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DALLAS - An obese stray cat found wandering six months ago near Dallas has slimmed down to 34 pounds and been adopted by the veterinarian overseeing his care.
Dr. Brittney Barton said Friday that the orange tabby dubbed Skinny is doing well on a special diet to help lose weight and increase his metabolism.
Barton says she became attached to the onetime 41-pound cat she was treating at an animal orphanage and last month he became part of her family. Skinny joins Barton's husband, three children, a dog and another cat at her home.
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Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS]
We certainly wouldn't advocate turning your office, cubicle or home office into some kind of over-the-top dork theme park, but a few witty items carefully placed here and there can brighten up the dullest work space with some geek chic.
Having an office gives you the chance to display things you might not get away with (or indeed, want to get away with) at home. From magnificent magnets to clever clocks and wall decals, here's a choice of ten products that will help you geek-pimp your work space in style.
1. iPhone Icon Coasters
These Meninos coasters are styled after the iPhone's icons giving Apple fans somewhere cool to stick their cups. Made of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) with a durable vinyl finish and a rubber bottom to stop slips, the anally retentive among you could arrange them on the coffee table as precisely as they appear on the phone's homescreen, while the rest of us can mix 'em up as we see fit. Oh, and if the iPhone's not your thing, then Meninos also offers an Internet-themed set too.
Cost: $59.99
2. Million Dollar Homepage Poster
As well as adding a splash of color to your office walls, this poster will serve as inspiration, reminding you that a small, simple idea can grow into big, fat success. The million dollar home page poster is an exact replica of the original Web page, measuring 60cm x 60cm with a gloss finish. Heck, if you're feeling flush yourself, you could even frame it.
Cost: $30
3. Enter Key Doormat
Let your visitors know that they are entering a geek domain right from the start with this recycled rubber doormat that is modeled after the "Enter" key. Designed by Pieter Woudt, there's also a "Home" key version if whoever you share a domicile with will let you get away with geeking out your porch.
Cost: $30
4. Photoshop Magnets
We can't think of a better way to stick your team pics to the fridge or filing cabinet than with these Photoshop-themed magnets, another little gem from Meninos. The set comprises 13 magnets which will be very familiar to anyone who has used the photo editing software as they replicate the menus and tool bars found in the popular Adobe product.
Cost: $25.00
5. A Red Swingline Stapler
As any fashion-lover will know, it's all about the accessories. In this case, the essential office accessory is the Red Swingline Stapler. Launched in 2002 after strong customer demand generated by the stapler's appearance in geek cult classic Office Space, the desk tool will elicit knowing approval from fans of the film. Just be sure to hide it when Lumberg's around.
Cost: $32.48 (on sale at the time of writing for $21.99)
6. Recycled Mac Clocks
What's the time? It's geek o' clock with these recycled Mac clocks offered by Etsy seller Pixelthis. The version pictured ($59) is the side panel of a retired Mac G4, upcycled into a working wall clock. There's a whole selection over on Pixelthis' Etsy shop, while commissions and customization of anything you want to send in to get the timepiece treatment are offered too, with price by negotiation.
Cost: Varies
7. Pantone Mugs
Don't put up with boring chinaware, or worse still, ugly corporate freebie mugs. These officially licensed mugs from Pantone will delight anyone with an eye for color, or even a passing interest in design. The espresso set offers appropriate shades of coffee brown, whilst the more colorful set provides 10 shades — all marked with their Pantone reference, of course.
Cost: $50 and $120
8. Google Bean Bag
By all accounts, the Googleplex is a place of wonder. You can emulate a little bit of that magic with the Google Bean Bag — the very same kind gracing the Googleplex. Who knows what kind of gProducts have been thought up while someone's posterior was placed on one of these things? Inspirational, indeed.
Cost: $109.40
9. Orbiculus from Art Lebedev
The Art Lebedev Studio has transformed "Cancel," "Play," "Save," "OK," and other commands into real-life objects with a useful function — the thumbtack. You can opt for the mixed set, or if you're feeling particularly positive, go for the "Everything Is OK" set which is made up, as you might have already guessed, of just the "OK" pins. We simply can't think of a better way to secure items to a bulletin board.
Cost: Approx $6
10. Blik Wall Decals
Blik offers a way to geek up your blank walls that is ideal for the commitment-phobe: Vinyl decals that can be peeled off it you get bored of them, or if your office landlord has a tizzy when he/she sees them. There are a few designs available that will turn your wall into a scene from a Super Marios Bros. game, or the classic Space Invaders. There are some pretty cool robots, too.
Cost: Varies
More gift guide resources from Mashable:
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As Director of Systematic Equities and Portfolio Manager for QBI, Rick designs high-quality portfolios with risk reduction and return enhancement features for clients desiring appropriate performance.
Rick is a founding partner of QBI Financial and oversees QBI's investment process and team. Earlier in his career, Rick served as a portfolio manager for the endowment Ensign Peak Advisors where he managed global equities and served on the asset allocation committee. He earned an MBA from the BYU's Marriott School of Management, a BS in Psychology from Brigham Young University, and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA). He is also an Eagle Scout.
While at BYU, Rick ran track and cross-country and became an NCAA All-American in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Today, he enjoys watching his children compete at the state and national level in long distance running, and any other activities in which his children participate. He volunteers as a youth leader in his church and in the community.
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Dancing With The Stars Kym Johnson Covers Front Row Magazine August 2011 (Photo & Interview)
Kym Johnson covers the August issue of Front Row Magazine this month. She's also interviewed where she dishes on Dancing With The Stars and how important "chemistry" is and more with her partners. She also talks of her future plans, her celebrity crush, and what she can't live without! Be sure to read more below and at Front Row Magazine as well as viewing more of the photoshoot. She looks amazing!
