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The state Department of Education released Friday the results of a school bus transportation system analysis that recommends a fundamental overhaul of the DOE's Student Transportation Services Branch.
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The DOE ordered the comprehensive study in August to determine what led to increased costs by school bus contractors, and to investigate strategies to improve efficiencies.
After a two-month review of the bus transportation system, DOE consultant Management Partnership Services submitted its Student Bus Transportation Study, along with several recommendations.
The recommendations include changes to contracting practices to encourage competitive pricing, clarify expectations and improve contract management.
"This thorough review was necessary to clearly identify missteps taken over the years so that they are not repeated," stated Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi. "The recommendations on the path forward are equally important as we implement both short- and long-term changes."
Some of the recommended changes will require the upcoming 2013 Hawaii State Legislature to address potential revisions to the Hawaii Revised Statutes that govern school bus contract laws.
"We will be briefing the Legislature on this recommendation in changing the law to improve the procurement process," said Matayoshi.
The MPS study found the entire student transportation services program is in need of systemic change; specifically in areas that address costs, procurement, organizational structure and technological upgrades for monitoring and support.
The following is a list of some of the findings:
- There is a lack of cost data to do year-over-year studies. However, most glaring is that the costs of school bus transportation in Hawaii are among the highest in the nation at $86,500 per active bus route, and about $1,750 per transported student. Dramatic cost increases between the 2006 and 2010 fiscal years were largely attributed to higher rates paid to bus contractors. The increase in rates in fiscal year 2011-12 did not subside, but leveled as a result of fewer routes.
- Procurement and contracting practices are inefficient with the absence of competitive bidding due to the constraints in the procurement process itself. Furthermore, efficiency of the bus contractors should be better clarified along with service requirements to support improvement recommendations.
- The DOE's student bus transportation staff needs to be realigned, and receive training and improved support to administer vast responsibilities of a $60 million annual budget.
- The report also noted Hawaii's unique geography and relatively closed market as additional constraints to the procurement system. Specifically, MPS is recommending that the DOE pilot a revised business model next school year (2013-14), and execute a revised competitive procurement process for contracts in the 2014-15 school year.
"Our commitment is to our students' ability to learn," said Raymond L'Heureux, assistant superintendent for the DOE's Office of School Facilities and Support Services. "Getting them to school in the most efficient, safe and timely manner is a high priority."
The DOE's school bus transportation system serves more than 35,000 students annually through 700 buses operated by 12 contractors on five islands: Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii Island.
In late June, the DOE announced more than 100 bus routes were being eliminated due to rising costs and a loss of funding.
The DOE streamlined services and restored a number of routes, but was unable to restore all of them. In all, more than 2,300 students at 51 different schools were affected.
"The report provides an excellent and needed road map for the Department to comprehensively address our bus transportation challenges," stated Board of Education (BOE) Chairman Don Horner. "The Board is appreciative of the Superintendent and her new management team's commitment to address these long-standing educational challenges with transparency and a sense of urgency. We have invited the principles of Management Partnership Services to a Board public informational briefing on December 4."
The MPS Study will be presented at the BOE's Informational Briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 11:30 a.m. at the Queen Liliuokalani Building, Room 404.


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— New York's Hometown Airline™, known for value-added
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NEW YORK (June 13, 2012) – New York-based JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today was awarded highest honors in airline customer satisfaction among low-cost carriers by J.D. Power and Associates 2012 North America Airline Satisfaction StudySM, an estimable recognition the carrier has earned every year from 2006 to 2011. The value airline also ranked highest in customer satisfaction among all U.S. major airlines in 2005, when low-cost and traditional network carriers were combined in a single category, making this year's achievement its eighth consecutive J.D. Power and Associates award.
"We are honored and humbled to be ranked highest among low cost carriers by the traveling public, and to receive this highly-respected and sought-after industry accolade for the eighth consecutive year," said Dave Barger, president and CEO of JetBlue Airways. "it's an historic day at JetBlue and one that would not be possible without the passion, dedication and commitment that each of our 14,000 crewmembers brings to their job every single day. Our culture is defined by the respect, kindness and caring demeanor that we give to each other, which in turn earns us the loyalty of thousands of happy new customers each year."
The 2012 North America Airline Satisfaction StudySM measures customer satisfaction among both business and leisure passengers of major North America carriers. The study is based on responses from more than 13,700 passengers who flew on a major North America airline between May 2011 and April 2012. The study was fielded between July 2011 and April 2012. The study measures overall customer satisfaction based on performance in seven measures (in order of importance): cost and fees; in-flight services; boarding/deplaning/baggage; flight crew; aircraft; check-in; and reservation.
This year's survey highlighted that the use of mobile devices to check in for a flight has more than doubled over the last year, and overall satisfaction with the check-in process is highest when passengers check in using a mobile device. To provide customers a simplified and personalized experience, earlier this year JetBlue revealed a refreshed look and feel to its jetblue.com and mobile.jetblue.com sites and introduced a new iPhone application. The digitally-minded airline's new iPhone mobile application provides real time, on-the-go ease for booking, check- in, flight status, and more.
JetBlue, the 'un-airline' of the industry, soared above the rest in this year's in-flight services and aircraft measures. The airline has carved out a niche among competitors that is focused on delivering un-matched value to all customers with its core product offerings, including a first checked bag free of charge, unlimited complimentary in-flight snacks and beverages, and a live in-flight entertainment system with 36 channels of free DIRECTV programming and more than 100 channels of free XM Satellite Radio at every comfortable leather seat. Customers can expect friendly service from the friendliest crewmembers in the sky while they kick back and enjoy in spacious aircraft cabins, which offer the most legroom in coach of any U.S. airline.

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- Consider basics when selecting peanut variety
- Differ in disease resistance
• These basics include which varieties are available, what is a variety's disease resistance, what is its seed size, calcium requirements, growth habit and maturity.
SOME NEW PEANUT varieties are showing various levels of resistance to white mold, a disease that can be devastating.
Southeastern peanut producers now have several good varieties from which to choose, but they still shouldn't neglect the basics of crop variety selection, says Barry Tillman, University of Florida agronomist and plant breeder.
"These basics include which varieties are available, what is a variety's disease resistance, what is its seed size, calcium requirements, growth habit and maturity," says Tillman.
"Growth habit can factor into the type of equipment you have for digging because some varieties are more prostrate and others are more upright."
