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This is Harry Anderson's signature effect, featuring an improved needle with a screw-off bulb!
In this amazing trick, a 10 inch hatpin is stuck through your arm, just below the surface of the skin. Blood pours out of the wound, but when you remove the needle everything has "healed" and there's not even a scar!
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The State Board of Education
has named Christopher Koch (pronounced "Cook"),
interim state superintendent beginning in December
2006 and until the board names the next state school
Koch, who has been with the Illinois State Board of
Education (ISBE) since 1994, will serve in an interim
capacity after Superintendent Randy Dunn leaves the
post to begin serving as president of Murray State
University (MSU) in Murray, Kentucky. MSU announced
in May that it had selected Dunn as its next president.
Dunn agreed to stay on as Illinois state superintendent
of education through December 1, 2006. Dunn was named
superintendent in August 2005 after having served as
interim superintendent since September 2004.
The Illinois State Board of Education has hired Hazard,
Young, Attea and Associates of Glenview, Illinois to
conduct the search for the next superindent. The State
Board members are meeting with Hazard, Young, Attea
and Associates during their retreat in Bloomington
Aug. 23-25.
"We are pleased that Dr. Koch has agreed to
take on the interim assignment. He knows the agency
well and will make a good interim superintendent after
Randy Dunn leaves for his new post and until the next
superintendent is in place," said Illinois State
Board of Education Chairman Jesse Ruiz.
Koch was first appointed as Director of Special Education
at ISBE in April of 2001. He served as ISBE's
Chief Education Officer from 2002-2003. Koch has experience
as a special educator having taught in four states
in various settings including an Outward Bound program,
a college preparatory school, a youth detention center,
a psychiatric hospital and a church-sponsored day school.
He served at the federal level, with the U.S. Department
of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult
Education where he administered programs in correctional
education and School-to-Work ("STW") transition.
In his initial years at ISBE and prior to his appointment
as State Director of Special Education, he helped secure
STW funding for Illinois and the City of Chicago and
provided leadership in developing partnerships with
the agency. His accomplishments as ISBE's Assistant
Superintendent for Special Education include ensuring
the continuation of federal Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) funding to Illinois without conditions,
correcting compliance issues at the state and local
level, implementing a performance-based accountability
system for special education, establishing public reporting
of performance data for school districts, promoting
parent and school district partnerships, and embracing
a philosophy of continuous improvement. Dr. Koch is
a member of the National Association of Directors of
Special Education.
Dr. Koch is an Illinois native, and a product of Illinois
public schools, having graduated from Brown County
High School in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, and from Southern
Illinois University in Carbondale,. He obtained his
master's and doctoral degrees in Educational
Policy and Leadership from George Washington University
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Taken on August 28, 1884, this is the oldest known footage of a tornado. It was taken in South Dakota, 22 miles southwest of Howard.
This photo was taken on July 8, 1927 in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. Here you can see the tornado closing in on the city.
This photo was taken on May 31, 1949 in Manhattan, Kansas.
On June 5, 1996 a tornado hit Enid, Oklahoma. This classic photograph shows a tornado in its mature stage.
This photo was taken on September 10, 1969. NOAA did not share any further information about this photo.
Taken on May 24, 1973, this photo was the first footage taken using the NSSL doppler radar and NSSL chase personnel. This tornado was in its early stage of formation in Union City, Oklahoma.
This photo was taken on May 22, 1981 in Cordell, Oklahoma. NOAA did not share any further information about this photo.
This photo is part of the footage taken during a joint project between NSSL and Mississippi State University called "Sound Chase". The tornado, which can be seen here dying out, hit Cordell, Oklahoma on May 22, 1981.
This is footage of the Alfalfa Tornado that hit Alexandria, Louisiana on May 22, 1981.
This is a photo of a funnel cloud taken during the Project Vortex in Northern Texas on May 29, 1994.
This is a photo of The Dimmitt Tornado taken during the Project Vortex in South Dimmit, Texas on June 2, 1995.
This is photo #2 of the sequence showing the F5 Oklahoma City tornado that landed on May 3, 1999 after the F3 tornado. You can see it forming while the F3 is in circulation. This is known as a occluded mesocyclone tornado.
This is photo #1 of the sequence. It shows a F3 Oklahoma City tornado forming while another circulation was beginning to form as well on May 3, 1999.
In Miami, FL on August 12, 2003 a waterspout came ashore as a F0 tornado.
This is a photo of the Doppler on Wheels (owned by the Center for Severe Weather Research) was taken on May 24, 2004.
This was from NOAA. I've never seen three water spouts but a lot of old salts have.
This tornado over the plains was one of many spawned during a massive outbreak stretching from eastern Colorado to Oklahoma on May 23-May 24.
A tornado in LaGrange, Wyoming on June 5, 2009.
This photo was taken in LaGrange, Wyoming on June 5, 2009.
A rare photograph of two tornadoes over the Great Plains. United States, Western.
This photo was taken on December 20, 2010. NOAA did not share any further information about this photo.
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NOAA did not provide any information about this footage, but it's a great photo nonetheless.
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Let's not talk about games 6 or 7… let's talk about game 5
"I mean, I sat in that dugout for a lot of wins this year and took the smiles and the laughs and everything. You hate to sit through a night like tonight. I can't wait — I won't bail on those guys. We'll show up tomorrow and play." — Terry Francona October 16, 2004– the night the Red Sox were blown out 19-8 by the Yankees and fell into the 3-0 deficit hole.


