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At Cosmetic Laser Dermatology in San Diego, our doctors are considered experts in injectables treatments. Dysport is an injectable medication designed to temporarily improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the glabellar lines (eyebrows), forehead creases and crow's feet. Like Botox, Dysport in San Diego is used to relax the underlying muscles, reducing wrinkles. It has been shown to deliver temporary improvements to moderate to severe wrinkles on the face.
Our doctors perform all Dysport injections themselves, thus ensuring that each patient receives the best care and treatment possible, as well as the best results. Our doctors are skilled and able to avoid unwanted side effects in most patients due to their extensive experience and knowledge of Dysport effects and facial anatomy.
How does it work?
Dysport in San Diego is injected directly into the muscles that cause facial wrinkles, temporarily relaxing them. It stops the signal from the nerve to the muscles, ultimately resulting in a reduction of muscle activity and temporarily preventing contraction of the muscles that cause frown lines. Weakening the strength of these muscles, will decrease the tension that they place on the skin, allowing the wrinkles to flatten out. After treatment, the overlying skin remains smooth and unwrinkled. The untreated facial muscles continue to contract normally, leaving your normal facial expression unaffected. The results generally last 4 – 6 months.
What causes wrinkles?
As we age, wrinkles begin to appear as the underlying collagen and elastin fibers break down and wear out. Additionally, wrinkles appear over time due to repeated movements of facial skin through muscles, most commonly around the eyebrows, mouth and eyes. San Diego neuromodulator injections can be used to help prevent new wrinkles from appearing.
What Age Group is Dysport For?
Wrinkles are not only age related. Frown lines are "dynamic" – they happen because of the way a person's face moves. Because frown lines are created by facial movements such as frowning or squinting, they may develop even in younger adults. Neuromodulators are used to treat moderate to severe frown lines in adult patients less than 65 years of age.
Side Effects
While side effects are minimal, the most common ones are nose and throat irritation, headache, injection site pain, injection site skin reaction, upper respiratory tract infection, eyelid swelling, eyelid drooping, sinus inflammation, and nausea. If you do experience any of these side effects, do not worry, they will go away within a few days.
Before and After Photos
To see additional before and after photos, please visit our photo gallery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Dysport? A: This neuromodulator can be used to treat frown lines, crows feet and forehead furrows. It blocks nerve impulses, relaxing the underlying muscles. This stops the muscles from contracting and allows the wrinkles to relax. These injections result in smooth, wrinkle-free skin. Learn more about Dysport on the official website. Q: How many treatments are recommended for optimal results? A: Usually only one treatment is necessary. However, once it wears off, it is safe to come back for another round of injections. Q: When will I start seeing results? A: Full results will be visible within one week. Q: How much recovery time is needed? A: There is no downtime. You can return to your daily activities and apply makeup immediately following Dysport injections. Q: How much does it cost? A: Each patient's needs are unique and therefore cost varies among patients. On average, the cost of Dysport is normally $300-$450 to get rid of frown lines. Call our office and schedule a consultation with any of our doctors at our San Diego office to see how much your personalized treatment will cost. Q: Do Dysport injections hurt? A: Generally, the injections are painless. However, if the patient wants, a topical anesthesic may be applied before the procedure to minimize discomfort.
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Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is most well known for being the lead singer for the group Talisman from 1990 till the end of Talisman in 2007, the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and the lead vocalist for Journey on their 2006–2007 tours after Steve Augeri had to leave the band because of an acute throat infection. His style ranges from Hard Rock to Heavy & Power Metal, but he is also influenced by classic soul music singers such as Sam Cooke as well as Journey vocalist Steve Perry, and Freddie Mercury from Queen.
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A cross between a centaur and scorpian. Like a centaur, but instead of a horse body it has a scorpian body, tail and all eight legs.
Dude, a Centorpian could totally kick a centaur's ass! When you are stung by a centorpian you go into centorpor, which is a state of euphoric scorpulation.
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Relaxation for the living roomRelaxing on the sofa and enjoying the comfortable environment – this is pure luxury. An aquarium (e.g. Biotop nano cube 60 by sera) largely contributes to a comfortable ambiance in your living room. It fascinates and relaxes at the same time, so the entire family can enjoy it.
The underwater world of an aquarium is impressive and enlivens every living room with its magnificent, splendid colors. Besides interesting observations, aquarium keepers can also enjoy many calm hours: The colorful ornamental fish and green plants have soothing effects and lower the blood pressure, and turn the living room into an isle of calmness.
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Teen critically injured in crash returns home
Katelyn Elliot had an emotional homecoming
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Katelyn Elliot had an emotional homecoming Thursday. The 17-year-old has been in the hospital since she was critically injured in an October car crash.
Firefighters from several Lancaster County departments surprised the junior firefighter as she walked out of Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital.
After the crash, the Hempfield High School senior was unconscious for nearly two weeks and suffered head trauma, collapsed lungs, broken ribs and a bruised heart.
Elliot rode in a fire truck to her home, where she is expected to continue to recover from her injuries.
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Mary Lyall fixes her gaze on four jars of marmalade that have stood on a bench in her kitchen since she made them one night more than two years ago. "I don't know why," says Lyall, 57, shaking her head at the preserves. "I clean under them, then leave them sitting there, just sitting there."
Much has been left untouched in the family's Ballston Spa, N.Y., home since March 2, 1998. That night, 19-year-old Suzanne Lyall, the youngest of Mary's three children with her husband, Douglas, 58, disappeared somewhere between the computer store where she worked and her dorm room at the State University of New York at Albany. But the Lyalls themselves have been far from idle. Last year they were the driving force behind the passage of a state law intended to speed intervention by outside law enforcement agencies when violent crimes occur on campus. Since then they have collected 30,000 signatures backing another bill—one named for their daughter—that would increase penalties for about 30 different violent crimes should they be committed within 1,000 feet of a campus. "These are people who could be bitter or filled with hatred," says Jim Tedisco, the state legislator from Schenectady who wrote Suzanne's Law. "But they're not striking out against the system; they're using it to help others."
For the Lyalls, who waver daily between hope and despair, the campaign fills an even more fundamental need. Says Douglas, a rehabilitation counselor for the mentally ill who took early retirement after Suzanne disappeared: "It's a reason to get out of bed in the morning."
