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GARY COYLE has improved dining services at WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY by:
• CREATING brand recognition for WSU Dining Services
• SPEARHEADING the renovation of Southside Café and improving menu diversity
• IMPLEMENTING a comprehensive well-being program called Eat Well, Be Active, Live Fit
• DEVELOPING sustainability initiatives including switching to compostable serviceware and fostering the use of local products
Gary Coyle is a man with time on his hands, courtesy of a 70-minute commute to his job as director of dining services at 17,700-student Washington State University. During that daily drive to Pullman from his home in Spokane, Coyle says, his mind reels with so many ideas about improving his department that his staff sometimes wishes he didn't have so much time to think things over.
"I get so many ideas during my commute," Coyle says, "my staff is threatening to take my car keys away."
Despite the fear of a staff "intervention," Coyle says his daily musings feed perfectly into his management style.
"I'm all about being proactive and getting back to the basics," Coyle says. "We need to listen to our customers and anticipate what their wants and needs are. I also believe in the idea of management by walking around. I tell my managers to walk from the front of the building where the customers enter, and learn to walk the same path that the customers do. I want them to continue to monitor their operations to ensure that what they expect is actually happening—inspect what you expect."
Becoming a brand: One area where Coyle has put his proactive philosophy into action is in creating a brand for WSU Dining Services. Coyle says when he arrived at WSU in December of 2007 he found a department that was "very scattered." Coyle says the previous management had had each dining center operating independently.
"There are good and bad things about that," Coyle says. "When I got here I started seeing that the teams weren't working together. So I started the process of creating brand recognition for our department [as a way to create unity]. I looked at the university's mission statement and realized that we needed to have our own mission statement. I brought the team together to think about what our business is. Through that process we defined ourselves as a team that is all about the customer, so we came up with the tagline, 'making a difference—one customer at a time.'"
To create the actual brand, Coyle brought in a student as his first marketing employee. She helped come up with a logo to create brand recognition.
"Now that we have a brand and mission statement it's easy to go back to check how we are doing," Coyle says.
Terry Boston, senior executive director of housing and dining services, says that Coyle's team approach has helped him achieve success.
"Gary is both engaging and a good communicator, which is critical to having a successful team approach," Boston says. "His strategic approach to listening to customers and staff allows him to anticipate needs, then implement training and direction setting for successful delivery."
Another aspect of bringing the team together was getting his team to work more efficiently. When Coyle came to the position and saw each of the dining centers purchasing products separately, he saw an opportunity to consolidate purchasing to save money.
"Our goal was to cut our food costs by about $100,000 [that year]," Coyle says. "We ended up cutting $200,000, and the following year we cut $600,000. We went over what the vendors had to offer and we looked at which products had the best yields. For example, just switching from one brand of salad dressing to another we saved $40,000. We did a lot of testing to make sure it was the right product and that's what drove all of our cost savings."
Coyle says he learned many of his purchasing practices when he worked for Sodexo. After attending the University of Montana, where he worked in dining services, Coyle got a job with Saga Corp.
"I thought I'd give it five years and see where it goes," Coyle says. "I worked in college and healthcare accounts. Next thing I knew I'd worked with them for 31 years—first with Saga, then Marriott, then Sodexo."
Southside Café: Coyle was also instrumental in the renovation and opening of Southside Café, which is the largest dining hall on campus and is inspired by the Palouse region that surrounds the university. Coyle's commute served him well in coming up with ideas for the café.
"One of the key things we focused on for Southside was moving everything from the back of the house to the front," Coyle says. "We created a lot of theater and interaction points. One of the things I wanted to do differently was in regards to the deli. As I make my commute each day I see all these silos. We were trying to come up with ideas for the Southside Café because we wanted it to represent the region that we are in. I thought silos would be an interesting concept with a sandwich. So we developed the Silo sandwich, which stands upright like a silo."
Menu diversity: Coyle says his team is continually trying to come up with ways to keep customers excited about dining services. The first change he made with regards to the menu was to move from a three-week cycle to an eight-week cycle. Coyle also developed a program called the Passport to Culinary Adventure as pace changer.
"We have a great opportunity in dining with diversity because we are able to bring different foods to our customers," Coyle says. "We also have a responsibility to teach our customers. Once a month we focus the menu on a certain country. I have our marketing team do research and put up displays about the country while the chefs research authentic recipes. Those recipes are incorporated into our Chef's Creations platform, so the students get a taste of culinary diversity."
After a few years offering the Passport to Culinary Adventure, Coyle decided he wanted to bring the focus back to the different regions of the U.S. Now every two weeks the department runs either a Passport event or what is called Destination USA.
"It makes it so something fresh is always happening within our dining program," Coyle says. "The thing that was gratifying was last year we saw our NACUFS customer satisfaction scores improve dramatically. Out of 23 attributes, 22 of our scores went up."
Working on wellness: Coyle also has been a driving force behind the department's Eat Well, Be Active, Live Fit wellness program, which in 2009 NACUFS selected as the most innovative nutrition program award.
"I asked our marketing students to come up with a brand for our nutrition program," Coyle says. "We came up with this concept of My Nutrition, where our dietitian would also offer information about exercising and food to supplement the online nutrition information aspect. Then we came up with the 500-calorie meal and all the labeling associated with that. A 500-calorie meal has an entrée, a side and a starch. We asked our dietitians to create a standard of what we consider a healthy option."
Eat Well, Be Active, Live Fit achieved celebrity status when restaurants in downtown Pullman started asking for details about the program. Coyle says because of this interest, the department trademarked the brand and then allowed outside businesses to use the department's logos.
"That's been a huge success for us," Coyle says. "What we are finding is that our students are become more aware of what they eat and so they are pleased that we provide identifiers."
Sustainability: Coyle says that sustainability has become a major endeavor for the department, especially when it comes to local purchasing.
"One of the biggest things for us in our sustainability initiatives is our work with Shepherd's Grain flour, which was created at WSU," Coyle says. "It's now come full circle because we are now using Shepherd's Grain for all our bakery products. We've also been able to talk to some of our vendors about our work with Shepherd's Grain. For example, when we opened our Mexican concept, Carlita's Mexican Grille, we wanted our tortillas to be made with Shepherd's Grain. So we took a tour in Spokane where we talked to a local family who had just started up a flour tortilla business. We told them about the product, and they made the decision to convert their whole production to use Shepherd's Grain. It's great because we are impacting other businesses."
The department has also made headway in offering compostable disposables in its locations where reusable serviceware is not possible.
