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ACC Week 5 Wrap Up
Ending a 12-game VT ACC-winning streak, #13 Clemson (5-0, 2-0) defeated host #11 Virginia Tech (4-1, 0-1), 23-3, in Blacksburg. The Tigers became the first ACC school to beat ranked opponents three weeks in a row and they did it with defense and efficiency on offense. The 3 points for the Hokies were the second fewest in a home game since Head Coach Frank Beamer took over in 1987. The Tigers allowed just 258 yards of total offense, got four sacks and two takeaways. Tech QB Logan Thomas has failed to throw a TD in 3 of the last 4 games. Clemson is ranked in the Top 10 for the first time since the 2008 preseason poll.
Host UVA (3-2, 0-1) overcame an error-plagued performance to escape Idaho in OT, 21-20, in Charlottesville. The Wahoos had a blocked punt for a TD, and INT, two fumbles and multiple mental lapses but got a big break when the Vandals opted to go for the win instead of forcing a second overtime. The pass fell incomplete giving the Cavs a much-needed victory over an assumed underdog. Freshman back-up QB David Watford saw significant action, leading the Cavaliers in OT and receiver Kris Burd had a career-high 123 yards on eight catches.
Snapping a two-game losing streak, host Maryland (2-2, 1-0) pulled away from Towson, 28-3. The Terrapin D forced four second-half turnovers to finally slam the door. QB Danny O'Brien completed 14 of 21 passes for 123 yards while RB Davin Meggett added 102. The Tigers held the ball for 21:30 of the game's first 30 minutes, keeping the Terp offense off the field but after intermission the wheels fell off for Towson and the Terps capitalized. The game was the first ever between the two in-state schools.
Rallying from a 10-point deficit early in the fourth period, visiting Duke (3-2, 1-0) eked-out a win over Florida International, 31-27. Blue Devil passer Sean Renfree was terrific, finishing 28 of 43 for 336 yards and 2 TD's. The Devils trailed 27-24 with 11:56 remaining when Juwan Thompson scrambled in from the 9-yard line to ink the deal. The Panthers drove to the Duke 12 but a 4th-down pass fell incomplete.
A late second-half rally was thwarted by visiting Wake Forest (3-1, 2-0) as the Deacs bested Boston College (1-4, 0-2), 27-19. The Demon Deacons held off the Eagles and star RB Montel Harris who carried 22 times for 108 yards, setting the school's all-time rushing record. Wake QB Tanner Price had another solid day finishing 19 of 28 for 252 yards. BC hurler Chase Rettig played hard completing 23 of 47 for 188 yards. Unfortunately he was stopped short on 4th and 4 at the Deac 44 with just under two minutes left.
For 22 minutes it looked like host Miami (2-2, 0-1) might get embarrassed by Bethune-Cookman, but eventually the Hurricanes found their stride, running away with the win, 45-14. All five of the Canes' touchdown drives took under 2 minutes – two being clocked at 10 seconds or less. RB Lamar Miller galloped for 102 with two scores and QB Jacory Harris went 12 of 17 for 175 yards.
The #21 Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech (5-0, 2-0) are off to their best start since 1990, beating host NC State (2-3, 0-2),45-35, in a scoring bonanza. Leading 21-0, the Jackets briefly allowed the Wolfpack to make a game of it in the third period, only to pull away with 3 TD's in a two-minute 22-second span in the fourth. Tech QB Tevin Washington completed just 4 passes but two were for scores. NC State's Mike Glennon tried his best, finishing 20 of 29 for 163 yards with 2 TD's and one pick as State was respectable with 387 total yards to Tech's 413.
Everything clicked for the visiting Tar Heels of UNC (4-1, 1-1) besting in-state rival East Carolina, 35-20, in Greenville. QB Bryn Renner threw four touchdown passes while Giovani Bernard ran for 146 and a score, recording his third-straight 100-yard game. North Carolina scored the first 21 points, dominating the opening half and accounting for 326 yards before the break. Converting two early miscues into TD's silenced the record crowd of 50,610.


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In 1992, workers readying for an auction at a home near the sleepy village of Fremont Michigan stumbled across three wooden trunks containing a large cache of Ku Klux Klan documents and artifacts hidden in a secret attic compartment.
Inside the trunks were the membership and movements of the 679 members of the Newaygo County Klan No. 29. The papers, robes and photographs had laid hidden for almost seven decades
Most of the Klan artifacts and papers were sold piece meal to private collectors at a public auction, but Frank Boles director of the Clarke Library at Central Michigan University was able to save one non-descript shoe box filled with membership cards.
The documents, hidden by Ledford Anderson, secretary-treasurer of the Newaygo County Klan, were never expected to see the light of day let alone be sold at a public auction. Then, for more than a decade the membership records were stored in the Library archives with little interest until Craig Fox, a British doctoral candidate in American studies happened across the collection on the internet
That find would lead Fox to write the first book on the Michigan Klan, "Everyday Klansfolk: White Protestant Life and the KKK in 1920s Michigan" published by Michigan State University Press.
It's fair to ask why a history of the KKK in Michigan has never been written. First and foremost "secret" is the operative word. A secret society by definition keeps its mouth shut and it is only through discovery of secret documents that light is shined on their unwritten history.
Another possibility is writing about the Klan is a grim business and one that still garners lots of negative reaction.
A current exhibit at the MSU Museum stands in proof. Of the several hundred masks on display, some are scary, but none is scarier than the robed and hooded mannequin of a KKK member
Maybe it takes a Brit to step away from the inherent controversy, raw images and disturbing history of the Ku Klux Klan to write about the nation's largest secret society and one whose influence and popularity held Michigan in a tight grip during the 1920s. Craig Fox is a self-described independent scholar of American history and culture who as a doctoral student spent two years studying in the United States including doing archival research in Michigan for one year.
Although Fox was attracted to Michigan because of that single shoe box filled with Klan records he also used Klan collections in the Michigan State University Special Collections, and the Bentley Library at the University of Michigan, for his exhaustive research. His research was greatly added to by a former Central Michigan University who had done extensive work on the Klan before his death.
Fox said he was looking to conduct a locally-focused historical case-study in an area which hadn't been extensively looked at before.
"I took stock of the regional studies that had been done so far, and then went on the lookout for archival sources from regions which would plug a gap in our knowledge of the wider movement.
That's not quite as easy as it might sound, though: Klan records are notoriously rare, as you might expect. I trawled known US holdings pretty extensively using an online archive search and eventually narrowed it to a few states. Michigan seemed to jump right out off the page."
Boles said that for a few short years in the 1920s the Klan exerted a strong political influence on Michigan and was close to electing Klan members to the highest political offices. In neighboring Indiana, one of the bastions of Klan memberships, the Governor was a Klan member. Nationally, President Warren G. Harding was a Klan member. Boles said a referendum on banning private education in Michigan was even proposed by the Klan.
"Opposition to it may have resulted in the oddest political coalition in Michigan history including Conservatives, Dutch Reformed and Catholics," Boles said.
He said that shining the light of history on the Klan membership may be disconcerting for families in Newaygo County, but he said that the survival of records from there was "sheer happenstance".
"They are no more guilty –there were Klan chapters all through Michigan and Newaygo was not unique."
He also pointed out that the 1920s Klan was not like the original violent organization of the 1860s South or even the latter 1960s versions.
"It was a broadly based organization which was mostly anti-immigrant, and anti Catholic. A lot of people felt that way and they were not perceived as fringe or kooks," he said.
At the height of their power the 1920s the "Invisible Empire" had what Fox called "staggering membership numbers" exceeding six million members nationwide. Although Michigan membership is extremely difficult to pinpoint, Fox cites reports as varying as 265,000 to 875,000. In the Capital City the Klan was able to muster more than 15.000 members for a march down Michigan Ave on Labor Day 1924.
