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Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Thomas Mangum are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Emily Suzanne Mangum of Pageland, South Carolina to Samuel Blake Edwards
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The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of Central High School and a 2009 graduate of Clemson University. She is employed with Chesterfield County School District.
The groom-elect is a 2002 graduate of Summerville High School and a 2006 graduate of Clemson University. He is employed with Anderson School District #1 in Powdersville, South Carolina.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Hewitt of Cheraw, South Carolina; and Lillie S. Mangum and the late Joe T. Mangum of Pageland.
The groom-elect is the grandson of Rachel H. Hedrick and the late Karl H. Hedrick, Sr. from Boiling Springs, North Carolina; and the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel David Floyd of Cayce, South Carolina.
The wedding is planned for June 29, 2013 at Zion United Methodist Church in Pageland.
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Performance with a Purpose
Written by Jessica Werner Zack
THE ELDERLY, inmates, the homeless, and day laborers may not have much in common, but at the University of San Francisco, they have all played key roles in dance and theater students' development as performance artists committed to social justice.
"It's amazing to think that as alums we are just one small group of performers, but every one of us has gone out into the world after our training with a commitment to making the world a better place," said Kiki Allgeier '03, a performer and filmmaker in New York who spent a month in Mozambique this summer shooting a film about a group of socially engaged theater students there.
Like Allgeier, Mark Jwayad '03 has also taken to heart his training from USF's performing arts and social justice (PASJ) program. He graduated this spring from Chapman University's Graduate Conservatory of Motion Pictures and has launched his own film production company, Trainwreck Motion Pictures. His new film, Jackson, explores the issue of losing one's independence after a lifetime of self-sufficiency.
"My USF experiences had a huge impact on not just how I work, but on what," said Jwayad. "I choose to tell stories in such a way that people think about social issues in a new way. My PASJ major taught me that's my goal and also my responsibility as a performance artist."
Both alums are proof of the distinct impact USF's performing arts program is having. Just as
the University of San Francisco's mission distinguishes it from other universities, the seven-year-old program's emphasis distinguishes it from most other undergraduate performing arts programs. Instead of focusing only on teaching students how to be good performers, USF's program also teaches students the power of performance art as an agent for change. This emphasis is reflected in the types of courses available, as well as in the coursework itself, and in the performances students put on and the often disenfranchised groups they reach out to in the process.
"Whenever I tell someone for the first time about USF's performing arts and social justice program, they always respond in one of these two ways," said Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities Peter Novak, who served as chair of the program from 2004 to 2007. "They either say, incredulously, 'How weird! What is that about?' Or, thankfully, more often I hear, 'Of course, that makes perfect sense. Why is no one else teaching that art and social justice belong together? It's a natural fit.'"
In short, the program teaches students that performance can be about much more than entertainment; it can also be used to work toward social justice. This unique approach has drawn an increasing number of students since the revamped program launched in 2001. That year, 23 students majored in performing arts; last year, 52 did so.
"We embarked on revitalizing the university's arts program by integrating it with the study and pursuit of social justice because we saw that something crucial was missing from arts training," said Novak. "At Yale or Juilliard or American Conservatory Theater, for example, which are all great arts programs, students study acting, voice, speech, and movement—the nuts and bolts of how to put on a play. We teach all of that too, but we decided that wasn't enough. There also needs to be a broader discussion of what it means to be an artist in the world today, how art can be a vehicle for social change, and even how creative work can play a part in one's personal commitment to creating a more humane and just society."
While relatively new to USF, this link between performing arts and a larger mission of engagement with civic issues is in fact as old as theater itself; "politics" and "drama" have been consonant since ancient Greece: so many kings, so many tragedies. Yet in more recent history, particularly in the United States, art and artists that acknowledge creative performance as a powerful and age-old tool for social transformation have become surprisingly scarce commodities. Broadway's Legally Blonde: The Musical or The Little Mermaid trump Bertolt Brecht hands down in American cultural consciousness.
At USF, this merging of performance and social activism begins in the classroom. Even coursework in traditional performance areas is approached with an eye toward greater social, political, and even global implications. In voice classes, for example, a technical course taught by acting programs everywhere, students at USF "discuss the socioeconomic impacts of speech, as well as learning the International Phonetic Alphabet and Edith Skinner's techniques," said Novak.
"Our students go out into various San Francisco communities and interview people with different accents and learn to replicate them," he said. "Then they go back on the street and ask people to take a survey based on first impressions. They learn the basic but profound fact that there is a tremendous amount of bias against people based on the way they speak. And our students have learned this from the inside out."
Adjunct professor and Bay Area actor and director Ken Sonkin said the program's non-doctrinaire course offerings are its calling cards. "Where else can you take hip-hop theater, Latino and Chicano theater, jazz and social justice, (and) women's music through the ages?"
Carlos Menchaca '04 credits the program's unusually eclectic curriculum with instilling in
him "an understanding that performance can empower communities."
"Every arts program will teach you Shakespeare and modern dance, but no one else will teach you to look at the world through, for example, the lens of a performance brigade in Latin America that uses theater as a way to educate the public about corrupted leaders and policies," he said.
Menchaca's experiences reaffirmed his commitment to political action, both within and outside the arts world. During his junior year, he served as student body president and since 2005 he has worked in big-city politics as capital budget and policy coordinator for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. "Theater isn't all that different from politics. The success of an elected official requires a solid performer, a brilliant playwright, flawless technical team, and a whole lot of creativity."
Other hallmarks of the program are the numerous productions students perform in collaboration with diverse communities outside USF.
Jwayad, for example, performed the lead role in the program's 2001 production of Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan, a groundbreaking collaboration between USF actors and Soapstone Theater Company. All Soapstone members are ex-offenders and survivors of violent crime, brought together by the San Francisco Sheriff Department's Resolve to Stop the Violence Project. Performances sold out at USF as well as in downtown San Francisco at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
"The Good Person was the most important show I ever did at USF," Jwayad said. "I not only grew as an actor, but I advanced as a director. Working with the Soapstone members I learned to have patience and an attentiveness to every possible kind of actor, and to appreciate their courage, lessons which have greatly helped my skills as a director."
In 2002, students performed Polaroid Stories, a retelling of Ovid's Metamorphoses, inspired in part by photographer Jim Goldberg's photo essay of young runaways, "Raised by Wolves." During the development and rehearsal of the production, student actors interviewed homeless youth in San Francisco and incorporated their personal stories into the play's dialogue.