"Our goal was that they could drop a tray into a slot and everything that was on the tray was compostable," Coyle says. "So far we've been able to be about 90% with items at that café that are compostable. Another new sustainability initiative is a small organic garden at Southside Café. We've always worked with the university's organic farm to buy produce from them when available. Now we have our own organic garden."


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Ten Enduring Myths About the U.S. Space Program
Outer space has many mysteries, among them are these fables about NASA that have permeated the public's memory
- By Mark Strauss
- Smithsonian.com, April 15, 2011, Subscribe
1. "The U.S. space program enjoyed broad, enthusiastic support during the race to land a man on the Moon."
Throughout the 1960s, public opinion polls indicated that 45 to 60 percent of Americans felt that the government was spending too much money on space exploration. Even after Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind," only a lukewarm 53 percent of the public believed that the historic event had been worth the cost.
"The decision to proceed with Apollo was not made because it was enormously popular with the public, despite general acquiescence, but for hard-edged political reasons," writes Roger D. Launius, the senior curator at Smithsonian's divison of space history, in the journal Space Policy. "Most of these were related to the Cold War crises of the early 1960s, in which spaceflight served as a surrogate for face-to-face military confrontation." However, that acute sense of crisis was fleeting—and with it, enthusiasm for the Apollo program.
2. "The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is part of NASA."
The SETI Institute is a private, nonprofit organization consisting of three research centers. The program is not part of NASA; nor is there a government National SETI Agency.
NASA did participate in modest SETI efforts decades ago, and by 1977, the NASA Ames Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had created small programs to search for extraterrestrial signals. Ames promoted a "targeted search" of stars similar to our sun, while JPL—arguing that there was no way to accurately predict where extraterrestrial civilizations might exist—endorsed a "full sky survey."
Those plans came to fruition on October 12, 1992—the 500-year anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World. Less than a year later, however, Nevada Senator Richard Bryan, citing budget pressures, successfully introduced legislation that killed the project, declaring that "The Great Martian Chase may finally come to an end."
While NASA no longer combs the skies for extraterrestrial signals, it continues to fund space missions and research projects devoted to finding evidence of life on other worlds. Edward Weiler, an astrophysicist and associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters, told Smithsonian magazine: "As long as we have water, energy and organic material, the potential for life is everywhere."
3. "The Moon landing was a hoax."
According to a 1999 Gallup poll, 6 percent of Americans doubted that the Moon landing actually happened, while another 5 percent declared themselves "undecided."
The Moon landing conspiracy theory has endured for more than 40 years, thanks in part to a thriving cottage industry of conspiracy entrepreneurs—beginning in 1974, when technical writer Bill Kaysing produced a self-published book, We Never Went to the Moon: America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle.
Arguing that 1960s technology was incapable of sending astronauts to the Moon and returning them safely, authors and documentary filmmakers have claimed, among other things, that the Apollo missions were faked to avoid embarrassment for the U.S. government, or were staged to divert public attention from the escalating war in Vietnam.
Perhaps one reason for the durability of the Moon hoax theory is that it is actually several conspiracy theories wrapped up in one. Each piece of "evidence" has taken on a life of its own, including such accusations as: the astronauts' film footage would have melted due to the extreme heat of the lunar surface; you can only leave a footprint in moist soil; and the American flag appears to be fluttering in the non-existent lunar wind.
The scientific debunking of these and other pieces of evidence can be found at NASA's website—or, at least, that's what we've been led to believe.
4. "During the 1990s, NASA deliberately destroyed its own Mars space probes."
Mars is the planetary equivalent of Charlie Brown's kite-eating tree. During the 1990s, NASA lost three spacecraft destined for the Red Planet: the Mars Observer (which, in 1993, terminated communication just three days before entering orbit); the Mars Polar Lander (which, in 1999, is believed to have crashed during its descent to the Martian surface); and the Mars Climate Orbiter (which, in 1999, burned up in Mars' upper atmosphere).
Conspiracy theorists claimed that either aliens had destroyed the spacecraft or that NASA had destroyed its own probes to cover-up evidence of an extraterrestrial civilization.
The most detailed accusation of sabotage appeared in a controversial 2007 book, Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA, which declared "no cause for the [Mars Observer's] loss was ever satisfactorily determined."
Dark Horizon "came within one tick mark of making it onto the New York Times bestsellers list for paperback non-fiction," bemoaned veteran space author and tireless debunker James Oberg in the online journal The Space Review. In that same article, he points out the book's numerous errors, including the idea that there was never a satisfactory explanation for the probe's demise. An independent investigation conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory concluded that gases from a fuel rupture caused the Mars Observer to enter a high spin rate, "causing the spacecraft to enter into the 'contingency mode,' which interrupted the stored command sequence and thus, did not turn the transmitter on."
NASA did have a noteworthy success in the 1990s, with the 1997 landing of the 23-pound Mars rover, the Pathfinder. That is, of course, if you believe it landed on Mars. Some say that the rover's images were broadcast from Albuquerque.
5. "Alan Shepard is A-Okay."
Several famous inventions have been mistakenly attributed to the space program—Tang, Velcro and Teflon, just to name a few.
Most of these claims have been widely debunked. However, one of the most enduring spinoffs attributed to NASA is the introduction of the expression "A-Okay" into everyday vernacular.
The quote is attributed to astronaut Alan Shepard, during the first U.S. suborbital spaceflight on May 5, 1961. The catchphrase caught on—not unlike the expression "five-by-five," which began as a radio term describing a clear signal.
Transcripts from that space mission, however, reveal that Shepard never said "A-Okay." It was NASA's public relations officer for Project Mercury, Col. John "Shorty" Powers, who coined the phrase—attributing it to Shepard—during a post-mission press briefing.
6. "NASA's budget accounts for nearly one-fourth of government spending."
A 2007 poll conducted by a Houston-based consulting company found that Americans believe that 24 percent of the federal budget is allocated to NASA. That figure is in keeping with earlier surveys, such as a 1997 poll that reported the average estimate was 20 percent.
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For John Wallis; think about how a lightswitch is nonconducting, and how it closes an electrical circuit. Penny? Drop? And for zippy, I assume you leave the room because you have no answer to logical proof for the various conspiracies which you don't believe in, but which JFK and Eisenhower and Woodrow Wilson and Henry Ford and many others with slightly more access to information than you, all did believe in. Do you not find it curious that the HST is unable to definitively reveal the presence of Lunar Rovers et al on the Moon's surface, despite the fact that we were recently promised such pictures? And why will none of the astronots swear on the Bible that they have been where we are told they have been? Very odd. And as the US is not a country, but a Corporation, whose sole object is to return a profit, does it not make more sense, and much greater profit, to stage the whole Lunar and Martian Environments, in the desert of Albuquerque? Back to sleep, zippy, it's much less stressful.
