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LITTLETON -- It used to be that the only thing you looked forward to when you lost a baby tooth was a quarter under your pillow the next morning.
Today's children potentially have a lot more to gain, if their parents are willing to invest in a promising technology.
A little more than a decade ago, scientists announced that baby teeth -- the teeth that children begin losing at about age 6 -- contain a rich supply of stem cells in their dental pulp.
Such cells have been shown to help regrow bones, such as in the jaw, and hold the potential to do much more -- including treating diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.
While some experts stress that implanting tooth-originated stem cells into humans is years away, at least in the U.
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Howard Greenman, chief executive of the company, Provia Labs LLC, said stem-cell research is a $1 billion industry for those extracted from umbilical cords.
"Transplants have been successful in treating everything from leukemia to genetic disorders," he said. "But I just had a baby, and it's an amazingly complicated thing to do to get the umbilical cord stored. A lot of people don't get that chance.
"This is a new opportunity.
Starting in 2006, Greenman and Provia's three other co-founders -- Peter Verlander, Jeffrey Gruneich and Paul Krasner -- began exploring the prospects of dental stem-cell use. They went on to develop a business model focusing on the dental industry to introduce the concept of dental stem-cell harvesting and storage.
Provia Labs runs a program called "Store A Tooth," in which it partners with dentists throughout the country to collect extracted teeth (baby teeth or wisdom teeth) and have them shipped to Provia's lab in Worcester (it will soon be part of the Littleton headquarters).
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If they're ever needed.
The program is not cheap. The Store A Tooth program costs $1,749, plus storage fees of $120 per year. Other services begin at $849, and financing plans are available.
Dr. Nicholas Perrotta, an oral surgeon who works from Townsend Dental Group, said tooth stem cells have seen "continuous research" since being first discovered about a decade ago by pediatric dentist Songtao Shi. Perrotta said up until about two years ago, research had all been animal-based. But he said in the past two years, especially in Italy, teeth have been extracted from humans for the purpose of regrowing bone tissue in the jaw.
"Things take longer in the (United) States, with the FDA," said Perrotta, also an adviser to Provia. "My belief is we are not far away, maybe two to three years, before we see it here for applications in the oral cavity."
Peter Gaines, an associate professor of biological sciences at UMass Lowell, said tooth stem cells are mesenchymal -- that is, their function is to produce bone, cartilage and fat cells.
"We've been looking for new sources (of stem-cell applications) that are noninvasive, and that's the beauty of this," said Gaines, who discusses stem-cell extraction from teeth, bone marrow and umbilical cords in his classes. "It's starting to pick up."
Gaines said he could see potential applications in bone and cartilage repair, as well as breast-reconstruction surgery.
Perrotta sees more.
The "exciting part," he said, is that tooth stem cells share traits with embryonic stem cells, which can be applied to muscle regeneration; for example, somebody who suffers a heart attack could have heart tissue regrown.
"That's proven," he said.
Perrotta also said there are other promising applications. Studies at the University of Malaya and at the University of Miami indicate that dental stem cells can produce insulin, suggesting they could eventually play a role in treating Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. Also, tooth-based stem cells have also been inserted into the backside of a crippled rat, resulting in its regaining its ability to walk, Perrotta said.
That provides promise for combating such debilitating diseases as Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, he said.
Nevertheless, Tom Trowbridge, an oral surgeon who practices on Bartlett Street in Lowell, said he's been approached by two companies about participating in programs similar to Store a Tooth but is waiting for more "applicability."
"The science is fascinating, but we'd like to see the applicability be a little further along," he said. "If somebody requested the service due to a certain genetic condition, we wouldn't refuse. We're watching. It's definitely something that's leading-edge."
Trowbridge noted that one downside is the cost.
"There's a processing cost and then the monthly storage cost. You want to be cognizant of that," he said.
Perrotta said he "doesn't push" the service on his clients but does make sure they're aware of it.
"There's no extra procedure (when extracting teeth), and you hope you never need it," he said. "But if your family has a history of Parkinson's or something, maybe 15, 20 or 30 years down the line it can help."