With Suzanne around, they never needed one. Shy and creative—known to spring from the shower with soapy hair to jot down a poem before it slipped her mind—Suzanne "was the darling of the family," says her sister Sandra Morton, 30. (Brother Steven is 33.) After graduating with honors from Ballston Spa High, she attended SUNY College at Oneonta, N.Y., for a year before transferring to Albany for its computing program and to be near boyfriend Rich Condon, 23, a fellow student. "She wanted to spread her wings," Douglas says.
The Lyalls had no cause for concern when they last spoke with Suzanne on Sun., March 1, 1998. "She was worried about her mid-terms but seemed really happy," says Mary. Then on Tuesday morning they received a call from Condon telling them she hadn't returned to her dorm. Campus police assured the Lyalls that students routinely go missing for short times for innocent reasons. But the family's dread was immediate. "I knew something awful had happened," says Douglas. "Suzie was not a risk-taker. She didn't party or use alcohol or drugs."
Campus police confirmed as much but didn't call in state police until Wednesday—later than the Lyalls would have liked. ("They do a good job," says Douglas, "but if someone is missing they need to defer to the experts.") As it was, clues were few. Suzanne had left the computer store at a local mall at 9:20 p.m. and had reportedly been seen getting off a bus on campus a short time later. Her ATM card was used the following morning—to withdraw just $20 at a convenience store in Albany—but there the trail ends, "The worst thing is not knowing," says Renee Janack-Cook, 22, a high school friend. "Was she fearful? Did she just leave?"
Haunted by the same questions, the Lyalls joined a crime-victims support group, through which they heard of a California couple who had campaigned successfully for better campus security laws after their daughter had disappeared in 1996. Soon afterward they met with state legislators and Gov. George Pataki to push for a similar bill, and on April 6, 1999—Suzanne's birthday—their wishes became law. Until then, says Douglas, "we had no idea that we had clout, that people would be willing to listen to us."
Now that they know, they won't rest. Among their latest projects: lobbying federal legislators to change from 17 to 20 the age at which a report of a missing person warrants an immediate police search. Still, their minds rarely stray from thoughts of Suzanne. "If we leave the house, the first thing I think of when I return is, 'Did anybody phone? Was today the day I missed that call?' " says Mary. "You're always wondering."
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Dez Bryant said he didn't want to carry Roy Williams' shoulder pads.
And he didn't.
But the Dallas Cowboys rookie wide receiver experienced a new form of hazing courtesy of his teammates after refusing to take part in the rookie ritual.
Bryant was given this alternative: take the team out to dinner and buy Williams some new shoes.
Maybe he should have just carried the shoulder pads.
The bill for the dinner at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse came out to a whopping $54,896.
This isn't the first time a rookie has fitted the bill for the team. And it certainly won't be the last.
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Economic Research Report No. (ERR-40) 25 pp, May 2007
USDA uses the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) to show Food Stamp Program
participants how low-cost, healthy meals can be purchased with
monthly food stamp benefits. When the TFP was first created in
1975, most families had a nonworking adult in the home who was
likely to prepare meals from scratch. Today, however, an increasing
number of low-income families have either a single working parent
or two working parents. These households may spend less time
preparing meals than was typical in the past. Recent efforts have
been made to incorporate more convenient and commercially prepared
foods into the TFP market basket. This research supports those
efforts by showing how differences in family time resources can
affect food preparation decisions.
There is little information on how time resources influence time
spent in preparing food. Thus, to understand if and how time use
decisions vary with both time and monetary resources, this study
estimates how the amount of time an individual spends daily in
preparing food correlates with individual and household
characteristics. Does the time allocated to preparing food vary
systematically with income, wage rates, marital status, employment
status, employment status of other household adults, and the number
of children in a household?
Our study shows that characteristics, such as income, employment
status, gender, and family composition, clearly affect food
preparation decisions. This relationship is weakest among men,
stronger among women, and strongest of all among full-time workers
and single parents. The relationship between personal
characteristics and how much time men spend preparing food,
especially low-income men, was unclear. Our results for men also
contradict the hypothesis that lower household earnings mean more
time preparing food. For both full-time employed and nonworking
men, those with lower household income spend less time preparing
food than do men in households with higher incomes.
Regardless of income and marital status, women spend more time
preparing food than men do. Among women, time spent preparing food
in the home falls with higher household income and more time
working outside the home. Our estimates suggest that nonworking
women spend just over 70 minutes per day preparing food, whereas
women who work part-time spend 53-56 minutes per day and full-time
working women spend 38-46 minutes per day preparing food. Single
women spend less time preparing food than do married or partnered
women whether they are working or not.
Single working women spend about 15 minutes less per day
preparing food than do married or partnered working women. Single
nonworking women spend approximately 30 minutes less per day
cooking than do nonworking women who are married or have
Among low- and middle-income women, time spent preparing food
does not decrease significantly with higher wage rates. Among
higher income women, however, an increase in weekly earnings of
$100 would translate into 9 fewer minutes spent in preparing food
per day.
Having more children who live in the household also increases
the time a woman spends preparing food, suggesting that, among
women, household time resources significantly affect the amount of
time allocated to preparing food. In fact, working full-time and
being a single parent appear to affect the time allocated to
preparing food more than an individual's earnings or household
income do.
Estimates of the time needed to follow recipes from the TFP
range from 80 minutes a day to 16 hours a week. We find that many
low-income households-those with two adults or those headed by a
single parent that works less than 35 hours a week-allocate enough
time for food preparation. However, our estimates also say that
low-income women who work full-time spend just over 40 minutes per
day and thus may have difficulties meeting the past plan's implied
time requirements.
We use 2003-04 data from the American Time Use Survey and
multivariate analysis to explore how time allocated to preparing
food differs between low-income and higher income households. A
household is defined as low-income if total income equals 130
percent of the poverty line or less. We also run separate estimates
based on gender and whether an individual works full-time (more
than 35 hours in week), part-time (less than 35 hours a week, but
in the labor force), or is not employed. The dependent variable,
time spent in food preparation, is the total minutes in a day spent
in the following four activities:
• Preparing food and drinks, which includes cooking and in any
way getting food and drink ready for consumption.
• Serving food and drinks, which includes activities like setting
the table.
• Food and kitchen cleanup.
