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H.R. 137 and 138 from McCarthy would require people prohibited from buying firearms to be listed in a national database, and would prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips.
McCarthy's H.R. 141 would require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions at gun shows, which would close the so-called gun-show loophole. Her H.R. 142 would require face-to-face purchases of ammunition, the licensing of ammunition dealers, and the reporting of bulk ammo purchases.
Sounds reasonable. I really do not have a problem with this legislation. Of course, the vast majority of ammo dealers require that people who place orders pick up said orders at licensed firearms stores, just like with gun orders. And the proof is in the details of what the legislation says, and none of them are available to read as of yet on Thomas or at her webpage.
Bobby Rush, Rush Holt, Jim Moran, and Sheila Jackson Lee also submitted legislation. Lee's would raise the eligibility age to carry a handgun from 18-21. I'm sure the young criminals who break the law regarding murder in Chicago will quickly ignore her.
Two freshman Republicans introduced contrary bills that would end federal law requiring that areas around schools be designated as "gun free zones." These bills, H.R. 35 from Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) and H.R. 133 from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), are a response to findings that violence in and around schools has increased since the gun free zone law took effect in 1990.
I think some Republican should introduce legislation to disarm all federal agents that guard Democrats, since Dems are so anti-gun. Also, legislation that creates a gun free zone around all Democrat offices. Bet they wouldn't like that!
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Sometimes you see a movie -- even a big-time Hollywood movie -- that has a surprising amount of depth and subtlety. A movie that favors insight into human relationships and psychological motivations over tits and explosions. A movie driven by finely crafted characters. Not surprisingly, such movies are often created by directors who have made a career out of producing quality films. Sidney Lumet had 12 Angry Men at the start of his career, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead at the end, and classics like Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon in between.
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But sometimes, quality movies spring up from directors you would never expect. Maybe it's because their earlier work sucked so hard. Or even if it didn't suck, maybe their other films just led you to believe that they were only good for certain over-the-top, popcorn, mass-entertainment movies. Whatever the reason, here are four directors who made movies that were more deeply felt and observed than anyone ever expected.
4 Brett Ratner -- Red Dragon
Best Known For: Money Talks, Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3, coming off as a creep in interviews.
Brett Ratner has directed Chris Tucker four times. That's right, all three Rush Hours and Money Talks!Although, in fairness, we can't blame him for Tucker's Fifth Element performance
But Then There's This: Red Dragon
In 2002, Ratner directed Red Dragon, which was the second time Hollywood tried to film the first book in the Hannibal Lecter series. First, a brief history about the books: The first was Red Dragon, in which a jailed Hannibal Lecter helps brilliant FBI profiler Will Graham catch the Tooth Fairy serial killer. In The Silence of the Lambs, a jailed Hannibal Lecter helps young FBI cadet Clarice Starling catch the Buffalo Bill serial killer, and then escapes prison. In Hannibal, an escaped Hannibal Lecter does lots of terrible things to people for hundreds of pages and it's supposed to be interesting or enjoyable, for reasons that are unclear to anyone without serious mental disorders.
Michael Mann directed Red Dragon in 1986 and called it Manhunter, which tells you a lot about why the movie sucks. For example, the prison that holds Hannibal looks like this:
Because in the '80s, murderers were sentenced to shopping malls.
In 2001, Ridley Scott gave us Hannibal by taking the highly flawed book and changing it just enough to include different, brand new flaws. But hey, Ray Liotta eats his own brains, so there's that.
Good luck unseeing that!
Ratner may have an unholy allegiance to Chris Tucker, but he knew better than to mess with the classic Silence of the Lambs movie that Jonathan Demme made. He kept the look of the prison, and he kept the feel of the shoot. But he did more than merely ape Demme, because Red Dragon features a serial killer every bit as distinct and terrifying as Buffalo Bill. Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of Mr. Dolarhyde, the tormented murderer with a cleft palate, is startling and flawlessly captured. So Brett "Rush Hour 3" Ratner did something neither Michael Mann nor Ridley Scott could do: make a good Hannibal Lecter movie.
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First off, it happened because I must have somehow sold Ratner short. But he also had some help. Ted Tally, who adapted Silence, also adapted Red Dragon. He stayed pure to the book, and addressed a problem: There's far less Hannibal in the first book, Silence made Hannibal a star and audiences demanded more of him. Tally expertly balanced additional scenes for Anthony Hopkins that stayed true to the spirit of the book and worked with the story. Then you had great performances from Fiennes, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Also, Edward Norton hadn't quite started sucking yet.
3 Sam Raimi -- A Simple Plan
Best Known For: The Evil Dead, giving the world the glory of Bruce Campbell.
I LOVE SAM RAIMI. Let's make that clear. I love the Evil Dead series, and before Chris Nolan and Joss Whedon, he showed the world you could make a great comic book movie. Spider-Man 2 is still one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, and Evil Dead II is one of the greatest anythings of ever. Sam Raimi is not on this list because he sucks.
But Raimi has always made the kind of movies he's wanted to make. And the movies he made at the beginning of his career were big, brash, over-the-top, partly retarded and completely fantastic. If you haven't seen Evil Dead II, kill yourself, because there's no reason to keep living, because you clearly suck at it. But then become a zombie and buy the movie so you don't miss scenes like this, where our hero's hand is possessed by the evil forces in the woods:
So yeah, Raimi is awesome, but I used to think he was only awesome at stuff like the above.
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A Simple Plan is a 1998 movie starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton as a pair of brothers in rural Minnesota who find stolen money and decide to keep it. Nothing about this movie is extreme. It's filled with countless powerful, small moments that are painfully real. You feel Paxton's quiet desperation for something more than his job at the mill, and Billy Bob Thornton's portrayal of his somewhat dimwitted brother is tender and painful.
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Signaling that it intends to conduct an aggressive investigation into how the Internal Revenue Service targeted certain conservative-leaning groups, the Senate Finance Committee has asked the agencys outgoing acting commissioner to document any communications with top Obama administration officials about the unfolding scandal.
Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), who lead the Finance Committee, wrote to Steven T. Miller on Monday making 41 specific requests for information. They include documentation of all attempts to elicit information from groups seeking tax-exempt status; a list of all the words and phrases used to target applicants for additional scrutiny; how IRS officials discovered that employees were inappropriately targeting certain groups; and all internal communications between employees working to review the groups.
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Been hearing the past couple of days that the IRS union structure would be the conduit through which this illegal persecution could be easily arranged.
People, please contact your reps and senators and make sure they understand, it wouldn't be necessary for the WH to go through Treasury or IRS officials to get this done: Union thugs at the IRS could easily do it.
And that there is a known link from Obama personally to this union.
You keep posting that nonsense about Colleen Kelly meeting with Obama on 3/31/10. She attended a conference at the Old Executive Office Building, along with 100+ others. No evidence that she "met with" Obama.
Hey Max and Urine, I am sure Miller will send you a salutory "Go Eff yourself" immediately by return mail in a month or two after he's made it to his "retirement villa " on the Cote du Jour. The only way anyone will get Miller is by putting a bounty on his head.
Boy a good comrade and make sure you tied your shoelaces correctly.
"Conscience of a Conservative". Think about that choice of screen name vis a vis that last comment. Trollish, if you ask me.
Nonsense. You are the one who is blindly following the original story re: Kelly meeting with Obama, without doing the slighest bit to verify it. We should be above that sort of baseless speculation - leave that nonsense to the Left.
The whole story about Kelly meeting with Obama in the White House is based on nothing more than the WH visitor logs. Those logs are available online. You can look at them yourself, and see that, in addition to Kelly, there are 116 other people who visited the OEOB on 3/31/10 for the "Workplace Flexibility Forum." You can see what time each person signed in (all ~1200). You can see what time each person signed out (all ~1700-1730).
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It's in the White house visitors log.....
National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley, who represents IRS employees, met with Obama the day before the decision was made to profile conservative groups. Until I read this today I had been trying to imagine how a team of political operatives could orchestrate the audits without raising an alarm. The answer is they were always there—in all the IRS offices across the country—in the person of IRS employees who were also partisan union activists.
Is it my imagination or does Ms. Ingram look like the Church Lady? Definitely looks like a guy in drag...very scary-looking - a Nurse Ratchet type if I ever saw one.
No, it's not. That's the point. The visitor log does show that she visited the WH (or, to be more precise, the Old Executive Office Building) on 3/31/10. That's the basis for the original American Spectator article on this issue, and all the others that followed. But, if you look at the actual visitor log (rather than just trusting the initial report), the log shows that she was at the OEOB for a "Workplace Flexibility Forum," and that there were 116 other attendees at the conference.
Oh, crap."
Clever though you may be (or think you are) — I had a brief look at your posting history and I stand by my original comment.
I think you bat for the other team.
BS. Having higher standards than the other team (e.g., not jumping on every story that makes Obama look bad, even if the story's not true) doesn't mean that I "bat for the other team."
Ask the IRS?
How about demand, cuss, scream, yell, throw things...
Thanks Brad from Tennessee.
"IRS being sued for illegal seizure of 60 million health care records"
It may have been incorrect but Fox News Radio reported that she did meet with obama... said White House records backed it up... heard it on the radio when driving home.
According to the WH records, Obama was the "visitee" when she came to the WH on 3/31/10, but he was also the "visitee" for all 116 other attendees at the "Workplace Flexibility Forum."
Whatever happened may come out in testimony.
>> BS. Having higher standards than the other team yadda yadda bla bla bla
We're at WAR for the soul of America. Cricket rules do not apply.
You, therefore, have outed yourself as an aisle crossing (cross-dressing?) liberal sympathizer.
... is that you, Lindsay?
>> not jumping on every story that makes Obama look bad
The problem, trollface, is that you jump on EVERY story that makes Obama look bad — and try to tamp it down.
In other words, you loves you some obama.
Is that you, Jay Carney?
Bull. Sh*t.
I don't try to "tamp down" every story that makes 0bama look bad. Please point out where I've said anything to "tamp down" Benghazi, the AP (and now Fox News) surveillance, or the IRS issue (other than this supposed 3/31/10 meeting). Those are huge scandals that, in any just society, would cause very senior people, up to and including 0bama, to resign in disgrace or be booted from office.
But, that doesn't mean that I automatically believe (or should believe) any anti-0bama story I read. I'm a "trust but verify" sort by nature, and I like to do some of my own research before jumping on a story. If my research leads me to conclude that the story is overreaching in some way (like here, where I looked at the visitor log and saw the 116 other attendees at the conference), then I will say so.
The GUBERMINT has been lying to you for decades and your attitude of prove it beyond any doubt just makes it easier for them to do it. The only thing different here is that Hussein Obama has taken the lying to the next level, and you still don't believe the clown is lying.
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e still don't know exactly how many of Swapna's coworkers were killed at the Tazreen Fashions factory on November 24, 2012. She was sewing shorts—"half-pants," they're called in Bangladesh—when on the ground floor piles of yarn and acrylic fabric began to burn. She had just become pregnant by her husband, Mominul, who worked in the factory with her as a quality inspector. When the fire alarm went off, the floor managers told the hundreds of workers to sit back down, yelling that there was nothing wrong. Minutes later, when the alarm went off again, it was too late. Smoke snaked up the three staircases; the lights went out. There was no fire escape. She thought it would be better to jump than to be burned alive, but all the windows were blocked by steel security grates.
Mominul had given up looking for his wife shortly after the lights went out, instead running to a corner of his floor where men had managed to tear the grate from one of the windows. By chance, construction workers had left a flimsy grid of bamboo scaffolding leaning on an outside wall, and scores of workers were able to shinny out of the window and down onto the roof of a nearby shed. He stood on the shed roof and watched as the fire climbed up the eight-story factory. Several workers tore exhaust fans from the windows and jumped, about a hundred feet, to their deaths. Suddenly, a charred, shrieking figure scrambled down the scaffolding and onto the shed roof. The figure grabbed him, screaming wildly. Mominul didn't realize, until she calmed down, that it was his wife.