FRM: Obviously when you are paired up with a new partner, you spend an enormous amount of time with that person rehearsing the dances for each week. People love a good romance, and rumors of romances between dancers and partners seem to pop up every season. In my opinion, that only means that a couple is doing a fantastic job of "acting" the dances and connecting to each other as dance partners. Does that chemistry just have to "be there"? Have you ever had a difficult time creating that chemistry with a partner?
KJ: Chemistry is crucial in a partnership. People want to see that when you are dancing and if you don't have it, it's obvious. I have been so lucky with all of my partners. I got along with all of them so well and I am still very good friends with all of my partners. They were really supportive when I was injured this past season. You really do spend so much time together and your partner is relying on you for more than just teaching them dance steps. You have to be a support for them and guide them though the journey. All of the celebrities are so out of their comfort zones and it can be very scary for them.
FRM: The mutual respect between you and your partners is always apparent. You are stunningly beautiful! We are used to seeing you in gorgeous costumes and full make-up, but what is your style off stage? What are your fashion must-haves?
KJ: Thank you so much… People really only see me all made up on the show with lots of hair and make-up and beautiful costumes but my personal style is a lot more relaxed. I love a good pair of jeans and soft t-shirts. You can wear that in the day then throw on some high heels for night. I love sun dresses too.
FRM: August is our Body issue and your body is amazingly toned and beautiful! You appeared in the DVD DWTS Cardio Dance. When it came out, it became the best-selling fitness DVD of all time in the US! We have seen celebrities transform their bodies after appearing on DWTS. It's no secret that dancing is a great workout, but do you have a fitness routine in addition to the rigorous dance schedule?
KJ: The DWTS Work out DVD is an amazing workout. When I was shooting it, I personally lost 5 pounds in that week. Most celebrities that come on the show end up transforming their bodies completely. Dancing is such a great way to stay fit and it really does give you a total body workout. The DVD is great because you are so focused on the steps that you forget you are working out. When the show is on I don't have time to do any other exercise and I don't really need to, as dancing 8 hours a day is quite enough. When the show stops however I get back to my Pilates and back into the gym.


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Dimitrie Sbiera was born in 1937 in Suceava. At the age of 13, he discovered that his mother had destroyed his entire collection of western comics, fearing raids of the Securitate. It was then that he decided to leave the country and head for the West, in order to rebuild his collection. Coming from the Institute of Architecture, he had already gained a certain notoriety in his home country as a set designer for film and theater, before settling in Paris in 1977.
He found employment as an illustrator with Éditions Vaillant and was for many years the regular illustrator of the gadget construction guides for magazine Pif Gadget. His passion for comics was regularly visible in his commercial artwork. In 1995 he and writer Antoine Piwnik made a comic book called 'Les Braconniers' for Ford. He passed away in 2004.


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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police say excessive heat may have been a factor in the death of a man found dead on a Frederick roadside.
The Frederick News-Post reports the man was found dead at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday by a utility worker who arrived to work at a water tower on Butterfly Lane. Detective Sgt. Joe Hayer of the Frederick Police Department says a host of things may have caused the man's death but there are no signs of foul play.
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Siteimprove to Assist Minnesota Vikings with Digital Strategy through Web Governance
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 11, 2016 – Siteimprove, a top provider of web governance tools, has announced its partnership with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) to assist with digital efforts, including improving quality and accessibility.
Web governance, the process of maintaining and managing a web presence in an organized way, is important for NFL websites as fans depend on finding quality, accurate, and accessible information about their favorite teams.
Ryan Cardinal, Digital Marketing Coordinator for the Vikings, sought out a solution for automating quality on the Vikings' website, which is why his team selected Siteimprove to assist with quality assurance as well as accessibility.
"We were searching for an automated solution to check on quality and discovered even more value with the whole web governance solution from Siteimprove," Cardinal said. "We can't wait to get started using the tools to improve our online presence."
Cardinal and his team are also planning to utilize Siteimprove's Policy tool to check for inconsistencies and outdated information across the site. With players and coaches coming and going each season, Policy can be set up to search for and find names of players or coaches that are no longer with the team.
With the issue of digital accessibility at an all-time high and wanting to ensure everyone is able to access information about the Vikings, Cardinal said they are committed to improving accessibility on their site. Siteimprove's Accessibility tool will be a large component in helping Cardinal and his team check for accessibility on their site.
"Along with maintaining quality, we are excited to continuously check our website for accessibility issues," Cardinal said. "We want to ensure we're providing the best fan experience possible, so it's important that everyone can access information on our website."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States has expanded sanctions against Russia over its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine, unveiling the steps after the EU agreed to its own new measures against Moscow hours earlier.
Speaking at the White House, Obama said the new sanctions targeted "key sectors of the Russian economy" – energy, arms and finance.
Obama said the new U.S. sanctions block the exports of specific goods and technologies to the Russian energy sector, expand sanctions to include more Russian banks and defense companies, and formally suspend credit that encourages exports to Russia and financing for economic development projects in Russia.
"If Russia continues on this current path, the costs on Russia will continue to grow," Obama said.
The United States slapped sanctions on VTB, the Bank of Moscow, the Russian Agriculture Bank and the United Shipbuilding Corp over Moscow's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Treasury Department said. "Russia's actions in Ukraine and the sanctions that we've already imposed have made a weak Russian economy even weaker," Obama said.
"Major sanctions we're announcing today will continue to ratchet up the pressure on Russia, including the cronies and companies that are supporting Russia's illegal actions in Ukraine," Obama added.
The new U.S. action expanded the list of Russian banks subject to U.S. sanctions to almost all the largest banks with state ownership of over 50 percent, except for Sberbank.
The sanctions on the three banks prohibit U.S. citizens or companies from dealing with debt carrying maturities longer than 90 days, or with new equity. The sanctions on United Shipbuilding Corp, a shipbuilding company based on St. Petersburg, freeze any assets it may hold in the United States and prohibits all U.S. transactions with it.
The last round of U.S. sanctions, announced on July 17, hit Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM), its second largest gas producer, Novatek, and its third largest bank, Gazprombank, as well as other banks, prominent individuals and the weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov.


