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Article: Novel bacterial membrane surface display system using cell wall-less L-forms of Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We describe a novel membrane surface display system that allows the anchoring of foreign proteins in the cytoplasmic membrane (CM) of stable, cell wall-less L-form cells of Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis. The reporter protein, staphylokinase (Sak), was fused to transmembrane domains of integral membrane proteins from E. coli (lactose permease LacY, preprotein translocase SecY) and P. mirabilis (curved cell morphology protein CcmA). Both L-form strains overexpressed fusion proteins in amounts of 1 to 100 microg ml(-1), with higher expression for those with homologous anchor motifs. Various experimental approaches, e.g., cell fractionation, Percoll gradient purification, and solubilization of the CM, demonstrated that the fusion proteins are tightly bound to the CM and do not form aggregates. Trypsin digestion, as well as electron microscopy of immunogold-labeled replicas, confirmed that the protein was localized on the outside surface. The displayed Sak showed functional activity, indicating correct folding. This membrane surface display system features endotoxin-poor organisms and can provide a novel platform for numerous applications.Applied and Environmental Microbiology 03/2002; 68(2):525-31. DOI:10.1128/AEM.68.2.525-531.2002 · 3.95 Impact Factor
Article: Structural characterization of molecular phospholipid species in cytoplasmic membranes of the cell wall-less Streptomyces hygroscopicus L form by use of electrospray ionization coupled with collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A comparative analysis of the lipid compositions and fatty acids in the cytoplasmic membranes of Streptomyces hygroscopicus and its stable cell wall-less L form has been carried out to detect the differences which may be involved in the altered properties of the L-form membranes. Because only quantitative differences could be found (8), we analyzed the lipid components at the molecular level. Electrospray ionization (ESI), collision-induced dissociation (CID), and tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) were used for qualitative detection and quantitative determination of the molecular lipid species in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE1), lyso-cardiolipin (LCL), and cardiolipin (CL). Each phospholipid, isolated by preparative high-performance liquid chromatography showed several homologous molecular ion groups (PE1, four groups; LCL, six groups; CL, six groups) in the negative ESI-MS spectra. The sizes of the peaks represent their relative amounts in the corresponding phospholipid classes. Structural details about individual components of the molecular ion groups were obtained by mass selection and CID with MS-MS. Product ions derived from CID (daughter ions) give information about the molecular weights of the acyl constituents. The qualitative and quantitative compositions of the molecular species were determined by combining the data from the fatty acid pattern obtained by gas chromatography (GC), the relative quantities of the molecular ion groups, and the acyl constituents detected in these molecular ions. Because the ESI-MS-CID-MS data do not allow us to distinguish between n, iso, and anteiso fatty acids of the same molecular weight, it has been assumed that the ratio of these equal-numbered fatty acids determined by GC analysis of the isolated fatty acids is also present in the CID-MS peaks. In this way, 18 species were found in PE1, 43 species were estimated in LCL, and 59 species were ascertained for CL.Journal of Bacteriology 07/1997; 179(11):3437-42. · 2.69 Impact Factor
Article: Lipid and fatty acid composition of cytoplasmic membranes from Streptomyces hygroscopicus and its stable protoplast-type L form.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The cells of an L-form strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus have been grown for 20 years without a cell wall. Their cytoplasmic membranes have high stability and an unusual structural polymorphism. To clarify the importance of the lipid components for these membrane properties, a comparative analysis has been carried out with purified membranes of L-form cells, of parent vegetative hyphal cells (N-form cells), and of protoplasts derived from the latter. The phospholipid classes and fatty acids were determined by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), two-dimensional TLC, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. The qualitative compositions of cardiolipin (CL), lyso-cardiolipin (LCL), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE1 and PE2), lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine (LPE), phosphatidylinositolmannoside (PIM), phosphatidic acid (PA), dilyso-cardiolipin-phosphatidylinositol (DLCL-PI), and the 13 main fatty acids were the same in the three membrane types. However, significant quantitative differences were observed in the L-form membrane. They consist of a three- to fourfold-higher content of total, extractable lipids, 20% more phospholipids, an increased content of CL and PIM, and a reduced amount of the component DLCL-PI. Furthermore, the L-form membrane is characterized by a higher content of branched anteiso 15:0 and anteiso 17:0 fatty acids compared to that of the membranes of the walled vegetative cells. These fatty acids have lower melting points than their straight and iso-branched counterparts and make the membrane more fluid. The phospholipid composition of the protoplast membrane differs quantitatively from that of the N form and the L form. Whereas the phospholipid classes are mostly similar to that of the N form, the fatty acid pattern tends to be closer to that of the L-form membrane. The membranes of both the L-form cells and the protoplasts need to be more fluid because of their spherical cell shape and higher degree of curvature compared with N-form membranes.Journal of Bacteriology 07/1997; 179(11):3430-6. · 2.69 Impact Factor


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When the natural institution of marriage suffers what the poet David Jones called "the Break," something we are witnessing even now, its natural symbolism is destroyed. There is no natural significance or symbol left in same sex "marriage." That's why it is no marriage at all, but a mockery of marriage, an ape of marriage, a travesty of marriage. It is an equivocal, an unreal marriage.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/14/2013 (2 years ago)
Published in Marriage & Family
Keywords: homosexual marriage, gay marriage, marriage, natural institution, Andrew M. Greenwell
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - Marriage may be said to be an art, but an art built upon nature, specifically, the complementarity of the human sexes--male and female--and the natural desire humankind has for the procreation and education of children.
