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The basic chemistry of water, along with a brief glimpse into water's origin on Earth, are discussed in this two page article. The article can be used as a "reading to be informed" activity in a stand-alone fashion or can be incorporated into a... (View More) lesson plan. (View Less)
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Building Intuition for In-water Optics and Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Spectrophotometer Activity with littleBits™
This activity demonstrates optical properties of water: that different constituents in water affect the transmission, absorption, and scattering of different colors in the visible light spectrum. Inexpensive, off-the-shelf components are used to... (View More) build a light sensor and source, creating a simple spectrophotometer that can measure light absorption. In the second part of this activity, principles of ocean color remote sensing are applied to measure reflectance. Using components that are clearly visible allows students to configure them in different ways. Playing with the instrument design gives students a practical understanding of spectrophotometers, in-water optics, and remote sensing. As an extension of this concept, students are encouraged to think about how ocean color is used to estimate the concentration of chlorophyll to infer phytoplankton abundance, colored dissolved organic matter, and suspended sediments. (View Less)
This short (11:29 minutes) video features NASA scientists answering a set of student-designed questions related to NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement satellite mission. The set of twelve questions were generated after students viewed... (View More) animations of GPM data; the questions centered on satellite operations, satellite data, and precipitation patterns and impacts. (View Less)
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Emphasizing the synergies between science and engineering, these video clips highlight the research of professional ocean scientists and engineers in various disciplines. The clips are accompanied by additional relevant content including images,... (View More) data visualizations, graphs, animations, and other information. Content has been organized into more than a dozen thematic areas such as Solving Old Problems with New Technology and Small Scale Observations and Large Scale Ideas. All content has been aligned with science and engineering practices from the Next Generation Science Standards, including "asking questions and solving problems" and "planning and carrying out investigations," providing applicable resources for teachers who want to provide role models of effective practice for their students. (View Less)
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This ChemMatters article provides a history of the study of ozone, a description of an experimental simulation called "The World Avoided," a brief introduction to the chemistry of ozone, an explanation of how ozone is measured, and the difference... (View More) between "good" ozone in the stratosphere vs "bad" ozone in the troposhere. ChemMatters is an educational magazine published by the American Chemical Society. (View Less)
Air traffic (and therefore airplane contrails) was halted nationwide for nearly three days following September 11, 2001. Students will investigate whether that stoppage resulted in any changes to cloud cover, temperature and/or radiation. Using the... (View More) MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS), students gather satellite data on each of the three atmospheric parameters around that time frame. Working in teams, they read, compare and discuss two accompanying articles, then use the data from the LAS to create a PowerPoint presentation contending whether it was the lack of contrails or simply natural weather patterns at the time that was responsible for the increase in the range of temperatures. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It includes detailed procedures, analysis questions, teacher notes, related links, background information, lesson extensions, and a list of related AP Environmental Science topics. (View Less)
This ChemMatters article provides a brief background on smog, then examines the causes of it, efforts to reduce it, and methods used to measure it. ChemMatters is an educational magazine for high school students.
This short video (~2 minutes) explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation. This information is important to scientists working on the Global... (View More) Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission - understanding the micro world of raindrops provides insight to scientists about the macro world of storms. (View Less)
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In this lesson students investigate the effects of black carbon on arctic warming and are introduced to a mechanism of arctic warming that is not directly dependent on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: black carbon deposition on Arctic snow and... (View More) ice. It can also be used to introduce the concept of albedo. Prerequisite knowledge: students understand the concepts of absorption and reflection of light energy. This lesson is designed to be used with either an Earth/environmental science or chemistry curriculum. It may also be used as an enrichment activity in physics or physical science during a unit on energy. Includes suggested modifications for students with special needs and low technology option. Requires advance preparation, including freezing ice samples overnight. (View Less)
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This activity allows participants to build a paper model of the GPM Core Observatory and learn about the technology the satellite uses to measure precipitation from space. Directions explain how to cut, fold and glue the individual pieces together... (View More) to make the model. The accompanying information sheet has details about the systems in the satellite including the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI), the High Gain Antenna, avionics and star trackers, propulsion system and solar array, as well as a math connection and additional engineering challenges. (View Less)
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1 per group of students


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CHAPEL HILL – The No. 3 UNC women's lacrosse team meets conference foe, No. 12 UVA Saturday in the NCAA quarterfinals.
The Tar Heels defeated the Cavaliers 8-7 in Chapel Hill in early March for win five of 11 straight.
Carolina is coming off a 19-9 victory against Loyola in the second round after a first-round bye; Virginia came out of the first round and upset six-seed Georgetown, 10-8 in round two.
Saturday's contest begins at 1:00 p.m. at Fetzer Field. For ticket and live stream information, click here.http://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-sports/no-3-womens-lacrosse-hosts-no-12-uva


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The Cutting Board Cooking Club is a club devoted to bringing people together through the use of food. When we look around the world, people unite around food. We learn how to cook properly; from learning knife skills to making tapas. We also give back to our community through a food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank and other volunteer opportunities.
We would like to thank everyone who helped us surpass our goal of 750lbs by almost double! We collected over 1200lbs of food for the Backpack Buddies program through Second Harvest Food Bank.
Many people think of food banks during the holiday season, we want to draw your attention to the kids who will be getting out of school in June and will lose a meal or two a day. CBCC has partnered with Second Harvest to host a drive for the Backpack Buddies Program.
What is Back Pack Buddies?? (Taken from the Second Harvest Food Bank website)
Backpack Buddies is a kid-friendly supplemental nutrition program administered by the Second Harvest member agencies that have after-school programs. Staff members at each of the locations identify children who are currently enrolled in their programs and are in need of food assistance. These low-income children eat their meals at school through government subsidized breakfast and lunch programs. For them, weekends and holidays can mean going hungry. Even moderate malnutrition can have long-lasting effects on children's growth and ability to learn.
Once identified, these children receive a weekly backpack of kid-friendly food to supplement their meals from Friday night until they return to school on Monday morning. Each backpack contains cereal, peanut butter, canned vegetables and fruit, soup, macaroni and cheese, canned one-dish meals, and healthy snacks.
So how many kids in Lehigh and Northampton county are eligible for free or reduced lunches?
Lehigh County
Free: 21,053
Reduced: 3,146
Northampton County
Free: 15,051
Reduced: 2,875
CBCC has a goal of reching 750 pounds of food to donate to Second Harvest.
How can I help?
There are three donation sites available for drop off.
Horwath Insurance Agency
24 E. Broad St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Cantelmi's Ace Hardware
521 East 4th St.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Club Site
1454 Kelchner Road
Bethlehem, PA 18018
If you would like to set up a tote at your home or business please feel free to contact us! For more information on items most needed, visit the EVENTS page.
More information about our club and events can now be found on our meetup site at http://www.meetup.com/The-Cutting-Board-Cooking-Club/
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We are located in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.


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GRAND RAPIDS -- A suspect linked to last summer's killing of Darryl Thompkins, a former prep star turned gang leader, will be sentenced Friday on a federal firearms charge.
The arrest of Thomas Albert-Earl Davis, 20, reputed leader of a rival gang, came during the homicide investigation conducted by an FBI violent-crime task force that includes Grand Rapids police detectives. Davis was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and is to be sentenced in U.S. District Court.
Davis is not charged in the killing, but court documents filed Tuesday showed Davis took steps, "at least in part ... to avoid responsibility for the shooting death of Darryl Thompkins."
The July shooting outside the Brick House bar stemmed from a rivalry between Thompkins' Bemis Street Boys gang and Davis' Highland's Finest gang, records showed.
It apparently was triggered several weeks earlier by the beating and robbery of Davis at the Orbit Room.
Bemis Street Boys took thousands in Davis' drug proceeds, and "pulled (Davis') pants down to humiliate him in front of the other patrons of the nightclub," assistant U.S. attorneys Phillip Green and Brian Lennon wrote in a sentencing memo.
Nine days after the killing, police stopped a rental car in which Davis was riding. Unlike three others in the car, Davis failed to immediately raise his hands as ordered but bent to put something under the front passenger seat. There, police found a loaded .38-caliber handgun and a small amount of marijuana.
Davis told police the marijuana was his, but he had nothing to do with the gun, records showed.
At trial, a witness testified that Davis said the gun was "'hot,' and they needed to get rid of it," the prosecutors wrote.
Five weapons could have killed Thompkins, a former Central High School basketball star, in what a prosecutor described as a "shoot-fest" outside the Brick House on North Division Avenue.
Michael Sallie, 21, said he and others of Highland's Finest went to the Brick House after a caller said there would be problems. Sallie's conviction earlier this month for possessing a firearm during a crime of violence was the first with direct ties to Thompkins' killing.
He denied firing a weapon and passed a lie detector test.
Dwight Latham, 24, was accused in the slaying, but state charges were dropped. However, he faces a mandatory life sentence in April for cocaine delivery.
Federal authorities took over the investigation to force reluctant witnesses to give grand-jury testimony.
The attorney for Davis had no comment, his office said.
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The Kentucky Wildcats were in the afternoon session on Day One of the 2010 SEC Football Media Days with interviews from WR/QB/RS Randall Cobb, DE DeQuin Evans, TB/KR Derrick Locke and Head Coach Joker Phillips.
Joker Phillips is in his first season as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.
|Kentucky's Joker Phillips speaks at SEC Media Days
Randall Cobb (WR/QB/RS, 5-11, 188, Jr., Alcoa, Tenn.) earned First-team All-SEC honors as an all-purpose player (1,673 total yards) in 2009.
|Kentucky's Randall Cobb speaks at SEC Media Days
DeQuin Evans (DE, 6-3, 257, Sr., Long Beach, Calif.) was named to the All-SEC Fourth Team by Phil Steele in 2010.
|Kentucky's DeQuin Evans speaks at SEC Media Days
Derrick Locke (TB/KR, 5-9, 190, Sr., Hugo, Okla.) was named Second-team All-SEC as all-purpose player (1,830 total yards) in 2009.
|Kentucky's Derrick Locke speaks at SEC Media Days


