bulk lattice peaks of the Pt, provide a useful metric for determining the structural ordering of the films. We have compared the results of our current efforts to results obtained from earlier x-ray reflectivity and microscopy, as well as the magnetic properties obtained from magnetometry and magnetic force microscopy measurements. Understanding the correlation between the crystallinity and the hysteretic behavior and magnetic properties for these samples may help improve designs for magnetic media and increase the storage capacity of hard disk drives.
Submitted December 6, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Astronomical Research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory
Faculty Advisor: Michael Richmond, School of Physics and Astronomy,
LAMA (Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics)
Students: Valerie Rapson (graduate Astrophysical Sciences and Technology)
Dave Principe (graduate Astrophysical Sciences and Technology)
Jack Wong (undergraduate Physics)
Links: LAMA web page http://lama.cis.rit.edu/
more information on the WIYN 0.9m telescope
From November 8 to November 14, 2012, a team of researchers from RIT travelled to the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to use the WIYN 0.9-m telescope. Led by Michael Richmond (Physics), the team included two graduate students in the AST program, Valerie Rapson and Dave Principe, and an undergraduate Physics major, Jack Wong. The group observed a wide range of object, searching for faint planetary nebulae in binary star systems and transiting extrasolar planets, and measured several supernovae recently discovered by Japanese astronomers.
Submitted: December 6, 2012
School of Mathematical Sciences
Integrated Mathematical Models to Combat Dry Eye Syndrome
Faculty Advisors: Kara Maki, CACM, SMS, David S. Ross, CACM, SMS
Student Researcher: Emily Holz, KGCOE, Biomedical Engineering
Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics
Link to this paper, which is based on Kara's thesis.
Each time someone blinks, a thin multilayered film of fluid must reestablish itself, within a second or so, on the surface of the eye. This tear film plays a number of vital roles in maintaining the health and function of the eye. For example, the film provides an optical smooth surface for light to pass through for clear vision and it supplies nourishment and protection to the eye. Any malfunction or deficiency of the tear film causes a collection of symptoms, including visual disturbance, discomfort, and potential damage to the ocular surface, recognized by ophthalmologists as dry eye syndrome. It is estimated that 5 million of Americans over the age of 50 have dry eye. The symptoms of this common condition hurt important activities of daily living such as reading and driving. Thus, new suggestions for treatment will benefit many people. There are approximately 35 million contact lens wearers in the United States and of these contact lens wearers 50% have reported experiencing dry eye symptoms, referred to as contact-lens-induced dry eye. In this project we are developing a mathematical model of the mechanical interactions between a contact lens suspended in a tear film and the viscous liquid in which it is suspended.
Submission Date: Jun 5, 2012
School of Chemistry & Materials Science
Surface oxidation of single-walled carbon nanotube paper with oxygen atoms
Faculty Advisor: Gerald Takacs
Student Researchers: F. Lu*, J. Alvarenga*, B. Landi, R. Raffaelle, T. Debies and G.A. Takacs
*MS Materials Science and Engineering graduate students.
J. Adhesion Sci. Technol. (2012)DOI:10.1080/01694243.2012.705093
Submission date: August 27, 2012
School of Chemistry & Materials Science
Surface Characterization of UV Photo-oxidized Colorless Polyimides
Faculty Advisor: Gerald Takacs
Student Researchers: A. Khot*, M. Razdan**, B. Parekh*, T. Debies
Incorporating -C(CF3)2- groups into the backbone of the aromatic polyimides reduces the electronic interaction between chromophoric centers in the molecular structure which produces slightly colored to colorless films having optimal transparencies for space applications, such as thermal control coatings, low earth orbit (LEO) radiation exposure and solar sail propelled missions. Spacecraft in LEO are exposed to UV radiation and the presence of reactive oxygen-containing species, e.g., O and O3. This publication investigates the following two colorless polyimides (Attachment 1) exposed to UV photo-oxidation at atmospheric pressure.
*MS Materials Science and Engineering graduate students.
