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Estación de Biología "Los Tuxtlas", Instituto de Biología-UNAM
Studies of hormonal cycles, sexual behavior and the phenology of reproduction in howler and spider monkeys
by Sarie Van Belle email@example.com
The particular interests of this research program is to determine the hormonal profiles for males and females in social groups of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata and A. pigra) and of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) existing in large and protected tracts of forest as well as in landscapes with different degrees of fragmentation. We expect to collect data as well on the phenology of hormonal cycles, reproductive behaviors and resulting births/conceptions.
This approach will yield basic information on species reproductive physiology and associated behaviors and it will allow us as well to assess how labile the physiological systems and behaviors associated to reproduction may be to contrasting ecological conditions and stress levels.
field work consists of collection of fecal material in combination with
observations of social and sexual behavior in populations of howler and
spider monkeys in several sites in southern
Both the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) and the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) of the Mesoamerican region are considered to be endangered species in the list of CITES with the pressure mostly coming from tropical rainforest destruction and fragmentation and the pet traffick. Further declines will have a severe implication on the ability of populations to recover and on tropical ecosystem conservation since howler monkeys play important ecological roles in their habitats (e.g. as seed dispersal agents thus promoting the regeneration of the tropical rainforest). The reproductive biology and behaviour forms the basis in the life history information of a species and its understanding is critical to management and conservation of wild populations.
Since there are no visual signs of ovarian cycling, little is known
about the reproductive hormones in the genus of Alouatta. Untill now
only two investigations have been conducted. One focusing on the male
reproductive physiology of Alouatta caraya while the other study
provides preliminary observations of the estrus cycle and gestation of Alouatta
seniculus. The non-invasive method of extracting hormones from fecal
material have proven to be a reliable way of obtaining gonad steroid profiles
in several wild primates, e.g. chimpanzees, macaques, squirrel monkey, spider
monkeys and the two howler monkey species mentioned above. With their
arboreal life style this methods will be the most adequate to investigate the
reproduction of howler monkey species present in southern
The hormones related to the female reproductive behaviour are progesterone, estradiol and pregnandiol. With the profiles from females of different ages and populations one can calculate the age of sexual maturity, the age of the first birth, gestation length, birth interval and the estrus cycle length in combination with the intra and inter troop variation and the variation caused by the difference between single male and multi-male troops. One can examine mating behavior in relation to timing of ovulation and paternity outcome in multi-male troops. One can test if ovarian function is sensitive to dietary quality which leads to seasonality in the reproductive biology or if it is sensitive to stress caused by, for example, habitat fragmentation and isolation.
Testosterone is the main hormone concerning the male reproductive biology. This hormone indicates the age of sexual maturity and together with cortisol, it plays a role in the behavior of dominance rank in their troop.
Cortisol profiles obtained from fecal samples can also indicate the level of general stress caused by habitat fragmentation.
The use of non invasive techniques has proven to be a useful method to investigate aspects of the physiology of widllife, including hormonal profiles and hormonal cycles related to reproduction, as well as aspects of population genetics and others such as parasite load, foods consumed and ingestion of pollutants. Such techniques do not disturb the widlife of interest and a vast amount of information can thus be gathered under wild conditions, without the need to capture the individuals.
Concomitantly with the increased interest to examine social behavior and life history through hormonal investigation in a natural setting a great advance has been made in techniques to monitor hormone-behavior interaction. I will give a brief synopsis of exciting methods but for a complete and intelligible review, see Whitten et al. (1998).
In field conditions, urine and feces are the major sources used to investigate hormonal activity and status of feral animals. In both sources, hormone concentrations reflect the cumulative secretion and elimination of hormones over a number of hours (Whitten et al. 1998) meaning that the obtained concentrations reflect events occurring hours to days before: on average 4-8 h for urine steroids and 0.3-3 days for fecal steroids depending on the duration of the species specific gastrointestinal transit (Whitten et al. 1998 and citations therein).It also implies that the concentrations in urine and feces are those of the metabolites rather than the steroid itself. Studies with primates reveal that estradiol is excreted primarily as estradiol and estrone or its conjugates whereas progesterone is often metabolized into a number of progestin metabolites, eg. pregnanelones and pregnanediols (Ziegler et al. 1989, Shideler et al. 1993, Wasser et al. 1994 cited in Whitten et al. 1998).
Several methods have been applied to preserve the fecal and urine steroids since oxidation and bacterial metabolism can alter steroid concentration in unpreserved samples. Wasser et al. (1988) showed that changes in fecal estradiol and progesterone concentrations occurred very rapidly (within 6 h) in unpreserved samples kept at room temperature. To overcome this alternation a variety of preservation techniques have been used in the fields with freezing in 95% ethanol as the most successful, but see Khan et al. (2002) for further details on fecal sample storage for steroid analysis. Until now only three studies have been investigating hormonal profiles in the genus Alouatta. Studies with A. palliata in Costa Rica yielded fecal estradiol values of three pregnant, 8 lactating and 21 cycling females with means of 53.6 ng/g, 164.6 ng/g and 417.8 ng/g, respectively.Zucker et al. (1995) concluded that in general, cycling females have higher estradiol values than do females in other reproductive status, although even among cycling females, estradiol values are highly variable. They also find that copulation coincide with elevation in fecal estradiol but poorly associated with sexual swelling ( Clarke et al. 1991 cited in Whitten et al. 1998) on which oestrous cycles are based to infer its duration (16.3 days on average (Glander 1980).
Moreland et al. (2001) monitored fecal testosterone metabolites levels in A. caraya males in captivity. Four male exhibited constant levels of 3.66 ± 0.45 ng/g throughout the year while testosterone levels in 2 males of a bachelor troop elevated to 43 ng/g during the months may and June.
A more detailed study was conducted on A. seniculus to monitor observations of oestrous cycle and gestation through urine progesterone profiles (Herrick et al. 2000). Based on two profiles, the length of the eostrous cycle in the red howler monkeys were estimated to be 29.5 ± 1.5 days. Previous estimation of the cycle duration assuming that copulation exclusively occurred in the periovulatory period of the cycle resulted in a length of 17 days (range = 16-27 days) (Crockett and Sekulic 1982). One female was observed copulating throughout two cycles suggesting that previous estimations of the length of the eostrous cycle in red howler monkeys might be unreliable (Herrick et al. 2000).
Some comments on howler monkey reproduction
general, the reproductive biology and behavior of the genus Alouatta
is scarcely documented. Most information comes from investigations on A.
palliata and A. seniculus in a few localities in Central and
Female howler monkeys reach the age of sexual maturity after 36 months with the onset of the estrus cycling. Glander (1980) observed a color change and swelling of the vulvar with maximum swelling considered as the periovulatory phase. The length of the estrus cycle varied between 11- 24 days with a mean of 16.3 days. Since there doesn't occur any visual change of the vulvar in A. pigra, such data is still lacking for this specie. Mantled howler monkey males are estimated to reach sexual maturity at an age of 36 months when the testicles descend and the scrotum become pendulous. Due to social ranking effects, males are observed to mate for the first time at an older age, 52 months. In contrast, all A. pigra males observed from at least 3 to 4 months of age exhibited white-pink descended testis (Horwich 1983) and therefore the age of sexual maturity can not be estimated by visual signs.