It all begins, says Tillman, with crop rotation. "If we don't have a good rotation program, then our varieties can't overcome some of our disease problems. The key is good crop rotation — if you don't do that well — nothing else really matters," Tillman said at the recent Georgia Peanut Farm Show in Albany, Ga.
Looking at the seed available for the Southeast in 2012, Tillman says Georgia-06G is the dominant variety, followed by Georgia-07W, Florida-07, Georgia Greener and Tifguard. "These five varieties will make up all of our seed acreage in 2012," he says.
Growers should look at several years of variety trial data and try and match the variety to specific field situations, says Tillman.
"In some cases, I've seen farms that have a lot of white mold, so you'd want to choose a variety that'll minimize your risk. Also, to minimize risks, I would encourage growers to plant at least two varieties. You never know how varieties will react. We have five varieties that are very good, but some are better in certain situations than others.
"For example, if you have nematode problems in your field, Tifguard is your best choice. This is a variety that has near immunity compared to resistance, and that's a great tool for you to use. Also, evaluate new varieties on your farm in a way that's meaningful, such as planting them side-by-side in the same fields rather than in different fields."
In variety trials conducted in Florida and Georgia, all of the new varieties have grouped towards the top in terms of yield potential, especially compared to the old standard Georgia Green, says Tillman, so there are plenty of options in terms of productivity.


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Here are our top ten healthy convenience food products that make dinner a little quicker and no less tasty.
Healthy Convenience Foods
Cooking Light recipes rely on the freshest ingredients possible, but there are some convenience products that make even the freshest cooking easier and faster. Through years of recipe testing, we've learned that there are great time-cutting products out there that meet our standards—for nutrition and flavor. When buying any prepared foods, read labels carefully, paying particular attention to sodium. We've identified our top 10; comment below and tell us your favorites.


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Police: Wisconsin man beats woman over Christmas gift
Madison police have arrested a man who allegedly beat a woman because he was upset with a Christmas gift she bought.
Police say the 23-year-old Madison man was arguing Sunday with a 30-year-old woman.
A police spokesman tells The Capital Times the man said the woman had been out shopping too long and had bought the wrong Christmas gift.
Officers were sent after getting reports of a man with a gun. When police arrived they saw a man running from the building. He jumped over a fence but was stopped by officers.
The police spokesman says people told officers the man allegedly battered the woman in a hallway of the apartment and that he was carrying a gun case.
Officers recovered cash, marijuana, ammunition and a 12-gauge shotgun.
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UWM work exhibited at Cannes film fest
Fourteen films by students, faculty and alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres have been accepted into the short-film showcase at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday on the French Riviera.
The total is more than double the number of short films that made it into the Cannes Court Métrage Short Film Corner last year. »Read Full Article
Trail of Dead rides the edge of intensity at Cactus Club
Chaos, wildness, freedom, anarchy: Rock 'n' roll doesn't really embody these states of being; it only simulates them. Some bands are simply better at verisimilitude than others.
At the Cactus Club on Friday night, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead created an extraordinary 3-D simulation of lighted fuses, anticipatory countdowns and shrapnel-filled explosions. »Read Full Article
'Born to Royalty' movie offers history of royal baby-watching
If there's two things America loves about Britain at the moment, it's "Downton Abbey" and the impending royal baby.
There's a movie that can feed both passions while we wait for Prince William and Catherine Middleton's firstborn to take center stage. »Read Full Article
Off to a hungry start? Find a farmers markets — and great eats, too
The oppressive heat has fled, but your need for good eats hasn't.
Good thing so many farmers markets are open Saturday mornings. »Read Full Article(1)
Crazy Water on the Cooking Channel's 'America's Best Bites' Saturday
Crazy Water, 839 S. 2nd St., will be in the spotlight on Saturday; that's when Peggy Magister and Anthony Betzhold's restaurant will be on the Cooking Channel's "America's Best Bites" show.
It airs at 3:30 p.m. and focuses on Crazy Water and Magister, the chef, for the entire episode. »Read Full Blog Post


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For my undergraduate thesis, I am investigating the spectrum and association of plant species that have colonized an ephemeral island on the Grand River. Since this island is scoured clean each winter, plants must either recolonise every spring or survive underground through metamorphosed stems or in the seedbank. The shape and topography of the island is such that changes in water levels have allowed a relatively stable vegetation to form at the centre, while seedlings emerge from the margins, nearest to the disturbance. Since at least an environmental gradient exists, I hope to compare the survival strategies of plants growing in different areas. I will also expand to include other topics such as, variation and trends of the local water levels and temperatures, seed dispersal methods, physical soil properties and its limitations, shade vs. sunlight (time of day based on location).
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Searched the MergerNetwork database for Manufacturing Businesses For Sale in Cooper City FL and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
Frozen Foods Manufacturer & Caterer #456841 posted Oct 27, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- $6,000,000
New to market, one of the finest institutional frozen meal caterers in the Southeast US. Clients include airlines, prisons, schools, hospitals and other large national customers. Over 10,000 meals a week. Specialty and ethnic products. USDA Certified. Well established with a full staff in place. Seller...
Profitable Thermofoil Doors Manufacturer #450590 posted Jul 29, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Available On Request
We are a thermofoil doors manufacturer and supplier of wood products, Formica and Wilsonart laminate, hardware products, chemicals, and other related raw materials for the cabinet industry. The company have maintained close relationships with clients for over 16 years. Owner will work with the buyer...
Manufacturer of Upscale Ladies Evening Wear #410729 posted Jun 30, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- $1,950,000
Top 35 year old manufacturer of high-end ladies evening and formal wear, in high-end department stores and bridal stores nationwide.Well known brand with a tremendous reputation and opportunity for new owner to introduce shoe, bags, jewelry lines using the established immaculate reputation and accounts....
Cuban Snack Products Manufacturer #409757 posted Jun 19, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Between $1,000,000 and $2,500,000
Company established in 1968 manufacturer of Cuban snack products federally registered trade marks products sold in Publix Winn Dixie Kmart CVS Walgreens Seven Elevens Sedanos Presidente stores business has a huge growth potential to the right buyer.
Metal Coating & Finishing Company #407326 posted May 17, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- $4,950,000
Take advantage by profiting from the rapid and solid growth within the job Coating Industry. This company, located in Dade County, offers professional metal coating & finishing in a vast array of architectural, industrial, commercial and consumer products. Their professional results are derived from...
