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Posted on August 29, 2013
A special issue of Grand Valley Magazine will soon be available for members of the campus community.
The summer issue is devoted to the university's newest buildings: Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons and L. William Seidman Center.
Beautiful photography by News and Information Services photographers shows off unique features of each building. Articles highlight the buildings' artwork and sustainable factors. On the magazine's website, a video slideshow collects the most popular social media posts by students, faculty and community members.
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Million: Pipeline denial won't affect plans
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Million said he plans to file a formal application with the commission that he expects will receive approval.
"FERC's ruling doesn't affect us from the standpoint of continuing to move forward," Million said in a phone interview.
The commission on Thursday denied Wyco' request for a re-hearing on the proposed 500-mile water pipeline from Wyoming to the Front Range.
"We are not persuaded by any of Wyco's unsupported arguments that it should be issued a preliminary permit," the commission said in its filing.
Wyco in March asked the commission for a rehearing on its application after the commission rejected the proposal in February.
Million on Friday said the latest ruling has given his team a better understanding of what it must include in its formal application.
"We'll address the issues and keep heading through the permitting process," he said.
Large engineering construction firms involved in the project remain interested, he added. He declined to name them, citing confidentiality agreements.
The pipeline would help meet the water needs of Colorado, which faces a water supply shortfall, Million said. It also would bolster flows in the Poudre River.
Environmentalists contend the project would lessen Green River flows. Groups such as Western Resource Advocates, National Parks Conservation Association and Colorado Environmental Coalition oppose Wyco's application.
Stacy Tellinghuisen, water and energy policy analyst for Boulder-based Western Resources Advocates, called the pipeline "harmful to the environment" and "not necessary for meeting future water demands."
Million said the Green River already enjoys "full legal protection" and that it would take only "5 to 7 percent" of water in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and Wyoming annually.
"The project has huge some benefits to the Poudre River system and protection of that system," he said.
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Nutrition Analysis per serving: 350 calories, 11g fat, 16g protein, 51g carbohydrate, 12g fiber, 763mg sodium
Black Bean & Salsa Sloppy Joes
Getting started Equipment you will need: cutting board/knife, colander, medium skillet, spoon Do right away when you get home: Action step 1
3 garlic cloves
2 ½ cups black beans (no salt added)
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 cups salsa (of your choice)
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. cumin
5 whole wheat hamburger buns
2/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1. Mince garlic. Rinse and drain beans.
2. Heat skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients. Bring contents to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Spoon into buns and top with cheese.
Suggested Side Items: fruit and yogurt parfait
Tips: Substitute hot sauce or barbeque sauce in place of Worcestershire sauce to create a different flavor. Choose a lower sodium salsa if you are watching your sodium intake.
Shopping list: 2 (15 oz) cans no salt added black beans 5 whole wheat hamburger buns Salsa (of your choice) Shredded cheddar cheese
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which horror movie do you think you could survive in
friday the 13
nightmar on elm street
all of them
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all of them
i would survive them all....cuz im a boss like that...
*off topic*
i just found out that ill be in school on 12/21/12....
Well seeing as I am not black, a blonde, the jock, or the red shirt, I think I can live through any of them.
None of them, but maybe Jason because I don't go camping.
I die first in every movie cuz im black
hmm... which one did i piss myself most in..... lol
All of them....Bring it on
Black guy always make it to atleast half the movie
I would survive them all, people in horror movies are always completely retarded and get themselves killed. I would pull some major ass kickery on those horror movie bad guys, show 'em how its done.
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i would survive them all....cuz im a boss like that...
*off topic*
i just found out that ill be in school on 12/21/12....
Off topic, I was in school on 10/11/01, even better. I only remember because the teacher said something about how its rare for the date to be the same in both directions.
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March assault turns deadly
A felonious assault that took place in March during a burglary at a Marietta home now may be investigated as a murder, after one of the victims died Saturday.
It is not certain that 80-year-old Billie Runnion died as a result of injuries sustained during the assault. Her body has been sent to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for an autopsy, said Sgt. Greg Nohe of the Marietta Police Department.
Runnion and her son, James, 50, both sustained multiple injuries from an unknown assailant or assailants when their 914 Emerson Ave. home was burglarized between the evening of March 18 and morning of March 19, said Nohe.
"They both had severe head injuries and there were other injuries that were sustained by Mrs. Runnion that required them both to be Life Flighted to Columbus," he said.
According to a press release from the Marietta Police Department, James was treated and released. He is currently home and still recovering from his injuries, said Nohe.
Billie Runnion remained in Columbus for extensive treatment and was later transfered to The Arbors at Marietta for continued rehabilitation until she passed away Saturday.
The Runnions were not able identify any suspects, said Nohe.
"We were not able to elicit any information from the victims that would identify a suspect or suspects," he said.
Neither of the Runnions phoned for help. It was a home health aide who was scheduled to assist Billie the morning of March 19 who placed the call to police.
"When she couldn't get anybody to answer the door she looked in the window and saw some issues and summoned the police," said Nohe.
There was no sign of forced entry into the home, he said. Some prescription medication was stolen from the home during the attack, he said.
So far, the assault on the Runnions has been investigated as a felonious assault and burglary, said Nohe.
If Billie's autopsy results show that her death was a result of injuries sustained in the incident, it could result in an aggravated murder charge for the perpetrator.
The police are looking for any information from the public that might be helpful in solving the crime, said Nohe.
"Somebody knows something and we would like for them to contact us," he said.


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These days, the Internet and privately-owned intranets and extranets keep everyone connected. Whether you want to talk, transfer data, send a message or watch a video, it all travels through a variety of networks. As more people and companies become dependent on these networks, more problems need to be overcome. These include:
- Bad connections
- Loss of bandwidth
- Crashed or corrupt files
- Threats from hackers
- Computer viruses
- Identity theft
- Online fraud and credit card theft
More skilled IT technicians will be needed to install, maintain, manage, repair and secure complex network systems. According to Computerworldmagazine, high-profile breaches have prompted company executives to ramp up the demand for qualified security professionals to the highest levels since 9/11.
In addition, new uses for computer-based networks are being developed everyday. In the healthcare industry alone, new IT systems are needed to manage patient records and new databases are being developed to run DNA sequencing. Opportunities are out there for those who have what it takes.
If you're tech savvy and cool under pressure, IT could be a great career field.
Successful Information Technology professionals know how to work effectively under pressure. They're cool-headed under a crisis and willing to work long hours to fix problems.
A career in information technology could be right for you if you:
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Home List of Titles The parenting competency framework: learning to be a parent of a child with asthma
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/191626
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- The parenting competency framework: learning to be a parent of a child with asthma
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- Maltby, Hendrika J.; Kristjanson, Linda; Coleman, Mardhie E.
- Abstract
- Every parent who faces an illness in their child might doubt their competence to care. When a chronic illness is diagnosed, competence can be severely challenged because of the sustained and multiple disruptions to daily life. A conceptual framework entitled 'Learning to be a Parent of a Child with Asthma' was developed from the results of a descriptive phenomenological study completed in Perth, Western Australia. It describes the stages of challenges to competency that parents experience as they learn to care for their asthmatic children. The impact of this illness on parents and the extent to which they are able to help their children respond to the demands of asthma are critical components in understanding the effect of this disease on parental competency. Insight into parental competency and the relationship to chronic illness will help health professionals provide the support and information needed by parents to manage asthma in their children.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- International Journal of Nursing Practice, Vol. 9, no. 6 (Dec 2003), pp. 368-373
- Publication year
- 2003
- FOR Code(s)
- 1110 Nursing
- Keyword(s)
- Asthma; Chronic illness; Family; Parenting competence
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- Wiley-Blackwell
- 1322-7114
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2003.