The program's first commissioned play, The Doll Hospital, was inspired by a visit Roberto Varea, associate professor and program chair, took to the site of Troy (Turkey) in 2003. He came home envisioning a contemporary adaptation of The Trojan Women, Euripides' great commentary on
the Peloponnesian War and women's resistance to violence. Christine Evans, an Australian playwright and a visiting scholar at USF at the time, wrote the script to address issues surrounding the war in Iraq. Instead of incorporating a Greek chorus, the performance used a chorus of people displaced by the war and performed by actors in El Teatro Jornalero!, a San Francisco theater group made up of Spanish-speaking immigrant day laborers.
The play enjoyed successful runs in 2004 at USF and at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco's Mission District. Now retitled Trojan Barbie, the play is being performed this fall by Harvard University's American Repertory Theatre (which credits USF's performing arts program as its originator).
"Being in San Francisco, such a progressive city of clashing viewpoints, gave us endless opportunities to learn from our environment," said Shoresh Alaudini '07. His first professional acting job, a role his sophomore year in the independent film The Mission Movie, about gentrification in San Francisco's Mission District, was "deeply connected to issues of social justice, and so is my current role." Alaudini plays a student in Berkeley Repertory Theater's Yellowjackets, set at Berkeley High School in 1994 when racial tensions were running high, violence was common, and the issue of "tracking" students according to ability and potential was fiercely debated.
In 2003, students performed the courtroom drama Execution of Justice on the 25th anniversary of the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. "This production really galvanized our whole department," said Novak. The program held ancillary panel discussions with Mayor Willie Brown, State Senator John Burton, journalists who covered the slayings, and friends and relatives of Milk.
With its production of Angels in America two years ago, the department honored another solemn 25th anniversary—that of the discovery of AIDS. In conjunction with the play, which focuses on the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s, the department hosted a series of lectures on AIDS-related topics, including the Catholic Church's response to HIV/AIDS over the years. Various faculty and staff also spoke about their own personal and artistic responses to the disease.
"Our works are almost always contextualized in greater detail than most other performing arts departments," said Novak. "We try to create work that will bridge other academic disciplines throughout the university."
The program's dance side also incorporates social justice aspects. Assistant professor Amie Dowling, for example, leads an on-campus intergenerational dance company, the Dance Generators, for dancers ages 18 to 82. The troupe aims to celebrate diversity without false reverence for either youthful physicality or for aging. "Redefining audience expectations about who gets to be on stage is profound," Dowling said. "There is something about showing a love duet between two 80-year-olds that in itself is radical and upends people's thinking, gets those on and off stage to ask questions."
Last fall's Choreographing Change dance production touched on a number of personal, political, and social issues through movement. Part of a course in dance production, the performance sold out both evenings and, said Dowling, inspired students, faculty, and other audience members to discuss the issues it addressed, including concerns about water, its scarcity, depletion, contamination, and the inescapable need for it.
Dowling also teaches a class, "Performing Arts and Community Exchange," that is a perennial favorite among performing arts and social justice students. Through the class, students teach movement, theater, creative writing, and improvisation to women prisoners in San Francisco's county jail.
"Most of us had never interacted with inmates before, and we didn't know what to expect," said Courtney Stallings '07, who is in her first year in the graduate acting program at The New School for Drama in New York. "My perception of our justice system and our society changed during the course.
I no longer looked at these inmates only as criminals, but as human beings who needed the human gift we brought: the chance to be heard. They taught me and my classmates much more than we could have ever taught them."
Like Stallings, many graduates have gone on to the country's finest performing arts master's degree programs, and other alums are pursuing careers at the intersection of art and politics and social engagement.
That USF's program can now have such an impact speaks to the changes it has undergone. Following budgetary crises in the 1970s, the university discontinued its performing arts department, ushering in decades in which all arts majors—painters, musicians, and dancers alike—studied the same unspecialized curriculum. In 1999, a group of professors spearheaded a movement to create a separate and independent performing arts department, one based on a curriculum "with a political and social consciousness, a belief that art and artists can change the world, one performance at a time," said Varea.
"We are admittedly not for every student leaving high school with a newfound love of acting," said Novak. "We are here for those who want to do something more meaningful with their craft. We want to expand our students' notions of what performance really is."
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STAFF WRITER | July 28,2014When Trevor Thomas and his black Lab, Tennille, finished hiking the Long Trail earlier this month, they crossed off another long distance hike on their to-do list. Thomas, 35, and Tennille averaged 10 miles a day — hiking through rainstorms, climbing cliffs and rickety ladders, no small accomplishment for the average person.
But Thomas is not an average person. Thomas completed the 270-mile hike without benefit of eyesight.
About eight years ago, Thomas was finishing law school and looking forward to working as an lawyer in North Carolina. He spent his weekends skiing, skydiving and mountain biking, an athlete to the extreme.
That all came to an end when he started to lose his eyesight because of an autoimmune disease. A year later, Thomas could no longer do the things he loved.
"It was the most difficult thing I've experienced," Thomas said. At the time, he questioned his fate and felt as if he would never regain his love for adrenalin and independence.
That's when a friend suggested hiking, something that was difficult without sight, but not impossible.
Thomas started hiking, something he had never been interested in before going blind.
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Thomas spent the first several years in his newfound darkness solo hiking with the assistance of a GPS system on his phone and the descriptive voices of other hikers.
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The Shellmont Inn is an award-winning premier Atlanta, Georgia bed and breakfast offering all the luxurious amenities found in an upscale boutique hotel. Located in Atlanta's theater, restaurant and cultural district, this crowning jewel is an urban oasis just steps from Atlanta's Midtown Mile and bustling Peachtree Street.
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We are located in an Urban area. Guests stay for a number of reasons, convenient location and the atmosphere we provide.
What are you best known for? What makes your inn unique? What do you love most about your inn?
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If someone has never been to your city, what is the #1 reason to come visit?
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What's the best compliment you have ever received about the inn?
The best compliments are "We have stayed in Inns, Bed and Breakfasts around the world and you are the BEST," "One of the best Breakfast we have ever had".
What's the best kept secret about the area?
The best kept secret is our vast knowledge of restaurants in the area. Rocking in our front porch you can see high-rise and the city skyline. Rocking on the back verandas overlooking our gardens and fish ponds and you will think you are in the country - the best of both worlds!