Marriage, like human nature, is first something given, then something worked with. So marriage viewed as art is something-God-given-worked-with, not something we make from nothing. Marriage is not ours to create, to define, to make out of nothing as if we are gods, or what modernly is more powerful than the ancient gods . . . social engineers.
The "raw materials" so-to-speak of marriage are given to us; we are not the ones who make the raw materials of marriage. We do not will the "raw materials"; rather, they are willed for us by nature and nature's God as part of the fundamental parts of our human nature.
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church puts it: "'The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws. . . . God himself is the author of marriage.' The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator. Marriage is not a purely human institution despite the many variations it may have undergone through the centuries in different cultures, social structures, and spiritual attitudes. These differences should not cause us to forget its common and permanent characteristics." (CCC § 1603)
Since marriage is part of creation, a work of the Lord, it follows that it is a great good. It can be praised, as can any work of the Creator:
"Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made (facta sunt): he commanded, and they were created (creata sunt). He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away." (Psalm 148:5-6)
Recruiting the insights of Psalm 148:5-6 and applying them to marriage, we might say: "Marriage is something spoken of by God, made by God, commanded by God, created by God. He has established marriage for ever, and for ages of ages. God has made a decree, and it shall not pass away."
This, of course, is something that moderns--particularly the advocates of same sex "marriage"--are loath to recognize. That marriage is a natural institution, something of God's handiwork, is an affront to them and their false philosophies, since, like anything with a form, it imposes limits beyond which they may not go.
In his interpretation of the Psalm quoted above, Cassiodorus distinguished between creare (to create) and facere (to make). The former (to create), strictly construed, is reserved to God alone, Cassiodorus says. The latter (to make) is allowed to man. It is, in a sense, a limited participation in creation.
"Facere enim possumus etiam nos, qui creare no possumus," Cassiodorus wrote. For we to whom it is given not to create, are able yet to make.
Marriage is first creatio, a created thing, then, building upon that which is given, a factitio, a thing worked at, a thing made from the prior given. It is both God's handiwork and man's handiwork, but first God's handiwork. That's why Archbishop Fulton Sheen famously said that it takes three to get married: God and the two spouses.
It is this distinction which completely eludes those who advocate same-sex "marriage." They view marriage as something over which they have the power of creation, of definition, when they only have the power of "factition," of working with what is a given.
The advocates of same sex "marriage" suffer from a convention that arises from a psychic disease. In fact, modernity is characterized by a chronic psychic disease. It is the disbelief in creation, in created nature, a nature which is the handiwork of God and therefore bears within it the logos or reason of God, the supreme Artist. Moderns reject the notion that nature has within it a sort of residual meaning, a sign or symbol, which must be respected.
If nature has no meaning, it cannot be a sign, a symbol, a thing of wonder, a source of morals. Instead, it becomes a thing to be used. Wonder in nature is lost. Nature no longer speaks to us of real things, of true things, of good things because we no longer wish to listen. We moderns only understand nature by its utility to us, which means we use nature as we want, and not as it might have been intended by its Creator.
Modern man's rejection of God as Creator and nature as his gift allows him to assume (or think he can assume) the powers of creation over created things, of natural things, including natural institutions. Art (techne) and convention (nomos) become superior to nature (physis), and even begin to work at cross purposes with it.