** MS Chemistry graduate student.
Submission date: August 27, 2012
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
The genetic code supports the maintenance of DNA flexibility over evolutionary timescales
Faculty Advisor: Gregory Babbitt
Student Researcher: Katharina Schulze
Despite nearly 50 years of familiarity with the genetic code, biologists still know little about why it is organized in the way it is. Recent research has suggested that the organization of the genetic code is highly non-random, but not exactly why. Using a combination of computer simulation and comparative genomics, Dr. Gregory Babbitt and BS/MS Bioinformatics student, Katharina Schulze, have demonstrated that the genetic code is extremely well optimized with respect to potential mutational effects on the flexibility of phosphate linkages in the DNA backbone. Therefore, the organization of the genetic code is not likely a random accident of evolution, as once assumed by the founders of molecular biology in the mid-twentieth century, but actually facilitates the multiplexing of both genetic and structurally-encoded regulatory information into the same molecular context.
Oxford Journals-Genome Biology and Evolution
Submission date: August 23, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Geometrically Cohesive Granular Materials
Faculty Advisor: Scott Franklin, School of Physics and Astronomy
Student Researchers: Andrew Loheac and Christian Richardsen, Physics
Links: http://people.rit.edu/svfsps/Research/lab.html
Description: Unlike ordinary granular materials (sand, rice, sugar, etc.), non-spherical grains such as staples can display a surprising ability to stick together. Physics majors Andrew Loheac and Christian Richardsen are working with Professor Scott Franklin to study the properties of these materials through computer simulations and novel experiments. One new finding is that long piles are much easier to pull apart than shorter piles, a surprising result that can be explained through a weakest link theory. Their work was recently featured as the cover article of Physical Review Letters (2012) and highlighted by American Physical Society on physics.aps.org.
Submission date: August 20, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Not all lectures are equal! Influence of subject on faculty practice
Faculty Advisor: Scott Franklin, School of Physics and Astronomy, Science & Mathematics Education Research Collaborative
Student Research: Tricia Chapman
Links: http://www.rit.edu/cos/smerc, http://people.rit.edu/svfsps/Research/lab.html
Description: Physics faculty display a range of practices in reform-style workshop classrooms. Recently published in the Proceedings of the Physics Education Research Conference, RIT physics major Tricia Chapman found that not only do faculty teaching electricity & magnetism lecture twice as often do faculty teaching mechanics, but they do so for a fundamentally different purpose. E&M instructors primarily lecture before a student activity as a demonstration (what is called "Tell & Practice"), whereas mechanics instructors tend to lecture after an activity as a summative exercise (named "Invent & Tell"). We find many reasons for this difference, ranging from instructor philosophy to the nature of current materials, with important implications for future curricular development.
Submission date: August 20, 2012
School of Chemistry & Materials Science
Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents for Detection of Cancer and Heart Disease
Representation of a targeted multi-modal imaging agent, the targeting mechanism with diseased tissue and an example of a selective fluorescence of a grafted tumor in a mouse
Advisor: Hans Schmitthenner, Chemistry and Imaging Research Scientist, CIS and SCMS, College of Science
Student Researcher(s): Taylor Barrett, Zane Barnstien, Chelsea Wiedman (Chemistry Majors)
For the early detection of cancer and heart disease there is a growing need for diverse targeted molecular imaging agents. The goal of our research program is to provide versatile, easy-to-use templates to construct these imaging agents as few facile methods are available today. The templates are chemical scaffolds comprised of peptides with differentially protected or "masked" side chains. This enables selective "unmasking" and binding different types imaging agents and targeting agents together on each template. The imaging agents we are focused on are contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), chelating agents for positron emission tomography (PET) and dyes for near infrared fluorescence (NIRF). The targeting agents are peptides which will enhance contrast in MRI or selectively illuminate diseased tissues. We have synthesized the protected templates, and are currently investigating the unmasking and binding to imaging and targeting agents.
Submission date: August 16, 2012
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Verrucomicrobium spinosum: A model system for Chlamydia?
The diagram depicts amino acids that are conserved in the active site of the aminotransferase enzyme from V. spinosum.
Faculty Advisor: Andre O. Hudson
Undergraduate Student Researchers: Victoria Nachar (Biology), Francisco Savka (Biology), Sean McGroty (Bioinformatics)
Lab page link: http://people.rit.edu/aohsbi/
The bacterium Verrucomicrobium spinosum is closely related to the bacterium that causes the STD Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis). Using biochemical and genomic analysis, V. spinosum was found to employ the recently discovered aminotransferase pathway for diaminopimelate, lysine and cell wall biosynthesis by three undergraduate students in The Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences (Victoria Nachar, Biology) (Francisco Savka, Biology) and (Sean McGroty, Bioinformatics). Since animals, particularly humans do not possess the enzymatic machinery for diaminopimelate/lysine biosynthesis; this pathway is an attractive target for the development of antibiotics using V. spinosum as a model system.