No individual of either sex has been observed to copulate until attained dominance rank. The "alpha" male copulates significantly more frequently than the lowest ranking group male and is more likely to copulate with peak estrus females (Jones 1980). In contrast, lower ranking females are reproductively more successful since all "alpha" positioned females were primiparous and lost the first infant. By the time they gave birth to their second infant, another next female was the dominant one. Females are receptive to copulation for 2 to 4 days during each cycle and participate in multiple mating before becoming pregnant. The adult males routinely sniffed the urine and licked the genitalia of females during inferred estrus to presumably obtain olfactory and gustatory information about the female's sexual condition.Both sexes solicited for sexual interaction by tongue flicking, a rapid in and out the mouth movement of the tongue. Although Horwich (1983) described this behavior in A. pigra more as the alleged "lipsmacks" observed in Old World Monkeys: "the tongue was not extruded and instead the mouth was slowly opened and closed with the tongue barely extended". This behavior with both partners facing each other, but sometimes the female forces herself upon the male by pulling his face over to her by the side hairs on his beard. A consort between the two concerned individuals is formed for several days in which both animals solicit and copulate various times. Copulatory mounts usually included the male's grasping the female with his hands and sometimes his feet.The main constancy was his holding her shoulder hairs with his hands. Each copulation lasted between a half and one minute (Horwich 1983).
Glander (1980) divided the time between a A. palliata female's successive births in a period of gestation, one of postpartum acyclicity and a sexual receptive phase. Gestation length has been calculated for A. palliata based on four female's pregnancies as 186 days on average, ranging between 180 and 196 days (Glander 1980). Similar, though slightly higher figures were estimated for A. seniculus (Crockett & Sekulic 1982). After the birth of the infant, the female did not accept or solicit sexual advances for three or four months. If the infant died within this period, this phase of acyclicity ended abruptly and the interbirth interval was shortened to 9-10 months. The interbirth interval of infants surviving at least their first year is estimated to be 22.4 months for A. palliata. The length of the interval spent cycling before primiparous and multiparous females become pregnant varied from 8 to 15 months.
howler monkeys seem to be the least seasonal of all the
Some comments on Spider monkey reproduction
Spider monkeys are considered to be very vulnerable to the fragmentation and disappearance of their habitats. Due to difficulties of observing and investigating wild spider monkeys little is known about their reproductive biology and behavior, basic data needed in the design of conservation management plans.
The multimale, multifemale social organisation implies that Ateles are polygamous. Both males and females reach maturity at the age of 5 years. Aggression between males is infrequent, estrous females choose their mating partners, and both promiscuous matings and consortships have been observed (Robinson and Janson, 1987). Females initiate sexual activity, and the face-to-face copulation may last for up to 25 minutes( Eisenberg 1976, van Roosmalen 1980 cited in Robinson and Janson, 1987). The duration of gestation lay in the range between 226 and 232 days. Females do not resume cycling during the 3 year period of infant dependency (Robinson and Janson, 1987). Campbell et al (2001) report that females cycle for approximately 3-6 months prior to conception. This results in an interbirth interval of 17-46 months (whether the infant survives the first 3 years) and there is no pattern of birth seasonality.
The reproductive endocrinology of female spider monkeys remains largely unreported, but Campbell et al. (2001) showed the high reliabilty of using fecal material for obtaining profiles for ovarian steroids for Ateles in captivity and in the wild. Length of mentrual cycle was calculated at an average of 22.7 days (range = 13-43 days) in free-ranging females. These figures lies within the range observed in captive females: 20-22 days and 22-24 days (Hodges et al. 1981 and Hernández-López et al. 1998 respectively)
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Lisa Gilbert Schmon and Jason Kolotouros, both of Astoria, N.Y., were married August 31, 2013, at the Agia Varvaras Church in Corfu, Greece. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Arthur Albert Schmon. Fathers Katsaros Gerasimos and Yiannis Salvanou officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Linda Knox McLean of Aiken, SC and Arthur Albert Schmon of Roberts Creek, British Columbia. She is a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Northrup Rand Knox (Lucetta) of Aiken and East Aurora, New York, and the late Mr. Robert McCormick Schmon of St. Catharines, Ont., and the late Mrs. Mary Carpenter of Hendersonville, N.C.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Athanase Kolotouros of Roslyn, N.Y. and a grandson of the late Pelagia and George Kolotouros of Athens, Greece.
Rebecca Schmon of Vancouver, BC, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Meg Schmon of Vancouver, BC, sister-in-law of the bride; Pelagia Kolotouros of New York, sister of the groom; and Elena Kolotouros of Hackensack, N.J., sister-in-law of the groom.
Anthony Maestrone of Brooklyn, N.Y., friend of the groom, was the best man. Groomsmen were George Kolotouros of Hackensack, N.J., brother of the groom; Richard Schmon of Vancouver, BC and Arthur Schmon III of Bend, Oregon, brothers of the bride.
Isabel Mary Schmon of Vancouver, niece of the bride, was the flower girl.
Following a boat ride to the location, a reception was held at Taverna Kerasia in Corfu.
The bride is a graduate of Miss Porters School in Farmington, CT, and Rollins College in Florida, where she earned a BA in Theatre Arts. She earned her MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, CA, and now works as an actor in New York.
The bridegroom has his BFA from Adelphi University and an MFA in Acting from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. He now lives and works as an actor in New York.
The couple will reside in Astoria, N.Y.

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Academic staff members of the School of Natural Sciences with specialisations in both botany and plant science contribute to teaching and practical components of the undenominated science degree pathway leading to a BSc (Botany and Plant Science). This includes provision of lecture modules and practicals in the following:
1st Year: Botany and Plant Science components of 1st year Biology
2nd Year: BPS pathway provides five 5 ECTS modules. Students can progress to 3rd year BPS if they take any four or more of these five modules.
3rd Year: BPS pathway provides six 5 ECTS modules. Students can progress to 4th
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These modules form key components of the BSc non-denominated degree. These modules are also key features of a number of denominated degree programmes e.g BSc (Marine Science), BSc (Biotechnology); BSc (Environmental Science) and BSc (Earth and Ocean Science).
Academic staff supervise 4th year Hons research projects within the BSc non-denominated degree. Resources permitting, Academic staff may also contribute final year research projects for students taking denominated degrees such as Marine Science, Biotechnology, and Environmental Science.
Entry to undergraduate courses in Botany and Plant Science by Irish students is through the normal CAO route. Students who wish to pursue Botany and Plant Science pathways to General or Honours BSc degree level should initially select the BSc Undenominated degree course.
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The season has changed but Kyle Datres plays basketball like a football player. The quarterback in him dealt 13 assists Saturday against Bloomsburg.
The all-star defensive back in Datres made the game's pivotal defensive play.