Given this mindset, all things--and this includes marriage and all natural institutions--become subject exclusively to art (techne). Art for art's sake. Science for science's sake. Laws for laws' sake. Profits for profits' sake. Marriage for marriage's sake. There is no natural morality walking about and governing our modern artists, scientists, politicians, businessmen, or advocates of same sex "marriage."
The poet David Jones called the event that caused this "the Break." It is the rejection of nature as a God-given limit, as a source of meaning. It finds its source in the Enlightenment, but it has continued forward as if it were a destructive juggernaut. Whatever created thing hits "the Break" is broken. Once "the Break" hit marriage, and marriage suffered the effects of "the Break," marriage was broken. Same-sex "marriage" is the result of the natural institution of marriage that has suffered "the Break."
Once appropriated by modern man and rejected as a source of meaning, nature loses its significatory or symbolic message. Since grace builds upon nature, it follows that when nature suffers "the Break," the sacraments suffer as well because the sacraments build upon the symbolic or significatory meaning in natural things (bread, wine, oil, water, marriage, conjugal sex, etc.).
That is certainly true of the sacrament of marriage. In his letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul talks about the natural institution of marriage: "For this reason, man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." (Eph. 5:31). That's nature.
Immediately, building upon natural marriage, follows the sacrament: "This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and the Church." (Eph. 5:32) That's grace.
In a sense, the sacrament of marriage does not destroy the original, natural institution, but perfects it. But it also presupposes it.
To marriage, which is a natural something-God-given-worked-with, something with all its inherent signs and symbols (complementarity of the sexes, openness to life, fidelity, monogamy), is superadded grace, a supernatural something-God-given-worked with.
Like the natural institution of marriage, a natural gift, the sacrament of marriage is also something given, a supernatural gift. For this reason, the Church has no authority to dicker with, to change, or to re-work the fundamental law of marriage, whether natural or supernatural.
"Therefore, what God has joined, let no man put asunder." (Mark 10:9)
When the natural institution of marriage suffers "the Break," something we are witnessing even now, its natural symbols are destroyed. There is no natural significance or symbolic meaning left in same sex "marriage." That's why it is no marriage at all, but a mockery of marriage, an ape of marriage, a travesty of marriage. It is an equivocal, an unreal marriage.
It is unable to hold any natural signification or symbolism which means, of course, it is not open to any sacramental grace which builds on natural signs and symbols. A sacrament is both a sign of the underlying reality and a cause of the underlying reality. If there is no underlying natural reality, no sign or symbol, it simply can't exist.
You can't baptize with dirt (you need water). A dog cannot confess (you need a person who can both sin, and confess sins). A woman cannot be ordained a priest (you need a man, an adam). You cannot receive last rites with toothpaste (you need oil). Two men or two women cannot marry (you need one man and one woman).
Same sex "marriage" is not only intrinsically lacking in complementarity of the sexes, it is intrinsically sterile. It is unnatural, has no natural significance or symbol, and cannot transmit or hold or contain, as it were, any grace.
It is as graceless as it is unnatural.
There is no natural good in it upon which grace can build. Same sex "marriage" is at most a human artifice, and an ugly one at that. Only a natural good can be a carrier of grace. An artifice--especially one which is unreal--cannot be a carrier of sacramental grace. It is as elusive a thing because as unreal a thing as the smile on a Cheshire cat.
Grace, a supernatural reality, requires nature, a natural reality. Something as unnatural as same-sex "marriage" is unreality.
In one of his sermons, John Henry Newman declaimed against "unreal words." In the sermon, he considered "some of the many ways in which persons . . . make unreal professions, or seeing see not, and hearing hear not, and speak without mastering, or trying to master their words."
Newman says that "there cannot be a more apposite specimen of unreality" than realities based upon mere opinions, opinions that are formed "not by presenting a question in its real and true substance, but by adroitly colouring it, or selecting out of it some particular point which may be exaggerated, and dressed up, and be made the means of working on popular feelings."
"Everyone one has a right to love whom they choose"--the claptrap heard on the lips of many an unthinking advocate of homosexual "marriage"--is just such a species of unreality. It's not love that is involved in marriage, but conjugal love, and conjugal love requires, if one wants to remain in the world of reality, a man and woman.