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Kiribati Olympic Committee: Take a stand in Pyeongchang 2018 against the dog meat trade!
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Kiribati National Olympic Committee: please take a stand in the Pyeongchang2018 against dog and cat meat trade!
Kiribati Olympic Committee:
PyeongChang, South Korea, set to play host to the world in the 2018 Winter Olympics. An international gathering of elite athletes, sports fans, governments and businesses on such a grand scale is a unique platform for taking a meaningful stand against the widely condemned, barbaric and inhumane dog and cat meat trade in South Korea.
We know you are busy preparing for this epic sporting event. However, we urge you to spare just a few minutes of your time to watch this video, as fellow people with compassion for animals, whether they are raised for our consumption or as our companions, working partners and guardians, we know you will agree that the current practice and attitude of those involved in this medieval industry is completely unacceptable and abhorrent. http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q https://youtu.be/9SKVdNrfIZo
No living being deserves such a torturous existence. Forced to endure the most extreme deprivation and unimaginable torment from the moment they are born until the day they are brutally slaughtered; dogs (our best friends) are battery farmed - imprisoned in cramped, rusty, raised cages all their lives with no protection from extreme elements. They have no access to water, exercise, or medical care. Their eardrums are often burst to prevent them from barking. Until, often in front of other live dogs, they are electrocuted, hanged, beaten skinned or burnt alive in the ignorant belief that such suffering will improve their taste. Could you imagine this happening to your best friend?
This industry is by no means small scale, thousands upon thousands of dogs are factory farmed in this way every day, there is no emphasis on even the most basic and cheapest humane farming methods in this operation. This trade has no basis in promoting "culture" or tradition of the Korean people, it is purely driven by greed and the profits that can be made in this severely under-regulated, tax free sector which in itself is highly unsanitary and a severe risk to both human and animal health.
Please do not look the other way, please do not see this issue as a 'cultural difference', we urge you to look at this issue with unbridled compassion and to use whatever means or methods you can to add your voice to the many already calling for change in south Korea. This petition is just a start, we urge you to add your voice to social media and other campaigns. Please use this unique opportunity to help change the lives of so many dogs and cats condemned to a life in the meat trade. If South Korea knows the world is watching and is asking for change, and if South Korea wants to be respected as a nation of conscience, South Koreans need to strengthen their abysmal and outdated animal welfare laws and permanently ban dog and cat consumption. Please help us to bring about this change!
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Voie Cardiaque – The Way of the Heart – is the mystical and meditative branch of the Order, for those who seek an inner way to enlightenment.
The C.·.B.·.C.·.S.·. is the chivalric branch of the Order, where spiritual knighthood and philosophy shapes the path towards Truth.
"You are Man, never forget that you are the manifestation of human dignity. Respect this noble heritage, for that is your first and foremost task upon the earth. "
-Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin
Martinism is a 250 year old western esoteric mystery-tradition.
It is a path of initiation for those who seek enlightenment; what our predecessors called 'man's reintegration with himself and his divine origin.'
The tradition portrays the original state of man as a unity of being: An awakened state where we see ourselves in clarity, with a direct insight and gnosis of our origin, what we are and what we seek.
In our daily consciousness, we let outer influences and inner movement disturb this clarity, breaking the original unity. This gives rise to unrest, disharmony and illusions regarding reality, oneself, other people and the world.
Consciously and unconsciously, we let these illusions affect our actions and ourselves.
They are a natural result of being alive, but the patterns of thoughts and actions they create quickly become petrified habits, and one lapses into a sleeping state, beside oneself, and loose the clarity of the moment.
By delving into our own depth, perceiving what we are and have become, we become liberated from the illusions of habit, and see reality face to face. We becomes who we are.
The purpose of the Tradition, is to aid men and women who desire to return to this original spiritual state, that seem lost in a time where the apparent and superficial dominates our worldview and understanding of ourselves.
The Order is the custodian of a system of teaching and a method: initiations where one explores what lies behind out outer personality, and a practice to reawaken, liberate and unfold what lies hidden and forgotten in the depth of the human being.
Through a language of symbols, that not only speak to thoughts and emotions, but that part of ourselves that words cannot express, the root of our being is reached, and redeem what lies buried under earthly veils.
This path is conveyed and taught in an Order open for all men and women, regardless of sex, nationality, preference or religious confession, who seek the truth – to know oneself.
Ordre Reaux Croix is a traditional martinist order, which conveys this method through initiations, self-studies, meditation, discourse, philosophy, inner alchemy and theurgy.
The teachings of the Order have their origin in the early esoteric Christianity, Hermeticism, alchemy and western mysticism.
It does not adhere to any exclusive religious confession, but insists on an absolute respect for all of humanity, and our individual quest for the sacred; the light of Truth that shines behind all religions.
Through the Order's website and a selection of texts, such as the Manifest of the Order, the Compass, and the Rule of the Order, we hope that you may get an impression of what martinism is, how it is practiced in the Ordre Reaux Croix, and what it entails to be a member of the Order.
The Ordre Reaux Croix is devoted to the perpetuation of this tradition, and is today active in Norway, Sweden, Canada, Argentina, Spain, Brazil, USA and England.
The O.·.R.·.C.·. teaches through personal instruction, studies, meditation, ceremonial magic, inner alchemy and the integration of all these esoteric disciplines into the soul and psyche of the seeker. Studies in the order begin by initiation into the Voie Cardiaque – the Way of the Heart, and after a time of mystical and contemplative work, the aspirant can chose to work with magical branch of the tradition, the Elus Coëns or the chivalric and philosophical path of the C.·.B.·.C.·.S.·.
