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Stephen Weingart named Vice President for Advancement at Malone University
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Malone University has promoted Stephen Weingart to the position of vice president for advancement. Weingart had been named associate vice president in March. In his new role, he will oversee all aspects of the University's advancement operations as well as cultivate and manage a portfolio of donor and prospect relationships.
Weingart brings to this role a long history with Malone University as a 1988 graduate, a member and president of the University's Alumni Executive Board and, more recently as a member of the Board of Trustees. As a Trustee, Stephen has served as chair of the Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee, vice chair of the Board and as a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on University Status.
Weingart's predecessor, Howard Taylor, has accepted the newly created position of senior gifts officer, fulfilling an important and valuable role in stewarding and growing relationships with many of the University's key long time donors and friends, while strengthening the University's planned giving initiatives.
According to President David King, "Since coming to Malone as associate vice president for advancement in March of 2013, Stephen has shown a ready acumen for the operations and strategies associated with advancement. As an alumnus Stephen also brings to the position a lived Malone experience and a passion for stewarding and advancing our mission."
Stephen holds the bachelor of arts degree in communications from Malone University as well as the MBA from Baldwin Wallace College. In addition, he has completed post-graduate work at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Weingart was employed by FedEx 1988-2013, holding positions of increasing responsibility and scope culminating in the role of global business strategist / manager, international business development since 2004. Stephen has been recognized for his performance and leadership at FedEx with their Bravo Zulu (2003), Five Star (2010) and Diamond (2012) Awards.
He is married to alumna Beth (Pickens), a 1987 graduate of Malone University and sixth grade teacher. The Weingarts have two children, Austin and Olivia; both attend Lake High School in Uniontown, Ohio.
For more information about Malone University's giving opportunities, please call 330-471-8235, or visit the Advancement web pages.
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Abhay Deol, T-Series in a Tussle Over a Clause
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Actor-producer Abhay Deol is miffed with the music company T-Series, which has stalled the release of the music of his film One By Two, as it wants him to get composer Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to sign a clause first.
At the 20th Annual Life OK Screen Awards held Tuesday night, Abhay arrived with a swollen eye and when asked if he was alright, he said, "No, I am not alright. My film is releasing Jan 31. My music has not yet released because the music company wants me to get the composers Shankar-Ehsaan and Loy to sign a clause which is illegal."
He openly named the company and said he has suffered the loss and the music is not available anywhere.
"It's T-series... The solution is: don't make me sign a clause which is illegal. It's just two weeks to the film and my music is not available. The loss has happened, the film releases Jan 31 and my music is not available anywhere. I will not hide anything. I can only go to the press now," the 37-year-old said here.
Abhay stars alongside girlfriend Preeti Desai in the film.
"Let's see what will happen, they are not marketing my film, the music is not on the radio also. What else can I do?" he added.
Abhay will soon hold a press conference about the issue.
"It is an issue of copyright. I will talk about it after first talking to Shankar, Ram Sampat, Vishal-Shekhar, they are all with me. The music industry is supporting me, let's see if the actors and producers will," he said.
"One By Two" has been directed by Devika Bhagat and also stars Rati Agnihotri, Lillete Dubey and Darshan Jariwala.
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Between 1948 and 1967 a border separated Arabs living in East Jerusalem from Jews living in the rest of the city.
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KENT COUNTY, MI -- A Jenison woman has been ordered to stand trial on allegations she embezzled more than $100,000 from the Tallman Law Office, her former employer of 18 years.
Celeste Stob was charged in July following an investigation lasting more than a year.
In a probable cause affidavit filed in Kent County District Court, a sheriff's detective wrote he was first contacted in January 2011 when John Tallman filed an embezzlement complaint against Stob, who worked for him for 18 years.
Tallman believed Stob, his full-time office worker, had stolen more than $100,000 in company money by using computer equipment to alter bank statements, making purchases with a business credit card and using a stamp of his signature to authorize double payroll checks to herself.
Court records show the theft may exceed $300,000.
Tallman learned in December 2010 of liens on his property and a levy placed against his bank accounts by the IRS. Tax officials claimed he had not paid payroll taxes dating back to 2004, a sheriff's detective wrote.
Through an IRS collection agent, Tallman learned his law firm was notified several times of the delinquent taxes and had been working with Stob. She had hired a law firm to represent Tallman with the IRS and paid a retainer fee of $4,500 out of a bank account of his. He was not aware of this, the detective wrote.
Tallman's accountant, Dwayne Houghton, reportedly looked into an electronic bookkeeping program and found deductions for payroll taxes paid to the IRS. These payments, totaling about $100,000, were never received by the federal agency.
The accountant looked into a section of payroll from Sept. 2009 through May 2010 and found dual payroll checks issued to Stob, the detective wrote. Tallman was able to confirm checks issued from his current Chase Bank business account were issued to Stob and signed by him.
But Houghton found other checks with the same dates that were written out of an old Independent Bank account, which remained open but not in use. These checks had Tallman's rubber stamp signature, the detective wrote.
Upon meeting with an Independent Bank manager, Houghton and Tallman found inconsistencies in bank statements kept in the office. They were believed to have been altered using computer equipment.
Tallman later learned of a back-up hard drive missing from his company computer system. Police executed a search warrant on the Stob residence in Jenison and reportedly found the hard drive, along with several boxes of unopened pieces of mail containing bank statements of Tallman's.
As Stob was lodged in the Kent County Jail in July, many who knew her sent letters to District Judge Steven Servaas, asking her bail be reduced so she could be at home with three young children.
One woman, a friend, spoke of Stob as a dedicated mother, "devout Christian woman" and owner of a local floral business who is active in her church choir. "Celeste has shown nothing more than a woman of noble character to me," the woman wrote.
Another man spoke of Stob as "a giver" and said he had "never met a more generous and gracious person in his life."
When contacted at his office Thursday afternoon, Tallman declined comment, referring to the case as an ongoing investigation.
Stob and her attorney also declined to discuss the allegations.
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Don't hit the send button on your wish-list email to Santa just yet.
For the person who has everything comes … Lady Gaga. Well, not really in person, but the next best thing.