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There's not much more to say about Aziz Ansari other than he's one of the funniest people on the planet. As one of the best standup comedians working right now — with three hit specials (all available on Netflix), and working on spectacular TV comedies (previously "Human Giant" and currently "Parks and Recreation") — Ansari seems to be at the top of his game.
When Ansari stops in Columbus for his "Modern Romance" tour, the two shows could represent his best standup yet. We spoke about the evolution of his standup, the encore and singing elements in his act and his character on "Parks and Recreation."
There's an evolution throughout your three specials where you're discussing more adult topics and themes, especially in the most recent "Buried Alive." Is that a reflection of what you're experiencing in life?
So there's probably a certain point where you saw a lot of your friends were settling down. It's kind of a weird thing. "Oh shit, my friends and I are becoming full-on adults." That's kind of a crazy thing to realize.
That was kind of the impetus for "Buried Alive." When you're writing standup, at least for me anyways, you write about whatever is in your head. When I was 23, 24 writing the material for "Intimate Moments" it was like, "Oh, I'm just a young kid in New York [City] doing nothing. This is fun. What am I going to talk about? My chubby cousin Harris? He's funny."
Then when you get older, it's, "Oh my god, I'm going to die." That's what's in my head, not my cousin watching "Suits" on USA. But you still think about random funny things. I think if you want to be an interesting comedian or artist, you constantly have to evolve what you do.
I'm glad you said you noticed an evolution because that's the goal. You want people to watch your shit and be like, "Aw man, he just keeps getting better … and getting deeper and more interesting."
I was very young when I did ["Intimate Moments"]. Not a lot of comedians have hour specials at that early stage of their career. I mean at that point I'd been doing it about seven years; it wasn't like super early. But relative to my age it was pretty early. And I'm really fortunate that I had that opportunity.
But in a way, "Buried Alive" is the first special I'd written after I'd been doing [standup] a long time and figured out what I was doing. I still stand by all the stuff in those other specials and I love those, but I think "Buried Alive" [shows] I'm a way better comedian than I was back then.
Another aspect of "Buried Alive" was you doing a good amount of crowd work. Is that normal for you?
Well, I started doing that when I was developing material, going to small clubs in New York and Los Angeles where there's like 80 people there. There are topics I didn't have personal experience with. For example, online dating, being married, or being a girl and getting a dick photo sent to you. So I started talking to people in the audience and asking them about it.
It wasn't really crowd work, as much as getting into conversations with people and trying to learn about these experiences. So that became a fun thing for me. Then I started doing the things in the special where I would ask people about marriage proposals or whether a dude's ever sent them a dick photo. It … made every show different, this interactive element [that's] special and unique.
In the new show ["Modern Romance"], there's stuff like that too. I really like talking to people and hearing their stories. I read some quote from Howard Stern — I love Howard Stern interviews more than pretty much anything. I think he's the best interviewer. He said this great thing … like, "There's no bad interview. Everyone is very interesting." I believe that. I love hearing about people's lives and experiences.
Those bits worked really well. Does it take a lot of confidence to do crowd-based material?
No matter what planned material you have as a comedian, when you do something off-the-cuff that's really funny, it explodes people's minds in a weird way. It shouldn't have that much of an effect, I don't know what it is; this other element when it's something they saw happen in front of their faces. It's fun to build that into the show.
And the more you do it, the better you become at it. When I do that in "Buried Alive," the marriage proposal thing, I got so good at doing that particular thing. I did it in every city. At first I thought, "What if one is kind of boring or something. What am I going to do?" Then I realized I'm good at this [and] I've done it so many times there's never going to be a bad one.
You also do some singing in your act. It's a lot of fun and you're not a half-bad singer.
There would be plenty of people that would disagree with that. It just so happens that the last bit in a few of the specials ends with me singing some shit I guess.
What's so crazy is [pretty much] anyone who does comedy … at some point had an interest in music. It's a weird thing. A lot of comedy people dabbled in music at some point in their life. And I'm not different, I played guitar a lot when I was in high school and took piano lessons when I was a kid.
You also have these hilarious stories about hanging out with celebrities, and even President Obama. Are they all completely true?
Yeah, they're all true. It would be pretty ridiculous if I made up a story meeting the President for a standup bit. I'd feel pretty bad. Then I'd have to make the story even more outrageous — man, I saw President Obama stab a dude. It was crazy. [They're] 100 percent true, but pretty surreal.
Tell me about the encore element in your performances. Do you regularly do encores?
I started doing that on tour. It just kind of happened. I feel like a lot of comics that do theaters now integrate that. It's not any different than a band doing an encore, right? I do it because it's kind of cool. The show is finished; this is the hour show and here's this additional part that's maybe a little looser and doesn't have to relate to the larger themes and topics of the [hour] show. If it's a really good crowd and you do your show, it's fun to come back out and do a few more minutes.
How involved were you in creating your character Tom Haverford on "Parks and Recreation"?
They created the character after I was cast. When I was cast, they didn't really know what the show would be. I met with them early on and we talked about a few things; I think [Tom] should be really into clothes and a couple other random things … we kept in.
With all the characters, they evolve as the show goes along. From Season 1 to Season 2, they got to know the actors better and took elements from our real lives.
The classic example is Nick Offerman. That guy really does have a woodshop. So let's make Ron Swanson have a woodshop. And they [filmed that scene] at his real woodshop. I think they did that with all of us, for sure. We're all playing weirdly heighted versions of ourselves.