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UPDATE: Person killed in officer-involved shooting Friday was suspect in rape case
KALAMAZOO, MI -- A Kalamazoo police officer was involved in a shooting Friday evening in the Vine neighborhood, Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley said.
Officers are on the scene at the corner of South Burdick and West Dutton streets. Hadley said in an email that officer is "fine."
The shooting occurred shortly before 6 p.m.
South Burdick Street is closed between Walnut and Vine streets. West Dutton Street is closed between Rose and John streets.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officers have put up crime scene tape, and the crime lab vehicle as well as several ambulances are on scene.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The West Side home where a squatter known by his neighbors as Mr. Hayes has lived for six years is headed to a sheriff's sale.
The sale was set in motion Thursday when representatives for the owner of the home – Urban Investments Group, Inc. – failed to show up at a foreclosure hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. The company owes $27,000 in back taxes on the property and tens of thousands more on other properties it has left unsecured across Cleveland and the county.
The county treasurer's office sued the company in Oct. 2012 to recover the back taxes on the West Side property.
I've taken an interest in the property since I learned about Mr. Hayes, a homeless man suffering from mental illness who moved into a cottage-size home on the property six years ago. He has fashioned a life there for himself and his two dogs. A neighbor sells him electricity, delivered through a large extension cord, and he collects rainwater in plastic garbage cans for use in the house.
I wrote about his life last month, largely telling his story through his eyes. The most remarkable part of his homesteading is the fact that in 2011 Mr. Hayes started paying down the property's tax bill, kicking in $200 twice a year. The money comes from his disability check.
"I'm not looking for a free ride," he told me earlier about why he pays taxes.
He also hoped that he could forestall foreclosure proceedings. He filed a request with the court last August asking the county treasurer's office to withdraw the case. The court rejected the request because Mr. Hayes doesn't own the property.
Hayes is actually his first name but some neighbors just call him Mr. Hayes. I am not revealing his full name or his address to protect his privacy, though he is well known to city officials and to some neighbors.
The court has to sign off on some paperwork before the property can be sold at a sheriff's auction, but the property is expected to be available in May or June. Clouding the issue is the fact that property records list the property as vacant land. The original house was demolished years ago but the cottage house, which faces a different side street, remains.
If the property doesn't sell, it could wind up in the state's hands.
Since the story ran,
several readers have asked me if they could help Mr. Hayes buy the property. I also
heard from a self-described neighbor who says Mr. Hayes is a nuisance who calls
the police frequently and harasses some residents and businesses in the area. This neighbor wants Mr. Hayes gone and is upset people want to help him.
Mr. Hayes tells me his critics are people he believes are up to no good.
I asked him about the sale of the property. He sent me a response in a couple of emails that restate his belief that homeless people should be given the chance to reuse abandoned properties.
"Actually, granting poor people the use of resources for which others have no need goes back a-ways, to Old Testament days," he wrote. "They called it gleaning."
In a second email, he foreshadows his future without the home.
"Lacking good housing, though, and I'll land on the taxpayers' backs again, no doubt - in court and on probation," he wrote.


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Orchid show at MSV
Andrew Barton, 13, of Frederick County and the youngest member of the Lord Fairfax Orchid Society, displays one of his orchids, a dendrobium. He and other members of the society will take part in the a show and sale this weekend. (Photo by Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star)
Heide Sanford (left), chair of the Lord Fairfax Orchid Society's Orchid Show and Sale, and Gary DeOms, LFOS member and local grower, show varieties of orchids that will be on display and for sale at the show, Saturday and Sunday at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. (Photo by Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — When 13-year-old Andrew Barton arrives at the Lord Fairfax Orchid Society's Show and Sale this weekend, it will be with much more knowledge than when he attended the event last…
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To view the full article, please visit: The FBI's New Wiretapping Plan Is Great News for Criminals
US technology is designed for 'exceptions' and 'outliers', i.e., 'worst-case' scenarios like terrorists and unconscious patients.
Bruce Schneier concludes his May 29th essay:
"Finally there's a general principle at work that's worth explicitly stating. All tools can be used by the good guys and the bad guys. Cars have enormous societal value, even though bank robbers can use them as getaway cars. Cash is no different. Both good guys and bad guys send e-mails, use Skype, and eat at all-night restaurants. But because society consists overwhelmingly of good guys, the good uses of these dual-use technologies greatly outweigh the bad uses. Strong Internet security makes us all safer, even though it helps the bad guys as well. And it makes no sense to harm all of us in an attempt to harm a small subset of us."
Fear-driven technology harms Democracy and health:
- Example #1: FBI
Bruce Schneier's essay (below) tells how US-created security flaws help the wrong people (criminals and terrorists) and harm the rest of us (law-abiding citizens).
- Giving the government access (via back doors, brute force decryption, etc) to everyone's data to find terrorists is the 'worst-case' scenario used to justify destroying strong data security protections.
- But law-abiding people, businesses, and government really NEED strong data security protections to function everyday online.
- Criminals and terrorists can exploit the security flaws created to catch them to steal information and harm governments, individuals, and corporations; but ordinary citizens and businesses can't build or afford security technology to protect their own data.
- WORST CONSEQUENCES: people will not trust technology and governments, and cyber-wars can destroy people, governments, and corporations.
- Example #2: US health technology systems
The US eliminated data privacy in health technology systems, helping the wrong people (government and corporations) and harming patients.
- Government and corporations control the use of the nation's health data. Medical emergencies are the 'worst-case' scenario used to justify this technology: if you are unconscious in an emergency room (a one-in-a-million), you can't give consent to share your data.
- But the 299,999, 700 million US patients who are awake expect to control use of personal health data in order to trust doctors and technology.
- Government and industry control use of the nation's data for various purposes without the knowledge of the public, there is no 'chain of custody' for health data and no data map to track uses. Some hidden uses may be beneficial and some may harm patients. Patients can't buy or use privacy technology to protect health data.
- WORST CONSEQUENCES: 40-50 million people/year avoid or delay treatment, or hide information to protect the privacy of health information, risking their lives and health. Technology causes tens of millions of people who need treatment to suffer bad health outcomes.
In a Democracy, judges should approve spying on suspected criminals or terrorists. In a Democracy patients should be asked for consent to use personal health data. Advance directives or break-the-glass technology can permit access to health data when patients are unconscious.
In a Democracy, shouldn't technology support 'best-case' scenarios , i.e., citizens' freedoms and human and civil rights to privacy and health?


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MADISON, Alabama -- U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks will host a congressional hearing at Bob Jones High School on Monday morning to highlight local science, technology, engineering and math education programs and their impact on the country.
The hearing will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the high school, located at 650 Hughes Road in Madison. The public is invited to attend.
Brooks chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
The hearing will address the impact that STEM education is expected to have on the next generation of professionals, on local jobs and on the U.S. economy, according to a news release from Brooks' office. Several local education officials are expected to testify at the hearing.
Those officials include Dr. Camille Wright, director of secondary instruction for Madison City Schools, Dr. Robert Altenkirch, president of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. Marilyn Beck, president of Calhoun Community College, Dr. Neil Lamb, director of educational outreach at Hudson Alpha Institute and Dr. Andrew Partynski, chief technology officer of Science Applications International Corporation.