Several well-known cultural figures were martinists, such as Czar Nicholas II of Russia, enlightenment fighter Nicholaj Novikov, the occultists Compte de Saint-Germain, Eliphas Levi, Arthur Edward Waite, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, John Yarker, Theodor Reuss and Gerard Encausse – Grand Masters of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) , Augustine Chaboseau, Emile Dantinne. Esoteric writers such as Julius Evola, J.I. Wedgwood, the writers Hermann Hesse, Honorè Balzac, Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Joséphin Péladan, Margaret Peeke, painters Arnold Böcklin and Pamela Coleman Smith, musicians Claude Debussy and Édith Piaf.
The Summit of these teachings is the initiation Saint-Martin describes thus:
"The only initiation which I advocate and which I look for with all the ardor of my Soul, is that by which we are able to enter into the Heart of God within us, and there make an Indissoluble Marriage, which makes us the Friend, the Brother and Spouse of the Repairer … there is no other way to arrive at this Holy Initiation than for us to delve more and more into the depth of our Soul and to not let go of the prize until we have succeeded in liberating its lively and vivifying origin."


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Blockbuster 'Fifty Shades' Book Sales Revealed
Random House sold more than 70 million editions of "Fifty Shades of Grey" from March through December 2012, making it the fastest-selling series in the company's history. Jeffrey Trachtenberg reports. Photo: Random House.
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OIG Investigative Reports, D.C. -January 07, 2010 - Two Maryland Women Sentenced in Connection with Theft from a D.C. Program that Provides Services to the Blind Skip to main contentAbout UsContact UsFAQs Language Assistance Englishespañol中文: 繁體版Việt-ngữ한국어TagalogРусский U.S. Department of Education Search for: Toggle navigation U.S. Department of Education Student Loans Grants Laws Data About ED OFFICES Home Reports & Resources Programs/Initiatives News Office Contacts Investigation Report U.S. Department of Justice CHANNING D. PHILLIPS United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Judiciary Center 555 Fourth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 7, 2010 For Information Contact: Public Affairs (202) 514-6933 http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/dc/Press_Releases/index.html Two Maryland Women Sentenced in Connection with Theft from a D.C. Program that Provides Services to the Blind –They failed to perform a contract with D.C. and embezzled money entrusted to them – Washington, D.C. - Barbara A. Stevenson-Jones, 70, and her daughter, Pamela Stevenson, 51, both of Dunwood Crossing Drive, Bowie, Maryland, were sentenced today by the Honorable James Robertson, United States District Court Judge, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, D.C. Inspector General Charles Willoughby, U.S. Department of Education, Acting Inspector General Mary Mitchelson, and Daniel S. Cortez, Inspector-in- Charge, US Postal Inspection Service, Washington Division. Pamela Stevenson was sentenced to 41 months in prison. Citing her age and poor physical condition, Judge Robertson sentenced Barbara Stevenson Jones to one year and one day in prison. Both women were ordered to make restitution in the amount of $214,026, with 24 months of supervised release to follow the prison sentences. The sentences arise in connection with the defendants earlier guilty pleas to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A), Theft Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, for their participation in a scheme to steal from a D.C. government program that assists in the employment of the blind. According to a factual proffer presented at the plea hearing, from approximately November 1, 2003 until July 13, 2004, Barbara A. Stevenson-Jones and Pamela Stevenson, through their company, The Wellness and Management Company, Inc., had a contract with the District of Columbia to manage the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program. This program promotes entrepreneurship and employment for the blind by granting them the opportunity to operate cafeterias, dry cleaners, snack bars, and gift shops located on federal properties and to receive income and retirement benefits from vending machines on federal property. The program is funded by a block grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Randolph-Sheppard Program is regulated by the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. § 107 et seq. Under this Act, each state and the District of Columbia are required to establish a State Licensing Authority ("SLA") to administer the blind vending program. In the District of Columbia, the SLA is the Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services Administration, which is authorized to contract with a company to perform accounting and managerial services for the Program. In 2003, the Rehabilitation Services Administration contracted with the Stevenson's company, The Wellness and Management Company, Inc., to administer the Randolph-Sheppard Program in Washington, D.C. Under the terms of the contract with D.C., the Stevenson's company had a number of responsibilities, including accounting duties, the generation of certain reports and tax forms, and the collection and distribution of funds to the blind vendors - which were to be held in escrow for the benefit of the District's Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program and the blind vendors. However, shortly after they received the contract, the Stevensons began stealing from the funds they received on the Program's behalf - including monies given to them by the blind vendors for repairs and maintenance of equipment - by writing checks to themselves and to each other, by transferring funds to another bank account they controlled, and by writing checks to their company. Unaware of the embezzlement that was taking place, the District of Columbia terminated the contract with the Stevensons for nonperformance and demanded a return of the monies entrusted to them. The Stevensons never returned the money and, ultimately, it was found that the Stevensons stole approximately $214,026.00 from the program. "The Stevensons preyed upon some of our most vulnerable citizens; the blind who were employed by the Randolph Sheppard 'Blind Vendors's' Program," stated U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips. "The prison sentences handed down today send a powerful message to others who might be tempted to exploit vulnerable individuals when entrusted with government funds meant to benefit them." "These individuals knowingly and willfully abused their authority to steal funds that they were entrusted to manage on behalf of the blind vendors. That is unacceptable," said Mary Mitchelson, acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education. "These sentences should serve as a warning to anyone who intentionally steals or misappropriates monies from Federal vocational rehabilitation programs: you will be caught and held accountable for your unlawful actions." "As we have for more than 200 years, postal inspectors will continue to pursue those individuals who choose to use the U. S. Mail as a means to victimize the American public," said Daniel S. Cortez, Inspector-in-Charge, US Postal Inspection Service, Washington Division. In announcing today's sentencing, U.S. Attorney Phillips, D.C. Inspector General Willoughby, and U.S. Department of Education, Acting Inspector General Mitchelson commended the work of Special Agent Derek Savoy of the D.C. Office of the Inspector General, Postal Inspector Steven Sultan, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Special Agents Margo Hill and Andrea Todt, of U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General. They also praised the staff of the U.S. Attorney's Office, including Paralegal Carolyn Cody, Paralegal Diane Hayes, Financial Analyst Crystal Boodoo, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri L. Schornstein, who prosecuted the case. 10-003 Printable view Last Modified: 01/15/2010 How Do I Find... 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Two Maryland Women Sentenced in Connection with Theft from a D.C. Program that Provides Services to the Blind. Washington, D.C., January 07, 2010
Published by the Department of Education, Office of Inspector General on 2010-01-07.