Datres jumped in front of a pass at midcourt with three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, made the steal and converted a drive, delivering the decisive blow that finally knocked out determined Bloomsburg. Datres made five steals while Roger Wilson had another double-double as Loyalsock downed Bloomsburg, 68-57, in the District 4 Class AA quarterfinals at Montoursville.
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Kyle Datres of Loyalsock dribbles as Bloomsburg's Colton Hock defends Saturday at Montoursville. View additional photos at cu.sungazette.com.
Loyalsock (22-3) won its seventh straight as it opened its title defense and next meets Heartland Conference runner-up Lewisburg for a fourth time in the semifinals.
"He threw a bad pass and I was there to take it away," Datres said. "It turned things around there at the end."
Bloomsburg (16-8) had cut an 18-point third-quarter deficit to six and had all the momentum with three minutes remaining. In a flash, though, Datres changed everything. The Panthers had just rebounded a miss and had a chance to cut the deficit to four or fewer. Instead, Datres used the instincts that have made him a two-time all-star safety.
Loyalsock had dropped out of its full-court pressure but Datres still was able to jump the route. He then drove through two defenders and turned the steal into points that put the Lancers up 64-56. The Panthers did not pull closer than seven again.
"I wasn't even planning on taking a steal there," Datres said. "I was just going to pick up the ball at halfcourt and try to pressure him."
"That was a big key," Loyalsock coach Ron Insinger said. "Ironically we had pulled off the full-court pressure, but he just happened to turn around and it was there."
For a while, it looked like Loyalsock would cruise to its fifth straight district playoff win. The Lancers hit 26 of their first 47 shots and built a 49-31 lead early in the third quarter. Loyalsock was dissecting Bloomsburg's defense and forcing several turnovers. In one rapid 25-second, second-quarter span Loyalsock scored seven straight points and extended its lead from five to 12.
Wilson was a force inside, scoring 22 points and grabbing 11 rebounds while Mike Pastore had 11 points, six assists and five steals. Datres helped facilitate everything and had his 13 assists by midway through the third quarter.
"Kyle played really heady," Insinger said. "He threaded the needle when he had to and he attacked the gaps."
But Bloomsburg would not go away. Zach Mrozek would not let it. The standout senior guard was brilliant, scoring 14 of his game-high 23 points in the second half. He added six assists and three times pulled Bloomsburg within six in the fourth quarter.
The steal finally cooled Bloomsburg and the Panthers did not connect on another field goal over the game's final three minutes. The Lancers long ago proved how talented they are, but they also showed how tough they are in that fourth quarter, holding Bloomsburg to nine points.
"We knew coming in he (Mrozek) was a great player," Datres said. "We need to work on our defense a whole lot but we buckled down in the fourth quarter and that's what won the game for us. "
Omar Little also made a key steal in the final two minutes and Ben Sosa finished with 10 points. Ryan Bogaczyk added nine points, scoring them all in the first half. The Lancers built a 41-29 halftime lead and Luke Glavin hit a buzzer-beater to end the first quarter when Datres hit him with a mid-air pass.
Loyalsock now turns its attention to Lewisburg which it is meeting in the playoffs for a second straight year. Both are ranked among the state's top 10 and met in the Heartland Conference championship last week. Loyalsock has won those first three games, but all were close and the Lancers know now that they mean nothing. It is only the next one that matters.
"No matter how you slice it, it's tough to avoid looking ahead and they had their sights set on Lewisburg again," Insinger said. "The kids set some lofty goals at the beginning of the season and one of them is to win the district title, to be a repeat, so we have to go through Lewisburg."
Zach Mrozek 7 7-7 23, Kevin Gross 5 4-6 15, Tyler Vincent 1 2-2 5, Zach Ashford 0 0-0 0, Colton Hock 4 0-0 8, Dylan Everhart 0 6-6 6, John Klingerman 0 0-2 0. Totals 17 19-23 57.
Roger Wilson 10 2-3 22, Kyle Datres 4 1-5 9, Omar Little 1 3-4 5, Ben Sosa 4 2-3 10, Mike Pastore 5 0-3 11, Ryan Bogaczyk 4 1-2 9, Tommy Baggett 0 0-0 0, Luke Glavin 1 0-0 2, Robbie Klein 0 0-1 0. Totals 29 9-21 68.
Bloomsburg14 15 19 9-57
Loyalsock22 19 15 12-68
3-pointers: Bloomsburg 4 (Mrozek 2, Gross, Vincent); Loyalsock 1 (Pastore).
Records: Loyalsock 22-3. Bloomsburg 16-8.


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RICHFIELD - Historians in Richfield are smiling.
The new addition to the Juniata Mennonite Historical Center in Richfield is nearing completion.
Those on the JMHC board who have been waiting on its finished product beam with delight and speak of the possibilities.
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Betty Ann Landis, director, and Gladys Gingrich, secretary and assistant treasurer, stand outside the new addition of the Juniata Mennonite Historical Center in Richfield.
The building underwent a facelift this summer as it more than doubled in size. The facility houses a new meeting room, office space, and an area of display for materials of historic reference from all over the valley.
"We're eager," said Gladys Gingrich, secretary and assistant treasurer.
The project began June 1. Inspection is yet to be completed and the kitchen needs to be built inside, she said. They hope to have access for the public by November.
The addition came as a result of overcrowding of materials donated from various individuals over the years.
The center had previously consisted of two buildings merged into one. What is known as "The Brick Church" was built in 1868 and sits on the north side. An addition was added 35 years ago which housed the vault and a small office area.
Materials have been moved from the main vault. The vault had had items stacked to the rafters prior to the addition. Some of those records and other older items will move to a dry, clean space in what is known as the attic of the new portion of the building.
"The library will be more accessible. We have a big attic now and much more adequate space on that second floor," said Betty Ann Landis, director of the center.
"It will be such a blessing to have space," Gingrich said, noting the JMHC meetings will no longer consist of 15 people around an eight-foot table.
"We'll have room to spread out now," she said.
"Oh, it's really a dream come true," Landis added.
The late Noah Zimmerman contributed greatly to that dream. Zimmerman, a well-versed historian from Monroe Township, discovered and acquired much of the materials that are now housed in the center. His expertise was genealogy. People from across the U.S. have come to the center to look up their ancestry - not only Mennonite, but those of all faiths.
An estate in Zimmerman's name and donations from the public were used to fund the project.
The project is costing a bit more than the $200,000 projected, but the JMHC is relying on the faithful community.
"Our memberships were really increasing this year," Gingrich said. Visitors have been coming more often now that the addition has been announced to the public.
"In the last two months we had visitors from six different states," Gingrich said.
And they continue to look to the future.
Landis and Gingrich are hoping to have more school tours come through the building this spring. Also on their wish list is a new computer system to allow visitors to go online and search ancestry and other historical sites while they visit.
The two women smile as they contemplate all that has happened since Zimmerman began collecting genealogy records and stacking them in his home decades ago.
They agree Zimmerman would be thrilled to see the center today.
"Oh, he'd be just amazed," Gingrich said.