Workers at the Tazreen factory, in the Ashulia industrial zone outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, had been sewing T-shirts, jeans, and shorts for, among others, Walmart's in-house Faded Glory line, Sears, and M.J. Soffe, a seller of apparel licensed by the US Marines. The factory was capable of producing huge volumes of clothing—about a million T-shirts a month. The business of making and exporting ready-made garments—referred to by consultants, Western businessmen, and government types as "RMG" and by everyone in Bangladesh simply as "garments" (as in "before garments, all of these people were farmers")—began in the 1980s as a tiny industry captained by a class of ambitious small businessmen profiting from, among other local advantages, child labor and an extremely low minimum wage.
But conditions slowly improved over the years. These changes came about, in part, because Western garment buyers like Walmart and Nike were the targets of relentless activist campaigns that vilified "sweatshop conditions." Companies that relied on such an infrastructure responded by instituting standards meant to eliminate child and slave labor and other overt forms of abuse in factories. In 1992, Walmart began issuing a 12-point "Standards for Suppliers" document, detailing general principles they expected local factories to follow on issues like wages ("suppliers shall fairly compensate"), prison labor ("shall not be tolerated"), and freedom to form unions (suppliers are supposed to respect this right "as long as such groups are legal in their own country"). It also covers safety: "Walmart will not do business with any supplier that provides an unhealthy or hazardous work environment."
Policies like this last stipulation from Walmart are part of the reason the Tazreen fire became such a massive global news story at the tail end of 2012, and why it has been compared to New York City's horrific 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire by everyone from the New York Times editorial board to US labor secretary Hilda Solis: It seemed like an anachronistic tragedy that could have only happened in an earlier era, one in which there were no "supplier standards." The only problem with this narrative, of course—and the thing many mainstream newspapers and other observers have missed—is that it is a fairy tale.
The Tazreen fire wasn't all that exceptional. Since 2006, 500 Bangladeshi garment workers have been killed in factory fires. Workers who try to form unions are regularly beaten and arrested by government security forces. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) has worked with the government to form a new force called the Industrial Police, accused by human rights groups of harassing and intimidating workers. At least one activist has been abducted and murdered. Riots are common. In the month after Swapna and Mominul escaped Tazreen, at least 17 other fires broke out in garment factories in industrial zones.
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A very nice meet and greet and I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn's re-introduction it just reminds me how much I enjoyed the DP series. This episode has some great comedy moments and I hope they continue. I'm looking forward to see Dawn's non-unova pokemon being used and being introduced to even more in the wild. Dawn and Cilan's battle was great to see as Dawn was battling like a contest as Cilan was just battling, it was wonderful.
Anyway, looking forward to see how Dawn is used. So on to the next one!
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Favourite Pokemon: but i like them all
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I love how Dawn stomps in and uses counter-shield, and Ash recognizes it. Why don't use keep using it, dude?
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Only good part of this episode was Ash remembering Counter Shield even though he's too stupid to actually use it lol.
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This episode was quite good. Very nice to see Dawn again and I was entertained by Oshowott and Piplup fighting over Meloetta.
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Decent reintroduction for Dawn, thoroughly enjoyed seeing her and her Pokemon again. Disappointing that we're no longer going to be seeing just Unova Pokemon, would've liked a better explanation then what we were given as to why other region Pokemon appear in Eastern Unova & not Western Unova, but I guess the writers and the animation team got tired of Unova Pokemon & we've got a new game to promote.
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Glad to see dawn return,.. theydid a good job with it. Wish she woudl have asked about Brock,..but oh well :P
Man I love Oshawott LOL I love seeing him getting into fights.. and now with piplup is awesome. I also love hearing Meloetta sing...
This might have been mentioned already but can someone please explain how the voice actors messed up rattata? Ra-tata? the hell is wrong with them? Is 4kids still destroying everything we love?
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One, not angry it's just stupid. It's a first gen pokemon that name has been said right since the first season and now it's something else because they wanna chance things. If they change how they said pikachu you would be livid am I right? They are messing up our childhood with the american bull. Let's put sandwiches where rice balls go or just call rice balls donuts.
Thank you sir. Yes it's been a long time since I sat down to watch an episode and this is what I hear. Ra-tata. So there is a company worse at dubs then 4kids? Who up for boycotting and getting the rights transfer to funamation!
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BTDT and I'm not sure it's going to get easier (until middle school, maybe. I was a brat in MS, sure my folks were glad to foist me on someone else for 8 hours a day!).
I wonder how DD will know, really know, that I am momma, and the one she can count on, when she is with DCP so much (and the center daycare has one caregiver dedicated to each baby, so she's very much attached to her main lady). One day, just recently, when I was picking her up from DCP i was holding her and she "asked" to go to DCP instead
But I make sure that the time I spend with her, I am fully with her as much as possible - I try to save chores for naptime or nighttime, so that I can totally focus on her. Besides, the extra dirt is good for her immune system, right? I agree with PP, I loove to cook but there are meals that I know I won't really be able to make for several years because they are time consuming and they are not the priority for my time right now. We're eating a lot of pasta these days!
DCP makes a point to NOT tell parents when babes hit a milestone, which I appreciate. When she's with DH, which is quite frequently, I get regular text and photo updates - god bless smartphones! I take comfort in the fact that she clearly LOVES her DCP, loves playing with "her friends at school" and adores DH. So I never feel like I'm abandoning her... I'm just sad for me!
My advice: loosen up on the housekeeping, order dinner in a bit more, and don't worry about "not getting anything done." Helping your baby develop is your job right now!