Boles believes that it is important for an accurate assessment of history that people remember these times.
"Every moment in history wasn't a happy moment. This group was regularly joined by regular people. Sometimes memories are not happy." And some might not be happy in Newaygo County to find after 80 years names of their ancestors are now in print. Many prominent businessmen, doctors and lawyers found their way to Klan membership including the founder of Gerber Baby Foods, Dan F. Gerber.
Fox said, "History is a "warts and all" kind of business, and my view is that if it happened, then surely it's worth knowing about.
You can't simply edit out the chunks you don't like, and I'm not sure how ignoring the murkier parts of the past is supposed to benefit anyone."
In his new book, Fox details a Klan that is far from the popular perception of the secret organization that counted hundreds of thousands of members in Michigan during the 1920s. He shows that at this point in history the Klan was as likely to be a social organization sponsoring community picnics as it was a hate-mongering secret society.
Fox said that one gauge of the popularity of the Klan in the 1920s was the emergence of the "faddish Klan-themed merchandise" including flags, knives, lamps displaying a robed Klan figure and Klan music records. The Michigan Klan newspaper covered Klan weddings funeral and baptisms with the same interest as mainstream weekly newspapers. Newspaper editors and owners were often found on Klan rolls.
"I'd say that in many important respects – the types of people who joined, and the types of appeals that were made by the KKK – Michigan was pretty typical of most other states where the Klan was a presence," Fox said.
He said the organization was actually the most powerful in the North in the 1920s with the biggest stronghold of Klan activity in the neighboring state of Indiana.
"The KKK came relatively late to Michigan (outside of Detroit, where it had some presence earlier), only really taking hold statewide in the summer of 1923. Perhaps as a consequence, it never really succeeded in gaining the political clout that it had managed to muster up in Indiana."
The British author said as a national movement, the Klan peaked in 1924 and was all but dead by 1926.
"Michigan's flirtation with it, whilst enthusiastic, was probably shorter than most." Fox says the decline of the Klan, built on profitable pyramid schemes, was due to greed and financial incompetence.
He said that although the Klan phenomenon was national in scope, there were also regional variations.
"In the South, it inevitably turned its vitriol upon African Americans. In the Southwest it often targeted Mexicans, and on the Pacific coast, Asians.
In Michigan, it instead denounced 'Romanism' and set up its stall very definitely against what it saw as its greatest threat – immigration, and more specifically, the specter of Catholicism."
The Klan historian says in his book that "the second Klan was far more ensconced in American life than many of us would like to admit." Read a question and answer with the author of "Everyday Klan" in Dome magazine.


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Director can be used by Dovecot's IMAP/POP3/LMTP proxy to keep a temporary user -> mail server mapping. As long as user has simultaneous connections, the user is always redirected to the same server. Each proxy server is running its own director process, and the directors are communicating the state to each others. Directors are mainly useful for setups where all of the mail storage is seen by all servers, such as with NFS or a cluster filesystem.
First test non-director proxying
The director is simply a small add-on for Dovecot proxy. Before configuring director, you should test that a simple proxying setup with static destination server works. See the Proxy page for more information about how to configure it. If you have a simple setup, you can test this easily using a static passdb:
passdb { driver = static args = proxy=y host=10.2.0.20 nopassword=y }
Once finished testing, remember to remove the "host" field.
You need one or more servers assigned for Dovecot proxies. The same servers could also act as backends handling the mails, but you need to run two separate Dovecot configurations in different ports. This may get a bit confusing, so it's not recommended (although v2.1 makes it easier with instance_name setting).
The directors are going to connect to each others in a ring. For example if you have servers called A, B and C, director will create connections A->B, B->C and C->A.
Director configuration
In example configuration you can configure director from conf.d/10-director.conf.
Configure the listeners that director requires:
service director { unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { mode = 0600 user = $default_login_user } unix_listener director-userdb { mode = 0600 } inet_listener { port = 9090 } }
The port 9090 will be used for listening and connecting to other directors. You're free to use any port number you want.
Configuring list of director servers
List all of your directors in director_servers setting separated by spaces. You can use:
- IP addresses
- hostnames
- hostnames that expand to multiple IPs (e.g. you could have a "directors-all" DNS entry that expands to all directors' IPs)
You can also add :port after the IP/host. The default port is the same as what director service's inet_listener is using (the port 9090 above).
Note that the same director must not be listed multiple times with different IPs. This especially means that a hostname can't expand to both IPv4 and IPv6 address. Otherwise Dovecot becomes confused about what directors actually exist. This also means that a single director ring must use either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, but not both at the same time.
For example if you have 3 directors, you could set:
director_servers = 10.1.0.2 10.1.0.3 10.1.0.4
Configuring list of mail servers
List all of your backend mail servers in director_mail_servers setting separated by spaces. You can use:
- IP addresses
- IP ranges (e.g. 10.2.0.10-10.2.0.30)
- hostnames
- hostnames that expand to multiple IPs
For example if you had 20 mail servers with consecutive IPs:
director_mail_servers = 10.2.0.11-10.2.0.30
Enabling director
Enable director for the wanted login services by telling them to connect to director socket instead of the default login socket:
service imap-login { executable = imap-login director } service pop3-login { executable = pop3-login director }
If you want to enable director for LMTP, also set:
# LMTP first does a passdb lookup to to see if there's a proxy field returned. # If not, it fallbacks to doing userdb lookup. lmtp_proxy = yes protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb } # If you want lmtp-proxy listening on the network, uncomment the following: #service lmtp { # inet_listener lmtp { # port = 24 # } #}
By default LMTP proxy connects to the same port in backend as what was used for the incoming connection.
Other settings
Directors redirect a user to the same server always the user has active connections. The redirection is also done for a while after the last connection already disconnected. This is mainly to avoid trouble with NFS caches that haven't yet expired. You can configure this setting from:
director_user_expire = 15 min
and doveadm director move need to be able to connect to the ipc socket. Make sure the director process can do it:
service ipc { unix_listener ipc { user = dovecot } }
Passdb configuration
Your passdb must return "proxy" extra field, otherwise director doesn't do anything.
Director works by adding a "host" extra field to the auth reply, which contains the temporary destination mail server. This "host" field isn't added if the passdb lookup already returns "host". This allows configuring some users to be always proxied to a specific server.
If the backend servers verify password, you can use static passdb for director:
passdb { driver = static args = proxy=y nopassword=y }
Note that while this is the simplest director configuration, users will be assigned to a backend before they have been authenticated. A director configured this way can be attacked by sending it a large number of unknown users. To prevent this, the director should be configured to authenticate the user and might make use of a master password to log into the backend servers.
Doveadm server
Use these settings for both director and backends:
service doveadm { inet_listener { # any port you want to use for this: port = 24245 } } local 10.10.10.0/24 { # password to use for client authentication doveadm_password = secret # allow client to only use specified list of commands (default is all): #doveadm_allowed_commands = }
The director also needs the following configuration:
# same port as doveadm's inet_listener doveadm_proxy_port = 24245 protocol doveadm { auth_socket_path = director-userdb }
Now you can run doveadm commands on the director, and it'll run them automatically on the correct backend server.
Health monitoring of backend servers
Brad Davidson has written a small daemon for monitoring backend servers, and disable/enable them on demand. Ref: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-August/051946.html
Forcefully moving users to a different backend
This is useful if you need to do maintenance on one of the backend servers and want (active) clients to move to a different backend:
- Disable any system that will undo changes you make to backend server weights, such as poolmon.
Set the weight of the backend server to be worked on to 0: doveadm director add <backend server ip> 0
Flush current assignments to disable new connections to this server: doveadm director flush <backend server ip>
From the backend server close all open sessions: doveadm kick 0.0.0.0/0
Most IMAP clients will silently just reconnect to the (new backend) server after being kicked (at least Apple Mail 6.0 and Thunderbird 14.0).