Unveiled at a Tokyo event Sunday, where Gaga, 27, herself, showed up sporting a red tartan jumpsuit with matching coils, the life-sized Gagadolls (that's their name) are made of silicon and have the star's music and messages popping out of their chests, reports the Associated Press.
Inspired by her new Artpop album, the figurines are the joint products of Japanese industrial and design companies along Gaga's record label.
And while the prototypes are currently not for sale, they apparently will be at some point, with proceeds going to benefit the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Ice Hockey, in Saranac Lake, is�a�team sport�that is played on�ice, where skaters hit a�puck�into the opponent's net using their stick. This fast-paced physical sport is most popular in the areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover, such as the�Czech Republic,�Latvia, the�Nordic countries,�Russia,�Slovakia,�Germany,�Austria,�Switzerland�but mostly known to be played in�Canada�and the northern latitudes of the�United States. Ice hockey, being a full contact sport, has to deal with frequent injuries. Protective equipment are therefore highly recommended and are enforced in all competitive situations. These include helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, mouth guard, protective gloves, heavily padded shorts, athletic cups, shin pads, skates, and neck protectors. Goaltenders may additionally use different gears, neck guards, chest/arm protectors, blockers, catch gloves, and leg pads.
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NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Addresses Clean Energy Leadership Task Force
Audits Confirm Savings from Energy Efficiency Improvements at Long Island School Districts (Long Island, NY) On Friday, February 19th, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli spoke before the Clean Energy Leadership Task Force which is a project directed by the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College located at Republic Airport in Farmingdale NY. Mr. DiNapoli discussed the results of audits..


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Football Tickets On Sale; Army Game Moved to 1 p.m.
Ball State's single game football tickets are on sale at the Worthen Arena Ticket Office or can be ordered online at www.ballstatesports.com. The ticket office can be reached at 1.888.BSU.TICKETS or 765.285.1474.
In addition, the Cardinals' Sept. 7, home game vs. Army has been moved to 1 p.m.
Ball State will open the season Thurs., Aug. 29, in a 7 p.m., home game vs. Illinois State at Scheumann Stadium. After the 1 p.m., home contest vs. Army, the Cardinals will host home contests Sept. 28 (vs. Toledo at 3 p.m.), Oct. 12 (Homecoming vs. Kent State at 3 p.m.), Wed., Nov. 6 (vs. Central Michigan at 8 p.m.) and Fri., Nov. 29 (vs. Miami University at TBA).
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Police respond to reports of noises in woods outside 2 Windham schools
Police said they received call about possible gunshots nearby
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Police responded to reports of noises in the woods outside Windham Middle School and Golden Brook Elementary School Tuesday morning.
Police advised that the schools go in lockdown after they received a call about possible gunshots in the woods near the school before noon.
The principal of Golden Brook Elementary School, though, said the school did not go into lockdown.
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When is St George's Day?
St. George's Day is on 23 April. It is England's national day.
Who was St George?
St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and part of the British flag. St George's emblem was adopted by Richard The Lion Heart and brought to England in the 12th century. The king's soldiers wore it on their tunics to avoid confusion in battle.
Like England, every country in the UK has its own patron saint who in times of great peril is called upon to help save the country from its enemies.
Who was the real St George and what did he do to become England's patron saint?
St George was a brave Roman soldier who protested against the Romans' torture of Christians and died for his beliefs. The popularity of St George in England stems from the time of the early Crusades when it is said that the Normans saw him in a vision and were victorious.
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Dragon-Slaying Patron Saint of England
One of the best-known stories about Saint George is his fight with a dragon. But it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever actually visited England. Despite this, St George is known throughout the world as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England.
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St George is always depicted as a knight carrying a shield with a red cross (or a banner with a red cross), generally sitting upon a horse and always killing a dragon.
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St George, Patron Saint of Scouting
On the Sunday nearest to 23 April, scouts and guides throughout England parade through high streets and attend a special St George's Day service at their local church.
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By tradition, 23 April is the day for a red rose in the button hole, the national flower. However, unlike other countries, England does not celebrate it like Americans celebrate 4 July with fireworks. In fact, you are more likely to see big St Patrick parades in England celebrating Ireland's National Day, more than you would see any sign of St Georges Day being celebrated.
For most people in England St George's Day is just another ordinary working day.
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HOWLAND - LaBrae standout Peyton Aldridge is ready for the tournament.
Entering Wednesday night's sectional final against Campbell, Aldridge and the Vikings certainly weren't lacking any motivation, having been knocked out of the tournament in consecutive years earlier than expected.
However, early foul trouble and poor shooting kept things interesting, save for the fact that the Red Devils had no answer for Aldridge. The junior posted 22 of LaBrae's first-half points and finished with 33 points to carry the Vikings to a 67-39 win.
"We didn't pound it in there early," LaBrae coach Chad Kiser said. "We took too many quick shots and didn't take advantage of our height inside. Peyton's offensive rebounding kept us in it the first half."
The 6-foot-7 junior did just about whatever he wanted, putting an exclamation on the first half by catching a one-handed alley-oop dunk with just seconds remaining, to extend the Viking lead to 28-19 at the half.
Still, Kiser didn't think much of team's first-half performance.
"We weren't mentally executing," he said. "Maybe there was too much excitement because it's tournament time because it wasn't that we weren't playing hard. We weren't playing smart.
"We had eight team fouls in the first quarter and it killed our rotation and the subbing pattern we wanted to go with."
LaBrae softened up defensively to end the first half, relying on Aldridge and the bench to get stops without fouling. To begin the second half, however, Kiser had his players turn up the heat, pressuring Campbell's guards, forcing turnovers, and posting a dominating 24-4 advantage during the third quarter.
Aldridge finished the night with 14 rebounds to accompany his game-high 33 points. Carl Brown chipped in 10 points for LaBrae (20-3).
Campbell was led by George Billiris, who totaled nine points.
The LaBrae sets up a third go-around with the Newton Falls Tigers, whom the Vikings beat twice in the regular season. Both games were competitive.
Kiser knows all too well that the regular season means nothing. He even went as far as calling the one-seed "a spot on the bracket." The Vikings will not be overlooking Newton Falls.