Manufacturer of Aluminum Impact & Non-Impact Doors #401124 posted Feb 23, 2016
- Miami, Florida, United States
- $700,000
Manufacturer of quality impact aluminum doors. Compliant with all county/state codes; NOA approved. 15+ yrs in business. Serving residential & commercial customers in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. 20+ repeat commercial clients (installers, GCs). Manufacturing equipment in top condition....
Light Manufacturing & Warehouse Supply Business #379441 posted Apr 21, 2015
- Miami, Florida, United States
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Excellent opportunity to own two well established, growing and profitable industrial supply manufacturing and a warehouse supply and distribution companies operating together from a 14,000 sf facility. The first is a materials handling distributor that focuses on pallet racking and warehouse storage...
Curing Cancer With Hemp Oil Now Legal w/M #379084 posted Apr 16, 2015
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- $3,500,000
Update Florida passes marijuana. Studies show that Hemp oil cures cancer, but we cannot make that claim. If you want to cure cancer you cannot say so. Thank you FDA. But you can make it and sell it for %60 an ounce. Hemp is not Marijuana and is far more effective than marijuana as a medicine. We can...
Precision Tool & Engineering Manufacturer #220635 posted Jan 24, 2011
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Between $5,000,000 and $7,500,000
Precision Tool & Engineering Manufacturer with Corp. Headquarters. Strategic Investment / Acquisition. Precision tool manufacturer with state of the art capabilities and major national accounts. Prime corporate headquarters with 34,000 sq. ft. factory floor and 9,500 finished office space. 3 Acres...
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How to Make Pork Roast with Rosemary Rub
This pork roast with rosemary rub is great to serve family on a late Sunday afternoon. The garlic, lemon and thyme add even more flavor to this savory dish.
Hey everyone! I'm Judith with recipe.com and today I'm gonna be showing you how to make a Pork Roast with Rosemary Rub. This is a really great dish to have on a Sunday afternoon with your friends and family. So, what we'll gonna need is a 3-pound boneless pork loin, roast. For our gravy, we have 1 cup of chicken broth mixed with 1 cup of water, and we have here 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour. We have 1 teaspoon of a lemon rind. We have 2 tablespoons of olive oil. We have 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. We have 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary, which we've finely chopped. We have 4 cloves of garlic which we've finely chopped as well, 1/4 of black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. So, we're gonna make our lovely, delicious rub to go on top of our pork loin, right here. So, what we're gonna is we gonna get all of our ingredients, right here. The lemon juice goes in, the olive oil goes in, the lemon rind also go in. that citrus is just-- it gives a really beautiful flavor in contrast with the a-- with the pork. Our rosemary goes in there too, lovely garlic, black pepper in there, thyme in there, and our salt. Now, I've left some our olive oil in the bowl because that's gonna go on the bottom of our roasting pan. So, we're gonna stir all these ingredients together and that is gonna be our delicious rub for our pork roast, and rosemary is such a fantastic of herb to use with pork and it's gonna make your kitchen smell just wonderful. Alright, so once all that's mixed in, let's get our pork loin right here. So, we're gonna-- just use your fingers and we're gonna rub our pork loin all the way on the sides and on the top with this beautiful rub. You know, pork loin sometimes they come marinated already in your butcher's but I like making my own especially if you like particular flavors or herbs. So, as that is all covered on there, we're gonna put the remainder of our oil into our baking dish and you can spread that with your fingers all over the bottom, so make sure it covers the whole pan. Alright, so now we're just gonna place our pork loin in the center of the baking dish. So, we've preheated our oven to 450-degrees Fahrenheit and we're gonna put our pork loin in there for 30 minutes. Then, we're gonna reduce the temperature of the oven to 350-degrees Fahrenheit and we're gonna read it, let it roast for another 30 minutes until our Instant-Read Thermometer reads 160-degrees Fahrenheit, so in it goes. So, we've removed our pork loin roast from the oven now. As you can see, looking delicious, nice crisp, golden brown and all those flavors from the rosemary are coming out there. It was in the oven for a total of about an hour, 450 degrees first for 30 minutes and then 350 degrees for another 30 minutes. So, with the remaining fat, we've poured off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the roasting pan. So, we have that now and this is gonna be all based for our lovely gravy to go with our pork, so we're gonna put that to medium high heat. So, we're just gonna sprinkle our flour over our fat right here and we'll let stir that up for about 1 minute. So, we'll get off any brown bits that are stick to the bottom of the pan. So, after about 1 minute, it's time to add in our broth. So, in goes the broth and that's gonna meld in with the rest of the ingredients for about 5 minutes, so we'll keep stirring that until it gets nice and thick. So, our gravy thickened up nicely in our roasting pan and we've basically just strained it through a sieve and put into a measuring jug and that's lovely and thick now to serve with our pork loin roast. So, all that's left to do now is slice it up, put it on a plate, serve it with a gravy, and that is done and look at that, just beautiful, really, really flavorful from that rosemary. The kitchen smells amazing and that's great now. You can serve it to your friends. Serve it to a family on the weekend. And the wonderful thing actually if you don't finish it off, pork loin roast is great for freezing, so you can freeze it in there and that's it. So, we can pour some of our lovely gravy over that and that's using the fat from the pork, this is just gonna make it delicious and there you have it. That is your Pork Roast with Rosemary Rub, delicious. Well, thanks for watching everyone. For more great recipes and savings, go to the recipe.com.


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|Kristopher Maday, MS, PA-C, CNSC
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|Kristopher Maday joined the faculty in 2011. He received his Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland in 2002 and his Master's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Surgical Physician Assistant Program in 2007. Upon graduating, he accepted a position as one of the first five physician assistants with the Department of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care at UAB Hospital to staff the Trauma/Burn Intensive Care Unit. During his tenure, he became certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS), and Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS). In 2010, he became nationally board certified as a Nutritional Support Clinician (CNSC). He is an active member of American Academy of Physician Assistants, Alabama Society of Physician Assistants, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He practices clinically with UAB. Prior to this he practiced Emergency Medicine at Cullman Regional Medical Center.


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"Reaping Benefits of Technology Revolution"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
October 4, 2007
Author: Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
It is rare that being a latecomer confers any advantage. But it does in the age of rapid technological innovation. Africa, for example, has benefited from the telecommunications revolution, without having invested in the initial research and development.