• Storing or putting away food and drinks.
We use a Tobit model because food preparation time in a single
day is zero for many individuals. To account for the sample design,
we use sampling weights to obtain representative parameter
estimates and specify strata and clustering variables to increase
their efficiency.
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Noble Energy, Inc. on Thursday announced it will donate $500,000 to support disaster relief and recovery efforts for the communities affected by tornadoes in recent weeks.
The contribution includes a $500,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross Oklahoma Relief Fund and a commitment to match employee donations up to $1,000 per employee, according to a news release.
"From our founder's humble beginnings and the company's inception in Ardmore to the employees that live and work in the area, Oklahoma is a part of the fabric of Noble Energy," said Charles Davidson, chairman and CEO of Noble Energy, in the release. "We will stand with the communities of Oklahoma to help them recover from the damage and devastation caused by the tornadoes."
Noble Energy, a leading independent energy company engaged in worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production, was founded by Lloyd Noble in 1932. The company was headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., for more than 70 years and continues to have an office there.
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Officials in Flagler County said a car battery that exploded in a Palm Coast home sent six people to a hospital.
Peter Miroshnik, 55, was working on a car battery on the kitchen table of his home on Westminster Drive a little after 11 p.m. when the battery blew up.
He had burns to his lower legs and was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center's burn unit.
Other family members, including three young children, were treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation.
The smoke damage was so significant inside the home, the Red Cross is helping the family with immediate needs.
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Editor's note: It was recently announced that El Chorro will be overhauling its menu with chef Patrick Boll. This is a review of the restaurant prior to any significant menu changes.
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I have some good news and some not-so-good news about newly renovated El Chorro, the 73-year-old Valley landmark dubbed "an American classic" by the James Beard Foundation.
First, the good news.
This sprawling place looks great, dripping with Old Arizona charm. Inside, Western paintings and vintage photographs (several by Barry Goldwater) make you feel as if you've stepped back in time. Outside on the gorgeous patio, gazing at Camelback Mountain looming across the road, you may feel as if time is standing still.
And the complimentary sticky buns, an El Chorro tradition, are as irresistible as ever.
The not-so-good news: appetizers, main dishes and dessert. Let me be very clear: The food is generally tasty enough, and occasionally even more than tasty enough. But unless you've just emerged from a Nixon-era coma, it's dull, dated and, ultimately, a bit demoralizing.
El Chorro's new owners, Jacquie Dorrance and partners Tim and Kristy Moore, brought in chef Charles Kassels to update the menu. And he has, in a manner of speaking: Gone is the retro-chic flair provided by such 1930s classics as chateaubriand for two, shrimp de Jonghe and shad roe. I can understand their thinking: The pool of diners who even know what these dishes are - mostly the folks who listened to President Roosevelt's fireside chats - is shrinking. Younger diners won't have a clue.
The problem is that the updating stopped about 1970, an unfortunate decision. It means El Chorro has chosen to utterly ignore the culinary revolution that has transformed the way we eat over the past 40 years. "Local," "seasonal," "market-driven" - this kitchen seems unaware of these now-cliched restaurant buzzwords. Global touches? Except for a charcuterie platter and burrata-cheese appetizer, there isn't a single menu item that would have been unfamiliar to Archie and Edith Bunker. This new El Chorro can seem like a retro-bore, with almost nothing to say to 21st-century palates.
Along with the sticky buns, dinner gets under way with an iced vegetable-relish tray. What's that? Ask Grandpa.
The snoozefest then begins in earnest. Given the elevated prices (apparently, word of the recession hasn't reached El Chorro), it's a real plus that main dishes come with soup of the day or salad. (The least expensive main dish, chicken, is $27.) Opt for the soup, which may be El Chorro's most distinguished culinary achievement. Try to come on a night when Kassels has made up a batch of watermelon-tomato gazpacho or minty pea soup, two refreshing summer treats.
Another reason to choose soup: the appetizer salads, which are worth ordering.
Both the tomato-and-burrata salad ($13) and the mix of beets and goat cheese ($10) are nicely crafted from high-quality ingredients. The shrimp cocktail ($20) - five enormous crustaceans - recalls the days of old-fashioned continental dining. But the charcuterie plate ($18) is nothing special, and the uninspired crab cakes ($15) should have been plumper, crisper and more flavorful.
Main dishes are as mainstream as you can imagine, although the well-heeled meat-and potatoes crowd will surely enjoy the tender 8-ounce filet with scalloped potatoes and creamed spinach ($42) and nut-crusted, bearnaise-draped rack of lamb with red-chile mashed potatoes and asparagus ($44). The hefty pork chop ($30) with green-chile risotto is in the same happy class.
Seafood isn't quite as successful.
Once upon a time, you'd see orange roughy and swordfish here, and they were terrific. Today, the salmon ($29) and trout ($28) are just ordinary. And one evening's barramundi special ($34) was nearly overcooked into mush.
Two holdover dishes have had a rocky time transitioning into 2010.
Beef Stroganoff ($30) needs a major overhaul. The beef is chewy, and there's no sign of sour cream or dill in the noodles. And you'll probably remember just two things about the flash-fried lobster chunks: the trough-size portion and the $59 price tag.
Despite the high cost of eating, the wine-drinking cost is surprisingly reasonable. Bottles of Veuve Clicquot Champagne ($59), Frog's Leap Merlot ($35) and Caymus Conundrum ($35) are downright bargains.
As you might expect, desserts ($8) blaze no new trails. Instead of ordering creme brulee, molten chocolate cake or the praline pyramid (hazelnut mousse in a chocolate shell), you're better off asking for another basket of sticky buns.
Finally, a word about the service: It's breezy, casual and unpolished.
We had to ask for share plates, replacement cutlery and missing side dishes. And on one visit, our server dealt with a request to box up leftovers by wordlessly dumping several plastic containers on the table and disappearing.
Of course, gastronomy is one thing and a good business plan is another. Even during these challenging, tourist-free summer months, El Chorro seems to be attracting diners, the kind who nostalgically long for the meals of yesteryear, when chefs didn't clutter up their menus with unfamiliar ingredients, exotic preparations, foreign words or accent marks. If that's your ideal, El Chorro will safely shield you from modernity.