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This lioness was killed on June 20, 2012, along with her sister and four cubs in Sholinge, Kenya, just outside Nairobi National Park. The lionesses had gone into a cattle area to teach the cubs to hunt.
Africa's lions are running out of habitat and some populations, especially those in West Africa, are running toward extinction, according to a study published Tuesday.
Using new satellite data, a research team at Duke University found that about 75 percent of Africa's savannahs were fragmented by farmers and other development in the last 50 years.
"Only 25 percent remains of an ecosystem that once was a third larger than the continental United States," co-author Stuart Pimm, a Duke conservation ecology professor, said in a statement issued with the study.
"The situation in West Africa is particularly dire," the experts wrote, noting that human populations have doubled there over the last three decades. Fewer than 500 lions remain in West Africa, the study estimated.
The team and a panel of lion experts used the savannah data to refine estimates of lion populations, which had ranged between 20,000 and 40,000 across Africa. Their estimate: 32,000 lions remain, down from an estimated 100,000 in 1960.
"Given that many now live in small, isolated populations, this trend will continue," the experts wrote in the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Biodiversity and Conservation.
"Lions are not going to go extinct, but they are indeed going extinct locally," Pimm told NBC News. "Those in West Africa are in particularly bad shape. It would be tragic if one could see lions only in a couple of places in Africa."
The study estimates that more than 6,000 lions are in populations that have "a very high risk of local extinction."
Only nine African countries have at least 1,000 lions, and five have likely lost all their lions since a 2002 study, the experts said. The biggest stronghold is in Tanzania, which has more than 40 percent of all African lions as well as a strong conservation program.
National Geographic, which funded the study, hopes to use the results to plan where to focus on saving lions.
"The research will help us better identify areas in which we can make a difference," said study co-author Luke Dollar, a former graduate student of Pimm's and now the grants director at National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative.
Related: South Sudan's elephants could be gone in 5 years, group warns
The study estimated that some 24,000 lions are in "strongholds" -- particularly within national parks, where ecotourism can protect the animals while creating local jobs.
But even that designation isn't a guarantee, noted Pimm. "Some large parks in West Africa have lost all their lions and essentially all of their wildlife," he said. "There has to be a political commitment to protect wildlife and, of course, a recognition that viewing wildlife can bring in substantial revenues."
Stuart Pimm
This high fence was built to protect cattle from lions.
A secondary problem is that "lions go beyond the national parks, straying onto land where people live," Pimm said. "The difficulty is to prevent the conflicts that occur when lions take livestock, typically at night."
The Duke team also works with National Geographic and others to mitigate those conflicts -- one approach is to build higher livestock fences. The goal, Pimm said, is to "protect livestock from lions and so stop the need for people to retaliate."
The study follows a move last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study whether to list African lions under the Endangered Species Act. The biggest impact of a listing would be to bar U.S. hunters from bringing back any lion trophies from Africa, where some countries with healthy populations allow legal hunts.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
More world stories from NBC News:
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- Supporters of Islamist president push Egypt to tipping point
- North Korea pays tribute to Kim Jong Il's 'threadbare' parka
- ANALYSIS: Egyptians warn Morsi is no friend of US
- Bread and expired milk: School lunch scandal sparks outrage in China
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The Section 10 Class D soccer championships were decided Thursday as the Chateaugay girls and the Harrisville boys both shut out their opponents in overtime.
Chateaugay girls defeated Heuvelton 1-0 and Harrisville boys downed Morristown, also by a score of 1-0.
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To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Qzina Specialty Foods in Irvine, Calif., broke a Guinness World Record for building the largest chocolate sculpture -- an ancient Mayan temple -- that weighs 18,239 pounds, far surpassing the previous record set in Italy in 2010 by more than 7,500 pounds.
In a news release, Qzina officials said they chose the Mayan theme because of the crucial role the culture played in the origins of chocolate. The Mayans were one of the first civilizations to cultivate cacao trees and discover the true potential of the cocoa bean.
Qzina's corporate pastry chef, Francois Mellet, was the lead architect on the project and Stephane Treand, a recognized Best Craftsman in France, lent his artistic touch to the sculpture's intricate design elements.
Mellet, together with his team, spent more than 400 hours constructing the structure out of solid chocolate.
"Breaking a Guinness World Record for building the largest chocolate sculpture will be Qzina's greatest masterpiece yet," said Richard Foley, founder and CEO of Qzina. "We studied Mayan pyramids at great lengths to create an exact replica of the Temple Kukulkan at Chichen Itza to honor the original chocolatiers. It was important for us to create something memorable in celebration of our 30th anniversary and the grand opening of the Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry."
Built proportionally to the ancient temple's true size, the solid chocolate pyramid is 6 feet tall and its base measures 10 feet by 10 feet -- exactly one-thirtieth the size. The sculpture's base alone weighs more than 3,000 pounds.
"It's amazing how far the company has come; from the basement of my family home to a key player in the specialty dessert industry," Foley said. "From day one, I've been as interested in the story behind the chocolate we source as the quality of the chocolate itself. We've built a rich 30-year history in the world of chocolate and pastry and I wanted to commemorate this milestone in a big way while showing our appreciation for where it all began."
The chocolate pyramid is on display at Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry in Irvine.
Qzina said it plans to destroy the chocolate sculpture on Dec. 21, when the Mayan calendar comes to an end. The method for destruction is yet to be determined.
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The crash happened during rush hour on Gammon Road near the Beltline and caused traffic delays.
Madison police said the officers were transporting a retail theft suspect to jail when one squad car rear ended the other.
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It's late. I'm tired.
I need to wake up early tomorrow.
When you start looking for reasons why not to spend some time for yourself at the end of the day, the list becomes endless. Task lists and priorities get jumbled. Then, convincing yourself to take some free time becomes the impossible task.
Sometimes all it takes is reevaluation and reorganization. In a schedule filled with busy tasks catering people other than yourself, it's easy to forget to take a step back and realize that you need a well-deserved break.
Whether it's reading the newspaper, playing an instrument, or taking long showers, finding time for you doesn't need to be part of the battle. We've compiled a list of things you can do to fight the day's grind and ensure that you don't procrastinate on you!
It's perhaps the hardest thing to say. But saying "no" is not as finite and ending as it sounds. Sometimes all it takes is this one syllable word to prevent over-saturation and allow yourself a breather – on your terms.
Before you agree to a new task, take sometime to evaluate the reasons why you're saying "yes." Is it to ease the pressure of someone else? Are you gaining anything from helping out in this case? While convincing yourself that time is infinite might be simple, knowing where to draw the line could help you concentrate some time towards you.
While not always the case, the problem might lie in organization. Do you waste a lot of time traveling back in forth in cars? Do you spend your hours glued to technology? If there is a way you can be more efficient, try it! Time adds up, and with some effective scheduling, you might be surprised about the spare time you have.
I like to make calendars that account for the maximum amount of time that I could end up spending on each task. If I end up going beyond my allotted maximum, it's obviously time to rethink what I could do more effectively. But, as chances are, I end up spending a lot less time on each task than I had originally planned. That's spare time right there!
It's okay to ask for help. More than that, it's okay to admit that it's not possible to do everything yourself. Re-assigning work to you family members, friends, or personal assistants could take you one step closer to developing a hobby you've always wanted to try.
Find what you love, and do it.
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If you plan a break somewhere towards the middle of the day, you're probably pushing your free time in between task lists. In the chance that you thought up another task in the meantime, you don't want it clash with your time for yourself.
Mornings may be better than ever because of the fact that most of us don't plan tasks for the crack of dawn. Enjoy long runs? Exercise can play a dual role in terms of revitalizing your day through boosts of adrenaline and being a hobby. Mornings can also be great of self-relaxation before the stress of the day kicks in.


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After Mayor Kirk Caldwell personally briefed all nine City Council members Tuesday about a cost-cutting program that will institute $20 million worth of budget cuts, administration officials highlighted the next big concern – a projected gap of $156 million during the next fiscal year.
"It's possible, but it's the worst case scenario," City Managing Director Ember Shin, told members of the council's Budget Committee Wednesday morning.
The latest salvos over city finances has council members concerned, and chief among them, the impact it may have on public services. For the current fiscal year, all but one city department will be impacted by the mayor's budget ax. Caldwell said the cost-cutting program was the result of many hours of consultation with department heads.
"We're taking, I think, preventative action now and controlling our costs to make sure that we have enough money to last throughout the entire year," Caldwell said in an interview with KITV4. "It was based on the needs of each department, with the directive that we preserve core services."
Eight departments will be impacted the most, with the following amounts cut from their respective budgets:
- $4.5 million from the Honolulu Police Department
- $2.8 million from Facilities Maintenance
- $2.2 million from the Honolulu Fire Department
- $1.9 million from Parks and Recreation
- $1.5 million from Environmental Services
- $1.0 million from Budget and Fiscal Services
- $1.0 million from Customer Services
- $1.0 million from Design and Construction
- $4.2 million all other departments, except Community Services
For the police department, the budget restriction will result in 40 less police recruits during the current fiscal year, as the number of recruits in each of the four classes is cut from 50 to 40.
Meanwhile, the fire department is cutting its recruit class from 48 to 24, and delaying the start date from October to January.
Although the mayor maintains cuts to the city's police and fire departments won't jeopardize public safety, Budget Chairwoman Ann Kobayashi was less than comfortable with the decision.
"The council has always protected the public safety because they do such a great job of protecting all of our residents, and that is certainly not an area that we would've cut," she said.
However, there are no easy answers for Mayor Caldwell. Fixed costs, such as public worker raises and health and pension benefits keep rising, as does the public's demand for services. That's why the mayor's administration is working with the City Council on various bills for next year's budget cycle that would create separate property tax classifications, while stripping away some exemptions.
"This council will be making the policy call on whether we want to spread out the effects or not," councilman Breene Harimoto said of next year's looming budget shortfall. "If we don't move these bills forward, it's likely that we'll just need to have the political will to increase the residential (rates)."
The city raises the bulk of its revenue through residential property taxes, a total of $444.71 million in fiscal year 2013, and there's no guarantee the mayor or the council will be able to hold the line on possible increases.
"We're going to work really hard to make sure that gap is closed one way or another," Caldwell said of next fiscal year's projected deficit of $156 million. "I think we're going to look for a way to do this (that's) the most fair with the least amount of pain."
During Wednesday's hearing, the Budget Committee deferred six bills that would have stripped away certain property tax exemptions, while creating a residential-multifamily classification for real property.
However the committee passed Bill 42, which creates a new "Residential A" class for real property with values of $1 million or more. It also passed Bill 40, which removes the exemption for low-income homeowners and those who are at least 65 years old. City Budget Director Nelson Koyanagi said such homeowners could still obtain property tax relief through the city's county tax credit.
One of the more noticeable signs of the city's cost-cutting program for the current fiscal year is the satellite city hall at the Keolu Shopping Center in Kailua. Caldwell said the location would close before the end of the year, since it does the least amount of business of all 10 satellite city halls, an average of 5,000 transactions per month. The closure is expected to save the city $50,000 to $60,000 per year on rent, maintenance and utilities, since no workers will be laid off. The mayor said Kailua residents could still visit the full-service Windward City satellite city hall on Kaneohe Bay Drive, about eight miles away.
"So, that's something very visible that people will see, but we think the impact will be minimal," said Caldwell.
City spokesman Jesse Broder Van Dyke said the city's projected deficit for the current fiscal year remains pegged at $26 million, but so far the city was only able to identify $20 million worth of cuts. He said further cuts could be possible as the administration tracks spending throughout the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends June 30 of 2014