The market release of the iconic $100 laptop (XO) later this year promises to do for education what the cell phone did for telecommunications. But like in the telecoms sector, benefits will only go to those countries that are prepared to make major reforms in their educational systems to accommodate the use of new educational technologies.
Teachers' unions have a history of skepticism toward educational technologies. This is not simply because such technologies tend to shift the focus of learning from the teacher to the learner. But more importantly, most educational systems use the classical mass production model.
Like the cellphone, new educational technologies such as the XO will demand greater flexibility in educational systems.
Existing curricula are like landlines; fixed in place and dependent for their functioning on centralized bureaucracies. Emerging educational technologies as well and learning platforms, such as those offered by Google Earth, will provide unique opportunities for schools to adapt their curricula and pedagogy to local conditions and to extend learning to new fields such as conservation.
The educational technologies can play a key role in ecological literacy. Young people will not only have the opportunity to have access to key conservation information, but they will themselves become important sources of information. But like the telecoms revolution, only those governments that are open to new ideas and prepare themselves will reap early benefits.
The first step is having the capacity to think ahead.
The world is witnessing radical breakthroughs in low-cost mobile broadband. This technology will transform the delivery of major services and help contribute to economic growth.
This technology will be more appropriate for those countries that are not too vested in the use of optical fibre. At the very least investments in cables should be based on an informed understanding of advances in mobile broadband and complementary technologies.
The development of the $100 laptop shows that Africa's capacity to benefit from emerging education technologies will depend largely on how adaptive and flexible its governance structures are. In addition, much attention will need to be devoted to developing local content to complement available material.
Africa's rich diversity in music, folklore and other cultural expressions can now be tapped and put to educational purposes. Mythical figures such as Ogun, Nigeria's Yoruba God of Iron, can now be enlisted to inspire young people to study the engineering sciences.
Forging strategic partnerships between African institutions and technology developers is essential for success.
Furthermore, early engagement will enable African entrepreneurs to start thinking about alternative business models needed for the new technologies. In addition, such partnerships will also help in the early identification of investors in the new enterprises.
Emerging technologies are poised to radically transform education and put the power of knowledge in the hands of learners. But reaping the benefits of such technologies will require more than new funding; it will take considerable political courage to challenge incumbency in national educational systems.
Professor Juma teaches at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government where he directs the Science, Technology and Globalization Project
For more information on the XO Laptop, visit the website of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation.
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Hi Folks. Wife and I are splitting up the research on this, google wasn't terribly helpful...
We are parents to a lovely 6-months-old girl, breastfed since birth. My wife returned to work a few months ago and has been pumping regularly (we bought a Medela pump-in-style advanced).
The other day my wife remarked on a 1-cm-wide ring of darker skin on her breasts, roughly corresponding to the diameter of the breast shields (at least that's what Medela calls them -- I'm referring to the part of the pump that physically attaches to the nipple). The skin there is very different than the rest of her skin; it looks "thinner" and wrinkly, kind of like it was stretched too tight over something and then released.
Has anybody experienced this or something similar? Googling "breast pumping dark ring skin" has yielded many descriptions of Areolae (which this isn't).


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Polar plunge: Getting cold feet…literally
Brave souls in the area and around the country are gearing up for the chill of a lifetime as polar bear plunge season gets under way.
Polar bear plunges, sometimes known just as polar plunges, are part of a growing trend where adventurous individuals run, walk or dive into a frigid body of water, typically in January or February.
Often individuals are participating for a cause. The closest plunge, coming up Feb. 9 in Athens, is one of more than 100 events scheduled nationwide to raise money for the Special Olympics, said Meghan Weaver, marketing and development manager for Special Olympics Ohio.
The organization has been hosting annual plunges for the past 17 years and they get bigger every year, said Weaver.
"We are growing our events statewide, both the number of participants and the amount of revenue we brought in increased last year," she said of the nine plunges that take place in Ohio.
This will be Athens' sixth year hosting an event and 48-year-old Cathy Hart, a dispatcher for the Ohio University Police Department, has been involved in organizing the event all six years.
"I think the first year we had maybe 50 or 60 people. Last year we were right around 225. It has really caught on," she said.
In fact, the Athens event has grown so much that last year they changed the venue from Strouds Run State Park to nearby Lake Snowden, which better accommodates the plungers and those who cheer them on, said Hart.
Though Hart sat out the actual plunge the first year, she has participated all five years since.
"Last year was by far the coldest, but it was the wind. With the wind chill it was 4 degrees," she recalled.
The experience is a major adrenaline rush, said Hart.
"When you hit the water, it will literally take your breath away from you," she recalled.
Dipping so much as a toe into an icy cold lake does not sound like fun for Strouds Run resident Jesse Stock, 38, although he has committed to taking part in the event this year.
"It sounds a little extreme," he said.
Stock, who works at ATCO, an Athens-based work training center for adults with developmental disabilities, had heard of polar bear plunges before, but not of the ones associated with the Special Olympics.
"I typically would not brave the cold water, but I decided to do it to show support and to show that it takes a team effort," he said.
That aspect of persevering in the face of a daunting task is exactly what makes the plunge the ideal event for a Special Olympics fundraiser, said Weaver.
"We want our participants to know what it's like to feel a challenge, to do something our body really doesn't want us to do because our athletes work daily to overcome challenges," she explained.
Polar Bear plunges are nothing new and are not exclusive to the United States. In Canada, the plunges are a New Year's Day tradition, and they've more recently become the same in many states, from Maryland to Florida to Washington.
According to the city of Vancouver's website, The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim Club has been diving into the English Channel every New Year's Day since 1920.
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"I can't confirm or deny that," Police Chief Joe Treviño said about a Belgian Malinois named Amoc which had gone missing from the same yard where Irk was being kept.
That happened about five years ago and Amoc's body was found later. The animal apparently had been struck by a vehicle.
Treviño said he heard of the earlier situation after Irk turned up missing, but he had no way to confirm that.
The chief said not everyone is cut out to be a dog handler and not everyone wants to be assigned an animal.
He said the canine officer, Sgt. Jason Alvarez, has been looking for Irk since he turned up missing on Aug. 8.
Because no dog body or injured dog has turned up, Treviño remains convinced that someone has Irk penned up in the city or nearby.