"What you're paying for is stocking away the stem cells," Gaines said. "If you acquire tissue damage, they're the same cells."
Provia, which also offers biobanking products and biobanking advisory services, is utilizing its new Littleton space for corporate operations, as well as for research and development. Greenman said once the lab is complete, it will have the capacity to store about 250,000 samples.
Provia houses about 15 employees in Littleton. But Greenman, who holds an MBA with a concentration on health care from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, said there is enough space to expand to 40.
"We're growing pretty quick," he said. "We expect to have a national sales force, and an international presence. We just formed a U.K. subsidiary and we're partnering with South America and Singapore.
"Our goal is to be a global leader of storing teeth for stem-cell research."
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Colorado Rockies 17, San Francisco Giants 8: Tim Lincecum gets haircut, then gets rocked
Well, thank God for Barry Zito.
Who would imagine we'd ever write that a week ago?
But a lot of assumptions we had about the 2012 Giants in spring training haven't been fulfilled so far in the regular season.
We thought the offense would struggle. Nope. The Giants are averaging almost six runs a game so far this season.
We thought Brandon Belt was going to rake. No. He's hitting .091 this season.
We though Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner were ready for the season. Well, so far we haven't seen that, particularly from Lincecum.
But before we get to the ugly details of Wednesday's game in Colorado, let's get to the stuff apparently everyone wants to know about — The Freak's new haircut.
Lincecum had about 4 inches of length cut off his locks during Tuesday's day off in Denver. But his hair was so long, it was hard to notice.
So we've included a picture from Wednesday game with his new haircut, and one from spring training, so you could see the difference.
The big difference we want to see is on Lincecum's pitching.
The Freak got knocked around for six runs on eight hits and two walks in 2 1/3 innings, the shortest outing of his career.
Yet Lincecum needed 76 pitches to get seven outs.
His velocity was good, topping out at 93 mph. But he struggled to locate his fastball, which was up and catching too much of the plate. The Rockies then pounded those pitches, even after falling
behind 0-2 or 1-2 in the count.
"Just sloppy baseball for me," Lincecum said. "Not really executing pitches, missing a lot, and it's going to hurt you, especially in this park.
If there's silver lining, it's that Lincecum wasn't alone in his pitching struggles, leading some to claim that the Rockies didn't put the baseballs into their famed humidor Wednesday.
"I actually thought his stuff was a little crisper, he was just up," manager Bruce Bochy said of Lincecum. "He left a lot pitches up, a lot of mistakes when he was up in the count. Tough time putting hitters away, really across the board with the staff. Rough night for the staff."
Rockies starter Jeremy Guthrie couldn't make it out of the fourth inning, when the Giants erased a 6-0 deficit with a seven-run fourth.
But that didn't last long as Guillermo Mota came into the game and gave up five runs (four earned) in one-plus innings. Jeremy Affeldt didn't fare much better, giving up five more runs (two earned) in two innings.
The low-point came when the Rockies put up a seven-run inning of their own in the fifth.
Ramon Hernandez's single scored Todd Helton with the fourth run of the inning, then the Giants failed twice on the same play to get the third out of the inning.
Angel Pagan's throw from center was not going to be in time to get Helton at home. Brett Pill went to cut the throw off, but instead deflected it to the right of home plate.
Catcher Hector Sanchez chased the ball down and threw to Affeldt covering home in time to beat Michael Cuddyer trying to score. But Cuddyer stopped short and headed back to third.
Affeldt threw to Pablo Sandoval, who ran Cuddyer back toward home. Sandoval attempted to throw to Sanchez at home. But Pill, who was between Sandoval and Sanchez, thought the throw was to him and attempted to catch the ball and swipe tag Cuddyer going by in one motion, and failed to hold onto the ball.
As Cuddyer scored, Sandoval picked up the ball and threw to Brandon Crawford at third trying to cut down Hernandez trying to advance. But Hernandez pulled a Houdini act in avoiding Crawford's tag and was safe at third. That allowed the Rockies to pile on two more runs in the inning on a double by Chris Nelson and triple by Eric Young Jr., and take a 16-7 lead.
We'll try to find some other good news to report.
