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What's in a name? - Silverdale's north entrance sign will get a facelift and new slogan
Sure, Silverdale may not be a city, but soon it too will have its own slogan.
"Welcome to ratty Silverdale is what I saw," said Mary Earl of the deteriorating welcome sign at the north entrance on Silverdale Way. "Something had to be done."
The Central Kitsap Community Council member and Clear Creek Trail Task Force member has been true to her thoughts. Not only will Silverdale's north end sign and surroundings get a makeover, Silverdale will be branded with a new slogan. The Task Force has teamed up with the Silverdale Chamber of Commerce to provide a slogan for the community that will be placed on the new sign. Any resident in Kitsap County is eligible to submit a slogan entry to either the Chamber or the Task Force by March 31.
"Most people know Reno as the biggest little city," said Angela Sell, the Chamber's president. "It's just a way for the community to be recognized."
A group made up of individuals from the Task Force, Chamber and other community members will select the winning entry and honorable mentions the first week of April, Sell said. Soon after the selection, the winning slogan will be added to the new sign, she added.
The idea to have a slogan came to life after Earl saw a sign in Winnemucca, Nev. that read, "Butch Cassidy left here rich ... So can you."
"It was catchy," Earl said. "I want to do something like that, that brings people in."
Although the community's slogan will not be selected and revealed until April, work on fixing up the sign and surrounding area near the Silverdale Dog Park has already begun. The signage that had been flapping in the wind was removed, and a roof was added to the sign's structure at the end of January. Earl and other Task Force members were out Tuesday digging up soil for the roadside culvert with USS John C. Stennis Beach Detachment sailor volunteers. Last week the group helped clear nearby blackberry bushes.
Community members and U.S. Navy volunteers are not the only ones helping to revamp Silverdale's sign. Commissioner Steve Bauer has made a $450 contribution.
"It's important to have a good entrance to the community," Bauer said.
While the sign continues to look better week by week and slogan entries are gathered, Earl has been brainstorming one of her own: Silverdale — the city that isn't.
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Slogan submissions can be e-mailed to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. Entries can also be submitted in person at the Silverdale Chamber of Commerce, 3100 NW Bucklin Hill Road. All Kitsap County residents are eligible to submit an entry by March 31.
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BAGHDAD - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says U.N. peacekeepers may be needed after American troops leave in 2011 if tensions between Kurds and Arabs aren't resolved.
Army Gen. Ray Odierno said the hope is that Kurdish security forces will have combined with the Arab-dominated Iraqi Army by then and the peacekeepers wouldn't be necessary.
Iraq's Kurds want several areas of the country's north to be part of their autonomous region, a move opposed by the Arab-dominated central government.
Odierno noted that Iraq's Kurd-Arab tensions have been a problem for years and that it is not known if they can be resolved soon.
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Mark Edelson is Presentation Editor at The Palm Beach Post, where he works with photographers, designers, reporters and editors on the packaging of stories throughout the paper.
He joined The Post as a picture editor in 1993, and since then has been named Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year eight times. He's also been the lead picture editor or designer for the Post team that has earned numerous awards at Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year, Society for News Design and the Picture Editing Quarterly Clip Contest. Earlier this year, for work done in 2004 he was named Picture Editor of the Year at BOP, the Post won Best Use of Photography at POY and in the PEQCC, and the Post photo staff was a Pulitzer finalist for photographic coverage of Florida's 2004 hurricanes.,


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2013 Best Director Contenders
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Pro: Steven Spielberg is very much in a stride with the Academy as of late and "Lincoln" represents a unique direction for the six-time Best Director nominee. It's a take on the subject we wouldn't have expected from him, restrained, underplayed, and no less powerful. He was probably pretty close for a much lesser film last year so perhaps his peers will be eager to recognize him this time around.
Con: Will the stagey nature of the production leave some of them wanting, though? It's a more authored piece than "War Horse" but it's still a bit claustrophobic and so it seems diminished next to his classic canon.
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Hotel Suites in Jersey City Offer Convenience to Manhattan.
In the heart of Jersey City Harborside Financial Center, overlooking the Hudson River, the Candlewood Suites® Jersey City hotel is ideal for your extended stay and weekend visits to the city. Our hotel suites near Times Square and Manhattan make for a peaceful, relaxing stay. We invite you to live, work, and unwind in your spacious hotel suite featuring a full kitchen, executive desk and comfy recliner.
Jersey City is home to JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Business guests appreciate that The Exchange Place and Pavonia/Newport PATH stations are nearby, which provides for a great alternative to driving into the city. We also offer free shuttle services for your convenience.
Situated in the New York Metropolitan area explore local attractions. Discover the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and other historic landmarks. While in town, enjoy Madison Square Meadowlands, home of the NFL's Giants and NY Jets. Visit the 9/11 Memorial, Empire State Building, Central Park, and so much more.
After a day of the city-life, settle in to your space and take advantage of our hotel amenities: free Wi-Fi access and laundry facilities, 24-hour Candlewood Gym, Lending Library, Lending Locker, and our onsite convenience store, the Candlewood Cupboard. You can count on us to make you feel at home.
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It's hard to leave your best buddy at home when you're traveling for extended periods, so we provide a pet friendly experience. Restrictions and fees apply.
Whether you are booking suites for a family reunion or suites for your company's training needs, Candlewood Suites hotels can accommodate your group.
Workout whenever you want: Candlewood Gym always has an open door and lots of aerobic and cardio equipment to make it easier to stick to your exercise routine, no sweat.