Submission date: June 5, 2012
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Lidar Sensing of Complex Snow and Ice Surfaces
Faculty Advisor: John Kerekes, CIS, DIRS
Student Researchers: Jiashu Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Imaging Science, and Kimberly Horan, M.S. Student, Imaging Science
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Lidar (light detection and ranging) remote sensing has been found to be a useful method of monitoring the dynamics and mass balance of glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. However, it is also known that ice surfaces can have complex structure, which can challenge their accurate retrieval with lidar sensing. In support of future lidar sensing satellites, such as NASA's upcoming ICESat-2 mission, a joint research project is ongoing involving researchers in RIT's Center for Imaging Science and collaborators in the Department of Geology at the University at Buffalo. The general approach is to 1) define realistic complex ice surfaces, 2) render physics-based lidar image simulations, and 3) compare the resulting data to the known surfaces to gain insight into the phenomenology of lidar sensing of snow and ice. The figure shows an early result of the research as a simulation of a side view of surface and noise returns as measured by a GeigerMode Avalanche PhotoDiode detector. The thick line shows the returns from a simulated snow surface with deep crevasses while the point-like returns are noise returns seemingly coming from the atmosphere above or the snow pack below the surface. Collaborators are using this type of data to develop surface extraction algorithms with a goal of improving the accuracy of monitoring changes in the heights of glaciers due to global climate change.
Submission date: May 2, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Mapping gas flows around supermassive black holes in nearby galaxies
Faculty Advisor(s): Andy Robinson & David Axon, Physics/AST, LAMA
Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics LAMA
Graduate Studies in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology
Supermassive black holes are the "engines" of Active Galactic Nuclei, whose light output often overwhelms that of the entire stellar population of the galaxy. The aim of this project is to understand the physical processes that drive gas flows between the active nucleus and the host galaxy, providing ''fuel'' for the black hole and transferring mechanical energy back to the galaxy. Our research is based on data from Integral Field Spectrographs mounted on the 8-m GEMINI telescopes in Hawaii and Chile. These instruments produce a spectrum at each pointin an image, allowing us to construct detailed maps of the gas motions in the centers of several nearby galaxies (see image). The project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, is a collaboration with a team of Brazilian astronomers based at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Submission date: April 10, 2012
chester f. carlson center for Imaging Science
The Euclidean Commute Time Distance Transformation Applied to Spectral Remotely Sensed Images
Faculty Advisor: David Messinger, CIS, DIRS
Student Researcher: Jamie Albano, Ph.D. Candidate, Imaging Science
The Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing (DIRS) Laboratory
Spectral images are collected from airborne or satellite sensors in more colors than the traditional red, green, and blue. These images are then used for large scale material identification and characterization for applications such as environmental monitoring. Spectral image analysis problems often begin by applying a transformation that generates an alternative representation of the spectral data with the intention of exposing hidden features not discernable in the original space. Our research has developed a transformation based on a Markov-chain model of a random walk on a graph and we have shown how application to spectral image clustering improves results over traditional processing schemes. Results are shown for a standard clustering algorithm applied to a hyperspectral image after application of the Commute Time Distance transformation. Top image is the input data with training data highlighted; bottom image is the resulting class map. This work was presented at the Department of Energy Conference on Data Analysis in March 2012 where it was awarded "Best Student Poster."
Submission date: April 1, 2012
Use of Hyperspectral Imagery to Support Archeological Land Use Studies in Oaxaca, Mexico
Faculty Advisors: David Messinger, Center for Imaging Science, Bill Middleton, Sociology & Anthropology (COLA)
Student Researcher: Kelly Canham, Ph.D. candidate in Imaging Science
The goal of this research is to produce land-use maps for aiding archaeologists studying the Zapotec civilization. Fractional abundance maps have been produced from Hyperion hyperspectral data over Oaxaca, Mexico, by applying a new spatially adaptive spectral unmixing algorithm. However, to correlate the fractional abundance maps generated from the HSI image processing, a relationship between the known materials located in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the spectral profiles of these materials must be established. A campaign during December 2011, (the dry season in Oaxaca) took place for the explicit task of obtaining spectral profiles of the most common materials found in the region. Ground-truth information was collected for three Oaxaca valleys (Tlacolula, Yanhuitlan, and Ycuitla). Common materials and associated regions were recorded and material samples were collected at many of these locations. Aspects of this research project have won international competitions for the spatially adaptive spectral processing algorithms and the use of a field spectrometer for this field work.