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The comments about bees reminds me of an old Lancaster County {PA} tradition. The most avid participants of corn-husking bees were the young singles. That's because whoever found a colored ear [what we call Indian corn] was suppposed [or allowed] to kiss someone. Of course that was when a kiss meant something special. Wonder what the equivalent "reward" might have to be in these days??
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A free doctor's office visit with a complete STD work-up?
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Welcome aBoard, Mr. and/or Ms. Moose. Though I've never been to a work bee (unless spelling is considered work), I've heard of the red-ear-get-a-kiss; same thing for anyone who cut an apple in half without cutting any of the seeds.
#143626 - 06/06/05 08:15 AM Re: one eye blind...
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and do kids still track padiddles?_________________________
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#143627 - 06/06/05 11:23 AM Re: one eye blind...
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:) Thanks, eta, that's a new one on me!
#143628 - 06/06/05 12:29 PM Re: one eye blind...
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you're welcome. ah, the good ol' days...
we would always hope that the kissing would lead to the loss of clothing..._________________________
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#143629 - 06/06/05 02:53 PM Re: one eye blind...
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Every time I saw a padiddle, I was with my parents...._________________________
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#143630 - 06/06/05 06:37 PM Re: one eye blind...
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So what is a padiddle????
#143631 - 06/06/05 06:49 PM Re: one eye blind...
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from mav's link:
A padiddle or perdiddle is a car that has one headlight burned out._________________________
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#143632 - 06/06/05 10:46 PM Re: one eye blind...
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..and upon spotting such, one wanted to be the first to yell out "padiddle!" so he could collect his reward from the nearest comely lass.
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Some of your customs over there on the left bank are weird.
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Please note: Il Pianigiano is located in Certaldo, 10 minutes driving or 1 train station away from San Gimignano.
Il Pianigiano is right in the heart of Tuscany, only 10 minutes driving from San Gimignano, and due to its location is the ideal starting point for tours to Florence, Siena, Pisa, Volterra and many other places.
Clean and quiet Il Pianigiano lays right outside the city center,only a ten minute walk from Certaldo downtown and what's better it's only 10 minutes walking distance or 2 minutes by car from the train station, where you can catch a train to anywhere!!!
This is a great place to get a good sleep at night and relax during the day in our garden or in the front yard.
There are also a common kitchen where you can prepare your own food and a dining room where you can enjoy your meals and chat with your friends or even make new ones.
Every room has its own bathroom, air conditioning and tv set. All rooms are cleaned daily by our professional full time staff. Linens are provided and towels are available at no cost.
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Plus a good range of services including free maps and tours to wine shops and olive oil producers in the area.
Since this is a family owned business the manager lives on site and you can check in at any time of the day. There's no curfew or lockout, you will have your own key to let you in any time you want.
At the guesthouse you can also use our bikes for free for as long as you stay here for your tours either into town or around the Chianti hills!
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Il Pianigiano is located in Certaldo, between Firenze and Siena but it's very easy to get here even from many other locations.
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- From Siena catch a train to Florence and still get off in Certaldo (no other possible connections).
- From Pisa take a train to Empoli and from there the one that goes to Siena and still get off in Certaldo.
Give us a call and tell us when you arrive at the station in Certaldo and we'll be glad to pick you up there. If you want to walk from there, just turn left from the station along the one way main road. After approximately 1.5 km you'll find 'Via Fonda'. Turn left. This becomes 'Via Piano di Sotto'. We are on the left.
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University of Idaho football coach Robb Akey was relieved of his duties Sunday, Director of Athletics Rob Spear announced. Offensive Coordinator Jason Gesser has been named Interim Head Coach.
"The President (Duane Nellis) and I believe it is important to make this move now so we can immediately begin the process of hiring a new coach for the 2013 season," Spear said Sunday. "We appreciate Coach Akey's enthusiasm and dedication to the University of Idaho but this is the right move at this time."
The Vandals are off to a 1-7 start this season and are coming off a 70-28 loss at Louisiana Tech. Akey, hired in 2007, has a win/loss record of 20-50 as head coach of the Vandals.
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By CINDY GIEGER
As a teenager I dreamed of the perfect place to live. After traveling this vast country, I discovered why four generations of my ancestors chose Sullivan County. My great-grandfather, proprietor of Liberty's Shady Grove boarding house, welcomed guests to his farm for "fresh air and clean water." I am now part of that rich farming heritage as owner of Gieger Dairy Farm—NY State Solar Dairy of Distinction and a co-founder of Sullivan County Farm Network, which works to increase farm activities and connect those who grow food with those who eat it.
Sullivan County boasts over 380 farms with approximately 62,000 acres of productive farmland. The total economic value of our agricultural products is over $80 million, making farming one of our top economic stimulants.
Early settlers in Sullivan County cleared the land for the lumber and tanning industries, creating a burst of short-lived economic activity that gave way to immigrant farmers returning to farm the land. By the 1950s, a new generation of tourists arrived, once again, for "fresh air and clean water." But we are now poised to focus on another short-term solution, gas drilling, when sustainable agriculture is the key.
My vision for Sullivan County is not new, since agriculture has been here all along. With it comes economic sustainability, jobs and a promising future. My vision is a return to a community-based food system where farming is a valued part of community life, and where comments like "farming is dead" are replaced with "farming is the answer." How can this be done?
We need a new farm-friendly mindset in local government, with agricultural representation on every board, including grassroots farmers, that plans for economic growth. Support is needed to reduce regulations for small farms, to protect agricultural zoning and preserve farmland. I envision local restaurants serving local produce coupled with supermarkets promoting local products with "Sullivan County Select" sections. Local schools and colleges would provide local foods, and plant school gardens. They would offer classes in agriculture to teach farming's impact on our health, economy and the land we love. Farm activities would be assisted by a grant-writing board that would secure funds for agricultural projects. Possible projects include local meat processing, macro- and micro-creameries, a commercial kitchen and a packaging facility for local food lines complete with marketing plans to NYC,
Next we turn to agriculture to produce clean renewable energy. Solar, wind and methane gas production to produce electricity are fundamental, as well as a grass pelletizing as a sustainable local source of heating fuel. (One acre of pelletized grass can heat an average home for a season.) Tapping into new research could turn fallow land into willow crops to generate cellulosic ethanol. Sullivan County will lead in energy crops, adding revenue and job opportunities.