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Video: The Electric Fence Wager (part 5)Posted in Ukulele Videos on February 17th, 2011 by Uke Guy – 1 Comment
Well, you knew what was coming. Or, if you didn't, you weren't really paying attention to parts 1-4. In this particular installment (which started as some sort of crazy promotion for the Eleuke Electric Ukulele) Colin finally puts his nuts where his mouth is. Err... that didn't quite sound right. Long story short, he puts his testicles squarely on the electric fence in my backyard.
Yes, I realize that this only barely qualifies as a ukulele video. Meh. You can't deny a guy a public forum from which he can humiliate his beloved kinfolk can you?


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OPENING EARLIER THAN EVER THIS YEAR, SOME ON THANKSGIVING DAY. NOW THERE IS A NATIONAL EFFORT SAYING STOP THE MADNESS! KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER IS LIVE NEAR UPTOWN WITH THE DETAILS. MARISA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONWIDE PLEDGE THAT IS NOW MAKING WAVES IN ALBUQUERQUE, TOO... A PLEDGE FROM PEOPLE PROMISING NOT TO SHOP ON THANKSGIVING DAY... BUT INSTEAD... STAY HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. WE'VE HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. "It appears Macy's is breaking a 155 year tradition" "Kmart upping the ante in the holiday shopping game" STORES OPENING EARLIER AND EARLIER TO OFFER BLACK FRIDAY DEALS AND DOOR BUSTERS ...THIS YEAR...SOME AS EARLY AS THANKSGIVING MORNING. "2:47 I find it, personally, disgusting." BUT THIS MORNING ...AN ONLINE MOVEMENT IS MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE COUNTRY. HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE...THESE TWO RADIO HOSTS HAVE PUT THEIR FACES BEHIND THE EFFORT... DOUBLE J AND LB JOHNSON FROM 106.7. "2:00 Hey lets make some more money as if Black Friday isn't enough..." THE MAIN MESSAGE: WAIT UNTIL BLACK FRIDAY...DON'T SHOP ON THE ACTUAL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY! INSTEAD...THAT DAY...STAY HOME...AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, IT'S WHAT THE HOLIDAY IS INTENDED FOR. "2:32 We lose sight, lose focus of what this is about. /// 3:44 at what point in america did we lose sight of how important family is?" THEY SAY IT'S NOT ONLY THAT... BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES BEING FORCED TO WORK ON THE HOLIDAY BECAUSE ALL THESE STORES FEEL OBLIGATED TO OPEN? THEY SAY THEY'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED INTO THEIR...SAYING IF THEY DON'T WORK ON THANKSGIVING...THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE FIRED. ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS MORE IN THE MORNING. SO, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLEDGE NOT TO SHOP DURING THANKSGIVING? LOG ONTO THE KOAT FACEBOOK PAGE AND VOICE YOUR OPINION.
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MARTINSBURG - When Central and Tyrone met during the regular-season a month ago, the Scarlet Dragons won by a football-like score of 23-22.
The Blair County rivals hooked up in a District 6 Class AA first-round playoff game Wednesday, and it was more like baseball this time.
Zach Croft tossed a five-hitter, and Logan Stern and Cole Kreider accounted for six hits and five RBIs as Central scored an 8-2 victory.
"[Croft] pitched a fantastic game," Central coach A.J. Hoenstine said of his junior right-hander. "We had a little time off and we've been working on some fundamental things since he pitched last."
"I was throwing a lot of strikes, and I had a great defense behind me," Croft said.
Croft had control of his fastball and he also had a good breaking pitch.
"He went out there and got ahead of hitters," Hoenstine said. "He has good stuff ... I think he's 5-1 now, and he really competed."
Croft struck out six and walked only one.
"That's the key," Hoenstine said of the one walk. "We've had trouble walking guys all year, but he went out and threw strikes and they swung at a lot of first-pitch strikes."
A pair of walks and a two-run single by Kreider put the Dragons on the board in the first inning and they added four more in the second, keyed by Stern's two-run triple.
"It was important to get that early lead," Croft said.
"That's huge," Hoenstine said of the fast start. "We went into a funk for a little while and it was key to get those last two runs. Todd Slick had a key pinch hit in the fifth to make it 7-2."
Central, now 11-8 and the sixth seed, visits third seed Marion Center on Friday in the 6-AA quarterfinals.
Tyrone finished the season with a 7-10 record.
"They started hitting us pretty hard in the second inning," said Tyrone coach Mark Savino. "Hind sight is 20-20. I would have started Ryan Fink, but ... "
Fink pitched the last four innings for Tyrone and gave up only two runs - one earned.
"Central won fair and square," Savino said. "They hit the ball hard, made the plays in the field and their pitcher did an excellent job of hitting the corners."
TYRONE (2): Belinda 2b 300, Gearhart ss 300, Miller p-cf 301, Hample 1b 301, Hunter rf 301, Lingafelt 3b 300, Wirther c 211, Soellner cr 010, Pannebaker cf 100, Fink p 200, Wagner lf 300. Totals - 26-2-4.
CENTRAL (8): Cunningham ss 331, L. Stern 2b 423, Hamm c 200, Hoenstine cr 000, Moore cf 410, Kreider 3b 313, Lewis dh 300, Sleigenweit rf 000, Croft p 200, J. Stern ph 100, Ebersole 1b 201, Flick ph 101, Negley lf 311. Totals - 28-8-10.
Tyrone......................001 010 0-2 4 4
Central240 011 X-8 10 2
E-Cunningham 2, Wither 2, Miller, Lingafelt. 2B-Negley, Kreider. 3B-L. Stern. HR-Wither. RBI-Kreider 3, L. Stern 2, Hamm, Flick.
TyroneIP H R ER SO BB
Miller (L)..................2 5 6 3 2 2
Fink .........................4 5 2 1 2 1
Croft (W)................. 7 4 2 1 6 1
Umpires - Steve Oakes (P); Jim Klausman, Dave Gildea (bases).


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It's not every day that one of RMSP's valued Educational Partners is presented with overwhelming confirmation from their own customers – en masse – about the unparalleled quality of their business. And especially when it's published in a national magazine! So when something like this happens, you can bet that we're gonna help spread the word.
B&H Photo/Video/Pro Audio, based in NYC, has been an enthusiastic supporter of RMSP for many years. Our relationship with B&H has resulted in a personal fondness for many of the talented, hard-working and friendly folks who represent this special business – to the point we consider them our friends. It's no accident that B&H is one of largest retailers of photographic equipment in the world. Their customer service is world-renowned for the knowledgeable, helpful and friendly staff who interact with customers either online or at the amazing B&H SuperStore in NYC. And their reputation for competitive value and reliability in shipping are second to none. Many of us here at RMSP can attest to all of this personally.
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|Exhibit A: a Scorpion
If I had thought to name him before I squished him dead, I would have named him Frances.