Posted by Tim Webb on May 11,2012 | 03:33 AM
The assertion that "you can only leave a footprint in moist soil" is a crock. I worked in a grain elevator for years; footprints were everywhere.
Posted by Nate on September 3,2011 | 03:24 PM
Good Lord, you dummies, the article said "to paraphrase a line from The Right Stuff"
"Paraphrase." Do you remember that term from seventh grade English?
Anyway, an enjoyable article, even if it made a few nerds convulse with rage.
Posted by Ben on September 3,2011 | 11:31 AM
Some responders seem to have misread this sentence:
. Or, to paraphrase a line from The Right Stuff, "no Buck Rogers, no bucks."
The operative word is PARAPHRASE. The author did not misquote the film, but paraphrased it, to make a different point. In the film, "No bucks, no Buck Rogers" meant that without support by taxpayers and legislators, nobody flies in space. To the author, "no Buck Rogers, no bucks" means that without human astro-heroes, such support will end. The author then debunks that point, showing that exciting images and paradigm-breaking data have been sufficient to excite public interest.
The tragedy here is that narrow political interests block that public interest from translating to budgetary support. So vital science programs are killed; and the nation and world and humanity all suffer the consequences.
Posted by Ric Carter on September 3,2011 | 08:58 AM
One might conveniently note that many of the engineers (not the console jockies, but the real designers of the gear)from NASA, Boeing, North American, Grumman and others, now admit that launches were a matter of bated breath since they knew that the real chances of there being an accident, with total loss of vehicle and crew was about 10% for any given launch/landing/return. Much of the supposed 'safety precautions' and even some of the hardware was strictly window dressing, with no chance of saving crews should any of the most likely accidents occur. I have known several of those engineers, and were told, in no uncertain terms, that it is the nature of the mission that those risks levels are unlikely to be improved upon. Indeed, experience showed us that a mission with closer objectives could not support a prolonged program without significant mortality. The loss of a single life answering a question that might conveniently be answered by a robotic mission (or, indeed, for the same costs, dozens of robotic missions, and hundreds of answers) is neither glorious or heroic, it's just a waste, plain and simple.
Posted by tekgiz on September 3,2011 | 05:15 AM
Regarding the origin of "A-OK" (usually rendered that way rather than "A-Okay"):
You've busted one myth -- that of Alan Shepard's having coined the term -- but another one remains. John "Shorty" Powers did NOT coin the term during that post-flight press conference, either! This becomes obvious when one examines p. 57 of "All-American Ads of the 50s", edited by Jim Heimann (Taschen, 2001); there one will find an ad from 1952 for a metals company that uses "A-OK" -- and in an aerospace context even! So the term dates back AT LEAST that far.
Well, I can't blame you for not knowing, since this is the first time I've pointed it out to anyone. Perhaps I should have done so earlier....
Posted by An Infinitude of Tortoises on September 2,2011 | 11:11 PM
"Aldrin relied on a felt-tip marker, since the non-conductive tip would close the contact without shorting it out"
How could a non-conductive anything close an electrical circuit?
Posted by Jon Wallis on September 2,2011 | 06:35 PM
Actually the quote "No Bucks - No Buck Rogers" was said by the astronauts to the Nasa engineers. Their point was, build the spacecraft our way or we won't promote the agency, thereby cutting funding for the program. The astronauts wanted a hatch with exploding bolts and control over the spacecraft in case the computers went haywire. What was the likely-hood of that happening? LOL
Posted by Mike Bresnahan on July 4,2011 | 08:43 AM
Actually, whoever wrote this article completely misunderstood what was said in "The Right Stuff".
The quote is: "No bucks, no Buck Rogers", which is the converse of what was written in the article.
The person saying it was making a point to the potential astronauts: without funding, you men won't -be- astronauts, because there will be no space program.
He was saying that funding creats astronauts, not (as stated above) that astronauts drum up more funding.
Posted by Luis on May 8,2011 | 01:20 PM
Great information and points of views..I love reading the comments that follow great articles..Keep up the great work and keep expanding others knowledge.
Posted by Antonio Torres on April 29,2011 | 03:14 PM
The Manned vs Unmanned dichotomy is a false one. An unmanned science program is not what keeps the public engaged alone - it's the prospect of following the robots eventually which keeps us interested. No dollars for astronauts will eventually mean no dollars for robots - a cut to a manned program is a cut to both. Robots Only advocates are living in a cozy self-delusional day-dream to think otherwise.
Posted by Adam Crowl on April 27,2011 | 04:57 PM
As a young boy living in Germany, I clearly remember the Apollo moon landings.
And I was deeply disappointed when Obama recently cancelled the Constellation Program returning man to the moon.
Likewise the end of the Shuttle program means that there are no American manned flights in the foreseeable future.
It seems that as a country the United States no longer has the "right stuff".
Posted by Zexufang on April 25,2011 | 11:29 AM
> Robots can go further and learn more, for a fraction of the cost.
That's highly arguable. Even Steve Squyres, the lead scientist for the Mars rovers, said a human being could do in a day what it took one of his rovers a year to do. They may be cheaper, but they're much, much slower.
I'd like to add another myth to the list: that all NASA missions cost billions of dollars. The failed Mars probes were a public relations debacle for just this reason, even though both of the failed missions combined only cost about $500 million (including the launch vehicle). Faster-better-cheaper failed not because it was a bad idea but because the public couldn't be made to understand that four $500 million missions, one of which fails, is better than one $2 billion mission that's great if it succeeds but a disaster if it fails.
Posted by Kevin W. Parker on April 22,2011 | 11:20 PM
A related myth – not about the NASA program but about space program history in general – is the myth or misunderstanding that the U.S. was alone in exploring the Moon. (Specifically, that the Russians never got there.) In fact, the Soviet Union's LUNAKHOD program successfully placed history's first remotely-controlled, robotic devices on the moon in 1970 and 1973, a fact that was mostly ignored by U.S. media reporting. The U.S. did win the space race both technically and in public perception by getting there first and actually getting humans there and back successfully. But the accomplishments of the Lunakhod program should not be overlooked, since unmanned robotic exploration was to become the only real future of space exploration beyond the moon. Lunakhod was both mobile and remotely-controllable, capabilities that were not match by U.S. planetary probes until 1997. Decades later the primary mastermind behind Lunakhod, Alexander Kemurdzhian, collaborated with NASA's JPL scientists on the U.S. unmanned exploration program.