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Giving charitably of your time and resources can help you gain a broader understanding of the world's ills while addressing those ills in a positive way. In our lives, we encounter frequent barriers that shield us from coming face-to-face with individuals less fortunate than ourselves and destructive environmental conditions. Becoming involved with a philanthropic organization allows you to peer over those barriers in order to truly comprehend worldly suffering. The understanding you gain will awaken the intense compassion you are capable of and motivate you to do all you can to help others and the earth. You'll feel a connection to all beings that makes being of service a joy. The charitable work you do today will show you that one person can make a vast affirmative difference in the world.
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2D graphics from 20 years ago are fine in my book. I could still play classics like Contra and Punch Out!!! today without thinking twice about the graphics. Sure the graphics don't compare to today's, but they dont feel like they were trying too hard to be impressive in. I dont think people bought games back then because of the top notch production value in the graphics... or maybe they did.
When it comes to portable graphics, there's no way I could play a Gameboy today. 20 years is a long time for something to evolve. Especially when that something has dominated the market the whole time. Think about what the iPod's going to be like in 11 years? It's already converted itself into a phone... Nintendo better watch out.


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Two years on, the Australia-Cambodia refugee relocation agreement—the first of its kind involving a traditional resettlement country relocating refugees to a country with no resettlement track record—has proven to be underwhelming in its outcomes. Only five refugees have been voluntarily relocated under the deal, of whom just one remains in Cambodia. This article explores where the deal went wrong and what lies ahead for Australia's detained asylum seekers.
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Approximately 4 million immigrants from the Caribbean resided in the United States in 2014, representing 9 percent of the country's total immigrant population. While 90 percent of Caribbean immigrants come from five countries, this population overall is very diverse in its skill levels, racial composition, language background, and immigration pathways. This Spotlight article provides information on the Caribbean immigrant population in the United States, focusing on its size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics.
The Head Start program—a model for early childhood education programs nationwide—has served more than 33 million children since its inception half a century ago, many from immigrant families. This article examines the role of Head Start in the education of Dual Language Learners, who now comprise one-third of enrollees, and discusses how recent policy changes may affect this population.
Although long one of the world's top migrant destinations, only in the recent past has Germany come to acknowledge and adjust to its role as a country of immigration. Its welcoming approach—a relatively new development—has been put to the test amid massive humanitarian inflows beginning in 2015. This country profile examines Germany's history on immigration and highlights current and emerging debates.
In contrast to increasingly restrictive approaches to migration in the global North—and recent skepticism towards Europe's free mobility project—South America is taking steps in the other direction, toward free movement for regional migrants. This article examines the emerging South American model and discusses its implications for migration in the region and for free movement in general.
More than 100 Jamaicans are deported on average each month from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and are returned to a country grappling with high levels of crime and poverty. This article explores the constructive role that deported migrants, who are often socially stigmatized upon return, can play in rebuilding their lives while contributing to the larger project of national development in Jamaica.
Whether as migrant-sending or migrant-receiving locations—or both—many countries have rich, complex international and internal migration histories. MPI's online journal, the Migration Information Source, offers profiles of more than 70 nations. Written by leading scholars, these profiles delve into countries' migration histories, demographics, policymaking, and more.
The complex push and pull factors driving child and family migration from Central America to the United States have changed little since the 2014 crisis. Despite some fluctuation in arrival numbers, recent trends suggest the characteristics of an enduring phenomenon. This Policy Beat explores the latest developments in U.S. policy responses, including enforcement operations, development assistance, and family detention.
Drawn by generous asylum policies and the region's welcoming reputation, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers arrived in Scandinavia in 2015. As the unprecedented flow overwhelmed the asylum systems of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, lawmakers began to recalibrate their policies, tightening asylum benefits in a number of significant ways, as this article explores.
The number of college-educated immigrants in the United States has more than tripled in the last two decades. Asians accounted for 46 percent of the 10.5 million college-educated immigrants, with India the top origin country. This Spotlight article examines key indicators of the college-educated population, including international students and high-skilled H-1B visa holders.
Lesvos became a major focal point in Europe's migration crisis as more than half a million migrants and asylum seekers transited the Greek island in 2015. Describing the work of ad hoc volunteer-led efforts and professional aid organizations, this article delves into the evolution of the aid response across the island and the challenges of integrating humanitarian operations.
Passed with minimal controversy and public debate, the 2016 spending bill included some of the most substantial immigration policy changes enacted by Congress in the last decade. The changes touched on aspects including temporary worker visas, visa security, and the immigration courts, and could signal a new strategy for legislative change to the immigration system.
Migration has begun to follow the flow of capital after years of Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects in Zambia. This feature article, based on original research including the coding of 25,000 Zambian entry permits, examines the emerging migration pattern from China to Zambia, as Chinese migration to the country has increased 60 percent since 2009.
In 2012, the United States granted humanitarian protection to more than 87,000 people, with grants of asylum up 19 percent and refugee admissions up 3 percent from a year earlier. This article provides a detailed look at the most recent refugee and asylum data in the United States, including country of origin, top states of settlement, and more.
More than 1 million people became lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States in 2012, with family-sponsored immigrants accounting for two-thirds of those gaining a green card. This Spotlight examines federal statistics on foreign nationals who gained LPR status during 2012.
About 757,000 immigrants took U.S. citizenship in 2012, a 9 percent increase from the year before. As of 2012, 46 percent of the nation's 40.8 million immigrants were naturalized Americans. This article examines the latest naturalization data available for the United States, including historical trends, data by country of origin and state of residence, as well as socioeconomic characteristics of the 18.7 million naturalized U.S. citizens residing in the United States in 2012.
Recent immigration to the United Kingdom is larger and more diverse than at any point in its history. This updated profile examines how the global recession is affecting migration flows, the latest immigration and asylum data, and overviews of new immigration and integration policies.
After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators informally called the "Gang of Eight" in mid-April introduced long-awaited legislation for sweeping reform of the U.S. immigration system. This article provides a summary of the Senate bill's provisions and outlines the main critiques and obstacles ahead, including a tight legislative calendar, a difficult political dynamic in the House of Representatives, and an early stumbling block precipitated by the Boston Marathon bombing.