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1) max is 3 weeks old, he was born at 6 lbs. 8 ounces. now he's 7 lbs. 15 ounces. he's obviously eating enough.
2) i can hear him fart when i'm in the next room. seriously, he farts like a fat trucker. he makes 8-10 poop diapers per day.
3) my wife's diet is pretty bland. she typically eats vegetarian, but will eat chicken or fish every other day. she also typically drinks soy milk instead of cow milk, but she hasn't been eating as many beans/lentils/tofu as often as she has because of a fear of gas via breast milk.
4) i do most of the cooking. i've cut waaaay back on black pepper, salt, and all hot seasonings. nearly everything i cook, since the birth, is savory/herby meat, vegetables, and rice/potatoes.
5) anne is pumping and feeding from the breast (50/50). air from the bottle may account for some of the gas, but our similac-eating friend's baby doesn't have nearly as much gas and poop diapers as our kid.
max has really gotten fussy over the last 4-5 days. it's becoming frustrating for my wife and i. i go back to work on monday and i need a solution. leaving anne with a boy who won't stop fussing is not something i want to do.
is it a gas thing? is it a normal baby thing? could it be related to anne's diet? do i need to call the pediatrician?
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text: I have been exclusively nursing my daughter for almost nine months. Within the last week I've noticed some things that concern me. I no longer feel a tingling sensation indicating let down. My daughter seems to have to suck a long time before she gets any milk. She drinks for maybe a minute or two at most and there is no more milk. I notice a decrease in milk when I pump as well. I was pumping more than 12 ounces a day... now I am lucky to get 6. I am supplementing with frozen breastmilk I have stored but soon my daughter will catch up with me. What can I do to bring my milk supply back?? I'm really worried... which I know doesn't help the situation! Please help!


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July 18, 2013 - 3:38pm
The 2013 dental assisting class at the Forrest County Center of Pearl River Community College received their diplomas in a graduation/pinning ceremony on July 18 in Hattiesburg. They are, seated from left, Kailey Anderson of Foxworth, Delisia Brooks of Terry, Hannah Sykes of Florence, Ashley McKissack of Petal, Emily Morgan of Picayune, Lauren Jones of Seminary; standing, Laykin Posey of Hattiesburg, Whitney Chambliss of Lumberton, Jamie Dunaway of Sumrall, Randi Terrell of Purvis, Kenyora Todd of Hattiesburg, Dana Mathis of Magee and Nicole Jackson of Liberty; program director Emy Addison and instructor Karen Carlisle.
July 18, 2013 - 3:40pm
Students in the Pearl River Community College medical laboratory technology program at the Forrest County Center received their diplomas in a graduation ceremony on July 18. They are, seated from left, William Wicks of Long Beach, Samantha Pledger of Hattiesburg, Hope Peyton of Chalmette, La., Meghan Tyner of Petal; standing, program director Evelyn Wallace, instructor Tamara Henderson, Lauren Goleman of Gautier, Brittni Prine of Columbia and Arolyn Joiner of Clarksdale. Not pictured are Alexander Harvey of Carriere and Candace Washington of Vicksburg.


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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prospects for tax hikes during New Mexico's special legislative session dimmed even further as a House panel rejected several tax bills.
The House rules committee decided Monday that tax increases could not be considered because Gov. Bill Richardson did not put them on the agenda for the special session.
A Senate committee had ruled the same way a day earlier.
Some lawmakers insist that tax increases should be part of the plan to plug a $650 million hole in this year's state budget. Otherwise, they say, cuts to public schools and social services will be too deep.
The governor says a discussion of taxes can wait until the regular session in January. He said Monday he'll appoint a task force to come up with a comprehensive revenue package in the next few months.


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The Watertown Rams collegiate league baseball team has decided to buy local -- even for a very important type of on-field equipment.
The Rams will be buying their bats from RBI Bats of New Bremen -- an up-and-coming bat company that just happens to be local.
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It seems like some people just can't put down their phones, no matter what's going on around them.
According to a Harris Interactive online survey, whether it be a movie theater or in the shower, people can't stop using their phones.
Take a look at the places cell phones are used the most.
During sex - 9 percent
In the shower - 12 percent
In a church or place of worship - 19 percent
At a child's/school function - 32 percent
On a date - 33 percent
In a movie theater - 35 percent
While driving - 55 percent
More than half of those surveyed admitted they couldn't put their phone down while driving. Dialing, texting or even glancing at a phone while driving triples the risk of accidents, according to a 2013 study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. And distracted driving is a leading cause of car accidents, leading to more than 3,000 deaths a year.
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Big Ag's Gifts for 2014
It's a tradition of mine to write a note of sincere gratitude to Big Ag for the many "gifts" they've bestowed upon us all over the past 12 months relating to food animal production. Gifts that we didn't really want, need, or—in some cases—didn't even know about. Here's my top 10 for 2014.