Posted by Charles McNeill on April 22,2011 | 12:42 PM


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By Gary Brown
SAN ANTONIO – The Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is initiating a partnership with Special Olympics in a coordinated community-outreach effort that incorporates the hundreds of SAACs at Division III schools and conference offices with the Special Olympics Programs that exist in each state.
The effort announced Saturday during the Division III business session at the NCAA Convention combines the student-athlete citizenship component already in place locally with the vast SAAC network throughout Division III – all under the umbrella of the division's new strategic-positioning platform.
About two dozen Special Olympics athletes from the San Antonio area joined SAAC members in officially launching the campaign before a packed ballroom of Division III delegates.
"We believe this relationship with Special Olympics is a perfect fit for Division III," said SAAC chair Marie Godwin. "Special Olympics is an established nationally recognized organization with programs offered in every state, and they involve hands-on interaction and physical activity, which are elements our committee believes are important with an initiative such as this."
Special Olympics is a global, nonprofit organization that provides year-round sports training and athletics competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. That interaction and physical activity gives participants the chance to develop fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and share those skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and community members.
The NCAA honored Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder and honorary chair of Special Olympics, with the Association's Theodore Roosevelt Award at the 2002 NCAA Convention. Shriver died in August 2009 at the age of 88.
The Division III SAAC began exploring a national community-outreach initiative during its meetings in November 2008 and January 2009. SAAC members sought input from institutional and conference SAACs before making a recommendation. The Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee established a similar national arrangement with the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2004.
Godwin, a former volleyball standout at Macalester College, said more than 200 Division III schools already conduct outreach efforts involving Special Olympics. She said that this formal partnership will not only strengthen those existing relationships but also serve as a mutually beneficial opportunity for Division III student-athletes and Special Olympics athletes to learn from each other.
"The partnership will serve as another opportunity to demonstrate the power of mobilizing Division III student-athletes toward a common goal," Godwin said.
Division III SAACs already demonstrated their capacity for that type of collaborative effort in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. Under the leadership of the national SAAC, Division III set and eclipsed a goal of raising $100,000 through local efforts ranging from fundraisers to food drives.
"As the Haiti initiative proved, and our research suggests, this kind of outreach goes on every day on Division III campuses and in Division III communities," said Division III Vice President Dan Dutcher. "This initiative is designed to channel those activities in a way that will benefit the education of our student-athletes and Special Olympics athletes alike."
To facilitate the effort with Special Olympics, Godwin said the Division III SAAC will establish a subcommittee to work with conferences to coordinate at least one conference SAAC activity with Special Olympics during the academic year. Individual campus SAACs also will be encouraged to initiate their own outreach, and the Division III SAAC will have plenty of ideas and resources to assist in that regard.
"We prefer that whatever activity is established involve hands-on interaction between Division III student-athletes and Special Olympics athletes," Godwin said. "The committee believes this will maximize the benefits of the partnership for both parties."
If hands-on interaction is not practical, Godwin said conferences may also engage in fundraising efforts to benefit their state Special Olympics organizations.
Rich Fellingham, president emeritus of Special Olympics Iowa, has been designated as the Special Olympics liaison to the Division III SAAC.
"It's so good for the Special Olympics athletes, but what was surprising at first was how the NCAA student-athletes came back and said, 'We get as much out of this as they do,' " he said. "It is so good for the student-athletes when they have a chance to do hands-on things with the Special Olympics athletes and understand them and learn from them."
With the Division III initiative, Fellingham said conferences and schools can get as involved as they want. "Not all Division III schools may get involved at the 100 percent level, but obviously we already know that more than half of them are doing something right now," he said.
The Division III SAAC will implement the campaign for the 2011-12 academic year. The SAAC subcommittee will document interaction between Division III student-athletes and Special Olympics, including the number of volunteer hours and total amount of any funds raised. The partnership will be evaluated annually.
Godwin emphasized that the partnership is intended to provide Division III student-athletes with the ability to connect and serve Special Olympics in their locale, should they choose. It is not meant to provide access to an institution's facilities or resources without the consent of institution. The structure of this initiative should allow Division III student-athletes the autonomy to decide if, when and how to participate, she said.
"There are not any preconceived expectations of Division III student-athletes' involvement in this partnership," Godwin said. "Rather, this partnership will provide the opportunity for student-athletes to engage Special Olympics, if they choose, in whatever ways that they may see fit. Student-athletes can collaborate with existing student-led programs involving Special Olympics on their campuses to ensure integration of the entire student body with any student-athlete-led initiative.
"We think the result will be a powerful example of how a large group of student-athletes who are predisposed to giving back to their communities can band together to make a national impact."


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BURRTON – It may seem impossible to see a troubled dog become a good dog. We tend to think a dog that is aggressive or timid will stay that way.
But Jenny Miller of Burrton believes all dogs can be good dogs if given the proper training and a chance to become the loyal friend you can love and respect.
Miller is the owner of Special K9 Dog Training and Country Resort, LLC. It is located west of Burrton on Victory Road. Miller and her husband, George, have two rescue dogs that were going to be euthanized, but thanks to Miller, they are now loving pets.
A couple of years ago the Millers acquired Sebastian, a Rottweiler they rescued from a shelter. "My father rescued Sebastian," Jenny said. "He knew Sebastian and when he heard that the previous owners were going to put him asleep due to aggression, he took him knowing he was a good dog that just needed leadership. He then gave him to George and I, knowing that we would provide him the leadership needed to be a great dog."
It didn't take long for Jenny to work with Sebastian and make him into a changed animal. Sebastian is the first one to meet you when you visit the facility. He comes up with a friendly attitude ready to get attention. The Millers call him their "head of security".
Another one of their rescue dogs is Misha, a long-haired German Shepherd. Misha has been deemed the "department of parks and recreation".
She is a fun-loving girl who loves to play and socialize. It doesn't take long for Misha to win your heart. But that has not always been the case. The Millers got Misha around June of this year from Caring Hands Humane Society in Newton. Misha was surrendered to Caring Hands about a year after Lori Smith, Training and Behavior Consultant at Caring Hands, first met her. Misha was fear reactive and would lunge or come up for treats and then run away.