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Colonial Names for Boys
Josiah -- a biblical name with lots of quaint, old-fashioned charm -- makes a much fresher sounding alternative to either Joseph or Joshua, combining the best of both. Josiah is now at Number 57,... Read More
Jothan or Jotham was both a son of Gideon and a king of Judah in the Bible. One of the biblical boys' names that's still obscure -- though like so many others in this class, it could be rediscovered.Read More
Lazarus is a name that looks as if it could possibly be raised from the dead, just like its biblical bearer. Look for it in the next wave of Old Testament revivals that transcend their... Read More
Lemuel is a neglected Old Testament name, with the friendly nickname Lem, that we're surprised hasn't been picked up on by parents who have known too many Samuels.
In the Bible, Lemuel... Read More
Levi, lighter and more energetic than most biblical names, with its up vowel ending, combines Old Testament gravitas with the casual flair associated with Levi Strauss jeans.
Now being... Read More
Can Linus lose its metaphorical security blanket and move from the Peanuts page onto the birth certificate? We think it has enough charm and other positive elements going for it for the answer to... Read More
Recent User Lists
- Cowboy / Western Names (BOYS)
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Also written as Michaiah, this name is used for several Biblical characters both male and female. Makes a fresh and distinctive twist on Michael, Michelle, or Micaela. Antiquated yet... Read More
Nehemiah is an Old Testament name used by the Puritans, whose white-bearded image kept it out of favor for centuries, until it suddenly reappeared in 1998, along with the more user-friendly Josiah... Read More
For the seriously audacious biblical baby namer who wants to move beyond Elijah and Josiah, this name has considerable old-fangled charm. Obadiah, who gave his name to one of the shortest books in... Read More
Could Philo be the next Milo?
We love the o-ending and sweet meaning of this dynamic and distinctive Greek name, often used in literature, but never particularly popular.
The... Read More
You might also like these lists:
- Cool Girl Names from Ancient Cultures Includes: Aurelia
- Baby Names That Mean Luck Includes: Asher
- Space Baby Names Includes: Aurora
- Italian Word Names Includes: Aurora
- Names Girls Love Having Includes: Ariel
- 1900s Baby Names Includes: Arthur
- Belles of the Ball Includes: Annabel, Arabella
- Unisex Baby Names Includes: Avery
- Antique Baby Names Ready for Restoration Includes: Adeline, Amos, Atticus
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Top Definition
1. Cool, hip, trendy. Corruption of "Of the hook", which meant that something was cool because you'd have to immediately take your phone "of the hook" to tell all your friends about it. Basically, this original thread of meaning has been completely lost with the introduction of the "eezy" (common to a lot of slang at the moment).
"I'd say my plan is more 'off the heezy' now than at any other time." - Draken
po Al Октобар 12, 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
off the hook, very cool, bitchin'
"yo that's off tha heezy fo sheezy"
po pooter-face snatch-queen Мај 13, 2003
A pass in street hoops, right off the head
Right off the heezy and into the bucket
po Erix Мај 23, 2003
An event, gathering, or cicumstance so euphoric that it can not be described adequately by a simple adjective. Synonyms: Rapturous, splendiferious, raucous.
Yo, that party was off the heezy!
po The Surly Eel Мај 23, 2003
off the hook (i.e. cool; slammin')
Yo, that shiznay is off the heezy fo' sheezy!
po shizzlemynizzle Мај 25, 2003
an event, occurance, place, or thing that is said to be, or have been, of great enjoyment
that club last night was off the heezy
that bitches face was buckled, but the pussy was off the heezy
that bitches face was buckled, but the pussy was off the heezy
po the ju1ce Август 17, 2003
Used for such a crazy event, that it can not be defined with simple adjectives.
Man that bitch was stupid fly, and that party was off the heezy.
po Q Фабруар 17, 2003


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Pure Price – A Definition
Pure Price means that the price you see posted– in an ad, on the dealer's website, or on a menu display board in the dealership – is the price you will pay. This includes vehicles, accessories, and even finance and insurance products. All our prices are clearly posted.
Why Use Pure Price?
Our customers told us they want a shorter, simpler process with less pressure – and we listened. With the Scion Pure Price Solution, you don't have to negotiate price – or sit around the dealership waiting for someone to "crunch the numbers."
In many cases, you'll deal with only one person for the entire transaction – start to finish. That makes it easier on you – and easier on us. We can devote more time and attention to getting you the car you want – and getting you on your way.
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Pure Price saves time. No one has to sit through an extended negotiation period.
You get more personal service. While your Sales Consultant may call on others for expertise as needed, he/she will handle almost the whole transaction.
Pure Price is open and consistent. What you see is what you get. No surprises. Nothing hidden.
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Los Angeles / New York – January 18, 2012 – Untappd, the mobile-based social network for beer enthusiasts, today announced the launch of "brewery claiming", which will give beer-making businesses a way to connect with beer-loving communities across the globe. Once connected, breweries will be able to communicate directly with consumers, and gain far greater insight into customer preferences. Claiming a brewery is free, and can be set up at http://untappd.com/breweries.
Untappd is fun, mobile-based social network for beer enthusiasts that allows users to "check in" the beer they are enjoying, add the location of where they are enjoying it via Foursquare, upload photos, and share all the information with their network of beer-loving friends. Users can find beer recommendations based on their check-in history, as well as unlock "badges" for trying certain beers, drinking at certain times, or trying certain establishments. Friends can comment on beers, toast each other and communicate directly about the beers they like. Launched just over a year ago, Untappd now has over 100,000 registered users, 150,000+ uploaded photos and over 4 million check-ins.
In its latest move, Untappd is enabling breweries to officially claim their brands, a feature which is already in use by MillerCoors, The Boston Beer Company, Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, Great Divide Brewing and Firestone Walker Brewing Company. Claiming a brewery will open up the door for direct-to-consumer communications between any beer maker and its highly engaged and focused network of beer enthusiasts. By doing so, it will enable breweries to build a social voice around their brands; and will provide breweries with direct access to consumer insights instead than relying on distributors to provide them with consumer data.
"We've seen phenomenal growth in the past year, and have really enjoyed watching how beer enthusiasts interact," said Tim Mather, CEO of Untappd. "In the course of that growth, we've learned a valuable lesson – our users are passionate about the beers they drink, which means they don't just want to connect with each other, they want to connect with the brew masters and breweries. With brewery claiming, now they can. This benefits the breweries as well, as they now have a vehicle for connecting directly with passionate consumers, and gaining greater insight into their products."
