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Elkins Council reconsiders policy
Elkins City Council decided Thursday to take a long look at its policy for serving as a "pass-through" agency for grant applications for other local agencies.
Thursday's meeting agenda included two resolutions for the city to "stand as fiscal agent" for grant applications – one for a Governor's Community Participation Grant for the Elkins Depot Welcome Center and one for an Emergency Solutions Grant for the Randolph County Homeless Shelter.
However, City Attorney Gerry Roberts said that City Clerk Sutton Stokes discovered while looking through the paperwork this week that one of the applications included wording stating that the city would have a "continuing fiduciary responsibility" if it served as fiscal agent for the grant.
"You're not just a 'pass-through' for this," Roberts told council, advising that the applications be tabled while city officials investigate the situation.
"They're not just looking for a blessing letter from us. They're wanting for us to be administrators," Roberts said.
"We are just looking at having organizations go through some sort of process whereby they make certifications to us, the same way we'll be making certifications on their behalf to the state, to reduce the city's liability for those funds," Stokes said.
"The goal is definitely to make it work. We just want to take some steps to protect the city," he said. "The Emergency Shelter grant, for example, says that the city is subject to (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) audits, so we just need to make sure we're protected in case that happens."
Council voted to table the grant applications until a later date.
Also during Thursday's meeting:
Bob Pingley, the city's operations manager, said the city's street sweeper will soon make its first appearance of the year.
"It's our intention to start running the street sweeper regularly," Pingley said. "Ticketing will not start until the first week of May."
Pingley said the city's Spring Clean-Up service will begin Monday. Crews will cover First Ward on Monday and Tuesday, Second Ward on Wednesday and Thursday, Third Ward on Friday and April 12, Fourth Ward on April 16 and 17 and Fifth Ward on April 18 and 19.
Mayor Van Broughton, presiding over his first council meeting in his new position, said City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. April 16 to lay the 2014 Fiscal Year levy. Also during this meeting, council members will interview applicants to fill Broughton's vacated Second Ward council seat.


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Home List of Titles Simultaneous determination of polycarboxylic acids by capillary electrophoresis with a copper electrode
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/150140
- Title
- Simultaneous determination of polycarboxylic acids by capillary electrophoresis with a copper electrode
- Author(s)
- Yang, Wen-Chu; Dai, Yi-Qing; Yu, Ai-Min; Chen, Hong-Yuan
- Abstract
- The simultaneous determination of polycarboxylic acids including oxalic acid, citric acid, malonic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, aspartic acid and glutamic acid was achieved by capillary electrophoresis with a copper disk electrode (d=200 mu m). In the system, 0.2 mmol/l cetylpridinium bromide (CPB) was used as an electroosmotic flow (EOF) modifier to reverse the direction of EOF. The effects of the solution pH and CPB concentration on separation were evaluated to achieve the optimum separation conditions. At the working potential of +0.14 V (vs. saturated calomel electrode), the calibration curves for all polycarboxylic acids studied were linear with 2 similar to 3-orders of magnitude and all the detection limits (S/N=3) were below 15 fmol except malonic acid. Furthermore, the oxalic and citric acids in urine were successfully separated and determined with high sensitivity.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 867, no. 1-2 (Jan 2000), pp. 261-269
- Publication year
- 2000
- FOR Code(s)
- 0301 Analytical Chemistry
- Keyword(s)
- Amino acids; Amperometric detection; Amperometry; Carboxylic acids; Electrochemical detection; Electrophoresis; Optimisation; Organic acids; Oxalates; Performance liquid-chromatography; Plasma; Polycarboxylic acidss; Separation; Urine; Zone electrophoresis
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- 0021-9673
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
- Peer reviewed

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A book by Western Carolina University biology professor and Highlands Biological Station director James Costa titled Wallace, Darwin and the Origin of Species has been published by Harvard University Press.
The book provides an in-depth look at the work of 19th-century English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the principle of natural selection in 1858. Costa analyzes the development of Wallace's thinking through the lens of the naturalist's "Species Notebook," the field notebook and journal in which Wallace recorded his evolutionary ideas during his eight years of exploration in Southeast Asia in the 1850s.
"This engaging and very accessible book is the most comprehensive and well-balanced account of the development of Wallace's early evolutionary thinking ever written," said George Beccaloni, curator and director of London's Natural History Museum A.R. Wallace Correspondence Project.


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Volvo Trucks has launched five new truck models since September 2012
– and the whole new range goes on public display for the first time at the Comtrans Exhibition in Moscow (10–14 September).
"The trucks in our stand are the result of one of the most intensive and exciting periods in the history of Volvo Trucks. With the most modern and innovative Volvo line-up ever, we now have an outstanding ability to help customers in all segments to improve productivity and profitability," says Claes Nilsson, President of Volvo Trucks.
The new truck range boosts Volvo Truck's offer in all major segments: - Volvo FH - the long-haul champion- Volvo FM - the flexible all-round player - Volvo FMX - probably the best construction truck in the world- Volvo FE and Volvo FL - easy-to-own, easy-to-drive choices for smooth regional and city distribution
Innovative featuresAll new truck models also include innovations and features that make the driver's job easier and more efficient. They include improved suspensions and the groundbreaking Volvo Dynamic Steering, which is available on the new Volvo FH, FM and FMX. The I-See technology - a supplement to the I-Shift transmission - can save up to five per cent fuel."We are so confident in our quality that we now offer Volvo FH and Volvo FM customers a new Gold service contract that includes a maximum uptime guarantee. With telematics monitoring key components, the workshop can follow the actual wear and condition of various components online," explains Claes Nilsson.
Celebrating 40 years in RussiaDisplaying the new truck range is a great way to celebrate 40 years of Volvo Trucks in Russia. The first 100 tractors were delivered back in 1973. At that time, this was the biggest delivery of foreign trucks to the Russian market. The present Volvo population on the Russian roads totals almost 70,000 trucks.In 2009, Volvo also became the first foreign truck manufacturer to establish full-scale production in Russia. Next year, production of the new, advanced trucks will start locally at the factory in Kaluga. "Russia is one of our key markets and a real success story. By investing heavily in local production and a reinforced service network, we are confident that no one can beat our total offer of products and services here," concludes Claes Nilsson.
Volvo Trucks will hold a press conference at the Comtrans Exhibition at 12.00 on September 9. The presenters are Claes Nilsson, President Volvo Trucks, and Anton Zhelapov, Commercial Director for Volvo Trucks Russia.
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The evaluation of transfer credit determines how Bluegrass Community and Technical College will accept credit from other institutions. BCTC requires official transcripts from all previous institutions attended and these are used to establish transfer equivalencies. Please allow a semester after enrollment for coursework to be entered and evaluated. Due to this delay please provide your advisor with unofficial copies of your transcript to best determine the courses you need to take before your coursework is evaluated.
Transfer credit is initially evaluated based on whether the course is considered general education or elective. Direct equivalencies to BCTC courses are either based on previously established direct equivalencies or information on the course is sent to the appropriate department coordinator to establish a new direct equivalency. Previously established direct equivalencies can be viewed in the BCTC Equivalency Table. You may submit a Transfer Equivalency Request Form if you do not find courses on the BCTC Equivalency Table.
To have coursework re-evaluated as a general education course or to establish a direct equivalency with a BCTC course you must provide one of the following:
Please send this information to the Transfer Credit Evaluator Jeanette Dodson to begin the re-evaluation process.