"They're very well coached and it's going to be tough," Kiser said. "They'll come in with a nice gameplan and they'll execute it. Roy (Sembach) is one of the best coaches around so we'll have to be focused. They can beat anybody and I think it's going to be a possession-by-possession close game.
"That's the way it should be the rest of the way out. We've reached that point in the season."
Aldridge explained that the Vikings aren't so much focused on the shortcomings of the past as they are motivated about the prospects of the future.
"We're highly motivated," he said. "Every day at practice we've been going at it hard and I think we're well-prepared. Newton Falls is always a rivalry game and both teams will be up for it. They're very well-coached and I think it'll be a fun game."


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What's up at the Downs
April brings a few new ways to shower you with winnings at Presque Isle Downs & Casino, starting today with the Thunderin' Thursdays Slot Tourney.
Works like this: You register from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the cashier cage. (We're not sure why cashiers are kept in a cage, but that doesn't really matter). Buy-in fee is $25. The first session will start at 1 p.m.; each player will compete in two sessions. The top 10 placers win money; first place is $1,500. The event will take place every Thursday this month.
The $60,000 Cash Bloom Giveaway will run from 3 to 10 p.m. each Friday with 10x entries. Players can win anywhere from $100 in free play to $1,000 in cash. You can earn one free entry every day you play; gold, platinum and black card players can earn bonus entries.
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Background: Although abnormal screening mammograms deleteriously affect the psychological well-being of women during the time immediately surrounding the tests, their long-term effects are poorly understood.
Purpose: To characterize the long-term effects of false-positive screening mammograms on the behavior and well-being of women 40 years of age or older.
Data Sources: English-language studies from the MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases through August 2006.
Study Selection: Studies were identified that examined the effects of false-positive results of routine screening mammography on women's behavior, well-being, or beliefs.
Data Extraction: Two investigators independently coded study characteristics, quality, and effect sizes.
Data Synthesis: 23 eligible studies (n = 313 967) were identified. A random-effects meta-analysis showed that U.S. women who received false-positive results on screening mammography were more likely to return for routine screening than those who received normal results (risk ratio, 1.07 [95% CI, 1.02 to 1.12]). The effect was not statistically significant among European women (risk ratio, 0.97 [CI, 0.93 to 1.01]), and Canadian women were less likely to return for routine screening because of false-positive results (risk ratio, 0.63 [CI, 0.50 to 0.80]). Women who received false-positive results conducted more frequent breast self-examinations and had higher, but not apparently pathologically elevated, levels of distress and anxiety and thought more about breast cancer than did those with normal results.
Limitations: Correlational study designs, a small number of studies, a lack of clinical validation for many measures, and possible heterogeneity.
Conclusions: Some women with false-positive results on mammography may have differences in whether they return for mammography, occurrence of breast self-examinations, and levels of anxiety compared with women with normal results. Future research should examine how false-positive results on mammography affect other outcomes, such as trust and health care use.
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I read this article with great interest. False positive mammography happens frequently in the United States and it is important to understand the ramifications of these test results. However, I find the opening sentence misleading "Regular mammography has become part of routine health care in the developed world for women 40 years of age and older." Most women in the developed world do not start breast cancer screening at age 40 and to open the article with this statement adds to the confusion about what is recommended and practiced throughout the world. According to the International Breast Cancer Screening Network's 2002 survey, only the United States, Iceland, Sweden and Uruguay offer screening at age 40. The fifteen other member countries either start at 45 (2 countries) or 50 (http://appliedresearch.cancer.gov/ibsn/data/age.html).
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We acknowledge the authors work on the systematic review: the long- term effects of false-positive mammography.[1] Conducting at the moment several projects on psychosocial consequences of having a false-positive cancer screening result we would like to contribute with some of the knowledge gained from our research.
In a systematic review about the adequacy of measurement of short and long-term consequences of false-positive screening mammography we concluded: "Given the inadequacy of the measurement instruments used, any current conclusions about the long-term consequences of false-positive results of screening mammography must remain tentative."[2] In our recent research we have found that even the most adequate measure of short-term psychosocial consequences of false-positive screening mammography has lack of content validity in the setting of abnormal screening mammography.[3] Therefore, we are surprised that Brewer et al's do not discuss the invalidity of the results on the psychosocial aspects and health related quality of life aspects reported in their review.
We have conducted six focus group interviews with women who had all been screened for breast cancer in the year prior to the interviews and all had experienced being told that their screening mammography was abnormal. All had also undergone additional medical procedures before the cancer suspicion was disproved. Based on the results from the group interviews we have developed a questionnaire specifically measuring long- term consequences of false-positive screening mammography. The new instrument has been validated using Item Response Theory: the Rasch model (until now published in a PhD-thesis).[4] We are currently using this new measure in a Danish survey. The instrument has been translated into English, Dutch and Norwegian and these versions will probably be used in future surveys. This will hopefully bring new more detailed and more valid information about the possible psychosocial long-term consequences of false-positive screening mammography.
Brewer et al find national differences of participation rates at breast cancer screening. In countries with national mammography programmes where the government authorities invite to screening this has been shown to induce the feeling that participation in screening is more a "duty- order", something that is an obligation, rather than a voluntary offer/proposal.[5;6] This might be one plausible explanations to the higher participation rates in breast cancer screening in Europe compared to U.S. Most of the women participating in our focus group interviews stated that having a false-positive screening mammography had frighten them so much that they did not dare to stay away from the next screening round.
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1. Brewer NT, Salz T, Lillie SE. Systematic Review: The Long-Term Effects of False-Positive Mammograms. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:502-10.
2. Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Cockburn J. The adequacy of measurement of short and long-term consequences of false-positive screening mammography. Journal of Medical Screening 2004;11:39-44.
3. Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Kreiner S. Validation of a condition- specific measure for women having an abnormal screening mammography. Value in Health 2007;10.
4. Brodersen J. Measuring psychosocial consequences of false-positive screening results - breast cancer as an example. Department of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen: Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning, Copenhagen. ISBN: 87-88638-36-7, 2006.