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Comedy lost one of its funnymen: Leslie Nielsen passed away at the age of 84 in his Florida home.
Known for his roles in movies filled with one-liners, some NJ.com users have commemorated the man's career by posting some of their favorites. K2NNJ posted one, featuring quotes from 'The Naked Gun':
"...it may not amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill...and these are our beans." One of my favorite lines. Along with the scene: "The umpire just saved the Queen!..... Hey, that's Enrico Palatzo!"
Mr. Nielsen, you will be missed by many. Thank you for sharing your talents.
And another from 'Airplane,' posted by NJ.com user verticallychallenged:
RIP. "Surely you can't be serious?"
We are serious, and stop calling us Shirley.
What are your favorite Leslie Nielsen one-liners? Post yours, below.


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By Diana Lee
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Mirroring the fall of business giants involved in scandals — Enron, World.com, Tyco International, Adelphia Communications – many Japanese corporations are facing the same fate for unethical business practices. In revelations to a spate of scandals, the Japan Business Federation responsible for establishing ethical standards for business operations recently revised its 10-point charter to include expulsion of scandal-hit company members. The charter emphasizes that member companies develop and provide products and services with the utmost concern for safety to consumers and engage in fair and open competition in accordance with the law. Some companies in sole pursuit of profits have violated these points by deliberately deceiving the public with mislabels and endangering lives with faulty products and cover-ups.
The ongoing scams involving food companies and nuclear power utilities have dealt a severe blow to public confidence already sinking in the gloom of economic recession. These companies lacking social consciousness appeared to justify their irresponsible behavior with the mentality "everyone is doing it." One food company after another has conducted fraudulent schemes on a massive scale, leaving the populous angry and helpless. If food products were mislabeled, who could know what was in the food? Adding fuel to corporate misconduct, nuclear power plants in succession have acknowledged the concealment of cracks and other defects found in reactors during voluntary inspections. Although the experts claimed that the flaws are not problematic, the Tokai nuclear disaster that resulted in two deaths is still fresh in people's minds. If the managers of nuclear power plants were more concern about the cost of repairs than public welfare, who could feel safe living in Japan?
After the discovery of mad cow disease last September, Nippon Ham, Japan's largest meat processor, falsified labeling imported beef as domestic meat to benefit from the government compensation scheme. Snow Brand Foods, which was accountable for an outbreak of food poisoning in 2000, showed no compunction to consumers as it falsely tagged Australian beef as domestic products to take advantage of the government subsidies. Following the footsteps of the leading corporations to cheat consumers, the Starzen Company fabricated labels for low quality as higher-grade meats. Putting profits before public safety, the president of the Shinsho Trading Ltd. admitted to marketing stale ready-made egg rolls in several metropolitan department stores because "they tasted good." Breaking the law, Mr. Donut franchise sold 13 million meat dumplings containing a banned additive.
Hence, consumer confidence plunged, prompting the government to review food safety regulations and to impose stiffer penalties on those implicated in mislabeling. In addition, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry intends to introduce a comprehensive tracking system with which consumers can trace food products to their sources, providing information on the producers and the distribution routes. The food tracking system may boost consumer confidence, but will it be reliable since the information evidently depends on the producers and the distributors for input?
Known worldwide for adamantly opposing nuclear weapons, Japan ironically possesses in total of 52 nuclear power plants which supply one-third of the nation's electricity. Any one of these utilities encounters a nuclear mishap would indeed cause alarm to society. The Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency, a unit of the government, disclosed that Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), the largest utility in the nation, had concealed reports on 242 cracks found in 282 stainless steel pipes carrying cooling water to nuclear reactors. The problem came to light when a whistle blower reported it to the Agency. The fact that the Agency took more than two years to divulge Tepco's falsification of 29 voluntary inspections and that it betrayed the informant by turning him in to Tepco for dismissal heightened the suspicion that the Agency has been having a cozy relationship with the nuclear power companies for years.
In the wake of Tepco's scandal, a number of nuclear plants throughout the nation have started to come forward with their confessions. Even after cracks were detected in a core's shroud, Japan Atomic Power Co. kept running the nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture. It filed a full report to the Agency only after the shroud was replaced. Tohoku Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric Power Co. failed to report the faulty pipes because they thought the cracks weren't significant enough to cause serious problems. Although short of admitting their reports were inaccurate, the Chugoku Electric Power Co., Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Kansai Electric Power, Shikoku Electric Power and Kyushu Electric Power promised to investigate their own previous nuclear reactor inspections.
The nation's top food corporations and nuclear power plants have shown no sense of responsibility or integrity to society. Besides the government's call for harsher punishment and stricter safety rules, company management must do some soul-searching as to the role they play in society. Is it worth to lie to the public and gain an ill reputation afterwards? Is it worth to reap a profit for a short period and later suffer plunging sales that might lead to eventual bankruptcy? Is it worth risking people's precious lives for the sole reason of making quick profits? Sad to say, these companies got away with fooling all of the people some of the time. But their mistakes lay in their belief that they could fool all of the people all the time.
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Wizards 106, Pistons 82 (0:00): Pistons drop second straight on the road. Greg Monroe scores 14, Brandon Jennings 13, Josh Harrellson and Will Bynum 10 each.
Wizards 104, Pistons 82 (1:11): Everyone has played for the Pistons. Many of them not very well.
Wizards 102, Pistons 79 (2:28): Josh Smith has been benched with four points and four rebounds. Harrellson and Bynum with 10 points apiece off the bench for Detroit.
Wizards 86, Pistons 62 (0:00): Pistons with 17 turnovers.
Wizards 83, Pistons 57 (3:29): Four players in double figures for Washington. All have outscored the Pistons' top scorer, Greg Monroe, who has 14 points.
Wizards 79, Pistons 57 (5:09): Jennings with 12 points and four assists for the Pistons. Four turnovers, too.
Wizards 75, Pistons 52 (8:17): Are we looking at a repeat of the loss in Orlando? Sure seems like it. Monroe with 14 points and six rebounds for Detroit.
Wizards 62, Pistons 41 (11:59): Pistons got outscored 32-20 in the paint in the first half.
Wizards 62, Pistons 41 (0:00): A 14-0 run to end the half puts Washington in control heading to the second half.
Wizards 50, Pistons 41 (3:47): Monroe with 10 points and five rebounds. Pistons are 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. That's unusual.
Wizards 44, Pistons 37 (5:50): Bynum gives the Pistons a life off the bench by making three of his first five shots, including a 3-pointer, for seven points. Stuckey leaves with no points and two assists.
Wizards 42, Pistons 33 (7:17): Stuckey's shoulder is giving him problems. He's done for the night.
Wizards 38, Pistons 28 (8:56): Singler with seven points off the bench for the Pistons.
Wizards 31, Pistons 23 (11:59): Pistons shoot 39 in the first quarter. Monroe with eight points and three rebounds. Drummond with three rebounds, too.
Wizards 31, Pistons 23 (0:00): Not the worst start in the world but certainly not what the Pistons were hoping for after what happened Friday in Orlando.
Wizards 25, Pistons 20 (2:42): Stuckey is indeed playing despite his sore shoulder.
Wizards 17, Pistons 8 (5:56): Eight points and four rebounds already for Gortat. Pistons 3-for-11 from the field.
Wizards 15, Pistons 6 (6:51): Pistons have missed eight of the first 10 shots. Monroe with all six Detroit points.
Pistons 0, Wizards 0 (11:59): Everybody in uniform for the Pistons although it sounds as if Stuckey (shoulder) might not play. We shall see.
The Detroit Pistons will attempt to bounce back from one of their worst losses of the season tonight, when they visit the Washington Wizards.
The Pistons are coming off Friday's 109-92 loss at Orlando, which has to rank as one of their most disappointing games of the season.
How bad was it?
Well, the Magic entered the game with eight victories in 28 games this season. The Pistons? They had eight victories on the road alone and had won seven of their previous eight away from The Palace.
Chauncey Billups didn't play for the Pistons (14-17) in Orlando – the back-to-back games thing, remember? – but he's expected to be in uniform tonight against the Wizards (12-14).
Join Brendan Savage and David Mayo to discuss all the action from start to finish.