If a traveler is staying at your inn for 4 nights, what should he/she do in the area?
We have the following attractions:
Georgia Aquarium, CNN, World of Coke, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Zoo (we have Pandas in our zoo) Fernbank Science Center, Stone Mountain, Atlanta History Center, Fox Theatre, Margaret Mitchell House, High Museum of Art, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Piedmont Park, Olympic Park. Shopping at Atlantic Station, Lenox Square, Phipps Plaza, Perimenter Center. We also have boutique shopping areas nearby.
Is there anything within walking distance of your inn?
Answered above.
What is your favorite restaurant/food in the area?
Atlanta has wonderful restaurants from Southern Food at Mary Mac's Tearoom to 5 star dining at Bachanelia.
Any good area guides/websites that travelers could reference?
If guests are coming to Atlanta they should look at our website and click on Within Walking Distance of the Inn, Nearby also follow our Blog.
How many rooms does your inn have?
We have 5 rooms/suites.
Do you accept pets?
We do not allow pets as we have an Inn kitty. There are Vets nearby that will board your pet.
More About Shellmont Inn
Listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places, the Shellmont Inn was built in 1891 and is located in Midtown Atlanta GA. Since 1983, Debbie and Ed McCord have been the innkeepers of this Historic Mansion and Atlanta Landmark.
Our magnificent two story entrance foyer reflects the architectural genius of W.T. Downing, the original architect and designer. The nine foot tall mantle with hand made mosaic tile in the greek key pattern compliments the ornately carved staircase with choral bench and music box. Italian artisans further embellished the foyer with hand carved shells, flowers, ribbons and mythical figures. The two story, five panel set of original Tiffany stained glass provides a kaleidoscope of colors for those early rising guests.
The dining room is graced with a floor to ceiling hand carved mantle and triple leaded glass windows. An original pewter and brass light fixture provides the ambiance for the your breakfast experience. William Morris wallpaper frames a corner alcove with a statuary niche, a perfect setting for an intimate breakfast. The living room is a favorite gathering spot for our guests.
The parlor, originally the Music Room, has hand carved musical instruments on the fireplace mantle. To further compliment the architectural richness, there is a coved ceiling, corinthian columns, greek key and egg and dart moldings and beveled plate glass windows flanked by curved windows. It is the perfect spot to read the newspaper and have a cup of tea by the fire. The Library features a beautiful inverted dome ceiling, replicated wall and ceiling stenciling, triple leaded glass windows and Moorish inspired hardware provide the perfect backdrop for a game of chess, reading your favorite book, or perusing the DVD library.
Unwind on the sun filtered verandas furnished with a collection of wicker and oak rockers. Relax and indulge in reading your favorite book, surf the internet or simply people watch. Enjoy your favorite beverage as you watch twilight fall as Atlanta's skyscrapers sparkle against the evening horizon.
Wicker laden verandas overlook manicured lawns and gardens - including Victorian fish ponds. Relax in our gardens accompanied by the sounds of gently trickling water and soft classical music. Indulge in the fragrances and aromas of the seasonal varieties of luscious landscape provided by nature. Unwind on your favorite garden bench while entertained by some of our frequent garden visitors - hummingbirds and butterflies.
Guest rooms are furnished with antiques, oriental rugs and period wall treatments. Many have unusual architectural features which distinguish them, however, all are equipped with private baths, queen beds, generous lighting and living spaces, and numerous other luxuries which we will surprise you with upon arrival. The Inn has 5 Rooms and a Carriage House Cottage.
Business Traveler
Business travelers find us technologically savvy and our Midtown location ideal. As innkeepers celebrating our 25th Business Anniversary and combined with our traveling experience, we understand the unique requirements of the discerning business traveler.
"I stayed at the Shellmont Inn on a business trip and had to leave too soon. Am already thinking of an excuse to return for pleasure--for another chance to stay at this inn and to spend more leisure time in Midtown Atlanta."
Business Amenities & Services
- Complimentary high speed wireless internet available in each guestroom
- Armoire with cable remote control flat Screen HDTV and DVD player
- Clock radio with iPod docking station
- In room phone - complimentary local calls
- Desk for writing and computer use
- Plush robes
- Luxury linens and towels
- Iron and ironing board
- Hair dryers
- Choice of to go breakfast or full gourmet breakfast
- Conveniently located to MARTA (Rapid Rail)
- Premier midtown location
- Upscale and casual restaurants, just steps away
- Business services available
- Frequent guests loyalty travel program offered by select registry
- Concierge services available
- Corporate rates available upon request
Atlanta Attractions
Atlanta features the world's largest aquarium, the Georgia Aquarium, which officially opened to the public on November 23, 2005. The aquarium features more aquatic life than can be found in any other aquarium, in tanks holding approximately eight million gallons of water. Adjacent is the World of Coca-Cola which opened in May 2007, featuring the history of the world famous soft drink brand and its well-known advertising. Pemberton Place, the 20-acre (81,000 m2) site which houses the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola is within walking distance of Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Dome, Philips Arena, the CNN Center and other downtown Atlanta tourist attractions. Underground Atlanta, a historic shopping and entertainment complex is situated under the streets of downtown Atlanta. In addition Atlantic Station, a huge new urban renewal project on the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, officially opened in October 2005. While not a museum per se, The Varsity is the main branch of the long-lived fast food chain, featured as the world's largest drive-in restaurant.
The arts are represented by several theaters and museums, including the Fox Theatre. The Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony, and High Museum of Art. The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center is the city's home for challenging contemporary art and education geared toward working artists and collectors of art. Museums geared specifically towards children include the Fernbank Science Center and Imagine It! Atlanta's Children's Museum. The High Museum of Art is the city's major fine/visual arts venue, with a significant permanent collection and an assortment of traveling exhibitions. The Michael C. Carlos Museum, located at Emory University, houses the Southeast's largest collections from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas. The Atlanta Opera, which was founded in 1979 by members of two struggling local companies, is now one of the fastest growing opera companies in the nation and garners attention from audiences around the world.
Atlanta hosts a variety of museums on subjects ranging from history to fine arts, the Olympics, natural history, and beverages. History museums and attractions include the Atlanta History Center; the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, which contains the preserved home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as King's final resting place; the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum, a huge painting and diorama in-the-round, with a rotating central audience platform, that depicts the Battle of Atlanta in the Civil War; the Carter Center and Presidential Library; historic house museum Rhodes Hall; the Wren's Nest, former home of Brer Rabbit author Joel Chandler-Harris; and the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum.