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Idaho man arrested for '95 California double homicide
17 years after two people were killed in California in 1995, 40-year-old Christian Leonard Bunty was arrested Tuesday near Sandpoint for the killings.
Barstow detectives have suspected him all this time. While they don't think he acted alone, Barstow police do think Bunty was involved in a rip-off drug deal and two murders.
Detectives say the victims, Mark Adamson and Joseph Riley, thought they were going to buy an ingredient for meth; instead they were shot and killed.
In the meantime, the disappearance of Adamson and Riley went unsolved. Detectives never recovered the victims' bodies but put together what happened.
"Our investigation has shown that Bunty and Franklin lured Adamson and Riley to a location in the desert where they were shot and killed and buried in what was a pre-dug hole," Barstow Police Detective Keith Libby said.
Bunty's alleged accomplice, 41 year old James Franklin, is already serving a life sentence without parole for an unrelated homicide.
In recent years, homicide cases, without the victims bodies, have been more accepted and successful in San Bernardino County, so the district attorney office filed a warrant for Bunty's arrest.
California detectives worked with the Idaho State Police to meet Bunty at a Sagle restaurant parking lot and took him into custody.
There will be a hearing next month regarding Bunty's extradition to California.
Barstow police did get a chance to talk to Riley's mother, who said she's pleased with the arrest. They still haven't been able to contact Adamson's family.
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"This podcast series explores the evolution of a career in engineering, the overlap of art & engineering, and also promotes engineering outreach and STEM / STEAM in schools."
Recently, I was pleased to chat with Chad Harden for his podcast "The Art of Engineering." We had a lovely talk about my background, how I got into this weird job that I have, whether I am actually an engineer (no) and many other things!
The 2017 Wondermark Calendar is on Kickstarter this year, and the campaign closes next week, Tuesday, December 6! (I have to cut it off kinda early so I can get all the shipping and everything sorted in time.)
I'd really like to hit 250 backers (which is as many calendars as I've produced the last few years), and we're about on pace for that, with a few days left to go! If you are interested in getting a copy of this year's calendar, you have until Tuesday to back on Kickstarter.
Some of you have been around a very long time and remember the first Wondermark calendar (above), offered lo these many years ago!
Others of you have picked up a calendar in one or more of the intervening years; or perhaps never at all!
Well, for ALL OF YOU, here is a photo-filled history of the Wondermark calendar, featuring thrills, spills, and some BEHIND THE SCENES on how the process has evolved over the years.
The notion of a loose-leaf desk calendar, in which a stack of individual cards rest in an easel, is one I'm surprised we don't see more often. I stole the concept from a calendar a co-worker had on her desk, back when I worked at an advertising agency…
Each calendar page required three different prints from the Gocco (black ink on left side, black on right side, and gold title).
Making a calendar in a limited edition makes it special, but also in a practical sense it saves you from having unsold inventory that grows progressively more useless as the year marches on. I made 100 copies of this first calendar and managed to sell them all, thanks in part surely to the slick, persuasive video I linked above.
I continued in this manner the following year, careful to seek out and use artwork I hadn't already used in Wondermark, and composing dark little stories in verse for each month.
Read the whole thing right over here!
This is it! The big list of things that are all VERY COOL and that you can order from me RIGHT NOW! This post will cover:
1. The 2017 Wondermark Calendar!
2. Downloadable & printable holiday cards!
3. Two brand-new Wondermark holiday cards!
4. Some experimental products — magnets and wrapping paper!
You can pre-order the calendar RIGHT NOW!
Since it's the big Year Ten edition, I decided to do it on Kickstarter this year! Just to see if it could attract some additional attention. Also it meant I got to make a fun video!
As usual, you can get the whole package including calendar cards and wooden stand, or just the cards themselves if all you need is a refill.
But there's a third option too! I designed a very elaborate and cool Year X Deluxe Collector's Edition Stand.
That's an optional upgrade if you like! I will be producing and hand-assembling them here at the ol' workshop.
The theme of the calendar this year is the Absurd Sports League:
The Absurd Sports League was founded by mistake some decades ago, when the members of a minor league softball team arrived for their opening day away game at an altogether wrong address, and mistook the vendors of a debris-strewn flea market for the opposing team…
…I have tried with this calendar to present an accurate overview of the history and scope of Fleaball as it has been played since its inception. But as no two games are ever the same, no three players can wear the same uniform, and no four consecutive games may be played on odd-numbered dates unless all seven endfielders agree to rotate shoes every half-quintile, I can take no responsibility for any inaccuracies the calendar may contain.
More on the League, and on the enigma that is Fleaball, in the coming days.
Like last year, the calendar will come with a brand-new Wondermark Cast Card, and, if it's your fifth calendar or more, you can also get a new Calendar Ace card!
However, to save time and avoid waste for people who don't care about them, I won't be including Cast Cards with EVERY SINGLE package by default — in order to request one, all you have to do is add one penny to your pledge. It's explained in exhaustive detail over on the Kickstarter page.
### A SIDEBAR TO NOTE: Patreon folks already got an early crack at special pricing for the calendar! And there's still time to get on the Cast Card Patreon subscription train for November, which features the lovely Jeredith in her Halloween costume:
Thank you to all Patreonauts who've already given us a jump-start in calendar orders!
The calendar's Kickstarter campaign is very short — only 10 days in all — because it has to end early enough for me to get everyone's shipping information. This is the big downside to using an external service like Kickstarter. So if you're interested, please, don't delay!
Pre-order The Absurd Sports League All-Stars!
I sell paper holiday cards, of course (more on that in a sec), but this year I'm also making my collection of holiday-themed Multi-Purpose Cards available as a PDF download!
This way, you can print out the cards at home with no shipping from me required. The download comes with both US letter paper and A4 sized versions.
(My universal set of general-occasion Multi-Purpose Cards are also available for download.)
I've designed two new paper cards for this holiday season!
The first one is a snowman staying cool under pressure. The second one is a classic Wondermark Christmas comic.
These, and/or any of my dozens of other card designs, can be ordered right now at the Wondermark store!
This is the other reason I decided to break off the calendar into its own thing: so greeting card and other orders can ship quickly, without having to wait for the calendar to be completed.
(These two new cards are still at the printer, and will start shipping in a couple days — but all other designs are in stock and can ship immediately).
I've got some new stuff for sale this season!
First: this is not technically wrapping paper, but I wound up with some posters printed on lightweight enough stock that they might work well for the purpose (or other purposes that big sheets of paper are good for, such as…placemats? Book jackets? Lampshades?).
Since they're posters, they come as individual 16×20″ sheets, but I give you a bunch of them to use (and one sheet is enough to wrap a smallish package).
This is more of a clearance thing than an actual let's-make-wrapping-paper thing (I looked into getting actual rolls made once, and man, it's expensive), but I thought you might find them useful!
Also, magnets!!
The full color "Atoms" magnet is a test product with limited quantities in stock. But the engraved wooden ones, we produce in-house here at the studio! I've been taking these to conventions all year and they're really cool. You can get them individually, or mix & match to make a set.
For these items, and/or holiday cards, and/or stickers and other cool stuff, place an order today from the Wondermark store!
I ship the orders myself, and promise to, when I put your goods in a package, include a shake from that empty "Love" canister your aunt keeps on her spice rack.
And there's still a lot of great stuff over in my TopatoCo store, too!
I look forward to being the source of weird gifts your friends and/or loved ones will think you are very cool for having found.


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BETHEL, NY — "The Landscape: Emblematic and Abstract," featuring the works of Daisy de Puthod and Madelon Jones, will open on Friday, June 7 at the Stray Cat Gallery, with a reception on Saturday, June 8 from 4 to 7 p.m.
De Puthod prefers to paint her subjects figuratively with a bold and colorful contemporary style. Jones' work utilizes mediums such as embossment, painting and encaustic capturing nature's form and color through the abstraction.
This Saturday, the Stray Cat will open an annex, The Store Next Door, to provide a showcase for local artisans who create jewelry, pottery and the like along with fine antiques, unique clothing and vintage collectibles. Hours for both are Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 to 5 p.m. Visit www.straycatgallery.com [1] or call 845/423-8850.


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Dick Visser was an artist for Dutch pocket comic books of the 1950s, called "beeldromans". According to interviews with Martin Lodewijk, he was an artist from Rotterdam. Under the pen names Luc Brown and Jake he illustrated one issue of 'Francesco Domati', published by Winants in Heerlen. The announced issues 2 and 3 never appeared. By 1957 he was drawing the title feature as well as 'Wanak' for publisher ATH's 'Babel en Knetterton' book. Visser provided artwork for the first issues, but then only continued 'Wanak', while 'Babel en Knetterton' was handed over to a young Martin Lodewijk from issue 3.
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There is some discussion about the identity of Dick Visser. Some sources claim that Dick Visser is the same artist as Lieuwe Visser, the artist of 'Fred Penner'. Others think that Albert Winands is Dick Visser. The latter is improbable since Winands was 12 years of age when 'Francesco Domati' was published in 1952.