Submission date: April 1, 2012
school of Mathematical Sciences
Searches for Gravitational Waves
Faculty advisor: John Whelan (SMS and CCRG)
Student Researchers: Prabath Peiris (AST), Anthony Castiglia (SMS), Benjamin Farr (Physics '09) Postdoc: Melissa Frei (SMS)
Gravitational waves (GWs) are distortions in the fabric of space and time, predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which travel at the speed of light. They are generated by rapid movements of massive objects, such as black holes and/or neutron stars in close binary orbits, supernova explosions, rapidly spinning deformed neutron stars, and the extreme conditions in the early universe shortly after the Big Bang. While the effects of GWs have been observed, the waves themselves have not yet been detected. An international network of detectors has recently been constructed which is expected to make the first detection of gravitational waves and allow us to observe the universe with gravitons as well as photons. This network includes the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), which uses an L-shaped interferometer to measure changes smaller than a proton in the difference between the 2.5-mile lengths of its "arms". RIT researchers work within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration to analyze the data taken by LIGO and other detectors, searching for the signatures of astrophysical systems such as accreting neutron stars and binaries of spinning black holes.The image shows the effects of the gravitational waves generated by a simple system, a binary of two equal masses in a circular orbit around their center of mass. (Upper left; the circular orbit looks elliptical because we are viewing it at a 75-degree angle.) The changes between distances of freely floating objects (lower left) can be resolved into two polarization states, known as "plus" (shown in green) and "cross" (shown in red). The signal in a detector like LIGO will be a combination of these plus and cross waveforms, plus instrumental noise. In a physical system, the gravitational waves will carry away energy, causing the binary orbit to decay and the masses to spiral in towards each other, emitting a "chirp"-like waveform.
Submission date: March 23, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Searching for exoplanets in M103
Faculty Advisor: Michael Richmond, Physics, LAMA
Student Researchers: Valerie Rapson, Billy Vazquez, graduate students in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology
Over the past decade, many planets have been discovered circling other stars. Graduate students Valerie Rapson and Billy Vazquez have been studying a cluster of stars (see picture) using a small telescope in Rochester, looking for brief dips in the brightness of an individual star when a planet passes in front of it. To confirm their candidates, they will be using a big telescope: the WIYN 0.9-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (see picture). RIT is a member of the WIYN 0.9m consortium and sends several students each year to Kitt Peak.
Submission date: March 21,2012
School of Mathematical Sciences
Study of multi black hole and ring singularity apparent horizons
Faculty advisor: Carlos O. Lousto (SMS, CCRG)
Student Researchers: Gabriela Jaramillo (SMS, MS applied mathematics)
Links: http://ccrg.rit.edu/ Published in Phys.Rev. D84 (2011) 104011.