- Additional information
- Funding for this study was provided by Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
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This is meant to be a really short post with three short reasons your niche website is making no money. I've built a few sites based around tightly defined niches — some successful, some not. By comparing my successes with my failures, I think I am in a good position to offer up some lessons I have learned in the niche marketing game.
Three Reasons You're Niche Site Makes No Money
1) You don't care about the products associated with the niche or people interested in the niche. In comparing two successful sites I've created and that generate income against two unsuccessful sites that don't generate income, it's clear to me that you need to at least sort of like the niche you are building the website around. If you like the niche, you will spend more time working on the site. Try to find a niche that you don't despise.
2) Sales in your niche don't pay well. If you're working your tail off to sell a product that generates a $10 commission for you, then you need to sell a lot of this product to make any money. Sure, it will probably be difficult in the beginning to sell products that generate higher commissions, but in the long run, it may be a better idea to promote higher cost products. Why work your butt off for small commissions? Selling anything is difficult. Seeing one big commission will encourage you to work even harder.
3) You don't genuinely recommend the products you are, um, recommending. This is probably the biggest hurdle to having a successful niche website. If you are only thinking about the money at the end of the road, you probably won't get too far. I don't mean that it is bad to be thinking about profit at every step of the process of creating a niche site — I mean, why else would we make niche sites? — I just mean that it will be a whole lot easier to make money in a niche with products you can genuinely recommend. Make things easier on yourself.
*I want you to feel like this when you're working on your niche websites.
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Corrections admits mistake in Breer case
BARRE The Department of Corrections says it made a big mistake in regard to the release of files that figure in the most recent case against convicted kidnapper Harley Breer Jr.
Breer, 42, is representing himself in Washington County criminal court in Barre, where he faces numerous charges including sexual assault, domestic assault and burglary. He was convicted in a high-profile kidnapping case in 1999 and spent eight years in prison.
Breer is being held without bail at the prison in Springfield. He is accused of beating a woman with whom he lived in November 2011. He allegedly stole the womans car and went on the run before being found.
He was in court Tuesday to discuss files he was seeking from the department about his time on probation for the kidnapping.
In December, Breer requested access to all of the records probation officials kept about him while he was under supervision, saying the information would help him in his defense against charges of violating probation. At that time, Judge Thomas Zonay ordered the department to get the information ready in 30 days. The judge would then help decide what Breer can have access to based on relevance to the case.
Representing the Department of Corrections on Tuesday was David McLean from the attorney generals office. McLean said probation officer Ray Letourneau emailed unredacted files about Breer to States Attorney Tom Kelly the same files the department sent to Breers standby counsel Kelly Green with information blacked out. McLean said Letourneau has been reprimanded for the error.
Green said the mistake made her blood boil and again requested all the records the department kept on Breer during his probation. She said he is facing a ginormous violation of probation, since the alleged conduct occurred while Breer was supervised, and the defense wanted to see what kind of probationer he was.
She also said the records could contain exculpatory evidence for the criminal case, since some of the witnesses the defense planned to call could have been contacting Breers probation officer and making up allegations to get him into trouble.
McLean argued some of the information needed to be kept confidential for the safety of those named in the records.
Zonay again ordered the Department of Corrections to send him all the probation records kept on Breer so Zonay can decide which records are relevant for the case. He also asked Green to compile a list of witnesses the defense planned to call so he could have an idea of what to look for in the records.
The issue of cellphones also came up Tuesday. At a hearing in March, Breer asked the woman he is accused of raping and beating whether she still had a cellphone and any SIM cards she owned previously that might contain information he would need for trial. She said she did not have them anymore. That hearing was the first time the two had communicated since November 2011.
On Tuesday, Breer requested a hearing so the court could hear from an expert about data transfers from one cellphone to another, because he was arguing that information he needed for his defense could be on the womans current cellphone. Zonay said the expert needed to submit a statement showing new evidence if he were to get back into an issue that was already decided. Yet Breer kept referring back to motions he had filed and wanting the hearing.
Zonay reiterated he needed information from the expert and said Breer could talk with his attorneys so they could help clarify what the judge was looking for.
Breer said he did not need clarification.
It doesnt have to be explained. I understand, probably as well as you do, exactly what you are saying, Breer said.
Zonay then moved on to scheduling a trial. He said June or July seemed out of the question since the defense is still conducting depositions to gather evidence, so the case will come back to court in about 30 days to try to set a trial date.
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Alumnus evacuated from Philippines works to raise funds for aid
Posted on November 14, 2013
Grand Valley graduate Carter Brown was evacuated November 11 from the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. He's now working to raise funds for emergency aid to that country.
Brown was an intern for the GoAbroad Foundation, which connects people with projects around the world. Brown, who is now living at his parents' home in Sturgis, was living in Tacloban City and volunteering for a rural health clinic there.
He said there are hardly any standing structures left in Tacloban City, devastated by last week's typhoon.
"Dead bodies and hungry people are strewn across an island of rubble," said Brown. "Access to clean water is scarce. All of the grocery stores have either been ruined or looted. The city and island have been completely ravaged by the typhoon. Electricity is out and is expected take at least a month until restored."
Brown said donations to GoAbroad will be sent to people on ground in the Philippines. Click here for more information.
Brown worked with GVSU graduate Elsa Thomasma, who is staying in the Philippines in an evacuation center.
•• A group of students, led by Ranelle Brew, assistant professor and chair of public health, will collect money in the Kirkhof Center on Friday, November 15, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Brew led students on a study abroad trip to the Philippines in 2012.
Click here to view a story by WXMI Channel 17 about Brown and Thomasma.


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Heroes along our roadsDecember 23,2013
Ill never lose the rush I get with the first real snowstorm. I dont mean little flirts with the flurries but honest to goodness accumulations where you can get out there and do a little wallowin something substantial thatll bring out the plow guys, our true Vermont heroes. Yup, if those guys needed an official creed, it would certainly include the neither snow nor gloom of night part, but theyve already got a waist-deep attitude. They just need natures cooperation and a good truck. Brings to mind one plower in particular, Sterry Leno.
Theres room to speculate on what makes a real Vermonter some folks weigh it in generations in these parts, preference of syrup, or numbers of cows in the barn. For me, the real deal is cinched by the truck a guy drives and Sterrys truck says it all in Ayups and Bgorys.
Its a Ford F-350 built up so that it sits high high above the Toyotas and Subarus that dart our roadways these days. It has a full eight-foot bed filled with a thousand tools, well-oiled, and ready to use. A rugged cap covers the tools and atop that cap rests a full array of ladders on a steel-frame rack.
Sterry, a short, stocky guy, is more than just the finish carpenter par excellence that defines his work life; hes an ex-volunteer fireman, a husband and dad, a respected landlord, and a plower of snow. His truck sports an eight-foot Fisher plow from November to April, and its this part of Sterrys life that highlighted both his adeptness at the controls and his heroism one day.
It was one of those early winter storms that finds the roads dotted with snow plow trucks of every size. Sterry was heading down the long, steep hill that leads to Gospel Hollow over toward North Calais. He had a long list of driveways to plow that day but drove cautiously, well aware of the sudden instability a heavy plow in its raised position can cause to a moving truck. When he reached the hollow, a kid on a sled darted down a steep hill and right into Sterrys path.
Sterrys hand shot for the control handle which lowered the plow. He knew the dire result of doing nothing and that the only chance the kid had was to be rolled up like snow by the curved plow. Sterry got the rig stopped and hurried to the front end, fearing the worst.