Any brewery can claim their page for free. Once they do, they will immediately enjoy the following features:
Brewery Insights – Real-time "check-ins" allow breweries to instantly understand which of its beers are most popular and where the most popular venues are, which will ultimately help breweries make smarter marketing and distribution decisions for all their beers.
Beer Management – In Untappd, information on beers is essentially crowd sourced. Users can add any beer data that they want. The Beer Management tool will enable breweries to directly edit, merge and remove beers that are listed in their portfolio, which will keep the data on beers far more up-to-date and accurate.
User Conversations – Once a brewery sets up its account, beer drinkers will be able to follow this brewery. Once followed, breweries will be able to comment on and toast user check-ins, opening the door for direct-to-consumer communications with a passionate and age-appropriate audience.
Brewery URLs – Breweries will be able to set up their specific brewery URL, such asuntappd.com/breweryname. This will reinforce a brewery's brand and facilitate easier communications between breweries and their customers.
Claiming a brewery is free to all breweries and can be set up by visitinghttp://untappd.com/breweries.
For more information, visit untapped.com or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Untappd
Founded in October of 2010, Untappd makes use of the latest mobile, social and gamification technologies to deliver a fun way for beer lovers to connect. The social network for beer enthusiasts now has over 100,000 registered users, 150,000+ uploaded photos, and over 4 million check-ins from the around the world. To join the fun, visit www.untappd.com.
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GEN News Highlights : Oct 3, 2007
SeraCare Life Sciences was awarded a seven-year commitment valued at $23.7 million to provide management and oversight of disease-study specimens for the NIAID Division of AIDS (DAIDS).
SeraCare will provide cataloging, processing, labeling, storage, and dispersal of specimens for DAIDS. The company will also provide technical support and training to NIH collaborators and investigators on issues related to specimen processing and handling.
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- First-Year Experience
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- Freshman Residential Information
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- City of St. Louis Resources
- SLU Contact Information
- SLU Spirit Shirt Tradition
- New Student Convocation & Family Welcome
- Convocation Student Speaker Application
- First-Year Experience
- First-Year Experience Checklist
- First-Year Experience Leadership Positions
- First Generation College Students
- First-Year Reading Program
- Freshman Commuters
- SLU 101 Summer Orientation
- University 101
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Not only is Fall Welcome for incoming freshman students, but for new transfer students as well! Multiple programs are designed specifically for transfer students to meet one another, the Oriflamme Transfer Mentors, and to learn about SLU. Be sure to mark your calendars specifically for the Transfer Student Orientation, Transfer Student Cook-out, and the alternative transfer student meeting locations for various activities.
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From "The American Conservative" comes a review of a new biography of Adam Smith. Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life, Nicholas Phillipson, Yale, 346 pages
By George Scialabba
In the "Overture" to his grandly symphonic The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, Peter Gay describes the "international type" of thephilosophe as a "facile, articulate, doctrinaire, sociable, secular man of letters." On this definition, was Adam Smith a philosophe? Yes and no. Unlike his French counterparts and even his bosom friend David Hume, he led a retired life, much of it in the small Scottish town where he was born, and he lived with his mother until she died at a very advanced age. He was shy, destroyed most of his letters, and did not seem to relish giving brilliant performances, either in print or in conversation. He never fell afoul of civil or religious authority, had no mistresses, and engaged in no public quarrels. (Read Further)


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Please note: Commission, dividends, margins, taxes and other transaction charges have not been included in the following examples. However, these costs can have a significant effect on expected returns and should be considered. Because of the importance of tax considerations to all options transactions, the investor considering options should consult with his/her tax advisor as to how taxes affect the outcome of contemplated options transactions.
Say the SPX index is currently 1400. An investor could purchase one three-month SPX 1390 put, which represents the right to sell the SPX index at a level of 1390, for a quoted price of $25. The total cost for the put would be: $25 x $100 contract multiplier = $2,500. By purchasing the SPX put the investor is saying that by expiration he anticipates SPX index to have declined below the break-even point: $1390 strike price – $25 (the option premium paid), or an SPX level of 1365.
The investor's profit potential can be significant as the level of the SPX index continues to decline below 1365, and is theoretically limited only because an index can decline to no less than zero. The risk for the put purchase is limited entirely to the total premium paid for the contract, or $2,500, no matter how high the level of SPX might increase.
Before expiration, if the put purchase becomes profitable the investor is free to sell the option in the marketplace to realize this gain. On the other hand, if the investor's bearish outlook proves incorrect and SPX increases, the put might be sold to realize a loss less than the maximum.
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MERCK Sharpe & Dohme (MSD) has confirmed that 90 people will lose their jobs at their pharmaceutical plant at Brinny near Innishannon.
The 450 strong workforce attended a meeting at 2pm today called by management where the announcement was made.
The 90 jobs are to go during the next six months due to falling demand for some of the company's products.
Commenting on the news, Bandon Sinn Féin councillor Rachel McCarthy said, "The loss of these jobs is a major blow to the area and the local TDs really need deliver now on their pre-election promises of jobs and job retention.
"The affect this announcement has on the lives of these families and on the wider community is devastating.
"We in rural Ireland are watching the daily exodus of our youth to foreign shores while those in power sit on their hands."
She added, "The real shame is that because of the constant neglect of rural Ireland by consecutive governments the prospects of moving to alternative employment in the region is low.
"The government needs to use every arm available to it in an effort to increase job prospects for those people facing redundancy today and to invest in future jobs in the area and protect the jobs that are still in place."
A spokesperson for MSD said it was hoped that as many as possible of the redundancies could be achieved on a voluntary basis.
MSD announced 70 new jobs at the plant in 2011 and has an ongoing development programme for drugs to treat of cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hepatitis C and Crohn's disease.
