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- Brief Synopsis:
- The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive.
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- The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For reasons you will soon understand, my parents had remanded me to the penal institution of St. Brigid's School in Westbury, New York, a cruel and unusual punishment if there ever was one. Already, I had barely survived my first two years at St. Brigid's because I was, well, a little nitwit. Not satisfied with memorizing the Baltimore Catechism's fine prose, which featured passages like "God made me to show his goodness and to make me happy with him in heaven," I was constantly annoying my classmates and, of course, the no-nonsense Sister Lurana. With sixty overactive students in her class, she was understandably short on patience. For survival, she had also become quick on the draw. Then it happened. One day I blurted out some dumb remark, and Sister Lurana was on me like a panther. Her black habit blocked out all distractions as she leaned down, looked me in the eye, and uttered words I have never forgotten: "William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity." And she was dead-on. One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid's parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O'Reilly and said, "William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity." Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill O'Reilly and providing him with the title of his brash and entertaining issues-based memoir. And this time it's personal. In his most intimate book yet, O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. Readers will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views on America's proper role in the world emerged from covering four wars on five continents over three-plus decades as a news correspondent. What will delight his numerous fans and surprise many others is the humor and self-deprecation with which he handles one of his core subjects: himself, and just how O'Reilly became O'Reilly.
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- Date of Addition:
- 04/07/11
- Copyright Date:
- 2008
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- Bill O'Reilly
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- English
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- Politics and Government, Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction
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Montpelier recognized for bicycling accomplishments
MONTPELIER The Capital City has been designated a bicycle-friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists.
The city has been recognized with the bronze level achievement after an application was submitted by the citys bicycle advisory committee. The award recognizes Montpeliers commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investments in education programs, infrastructure and pro-bicycling policies. Montpelier joins Burlington as the only Vermont cities to be recognized for such a distinction.
Mayor John Hollar and city officials joined a group of cyclists in front of City Hall for a ceremony Tuesday, which was followed by a parade of cyclists pedaling down State Street and finishing at the high school.
One of the City Councils goals is for Montpelier to become a nationally known bike- and pedestrian-friendly city, according to a statement from the city. Since setting that goal, Montpelier has hosted a bike summit, formed a bicycle advisory committee and secured funding to develop a bicycle master plan. Designs are being finalized to extend the bike path from one end of Montpelier to the other, and bike lanes are being marked as city streets are repaved.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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Phase III Studies of Pharmaceutical Agents in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.
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Women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, with and without fractures, are being followed in placebo controlled double blind multicenter protocols. The primary parameters of efficacy are bone density and incidence of new fractures. The agents currently being tested are the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, and the bisphosphonate, alendronate. The current emphasis with raloxifene is to determine possible long term adverse actions. Alendronate is being administered intermittently to determine if this dosing regimen, which should be more acceptable to patients, is as effective as daily dosing in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
Moses, A.M., Thomas, D.G., Canfield, M.C., Collins, G.H.: Central diabetes insipidus due to cytomegalovirus infection of the hypothalamus in a patient with AIDS: A clinical, pathological and immunohistochemical case study. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88: 51-54, 2003.
Kelly, J.J., Moses, A.M: Osteoporosis in men: the role of testosterone and other sex-related factors. Curr Opin Endocrinol and Diabetes 12:452-458, 2005.
Weinstock, M.A., Moses, A.M. Skin cancer meets vitamin D: The way forward for dermatology and public health. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 61: 720-724,2009.


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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ORDER ACTION OUT OF CLOSED SESSION COUNCIL AND STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation of a Proclamation Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of 'The Redwoods: A Community of Seniors.' 2. Emergency Preparedness Commission's Annual Report to the Council. CONSENT CALENDAR
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Why investment banks should download the Netflix approach
It is a PowerPoint deck, it is 126 slides long and is basically an HR manifesto. Doesn't sound particularly enticing, right? Well, that hasn't stopped it going viral, being viewed by over seven million people online (so far) and described by Sheryl Sandberg, the high-profile chief operating officer of Facebook, as possibly "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley". So maybe it's worth a look after all.
Make that definitely worth a look. It is the now near-mythical Netflix culture deck and it might just become, if it is not already, the best read piece of business literature ever.
Now, it is, of course, easy to be cynical about such a phenomenon. Does the Netflix document really deserve such plaudits? Is the content actually so mind-blowing? And does the online video provider, which has just rolled out the latest season of its Emmy-winning series House of Cards, even practise what it preaches?
That last question is particularly hard to answer. But these are the facts: last year Netflix employed 2,022 staff, produced $4.4 billion in revenues, increased the number of subscribers in the US alone to 29 million and watched its share price triple.
Those raw numbers alone are enough to explain why people might be interested in a peek behind Netflix's curtains, to find out what it's like to work at the company that is trying to revolutionise how the world consumes media and maybe learn something of its magic.
Secret formula
The presentation is surprising for two reasons. First, the secret is that there is no secret – just highly concentrated common sense. Second, the extent to which the culture it describes differs from that on Wall Street and the City of London.
The contrast is amazing. Where banks would go left, Netflix goes right; where banks would say white, Netflix says black. Flicking through the slides – the presentation is 4,500 words long but doesn't take long to read – it is hard to escape the conclusion that whereas Netflix is trying to treat its employees like adults, investment banks are, by comparison, treating theirs like children. The difference is that stark.
That's not to say that Netflix is all warm and cuddly. One of the bluntest messages in the deck is: "Adequate performance gets a generous severance package", which makes Netflix sound like it would be right at home in the cut-throat world of Wall Street. Except – thinking about it – maybe not. Do investment banks ruthlessly purge merely "adequate" employees? No, not really. I have lost count of the number of senior bank executives who bemoan the averageness of their staff.
The deeper you delve into the deck, the greater the divergence with Wall Street and City of London practices. Netflix says it tries to promote freedom and responsibility over bureaucratic processes, reasoning that red tape strangles the best employees. One of the most oft-cited elements of the presentation is Netflix's holiday policy – it doesn't have one.
Netflix also argues that a company's values are revealed, not by printing a collection of words in the lobby (cough Transform cough), but by whom it rewards, promotes and lets go. The California-based company favours performance over hard work and hours in the office. It refuses to tolerate "brilliant jerks". In many respects, Netflix appears to be the antithesis of an average investment bank; the refreshing ying to their staid yang.
There is much here that investment banks could not replicate even if they wanted to. And it is true that much of the red tape in which they are enmeshed has been spun by regulators. But plenty of it is self-imposed. Partly that is because modern banks are just so darn big. However, Netflix actively tries to get rid of rules as it grows bigger to prevent bad processes creeping in. Meanwhile, banks force their staff to endure Six Sigma projects.