For moving specific users to other servers (e.g. because there are too many "heavy users" assigned to the same backend), you can use doveadm director move command in v2.0.14+. This requires the ipc permissions to be configured correctly (see above).
(Requires v2.2.16+)
With tags you can use a single director ring to serve multiple backend clusters. Each backend cluster is assigned a tag name, which can be anything you want. By default everything has an empty tag. A passdb lookup can return "director_tag" field containing the wanted tag name. If there aren't any backend servers with the wanted tag, it's treated the same as if there aren't any backend servers available (= wait for 30 secs for a backend and then return temporary failure).
Tags can be added to configuration by adding @tag suffix to IPs/hosts. For example:
director_mail_servers = 10.0.0.100-10.0.0.110@name1 10.0.0.120@name2
"doveadm director add" can also add tags either with @tag suffix or with -t parameter. "doveadm director status user@domain" requires giving the user's correct tag with -t parameter or the results won't be correct (empty tag's results are shown). Tags can't currently be changed for an existing host without removing it first.
Director and Backend in same server
(Requires v2.2.17+)
Have the passdb lookup return director_proxy_maybe=y. LMTP however doesn't currently support mixing recipients to both being proxied and store locally.


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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
This was quite the crowd pleaser among the artsy-fartsy, left-wing audience with whom I saw the film. They loved it because it pandered to already held beliefs rather than challenge those beliefs and that's precisely what's wrong with it. Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld seem to believe that if they serve up more of what the intended audience expects to hear, that audience will like the film even better. Frankly, from what I could see and hear, that seemed to work.
In discussing the film, few people seemed to grasp my point that the movie was intellectually suspect. Although this documentary tells the story of John Lennon's quest for world peace and how his opposition to the Vietnam War and peace-loving ways made him an enemy of the United States government in the years following the break-up of the Beatles and preceding his death, it does so strictly for entertainment purposes.
Now, this might seem like a positive thing for those who find documentaries boring or producers who'd like to recoup their investment, but frankly I find it to be representative of the kind of intellectual rigor that's been sucked out of the documentary by the likes of Michael Moore. Moore has an opinion and isn't afraid to put it on display. Although "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" is less obvious, it's still more of that same kind of political crap and is a far cry from the days of cinema verité. In other words, everything the filmmakers added beyond the original footage weakened the point of the movie.
What else is there to say about a film that uses the commentary of Gore Vidal, Geraldo Rivera, and G. Gordon Liddy to cement its points? Gore Vidal is such a flaming leftist that even those on the left can't take him seriously. It's frustrating because everyone knows what kind of stuff is going to come out of his mouth. You know he's going to make comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq and Nixon and Bush. It's better if somebody respected makes those comparisons. As for Liddy, he's a cartoon character. To use him as the voice of dissent is intellectually dishonest if he's the lone representative of the right. People watch him hoping that he'll try to light one of his hands on fire or something. He's not exactly a respected political voice. Is there anything I need to say about Geraldo?
The movie could have strengthened its argument by having talking heads on the both the left and the right who were respected on both sides. Instead, it takes the easy way out. "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" may entertain those who already agree with it, but it'll just as quickly be dismissed by those who don't. It's a documentary that aspires to very little.
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Seashore paspalum may be the next environmental breakthrough in the American golf industry. This saltwater-tolerant grass has already been used on courses in South Africa, Australia, Hawaii and South America. Due to increasing environmental concerns, seashore paspalum is becoming more popular in the continental U.S.
Seashore paspalum is a warm-season turfgrass native to South Africa and possibly South America. Its tolerance to saltwater sets it apart from other grasses. According to George Ralish, assistant superintendent of Gulf Stream Golf Club, seashore paspalum, also known as siltgrass, can be watered with saltwater when managed properly. He said, If golf courses could convert to Paspalum vaginatum, all the complaints about water usage would be silenced.
Many courses throughout the world already use seawater for irrigation. In addition, studies indicate the use of seawater has the potential to act as a selected herbicide since some weeds and other species of grass are not as tolerant.
Siltgrass is a dark-green, dense grass that, once established, requires minimal weeding and fertilizer. The grass is drought-tolerant if deep roots are allowed to develop, and it may be submerged in water. It has also been found to survive in bog-like conditions. Researchers R.R. Duncan and R.N. Carrow at the University of Georgia have found that seashore paspalum can be maintained at 50% of the overhead cost of hybrid bermudagrass.
Unlike bermudagrass, siltgrass accepts prolonged use of recycled water another reason it has been called the grass of the future. Seashore paspalum produces a dense turf and tolerates traffic stress similar to bermudagrass. One area of concern is the quality of the putting greens. Researchers seem confident, however, that this can be mitigated. Richard L. Duble of Texas A&M found that the seashore paspalum greens in Argentina, which are mowed as low as 1/8 inch, were comparable to dwarf bermudagrass.
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ELKINS - Dr. Bryan L. Wagoner, assistant professor of religious studies and philosophy at Davis & Elkins College, will deliver lectures at two major European universities this summer and will participate in discussion groups with other scholars from throughout the world.
From June 25-28, Wagoner will be one of 13 lecturers - and the only invited speaker from the United States - to participate in a three-day round-table colloquium as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the University of Frankfurt. Founded in 1914, the University of Frankfurt was a haven for progressive thinkers, and it was an immediate target of Hitler's National Socialist regime, with most of the faculty fired in 1933. This symposium looks at a group of thinkers, who, in the late 1920s and early 1930s, attempted to critique the Nazis before they took power.
Wagoner's Frankfurt lecture is titled "Religious Socialism as Critical Theory - Tillich and the Institute in Frankfurt," engaging the philosopher of religion Paul Tillich and the so-called "Frankfurt School" of critical social theory and philosophy. Wagoner began researching the topic for his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University and has continued at D&E, revising a book on the subject, which is under review for
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"This topic continues to fascinate me, not only because of the importance of the historical era at the cusp of Nazism, but also because it bridges traditional boundaries between religious studies and philosophy," Wagoner said. "I find such disciplinary boundaries constricting. One of the things I love about teaching at D&E is the freedom to pursue both."
The 13 invited panelists, primarily from Germany, Austria and Great Britain, will participate in a three-day discussion in Frankfurt under the auspices of the University's Protestant Faculty as a part of the centenary celebration. All papers from the academic conference in Frankfurt, in both German and English, will be published by De Gruyter Press.
"I am humbled to have been selected as a participant in this momentous celebration and panel discussion with some of the top scholars in the field," Wagoner says. "Most of the scholars I have relied on for my initial research will be there, and I am thrilled to have been invited to share my own research and receive feedback."
Wagoner will then travel to the University of Innsbruck in Austria where he will present a lecture and participate in a working-symposium with the University's prestigious Catholic Faculty, from June 30-July 3. He will present two talks - one exploring Christian and Jewish approaches to socialism and the common good in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as part of Innsbruck's "Kleine Otto Bauer Symposium," and another discussing his teaching and research in relation to violence and the sacred.
Wagoner joined the Davis & Elkins College faculty in fall 2012. He earned his doctorate in religion from Harvard University, his Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology from Yale University and his bachelor's degree in philosophy and literature from Gordon College. His research interests include modern religious thought, secularism and religious identity, and comparative world religions and ethics.
The Davis & Elkins College program of Religion and Philosophy offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious education. Students also may select a minor in religion or philosophy. In addition, all D&E students are required to take a course in religious studies or philosophy.