- Nate Schierholtz got his first start of the season and belted two solo home runs and added a sacrifice fly.
- 2B Emmanuel Burriss went 3 for 4 with three RBI.
- Pablo Sandoval smacked two doubles, keeping his bat hot.
- Buster Posey's case of the shingles is not that serious, as Posey himself said. He came into warm up Affeldt between innings when Sanchez was getting his gear on. He also flied out in the eighth as a pinch-hitter.
- Despite giving up 17 runs on 22 hits, the Giants pitchers didn't allow a home run. Small consolation, I know.
Madison Bumgarner hits the start against Jamie Moyer at 12:10 p.m. Thursday in a battle of diverse ages. We're not sure what the lineup is going to look like, but if we had to guess, this is what we'd say.
CF Angel Pagan
LF Melky Cabrera
C Buster Posey
3B Pablo Sandoval
1B Brett Pill
LF Nate Schierholtz
SS Brandon Crawford
2B Emmanuel Burriss
P Madison Bumgarner
Let's see if we're right.

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Mr. Crackerz wrote:alright, i got a trade proposal from shaq daddy after i initially sent him an offer like a week ago. He is making get bynum in the deal. Tell me what you guys think.
I trade him:
Caron Butler
Jamal Crawford
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He trades me:
Rajon Rondo
Manu Ginobili
Keven Love
Andrew Bynum
its an odd trade, now i see it as a 3 for 2 trade, he getting the best player in Butler, and statistically even the second best in crawford. Plus Rodriquez is starting in Portland. I get Ginobili, who im banking on having a better second half, Rondo, and Love, who's playing good as of late.
Thoughts? Lemme know soon so i can make my decision.
what would you do with bynum? he has a chance of coming back within 6 weeks. just in time for playoffs? if you drop him, you have someone in mind to pickup?


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xBayAreaWarriorx wrote:The Raiders/Niners game, unfortunately, is the Game of the Weak. But it still will be a MUST WATCH because the Niners will be very hungry for points after last weeks horrible offensive/defensive performance and the Raiders will be hungry for well...their first win.
The game of the WEAK... so true. But not for long, as the Niners will be a good team in a couple of years (sorry pawno, but don't worry. The Raiders will be a good team in a couple of decades)


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The article in desperate need of improvement is Relationships
From time to time, visit {{Didyouknow}} and change it up!
I'm impressed! You've managed the alsmot impossible.
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The Erfworld story contains no less than three worlds! Parson's World, Erfworld and the Real World. And all of everything happens somewhere. There isn't anything that happens no-where! Most of the important stuff happens is cities, so that's why City is the article to improve. There's a ton of information on 'em, but the article is pretty lacking. So comb through the wiki and the story and find info to add. While you're at it, be sure to improve articles are specific cites where you see room for improvement.
That's right, this improvement drive is on magic! Caster is the article in need of improvement. I figure going was sooo sllloowww on the first one partly because the entire page had to be built from scrap (and partly because most of us had to completely re-read the first book before doing any work.)
Well not with this one. For starts, caster can use some serious cleaning. And the examples! What type of casters are there? Can they cast more than one type of magic? What's the deal with caster links?
So, with this category, our main goal is to add pages that belong, and remove pages that don't. Big fights in, small scuffles out. And while you're doing working, flesh out those pages if you can OK? When it comes to the Battle for Gobwin Knob, I've already got the page cleaned up and ready for some serious work. It shouldn't be a summary of the first book, but rather of Parson's first major battle. So anything that happened before he got there, we don't really need to worry about. That includes the Opening Skirmish and when Manpower died.
Also, let's not forget that some information is important and some is trivial. It's important that Charlescomm fielded a force of Archons on RCC's side, but we don't need to know exactly how many. That's what the side bar is for.
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You made a straightforward declaratory statement: "Poor people do x." You don't need the "all" or "most." Frankly, I was being generous in offering that you "only" meant "most" rather than all. Perhaps you didn't intend it or meant to say something else, but yours was a blanket statement encompassing the entire class.


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ELK CREEK –– The course of the past month has been an exciting one for Independence driver Bobby Hash.