Lastly, I see a revolution in the education of consumers on the dangers of big government and corporate control of our food and energy. We demonstrate zero tolerance for burdensome regulations such as those with regard to genetically modified seeds that make it illegal for farmers to save and replant patented seeds. We will revolutionize farming with sustainable farm practices, regain control of our food supply and boost our economy with healthy farms growing more food and energy closer to home. Healthy farms equal healthy food, healthy bodies and economically stable communities!
Many of the projects mentioned above are current works of the Sullivan County Farm Network. To get involved contact: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Communication in Guatemala
Morgan Brown
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Krystal, Anthropology
Communication facilitates interactions among people and the exchange of information. Although there are different methods of communication, language is the most vital catalyst that aids the process of communication. In Guatemala, I observed how people interacted through the use of language. I made structural observations but I also gained first-hand experience by becoming a participant in certain situations. My research revealed a rationale on how communication occurs among indigenous Guatemalans, nonindigenous Guatemalans and foreign visitors in similar social settings, including the use or choice of a particular language. I realized that people communicate for two reasons: out of necessity and/or to socialize. The key component when initiating communication and selecting a language is assumption. I discovered that people chose to communicate in the language they assumed would best facilitate the communication process.
The Role and Importance of Motivation in the Acquisition of Foreign Languages in the European Countries of Poland and Spain
Claudia Chlebek
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Anstine, Management
In the highly globalized world in which we find ourselves, there is no doubt that knowledge in foreign languages is vital. Furthermore, a global perspective and cross-cultural competence are crucial for success in today's world because of the increase in international dependency of the world's market and the constant cultural exchange between nations. The nature of this study, funded by the Richter program, was to learn what factors motivate students to study foreign languages and examine in depth these various factors and how important these motivations are to students during the acquisition process in two European countries, Poland and Spain. The research has been compiled by conducting interviews with students, professors, and directors of international programs and/or foreign language departments and through the completion of surveys by students.
The Systematic Genetic Analysis of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genome for Gene Deletions Producing Synthetic Lethality With YAK1 Deletion or Overexpression
Ashley Collins and Bethany Stark
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Johnston, Biology
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, YAK1 encodes a kinase responsible for signal transduction in the RAS/cAMP pathway. YAK1 deletion or overexpression is not lethal, indicating that there are other genes able to perform the functions efficiently enough to survive. We sought to identify these genes using the Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) approach of Tong et al. (2001). We built two "query strains" in which YAK1 is deleted or overexpressed and mated them with the nonessential deletion collection made by Winzeler et al. (1999). We made the cells sporulate to form tetrads, and then used selection media to obtain only haploids that contain both the query mutation and the systematic gene deletion. Though the YAK1 overexpression SGA is ongoing, we have found 110 genes that show a synthetically lethal interation with the YAK1 deletion. Of these genes, those involved with nitrogen assimilation, acidification of the vacuole or localized to the mitochondrion are overrepresented.
Hiring and Qualification Ranking of Male Applicants, for Managerial or Managerial Training Positions, With Physical Disabilities
Ashley Crettol, Kim Brook and Jennifer Carlson
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Whitfield, Psychology
Although it is prohibited for individuals with disabilities to be to be discriminated against when applying for employment under the Americans with Disabilities Act, there may still be altered perceptions as to how qualified these individuals are for the position. Previous research suggests that workers with disabilities were less likely to access benefits such as health insurance; possibly due to lower income positions (Lustig, Strauser, & Donnel, 2003). The current research examines how individuals will rank applicant qualifications and hire-ability based on the type of job being applied for (e.g., manager or manager trainee), and whether the applicant provides information about being disabled or not being disabled or simply provides no information. We predict that there will be no effects of job position or disability information on hire-ability. In contrast, we expect that the disabled applicants will have lower qualifications ratings overall, but more specifically for the manager position.
Investigation of Plastic Polymer Degeneration in Indy Racing League Fuel
Abigail Farning and Kathleen Gongaware
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Jankowski, Chemistry
The 2007 season marks a year of change for the Indy Racing League as it switches its fuel from methanol to the corn-derived ethanol. This new fuel is actually l00 percent fuel-grade ethanol, which is denatured with approximately 2 percent gasoline. Initial reports have suggested that the new fuel mixture is degrading the quality of the fuel bladder. One of the goals of this research is to determine if the fuel used can cause degeneration of plastics, rubbers and/or other compounds. After a viable test method was determined, our testing turned toward a specific series of plastics, some of which are used in the manufacture of fuel bladders, to determine if there was any trend in degradation. These investigations of the plastics, which were identified by the recyclables coding system, have shown that the plastic polymers did indeed leach into the fuel mixture. Further investigation using the actual fuel bladder is now necessary.
Measuring Science Interest and Acquisition of Process Skills Across Gender and Three Cultures
Deanna Furlano and Cassandra Peterson
Advisor: Dr. John Zenchak, Biology
A student's ability to learn science depends on many factors, including culture, gender, and the method used to convey the scientific material. However, when teaching techniques are developed outside a culture and then superimposed on that culture, students may turn away from the current schooling process due to cultural and/or gender differences. The hypothesis was that a specific science inquiry methodology would increase science interest and process skills across cultural and gender barriers in as few as three exposures. Participants were predominantly Native-American, Hispanic-American, and white American and attending grades 4-6 in two high-need elementary schools in Flagstaff, Arizona. Over the three weeks of the study, science interest increased significantly and the process skills remained the same, suggesting a longer exposure to the methodology might be necessary to improve science process skills.