Courses in religion are designed to introduce students to basic religious concepts, texts and interpretative traditions, both Western and Eastern. Comparative and thematic courses allow students to examine the relationship of religions to other aspects of human behavior and connect with other disciplines. Courses in philosophy are designed to introduce students to basic philosophical concepts, including Western and non-Western traditions, which will enable them to grapple with contemporary ethical issues and improve critical thinking skills.
For more information, please visit the D&E website at www.dewv.edu or call 304-637-1243.


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FAU Treasure Coast Welcomes New Associate Dean for Business
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL (August 3, 2007) - Dr. J. Gregory Bushong has been named an associate dean and associate professor of accounting for Florida Atlantic University's Barry Kaye College of Business. He will be overseeing all academic programs offered by the college at the Treasure Coast campus, including accounting, business administration, finance, general management and marketing.
"I am pleased to continue my career at a growing university like FAU and to live in the booming Treasure Coast region where the possibilities seem to be endless," said Bushong.
Bushong holds a Ph.D. in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Managerial Accountant (CMA). He comes to FAU from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and has conducted extensive, published research concerning accounting and other related financial topics.
"Dr. Bushong is a welcome addition to the Treasure Coast campus," said Gerri McPherson, campus vice president. "He possesses the rich teaching and research background that helps set FAU's business programs apart from the rest."


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I feel like I hear about more and more cases of twins & triplets these days… maybe I'm just noticing it more now, or maybe it really has increased – but either way, it seems that there's definitely a need for some good baby shower ideas for multiples!
"Sweet Peas" is one of the baby shower themes I created for Parents.com that works for twins, triplets…or more! "2 Peas in a Pod" is already a common theme for twins, but there didn't seem to be a ton of cool readymade party supplies available for this theme, so it seemed prime for a modern makeover! Click here for full details.
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1Jeanine SAYS:
Actually I found a sweet pea baby shower theme that I have never seen any other website do so cute!!!
2Lisa R. SAYS:
This is truly adorable! I especially love the flower arrangement with the soybeans as filler!
3Kelli SAYS:
Adorable! I have a friend who is prego with triplets… I might just have to use some of these cute ideas for her shower!
4Ini SAYS:
love it love it love it! makes me wanna have twins so i can plan this for myself! LOL … wait, i can't believe i just said that :-O
5Andrea D. SAYS:
i really liked this, you definitely gave it a modern appeal! the menu is perfect (don't we all know of an easy pasta dish with peas- good idea!) and i loved the little washcothe soap favors.
6Tabitha (From Single to Married) SAYS:
so incredibly cute!!
7teresa SAYS:
Another great idea!
Have you ever tried Ina Garten's pasta, pesto, and peas? It's yummy and would go great with the theme!
8Joanna (hostessjo.com) SAYS:
What a cute idea!
9Dana SAYS:
I love this theme!
10Renee SAYS:
It does seem that there are more cases of twins these days, both locally and in Hollywood. This is a great theme idea for 2 peas in a pod. I love it!
12Sarah SAYS:
Are the soybeans in the flower arrangement real?
14Sarah SAYS:
Thanks Jenn
15Danielle SAYS:
I cannot find these green soaps anywhere!!! Do you know where I can find them or what they are called to google them? I've tried everything!


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Preemie Survives Front Lawn Birth Thanks to Quick-Acting Police OfficersJoslyn Gray
Okay, you know how there's that weird time after you have a baby where your body is still out of whack, and your period hasn't really come back? Yeah, that. Turns out that post-baby body can camouflage a pre-baby body.
Elizabeth Whitehead, of Barnegat, New Jersey, has a nine-month-old baby. She also now has (surprise! and congratulations!) a newborn, reports ABC News, although the mom didn't know she was pregnant.
Ms. Whitehead told local news The Lacey Patch that she had taken two pregnancy tests, both of which came back negative. When she felt cramps, she thought they heralded her "long overdue" period. As the "stomach pain" worsened, she headed to the hospital, but only made it as far as her front yard.
The cramps were labor pains.
"It all happened on the grass," she told the Patch. "His head was out when I was on the grass."
The baby's father, David Windham, called 911, and police officers arrived to find the baby not breathing, and without a pulse. Patrolmen Vinne Damiano and Michael Moore quickly, but delicately, performed CPR on the tiny newborn, born at 24 weeks gestation. Patrolman Moore continued CPR in an ambulance on the way to the nearest hospital, stabilizing the baby's breathing and heart rate, stated the Barnegat Police Department.
The baby was transferred to a hospital with a neonative intensive care unit, but Mr. Windham told the Patch that so far, "the baby is fine." He also expressed to NBC Philadelphia his gratitude to the officers who saved the life of his new son.
As with any story about a woman giving birth without realizing she was pregnant, it's easy for a reader's first reaction to be "how on earth could you not know you were pregnant?" In fact, that's what a lot of the comments are on ABC News' story and on the Patch article. Several of the comments on those other two articles accuse the mom of being ignorant or worse, and that she should have gone to the doctor if she hadn't gotten her period nine months after she gave birth. Yeesh.
Besides the fact that snark and judgement isn't going to help this couple raise a 9-month-old and an incredibly premature baby, I can totally see how this happened to this mom. It's incredibly common not to get your period for months after having a baby, especially if you're breastfeeding. There was 18 months in between my second birth and my third pregnancy, and I never actually got my period in that time.
Everything about your body is different after you have a baby, and it can take a while to get used to the "new" you. This mom also took two home pregnancy tests, and they came back negative.
Ms. Whitehead didn't look pregnant, either. Her neighbor Pat Faraldi told NBC Philadelphia, "I can't say that I noticed she was pregnant. She carries well!"
Also, we're talking about a pregnancy that only lasted 24 weeks. Many women don't feel the baby's first fluttering movements until around 25 weeks, says WebMD; if you don't think you're pregnant, it's really easy to think those are just gas bubbles you're feeling. According to WebMD, a baby's movements are usually well-established by 28 weeks, which is the beginning of the third trimester.
With my first pregnancy, I was undergoing fertility treatments, so I knew right away that I was pregnant. With my second and third pregnancies, though, I didn't know right away; I was just about in my second trimester when I finally had a pregnancy test come up positive. (I was thrilled, by the way.)
I've spent most of my adulthood not having a regular period ("normal" for me would be to get my period once or twice a year), I just kept re-taking pregnancy tests. If I went to the doctor every time I didn't get my period, I'd be at the doctor a lot. If I had gone to the doctor every month that I didn't get a period after my third baby, I would have been at the doctor once a month for eighteen months. And when you've already got a baby, ain't nobody got time (or money) for that.
So how about, instead of judging this woman and snarking all over the Internet about her, we do this: thank the police officers who arrived within minutes of the 911 call, and saved the baby's life. Wish this mother peace because she is about to be torn between being at home with her 9-month-old baby, and being in the NICU with her tiny, fragile newborn. Wish this couple strength in raising two kids close in age, one of whom will likely be in the NICU for months, and may have serious health and developmental complications from being so significantly premature.
And wish both these children the wisdom to shrug off the snarky Internet comments, when they inevitably read all the online articles about their mother some day.
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E.R. star Sherry Stringfield, 36, and her husband, writer Larry Joseph, 50, welcomed their second child, son Milo, April 12 in L.A. The tot joins sister Phoebe, 3.
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In front of 275 guests, including actor Steve Martin, author Salman Rushdie (The Satanic Verses), 56, wed model-actress Padma Lakshmi, 33. The traditional Hindu ceremony took place in Manhattan April 17. It is the fourth marriage for Rushdie and the first for Lakshmi.
Actor Omar Epps (Against the Ropes), 30, and Keisha Spivey, 32, singer for the girl group Total, plan to wed. The couple are expecting their first child, a girl, this summer.