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*Affiliate, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Member, Center for Integrative Genetics; Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Chair in the Biological Sciences
Research Interests
The general interest of our laboratory is nucleic acid transactions, specifically, the mechanisms used to mobilize transposable DNA elements (a process called transposition) and how RNA binding proteins control patterns of alternative pre-mRNA splicing. About half the human genome is composed of transposons; transposable DNA insertions have been linked to human disease gene mutations and chromosomal rearrangements and are thought to be important for genome and organismal evolution. Our research focuses on the P element family of transposable elements found in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. P element transposition is related to retroviral DNA integration, such as HIV, and to the process by which immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes are rearranged in the vertebrate immune system [V(D)J recombination]. Recent genome sequencing efforts have revealed that P element-related genes (called THAP9) are present in vertebrates, including humans and zebrafish, but are absent from rodents. The P element system offers the ability to effectively combine the use of biochemical, genetic, molecular biological and proteomic approaches to study fundamental aspects of gene regulation, genome rearrangements and transposition mechanisms. A second research area involves how patterns of alternative splicing of pre-mRNA are set up in a cell-type and tissue-specific manner, which is an important mechanism for the regulation of gene expression, evolution of organismal complexity in metazoans and leads to significant proteomic diversification. Understanding how pre-mRNA splicing is controlled will be important since at least 40% of the known human and mouse disease gene mutations affect the splicing process. Our studies deal with the interaction of proteins with RNA and DNA as well as the assembly, composition, structure, function and biochemical activities of these complex nucleoprotein machines.
Current Projects
Biochemistry of P element transposase, the mechanism of transposition and P element-related THAP 9 genes in humans and zebrafish. The 87kD P element-encoded transposase protein is required to catalyze P element transposition and belongs to a large polynucleotidyl transferase superfamily, that includes RNaseH, RuvC, retroviral integrases, transposases and the argonaute proteins. Biochemical studies using the purified protein revealed that guanosine triphosphate (GTP) is an essential cofactor for the reaction. Current studies involve the use of imaging methods, including atomic force microscopy (AFM), electron microscopy (EM) and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) to understand the role(s) that GTP plays in transposition, the detailed reaction pathway and how this cofactor modulates the assembly and activity of transposase on DNA. We are also interested in using X-ray crystallography to study P element transposase bound to DNA, and initially in collaboration with James Berger's lab, have solved the structure of the N-terminal THAP DNA binding domain (DmTHAP bound to DNA; see figure below). The C2CH zinc-coordinating THAP DNA binding domain is found in many animal genomes in >300 genes. Interestingly, the THAP9 gene in humans and zebrafish shares extensive sequence homology to the Drosophila P element transposase. We have recently shown that both the human and zebrafish THAP9 proteins can mobilize P elements in human and Drosophila cells.
Biochemistry and genome-wide analysis of alternative pre-mRNA splicing and splicing silencer function in Drosophila. The P element transposon pre-mRNA undergoes tissue-specific splicing and we showed that regulation of the third P element intron (IVS3) involves RNA binding proteins (PSI, hrp48, hrp36 and hrp38) that recognize an exonic splicing silencer (ESS) regulatory RNA element in the 5' exon adjacent to IVS3, resulting in splicing inhibition. This RNA silencer element binds the splicing repressor protein PSI (P element somatic inhibitor) protein which directly interacts with U1 snRNP and modulates U1 snRNP binding to specific sites on the pre-mRNA. We are using bioinformatic and genomic (microarray and mRNA-seq) approaches to identify and characterize new splicing silencers that use the hrp48 and PSI factors in cellular genes. We are employing biochemical reconstitution and purification, whole-genome tiling microarrays and mass spectrometry to identify cellular mRNAs and proteins present in RNP particles containing PSI, hrp48 and other splicing factors. We are also using RNA tagging methods to purify and analyze the protein composition of RNP and splicing silencer complexes assembled in vitro and in vivo. We are interested in whether the incorporation of hnRNP proteins into RNP particles on nascent pre-mRNAs might generate a "code" that specifies how pre-mRNAs are processed. Another project involves a Drosophila paralog of the splicing factor U2 snRNP auxiliary factor (U2AF) that appears to act as a splicing silencer. Finally, we are investigating the roles of the microRNA pathway gene, Argonaute-2 (Ago-2), in the nucleus. Using mutants, RNAi and RNA-seq our data indicate that Ago-2 determines genome-wide patterns of alternative pre-mRNA splicing and Polycomb-group (PcG)-mediated transcriptional repression in Drosophila.
Selected Publications
Biochemical identification of new proteins involved in splicing repression at the Drosophila P element exonic splicing silencer. Horan, L., Yasuhara, J.C., Kohlstaedt, L.A. and Rio, D.C. (2015). Genes and Development, in press.
P transposable elements in Drosophila and other organisms. Majumdar, S. and Rio, D.C. (2015). ASM Press. Online in: Microbiol Spectr. 2015 Apr;3(2). pii: MDNA3-0004-2014. Print: Mobile DNA III.
Mechanisms and regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Lee, Y. and Rio, D.C. (2015). Ann. Rev. Biochem., 84, 291-323.
The human THAP9 gene encodes an active P element DNA transposase. Majumdar, S., Singh, A. and Rio, D.C. Science, 339, 446-448.
Evolution of a tissue-specific splicing network. Taliaferro, J.M., Alvarez, N., Green, R.E., Blanchette, M. and Rio, D.C. (2011) Genes Dev. 15, 608-620.