I got there and saw the kid lying against the plow, he said. I shouted, Are you OK, are you OK? but there was no answer thought Id killed that child. His next words came with the hint of a cracking voice and, yes, tears formed at the corner of his eyes: Suddenly that little girl moved and started crying and, boy, that was the best sound I ever heard in my life.
He went on to say that, after being rushed to the hospital and checked out, the girls only injury was a shiner under one eye. Her mother called to thank me, he said, and told me her daughters only regret was that it was vacation time and the shiner had disappeared before she went back to school.
This incident happened more than 10 years ago and, except for a short newspaper account the day after, it has been long forgotten. Every year, though, when the first real storm comes and the plow guys are out and around, I think of it. This year I made a point to seek Sterry out, curious about how a real hero would respond. Sterry quickly put down the hero part. Just did what I had to, he said.
As I complete this story, snows coming down in good shape. Those trucksll be out there snowflake-thick. Be good to those guys. Give them wide berth, pay them well, and thank them for the great job they do. And if you see Sterry Leno, shake his hand hes a real hero.
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In Eavesdropping Ep12 I discuss the range of values on the quantum scale for length, speed, and time. I use a few illustrations to help provide a perspective for how big and how small our physical reality is.
Eavesdropping is conversational, informal podcast that is sometimes a monologue, or dialogue with guests, on various topics including philosophy, theology, science, contemporary events, and random meanderings of a philosopher. The primary focuses are philosophy of science, multiverse scenarios, and Molinism.


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By attorney Jonathan Gilbert, Special to THELAW.TV
So, you just got a divorce, and you're ready to get back out into the world again. Congratulations! Did you change your name as part of the final decree? If you did, then you've still got plenty of work to do, and a lot of it you have to do yourself.
Start with a plan. Many government agencies and some companies are going to require an original or a properly-signed certified copy of your divorce decree or court order, so you'll want to do a little homework before you start running around to get a general idea of how many certified copies you're going to need from the courthouse. If you got a few properly certified copies when the final order was entered, that's probably enough to get you started. You can always go back for more.
A word about mail or personal delivery. If you're applying to a government agency to change your name by mail, make sure to use a traceable delivery method, such as USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation or USPS Express Mail (for overnight delivery requests). Certified mail is also a traceable but may take longer. Other delivery services may work as well if they can delivery to a P.O. Box or if the agency has a street address.
Now you're ready to work your plan.
But wait -- one last thing before you get started. Remember to be patient when you're making these changes. Every governmental entity and every company has its own processes, and you are going to need patience to be able to fill out their forms and sit in their lines. None of this is fun, but you will feel better each time you make a successful change. You may want to call ahead to each place to see if they will make an appointment for you so that you don't have to wait in line and can make sure you're dealing with the right person.
So now, your first step? The big three.
Start with your driver's license. You'll need that to replace your social security card, and it will help you with a lot of the other changes as well. You may also be able to change your voter registration at the driver's license office, too.
Your next step? Social security. You can apply for a new card in person at your local social security office or can apply by mail.
Step three? A new passport, which would then give you two forms of picture ID and a new social security card. You can do this by mail, and the Bureau of Consular Affairs offers expedited service for an additional fee. Again, if you're applying by mail, which is Bureau's preferred way of doing things, make sure to use a traceable delivery method.
After that, you should work through a good, thorough checklist that includes all aspects of you business and personal life, including your children's lives, too. These that run the range from the very basic -- such as notifying the post office -- to the more complex -- such as meeting with your estate planning advisors to review your wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other legal documents.
The checklist below is meant to be a thought-provoking guideline. After the first three, they are in no particular order. You should consider putting them in whatever order makes the most sense for you in your particular location. Also, it's always a good idea to check with your attorney to see if she or he has any additional suggestions. Good luck!
Name Change Notification Checklist
1. Get a new driver's license or state identification card. You may be able to change your voter registration at the same time.
2. Get a new Social Security Card. You can accomplish this with Form SS-5. You can do this by mail or in person at your local Social Security office. You will need an original or certified copy of the divorce decree and the other documents listed in the application. If you are on Medicare, you can also make changes under the Medicare program at the local Social Security field office as well or by calling 1-800-772-1213.
3. Get a new passport. You can usually accomplish this by mail with either Form DS-5504 or DS-82, depending on how old your passport is at the time you apply for a new one. See the name change section at the U.S. Department of State website.
4. Change your name on all bank accounts, safe deposit boxes, stock certificates, bonds, annuities, CDs etc.
5. Change your name on all credit cards, store charge cards, etc.
6. Notify all of your creditors and debtors, including mortgage lender or landlord and your auto finance company.
7. Notify the your home telephone company, your cell phone carrier, and other utilities such as gas, water, electricity, cable, etc.
8. Notify the post office and your mail carrier.
9. Change car titles and registration.
10. Notify your Homeowner's Association, Condominium Association, and other Community Associations.
11. If you live in a condominium or a gated community, notify the security services and front gate or front desk.
12. Notify your insurance companies.


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Their ability to calm the anxious, sooth the traumatized and break through barriers is well established — leading dogs to be welcomed into classrooms, hospitals, nursing homes and a slew of therapeutic environments.
Something about interacting with them miraculously brings out smiles on the faces of people who have plenty of reasons to do anything but.
Euphoric, calming, invigorating, loss of inhibitions — all possible reactions to a few minutes with a pooch and all possible reasons why dogs may find their place as a drug of choice to substance abusers.
And, much to the chagrin of pharmaceutical companies, they just might be the best upper out there.
Seeking to see what if any impact a dog might have on youth recovering from drug and alcohol dependencies, a Washington State University doctoral candidate put the two together.
What Lindsay Ellsworth discovered was that the dogs did indeed make a difference, possibly even more of a difference than she had theorized they might.
A group of eight boys at a youth center were divided into two groups once a week. One group was allowed free recreation including basketball and video games, while the other group of boys was placed with dogs from a local shelter; allowed to brush, feed and play with them.
Given a psychological screening that gauges emotion before and after their recreation time, those who interacted with the dogs showed marked improvement in their moods, attentiveness, happiness and peacefulness while also experiencing a reduction in overall sadness, according to a report issued by WSU.
With many of the youth being treated for compound diagnosis such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, ADHD and other issues in addition to drug and alcohol abuse, the impact of the dogs on their emotional state was near astounding and Ellsworth noted the boy's behaviors were drastically changed while the dogs were around — hyperactivity, distractibility and outbursts among negative behaviors that all but disappeared in the presence of the dogs.
While overwhelmingly positive, Ellsworth has said she believes there may be more than just fun driving the outcome of her test.
With no injection, smoke or pill popping, spending time with dogs may just cause a release of dopamine and opioids in the brain which equates to happiness and general good feelings.
And if Ellsworth is correct, that release of chemicals could even go one step further to help repair the damage caused by substance use and restore the natural chemistry of the brain.
It is highly unlikely that dogs possess fairy dust that magically heals people who pet them, nor is it likely that they, like Buddha, bestow blessings in exchange for belly rubs.
But what they do offer is open communication lacking in judgment or bias.
Being near or at rock-bottom and issue-laden often sends out a stay-away beacon to other humans, adding dejected, rejected and disassociated to the list of challenges for those struggling with substance abuse and mental or emotional illnesses.
However in the eyes of an eager pooch who seeks only approval and affection, the same youth are transformed into someone important, competent, needed and downright wanted – simply put, the dogs render them human again.
If further research proves there is indeed a chemical release caused by positive interactions between human and dog which specifically aids substance abusers, the outcome could be magnificent, for humans and dogs, who could find themselves dubbed the newest high to sweep the nation.