The owners got Misha training but it became worse. Smith said the dog was quietly fearful, which is even more dangerous. When Misha was surrendered, Smith put her in her office so she would have one person she would be comfortable with. Smith had worked with her in the past and had a soft spot for the dog. She said they became very good friends and she was considering being a foster home for her. Smith advertised the dog on social media and that is where Jenny saw her and decided to be a foster home for Misha. After just a couple of days Jenny fell in love with her and decided to adopt her.
"Jenny has done great with her," Smith said.
It is difficult to ever imagine either Sebastian or Misha as aggressive when you meet the two dogs. They are extremely respectful and love people. Both show no fear and no hesitation.
One of the big success stories for the Millers is a Pit Bull named Brooklyn that was brought to them his summer. Brooklyn was a rescue from Texas and had fearful aggression towards strangers. Jenny said they don't have all the answers to what happened to Brooklyn to cause the extreme fear of strangers. But after 15 days of the Millers' program Brooklyn was out in public happily greeting strangers as they walked by her.
Jenny said Brooklyn was proof that all dogs deserve a chance to make you proud and they can.
The Miller's oldest Dog, Draco, is the CEO of the facility. He has been with Jenny since he was a puppy.
The newest addition to their family is a German Shepherd puppy named Oscar. Who is in the training process.
Jenny said she has been training dogs since she was about 4. She grew up in a family-owned company, Triune Dog Training Academy, owned by her parents Joan Meyer and Greg Oberhelman. Jenny had the opportunity to watch, listen, learn and study their methods of dog obedience and behavior modification, which helped lead to her complete understanding of all types of dogs.
At the age of 13, she began specializing in aggression management and behavior modification of all breeds and sizes of dogs.
When asked if a lot of dogs are stereotyped just because of their breed, Jenny said that occurs. "Unfortunately there is a lot of stereotyping and breed discrimination. Although, we strongly believe that it is not the breeds that should be blamed. Any breed can develop severe behavior problems if they are not raised correctly or given the proper leadership."
George Miller grew up on a farm owned by his parents. Upon meeting Jenny and seeing her dedicated compassion for loving and training dogs, he immediately gained interest in becoming a part of the expertise in training with her.
After Jenny obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business from Sterling College, George and Jenny opened Special K9 Dog Training in Hutchinson and recently moved the facility to rural Burrton. Along with training, they will soon offer boarding services.
The Millers' unique approach includes the Triune system. Jenny said every dog has a unique personality and disposition and needs to be trained differently.
The Triune method of training is based on three methods, psychology, physics and mechanics.
Miller said every dog has different experiences, different problems and personalities. She said that is why you must take a different approach with each dog.
The Millers do not use treats in their training. They use vocal and hand praise. Jenny said rewarding them with treats is a compromise and can lead to a "I will only do this if you give me treats," attitude.
"Our training is based on the positive reinforcement of vocal and hand praise which establishes respect from your companion and strengthens the loving bond you desire to have," Jenny said.


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What would happen if a blaze tore through a Lancaster County home and there were no volunteer firefighters available to help?
It's Dec. 24, 1994, and, no, I'm not longing to be up North. I'm actually longing for the Christmas Eves of so many years past.
I really can't lay claim to one particular one, but rather the hustle, bustle and excitement of preparing for last-minute trips to the mall, lunching at Pizza Hut with the cousins and seeing family crowd into a house that threatens to bust at the seams.
KERSHAW, S.C. – A longtime town leader and very respected member of the Kershaw community has died.
GREAT FALLS – The way town of Great Falls employees' vacation time is earned and how it will be paid was changed at the Monday, Dec. 16, council meeting.
HEATH SPRINGS – Two men decided to have a "No Shave November" contest to raise money for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. Not only did they exceed their $200 goal, but became better friends and co-workers in the process.
Most local folks are familiar with the annual Christmas charity called Angel Tree that collects toys and clothing for Lancaster County's disadvantaged children.
The Discoveries (DSC) 98 White (U-15 boys) won the S.C. President's Medal State Cup Championship in Greenville last weekend.
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The LHS girls, with a 25-7 final period charge, ignited for a 62-51 win over the Lady Trojans in the varsity opener.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
I grew up in the Sunset in San Francisco and remember sunny days being a rare treat as fog generally covers the area. But this past weekend, when I was home for my friend Ashley's lovely bridal shower, it was gorgeous out by my parents' house and I realized something.
I can see the ocean, the Golden Gate bridge, and Coit tower from the top of the block just by turning in three two different directions. I can't believe it's taken me 25 years to see this. (Ok, I have been sweetly informed by my brother that it's just a radio tower. I guess you can't see Coit tower from my parents' house. This just proves I have the worst sense of direction and have no idea where Coit tower is…)I'm missing San Francisco.
Dallas is great and I am so glad for the opportunity to spend two months down here really getting to know the area and the feel of the city. But sometimes, like today, when I get on the wrong bus after work and spend 15 minutes traveling in the wrong direction before my growing unease prompts me to get off, then have to take another bus half an hour back the other direction and literally feel myself die in the 105-degree heat as I walk 5 blocks to my townhouse, I really miss San Francisco.
I miss the cool temperatures, I miss the other 9/10ths of my wardrobe collecting dust in my downtown apartment, I miss my cats, my bed, the gelato shop down the street, and Cup a Joe. And when Michael finally gets back to San Francisco in two weeks, I'll miss being in SF with him.
I do really love my internship with Prudential though. And all the baths I've been taking. The tub in my bathroom is awesome. And just because, here is a picture of Cleo that I took over the weekend.She's the cutest. Thankfully the cats love my parents' house. They've already spent over 2 months total there this year.


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When identification microchips were implanted in members of the Jacobs family on the Today show last May, George Orwell's surveillance society seemed to be another step closer. But confusion over the chip's medical status and even safety, among other stumbling blocks, has left many wondering if the era of the embedded human ID really is at hand.
For several months, Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) in Palm Beach, Fla., has been offering an integrated chip, called the VeriChip, that is about the size of a grain of rice and is injected beneath the dermal layers. Operating just like those in millions of pets, the chip returns a radio-frequency signal from a wand passed over it. The chip can serve as basic identification or possibly link to a database containing the user's medical records. ADS is also planning a chip with broadcasting capabilities--a kind of human "lojack" system that could signal the bearer's GPS coordinates, perhaps serving as a victim beacon in a kidnapping.
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Bryant led the University of Alabama's football program to 323 wins and six national championships before his death on Jan. 26, 1983. The legendary coach's name has been invoked often as the Crimson Tide again won a national title this month under coach Nick Saban.