Incoming students can view transfer course equivalencies already established at BCTC. This information is not all-encompassing and will be updated regularly as curriculum changes and new equivalencies are added. To access this information please connect to Bluegrass Community & Technical College Transfer Information.
This transfer table does not reflect how other institutions accept credit from Bluegrass Community and Technical College. For this information please visit the Transfer Center.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College awards credit for 100 and 200 level transfer coursework taken at regionally accredited colleges or universities. Credit is recognized credit hour for credit hour. Quarter hours are recognized as two-thirds (2/3) of a semester hour.
Transfer credit is also awarded for courses completed at colleges and universities outside of the United States based on recommendations from agencies that evaluate foreign educational institutions (e.g. World Educational Services and Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.). A list of these is available at NACES. To properly evaluate the coursework from these institutions course descriptions from the catalog, or syllabi must be provided in official English translation. Please provide these descriptions to Transfer Evaluation Specialist, Jeanette Dodson.
Evaluation of coursework occurs during the first semester as a Bluegrass Community and Technical College student. Prospective students may find the BCTC Equivalency Table helpful. If the student is transferring from a school not listed in the BCTC Equivalency table, they will need to wait for a formal evaluation of their transfer work during the first semester as a BCTC student.
Although no official transcripts are required for admission as a Visiting or Non-Degree seeking student and no evaluation of transfer work occurs, copies of transcripts may be necessary to enter organized classes with prerequisites. For more information see the Course Enrollment Request page.
There is information provided in the KCTCS catalog about how AP credit earned in high school transfers to BCTC. To receive college credit students should submit official College Board test scores to BCTC Admissions. The credit will appear under Test/Transfer Credit in Student Self Service.
Evaluation of transfer work occurs during the first semester of enrollment for all degree seeking BCTC transfer students. Students will be able to view established equivalencies on their PeopleSoft account under "View my Transfer Credit." Please note: until coursework has been evaluated, no equivalency information will be visible. Once the evaluation has occurred, students may view the BCTC course equivalent. Refer to the BCTC Equivalency Table to help determine which courses will satisfy BCTC degree requirements before this process is completed.
All coursework and transfer work entered prior to Fall 2005 is viewable only in Legacy. Students may view this work in PeopleSoft under "View My Legacy" located under 'Self-Service', and 'Academic Records'. Please note: transfer work in Legacy may be used to fulfill graduation requirements, but the course equivalency is no longer viewable. To determine how Legacy transfer work may count toward program requirements, speak to an Academic Advisor.
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But even Spaulding pales in comparison to our penultimate jester ...
No. 2: The Joker
Whether you prefer the "Jack Nicholson as The Joker" version or Heath Ledger's immersive performance in "The Dark Knight," Batman's greatest nemesis sets the standard for supervillains with panache.
The Joker, as played by Ledger, pulls off the brilliant trick of sucking us into the old saw about clowns having a tortured childhood only to mock it and spin different versions of it, making us wonder if he's "so serious" at all or simply delivering another killing joke.
But it's Nicholson's Joker who inhabits the evil clown mantle best, with his snazzy purple duds and Jack's manic, 1,000-watt personality shining through the clown makeup. You can easily see that you'd be laughing right until he jammed the stiletto painted like a candy cane through your throat.
But, The Joker doesn't float ...
No. 1: Pennywise from Stephen King's "It"
For those who read Stephen King's "It," a novel that seemed giant at the time but which pales compared to his more recent doorstop-sized works, Pennywise the Clown was a metaphysical evil, linked to another dimension and somehow ephemeral and solidly menacing at the same time.
Scary enough, right?
Then came Tim Curry, cast as Pennywise in the miniseries (hey, it's LIKE a movie) version of the book, and all bets were off.
Those of us who only knew him as Dr. Frankenfurter of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" fame were treated to a whole new side, where Frank's sly come-ons gained a razor's edge, beckoning children to come down to the sewer, saying "We all float down here."
I haven't been able to walk by a storm sewer opening since then without simultaneously looking down and stepping sideways, and just the sight of a kid playing with a paper boat in flood water can make me catatonic with fear. Pennywise is the baddest of the bad.
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Afton State Park
Grand oaks and delicate prairie flowers grace the rugged, rolling landscape of this park. Trails traverse remnant and restored prairies, wind down deep ravines and rise up to the grassy ridgetops and bluffs overlooking the scenic St. Croix River. The trails are perfect for hikers, horseback riders and cross-country skiers. The park offers visitors a swimming beach, backpack campsites and a visitor center with interpretive displays.
Tell me more about this park's wildlife, history, geology and landscape.
Visitor Alert
(Updated Nov. 18, 2016)
Park Notes
Things to see and do at the park:
Need ideas? Here's park staff's list of top stops at the park!
Virtual tour:
Take a virtual tour. It's a great tool to help you plan your next trip to the park! Panoramic tour | Snapshot tour
Park newsletter:
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Gift cards:
Purchase a Minnesota State Parks Gift Card.
GPS units:
GPS units are free to checkout at the park. Come try out Afton State Park's four stage geocache - it's fun for the whole family! If you want to check out a GPS unit during the week, please call the office a day ahead of time so we can ensure someone will be in the office to give you a unit.
Don't move firewood!
Burning non-local firewood can spread invasive species, and it's against Minnesota state law. Learn more. Always buy your firewood at the park, or from an approved local vendor. Find firewood vendors for Afton State Park.
Bird Checklist at Afton State Park.
Park Highlights
Best time to contact the park:
Friday - Sunday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.; but varies depending on staff availability
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Hastings, MN 55033
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Find Your Passion: A Fashionable Storyteller
By Chris Bryant
Making actors comfortable on stage is a big part of senior Peyton Blankenship's role as a costume designer in The University of Alabama's theatre and dance department.
And sometimes that comfort isn't limited to the tranquility that comes from knowing the costume you're sporting is well researched, well designed, and well-matched to your character's personality.
In a recent fitting a few weeks prior to opening night, the 21-year-old Blankenship carefully eyes the look sported by "Osip," a character in the play "The Government Inspector." She's not entirely pleased with the appearance of the student actor's front fall pants, the thick, olive-colored trousers designed to take the audience back to 1835 Russia, the play's setting. Alterations are a definite.
Osip mentions one of his shoes feels strange. "I think you have two different shoes on," Blankenship says. Upon closer inspection, she replaces the one-half sized smaller shoe with the other's appropriate mate. It's one of the easier adjustments she's made to a costume since she first began adjusting her own as a pre-schooler.
"I always liked dress up," says Blankenship, a theatre major. "And, I don't think I every really got over that, so I'm making a career out of it. Halloween was always my favorite holiday. You get to wear costumes and pretend you are somebody you aren't."
Blankenship still enjoys Halloween – she dressed this year as a dead Red Shirt from Star Trek – but the College of Arts and Sciences student now has her career sights set on costume design for independent regional film makers.
Donna Meester, assistant professor of theatre and dance and Blankenship's adviser, says her student is well cast for the career role. She ticks off some of the things that make a good costume designer.
"You've got to like working with a text and gleaning things out of it," Meester says. "You are an investigator. You have to be curious about people. Why do they walk like that, dress like that, and talk like that? You have to figure out their personality, and you have to enjoy the research. You have to know what else is in a character's closet. And, you need to be able to communicate. Peyton has all that. And, if she sets her mind to something, she is going to do it."
Although she hasn't officially launched her career, Blankenship is already developing quite a portfolio. For the November play, for instance, Blankenship oversaw the "building" of six dresses from scratch and the outfitting of each of the play's approximate 25 characters with alterings from the department's existing wardrobe.