Now his name is Dead Frances.
|Exhibit B: Pop Tarts
Blueberry & Peach.
|Exhibit B.1: Pop tart baked on stoneware
|Exhibit B.2: Pop tart baked on aluminum
|Exhibit B.3: Bottom is stoneware, top is aluminum.
Bot baked for the same amount of time.
I rest my case.


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Naivety is definitely something that I seemed to be filled with. Naturally, someone like me should have no trouble saving this little green haired woman from death. Clearly. There is nothing wrong with her being surrounded by the hordes of the enemy. She outclassed them, she out leveled them, and, more important, she was a girl.
Clearly, the stronger gender of this game.
Turn ends, I wait for the minions of the enemy to die, and then, after a faithful battle of critical chances and magic, poor, poor Lyn died in the most anti-heroic, anti-fun death: the short chance of the enemy hitting her and the smaller chance of a crit.
Poor Lyn. She was in memorial for the next three minutes of my life. Too bad I had the tenacity to restart. Again. Again. Again.
That was many years ago, and was the entrance of my time into the realm of Fire Emblem.
There was one aspect I loved most about Fire Emblem: and it was the mages/sages. Who needed an axe to cleave the enemies when one could simply melt them away in an annihilation of burning embers and endless FIRE!!! Fire, fire everywhere! Swords were cool, too, but if it was the meeting of a swordsman and the might of a powerful sage, then nothing could make me happier...
Except for the cute father-son fluff of Ewan and Saleh in Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones, but that's an entire different thing altogether.
On the top of the cute images I had in my brain was the thought of one giant Zihark and Ilyana, two far more adorable than they should, and the love they shared with me in common:
My love affair with eating anything with meat.
Truly the way into this woman's stomach was not through gems or shopping - which I detest - but through the POWER OF FOOD-!
Too bad such an escapade almost proved to be futile.
I had made plushies before, but a long time ago. It had been over a year since I bothered to pick up the thread and floss into making something other than a bad attempt at a pillow. Nevertheless, I was not going to let my passion go away. I mean, I lack a 3DS, and I have tons of fabric lying around... why not make the best I can?
In order to have a base for these plushies, I had to plan out where I would have each color where. It wasn't as easy as having to make the naked body and adding clothes on top, simply for the fact that the body will soon become stuffed, making slip on boots impossible, unlike in the real world, where we have the amazing thing nature gave us, called ankles.
[Zihark, having black pants and a black undershirt, needed a black body with flesh colored arms. Ilyana, lucky girl, was more simple, needing just the lower ends where her feet would be chopped off in order to have her booties.]
That came out simple enough. It was pretty basic: follow the circles and patterns, don't cut too big. No big deal! This would be easy!
Until I glanced back at the official art of Zihark and Ilyana. Specially, their hair colors.
Zihark couldn't seem to understand if he wanted silver-blue hair, silver hair, platinum hair, or grey hair. Ilyana was easier - lavender. When I finally settled on grey for Zihark, that was due to the massive amounts of excess felt I had in the certain monotone color.
Ilyana's, however, made me fret.
See, lavender, the color of the flower, the color near the purple end of the spectrum, was also influenced by slight amounts of pink. It is also, not so conveniently, a color that is not available in the local fabric stores by the felt.
Cotton weaves? Silk? Cartoon character heads printed upon them? Oh, sure, it can all be yours - for $13 a yard. My empty pockets and bank account couldn't really come to an agreeance with them, so I went with the next best thing:
But not just any glitter. Light purple felt glitter at a whooping cost of .25 cents a square.
[Pupils or pupil-less eyes was a common back and forth for me. Adding the small bit of white gave depth, but leaving it alone might have saved my dwindling supply of white.]
Once their bases were done, it should have been just as simple as adding A to B and trying to make sure I don't tangle up the sowing machine. But, it couldn't just stop there. I wanted the smallest little details I could make my fingers do, and thus, came the best part - as well as the most time-consuming escapade - of this plushie project:
The making of their clothings.
Unlike the body base, there was no pattern to make t-shirts, skirts, swords, or capes. That was all it was: a body base. From here on out, I was on my own, having to muster up all the amounts of sowing skills I had - which was already on a learn-as-you-go basis.
I started to tackle with Ilyana first. She was the same gender as I was, so, naturally, I was extremely biased. Also, I was getting hungry, and thinking of dried snacks made me realize I should take the time to eat something...
Nah. The clock was ticking, and I had plushies to make. My stomach would understand. Lunch could wait.
[From the top to the bottom, going left to right, we have all that we need for Ilyana's clothes. Her belt, her ponytails, the back end of the t-shirt, the front part of the same shirt, and her skirt.]
[Her boots followed through in swift fashion - except here was a secret problem I didn't realize till after I had finished sowing it into her legs; an act that was impossible to replace by the time I had recognized it.]
From here on out, it was guessing how to make a cape without messing things up. Scraps of pink and hot pink flew everywhere [why, oh why, could I not find any gosh darn lavender!?], until, finally, I smacked pieces together, hand sowed where I guessed would be the middle, and tappered it off into something that looked like a cape worthy for a GREAT HUNGRY MAGE!
[The hoodie of the said cape was in the end, harder to produce than the cape itself. Since felt doesn't like folding like fabric does, making it seem like the hoodie could be capable of such a task meant for trying to find out where to tack it down with thread. This made for many an injured fingers and much a busted nail. In the end, I threw a button on it to prevent from sowing it down to the base of her neck, which was still headless. She was beginning to show up, but still looked weird.]
[Around this time, I added her book. What's a good mage without her element of specialty?]
Adding on her giant head was even worse. Ilyana wanted to flail her arms and slap me on my poor, sweaty face [a conundrum caused by the lack of A/C on a 80 or so degree day] as I forced her head down into submission.
I didn't care that she wanted to remain headless. Darn it, her head was going to be attached to her body, or my name wasn't Fehize!
After wrestling with her for a good hour or so, I finally finished. More importantly, she was stable, capable of sitting down on her own without any back support. Could she still achieve that with a desk shake or a good smack? Probably not, but she made up for that in sheer cuddleness.
[To finish the last piece of detail, a red ribbon was tied around her arm, just like in the official art!]
One down, one to go, and 5'o clock was coming around. Now I needed water, so I snuck out for that. Chug chug, sweet, sweet water...
Zihark. Oh, Zihark. His body was far easier to complete. A simple grey vest with a couple of white belts. No problem.
[Lucky for me, the previous time I made a plushie had a small vest pattern already done. YAY!]
Everything else soon fell down in clean swoop. With Zihark being mainly just that vest, some grey gloves, and tons of white belts, I just snipped away at my white felt supply in long, straight lines, and tacked them down here and there to give the effect of many, many crisscrossing belt lines.
In typical anime/Japanese fashion, belts were all the rage. Who cares about utility when you looked as snazzy as Zihark?
Making sure to add the small bow tie on his booties, I quickly sowed that on, added his other foot, and finished his body in half the time it took Ilyana to do likewise. A looksie at the clock was unnecessary - my stomach was eager to tell me it was dinner time, and without further ado, my small portable fan turned on.