I have the right to love my dog, or to love a bit of bourbon or a cigar now and then, but I certainly have no right--except in an unreal and phantasmagorical world--to marry my Pekingese, or my tumbler, or my puro.
"I have watched the wheels go round in case I might see the living creatures like the appearance of lamps, in case I might see the Living God projected from the Machine," wrote David Jones at the end of his poem "A, a, a Domine Deus."
Yes, as I pet my dog, drink my bourbon, smoke my cigars, read good books, write some articles, go to work, eat dinner, say my prayers, and do all the other things normal humans do, including being involved in this something-God-given-worked-with called marriage, I have watched the leftist political Machine work its wheels upon the living institution of marriage, this marvelous institution given to us by the Living God.
"I have said to the perfected steel, be my sister and for the glassy towers I thought I felt some beginnings of His creature, but A,a,a, Domine Deus, my hands found the glazed work unrefined and the terrible crystal a stage-paste . . . Eia, Domine Deus."
Like the Prophet Jeremiah whom Jones refers to, I stand aghast at the destruction on marriage wrought by the Godless left, the haters of nature and nature's God. I am simply amazed at the fact that our government--whose job it is to protect and defend this natural institution--is actually working against it! I stutter, stammer, even unto God: "A, a, a . . . ."
How can this be? "A, a, a . . . ." How can this most basic of God-given institutions be attacked, and how can the people consent? "A, a, a . . . ." How is it that there is not an uproar? "A, a, a . . . ." How is it the people do not see the wickedness, the insanity involved in same-sex "marriage." "A, a, a . . . ." How is it that they do not oust those from power who would despoil us from the something-God-given-worked-with thing, a wondrous thing, called marriage? "A, a, a . . . ."
How can these enemies of marriage take the "glazed work unrefined and the terrible crystal" of marriage, a something-God-given-worked-with, and turn it into "stage-paste," a work of our own hands, a brittle trinket, a fake bauble, a caricature of natural law? "A, a, a . . . ."
It's a mystery of sin. Unanswerable. Why do dogs eat their vomit? Why do some people enjoy skinning cats? Why do some kids crucify lizards? Why do some people inflict pain on others? Why do some men kill six-year old children with guns? Why do mothers put their children to death by the millions? Why do two men or two women want to mimic, ape, caricature, and blaspheme marriage? Why do they want the entire land to cooperate in their madness, their rebellion, their venture in unreality? Why do some men hate God and his works?
And so, like the poet David Jones, and like the prophets of old, and like all men of good sense, we must sometimes turn our cry unto the Lord to free us from the sins of our land which we seem powerless to stop. We must turn to God to help us to explain the humanly inexplicable, to answer the humanly unanswerable, to give solace to the humanly inconsolable, to make real once again what man has made unreal. It is then that the stutter turns to prayer:
"Eia, Domine Deus."
Oh Lord God! . . . .
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at email@example.com.
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PRLog - Oct. 25, 2012 - ATLANTA -- U.S. homebuilding is making a comeback that could help speed up the recovery time of the nation's economy. An Atlanta builder, Windsong Properties, is enjoying the benefits of this upwards trend. This past year, the builder has started two new projects, hired three new employees and has more confidence in home sales.
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According to a recent AP article, "Surge in US home construction could lift economy," builders started construction last month at the fastest rate in more than four years. Additionally, builders plan to build homes at an even faster pace in the coming months. This is certainly true for Windsong. The builder's confidence has grown over the last couple of years as demand for new homes increased, which resulted in the starts of Garden Street in Woodstock and Bel-Aire in Powder Springs.
"Location was also a major factor in deciding to build these communities,"
With the expansion of new home construction, Windsong has had to hire new employees. One of these new hires was an additional builder.
"With the start of Bel-Aire and the sales pace at Garden Street, we quickly realized that one builder could not cover the distance between the two," said Roeger. "High levels of interest at the pre-selling phase of Bel-Aire also indicated that the build pace was going to be quick enough to sustain another builder."
As interest for these new communities increases, Windsong's confidence grows. In fact, the National Association of Home Builders believes that confidence among builders has reached a six-year high.
"It has been survival mode for the past five years," explained Roeger.
Windsong plans to continue its success next year. The builder says increase demand, low interest rates and prices holding steady will be factors in driving sales.
Roeger said, "If we keep going in this direction, we should start to see significant impact in 2013." This means that as homebuilding makes a comeback and increases housing, jobs and confidence, it should help improve the economy.