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Department of Social Sciences & Cultural Studies
The Department of Social Sciences & Cultural Studies combines four scholarly disciplines, each with its separate faculty and academic programs. Four year programs in Sociology lead to either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. The department offers minors in Political Science, Native American Studies and Sociology.
Sociology is the study of social life and the social causes of human behavior. The sociologist's interests range from the intimate family to the hostile mob, from crime to religion, from race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, from work to sports. Few fields have such a broad scope.
Political Science
Political Science is the study of politics, government, and public affairs. It provides the student with knowledge and understanding of the theory, organization, functions, and processes of domestic and international systems and institutions of politics and government, including the role of individual and group relations.
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies is among the most innovative programs at MSU Billings. It is a completely interdisciplinary program, which requires students to take courses in a range of subjects, including ecology, environmental ethics, environmental history, geography, and other environmentally related fields.
The program is dedicated to community collaboration and experiential learning opportunities for our students. Students learn to investigate questions concerning environmental issues from three approaches:
scientific perspectives, as understood through the biological and physical sciences;
human perspectives, as understood through social sciences and humanities studies;
policy perspectives, as understood through courses designed around topics such as "Environmental Impact Analyses," "Living with Predators," and "Decision and Policy Analysis in Natural Resources".
As a required part of their curriculum, students must complete a hands-on internship in an area that relates to their field of interest. During their internships, students may work in local, state, or federal agency intern programs or in private firms in the field or in environmental labs.
Native American Studies
Graduates are prepared to enter the work force in the growing field of environmental occupations in the government and private sectors, or to continue their studies at the graduate level.
The Native American Studies Program has four primary goals: (1) to offer a comprehensive academic program in Native American Studies for both Native American and non-native students; (2) to provide increased awareness of and appreciation for the rich cultural heritage, knowledge, and contributions of Native Americans in the United States; (3) to contribute actively to increased multicultural awareness and appreciation at MSU Billings ; and (4) to cooperate with other MSU Billings programs in providing a supportive environment for Native American students.
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Degrees & Programs
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- Criminal Justice - B.S.
- Criminal Justice - Minor
- Environmental Science - A.S.
- Environmental Studies - B.A.
- Environmental Studies - Minor
- Native American Studies - Minor
- Political Science - B.S.
- Political Science - General - Minor
- Political Science - Pre-Law Emphasis - Minor
- Political Science - Public Administration Minor
- Political Science - Teacher Licensure
- Political Science - Teaching Minor
- Sociology - B.A.
- Sociology - B.S.
- Sociology - Minor
- Sociology - Teaching Minor
- Women's Studies Minor


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Joan Thompson Uebele
Class Year:1961
Outstanding Alumni Award Winner 1991
Joan Uebele is a practitioner/teacher in the operating room and an instructor of nursing at Rush University in Chicago. She received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Northwestern University and a master of science degree from the University of Illinois Medical Center. She is the past president of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Operating Room Nurses and a member of the American and Illinois Nurses Association. Uebele is the author of numerous professional articles and has frequently given presentations at workshops and seminars throughout the state.