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I was on my way to work and I realized that it was almost the middle of May and I was still getting ready to go to a hockey game tonight. Think back 2 or 3 years ago and that was not the case! The hockey gods have smiled on Chocolatetown lately. We have been blessed with a great coach, a hard working team, and recent success. A buddy of mine told me the other day that, "man you Bears fans sure have been lucky lately!"
Yes I would say the hockey gods have been kind to us but would I say we have been lucky? Actually .............no! We have not been lucky. A wise man once told me that there is no such thing as luck. "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." When you think about it, that makes a hell of a lot of sense. This team has had the proper preparation and training by a great coach, and they have learned to capitalize on their opportunities. So to me our "luck" is nothing more than a good coaching staff mixed with some very hard working motivated players.
Getting revenge. Sounds good doesn't it? They hurt us so we'll hurt them! In theory I agree. When you have a player on your team get injured it makes you feel bad. It makes you want to return the favor to them and their fans. But really, what better way to upset their fans and piss off their players then by beating them on the scoreboard? Sure, putting one of their players in the hospital sounds cool but you know what? I would rather let the Pens sit in their gold cart while they wait to tee off at the golf coarse thinking and stewing about how they got eliminated by the Hershey Bears AGAIN!!!!!
B-E-A-R-S Bears Bears Woooooooooooooo
This is kind of funny, especially after my blog entry above but.......Tony hooked me up yet again. Here is a picture a few of you asked me for. I do agree that two enforcers going toe to toe is different than cheap shots. I still say lets send Bonvie to the golf coarse


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SANDWICH — The Christian summer camp on Cape Cod where several people including U.S. Sen. Scott Brown said they were sexually abused as children plans to reopen next summer.
Camp Good News in Sandwich announced plans to reopen on its website Monday, angering alleged victims.
The 76-year-old camp did not open last summer following the suicide in April of a longtime employee accused of molestation there in the 1980s. The camp then lost its accreditation.
Several adults, including Brown, stepped forward saying they were molested there. Several are suing, but Brown has said he is not pursuing the matter.
Carmen Durso and Mitchell Garabedian, lawyers representing some alleged Camp Good News victims, questioned the wisdom of reopening the camp. Garabedian says he represents 14 former campers.
A criminal investigation is also ongoing.


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Geddes, NY – A year after Elaina Rose Canestrare, 14, of Geddes, died in a golf-cart accident on Father's Day weekend, her family is announcing a coed softball tournament in her honor.
Canestrare's mother, Susan Canestrare, recently announced the Elaina Canestrare Softball Tournament, which will be held Sept. 10 at Onondaga Lake Parkway to raise money for scholarships in Elaina Rose's name. Sept. 10 would have been her 16th birthday.
Elaina Rose was at her aunt's house in Camillus on the night before Father's Day last year, when the golf cart she was driving with her brother, cousin and friend on board flipped over. Elaina Rose spent hours in intensive care and died June 20, 2010. The Camillus police chief called her death a tragic accident.
Susan Canestrare said the softball tournament will raise money for scholarships through Solvay High School's Dollars for Scholarship fund. Recipients will need four years of chorus or band in order to qualify for the scholarship.
The tournament is open to teams of 9 to 11 people. Registration, which ends Aug. 27, is $225 per team. This is a single elimination tournament with $1,500 in cash prizes. The first place team will receive $750, second place will earn $500 and third place brings home $250.
The tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. with a balloon send-off in honor of Elaina Rose's birthday. There will also be food and drinks for sale and raffles.
For information or to register call Susan Canestrare at 214-3513 or visit elainacanestrare.com.
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Andy Cohen Takes Back Danielle Staub's Gay Advocacy Medal
As Andy Cohen continues the three-part carnival that is The Real Housewives of New Jersey, we're going to see homohost Andy Cohen get around to addressing Danielle Staub — rumored lesbian — on her sudden tolerance of straight guys calling people "faggots" as an insult. Danielle takes no responsibility! Andy takes offense! I take the fifth!
Wait, you mean a Real Housewife of any geographical location is a shameless self-promoter, prone to hyperbole and exaggeration in her quest to cash in on a cheap cult of personality?
I'm outraged! Outraged and betrayed!
Staub is a publicity skunk. That any gay man would associate with her speaks volumes about the gay man's lack of self-respect.
None of these haterosexual women are gay advocates.
@ForeverGay: Agreed. But none of them are near as hypocritical as Danielle is. She does & says whatever suits her at that point in time. I felt sorry for her in the first season, but honestly over this second season I understood why people chose to distance themselves from her. She's just a trouble maker.
@ForeverGay: what about the Manzo's and Laurita's producing and acting in My Big Gay Italian Wedding? They also marched in the parade….


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Detailed scheduled reports
Which of the following best describes an EIS?
Provides immediate access to information relating to the organization's key
Which of the following developments helped lower the cost of videoconferencing?
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Which of the following best describes the function of kiosks?
A computer station that promotes the healthcare organization's services.
Which of the following best describes emerging technologies?
They introduce change to healthcare organizations.
Which of the following best describes a data warehouse?
A large store of data used for strategic decision support.
Which of the following help to facilitate the integration of work processes and team work?
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A physician wants an automated system that allows input of signs, symptoms and results of laboratory tests and provides a list of provisional diagnoses. Which of the following would be best meet the physician's needs?
Which of the following systems supports the creation , organization and dissemination of busness expertise throughout the organization?
Which of the following is composed of an electronic central library or repository of best practices organized by specific business domain?
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So, what's new at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago? Virtually everything.
Unlike dance companies that occasionally dip feet into the past, Hubbard focuses on works by living choreographers eager to stretch the bounds of movement. The troupe, founded in 1977 by former Broadway dancer-choreographer Lou Conte, has been lauded for its daring personality and top-flight dancing.
Hubbard will share both aspects when the company -- last here in 2000 -- appears Saturday at the Ohio Theatre under the auspices of DanceCleveland and Cuyahoga Community College's Tri-C Presents series.
Artistic director Glenn Edgerton was a dancer with another admired Chicago company, Joffrey Ballet, when Hubbard was in its infancy.
"It was a different company certainly from the Joffrey," Edgerton said recently by phone from Chicago. "But what we did have in common was the sense of cultivating and searching for new work and new choreographers. That spirit of creativity was what I grew up with."
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
What: The company performs works by Alejandro Cerrudo, Nacho Duato and Victor Quijada.
When: 8 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, Cleveland.
Tickets: $22-$55. Go to playhousesquare.com or call 216-241-6000.
At Joffrey Ballet, Texas-born Edgerton was inspired by founding artistic director Robert Joffrey, who balanced classical ballets with works by living choreographers. Among them was Jiri Kylian, then artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater, who became Edgerton's next mentor.
After 11 years with Joffrey, Edgerton joined the Nederlands company, which he later led for a decade. (Jim Vincent, his predecessor at Hubbard, is current director of Nederlands.)
Edgerton's time in The Hague prepared him for Hubbard's mission of nurturing the new, though the Chicago company differs from the Dutch troupe's tradition of "doing classical ballet where you're on pointe one day and the following day you're rolling on the floor," he said.
"It's important to me to challenge the dancers and create a wide range with the contemporary world field."
One person helping him do so is dancer Alejandro Cerrudo, who's also Hubbard's resident choreographer. Like Edgerton, he began his career in classical ballet before venturing into contemporary dance. The Madrid-born Cerrudo was dancing with Germany's Stuttgart Ballet when he entered the creative world.
"My first interest was to become a better dancer," said Cerrudo, from Chicago. "If I would step into a choreographer's shoes, I would see what the choreographer's perspective is and what they want from a dancer."
Cerrudo's perspective will be evident in two works, "Blanco" and "Deep Down Dos," on Saturday's program. Four women dance "Blanco," set to music by Mendelssohn and Alkan, while a large ensemble explores relationships in "Deep Down Dos." The latter's score, Mason Bates' "Underground Spaces," was played first by the Chicago Symphony.
Cerrudo chose the music for "Deep Down Dos" after hearing several pieces by Bates, the Chicago Symphony's composer-in-residence. The title refers both to the score's underground sounds and the piece's final duet (dos means two in Spanish).
"It was very exciting to work with something I was not naturally attracted to," he said, "but at the same time there were things about the music that really intrigued me. It was a very, very fun process, because I took it as a blank canvas and I was just sort of feeling the painting."
Along with the Cerrudo works, Hubbard will perform Victor Quijada's "Physikal Linguistiks," a blend of ballet and hip-hop, and Nacho Duato's "Arcangelo," which is more balletic in style.
"It's a very wide range for the dancers," Edgerton said, "even though they're not on pointe. Somehow in there is a common thread of organic, inventive movement."