5. Lunde IM. "Jeg håber det bedste..." [Danish]. Ringkøbing: Den Medicinske Forskningsenhed, Ringkøbing, 1997.
6. Lou S, Dahl K, Risor MB, Hvidman LE, Thomsen SG, Jorgensen FS et al. A qualitative study of pregnant women's choice of nuchal translucency measurement. Ugeskr.Laeger. 2007;169:914-8.
Brodersen et al.'s letter refers to their review showing long-term effects of false-positives in only two studies1. Their findings, paired with their concerns about the validity of measures used, caused them to conclude that available measures were inadequate to detect long-term effects of false positives. We believe that their conclusion is incorrect, resulting from their decision to exclude many ad hoc measures in order to focus on measures for which some information on validation was available. In our systematic review of twenty-three studies meeting stringent quality criteria, we found that false-positive mammograms were consistently associated with poorer long-term outcomes on breast-cancer- specific measures of well-being (e.g., distress and anxiety)2. We chose to include the breast cancer-specific measures, despite the fact that most were ad hoc, because we expected that they were more likely to detect effects of breast cancer screening than more general well-being measures with established validity. Although it is reasonable to be concerned that ad hoc measures could present problems for comparisons across studies, research supports the use of such measures to assess subclinical distress. In our systematic review, studies that used previously validated general distress measures that were not specific to breast cancer showed no discernable pattern of long-term effects of false positives. Thus, it appears that the more important issue is to make sure that the effects of false positives are assessed with breast-cancer specific measures of distress. We would welcome the development of a better measure of breast cancer-specific distress that improves upon existing measures by establishing convergent and discriminant validity. Brodersen et al. appear to have misunderstood our finding of different long-term effects of false-positive mammograms on return for mammography in Europe relative to America. Although overall return for mammography was higher in the European studies (85%) than in the US studies (60%), our paper focused on the finding that false positives increased return for mammography in the United States (RR=1.07, 95%CI:1.02-1.12) but not in Europe (RR=.97, 95%CI:.93-1.01). While our rates of return are similar to ones previously published5, we believe that our paper's more important contribution is to highlight the real and lasting effects of false- positive mammograms. We appreciate the thoughtful comments by Geller et al. that more accurately characterize mammography screening guidelines for European women aged 40 to 49.
1 Brodersen J, Thorsen H, Cockburn J. The adequacy of measurement of short and long-term consequences of false-positive screening mammography. Journal of Medical Screening 2004; 11(1):39-44.
2 Brewer NT, Salz T, Lillie SE. Systematic review: The long-term effects of false-positive mammograms. Annals of Internal Medicine 2007; 146(7):502-510.
3 Harris RP, Helfand M, Woolf SH, Lohr KN, Mulrow CD, Teutsch SM et al. Current methods of the US Preventive Services Task Force - A review of the process. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2001; 20(3):21-35.
4 Nisbett RE, Wilson TD. Telling More Than We Can Know - Verbal Reports on Mental Processes. Psychological Review 1977; 84(3):231-259.
5 Clark MA, Rakowski W, Bonacore LB. Repeat mammography: Prevalence estimates and considerations for assessment. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2003; 26(3):201-211.
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The Absolut Fringe Festival 2012 has run its course, but before it moves the last of its furniture out of the Festival Hub, to make way for our Dublin Theatre Festival coverage tomorrow, here's one final piece to savour. Peter Daly was one of the actors to take on the challenge of Nassim Soleimanpour's experimental White Rabbit, Red Rabbit – here, he reflects on the experience
I am standing just off stage in the New Theatre in Temple Bar and am listening out for my name. The wonderful producer Aisling O'Brien is giving me an over-the-top introduction and I am now glad that my mother is in the audience. When I hear my name, I am to come on stage, accept a sealed envelope and begin.
I am the third of 10 performers to do this during the Absolut Fringe run of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, and I am following some pretty big names in Irish theatre. I have heard that they were amazing; it isn't helping my nerves.
My body is telling me how ridiculous it considers this idea by pumping adrenaline through my veins and screaming at me: "Are you out of your mind? You know nothing about this play and you are about to perform it in front of a full house. This is madness. Just walk out the back door. Go underground for a few months, a year at most. In time, people will forgive you. Some may even forget what a coward you are."
But it is too late. I am now standing on stage, rictus smile on face, accepting the envelope from Aisling, who may or may not be saying something (I honestly can't remember), and who then goes to sit down.
The audience is applauding. I have to assume it is my stupidity that they are celebrating.
I am now alone on stage. I give the audience a cheesy grin. I am being cheap. I am hoping I will win them over by letting them know that I know how ridiculous this proposition is and that we all know it will never work. They laugh. Never underestimate cheapness.
I much-too-carefully place the envelope beside the two glasses of water on the single small table on stage. It is a delaying tactic. I feel that until I read the first line on the first page that I won't have really started. And if I haven't started, I haven't yet begun to fail.
I look at the audience again and raise an eyebrow as if to say, here we go. Again they give a small laugh. It relaxes me. It suggests that there is a chance that they want this to work as much as I do.
I see my mother sitting bang in the middle of the front row staring up at me. She is not really smiling. She is wondering what is going to happen next. Much like me I suppose.
No rabbits were harmed in the making of this play. Actors, on the other hand …
I read the first line aloud: "Okay. So I have opened the envelope. I've begun to read, and I have no idea what's going to happen."
So far, so very accurate. This writer chap Nassim seems to know what he is about. Okay, I'll go on.
And I do. For the next hour or so I am lucky enough to tell a compelling story to a very open and enthusiastic audience. Actually, it is a story with many stories inside. It involves rabbits, bears, ostriches and cheetahs. It is violent in parts. And it is cleverly funny in others.
Bananas become carrots. Audience members become stenographers, cameramen and time keepers. Our imaginations are ever so gently expanded.
It is skilfully constructed to slightly humiliate me, the performer, on more than one occasion. But it doesn't allow the audience to simply passively enjoy this. The cast of this one-performer-play swells and very soon we are all implicated.
This play poses many questions. Some are direct questions to the audience who are expected to respond. My mother answers most of these quite unselfconsciously from her prime position. It's as if we having a chat in her kitchen at home and I love her for it. Other questions suggest themselves sub-consciously and I carry them around with me in the days that follow.