When those characters stepped onto stage opening night, their appearance represented a semester's worth of work for Blankenship and a college career worth of preparation. For Blankenship, first there was research of the play's period to ensure clothing selections would be historically accurate, a read thru with the director to see how actors approached their parts, drawings – first thumbnails and later complete renderings, both of which required director approval, discussions with set designers and Meester, shopping for and purchasing fabric, further design, working with stitchers, then fittings, alterations, more fittings and rehearsals.
"What I love about costume design," Blankenship says, "is that you can tell through people's clothes just about their person. When you first look at somebody, you get that overall impression – just from what they're wearing – what kind of person they are. These were real people that had real lives and were really certain ways. I can create that, and somebody comes on stage and the audience says 'oh, this person is very flamboyant, or this person is poor, but they are trying to pretend they are rich.' It's nice to add that to the story."
Her experience is not limited to the UA stage. Two years ago, with Meester's assistance, Blankenship landed a summer sewing and dressing assignment with The Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, and she's worked on costume design for a recently completed independent film for a Birmingham filmmaker.
A Hartselle native, Blankenship said she feels strongly she's found her niche at UA. "I thought I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was little. The older I got, the more I realized that I'm not a very fashionable person, and I like telling stories. Looking back, I wonder how I didn't know because I see pictures of me, and I'm always wearing a costume in every picture that I have … putting on productions with my family. I've gotten pulled into this theatre department, and I really feel at home here."
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This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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Who said the JPC is slow?
Only a few J2EE application servers are following the EJB 2.0 specification, and already the EJB 2.1 draft specification is out. For you busy folks who want to know about what the future has in store for EJBs but don't have the time to read a 636-page document, here is a quick overview. Fair warning: the specification is a draft, so many parts are incomplete or will change.
COUNT, and
When the EJB 2.0 specification appeared, it introduced the idea of calling an EJB asynchronously, but you had to do it with JMS. JMS is not the only way to invoke an object asynchronously, however; other APIs exist, such as JAXM. How is this done with EJB 2.1?
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There are two things that differ. First, as you may know,
in order to write an MDB class, it must implement
some interfaces. These are
javax.jms.MessageListener. The latter is the interface that
enables the EJB container to subscribe the bean to the JMS server. To make
your EJB listen to another type of messaging server, the MDB must implement
another interface. For example, in order to listen to JAXM messages, the
MDB must implement
As for the second difference, obviously, the configuration side of a JMS-MDB will differ
from a non-JMS one. The EJB container must know which destination or endpoint to which it must connect. The configuration of the MDB is done with a new
tag, and by specifying "configuration properties" with the tag
<activation-config-propertyType>. This contains arbitrary name/value pairs that are specific to the messaging
service being used. It is more versatile than being forced to use JMS-specific
tags, like
The way non-JMS servers will plug into the EJB container is more or less overlooked in the current draft version of the specification. There is a mention of using the J2EE-CA, but no details are provided. This will probably be left to the EJB container to implement, just like persistence services.
When EJB-QL came out as a standard way to write queries, it was criticized for being a reinvention of the wheel. Don't we have already some querying languages, like SQL and XQuery? Plus, EJB-QL lacks several features that made it less than useful, in some cases. EJB 2.1 is trying to remedy these problems by extending the language to make it more SQL-like. Here are a few clauses and functions that are now added to this language.
Ordering is something that's usually more optimized when it's done by the database than when it's done on the client side. This new clause simply works by specifying which fields to sort on, and if data needs to be sorted in ascending or descending order. For example:
SELECT OBJECT(c) FROM ConsultantBean AS c ORDER BY c.city,c.startingDate DESC
returns all consultants sorted by city, starting with the most senior.
This numeric function returns the rest of the division between an integer and another integer (modulo). For example:
SELECT OBJECT(p) FROM PageBean AS p WHERE MOD(p.number,2) = 1
returns all odd-numbered pages.
AVG is an aggregate function that can be used for
ejbSelect methods in
SELECT clause. It returns the average value of a specified field. For example:
SELECT AVG(e.salary) FROM EmployeeBean AS e
gets the average salary for all employees.
This aggregate function can be used for
ejbSelect methods in
SELECT clause. It returns the minimum value of a specified field. For example:
SELECT MIN(f.nextFlightDate) FROM FlightBean AS f WHERE f.departureAirport = ?1 AND f.arrivalAirport = ?2
gets the date when the next flight is scheduled between two cities.
This aggregate function can be used for
ejbSelect methods in
SELECT clause. It returns the maximum value of a specified field. For example:
SELECT MAX(c.age) FROM ClientBean AS c
returns the age of the oldest client.
This aggregate function can be used for
ejbSelect methods in
SELECT clause. It adds up all values for a field. For example:
SELECT SUM(q.sales) FROM QuarterBean AS q WHERE q.year = ?1
calculates the total of all sales for a certain year.
This aggregate function counts the number of elements. It can only be used
ejbSelect methods and in the
SELECT clause. For example:
SELECT COUNT(s) FROM StoreBean AS s WHERE s.city = ?1
counts the number of stores in a certain city.
The aggregate functions (
SUM, and
COUNT) can be used with
DISTINCT to eliminate duplicates before calculating.
Personally, I don't see why all of these aggregate functions cannot be used in the
WHERE clause, as well. The specification says these can be used in the
SELECT clause only. It could be useful to test each record against
a condition that uses an aggregate function. For example, getting all employees
whose salary is above average:
SELECT OBJECT(e) FROM EmployeeBean AS e WHERE e.salary > AVG(e.salary)
One can work around this with an
ejbSelect method, or in other ways.
One of the best features of EJB 2.1 is the support for Web services. This applies to two different areas: accessing an EJB as if it were a Web service, and an EJB directly accessing a Web service.
A stateless session EJB can now be accessed through a Web service. In order to do that, the client must use SOAP over HTTP or HTTPS, and use a WSDL descriptor. Furthermore, the stateless session bean must be invoked "RPC-style." To help with the development of Web-service-enabled beans, the specification was changed in these ways:
SessionContext.getMessageContext() was added, to get a
from within the bean implementation.
ejbCreate() method is still
<service-endpoint> element has been added to
Mandatory transaction attribute is not accepted for stateless-session-bean Web services. This is understandable, because transactions cannot be propagated from the client to the bean, as in RMI invocations.
<method-intf> accepts
ServiceEndPoint as a value.
will require the use of the
<run-as> tag.
Forcing the use of HTTP is somewhat restrictive, since Web services are supposed to accept any protocol and technology, but this follows the general trend. By spelling out these restrictions, though, I think we will get into the same trap as JMS-only message-driven beans. The specification will later have to change to accommodate more standards.
Many people have pointed out the disconnection between what exists in the Web service realm and what is available in EJBs. Here are a few examples:
While these things are not addressed in the specification, they are not addressed in SOAP, either. There are programmatic solutions around those limitations, and it will be up to the container providers and/or bean developers to invent these solutions.
An EJB can directly access a Web service, simply as a regular Web service client does. But this means the Web service's location has to be hard-coded
in the bean implementation's code. This is not ideal, because if the Web
service moves to a new location, the EJB must be modified and recompiled.
To work around this problem, the new EJB 2.1 specification introduces
the concept of a Web service reference. This is exactly the same concept
as environment entries, EJB references, and resource references.
Adding a Web service reference in
ejb-jar.xml is done using
the new tag
<service-ref>. It is up to the container provider
to map the reference to the actual Web service location. The reference
can be looked up in the bean implementation, and the resulting factory
object can be used to connect to the Web service.