Rapper Lil' Kim, 29, pleaded not guilty to perjury April 14 in Manhattan. The performer (born Kimberly Jones) is accused of witnessing a 2001 gunfight outside a New York City radio station and lying to investigators about it. A lawyer for Kim said he believes the case will be dismissed.
Cindy McCain, 50, the wife of Arizona senator John McCain, 67, left a Phoenix hospital April 16, four days after suffering a minor stroke. According to her doctor, the former high school teacher should make a rapid recovery.
On April 7 Minnesota college student Anthony Fitzgerald, 20, sued Prince, 45, and the singer's bodyguard for assault. Fitzgerald, who is seeking $50,000 in damages, claims that the bodyguard "lunged" at him and took his digital camera after he took a photo of the musician at a Minnesota airport last December. A rep for Prince could not be reached for comment.
On April 16 in Grand Junction, Colo., businessman Michael Blagg, 41, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his wife. Blagg had reported his wife, Jennifer, 34, and their daughter Abby, then 6, missing in November 2001 (PEOPLE, Dec. 10, 2001). Abby was never found and is presumed dead. Blagg, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole, continues to maintain his innocence.
Bollywood star Soundarya, 32, who appeared in more than 85 Indian movies, died in a plane crash outside Bangalore April 18. Several other people were killed in the accident....
McDonald's chairman and CEO Jim Cantalupo, 60, died after suffering a heart attack April 19 in Orlando, Fla. Cantalupo, who was attending a company meeting at the time of his death, recently helped revitalize McDonald's by offering healthier food choices, including more salads, and an increased emphasis on faster service.
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Hart head coach Tom Kelly credits his team's overall depth.
Indians forward Stanley Wilder attributes it to composure.
Whatever it is, the Hart Indians boys basketball team seems to always pull things out when the pressure is at its highest — and Tuesday night's 59-56 victory over the Valencia Vikings at Valencia High was no different.
"We know how to stay composed," Wilder said. "We know what we're doing. We've been in this situation time and time again."
After Valencia's Garrett Mike hit a 3-pointer to pull within 55-53 with 45.9 seconds left, it was an unlikely hero who came through in the clutch for the Indians.
Chase White scored his only basket of the night, taking the ball in the right corner, splitting two Vikings defenders and knocking down a difficult layup attempt to push Hart back to a two-possession lead, 57-53.
"What we have is depth," Kelly said. "So our kids are fresh. We sub a lot and it keeps their legs. Chase White comes off the bench and hits the biggest layup of the game."
The Vikings kept fighting, though, with Mike dribbling to the right elbow and hitting another 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left to pull within 57-56.
Valencia's Jaleel Howard nearly stole the ensuring inbounds pass but couldn't corral it before sending the ball out of bounds and back to the Indians.
"If we had that turnover, you don't know," said Valencia head coach Rocket Collins. "We did what we needed to do to try to get there. We did the right things at the end, just not enough right things."
Things were interesting with 0.6 seconds left, as Valencia's Riley Honaker was whistled for a foul that many initially thought had been called against Hart's Davis Koppenhaver.
Instead, it was Koppenhaver who added two free throws to set the final score.
The Indians trailed after the first quarter of play, 19-16, before a low-scoring second for both teams saw a 26-26 halftime score.
The Vikings tried to limit explosive Hart guards Myles Franklin and Lewis Stallworth as much as they could.
"Not shut them down, but limit them and make other guys beat us," said Collins of his team's game plan.
One of those players was Wilder, who scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half, and pulled down 10 rebounds in the game and took three charges, all of which wiped off Valencia baskets.
Stallworth, though, still found a way to be effective, scoring a game-high 18 points.
Franklin was held scoreless in the first half before posting nine second-half points.
For Valencia, Mike led the way with 17 points, including the two clutch 3-pointers that nearly handed the Vikings the upset.
Honaker added 11 points and Garrett Mesa and Kayode Wellington each scored eight, with Wellington recording 10 rebounds.


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It has been possible to buy the lyrics for your favourite songs since the invention of the letterpress in the 15th century when ballad sheets and engraved music were first printed. But it was not until the Victorian era that demand for illustrated music sheets reached the height of popularity.
The ability to mass produce music covers owes a lot to the invention of lithography. Lithographs were produced using wax or crayons to draw the designs on a specially prepared flat stone which was then inked.
Printed ballad sheet, True Courage
Written and sung by Mr Dibdin
Printed by J. Davenport
Mid to late 18th century
Museum no. S.1244-1986
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Ballad sheets like this were cheaply printed by letterpress, sometimes with woodcut illustrations. They were sold at fairs or on the street so that people could buy the words of songs that probably had well-known tunes. Early ballad sheets are quite rare as they were made of poor quality paper. Unless kept carefully, they would not have survived the passage of time. Charles Dibdin the elder who wrote this song was an actor, singer and composer who is best known for his patriotic nautical songs. His song 'Tom Bowling' is still performed today at The Last Night of the Proms. He was one of the most popular songwriters of the 18th century and composed over a thousand songs. Dibdin began his career tuning harpsichords for a music seller in London's Cheapside and went on to be a singer and composer at Covent Garden where his first opera was accepted when he was nine. He also worked with The Royal Circus.
Printed song sheet
'A Choice Song' from the opera Thompis
Early 18th century
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This early 18th century ballad sheet has woodcut images of trumpeters and soldiers at the top and a kissing couple below. These images represent the military and amorous aspects of the song's lyrics, in which love is seen as an inspiration during war as well as a reward at its end. Printers realised that pictures added appeal to their ballad sheets, and so began adding more than one image if possible. Sometimes they used the woodcuts they had in stock to illustrate more than one ballad sheet. The opera title Thompis is a printer's spelling error. This song actually came from was the medley opera Thomyris, Queen of Scythia, staged at Drury Lane in 1707. It was sung in English with words by Peter Motteux and music from airs by Alessandro Scarlatti and Giovanni Bononcini, arranged by the German musician John Pepusch who played the harpsichord at Drury Lane theatre.
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Printed song sheet
'The Charms of Déshabille'
About 1733
Museum no. S.12-2012
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This is an example of an 18th-century music sheet, with a sophisticated image produced by engraving. There was a demand for the music as well as the lyrics on music sheets and this sheet has the piano part printed with a verse of the lyrics as well as the flute part. The image is larger than the woodcuts on early ballad sheets but image, words and music are still on a single page. This song is set to the words of a lyric poem written in 1733 by Mr. Lockman about the popularity of Islington Spa, or New Tunbridge Wells, a pleasure garden in Islington. One of London's smaller pleasure gardens, it was created after the discovery of a spring there in the 1680s. People believed that drinking the spring water would improve their health, and even members of the royal family were said to have tried it. Pleasure gardens were a popular form of recreation in the 18th century and one of the few public places where it was considered socially acceptable for men and women to meet.
Printed song sheet
'The Real Jim Crow'
Written by Alfred Bunn, illlustrations by John Brandard
Drury Lane Theatre, London
About 1830
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This is an illustrated music sheet from the 1830s, with the title and images on the front and music and lyrics inside. This was a progression from the single ballad sheets with one side showing both music, lyrics and images. Publishers realised that the power of an image would sell and this song sheet shows 14 images, produced through lithography. This is an early example of illustrations by John Brandard one of the masters of Victorian illustrated music sheets. The music sheet is for the song 'Oh England Is de Grand Place, or the Real Jim Crow', written by Alfred Bunn and sung by the comedian and singer Paul Bedford in the pantomime Harlequin Gammer Gurton at Drury Lane. The song and dance in the pantomime was a parody of 'Jump Jim Crow', a song which became a huge 19th century hit in the United States. It was first performed in 1828 by the white comedian and minstrel Thomas Dartmouth Rice, blacked up as an African American.