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Nice room, great location
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We booked this hotel in Jersey City as we didn't want to have the hassle parking and driving on Manhattan, it's a short walk to the ferry across to the Financial District or a short bus/taxi ride to Hoboken where you can get a ferry to Midtown. The room was very well appointed and had everything we needed for our stay. The staff were very helpful and allowed me to use there phone as the rental car wouldn't start after checking out. We were so impressed with the Candlewood that we now look for them first in the area that we are staying in.
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September 22, 2016
The hotel and location was great considering the price. Access to subway was convenient and Manhattan downtown was just few minutes away.
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This place was great. A hidden gem in Jersey City. The PATH is close to the hotel, The views are fantastic from the River Walk just across the street. The price was much better than anything in Manhattan. Plus there was a free, gated parking lot, and I could drive right down the street for groceries. The kitchen has a full size fridge with an ice maker so there are no trips down the hall for ice. The only downside is that this site did not offer the breakfast I have come accustomed to when staying at a Candlewood Suites.
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Für einen Besuch von NY ist das Candlewood in Jersey genau das richtige Hotel, wenn man dem NY-Trubel entkommen möchte.
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Delirium is a common clinical syndrome in critical care, affecting as many as 90 percent of critically ill patients. Accurate identification and prompt modification of delirium risk factors may prevent many negative outcomes associated with the condition — but implementation of delirium monitoring and management strategies can be challenging.
This webinar will discuss the latest thinking around valid, reliable delirium monitoring tools; nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management strategies; and key components of implementing and operationalizing delirium best practices.
The second session of a webinar miniseries devoted to implementation of new pain, agitation and delirium (PAD) guidelines, the presentation will include sample delirium assessments, a delirium management case study and a brief discussion of the CAM-ICU and ICDSC delirium tools.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
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Ms. Boehm currently is pursuing a PhD in nursing science at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, American Nurses Association, and Society of Clinical Research Associates.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Christian Reformed Church in North America's publishing arm is cutting 18 percent of its staff due to lagging revenues that are not keeping up with rising costs, according to a report by the Grand Rapids-based denomination.
The church's Synod, or top governing body, allocated additional funding to Faith Alive Christian Resources at its annual meeting last summer. That, along with some new sales initiatives, has helped boost revenues to their highest level in years. But the department is still falling short of budget, the report says.
"We have maintained throughout this journey the last thing we would do is eliminate positions and, unfortunately, that is an option we can no longer avoid," said Mark Rice, director of Faith Alive.
"It is now clear, despite our best efforts—and those efforts have been nothing short of monumental by the Faith Alive team—that Faith Alive's financial situation remains unstable and further action is required."
RELATED: Faith Alive Christian Resources to publish new hymnal for CRC, RCA
The CRC chalks up the revenue shortfall to "a diminished preference by churches for Reformed materials and the ongoing impact of the 2008 recession." Also, costs and competition have increased, the report states.
The Banner, the church's magazine, reports that the staff cuts – which affect six employees working the equivalent of four full-time positions - mean Faith Alive will produce fewer products.
"We have difficult choices about what we can and can't do," Rice said. "What does the church need from us the most? Some things are obvious—curriculum, Bible studies, a new hymnal, and youth products. Even in those categories we have to make choices about what we can reasonably do.
"Faith Alive must face the fact that it is a smaller ministry than it was seven years ago, and these reductions are designed to create an organizationally leaner and flatter ministry that must better focus on its core strengths."
The Banner is not affected by the cuts, a church spokesman said.
The Reformed Church in America a few years ago discontinued its own magazine, The Church Herald, and instead produces a different publication.
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The fart that comes before a big turd.
Chris: No that was just a WARNING SHOT!
Chris: No that was just a WARNING SHOT!
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Can you define these popular missing words?
1. The firing off of a shot from a gun to warn someone you are about to kill them.
Best used when aimed at the head.
Best used when aimed at the head.
... and he did it again so I got the shotgun off the wall and fired off 2 warning shots... in his head
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First twitches of the male orgasm. Purposely subdued in an attempt to prevent a full orgasm and prolong the experience. May or may not produce ejaculate.
"When you're getting close you pull out. Sometimes you can stop the warning shots and you can go at it again and then finish up."
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The release of several small farts warning that a turd is on it's way.
Johnny felt his guts get heavy, then the warning shots came. He soon needed to find a toilet.
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When you are doing a girl doggie style and you are about to jizz on her back, you pull out and aim high for your first rope. This will sail over her head and serves as notice that there is a sticky load headed her way.
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Health, advocacy groups urge Corbett on Medicaid
HARRISBURG -- The AARP, Pennsylvania Council of Churches and Pennsylvania's chapter of the National Association of Social Workers are among dozens of public health and advocacy groups that are asking Gov. Tom Corbett to pursue a federally funded expansion of Medicaid. The 64 groups wrote a letter to Corbett this week, saying the move would save the state on costs for uncompensated care, behavioral health and immunizations.
Under 2010's federal Affordable Care Act, states can expand income eligibility limits under the nation's health care program for the poor to cover more adults. They say expanding the state's coverage could cover up to 500,000 Pennsylvanians who lack health care.


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MARRIED: Survivor and The Amazing Race star couple Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich finally went public with their wedding Tuesday, on a CBS special documenting the ceremony, which was held in the Bahamas at the Atlantis Paradise Island. Asked beforehand if she had cold feet, the bride-to-be replied: "I'll admit the fact that we've had our times when we've had it out, and stressed on each other, but that's why we're there for each other." As for the theme of the wedding – "beach chic" – Rob said that his friends didn't quite get what that meant: "They said, Who's the beach chick coming?'"
FOUND: Despite Lindsay Lohan's announcement that she had spoken to the film's director and looked forward to building up her body so she could do action sequences with Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 3, it's Michelle Monaghan who's the latest actress to join the film, Paramount Pictures has announced. Monaghan's credits include TV's Boston Public and a small role in the upcoming Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Besides Lohan, Scarlett Johansson and Katie Holmes had been mentioned for possible roles in the film.