We study critical black-hole separations for the formation of a common apparent horizon in systems of N black holes in a time-symmetric configuration. We study in detail the aligned equal mass cases for N=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and relate them to the unequal mass binary black-hole case. We then study the apparent horizon of the time-symmetric initial geometry of a ring singularity of different radii. The apparent horizon is used as indicative of the location of the event horizon in an effort to predict a critical ring radius that would generate an event horizon of toroidal topology. We found that a good estimate for this ring critical radius is 20/(3)M. We briefly discuss the connection of this two cases through a discrete black-hole necklace configuration.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Another reason students struggle: Overestimation by Biology faculty and textbooks of students' prior knowledge
Mentors: Dina L Newman and L. Kate Wright, School of Life Sciences, Science & Mathematics Education Research Collaborative (SMERC)
Student Researcher: Christina Catavero
Successful teaching requires faculty be aware of their students' prior knowledge of a subject. Meiosis, a special type of cell division that creates sperm or ova, is an important topic in both genetics and evolution, yet one in which students routinely struggle. Interviews of RIT students have produced new insight into students thoughts and confusion, and shed new light on why they struggle. Foundational concepts such as chromosome structure, homology and ploidy are common stumbling blocks, and confusion on these topics persists even after multiple exposures to instruction. It appears that instructors do not fully appreciate the knowledge state of the entering student. We surveyed faculty who teach the subject about what they believe students should know at each level of their biology education and found that at every level they make incorrect assumptions about student prior knowledge. Similarly, textbooks typically leave out discussion of these concepts, especially in the context of cell division. The figure shows that, for four fundamental concepts, 40%-60% of faculty and textbooks assume student understanding (blue and green lines) while fewer than 10% of students can actually demonstrate proficiency. Since students never learn the basics, few ever progress further to truly comprehending meiosis, and by extension genetics and evolution. This project has the potential to enhance biology education across the country by educating the authors of standards as well as the teachers about the disconnection between high school and college expectations.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
An Switchable fMRI Phantom Based on the Alignment of Molecular Dipoles
Faculty Advisor:Joseph Hornak, CIS, Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
Student Researcher: Yujie Qiu
Link: Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique used to map the thought and motor control regions of the human brain. The technique is based on detection of rapid and subtle changes in the MRI signal as a result of brain activity. There is a need for fMRI phantoms or standards that mimic this change as rapidly as is seen in the brain. We are exploring one method based on the alignment of the dipole moments of polar molecules with the application of an electric field. The method is fast and produces a controllable change in the MRI signal comparable to that seen in the human brain.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Learning, retention, and forgetting of Newton's third law throughout university physics
Authors (RIT undergrads have *): Eleanor C. Sayre, Scott V. Franklin, Stephanie Dymek*, Jessica Clark*, Yifei Sun
Accepted to: Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research Online
We present data from a between-student study on student response to questions on Newton's Third Law given in two introductory calculus-based physics classes (Mechanics and Electromagnetism) at a large northeastern university. Construction of a response curve reveals subtle dynamics in student learning not capturable by pre/post testing. We find a signicant positive efect of instruction that diminishes by the end of the quarter. Two quarters later, a signicant dip in correct response occurs when instruction changes from the vector quantities of electric forces and elds to the scalar quantity of electric potential. When instruction returns to vector topics, performance rebounds to initial values.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
School of Mathematical Sciences
Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Faculty Advisers: Hans-Peter Bischof, Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, John Whelan, Yosef Zlochower
Postdocs: Melissa Frei, Bruno Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano, Scott Noble, Jason Nordhaus
Student Researchers: Anothony Castiglia, Benjamin Farr, Billy Vazquez, David Di Lernia, Gabriela Jaramillo, Ian Ruchlin, Jeremy Berke, Lous Gallouin, Luke Coy, Marcelo Ponce, Nicholas Battista, Prabath Peiris
Link: Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation
Gravity is associated with some of the most spectacular events in our universe. When two black holes collide, for a brief time, they become the most "luminous" objects in the observable universe. The amount of energy released from supermassive black hole collisions is staggering, the equivalent of converting 100 million suns into pure energy. Black holes can also rip apart neutron stars, converting part of the mass of the neutron star into a burst of energy known as a gamma ray burst. Massive stars end their lives in a spectacular supernova explosion powered by gravity. The figures shows a 1 solar mass black hole merging with a 100 solar mass black hole, the magnetized accretion disk around a merging binary, and a star undergoing a supernova explosion.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
School of MATHEMATICAL Sciences
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Cherry, Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics
Student Researchers: Michael Bell (recent math MS grad who has applied to PhD programs for the fall), Alexander Bogart (software engineering), Colden Cullen (interactive games and media), Mohamed Elshrif (GCCIS PhD program), Raphael Kahler (computational math), Benjamin Liu (applied math), Peter Muller (computer engineering), Ryan McLaughlin (computer engineering), Steven Kroh (software engineering)
Link: acm.rit.edu/research/cardiac.php
We study the propagation of electrical waves in the heart. These waves, which arise naturally about once every second, signal the heart to contract in a coordinated manner to pump blood throughout the body. Disruptions to normal wave propagation can occur in the context of cardiac disease or other factors and can give rise to either short-lived or persistent arrhythmias that may compromise the heart's pumping function. Many of these arrhythmias are characterized by the presence of one or more spiral waves that rotate faster than the heart's intrinsic pacemaker. We aim to understand the mechanisms of initiation, maintenance, and termination of these arrhythmias by integrating mathematical modeling and simulation with both traditional experiments and theoretical analysis. Our work has encompassed the development of robust mathematical models of cardiac electrical dynamics; the creation of efficient numerical algorithms for solving the equations describing wave propagation using computer simulations; analysis of the nonlinear dynamics of cardiac tissue; and the application of modeling and simulation to analyze specific physiological problems, such as identifying physiological mechanisms underlying particular arrhythmias and low-energy defibrillation. Along with mathematics, our studies draw from a number of disciplines, including biology and physiology, computer science, biological physics, imaging science, nonlinear dynamics, and complex systems.