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was a bit disappointed this year, expected some big celebration of womad's birthday, fireworks? , some big 30th sculpture? something ... i didn't find anything or see anything which celebrated at all... not sure if i just missed something but. :/ . Also where have the cool womad benches gone in the arboretum? ... i think i got my hopes up a bit because of all the hype of the 30th anniversary, i thought it was going to be the best womad yet! but it just wasn't! From the 10 years i have been going it is by far and away my fave fest, and i do love every single year! but this year wasnt as special as i would have liked :(
we thought there would be fireworks too
was a shame hey, they could have really made a thing of it! hey ho there is always the 40th and the 50th ....... maybe they will have a bit more excitement!
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I agree actually, much as I love Womad and had a fab time this year . . . it was the same as any other Womad . . . nothing to mark it as special. x
It was WOMAD - special enough for me.
Perhaps it was paying the additonal for the glossy programme that was the real celebration (?!). I always really like it, but it would have been nice to have had something special
Don't talk to me about the programme Gurdybloke . . . that did get my goat! . . . Especially when I met a woman on Sunday who said she only paid a fiver for hers on the Friday and her friend got one for £3 on Sat!!! xxx
Programmes were really annoying - paid full whack on Thursday only to find they kept reducing them. Really annoyed me!
But like lots of you i thought they would make more of the 30th - there seemed to be such a build up pre-womad then it fizzled out when the festival actually arrived. The line up was great, not complaining - but it wasn;t special and we had thought there might have been a theme with them brinfing back bands from the last 30 years (like Drummers of Burundi) We were looking forward to the fireworks too. Don;t get me wrong, I loved WOMAD 2012 but I thought they could have made more of the anniversary!
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On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Snyder's administration moved forward with plans to convert Belle Isle into a state park and pump millions of dollars into repairing the island's ailing facilities. (David Coates / The Detroit News)
Three months into the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history and they still don't get it.
Take the latest deal to make Belle Isle a state park, reviving the same suspicions and hyperbole that scuttled it the first time and hastened the appointment of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. The predictable backlash from City Council again is proving an inconvenient truth about the melodrama enveloping everything from the island park to the city�s pension funds.
In a word: clueless.
Somehow the city can afford to spend $6 million a year to maintain a �jewel� tarnished by its own chronic neglect, even though it demonstrably cannot. Somehow city-owned treasures at the Detroit Institute of Arts can be insulated from the depredation of creditors and the pressure they can exert, but they probably cannot.
Somehow one of the city�s two pension funds should be free to once again issue �13th checks� to pensioners and active employees from surplus market gains, despite evidence from the city�s auditor general and others that the practice contributed to woefully depleting the fund�s assets and imperiling future solvency.
Wake up, folks. Detroit�s path out of bankruptcy requires making decisions to do less because the city has less. Wake up, pensioners. Any additional largesse funneled to you and yours in the form of bonus checks is cash that won�t be used to bolster the underfunded portion of your pension fund � the same fund intended to support thousands in old age.
The bankruptcy of Detroit, engineered by Orr and his team and backed by Gov. Rick Snyder, is moving ahead quickly with or without the dysfunctional culture that a) contributed to the collapse because it b) couldn�t make decisions or c) face reality as it is. No, the avatars of dysfunction are mostly stuck in neutral looking nostalgically in the rearview mirror.
The city whose automakers taught the world to go fast still is beset by too many leaders schooled in the high art of Detroit�s slow walk, a delaying tactic unable to change the arc of the city�s fiscal collapse. Or change its bureaucratic morass. Or change a political culture inured to the incompetence and self-dealing enabled by its inaction and grandstanding.
Instead, obstruct, complain and retrench: file lawsuits and allege conspiracy. Claim �disrespect� in a plan to improve a piece of prime real estate that the city will own but the state will pay to maintain. Petition U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes to allow a union pension fund to take steps to resurrect the irresponsible policies blamed for undermining a pension fund intended to support 30,000 retirees and active employees.
Really? Now? As Team Orr and the pension funds are preparing to tangle in court over funding levels, how and whether the funds should take a haircut? Now is when the board of the city�s General Retirement System wants to cut 13th checks? Because, what, it demonstrates action (if short-sightedness) to actives and retirees?
The mind reels. All of it, and more � report after report detailing pension fund abuses, the pathetic state of equipment for police and fire, indefensible financial transactions exposing the city and its taxpayers to billions in additional liabilities � justify Detroit�s bankruptcy.
They also raise questions about what remains when the workout is done. Under Public Act 436, the state�s emergency manager law, Orr could be bounced less than a year from now by a two-thirds vote of the next council. He and his patron, the governor, fully expect council to exercise its prerogative to do so, leaving what, exactly?
A new council and a new mayor, each to be elected next month. A leaner balance sheet and more rationalized city services. An energized business and foundation community partnering with federal agencies in support of Detroit�s turnaround, arguably the toughest of its kind ever attempted this side of Katrina-ravaged New Orleans.
Mounting evidence suggests that Detroit is approaching a historic inflection point in its long, painful decline. Decades-old questions of efficiency and financial credibility are being called. Superfluous city functions are being privatized or exited altogether, easing the burden on a a shrunken tax base.
Blight is being targeted by a partnership that includes the feds and some of the region�s most influential business leaders and foundations. Decrepit equipment for police and fire is being upgraded or replaced. Public corruption, a cancer eating at the body politic, is being investigated and prosecuted.
In short, a lot more is moving in the right direction than not, including a long-overdue deal for state-supported maintenance of Belle Isle. Given the alternative we already know, why is that all so hard to understand?
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Details: In engineering, the word
Sigma means a "Summation" or "Answer" to the problem. We chose to name
our new tandem rig Sigma, because it represents a "Summation" of
everything we have learned about tandem equipment, and the people who
use it, since 1984. Unlike all other tandem systems, where the drogue
was simply tacked onto an existing design, the Sigma was built from the
ground up, as a drogue deployed system. Contained within its design is
an "answer" to every container related problem we have observed.
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The Edmonds Community College Counseling and Resource Center, located in Mountlake Terrace Hall 145, offers appointments with professional counselors for free, short-term counseling (three to five sessions), as well as referral to community resources to help students adjust to, cope with, and succeed in college. For more information and/or to schedule an appointment with a professional counselor, please call our front desk at 425.640.1358.
The center also offers an original series of "When Someone You Know" brochures that address a variety of topics such as depression, anxiety, and more.
You can also download a copy of our Counseling Center Brochure, which gives a concise overview of the ways we help students succeed at Edmonds CC.
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Research shows that counseling can help students develop strategies to cope with personal and career problems that affect their academic progress. Counseling is a tool for student retention and success!