FOUGHT: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who has been ordered to pay what could be the biggest child support order in New York state history – $21,782 per month to ex-girlfriend Misa Hylton-Brim – vows to appeal, saying the case was an attack on his character. "It's not about money. I don't care how much money I have," he said. "If you come at me and say I don't take care of my child, I'm going to take care of that to the end," the music mogul tells the Associated Press. In addition to child support, Combs said he also pays for his 11-year-old son Justin's health insurance, tuition, vacations, clothes and other items, for a total of about $120,000 per year. Hylton-Brim's lawyer, Brett Kimmel, told the AP that his client has proven in court that she needs more money.
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The virtual telepresence system we are working on investigatesthe composition of panoramic images to be projected withinimmersive environments in real-time. A number of images arecaptured by multiple digital cameras that are synchronized andthat cover a 360 degrees scene. Therefore, a panoramic image canbe rendered by our proposed optimized stitching method wecalled Positioning Maps. This method allows concatenation ofseveral operations, such as lens distortion correction, cylindricalprojection, and image alignment, in a single map of pixels foreach camera. We conclude that our method of Positioning Maphas great potential to obtain faster image processing time, whichis relevant in real-time telepresence systems.
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Set on the GR 131 hiking trail, Hotel Las Cañadas is a small family-run hotel located in the Monte de la Esperanza Nature Reserve, a 10-minute drive from Tenerife North Airport.All air-conditioned rooms have a wardrobe, central heating, a desk, TV and free WiFi. The private bathroom comes with free toiletries and bath tub or shower. Some rooms have a terrace.Luggage storage is offered, and vending machines are available at reception. The Teide[...]Read more [+]
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Owing to its excellent location, facing out onto the sea, this beach hotel offers fantastic views of the natural seawater pools of Bajamar, as well as the mountains on the other side. The offers a total of 65 rooms spread over 5 floors, lift access in the form of 2 lifts, a lobby with 24-hour reception and a currency exchange facility, TV room, meeting room, café-bar and buffet-style restaurant. It is also air-conditioned. Guests arriving by car[...]Read more [+]
Finca La Esperanza is a 450m2 holiday home located in La Esperanza. It is suitable for up to 6 people and offers a private swimming pool.The house features a living room, a dining room, three bedrooms, an open plan kitchen, a bathroom and a terrace. The kitchen is equipped with oven, ceramic hobs, refrigerator and microwave. The upper floor has a games room with a billiards table and table football.A garden and a swimming pool are available for[...]Read more [+]
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Significant position changes are relatively rare in the NFL, but occasionally a switch can revive a player's career.
The following slideshow features five players who have struggled in recent years at their current position but have the skill set to excel in another role with their current team.
Each of these players is projected to remain at their current position, but a future shift could change the course of their career.
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Machakos is in Kenya's Eastern province. The local climate is semi arid with hilly terrain. Machakos town is the administrative capital of the county.
Economy of Machakos County
Subsistence agriculture is practised with Maize and drought-resistant crops such as sorghum and millet being grown.
The County also host to the open air market concept with major market days where large amounts of produce are traded. Fruits, vegetables and other food stuffs like maize and beans are sold in these markets.
It has has beautiful hilly scenery that is perfect for tourist related activities such as camping, hiking safaris, ecotourism and cultural tourism, dance and music festivals among many more. A number of establishments ensure the region has a well rounded hospitality industry.
The county has been selected as the home to the upcoming Konza Technology City due to its close proximity to Nairobi, good infrastructure and availability of land.
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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this piece. 2B pencil, 9 x 12 Canson Field Sketchbook
What are you most proud of? As I walked around, drawing circles for my trees, I proudly noticed the details I missed that would have made the sketch more realistic. Some of the trees were much closer to the front that I depicted them. Their branches in the canopy needed to be brought forward helping create the depth I was seeking. Also, I did not accent the terrain. As an old riverbed, it rises up rather steeply on the right, the far end sloped more gradually and the bed turns to the left through an opening in the trees. I drew these rises on my birds eye view.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? I could not figure out how this lesson was going to help my draw better landscapes. As I walked the area of the sketch I had previously drawn, the circles really brought the actual width and depth of the different items I had drawn. I could envision sketching, placing more emphasis on forefront trees and bushes as connected to the canopy. Because of the undergrowth, I could not get any farther to sketch the birds eye view. In reality, I suppose this tells me these things are in the background and should not be my primary focus.
Hello Lisaper, Thank you for posting Sketch 5. You are the first to post a "Plan" of a landscape. Congratulations! Also, thank you for the all the posted information; but, in particular, the comment: "I could not figure out how this lesson was going to help my draw better landscapes. As I walked the area of the sketch I had previously drawn, the circles really brought the actual width and depth of the different items I had drawn..." For many students, one, some, or all of the lessons in this course will not make sense until you do them. Well done! Look forward to the posting of your next project.
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Adds 5 new languages, multiple language layouts, DVORAK support
International market now two thirds of Fleksy's user base
Fleksy, the award-winning touchscreen keyboard company, today released Android version 2.1, representing a major international growth push for its technology.
The release introduces dynamic layouts for international languages, including AZERTY, QWERTZ, and QZERTY keyboard layout options. The release also adds support for several new languages including Swedish, Hungarian, Danish, Slovak, and Czech, taking the total number of languages supported by Fleksy to 15.
"Two thirds of Fleksy downloads have come from outside of the United States, showing a very strong demand for a better typing experience from international markets" said Ioannis Verdelis, founder and COO of Fleksy. "We have been adding support for one new language a week since launch, and we will be accelerating this push in the coming months"
Fleksy has now been downloaded in 205 countries, with countries like Germany, India, Russia and Italy in the Top 10.