Submission date: March 20, 2012
School of Physics and Astronomy
Relativistic Stellar Dynamics
Faculty: David Merritt, Dept. of Physics and CCRG
Student Researchers: Fabio Antonini (AST) Postdocs: Eugene Vasiliev, Alessia Gualandris (Physics, CCRG)
This figure shows how the motion of stars very near to a supermassive black hole (SMBH) is affected by their self-interactions, and by general relativity. Each frame plots the evolution of the orbital planes of eight stars as they orbit about the Milky Way SMBH, for an elapsed time of two million years. The SMBH is rotating, which causes the orbital planes to precess; this is called "frame dragging" and appears in the plots as circular motion. When the masses of the stars are increased, their self-interactions cause the motion to deviate from the smooth precession induced by frame dragging.
Submission date: January 18, 2012
School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences
Surface Modification of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Gaseous Oxygen and Chlorine Atoms
Microwave Discharge of Ar/Oxygen Mixture
Student Researcher: Luciana Oliveira, MS Chemistry Graduate, Currently Ph.D. student at Clemson U.
Faculty Advisor: Gerald A. Takacs, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,Center for Materials Science & Engineering
Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) paper was surface modified with gaseous oxygen and chlorine atoms, and analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The oxygen atoms were produced by a low-pressure microwave (MW) plasma discharge of an Ar-O2 mixture and the results were compared to a previous study using VUV photo-oxidation. The presence of VUV (λ= 104.8 and 106.7 nm) radiation showed higher levels of oxidation (ca. 7.4 at% O) than the MW results (ca. 6.3 at %) which were conducted in the absence of radiation from the plasma. Oxygen atoms reacted with the -conjugation of the MWNTs to primarily produce the ether/epoxide groups. Chlorine atoms, which were generated by UV photolysis of Cl2, readily reacted with the nanotubes to yield saturation levels of ca. 13 at% Cl.
Submission date: January 12, 2012
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Bacterial diseases disrupted by natural products from the beehive
Student Researcher: Zackery Bulman, Biotechnology Graduate, 2011.
Faculty Advisor: Mike Savka, School of Life Sciences Laboratory A355 Gosnell HallRead More:
Recent Publication: Zackery Bulman, Phuong Le, André O. Hudson and Michael A. Savka. A novel property of propolis (bee glue): anti-pathogenic activity by inhibition of N-acyl-homoserine lactone mediated signaling in bacteria. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 138 (2011) 788-797. doi:10.1016/j/jep2011.10.029
A complementary or alternative approach to antibiotic agents to control bacterial diseases is the identification and development of anti-pathogenic control agents. Such anti-pathogenic agents could target a gene regulatory system known as quorum sensing (QS). In the above publication, we show that the natural product from the beehive called propolis or bee glue disrupts quorum-sensing systems. In this regard, anti-pathogenic compounds from bee harvested propolis could be identified and isolated and thus will be valuable for the further development of anti-pathogenic therapeutics to disrupt QS signaling systems which regulate the disease causing factors in many pathogenic bacteria.