THAP proteins target specific DNA sites through bipartite recognition of adjacent major and minor grooves. Sabogal, A., Lyubimov, A.Y., Corn, J.E., Berger, J.M. and Rio, D.C. (2010) Nat. Struct. Molec. Biol. 17, 117-124.
Genome-wide analysis of alternative pre-mRNA splicing and RNA binding specificities of the Drosophila hnRNP A/B family members. Blanchette, M., Green, R.E., MacArthur, S., Brooks, A.N., Brenner, S.E., Eisen, M.B. and Rio, D.C. (2009) Mol. Cell 33, 438-449.
Polypyrimidine tract binding protein controls the transition from exon definition to an intron defined spliceosome. Sharma, S., Kohlstaedt, L.A., Damianov, A., Rio, D.C. and Black, D.L. (2008) Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 15, 183-191.
Analysis of P element transposase protein-DNA interactions during the early stages of transposition. Tang, M, Cecconi, C., Bustamante, C. and Rio, D.C. (2007) J. Biol. Chem., 282, 29002-29012.
A regulator of mutually exclusive splicing fidelity in Dscam. Olson, S., Blanchette, M., Park, J., Saava, Y., Yeo, G.W., Yeakley, J.M., Rio, D.C. and Graveley, B.R. (2007) Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol.,14, 1134-1140.
Guanosine triphosphate acts as a cofactor to promote assembly of initial P element transposase-DNA synaptic complexes. Tang, M, Cecconi, C., Kim, H., Bustamante, C. and Rio, D.C. (2005) Genes Dev. 19, 1422-1425.
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The postseason hasn't been on the Greenwich High School football team's mind the past month -- improvement has.
Losers of two of their first three games and three of their first six, the Cardinals have recently shown the form they expected earlier in the season, winning three straight. At 6-3, Greenwich still has a very remote chance of qualifying for the Class LL tournament, but right now the Cardinals are just concerned with things they can control. Like winning their final two games.
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At least two people have died and several remain missing after a huge explosion at a chemical factory in Germany.
Footage showed flames rising hundreds of feet into the air from BASF's headquarters in Ludwigshafen.
The fire was still burning five hours after the blast, when authorities confirmed the first death.
Uwe Liebelt, BASF's plant manager, said: "We deeply regret that employees have died and several have been injured. We extend our sympathy to those affected and their families."
Six workers suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment, a spokesperson added, while two others remained missing. There were fears the death toll would rise as recovery work continued.
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1 dead, at least 6 injured in massive chemical facility explosion in Germany https://t.co/jgZ5qJrVAb— TIME (@TIME) October 17, 2016
Residents in the western cities of Ludwigshafen and neighbouring Mannheim were asked to remain inside and keep their doors and windows closed as black smoke spread from the blaze.
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Russian troops outnumber U.S. troops near the Russian border. Of course they do. Why is this a news story? https://twitter.com/HeritageDataViz/status/1330934143308476417
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This past weekend I drove up to the Lancaster,PA area to visit my family it is about an 8 hour drive, so having good entertainment was important. We always rent a car when we go and this year my husband picked a Toyota Corolla. The first thing I did when he got it home was to check the audio system to see where I could plug-in my iPhone. I checked the normal places car companies try to hide the input, the glove compartment, the storage bin between the driver and the passenger. I finally found what I thought might be an input underneath the audio system. It was back so far that you couldn't see it unless you lay on your side across the front seat and then not very well. We quickly determined that this was not an input for the iPhone (or any other phone), but strictly for an MP3 player. After further searching I finally came to the conclusion that I could not connect my iPhone directly to the audio system and I needed to figure out another solution. Then I remembered I had a no name FM transmitter I had picked up somewhere, and I thought that would work. Early in the morning around 3:00 AM we started off, for the first 3 hours my husband who was driving was in charge of the radio since at 3:00 AM I really didn't care. Around 6 AM I woke up and was ready to take control of the in-car entertainment. So I plugged the FM transmitter into the iPhone and began to trying to get the music from the iPhone to come over the car stereo. After several minutes of fiddling with it and the radio I finally got it to come in. Then 10 minutes later I would lose the signal and have to start all over again. When the signal did come in I had to hold the transmitter exactly right or the signal would disappear. The fact that we were traveling through West Virginia and the mountainous part of Maryland didn't help either. After several failed attempts I finally gave up and was reduced to listening to the car radio.
There are a couple of lessons I learned from the trip. I know the next time I rent a car it will not be a Toyota Corolla. I still can't believe that four years after the iPhone came out cars are still being made with out a way to connect the iPhone or any smart phone to the audio system. I wasn't asking for full integration. I would have been happy with a simple audio jack. The second lesson I learned is that FM transmitters are not much use in mountainous terrain when you are traveling. I do wonder though if a better transmitter would have made a difference. If anyone has had any luck using a FM transmitter, what make and model did you use and were you in hilly terrain.


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(Thanks to guest blogger MaryLee Lykes for this post! You can see the full schedule for the 2013 Northwest Folklife Festival online at www.nwfolklife.org/festival beginning May 1.)
Cajun & Zydeco of the Pacific Northwesst
Seattle is home to strong and vibrant Cajun and Zydeco communities that regularly gather to dance, play music and celebrate Louisiana culture.
Cajun and Zydeco music and dance originated in Southwest Louisiana and are popular there still, in addition to having an enthusiastic following throughout the U.S.
Cajun was introduced to the Seattle area by Dewey Balfa while performing at Port Townsend's Fiddle Tunes. Local musicians Dave Lang, Karen England and Mike Bristow heard Dewey and his band and fell in love with Cajun music, soon after forming our first area Cajun band, "How's Bayou," in 1978. Today there are some eight Cajun bands playing throughout the Seattle Area.
Zydeco hit the Northwest scene around 1985 when Laura Taylor and Richard Smallwood and Living Traditions began teaching Zydeco dance and bringing Louisiana bands to Seattle. Seattle's first local Zydeco band was "Captain Leroy & the Culture Pirates" (later "Captain Leroy & the Zydeco Locals").