Piedmont Park hosts many of Atlanta's festivals and cultural events. In 1887, a group of prominent Atlantans purchased 189 acres (0.76 km2) of farmland to build a horse racing track, later developed into the site of the Cotton States International Exposition of 1895. In 1904, the city council purchased the land for US$98,000, and today it is the largest park in metro Atlanta, with more than 2.5 million visitors each year. The grounds were part of the Battle of Peachtree Creek – a Confederate division occupied the northern edge on July 20, 1864 as part of the outer defense line against Sherman's approach. Next to the park is the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Zoo Atlanta, with a panda exhibit, is in Grant Park.
Stone Mountain is the largest piece of exposed granite in the world. On its face are giant carvings of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. It is also the site of laser shows in the summer. A few miles west of Atlanta on I-20 is the Six Flags Over Georgia Theme Park, which opened near the city in 1967, and was the second theme park in the Six Flags chain.
Awards and Accolades
Select Registry Member Since 1994
Celebrating 25 years of Innkeeping Excellence
Listed on National Register of Historic Places
City of Atlanta Landmark Building
Mayor's Award for Excellence For Historic Preservation
Featured in Numerous Media &National Publications
"The Shellmont Inn -- The Peak of Perfection! The location is great too, a lovely neighborhood with superb restaurants within walking distance. It's the absolute perfect place to stay in Atlanta. I wouldn't want to stay anywhere else!"
"Staying at the Shellmont Inn was an incredible experience. The property, an impeccably restored and maintained 1891 mansion in midtown Atlanta is beautifully appointed, yet makes one feel relaxed and at ease."
"...fit for the Queen, the Shellmont Inn is the exemplar for B&Bs. The service was thoughtful and friendly, the bed was as comfortable as my own, and the bathroom, with a huge fanlight and a large, spanking-clean claw-footed tub, was a delightful reward."
How To Find Us
Shellmont is located in Midtown, the theatre, restaurant and cultural district of Atlanta. We are just two blocks from the "Miracle Mile" of Atlanta and about one mile north of the center of downtown Atlanta. The High Museum of Art and the Atlanta Civic Center are a short stroll from the Inn. Our location is ideally suited for both business and pleasure travelers.
I-75/I-85 Northbound
- Interstate 75 and Interstate 85 merge approximately 7 miles south of downtown Atlanta
- Continue north toward downtown Atlanta past Turner Field (baseball stadium) on right, proceed northbound and go under I-20 overpass
- Get in right lane and exit 248-C (International Blvd.)
- Go straight to the 2nd
- Traffic light (Ellis Street)Turn left, go over bridge and turn right at traffic light (Piedmont Avenue one way northbound)
- Proceed North about 1 mile to the intersection of Piedmont Avenue and 6th Street
- Shellmont is located on the right on the corner
- Park on 6th Street until you check-in
Note: If your vehicle contains 2 or more persons, you can use the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane, or express lane, the extreme left lane marked with a black and white diamond symbol. Follow the directions above but after going under the I-20 overpass, exit the next HOV left lane exit with sign stating Piedmont Avenue Exit. It will yield into Piedmont Avenue going northbound. Go north to Piedmont and 6th Street.
I75/I-85 Southbound
- Interstate 75 and Intersate 85 merge about 2 miles north of downtown Atlanta
- Go past Georgia Tech basketball dome on the right and get in the extreme right lane
- Exit at North Avenue/Georgia Institute of Technology Exit
- Turn left at end of exit ramp on North Avenue. Go to 5th traffic light, turn left on Piedmont Avenue (one way northbound)
- Proceed north about 1 mile to Piedmont and 6th Street. Shellmont is located on the right on the corner
- Park on 6th Street until you check-in
MARTA (Rapid Rail) from Atlanta Hartsfield- Jackson Airport
- Access MARTA trains in terminal adjacent to baggage claim
- Go to the Northbound Platform Side (Downtown Atlanta)
- Proceed to N-4 (Midtown, Northbound, 4th Station from Five Points)
- Exit Station on 10th Street Side
- Turn right (East) go three blocks to Piedmont Avenue
- Turn right and walk 4 blocks (South) to the Intersection of Piedmont and 6th Street
- We are on the left corner
Please call us at 404-872-9290 should you need further directions. Address: 821 Piedmont Avenue, NE., Atlanta, GA. 30308


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Doctored Videotapes Are Peanuts
Many have rightly condemned MSNBC's serpentine editing of a video to make it appear that certain gun rights activists heckled the father of a 6-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre, but let's not pretend this was a one-off event.
The liberal media long ago forfeited their respected role as watchdog over the government and have voluntary descended to the status of a public relations arm of the Democratic Party and various liberal causes.
It doesn't do it justice to call them cheerleaders, for they are active participants, every bit as much involved in bringing about the events as the party with which they collude.
They no longer merely report the news. They deliberately influence it to advance the liberal political agenda. So while they engage in plenty of deceptions on the micro level, they daily engage in a category of sin that far exceeds the despicable doctoring of videos.
For what they're about is grand deception on a macro scale. They aren't watchdogs, and they aren't just cheerleaders. Cheerleaders wear uniforms and are readily recognizable. These progressive media mavens are cloaked in a disguise of pseudo-neutrality and pseudo-objectivity, such that when they root for the political team that is assaulting America's founding principles and driving us headfirst into national ruin, many in their unwitting audience have no earthly idea they've got skin in the game.
The liberal media's fraud is so pervasive that by presenting the news through a distorted, progressive prism, they've created an alternate reality that bears little relationship to actual reality. What has emerged is a new normal, foisted on us by a cluster of malicious manipulators who long ago abandoned their honor and their professional calling.
This manufactured pseudo-universe is what allowed President Barack Obama to win re-election despite presiding over (and largely causing) the longest period of high unemployment since World War II and the worst recovery in 50 years. It's what enables him to enjoy a 60 percent approval rating despite being conspicuously radical, hyper-partisan, consciously divisive and dogmatically uncompromising.