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'The Brigand's Ritornella' from Auber's opera Masaniello
Written by F. W. N. Bayley, lithography by Maxim Gauci, printed by W. Wybrow
About 1835
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
This music sheet was for 'The Brigand's Ritornella', a song with words by F.W.N. Bayley, a journalist who became the first editor of The Illustrated London News. His words were adapted to fit a tune from the opera Masaniello by the French composer Auber, which was first staged in Paris in 1828. The image shows the singer Madam Vestris on a balcony, being serenaded by her lover below. Music sheet publishers realised that images of star performers made their music more attractive and saleable. Madam Vestris was a hugely popular star of burlesque at the Olympic Theatre which she managed in the 1830s. It was at the Olympic that she became known for her 'breeches' roles when she dressed as a man in knee-length trousers and showed her legs - a daring thing for a woman in the early 19th century. The illustration is a lithograph by Maxim Gauci an important figure in the history of early music sheet illustration. Nicknamed 'the father of music hall artists', he produced many early engraved and hand-coloured sheets.


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Sept. 1 - Nov. 2
An Inspirational Quotes from George W. Bush
for the day of Wednesday, September 1, 2004
62 days until the election - consider the following
"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves."
— George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003
Norbert says: Write your notes and comments below and work and/or pray for a sane society.


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Light Pollution
Light pollution from excess articial light causes problems for people and wildlife. Sometimes we cannot even see the stars because of unnecessary artificial lights shining upward.
Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting
How, you might ask, could "outdoor lighting" be a subject on a site devoted to environmental concerns? Well, consider that half our environment is night time, and for millennia, humans have become well adapted to (and actually dependent on) darkness. In less than one hundred years, use of artificial lighting has become widespread. Although artificial lighting has been a benefit for moving about safely at night, it can also easily and inadvertently become obtrusive to our neighbors and others-light does not stop at property boundaries.
What are Glare, Light Trespass and Sky Glow?
Detrimental effects of poor outdoor lighting include glare, light trespass and sky glow.
Glare is the direct view of light source against dark background. Glare overloads our eyes and actually reduces our ability to see in a generally dark environment, which can cause accidents. The cause of glare is poorly shielded lights that are aimed at least partially horizontally, not down onto the pavement.
Light Trespass
Light Trespass is unwelcome light spilling off originating property. As with glare, the causes are, first, poorly shielded lights which are aimed partially horizontally, not down, and secondly, too much light power used for the application.
Sky Glow
Sky Glow is a general brightening of the normally black night sky caused by artificial light pollution. Excessive sky glow can almost completely block out views of stars. The main causes are upward-directed light (again from poorly shielded fixtures) and too much light power used for the application.
Effects of Artificial Light
General use of artificial lighting, which began about 100 years ago, has been accelerating in the past 50 years, and if unchecked will completely block out any natural-sky views in the not-too-distant future.
This picture shows the view from space of upward directed light. The views of the mid-70's and 1997 are from satellite data; the late '50's and 2025 views are extrapolations from the satellite views, using known or expected amounts of outdoor lighting. All the light that is visible from space is obviously wasted energy which produces no useful effect (and lots of bad effects) for people on the ground. (Picture credit Fabio Falchi, The Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute [Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso] www.istil.eu and CieloBuio, the organization that promotes the adoption of several of the best laws against light pollution: www.cielobuio.org)
Outdoor lighting is growing at greater than 5% per year. At the present time, artificial lighting obscures the Milky Way (our home galaxy) from view of more than 70% of the households in the United States. In a dark-sky site, about 2500 stars are visible; but in the sky over a large city like Boston, that number is reduced to less than 100.
What can we personally do about this? Use Fully Shielded light fixtures, use the proper amount of light for the job (resist the urge to over-light), and turn off light (either manually or with motion sensors) when there is no one around to use it. Advocate to others how these simple steps will result in both reduction of light pollution and conservation of energy. Demand that your cities and towns also follow these principles.
Principles of Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting
We all like the freedom to do as we want on our own property. However, at the same time most of us realize it's also important not to intrude on our neighbor's rights by our actions. We would never think of either making very loud noises that would disturb our neighbors or of aiming our water sprinkler so it sprays on their house or of letting our dog exercise on their lawn. But often we don't stop to think that the outside lights we install on our house can be just as obtrusive to our neighbors.
The fact is that the light our fixtures produce doesn't stop at our property boundary. Light travels in straight lines from our outside fixture and can directly shine in our neighbor's windows or on his property, and then it becomes obtrusive and unwelcome. A bright, lighted, unshielded bulb on our house or yard will cause unpleasant glare in our neighbor's eyes. Glare is the uncomfortable situation in which the human eye is unable to respond both to the dark surround and also a very bright source. We instinctively squint our eyes to try to close out the offending light. If our light trespasses through the windows of our neighbors' house, and into, for example, their bedroom, then our light can even affect their ability (and right) to have a sound sleep.
The solution to prevent glare and the majority of light trespass is very simple and inexpensive. We can apply shielding to our bright outside lights, such as floodlights and other bare bulbs that are bright. "Bright" is defined In Acton's outdoor lighting bylaw as 120 watts for incandescent bulbs and 20 watts for fluorescent bulbs. Even though Acton's Outdoor Lighting Bylaw does not apply to single family dwellings we residents are on our honor to do the right thing in regard to our neighbor!
Shielding is used to block the lamp's rays from traveling upward (causing sky glow) or sideways (and off your property–potentially causing a nuisance to your neighbor). To direct the lamp's rays onto the ground–the place we are trying to illuminate after all–the shield should cover the top and sides of the lamp. The bottom–the only open side of the fixture–is parallel to the ground. If we view the fixture from a point horizontal to the lowest point of its shield, we will not see any direct light from the fixture. The only visible light should be that illuminating the ground–where of course it is the place where it is needed! A fixture like this -shielded on the top and sides with a flat horizontal opening on the bottom–is called Fully Shielded. An example of a Fully Shielded fixture for residential use (with the brand name Glare Buster) is shown here.
One light that is commonly used on many houses to light driveways and yards is the Parabolic Reflector (PAR) lamp. This is the familiar cone-shaped bulb about six inches in diameter. If unshielded, it can project light for long distances, because of the focusing reflector built into it.
The picture on the right shows a close-up of the light with shield attached. Quiz question—is this a Fully Shielded fixture? (Answer: Yes) Picture credit Bern Kosicki.
You can learn much more about shielding and principles of good lighting from sites sponsored by the New England Light Pollution Advisory Group (NELPAG) and the International Dark Sky Association (IDA). We recommend all these sites to you.
Bright Lights in Your Eyes? A Survival Primer for Acton Residents
Acton has an Outdoor Lighting Bylaw that affects primarily commercial developments. Any commercial development after 2004 that requires a Site Plan Special Permit (developments that are above a certain size need this permit) must comply with the 2004 Acton Outdoor Lighting Bylaw. (See Section 10.6 of the Zoning Bylaws http://www.acton-ma.gov/index.aspx?nid=167.) Site Plan Special Permit developments that were permitted between 1984 and 2004 must follow the previous 1984 Acton Outdoor Lighting Bylaw.
If you believe that the offending commercial development falls into one of these categories, then you should call the Acton Zoning Enforcement Officer, Scott Mutch (978) 264-9612 (Planning Department) and state your case.
Various Acton Boards of Selectmen have agreed that the Town should also follow the outdoor lighting bylaw (but there is no binding agreement that requires them to do so).
For issues with lights that are owned by the municipal government (library, streetlights, South Acton Train Station parking lot, transfer station, police and fire departments), call the Municipal Properties Director, Dean Charter (978) 264-9629.
For problems associated with any school-owned property, call the Coordinator of Facilities and Transportation, John D. Head; (978) 264-4700.