In a recent interview with the Harvard Business Review, Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, pointed out 'that many business practices are based on centuries of experience in managing industrial firms. Creative companies are a far more recent phenomenon. Industrial firms thrive on reducing variation because it leads to manufacturing errors; creative firms thrive on increasing variation because it leads to innovation.
For all the brainpower, creativity and innovation undoubtedly residing within banks, the bulk of financial activity is commoditised. These commoditised processes must be tightly monitored and, as far as possible, error free. Indeed, this might be a reason for investment bankers to welcome ring-fencing: their work is funded by retail bank deposits but it is shackled by them too.
Values and pay
The wide range of financial endeavours currently housed under the roof of a single bank may also go some way to explaining why the values executives profess often ring so hollow. Take, for example, Barclays. Its values are respect, integrity, service, excellence and stewardship. But this month it increased bonuses at the same time as it announced falling pre-tax profits for the group and the investment bank. Chief executive Antony Jenkins reasonably argued that, if he didn't pay up, his staff would leave and performance would be even worse next year. But which of the bank's values was he embracing in doing so?
Which brings us to pay. Slide 96 of the Netflix deck says: "Pay top of market is core to high-performance culture". At last a concept with which investment bankers can really get on board. But not so fast. Netflix doesn't pay bonuses; it's all salary, which Netflix believes is the most efficient and most motivating form of compensation. Employees are awarded stock options but it comes out of their salary – in that way they can choose how much risk they can personally stomach. And the options are fully vested, can be cashed in at any point and are not used to handcuff staff to the firm.
Here, then, is a truly radical way for banks to get round the bonus cap: don't pay bonuses. There are plenty of arguments against such an approach – fixed costs, industry practice, blah, blah, blah. But here's an argument for it: the current system is fundamentally broken.
This is not to advocate that investment banks adopt Netflix's culture wholesale. But banks clearly need to start looking outside their own industry for clues as to how they should refashion their culture and compensation practices. The status quo is no longer an option.


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Venkatesh Narayanamurti (left), Laura Diaz Anadon, and Matthew Bunn, lead authors of the report "Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation," answer questions during the report release in Washington D.C. in November.
Energy Report: Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Spring 2012
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy; Environment and Natural Resources; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more annually to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new report by the Belfer Centers Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group.
Achieving major cuts in carbon emissions in the process will also require policies that put a substantial price on carbon or set clean energy standards, the researchers found.
The report is the result of a three-year project to develop a set of actionable recommendations to achieve a revolution in energy technology innovation.
The project included the first survey ever conducted of the full spectrum of U.S. businesses involved in energy innovation, identifying the key drivers of private-sector investments in energy technology.
The researchers also surveyed more than 100 experts working with energy technologies to get their recommendations for energy R&D funding and their projections of cost and performance under different R&D scenarios. They used the experts input to conduct extensive economic modeling on the impact of federal R&D investments and other policies (such as a clean energy standard) on economic, environmental, and security goals.
The research team identified industries that would most benefit from increased innovation investment. The report recommends the largest percentage increases for research and development in four fields: energy storage, bio-energy, efficient buildings, and solar photovoltaics.
The report, titled Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation, recommends doubling government funding for energy research, development and demonstration efforts to about $10 billion per year. The modeling results suggest that spending above that level might deliver decreasing marginal returns.
The modeling done for the report projected that investing more money in energy innovation without also setting a substantial carbon price or stringent clean energy standards would not bring big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions -- largely because without such policies, companies would not have enough incentive to deploy new energy technologies in place of carbon-emitting fossil fuels.
The researchers propose ways for the government to strengthen its energy innovation institutions, particularly the national laboratories, so the United States can get the most bang for its buck in energy innovation investments. The report concludes that the national laboratories suffer from fast-shifting funding and lack of incentives for entrepreneurship.
The researchers also find that performance of public-private partnerships and international partnerships on energy innovation would benefit from gathering information about performance of previous projects.
The ETIP project is part of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center. Venkatesh (Venky) Narayanamurti and Matthew Bunn were principal investigators for this work, and the research team was led by Laura Diaz Anadon, ETIP director. The project was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
For more information about this publication please contact the Belfer Center Communications Office at 617-495-9858.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4 DVD
Legendary, award-winning and suspenseful, Alfred Hitchcock Presents set the gold standard for all TV mystery series to come and has remained an indelible part of popular culture. And now, the complete fourth season all 36 episodes is available on DVD for fans to enjoy again and again. Join guest stars Steve McQueen (Bullitt), Bette Davis (All About Eve), Claude Rains (Casablanca), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Roger Moore (The Spy Who Loved Me), Walter Matthau (The Odd Couple), Brian Keith (Family Affair), Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched), Art Carney (Harry and Tonto), Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon), Barbara Bel Geddes (Dallas), Denholm Elliott (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Dick York (Bewitched), Leslie Nielsen (Airplane!) and more as they act in stories of intrigue and murder all under the watchful eye of the Master of Suspense himself. Nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, and winner of 3 Primetime Emmy Awards plus the Golden Globe for Television Achievement, theres no question why this show remains one of the most beloved classic series ever made.
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Nearly two dozen "domesticated" ducklings were rounded up and rescued by animal service officers at a local park after a group of concerned residents notified Irvine police, authorities said Wednesday.
The ducklings were different than the wild ones normally observed at the park, according to a post on the Irvine Police Department's Instagram account.
When animal service officers arrived at the park, which was not identified in the post, they discovered eight ducklings huddled near a lake, and another 15 located nearby.
One of the officers rounded up the 23 ducklings and took them to the Irvine Animal Care Center, where the baby ducks were cared for until someone from an animal rehabilitation center picked them up.
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June 14-17, 2004
Crawford remains at 5-under-par, two tied at 3-under
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. â Rolex Junior All-American Julieta Granada of Asunción, Paraguay, fired a 3-under-par 69 Wednesday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship at LPGA International.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the 54-hole stroke-play invitational event is being held at LPGA Internationalâs Champions Course, the same venue as the LPGAâs Qualifying School. The event features 77 girls from 21 states and four foreign countries (Canada, Japan, Mexico and Paraguay) who were invited based upon past top national junior golf tournament finishes.
The tournament, one of two girls-only AJGA Majors, brings 18 Rolex Junior All-Americans, including Granada, Amanda Blumenherst of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Florida natives Brittany Lincicome of Seminole, Jennifer Pandolfi of Navarre, Morgan Pressel of Boca Raton and Dolores White of Lakeland. Granada, Blumenhurst, Lincicome and Pressel are all first-team Rolex Junior All-Americans.