Submission date: January 12, 2012
School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences
Using structural analysis and biochemical techniques to study protein vaccine candidates
Faculty Advisors: Lea Vacca Michel (RIT, Department of Chemistry)
Student Researchers: Anthony Mangan (MS student, Chemistry),Kyle Grimaldi (5th year, Chemistry),Melody Frink (4th year, Biochemistry),Breanna Kalmeta (3rd year, Biochemistry),Joy Snyder (3rd year, Biochemistry),Rachel Schmidt (3rd year, Biochemistry),Bethany Novick (2nd year, Biochemistry),John Bettinger (2nd year, Biochemistry)
Link: http://www.rit.edu/cos/chemistry/Michel.html
Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) causes otitis media (ear infection), sinusitis, and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. The outer membrane lipoprotein P6, discovered 30 years ago, is currently one of the leading protein vaccine candidates for NTHi. Although P6 has been studied for its immunological properties, not much is known about its structural orientation or localization in NTHi. Therefore, we used structural and biochemical techniques to elucidate the orientation of P6 in the outer membrane of NTHi, with surprising results (Vaccine 2011, 29: 1624-1627). Currently, we are finishing work on P6 and are starting the characterization of other protein vaccine candidates.
Submission Date: January 10, 2012
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Role of the Pyrroline5-Carboxylate Synthetase gene
|Faculty Advisor: Dina Newman, School of Life Sciences
Student Researcher: Mohammed Andres Mostajo Radji, Biotechnology - Bioinformatics Student
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Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, is a common hearing disorder that affects much of the elderly population, particularly men. Several environmental factors are associated with this type of hearing loss. However, only a few genetic factors have been found to be correlated with the phenotypes and severity of this syndrome. Variations in the expression of the Pyrroline 5-Carboxylate Synthase (PYCS) gene appear to be associated with the early onset of Presbycusis. PYCS encodes an enzyme that breaks down glutamate to synthesize proline and ornithine. Since glutamate is the key neurotransmitter in the auditory system, subtle differences in regulation of PYCS could be important to hearing. Recent work has provided evidence of gender-specific genetic regulation of the PYCS gene and its significance in age-related hearing-loss.
Submission Date: June 13, 2011
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Perception of Colorfulness for Display Design
|Faculty Advisor: Mark Fairchild, Center for Imaging Science, Munsell Color Science Laboratory
Student Researcher: Hao Li, Color Science M.S. Program
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The Delaware River Port Authority has wasted millions of dollars of toll payers' money through mismanagement and political cronyism, the New Jersey state comptroller said in a damning report issued Thursday.
Comptroller Matthew Boxer chastised the DRPA for practices such as its much-criticized "economic development" spending and its now-halted free E-ZPass benefits for DRPA executives and their families and friends.
Boxer also exposed an insurance payback deal allegedly orchestrated by George E. Norcross III, the South Jersey insurance executive and Democratic Party power broker who is chairman of the board of Cooper University Hospital in Camden.
"In nearly every area we looked at, we found people who treated the DRPA like a personal ATM, from DRPA commissioners to private vendors to community organizations," Boxer said in a statement. "People with connections at the DRPA were quick to put their hand out when dealing with the agency, and they generally were not disappointed when they did."


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Though earlier this month she denied pregnancy rumors, reports say Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is, in fact, expecting her first child, sources tell the New York Post.
The Jersey Shore star is roughly three months pregnant, and the baby's father is her boyfriend, Jionni LaValle, according to the paper, which also notes that as recently as Feb. 2, the diminutive reality star went on ABC's Good Morning America and shot down stories about her being in a family way.
"I definitely do want kids, but I'm not pregnant," Snooki, 25, told Lara Spencer. "Being pregnant should be a real thing and a happy thing, and I'm not."
While the Post's source suggests Snooki is trying to parlay the pregnancy into lucrative marketing deals, it remains unclear how or if her condition will factor into Jersey Shore or a recently announced spinoff show starring Snooki and Jenni "JWoww" Farley.
A rep for MTV tells PEOPLE: ""Nicole and Jenni began filming last week and moved into their new digs with animal print furniture in tow. Things are going great thus far," while Polizzi's rep, asked about the New York Post story, told PEOPLE, "No comment."
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Our oldest child is about to turn 13 and desperately wants a cell phone and an email address. We see both good and bad in this, but we agree that he's matured a lot in the last year and he's old enough (and mature enough) to start learning how to use and live with these things. That said, we're a bit apprehensive, for all of the obvious reasons. With those things in mind, MeFi parents of tweens and young teens: how are approaching/handling your child's cell phone and email usage? [more inside]
To smartphone or not to smartphone?
To smartphone or not to smartphone? Can I have the advantages without being sucked in by the electronic leash? [more inside]
A dumbphone with email access?