Opportunities abound in Seattle for participating in Cajun and Zydeco dance classes, dances, music jams. Many celebratory gatherings feature Louisiana music, dancing, and food.
Our community is excited to have 3 shows at Folklife 2013:
Friday Roadhouse 8:00-10:00pm with Whozyamama & Swamp Soul; Sunday Roadhouse 3:00-5:00pm with Troupeau Acadien & Folichon; Monday Armory 11:00am-1:00pm with New Iberians & Richard Allen and the Louisiana Experience. Mini Dance Lesson between sets in Zydeco & Cajun taught by MaryLee Lykes.
There will be a Zydeco dance workshop in Rainier Room on Saturday from 12:00-12:50pm taught by MaryLee Lykes.
This year we are pleased to also have a Cajun Jam Session on the Boeing Green on Saturday, May 25, 4:00pm to 5:00pm.
Marylee Lykes is the owner/director of Lykes To Dance.
MaryLee began teaching dance in Seattle 17 years ago and hasn't stopped since! Her dancing expertise includes: Swing, Waltz, Ballroom Foxtrot, One Step, Blues, Zydeco, Cajun, and Western Swing and Two Step.
MaryLee co-founded the Swing and Lindy Hop dance instruction organization Swing Girls with Hallie Kupperman in 1992, taught for Living Traditions, and founded her own dance instruction business, Lykes to Dance, in 1998. She teaches extensively on a local, national, and international level. She offers both group and individual instruction for those with or without dance partners.


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Dannel Roberts stretches childhood memories
into fanciful stories for children
by Bob McEowen
If the stories in the four
Me and Uncle Mike childrens books hes published
are any indication, Dannel Roberts had an extremely exciting childhood.
Readers of the books find
Dannel and his brother Mike earning the admiration of the people of
Boston and a fine tea party to boot by capturing a pirate
ship and its band of thieves. The boys battle a crocodile and outsmart
a renegade goat who guards a bridge in the tradition of Billy Goat Gruff.
They even create the first polar bear when they defeat a marauding grizzly
and pull his insides out. Grizzlies are white on the inside, you know.
Of course, the real Dannel
and Mike did none of these things growing up near Lancaster. But their
real life adventures were exciting enough to fascinate Dannels
four children as he told stories in the living room of their home near
St. Thomas.
Sitting right here
on the couch I would tell stories that really happened, Dannel
says. I noticed that they liked stories I told more than any book
that Id read to them.
Because the children know
Dannels brother as their uncle Mike, each story began with me
and Uncle Mike. While Dannel sometimes based his stories on real
events others were pure fiction. All of them he embellished, adding
a few jokes and the occasional tall tale. When Mike heard the stories
he encouraged his brother to publish them. With the idea of funding
his childrens education, Dannel agreed as long as the two did
it together.
In 1998 Dannel and Mike mortgaged
their houses, hired an illustrator and formed their own company, Lions,
Tigers and Bears Publications. With Me and Uncle Mike and the
1-Eyed Croc which was released in November, the company now offers
four titles and more are planned.
Each book begins: Back
when I was a kid, one of my best friends was Uncle Mike . . .
Each tells a fabulous tale of the two boys saving the day. Uncle Mike
always pulls a fast one to get the better of me but in every
case the narrator accomplishes an impossible feat to emerge the hero.
Along the way children reading the book learn some fanciful facts that,
of course, are not true. Finally, all the Me and Uncle Mike
books conclude with a caution to not believe everything you hear.
In Me and Uncle Mike
and the 3-Toed Bear the boys are called on to rid Montana of a
terrible grizzly that developed a taste for milk cows. When all the
best hunters fail to capture the bear Me and Uncle Mike
set out to track the animal.
They follow the bear for
26 miles across a mile-wide river and over the top of Mount Everest.
After two hours of hard tracking they find their prey. Their slingshots
only wake the ferocious bear and the two must flee for their lives.
At the very last second me remembers the old Osage
Indian inside-out bear trick, reaches his hand down the animals
throat and pulls its tail out his mouth, revealing the white fur inside.
If that story isnt
tall enough, the startled bear runs all the way to Alaska and starts
a family. Later a lost Christopher Columbus arrives asking for directions.
When the explorer asks about the white bears hes told they are
puller bears. He hears polar bears and the rest is history.
Its a ridiculous tale
but entertaining every step of the way. You watch the kids when
you read these stories and theyre mesmerized, the Three
Rivers Electric Cooperative member says.
While the first book was
a hit with nearly everyone who read it, Dannel and Mikes enterprise
was not an immediate success. They convinced on-line bookseller Amazon.com
to carry the title but sales were disappointing. If nobodys
heard of you they dont buy, says Dannel, who designs computer
software when not telling tall tales.
Dannel found greater success
through book signing appearances in stores and by reading to children
in area schools.
Knowing nothing about
the book industry we sold a couple thousand books, he says. That
may not seem like many but weve learned a lot.
After nearly three years
learning the business, the brothers published three more books in the
past year, each illustrated by a different artist. Like the first installment,
the new books contain exploits that would make Paul Bunyan or Pecos
Bill proud.
While the original illustrators
children served as models for the adventuresome siblings in the first
book, the newer episodes feature likenesses of Dannels own boys,
Elijah and Caleb. Other members of the Roberts family including
Dannel and his brother Mike make appearances as well.
Each of the books contains
subtle references and details that are easily overlooked. Me and
Uncle Mike and the Pirate Ship is ripe with references to rock
music while Me and Uncle Mike and Billy Goat Bob has a tiny
mouse that appears every time the goat is shown and an even tinier green
snake which pursues the mouse. Every book includes the phrase Show
me in honor of Missouri and the exclamation Oh my!
a reference to Lions, Tigers and Bears Publications.
Even adults dont
see everything in there until they read them three or four times,
Dannel says.