Having already notched the 2010 Super Pro season championship at Elk Creek Dragway, the sixth track championship of his career, Hash went on to claim two more distinctive titles this fall. At the Southern Bracket Racing Association national finals, Hash drove his Chevrolet Camaro to the grand championship in Super Pro Eliminator and was also the winner of the International Hot Rod Association Race of Champions, an event that headlined track champions from all over the East coast.
Tim Douglas advanced to the semifinals in his class, and Team Elk Creek placed fifth at the IHRA Finals and second at the SBRA championship.
In racing action the weekend of Oct. 9 at Elk Creek, D.J. Moore of Princeton, W.Va., was the winner of the Junior Dragster class, running a 7.94 e.t. at 73 mph. Travis Jones of Sparta was the runner-up as his Top Gun dragster recorded a final round 8.37 e.t. at 70 mph.
The ProLine Super Pro Eliminator class winner was John Huff, Sr., of Hillsville, driving his Camaro to a 7.07 e.t. at 88 mph. The runner-up was Scott Carpenter, who posted a 4.97 e.t. at 122 mph.
The winner of the R-C Towing & Repair Footbrake class was Ronnie Brannock of Galax. Brannock's Chevy Impala recorded a 7.22 e.t. at 85 mph while runner-up Rod Taylor of New Castle ran a 6.21 e.t. at 101 mph.
The D.O.T. class winner was Kenneth Nester of Independence in a Ford Mustang that ran a 6.91 e.t. at 94 mph. Tom Baker was the runner-up in a Chevy S-10 pickup.
The Outlaw class winner was Brandon White of Hillsville in a Camaro, recording a 6.96 e.t. Brannock was the class runner-up.
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A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
Spoiler-ish review follow.
In all honesty, I was expecting the movie to blow. I saw the trailers and they looked pretty shit. So I was pretty surprised that the movie was better than I expected. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I wished.
First thing, special effects (it's sci-fi, it's supposed to make a difference.) They are good, in a sense that they kept it out of the plot. As in the series (all series), technology is part of the universe, but it's not the changing factor. Same goes here.
The Enterprise is redesigned with more fluffy stuff. No more black consoles everywhere and weird, non-sensical flashing lights everywhere. You have transparent consoles and the general look is more whiter than the original. It makes sense, if you consider the leap the actual technology took in those years since the original series.
The plot is also ok-ish, but… there is something missing there. I mean, it's not bad, there are no holes but it doesn't totally feel like Star Trek. You have a guy looking for revenge purely for the revenge itself. In all the series, everyone is doing something based on their cultures: Humans like to explore, as do Vulcans (in their reclusive way), Klingons seek honor above everything else, Cardassians and Romulans want to expand their respective empires, Ferengis would do anything for profit and things like that. The main villain is a Romulan, but he doesn't seem to be acting "for the Empire" although he cites that as one of his motives.
Another plot thing that feels wrong is that the Enterprise, the new flagship of the Federation, is assigned a full crew of cadets instead of a veteran crew. I mean, you have the best ship you could ever build, you have at least 12 other ships around with a crew with more experience and… would you assign some not-yet-out-of-training cadets to it? That doesn't make any sense.
Acting/characters development is also ok-ish. In a sense, I was expecting Zachary Quinto to, at some point, "do a Sylar" and cut someone's forehead with his finger. But, for some reason, you never expect him to do such thing in the movie, which seems he did a good job portraiting something that it's not Sylar. And, honestly, at some point, he did seemed to be Leonard Nimoy and the original Spock. Also, the idea of explore more deeply the human side of Spock seemed pretty good for the movie. I mean, the original Spock was a Vulcan above everything else, even if he had a bit of make fun of himself — and that's as far as he went in the original series. The new Spock is way more dimensional than the older counterpart, which is incredible good to show how he have a human nature after all.
Chris Pike, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be Kirk. At all. I can't blame the actor himself, but I guess the script, although focusing in the first years of those, doesn't pay the proper respect to Kirk. In the original series, Kirk was the damn bastard you'd follow without hesitation. In this movie, he's just a damn bastard. At some scene, when he's running away from a big monster, I really wished he wouldn't escape and that would be his end. "Please, remove that guy from the movie." But, alas, he survive.