Nassim wrote this play to travel the world in his place. He did this because, having refused to do military service in his country of Iran, they in turn refused him a visa. It is written so that it needs no director, no rehearsal and no set.
In each place it is performed, the actors are given a list of simple instructions. The first of which is "Do not see or read the play beforehand. Learn nothing about it." (The second is "Prepare an ostrich impersonation.")
From conversations I had with friends, strangers (and my mother) afterwards, the performance reaches a point when the audience no longer really sees the actor on stage, stumbling over Nassim's words. Instead, they find themselves in the middle of a direct conversation with this young Iranian writer. Without being too dramatic, it is transcendent.
I won't give away the ending of this amazing work. I hope that someday you might have the opportunity to see it yourself. Or even better, to perform it. And if you do, you can rest assured that more than one person will inquire after your health in the days that follow.


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THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY is presumably wailing and gnashing its teeth as it waits for UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to decide on the future of the BBC licence fee.
Hunt hinted in the Torygraph that the price of the licence fee could be cut during renewal negotiations between his department and the BBC. This, however, might depend on whether the Beeb turns up and how vociferous it is.
A drop in the license fee might impact the UK Government's plans to roll out high speed broadband across the country, something that it is already watering down anyway.
While it had previously envisaged speeds so fast that websites would possibly open before you had even thought about searching for them, Hunt said last week that he though 2Mbps was fast enough.
Even then, he doubted that funds would stretch very far, particularly as telecoms firms do not seem very keen to look down the back of the sofa for any cash to spare him.
The telecom firms think that Hunt must find some £2 billion of public money to fuel his desires, cash that could be taken from the licence fee, but not from them, thankyouverymuch.
So, should the licence fee be cut, there is a distinct chance that this may affect plans to subsidise the rollout of fast broadband, something that Hunt might have forgotten about while he was opening his mouth and letting words spill out.
"The BBC should not interpret the fact that we haven't said anything about the way licence fee funds are used as an indication that we are happy about it," Hunt told the Telegraph. "We will be having very tough discussions."
Hunt might want to know why any money has been spent on the TV show Total Wipeout, and he might also wonder why Eldorado has never been repeated. Whatever his concerns are, he will push for a cut. Maybe.
Discussions will not start until the current licence fee settlement ends in 2012 or 2013, so perhaps the BBC could invest in a yacht to take the minister out on the sea in the meantime.
For now, Hunt's department is swaggering around, high on power, and full of promising sounding plans.
"The current licence fee settlement ends in 2012/13 and ministers will begin discussions next year about its renewal. No decisions about the level of the licence fee will be taken ahead of that," a Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesperson told our sister site V3 in a statement.
"Like all other public organisations, ministers expect the BBC to demonstrate that it is operating efficiently and giving licence fee payers value for money," they added, sending us back to the Iplayer for another look at Total Wipeout.
Antony Walker, CEO of the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), told V3 that he would keep a close eye on proceedings in the hopes of providing a decent national broadband service.
"[The government] has indicated that it will review the case for funding in 2012 and indicated that the BBC licence fee could be a possible source of funding. Clearly the BSG will follow the licence fee negotiations with interest," he said.
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The anticipated decrease in spending comes on top of already dramatic cutbacks that occurred last year. In the 2008 Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll, 76 percent of those surveyed said they were scaling back on holiday spending.The projected decrease in spending is likely to be felt in almost every category. Those surveyed said they're cutting back on purchases of clothing and electronics (still the biggest seasonal gift categories), as well as other items such as gift cards, monetary presents, and jewelry.
Consistent with 2008's findings, Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll also found that some consumers are still saddled with leftover holiday debt. Six percent of Americans—some 13.5 million consumers—continue to carry debt from last winter's holiday season.
"This year, it all comes down to value and getting the best bang for your shopping dollar," said Tod Marks, Consumer Reports senior editor and resident shopping expert. "We've already seen aggressive discounts that make it seem more like November 28 rather than October 28, but retailers are getting more sophisticated about targeting their promotions to their best customers."
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- Among consumers scaling back on gifts, most (78%) were willing to cut back on buying for themselves, followed by friends and their families, other family members, coworkers, and service providers like delivery personnel and fitness trainers. Among those most likely to be spared from the budgetary axe: Grandparents, grandchildren, kids under 18, and the family pet.
- Despite the gloomy outlook sales of certain products – notably desktop, laptop, and netbook computers, cell phones and smart phones, video game systems, and GPS systems – are expected to at least hold their own, according to our poll.
- Similar to the past two holiday shopping seasons, the 2009 holiday shopping season has begun with about a third of consumers reporting that they have started their shopping as of mid-October.
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- This year, half (50%) of Americans will be making a budget for their holiday purchases, yet sticking to it is bound to be a challenge. Of the 38 percent of consumers who made a budget last year, 44 percent reported that they exceeded it; five percent said they went way over budget.
- Clothing remains the biggest category, and 52 percent of consumers plan to give apparel as a gift. But you might want to choose carefully. Thirty-seven percent of recipients – particularly men – cited clothes as their biggest gift disappointment of 2008. Socks were still the single most hated item, but shirts, sweaters, slippers, and ties, made the list, too.
- Electronics gear also ranks among the most desirable gifts for both men and women, and 51 percent of respondents plan on giving recipients items such as video games or accessories, digital cameras, headphones, or other gadgets.
- Other gifts consumers plan on giving this season include gift cards (46%), followed by money (44%), toys (42%), DVDs (31%), food or wine (28%), jewelry (26%) and pet toys (19%).
Tis' the season to give and receive and to re-gift what you've received. According to the poll, 36 percent of adults have given a gift they have received from someone else to another person as a holiday gift. That's up from 31 percent in 2008.
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- Despite their drawbacks – fees, expiration dates, and the like – many people plan on buying gift cards (46%) and many want them (15%) as well. During the 2008 holidays, about half of adults received a gift card, but one in four hadn't redeemed at least one of the cards as of this month.