If, on the other hand, no proof of chemical release is found, that's OK too, because if all dogs ever do is give a sense of importance and humanity back to those who have lost it, they will have accomplished more than most.
Sharna Johnson is a writer who is always searching for ponies. You can reach her at: email@example.com or on the web at:


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Community Awareness:
The curfew hours set for Melrose Park are as follows: Sunday through Thursday 10:00 P.M to 6:00 A.M. and
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Beginning April 1st and runs until Oct. 31st, 2013 Vehicles will be allowed to park on both sides of the street starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday,
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A Different "Campaign '96" - Catching Earth's Gamma-rays in the act
A Different "Campaign '96"
Catching Earth's Gamma-Rays in the Act
Catching Earth's Gamma-Rays in the Act
Although the political campaign of 1996 is in full swing, it's not the only one grabbing attention. Scientists using the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (at right, shown during its 1991 deployment from the shuttle) are waging a very different campaign during the summer of 1996. Along with observers of lightning strikes and severe weather, BATSE scientists are looking to catch some of the Earth's most powerful and elusive emissions of energy: gamma-ray flashes from thunderstorms.
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (or TGF's) are a newly discovered part of the Earth's spectacular show displayed during intense thunderstorms. BATSE, an astrophysics experiment designed to probe the cosmos for powerful gamma-ray bursts, accidentally discovered the TGF's shortly after launch of the satellite in April 1991. Because BATSE contains detectors which observe the entire sky, some detectors are inevitably pointed at the Earth during some part of the spacecraft orbit, allowing the TGF's to be detected.
TGF's are short blasts of gamma-ray energy, lasting a few milliseconds - about as long as the sound from a snap of the fingers. The energy of the radiation detected is significantly higher than that of even large solar flares or cosmic gamma-ray bursts. And the TGF's only seem to occur in the vicinity of large-scale thunderstorms.
"At first, we weren't totally convinced that these events weren't an instrument malfunction," said John Horack of the BATSE Science Team. "Then we took a look at the simultaneous weather images." What these images revealed was that each time a TGF was detected, a massive thunderstorm was seen in the vicinity of the Earth's surface from which the TGF was determined to originate.
About the same time as the discovery of TGF's, "sprites" and "jets," or huge emissions of upward moving lightning were also discovered around massive thunderstorms. Some were observed by television cameras onboard the space shuttle. The photograph at right shows such a massive thunderstorm taken by STS-55 astronauts aboard Columbia in May of 1993. Scientists now believe that these jet phenomena and TGFs are probably related in some unknown way. The problem is that no TGF has ever been directly observed in conjunction with an upward moving lightning stroke or jet.
Campaign '96 is an effort to "catch a TGF in the act," detecting both the gamma-ray emission and the sprite or lightning strike simultaneously. Working in conjunction with BATSE are optical sensors such as the Space Sciences Laboratory Optical Transient Detector and other lightning detectors using radio frequencies to detect large strikes. "Hopefully through this intensive, multi-instrument campaign, we'll be able to detect both the TGF and a lightning strike simultaneously, and verify our theory that these two are somehow connected," said Horack. "Then we can get on to the business of explaining why these things occur in nature."
Scientists from Stanford University, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and Marshall Space Flight Center continue the search for these elusive bursts of gamma radiation from Earth.
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Freshman Grant Wills chose Western Technical College for its programs and its price.
"It's really good for the program that I'm in, for fire protection," Wills said of the technical college. "It's a lot cheaper, that was another big factor."
He also considered future wage earnings. According to a new study, those future earnings might be brighter than ever before.
The report by CollegeMeasures.org found graduates of two-year colleges earned just as much - and in some cases, more - than graduates with a bachelor's degree. However, individuals with a four-year degree ultimately earned more over the span of their career.
The study wasn't based off numbers from Wisconsin schools, but when you take a look at starting wages for students fresh out of Western Tech's doors, they're pretty impressive.
"We've got some pretty good, pretty good salary numbers to share," said President Lee Rasch.
People with a Western degree in web software development made a median salary of $35,000 in 2012, with the top earner reaching nearly $55,000 annually.
Supervisory management majors made almost $50,000 on average, with a top salary of $52,000.
Those with an associate's degree in nursing made about $48,000 a year right out of school, and the top earner made more than $60,000.
Immediate earnings aren't the only numbers Western Tech can boast about – the college also has a 92 percent job placement rate for students who've been out of school for six months.
When it comes to recruiting future freshmen to follow in the footsteps of students like Wills, who's hoping to make nearly $50,000 upon graduation, Western Tech points to their earnings track record.
"If you're thinking about finding a career opportunity that has good wage potential, we've got good options here," Rasch said.


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'The Crucible' set for weekendMarch 15,2013The Dorset Players' production of Arthur Miller's classic drama, "The Crucible," will be held at the Dorset Playhouse for a second weekend of performances at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday.
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A baby is an anchor. I don't mean that in an abstract sense where it keeps parents grounded and appreciative of what really matters in life; I mean a baby is dead weight. In terms of pragmatic usefulness, a baby is about on equal footing with a moderately sized stone, if stones were prone to rashes and screaming and disgorging fluids. Where a baby horse can walk before the embryonic sack has had a chance to dry, and a newborn kangaroo can climb sheer vertical ascents to its mother's pouch without any hind legs, a human baby can't even flip itself over and will occasionally try to claw its own face off. Babies are simply not prepared for the world when they arrive, and it's up to parents to make sure they stay clean, their brains stay un-poked through their ill-formed skulls and they aren't carried off by coyotes or hawks.
You stupid kid, you don't even know what horrors the world holds.
It's a big job for anyone, and even though we are a highly intelligent species that can see the importance of propagation, there must be moments when the haze of affection clears from a parent's eyes and he or she is tempted to pad a wicker basket and find the closest river.
Fortunately, nature's never willing to rely on the off chance that anyone will actually like their child. Through years of evolution, it has hidden elaborate fail-safes in our brains to ensure that we won't abandon our young. "But Soren," you harried and sleepless parents will cry in a voice just soft enough not to wake your tiny beast, "You have no children -- what makes you think you know anything about raising a kid?" Well, you just answered your own question, Jack; only the childless can objectively see the spell you're under, a spell that's meant to look and feel a lot like love.
4 A Baby Is a Bong-Load of Oxytocin
One of the most calming and euphoric drugs you will ever feel massaging its way into your brain is oxytocin. Fortunately, you will never have to pay anything for it, because your own body is your dealer. Oxytocin is a neuromodulating hormone that's released after sex, when you fall in love and, for mothers, when a baby breast-feeds. In fact, any skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her baby, even gazing into her child's eyes, will trigger another dose of this bliss hormone, effectively turning the baby into a vehicle for a drug. Now, anyone who has seen or knows firsthand how protective and nurturing weed enthusiasts are for their vaporizers and pipes can get a sense of how nature has tricked mothers into essentially becoming addicted to their babies.
"Just this one last time and then I'll quit."
And like any drug, oxytocin can severely impair logic and judgment. It's at least partially responsible for every new mother thinking "Yes, babies are generally pretty adorable, but have you fucking seen MY baby? Why are people still fighting wars? Don't they know? Where are the news vans!?" Those of us without children have been forced to tolerate Facebook pages and Twitter accounts created on behalf of other people's babies, all while wondering how anyone could lose perspective so badly, how even close friends could become so grating and unrelatable in such a short period of time. The answer, of course, is drugs. But in this case, it's a drug that the mother doesn't even know she's taking. She's high on motherhood and can't conceive of a reason why everyone else isn't losing their shit over her newborn. Meanwhile, she spends every waking second scoring another fix, trying to snort the hairs off the baby's head like an addict huffing paint from a paper bag.