The new EJB 2.1 timer service is a mechanism to enable time-based business logic. For example, one could want to automatically:
Note that this timer service is not meant to be used in real-time systems. Notifications will be sent at approximate times.
To set up a timer object, use the method
returning a
javax.ejb.TimerService object. This object is a factory
for creating
javax.ejb.Timer objects. Once such an object is created,
the container will take care of calling the bean at the right time. Timer
objects can later be retrieved using the
TimerService object or
with a
TimerHandle (
Serializable), and they can be cancelled
and reconfigured.
Only "stateless" objects (stateless session beans, pooled entity beans) can process timer events. Their bean implementations must implement the
interface, which contains a single method:
void ejbTimeout(Timer).
Also, the security identity during the timer call can be specified using
<run-as>; othrwise, permissions cannot be verified.
Lastly, it is not clear how the EJB container provider will know which
bean is linked to which timer. Timer creation methods do not have parameters
to specify which bean would consume the
ejbTimeout events. Plus it would
be nice to have the choice of setting up timers declaratively in
(this would take effect at deployment time).
Here's a list of (smaller) new features:
ejb-jar.xml standard deployment descriptor is now specified with XML schema, rather than DTD.
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Deputy Police Chief Mark Krause will attend a four-day seminar in Oak Brook to explore innovative approaches to investigating domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Krause was selected to attend the Illinois Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women, which looks to raise responding to violent crimes against women to a higher spot on the agenda of law enforcement officials.
Expenses are covered by a federal grant to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
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America, if you want to know more about today's teenagers, I know where to look. You need only boot up Sony's Home, the company's virtual space largely ignored (and laughed at) by the hardcore.
No more. For the foreseeable future, at least the next month or two, I'll be spending time in Home. There are thousands of PlayStation 3 owners within the service. I've seen it for myself. What are these people doing in Home? What compells them to keep coming back? What are they talking about? Are games even the appeal of Home? What can we learn from the people already engaged with Home?
I hope to have answers (or provide some clarity) to these and other questions with My Life In Home, a new weekly feature here at G4 that will chronicle my experiences with the much-maligned Home.
Here's a telling fact: Home has not been accessed on my PS3 since December 11, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. At that time, Home was version 1.03 and in open beta. In the more than a year that's passed since, Home remains in open beta but has advanced to version 1.32. Like any good PS3 owners, I had to wait and wait for Home to upgrade. And then, of course, for my PS3 to upgrade. All told, it took more than 13 minutes after booting up my machine to upgrade Home, my PS3 and finally enter Home.
This, my friends, is what I found.
"haha you have obviously not seen me long enough lol i have passed out on Home many times"
That's a quote I wrote down while shuffling through the Sully's Bar area based on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Earlier, said user was talking about rum shots. By and large, most people seem to spend their time in Home just idling around and chatting with one another using Internet shorthand. They aren't talking about anything in particular; most don't know each other, and the most entertaining activity is constantly changing your paid-for outfit. Unfortunately, it takes quite a while for new clothes to load.
Loading is a huge issue in Home. Loading and downloading. I understand having to install a substantial patch upon booting Home, given that it's been a year since my last visit. What's irritating is having to download every new space (spaces are optional, usually game-specific Home downloads) you run into. Interested in heading to the courtyard? That's a download. Want to check out the Siren: Blood Curse space? That's a download. Oh, and if you want to enter the next room in the Siren: Blood Curse, that's yet another download. Wait, didn't I already download that space? Well, you thought you did!
Even after entering a downloaded space, one of the most common visual attractions in Home are virtual TV panels designed to begin streaming trailers and other behind-the-scenes video content. All of this content isn't pre-loaded before entering the environment, however, which means more awkward waiting as the (sometimes dozens) of TVs littered around you scream "buffering!' for a minute or longer. If Home's primary purpose is a promotional device, it's failing to ensure that's effectively implemented.
For all my complaining, however, people are still entering Home on a daily basis.
Without having accessed Home in some time, it's impossible to gauge whether Home's population was having an on or off night when I spent more than hour with it on Wednesday evening, but there's no doubt people are accessing Home and spending a substantial amount of time in that world. Even if the population numbers are modest, people are looking at, buying and using the objects being created for Home. Specifically, the costume items that can cost nearly $10 per package!
Want to become Waldo? Don't worry, that'll only cost you just $8.49. That's the bundled price, too. If you were to purchase each of the Waldo pieces separately, it'd clear the $10 mark. I talked to one user who just shrugged about spending $4 on an elaborate dragon headpiece for his avatar. For the record, I have yet to purchase anything for my Home or Xbox Live avatar. (Until there's LOST gear, anyway.)
I still don't have answers to most of the questions posed at the start of this article. I'm mystified at what's compelling people to Home over and over again, other than sheer boredom. But maybe that's the allure. It's a free, open space to meet with people and talk about games. When I was younger, hanging out in AOL chat rooms and message boards talking with like-minded folks occupied more of my time than I care to admit. It's possible Home represents a more visual interpretation of that concept.
In the next few weeks, I endeavor to find out if that theory holds up.
Until next time, readers.
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This session will provide school and district personnel who are administering the PARCC field tests updates and information about the technology and administration requirements of these tests. A question and answer session will be provided.
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This exhibition examines the function of stained glass as a means for religious storytelling and investigates how that history impacts the understanding of work in stained glass by contemporary viewers. The exhibition also reveals rarely seen processes that go into the creation of stained glass, including life-size preliminary drawings and small scale color renderings in gouache, ink and watercolor.
The 21 stained glass pieces in the exhibition represent a wide array of styles, subject matter and time periods. The oldest work in the exhibition is a 14th century, French, border piece; the most recent work was designed by German artist Johannes Schreiter in 2007 and fabricated by Oakbrook Esser in 2009. Works designed by Tiffany Studios, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mayer of Munich, Leo Cartwright, Johann Minten, Janet McKenzie and James Walker will also be featured in the exhibition.
In addition to stained glass, the exhibition will include a selection of never-before-seen, full-scale, preparatory drawings for stained glass projects created by the Jacoby Art Glass Company of Saint Louis, Missouri. These 19th and 20th century drawings were discovered by an artist working in the former Jacoby building years after the company was acquired by Oakbrook Esser.
Small preliminary paintings in gouache by well-known stained glass designers who have collaborated with T.C. Esser and Oakbrook Esser Studios, including Ross Taylor, Sepp Frank and Anton Wendling are also represented in Let There be Light.
A 30 page, full color catalogue will accompanying the exhibition. The catalogue will include images of works in the exhibition, a complete checklist and essays by Paul Phelps (owner of Oakbrook Esser Studios), Dr. Deirdre Dempsey (Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette University) and James Walker (contemporary New Zealand artist).
View a PDF of the Let There Be Light catalogue
Wednesday, September 1
Opening/gallery walk-through of Let There be Light and Holiness and the Feminine Spirit with Paul Phelps, owner of Oakbrook Esser Studios and Janet McKenzie, artist
6 p.m.
Book signing with Janet McKenzie and reception to follow
Wednesday, September 15
Lunchtime Learning
Dr. Deirdre Dempsey, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette University
And Then There Was Light: Theological Implications of Stained Glass
Wednesday, September 29
Lunchtime Learning
Gallery walk-through of Let There be Light with Paul Phelps, owner of Oakbrook Esser Studio
Wednesday, October 13
Lunchtime Learning
Dr. Annemarie Sawkins, Associate Curator, Haggerty Museum of Art
Stained Glass on Campus: A Walking Tour Featuring the Windows of Gesu Church and the Joan of Arc Chapel
Noon (meet at the Haggerty Museum of Art)
Wednesday, October 27
Kevin Grabowski, project director, Conrad Schmitt Studios
Church of the Gesu Rose Window Restoration Project
6 p.m.