Version 2.1 also introduces support for alternative keyboard layouts, DVORAK and Colemak. The popular layouts are now available for all languages supported by Fleksy.
"Our app allows users to vote for their language to be supported – we now get 35,000 requests for that feature every single week" said Kosta Eleftheriou, Founder and CEO of Fleksy.
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What are carbohydrates main function?
Stores chemical energy and durable building materials for biological construction.
What is the simple sugar structure?
Chain of carbon atoms, each having a hydroxyl (-OH) group. Carbonyl group determines if ketose (ketone) or aldose (aldehyde).
Sugars with 5 or more carbons...
undergo a self-reaction that converts them into a closed, or ring containing molecule.
How do sugars join one another?
Covalent glycosidic bonds are formed by the reaction of a carbon atom of one sugar with the hydroxyl group of another sugar.
Highly branched glucose polymer that serves as readily available chemical energy in most animal cells.
Small chains composed of sugars covalently attached to lipids and proteins; they distinguish one type of cell from another and help mediate interactions of a cell with its surroundings
Three polysaccharides with identical sugar monomers but dramatically different properties.
Glycogen (branched), Starch (helical), and Cellulose (unbranched).
Mixture of two glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin, that serves as readily available chemical energy in most plant cells.
Unbranched glucose polymer with Beta(1-->4) linkages that assembles into cables and serves as a principal structural element of plant cell walls.
Molecules consisting of a glycerol backbone linked by ester bonds to three fatty acids, also termed triacylglycerols
Polymers consisting of a glycerol backbone linked by ester bonds to three fatty acids, commonly called fats.
The biologically important property of a molecule having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions
The property of selective interaction between components of a cell that is basic to life.
Polypeptide chain
A long, continous unbranched polymer formed by amino acids joined to one another by covalent peptide bonds.


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Tom Mix
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Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. Between 1909 and 1935, Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western megastar and is noted as having helped… Read More
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Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Tom Mix.
1880 Birth Thomas Hezikiah Mix was born January 6, 1880 in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles (60 km) north of State College, Pennsylvania, to Edwin Elias Mix (February 22, 1854 – November 29, 1927) and Elizabeth Heistand (November 1858 – July 25, 1937). … Read More
1898 18 Years Old In April 1898, during the Spanish-American War, he enlisted in the Army under the name Thomas E. (Edwin) Mix.
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His unit never went overseas, and Mix later failed to return for duty after an extended furlough when he married Grace I. Allin on July 18, 1902.
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In 1905, Mix married Kitty Jewel Perinne, but this marriage also ended within a year.
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He next married Olive Stokes on January 10, 1909, in Medora, North Dakota.
1910 30 Years Old In 1910 he appeared as himself in a short documentary film titled Ranch Life in the Great Southwest in which he displayed his skills as a cattle wrangler. Shot at the Selig studio in the Edendale district of Los Angeles (now known as Echo Park), the film was a success and Mix became an early motion picture star. On July 13, 1912, Olive gave birth to their daughter Ruth. … Read More
1918 38 Years Old Mix and Forde married in 1918 and they had a daughter, Thomasina Mix (Tommie), in 1922. … Read More
1927 47 Years Old In 1927, Tom Mix was the #1 box office star in America, but when his contract ran out with Fox in 1928, he was signed by Film Booking Office of America (FBO), a small movie studio run by Joseph P. Kennedy, who would merge it into RKO Radio Pictures. … Read More
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In 1929, Mix was a pallbearer at the funeral of Wyatt Earp (during which he reportedly wept).
1935 55 Years Old Also in 1935, Texas governor James Allred named Mix an honorary Texas Ranger. … Read More
1938 58 Years Old In 1938, Mix went to Europe on a promotional trip, while his daughter Ruth stayed behind to manage his circus, which soon failed. … Read More
1940 60 Years Old 1 More Event
On October 12, 1940, after visiting Pima County Sheriff Ed Nichols in Tucson, Arizona, Mix headed north toward Phoenix on U.S. Highway 80 (now Arizona State Route 79), driving his 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton. … Read More
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Originally named 'Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain', Plan was founded in 1937 by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and aid worker Eric Muggeridge. They had seen firsthand the plight of children such as José, orphaned by the civil war in Spain, and were determined to help.
'This is José. I am his father. When Santander falls I shall be shot. Whoever finds my son, I beg of him to take care of him for my sake.'A note pinned to a little boy in Spain, 1937
Their plan was to provide food, shelter and clothing to children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Through games and activities, the children were helped to learn the skills they needed to cope with the trauma of the war.
In the beginning British people were asked to donate one shilling a day to provide a child with food and shelter. They were also asked to write letters to the child to show them that someone cared about them. This was the beginning of what we now call child sponsorship.
During the Second World War, we expanded to work with displaced children throughout war-torn Europe.
From the 1950s, as Europe recovered, we gradually began working with deprived children throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. To reflect this, we changed our name to Plan International.
Plan is now a global children's charity, working with children in 50 of the world's poorest countries to help them build a better future. We also campaign and advocate for every child's right to fulfil their potential.
The plan today is to help children move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity.
Child sponsorship is still at the heart of our organisation. We have over one million sponsors in 20 countries helping children all over the world, together with their families and communities.
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It was an idyllic two weeks. Truly. Not particularly on the physical side of things*, oddly enough, but emotionally I was where I'd spent a year wishing to be. However, it was a temporary accommodation, not a permanent homecoming. Towards the end of the visit the three of us were entwined on the futon; we had the 'what does it all mean?' conversation. Mr best friend was adamant - it meant nothing more or less than what it was. He was right, but I at least didn't want to think of that.