3 Newborns Look Like the Father (Even When They Don't)
On a purely biological level, a new father will instinctively look for indications that a baby is his. Regardless of how monogamous a relationship may be, the basest part of his brain will want to know that sharing two decades of energy, time and resources with a pink pile of flesh is in his best interest. A study in 1995 aimed to prove that newborns look more like the father under the theory that, evolutionarily speaking, it's advantageous to alleviate any doubt of paternity. The study had 122 people matching pictures of babies with pictures of parents based on facial features alone. The participants managed to match up about half of the fathers with their babies but were absolutely terrible at determining which newborn belonged to which mother. While that study should prove that babies are born looking like their dad, all other attempts to replicate the first experiment have since failed.
So here's where it gets weird.
A separate study in 2000 asked new mothers and fathers which parent their baby most resembled, and the answer was resoundingly the father ... but only when the father was present during the questioning. Researchers asked 60 couples together and then 100 mothers alone whom the baby looked like, and when the mother didn't have to worry about the father overhearing, the paternal resemblance magically dropped 27 percent.
"Don't tell him, I want it to be a surprise 18 years from now."
Now, that doesn't mean that each one of those moms is trying to pull a fast one on some unassuming guy in the hopes that he'll help share the load of her new tiny black-eyed nightmare. In fact, most of those mothers probably didn't even realize that their answers would change based on whether the father was in the room. Instead, it's an evolved response built into a mother's brain after thousands and thousands of years. See, while it may be in a father's best interest to know that a baby is his, it's in the best interest of the family and the species as a whole that the father stick around to raise the next generation, whether the baby is his or not. So when it comes to propagation of the species, nature is on the side of the sluts.
Evolution isn't stupid enough to make every newborn look like the father, because that would be disastrous any time a woman happened to swap forensics with a guy who wasn't her partner. Instead, nature conditioned the minds of mothers to insist, and even believe, that the baby looks like her partner just to ensure that he doesn't abandon her, or eat the baby, or whatever it is that cuckolds do.


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A holiday classic since 1958, the song starring Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, better known as "The Chipmunks" and written by Ross Bagdasarian has be delighting children for generations.
Ross, better known as the character David Seville; leads the three chipmunks in a holiday song only to run into a few issues with one of The Chipmunks, Alvin, over a hula hoop.
The song won three Grammy Awards: Best Comedy Performance, Best Children's Recording, and Best Engineered Record, in 1958.
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U.S. Swims Deeper Into The Record Books
By Howard Berkes • Aug 3, 2012
Michael Phelps won his 20th Olympic medal, the gold, in his last race with Ryan Lochte, who took the silver. Rebecca Soni won a gold, as well. All in all, it was a good day for American swimmers. NPR's Howard Berkes reports from London.


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My ds has a stretch between feedings of about nine hours at night. During the day he eats every three hours. So actually he is only nursing six times. This seems to be working for us because he has 6-8 wet diapers a day and 1-3 bm a day. I am concerned though that now he has gotten into this routine will it affect my milk supply or will it just keep up with him.
I am also planning on going back to work part time and I am wondering how pumping will fit into all of this. When I go back to work I will be working from 6 to 10:30 at night. So I will be missing two of his feedings and I know that the job I will hold will not allow me to pump at seven and at ten when he normally eats. Any suggestions on how to keep up this routine with pumping and working?


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they lost to Pistons but i dont want payback i want just WIN to still keepin rollin between 2,3rd seed in east and avoid Bulls.
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The New York Knicks overcame a performance from an opposing guard at the top of his game before facing one who is clearly not at the moment.
Washington Wizards point guard John Wall had a strong showing the last time he faced the Knicks, but he's enduring some major woes heading into Friday night's matchup at the Verizon Center.
New York (34-20) won 109-105 at home over Golden State on Wednesday despite Stephen Curry's NBA season-high 54 points. The Knicks admitted everything they tried didn't work.
"We ran everything at him," center Tyson Chandler said. "He just got hot. There was some shots that he couldn't have seen the rim."
Not much Wall has done recently has worked. He's committed at least a half-dozen turnovers in three of his last five games, finishing with six points, four assists and seven turnovers in Wednesday's 96-95 home loss to Detroit as Washington's three-game win streak was snapped.
"He is going through a rough stretch," coach Randy Wittman said. "You've got to fight through it. You can't succumb to it. You can't feel sorry for yourself about it."
Wall is averaging 10.2 points on 29.6 percent shooting in five contests since the All-Star break. He seemed to blame his teammates for Wednesday's miscues.
"I think it was great passes. I just think some of my teammates (didn't) catch them, and some of them got tipped away," Wall said, "so just got to deal with it."
Wall was more efficient Feb. 6, when he had 21 points and nine assists along with six turnovers as Washington (18-38) ended a 10-game slide to New York with a 106-96 home victory. He scored 10 points in the fourth quarter as the Wizards put up 36 - their highest total in a final period all season.
The Knicks took a three-point lead into that quarter - one they remember well.
"This is kind of a payback game for us," Carmelo Anthony said. "We felt like last time we went down there, we were supposed to have won that game."
Anthony had 31 points and nine rebounds in that contest. The Baltimore native no doubt enjoys playing close to home; his 28.3 points per game at Washington are his third-most in any NBA city.
The league's second-leading scorer insists his team won't look past the Wizards with Sunday's much-anticipated home game against Miami looming.
"We're not thinking about the Heat right now," Anthony said. "After we come back from Washington, maybe Saturday at practice you can ask me something about the Heat. We've got one game on our minds and that's the Wizards."
Wizards big man Nene is listed as questionable after missing the Pistons game with a sore right shoulder. Trevor Booker, who missed the first two games against the Knicks this season, started in Nene's place.
The Knicks also did not see an injured Bradley Beal in the most recent meeting. The rookie is back and averaging 19.8 points in his last five games.
Anthony scored 35 and had a season-high eight assists Wednesday against the Warriors. J.R. Smith chipped in with 26 points after averaging 12.7 over his previous three games.
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they lost to Pistons but i dont want payback i want just WIN to still keepin rollin between 2,3rd seed in east and avoid Bulls.
We're in pretty good shape. Tied with Indy for that 2nd seed and 2 games ahead of BKN in the Atlantic.
Need to take advantage and win a game we're supposed to win.
Woody finally changed the lineup. Hopefully White proves to not be completely useless but whatever gets Kidd out of the starting 5 and Shump back to the 2 (about time) is fine with me
Ehh, not a sexy move, but hopefully we kill these guys early get rest and ready for Sunday.
Reading up on these media tweets, seems James White had a good showing against Lebron james the last time out. I guess giving White the start to work the rust off in prep for Sunday.
White ain't the answer. Just play JR for 40 minutes.
JR loves throwing those elbows around. He's gonna pull a Metta World Peace soon I can feel it.
Wow, it's a cemetery in here right now. Too bad. Knicks are playing well. It's not like White is really doing anything special, but I'm happy to see Shump back at the 2 and Kidd coming off the bench. I'd love to see our guys close the Wizards out here in the 3rd and finally have another laugher.
Let's go Knicks!
Melo run! There's a zombie disguised as a referee and he's right behind you! Y'know, I'm glad I'm alone in here. Finally, can express my true feelings without the fear of criticism or any reply whatsoever.
Maybe White is the key. He comes out and the Wizards go on a big run.
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|Foliage emerges as bright green but turns purplish for most of the summer. Leaves are 2 to 5 inches long, alternate, simple, and oblong to nearly oval with finely serrated margins. Fall color is orange and red.