Viewing of the rose window at Gesu with a presentation by John F. O'Brien, Executive Director of Operations, Gesu Parish following the lecture
Wednesday, November 10
Judith Ramazzini, glass artist and corporate curator
Lecture: Sacred Jewels, A Many Facetted Legacy: Stained and Mosaic Glass in Milwaukee Churches
6 p.m.
Her lecture, will exemplify the influence of Byzantine art, the Book of Kells, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the Italian Renaissance on local windows and mosaics. Highlighted churches include; Cathedral Church of All Saints, Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Saint Patrick's Church, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Church of the Gesu, and others.
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Dordt receives honors in international print competition
July 12, 2012
Dordt College has been awarded two Certificates of Merit in the 2012 Premier Print Awards for the 2011 Signet Yearbook and for the president's report and Vision 2020 campaign wrap-up From Jubilee to Jubilation.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the industry as a company that produces top quality, award-winning materials," said Director of Dordt College's Copy Center Services Fred Haan. "Our graphic designer, Jamin Ver Velde, and the marketing staff do excellent work, and it's great to see the fruits of their labor being recognized in this way."
The Premier Print Awards is the graphic arts industry's largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition, hosted by Printing Industries of America. The awards recognize those responsible for the creation and production of outstanding print communications.
"Each year, the field of entries brings impressive work from some of the best printers in the world. Only a small number of companies receive an award," said Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America. "The craftsmanship and hard work of Dordt College enabled them to produce an award-winning piece in the face of some very stiff competition."
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Tenchi Muyo! GXP
Episode 22 | TV-PG
Plans for a unified galactic alliance are put on hold until Seiryo's pirate shenanigans can be brought to an end. Looks like it's time for Seina and his arch nemesis to settle their differences with a duel!
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Hemophilia B
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It is possible that the main title of the report Hemophilia B is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
General Discussion
Hemophilia B is a rare genetic bleeding disorder in which affected individuals have insufficient levels of a blood protein called factor IX. Factor IX is a clotting factor. Clotting factors are specialized proteins needed for blood clotting, the process by which blood seals a wound to stop bleeding and promote healing. Individuals with hemophilia B do not bleed faster than unaffected individuals, they bleed longer. This is because they are missing a protein involved in blood clotting and are unable to effectively stop the flow of blood from a wound, injury or bleeding site. This is sometimes referred to as prolonged bleeding or a bleeding episode.
Hemophilia B is classified as mild, moderate or severe based upon the activity level of factor IX. In mild cases, bleeding symptoms may occur only after surgery, injury or a dental procedure. In some moderate and most severe cases, bleeding symptoms may occur after a minor injury or spontaneously, meaning without an identifiable cause.
Hemophilia B is caused by disruptions, or changes, in the factor IX gene. The factor IX gene is located on one of two sex chromosomes - the X chromosome. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome and thus one altered copy of the factor IX gene on the X chromosome in a male will cause hemophilia. Females have two X chromosomes and must have two altered copies of the factor IX gene to have hemophilia, or an abnormality or absence of the other X chromosome (e.g. Turners syndrome). Hemophilia in females is very uncommon and therefore the disorder almost always affects males. It is possible for some females with only one altered copy of the factor IX gene to have bleeding symptoms most often seen in mild hemophilia.
Hemophilia B is the second most common type of hemophilia and is estimated to occur in about 1 in 25,000 male births. It affects all races equally. Hemophilia B is also known as factor IX deficiency or Christmas disease. The disorder was first reported in the medical literature in 1952 in a patient with the name of Stephen Christmas. The most famous family with hemophilia B was that of Queen Victoria of England. Through her descendants, the disorder was passed down to the royal families of Germany, Spain and Russia and thus hemophilia B is also known as the "royal disease."
Although the focus of this report is the genetic, or inherited, form of hemophilia B, it should be noted that another form called acquired hemophilia B can develop, most commonly later in life (see "Related Disorders" section below). An individual with acquired hemophilia B is not born with the condition. Acquired hemophilia B is caused by the body's production of antibodies against its own factor IX protein. The factor IX antibodies destroy circulating factor IX in the blood causing bleeding symptoms. Acquired hemophilia B is extremely rare; most cases of acquired hemophilia are in those with hemophilia A.
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PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have developed a new model of skin cancer based on the knowledge that a common cancer-related molecule called Src kinase is activated in human skin-cancer samples.
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"Our previous work demonstrated that Src kinases are activated in human squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. We modeled these observations by increasing the expression of the gene Fyn, a member of Src family of proteins, in mouse skin," explains senior author John T. Seykora MD, PhD, assistant professor of Dermatology. In addition, prior work by the Seykora lab on a related protein called Srcasm, discovered by him in 2002, suggested that Srcasm may function as an anti-oncogene, a molecule that keeps others in check in order to control cell growth.
In this proof-of-principle study, published this month in Cancer Research, the authors found that genetically engineered mice expressing a K14-Fyn transgene develop precancerous lesions and invasive squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) spontaneously in 5 to 8 weeks. Skin SCCs are the second most common form of cancer, with greater than 250,000 cases annually in the US, leading to approximately 2,500 deaths.
This study demonstrates that Fyn is a potent oncogene in skin. When Srcasm levels are raised in the mouse skin cancer model, tumor formation is dramatically inhibited showing that Srcasm functions as an anti-oncogene.
The findings highlight an important relationship between Fyn and Srcasm—Fyn encourages growth, while Srcasm inhibits it. "When this system malfunctions, it's like stepping on the gas and taking off the brakes on cell growth," explains Seykora. "Adding Srcasm back to the system lowers Fyn levels and restores order."
Analysis of human skin tumor samples confirmed that Srcasm levels are decreased and Src kinase activity is increased. The authors conclude that one potential means of combating skin cancer would be to inhibit Src kinases and/or increase Srcasm levels.
This work may have broader relevance as Src kinases are one of the longest studied oncogenes and are activated in many types of human cancer, including colon and breast cancer. This study provides insight into how Src kinases are activated in human cancers. Further study of this model may provide insights into treating carcinomas that have increased Src kinase activity.
Future work will involve determining how Srcasm levels are decreased in skin tumors to promote cell growth. In addition, topical compounds will be tested using this model to determine if they may be useful in treating skin cancer in people.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
My Attempt In Removing Gallstones Naturally
It was a 7-day program that anyone can do at home. The steps taken were:
(1) For the first 6 days, eat 5 medium size organic GREEN apples everyday. If it's the small size, then you will need about 7-8. And yes, it has to be green apples. You could juice them. what I did was juice 2 apples with lettuces for breakfast and then eat 1 apple before lunch, tea and dinner. Preferably organic because since you are going to do detox, why not go all the way. But must warn you that it can be quite costly. It costs around RM5 per apple for me!
It's not a must that have to take the exact amount so don't panic if you ate one less apple on one of the days. :-D The idea is for the apple juice to soften the gallstones. You can eat normally during these 6 days, though try to avoid fried and oily food.
Alternatively, you could buy the detox set that organic shops carries. I believe there's apple juice and olive oil and Epsom salt in it. I have seen it at Justlife in IPC and it costs lesser than buying the apples. But if you ask me, I prefer the apples because I eat them fresh.