Just ask yourself whether Obama could have won if the media had reported on his economy objectively and let the facts speak for themselves. But they did much worse; they apologized for him and his failures every step of the way, shamelessly conspiring with him to scapegoat his predecessor, President George W. Bush, even four years after his term ended. This was as immoral as it was preposterous, but they did it with such faux earnestness that those who rely on them for their news lapped it up and digested its poisonous seed.
These are media that appointed themselves the chief prosecutors against Bush for his alleged mishandling of the federal cleanup operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They were on that story 24/7 from the outset, not to apprise the public of the conditions in New Orleans and other stricken locations but to cause premeditated political damage to President Bush. Contrast that with their orchestrated cover-up of the Obama administration's selective negligence for some of Hurricane Sandy's victims and affected areas.
This is a press whose superstars, with exceptions, insinuated themselves into moderating the presidential debates and actively interceded on behalf of President Obama, both in their questions and in their improper injections.
These are the "professionals" whose job is to hold our governing class to account with legitimate, pointed questions and follow-ups. Instead, they offer French kisses and free passes, despite the smorgasbord of corruption, scandal, mismanagement and policy failures that would be a welcome feast for journalists with a modicum of integrity.
Whereas they aided Democrats in constructing false scandals against the Bush administration, they wholly ignore very real ones under Obama, from the dismissal of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case to "Fast and Furious" to Benghazi.
From the corruption and waste in the president's stimulus plan to myriad green energy schemes to the fraudulent calculation of projected Obamacare costs to their protective reporting on the administration's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the media have done this president's bidding.
Worst of all, Obama's media cohorts are helping him get away with not addressing the major culprit in our impending national financial catastrophe, entitlement spending. If it were not for the media's complicity, we could avert this imminent national calamity, but they simply will not perform even their rudimentary duties so as to expose this president as the uncompromising spendaholic ideologue he is.
So while we justifiably complain about doctored videotapes, let's not miss the larger point: that if this nation goes over a Greek-style financial cliff, we need look no further than President Obama's comrades in the institutionally corrupt media, without whom his destructive path could be deterred.
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The Antlers Police Department Office Wyatt Williams responded to an assault call at Chilango's Mexican Restaurant in Antlers after Julio Ceasar Castillo Andres, of Hugo, tried to stab a restaurant employee.
According to the police report, on January 12, 2013 at about 1:30 p.m., Andres came in the back door of the restaurant mad and pulled a knife from his waistband. After doing so he went after Jose Rojas and tried to stab him. According to Rojas, he tried to run around the kitchen to get away from Andres , going as far as moving a plate cart between them.
Rojas stated that Andres kept coming after him so he picked up a big spoon to try to protect himself. Rojas went on to tell officers that Andres had threatened to kill him and said that if he didn't get him today he had better pray because he was going to get him.
Andres had left the restaurant before officers arrived. After Officer Williams had left shift, Officer Buchanan received another call that Andres was back at the restaurant making threats again around 3: 00 p.m. He again left the restaurant before officers arrived.
Later that evening, Pushmataha County Sheriff Deputies arrested Andres for other charges and he was placed in the Pushmataha County Jail.
Andres is being charged with Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon and Public Intoxication.
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Round one in the Tony Twist-Todd McFarlane lawsuit ended Wednesday with a jury in St. Louis Circuit Court awarding Twist $24.5 million.
Twist, a former NHL enforcer with the St. Louis Blues, claimed McFarlane had stolen his name for a character in the Spawn comic book, Antonio Twistelli, known by the Tony Twist nickname.
In a surreal several days in St. Louis, Twist claimed McFarlane's character - which shares a nickname with the real person, but no physical attributes - had damaged the value of his name and cost him the ability to get product endorsements.
Twist is not currently on any team roster in the National Hockey League.
McFarlane immediately started the appeals ball rolling.
"It's not over," McFarlane said. "I'm willing to go the whole nine yards on this one."
A judge will look over the ruling within the next 30 days, at which point the case may move up to the Missouri Appellate Court.
Although there is a person with the same name, the Tony Twist comic book foe shares no physical characteristics and is not based on Tony Twist the hockey player. The Twist character in Spawn is a minor one, appearing in only 166 of the nearly 31,000 images in the Spawn series.
"I'm taking this very personally," said McFarlane. "I resent the state of Missouri for taking away my constitutional rights."
"This is not about Twist," he continued. "We get along fine, this is way beyond Tony Twist, this is a First Amendment issue."
Though the ruling is huge, McFarlane said it's not really about the money.
"If I lost and the damages were only $10, I'd still fight this thing, because you can't let what happened stand. I'm not trying to cover my ass on this. What I was just found guilty of, there are now thousands of people in the entertainment and publishing industry guilty of the same crime. We all became guilty. You can take my name out and put in CNN or Time Warner or Stephen King ... you're guilty."
The appeals process is lengthy. It's likely to be several years before this drama plays out.
"I'm just glad this part is over so I can get back to work. I can approve more toys this week, read more scripts. This ruling does not affect any of our daily activities," said McFarlane over lunch in his Tempe, AZ, office.
So the McFarlane companies will still run on time. The action figures will still be on store shelves, the comics will still be printed, the movie and entertainment pitches will still be made.
"The only dramatic change in my day-to-day activities will perhaps be changing character names in reprints or trade paperbacks," said McFarlane. "That's it."


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1He's had the same tooth knocked out twice.
"We were playing the Toronto Marlies in February last season and I got high-sticked by (Marlies center) Tim Connolly. It basically pushed my two front teeth all the way back. One of them had to get pulled and one was saved, so now I have a piece of steel in there while I wait for my fake tooth to come in. It didn't hurt that much when it happened but all the drilling after was pretty painful. The tooth that was pulled had been knocked out before about five years ago so I guess it's just a bad luck spot."
2He's familiar with being the underdog.
"The most memorable game of my career was when I was a freshman at Bemidji State and we were playing Notre Dame in the Midwest Regional round of the NCAA tournament. We were the lowest seeded team, not expected to win at all, and we ended up beating Notre Dame 5-1. It was a great feeling, and a big step toward us making the Frozen Four that season."
3He's only 24, but he's made his way around.
"Being a hockey player, you have the opportunity to go a lot of different places. I would say I've been to more than 50 cities in North America over the past few years. I haven't made it overseas yet, but that will happen at some point."
4His favorite foe is also one of his oldest friends.