Granada, who shot a 4-under-par 68 in Tuesdayâs first round, recorded a two-day total of 7-under-par 137 to lead Laura Crawford of Lancaster, S.C., who heads into the final round with a two-day total of 139. Mallory Hetzel of Summerville, S.C., and Tiffany Joh of San Diego, Calif., are each four shots back at 140.
Granada said she was pleased with her second-round score, the lowest of the day by any competitor, but was disappointed with her putting after hitting 17 greens in regulation.
âI was hitting it really solid but my putting wasnât that good,â Granada said. âI think I could have gone a lot lower but Iâm also happy because itâs not a bad score at all.
âTomorrow I just have to get out there and play my game shot by shot. Iâll have to work on my putting tonight though.â
After shooting a 5-under-par 67 to lead the field in Tuesdayâs first round, Crawford struggled early Wednesday, making bogeys at Nos. 4 and 7, but recovered on the back nine with three birdies to get back to 5-under-par for the tournament.
âAfter the turn, I just wanted to get in around par or even-par,â Crawford said. âIâm pretty happy with the way I closed. Julieta is a good player, so tomorrow I just have to keep the ball in play and stay focused.â
Hetzel, who has three AJGA victories and is committed to the University of Georgia as a rising senior in high school, carded a 1-under-par 71 in the second round and hopes to make a move in Thursdayâs final round.
âToday I had chance after chance after chance on the greens, and it was kind of frustrating,â Hetzel said. âI know Iâve got a low round in me somewhere, Iâve just got to dig deep and find it.â
Joh shot a 2-under-par 70 to climb into a tie for third place with Hetzel heading into the final round. Sydney Burlison of Salinas, Calif., Morgan Pressel of Boca Raton, Fla., and Amanda Blumenhurst of Scottsdale, Ariz., are locked in a three-way tie for fifth place at 142.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
Final-round tee times will begin at 7:30 a.m. Thursday off Nos. 1 and 10 tees. For more information about the Rolex Girls Junior Championship, please contact tournament headquarters at (386) 274-1549.
The Foundation
The Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program provides financial assistance to junior golfers who wish to play in AJGA events. Its goal is to give top-flight golf opportunities to young golfers regardless of financial resources. This program helps to fulfill the AJGA's mission of developing young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
What is Leadership Links?
Leadership Links is a new program whereby the AJGA is able to further its mission to help develop young men and women by teaching charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age. This program gives juniors all the tools necessary to donate their time, talent and resources to local charities and the AJGA youth development programs. Please click here to learn more about the program and the different opportunities available.


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Looking for advice, comfort, help.
Our baby's been home from the hospital for just over a week. Things started very good as he was very big and healthy at birth. He went through the mirconum and green poop stages just like he should but then stoped pooping for a bit. He lost some weight and his Doctor figured the breast milk just wasn't quite enough for him yet and had us start suplimenting the breast milk with Simulac as needed and sure enough it helped the weight and seemed to restart things BUT... since moving on to the "yellow" poop stage his BMs have remained infrequent (1 to 2 a day) and become very, very wet. Totally liquid poop really.
I'd be worried about diarreaha except for the fact that he only does it once or twice a day at most. He's feeding great and peeing on the regular schedual 6-8 times a day fine. So folks I've talked to don't think he's in danger of dehydration, But this is the third or fourth day like this now and I'm getting woried for him.
We see the doctor again first thing Mon. morning. Any advice?


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Thanks Stacie!
I did make a quick stop at the Peds office while we were out. She got screaming again pretty bad. Apparently she has thrush - One more new thing!
So hopefully with the mylicon and the nystatin in a few days all will be well!!!
Thanks Stacie!
I did make a quick stop at the Peds office while we were out. She got screaming again pretty bad. Apparently she has thrush - One more new thing!
So hopefully with the mylicon and the nystatin in a few days all will be well!!!
Mommy, I wish i could reach through the computer and give you a big hug! My sis-in-law is going through tough times with a newborn as well. They are beautiful but can be quite demanding on us mammas. One thing that every mom seems to agree upon is that night-time is the most difficult. I too had a little one who nursed constantly in the beginning and it is just so tough to go so many sleepless nights in a row. I too threw out all that free formula so it would stop "mocking" me in the middle of the night
You are right, it shall pass & soon she will be toddling around your house and you'll wish she was tiny again.
Lots of good advice from the other moms, keep up the great work. I'm thrilled that this forum exists. YEAH LLL!
My son is 5 months old now and I must have wanted to give up 1000 times in the begining. He had trouble latching on, wanted to nurse constantly, had weigh loss issues, the list goes on. BUT, it is SOOOO easy now. When my friends that bottle feed have to get up at night or in the morning and make a bottle, I just have to reach over into his little bed, pull it out and away he goes. She will get into a better routine eventually and these moments will be distant memories and you will be glad that you stuck with it for both of yalls benefit!
It does help to have someone to talk to! Hang in there you are obviously doing a good job if she is gaining.
My daughter was suddenly feeding all the time at seven weeks old, and my health-visitor called that 48-hour-feeding-frenzy. Apparently some babies get this when they have a growth spurt, and it really stops after two days. I was ready to use formula and was grateful to get this information!
How are things going for you, Dianne? Any improvement?
I know I'm a little behind, but I wanted to throw in my two cents... you CAN do it. I was certain that I couldn't, especially when my daughter did it at 3 weeks and again at 6 weeks... but I did it, and we're still going at 2 1/2 months. You CAN do it. I know it's hard, but it gets better, and keep telling yourself that it won't be like this forever!
Hi girls,
thanks for asking. Am nursing as we speak, so ignore any typos, ok!
Ashlyn is still eating Constantly- I am not joking.
We had her 4 week appt friday, she was 10 lbs even. Mind you at birth she was 7 lbs, so she has gained 3 lbs in 4 weeks.
She is sleeping better at night. We had a talk, that she could eat as much as she wanted to during the day, as long as she let me sleep. So far we have both lived up to our side of the deal!


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Mark Simpson wins Sky Arts bursary for new commission(April 2013)
Mark Simpson, recent winner of a Sky Arts Futures Fund bursary, has twin performances in April with the BBC Symphony Orchestra: as composer of A mirror-fragment... and as virtuoso soloist in Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto.
Mark Simpson, aged 24, has in recent years emerged as an exciting new musical talent, establishing successful twin careers as composer and clarinettist. He first came to attention in 2006 aged 17, winning both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and BBC Proms/Guardian Young composer of the Year Competitions. He studied music at St Catherine's College Oxford followed by Masters studies in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Julian Anderson. He has performed as soloist with UK orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic and National Youth Orchestra, and recent compositions have included his concert-opener sparks, commissioned by the BBC and premiered at the Last Night of the Proms in 2012.