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Night Vision Device in Pocket Format - The new MINOX NV mini II
MINOX has long made a name for itself as a manufacturer of multifunctional measuring optical equipment and binoculars. The optics specialists from Wetzlar are now presenting another reliable and extremely compact companion for all outdoor activities the MINOX NV mini II one of the smallest night vision devices in the world and barely larger than a lipstick. Whether for orientation purposes on land or out at sea, for hunting or protecting property: the MINOX NV mini II ensures silent and discrete observation at night and even in twilight.
The new MINOX DC 1211: compact and powerful
With 5x zoom and optical image stabilizer
The super-compact digital camera with 10 megapixels and an extra-large display
Timeless style and solid design
The MINOX Pocket Tripod rebirth of a classic accessory
Homage to inventor of the MINOX: Presentation of the 3rd Walter Zapp Award in Riga, Latvia
It was the third presentation of the Walter Zapp Award, that took place this year in Riga on September 4, 2009.
NEW! MINOX BL-Binoculars: Robust lightweights with Comfort Bridge
Availabe end of September 2009. The goals of MINOX development engineers are to identify trends and respond to these with innovative products. With the new BL 8x44 and the BL 10x44 the optical specialists from Wetzlar accomplish this task.
Snowhunter binoculars available now!
These new powerful BV binoculars have been designed for use in exceptional situations.
MINOX HG binoculars in the maritime Touareg North Sails
In cooperation with the North Sails fashion designer Volkswagen is presenting a design study of the new Touareg Northsails.
Plus X Award for MINOX DSC - Distinguished in the Design category
Europes largest technology competition has distinguished the most innovative products and brands with the Plus X Awards for the sixth time.
Spy camera MINOX DSC presented Design Award at the Marketing & Services trade fair in Frankfurt
MINOX, the traditional manufacturer based in Wetzlar, is renowned as a provider of innovative optical products with fine precision mechanics.
The winners of the photo competition have been determined!
The winners of the photo competition have been determined. Out of 130 photos taken the MINOX Jury chose the winners.
MINOX GB founded
We are delighted to announce that from Tuesday 14th April 2009, Minox
(GB) is available to serve your needs within the UK. Minox (GB) Limited of Luton, Beds, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minox GmbH (Germany), which can now offer a direct link to dealers and consumers in the simplest and easiest way possible.
Willi Heyer celebrates 50 years at MINOX
On April 1, 1959 Willi Heyer started as a trainee in the mechanical department of MINOX GmbH Optische und Feinmechanische Werke, in Heuchelheim.
Live Shopping in the MINOX Online Shop
Every week the MINOX-Online Shop (www.minox-shop.com) has something special on offer, and this is only valid for one week.
New from MINOX Spotting scope MD 50 now also with straight viewing
The highly successful MINOX spotting scope MD 50 W (angled) is now available with straight viewing.
Merry Christmas
We thank you for you loyal custom in 2008.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Minox C Photos and Experiments
An Exhibition by Jan Neuffer, Berlin
This Minox series presents work in the form of digital collages that are based on photos and experiments using a Minox C camera. The images, and especially the literally light painted structures resulting from the experiments with this camera and its miniature film, were scanned using a high-resolution scanner and then superimposed and compiled on the computer leading to these image compositions.
Best price/performance ratio - Bird Watching, October 2008, Test MINOX MD 50W
The trade journal "BirdWatching" tested the MINOX MD 50 W. The result is an excellent price/performance ratio as well as good image quality and solid construction design.
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Agents Feeling on the Way to High Standards - Star at the Photokina 2008:
The digital spy camera from MINOX
Wetzlar, September the 30th 2008. A spectacular highlight of the Photokina 2008 was the new digital MINOX spy camera. With its red and black colours and equipped in a rustic espionage workshop style, the MINOX booth magically attracted film and camera teams from all over the world. It was supported by attractive female agents going on stalking tours throughout the exhibition center. Their message: The extremely small spy camera with its analogue version, which advanced after over 70 years to a desired cultural object, is now also available in digital version. At www.license-to-shoot.com modern MINOX agents may now find an international forum for the direct and innovative world of images enabled by this tiny spy camera.
MINOX with a world premiere at the photokina 2008 - Digital spy camera establishes new MINOXgraphy
Spys love it: small, intelligent and very reliable. MINOX cameras have been the dream tool of undercover agents for almost 75 years. To allow this legend to continue in the digital age, miniature optics specialists from Wetzlar have designed the MINOX DSC. This is a miniature camera that features the former 8x11 dimensions and at the same time boasts state-of-the-art technology.
This world premiere with cult potential is on show for the first time at the photokina 2008: This is also where MINOX is presenting everything the future private-eye needs for capturing spontaneous, candid digital images, from belt buckle cameras to a filming fountain pen.
The MINOX booth - designed as a spy workshop focuses on the new MINOX DSC. Here the visitor can discover the possibilities offered by this new License to Shoot the slogan of the fair presentation: fast, unobtrusive, candid photography - the new digital MINOXgraphy.
More details available as from September 5, under: www.license-to-shoot.com
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Centered on Community
Albion College offers four-year tuition, room and board to as many as 10 first-year students who are Albion residents and attended Albion Public Schools in grades 6-8. Learn about the Build Albion Fellows Program
President Ditzler talks about the initiative on WBCK-FM
Reopening the Bohm: Read about a landmark internship for Andrea Walles, '15
Albion College's Sister City efforts earn a national award
Watch an expert panel discuss "Albion Tomorrow"
Listen to the Town & Gown podcast series
Most journalism minors at Albion College choose to do an internship after completing the beginning and advanced writing and reporting courses.
Some work and study abroad through off-campus programs; recent internship placements have been at The Guardian Observer, Reader's Digest, NBC News and The New Statesman Magazine in London, at the World Association of Newspapers in Paris, at the Soho Press and Jane magazine in New York, and at media companies in Sydney, Nairobi, Florence and Aberdeen.
In Michigan, students have gained editorial experience working for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot, The Battle Creek Enquirer, The Northville Record, The Novi News, The Oakland Business Review, The Albion Recorder, Jackson Magazine, The Gale Group and other local newspapers, magazines and book publishers. Some have pursued writing opportunities in marketing and public relations at companies such as the Detroit Lions, The Detroit Metro Times, Starr Commonwealth and others.
In addition, journalism students are encouraged to submit articles for freelance publication.
Check it out
Here's your chance to see what some of our interns are writing:
Andrew Kimball, '09
Intern, Harbor Light News (summer 2007)
'Bio Blitz' last weekend drew scientists, students to University of Michigan Biological Station(front page story)
Student Publication
The Pleiad: A weekly student newspaper written and edited entirely by Albion College students.
The Pleiad competes against other weekly college papers in Division II in the Michigan Press Association's student newspaper contest.
Michigan Press Association awards for The Pleiad, 2007-08
- Non-Deadline Story 1st place Calli McCain - "Dedicated Force"
- Non-deadline Story 3rd place Ben Stark - Not Green Enough
- Feature Story 3rd place Calli McCain - "True Life"
- News Special Section 3rd place Staff editors - "The Housing Game"
- Sports Page Design 2nd place - Danni Wysocki
Michigan Press Association awards for The Pleiad, 2006-07
General Excellence 3rd place
News Page Design 3rd place
Feature Page Design 3rd place
Non-Deadline Story 1st place Izzy Bendall and Andrew Kimball - "Underground Dog Fighting"
Investigative Reporting 1st place Holly Setter - "Frustration 101"
Investigative Reporting 2nd place Kyle Gillis - "PTM Begins Paying Back Bonuses"
Feature 3rd place Kayla Kiley - "Pornified"
Column 2nd place Holly Setter - "Cheney vs. Smith"
Michigan Press Association awards for The Pleiad, 2005-06
- General Excellence 2nd place
- Student Manager of the Year (one statewide winner) Maria Stella, business manager
- Non-Deadline Story 2nd place Maria Stella - "Construction to Finish on Controversial Ethanol Plant"
- Investigative Reporting 2nd place Michael Melvin and Lindsay Zeigin-Netter - Budget series
- Sports News 3rd place Jake Lloyd - "MIAA Champions"
- Sports Feature 1st place Jake Lloyd - "The Hardest Race Yet"
- News Page Design Honorable mention
Michigan Press Association awards for The Pleiad, 2004-05
- Investigative Reporting 1st place Michael Melvin, tenure series
- Sports Feature 1st place Charlie Snearly - "The Long Development of a Diaper Dandy"
- Column 1st place Jill Hindenach - "Zero Tolerance Policy Needed"
- Sports Features 2nd place Jake Lloyd - "Homecoming Weekend 2004"
- Non-Deadline Story 3rd place Rachel Karmol - "Students Report Sexual Assault"
- Feature Story 3rd place Michael Melvin - "Albion Review Redux"
Life After Albion
What are they writing now? We are proud to showcase the accomplishments of some of our most recent graduates.
Liz Shepard, '06
Staff writer, The Argus-Press
Utility funding for business park questioned
Kayla Kiley, '07
Reporter, Cadillac News
I got milk: The woes of being a city girl on a farm


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At one time or another, nearly everyone has seen a gall on some type of tree, shrub, or other plant. Galls are extremely variable in size, shape, and their location on the plant. Some are little more than a blister on the surface of a leaf while others are large, warty growths on leaves, stems, or roots. Most plant galls are caused by mites and wasps. A few galls are caused by midges, psyllids, aphids, and beetles. The tissue growth is the result of irritation caused by the feeding of the insect or by powerful plant growth regulating chemicals injected by the insect during egg laying or feeding. Each insect or mite produces its own distinctive gall formation. Often, the insect or mite can be identified by the gall shape. There are over 2,000 American plant galls caused by insects and mites.
More galls occur on oak than on any other host plant. At least 750 different galls have been identified on oak alone. Some examples are shown in at right.
Nearly all trees, shrubs, and other plants have at least a few galls.
Generally speaking, most galls do not seriously harm the host plant. Some, in fact, are quite ornate and attractive (Figure 2). Unfortunately, most galls seriously detract from the beauty of the host.
Twig galls, such as those on oak, are generally harmful to the tree or shrub. Large numbers of these may kill individual limbs or the whole tree.
The actual life histories of the various gall making insects and mites are too variable and complex to cover.
Many gall–producing insects and mites are parasitized by other insects and are fed upon by various birds and animals. Simple removal and destruction of fallen leaves with galls will help to reduce the number of emerging adults that will produce the next generation. Where possible, all twig galls should be pruned out while green or before emergence holes appear.
In most cases, chemical control is not feasible or effective. This is especially true in the case of large shade trees. Usually, chemical control must be applied in early spring, at bud break, to be effective.
See your local County Extension Agent for additional help and information.