*I'm not going to bother recounting the ins and outs, because it hardly matters, but if we were Neapolitan ice cream, we were a tub with no chocolate or strawberry sections, we were vanilla to the core. For me, possibly the first and last time that applied.
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BANGKOK, 13 February 2012 – The Finance Ministry is prepared to offer disaster insurance, covering flooding, fire, as well as earthquake and tsunami incidents.
Permanent secretary for finance Areepong Bhoocha-oom has announced that the disaster insurance will be on offer from 20 February onwards. He explains that for the general public, the insurance coverage amount is limited to 100,000 baht, but if anyone wants more coverage he/she must pay extra premiums for the added protection.
For SMEs, the insurance policy will cover up to 20 percent of the amount insured but not over 10 million baht. As for large businesses, the policy will cover 20 percent of the amount insured but not over 200 million baht.
The insurance premium will be determined by how susceptible to the disaster the area is.
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The government should not be in this business. Private companies can go bankrupt. Governments can't. And when governments have to pay, it means taxpayers have to pay.
Let's go on record, right here and right now: A disaster will come which exceeds the governments capacity to cover. The taxpayers will end up footing the bill. And we will hear excuses like: No one could have seen this coming.
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Mobile apps and gaming lead the way for computer science students
Mobile apps and gaming lead the way for computer science students
Kennesaw, Ga. (April 26, 2013) — Kennesaw State computer science students showed off their best work in their first campus symposium recently. The projects ran the gamut from mobile applications to biometrics queries to gaming to project management programs.
The students welcomed guests from several technology companies, who judged their projects and offered career advice.
"You have some of the best students," said Trudy Jerls, a project manager for Hewlett-Packard. "You have some of the best faculty and you have one of the best CS departments in the country. So don't forget that when you get aggravated."
The winners of the project competition, which was held in the Science Laboratory atrium on April 23, were:
First Place:
"National Parks Services App 2"
Team 4 – Zachary Kennel, Daniel Ledford, Sean Pryor, Sarah Stedman
Second Place:
"Simplistic Gaming Interface Design & the Impact on End-User"
Team 7– Mitchell Parson, Adeoulu Adebayo, Seth Daniel
Third Place:
"Open Sale Web-Based Application"
Team 2– Michael Beckler, Jacob Mokris, John Taylor and Spencer Williams
The student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery presented Jerls, the keynote speaker, who came equipped with career advice:
- Read your resume backwards to check for errors.
- Stick to a one-page resume.
- Be able to clearly articulate what you have done in one sentence.
- Always answer your phone professionally.
- Good hygiene and grooming really do matter.
- Wear your nicest clothes. They don't have to be new.
- Arrive 10-15 minutes before your appointment time.
- Smile and make eye contact.
- Give a solid handshake.
- Don't get too comfortable.
- In other words: it's not a good idea to kick back, put your hands behind your head and your feet up on the interviewer's desk.
- It's O.K. to say you don't know the answer to a question.
- When you don't know the answer, tell the interviewer how you would find the answer and use the information.
- Say "Thank you" when you are done with the interview.
- A thank you note is good too.
Several other companies sent representatives, including: Abacus Solutions, AirWatch, LivePerson and Nusoft Technologies.


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The project was approved by the School Board of Isle of Wight County and the Board of Supervisors in May 2011. Isle of Wight County officials saved taxpayers by applying for a $7.5 million interest-free loan to support the overall funding of the project. The new 2-story facility will be built on the same property as Windsor Middle School between Courthouse Highway and North Court Street. The approved design allows the existing middle school to remain open while the new facility is being constructed.
The design will be comprised of approximately 115,000 total square feet and include "grade houses" for 6th, 7th 8th grades. The initial school capacity will be for 550 students. The core facilities are being designed to accommodate up to 800 students, allowing for future expansion.
Each "grade house" will contain two science labs that share a science prep room. In addition to the "grade houses", an exploratory wing will offer students electives in such courses as band, chorus, foreign language, technology/fabrication, business and art.
Other spaces included in the program are a full-size competition gymnasium with telescoping bleachers that seat approximately 800 with locker rooms, a 400 seat auditorium, special education classrooms and a media center.


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From Arya to Tyrion - 'Game of Thrones' season 3 primer
Where were Arya, Cersei, Bran, Tyrion and Hodor when Season 2 ended?
Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)
After a long journey through the Red Waste, Daenerys finds shelter in the merchant city of Qarth, but has to rescue her baby dragons from the warlock who stole them. Having realized that she's been lied to and manipulated by Xaro Xhoan Daxos, she instead loots his home and locks him in his empty vault, determined to use the loot to buy a boat she could use to return to Westeros.
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A man is facing charges in connection with what police said was a scheme to sell program advertisements for a high school basketball tournament.
Officers said 59-year-old Carl Elovitz was charged Saturday after investigators said he hatched a plan to sell ads by misrepresenting himself.
Police said he was trying to sell ads to the 41st District high school basketball tournament.
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Chesapeake Energy (CHK -6.5%) is sliding on heavy volume. Reuters reports the SEC's Texas office has been demanding documents from Chesapeake as part of the agency's probe into the company's deals with CEO Aubrey McClendon. Meanwhile, Baker Hughes (BHI +9.4% - previous) reports the rig count for U.S. natural gas wells has fallen to 518 thanks to weak prices. That figure is down 45% from October's high, and represents a 13-year low.
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Once they start wading through documents, other AM machinations will come to the forefront. There could be a lot more cockroaches behind the CHK facade.
Natural Gas price is the only thing that really matter. All the rest is just
noise. Aubaery and short sellers don't matter. CHK will be cash cow as price marches towards $5.00. I would think CHK will be soon $24 since gas price $3.08 is already 30% more compare to last quarter.