His latest accolade is winning a Sky Arts Futures Fund bursary, one of five awarded to the most exciting young creative artists. Worth £30,000, the bursary makes it possible for Simpson to have time and resource to create a 30-minute commissioned work which looks set to be his most ambitious composition to date. His planned new score is inspired by John Gray's book The Immortalization Commission which focuses on the efforts made by early 20th-century spiritualists and scientists to defy mortality. The new composition, scored for an ensemble of instruments and voices, is described by Simpson as "a sonic palimpsest".
Mark Simpson's association with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, following sparks at the Last Night of the Proms, continues in April with events as both composer and clarinettist. On 19 April his orchestral score A mirror-fragment... receives its London premiere at the Barbican conducted by Martyn Brabbins. The 12-minute tone poem, commissioned from Simpson by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic as part of his native city's celebrations as European City of Culture in 2008, was premiered by the orchestra under Paul Daniel and received its German premiere in Meiningen last year. The London performance of A mirror-fragment... is preceded by a pre-concert talk and the concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
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On 30 April Mark Simpson joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra at its Maida Vale Studios home for an Invitation Concert featuring Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto. Simpson is a BBC Radio 3 Young Generation Artist and his performance - his first of the concerto - will be broadcast live on Afternoon on 3. Free tickets are available from:
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Also in April is the premiere of Simpson's Exile, a choral setting of poetry by Hart Crane for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, unveiled at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 April. Future premieres include Salvator Mundi for the Choir of Christchurch Cathedral Oxford commissioned by the Newbury Spring Festival on 25 May, an orchestral work, and a new work for the winds of the Britten Sinfonia scheduled for premiere in February 2014.
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The Master of Leadership in Ministry (MLM) is an accelerated, innovative, in-ministry, cohort-based program designed to educate, equip, and empower scholar-leaders for vocational ministry in churches and other ministry organizations. Building on knowledge and competencies developed in bachelor's degrees currently offered in the Department of Christian Ministries (or comparable degrees), coursework is focused on integrating foundational knowledge of the Bible, theology, culture, and human development, with leadership and ministry practice. The program utilizes a hybrid of online coursework combined with strategically chosen face-to-face sessions including two courses taught on location in Israel.Credit Requirement for MLM Program – 37 creditsCompletion of MLM Program – Less than 16 months
Ministry is the incarnation of God's mission and purposes within the life of a particular community. Students will interact with ministry leaders in the Chicagoland area as they evaluate and apply various approaches to contextualization.
The Holy Land study tour and Jesus Trail will enhance the student's understanding of and appreciation for biblical history, geography, and culture. Walking the path that Jesus traveled will challenge students' understanding of spiritual formation as they go through the experience of pilgrimage.
"This leadership event is crafted to infuse vision, skill development and inspiration for the sake of local church transformation." Students will be inspired and challenged by world-class inspirational leaders as they think more deeply about their own personal vision for leadership.
Biblical and theological thought are essential to a grounded approach to ministry. Thus, this program seeks to root all aspects of the curriculum in a process of practical theology, rather than disconnecting such foundations from life and ministry, as is often the case. Utilizing the student's "In-Ministry" site for extended case study analysis, many of the major course projects will encourage students to apply theological, biblical, and social science foundations to real-life ministry.
Whether its touring historical sites in Israel, hiking the Jesus Trail, connecting with ministry leaders on location in the Chicago area, attending the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit, or teaching a lesson in one's ministry, students will engage in a variety of creative learning experiences designed to integrate with the program's academic goals.
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School officials in Houston, Texas are investigating an assault on board a school bus that was caught on camera.
Blake Chilla, 12, said he and the girl seen in a cellphone video exchanged words in the moments before the video was shot. His mom said he found out when Blake's older sister discovered the video had been posted on Facebook.
"I was shocked and my son loves to ride the bus. And to my knowledge had never had any issues on the bus and I was really surprised. I had no idea there was any issues," Tracy Chilla said.
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Update: China to Approve First Non-Animal Cosmetics Test
Update: After four years of hard work persuading the Chinese government to accept non-animal methods for cosmetics testing, scientists at the Institute for In Vitro Sciences, whose work in China was first funded by a grant from PETA, are celebrating an important victory! Chinese government officials have stated that they will soon, for the first time ever, be recognizing data from a completely non-animal test method for safety evaluations of cosmetics. Currently, the Chinese government requires cosmetics companies to pay for cruel tests on animals in order to sell imported and special-use cosmetics in China – a practice PETA exposed in 2012. The government's acceptance of the 3T3 Phototoxicity assay means that cosmetic companies selling in China will be able to submit data on cosmetics for this particular test, involving exposure to light, without having to harm animals. PETA is proud to have contributed to this effort, and congratulates the scientists at IIVS for their critical work helping to end the Chinese government's requirements for tests on animals for cosmetics.
Originally posted May 7, 2012:
Thanks to guidance from PETA-funded scientists, Chinese officials are now in the final stages of approving the country's first non-animal testing method for cosmetics ingredients.
The 3T3 Neutral Red Uptake Phototoxicity Assay, which tests chemicals for their potential toxicity when they come into contact with sunlight—and which is already in widespread use in the U.S. and the E.U.—is expected to be accepted in China by late summer.
Last summer, when we discovered that China was requiring animal tests for cosmetics to be funded by cosmetics companies—including Avon, Estée Lauder, and Mary Kay, which for years had been on PETA's list of companies that don't test cosmetics on animals—PETA awarded a grant to scientists at the Institute for In Vitro Sciences. These scientists traveled to China several times to offer their expertise and guidance in replacing animal-based tests—which are cruel and unreliable—with non-animal alternatives.
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@ T, it's because of advertising. Studies show that consumers are drawn to the next big thing. Existing brands have to keep adding new ingredients or achieving new / different effects (or at least advertise that they have) so that they can keep the image of being on the cutting edge. Every time you see something claiming it's a new formula, or "now with" whatever, they've had to test that new version out before they can sell it. Anyone who truly cares about animals should just boycott every cosmetic company that is NOT specifically vegan. Buy from veganessentials.com and places like it. It's true, the makeup's a bit more expensive. But nothing suffered for it! This is a classic case of cheap / convenient for people vs. animal suffering.
I see no reason at all to test on animals at all,most things that are tested are safe in the first place,as I have always said that certain scientists do rigorous testing just because the government is paying out to them,thinking that it is for required testing or is important or relevant.But most is not and most is for somethings that have been known to be safe entirely.Some are for non essential tings and some is for menial things and things that are for things been tested time and again..ALL SICK and we have computer modules for most things and so a living animal being poisoned,burned maimed,electricuted,blinded deprived of love or light or family or sewn all without anaesthetic is a horror I wouldnt want happening to me or anyone,let alone innocent creatures who do not use none of the stuff humans do.ITS CRUEL AND INHUMANE AND UNNECESSARY AND government funded because its not regulated properly,animals are used barbarically not even looked after properly and deserve no one doing these disgusting things anymore.Havent we enough crap to use without more..