Also, it seems that new version of Kirk have some miraculous healing factor. He hurts his hand while fighting in a platform, only to take the bandages off a few hours later when he is thrown out of the Enterprise. And a couple of bruises around his left eye (after getting into some fights) slowly heals themselves in also a couple of hours.
Simon Pegg, playing the bit of Montgomery Scott, is… bleh. I didn't like it, mostly 'cause I know the history of James Doohan. And, honestly, making Scott as a comedy relief (in the "pie in your face" sense) it's just plain wrong. I mean, someone who personally took someone out of a suicide and fought in wars should at least have a most respectful representation of their most famous character.
McCoy is also bleh. DeForest Kelley's McCoy was the guy that know morals above everything, even if that meant breaking laws. He was the bastion of "what is right" against "what is in the books" (which is exactly the opposite of Spock.) But, right in the middle of the movie, he does what is immoral and wrong at the same time. And, in the end, his character never get enough time to get a proper development. He's just the guy in the background with a well known name which says a couple of lines and then vanishes.
I guess a lot of people would say "the appearance of Nero fucks up with the old timeline, so things are completely different now, including people." Well, ok, but, for an old time trekkie, it still feels that those things really annoyed me, 'cause they were not the problem with the series. It was, actually, one of the best baselines for any series.
But not everything is "screw the old series" in this. There are several "echoes" from the original series: A "red shirt" (not shirt in this case) dying seconds after jumping into a mission, Christopher Pike (the original Enterprise captain, not the actor) in a wheelchair and even Orion girls appear in the movie.
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- 1 General Conference Info
- 2 Promoting Spectrum and the Spectrum Presidential Initiative
- 3 Sessions of Interest for Spectrum Scholars
- 3.1 Spectrum Leadership Institute, June 23-26, Royal Sonesta Hotel
- 3.2 Spectrum Donation Power Hours in the ALA Membership Pavilion, Convention Center Exhibits Hall (Booth 2540)- Scholars needed!
- 3.3 The Job Hunt: What To Do While You Wait, Saturday 6/25, 1:30-3pm, Convention Center, Rm 355
- 3.4 Diversity & Outreach Fair, Saturday 6/25, 3-5pm, Convention Center Exhibits Hall, Special Events Area (by Aisle 3800) - Scholars needed!
- 3.5 Spectrum Institute Closing and Alumni Lunch, Sunday 6/26, 12-1:30pm, Royal Sonesta - Fleur de Lis Suite - rsvp requested
- 3.6 Featuring Spectrum Scholars
General Conference Info
The 2011 ALA Annual Conference takes place in New Orleans, LA, June 23-28, 2011. Due to the size of the ALA Annual Conference, the event takes place in a convention center and several hotels. For the 2011 Annual Conference, the exhibits, keynote speakers, and many meetings and programs will be held in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center at 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70130. Free shuttle service runs between conference hotels and the Convention Center beginning on Friday morning.
- Conference website: http://ala.org/annual
- 2011 Conference Scheduler in ALA Connect
- Conference Tips from Spectrum Alumni
Promoting Spectrum and the Spectrum Presidential Initiative
- Wear your Spectrum Scholar ribbon! Ribbons will be available at the Office for Diversity Table in the ALA Office Area in the convention center, at the Spectrum Institute events, at the Diversity Fair and at Spectrum Scholar Interest Group session. Grab one and put it on your badge.
- New and exciting Spectrum promo items will be popping up at various events, grab some and show them off!
- There is a conference-wide Flickr Scavenger hunt taking place, and YOU ARE A CLUE! In order to help promote Spectrum we're featuring in the Flickr Scavenger Hunt in two ways, one of the clues requires participants to get their photo snapped with a Spectrum Scholar wearing their ribbon so don't be alarmed if someone comes up to you randomly with such a request. The other clue is to get a photo taken of themselves making a contribution to the Spectrum Presidential Initiative, our donation box is in the ALA Membership Pavilion on the Exhibits Floor, Booth 2540. So if people ask you about this, try to keep this in mind - AND - we need your help staffing the Donation Power Hours on the Exhibits Floor - see below.