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Set Photos: George Clooney's 'The Ides Of March'
Posted on Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 by Germain Lussier
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Manned with one of the most impressive casts in recent memory, including Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella and Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney's The Ides of March is currently shooting aimed at a late 2011 release. Clooney stars, co-wrote and is directing the film, based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon. Loosely based on the 2004 Democratic primary of Howard Dean, the film centers on a young, idealistic press secretary succumbs to the evils and backhanded nature of the political machine. Clooney is the candidate, Gosling is the press secretary and Giamatti is a rival campaign leader. A local Ohio newspaper caught several members of the cast shooting on the campus of Miami University and we've got some photos after the jump. Read More »


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There are two types of holiday cookie bakers. First, there are those who faithfully recreate their favorite recipes year after year to the acclaim of gift recipients. Yes, tried and true recipes are successful… but they can get a bit boring! Do their friends really wait each year with gleeful anticipation for the same old pecan sandies and rum balls, or do they secretly yearn for coconut lemon macaroons and double fudge bar cookies? If you are one of these bakers, take a breather from your holiday traditions, and try a fabulous new recipe!
Perhaps you are already a holiday baker who feverishly scours books, magazines and Web sites to make lists as long as the Great Wall of China of things to bake this season. For family members, friends, distant third cousins in Antarctica, or the neighbor's dog - it doesn't matter. Drop cookies, icebox cookies, cookies with filling, and cookies dipped in chocolate… it all sounds scrumptious and incredibly doable in late November. A little less doable in the second week of December… and by the week of the actual gifting, we resign ourselves to Snickerdoodles and M & M cookies, hastily made and wrapped in wax paper. But the trip between the fantasy and reality is what we savor each year.
If you have other friends as crazy about cookies as you are - or perhaps you can willfully mistake their polite interest for a kindred fanaticism - invite them to a cookie exchange. Better Homes and Gardens recommends inviting 8-12 people, and asking everyone to bring enough cookies for each person attending. A neat addition to cookie exchanges is a cookbook that you compile from everyone's recipes; ask them to email the recipe to you beforehand and compile enough copies for each family.
The library has a bounty of beautiful and practical cookie books (note the difference here, at least for me) that are fun to browse. There are countless cookie web sites online as well.
In the Library
Click on the book's title to go to the library catalog and place a reserve.
The Christmas Cookie Book
By Lou Seibert Pappas
This petite book boasts some lovely photos, although not every recipe is illustrated. The recipes are similarly elegant, with more expensive materials and more time required for these recipes than many other books in the collection (Cardamom Shortbread Stars requires that you grind your own cardamom seeds in the grinder, for example). The section "Cookies for Gift Giving and Mailing" includes selections that would make beautiful gifts.
Christmas Is Cookies and Gingerbread and Fudge and Spice Cake and More
By The Everyday Cookbooks
This homey cookbook has recipes that you may imagine your grandmother's family made: soft molasses cookies, pecan lace cookies, grasshopper pie, and so on. Unfortunately, there are no pictures, but the recipes are clear and relatively simple. Additional sections include cakes, pies and puddings, candy, and quick breads and coffee cakes.
Cookies for Christmas
By Jennifer Dorland Darling
An impressive collection of cookie recipes that lets you roll, spritz, twist, cut-out, and drop your way to cookie ecstasy. Each recipe is accompanied by beautiful photographs and numbered instructions that break down the process into easy steps. You'll find traditional recipes here, but also variations on a theme and many modern inventions. Kid-friendly recipes are marked by a special icon. Tested in Better Homes and Gardens kitchens.
FamilyFun's Cookies for Christmas
Edited by Deanna F. Cook
Fifty doable, nicely illustrated and clearly instructed recipes for kids and their parents to make together. Includes cookie decorating with a "Merry Christmas" Holiday Garland; such classics as Thumbprint Cookies and Candy Cane Twists; and a few international recipes like the British Isles-derived shortbread and Easter Europe's Czech Linzer cookies.
Rose's Christmas Cookies
By Rose Levy Beranbaum
From the author of The Cake Bible comes this collection of both elegant and easy cookie recipes. Be sure to ogle the Gingerbread Cathedral, a stunning work of culinary art.
On the Web
Lots of Cookies
Holiday Recipe: Merry Christmas
By AllRecipes.com
Lots of cookie articles and recipes under "Christmas Cookie Recipes". For gift ideas, look under "Christmas Gifts". This is one of my favorite places to get recipes, because many of them are rated by Web visitors and are accompanied by their reviews and comments.
Homemade Cookies
By Better Homes and Gardens
There is something here for bakers of every skill level. Beginners will appreciate "Cookie Basics" and "How-To Videos." In "Cookie Recipes" you'll find all kinds of cookies, from cookies for kids, for adults, and for giving to cookies on a stick and a 50-state cookie salute.
Cookie Recipes - Part I
By FlyLady's Subscribers
Subscribers to FlyLady's email mentoring program on home and time organization share their favorite cookie recipes. Also check out Part 2 and Part 3. While these recipes may be hit or miss, it's great fun to browse everyone's favorites and note which ones you would like to make. I have already made 2 recipes, and enjoyed them both.
The Holiday Cookie Jar
By iVillage.com
Fifty favorite cookie recipes like White Christmas Cranberry Florentines and Oatmeal Toffee Chip Cookies. No ratings included.
Cookies in a Jar and Other Gifts
Gifts in a Jar
By Christmas-Cookies.com
Basic jar cookie recipes and ratings.
Gifts in a Jar: Easy Make-Ahead Gifts
By OrganizedHome.com
Lots of easy, do-it-yourself gift ideas. Branch out from the cookie-in-a-jar mix and make "Peaches and Cream Bath Salts" or a "Journal Jar." Then print out color tags, address, and voila!
Kitchen Mixes
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All sorts of mixes from your kitchen - sweet, savory, even cleaning mixes! Save your favorites to your recipe box.


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Elnabatat's Island
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Elnabatat's Island [1][2] (locally known in Arabic as Geziret an-Nabatat, جزيرة النباتات - translated as "island of plants") past:Kitchener's Island , is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located upon, and co-extensive with, the entire island.
Kitchener's Island is one of two major islands on the Nile in vicinity of Aswan, the other one being Elephantine. Elephantine is much larger than Kitchener's Island and located between Kitchener's Island and the city of Aswan (east bank). Thus, it is hard to see the smaller Kitchener's Island from the city.
The island was given to Lord Kitchener as a reward for his services in the Sudan Campaign (1896–1898).
With the aid of the Ministry of Irrigation, Kitchener rapidly transformed the small 750 metres (2,460 ft) long island into a paradise of exotic trees and plants in carefully gardens with view walkways. It later passed into the property of the Egyptian government and was used as a research station for examining different food and cash crops. Today a biological research station is located at the southern tip, which is closed to botanical garden visitors.