That is not a good idea because Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers is offering a combined reward of $6,000 for information that could lead to the recovery of the animal and the arrest of anyone who might be keeping it.
Of that, Crime Stoppers is offering the first $2,000 and individual business donors from Corpus Christi are offering the additional $4,000.
If someone does have the dog and is keeping it from the police department, that would be a state jail felony, punishable by two years in a state jail facility and a $10,000 fine.
Treviño said he expects the fact that Amok got out of the same yard is simply a coincidence.
So far, the BPD has no plans to replace Irk if he is not found. And the chief plans to move the department's remaining dog to a more secure location.
Anyone who could offer information on how to recover Irk is being asked to contact the BPD at 358-8100 or call Coastal Bend Crime Stoppers at (877) 362-0206 or send an email to coastalbendcrimestoppers.com.
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- We present the first radio continuum images of the evolved late-type stellar object, Menzel 3 (Mz 3), made with multifrequency observations using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The maximum resolutions attained are 1, 2, 4 and 7 arcsec. At each frequency investigated, the large-scale radio structure is reminiscent of that seen at infrared and optical wavelengths. In the highest-frequency image of resolution 1 arcsec, the radio brightness distribution is dominated by a compact core emission feature, which we attribute to the ionization of either the last exhalation of the superwind (single progenitor scenario) or to the ongoing stellar wind from a companion (binary scenario). At the higher frequencies investigated, we find that this core ionized outflow is asymmetric, optically thick and has a spectral index consistent with that of thermal emission. The mass loss rate associated with the core emission feature is 7 x 10-5 Msolar yr-1. We discuss this outflow and favour its origin as being due to a companion. Extending from either side of the compact core, at PA ~ 120° with respect to the bipolar axis, we find evidence for wings of emission that may be due to the ionized inner surface of an equatorial collimating disc; this surface has dimensions 7 x 1.5 arcsec2 (8800 x 1900 au2 at 1.3 kpc). We suggest that this feature may be part of the circumbinary accretion disc suggested recently by Kastner et al. We measure low brightness temperatures, which we attribute to there being unresolved condensations on sub-arcsecond scales within the beam size.
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- Circumstellar matter; Mass-loss stars; Menzel 3; Outflows; Planetary nebulae; Radio continuum; Stars; Winds
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To an alien species visiting Earth for the first time, Halloween must resemble a kind of sexy war. People and monsters stumble through the streets, slick with blood, knives plunged through their heads, while erotic nurses bounce between divisions, doing a terrible job of triage. Not even the children are spared. In fact, they are frenzied participants, screaming through the shadows with flaming bags of shit or hustling between cobwebbed houses carrying severed limbs and sacks of teeth-rotting courage all night long, or at least until curfew. At the end of it all, everyone either passes out from overstimulation or has sex with a stranger; those are the only two options.
Our forensics swap will be as mediocre as our costume choices!
Halloween is a celebration of reckless indulgence, honoring the dead by living really hard for one night. And while that sounds completely awesome, the bully in me sees other people using it as an opportunity to shed their awkward selves and become superheroes, seductive vampires or Heath Ledger Jokers for a few hours, and my immediate impulse is to ruin it. I'm not fooled. I know that this is just one big live-action role-playing game for nerds that the rest of us were tricked into playing. Well, bad news, dweebs; consider this column the shitty popcorn ball in your bag of candy. With any luck, it will spoil your favorite holiday just a little bit.
4 Your Authentic Ghost Costume Isn't Authentic Unless There's Poop in It
Candyman, Bloody Mary, Freddy Krueger and all the dead people in The Sixth Sense have one thing in common: They're stuck in the same mortally wounded state for eternity. They stay sopping wet after drowning and keep a shrunken head after a head shrinking, presumably forever. In fact, this particular type of ghost doesn't just maintain the exact same corporeal form; it also keeps the same bloodstained, dirty clothes as well.
Maybe you already know where this is headed.
That's a crucial detail to remember, given that one of the more unpleasant side effects of death is involuntary defecation. Violent death in particular has a way of squeezing it out of people. If all of these murder victims soiled themselves right as they were dying, that doesn't bode well for their afterlife. It means a good percentage of the most terrifying ghosts in folklore are actually roaming the Earth with perpetual poopy pants.
So let's try an experiment: Imagine the Headless Horseman galloping toward you on the back of a lathered horse, cracking his whip made of a human spine. Now, imagine he's got a big dump working its way around inside his wool pants. Sort of undercuts the horror, doesn't it? Plus, the logistics of riding horseback suggest that all that jostling has probably resulted in a lot of smearing and funneling down into his boots over hundreds of years.
So when you're planning your Halloween costume this year, and you're really trying to nail the specificity of the ghost you're going as, remember that all the eerie looks you've been practicing in the mirror and all the fake blood you're planning to soak yourself in can't make up for the fact that the most authentic thing you can do is poop yourself.
3 Only Parents Poison Halloween Candy
As a child, your parents likely dug through all your Halloween candy before you could eat it and threw away anything without a wrapper. If you complained as they tossed out perfectly good caramel apples, the reasoning was always the same: Someone might have booby-trapped it with a razor blade.
Now that you are an adult with adult faculties, take a minute to really process that logic. Aside from the clumsy way that someone would have to go about cramming a razor inside an apple (blade out), those hypothetical children haters would be making a terrible decision by operating out of their own houses. They aren't handing caramel apples to kids in some alley; they're doing it from their own front door. It's pretty easy even for a 5-year-old to keep track of which house has the cat skeletons in the yard and hands out homemade sweets.
It's the place that screams sometimes.
"But Soren," you're probably saying (except in that "Why so serious?" voice you've been working on), "surely if those stories are just myths then that's good news for Halloween." Well, not so fast. There are still a few instances of kids biting into dangerous objects like pins and poison in their Halloween candy. It does happen, but rarely. The really terrible news, however, is that in nearly every documented case of candy tampering, it was a family member who did it. Like Ronald O'Bryan, who laced his son's Pixy Stix with cyanide in 1974. Or in 1970, when 5-year-old Kevin Toston died after eating his uncle's heroin, then Kevin's parents sprinkled heroin on his Halloween candy to save the uncle from a prison sentence. In each of the cases that incited the whole Halloween candy scare, the Halloween candy was just fine until the kids brought it home.
It turns out that allowing your parents to determine which candy is safe and which is deadly has proven to be more dangerous, historically, than never letting them touch it at all.