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Rodriguez, 21, has spent this season with Double-A Bowie in the Orioles minor league system where he has gone 3-7 with a 4.79 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 16 starts. This year he has held left-handed hitters to a .186 batting average (18-for-97) with just five extra-base hits, all doubles.
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Partisan Divide On National Security Shrinks
By Mara Liasson • Oct 7, 2011
GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney travels to the Citadel in South Carolina to deliver a speech on national security Friday. The issue has traditionally been a bright line between hawks and doves, Republicans and Democrats. But even on this, the third anniversary of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the politics are no longer clear cut.


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Alice Hoffman's storytelling magic is on abundant display in her latest novel, which folds a romance and a mystery within a portrait of the splendors and miseries of New York during a pivotal year in its history.
The Museum of Extraordinary Things is a return to top form by the gifted but uneven writer whose penchant for excess marred The Third Angel and The Story Sisters. Her new novel is more disciplined, yet it exudes the same appreciation for the fantastic and the marvelous that echoes throughout her work.
Here, those qualities are embodied in the exhibitions at the eponymous museum, a small establishment in Coney Island run by shady professor Sardie. His "wonders" include a Wolfman, Siamese twins and his own daughter. Coralie's webbed fingers are dipped in blue dye, and she is clothed in a fake tail and displayed in a tank as "the Human Mermaid."
By 1911, the attractions have been eclipsed by the gaudy amusements of Dreamland and Luna Park. We find Coralie swimming in the Hudson, unhappily complying with her father's plan to foster rumors about a mysterious monster in the river. He will then fabricate his own monster and exhibit it to revive his museum.
In the woods of Upper Manhattan, Coralie spies a young man cooking his dinner over a bonfire. Like her, Eddie Cohen was a motherless child chafing under his father's expectations. Unlike Coralie, Eddie walked away, abandoning life as an exploited garment worker to become a photographer of crime scenes and disasters.
Coralie falls in love with Eddie that very night, but she flees before he sees her in the underbrush; they won't actually meet until the novel is two-thirds over. Hoffman expertly weaves the future lovers' monologues with a third-person account moving through the spring of 1911 to create a wonderfully rich narrative tapestry. Her prose is as lyrically beautiful as ever, evoking the teeming complexity of New York from the green spaces soon to be consumed by commercial development to the mean streets of the Lower East Side and the pleasure palaces of Coney Island.
The novel is bookended by two catastrophic and real fires: the Triangle Factory blaze of March 25, which killed 147 workers trapped on the ninth floor by locked stairwell doors; and the Dreamland conflagration of May 27, which consumed much of Coney Island.
Triangle launches the mystery that ultimately draws Eddie to the Museum of Extraordinary Things, an immediate rapport with Coralie and a confrontation with professor Sardie. Dreamland provides the novel's apocalyptic finale, with Coralie locked in her father's sinister basement workshop as flames sweep the amusement park and wild animals run down Surf Avenue.
The storyline sweeps through labor strife, a missing Triangle worker eventually fished from the Hudson, the exposure of her murderer and a bravura plot twist that reveals the truth about Coralie's mother.
The deeper action involves Coralie and Eddie's internal journeys. She has always thought of herself (somewhat paradoxically) as both a monster and a fake; she gains the self-acceptance to remove the gloves on her webbed hands, vowing "never to hide who I was."
Eddie learns that his furious rejection of his father hasn't freed him: "The past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future. ... Fate was both what we were given and what we made for ourselves."


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Anderson commonly sticks up for animal rights and is one of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s most ardent spokespeople. Over the summer she backed a drive by the group to rescue an elephant who suffered injuries after being mistreated by his handler and kept in a tiny shed at the Jyotiba Temple in India.
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Modern Apartment in Central Milan
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The apartment consists of a double bedroom and a living room with sofa bed, flat-screen TV, Playstation and dining table. Guests can prepare meals in the fully equipped kitchen, the bathroom features a bidet and a shower cubicle.
Plenty of excellent restaurants, cafes and bakeries can be found within 5 minutes' walk, as well as supermarkets, ATM, pharmacy and other conveniences. The beautiful Baden Powell Park is just around the corner.
Buses and trams stop within 2 minutes' walk of the apartment. Using public transport, Piazza del Duomo can be reached in just 20 minutes. Many of Milan's most beautiful buildings, as well as the stylish designer shops which the city is so famous for, can be found in this area.
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Re: NFL Football 2013-2014
HTower wrote:michaeljohn wrote:Do the raven have what it takes to repeat?
I don't think they have a chance, so many players took free agent contracts and Flacco got a huge payout.
You must not pay too much attention to the Ravens then. They've actually upgraded in many positions. Like safety, Ed Reed ISN'T the old Ed Reed anymore...he'll still hurt ya' if you get careless down the middle of the field, but...that's about it. Doesn't have the same speed to blitz him, doesn't cover that well anymore, blew more than a few "overtop" last year and doesn't tackle well(since the shoulder injury). In fact, there was a joke here the last few years that "Ed Reed couldn't hit the ground hard if he fell down." I respect what he did, but...he's past his prime and, frankly, isn't worth what the Texans gave him. If this kid Elam plays out like everyone thinks...BIG upgrade. I think Huff coming in after Pollard left is about a push. IF(and a big if) Webb can stay healthy and Smith plays like he did "down the stretch"...the defensive backfield should be MUCH improved over last year. Ellerbe leaving was the biggest blow to the D and as much as Ray was loved, he was past his prime too. Still ILB is the biggest for me, hopefully Arthur Brown will be a plus, but you never know with rookies? Kruger leaving was, I thought a big deal...until Dumervil fell into the Ravens laps, thanks to Denvers screw up. So, that's an upgrade from Kruger, who had a career season...and only had 1.5 sacks until Suggs came back and most of those were when Suggs was lined up next to him/behind him...read, Suggs got the attention. Picked up Canty at DT, nice addition. And the rookie NT Brandon Williams looks promising, but again...rookie Overall I think the "D" will be better than last year.
Offense, two main Boldin leaving leaves a bit of a hole. He's a hybrid, bigger/stronger than your average receiver, smaller/faster than your average tight end. I think they'll slot Pitta a lot. He can make all the catches Boldin can, just won't be able to get the same YAC's. And center is the other With Matt Birk retiring that leaves Flacco a "new" center to get a feel for, could be issues there? As far as Vonte Leach goes, he was overpaid for his usage. Since the Ravens now are a pass oriented team and as likely to throw on first and/or second down as they are to run, he wasn't worth the $3 mil price tag. He'll be a GREAT fit for a ground-n-pound team that uses the run to set up the occasional pass.
If all goes well, and they stay healthy...they SHOULD be in the Playoff hunt. Now, do I think they'll repeat? No, but...that's just playin' the percentages. Only a handful(or so) of teams have done it. I think they had their best chance the last two years for that...but, they beat themselves in '11-'12. I think they woulda' matched up well with the Giants.
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Last night, the Chargers won, here in San Diego. It was a great, great game, even for this person who doesn't really grasp football. Sometimes, just listening to the emotions of the broadcasters, you can tell what's going on.
I've been keeping track of this team all season. Mostly to see if they lost. And they were not that good this year, there's no doubt about it. I mean, they looked like the football version of the Padres! But they really came through this month. They won 4 games in a row to overcome Denver's lead and win the AFC West. It's pretty exciting for the citizen of San Diego.
I can't say that I understood everything that was going on. I listened to the game on the radio, which was interesting to say the least. On the radio, they use all sorts of different expressions to make the broadcast more interesting. It's the same with baseball. There are all these strange terms that would never make sense to the person who doesn't know anything about sports. And so, while I was listening to this football game, I had to try to figure out what was going on. I think I got most of it. It was kind of difficult since I didn't have a mental picture of the field in my head, so when they said something like,"He's taken down at the 30," I wasn't really sure where that was.