If Calculus Students Got What They Wanted, and Why We Wouldn't Like It That Way: A Foray Into the Methodology of Research Mathematics
Charles Gatz
Advisor: Dr. David Schmitz, Mathematics
The undergraduate mathematics curriculum can unfortunately seem disconnected and abstract to those who don't quite grasp the mathematics paradigm. In exploring this paradigm, many subtleties are glossed over due to the complexities involved in using symbolic notation. The particular question attracting my attention lurks in calculus texts, where the inverse function y = f^(-1)(x) is introduced. Most authors simply caution against confusing the notation with that for the same superscript (-n) used to denote a negative power (e.g., (2^(-3)) = 1/(2^3) = 1/8). Thus inspired, I set to work investigating the conditions to be met for a function's inverse to be equal to its reciprocal. Interestingly enough, it's profoundly rewarding to apply rudimentary mathematical techniques to derive significant results with a little bit of guidance. This essay documents my first attempt to shine some light on one of the many curious oddities in symbolic mathematics.
Perceived Competence of the Disabled in Collaborative and Noncollaborative Settings
Christin Goetz
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Mueller, Psychology
This study is investigating perceptions of working with the disabled in social and non-social settings. Participants are given a sheet with personality traits and a short description of a person with whom they will be asked to imagine they will be working. The sheet reveals a physical handicap, mental disability, or no disability (control condition) in a collaborative or noncollaborative setting. Then participants will rate their partner by filling out a short survey assessing attitudes toward working with this person, including interpersonal skills and task performance. According to previous research done in the hiring field, participants should rank the person with a physical disability higher than the person with the mental illness. The ratings should be more favorable to both disability types in the non-social setting than in the social setting because the participants will not have to directly interaction with the disabled person.
Slowed Growth Due to YAK1 Overexpression is Restored in the Presence of High Concentrations of Camp
Scott Halkyard
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Johnston, Biology
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the RAS/cAMP/Protein Kinase A (PKA) pathway is responsible for cell cycle progression and proliferation. YAK1 is a negative regulator of the RAS/cAMP/PKA pathway and thus a negative regulator of growth. Previous work in our laboratory discovered retarded growth when YAK1 is overexpressed and that this phenotype is fully dependent on the MSI1 gene. MSI1 is known to be a negative regulator of this pathway. Therefore, is the increase in cAMP concentration responsible for blocking the YAK1 slow growth phenotype? PDE2 encodes a high affinity phosphodiesterase responsible for converting cAMP to AMP; thus, strains with pde2ÿ will have higher concentrations of cAMP and an activated pathway. It was found that the slow growth phenotype caused by YAK1 overexpression was restored to normal in the pde2ÿ strain. This study supports the hypothesis that increased concentration of cAMP blocks the ability of YAK1 to slow growth in S. cerevisiae.
The North Central Review: YOUR Undergraduate Literary Journal
Rachel Hamsmith, Regina De Iorio, Stephanie Addington, Sara Bartelt, Rebecca Bonarek, Jill Campbell, Christine Fearnley, Julia Fornek, Brigit Goudie, Ashley Hazek, David Seguin, Breanne Steffes and Crystal Tullis
Advisor: Dr. Anna Leahy, English
The North Central Review is a national college literary magazine that welcomes submissions in all literary genres from undergraduate writers. Each term, students undertake various responsibilities, ranging from editorial and production duties to budget and publicity work. In order to create the finished publication, students make use of the most up-to-date editing software and innovative techniques, which shape the magazine in both content and unique style. The final product merges the team's publication efforts with the literary talents of undergraduate students nationally.
Caligula: On Becoming a God (or Insane)
Jessica Hart
Advisor: Dr. Steven Killings, Classics
Demonstrating the applicability of Humanities study to Interactive Media is increasingly important in the Information Age. "Caligula: On Becoming a God (or Insane)" presents the life and times of Gaius (Caligula) Caesar, the 3rd official emperor of Rome, in the form of a multimedia website. The website supplements primary and secondary textual sources with video, images and sound clip and provides information about Caligula's appearance, rule, public opinion, family, divine relations and sanity. This website is one of the few devoted to the study of this mysterious Caesar and depicts not only his infamous "crazy" side, but also demonstrates that Caligula was not all bad.
Chinese Medicine: Cultivation and Innovation Within the World System
Debra Hayes
Advisor: Dr. Brian Hoffert, Religious Studies & History
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has always seemed mysterious. It has often been described as a "knowing practice" (Farquhar: 1996) because its diagnostics include pulse and tongue diagnosis and four different "interviews" including smell and inspection (Wiseman: 2002). Yet, persons throughout the world are studying its methods and scientists grapple with its seemingly simplistic terms. Furthermore, the transmission of knowledge between doctors and students and its practice has always seemed mystifying. Through my onsite study, I learned how doctors "see" conditions and patients, and, ultimately, cultivate themselves. I discovered how this 5,000-year-old method (WHO: 2002) has transformed from its origination through continuous innovations, despite adversity.
Why Foreign Patients Explore Traditional Chinese Medicine in Huai Hua, Hunan Province China
Debra Hayes
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Krystal, Anthropology
Midst modernity and globalization, difficult and chronic diseases are exponentially increasing worldwide (WHO: 2005). As these illnesses rise and the tales of experience travel across borders in the blink of an eye, so do cultural adaptations and the number of persons exploring Other's ethnomedicine (Baer: 2003:5), particularly Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Through my six-month field study, I discovered why patients from more than 200 countries sacrifice inevitable linguistic, cultural and geographic separation, and endure the physically and emotionally arduous journey to mid-south China to explore the options TCM offers them at the Huai Hua Red Cross Hospital for Difficult and Chronic Conditions. I learned about the liminal existence that chronic illness co-authors and how this experience within a traditional Chinese hospital in a semi-closed city illuminates the patient's stay as a process, a Rite of Passage (Van Gennep: 1909).