(2) On the 7th day, you will need to skip dinner. Breakfast and lunch are ok but for the rest of the day, only drink liquid. I took milk.
At 6pm, dissolve 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in a glass of warm water and drink it. It doesn't matter how much water you use. I was told by the organic shop owner that I can increase the amount of Epsom salt a little (ie a heaped teaspoonful) if I am usually constipated... This mixture has a slight bitter aftertaste.
At 8pm, repeat the Epsom salt mixture. This is to open up the ducts
At 10pm, mix half cup of olive oil ( I used organic olive + sunflower oil meant for cooking) with half cup of fresh lemon juice (am not sure if you can substitute with lime juice). Drink it and go straight to bed. No physical exercise please. So websites advised that you should lie on your right side. Not sure why though.
You will then feel the urge to purge some green stools. Different people different timing. My SIL felt the need to go to the toilet only half hour after drinking the olive oil + lemon juice. As for me, it was the next morning.
Many websites mentioned that you will feel much better after the purging but I didn't. In fact, I'm still losing weight now (it's a symptom of gallstones). Hmm.... will re-do the detox in another 2-3 months.
Forgot to mention this earlier. Do try to get someone to stay with you on the last night (the night where you need to drink Epsom salt, olive oil and lemon juice) and the following morning. Some people experienced vertigo / dizziness (like yours truly) and hunger. Others were ok (like my SIL) Apparently, you would feel as such if you have a lot of toxic... So would be good to have someone to help you in case you erm... need help while in the toilet! But this would go away very quickly especially after breakfast.
One last thing, I am not a medical personnel. The above is written based from my experience and what I know from researching from the internet and speaking to organic shop owners and others who have tried it before. So far, I have not yet heard / read of any serious side effect from this method. But if you have any doubt please consult your doctor first.
8 comments:
- LittleLamb said...
Can u send me the recipe if i want to juice 100%? i cant eat fresh green apple..
and mixing of half cup of oil n lemon juice...should taste awful right...i can imagine the oil???
- Oct 21, 2011, 11:59:00 AM
- prince n princess mum said...
Hope you successfully remove gallstones in no time~~
- Oct 21, 2011, 12:05:00 PM
- Sasha Tan said...
oooh hope you can get rid it of it :)
- Oct 21, 2011, 5:28:00 PM
- Julie said...
Heard of this method before. Hope you will get well soon. Take care.
- Oct 23, 2011, 1:08:00 AM
- chinnee (firstname.lastname@example.com) said...
Siew Ting, how was the result? Did u manage to remove the stones? My herbalife consultant taught me this method too, but I jst can't stop myself from eating so much rubbish in a day, so no yet try until now ;(
- Oct 24, 2011, 10:57:00 AM
- Health Freak Mommy said...
So was it successful? Really curious to know!
- Oct 26, 2011, 5:43:00 PM
- Alice said...
heard about this before, i hope this method works for you, having gallstone is not a joke, extreme painful and suffering because I witnessed my mom had that few years back.
- Oct 27, 2011, 11:29:00 AM
- sting said...
@ chinnee & HFM: half half I guess... it was successful as I had erm... green stools and not that successful as I still feel uncomfortable in the mid-abdomen when I ate a little too much... will be doing another round in a month or two.. wish me luck :D
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Rabbi Mark Borovitz tries to calm everyone down, but he gives no solace to the boy, telling him firmly that he's screwed up and will have to pay for it. "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime," says the rabbi -- a refrain from his own criminal past.
Hang out for any length of time at Beit T'Shuvah, a Jewish rehab clinic/synagogue/halfway house on Venice Blvd. in Culver City, and you might have your heart broken by scenes like this. The residents, about 110 men and women of all ages, nearly all of them Jewish, are drug addicts and alcoholics -- often with a criminal record.
Some at Beit T'Shuvah are repeat offenders remanded here by the courts as a last-ditch attempt to detour a dead-end life destined to be spent in and out of penal institutions. Some are midcareer professionals whose lives -- fueled by substance abuse -- have spiraled out of control. And some -- like the young man who stole his stepfather's car and money so he could resume his drug habit -- are lost children, "nice" Jewish kids gone astray.
It's just before 7 a.m. on Monday morning. On the south wall of the Beit T'Shuvah sanctuary are brightly colored stained glass windows that tell stories from the Bible or parables about recovery. One of them, in the adjoining lounge, has a Talmudic text that's the motto for this center: "In the place where the repentant stand, even the most saintly cannot reach."
About 60 residents, many in sweatclothes, filter into the sanctuary, each one carrying a Bible. The public address system blares out: "Brush your teeth and comb your hair. The rabbi is in the house, and Torah class is about to start."
Bearded, graying Borovitz usually dresses casually for this early-morning Torah class, but today he's wearing a dark suit; he tells the group that he's ministering at a funeral later -- a former resident was in a fatal traffic accident. Residents share a knowing look; among addicts and alcoholics sudden death is tragic, of course, but not unexpected.
The rabbi reads the Torah portion of the day, Ki Tissa, Exodus 30, in which the Israelites are asked to pay a half-shekel as an offering: an "atonement tax."
This Torah class, like every gathering at Beit T'Shuvah, reinforces the same messages about rehab and recovery, and the rabbi lays it out clearly: "In order to be enrolled," Borovitz says, "it takes more than ritual, more than individual piety. You've separated yourself from the community, but by paying that half-shekel, you're saying that you're willing to take the next right step. You're saying, 'I am a member.' When you don't make that commitment, it weakens the whole community. But when you do, when you make a statement by your actions, when you enroll, you're saying that you want to be part of the community."
Borovitz, 56, strokes his beard and looks upward, remembering his own strange journey from con man/criminal/alcoholic/prisoner to rabbi and spiritual mentor.
"When I was in prison and started to study with Rabbi Mel Silverman, I asked him, 'Are you going to cut me off, too?' But the fact is: No one had cut me off. No one had cut me loose. I had turned away. I had turned my back on the community. It's the same with all of us. By our actions, we cut ourselves off from our families and our community....
"Of course, you must cut yourself off from those you used drugs with; that's good. But cutting yourself off from a supportive, healthy community, that's not good."
A probing, thoughtful resident -- call him Bret -- raises a hand. "Is there some point at which we cut ourselves off so much that we cannot go back to our community?"
"No," says the rabbi without hesitation. "There's no such point." He pauses a moment, touching the lapel of his somber suit jacket. "Except death, of course."
That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy that underlies Beit T'Shuvah. No Jew -- no person -- seeking recovery is ever turned away. No one is beyond redemption.
"I had a real life," Bret says. He's in his mid-40s. "I went to Harvard Business School and worked in pension funds management. I had 200 clients worth a total of 90 billion dollars. Then I got involved with crack ... and my life went downhill.
"I was the kind of crack addict who wallows and tries to eliminate feeling. So the more I used, the more miserable I'd feel and the more drugs I would need to eliminate that feeling. It got to the point where I couldn't function at all.
"I was married and left my wife because I felt that she would not have let me live the life of drugs I wanted to live. Which is complete insanity when you think about it: to remove the one person from your life that could stop you from destroying yourself."
Bret usually carries a Bible and a book he uses to learn Hebrew. He's as dedicated to his studies of Judaism as he used to be to his other pursuits.
"Before I came here, I wasn't religious," he says. "My relatives were all old lefties, so I was brought up with no religion, but with cultural Judaism: We had a seder, for example, but never went to synagogue. Being here and practicing Judaism for the first time, I feel that I'm connecting with the spirit of my ancestors. It's wonderful.