- Sixty-five percent of adults who received a gift card in 2008 typically spend more than the value of the card, up from 58 percent in 2007. Forty-one percent of those who have unused gift cards from last year said that they hadn't found anything they wanted to buy. This year, lack of time was less of a factor in not redeeming gift cards; only 37 percent of respondents reporting that they hadn't had time to redeem their cards, down from 54 percent last year.
- Despite continued cutbacks, a majority (87%) of adults remain hopeful that their holiday season will be as happy or even happier than last year.
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October 6 Get Groovy for a Cause in Cave Creek
Sunday 10.6.2013 @ 3:00pm | ImagesAZ | Community
Venue: Cave Creek Smokehouse Restaurant, 6245 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek
Feeling Groovy? "A Flashback to the Sixties" is the theme of Scully Learning Center Foundation's third annual fundraiser to benefit developmentally disabled residents. Good food and good music for a good cause will be on-hand Oct. 6 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Cave Creek Smokehouse Restaurant's outdoor patio, 6245 E. Cave Creek Rd. in Cave Creek.
The event, featuring "Name that Tune" and "Best Hippie Costume" contests, live music, food, drinks, games and prizes, will also have live and silent auctions with donated items from area merchants. Tickets are $40. Kids under 10 are admitted free.
The Scully Learning Center Foundation provides a variety of meaningful, creative, and fun experiences including hiking, cooking, yoga, music, ceramics and organic gardening designed to promote and improve socialization and life skills for developmentally disabled participants who live within the boundaries of the Cave Creek Unified School District. Participants in the program are diagnosed with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.


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Volunteers, employees, associates, students, and other individuals currently working within area cultural organizations—as well as independent researchers, collectors, and enthusiasts interested in historic preservation—are encouraged to attend. Workshop sessions will be led by professionals from APUS, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Jefferson County Historical Society, and other institutions.
APUS Academics Building Library
330 North George Street
Charles Town, West Virginia 25414
Friday and Saturday October 12-13, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Capacity of 25 on a first-come, first-serve basis; Fee of $20 for both days covers lunch and refreshments
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You may feel defensive today, and this could cause you to react more cautiously and suspiciously in an effort to deflect negativity. It might be worth considering whether your insecurities might be exacerbating your feelings, since perceiving an internal lack in your abilities might cause you to feel intimidated by others. If you can go inward today and focus on building your confidence and promoting a deeper sense of calm within yourself, you will feel stronger and more centered. This will allow you to interact with others in more positive ways. If you do begin to feel overwhelmed again during the course of your day, you can simply turn your attention inward and reconnect with your confidence and calm.
Developing a strong sense of confidence can help us keep a balanced state of mind, regardless of the circumstances around us. When we begin to feel off balance or defensive in our interactions with others, it is usually a sign that we are lacking in confidence. Turning our attention inward and fostering a stronger sense of security and inner peace can give us the courage to take our walls down because we know we can take care of ourselves. We are then able act with composure and confidence rather than feeling out of control. Fostering a deeper sense of confidence and security today will allow you to feel more centered and less defensive.
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For a moment, it appeared the bailout of Cyprus would send stock markets to new highs after the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) rose to within one point of its all-time record close. But investors reconsidered their bullish disposition, and by 3:15 p.m. EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) had fallen 0.49%, while the S&P 500 was down 0.36%.
As I warned yesterday, banks are having an especially tough time with Cyprus' bailout. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) has fallen 1.4% today, and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM ) is down 0.7%. The major hit big depositors took in Cyprus could lead to falling deposits in European banks, especially after Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said this may be the new bailout template for Europe. If it is, Europeans could rush to banks to pull money out, and we all know how harmful bank runs are to the industry.
Bank of America and JPMorgan are so intertwined with global banks that the increased risk in Europe is a negative for both companies. Unless Spain, Italy, or Portugal ends up in the same boat as Cyprus, these banks aren't in any serious trouble, and there's a strong possibility that Cyprus was a big enough warning sign to make other countries get their fiscal houses in order.
On the plus side, UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH ) has bucked the downtrend to gain 0.8% today. The company was awarded an acute-care contract through Arizona's Medicaid system, replacing Vanguard Health Systems. This is a big win for the company, expanding its ever-growing scale around the country.
It's worth noting that gold has barely moved today, adding just $2 to $1,606 as I write. Gold was the hot commodity when currency fears erupted, but it doesn't appear to be as hot as it was the last time crisis was looming in Europe.
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International Congress on Malaria
The Second International Congress on Malaria was held in Algeria. Representatives from thirty-eight countries attended, and Professor Lutrario, president of the Commissione malariologica della Società delle Nazioni, was the head of the Italian delegation.Before the section on parasitology, Dr. G. Raffaele of Rome spoke on the classification of the plasmodia found in birds. Owing to the impossibility of transmitting human malaria to animals, and by reason of the resemblance between malaria parasites of birds and those of man, research carried out with birds may be applied to man. The speaker was able to distinguish, in Italy, two types of plasmodia in birds—namely, Plasmodium praecox of Grassi and Feletti and Plasmodium majus, which was differentiated by Raffaele himself. Usually the two species are associated.Before the section on entomology, Professor Franchini of Bologna presented a paper on the anopheline fauna of the Italian colonies.Addressing the
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To the Editor:
According to a front-page article in the April 30 Times, Gov. Chris Christie is urging mayors to "have backbone" to carry out his demands for solving the state's financial problems.
I urge mayors to have backbone to stand up to the governor. They should tell him that before taking his demands seriously, they need to see him personally doing his part to ease the budget crisis.
Teachers know that they need to model what they teach. The governor will get more cooperation from working people if we see him helping, rather than profiting from, the people of New Jersey.
There are two ways Christie can set an example by sharing New Jersey's financial woes.
First, he can freeze the governor's salary at (the $1 that former Gov. Jon Corzine agreed to accept). This would save taxpayers almost $175,000. If this seems like too large a sacrifice, he could take a salary of $75,000, which is about what a teacher earns after 30 years in the classroom. That would allow for two beginning teachers to be hired.
The second thing the governor can do to serve as a model for working people is to reinstate the "millionaire's tax."