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So growing up in NYC I have plenty of family in each of the 5 borroughs and have love for them all (Queens is my heart though). And I especially have love for Brooklyn and what that borrough means to New York
So it's humorous to me when I think of the players that is going to represent them this year.
I mean when you look at that roster there is few players with any sort of New York Grit to them. Gerald Wallace I gotta admit is Brooklyn made.
Reggie Evans is more dumb than tough
Andre Blatche I suppose would hang in Brooklyn but the problem is no one would know who he was!
Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis would look better in Jerseys with Brooklyn on the front for sure!!! Hell Kobe and Nash....at least Nash unlike D Will stays in the City during the off season.
I mean what are the chances you see Deron Williams sitting the sidelines of a street ball tourney Bed Sty? Probably more likely to see Sheed at Lin's Ivy League parties than that!!!
This is who is protecting the paint.... the heart of any tough nosed team is the Center and ol Brooke...oops excuse feminine spelling... Brook wouldnt be caught dead in Brooklyn outside a home game...more likely to be hanging in Orange County during off season
more NSYNC than NYC!!! Not gonna see him in Fort Green even if he had all of Jay Z and Beyonce` security!!!! KrisHerpes Humphries is the other part of their Center/PF cupcake factory both on and off the court.
Seriously they should be the Rye Nets because there is nothing Brooklyn about them. Steve Novak has more street cred than most of these dudes. I can honestly see Steve Novak at The Rucker before most of these dudes.
Brooklyn goes Hard....just not The Nets!!!!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
There would be no Brooklyn is it weren't for current Knick Jason Kidd. No way they'd even consider Brooklyn without those 2 finals appearances. So Barclays is the House that Kidd built...and now he's a Knick.
Queens undeniably goes harder then Brooklyn
What about Harlem (Manhattan)? COC went hard back in the day
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Reggie Evans is the dirtiest player in the NBA. If they really enforce the flopping fines, he's gonna lose a lot of money
**** Brooklyn... Queens all day *****..
Brooklyn Nets? They are just the Brooklyn Kings in disguise...
NYK all day! Our city, no contest.
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!
**** Queens them hoe *****s is all talk. *****s from BK real about they **** from cloths to coin. Queens is for the heartless
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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal, however, in other ways it poses challenges. In Micronesia, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from our own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Micronesia.
In Micronesia, residents of lagoon and outer islands have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. Micronesians are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Micronesia, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers will find that they do not have the same level of independence as they do in the United States, political discussions need to be handled with great care, and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
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Overview of Diversity in Micronesia
The Peace Corps staff in Micronesia recognizes adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of cultures, religions, ethnic groups, ages, and sexual orientations and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Micronesia is a traditional and predominantly Christian society. Palau is probably the most modern of the five major islands, and female Volunteers posted there find that they may be able to jog and even wear shorts (long ones) without causing undue attention. In FSM, however, local women are more traditional and almost never wear shorts or pants. In addition, there are strict rules about dating, which are apt to be imposed on female Volunteers by their host families.
Micronesians have had little experience with women who have professional roles or who live independently of their families. Micronesian women, for the most part, support the strict gender role distinctions, and female Volunteers often find that they are expected to participate in family chores such as doing laundry. Most female Volunteers feel that serving in Micronesia is much more difficult for females than for males. Clearly, one of the larger challenges of living in Micronesia is coping effectively and constructively with the different status of women and men and the different standards of behavior to which they are held.
Depending on where they are placed, female Volunteers may find that being alone increases the possibility of being harassed. Besides receiving more unwanted and inappropriate attention from men in Micronesia than men in the United States, female Volunteers may have to work harder than male Volunteers to gain the professional respect of colleagues in the workplace. Female Volunteers may also experience resentment from Micronesian women for attitudes and behaviors that the women see as traditionally male.
Peace Corps/Micronesia encourages female Volunteers to keep a low social profile and practice discretion in public (e.g., not smoking or drinking) to help avoid unwanted attention and an undesirable reputation.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
Because America has been involved with the affairs of Micronesia for more than half a century, Micronesians are somewhat used to Americans and the complexity and diversity of American society. That is not to say that you will not find prejudice toward people of color here. Because of the long and complex relationships between Micronesia and Asian nations, Volunteers of Asian heritage often report feeling less welcome than other Volunteers.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
Age is greatly respected in Micronesia, and older Volunteers are likely to be taken more seriously and given greater leeway. Although seniors are in the minority among Volunteers, they find that their age is a definite plus in Micronesia. However, the loss of personal privacy and independence associated with living with a host family may be particularly difficult.
It is not uncommon for younger Volunteers to look to older Volunteers for advice and support. Some seniors find this a very enjoyable part of their Volunteer experience, while others choose not to fill this role. Overall, senior Volunteers are highly valued for the wealth of experience they bring to their communities and counterparts.
Pre-service training may present special challenges for older trainees. You may encounter frustration in having your specific needs met in areas such as timing, presentation, and style, and you may need to be assertive in developing an effective individual approach to language learning.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
Many local churches view homosexuality as going against Christian norms, and many Micronesians believe that gay and lesbian relationships do not exist among Micronesians. Homosexual or bisexual behavior is not likely to be accepted in your host community and you may be hassled in public places or in the workplace if you are open about your sexual orientation. That being said, there are certainly gay and lesbian Micronesians, and some of them are well integrated into Micronesian society. You may serve for two years without meeting another gay Volunteer. Lesbians may have to deal with constant questions about boyfriends, marriage, and sex (as do all women). Wearing an "engagement ring" may help. Gay men may have to deal with talk of conquests, girl watching, and dirty jokes.
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
Half of the population in Micronesia is Roman Catholic and half belongs to a variety of Protestant denominations. Volunteers are required to live with a host family, so many will be expected to attend religious services with their family. In Kosrae, no activities are permitted on Sunday except those associated with the Sabbath. Most Volunteers find effective ways to deal with this issue and come to feel quite at home in Micronesia.
Possible Issues for Volunteers with Disabilities
As a Volunteer with a special need or disability, you may find that you face a special set of challenges. In Micronesia, as in other parts of the world, some people may hold prejudicial attitudes toward individuals with special needs and may discriminate against them. But Micronesia has stringent laws against such discrimination and receives federal funds from the United States for various social and educational programs that support the disabled. Still, there is very little of the infrastructure to accommodate individuals with disabilities that has been developed in the United States.