Sessions of Interest for Spectrum Scholars
Spectrum Leadership Institute, June 23-26, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Review the 2011 Sessions and Speakers for Institute events, note the Institute is closed (with the exception of the lunch for alumni below) to everyone but invited participants. We're pleased to have a number of alumni joining us as speakers and Professional Options Fair representatives.
Spectrum Donation Power Hours in the ALA Membership Pavilion, Convention Center Exhibits Hall (Booth 2540)- Scholars needed!
Spectrum Scholars are needed to encourage attendees to donate (contribution forms and donation box are located in the ALA Membership Pavilion under the Spectrum sign in the center section of the Pavilion) to the Spectrum Presidential Initiative. Our goal is $1 million dollars and we ARE ALMOST THERE. Even neater - Spectrum alumni have given enough to support TWO WHOLE SCHOLARSHIPS! Wear your Spectrum Scholar ribbon and hand out the donor ribbons and pins to people who donate. Please sign up for setup&cleanup, or the 1 hour time slot. Setup/cleanup requires you to retrieve the box marked "Power Hour" from the Office for Diversity Table in the ALA Office in the Convention Center Cleanup requires you to return all of the materials to the Office for Diversity table in the ALA Office and return it to the Office after the power hour (so that it can be used for later power hours). Scholars signing up for the 1 hour time slot are expected to talk with Exhibit attendees about the Scholarship Program and your experiences. Key talking points are included in the brochures that will be part of the display. Encourage donations and be sure to let attendees know about how they can get their picture with you or a picture of themselves making a donation if they are participating in the Flickr Scavenger Hunt!
Spectrum Contribution Friday 6/24 6-7pm Power Hour Sign-up!
- 5:45pm Setup (and cleanup at 7pm):
- 6-7pm
Spectrum Contribution Saturday 6/25 12-1pm Power Hour Sign-up!
- 11:45 Setup (and cleanup at 1pm):
- 12-1pm
Spectrum Contribution Sunday 6/26 2-3pm Power Hour Sign-up!
- 1:45 Setup (and cleanup at 3pm):
- 2-3pm
The Job Hunt: What To Do While You Wait, Saturday 6/25, 1:30-3pm, Convention Center, Rm 355
Learn how to keep your skills strong and your hopes high with this session on managing the job-seeking blues. Whether you're a recent graduate, under-employed, or considering a career change, this session will provide practical tools on informational interviewing, volunteering, and consulting. Jump start your job hunt with tips from Spectrum Scholar alumni who've not only survived the wait but come out stronger. Sponsored by the Spectrum Scholar Interest Group.
- Featuring Christina Thompson, College Archivist and Public Services Librarian, Hendrix College; Edwin Maxwell, Young Adult Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library; Nancy Kirkpatrick, Assistant Library Director, Marian University; and Veronica Arellano, Reference and Instruction Librarian, St. Mary's College of Maryland. Moderated by Danica Sheridan, Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library.
Diversity & Outreach Fair, Saturday 6/25, 3-5pm, Convention Center Exhibits Hall, Special Events Area (by Aisle 3800) - Scholars needed!
Sponsored by ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, the Diversity Fair highlights innovative and successful library outreach initiatives and programs during a poster session open to all ALA attendees at Annual Conference. Topics for this year's fair include library-based family literacy programs and library services to under-served or underrepresented communities, including people with disabilities; poor and homeless populations; people of color; English-language learners; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people; new Americans; new and non-readers; older adults; people living in rural areas; incarcerated people and ex-offenders; and mobile library services and bookmobiles.
Spectrum Scholar Diversity Fair Booth Sign-up!
Please sign up for setup, cleanup, or a 1 hour time slot. Setup requires you to retrieve the boxes marked "Diversity Fair" from the Office for Diversity Table in the ALA Office in the Convention Center and to create the display at the Diversity Fair. Cleanup requires you to return all of the materials to the Office for Diversity table in the ALA Office. Scholars signing up for 1 hour time slots are expected to talk with Diversity Fair attendees about the Scholarship Program and your experiences. Key talking points are included in the brochures that will be part of the display, and the brochure also includes a contribution form. Contributions can be deposited in the donation box under the Spectrum sign in the ALA Membership Pavilion (which is also on the Exhibits Floor).