CHK is 80% gas and 20% LNG and oil.
in the very short run, the most important thing is investor confidence in management. it won't be restored until mcclendon is gone. the upcoming scandal is going to hurt prices when it hits the light of day.
My guess is the run down in price on Thursday and Friday has a lot to do with options expiration. I think it's pretty difficult to accurately attribute price reduction to news on expiration day. Let's wait for next week and see if CHK isn't selling in the 18-19 range.
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Two churchgoers from Macedonia Missionary Baptist in Eatonville will be recognized Thursday for producing a winning video.
Deacon Lavon Williams and parish nurse Tonja Williams created the film for the Communities on The Move video challenge last summer.
It's part of first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, a healthy living initiative.
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Bill Gates vs Tim Cook in Ice Bucket Challenge Battle Royale
Are you a celebrity tech icon hoping for a little, maybe even a lot of free publicity that, happily enough, also shows how good hearted you are? Yeah, there is a lot of that going around and two of the biggest ice bucket hams turn out to be Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Tim Cook.
Is it even really a choice? Take a bucket of ice over the head or donate $100 to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Research, which really turns out to be a bucket of ice AND $100, which sounds like a really bad ideal. Seriously, take my Benjamin and keep your ice.
Ice Bucket: Bill Gates
Did Bill actually plan and build the contraption? Meh, he's got people, but he certainly get points for coming up with something geeky and the setting, his private dock, is worth a few kudos.
Ice Bucket: Tim Cook
Tim Cook did the deed in front of hundreds of minions who, if they chose to donate to ALS, could get a matching grant from Apple. Good deal, Tim, and you just keep promoting Apple as human endeavor designed to improve the human condition.
Seriously, there is more to business, especially when you're doing it right, than "simply" making money.
So, who wins the Bill Gates vs Tim Cook ice bucket challenge battle? Personally, I prefer Gates' geeky solo effort to Cook's public cold comeuppance…
What's your take?
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Thinking that doesn't blindly accept arguments and conclusions, but rather examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions
Repeating essence of a research study to see whether basic findings extend to other participants and circumstances
Case study
Observation technique where one person is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles
Technique for ascertaining self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them
False consensus effect
Tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors
Random sample
Sample that fairly represents population because each member has equal chance of inclusion
Naturalistic observation
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
Measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus how well each factor predicts the other
Graphed cluster of dots, each of which represented values of two variables. Slope of points suggest direction of relationship between two variables. Amount of scatter suggests strength of correlation
Research method in which investigator manipulates one or more factors go observe the effect on some behavior or mental process.
Double-blind procedure
Experimental procedure in which both research participants and research staff are ignorant about whether research participants have received the treatment or placebo
Placebo effect
Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by administration of inert substance or condition, which is assumed to be an active agent
Experimental condition
Condition of experiment that exposes participants to treatment, that is, to one version of independent variable
Control condition
Condition of experiment that contrasts with experimental condition and serves as comparison for evaluating effect of treatment
Random assignment
Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to different groups
Independent variable
Experimental factor that is manipulated; variable whose effect is being studied
Dependent variable
Outcome factor, variable that may change in response to manipulations of independent variable
Arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding scores and dividing by the number of scores
Statistical significance
Statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance


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New Dan Brereton Art Book - Mercenary
Pardon the interruption but since you backed Enchantress, we wanted you to know that there is a current Kickstarter project about to close for Dan's new artbook, Mercenary. Here is... Read more
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Tom Coughlin, who stepped down as head coach of the New York Giants Monday, said his goodbyes at a press conference today. The 69-year-old said that regardless of the changes, he had full faith that quarterback Eli Manning would adapt. "He's done it before, he'll handle it again," Coughlin said.


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Overview of Body Systems
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The human body system that contains the heart, blood, and all of the blood vessels. It delivers all the nutrients to the cells and removes wastes
Respiratory System
system responsible for taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide using the lungs
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The Tribeca comes with all-wheel drive and seats seven with a standard third row. It competes with other midsize crossovers like the Ford Explorer, Hyundai Santa Fe and Toyota Highlander. It's the only three-row model in Subaru's lineup.
New for 2013
The 2013 Tribeca gets a brake override system but there are no other significant changes.
Originally introduced with a controversial grille, the Tribeca's front-end styling has since been tweaked and is now fairly conventional. All models have 18-inch alloy wheels. Exterior features include:
- Standard fog lights
- Standard heated power side mirrors
- Optional roof rack
The Tribeca features a wraparound cockpit with faux metal overlays. The second-row seats have easy-to-use adjusters that slide the seats forward for easier third-row access. Interior features include:
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- Standard steering-wheel-mounted audio controls
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F.C. "Frank" O'Dea Jr., 84, of Williamsport, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, at Valley View Nursing Center, Montoursville.
Born Aug. 14, 1928, in Williamsport, he was a son of the late Francis C. and Julia (Flynn) O'Dea.
Frank graduated from St. Joseph's High School, class of 1946 and Thompson Business School. He worked in the general insurance business for many years, attaining the professional designation of C.P.C.U and ARM. Upon his retirement in 1998, he was a vice-president of Sedgwick James Insurance Company.
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Frank was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church. Frank was a former member of the Williamsport Lycoming Chamber of Commerce and served on the Executive Committee. He was a former member of the Lycoming County Association of Independent Insurance Agents and the Pennsylvania Chapter of C.P.C.U.
Frank loved to sail and spent many hours with family and friends sailing his boat on Chesapeake Bay.