But the important thing is that they won. And the score was 52-21. The Chargers set a bunch of different records in this game, too. They played really, really well. Everything was just clicking for them. I am actually excited about this team.
I hate to say that they are growing on me, since I have been an avid Chargers hater for a few years now. It's kind of embarrasing to suddenly like the Chargers. For example, my younger brother has kind of followed in my footsteps, and he hates the Chargers, too. So, yesterday when I was talking about the game, he was like, "Boo Chargers!" I was like, "Well, actually, we WANT them to win." Just shows that you have to be a good role model to your younger siblings. So am I becoming a Chargers fan? I sure hope not, but we'll have to see. If they go deep into this postseason, they are inevitably going to grow on me. But if they get eliminated early, I probably won't. We'll just have to see….
So, the first game of the playoffs for San Diego is this Saturday, at Qualcomm Stadium against the Colts. Some of the key players are injured (like LT), but hopefully they will be able to heal up. This is pretty exciting, because it's a San Diego team. We have had a lot of bad years in our sports, but now our NFL team has been in the playoffs for 3 straight years. I'm excited. Let's see how far they go!
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hey Kaybee, long time no comment🙂 i was in a vacation for 4 days in cancun and it was great! but i missed my beautiful hometown san diego. during christmas too! speaking of chragers, i missed the big game! WOW. i can't belive the chargers actually won. and they won pretty big! now i have a younger brother too. but he is the EXACT opposite of me. he loves the chargers and he hates the padres! so we argue about san diego teams a lot. as a football hater like you, i'm actually exited about the colts game too. so… go chargers! -Hyunyoung
Hey Kaybee – you've got to learn to like football also. It is a GREAT sport! Sadly my NE Patriots – who ended the season 11-5 – didn't make the playoffs, but good luck to your Chargers!
Happy New Year!
It was a great year in baseball indeed, and I hope 2009 is even better (and more fun!). Congrats on the Chargers! Nice to see that you're growing to love football, maybe I should try as well!
Congrats to the Chargers…what a turnaround!! More than my Packers can say.
Enjoy the buzz around town!
I'm clueless about football, but you made an interesting point about watching sports on TV versus listening on the radio. Someone should do a post about that. I grew up listening to Mel Allen calling Yankee games on the radio and it really was like being there. And now I hear Vin Scully do Dodgers games on the radio and he's amazing. There's a real art to describing what goes on and creating video images for people.
Maybe this is what the Chargers need…the past few years they've had solid records entering the playoffs, but haven't done that well in the playoffs themselves. maybe finishing with a sub-par record but being hot at the right time will be the formula they need to take it all the way. I doubt it, but hey it's worth a shot.


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Home List of Titles Silica nano-particle super-hydrophobic surfaces: the effects of surface morphology and trapped air pockets on hydrodynamic drainage forces
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- Silica nano-particle super-hydrophobic surfaces: the effects of surface morphology and trapped air pockets on hydrodynamic drainage forces
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- Chan, Derek Y. C.; Uddin, Md Hemayet; Cho, Kwun L.; Liaw, Irving I.; Lamb, Robert N.; Stevens, Geoffrey W.; Grieser, Franz; Dagastine, Raymond R.
- Abstract
- We used atomic force microscopy to study dynamic forces between a rigid silica sphere (radius approximately 45 microm) and a silica nano-particle super-hydrophobic surface (SNP-SHS) in aqueous electrolyte, in the presence and absence of surfactant. Characterization of the SNP-SHS surface in air showed a surface roughness of up to two microns. When in contact with an aqueous phase, the SNP-SHS traps large, soft and stable air pockets in the surface interstices. The inherent roughness of the SNP-SHS together with the trapped air pockets are responsible for the superior hydrophobic properties of SNP-SHS such as high equilibrium contact angle (> 140 degrees) of water sessile drops on these surfaces and low hydrodynamic friction as observed in force measurements. We also observed that added surfactants adsorbed at the surface of air pockets magnified hydrodynamic interactions involving the SNP-SHS. The dynamic forces between the same silica sphere and a laterally smooth mica surface showed that the fitted Navier slip lengths using the Reynolds lubrication model were an order of magnitude larger than the length scale of the sphere surface roughness. The surface roughness and the lateral heterogeneity of the SNP-SHS hindered attempts to characterize the dynamic response using the Reynolds lubrication model even when augmented with a Navier slip boundary.
- Publication type
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- Faraday Discussions, Vol. 143 (2009), pp. 151-168
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
- Keyword(s)
- Air; Chemical methods; Crystallization/methods; Hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions; Macromolecular substances/chemistry; Materials testing; Mechanical stress; Molecular conformation; Nanostructures/chemistry; Nanostructures/ultrastructure; Nanotechnology/methods; Particle size; Silicon dioxide/chemistry; Surface properties; Water/chemistry
- Publisher
- The Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1359-6640
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Kent Wannamaker's accomplishments in cotton production, combined with his stewardship of resources and his leadership in the agricultural community, have earned him the Farm Press/Cotton Foundation High Cotton Award for the Southeast states.
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GETTING DEFOLIATION just right is always a challenge, says 2012 High Cotton winner Kent Wannamaker.
Starting from scratch in the cotton business was a tough row to hoe for St. Matthews, S.C., grower Kendall W. (Kent) Wannamaker.
But, today he and his wife, Mary Lil, own and operate a thriving cotton, peanut, and corn farming operation, and he is a recognized leader in the cotton industry.
He also is president and co-owner of Farmers Gin Company LLC at St. Matthews, and is a partner in Carolina Peanut LLC, a peanut buying station at Cameron, S.C.
His accomplishments in cotton production, combined with his stewardship of resources and his leadership in the agricultural community, have earned him the Farm Press/Cotton Foundation High Cotton Award for the Southeast states.
Wannamaker, who grew up in a farming family and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in plant sciences, had planned to return after college and help run the family farming operation begun by his grandparents.
Which is what he did for five years.
Then, in the mid-1980s, his father and uncle decided to retire from farming and put their land in the Conservation Reserve Program, leaving Wannamaker with some life-altering choices to be made.
"It was a difficult decision for my father and my uncle to retire from farming," he says, " but at the time, the outlook was grim for the whole farming industry. Our farm had a lot of highly erodible land, and the CRP program looked like the best thing to do at the time."
Thanks in large part to 30 acres of land given to him by his grandmother, Lucile Wannamaker, he was able to venture into the swine business.
"My grandmother was a legend in her time," he says. "She had her own farming operation and she recognized early on that I wanted to be involved with farming. We've come a long way with our farming operation — but it all started on those 30 acres of land.
"Other than those 30 acres, I didn't have any land, so in 1985 I began a small scale swine business. That's about all I could fit on the land."


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PHOTOS: How Did We Forget How Friggin' Hot Cheyenne Jackson Is?
July Attitude cover star Cheyenne Jackson: 36, star of stage (Damn Yankees), television (30 Rock, Glee) and film (United 93, The Green). Oh yeah, and he has a new single, "Drive," and an EP of the same name coming out in July. All that, and he looks like this?
Life is officially not fair.
Photos: Joseph Sinclair
Wow is right.
I love Cheyenne so much, and I personally find his looks to be sexy, but I'd never classify him as a main stream hottie. He's more like an acquired taste for most…
Guess he overdosed on razor blades…
I don't see it … but to each their own. I guess he has a pretty eye color and an interesting nose. But he is nowhere near as sexy as many of the men I see out in real life from day to day.