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These girls were all born in 1994. Let that sink in. Kurt Cobain was always just a story to them. Green Day's Dookie, Weezer's Blue Album and NIN's Downward Spiral could possibly be one of these girls's "Top Album from the Month I Was Born" album. Pulp Fiction, Speed and Dumb and Dumber came out that year and you probably saw them in THEATRES. O.J. Simpson was chased down in his white Ford Bronco by police and was allowed to turn himself in. There we go. Now that we've got some perspective, enjoy all these insanely hot, legal, pictures of these girls, sorry, women (awww yeah), that were magically put together by perverted, pop-culture inclined elves of the internet. These are the girls who turn 18 in 2012 and who will be legal as hell from here on in. Get ready to feel old (and wrong).
You should be ashamed of yourself. Check out these totally legal hot 18 year olds. These sexy 18 year old girls! In 2012, that is. Now they're even MORE fair game.
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Lieutenant General B L Montgomery, General Officer Commanding Eighth Army, watches the beginning of the German retreat from El Alamein from the turret of his Grant Tank. He is wearing his famous tank beret.
Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery, commanding the British Eighth Army in North Africa, in the turret of his Grant command tank at El Alamein, 5 November 1942.


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The museum has a fabulous array of annual events and there is something for people of all ages. Aircraft and artefacts in the museum collection are used to theme events that are educational and engaging, but above all are fun, fun, fun!
For families, there are lots of holiday activities for you to get hands-on and work together. For aviation enthusiasts, the Conservation Centre Open Weeks are an absolute 'must see' and the Open Cockpits Evenings allow people access to some of the aircraft.
Popular annual favourites include the RAF Cosford Air Show and the Large Model Aircraft Rally. These events are held in June and July respectively and on airfield event day's admission charges apply.
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Ages: Grades 1-4
Half Price on the First Thursday night of each month!
Age: 8-14 Years Old
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed Friday AND Saturday for Independence Day.
An introduction to computers for absolute beginners. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Those registering must have a SCPL card. Register by calling 388-4511 or clicking on the Register button in this listing.
Made possible with Funds from the Friends of the Library
By Jude Deveraux
Age: Family
Ages: Family
Age: Grades 1-4
Age: Grades 3-5
Rebecca Winter leaped to fame in her thirties as an artistic photographer, but has fallen out of fashion. Now she is struggling financially as she tries to maintain her New York City lifestyle, assist her filmmaker son and care for her aging parents. After subletting her apartment, Rebecca moves to a rural cabin, where she encounters unfamiliar experiences and off-beat individuals. Slowly, she gains insight into herself and finds happiness and fulfillment. Facilitated by Judith Prest.
Join us for a lively discussion of the latest novel by Anna Quindlen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and acclaimed fiction writer.
This event is part of our Adult Summer Reading program (find out more here) Adults enrolled in the Summer Reading program will earn an extra raffle ticket for our Kindle Fire HD7 for attending tonight!
This program series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Library System and participating member libraries.
Register by clicking the REGISTER button below or contacting any branch.
Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Shane McRae, Hunter Parrish
Columbia; Directed by Richard Glatzer
Rated PG-13; 99 minutes; 2014
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
Calling all writers and wannabees! You are invited to join a peer writing group which meets at the library every Wednesday. All levels and genres are welcome. We ask that you share your work and give and receive constructive feedback. For more information or to attend please contact Anita McKay, email@example.com
A hands-on class to learn the computer keyboard. Those new to computers should take this class!
A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
By Jerri Nielsen
Ages: Grades 2-3
SCPL presents
Thursday, July 9th
Schenectady County Community College
B. Taylor Auditorium
in the Begley Building
Pulitzer Prize Award winner Marilynne Robinson is the author of the novels HOME, GILEAD and HOUSEKEEPING. She will speaking in regards to her latest novel, LILA.
The Open Door Bookstore is offering a 20% discount on the book. You may purchase a copy prior to Sunday, July 5, 2015 by calling the store at 346.2719. Books will also be available for purchase, at full price, the day of the event.
Questions? Contact Karen Bradley at email@example.com.
*Doors open at 6pm. Tickets not required for this event
Come read to our therapy dog!
Age: Teen
A very basic, hands-on introduction to the Internet.
Requirement: Must be able to use the mouse and keyboard.
By Thomas Mallon
Data Entry & Formatting will be covered. Start with the basics by entering data. Learn a variety of tips for formatting and printing your worksheet.