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The Counseling and Resource Center promotes student learning, retention, and success by supporting our clients in designing, implementing, and attaining their diverse educational, career, and personal goals. Our purpose is to professionally and ethically guide clients through an interactive process of increasing self-understanding and developing positive behaviors, while encouraging critical thinking and healthy decision-making and expanding awareness of supportive resources.


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June 5, 2007 at 9:00 AM ET
While people always seem to want what they don't have, they tend to inflate the value of the things they do have. Economists call this the "endowment effect" – once something becomes part of your endowment, you are naturally reluctant to part with it.
So you might demand that someone pay you $2,000 for that 1983 Mustang convertible in your garage, even though you'd never pay $2,000 for the car if you were the buyer.
The gap between the buy and sell price you'd set is one reason that house negotiations often go haywire. Homeowners nearly always overestimate what their property is worth – or more specifically, what someone else will pay for it. Often, people initially set a price for their home that they wouldn't pay if they were the buyers.
When discussing cars or homes, the endowment effect is fairly easy to spot. But in the realm of abstract ideas like privacy, things get a bit more complicated.
Still, consideration of this buy-sell gap should be an important part of any serious discussion about privacy, says economist Alessandro Acquisti, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the school's Privacy Technology Center.
Few willing to pay for protection
Studies have repeatedly shown that the average person won't pay anything to protect his or her privacy, and will do very little to protect it. Shoppers won't pay extra to buy from more security conscious stores; AOL users won't pay more for security tokens that protect their logins; and consumers readily surrender critical data such and home addresses in exchange for coupons and small discounts. That has led many observers to conclude that consumers don't value privacy at all.
But to Acquisti, those observers are only looking at half the equation -- what people will pay to protect their personal information. What they would demand in exchange for explicit permission to distribute their personal information – something he calls "pay to allow" – is another matter entirely.
"If you ask people how much they would sell their personal information for -- sensitive information like how many sexual partners they've had -- they will say a very high price," he said. "When we talk about the value of privacy to people, perhaps that's the number we should talk about."
Acquisti and fellow economist Jens Grossklags set out to quantify this buy-sell gap in a recent study. Privacy research is tricky because research subjects cannot be harmed, so the two could not simulate truly troubling privacy problems, such as exposure of Social Security numbers to Internet criminals.
Instead they created a relatively harmless survey that asked questions about innocuous data like height and weight. They gave survey takers $5 and offered one set an extra 25 cents or an extra $1 for permission to share the survey results with others – pay to allow. They told another group that if they were willing to take $1 or 25 cents less than the initial $5 gift, their information would be kept private – that's pay to protect.
In this limited experiment, just about everyone went with the money.
My sensitive data? That'll cost you!
But in a companion survey, as soon as the questions became more sensitive, the pay-to-protect and the pay-to-allow crowds diverged. Survey takers wanted quite a bit of cash to share information on sexual partners, for example. Several said they'd want $1,000 or more to share that kind of information.
"And that's what we'd expect," Acquisti said.
The value equation for personal information becomes is complex, said Grossklags, because selling data differs from selling personal goods in one important way: If you sell your Mustang for $2,000 (and you didn't overpay), you can always buy another one for about the same price. But once your personal information is sold, it's gone. You can't buy your privacy back. These kinds of one-way transactions are hard for consumers to value.
Perhaps that's why in survey after survey only about 10 percent of consumers care enough about their privacy to actually change their behavior – to avoid store loyalty cards, EZPass systems, and the like, says another privacy researcher, Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute. Nearly two-thirds of people say they care about privacy, but don't do anything to protect it, he says.
There are two explanations for that, Ponemon says. Perhaps most people don't really care about privacy after all. Or, perhaps they think they are entitled to privacy – it is part of their endowment – and therefore they shouldn't have to do anything or pay anything to protect it. Avoiding EZPass is expensive; avoiding store loyalty cards can be very expensive.
"People may believe they are entitled to their privacy, and it shouldn't cost them anything," Ponemon says.
Why it matters
This is not merely an intellectual discussion for privacy wonks. As our legal system wrestles with determining just how victims whose privacy is invaded should be compensated, equations like these are being thrown around. Companies, accountants, and insurers may one day have to calculate whether there is a dollar figure that victims should receive where their personal information is lost. Or if there is an amount consumers should fairly pay to get themselves "off the grid," to get off of marketing lists and out of private research databases.
In a recent Ponemon survey, consumers said they should be well compensated when their personal data is leaked. Nearly 70 percent said they should be paid more than $5,000, and 42 percent said more than $10,000, when a company loses their personal information. Of course, if you ask someone how much money they should get for anything, they tend to be – let's say – optimistic. But these numbers provide another point of view when policy makers talk about the value of privacy, and they provide evidence that people place a high value on privacy even if they don't always act that way.
What do you think? How do you value your privacy? Take our short survey and find out how others value their privacy.
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In order to restore two Sierra Nevada meadows, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy will be sending $137,000 grant to American Rivers.
The $137,000 grant to American Rivers will be used to restore the Hope Valley meadow in the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest and the Shell Meadow in the Stanislaus National Forest in Sierra Nevada. The funding will help restore the key headwater meadows and monitor fish and wildlife for two years. Meadow restoration plays a vital role in preparing rivers for the effects of climate change.
According to Luke Hunt, director of headwaters restoration in the California office of American Rivers, "By restoring these meadows we can help them act as natural sponges that store water. As climate change reduces snowpack, California's rivers and the downstream communities that depend on them will need this kind of innovative water supply solution."
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Like one other guest who reviewed this place recently, I was particularly unimpressed by the lack of 5 Star countenance of this 6 Star priced hotel. This was further compounded by the hotel not mentioning they would be charging me for a night which I didn't spend there even though I notified them in advance and received a really cheery... More
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First of all I want to thank you for all the happy birthdays :*
I sort of celebrated yesterday, with my friends <3
Also, for a long time I've been wanting to make a Companion Cube cake..so I made one for my birthday celebration.
It took me like three days..but I had lots of fun. I've gotten so much into baking lately..especially cupcakes
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Silk Pickstitch Bedding
- Summary
Rows of stitches bring a casual note and light-catching dimension to solid silk, for bedding that combines understated luxury with everyday versatility. The quilt is backed with soft cotton percale, and both quilt and sham are filled with natural, breathable long-staple cotton batting.
- Quilt is silk, filled and backed with cotton percale and finished with a knife edge.
- The sham has a 2 ½" flange, cotton batting and an unquilted silk back with envelope closure.