Finally. Night time. When the sun set away and my eyes had to strain a bit more as payment to the cold-air God.
Stuffy stuff, in went massive amounts of this fluffy white stuff that I only knew as plushie-be-plush. At least the company who made it added a wooden stick in order to get to the hard to reach places [of which there were many].
Too bad this ugly, brown chihuahua ate the stick right after Ilyana was made.
Using a mechanical pencil led to some positive results, after making sure to get some black thread and go back to the small tear it made when I was 'wise' enough to use the tip at the start.
Note to fellow plush makers: use the flat end and take out your lead in advance.
[A headless Zihark. He was like the headless horseman of myth, only cooler. Having a small sword probably helped out as well.]
His head base was simply done as well. No problems. All I needed now was his hair. 9:30 was here, and I saw the end! Sleep was calling me, as well as a nice bath! All I needed to do was...
Wait a minute. Ilyana had simple hair, all pulled into those two little chongos [translation: I dunno, but it's that elastic thing girl's tie their hair with]. Zihark was a real anime-esce man, and real anime-esce men had complicated hair.
VERYYYY complicated.
What to do, I thought. Do I just add the bottom end with spikes? Ok, sure, that sounds easy enough. I had enough scraps of grey to slap on some triangle looking shapes at the bottom end to show the effect of hair...
[Oh, this looks like it could work... ... ...]
Take a few steps back, look at the completed project...
And promptly hated it. It didn't have enough VOLUME. It was lackluster. It was ugly, cheap, and I detested it. I had half a mind to rip if off and try again. Only I was getting tired, and I was stubborn. No way in hell was that little line of ugliness going to stop me from completing a GREAT ZIHARK!
Since his head was filled with nothing but grey, and as was the majority of his clothing, I had more than enough scraps to add more hair strands. Longer ones. Better ones.
More male anime-esce looking ones worthy of a master swords wielder like Zihark - dinner-date-giver.
Making the next series of hair strands bigger than the last, I added those around the midway point of his head. It was a stroke of GENIUS! It was beginning to look a bit more like hair!
Great! Now all that was left was his bangs, the crown of his head, and that thing called a hairline. Each little strand was made with love - and triple tacked down with silver thread. [It had a nasty tendency to fray and knot up on itself, being made of some silver-fake silk stuff instead of cotton, like the rest of the thread spools I had used.]
With a sigh and a wipe of my brow, I placed his now-stuffed head on top of his body to give it a look over. Everything seemed alright. More importantly, my back was now to the clock, so I could now care less over what time it was.
It sure felt like forever...
Next came adding his head as well. For some reason - I guess cause he didn't have this giant cape-hoodie thing trying to rotate it around, like Ilyana - he didn't fight me as much.
Like an idiot, I decided to use the silver thread again. At the moment, it was due to the color. I mean, hey! His hair was grey, his vest was grey, therefore, to create the less color clash around his neck [being as that was the only place where one could see the stitching actively; Ilyana had her cloak to hide it away], should I use the GREY thread?
Sow. Sow. Knots. Great. Ok. Snip. Tie down. Sow. Sow. Loopy Knots. Perrrrfect, the worst kind of knots. Untangle. Alright. Sow. Sow. MORE loop knots. Ugh. Would this never end? Attempting to untangle this one only snapped the thread, causing me to backtrack a bit. Re-tie the thread. NEW thread. Sow. Sow. Is this the END!?
HE WAS DONE! At last! Him and Ilyana! Complete! Able to see the love of food everywhere! And cute romance, that always helps as well.
Wait. I had to make a heart.
You know, true love and all that. Plus, maybe, if I am lucky, Zihark and Ilyana would attack that dog with felt at a high crit chance in the middle of the night...
[I eventually glanced back at the clock. It was 5 AM the next day.]
[5. Freaking. AM.]
[Oh, my.]
[Close ups on Ilyana. Ain't she cute.]
[Close ups on Zihark.]
[Sown together for all eternity.]
Tired, but ultimately happy, I crashed asleep, making sure that I didn't have any astray needles lying around.
Roughly five hours later, I woke up. I noted that Ilyana's shoes were not tan after all: they were 'LAVENDER'. I cared about it for a few moments, but not much I could do!
And herein lies the moral: make sure to check if lavender exists.
Triple checking the official art would probably help too.


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The Notion of Family by rising photographer and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier is a new title published by the Aperture Foundation. Offering an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America's small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania; this 156-page volume includes 100 duotone images and 32 four-color video stills. "With The Notion of Family, Frazier knowingly acknowledges and expands upon the traditions of classic black-and-white documentary photography, enlisting the participation of her family—and her mother in particular," the publisher says. Available from September, the book sells for $60/£40.
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The Notion of Family
Photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier
Interview by Dawoud Bey
Essays by Laura Wexler and Dennis C. Dickerson
In this, her highly-anticipated first book, rising photographer and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America's small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. The work also considers the impact of that decline on the community and on her family, creating a statement both personal and truly political: an intervention in the histories and narratives of the region.
Frazier has compellingly set her story of three generations—her Grandma Ruby, her mother, and herself—against larger questions of civic belonging and responsibility. The work documents her own struggles and interactions with family and the expectations of community, and includes the documentation of the demise of Braddock's only hospital, reinforcing the idea that the history of a place is frequently written on the body as well as the landscape.
With The Notion of Family, Frazier knowingly acknowledges and expands upon the traditions of classic black-and-white documentary photography, enlisting the participation of her family—and her mother in particular. As Frazier says, her mother is "coauthor, artist, photographer, and subject. Our relationship primarily exists through a process of making images together. I see beauty in all her imperfections and abuse."
In the creation of these collaborative works, Frazier reinforces the idea of art and image-making as a transformative act, a means of resetting traditional power dynamics and narratives, both those of her family and those of the community at large.
This project was made possible, in part, with generous support from the Jerome Foundation; Colleen Keegan, the Theo Westenberger Estate; the William Talbott Hillman Foundation; Paul Sack; Brooke Garber Neidich and Daniel Neidich; and Trish Bransten.
The Notion of Family is part of Aperture Foundation's First Book Initiative to publish new work by emerging artists.
LaToya Ruby Frazier (born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, 1982) received her BFA in photography and graphic design in 2004 at Edinboro University, Pennsylvania, and her MFA in 2007 from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, New York. In 2011, Frazier completed the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program and shortly thereafter was appointed Critic in Photography at the Yale University School of Art. She has received numerous grants and awards, including a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work has been included in exhibitions at major institutions worldwide.
Dawoud Bey (interview) is well-known for his own work as a photographer and has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including a mid-career survey at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in 1995. He is a professor of art and a Distinguished College Artist at Columbia College Chicago.
Laura Wexler (essay) professor and co-chair of the Women Faculty Forum at Yale University, as well as the founder and director of the Photographic Memory Workshop at Yale. Her books include the award-winning Tender Violence: Domestic Visions in an Age of U.S. Imperialism (2000).