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Woodstock Elementary School students, mentors and the Woodstock History Center puts together an annual presentation of local history.
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With the 2012-13 season in the books for New Orleans' NBA franchise, beat writers John Reid and Jimmy Smith will be breaking down the performance of each member of the team. Friday: Eric Gordon. On Monday: Anthony Davis.
New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon was intent on being the team's closer this season, but it proved to be too big of a job for him to fulfill effectively.
In a number of games, Gordon struggled after halftime after having productive performances in the first half.
Although Gordon finished the season as the Hornets' leading scorer with a 17.0 average after playing in 42 games, he averaged just 6.7 points after halftime on 33.8 percent shooting. By comparison, he made 45 percent of his shots in the first half to average just more than 10 points.
But he couldn't avoid games like against the Minnesota Timberwolves in March, when he missed an open 3-pointer with 48 seconds remaining and had his layup attempt blocked by forward Andrei Kirilenko with 14.5 seconds left that enabled the Timberwolves to pull out a 97-95 victory.
Gordon, who missed the first 29 games of the season because of a patella disorder and bone bruise in his right knee, made 37.1 percent (36 of 97) of his 3-point attempts in the first half, but made just 25.7 percent (19 of 74) of 3s after halftime.
"This summer is a summer for him to really get healthy and get better, so that next year he's at full clip,'' Coach Monty Williams said. "That's what we anticipate, and that's probably why they put these restrictions on him, to get him to the summertime, so he can fully recover from the surgery."
There were plenty of games in which Gordon scored in double figures but was unable to shoot at a high percentage from the field.
He shot a career-low 40.2 percent this season after making 45 percent of his shots last season. Gordon is a career 44.3 percent shooter. Often it appeared he didn't have much lift on his shots, especially when he was defended closely. He had a tendency earlier in the season to rush shots instead of setting his feet or waiting to get a better shot opportunity.
When Gordon returned Dec. 29, he was placed on restrictions by team doctors to not play in the second game of back-to back sets and not average more than 30 minutes a game. Those restrictions were not lifted until April 9-10 when he played back-to-back games against the Lakers and Sacramento Kings and combined to average 22.5 points.
"It was a tough adjustment, you're coming back and not even at a 100 percent and fighting through that,'' Gordon said. "Then dealing with minor ailments like my back and just different things along the way and you're trying to find your groove also."
The Hornets won 16 of their 27 games with Gordon on the floor, but they lost 25 with him in the starting lineup. Gordon's 42 games played this season was the most he's played since the 2010-11 season. That season he played 50 games with the Los Angeles Clippers.
During the final month of the season, Gordon appeared to be quicker off the dribble to get into the lane that led to free throws or a layup. In the breakdown of his shot selection, Gordon made 51.4 percent of his shots less than five feet from the basket this season. But when forced to take shots five- to- nine-feet away, Gordon's shooting percentage dropped to 38.2 percent. His shooting percentage decreased to 33.3 percent when he was forced to take shots from 10 to 14 feet.
Gordon is a career 36.3 percent shooter from 3-point range, but this season he made only 32.4 percent of his 3s (56 of 173).
Gordon also was a more efficient shooter on the road than he was at New Orleans Arena, though he averaged nearly the identical scoring average, around 17 points a game. Gordon made just 37.6 percent (131-of 348) of his shots and 24.5 percent (26 of 106) from 3-point range at the Arena. On the road, he made 44.1 percent (104 of 236) and 44.8 percent (30 of 67) of his 3-pointers.
But Gordon closed out the season hitting only four-of-17 shots, 0-of-2 from 3-point range before matching a team high with Al-Farouq Aminu with 16 points in Wednesday's 99-87 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
"The main thing for me is to just get back to 100 percent during training camp,'' Gordon said. "That's what I will strive for.''
Home: 22 games; 37.6 FG%; 131 FGM, 348 FGA; 26 3FGM; 106 3FGA; 24.5 3P%;374 points, 17.0 average.
Road: 20 games; 44.1 FG%; 104 FGM, 236 FGA, 30 3FGM; 67 3FGA; 44.8 3P%;339 points, 16.9 average.
Before halftime: 42 games; 45.0%; 144 FGM; 320 FGA; 36 3FGM; 97 3FGA, 37.1 3P%; 420 points, 10.0 avg.
After halftime: 42 games; 33.8%; 88 FGM, 260 FGA; 19 3FGM; 74 3FGA; 25.7 3P%; 285 points; 6.7 avg.
15 games; 26.3 %; 5 FGM; 19 FGA; 1 3FGM; 4 3FGA; 25 3P%; 8 TOs; 1.0 avg.
Less than 5 feet: 108 FGM; 210 FGA; 51.4%
5-9 feet: 26 FGM; 68 FGA; 38.2%
10-14 feet: 7 FGM; 21 FGA; 33.3%
15-19 feet: 23 FGM; 63 FGA; 36.5%
20-24 feet: 34 FGM; 108 FGA; 31.5 %; 19 3FGM; 59 3FGA; 32.2 3P%.
Source: NBA.com


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To the Editor:
The signs are going up, and it's time to get ready for the Nov. 5 elections. It isn't the signs we should care about, but the names on the signs and the people they represent.
We have had one-party Democrat control in Deptford Township for a long time, and it is time for a change and for new voices to be heard.
For the township council, vote for Republicans Mark Hutchinson, Herb Dyer, Mark Pietropola and Jeanine Butterworth-Green.
Bea Cerkez
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AMHERST – The little things win games on the biggest stages. With 2:03 to play and the ball loose on the floor, Smith Academy's Seaver Rickert dove for possession while Keith Natale calmly called timeout, saving the Falcons a possession and leading to a three by David Longstreeth that gave Smith a 62-61 lead over St. Joseph's of Pittsfield.
Big plays by Natale and Derek McMahon held the lead and Smith (21-3) left the Curry Hicks Cage with a 66-63 win over St. Joe's (14-10) and the Western Massachusetts Division III Boy's Championship. They will face the winner of Littleton and Hopedale on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Smith's leading scorer, Mat Sulda, was held down for much of the first half by St. Joe's aggressive defense, but sophomore David Longstreeth picked up the slack with 10 first half points to keep the Falcons from falling too far behind.
"We've known he can [play like this]], it's just a matter of getting him to do it all the time on a consistent basis," Smith coach Matthew Zerneri said. "No bigger game than this to do it. He works his tail off and I'm just proud of him to step up and contribute like he did."
By the second half Smith had figured out ways to get Sulda into the swing of things and he responded with a 10-point third quarter. That quarter almost never happened, however, after Sulda came crashing to the floor at the 7:21 mark and didn't get up for almost a minute.
Sulda left the game for about 30 seconds before checking back in at the 6:50 mark, energizing his team and scoring seven points after returning to play. He capped his big quarter with a buzzer-beating three that cut the St. Joe's lead to 47-46 headed into the final frame.
Smith finally jumped on top of the Crusaders with 5:14 to play after Derek McMahon broke through the defense and finished at the rim for two. Sulda followed that with his fourth three of the contest and gave Smith a 57-53 advantage.
St. Joe's regained their lead at 61-59 after a three by Tank Roberson with 3:02 to play. The teams would trade scoreless possessions before Rickert and Natale's heady play set up Longstreeth's big three.
"It was close in the last few minutes and I knew that a few plays would give us that burst to get the big 'W,'" said Natale, who also had a big block during this stretch. "There was a lot of energy going through our team and we just did what we had to do."
The three for Longstreeth came from a broken play. After Zerneri drew up a play for Sulda in the huddle, St. Joe's came out in a zone defense which forced and adjustment and a big-time play from the Falcons sophomore.
McMahon followed the three by Longstreeth with a steal and hoop of his own to stretch the lead to three. Lavonte Wiggins and Natale would trade baskets to set up a final shot for St. Joe's with 4.9 seconds left, down by three.
"I knew we couldn't lose going into it," Zerneri said. "The idea was to foul them the first time and make them take a tough, contested shot the second time and, obviously the plan worked for us."
The plan worked perfectly as Michael Carpenter's last shot rattled off the rim, but not without a moment of drama as the shot hung in the air.
"My stomach dropped, he had to make a tough shot and Derek got a great tip on it at the end," Sulda said. "We're just glad it didn't go in."
Sulda finished tied with Roberson and Carpenter for the game-high with 19 points. Natale added 18 while Longsreeth finished with a season-high 13 points.