Surviving are his wife of 55 years, the former Phyllis Skelly; two sons, John P. O'Dea of Harrisburg and David S. (Stefani) O'Dea of Bel Air, Md.; and two grandchildren, Sean and Selena O'Dea.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary E. Kirby and a brother, Edward F. O'Dea.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Catholic Church, 1220 Northway Road, Williamsport. Burial will be held at Wildwood Cemetery. A viewing will be held 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Knight-Confer Funeral Home, 1914 Memorial Ave., Williamsport.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Frank's name may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 or St. Ann's Catholic Church, 1220 Northway Road, Williamsport, PA 17701.


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ELIZABETH — Union County has launched a new website, replacing an aging version that officials said was drab and hard to navigate.
The new site — located at www.ucnj.org — went live last week, cost $136,000 to build and maintain and has already drawn criticism from some community members.
County officials said it includes a more user-friendly design and updated looks. The county is also venturing into social media, starting YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr accounts to market the county to a younger audience.
"More and more people – younger people as well as older people now – are getting their information from the Web," said freeholder board director Daniel Sullivan, whose photo is prominently displayed on the homepage with a link to his annual speech. "And we want people to have access to that information. We feel it was a real good investment of knowledge."
The site was designed by Clark-based Web Creations, which was hired in June for $136,000 to handle the redesign, as well as maintenance of the site through May.
But the money is far too much to spend given the tough-fiscal times local governments are facing, said Tina Renna, a vocal critic of the freeholder board and founder of the Union County Watchdog Association. The site, she said, still doesn't provide the amount of public information available on her group's website and blog, like a list of checks sent to vendors.
Her group is planning a spoof of the new website, which she said could have been revamped inhouse with the help of volunteers, like her members.
"It's really tragic," she said. "People are laying off cops and teachers, and they're spending $135,000 on their website."
But Sullivan said it's necessary for the county to be able to easily reach residents through the web. The old site wasn't allowing them to do that, he said.
"The old website was totally inadequate in today's environment," he said. "It was very drab, very wordy, difficult to navigate."


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Whiskey didn't have a particularly good life, most of it having been spent going nowhere in an oversized hamster wheel. He'd been bred for the sole purpose of powering pulleys that would turn a rotisserie in a nearby fireplace. Although it would be another 200 years before architect Louis Sullivan would advocate "form following function," Whiskey was evidence that breeders were already creating purpose-bred dogs. Unconcerned about appearances, they cared only that their "turnspit dogs" be short-legged to fit inside a wheel and long-bodied to turn more of it at a time. Now stuffed and on display at the Abergavenny Museum in the UK, poor Whiskey is the last surviving specimen of a breed that eventually died out, its closest descendant the Glen of Imaal Terrier.
Today's breeders, conversely, have been criticized for sacrificing a dog's ability to function in favor of placing too much emphasis on a breed's appearance. They stand accused of looking past their dog's health by creating exaggerated caricatures of breed standards in pursuit of ribbons and rosettes. This viewpoint, roundly embraced by animal rights proponents, is problematic for me. Certainly there are breeders who have lost sight of the importance of breeding for type and soundness (if they ever had it to begin with), but substandard breeders are no more representative of the dog fancy than a Barbie doll is of an average woman's appearance.
Truly ethical breeders have always placed a premium on breeding a dog sound enough to do the job it was bred to do even as they maintain type. Many old-time breeders started testing their dogs with what was available to them long before it became de rigueur, and there was a time when the breeder who performed OFA, BAER and CERF tests on his or her dogs was as thorough as anyone could be. Since 2005, however, testing options have exploded with the completion of canine genome mapping, and some 500 hereditary disorders have been described that affect both purebred and mixed breeds. As of 2012, markers for more than 100 diseases have been mapped to mutations in particular genes, with more mutations being discovered exponentially. Currently, a simple cheek swab can identify a dog as clear, afflicted or a carrier of many diseases, and breed clubs are increasingly encouraging, if not requiring, breeders to include more comprehensive testing in their breeding programs.
This is an exciting development if a breeder has 2.5 billion bases divided among 20,000 genes and 39 chromosomes (the number in the canine genome) with which to play, but because dogs have been genetically divided into breeds developed from a few original individuals, each breed has a much smaller set of "mischievous" genes — sometimes only one or two — that underlie a disease. In reality, breeders of purebred dogs have to work with a considerably smaller gene pool, and the genetic "paint box" of rare-dog breeders is downright limited. As Robert Wayne, a biologist at UCLA, said, "The story that is emerging [from the genome project] is that the diversity in domestic dogs derives from a small genetic tool kit."
With these narrow parameters, some breeders have questioned the efficacy of health testing, as well as its relevancy when not everyone in a breed does the tests. Given human nature in a competitive sport, a few fanciers have even wondered about the wisdom of disclosing the results of health tests done on their dogs. The conversation provokes questions and poses dilemmas:
+ Dr. Greg Keller of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals concedes that statistical proof of progress toward a disease's eradication can be skewed when only positive results are reported. Currently, most test results are made public at the discretion of a dog's owner, but not everyone is inclined to share unfavorable results. If publishing all results were made mandatory, however, might fewer people breed their dogs rather than submit themselves to the scrutiny of their peers — and if so, is this a bad thing?
+ Dr. Keller added that while it's possible to show the positive impact of hip and elbow dysplasia testing because of 30 years' worth of results, at present it's impossible to chart the impact of DNA tests because it's simply too soon in the evolution of testing. Could it be that we are "throwing the baby out with the bathwater" because we are depending on results of genetic tests so soon after they were developed? To paraphrase what one breeder lamented, what a shame that some beautiful dogs were pulled and spayed/neutered over the years because of one test in their breed that advances in science ultimately determined as inconclusive.