I know this may sound thick but if the products have already sold in their millions around the world (USA etc) can't the Chinese just accept that they are safe, if nothing's happened to the millions of europeans and Americans using them why do they need to see what effect it has non a rabbit????? Hate animal testing, absolutely ashamed of the human race.
sure animal testing is cruel but what else can we do? test on people? which is worse
can we physically stop animal testing?
Why are we making cosmetics in CHINA
Hi! So what is the update? I just read this and I am so sad
I am so disgusted that Estee and Avon have lied. I didn't know. I had started selling Avon, but will stop immediately. What companies will do for money; their ethics go right out the window when it comes to making a profit.
It's disgusting that these companies have lied..At least China are doing something to stop animal testing – just sad for the animals that it's come too late for.
I received an email from Mary Kay stating they 'had no choice' – of course they had a choice, they had a choice to not subject animals to torture and not lie to their loyal customers. I am a student and have relied on Avon and Revlon for years. I don't know where I will go for cheap makeup now, I'm so angry to have been lied to.
Please help get the new tv show the Yukon men taken down!! they are tortureing and killing animals on every show. We need to go after the sponsors and the network!! They are the worst of the worst.. They dont have to live in such a bad inviroment and kill animals!! they should all be put into there own traps and be left in the forest!! Leslie Roberts
What an achievement with China! Peta saving more animals. Fantastic. Its a pity one of the first things David Cameron did was arrange to send UK pigs to China with their disgraceful record of animal cruelties, so he sends ours there to suffer more than they already do. Nice man.
Maybe the Chinese should stop skinning animals alive as well…
I work for a Large Cosmetic company and although we don't test on animal's I was aware that the 3 Avon, Estee Lauder and Mary Kay had started again for the Chinese Market…. I wrote an email to all 3 about how I felt and how the Chinese Market was Wrong!!!! Thank God they will not demand this now as it is so Cruel…. Loreal still does it so urge everyone not to buy them!!!!!
This is GREAT news! I hope China follows through, but there is still work to do. Plenty of companies still test on animals, even in the US where it is not required.
well done PETA, you do such great work. I love being Vegan, nothing i eat wear or use, has come through a animal suffering. and feel so healthy.
To Mopps Mum,sorry -Avon was found out-lying for years about not testing on animals,I used to tell their Avon ladies as Avon wasn't in the Leaping Bunny book (NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS)I wouldn't buy from them ,I even had one of their representatives -ring me to assure me they didn't test on animals ,they have since admitted they -lied,and they were going to allow China to test on the animals to obtain the Chinese market -they -lied -once -they will again if it warrants it.
To Mopps Mum,sorry -Avon was found out-lying for years about not testing on animals,I used to tell their Avon ladies as Avon wasn't in the Leaping Bunny book (NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS)I wouldn't buy from them ,I even had one of their representatives -ring me to assure me they didn't test on animals ,they have since admitted they -lied,and they were going to allow China to test on the animals to obtain the Chinese market -they -lied -once -they will again if it warrants it.


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Fresnel, Augustin Jean (1788-1827), French physicist, an adherent of the wave theory of light. Born in Broglie, Eure-et-Loir, and educated at Caen and at the École Polytechnique in Paris, he made numerous experiments in the interference of light. Fresnel was the first to demonstrate that two beams of light polarized in different planes do not exhibit interference effects. From this experiment he correctly deduced that the wave motion of light is transverse, rather than longitudinal (like that of sound) as had been previously believed. Fresnel was the first to produce circularly polarized light. He also worked out a number of basic optical formulas, including those for reflection, refraction, double refraction, and the polarization of light reflected from a transparent substance. Fresnel's work on optical effects caused by the motion of objects was important in the later development of the theory of relativity. In the field of applied optics, Fresnel designed the type of compound lens, often called a Fresnel lens, that is used to produce parallel beams of light from lighthouses and in a type of spotlight frequently used in theatrical lighting. Fresnel's scientific work was known only to a small group of scientists during his lifetime, and some of his papers were not published until after his death. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society of London.
You can buy a Fresnel lense from Edmund Scientific. In early days of television they were sold to
enlarge image on TV screen. I still have one.
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#79291 - 10/18/02 05:31 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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I have many fond memories of hanging and aiming "fresnels" in my college theatre days... and the lekos and scoops..._________________________
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#79292 - 10/18/02 06:07 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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i too, have large (12 inch square-- 30 cm or so) fresnel lens. it is very flat, and useful. it's also a wonderful toy, that family children love. its plastic, so its safe for children to use with care._________________________
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#79293 - 10/18/02 06:26 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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Jackie sent me a URL where you can buy a clear plastic Fresnel magnier for about ten bucks.
Said to be very helpful for reading fine print. I plan to get one.
#79294 - 10/18/02 09:00 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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And Fresnel only lived till he was about 39 years old, if my math's right.
The ASp is my checker. She'll let me know whether I missed it by a decade or not...
#79295 - 10/31/02 01:26 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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Alliance Tool and Die Corp. had a Fresnel Optics division in Rochester, NY. They used to cut the metal dies and mold the plastic lenses mainly for overhead projectors. I remember seeing a 3-4 ft diameter die being continuously cut over a period of a few days. The copper "hair" spun off like cotton candy into huge piles.
#79296 - 10/31/02 01:57 PM Re: Fresnel lens
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If you use Netscape 4.7, you will see that Netscape has a far advanced Fresnel lens
that can make a beam of light bend into an arc. Quite revolutionary.
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The Weinstein Company presents a special screening of FRUITVALE STATION in association with the San Francisco Film Society and the Oscar Grant Foundation. Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident to be featured.
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Ambrosia beetles are a specialized group belonging to the family Scolytidae. They differ from the bark beetles in this family in several ways. While bark beetles burrow in the phloem layer or at the juncture of the bark and sapwood, ambrosia beetles bore through the bark and into the sapwood. The ambrosia beetles are highly specialized and feed on fungi that they cultivate on the walls of the tunnels. Both the adults and larvae feed on the fungus. In many cases, the fungi are specific to a given beetle and the spores are carried from site to site in specialized pouches (mycetangia) in the body of the female. As the female excavates a new tunnel, the spores are deposited on the walls.
Most ambrosia beetles attack weakened, injured or dying trees and shrubs. Some attack fresh-cut wood as well. A few species attack apparently healthy trees and shrubs. Some of the more common ambrosia beetles will be described.