- 2:30pm Setup: Tahirah Akbar-Williams
- 3-4pm: RaShauna Brannon
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- 5pm Clean up:
Spectrum Institute Closing and Alumni Lunch, Sunday 6/26, 12-1:30pm, Royal Sonesta - Fleur de Lis Suite - rsvp requested
Alumni please rsvp by close of business on 6/15 to email@example.com if you are attending.
Featuring Spectrum Scholars
Spectrum Scholars please feel free to add any programs you are presenting to this list.
Friday, June 24
Careers in Federal Libraries, 9 am to 3 pm ~ Aimee Babcock-Ellis, Spectrum class of 2007 Ask me if you want to know more about applying for federal jobs!
Saturday, June 25
Sunday, June 26
Federal Resume & job advice @ the Placement Center- 9 am to 10:30 am ~ Aimee Babcock-Ellis
Monday, June 27
"How I landed my first professional position and what I did in between" REFORMA sponsored from 10:30 am - 12 pm ~ Jessica Hernandez, facilitator, Reach 21 | Aimee Babcock-Ellis, panelist, 2007 Scholar


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Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions about the conservation ordinance citation process:
I have just received a letter from SAWS stating that I am in violation of Municipal Code. What does this mean?
Either a trained SAWS employee or a San Antonio Police Department officer has observed a violation of the city's water conservation ordinance at your residence or place of business.
What happens next?
You will receive a summons from City of San Antonio Municipal Court with a date and time for you to appear.
Do I have to appear in court to address this violation?
Yes. You are being summoned to appear in environmental court. Court dates/times are scheduled by Municipal Court, not by SAWS. If you have questions or concerns about your scheduled appearance, please contact Municipal Court directly well in advance of your scheduled court date.
What happens if I do not show up for court?
If you do not show up at the scheduled date and time, a judge will issue a warrant in your name. It is VERY important that you respond to Municipal Court whenever you receive information or a summons of any kind.
Where is environmental court located?
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More than a million veterans are projected to leave the military and join the workforce in the next five years. Many will return to the states and will pursue higher education.
More than a million veterans are projected to leave the military and join the workforce in the next five years. Many will return to the states and will pursue higher education.
As part of the preparation for an expected influx of new veterans seeking college classes, East Stroudsburg University President Marcia Welsh is encouraging alumni, veterans groups and others to help establish an official Veterans Center on the campus.
At a recent ESU Alumni Board meeting, Welsh explained that veterans have unique needs that are very different from traditional students, and the university is responding with the recently opened Veterans Office in Zimbar-Liljenstein Hall.
Here, veterans are offered a place to meet and talk to others in similar circumstances, as well as take part in programs and services that help in their transition from military to civilian life.
Many student veterans have returned from deployments. Some have lost friends and comrades and some are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
By creating a comfortable sitting area, the Veterans Office hopes to provide students with a place to connect, share and support each other in their educational pursuits.
The university's goal is to raise the $15,000 for furnishings, supplies and technology needed. The project has several ways for individuals or groups to help. Monetary gifts can be made either by check (payable to ESU Foundation with Veterans Center in memo) or online at esufoundation.org/givenow and indicating Veterans Center in the designation box.
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These images of the Arches cluster, taken by three different telescopes, reveal progressively more detail in the tightly packed collection of about 2,000 stars. The Arches is the densest star cluster in our Milky Way Galaxy and resides in our galaxy's crowded core.
Astronomers used the image at right, taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, to determine if stars in the cluster have a weight limit at birth. Hubble's infrared camera is well suited to analyze the cluster because it penetrates the dusty core of our galaxy and produces sharp images, allowing the telescope to see individual stars in a tightly packed grouping.