Requirement: Mastery of basic word processing skills.
By Joel Dicker
Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Mamie Gummer, Felicity Huffman
20th Century Fox; Directed by Daniel Barnz
Rated R; 102 minutes; 2014
A look into the darkly funny world of Claire Bennett, who initiates a dubious relationship with a widower while confronting fantastical hallucinations of his dead wife. With her feisty housekeeper-cum-caretaker ever at her side, Claire searches for human connection and self-forgiveness in this tale of personal redemption.
Age: Family & school-age
Step up your summer reading challenge & read to therapy dog Katie
Learn how to search for information on the Internet
Requirement: Must have taken Basic Internet.
Ages: Grades 1 and up
Ages: Pre-K
Ages: Grades 4-6
Set up a gmail account to communicate safely through emails and learn how to write, send, respond nad delete emails.
Requirement: Must have basic internet skills.
Age: Teen, Grades 7 and up
Join us for a special film screening! Calvin & Hobbes dominated the Sunday comics in thousands of newspapers for over 10 years, having a profound effect on millions of readers across the globe. When the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip on New Year's Eve in 1995, devoted readers everywhere felt the void left by its departure. This documentary explores why his 'simple' comic strip made such an impact on so many readers in the 80s and 90s, and why it still means so much to us today.
This event is part of our Adult Summer Reading program (find out more here) Adults enrolled in the Summer Reading program will earn an extra raffle ticket for our Kindle Fire HD7 for attending tonight!
Working with Formulas. Create formulas using Excel's powerful built-in functions. Learn about relative and absolute referencing and copy/paste between wokrshops..
Requirement: Mastery of basic word processing skills.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Tatyana Zbirovskaya, Olya Zueva, Jason Stuart, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson
Columbia; Directed by Ira Sachs
Rated R; 95 minutes; 2014
Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when George loses his job, the couple must sell their apartment and temporarily live apart until they can find an affordable new home. George moves in with two cops who live down stairs, Ben lands in Brooklyn with his nephew, his wife, and their teenage son. While struggling with the pain of separation, they are challenged by the tensions and capricious family dynamics of their new living arrangements.
Ages: Grades Family
Monthly meeting of the Schenectady County Public Libary Board of Trustees. Public is welcome to attend.
Age:Grades 1-4
This isn't your mother's dusty, old book club!
Each month we will get together at a different area bar to discuss cutting-edge, modern literature.
The next book for Read 'N Greet is CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast.
We will be meeting at More Perreca's, Tuesday, July 28th @ 7PM.
When you attend, More Perreca's will take 20% off of your food bill that night!!!
Be sure to LIKE our special Facebook page to keep up-to-date with this great new program!
Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Rebel Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley, Dick Van Dyke
20th Century Fox; Directed by Shawn Levy
Rated PG; 98 minutes; 2014
Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled night as Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Children's & Young Adult: HALF PRICE for the month of August 2015
Ages: Grades 1-4
Think you know books? Then show off your skills by forming a team of 2-6 friends to compete in literary themed trivia and games. Some examples of rounds include: name that cover and famous first lines. Prizes will be awarded to top teams. Ages 18 +; register your team online by clicking the Register button below.
Age: Grades 2-3
Age: Grades 4-6
Thursday, August 6 & 13
This is a two-part workshop about exploring creativity using the medium of comics. The topics include brainstorming, storytelling, character design, developing style and directing action. Artists will work together developing plots, sharing options and having fun while expressing themselves. Illustrated narratives are one of the most effective ways to communicate ideas. A great learning experience for artists with an interest not only in comics and cartooning, but graphic design, gaming, social media, film and other methods of visual storytelling. The course is led by artist, Ira Marcks of Tiger Trap Studio. Materials will be provided. Ages 14 +; register online by clicking the registration button below.
Ages: Ages 3-6
This brilliant and heartbreaking Young Adult crossover novel tells the story of a prestigious family living on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. It's full of love, lies, secrets, no shortage of family dysfunction- and a shocking twist that you won't see coming. A great discussion for teens and adults alike! Facilitated by Roseanne Melita
This program is funded by the Mohawk Valley Library Association and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Ages: Grades 2-3
Ages: Grades 5 and up
The Orchardist
Create a set of four unique coasters using easy collage techniques. Register online starting August 1
Non Fiction: HALF PRICE for the month of September 2015
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed for Labor Day.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1932 Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Craft & Hobbies: $1.00 for the month of October 2015
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed for Columbus Day.