The black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus, and the Asian ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus, are two species that attack apparently healthy trees and shrubs.
The black twig borer is an introduced species native to Southeast Asia. The first report in this country was from Florida in 1941. It is widely distributed throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions. This beetle attacks twigs and small branches of host trees and shrubs. Dogwood, magnolia, and redbud are some of the common ornamental shrubs and trees attacked by this beetle. It is known to attack over 200 different host species. Adult females begin to emerge about the time dogwood blooms. The females bore into the twigs and small branches and form brood chambers in the stem pith. As many as six generations per year are produced.
The first signs of damage by this beetle are fading or wilting of the foliage on the terminals of infested twigs and branches. Close inspection will reveal the presence of a tiny entry hole on the underside of the affected branch.All stages of the beetle may be found in infested branches. Dark stains from the ambrosia fungus will be found in the central pith as well.
Small infestations can be controlled by pruning out the infested twigs and branches. Because of the many overlapping generations, spraying is of limited value.
The Asian ambrosia beetle is also a native of southern Asia and is now found world-wide. It was first detected in the U.S. in Charleston, SC, in 1974. This beetle attacks over 200 broadleaf trees, shrubs, and vines.
The initial attack by this beetle occurs in the spring. As the female bores into the wood, a thin, toothpick-like strand of sawdust is pushed from the tunnel. This may extend an inch or more from the surface of the bark. While the females prefer to attack stems under three inches in diameter they will attack stems up to eight inches in diameter. The entry hole is about 2 mm in diameter. The tunnel goes straight into the heartwood and then opens into a cave-like brood gallery with one or two side galleries.
A major emergence of females occurs in early spring. This is often around March 1 in South Carolina. Host plants may be heavily attacked at this time. If the host is vigorous enough, the beetles may be drowned or forced out by heavy sap flow. If the host is weak or not producing large amounts of sap, the attack will be successful.
Control of the Asian ambrosia beetle is difficult. Heavily infested plants should be removed and destroyed. Insecticide sprays are of limited value. They must be applied prior to adult emergence and attack on new hosts. Using proper horticultural practices to ensure healthy plants will help prevent attack.
There are several other ambrosia beetles that attack weak or dying host plants. The most common of these is Xyleborinus saxeseni, sometimes referred to as the lesser shothole borer. Almost any broadleafed tree or shrub may be attacked by this beetle. The first major adult flight is in mid- to late-February when temperatures exceed 65°F. As many as five generations per year are produced.
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Because Jovan Belcher played professional football, he thrust domestic violence into the media spotlight and the national conversation when he murdered his girlfriend and then committed suicide on December 1.
This tragedy instantly orphaned their three-month-old daughter and shocked sports fans but, unfortunately, sounded eerily familiar to advocates for domestic violence victims.
In the last month alone, two domestic violence-related homicides in Pennsylvania also made national news. Just one day after Belcher ended two lives, a 53-year-old school teacher was shot dead while playing the organ during a church service in Coudersport. Her ex-husband is charged with her murder and threatening others in the congregation. On November 15, a three-year-old boy died when a 62-year-old man set fire to an Altoona home in the mistaken belief that his ex-girlfriend was inside.
No one is immune from the devastation of domestic violence—not a perpetrator's coaches and teammates, a victim's fellow church members, or a sleeping child.
It's time to say "no more" to domestic violence. You can help by:
•Calling 911 if you see, hear, or suspect abuse.
•Contacting your congressional delegation and demanding the long-delayed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, that protects domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking victims.
•Giving the toll-free hotline number for Safe Haven of Pike County, Inc. to anyone you think may need it. Our hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 570/296-HELP.
•Inviting a speaker from Safe Haven of Pike County, Inc. to visit your workplace, school, club meeting or house of worship to present an educational program on domestic violence.
Just as every domestic violence homicide affects an entire community; it will take our whole community to prevent more domestic violence.
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Michelle Wright, Main Street program manager, and City of Beeville Street Department employees, under superintendent Albert Bridge, should be highly commended for all they have done to plant colorful flowers, landscape the City Hall grounds and planters in downtown parking areas, and add festive decorations, signage and park benches.
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A bladder neck suspension reinforces your urethra and bladder neck so that they won't sag and provides something for the urethra to compress against to help prevent leakage.
To perform the procedure, your surgeon makes an incision in your lower abdomen. Through this incision, your surgeon places stitches (sutures) in the tissue near the bladder neck and secures the sutures to one of two places:
Your surgeon may recommend this surgical approach if you're also having another abdominal surgery at the same time, for instance to repair prolapse of other pelvic organs.
The downside of bladder neck suspension is that the procedure requires an abdominal incision, and you need general or spinal anesthesia. Recovery takes several weeks, and you may need to use a urinary catheter until you can urinate normally.
Certain procedures to treat overactive bladder involve stimulation — using small, electrical impulses — of the nerves that signal the need to urinate. Nerve stimulation may help with urge incontinence, but these procedures aren't effective for treating stress urinary incontinence.
In this procedure, your surgeon implants a small, pacemaker-like device under your skin, usually in your buttock. Attached to the device — called a stimulator — is a thin, electrode-tipped wire that carries electrical impulses to the sacral nerve. These electrical impulses block messages sent by an overactive bladder to your brain, telling it that you need to urinate.
Sacral nerve stimulation doesn't work for everyone. You can try it out first by wearing the stimulator externally, after the attached wire is placed under your skin in a minor surgical procedure. If the stimulator substantially improves your symptoms, then you can have it implanted.
Surgery to implant the stimulator is an outpatient procedure done in an operating room under local anesthesia and mild sedation. Your doctor can adjust the level of stimulation with a hand-held programmer, and you also have a control to use for adjustments. The stimulation doesn't cause pain and may improve or successfully treat urge incontinence and urgency frequency syndrome in people who haven't had success with medications or lifestyle changes.
An alternative to sacral nerve stimulation, tibial nerve stimulation is a procedure to stimulate a nerve in your leg (tibial nerve). The electrical stimulation travels along the tibial nerve to the spine, where it connects with the nerves that control the bladder.
Called percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation, the procedure involves placing a needle through the skin near the ankle to reach the tibial nerve. An electric impulse flows through the needle. The procedure takes about 30 minutes, and you start by having it done weekly for 12 weeks. Based on your response to the treatment, your doctor may recommend follow-up sessions at regular intervals to maintain the results.
Tibial nerve stimulation may be an option if you've tried other treatments without success and you don't want to have surgery.
Finding an effective remedy for urinary incontinence may take time, with several steps along the way. If a particular treatment approach isn't working for you, ask your doctor if there's another solution to your problem.