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The island as a whole constitutes a botanical garden – the Aswan Botanical Garden. One can view the many types of subtropical, exotic, and rare plantings – a collection begun by Lord Kitchener and expanded since.
The gardens are particularly popular among the local people and tourists as a park for a quiet afternoon away from the noise of the city and weekend picnics. The island and gardens can be reached by felucca, motorboat, or one of local ferries.
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Coordinates: 24°05′37″N 32°53′13″E / 24.09361°N 32.88694°E


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Malone University students raise funds to help Syrian refugees
June 28, 2013 | Release # 6665
Malone University students in the communication arts Senior Capstone class chose to raise money for aid in the Syrian crisis as their legacy project. Marcia Everett, Ph.D., professor of communication arts and director of The College Experience, said that the group worked through the Mennonite Central Committee through a variety of service projects including a rummage sale, odd jobs, and fundraising efforts, resulting in nearly $1,900 raised to help Syrian refugees.
Recently, Dr. Everett was contacted by Marlin Yoder, donor relations associate for the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/ Kentucky/Tennessee region for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Yoder thanked Everett for making Malone University students aware of service opportunities and doing justice by offering a group legacy gift to displaced Syrians.
Yoder also acknowledged Malone students that had volunteered at Belden Elementary school in an after-school program.
"I was pleased to see the Malone students there doing such good work in a most challenging environment," he said.
He went on to thank the students for their "legacy gift of hope for those suffering in Syria.""I pray you may continue practicing your faith generously either individually or with others in a group. You have sent a tangible message of God's love and compassion through milk powder and diapers, peace-building and trauma workshops, emergency food, and kits and blankets for Syrians or displaced Syrians."
According to Everett, "The annual legacy project in this course is one way of applying some of the things we study in the course about calling and vocation and care for our communities – both local and worldwide."
Yoder, also a Malone University alumnus, explained, "I was transformed for life when I chose to serve for 27 months in a Bolivian indigenous village during the Vietnam War. Since then, MCC service terms have been a family choice for my wife and our two daughters to live and work again in Bolivia and Mexico for more than ten years."
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone has been recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2015
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Victim identified in Tye mobile home fire that killed one
TYE, Texas - A 57-year-old woman has been identified as the victim in a house fire Saturday that killed one near Tye.
According to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office, Kathy Deann Cherry died in the mobile home blaze on County Road 310 near Tye.
Cherry's body has been transported to Fort Worth for an autopsy, a news release said. The fire remains under investigation, although investigators don't believe the fire was set intentionally.
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A late night house fire in Tye left one woman dead Friday. The fire broke out just before midnight at a home on County Road 310 off FM 707.
Sergeant Craig Griffis with the Taylor County Sheriff's Office said firefighters from Tye, Merkel and View responded to the fire; however the home was already fully involved and a 57-year-old woman was found dead inside.
A neighbor tried to help before first responders arrived and removed a window air conditioning unit to see inside after he heard a noise.
"I was just yelling to see if there was anybody in there to tell them to get out and to just, you know, lay on the floor - crawl - try to crawl to the door and after that I didn't hear much noise and I ran around and grabbed the water hose and turned it on and put it through the window where I was at and so the water could run and then I grabbed it out again and just started spraying where the water was, after awhile I ran around and busted all the other windows out of the house because smoke just started flying out everywhere," Brent Bailey said.
"They say they seen her laying down on this end of the house which is the opposite end of the house from any electricity that was on - the AC was on - and so it just devastates me, I don't know…I wish, you know, I could have gone to the other end of the house, tried to get a window down here instead of the other end…I was going to do whatever I could to get them out, and I couldn't."
The cause of the fire is under investigation; however, Griffis said it does not seem suspicious. The victim's identity has not yet been released.
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I find that every time I come to volunteer, I just have so much humility and it really grounds you.-Ashlie Flood
An ever-growing line of people snaked along the walls of the Rescue Mission Food Service Center in Syracuse. A large spread of sandwiches, soup and snacks welcomed clients. With a bright smile and warm greeting, Ashlie Flood reached over the metal counter to serve her first meal.
Flood, along with eight other students from Hamilton College, spent half of her two-week long spring break volunteering at the Rescue Mission on Gifford Street.
The college in Clinton, offers an Alternative Spring Break program. Ten groups of students travel to locations in New York and southern states to volunteer. Each student pays $75 to $125 to do the volunteer work.
"I feel like it's so much more rewarding than anything else I would've done if I just stayed at home," said Flood, a freshman who has yet to declare her major. From March 19 to 23 the students worked on a painting project and served more than 600 meals a day. They spruced up the Emergency Shelter with a fresh coat of paint, sorted clothes at the Rescue Mission's two Thrifty Shopper locations and helped with the Clothing Outreach program.
The Rescue Mission serves people in need in the Syracuse area. It provides short-term and long-term housing for men as well as services and resources for those in the community.
Shakil Hossain, a chemistry sophomore and co-leader of the group, reached out to the nonprofit organization. It is the second year Hamilton College partnered with the Syracuse-based charity.
Hossain made the conscious decision to stay local because it was a good opportunity to be outside "the Hamilton bubble."
The program is competitive, many students said. Hamilton takes applications every November and a number of applicants are waitlisted.
Volunteering at the Rescue Mission provides new perspective and insight for the students, who are able to closely interact with the organization's clients, organizers said. At one meal, some of the patrons who filled more than 20 tables, stopped to chat with the students and even offered their table.
"It really defied every stereotype I would've had about working with homeless," said senior Mary Swartwout. "Everybody's really nice. Even the men that come here are like a family."
The learning process is a two-way street, said Erin Clinton, assistant director of volunteer services at the Rescue Mission. The clients open up to the volunteers just as much and they teach one another, she said.
"It's great for the students to see and to be really up front interacting with them," Clinton said. "It's an eye-opening experience and I think our residents and community love to see them."
The students slept in dorm-style housing provided by the organization. The setting was meant to simulate the Emergency Shelter experience for the volunteers.
"I find that every time I come to volunteer, I just have so much humility and it really grounds you," Flood said. "It's something that brings you back to understanding the kind of issues that are surrounding our cities."
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