All the catty and jealous comments aside, he has very handsome strong features that play well on the screen. He is not "too pretty", but rather has a very interesting and striking face. By all rights, he should be in leading man roles by now, instead of the supporting ones he's usually slotted in – that is, in a perfect and fair world.
love him, but he's hot until that big purse falls out of his mouth.
Who forgot?
Great lookin', funny, & he can sing to me. I've loved him from the moment I laid eyes on him.
Most gay bullying is from other jealous gay guys…
Or Adam Sandler….
That Elivis lip-curl thing he always does is stupid.
@Pete N SFO: exactly, who forgot? i know i didn't. would have loved to see more of him on 30 Rock. he played very against jenna. and, he was supposed to be a canadian………….hilarious.
@#11Matt -maybe he has a defective lip muscle. he can't be totally perfect.
Any gossip on his "MZ" tattoo?
He's hot and I love his lips
Not hot. Quite bland and generic looking.
He is very hot, but I have to ask, why does it matter? If he weren't would he have less value in the community?
He's gorgeous in these pics. I think he is incredibly talented and philanthropic to boot!What's not to love? Also, it wouldn't be Queerty without all the snarky comments.
@Kevin: Agreed. I think he's beautiful, very talented and very giving of his time and money to worthy organizations. The guy is gay goodness all around.
Looks nice shirtless (and otherwise). If some if these critical posters apply their exacting standards in real life I won't be surprised if they end up bitter old lonely queens. I just wish he wouldn't use so much product in his hair – a gelled up sculpture on your head is NOT attractive, least of all in person.
Hot and seems like a nice guy… Did he ever cop to that nude shot being him?
Little Nell: " He's OK."
Frankenfurter: " OK? OK?! I didn't make him for YOU!"
He is great in "The Green," a damn good little movie. I will never understand why he was used so little on "Glee" or "30 Rock" while they had Gwyneth Fucking Paltrow on "Glee" nonstop and Tracy What's His Name who said "I'd kill my gay son" on "30 Rock" nonstop. It makes no sense. Cheyenne is hotter than anyone on TV and has the best singing voice I can think of. And he can dance, too. He & Ricky Martin should do a show together!
Wow, I'd seen him before – and I;d seen his eyes and his nose and his hair and his face.
BUT I didn't know those eyes and noes and hair and face were HIS!
I'm shocked.
That's "hot"? He looks like a slightly more square-shaped version of Bruce Campbell.
To the fem bashing "str8 acting" nut jobs belittling him…You put a dang c-ck in your mouth. THAT'S PRETTY FEM. So is making catty comments about another man's looks. Check yourself.
@ SEA.C.writer
AMEN! and well said
He's gorgeous. The "straight ACTING" crowd on here don't think anyone is masculine enough for them. Why? because they are playing a form of drag. No truly masculine man sits and observes the masculinity of every single man and makes snarkly remarks about it. Only a repressed man who is playing the role of masculine does that. A pathetic role many gay men play (but as noted above, gay men who preach about how masculine they are are ALWAYS some of the most fem men you'll meet when know one is watching. So tragic)
He's beautiful, with a beautiful giving heart and more importantly, is proud to be himself and isn't hiding in some closet…which is what makes him MOST appealing to me.
To those of you make bitter comments against this great looking guys appearance- post your facebook links here and let us have some fun judging your features. Come on. DARE one of you too. I dare you….
Let's just call it out: it's black posters bashing him because they are bitter at white handsome men and constantly make it known, so they hide behind these handles and bash any good looking caucasian man. Reverse racism is still racism.
@ Kevin Mendoza
I'd be lying if I said that thought didn't cross my head. Considering how often we hear black gay men put down any LGBT who isn't black on here (and will say so too). And before I get called a cracker, I'm Asian and even I notice the constant complaining from said demographic who find no fault in bashing anyone who doesn't share their skin color.
This man is gorgeous. I agree with others that the person bashing him is probably not getting much attention for their looks. Bitterness breeds jealousy.
Breaking down his features…his nose, and lips and skin? does that make you feel better about yourself? to rip someones looks apart?
Pretty sad I'd say
Some people think he's very attractive. To those who disagree and feel the need to knock him, why? And so what if he's not attractive? does that make him like less of a person?
and for the record, I think he's not only attractive but doing lovely things for the LGBT community.
I think people have different taste. He's a classically good looking guy, but he's not my type. He seems like he's just about to turn into big muscle to me. I am not turned on by big muscle. Or big anything or too small. When it comes to body size, I am a "you have to hit that fit, not hulking size that I like" kind of guy
He called in sick when I went to NYC to see him in a musical – all is forgiven if I can kiss him.
He is very handsome, @ kevin Mendoza & jay…..I thought he identified himself as being a person of color….not that it matters.
He's a fantastic looking man. For those who think he overuses the razor well his heritage is native American so he's naturally smooth.
his nipples are SO suckulet's. I mean succulent.
Are some people in here really pretending this gentleman isn't a delicious piece of manliness? Maybe some of you are living in -500BC Olympus, and all you see around you are Greek gods; if so, good for you. Meanwhile, here on modern day earth, I'm more than happy to ogle on tasty eye-candy like this.
Apparently the idea of different people having different taste is not acceptable.
@Esculapio Mitiríades Torquedama de la Cueva: Yass! This man is a big bowl of Pure Deelight. He makes me tingle back there.
@Kevin Mendoza: @Jay: Clowns are hilarious.
I met him and and his partner several years back on a cruise and not only is he attractive and talented but he's also a very nice guy!
@James Angus: I'm really glad to hear he's a nice guy in real life!
As for the lip thing, it seems involuntary, maybe his partner just has a big schlong and the oral sex does it. Well that's what I prefer to believe anyway.
@Matt: Stupid hot!!
Who knew commenting on whether one finds one attractive meant one was making a statement about his personality.
This certainly explains a lot about the focus on looks in certain part of the gay community. Good looking to you equals nice personality.
For the record, I have read this guy is a nice guy, but he's a nice guy outside he's considered good looking or not and vice versa
I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!!!!
OK, not really. I'm just jealous that he won the genetic lottery.
And if the rest of you would admit it, that's where most of the bitter posts come from too.
@UsualPlayers: I advise you to avoid the comments about a certain Canadian, cannibal murder / cat killer (who Queerty seems oddly obsessed with, for some reason). Some depraved idiots defend him, apparently because they think he's cuuuuuute! Barf.
Merely hoping that Cheyenne Jackson might have a nice personality to match his nice looks hardly seems that bad, by comparison, but I get what you're saying.
@ChykolateDrop: I found it odd that Kevin M. and Jay only metioned black gays. I work with 2 awesome black gay guys and they don't seem to be catty in the least, matter of fact most gay black people I've come in contact with were more pleasent than their white counterparts, so I'm wondering what would make them post such garbage? To stay on topic Cheyenne Jackson is most certainly a walking orgasm.
Its not bad to hope so long as that's what you know you are doing
For the record I'm a white gay man. I'm sure Cheyenne is nice, BUT I don't find the man attactive. He is the typical gay look that most of the "community" finds appealing. I'm not a fan of that overly process looked. I like a man who is a bit more real and natural. The minute that a guy waxes his chest is a turn off to me. I don't judge any of you for finding him good looking so why do you get up in arms when others don't find him attractive?
Many guys claim that the men who don't like Jackson's looks must be ugly. That is just a crazy assumption.
This thread is insane. I'm not even sure what it's about anymore?
As much as I hate fem bashing gays, I also hate this comment – "You put a dang c-ck in your mouth. THAT'S PRETTY FEM." What does sucking dick, or any sex act for that matter, have to do with being masc or femme? That's just dumb.
Anyways, back on topic – he is hot. There.