Holiday Books: HALF PRICE for the month of November 2015
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed for Election Day.
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed for Veterans Day.
All Schenectady County Public Libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving Day.
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Doctors at Londons 2 top childrens hospitals, Great Ormond St & St Mary's, Paddington say they have never seen a case like it after having run out of treatment options. Her parents have now started a global hunt for treatment. This is why I'm blogging here. I'm not a doctor or specialist, I'm a wall & floor tiler. I'm just trying to help out in her global search for treatment of her allergies. There is hardly anything she is NOT allergic to. If she has a flare up of her allergies she is in agony.Molly has to wear cotton gloves 24/7 to help avoid these flare up's of her allergies.
Molly has to bathe in a special solution & has to apply 5 different creams to her skin at any one time as well as at least 5 pills to suppress her allergies to spend some time outdoors. Her clothes must be 100% cotton & she must wear special leather shoes.
Her elder sister has no allergies & there is no history of simular allergies in her parents families. Here's a link to her story in The Sun:
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If this link is broken simply google 'Molly Harrad' to find the article.
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Sound Off 2006
Sound Off for June 2006
Friday, June 30
Thursday, June 29
- I have a question about the cancer concern surrounding Wescoe Hall. A Kansas University official said: "If individual faculty feel that they don't want to be in the building, we can make accommodations for them. If somebody really has serious concerns, we wouldn't, obviously, force them to go into that building." My question is: Does this include all employees in Wescoe who have serious concerns? There are other people working in Wescoe who are not faculty. Will these people also be accommodated?
Wednesday, June 28
- Can you tell me what happened to the movie "A Prairie Home Companion"? It seemed like it played about a week. Is it playing any place?
Tuesday, June 27
- I would like to know if there are plans to landscape the lawn in front of the new addition at Allen Fieldhouse. The fieldhouse looks so nice and now the lawn doesn't look very good.
Monday, June 26
Sunday, June 25
Saturday, June 24
Friday, June 23
Thursday, June 22
- How many games did Babe Ruth play in to reach 714 home runs, and how many games has Barry Bonds played in to reach 714 home runs?
Wednesday, June 21
Tuesday, June 20
- On Channel 6 News recently, I heard that half of the high school students at the school district's virtual school were drop outs. I was just wondering if those numbers counted against the school district's numbers? And what is the district's actual drop out rate?
Monday, June 19
Sunday, June 18
Saturday, June 17
- My birthday is Aug. 1. I turn 18 on that day, and on that same day this year's primary election will be held. Will I be able to vote on that day in that election? If I can, what do I need to do to register?
Friday, June 16
- Whom do you call or write to complain about trucks dumping sewage or something in the city limits on their property that is leaving a terrible smell?
Thursday, June 15
- Could you please tell us the name, the position and the superior of the person who made the decision for the Kansas Highway Patrol to search cars for the Wakarusa Festival?
Wednesday, June 14
- I'd like to know if the City Commission granted any advertising and marketing money to businesses on West Sixth Street when construction disrupted their businesses for over a year?
Tuesday, June 13
Monday, June 12
- Who can I call when a home in the neighborhood shows signs of disrepair, has tall weeds, isn't painted and just seems to be neglected?
Sunday, June 11
Saturday, June 10
- Can you tell me how many abortions were performed in Kansas last year, and whether the number was more or less than the year before?
Friday, June 9
Thursday, June 8
Wednesday, June 7
Tuesday, June 6
- Whom do I contact to report someone running a business out of their home in a residential area, blocking the streets with trucks, trailers and their equipment?
Monday, June 5
- I see police officers using cell phones a lot. Would the proposed cell phone ban apply to police officers as well?
Sunday, June 4
- In the recent Journal-World insert regarding the Black Jack Battlefield, there is a page with this John Brown song on it and it says that it is "sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic." Was that maybe the other way around? Was the Battle Hymn sung to the tune of John Brown's Body?
Saturday, June 3
Friday, June 2
- If the city passes this new cell phone ban, would police officers be able to pull you over for no other reason than seeing you talk on a cell phone? Or would it be like the seat belt law where they have to see another violation before they can pull you over?