"I love playing against Victor Bartley, who is in the Nashville Predators organization. He's been my best buddy since we were growing up (in Maple Ridge, British Columbia) and he was always a little better than me at hockey so I relish the chance to beat him now. Victor, Ben Payne, Kevin Cache and Nick 'Dupree' Burns have all been my best friends since childhood. Growing up with just a younger sister, I love having those guys."
5He's a west coast product with east coast love.
"My dad is from British Columbia but he was a big New York Islanders fan during their dynasty years in the 1980s so I have always been a fan too and still keep up with them now, regardless of where I'm playing. Defenseman Adrian Aucoin has always been my favorite player because he started in Vancouver with the Canucks and then ended up with Islanders and I thought that was cool."
6He's diplomatic about his Wolves teammates
"I can honestly say I didn't have a favorite guy on the team last season. Darren Haydar, Mark Matheson and Zach Miskovic were all people I spend a lot of time with though. Miskovic was my roommate on the road so we got to know each other really well. I was bummed when he got traded (to San Antonio) but I was really happy to see him get the opportunity out there. I just try to be friends with everyone, wherever I am."
7His pre-game meal hasn't changed in years.
"Ever since college, I've eaten Subway before a game. Back then I didn't have time to cook and take a nap before a game so I started just grabbing Subway and I've never really changed. Each time it's something new and it takes no time. I'm not a bad cook, exactly, but I'm not great either. So Subway works for me."
8His job is action-packed but downtime is anything but.
"If I have some free time, I'll just be sitting on the couch watching TV and movies. I've been watching a lot of 'Rules of Engagement' lately, laughing by myself because it's so funny. I'm a big movie guy too. Shawshank Redemption is tops on my list."
9He learned the value of watching your step early on.
"When I was in grade 11, I used to go to this leisure center and work out all the time. One day I was on the treadmill and I was like, 'what's that smell?' and it turns out I had stepped in dog poop on the way there and now it was all over the treadmill. I wasn't really sure what to do, so I just left it there like that. Not my best moment, obviously."
10He's held the same philosophy on life for twenty years.
"When I was a kid, I was always happiest just playing road hockey in the summertime with my friends and doing other kid things like building forts. I didn't have a care in the world and loved life. Now, I embrace the same mentality that life is too short to dwell on the small things; there's just no point. If I'm not in a good mood, I always think, 'hey, it could be a lot worse.' I care a lot about people and I like to have fun. That's just me."


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Two Mules for Sister Sara
I never get tired of the old Eastwood flicks
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
I never get tired of the old Eastwood flicks
"Jaws" on Bluray was our choice for Friday night movie and the restoration really was done well. One of my favourite films, looks like "Poltergeist" is up next.
We just finished all 5 Rocky movies. A lot of people put Sylvester Stallone down but the man is a true entertainment genius.
Watched Grave Encounters 2. It looks like they should not have done this sequel, the original Grave Encounters was a really great movie, for me it became one of my ever favorite horror films. Unfortunately, they could not repeat this success with the second part of the movie, I really hoped they would do it good. Well, if I were to advise the movie, I would advise to watch the first part, but not to watch its sequel.
I saw Django Unchained at a locally owned theater, the Crescent with my brother the other night while he was in town.. in some ways it reminded me of that Boondocks episode 'The Story of Catcher Freeman', but not that much. Sam Jackson has done guest voices for the Boondocks. He pulls off an incredible role in this movie. You can't even believe it's him. Django Unchained is classic top-drawer Tarantino, darkly hilarious at first, then mostly dark after that, though, as usual, Tarantino gives himself one of the best lines or deaths in his movies. It's a great historical fantasy, a little six-gun John Brown and y'all should go see it.
I finally watched Justin Timberlake's "In Time." Thought it was pretty good. Very creative and creepy.
Secret Window. I think it's tenth time I am watching the movie...maybe, even more, but it's always great to see it, because it is perfect, one of my favorite ones.
Let me in (2010). It was the second time I watched the movie, though I remembered it very badly. This time I loved it very, very much. The movie seems to be really touching and deep for me, it is just awesome.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre as 3D Wow what a movie and too see it as 3D did it even more scary.
Watched It's Complicated. A cute romantic comedy.


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Hiya Geri! ~ Good WC of the chickadee. I like the warm color you added to him. The frosty-looking tree branches are great!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Claudia, I really like the indiv. hairs and overall texture. The bkgrnd. is very sug. of power. Nice one!
Geri, Super! Did U use lifting with a plastic wrap or sim. for the branch text.? It's cool, however U did it.
Kim T (Kim513)
C&C welcome!
Kim the limbs were done with a farly wet was and then dabbed with a paper towel.
C and C always welcomed
Claudia, you have captured the frosty breath with horse #2. His hair and mane are also good. His eyes always seem to draw me into the painting. Nicely done.
Geri, your little chickadee has a nice twinkle in his eye. I like how you backed him with the trees and the trees are great with lots of texture and shading. All of this with the lovely blue background makes for a very nice painting.
Bonnie C & C most welcome / appreciated
Geri, your chickadee wc is very good. I see the twinkle too and the branches are super.
Thank you, for all the nice, encouraging comments on horse #2.
C&C always welcome
Nealey, yes i scraped the paint away.
Hi to All, winter seems to be all around me I'm getting tired of the cold and snow. Here is a sketch I did tonight still needs lot of work but I thought I would ask for any comments anyway. I know the ears aren't right. Joyce
All C & C's always welcome
Joyce, good start. The nose looks perfect. I would suggest that you look at the back ear. The other one looks fine. Maybe take a look at the cheakbone and the location of the eye (or how the rounded area under the eye is called???). In my opinion this is not far away from being perfect.
after reading a story with my son and then seeing the picture with the tree
with the snow loaded branches I had to do this acrylic.
How heavy
is a snowflake?, Is the name of the story. Two birds, a wild pigeon and here a chickadee,
are sitting on a branch and wonder how heavy is a snow flake. They agree that a snowflake weighs nothing. The chickadee
says it counted snowflakes before. It counted 3.741.952 falling on one branch
and then it broke off. The pigeon, which is the symbol for peace, thought that this
could be compared with the humans all working together bringing peace to the
world. Every little voice counts. (This is just a short version).
How heavy is a snowflake? Acrylic 15,7"x 11,8"
Hi Joyce, I know what you mean about winter and it looks like we are warming up a bit but going to get lots of snow. I think it will be around for a while longer. Your horse is looking good. I agree with Claudia, that the nose is perfect. I think his neck could be a little thicker at the back and there seems to be something off around the eye and ears. Not sure what exactly it is.