"Here, it's easy for me to be off drugs. When I'm here, I simply don't have the feelings that used to drive me to drugs. The hole inside me that drugs used to fill, that hole is now filled with community and with Judaism."This has been a life-changing experience for me. Life-affirming. The connection with the others is the important thing. Becoming part of a living, searching community. The people here are teaching me all the time: how to live life, and how to live a Jewish life."
Part of the therapy at Beit T'Shuvah is the very fact of living communally -- being responsible for cleaning and other chores. It forces those who have been self-obsessed to think about others. As one of the counselors said at a group meeting: "If you assume that we're part of a team, an organic unit, then someone not doing his share becomes an impediment to everyone."
A resident, call him Jake, passes by. He and Bret nod warmly to one another. "This is my brother," Bret says. "I don't mean we have the same parents -- we don't -- but here we're all brothers. We've all had different experiences before coming here, but what binds us together is our weakness and the recognition of that weakness."
Jake, in his mid 40s, is originally from New York. He's short, husky, strong, lots of tattoos. He says that he started using drugs when he was 9 years old. "Cocaine, alcohol, LSD. I sold drugs and lived a life of crime. By the age of 15, I was selling coke at Studio 54 and made lots of money. I was into all sorts of crime and violence.
"I look back at myself, how I used to be ... I was a broken man. Emotionally bankrupt. There are no words to describe the level of humiliation I felt about myself. I had no hope. None. I felt I had two choices in life: running away or killing myself."
Jake's life reached a crisis last year when he was busted with 10 kilos of marijuana in his possession. "It was either go to jail or come here, so I chose to come here," Jake says. In fact, many residents are at Beit T'Shuvah because a judge offered them that option instead of prison.
"I never had any sympathy for Judaism until I got here," Jake says. "I walked into Beit T'Shuvah for the first time during the High Holy Days last year. Appropriate, isn't it? New Year, new beginning. I had the chance to leave my old life behind and that's what I've done. Now I lay tefillin every day. Every day.
"On Friday mornings we go to Venice Beach to do it, early in the morning. I stand on the sand at Venice Beach and lay tefillin and I feel close to my ancient relatives. My ancestors." After their prayers, some residents go surfing.
Does he ever miss his old life? Jake smiles gently. "I can't hold on to any of those old ideas about myself, who I used to be, the world in which I used to travel ... because if I get involved in crime again, I'm going to die. There is no wiggle room on that."
Beit T'Shuvah uses a three-pronged approach to sobriety: the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12-step model, psychotherapy and Jewish spiritual teachings. All three are equally important. Psychotherapy provides a framework for undoing past mistakes, the 12-step program is a way of dealing with the present, and Judaism gives a coherent path for the future.
The AA 12-step model has been around for nearly 70 years and has helped a great many people stay sober. Essentially, it's a spiritual/psychological program that involves group sessions in which the addict/alcoholic agrees to follow certain steps. Among them are: admitting that one has made terrible mistakes; acknowledging that one is powerless in the face of addiction; pledging to turn one's life over to a "higher power," however one perceives that power. Other steps include carrying out a "fearless" psycho-spiritual inventory of oneself, making a list of persons one has harmed and trying to make amends, if possible.
At Beit T'Shuvah, a resident's day starts early and ends late, going from group to group, with chores in between. Each day, each group repeats and reinforces the fundamentals of recovery.
"Cal," 62, is tall, bearded and tough-looking, with shaved head and large, strong hands. He first came to Beit T'Shuvah as a resident five years ago. Now a counselor, he leads groups, his moral authority buttressed by his own past bouts with addiction and recovery.
In all groups at Beit T'Shuvah, residents are asked to relive the depths of pain and shame that addiction and alcoholism led to, and to conduct a truthful self-examination. Cal lists the lies addicts tell themselves. "Here's one: It can't get any worse than this." And the truth is? All of them know the answer: "It can get a whole lot worse."
How much worse? "I woke up in a strange city, on the floor, wallowing in my own vomit and [feces]." "I stole money from my parents, went to a casino and gambled it all away." "My girlfriend O.D.'d and died in my arms and I was busted for heroin possession."
Cal's group ends by providing some hope. "Remember," he says, "and this is important: The biggest lie is that you can't change, that you can't get better. Because the truth is that you can. You can get better." Cal thinks for a moment, then adds: "Another lie is that we aren't our brother's keeper. Because we are. The truth is, we are our brother's keeper."
There are women at Beit T'Shuvah as well. "Miriam" is 28 and has been at the center for eight months. She started doing drugs at the age of 15 -- "mostly meth." Her father used crack and heroin, and after her parents divorced, she was brought up in Hollywood by her mother. In high school, she was kicked out of several schools, including a private Jewish academy.
Later she went to art school, where she "needed speed to function." Working off and on for animation companies, she got into a vicious cycle of losing jobs and stealing money from her family, while living with her boyfriend, who happened to be a drug dealer. "I couldn't stop using," Miriam says. "Finally, I asked my mom for help. A doctor recommended an inpatient program, so my mom and I walked in here one day, we just walked in cold without calling first. I was admitted right away.
"I had one slip about four months ago: I took a bicycle and drove to a dealer's place and got high. But when I got back here, I knew I had screwed up, so I requested that I be tested for drugs, and of course I tested positive for meth. I pushed the situation so that I'd be found out. Now, I have a sponsor and I participate in all the groups.
"After I screwed up, the rabbi told me: 'You can't screw up anymore.' And I haven't. I love it here. I feel safe here. The truth is, I don't know how to make friends with normal people. All I've ever known is where to get drugs and how to surround myself with people who use drugs. So the phase I'm in now is building structure to my life. Because that was what was always missing in my life: structure. I lost structure -- and I lost emotional development -- when I started using drugs at the age of 15."
Miriam is not the only one at Beit T'Shuvah who feels uncomfortable in the outside world, and whose life needs the structure imposed by an institution. The staff is aware of this. Many of the groups are designed to provide residents with tools they'll need: how to get a job, how to keep it, how to communicate with family and community, how to handle the nuts and bolts of modern life. When the time comes to leave, residents are urged to keep in touch, come to service, go to groups when schedules permit, maintain ties with a sponsor.
In spite of all that support, leaving Beit T'Shuvah and going back to the outside world can be daunting. Borovitz said that sometimes, when people are asked to leave, they "get into extreme fear, the fear of being cut off from this community. Some people fear they're going to die."
Not unlike those who spend much of their lives in a yeshiva, a monastery or the military, some residents seem to function adequately only within an institution that provides structure for them. Perhaps that's why many people come back to the residential program more than once, in some cases again and again, over the course of many years.
Every night at Beit T'Shuvah ends with the residents gathered in a circle, assessing their day. Some choose not to speak, but they all introduce themselves in the AA fashion: "I'm so-and-so, addict." Or "I'm so-and-so, alcoholic."
There are no staff members present, so it's a chance to vent grievances. But the dominant tone of these meetings is gratitude. A resident who was once a rabbinical student -- call him Sol -- said, "I'm grateful that there are people here who have faith in me and who love me. I'm grateful to those who give me the right direction when I can't see that direction myself. I'm grateful that I feel pain and hurt because it lets me know that I'm human. I'm grateful that I no longer have to inflict misery on others in order to compensate for my own misery."
Sol's words leave a vacuum of silence in their wake, as the residents absorb them.
The highlight of the week at Beit T'Shuvah is Friday night service. There's always a large crowd of several hundred people -- residents, alumni, family, supporters and anyone who enjoys a rousing Jewish service filled with wonderful music.