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Officials demand more information on police contact with students
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Do you really want to know why the cops are functionally sequestering certain targeted children for "counciling?" Basically, it's so they can turn them into snitches. After comprehensively scaring the shift out of them, they then offer the children a way out of all their difficulties by letting them anonymously finger any and all of their classmates who may or may not be doing anything illegal.
The reason why there's no suspensions of some of these kids is so they can fly under the radar with their school-attending peers. A school-to-prison pipeline you say? How much you wanna' bet that California's private prison industry is going to have their sewage-slimed fingers in this particular mix somehow, somewhere ~
... and if you prefer believing that cops don't conspire to commit crimes, then you are sadly misinformed. Take a blue-pill and free your mind ... http://www.injusticeeverywhere.com/
Often, school officials will default to using police to solve issues. Several times I've called our local school to report truants just a block off campus. They tell me to call the police instead. Same thing happened when I complained about persistent littering in the neighborhood before and after school. Not our deal, call the cops, was the suggestion.


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A part of the 50 apartments is completely separated from the hotel complex. They are situated on Via Johannes Badrutt and occupy a beautiful and quiet location on the edge of a green belt in the immediate vicinity of the village centre. The medium-priced apartments unveil magnificent views of Lake St. Moritz and the Engadine mountains cape. The apartments are unfurnished and available for long-term rentals.


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The Electronic Conference on Foundations of Information Science THE NATURE OF INFORMATION: CONCEPTIONS, MISCONCEPTIONS, AND PARADOXES will be held on the Internet from 6-10 May 2002 and will be served through the conference Web site location: http://www.mdpi.net/fis2002/. On behalf of the organisers we invite you to attend this Symposium which is free to present and participate in. Please register for the conference through this Web site to obtain access for the conference and to remain informed on the conference program and news.
The conference will consist of invited and contributed electronic posters and
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Selected papers will be invited for peer-reviewed publication in the MDPI electronic
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ONU to celebrate Homecoming 2012
Ohio Northern University will celebrate Homecoming 2012 from Oct. 5-7. All alumni, friends, family, faculty and students are welcome to attend.
With its "Where in the World's Klondike?" theme, Homecoming weekend will kick off on Friday, Oct. 5. The Pettit College of Law will host various sessions throughout the day, including the dedication of the Rare Book Collection room at 5 p.m. and a law donor recognition dinner to follow.
At 6:30 p.m., former athletes will be honored during the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet.
The annual Stefanie Spielman Walk/Run for Breast Cancer kicks things off Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m., followed by many activities, including tours of the various colleges and the traditional Homecoming parade at 10:30 a.m. The ONU student chapter of the National Community Pharmacy Association will hold a health fair in the McIntosh activities room from 8-10 a.m.
A family-friendly tailgate party begins at 11:30 a.m. before the Homecoming game against Baldwin Wallace University. Music, games, carnival rides and food will be available for all to enjoy. Tailgate tickets can be purchased through the Office of Alumni Relations.
Following the game, a class reunion reception will be held at The Inn in meeting rooms 1 and 2 at 4 p.m.
The entertainment for Saturday evening includes the sixth annual Sigma Phi Epsilon Balloon Glow at 6 p.m. and fireworks at approximately 7:45 p.m. Alice Tan Ridley with the ONU Symphony Orchestra will headline this year's Homecoming concert in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts at 8:30 p.m.
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Davis & Elkins College will host a continuing education opportunity in the arts for West Virginia K-12 teachers who would like to learn more about integrating dance into their classrooms. The free workshops are scheduled for Nov. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the D&E campus.
With a focus on dance, the sessions will encompass science, math, English language arts and social studies.
"Dance is a core discipline in West Virginia," said D&E Adjunct Professor of Dance Laurie Goux. "It integrates extremely well with math, reading and social studies."
Emily Oleson, coordinator of the Dance Program at Davis & Elkins College, adds that dance "can increase student engagement, inspire depth of understanding, and provide classroom variety and opportunities."
In the workshop, Oleson and Goux will explain how to develop arts integrated lesson plans and workshop ideas for individual teachers through hands-on activities. The plans can be adapted to any grade level.
A long-time instructor for Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College, Oleson is pioneering a new major at the College in American Vernacular Dance, the dances that have arisen socially in the United States. This fall she presented "The Meaning of Buck Dance" at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage with artistic partner Matthew Olwell of Good Foot Dance Company in collaboration with Urban Artistry and Bessie-award-winning tap dancer Baakari Wilder.
Goux is a West Virginia Department of Education Dance Consultant who serves Randolph and Harrison counties to build Arts Integrated Curriculum using the national and state Core Standards. She has been a professional dancer and choreographer for more than 30 years and has worked with some of the most prestigious choreographers in American dance history, including Katherine Dunham.
All teachers attending workshops will receive a free lunch in Benedum Dining Hall and a complimentary ticket to the evening dance concert given by Urban Artistry in Myles Center for the Arts Harper-McNeeley Auditorium.
To register or obtain further information, call 304-637-1212 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Teachers planning to participate must register by Nov. 8.
The following is a workshop schedule:
9:30 10 a.m.: Welcome
10 11:30 a.m.: Honeybee Disappearance Laurie Goux
The lesson will explore the importance of honeybees to our environment, problems and possible solutions of colony collapse, and how honeybees communicate through dance. Lesson combines Content Standards and Objectives for science, math and dance.
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m.: Lunch, Benedum Dining Hall
1 2:30 p.m.: Dancing with Shapes: Geometry in Dancing Emily Oleson
This lesson will explore geometry through movement, facilitating understanding of three geometrical dimensions, planes and solids. Possibilities can range from covering simple two-dimensional shapes for younger students, to more complex polyhedra for older students.
2:45 4 p.m.: American Vernacular Dance in History: a Study of Social Dance
Social dances reflect social movements and phenomena, and provide a useful tool for remembering significant moments in American history. Often accessible, easy to learn and highly musical, these dances range from the Charleston to Appalachian flatfooting, to tap and urban dances such as House and hip hop.
The Davis & Elkins Dance Program engages students in technical training and theoretical inquiry, giving them opportunities to perform, choreograph, compete, produce and teach dance. Three emphases will be offered for dance majors Sustainable Dance, American Vernacular Dance and Contemporary/Postmodern Dance. Students selecting a minor in Dance must complete 18 credit hours of dance courses.
For more information, please visit the D&E website at www.dewv.edu or call 304-637-1243.


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Not only do photographers need to learn by doing but it also helps to see the work of exceptional noted photography artists. Cogswell Introduction to Photography students had the chance to meet both goals when they recently took part in a field trip to the San Jose Museum of Art.
Students visited the museum to see two exhibits in particular – Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography and Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage. While they could only take photos in the Museum lobby, the trip was an valuable part of the learning process.