Dannels hope is that parents will read the books over and over
again. In particular, he says, hed like dads to read to their
kids. If Dad likes to read them, guess what? Dad will read more
to them.
Dannel says the rough and
tumble Ozarks style of his stories should appeal to dads and kids alike.
If what hes hearing from parents is true, his approach is working.
One parent told Dannel their
son liked reading Me and Uncle Mike and the 3-toed Bear
at the doctors office so much the child would feign sickness just
to spend time in the waiting room. The parents bought a copy of the
book but eventually tired of reading it. When they hid the book away
in a closet the child went to the library and checked it out himself.
While that may sound like
another of Dannels tall tales he swears its true. Of course
he says the same thing about the puller bears.
In any case, Dannel seems
to have found a market for his homespun tales of adventure. While hes
yet to turn a profit hes sure he will.
These stories have
some kind of magic. I dont know what it is but people like them,
he says.
Excerpts from the books
can be found on-line at www.meandunclemike.com.
Order the Me and Uncle Mike Adventure Series from your local bookseller,
the Web site or call 1-866-628-6463.


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When we make 'em, it's helpful to remember that everybody does. At a recent class we held for new rehabbers, we old-timers recounted several of ours.
There was the time someone found all her ducklings beheaded one morning. She just couldn't believe her little fox kit was old enough to have predatory instincts, and she had been letting him have the run of her animal room.
There was the time a hawk swooped down and grabbed one of my ducklings out of his enclosure, right before my eyes. I worked all morning long to put a wire roof over it. Then, when the hawk came back, I sat nearby and dared him try to get another one of my babies. The hawk just stood there. The ducklings waddled right up to him, crying, "Mama, mama! You're home!" The hawk inserted his talons into the chicken wire and grabbed the nearest one. So what if he couldn't get it out to eat it? It was still dead! (Moral of the story: cover your outdoor cages with a tarpaulin! If a hawk can't see anything interesting from aloft, he won't come in for closer inspection.)
There was the time somebody's ailing crow ate some tiny rabbits.
There was the time someone who was feeding newborn squirrels though the night decided the easiest way to warm their milk, administered via 1-cc syringes with pet nursing nipples over their tips, would be to stick those syringes in her cleavage while she snoozed a bit longer, before reaching over for the squirrel box. They developed thrush, a white infection, in their mouths.
There was the time somebody, who shall remain unidentified, put a Hoary Bat in a plastic aquarium that had a tiny chip out of the corner, smaller than a dime. She snapped the cover securely in place, thinking that would take care of it. She even put a book on top of the lid. Next morning, no bat. Now rehabbers who work with bats have been vaccinated against rabies, but usually their families haven't. Humans very rarely contract rabies from animals, but when they do, it is statistically likely to be the Hoary Bat from which they get it. This Hoary Bat was (more or less!) in hibernation, not moving around much, so it took two weeks to locate her. She was hanging by her toes behind a painting on a brick wall over the fireplace, hibernating peacefully.
And then there is the occasional unexpected success. Like the time a woman and her five-year-old son, Travis, brought me a large squirrel that was just too far gone. Its heart was still beating, but it was stone cold and not breathing. I said, "I'm sorry; there's nothing I can do," and laid the expiring creature in the nearest warmer, for lack of any other place to put it at the moment.
Teary-eyed, the woman said she would still like to make a donation. While she went to her car to retrieve her checkbook, I rolled the corpse in paper towels. Then I caught myself. "Not while the little boy is here," I said to myself. "You can dispose of the body later."
The woman handed me a nice check for ARK and left. Her visit had delayed my feeding schedule, and I had some 19 creatures to feed. So I cared for the living first, and only afterward got around to the dead squirrel. Except that when I looked into the warmer, that squirrel blinked at me and raised its head! I quickly injected some IV fluids under her skin, then put her in a warm box in a large, wire cage.
In the morning, she was scurrying all over in that cage. She actually offered to bite me! I called the woman back and told her, "You have to see this to believe it!" So she came with her son and her parents, who made another large donation to ARK.
I told Travis, "Last night, we didn't need a name for this squirrel, but now that she's going to live, we do. And since you are the one who found her, you get to name her." He thought hard, but he couldn't find a name as pretty as his mother's. So he named the squirrel, "Debbie."
And there was the time a friend brought me her pet rat. I told her the rat needed a vet, not a rehabber. But she said she had already been to a vet and the vet hadn't helped, and I was her last hope. That poor rat coughed and wheezed for two days, and all I could do was keep her hydrated with IV fluids, and keep her warm, and give her antibiotics. I fed her through a stomach tube. Nothing seemed to help, though. Then one night, after we had come home very late from a party, Demetrios had a look at her, watched her poor body convulse with coughs, and his heart broke. He went to bed and prayed for that rat, and prayed and prayed.
"How long ya gonna pray?" I asked.
"Until the peace comes."
We were both so worried we woke up at 5:00 next morning, and rushed over to the rat's cage. She was running around in her wheel, in between making short work of rodent chow! The coughing had disappeared. We kept her three more days, and she just kept improving. By time she went back home, she was more active and healthier than her sister!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Wildlife Rehab Bloopers
When we make 'em, it's helpful to remember that everybody does. At a recent class we held for new rehabbers, we old-timers recounted several of ours.


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Ten Minute Play & Webisode Festival
All WCSU students are invited to submit ten minute plays and web productions. A jury of top theater and media professionals select ten entries in each categories. Professional actors and directors will join students presenting these play readings and web productions at this special annual event held in April.
Breakfast with the Author
The April Festival honors outstanding Fiction and Poetry students at a breakfast with a major author. Student selections will be included in the event program.
The festival will given student writers:
- recognition by a professional jury drawn from theatre and media
- an opportunity to see and hear their words come alive
- a collaborative experience working with professional actors and directors
- an inter-departmental experience working with Communications and Theater students
- a credit on their resumes
- an opportunity to see the webisodes screen on Charter Cable Television
- the experience of having their plays read at a Morning Seminar at the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.