Claudia, your story is great inspiration for a lovely painting. The sunlight coming through the tree is nice and warm. The tree's boughs weighted with snow are well done and the branches with the birds adds depth to the painting. A nice perky chickadee counting all those snowflakes. Your pigeon's colour connects with the warm sunlight in the background. Nicely done.
Hello Geri...chickadee lovely, and softly handled
Claudia..horse much improved in 2nd version...you know what you have to do(eye) so no need to tell you again!
Claudia.... the story is most interesting and the painting matches it (our doves are grey do you have them that golden in Bavaria or is it just artist's licence?) Doesn't matter, still a very pleasing painting.
Joyce ...will wait until you do more to your horse's head before commenting
feel free to make constructive c/c...no digital alterations please
I'm trying to download another sketch but the site just won't let me is anyone else having the same problem?
Still in a deep freeze here -16 feels like -22. Been in the house improving on the horse but the site won't let me download it what is that all about?
Here is my horse sketch I hope I've improved it some.
Hi Joyce ~ Your horse drawing is coming along fine. I'm not a horse expert, but I agree with Bonnie, I think, who mentioned the neck could be more massive. Sorry about your download probs. It sure is quiet around here. Must be everyone is so busy painting...
Hi Claudia ~ Lovely painting of your winter birds & trees. What a nice story too.
Joyce, much improved horse. You have fixed up his eye and ear and they look good now. I thought his neck should have been thinker but am now wondering if he is facing forward with his head turned and I thought he was sideways. That would make a difference with the neck. Very nice sketch. I'm glad you were able to post it.
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US economy adds 155,000 jobsBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
The Associated PresS | January 05,2013WASHINGTON U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during the tense negotiations to resolve the fiscal cliff.
The solid job growth wasnt enough to reduce the unemployment rate, which remained 7.8 percent last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate for November was revised up from an initially reported 7.7 percent.
Each January, the government updates the monthly unemployment rates for the previous five years. The rates for most months dont change.
The government said hiring was stronger in November than it first estimated. Novembers job increases were revised up 15,000 to 161,000. Octobers increase was nearly unchanged at 137,000.
The gain is perhaps better than it looks given that firms were probably nervous about adding workers with the fiscal cliff looming, said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics.
Even so, hiring hasnt been strong enough to quickly reduce still-high unemployment. The job gains for December almost exactly matched the average monthly pace for the past two years. Hiring has been steady but modest as the economy has grown slowly since the recession ended more than three years ago.
For 2012, employers added 1.84 million jobs, an average of 153,000 jobs a month, roughly matching the job totals for 2011.
Robust hiring in manufacturing and construction fueled the December job growth. Construction firms added 30,000, the most in 15 months.
That increase likely reflected hiring needed to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and also gains in home building that have contributed to a housing recovery.
Manufacturers added 25,000 jobs, the most in nine months.
Other higher-paying industries also added jobs. Professional and business services, which include positions in information technology, management and architecture, gained 19,000. Financial services added 9,000 and health care 55,000.
Lower-paying industry sectors were mixed. Restaurants and bars added 38,000 jobs. Retailers cut 11,300, a sign that the holiday shopping season might have been sluggish. But those cuts followed three months of strong gains.
All the job gains last month came from private employers. Governments shed 13,000 jobs, mostly in local school systems.
The stable hiring pace shows that employers didnt panic during the high-stakes talks between Congress and the White House over tax increases and spending cuts that werent resolved until New Years.
Thats an encouraging sign for the coming months, because an even bigger federal budget showdown is looming. The government must increase its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit by around late February or risk defaulting on its debt. Republicans will likely demand deep spending cuts as the price of raising the debt limit.
Fridays report did point to some weakness in the job market. For example, the number of unemployed actually rose 164,000 to 12.2 million. Approximately 192,000 people entered the work force last month, but most of them didnt find jobs.
The unemployment numbers come from a government survey of households; the number of jobs added each month comes from a separate survey of businesses.
A broader category that includes not only the unemployed but also part-time workers who want full-time jobs and people who have given up looking for work was unchanged in December at 22.7 million.
Despite the still-modest job growth, the economy is showing signs of improvement. Layoffs are declining. And the number of people who sought unemployment aid in the past month is near a four-year low. Banks are lending a bit more freely.
The jobs report showed that hourly pay is staying slightly ahead of inflation. Hourly wages rose 7 cents to $23.73 last month, a 2.1 percent increase compared with a year earlier. Inflation rose 1.8 percent over the same period.
The once-depressed housing market is recovering. A measure of U.S. service firms business activity expanded in December by the most in nearly a year. And Americans spent more in November. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic growth.
Manufacturing is getting a boost from the best auto sales in five years. Car sales jumped 13 percent in 2012 to 14.5 million. And Americans spent more at the tail end of the holiday shopping season, boosting overall sales that had slumped earlier in the crucial two-month period.
There is little doubt that the seeds of faster growth are being planted, James Marple, an economist at TD Bank, said in a note to clients.
But most economists expect little improvement in hiring this year. A 2 percentage point cut in the Social Security tax expired Jan. 1. That means a household with income of about $50,000 will have about $1,000 less to spend. And the government will may impose spending cuts this year.
Both the higher taxes and spending cuts, along with uncertainty about future budget fights, could restrain growth and hiring.
That likely means acceleration in the labor market will remain elusive for the time being, said Ellen Zentner, an economist at Nomura Securities.
Don Brown, chief executive of Arteriocyte, a medical device maker, plans to hire more people this year. But he is worried about potential cuts in government spending that could cut into his Cleveland-based companys revenue.
One such cut is a 2 percent reduction to the reimbursements Medicare provides to doctors and hospitals. It was delayed temporarily as part of the agreement this week. If that cut is implemented later this year, it would lower revenue for the hospitals and surgeons that buy his companys advanced products.
Our entire customer base is unsure about what their reimbursement landscape is going to be, Brown said.
The Obama administrations health care reform also imposed a 2.2 percent sales tax on medical devices. Brown estimates that will cost the company $400,000. He had hoped that tax would be eliminated as part of the fiscal cliff talks.