Effect of Music on Memory Recall Performance
Jillian Hentschel, Staci VonHolten,
Advisor: Dr. Mary Jean Lynch, Psychology
Katie Knapczyk and Kelly McKay
Previous studies have shown that background music can affect the ability to remember and recall information (Baddeley & Salamé, 1989). Groups of North Central College students enrolled in the Introduction to Psychology classes were given a memory task during different kinds of music. This study investigated what kind of effect different kinds of music may have on the ability to remember and recall information. Five music conditions were used: familiar with lyrics, familiar instrumental, unfamiliar with lyrics, unfamiliar instrumental, and a silent control condition. We hypothesized there will be interference with the ability to recall to some extent when the music is familiar, with participants in the familiar lyrics condition having worse recall performance than those in the familiar instrumental condition. We predicted the participants in the unfamiliar instrumental condition will have the best recall performance. The results will be discussed in the context of distraction and activation.
Effects of 2.5 Molar Urea in Cultures of Stationary Phase E. Coli MC1000 and JV1068
Ana Jensen and Matthew Sorenson
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Visick, Biology
A protein repair enzyme, the L-isoaspartyl protein carboxyl methyltransferase (PCM), is used to help cells survive in times of stress, such as oxidative stress, heat stress, pH stress, methanol stress, and osmotic stress (Visick, 2005). We used the chemical urea to see whether PCM is needed to survive urea stress in Escherichia coli. Urea is a chemical that denatures proteins, and therefore causes stress on the cell. Urea was applied to two different strains of E. coli: wild-type E.coli that contains PCM and a mutant E. coli strain lacking PCM. The presence of PCM in a cell should help the cell survive while experiencing stress, such as the stress from the urea. However, we showed that with the use of 2.5M of urea, the E. coli lacking PCM (ÿpcm mutant) survived better than the E. coli containing PCM. Further research will hopefully help us to explain these results.
Fuzzy Logic Programming and Combinatorial Multi-Objective Optimization
Robert Krzyzanowski
Advisor: Dr. Godfrey Muganda, Computer Science
Logic decisions often involve multiple criteria or objectives. These objectives often cannot be modeled by a binary set of two truth values, but rather, take values in a more general lattice. For example, a committee of faculty selecting a student for a meritorious award may consider a GPA criteria (with values in a linearly ordered lattice [0, 4.0]), as well as involvement in extra-curricular activities. These types of situations cannot easily be modeled by traditional logic programs. We define a syntax and semantics for a more apt approach, a fuzzy logic programming language that can model combinatorial multi-criteria optimization problems in a natural manner. The language allows users to define multiple types of lattices, as well as logic predicates assigned truth values from these lattices. We provide a semantic description of this language, describe the implementation of an interpreter, and give examples of applications to multi-criteria decision making.
Communications Technology and the War Reporter: 150 Years of Developing Interaction
Aileen Morrissey
Advisor: Dr. Amy Grim, Speech Communication
Communications technology, in the last 150 years especially, has assisted humankind in making the world a smaller place. These advancements have not only allowed information to move more quickly, they have created new options to present messages themselves. This research divides communication advancement into three technological eras in order to discuss the telegraph, photography, newsreel film, radio, television, and integrated media. These eras are illustrated by tracing war reporting and the communication methods available and utilized during those periods of history. Parallels may then be drawn between these technologies, their implementation through war reporting, and the effects the technology had on the reporting itself. By considering these developments, one may begin to appreciate how communications technologies have affected reporting in the past, and what trends they suggest for our future understandings of war coverage.
Presenting Stimuli in Novel Context Increases the Attention Required for Automatic Processing
Rachel Mount
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Whitfield, Psychology
This study concentrates on the role of familiar versus novel context in automatic processing. Using versions of the Stroop test, color words were presented in a canonical orientation versus novel orientation. Because novel stimuli receive some sort of processing precedence and familiar context promotes automatic processing, then reading color words printed in canonical orientation will be more difficult to inhibit than reading color words printed in novel orientations. The Stroop effect was stronger for canonical orientation. Reporting the color ink in the novel context took significantly less time than reporting the color ink in the familiar context. Therefore, stimuli that are unfamiliar require more attention and slow automatic processing. This study has resulted in some intriguing questions and further research is needed to elaborate on our current findings.
Demystifying the Cattle Call: Multiple Perspectives on the Process of Regional Auditions
Megan O'Neil
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Palmes,Speech Communication/Theatre
The nature of this research, funded by the Richter program, is to give the students of North Central College an awareness of and an inside look at the phenomenon called "cattle call" or general auditions. Normally, in the theatre realm, performers and technicians audition and interview for individual companies where they can cater their audition material to the needs of that company. In general auditions, casting directors in attendance represent a wide variety of theatre companies, ranging from dinner theatres to Shakespeare festivals and universities. Usually, you have less than two minutes to appeal to everyone in the room. Through a video documentary featuring inside information from myself as an auditioner and interviews with casting directors and actors, each individual audition is examined and "demystified" in hopes that our students will be aware of these professional opportunities and that they will use this priceless "how to prepare" information to aid any audition they might encounter.
The Relationship Between Globalization and Sports
Jacqueline Ottens
Advisor: Dr. Robert Moussetis, International Business
As most businesses explore the international environment, the effects of globalization are becoming apparent. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of globalization on sports. The research satisfied the hypothesis that globalization has a direct affect on the world of sports just as it does with other businesses. This is proven by multiple examples, such as international recruiting and the increased availability to view any sporting event via satellite anywhere in the world. Through updated technology and increased worldwide popularity of sports, globalization will continue to significantly impact the characteristics and business aspects of all sports, especially those of basketball, baseball, and soccer. This preliminary research may be used in the future to predict opportunities in different businesses connected to sports.
Family Values Amongst Missionary Kids
Paul Rollet
Advisor: Dr. Heather Coon, Psychology
How does growing up in a country other than a one's parent's place of origin affect a child's upbringing? And even more, growing up in a religious household? In order to unpack these questions, this research discusses the value of family to the missionary kid or MK (kids of any age up through college), both during and following their experience abroad. Through a compellation of previous research, as well as five in-depth interviews with missionary kids from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, the results proved fascinating. Though there were many similarities amongst the interview participants (including what defines them as an MK), each one differed depending upon their schooling, socialization process, influences of Christian growth, sense of connectedness with the local culture, and personal value for family.