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Harmful excessive use of drugs of abuse alcohol has a severe impact on society and is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the population. My lab is interested in elucidating molecular neuroadaptations that occur in the adult brain in response to drugs of abuse and alcohol exposure. Our long-term goal is to identify novel targets that could potentially be developed as therapeutics to treat phenotypes associated with addiction including excessive, uncontrolled drug intake, drug seeking and relapse. To do so, we combine molecular, genetic, electrophysiological and behavioral paradigms in rodents to address the following questions:
- What are the mechanisms that prevent the majority of social alcohol drinkers from developing alcohol abuse disorders?
- Are there molecular factors that increase the vulnerability and propensity to develop drug of abuse-related disorders?
- What are the signaling pathways that drive the transition from recreational use to uncontrolled drug intake regardless of negative consequences, and how can the transition be prevented?
Selected Publications
Warnault V, Darcq E, Morisot N, Phamluong K, Wilbrecht L, Massa SM, Longo FM, Ron D. The Bdnf Val68 to Met Polymorphism Increases Compulsive Alcohol Drinking In Mice Which Is Reversed By TrkB Activation. Biological Psychiatry. In Press. 2015.
Darcq E., Warnault V., Phamluong K., Besserer G.M., Liu F. and Ron D. MicroRNA-30a-5p in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Controls the Transition from Moderate to Excessive Alcohol Consumption. Molecular Psychiatry. Oct 21. doi: 10.1038/mp.2014.120. [Epub ahead of print] 2014.
Darcq E, Ben Hamida S, Wu S, Phamluong K, Kharazia V, Xu J, Lombroso P, Ron D. Inhibition of striatal-enriched tyrosine phosphatase 61 in the dorsomedial striatum is required for the development of excessive ethanol consumption. J Neurochem. 3 MAR 2014. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12701. [Epub ahead of print].
Ben Hamida S, Darcq E, Wang J, Wu S, Phamluong K, Kharazia V, Ron D. The tyrosine PTPalpha in the dorsomedial striatum promotes excessive ethanol drinking behaviors. J Neurosci 4;33(36):14369-78, 2013.
Seif T, Chang S-J, Simms JA, Gibb SL, Dadgar J, Chen BT, Harvey BK, Ron D, Messing RO, Bonci A, Hopf FW. Cortical activation of accumbens hyperpolarization-active NMDARs mediates aversion-resistant alcohol intake. Nature Neurosci 16(8):1094-1100, 2013.
Ahmadiantehrani S and Ron D. Dopamine D2 receptor activation leads to the up-regulation of GDNF via Gβγ-Erk1/2-dependent induction of Zif268. J Neurochem 125:193-204, 2013.
Waurnalt V, Darcq E, Levine A, Barak S, Ron D. Chromatin remodeling – A novel strategy to control excessive alcohol drinking. Translational Psychiatry (Nature Press) 3:e231, 2013.
Barak S, Liu F, Ben Hamida S, Yowell QV, Neasta J, Kharazia V, Janak PH, Ron D. Disruption of alcohol-related memories by mTORC1 inhibition prevents relapse. Nature Neurosci 16(8):1111-7, 2013. See also http://www.nature.com/news/blocking-boozy-memories-reduces-risk-of-relapse-1.13252.
Wang J, Ben Hamida S, Darcq E, Zhu W, Gibb, SL, Lanfranco MF, Carnicella S, Ron D. Ethanol-mediated facilitation of AMPA Receptor Function in the Dorsomedial Striatum: Implication for Alcohol Drinking Behavior. J Neurosci 32:15124-15132, 2012.
Ben Hamida S, Neasta J, Lasek AW, Kharazia V, Zou M, Carnicella S, Janak PH, Ron D. The small G protein H-Ras in the mesolimbic system is a molecular gateway to alcohol-seeking and excessive drinking behaviors. J Neurosci 32:15849-15858, 2012. (Faculty of 1000) Prime Recommendation: http://f1000.com/prime/717962739#recommendations).
Barak S, Ahmadiantehrani S, Kharazia V, Ron D. Positive autoregulatory feedback loop of GDNF in the ventral tegmental area: implications for alcohol abuse disorders. Translational Psychiatry (Nature Press) 1:doi:10.1038/tp.2011.57, 2011.
Neasta J, Kiely PA, He D-Y, Adams DR, O'Connor R, Ron D. Direct interaction between the scaffolding proteins RACK1 and 14-3-3ζ regulates BDNF transcription. J Biol Chem 287:322-336, 2012.
Gibb SL, Ben Hamida S, Lanfranco MF, Ron D. Ethanol-induced increase in Fyn kinase activity in the dorsomedial striatum is associated with subcellular redistribution of PTPa. J Neurochem 119:879-889, 2011.
Neasta J, Ben Hamida S, Yowell QV, Carnicella S, Ron D. AKT signaling pathway in the nucleus accumbens mediates excessive alcohol drinking behaviors. Biological Psychiatry 70:575-582, 2011.
Barak S, Yowell QV, Carnicella S, Ron D. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor reverses alcohol-induced allostasis of the mesolimbic dopaminergic system: implications for alcohol reward and seeking. J Neurosci 31:9885-9894, 2011.
Nie H, Rewal M, Gill TM, Ron D, Janak PH. Extrasynaptic -containing GABA receptors in the nucleus accumbens dorsomedial shell contribute to alcohol intake. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108:4459-4464, 2011.
Gibb SL, Jeanblanc J, Barak S, Yowell QV, Yaka R, Ron D. Lyn kinase regulates mesolimbic dopamine release: implication for alcohol reward. J Neurosci 31:2180-2187, 2011.
Neasta J, Ben Hamida S, Yowell Q, Carnicella S, Ron D. A role for mTOR complex 1 signaling in neuroadaptations underlying alcohol-related disorders. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:20093-20098, 2010.
Wang J, Carnicella S, He D-Y, Ahmadiantehrani S, Barak S, Ben Hamida S, Kharazia V, Zapata A, Shippenberg TS, Ron D. Nucleus accumbens-derived GDNF is a retrograde enhancer of dopaminergic tone in the mesocorticolimbic system. J Neurosci 30:14502-14512, 2010.
Wang J, Lanfranco MF, Gibb SL, Yowell QV, Carnicella S, Ron D. Long-lasting adaptations of the NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in the dorsomedial striatum play a crucial role in alcohol consumption and relapse. J Neurosci 30:10187-10198, 2010.
He D-Y, Neasta J, Ron D. Epigenetic regulation of BDNF expression via the scaffolding protein RACK1. J Biol Chem 285:19043-19050, 2010.
Jeanblanc J, He D-Y, Logrip ML, Carnicella S, Kharazia V, Janak PH, Ron D. Endogenous BDNF in the dorsolateral striatum gates alcohol drinking. J Neurosci 29:13494-13502, 2009.
Carnicella S, Ahmadiantherani S, He D-Y, Nielsen CK, Bartlett SE, Janak PH, Ron D. Cabergoline decreases alcohol drinking and seeking behaviors via GDNF. Biological Psychiatry 66:146-153, 2009.


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Local education programs seeking UChoose grants
A total of 20 Erie-area schools, education programs and organizations aiming to help children are seeking "UChoose" grants funded by the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority.
The authority will hand out $60,000 worth of $5,000, $10,000 and $15,000 grants.
Education-related applicants for $5,000 grants include Mercyhurst Preparatory School and Nurturing Hearts.
For the $10,000 category, education-related applicants include the Young People's Chorus of Erie, Perseus House, Neighborhood Art House, Luther Memorial Academy, Northwest Tri-County Educational Foundation, Inc., the Bayfront NATO, Inc. Martin Luther King Center, and the Boy Scouts of America, French Creek Council.