Not-so-smart-phone filter: I'm looking for a Sprint-compatible cellphone with a full keyboard and the ability to read/send email. The catch is, I don't need (and actively don't want) more internet access than this; I'm already too connected as it is! Does a phone like this exist? Or is there a way I can juryrig one, as someone who's only half tech-savvy? Am I doomed to a flip-phone and a separate pocket email-reader thingy? [more inside]
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It's time to start looking for a new smartphone. I have the Nokia E71, and I like it well enough but for one thing: I need a phone that can adapt automatically to a small number of wireless networks for email, as I move between them. What phone should I get, or failing that, what is this function/feature even called? [more inside]
Smartphones + Groupwise = What Rocks?
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Phonefilter: help me choose a new smartphone that's not a iPhone for email and roaming?
Phonefilter: Help me choose a new smartphone with QWERTY keyboard. Primarily for email, some browsing, calendars. Constraints: in the UK, contract may be a problem, need to use overseas a lot, I rarely use the phone part, don't want an iPhone. [more inside]
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Please meet another of our friends at Culips. This is Dasilva (also known as Ricardo) who is a friend with lots of interesting things to chat about. He is a Montrealer, born and raised. He is a first generation Canadian. He has taught English in Japan and traveled around Asia. And he is a writer. Get to know Dasilva because he will be helping us out in come upcoming episodes too!
|A lot of our listeners haven't necessarily been to Montreal. What types of things would you recommend they do if they come to the city? Or what are the types of things that you like to do around the city?
|Well, what I like to do… I like the summer more than the winter. I like sunshine, I like, I don't know… winter is a little bit too cold for me. There's a lot of snow. When you're a kid, when you're young, the winter is fun. There's lots of things you can do in the winter. You know, you build snow forts, you make snow angels, you… what else do you do in the winter? Snowball fights… things like that are lots of fun when you're a kid in Montreal, because there's so much snow. But the older you get, the less you like winter, it seems. For me, in the summertime, I like to ride my bike on the bike path. I'll ride along the canal—the Lachine Canal. I'll take my bike from downtown Montreal and I'll ride all along the Lachine Canal to the west part of the island.
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UCF freshman center?Justin McBride?has been named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week.
McBride, a 6-foot 10-inch, 310-pounder, has burst onto the scene in the past few games. He made a major impact in the Knights two games last week. The Starke, Fla. native came off the bench to average 9.5 points and 6.0 rebounds and shoot 72.7 percent from the field (8 of 11) as the Knights split a pair of American Athletic Conference games.
McBride scored 13 points, going 5-of-6 from the field, with five rebounds in a 75-74 win against USF on Saturday. He tallied six points with seven rebounds in a 76-70 loss at No. 20/22 Memphis.
In addition to McBride?s award, senior guard/forward?Isaiah Sykes?was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll. Sykes 27 points, including the game-winning basket, in Saturday?s 75-74 win over USF. He averaged 20.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game last week.
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|Directed by
|Tom McGrath
|Produced by
|Lara Breay
Denise Nolan Cascino
|Written by
|Alan J. Schoolcraft
Brent Simons
|Will Ferrell
Tina Fey
Jonah Hill
David Cross
Brad Pitt
Ben Stiller
|Music by
|Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
|Phil McNally
|Editing by
|Chris Dickens
|Distributed by
|Paramount Pictures
|Release date(s)
|October 28, 2010 (Russia)
November 5, 2010 (United States)
|Running time
|96 min.
|United States
|$130 million
|Money made
Megamind is a 2010 animated, science fiction-comedy movie that was produced by Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino. Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld were executive producers. The movie was directed by Tom McGrath. The movie was released in Russia on October 28, 2010 and on November 5, 2010 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes which is "fresh" and has a 64 rating out of 100 on Metacritic. There is also a video game based on the movie with the same name.
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- Will Ferrell as Megamind.
- Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchi
- Jonah Hill as Hal Stewart/Tighten
- David Cross as Minion
- Brad Pitt as Metro Man
- Justin Long as Brainbots
- J. K. Simmons as Warden
- Ben Stiller as the real Bernard
- Justin Theroux as Megamind's father.
- Christopher Knights as a prison guard.
- Tom McGrath as Lord Scott/Prison Guard
- Jack Blessing as Newscaster
- Jessica Benia as Megamind's mother.
- Joey Dinitere as baby Megamind
- Noah Dinitere as baby Metro Man