- Both are pickstitched by hand.
- Dimensions & More Info
- Full/Queen: 96" x 96".
- King: 115" x 96".
- Standard: 27" x 20" with a 2 1/2 " flange.
- King: 36" x 20" with a 2 1/2" flange.
- Euro: 26" x 26" with a 2 1/2" flange.
Made in China.
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- Machine-wash
- Tumble-dry low.
- Warm iron as needed.
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This item is shipped from our warehouse by UPS to arrive within five business days of our receiving your order.
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There are several ways to design a business card. Clean, shiny and glossy designs are nice but why not try a bit different, like a grungy look? If you are thinking dirty textures and background images, grunge design is more than that. Here are 10 grunge business card designs to give you a better idea:


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Watch a sneak peek of the first five minutes of the episode "Laundry Woes" from Regular Show, Vol. 7. watch
Bank Shot: Rigby has to win a bet by beating a guy at basketball bank shots. / Power Tower: Muscle Man wants to win the bodybuilding competition. watch
Wall Buddy: Mordecai and Rigby have to clean up their room. / A Skips in Time: Mordecai and Rigby have to help return Teenage Skips to the 1700s. watch
Village of the Damned -- After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) join forces when the women simultaneously give birth and the reign of terror begins.
Battle for Terra -- When the peaceful planet of Terra is invaded by humans fleeing a dying Earth, a young girl is the only one who can save both civilizations from complete annihilation.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm -- Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually done by a new vigilante assassin.
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Senn (Justin Long) and Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) are two rebellious alien teens living on the beautiful planet Terra, a place that promotes peace and tolerance, having long ago rejected war and weapons of mass destruction. But when Terra is invaded by human beings fleeing a civil war and environmental catastrophe, the planet is plunged into chaos. During the upheaval, Mala befriends an injured human pilot (Luke Wilson) and each learns the two races are not so different from one another. Together they must face the terrifying realization that in a world of limited resources, only one of their races is likely to survive.
When the peaceful planet of Terra is invaded by humans fleeing a dying Earth, a young girl is the only one who can save both civilizations from complete annihilation.
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George Lucas celebrated his recent nuptials to Mellody Hobson with a star-studded party, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
The field of regenerative medicine seeks to extend life through the artificial development of replacement organs. Today medical centers across the nation are racing to utilize tissue engineering technologies in the development of organ constructs, that is tissue scaffolds in the form of the intended organ coupled (or seeded) with the cell lines necessary for organ function that have been extracted from the intended patient. The nanoCenter program in regenerative medicine is focused on extending current tissue engineering capabilities in "sheet organ" like bladders and tubes, to bulky three dimensional organs like kidney. To do this in a useful way, we seek to enhance the functionality of the artificial tissue construct on which the organ is built.
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The NanoCenter program on Regenerative Medicine focuses primarily on cell-scaffold interactions. Using a variety of spectroscopic and scanning probe techniques, our work seeks to understand the unique roles that nanomechanical interactions driven by the tissue construct have in cellular invasion, proliferation, and function. Toward this end, specific engineering principles can be applied to create highly efficient tissue constructs that allow for the "intelligent" delivery of growth proteins, nutrients, oxygen, etc. while providing feedback to the tissue engineer as to the health and progress of organ function.
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Whether you're snowed in or sitting in the sun, the slow week between holidays is the perfect time to snuggle up with a movie. Here are the latest offerings.
The American
George Clooney takes a break from the chatty and charming characters he's usually known for to play a reticent assassin who travels to Italy to complete one last assignment before he retires. He meets a few women along the way, though quickly realizes that someone is hot on his trail and he may not be able to trust anyone. I found the film to be a bit slow, but it boasts gorgeous scenery and may be up your alley if you're a fan of art house films. DVD extras include deleted scenes, commentary from director Anton Corbijn, and a featurette.
Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford stars as conflicted drug dealer White Mike in this indie drama (based on the novel of the same name) about wealthy out-of-control teenagers living in Manhattan. As his fellow classmates become addicted to a new drug (brought to them by a fellow dealer played by 50 Cent), Mike contemplates giving up his gig and pursuing a relationship with an old family friend and good girl (Emma Roberts). The film has plenty of sex, corruption, and rebellion, but overall it doesn't pack as much punch (or grit) as it intends to.
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It was a contest made by a french radio, on september 20th. When we were all in the studio, we waited for Ne-Yo during 10-15 minutes. At 2:15 pm Ne-Yo arrived ( VIDEO = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAhZLXlG-c ). As we see, Ne-Yo kissed all of them =D saying "Nice to meet you"!! Before he went for the show he looked at me, put his hand on my head and shook my hair lol.
During the radio show, Ne-Yo smiled, made signs to us. He enjoyed turn his chair (if you know what I mean lol) In a word, he was so sweet lol. We were so speechless to see him that we were shy to go talk to him. and I've noticed something : Ne-Yo wanted to talk with us, but i think he thought we couldn't understand english and as he doesn't know french he talked to us with signs, that was cute but I wish i talked to him :( I was so happy to see him that I've lost my english LOL
He sang Miss Independent's chorus acapella (VIDEO = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz9CctohiWM ) During the interview he said that there were pretty fans :p - If you want to hear the interview : http://www.zshare.net/audio/19463917a61dff3d/. It's in french but there is a translator ;) If you want to watch the interview (only a part) =
Then Ne-Yo stayed with the radio team to recorded some stuff .. and then he came with us and we took pictures, videos ... Ne-Yo is SO tender, he Loves Hugs, kisses ... =D and he smell very good lmao.
And here came the end .. when Ne-Yo had to leave us :( We couldn't let him go lol and I remember, there was some candies put on a table and Ne-Yo took them and went away as if he wanted to steal them, it was so cute !lol. Some girls gave him presents and he gave us kissed and left us ... =(. Me and 2 girls followed him (he was on the elevator and we took the stairs lol) we arrived and Ne-Yo was in his car doing sign to tell us "Good Bye" and he went ..
That was my most beautiful day ever !! Ne-Yo is so nice and since we've met him, I love him more ! =)
Some videos :
Ne-Yo & "Ne-yo's wife aka Yasmine" = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaVvUvDgKh0
Ne-Yo & Me (That's why I'm Ne-Yo's girl lol ) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaaiWdf-lC8
Ne-Yo is learning how dance Closer (funny !) = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMH3QnqjXoY
We are on a french magasine : Click to see the pictures of the magasine ;)
Ne-Yo, if you read this : You're so sweet, thank you =) I hope you'll come very very soon. We miss you !!