More than a billion dollars in revenue is lost this year because Christie wants people making over $400,000 to keep more of their income. If the governor's family income is still in this bracket (as it was in 2008), he is profiting while the rest of us make up the difference from the $1 billion.
How many of the mayors have children who will face larger classes and fewer support services this fall because of Christie's desire to be wealthier at the expense of New Jersey's children? How many have parents on fixed incomes, who are losing property tax rebates and getting reduced subsidies for prescription drugs? How many of the mayors have seen employees in their towns lose their jobs?
Can the mayors in good conscience allow these things to happen to the people of their communities without expecting the governor to set an example by freezing his own salary?
Mayors, show your backbone and demand the governor do his part to help.
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How do I find my grandmothers maiden name? She was born out of wedlock
It will be on her marriage certificate. The name will be her mother's surname.
I can't even find that.On my dads B certificate her last name was slated as Raye or Ray not sure which she used and when I try to find my greatgrandmother I haven't been able to find her either.not real sure where they are from as far as state,or county.I am also not sure where she was Married at state and or county.They only family member that would have known any of this is my Aunt and she has Alzheimers,and don't remember any of the information that would have helped in my serch.
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Name: Minnie Belt
Birth Date: 18 Jun 1908
Birth Place:
Death Date: May 1976
Death Place: Dellslow, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States of America
I see what you mean. I found a couple of trees one says the maiden name is May and the other one says Johnson. Neither has any source I can find to support either of these surnames. The death details above are from Social Security Death Index.
Found this on a tree in ancestry.com They have her surname as MAY no other details for her.
Married 2 April 1924 to Conrad Francis Belt 1903-1966
Oakland, Garrett Co, Maryland, USA
Children of this marriage:-
LEOTA R Belt 1926 1941 WANDA Belt 1928 1930
ROSE ANN Belt 1937 1937 Eugene Jewell Belt 1942 1969
Thank you so much. That is her.Eugene was my dad.Now on to finding out more.Thanks alot this is a real help


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Raley Field, home of the Sacramento River Cats, has been named one of the most vegetarian-friendly minor league ballparks in the country.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals cited Raley Field's stir-fry, black bean burger, sausage-less sausage and other meatless option in its 2013 list of top 10 "Most Vegetarian-Friendly Minor League Ballparks."
Raley Field also offers plenty of meat options for River Cats' fans, including the fan-favorite Dinger Dog and Sac Town burger.
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The Hotsheet (6/22 – 6/28)
#1 Chris Waters – Bowie Baysox – 8.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB
The Baysox southpaw makes his debut on The Hotsheet after delivering an eight plus-inning gem that brought his overall record to 4-5 with a 4.03 ERA.
#2 Terry Tiffee – Norfolk Tides – 12 for 31 (5 runs scored, 2HR, 3 RBI, 2 2B)
Norfolk's third baseman stepped up big this week with three 3-hit games and an impressive .390 average for the week. The former Twins prospect is looking like a worthwhile minor league free agent signing.
#3 Jason Dubois – Norfolk Tides – 10 for 25 (2 HR, 7 runs scored, 2 RBI)
The Tides DH/outfielder is on fire of late, posting a .361 batting average over his last 10 games.
#4 Timothy Bascom – Delmarva Shorebirds – 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 9 K
The right-hander made his professional debut after being drafted in the 4th round in early June. In just 5 innings of work, Bascom didn't allow a hit and struck out, but failed to get the decision.
#5 Brandon Fahey – Norfolk Tides – 8 for 21 (3 2B, 2 3B, 2 RBI)
Norfolk's infielder was having another impressive week before being called up by the Orioles. His overall numbers are still underwhelming, but he has looked better since a rough April.
#6 Matt Cepicky – Bowie Baysox – 7 for 21 (6 2B, 4 runs scored, 3 RBI)
The Baysox DH showed his ability to tally up the extra-base hits, with 6 doubles and a .340 average.
#7 Mark Fleischer – Frederick Keys – 7 for 21 (4 2B, 3 runs scored)
The Radford University product is showing signs of life at the plate with a .340 average this week, compared to his season average of .231.
#8 Cory Doyne – Norfolk Tides – 3.0 IP 2H, 3K
The International League saves leader picked up three saves this week in addition to being named to the International League All Star team with battery mate J.R. House.
#9 Kennard Jones – Frederick Keys – 7 for 24 (6 RBI, 2 HR, 3B)
The Keys' centerfielder continues his development at the plate and is batting .351 over his last 10 games.
#10 Ryan Finan – Frederick Keys – 8 for 25
The Keys' third baseman, who is second on the team in games played with sixty-eight and leads the team with 6 homeruns, compiled a .320 average for the week with hits in 6 straight games.
The Not So Hotsheet
Bryan Bass – Bowie Baysox – 0 for 17
The Baysox third baseman and former first round pick continues to struggle at the plate and is now batting .194 through fifty-five games.
Jonathan Tucker – Frederick Keys – 1 for 18
The team's stolen base leader was unable to help his ball club out this week after collecting just one hit.
David Cash – Delmarva Shorebirds – 1 for 18
The Shorebirds' outfielder collected only one base hit this week and was pegged out on the base path in his only stolen base attempt.
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To the Editor.—Cooper et al1 in this Journal reported a new semiquantitative method for iron determination. However, they added iron to their samples of blood vitro. We used their method to estimate iron present in the blood of patients (ie, iron present in vivo) and would like to record that their method seems useful.
We reported2 studies of a sample of 100 patients requiring serum iron determination for numerous reasons. Iron concentration was determined by the routine spectrophotometric method used in our laboratory and by the semiquantitative method under study in all cases. Both methods were performed by different technicians blindly, ie, they were unaware of each other's results.
The screening semiquantitative method was performed as described by Cooper et al1 except that serum rather than plasma was used. To 1 ml of serum one drop of thioglycolic acid was added, followed by one drop of
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New Hope firefighters, along with Wayne County EMS personnel, assist a motorist after he lost control of his SUV in a curve on Millers Chapel Road early this morning. The county emergency crews were busy this morning answering vehicle accident calls, mostly around Goldsboro and areas north because of the slick conditions.