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FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Jack Cook has never employed more than three people at his Fitness Together personal-training company, so it's understandable why the former Marine is plenty discouraged that his unemployment tax went from $300 a year when he opened five years ago to $8,000 today.
"It's been a tough four years, mainly because of the taxes. I've never laid anybody off," Cook said while sitting in one of his studios at his Fairfield business. "The taxes and burden they put on small business is pretty high."
Cook, 45, of Mason, said he is supporting Mitt Romney this year, hoping that his business background can provide the type of leadership the country needs.
"I've lost a lot of hope the last few years," Cook said. "I don't know if it can get turned around to where it's great again, but I want it better for my children down the road. By all accounts, we should be bankrupt."
In southwestern Ohio, a conservative stronghold where the tea party flourishes, few political conversations avoid issues of government spending, taxes and why the debt has surpassed $16 trillion.
"I can't imagine ever paying it off," Susie Fowler, 45, a homemaker from Indian Hill, said of the national debt. Though she has no party affiliation, she said she generally votes Republican.
"We lived in Europe for three years," she said. "We see the contrast between huge government and small government, and I don't think people in America understand what bigger government means. I'm completely opposed to bigger government."
In the eight-county southwestern Ohio region, the question isn't whether Romney is going to win that area, it's whether he can run up the score. The region is vital to Republican hopes as an offset to heavily Democratic northeastern Ohio, and Sen. John McCain learned four years ago that simply winning isn't enough.
In 2004, President George W. Bush won 60.4 percent of the region. But in 2008, McCain's total fell to 55 percent, underperforming Bush in every county. If McCain had received the same percentage of votes in the region as Bush, he would have seen a net gain of 87,400 votes.
David Kern, executive chairman of the Butler County Republican Party, said McCain was an honorable man but "a miserable candidate." He said the enthusiasm this year is noticeably greater.
"They realize they have to stand up for the country because this might be their last chance," he said while unloading wire yard-sign frames from his truck. "It's imperative that we deal with the deficit. You have to be thinking about that debt unless you want to see riots like what's going on in Europe and Greece."
Kern, 70, knows Butler County's vital role in Romney's hopes of winning Ohio. This is the home county of House Speaker John Boeh-
ner of West Chester. Two national conservative advocacy groups, Americans for Prosperity and American Majority, have operations here. A local retired business executive recently took out a full-page ad urging people to go see an anti-Obama movie.
In 2004, Butler, Clermont and Warren counties combined to give Bush a 132,000-vote advantage. He lost the rest of the state by about 14,000, but his Ohio victory kept him in the White House.
Bush also won Hamilton County, but in 2008, 53 percent of the county went for Obama, the first time a Democrat had won there since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
"I think the surprise will be in counties like Brown, Adams and Butler, where President Obama will do better than people think," said Ohio Senate Minority Leader Eric Kearney, D-Cincinnati, adding that he's also confident Obama will win Hamilton County again. "I think that '47 percent' comment (by Romney) resonated with working-class voters in those counties, and they just didn't appreciate it."
Kearney said a key is reminding voters of the positive things Obama has done: the benefits of his stimulus package, the auto bailout and the fact that the state's unemployment rate remains below the national average. He said the enthusiasm is different this time around.
"Last time, it was like: 'Is it possible? Can it really happen?' This time, people know that it's possible and understand the strategy a lot better," he said.
Some are still undecided, such as Richard Zugelter, 72, of Fairfield Township, who, after participating in his morning walking club, said he has grown tired of the two sides blaming each other and distorting the facts.
"If they would stick to the damn facts, they wouldn't have to lie their way out of anything."
After finishing an afternoon haircut, Vivian Baker sat down at her downtown Middletown shop, C.C. Barber Shop, where she hears from various customers in this manufacturing town hard-hit by closures and downsizing. She hears from folks who feel they're voting for the lesser of two evils.
"If you don't have the House and Senate willing to work with you, how do you get anything done?" she said. "As much as I love my country and as much as I'm proud of it, we're tarnishing ourselves by the constant bickering."
Baker has concerns about the debt and lack of employment, but she agrees with some of Obama's actions, such as the auto bailout. "Some said 'Let 'em fold.' Well, you can't. If you threw that many more people out of work, we'd be digging ourselves out forever."
Mike Wilson, 36, founder of the Cincinnati tea party and an Ohio House candidate, said tea party activists are "working their tails off" for Romney. We've got to maximize turnout to have a shot at winning statewide.
"Romney understands the drivers of the debt," Wilson said. "The issue isn't the Bush tax cuts, the unpaid wars or that rich people aren't paying their fair share. The problem is, as incomes went down and people stopped being employed, tax revenue cratered."


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Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur (A Reliable Friend is Perceived in an Uncertain Situation)
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Class 2-A pays a visit to Ayaka's mansion. While the girls run wild on the estate grounds, Negi discovers all is not what it seems between Asuna and Ayaka.
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Greenfield Takes Over in Fourth; Fairfield Beats Bryant
from press release
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — The #16/16 Fairfield University men's lacrosse team outscored host Bryant University 5-1 in the final 15:20 of play to earn an 8-6 win in the season opener in Smithfield, R.I. The Stags are now 1-0 on the year, while the Bulldogs fall to 0-2.
Bryant opened a 5-3 edge after a 5-1 run of its own from the middle of the first quarter through a third quarter goal from Peter McMahon with 8:22 to play in the third quarter. Tristan Sperry began the Stags comeback with an unassisted goal with 20 ticks remaining in the third quarter.
Jordan Greenfield then took over in the fourth quarter. He tied the game with an unassisted goal 2:51 into the period, his second of the game. Then 2:38 later he accepted a pass from Eric Warden and put it into the back of the net to give Fairfield a 6-5 advantage. The Stags advantage lasted just 85 seconds when Collins Gantz scored an unassisted goal for the Bulldogs to know the score once again, 6-6.
It was Greenfield, again unassisted, at 6:07, who put Fairfield in front for good with his fourth of the afternoon. Colin McLinden gave Fairfield a cushion with his first goal of the year with 1:44 remaining to provide the final margin of victory.
Greenfield led all scorers with his four points, while McLinden added three points with two assists. Five different players scored a goal for the Stags, with Tristan Sperry, Nick Guida, and Sam Snow touching net. Warden finished with two assists.
Bryant held a decided advantage at the face-off X, with the Stags going just 3-18 in the game, but Fairfield's defense was up to the task. Jack Murphy, making his first start as a Stag, made 11 saves in the game, with eight coming in the first half of play. Fairfield had nine caused turnovers in the outing, led by the three of Toby Armour.
The Stags jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as Greenfield opened the scoring 5:06 into the game, when he put home a pass from McLinden. Guida scored 91 seconds later for the 2-0 advantage. Bryant rattled off three consecutive goals, the first from Bo Redpath the 7:33 mark of the first quarter, and the period ended with the Stags leading 2-1.
Shane Morrell scored 1:26 into the second quarter to tie the score, 2-2, and Brian Schlansker's goal at the 36 second mark of the period gave the Bulldogs their first lead, 3-2. Snow scored the equalizer for the Stags with 4:53 to play before intermission and the game went to the break, 3-3.
The Bulldogs struck twice in 26 seconds midway through the third quarter, with Dan Sipperly and Peter McMahon scoring to setup the Stags rally.
Murphy had six of the Stags 29 ground balls in the game, as well as a caused turnover.
The Stags host Navy in their home opener on Tuesday, February 19. The 3 p.m. game will be played at Alumni Field.
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