"It's important for students to see real works of art and participate in the rich arts and cultural programs in our area," said Karen Keister, faculty.
After checking out the exhibits, some of the students stayed in the downtown area to take photographs for their latest class project.


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Update on Medicare Competitive Bidding Demonstration for Lab Services
ASM's Legislative Communications Site
On April 8, United States Federal District Court Judge, Thomas J. Whelan granted a preliminary injunction on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, prohibiting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from announcing bid winners in the Medicare Competitive Bidding Demonstration for Clinical Laboratory Services. The preliminary injunction also enjoined CMS from otherwise implementing and carrying out the demonstration project in the San Diego metropolitan area, and further disclosing any information included in the bid applications. The decision was timely in that CMS was supposed to announce bid winners for the San Diego demonstration site on April 11. Because a preliminary injunction only delays the implementation of the demonstration until further Court order, it is critical that Congress act now to provide a permanent solution. ASM encourages you to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to co-sponsor and vote in favor of S. 2099, the Preserving Access to Laboratory Services Act of 2007 and H.R. 3453, the Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007.
ASM-CDC-APHL Meeting on Enteric Disease Testing Issues
On April 3-4, Vickie Baselski, chair of the Committee on Professional Affairs, and Bob Jerris, member of the Professional Affairs Committee represented ASM at a meeting to discuss the role of clinical diagnostic and public health laboratories in enteric disease surveillance and response, in Atlanta, GA. ASM was asked to cosponsor this year's meeting with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). The ASM has two major action items from the 2008 meeting: the Society is participating in a workgroup helping to write the interpretation section of a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Guideline on the issue, and the ASM is also responsible for gathering current coding, billing and compliance information on enteric diseases.
ASM Responds to Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) Proposal
The ASM continues to comment on Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) proposals regarding correct coding for Medicare laboratory testing based on appropriate utilization. The PSAB Committees on Professional Affairs and Laboratory Practices reviewed the MUE Phase VII proposal, and on April 7, the ASM submitted comments which included several edits for tests performed to detect infectious diseases by any method including molecular methods. The Phase VII edits are slated for a July 1 implementation date.
ASM Invited to Appoint Delegate to the USP
The ASM received a letter from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), inviting the Society to appoint a delegate to the USP Convention, for a term that expires in 2010. The USP is a nonprofit, science based public health organization that maintains the US National Formulary and sets standards for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States. Among its many responsibilities, the USP sets and maintains procedures for testing products for sterility, antimicrobial preservative effectiveness, and a number of other sentinel microbiology procedures. PSAB chair, Ruth Berkelman recommended to CPC the nomination of Alice Weissfeld, Ph.D., former chair and current member of the Committee on Professional Affairs, to serve as ASM's delegate to the USP. The CPC approved Dr. Weissfeld's nomination in early April.
ASM Posts Revised Sentinel Guideline on Burkholderia
ASM's Sentinel Level Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Guideline Webpage
The ASM Sentinel Clinical Laboratory Guideline on Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei was recently revised and posted on ASM's website. Peter Gilligan, Ph.D., and Mary York, Ph.D. are the authors of this guideline which can be downloaded from ASM's Sentinel Level Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Guideline Webpage.
ASM Posts LOCS Advisory on Measles Outbreak
On April 4, the ASM posted Laboratory Outreach Communications (LOCS) Advisory regarding the measles outbreaks in the United States. The LOCS Advisory was sent to ASM from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of LOCS is to create a volunteer communications infrastructure for the exchange of laboratory related information between the CDC and others in the laboratory community.
Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter Available
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The April issue of the Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter has been published by the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM).
ASM Submits Funding Statements to Congress
Funding Statements
The ASM submitted FY 2009 funding recommendations to Congress on the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Science Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. A compilation of the ASM recommendations to Congress as well as a budget analysis for the federal agencies that support R&D have been developed.


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It must be due to a physiological reaction to the length of day more than to the onset of cold weather.
Predictive dormancy is used by plants (generally) adapted to the local climate to enter the dormant period, and this is usually based on day length. Technically, it's based on night length, but nobody ever goes around saying "night length".
Consequential dormancy is another strategy, when a plant is triggered into dormancy by a cold snap, or by cold experienced prior to the time it would ordinarily undergo predictive dormancy.
So you can have two plants of the same species that are equally cold hardy, but the one from North Dakota will go dormant before the one from southern New Mexico.
In fact you can see this happen. Both the catalpa down the street and the desert willow in my front yard start losing their leaves at the same time, but the chitalpa next door gets its leaves frozen. So do desert willows from places like Arizona. (There are about 8 of them here, from all over the southwest.)
My desert willow is from a famous plant south of Santa Fe, has endured everything Denver's weather can throw at it for over 20 years, but the chitalpa's desert willow half is apparently from a more southerly accession and doesn't go into dormancy as early. (Tashkent, where the chitalpa was bred, is not particularly cold, so they would have had no reason to look for a specially cold-hardy form of desert willow.)


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Engagin In Roof Repairs
Many homeowners are reluctant to do roof repair by themselves. However, you still need to determine what job needs done before your roof becomes a major problem. This way you'll be somewhat knowledgeable whenever you're talking to roofing companies.
Young Roofs
Whenever you have relatively young roofing it may have been damaged by wind or it could have been improperly designed. Winds of over 50 MPH can lift shingles, loosen fasteners and pull adhesive loose. If it's improper design that's your problem, then you're definitely going to need roofing Houston companies to come in and handle the problem for you.
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Normal weathering does occur with roofs. In this case you will need to perform a certain amount of maintenance to ensure that your roof is kept in proper condition, otherwise your roofing materials may deteriorate and moisture and dirt will then be able to find their way into your home. Those homes that receive a lot of hailstorms or industrial pollution or are located near the ocean are more likely to have their roofs deteriorate faster.
Engaging In Roof Repairs
Whenever you go to repair your roof you'll have to make sure that you have decent weather. If the weather isn't cooperating you'll have to use buckets to protect your home's interior until the weather does cooperate. Sometimes when you look at the problem you will determine that you're not prepared to handle it yourself. It's at these times that you'll want to wait until you can find a contractor to do the work for you. This is also true if you're unable to locate the damaged area yourself. Here, it may be a matter of the flashing (a waterproof joint located where the roof changes elevation) being the issue, which shouldn't be surprising considering that this is a common weak point with roofs.
Regardless as to what type of roof repair you may need you'll have to have your damaged shingles removed. Only then will you be able to see the true damage that exists. Sometimes the damage will be so severe that you will also need to remove the roofing felt so that the decking structure can be repaired. This is why it's a good idea to have roofing companies come in and do the work for you.