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INDIANAPOLIS—So was this, consciously and deliberately, a vote for brawn over flash, for grit over glam, for sexy stats over grimy immeasurables? Probably not. But that still was the result of the balloting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012.
The cutdown of the group of 17 finalists to 12 hadn't even been announced Saturday night at the selection ceremony, held in a downtown hotel and televised live, before the news broke of the three wide receiver candidates missing the cut.
The news came from Tim Brown's Twitter feed, a spoiler that "no wrs made it again". That meant no Brown, no Andre Reed and, for the fifth year, no Cris Carter.
That's more than 3,000 career receptions worth of nationwide stink-making, by their supporters and, at least in this case, by one candidate himself.
What's the equivalent stat, though, for men like center Dermontti Dawson? Left tackle Willie Roaf? Defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy? Defensive end Chris Doleman?
Gallery: See the entire class | Carter, Parcells among biggest snubs | Capsules
What highlights of their careers become ingrained in every fan's mind? What numbers brand them as worthy or unworthy, compared to their own position among Hall of Famers and among the snubbed skill-position stars? (One could point to sacks in Doleman's case. It helps. It doesn't come close to defining the entirety of what defensive linemen, wherever they play, have to do on every snap.)
How do you judge them? One suggestion: point out that without anonymous grunts like Dawson, Roaf, Kennedy and Doleman, and the pounding they take and absorb for less shine, money and recognition, the likes of Carter, Reed and Brown don't get any of what they do get. Including, possibly, selection onto the finalists list at the Hall of Fame.
It was refreshing, then, to see those four get their due, and to know that they will have their day in the sun (figuratively; the August induction in Canton is now a prime-time event).
It was a little more perplexing to see some of those who missed. If there was a head coach who fit the theme of the selections most, in this era and probably any era, wouldn't it be Bill Parcells? That was actually a bigger surprise to most observers than the receivers; the Giants/Patriots/Jets/Cowboys coach was presumed to be a shoo-in. It would have also fit seamlessly on a weekend where two of his protégés, Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin, lead the two teams he took to Super Bowls into this year's game.
— Super Bowl recipes of the stars | Fan confidence for Giants, Pats
— Why Patriots will win | Why Giants will win
— Super Bowl picks: Steele | Aikman | Coaches: Belichick | Coughlin
Not this year. And not this year, again, for defensive end Charles Haley. However, the prize went to one of Parcells' on-field embodiments, running back Curtis Martin, and the ultimate old-school pick, 84-year-old Jack Butler, more than 52 years after the final game of a career with the Steelers in which he intercepted tons of passes in an era where tons of passes weren't thrown.
It's again too easy for the noise about who didn't get in, and why, to obliterate who did get in, and why.
Be careful, as always, not to claim that the fortunate chosen ones are getting theirs at the expense of the guys who get the ball, the touchdowns and the tangible glory. The numbers are still tilted far in favor of the quarterbacks, runners and, yes, pass catchers.
There are 21 wide receivers in the Hall today, while Dawson and Roaf raise the total of offensive linemen enshrined to 37. Two wideouts lining up on every play (or more in modern times), compared to five linemen throughout NFL history—you do the math.
So don't shed too many tears for the tragic exclusion of this year's receiver trio. There's little doubt their day will come. The same rage boiled for Michael Irvin, who only had to wait three years. Art Monk got in on his eighth try, John Stallworth his 10th, Lynn Swann his 14th. John Mackey played a different position—tight end, which he basically redefined—and got in on his 15th year of eligibility.
Statistically and historically, the guys whose jerseys stay pretty clean still get in more often than the ones whose jerseys stay filthy. This was a night for the filthy guys. Salute them, for a change.
— Posnanski: By numbers, Giants would be worst Super Bowl winner
— Why they'll win: Giants | Patriots
— Fans will always grip about who didn't get the call to the Hall


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January 2, 2013
Solar Faces Problem of Abundance
Dana Blankenhorn, Seeking Alpha
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For its entire history, the solar power industry has faced a problem of cost. The cost for energy from solar systems was higher than the cost of getting it off the grid. So solar power had to be subsidized, in some way. Eventually, power companies came up with "green energy certificates," a method for charging a premium on power derived from solar panels. The problem was solved and companies like First Solar (FSLR) were among the early beneficiaries, turning themselves into "solar developers," creating utility-scale systems that power companies could buy with confidence, knowing that power could be resold.
TAGGED: California, Germany, China, SolarCity, First Solar, Pv Panels, Solar Energy


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my friend Joe bought some Foolgazy Diamonds From the Jeweller the other day, he was rather upset.
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M. Modjaz, R. P. Kirshner, P. Challis, M. Hicken (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), T. Matheson (NOAO)
We present a selection of very well time-sampled optical spectra of type Ia, Ib, and Ic supernovae (SNe) from the CfA database, taken with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope. The spectra begin as early as 14 days before maximum light and go to late times, when the supernovae enter the nebular phase (several months after maximum). The temporal evolution of the photospheric ejecta velocities as measured from numerous lines (e.g., Ca H&K, Fe II, Si II, various lines of He I) are presented and compared amongst the classes of SNe and their properties. Other line diagnostics are discussed for the specific type of supernovae; these include a temporal sequence of He I fractional line depth for SNe Ib.
This work has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
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Katharine McPhee has overcome huge personal challenges on her journey to professional success. Currently getting big attention for her role in the new show Smash, McPhee has found a balanced approach to food and exercise after struggling with a severe eating disorder. The singer and actress suffered from bulimia for many years, culminating in three months of rehab at Los Angeles's Eating Disorder Center of California.
McPhee tried to address her cycle of binging and purging by a number of different approaches, from therapists to Food Addicts Anonymous. She ultimately found success through intuitive eating, which helped her overcome her fear of "bad" foods and curb her binge eating. Counter-intuitively, once McPhee stopped obsessing over her weight, she was able to drop 30 pounds.
"The more I focused on my weight, the worse my bulimia got," McPhee said. "Now I'm more easygoing. I stopped fighting myself and became more forgiving of my body. Ironically, the weight came off naturally through exercise but no dieting." She says she works to avoid a "diet mentality" to prevent relapses.