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News about Corn, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jan. 13, 2015
Farmers harvested record 14.2 billion bushels of corn in 2014, 3 percent more than 2013 crop; harvested record 3.97 billion bushels of soybeans, up 18 percent from 2013. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Thieves have struck two farms in Bristol and Wethersfield, CT, taking more than $1,200 worth of corn and leaving farmers to debate ways to better safeguard their crops; two suspects have been charged for stealing corn from Anderson Farms in Wethersfield. MORE
Feb. 12, 2014
European Union is on verge of approving insect-resistant type of engineered corn for cultivation, despite opposition from many member countries; opponents of genetically modified crops fail to muster sufficient support to block authorization under EU's complex weighted voting system; even if corn gets go-ahead for cultivation, it will remain a sensitive issue for Europe and the United States during trade talks. MORE
Feb. 5, 2014
Growing number of Midwestern corn farmers are beginning to plant fruits and vegetables instead. MORE
Oct. 8, 2013
Hawaii has become hub for development of genetically engineered corn and other crops that are sold to farmers worldwide, and seeds are state's leading agricultural commodity; activists opposed to biotech crops have joined with residents who say corn farms expose them to dust and pesticides, and they are trying to drive companies away, or at least rein them in. MORE
Oct. 1, 2013
Bacterial disease known as Goss's wilt is devastating corn crops across United States; scientists are uncertain why disease has become so rampant, but some speculate that it may be connected to hybrids chosen for genetic modification or farm management methods like no-till farming or infrequent crop rotation. MORE
Jun. 13, 2013
Department of Agriculture predicts record corn and soybean yields in 2013, despite intense spring showers that have delayed planting, damaged crops already in the ground and prevented farmers from sowing all their seeds; projections are base on estimates made before heavy rains came about how many acres of crops will be planted. MORE
Nov. 17, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency rejects requests from states to relax its requirement on the use of corn ethanol in gasoline related to a steep decline in the nation's corn production. MORE
Oct. 30, 2012
Income from 'agritainment' activities like corn mazes, which are tricked out with zip lines, live zombie scarecrows and corn cannons, is helping small farmers across the country keep their farms; money earned by admitting people into the hundreds of corn mazes that rise up each autumn can be more lucrative than agriculture businesses themselves, enabling farmers to make a living and not have to neglect or sell their farms. MORE
Oct. 24, 2012
Corn producers are considering a switch to the production of butanol, fuel that contains more energy and is easier to transport than traditional ethanol; decision remains daunting because shift requires costly retrofitting of ethanol plants, and results in reduced plant capacity. MORE
Oct. 12, 2012
Agriculture Department revises its estimates for soybean production upward, sign that prolonged drought had less of an impact on the crop than had been feared; report lowers estimates for production of corn, country's largest cash crop. MORE
Sep. 20, 2012
Study by Gilles-Eric Seralini, prominent opponent of genetically engineered crops, links genetically engineered corn to cancer in rats; corn was developed by Monsanto to be resistant to herbicide Roundup; study is criticized by some scientists, but is seized on by backers of a California ballot measure to require labeling for genetically modified crops. MORE
Sep. 13, 2012
Agriculture Department slightly lowers its forecast of corn and soybean yields for the third time in three months, as record heat continues to batter crops in the Midwest; corn yield is expected to be 122.8 bushels an acre, while soybean production is expected to be 2.634 billion bushels. MORE
Aug. 17, 2012
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Aug. 8, 2012
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Aug. 8, 2012
Elaine Louie Sprouts column about Wade Burch, an executive chef, giving his daughters a hands-on lesson in corn shucking and making corn chowder, even if ultimately only one of them eats it. MORE
Jul. 31, 2012
Op-Ed article by Prof Colin A Carter and Dr Henry I Miller calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily suspend its renewable fuel standards, move that would divert vast amounts of corn from inefficient ethanol production back into the food market; holds shift is crucial in light of Midwestern drought and skyrocketing food prices. MORE
Jul. 20, 2012
National Weather Service announces that widespread drought is likely to grow worse, spelling an even darker fate for farmers whose crops have already started to wither; corn and soybeans have been particularly hard-hit by the drought, and their prices have begun to soar. MORE
Jul. 5, 2012
Sweltering temperatures and a lack of rain are threatening what was expected to be a bountiful corn harvest across the Midwest; drought conditions are especially dangerous as corn approaches its crucial pollination phase. MORE
Apr. 26, 2012
Dow Chemical is on the verge of winning regulatory approval for corn that is genetically engineered to be immune to 2,4-D herbicide, allowing farmers to spray the chemical to kill weeds without harming the corn stalks; some environmental and consumer groups say the increased use of 2,4-D could cause cancer, hormone disruption and other health problems. MORE
Apr. 23, 2012
Study in Nature Climate Change finds climate change is likely to have greater influence on volatility of corn prices over the next three decades than factors that have been blamed for price swings; suggests unless American farmers develop more heat-tolerant corn varieties or move production into Canada, frequent heat waves will cause sharp price spikes. MORE
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Hawks Volleyball Out Hit at Tri-match
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Pittsford, NY – The Hilbert College women's volleyball team participate in their third tri-match of the 2010 season when they traveled to St. John Fisher College on Saturday, October 9. The Hawks played two non-conference games against the host SJFC as well as Pitt-Bradford.
Hilbert finished 0-2 on the day in their losses to both teams. Fisher (14-10) took the match in set scores of 25-11, 25-12, 25-17 before Hilbert dropped 3 sets to Bradford (5-25, 16-25, 15-25).
Against the 15 deep roster of Fisher, the Hawks were outhit (37 kills to 19) which resulted in only 14 assists compared to 32 for Fisher. The Panthers from Bradford (16-3, 6-0)were just as deadly from the front row having secured 32 kills to Hilbert's 18. For the day, Hilbert hit only (.053) from the floor compared to their two opponents who averaged (.327).
Hilbert's most prolific hitter during the two games was sophomore Rachel Kwiatkowski (West Seneca, NY/Orchard Park) when she connected on a total of 9 kills with .303 hitting percentage. Freshman Chelsea Reischuck (East Aurora, NY/East Aurora) finished with 12 kills and 8 digs. Senior Amanda Dudek (Tonawanda, NY/Tonawanda) {in photo to right} 'uped' 9 digs on the day and freshman Shannon Memminger (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home) passed for 23 assists on the day.
The Hawks (4-14, 1-4) have a few days off before they host non-conference Cazenovia College on October 13 at 7 pm.
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