As part of the medical clearance process, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform a full tour of Volunteer service in Micronesia without unreasonable risk of harm to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/Micronesia staff will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.


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August 21, 2012 —
Shocking many residents, the Pike County Commissioners voted, at their meeting on August 15, to stop the countywide recycling program, effective October 1, 2012.
All containers at county recycling sites throughout the county will be removed by that date.
The commissioners passed a resolution to extend the contract between Waste Management and the county, which is up for renewal at the end of August, for the one month needed to bring it to the October 1 date.
"Even though the program was initially successful, over the past four years, it has become cost prohibitive to operate due to economic market downturn; reduction in state funding and reduction in administrative fees; increased program expenses; and illegal dumping removal expenses," said Rich Caridi, chairman of the commissioners.
One reason for the action was that a major change has occurred in the industry, with private haulers now providing curbside, single-stream recycling to their customers at no additional charge. That meant that fewer and fewer residents were using the county program.
A surprising reason for the cessation was that the single-stream recycling program was becoming too costly.
"The county made a great mistake by taking on the single-stream program," said Louis Troiano, owner of the GreenWay-Consulting Company, a waste removal and recycling management service. "Instead of one haul a week, the county had to make two trips a week. Also, the trash had to be removed from the recycling bins. That cost money."
This fact was dramatically shown in a graph presented to the residents at the meeting. It showed that, as soon as the county adopted single-stream recycling, costs went from a gain of $111,277 in 2008 to a loss of $120,263 in 2009, the date when the single-stream program went into effect. Losses plummeted even more in 2010 and 2011.
Another big reason for the cancellation was the falling economy and the lack of state funding to help pay for a wide range of other services the county has to provide to its citizens. "With economic pressures at all levels of government to become more efficient, we as commissioners are attempting to operate county government by containing costs and permitting private industry to provide a continued recycling service and to reduce the tax obligation by our constituents." Caridi said.
To add to the county's problem, two county municipalities, Dingman and Lehman, are now mandated by law to initiate their own recycling programs, resulting in fewer county residents using the county program.
But at least one person thought the state might not let the county end the program. "I'm not sure the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Conservation will allow this without the county presenting a plan, which they have not done as yet," Troiano said.
Caridi announced that signs have been installed at recycling sites informing all residents of the closing date. Moreover, after closure, the sites will be monitored for one month to assist with the removal of any illegal dumping.


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It's only appropriate that an "always sunny" actor is the one who shines as a bright and furry purple rainbow in the new Disney-Pixar animated movie "Monsters" University."
The actor with that sunny disposition, of course, is none other than Charlie Day, one of the energetic stars of the FX comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." In a recent interview, Day told me that he has a strong suspicion that his role of Charlie on the show helped land him his role in "Monsters University."
"It had everything to do with getting this part," Day enthused. "They're big 'Sunny' fans here at Pixar. The show has led to everything I've done outside of it."
Opening in 2D and 3D theaters nationwide on Friday, "Monsters University" is a prequel to the 2001 classic "Monsters, Inc.," which tracks the beginnings of "Scarers" Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman). Beginning with Mike's aspiration to become a Scarer as a little Monster, the new film mostly takes place at "Monsters University" where only the top students are chosen to advance in the prestigious Scare Program.
The ultimate goal for the students is to move on to Monstropolis, where Monsters in a scare factory frighten children in the dark of the night in an effort to capture their screams, which in turn are used to power the city.
While "Monsters, Inc." chronicles Mike and Sulley's friendship, we learn in "Monster's University" that their early days were anything but chummy. Sulley, a legacy student at the University, is immediately courted by hip fraternity, while Mike, much as he has his whole life, finds himself an outcast, leading to an instant rivalry.
But the two suddenly must learn to get along when by happenstance they become a part of the Oozma Kappa fraternity -- a band of misfits including Art (Day), a party monster with a mysterious past.
Day, 37, described "Monsters University" as a sort of a "Revenge of the Nerds" set in the Pixar world, and he's proud to be a part of a movie that affects people's emotions on different levels. Sure, you can laugh at the monsters in the Oozma Kappa fraternity, but you root for them, too.
"That movie touched a lot of people when it came out because at least 90 percent of the people at some point in their life feel like an underdog or an outcast, and related to their struggle," Day observed. "Even our best-looking most athletic people go through some phase at some point. 'Monsters University' is also like that. It's a human story of wanting to be accepted."
Day has been blessed with a distinct voice that commands your attention every time you hear it. He was willing to do a different voice for "Monsters University," but after some contemplation, director Dan Scanlon decided to let the acclaimed actor literally do all the talking.
"Dan had some ideas about Art based on the way he was drawn and also the way he was written," Day explained. "The character was written sort of spacey and a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of guy. So we definitely dabbled with different ways of speaking on the first day of recording. We did some surfer-dude kind of takes and things like that, but ultimately, we went back to my natural speaking voice and inflections, because I think that's the reason I got hired."
With a background in stage, Day says he brings his theatrical sensibilities to everything he does. But when it came to doing a character voice in the sound booth, he had to temper his methods a bit -- a challenge, since Art is a character who is definitely larger than life.
"I've been accused of shouting in almost everything I do," Day said, laughing. "So, I didn't necessarily go back to my theater roots to do this part. Being in a booth is a little more intimate. You're not playing to a back row, and there's a high-tech microphone five inches from your mouth, so you can't go too crazy because you're going to hurt the sound guy's ears."
Rest assured, those who want to see Day in all of his live-action shouting glory will get another chance this summer when he stars in Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action adventure "Pacific Rim" -- another opportunity that arose because of the actor's "Always Sunny" fame.
This time, however, the role involved a little give-and-take with the filmmakers.
"When I sat down to meet with Guillermo for the very first time, he said to me, if you do this movie, I want to be on 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,'" Day recalled. "So on Season 8, he did a cameo in a special Halloween episode -- it was great."
Day thrilled to brighten 'Monsters University' with colorful role
'Always Sunny' star plays rainbow-shaped monster Art in new Disney-Pixar film
It's only appropriate that an "always sunny" actor is the one who shines as a bright and furry purple rainbow in the new Disney-Pixar animated movie "Monsters" University."