Thursday, June 1
- City prosecutor: Illegal firework violations can cost hundreds of dollars, jail time; police planning vigorous enforcement July 1, 2015 · 44 comments
- Letter: Property tax votes July 1, 2015 · 20 comments
- Kansas residents now have higher taxes but less gun regulation July 1, 2015 · 16 comments
- Kansas gun dealer to pay $132K to woman for selling weapon that felon used to kill her son July 1, 2015 · 6 comments
- All counties in Kansas allowing same-sex marriage licenses, but state not yet allowing name changes, joint tax returns June 30, 2015 · 33 comments
- Blog: New plans filed for major shopping center south of SLT and Iowa Street interchange June 29, 2015 · 61 comments
- Blog: Schumm files plans for new multistory commercial/condo building on Vermont Street; Sprouts set to open; update on Bauer Farm development June 30, 2015 · 25 comments
- Blog: New sushi along 23rd Street, new Chinese along Iowa Street; rumors of KC restaurant chain coming to town; figures show positive Kansas income growth July 1, 2015 · 8 comments
- On the street: What do you think the penalty should be for illegal use of fireworks? July 2, 2015 · 4 comments
- Kansas collects $22 million less in taxes than expected this month; $32.8 million less for fiscal year June 30, 2015 · 16 comments
- Wichita hospital sees spike in patients using K2 July 2, 2015
- Stouffer Place's last day means end of family housing at KU July 1, 2015
- City prosecutor: Illegal firework violations can cost hundreds of dollars, jail time; police planning vigorous enforcement July 1, 2015
- Annual Fourth of July event expands, changes name to Party in the Parks July 2, 2015
- Higher taxes: A look at five ways we'll be paying more July 2, 2015
- CARLETON MOON February 24, 1996
- Haskell: 'On edge' but excited for upcoming reaccreditation review April 11, 2015
- Haskell president optimistic about reaccreditation site visit May 17, 2015
- Opinion: Obama acknowledges value of grace July 2, 2015
- HASKELL STUDENT DIES FROM INJURIES September 23, 1991


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Thursday, November 26, 2009
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
CONYERS -- It's census time again, and census organizers want the public to know that the headcount is extremely influential in the future of Rockdale County.
Conyers Mayor Randy Mills and Rockdale County Commission Chairman Richard Oden officially proclaimed November Census Month in Conyers and Rockdale County. According to the proclamation, "more than $300 billion per year in federal and state funding is allocated to communities" based on census data. The results of the census also affect health care, community development, housing,
education, transportation, social services and employment. Numbers also dictate how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives and determine the redistricting of state legislatures and voting districts.
The survey is brief and easy, said Charlotte Gellert, who is volunteering to co-chair the 25-member Rockdale County Complete Count committee. Census forms will be mailed to homes in March and are due April 1.
It's "10 questions in 10 minutes," said Gellert.
Gellert and local government and community leaders have staged plans early to urge every household to fill out and return the federal headcount form. Throughout the next few months, Rockdale County Complete Count committee members will be going to businesses, grocery stores and "just all around," said Gellert, to raise awareness and clarify any concerns the public may have in supplying the government with personal information.
One of the issues Gellert said the committee will address is letting residents know the U.S Census Bureau is sworn to protect confidentiality.
"It's fast and it's easy and it's safe," Gellert said. "The Census Bureau won't release that information even under a court subpoena and doesn't share (the information) with any other government agency."
The big push is to get forms mailed back before the April 1 deadline. Those who do not mail back the forms after that point will have census representatives knocking on their door asking for the information.
"The county will start getting information back on areas that have responded very well to the mail-back and start identifying areas that might need a little more attention," Gellert said.
Depending on the mail-back response, there may be a need for the committee to plan more activities encouraging the community to respond to the census.
Rockdale's U.S. Census Bureau representative will be at the Tree Lighting event in Conyers Dec. 5, and Gellert said the committee has identified a couple of other community events in January and February it may try to attend.
"And, of course, the St. Patrick's parade, we might get a group together and march in the parade," Gellert said, adding that census representatives could make an appearance at the Cherry Blossom Festival in late March.
The group is asking for community partners "to help trickle down some of this information," Gellert said.
"We're hoping to get some partners and then they can then distribute the census information to their employees and their customers," Gellert said. "To be an active partner, a group could do just as little as displaying a poster and having census information available and talking about it with their members."
For more information, call Rockdale County's census representative Gloria Solomon at 770-866-3400 or Gellert at 678-231-4007.
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