There are plenty of attractive people in the congregation, and more than a few yarmulkes, but it's not exactly a typical L.A. shul-on-Friday-night crowd -- they're all ages, and some are weathered, street-wise, slightly rough around the edges, jewelry in odd places.
Borovitz warmly welcomes this week's new rehab arrivals, and he warns them that they've embarked on a difficult road. While at Beit T'Shuvah, they have one main job to do. He turns to the congregation: "OK, you tell them: what is that one commitment?"
The group shouts back loudly: "HOLD ON!"
"Right," Borovitz says. "No matter how you feel, you gotta hold on."
Borovitz starts his sermon with words from one of his spiritual heroes, Abraham Joshua Heschel: Prayer should be subversive and overthrow the "pyramids of callousness" and the forces that "destroy hope."
The rabbi prowls the area in front of the ark, as well as the aisles, like an Old Testament prophet. "You can't do injustice to another just because you feel like it," he says. "That's evil at its basest. It's using people's vulnerabilities against them. It's taking kindness and turning it into weakness. It's saying, 'I can do whatever I want. I'm entitled.'
"Prayer has to overturn that. If it doesn't, it's meaningless. If it doesn't, it's useless, and religion has no bearing in the world.... We have to make a commitment to use prayer to overthrow evil," Borovitz says, "to overthrow the evil that goes along with things. The evil that says, 'Oh, you know, it's OK, whatever.'"
The rabbi's sermon has the congregation mesmerized, as if an electric current were running through the floor. Then a cellphone rings. The rabbi reacts.
"We can keep cellphones ringing on Shabbos," Borovitz says. "Who cares? Because, after all, how I might impact someone else, that doesn't matter ... it's all about what I want. If prayer doesn't help overthrow that, then it's useless.
"We pray so that we can overthrow evil attitudes.... Our prayer tonight is that you will finally use prayer to overthrow the callousness in the world and in your community.... Our prayer tonight is that you'll use prayer to overthrow your tendency to use someone else's vulnerabilities against them. Our prayer is that you'll finally say: 'Enough already! I'm not going to allow evil to hang out at my house any more!'"So what is the success rate for residents who are making a genuine effort to reshape their lives, people like Bret and Jake and others who are deeply involved in the process and devoted to Jewish practice? What are their chances?
The most optimistic assessment, even among those who truly want to hold on, is that at least one-third to one-half of them will relapse. So a committed effort is a good foundation ... but it may not be enough.
Still, that leaves plenty of success stories. Look around during Friday night services and you'll see lots of men and women who were once residents and are now making their way in the world: sober, involved with their community and their families, contributing in ways that -- before they came to Beit T'Shuvah -- didn't seem possible.
After the service, Cal, a counselor, adds this: "There was a story I wanted to tell you," he says. "A middle-aged couple comes to the Baal Shem Tov ... and they're desperate. They don't know what to do about their son. The Baal Shem Tov asks, 'What has he done?' They say, 'He has turned away from God. What can we do?' The Baal Shem Tov thinks about it for a moment and tells them, 'Love him even more.'"
That's what Beit T'Shuvah does. It takes in men and women who have turned away from what they should be and do, and it loves them even more. It gives them the hope of returning: to themselves, their families, their communities.
Beit T'Shuvah is located at 8831 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, and can be contacted at 310-204-5200. Their website is http://www.beittshuvahla.org/.
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CORRESPONDENT | November 10,2013Perfection wore black and orange Saturday as the Middlebury Tigers culminated an 11-0 season with a 26-6 victory over South Burlington and claimed their first Division I football title since 2002 at Alumni Field.
Junior quarterback Austin Robinson was the driving wheel for the Tigers, running for 150 yards and a trio of touchdowns, while throwing for another as top-seeded Middlebury fashioned a romp over the No. 2 Rebels.
This was the perfect season for us; 11-0 ... it doesnt get any better than that, said Robinson, who scored on touchdown runs of 55, 8 and 13 yards, while completing a 2-yard TD pass to Cullen Hathaway. Its so great to make them (the fans) proud. Weve had some disappointing seasons in the past and they support us so much. There were signs up all the way down to Rutland, people gathered out on the roadside to cheer us on and to bring a championship back to Middlebury makes us all so proud.
The final score does not indicate what kind of a battle it was for the Tigers early on. Middleburys offense could do little against a fired-up Rebel defense, while South Burlington quarterback Hunter Riehle completed 6 of his first 7 passes and staked the Rebel to a 6-0 lead with an 11-yard TD pass to Jeremy Clements.
But the game turned on two events: South Burlingtons 2,000-yard rusher Tanner Contois was mysteriously missing from the offense and could not be spotted on the sidelines after the second series, and Robinson gave the Tigers the lead for keeps with a 55-yard TD run on Middleburys first play from scrimmage in the second quarter.
That play gave us a lot of momentum, said Robinson. It just took our offense a couple of plays to start clicking to get the reads down and get the jitters out you know, were kids.
While Robinson and his band of Tigers went on to roll up an impressive 356 rushing yards and leave the Rebels in the dust with four unanswered touchdowns, South Burlington was lost without its biggest offensive weapon: Contois.
As it turned out, Contois returned to the sidelines from the locker room but spent the rest of the game with his ankle elevated, packed in ice.
Hes a hell of a runner, Middlebury coach Dennis Smith said. But with him gone it made it easier for us because we can play man to man (on the receivers) and put pressure on the quarterback. But if hes in there and youre playing man to man and he breaks one up the middle, hes gone it forces you to pick your poison.
Still, it was a bit of a struggle for the Tigers against a Rebel defense spearheaded by inside linebacker Sasha Kapriyelov, who was blowing up Tiger plays all evening.
The Tigers finally mounted a sustained drive late in the second period as Robinson and fullback Jakob Trautwein took turns hitting the holes and piling up yards. But with the clock ticking down on the march and with eight second remaining in the half, Smith called a timeout and amazingly called a pass.
The 2-yard toss from Robinson to Hathaway was the only pass Middlebury completed all evening but it came exactly at the right time and added a much-needed touchdown to the Tiger lead just before halftime.
Right before halftime, we put that one in and it put momentum back on our side, Smith said. That was huge because it put us up a score and were getting the ball to start the second half. I felt the momentum had shifted and we pretty much held serve from there on.
The Tigers capitalized on a Rebel turnover in the third period. Middlebury took possession on the Rebel 18 and four plays later Robinson skirted left end and danced into the end zone to build the lead to 19-6.
Middlebury added an insurance score at 10:33 of the fourth period as Robinson blasted the final 13 yards to paydirt, capping a seven-play, 54-yard drive and bumping the lead to 26-6.
Meanwhile, South Burlington was up against it. Without the presence of a running game South Burlington ran only five rushing plays for a total of 7 yards the pressure was on the passing game. Middlebury was able to basically disregard the run and put everything into the pass rush and coverage. Riehle completed 12 of 16 in the second half with an interception for 88 yards but was unable to find the end zone again.
Riehle finished 21 of 29 for 176 yards with a touchdown and two picks.
Trautwien complemented Robinson with 17 carries for 88 yards, while seven other Tiger backs carried the ball.
When the horn sounded to end the game, the Tigers swarmed the field and celebrated widly. Smithhad been to the title game twice before finally got his first title in six years of coaching. But this was a special win as he was able to celebrate with his son Samuel running out of the backfield and his dad on the sidelines.
This says a lot about our team, said Middlebury captain and lineman Samuel Usilton. We just had to play good old Middlebury football: get down to business and play hard and dont give up.
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