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Symptoms of Infection After a Skin Injury
Infection can develop after an injury or wound to the skin or mucous membranes (such as the inside of the nose or mouth), a bite or sting, a tattoo or piercing, or other skin problems. Symptoms of infection may include:
- Increased pain, swelling, redness, or warmth around the affected area.
- Red streaks extending from the affected area.
- Drainage of pus from the area.
- Fever.
Infection in a cut or other skin wound can occur from your own skin bacteria, from bacteria in the environment, or from bacteria on the puncturing object. Objects in the wound increase the chances of infection. Certain areas of the body normally have more skin bacteria, such as the genital and anal area, skin folds, and the web spaces between the toes. Wounds in these areas have an increased risk of infection.
Cuts and other skin wounds may become infected deep inside the wound. When a wound becomes infected, there may be few noticeable signs at the puncture site. The pain and swelling may feel as if they are deep inside the wound.
Sometimes the skin over a puncture wound heals while an infection develops deep within the puncture wound. When this happens, a pocket of pus (abscess) may form deep within the wound.
If you clean and care for your skin wound, you will reduce your chances of developing a skin infection.
Certain diseases may increase your risk for a serious infection. People with diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, or an impaired immune system may require medical treatment at the first symptoms of infection.
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I am returning to work next week and I am not sure I will be able to pump enough. My work is also not giving me any xtra time to pump and we have no private area to pump except a handicapp bathroom stall???? suitable?? I have only breastfed till now and she is 11 weeks old. I have tried to supplement with formula as much as I hate too. She is refusing the bottle even when she is starving. She won't take it from anyone else. I have tried Similac & Enfamil, but I don't blame her-its smells horrible! Twice she has taken a bottle of BM so I don't think its the bottle however I have tried the Avent, Ventaire and just the basic straight bottle w/reg nipple?
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Vinyl Flooring-6/22/12
Vinyl flooring comes in all kinds of colors and textures. Some even look like stone or wood. Consumer Reports included vinyl in its tests of flooring. "The most important test is how well the flooring will hold up through years of foot traffic." To simulate this, a machine scrubs the flooring up to 500 times. The flooring is coated with an abrasive substance. See how this flooring wore away! Testers also evaluate how well the flooring resists stains and whether sharp objects will scratch it. And you don't want the sun to fade your floor, so testers place flooring in this machine and expose it to ultraviolet rays. This Wicanders Corkcomfort ran into trouble. Bob Markovich "Here's how the flooring looked before the test. And here's how it looked after." When the battery of tests was done, the best vinyl beat all the other flooring, including wood and laminate. Consumer Reports says a good choice is Armstrong's Alterna Mesa Canyon Stone Sun, at around 5.50 per square foot. Bob Markovich "This vinyl mimics the color and texture of real stone." But there are some safety concerns about vinyl flooring. "Vinyl flooring, especially when newly installed, can emit volatile organic compounds, also called VOCs, substances linked to health problems and pollution." Consumer Reports says vinyl flooring that has the industry's "FloorScore certification" indicates it emits relatively low levels of VOCs. The recommended Armstrong vinyl has the FloorScore certification. "
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"Between heresy and schism there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from the Church. Nevertheless there is no schism which does not trump up a heresy to justify its departure from the Church."
~ St. Jerome, (In Ep. ad Tit., iii, 10), remarking on how practically and historically, heresy and schism nearly always go hand in hand.


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In the classroomNovember 07,2013
Rebecca Holcombe is a teacher with a wide range of experience, which she will bring to her new position as Vermonts new secretary of education in January.
She is coming to the post from Dartmouth College where she is a lecturer and director of the Education Program and supervisor of the Secondary Teacher Education Program. That is a high-level position that suggests that she is well versed in many of the most important issues in education, and their theoretical and academic background. But she has also been a teacher herself and a teacher of teachers and of principals. One of her fellow professors at Dartmouth said, One of her best traits is that shes willing to get her hands dirty with the here and now. Lets hope thats true.
The here and now or rather, the soon to come will involve many nitty-gritty practical problems that Holcombe will have to address, not just with the forward-thinking vision of an education professor, but with a teachers practical awareness of what goes on in the classroom. Much of the criticism about education and schools of education is that it is too preoccupied with theory. Its easy to talk about education with great airy generalizations. But there are some tough practical challenges ahead for teachers having to do with children in the classroom and the hours in the day.
Schools in Vermont will soon be caught up in a new regime of standards and tests under what is called the Common Core. These are national standards that Vermont had a hand in developing to establish benchmarks for learning. Accompanying these new standards will be a new battery of tests to help schools determine where they stand in relation to the standards.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Rutland Herald and Times Argus on Sunday, Holcombe prepared Vermonters for the likelihood that results on the tests at the outset will probably not be so good. If standards are raised, results are not likely to be so favorable, at least immediately. That is easily understood: no reason to panic.
But the new process brings with it a practical problem that she should be aware of. The new tests are going to take whole new chunks of time out of the classroom schedule, throwing into disarray academic programs. These will be disruptive. School officials are reluctant to damage programs for the sake of new tests.
But given the new mandates they are facing, they are making adjustments. In some cases, however, schools will not have the computer capacity to administer the new tests efficiently. If they dont have enough computers, they may have to stagger the testing, further disrupting the academic schedule and taking time away from math or music or history or science. The Agency of Education must be aware of the challenges facing diverse districts and sensitive to the reality that education is more important than testing.
Testing has its place, of course. But standardized tests are not the best way to measure the full range of an individual students gifts. For that, teachers will be preparing individual learning plans, about which Holcombe offered supportive words. She said she understood that individual learning plans were something a lot of good teachers were already doing. In fact, building on the good practices now commonly used will be worthwhile. Importing a new layer of bureaucratic requirements on teachers will be counterproductive. Holcombe appears to recognize that danger.
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I feel a great sympathy for the City of Heroes players who have recently lost their favourite MMO to the grim abyss of cancellation. There is something incredibly final about an online game being pulled as there is so very rarely any way of clawing that experience back. Instead, all that remains is an inert double-figure-gigabyte folder sat on your hard drive and mere memories of your polygon-formed world.


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I love my old phone. But frankly while my old phone had some apps I love, it was awkward to use for other things, like getting around. While my husband got the "internal compass" gene, my internal compass seems to be always spinning around (like Captain Jack Sparrow's compass). So I need all the help I can get! The folks at Microsoft were kind enough to let me try a Nokia Lumia 900 -- a Windows … [Read more...]
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