Dennis C. Dickerson (essay) is the James M. Lawson, Jr. Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of several titles focusing on American labor history and the civil rights movement, including Out of the Crucible: Black Steel Workers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875–1980 (1986).
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9 ½ × 10 ¾ in. (24.1 × 27.3 cm)
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September 2014
Rights: World
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Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online. Created in 1952 by photographers and writers as "common ground for the advancement of photography," Aperture today is a multi-platform publisher and center for the photo community. From its base in New York, Aperture Foundation produces, publishes, and presents a program of photography projects and programs--locally, across the United States, and around the world.
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September 24-27, 2010
NADACON is a global member conference that allows for New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) members from around the world to come together to share experiences, ideas, and resources while building greater bonds of friendship and collaboration. These unique weekends encourage a greater insider experience of the art world in the host region. Initiated in 2006 in Los Angeles, followed by Marfa in 2008, NADA has chosen to focus this edition with special emphasis on private collection visits and member roundtable discussions.
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Grain free is huge for me. Even when all other health related factors line up (exercise, vitamin D, lots of veggies), my body doesnt' like chronic grain consumption - no shock there as it's not biologically appropriate for humans. I can do some dairy, but not a lot or my crp goes up.
Interestingly, even gluten, dairy free, eating primally/biologically appropriately, lots of produce etc, my CRP is still very high unless my 25(OH)D levels are at least in the middle of the reference range (60-65 ng/mL US scale which translates as 150-163 nmol/L in the rest of the world).
For most, getting D into the middle of the reference range will require either:
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Updates about the Blog
There have been some changes and a lack of updates recently, so here is a post addressing both topics.
For those of you that actually follow this blog on a regular basis, you have noticed that 1) there have been very few updates and 2) the Fanball Blog Network has been awfully quiet.
I apologize for the lack of hockey talk in this very exciting start to the season, but real life priorities have wielded their ugly head and kept me away from doing what I truly love: writing about the frozen puck. That being said, I definitely have still kept up on the Blues and am blown away by the 7-1-2 start we have witnessed through the first 10 games.
As for point number two, the Fanball Blog Network has shut down. Fortunately, Frozen Notes will still keep burning and churning, but you may notice a few aesthetic changes around the blog, as well as a possible redesign down the road. Who knows.
Prior to these events, I've been handcuffed with what I can and can not do in this space what with bringing in other writers, what the design looks like, what features I can use, etc etc.
So what does the future of this blog look like? Well, I'm hoping the future is bright. I'm hoping that even working 10-14 hours a day, I can still make time for the lighter side of the written word. I'm also hoping to have a few fellow Blues fans write here also so that there are other views besides my own represented here.
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Hoboken has long served as a point of entry for immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Italy, Russia, Puerto Rico and other places around the world.
On Sunday, the Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., will host a talk by Dr. Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, the author of "Immigrants in Hoboken: One Way Ticket, 1845-1985."
Ziegler-McPherson will talk about how waves of newcomers and different ethnic groups have shaped Hoboken and will also sign copies of her book.
She will also share her in-depth studies of the Mile Square City's past that show how various groups clashed with each other as they struggled to establish themselves, how they lived and even how they established or influenced various churches and civic organizations.
The talk will be held at 4 p.m. Admission is free for members of the museum; non-members pay a suggested donation of $5. For more information, visit HobokenMuseum.com.


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2014 and 2015 Limited Purpose Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
If you are enrolled in the Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 1 or Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 2, you have access to two types of tax-advantaged accounts:
- The corresponding year's health savings account: 2014 and 2015 HSA
- A limited purpose health care flexible spending account (FSA), a Purdue-sponsored medical reimbursement account. You may only use the limited purpose health care FSA for dental and vision expenses.
Both accounts reduce your taxable income and give you an opportunity to use your pre-tax dollars for health care costs.
You may contribute up to $2,500 per calendar year to a limited purpose health care FSA. The annual amount you choose to contribute is taken in equal installments from your regularly-scheduled pays on a pre-tax basis. If you are paid on an academic year (AY) schedule, your FSA deductions will be taken only from your September through April pays. You will not have an FSA deduction taken from any summer earnings you may have.
You may only submit FSA claims that you incur while you are participating in the FSA plan. For example, if you stop working at Purdue and end your FSA participation on June 30, claims for services through that date are eligible, but claims for service beginning July 1 are ineligible.
You may request reimbursement for your own eligible expenses as well as your spouse's, if you file a joint tax return. In addition, qualified medical expenses incurred by the following persons are eligible:
- All dependents you claim on your tax return.
- Any person you could have claimed as a dependent on your return except that:
- The person filed a joint return,
- The person had gross income of $3,700 or more, or
- You, or your spouse if filing jointly, could be claimed as a dependent on someone else's return.
- Your child under age 27 at the end of your tax year.
How the accounts work together
All eligible health care expenses – from medical and prescription drug to dental and vision – can be reimbursed from your health savings account. In addition, eligible dental or vision care expenses can be reimbursed from the limited purpose health care FSA, including:
- Contact lens solution
- Dental and vision coinsurance and copayments
- Dental and vision care expenses
- Dental or vision care services or expenses that are medically necessary, but not covered under your vision or dental plans
Limited purpose health care FSA at-a-glance
If you participate in the Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 1 or Purdue Health Plan Plus HSA 2 and participate in a health savings account, you can only enroll in the limited purpose health care FSA, not the standard health care FSA.
The limited purpose health care FSA allows you to reimburse yourself for eligible dental and vision expenses.
Dental and vision expenses are also eligible under your health savings account, but you cannot claim the same expenses on both accounts.
You cannot submit medical, prescription drug, or over-the-counter medication expenses to your limited purpose health care FSA for reimbursement — those expenses are eligible only for reimbursement from your health savings account.
|If you have both an HSA and a limited purpose health care FSA…
|Can you use your HSA?
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health care FSA?
|Medical expenses you incur, such as your deductible and coinsurance costs
|Prescription drug expenses you incur
|Over-the-counter (OTC) medication expenses
|Yes, with doctor's prescription
|No. Some over-the-counter medications for dental care and vision may be eligible for reimbursement.
|Dental expenses, such as visits to the dentist and orthodontia (unreimbursed expenses only)
|Vision expenses, such as eyeglasses and contact lenses. (Note that Vision Service Plan (VSP) coverage will continue without change. These would be expenses remaining out of your pocket after the VSP benefit is paid.)
IRS limitations on flexible spending accounts
- Expenses reimbursed from an FSA cannot be claimed as a medical expense on your tax return.
- Only expenses actually incurred during the calendar year are eligible for reimbursement. Expenses incurred before or after the eligibility period are not eligible, regardless of when you paid for the expenses. FSAs may not reimburse for future or projected expenses.
- If you do not use all the pre-tax dollars in your flexible spending account, you forfeit the amount left over. That's an Internal Revenue Service requirement.
How to get reimbursed
For 2015: Eligible 2015 LPFSA expenses may be incurred between Jan. 1, 2015 – Mar. 15, 2016. You have until March 31, 2016, to submit your claims for reimbursement. Any funds remaining in your account after March 31, 2016, will be forfeited, so it is important to estimate your expenses carefully.