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Anyone who has watched the Browns play this year knows that there has been a sufficient amount of dropped passes. The most costly drop of the season came Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Greg Little went up strong, in coverage, on the goal line but the ball deflected off his hands incomplete - leading to the Browns' hard fought loss.
Little is not the only guilty one for dropping passes: Jordan Norwood, Jordan Cameron, Ben Watson, Mohammed Massaquoi have all been guilty of dropping passes.
Brandon Weeden has faced some growing pains with his transition from college to the pros; and his receivers, or lack there of, have not made it any easier. Weeden has attempted 167 passes this season, which is third most among NFL QB's. I'm sure attempting that many passes through four games was something Pat Shurmur did not have in mind for his rookie QB.
Through the first four games of the season, the Browns have not shown much balance to their offense. Trent Richardson has shown some signs of greatness by trucking Eagles safety Kurt Coleman, or out running the whole Bengals' defense. Nevertheless, he has only averaged 55 yards per game. With the low number of Richardson carries and the high number of Weeden pass attempts – this is a clear sign of a team always playing from behind, trying to score points quick.
Being in a pass every down situation is nothing new to Weeden after his career at Oklahoma State where his completion percentage was 72.3% during his senior season. During his final season Weeden's top target was fellow 2012 first-round pick, Justin Blackmon. The second leading receiver in the Cowboy offense was Josh Cooper – who went undrafted and signed by the Cleveland Browns. Cooper caught 71 passes from Weeden last year.
Cooper is now on our practice squad and is getting talked about a lot this week. Without Josh Cribbs, Travis Benjamin, and Massaquoi practicing this week while the team prepares for their matchup against the Giants, Cooper has been a popular name in the media. He turned heads in the first preseason game of the year in Detroit when he ran a slant pattern and stretched his arm out and snagged the inaccurate pass from Seneca Wallace for a one-handed catch.
There was no question that Cooper had NFL hands, but his problem was creating space from defensive backs. He may be able to catch what is thrown his way, but no QB will throw it to him if a defensive player is blanketing him. So long with Weeden, Cooper is also struggling with the transition from college to NFL.
With the first four games in the book, the Browns will look to improve offensively to take pressure off their defense. They rank 27 in the league in points per game, averaging 18.2. If the Browns want to have success this season, they need to develop a balanced attack and must start scoring on their first offensive possession.
With the loss of Phil Taylor in the beginning of the season and losing Joe Haden for four games, Dick Jauron and his defense has done a great job at keeping the Browns in line for a win in all of their games.
The Browns lost three of their four games this season by seven points or less. It has been a disappointment having the Browns start off 0-4 for the third time since their rebirth in 1999. Haden will be back week six, and Taylor is on track to be back sometime late October or December. By then, hopefully, our offense will develop chemistry and won't need to rely on our defense to win games.
General Manager, Tom Heckert, has done a good job of adding players that we can move forward with. Now it is up to Shurmur and the rest of the coaching staff to call the right plays and develop them into the team Heckert has in mind.


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I made the fight gloves (lol that i didnt wear) and Imari made the rest of the costume.
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Less than two years after introducing New Orleans movie-goers to the concept of upscale, in-theater dining, the operators of The Theatres at Canal Place have cooked up plans to further feed locals' appetite for food with their flicks.
The all-digital, five-screen theater -- which serves up a blend of arthouse and mainstream movie fare with its gourmet menu and full-service bar in The Shops at Canal Place mall on the edge of the French Quarter -- will nearly double the size of its operation this spring, taking over the nearby spaces currently occupied by Southern Rep and RHINO Contemporary Craft Co., mall and theater officials confirmed late this afternoon (Jan. 11).
The expansion, according to officials, will see the addition of four screens and increase the theater's presence in the mall from 12,000 square feet to 21,000 square feet.
The new auditoriums will feature "the same state-of-the-art film technology, high-caliber independent and wide-release film selections, luxury movie seats and gourmet food and drink service by Gusto, the on-site cinema café and bar from Chef Adolfo Garcia that is currently featured at Canal Place," officials said in a news release.
Work on the expansion is expected to be completed by this summer. The five existing screens will remain open during the expansion.
Earlier this week, it was announced that Southern Rep will lose its lease Jan. 30 after 19 years as a neighbor of the movie theater on the mall's third-floor. RHINO had previously announced that it was moving to the mall's second floor on Feb. 1. Those moves sparked speculation about the future use of the spaces, but nothing was confirmed until today, when mall and theater officials released their joint announcement.
Long a destination for local purveyors of arthouse cinema, the Canal Place movie theater changed operators in late 2009, transferring from Landmark Theatres to the locally owned Southern Theatres. At the same time, plans were announced for a $4 million stem-to-stern overhaul that would not only see a conversion to all-digital projection and installation of plush leather seats, but also the introduction of in-theater food service from the Mediterranean-influenced Gusto.
Those renovations were completed in May 2010.
"The Theatres at Canal Place pioneered this unique food and beverage luxury theater concept in the Gulf South region," Brandon Berger of Canal Place said. "That it's been tremendously successful is evidenced by their desire to expand at this time, and we are thrilled to add to the first class shopping and entertainment experience that the Canal Place customer has come to expect."


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As my mother woke me up at 8:00 this morning because of all the things I had to do today, I was completely reluctant to get out of bed, but I found one reason to hop onto my feet: The weekday morning TBS lineup -- "Saved by the Bell" and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" reruns!
I don't know if it's the crazy plans Zack Morris comes up with, Lisa Turtle's ridiculous attitude, or Zack's dorky and oblivious sidekick Screech that keeps me hooked on "Saved by the Bell." Whatever it is, though, I can't get enough. It might be "mindless television", but it sure beats whatever I'll catch on VH1 or MTV.
At nine o'clock, I don't have to get up and start my chores just yet, because there's still an entire hour of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" to watch. "The Fresh Prince" is a great classic, and so is its theme song (which is top-rated on my ipod). "The Fresh Prince" is a show of clashing cultures when Will Smith, a Philadelphia native, is sent to live with his high-class Bel-Air aunt, uncle, and cousins.
Both shows have their own quirks that captivates their audiences, which is why they're still airing reruns twenty years later.


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Lisa's most recent corporate role was heading up the marketing for Aussie Home Loans. Prior to that, she held various general, marketing and sales management positions within Optus and 3M Australia.
In addition to experience in telecommunications, banking and finance, Lisa worked with 3M in the office products, promotional merchandising, retail, manufacturing, and occupational health and safety industry sectors.
In June 2007, Lisa was appointed Chairperson of Daystar
Foundation, having initially become involved as a Board Director with with Daystar in 2006. Daystar works in South West Sydney to deliver programs to encourage children and young people to engage with their education ultimately giving them better life choices. Lisa works closely with Daystar's CEO using her corporate skills to continually improve Daystar's efficiencies and deliver more programs to the community.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing major) from the University of Technology, Sydney; a Certificate in Direct Marketing from the Australian Direct Marketing Association; and is a Certified Practicing Marketer with the Australian Marketing Institute. Lisa completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors' Not For Profit Board Course in early 2010.
From time to time, it makes sense to work with other marketing professionals. Sense Marketing has a number of skilled marketers it calls upon if additional resources are required. We have strategic partnerships with the following businesses:
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"All the programs which Sense Marketing has developed and managed for us have been in line with our brand and our corporate goals. They listen to what our business needs are, and then develop plans to assist with identifying new business opportunities." Russell Evans, Managing Director, Hyperion Solutions


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In her latest blog entry, Kim Kardashian shared with her fans just how chaotic the life of an untalented reality TV star can be.
"My mom and [step-dad] Bruce [Jenner] woke up recently to their house covered in toilet paper!!!" she wrote Sunday. "I strongly suspect it was done by people who know or are connected to the family."
Or to Paris Hilton, of course.
From vandals to pool parties, life is rarely dull for Kim Kardashian!
Meanwhile, Kim also filled readers in on the crazy Fourth of July pool party she enjoyed with her family and boyfriend Reggie Bush.
"[My sister] Khloe and Reggie started it by throwing my mom in! "Then Reggie threw [my brother] Rob in and broke his cell phone! Then Reggie threw Khloe in! Then Khloe threw me in!"
What a truly amazing celebration. Thank goodness Kim has a blog to keep us all updated on these series of events.