+ Is a breed club being a good steward of its breed, or untenably intrusive, by strongly recommending, if not requiring, that any dog used for breeding be DNA tested, and that noncompliance could result in a breeder being excluded from holding office or serving on committees? Is it fair or even helpful to coerce honest breeders into paying the high cost of DNA fees to prove their integrity?
+ Should health testing be a condition of AKC registration?
+ While DNA findings are conclusive, the reading of other test results can be subjective, particularly in digital X-rays where resolution can impact the quality of the X-ray. How many of us have shared X-rays with a potential stud dog owner or co-breeder and made breeding decisions influenced by the interpretations of a layman?
+ How many dogs have been eliminated from a gene pool as a result of a test but never developed the disease as an older dog?
+ At a time whn the fancy is hemorrhaging membership numbers, would mandatory publication of test results discourage owners from getting involved in the dog fancy if their dog is revealed as a known carrier, even if they have no intention of breeding it?
+ And finally, is testing positive for a disease reason enough to eliminate a dog from a gene pool?
To answer these questions for myself, I fall back on something I learned as a newbie from experienced horsemen and dog people: the importance of balance. Limiting reproduction to only those dogs testing clear for disease may result in a breed robust with health but also one that lacks breed type. Breeding untested dogs, however, no matter how vigorous they appear, has a profound impact on a breed's gene pool. To think otherwise is as foolish as believing that a drop of red ink won't impact a cup of white paint. Breeding for phenotype (the qualities we see) is important, but breeding for what we don't see (genotype) is no less so. The good news is that with time, patience, a rational breeding plan and the commitment to make tough choices, collaborating with science just might enable us to have it all one day: Breed type and a gene pool free of malady.
When asked during an informal poll if testing is essential or irrelevant, experienced breeders concurred that testing is an essential tool. But it is irrelevant if the results are ignored, withheld, done on a limited number of dogs or used unwisely in a breeding program, especially in rare breeds.
As a couple of veterinarian-breeders told me, even affected dogs with otherwise highly desirable traits should be considered in a breeding program, but only with dogs that have tested completely clear. Resulting puppies would likely be carriers never affected, and they, in turn, can be bred to all-clear dogs or very selectively to other carriers. The bottom line is that fanciers need to look at the whole dog, not just test results, and use with judgment and discretion those test results to advance the future of breeds free of genetic disease and maintain dogs with breed type.
A few "attitude adjustments" would hasten this process. As unlikely as it is to happen, animal rights proponents need to reassess the wisdom of their vilification of breeders and acknowledge that the vast majority of research into canine health is funded by AKC breed clubs. Attitudes of some in the dog fancy need to change, as well. Ours is a competitive environment, but on the subject of dog health, it would be helpful to embrace the reality that we're all in this together and that ownership of an afflicted dog in a breeding program does not make one a pariah. As one old-time breeder told me, "Honey, if you've never encountered an issue in your dogs, you just haven't been in the breed long enough."
There will always be those breeders who see DNA tests as useless because so few dogs in their breed become symptomatic. As that old-time breeder suggested, however, it's only a matter of time. To that end, clubs need to continue to educate, educate, educate.
A few years ago at my own breed's national specialty, I was among a room full of stunned owners and breeders sitting in the glow of an overhead projector as we absorbed the evidence that not only had DM (degenerative myelopathy) been found in our breed, but that a dog we all knew was suffering from it. His bereaved owner stood up and shared with us the nature of this progressive disease of the spinal cord that ultimately killed his beloved dog a few years later. I suspect I wasn't the only person to return home from that specialty and make it my first order of business to order a DNA kit for my own dogs. The realization that there are dogs at risk in my breed from a disease many of us hadn't heard of before that night is sobering, and it has forced some of us to look at breeding in a new light. It has forced us to consider "what if" scenarios in a highly personal way.
Breeding away from a genetic issue takes time, methodology and the concerted effort of a breeding community. In a perfect world, clubs would have frank discussions with their members about the diseases in their breed. The more open the dialogue, the less the stigma borne of ignorance.
Judicious use of health testing is an important tool for a breeder, to be sure, but as one breeder told me, "If we throw out every dog that doesn't pass all its health tests, then we will very rapidly make our breeds extinct. Whether we select for type or health will be moot; there won't be any dogs from which to select."
The answer, I believe, is balance.
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Schubert composed four Violin Sonatas in his teens, but none of them were published until after his death. In 1826 he wrote this Rondo in B minor for violin and piano, one of only three chamber works (out of a vast output in this genre) to be published in his lifetime. It appeared in 1827 as Op. 70, shortly after being performed for the first time at the publisher's house. Normally, with Schubert, one might suspect an isolated Rondo to be a movement from a larger work detached in error, but in this case there are no other movements to pair it with, and its very enormity confirms that the work is whole and complete on its own.
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The Marauder Club spring luncheon has been set for Friday, June 8, in the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School student union.
Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. with the luncheon starting at noon. The luncheon's guest speaker is Mike Iuzzolino.
Iuzzolino, a graduate of Altoona Area High School, was a member of Bishop Guilfoyle's boys basketball program during the 1982 through '84 seasons. He spent two years at Penn State before transferring to St. Francis, where he averaged more than 21 points per game as a junior and 24 points per game as a senior.
Iuzzolino was selected 35th overall in the 1991 NBA draft and played two years with the Dallas Mavericks before spending three seasons in the Contintental Basketball Association and eight seasons playing in Europe.
He was a two-time Academic All-American at St. Francis and was selected the nation's Academic All-American of the Year in 1991.
Iuzzolino is currently the associate head coach of the men's basketball team at St. Vincent's College.
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The luncheon is free to Marauder Club members and a guest. Tickets are available for non-members for $10. For tickets, call 944-4014.