Influencing the Chemical Profile of Beer Through Genetic Manipulation
Jesus Salazar, Timothy Kauffmann,
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Johnston, Biology
Jason Karpus and Sheri Starks
The goal of this research was to explore genetic methods of affecting the flavor profile of alcoholic beverages and discover mutations beneficial to the brewing industry. The two pathways investigated were the RAS/cAMP and FGM. Alcohol acetyltransferase enzymes, Atf1p and Atf2p, catalyze ester synthesis. ATF1 is controlled by the RAS/cAMP pathway, which includes the P DE2 enzyme, a phosphodiesterase that hydrolyzes cAMP into AMP. Deleting the PDE2 gene activates the RAS/cAMP pathway, while overexpressing PDE2 inactivates the RAS/cAMP pathway. ATF1 is also controlled by the FGM pathway which is cAMP independent, and is controlled by Gap1p, acting as an amino acid sensor. ATF2 is hypothesized to be controlled by the same pathways as ATF1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed to make all combinations of activated and deactivated RAS/cAMP and FGM pathways. Current NMR analysis didn't detect chemical differences in the fermentation products between the deletion of PDE2 and the wild type.
Effects of Forewarning on Test Performance
Jenna Sheldon, Rebecca Veldman,
Advisor: Dr. Mary Jean Lynch, Psychology
Sarah Homan and Elizabeth Konrad
The current study measured how the immediate forewarning of test difficulty and trait anxiety affects test performance. Prior to forewarning, a personality test was administered to detect the general level of anxiety in each participant. Half the participants were told that the test would be easy (positive forewarning). Half the participants were told the test would be difficult (negative forewarning). The tests consisted of 20-sample ACT questions: five each from English, Math, Science and Reading. We hypothesized that the group receiving negative forewarning would have lower test scores and the group receiving positive forewarning would have higher test scores. We further hypothesized that negative forewarning would have a greater negative impact on people with higher trait anxiety than those with less anxiety. After the results are calculated for our study, the implication of it for the education environment will be discussed.
Inhibiting Automatic Processing in Directional Tasks
Jaclyn Sprawka, Jennifer Spathelf and Carrie DeLange
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Whitfield, Psychology
The current study examined the inhibition of automatic processes, which required participants to identify directions. Our study asked participants to complete two tasks. One task asked participants to state directions of a series of arrows on a page (e.g.,↑ ↑ ) responding "up," "right," "left" or "down." The other task required participants to state directions of arrows with an incongruent directional word before it (e.g., LEFT ). We hypothesized that the incongruent word with arrow would force an inhibition of automatic processing, thus causing longer response times on response times. We hypothesized females would have slower response times than males overall, but especially in the arrow and word task. Our hypotheses were partially supported.
The Relationship of Globalization and Malaria in Africa
Calaya VanDreel
Advisor: Dr. Robert Moussetis, International Business
Every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria in the world. Annually, 300 million people are infected with or die due to malaria. Globalization has had positive and negative effects on relief efforts for malaria through funding, prevention methods and international responsibility. Many international groups and programs have spent millions of dollars funding malaria relief. However, the majority of the money is not distributed correctly resulting in relief not reaching those who need it the most. Through globalization, not only have new technologies and medicines been created but also at a very low cost. One of the challenges facing this expansion is there's little to no education on how to distribute the technology. Once again, those suffering are left without necessities to survive malaria. The fact of the matter is, if funding and prevention methods could be adequately applied, malaria could be completely eradicated from Sub‑Saharan Africa.
What Makes a Mecca? A Tour of What Makes "Great Public Places" Great
Rachael Young
Advisor: Dr. Louis Corsino, Sociology
As the world population continues to grow and towns expand, there is a struggle to find inviting public places. Great public places are locations that combine function, aesthetics, geography, and community in a manner that attracts people. William H. Whyte, an urban researcher, set out the criteria of what he concluded made "great public places." My research, funded by a Richter grant, examined five specific world cities — London, England; Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; Rome, Italy; Chicago, Illinois — and identified "great public places" in these cities in light of Whyte's criteria. Through observations, interviews and photographic analysis, the goal of this research was to determine if Whyte's criteria were in effect and to determine what really makes "great places" great.
A Market Research Study: Developing Story Time at Anderson's Bookshop
Rachael Young, Michelle Grabowski, Chrissy Bereta,
Advisor: Dr. Mary Galvan, Marketing
Derek Coleman and Amy Domagala
This market research study focused on improving sales at the local Anderson's Bookshop. After a brief meeting with the manager of the store, those within this group project developed a survey aimed at teachers of Naperville's school districts 203 and 204. The purpose of the survey was to attract teachers and younger children into the store, as sales in children's books were declining. After receiving the e-mail survey, teachers were asked their opinion on the development of a new program, Story Time at Anderson's Bookshop. Included were questions about the genre of the book, who the storyteller should be, how long the program would last, and what times would work best for scheduling. Although the idea of this program was accepted by some, the overall results of the research concluded that it may be best to wait until a different season to start up Story Time at Anderson's Bookshop.


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The Dane County Sheriff's Office asked for the public's assistance Saturday afternoon in locating Quinn Quirk, 84, who police said was last seen Friday morning but did not return home.
Authorities said Quirk called his wife at around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, saying he was lost.
Detectives contacted the cellular telephone provider and it traced the call. The call came from a cellular telephone tower in the area of Peosta, Iowa. That's located about 15 miles west of Dubuque.
Detectives called gas stations in that area and an employee reported seeing Quirk recently.
Dane County authorities contacted the Iowa State Patrol and Dubuque County Sheriff's Office.
A short time later, Quirk was located at a gas station by state troopers and deputies.
Dane County detectives are traveling to Iowa to get Quirk and return him to his residence.


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