Applicants in the $15,000 category include Family Services of Northwestern Pennsylvania's Big Brothers Big Sisters program, the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Foundation, Saint Luke School, Eagle's Nest College Preparatory Charter School, Our Lady's Christian School, Villa Maria Elementary School, the Greater Erie Youth Symphony Orchestra for violin instruction at the Erie School District's Carpe Diem Academy, East High School, Edinboro University's Potterfest, Erie Day School, and Erie Homes for Children and Adults.
Visit ErieUChoose.com to vote and learn more about the grant applicants. Voting will remain open until noon on Dec. 12.
Collegiate Academy students perform 'Romeo and Juliet'
Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy students will have three performances of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" this week.
Students will perform the classic play at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
All of the performances will be at the school, 2825 State St. Tickets are $7 a person. For more information, call 874-6300.
Edinboro communications department holds fundraiser
EDINBORO -- The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Communications and Media Studies department will hold a fundraiser Wednesday including a student-made documentary and storybook adaptation.
The fundraiser for the Friends of Communications Scholarship Fund will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the university's Frank G. Pogue Student Center.
The event will include a screening of the documentary "The Highland Games: Keeping Tradition Alive," created by James Wertz's television news and documentary class, and a performance of an adaptation of Shel Silverstein's "Into the Woods" read by Kathleen Golden's oral interpretation class.
The event, which was organized by communications professor Tim Thompson's organizational communications class, is free. Attendees are encouraged to make donations to the scholarship fund. T-shirts will also be sold at the event.
Founded in 2011, the Friends of Communications Scholarship Fund is designed to bring speakers to Edinboro's campus and provide scholarships to students in the school's Communications and Media Studies department.
Gannon University to host fair trade sale Friday
Gannon University will host a Fair Trade Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the university's Waldron Campus Center, 124 W. Seventh St.
Items to be sold include fair trade coffee, chocolate, olive oil, jewelry, household items, and holiday decorations. Proceeds from the sale will benefit SERRV International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending poverty by providing opportunity and support to artisans and farmers in the developing world.
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Here's what I think the lines will be:
Here's what I'd like them to be:
I thought that our biggest problems against San Jose last season were...#1) a general lack of play-makers and natural scorers on the ice; and #2) Bertuzzi and Holmstrom being mis-matched against stud top-six forwards. So...yes...I want more play-makers and natural scorers in the lineup, and I want Bertuzzi and Holmstrom out of the top six (and probably out of the lineup altogether).
I realize that Nyquist, Tatar and Brunnstrom probably aren't ready, but this isn't a young team we're dealing with anymore. Lidstrom has 1, 2, maybe 3 years left. Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Franzen, Cleary, Kronwall and Stuart are all approaching their mid-30's. We need to have a sense of urgency here this season. We need to go all out for the cup. We need these talented young players to GET ready. And the best way to get them ready, IMO, is to put them out there on the ice against NHLers.
As far as the actual line combinations are concerned...
I've got Filppula and Cleary with Datsyuk. I don't know why Babcock doesn't play them together. They've got the best chemistry on the team (including Pav-Hank). They're the two best passers and play-makers on the team. When they're out there together, it's magic. Cleary makes an excellent net-front presence.
I've got Hudler and Franzen with Zetterberg. Zetterberg moves his line at a slower pace than Datsyuk. Hudler and Franzen are more comfortable at a slower pace, I think. That's why I've got them with Hank, and Filppula - who can play at 100mph - with Datsyuk.
I've got Nyquist and Tatar with Helm. This is going to be a very small line. But it's going to be a very, very fast line as well. The way the NHL's going, speed is better than physical strength defensively anyways. If they end up needing more grit, changes can be made. But I like this line because Helm's speed and takeaways create so so many beautiful opportunities offensively. The problem is that he's usually out there with Eaves, Miller, Cleary, Abdelkader, etc. Put him out there with a couple of guys that can keep up with him speed-wise and really do special things with the puck...and we could have a very dangerous third line.
I've got Brunnstrom and Eaves with Abdelkader. People seem to overlook how big Brunnstrom is. He's as big as Cleary. And he's fast. He could be a solid defensive player here. These three guys all have speed, a little scoring ability, and two of them are proven defensively.
...I love these lines. 4 lines, all with scoring potential, all very solid defensively.
I've also got Commodore in for Kindl. Hopefully we make a deal at the deadline to acquire a really good defenseman. Until then, I like Commie. Kindl really hasn't impressed me. And he's starting to get into his mid-20's. Nothing special offensively. Not physical. Not sound defensively. I'll take a big strong Commie back there with Ericsson for the time being.
...In order to get Nyquist and Tatar on the 23-man roster, I'd take my chances sending Miller and Emmerton to GR. These guys are depth defensive forwards. Hopefully we don't lose either. We'll probably lose both. And in the long and short run, it won't be that big of a deal. I don't think that you can release Homer or Bert. Homer's still real, real, real special in front of the net, and will be very valuable in the playoffs and in the regular season as a sub/injury replacement. And as sad as it is, Bertuzzi is the only intimidator we've got. We'll need him going up against certain guys.
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Heart failure remains the No. 1 discharge diagnosis for Medicare recipients in US hospitals. More than 40% of patients admitted for acutely decompensated heart failure have preserved systolic function (ie, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFPEF]) and DD.1 As therapies for HF with reduced EF improve outcomes, proportionally more patients will present with HFPEF, many of whom will be older women and will have hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus. The in-hospital mortality rate may be low2,3 but after discharge it can be as high as that of patients with impaired systolic function.1,4 Indeed, as well stated by Yip and colleagues,5 diastolic dysfunction is only one of many pathophysiologic derangements in DD and incorrectly may lead the physician to target therapy only to diastole.6,7 As such, HFPEF mechanisms are complex and include metabolic and mechanical abnormalities of systole and diastole. The added effects of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, among comorbidities, cannot be ignored. Yet, the diagnosis of HFPEF usually is made based on symptoms while physicians look to the echocardiographic test results to "seal" the diagnosis of DD.
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When it comes to the senses — sight, smell, sound and taste — vision is extremely important in how birds (parrots or otherwise) decide what to eat. Unlike people, many bird species have structures within their retinas that enable them to see ultraviolet (UV) light, making the colors that they see look very different from those that we see. In fact, the way that UV light reflects off the waxy outer layers of fruit helps birds determine whether fruit is ripe to eat. Given the importance of color in food selection by birds, when you choose snacks for your pet bird, consider the colors of the rainbow.
1) Red: Strawberries Who can resist a bright red, mouthwatering strawberry? A ripe strawberry is a perfect sweet treat for your pet bird to sink his beak into. A plump strawberry is a vitamin C-packed snack your pet bird won't be able to resist. Buy organic strawberries whenever possible, as strawberries absorb pesticides at high levels in their skin. It's healthier for your bird and for you, too.
3) Yellow: Peppers Although some birds choose fruit over vegetables, yellow peppers are always a hit. When cut in strips, a yellow pepper make a crunchy treat that is easy for birds to hold and great for them to chew. Plus, yellow peppers are vitamin-A and C enriched, so they're nutritious and delicious. Yellow peppers are crunchy as a potato chip but a whole lot healthier, they're especially great for feather-picking pet birds that need to busy their bird beaks so that they don't pick.
5) Blue: BlueberriesAn ideal snack for pet birds of all sizes, blueberries are a great source of dietary fiber, vitamins C and K, and manganese — all essential nutrients in a pet bird's diet. Plus, blueberries rich in anti-oxidants, which help protect cells against the effects of free radicals — molecules produced within birds' bodies that can damage organs, potentially causing heart disease, cancer and other serious illness. What could be better – a yummy, little ball of blueberry goodness filled with potent disease fighting nutrients? But be careful, just as we can't eat only one blueberry, neither will your pet bird!
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