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PHILADELPHIA -- David Barrett has been an NFL starting cornerback for most of his eight NFL seasons. He relishes the challenge of being on an "island," going man-against-man with the wide receiver.
Safeties? They just have to play centerfield and not let anyone get behind them -- an easy job, he always thought. How hard can that be, he wondered.
Turns out, it's very hard. Barrett began taking reps at safety roughly two weeks into training camp and he has realized that playing centerfield isn't as easy as he thought.
"I have way more respect for the safeties than I did before," said Barrett, who was expected to see plenty of time there last night in the Jets' preseason finale against the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
"They have a lot on their heads. A lot they have to get out. They have to talk to the linebackers and get everybody lined up."
It's been a surprising change for Barrett, who has started 36 games in the past four seasons for the Jets since being signed as an unrestricted free agent from Arizona, where he played his first four seasons. He has 11 career interceptions with the Jets (17 career).
But the sudden emergence of rookie cornerback Dwight Lowery has Barrett taking reps at safety, and could make him expendable. He's scheduled to count nearly $3 million against the cap this season even though he recently took a $1.4 million pay cut.
"When (Margini) told me (he was moving me to safety), I was kind of shocked," said Barrett. "But it is what it is. It's just a matter of going out there and seeing it and knowing what to do.
"I take it (being switched) like this. They (the Jets) want to look at guys. They want to see what guys can do out there. If they can do better than what I can do out there, so be it."
Last week, Barrett played extensively at safety against the Giants. He finished with three tackles. It was his first game action at the position.
"It felt a little different but good," said Barrett, who must now be more active in the run defense, often at the point of attack. "It's a little different from being out there on the corner on an island the whole time. You have to get used to that.
"But like they say, the more you can do ..."
That's certainly coach Eric Mangini's battle cry. He loves versatile players because, in the case of an injury, he has more flexibility.
Injuries have forced the Jets to be versatile now. Starting cornerback Justin Miller (dislocated toe) is out one to three weeks, and his availability for the opener in Miami is uncertain. Lowery has received most of the reps with the first team while Barrett and veteran Hank Poteat have also gotten time at the position.
"Dwight has worked with the first team. David Barrett has worked with the first team. Hank Poteat has worked with the first team," said Mangini. "That's part of the thought process, to have multiple guys that can fill in. You saw last week (against the Giants) we worked a lot of guys in a lot of different spots in the secondary to build that flexibility."
The laid-back Barrett says he's just going with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.
"I've been doing this for nine years," he says. "I'm just here to help the team. It's whatever I can do to help the team."


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Bonnie Warnock, associate professor of Natural Resource Management at Sul Ross, receives the 2011-12 Outstanding Teaching Award from Rob Kinucan, right, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, and President Ricardo Maestas.
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Bonnie Warnock, associate professor of Natural Resource Management, is the 2011-12 recipient of Sul Ross State University's Outstanding Teaching Award.
Warnock, a member of the Sul Ross faculty since 2001, received her award Thursday (Sept. 13) from President Ricardo Maestas during a ceremony in the Morgan University Center.
Maestas noted that Warnock "is widely recognized by students and peers as an engaged, caring and talented teacher."
Warnock has also been cited by the American Association of State Schools and Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable Resources, the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and the Texas Water Conservation Districts for outstanding contributions to teaching.
Rob Kinucan, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, praised Warnock's achievements and standards of excellence, both as a student and later as a faculty member.
"We're thankful to have Bonnie and very pleased to have her recognized for this award," Kinucan said.
"I am very honored and flattered to be recognized by my peers and students," she said. "I really enjoy teaching and interacting with the students and I think my love of teaching shows through in the classroom."
Warnock also ranches with her husband, Seth, near Marathon. Her family has been active in ranching near Marathon and Sanderson since the 1890s, and she brings her practical experience into the classroom.
"I try to give a lot of real examples and use outdoor activities to get my students engaged in the field," she said. "I am active in ranching and I try to take theoretical information and tie it into real-life practices."
After attending Texas Tech in 1992-93, Warnock enrolled at Sul Ross. She received a B.S. in range and wildlife management in 1995, graduating summa cum laude, then received her M.S. in range management in 1997.
She joined the Sul Ross faculty as a visiting lecturer in January 2001. She was hired full-time as a lecturer later that year, then received her Ph.D. in soil science in 2003 from Texas A&M University and was promoted to assistant professor. Warnock was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and was named department chair.
At Sul Ross, she teaches undergraduate classes in soils, range ecology, fire ecology, watershed management, habitat management, range inventory and plant identification. She also teaches graduate classes in restoration ecology and field ecology.
Previous recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Award since 1983 include: Metha Sprinkle (education); Ernest Reesing (range animal science); William L. Beatty (business administration); David L. Cockrum (psychology); Jimmy D. Case (political science); Robie Golden (mathematics); Bob Pannell (education); Wayne Sheehan (history); Rex Wilson (music); George Bradley (communications and theatre); Greg Schwab (communications and theatre); Daniel Vrudny (industrial technology); Keith West (communications and theatre); Ellen Boyd music); Abelardo Baeza (English and Spanish); Ray Beaulieu (mathematics); Mark Saka (history); Patti Trietsch (education); Jeff Pendergraft (animal science); Barbara Tyler (education); Jesus Tafoya (Spanish); Dona Roman (communication/theatre); Sheehan; Martin Terry (biology); Carol Fairlie (art); Louis Harveson (natural resource management); Sharon Hileman (languages and literature); and Christopher Ritzi (biology).