For 2016: Eligible 2016 LPFSA expenses may be incurred between Jan. 1, 2016 – Mar. 15, 2017. You have until March 31, 2017, to submit your claims for reimbursement. Any funds remaining in your account after March 31, 2017, will be forfeited, so it is important to estimate your expenses carefully.
PayFlex Debit Card: PayFlex sends out letters on a quarterly basis requesting needed substantiation for all payments made through the PayFlex debit card. If you don't provide required documentation to prove your debit card purchase was for an eligible LPFSA expense, the amount of the transaction will be added to your W-2 as taxable income, in keeping with instructions from the IRS.
PayFlex processes all LPFSA claims for Purdue University. You have three ways to file your LPFSA claims. If you wish to have your reimbursement deposited directly into your checking or savings account, enroll in direct deposit through the HealthHub website listed below.
Three ways to file a LPFSA claim:
- Online: Log in to HealthHub and go to File a Claim
- Fax: 866-932-2567
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History of King's Highway 55 (#2):
The second King's Highway 55 connected Niagara-on-the-Lake with Old Highway 8 (Niagara Road 81) at Homer, directly below the Garden City Skyway. The highway was first designated on September 1, 1970. Highway 55 was unique, because the highway technically did not connect to the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) or any other Ontario provincial highway. The connection from Highway 55 at Homer to the QEW along Niagara Road 81 was signed with "TO 55" signs. The highway lasted only 27 years, and was downloaded to the Regional Municipality of Niagara on March 31, 1997. The road is now known as Niagara Regional Road 55. Please visit the Highway 55 Mileage Chart page for a list of mileage reference points along Highway 55. A different, unrelated Highway 55 existed in Hamilton between 1937 and 1961.
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Special Care Dentistry PG Cert
A part-time, one year Postgraduate Certificate programme that aims to bring dentists up to date with the latest knowledge relevant to the clinical practice of special care dentistry. Students have the opportunity to discuss the care of patients with complex disease and to learn of the latest appropriate dental health care methods.
The Special Care Dentistry Postgraduate Certificate is a part-time degree programme taken over one year.
Students undertake modules to the value of 60 credits. The programme consists of two core modules.
Contact days
There are 25 contact days over the year, plus a compulsory registration and induction day.
Teaching and assessment
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, journal clubs and clinics organised by many of the scientists and clinicians of the Institute and allied hospital. Assessment is through practical, clinical and oral examinations, written papers (MCQ, MSA and essays) review of logbook, presentation of case studies and internal graduate appraisal.
Professor Stephen Porter is the Programme Director.
Career enhancement
As well as enhancing their clinical skill and knowledge and increasing their opportunities for promotion, students are able to network with the senior UK specialists who teach on the programme. The interactions of graduates with staff has also lead to our staff being invited to lecture to the colleagues of graduates.
Year One
Applied Biology, Systemic Disease and Behavioural Sciences
30 credits.
Assessed through two two-hour departmental tests and an oral examination.
Ethics, Governance and Public Health Policy in Special Needs Dentistry
30 credits.
Assessed through two unseen two-hour written examinations and an oral presentation.
Application deadline
Applications for the 2016/17 programme have now closed. You can apply for the 2017/18 programme from October (date to be confirmed).
Visit the UCL website to see 2016/17 fees. Tuition fees are set each year, so subsequent years will be subject to increases.
Entry requirements
Applicants must possess an undergraduate dental qualification (i.e. BDS, or equivalent from a recognised institution) and have a minimum of two years experience post-qualification.
Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate that they meet the required standard by either having recently passed one of the UCL recognised English language tests at the 'good' level, or through work or education experience in English.
Applicants must have full and current registration with the UK General Dental Council (or EU equivalent) and to be in practice with access to patients for the duration of the programme.
Students must have appropriate permission to study in the UK. The UK Home Office does not provide visas for part-time programmes over six months in length.
How to apply
Applicants should apply online through UCL's online application system. Before doing so, please ensure you have reviewed the above information and have the correct documentation ready.
Applicants are required to submit the contact details (address and email address) of two appropriate referees. One must be academic and the other should be an employer or colleague. Referees may not be family members or friends.
Once you have submitted your application, each referee will be contacted by email and supplied with a link to a webpage to which they should upload their reference.
Your application will remain incomplete until all references have been received. You can monitor the status of your application online and resend the reference request emails or change your referee contact details if necessary. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all references are received by the application deadline.
Upload supporting documentation
As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload various documents.
|Applicants must provide a clear, current and accurate copy of their CV.
|Applicants must provide a copy of their current full GDC registration certificate.
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|English Language Test
|Applicants whose first language is not English need to provide their UCL-approved English language certification.
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What happens next
After you have submitted your application online, and once your references and have been received, your application will be considered by the Programme Director. The outcome will be communicated to you informally via email by Institute Admissions as soon as possible (normally within three weeks of your references being received.)
If your application has been successful, University Admissions will then issue a formal offer letter confirming your fee status and specifying a deadline by which you must confirm acceptance. If your offer is conditional, you will be given a deadline by which you must meet the condition.
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Our friends at Efeste Winery in Woodinville WA – are throwing a big release party for their new 2010 Rabbitt Rose and 2008 Final-Final Syrah blend. Of course, their pizza ovens will be working overtime as well, churning out tasty slices of home-made pizza. Here's the rub:
Date: July 23rd Time: 12-5pm
Join us for the release of our 2008 Final-Final Cab/Syrah blend and our 2010 Babbitt Rosé. We'll host an open house at the winery from $!–% PM. &e pizza oven will be 'red up and turning out pies to sample along with the new wines.


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Albuquerque police are hoping that someone will recognize and identify the woman caught on camera who caused thousands of dollars in damage at a local middle school.
Police said the woman threw a rock through the glass doors at Van Buren Middle School Thursday night. Once inside the school, police said she broke a few windows and sprayed a fire extinguisher in a classroom, two bathrooms and a hallway.
The woman was at the school alone.
Security cameras caught a good shot of her.
Anyone who might be able to identify her is asked to call Albuquerque police at 505-242-COPS or call Albuquerque Public Schools police at 505-243-7712.


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Manuel Pellegrini will be without Gael Clichy, Matija Nastasic, Stevan Jovetic and Yaya Toure for City's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Clichy didn't travel to Germany because of a foot injury while Nastasic is still nursing a calf problem. Jovetic is also injured and Toure is suspended following his booking against Viktoria Plzen in the last round of games.
David Silva is in the squad for the first time since coming off injured against CSKA Moscow on November 5.
Clichy was rumoured to have broken a toe but his manager confirmed he would be fit for the visit of his former club Arsenal.
Pellegrini said: "Gael Clichy has a problem with his foot. It's not serious, but he could not travel. I think he will be OK for Saturday."
"Nastasic and Jovetic have also stayed behind, but all the other players are available for tomorrow apart from Yaya Toure."
Who should City start with tomorrow night?
Silva back in City squad for Bayern game
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