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If you've ever wondered what goes into making an ITF Pro Circuit tournament, this short video will give you an insight.
Filmed at the men's Great Britain F6 tournament held in Shrewsbury during February 2014, it provides behind the scenes glimpses and a by-the-numbers breakdown.
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Ohio's other effigy mound, Alligator Mound, is located in Granville. The mound is over 200 feet long and between four and five and feet high at its highest point. It is located on the top of a bluff overlooking the Raccoon Creek valley.
In spite of its name, the mound doesn't really look anything at all like an alligator. It is in the shape of a four-footed creature with a round head and a long tail that curls at the end. For a lot of reasons, I think it represents the Underwater Panther, a powerful and dangerous supernatural creature thought by many American Indian tribes to reside in lakes and other bodies of water.
This may be why the early Granville settlers ended up calling it "Alligator" Mound. If they had asked local Native people what the mound represented and had been told it was a large and dangerous creature with a long tail that lived in the water the settlers may have jumped to the conclusion that the Indians were talking about an alligator. If so, this would explain why the seemingly incongruous name stuck. It was an alligator because the people who would know said it was!
Some years ago, my wife Karen and our two sons Ben and Peter, much younger then, made a model of the "Alligator" out of Lego bricks for a homeschool project. I recently came across a picture of the model and thought I'd post it here to see if it inspired anyone to create models of some of Ohio's other ancient earthworks.
The Alligator Mound is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by the Licking County Historical Society. It may not be as impressive as the Great Serpent Mound, but it's worth a visit.
For more information about Alligator Mound, check out my article "Ohio's 'Alligator'" in the March-April 2001 issue of Timeline.
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In the past six months, Julie Bonneau went from working poor to just plain poor, 41 years old, three kids along for the ride.
Read about the struggling economy's impact on your neighbors in the "Jobless in Oregon" series
She received no severance in December when she was laid off from her part-time bookkeeping job. Not that she blames her former boss. Business is business. Two weeks later, she lost her apartment -- business being, again, business.
"Yeah, no," Bonneau says, through a brittle laugh, "I didn't have a savings account."
She casts more than 100 job applications to silent employers. Meanwhile, her family's needs roar.
"You have to deal with your kids when you've just been told no on an interview," says Bonneau, who is separated from her husband. "When you've just been told 'No, we can't help you with your apartment.' You just want to sit down and bawl, and you've got to keep acting like you've still got it together for your kids."
Even in the best of times, raising children can challenge the most stable of parents.
But the worst of times -- times like these -- can leave stressed-out adults unfit to parent just when their children need them most. Under the pressure, some can crack.
Not if Oregon's 11 relief nurseries have anything to say about it.
The public and privately funded agencies were established during the past three decades to combat childhood abuse and neglect. They support tapped-out parents with therapeutic child care for children 5 and younger; clothes; food and problem solving. The idea is to intervene before families end up in the child welfare system. A report last year showed 98 percent of children in Oregon's relief nurseries subsequently avoided foster care.
Now, nursery leaders say the rotten economy is driving families to their doorsteps.
In Bend, a city with 17 percent unemployment, the waiting list at Mountain Star Family Relief Nursery soared from 90 children last year to 160. Relief nurseries triage families, those most in danger bump to the head of the line.
Eugene's relief nursery, where Bonneau is a client, has served more children in the first three months of this year than they did all of last, says Irene Alltucker, executive director.
The more social, emotional, mental and financial problems a family has, the more likely children will be abused. Just four such risk factors make a child 10 times more likely to be abused than children from families with no risk factors. In Roseburg, a town with a reserved seat at a bare table, 22 risk factors nip away at the average nursery family.
Before children can enroll in the nurseries' most intensive program -- the therapeutic early childhood classrooms -- parents must agree to let teachers visit them at home, as often as once a week. If they need it, children can remain in the program until they reach kindergarten.
"It's really touching, thinking about a family contacting an organization like ours," says Tim Rusk, executive director of Bend's nursery. "It's sort of like a family on its knees, saying 'That's the kind of help I need.' It's the first step to letting things get better."
The staff at Eugene's nursery describe many of the clients as the "newly needy," working-class families like Bonneau's who scraped by before the economic crash. They are reluctant to ask for help, intimidated by the labyrinthine social service system and may put off applying for unemployment out of pride, says Sharri da Silva, program director of the Relief Nursery in Eugene. And Bonneau, who sought help long before her stress got the best of her, is coping better than most, staff members say.
"People are not only getting slammed with losing their job and their home, but now they're finding themselves having to do things that they thought they'd never have to do," da Silva says, such as seeking food stamps. "And then if their 2-year-old is just being a 2-year-old, and they've just lost their job, and they don't have any money for dinner, that could be volatile."
Debra Dreiling, program manager for the Relief Nursery in Eugene, says parents tell workers that crowding two and three families into an apartment compounds tension. Parents will act angry and anxious in front of their children, who respond by misbehaving or shutting down. Some parents will spend all day glued to the phone and Internet, looking frantically for work but ignoring their children in the process.
Dreiling hears of situations where newly unemployed fathers sit at home for hours, playing video games, drinking -- and neglecting their children.
"Dads are asking, 'How do I play with my kids? I don't know how to do that. I used to go to work,'" Dreiling says.
Bonneau offers a study in staying a strong and attentive parent in the face of unimaginable strain. A plainspoken blonde who favors tank tops and flip flops and carries a Bible bound with a pink rhinestone-studded cross, she sought the relief nursery's help two years ago.
Her youngest, Gabriel, was born with a misshapen tibia. So much focus went into teaching him to walk that he wasn't learning to talk.
One day, at about 18 months old, "he ended up just screaming," Bonneau says. "From the minute he woke up, he would scream for things."
"I don't know what to do," she remembers thinking. She wasn't about to raise a hand against him.
One agency suggested she call Eugene's relief nursery, and by the end of the day, a worker was at her house. She enrolled Gabriel in a therapeutic classroom under teacher Agnes Bachmeier. Mother and son learned to use sign language, and Gabriel worked with a speech therapist. He bonded so tightly to Bachmeier that he calls her "Nanny."
Within months, Bonneau's life steadied.
Then capsized.
She separated from her husband, sharing custody of Gabriel and his sister. Her oldest daughter already lives with her father.
The bookkeeping job that was never meant to be more than side income for a married couple was now a single mom's sole support. When she lost it, along with the two-bedroom apartment, she had unemployment of $113 a week. Bonneau couldn't afford another place. Gabriel's teacher advised Bonneau to explain the situation to her kids honestly but simply.
"I lost my job. I don't have the money for rent. We have to move. And we're going to be making some changes," Bonneau told her children.
Without a job, she didn't qualify for the state's financial child care assistance, complicating her search for work. The nursery continued to take Gabriel two mornings a week, freeing Bonneau to job hunt.
Briefly, the family moved in with Bonneau's mother, but when that didn't work out, Bonneau was down to one option: sleeping in her 1996 Ford Explorer. She took the children to live full time with their dad. She dropped off their homemade quilts and a teddy bear, then "I went and sat in my van in a park and just cried and cried."
Bonneau sees her children several times a week, taking them to the park and the library, or coming over in the evenings to put them to bed. She is still without a job. She says she works to shield them from her stress -- another lesson from the nursery -- but they worry. In his prayers, Gabriel includes a plea that his mother's vehicle not break down.
But her eldest daughter has suffered most.
"She saw that her mom was living in her van, and she started getting sick and getting very stressed out about it," Bonneau says. "I just told her, 'God is handing us adventures right now. We're just going to ride this out, and see where it goes.'"
-- Paige Parker; firstname.lastname@example.com


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With reality dance shows more popular than ever, it's a treat when fans are able to see professionals waltz and cha-cha in person. And as luck would have it, the American Star Ball Championships are taking place in Atlantic City from May 17-19 at the newly renovated Golden Nugget.
This major event is one of the premier ballroom dance championships in the world and includes both amateur and professional dancers that will compete for world titles.
Plus, for everyone who loves fashion and enjoys the fancy garb these dancers wear, then you will be delighted to see true ballroom couture by Dore Designs. The company's designs can be seen on popular reality dance show "So You Think You Can Dance."
The event is open to the public and guests will have an chance to meet the dancing stars as well as Dawn Smart, the head designer for Dore.


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Markee Jefferies is Living Her Dream
Markee began her career at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden as a seasonal employee during the summer of 2007. In 2012, she became a full-time zookeeper for the Zoo's Great American Wings of Wonder Bird Show.
Before each bird show, Markee must clean the birds' cages, prepare food and feed her feathery friends, and go through the proper training and enrichment to prepare the birds for the show. During the show, Markee can be seen handling parrots, hornbills, raptors and penguins.
Markee says that her favorite part about being a zookeeper is, "seeing how intelligent the birds are. They all have different personalities." She also enjoys educating the public about the various types of birds in the show. One of Markee's fondest zookeeper memories is of the time she got to let the bald eagle, Sam, fly in Great American Ball Park during the national anthem.
When Markee is not working with the birds, she enjoys playing in coed volleyball and softball leagues and taking care of her two pet cats.
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Obituaries for March 19th
Joe Donald Mashburn, 67, of Howland, passed away Monday, March 17, 2014, at U.T. Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas following a short courageous battle with cancer.
Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 22nd at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Parker officiating. Burial will follow in McDonald Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mr. Mashburn, the son of Joe Denton & Christine Sanders Mashburn, was born Feb. 18, 1947, in Paris. He graduated from Paris High School in 1965, and received his Bachelors Degree from East Texas State University in 1968. Joe Donald was a lifetime member of Howland Baptist Church where he led the choir and was music director for many years. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
He was a farmer & rancher for many years in southwestern Lamar County. He was president of the Lamar County Farm Bureau for a number of years, on the Soil Conservation Board, FSA County Committee, was recognized as a Young Farmer of the Year, and was active in the American Agriculture Movement.
Joe Donald worked for the Production Credit Association in Sulphur Springs from 1985 until retiring in 2007. He then became Vice-President of the Texas Heritage National Bank in Sulphur Springs until his passing.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Ann King Mashburn, whom he married on May 2, 1964, daughters: Jody Hostetler & husband Joe Neal; Kristi Townes & husband Michael; Donna Durham & husband Patrick, his parents: Joe Denton & Chris Mashburn, sister: Anna Kay Zant, grandsons: Matthew Cannada, Jeffrey, Wesley & Aaron Hostetler, Pecos Hurley, Canyon & Jacob Boswell, granddaughters: Sierra Hurley & Breezy Townes, one great granddaughter, Aria Allen all of Howland, sisters-in-law: Marjorie Ford & husband Henry; Margaret Dicken; and Katy Peterson along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents: David & Mary Ann Mashburn and Bud & Ola Sanders, a brother: David Glenn Mashburn, and a brother-in-law: Roger Peterson.
Joe Donald was a family man who loved the Lord and his family more than anything in this world. He had a slew of friends, never met a stranger, always had a smile on his face and had a laugh that people instantly fell in love with.
Casket bearers will be: Monty Cannada, Dwyatt Bell, Harvey McCoin, William Justiss, Tommy Alspaugh, Jimmy Don Preston, Gary Cope and Stevie Cope. Honorary bearers will be: Bubba Justiss and Bill King.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to McDonald Cemetery Association, c/o Gary Cope, 11220 FM 137, Paris, TX 75462 or the charity of one's choice.
To leave a message or tribute for the family please visit www.brighthollandfuneralhome.com.