Left: NASA, ESA, D. Figer (STScI);
Middle: G. Serabyn (JPL), D. Shupe (Caltech) and D. Figer (STScI)
Right: NASA, ESA and D. Figer (STScI)


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Shays: WWE breeds violence, progressive party 'socialist'
Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays on Wednesday blamed the culture of gun violence in the U.S. on television programming and video games, drawing a tangent to the professional wrestling empire of his GOP Senate primary opponent, Linda McMahon, less than a week after the Colorado shooting that killed 12 people.
"Frankly, I don't bring it into the same level of conversation, but my opponent is into issues like brutality and so on," Shays told the editorial board of Greenwich Time and The Advocate. "It's what we let our kids watch. We need a government conversation about it."
Down 29 points to the former WWE chief executive in a recent poll, Shays said he was disturbed to see a 6-year-old boy cheer the television as a wrestler whacked a security guard over the head with a chair during a telecast.
Shays questioned WWE's motivation for shifting to a PG-rated format for its programming, which he said regularly demeaned women and a mentally challenged character before the transition, some at the hands of McMahon's husband, Vince.
"Salacious is him pulling down his pants and having someone kiss his bare bottom," Shays said.
Tim Murtaugh, a spokeswoman for McMahon, said the wrestling matriarch was proud of having built up a company from her sharing a desk with her husband to employing more than 600 people in Connecticut.
"You know what, we're not getting down in the gutter with Mr. Shays," Murtaugh said by phone.
The WWE disputed Shays' characterization of the company's programming.
"WWE's 13 million weekly TV viewers and our 100 million social media followers would disagree that WWE's content is violent," WWE spokesman Brian Flinn said. "WWE programming is TV-PG and family friendly, with women making up nearly 40 percent of our audience. Contrary to the assertion about our content, WWE is in the business of putting smiles on people's faces.
Shays' comments on the epidemic of violence came up in the context of a question about his evolution on the assault weapons ban, which he supported when he was in the House from 1987 to 2008 but no longer backs now that the restrictions have been allowed to expire.
"We tried it. I supported it. I even put my name back on it," Shays said. "And I said it didn't make any difference."
A casualty of the Democratic tidal wave of 2008, when Barack Obama was elected president, Shays covered a wide swath of the political landscape during the two-hour sit-down.
Shays accepted culpability for his support of the U.S. war in Iraq, calling the career-defining vote of a decade ago to authorize the use of military force against Saddam Hussein one of a handful of poor decisions on his part.
"The bottom line is we really blew it," said Shays, who estimated he had taken 12,729 votes in Congress.
The winner of the Aug. 14 Republican primary will face either U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy or former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz in the November general election.
Perhaps looking to burnish his credentials with conservatives, a wing of the GOP that has been skittish about adopting him as one of its own, Shays bashed his former House colleague Murphy, who has been cross-endorsed by the Democratic and Connecticut Working Families parties.
"You know what, I'm thrilled that Chris Murphy is running as a member of the Working Families," Shays said. "Because as far as I'm concerned, he's not running as a Democrat, he's a socialist. I would be ashamed to be part of that party."
Lindsay Farrell, director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, said the group is proud to champion issues such as raising the minimum wage, fair taxes, affordable health care and paid sick days.
"These are mainstream middle class values," Farrell said. "They're not fringe values. I think his campaign would not be in as tough a spot now if it was more focused on issues like we are than on name calling and sour grapes."
In 2008, 84,000 people voted on the Working Families Party line in Connecticut, according to Farrell.
"Chris is proud of his record of fighting for working families in Connecticut," said Ben Marter, a spokesman for Murphy.
Shays, who will finally air his first television ad of the primary race Thursday, took McMahon to task for trying to petition her way onto the Independent Party line for the general election so her name would appear on two spots on the ballot.
"She is now creating a party to compete with the Republican Party," Shays said.
McMahon's campaign disputed that characterization.
"There is no reason why Linda should just acquiesce and begin the race allowing Chris Murphy to have a head start," Murtaugh said. "He's going to be on two ballot lines. Linda wants to be on two ballot lines. Make no mistake, Linda will be the Republican nominee and she intends to run that way."
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Cops, victim chase suspects
Beaumont police have arrested Keith Allen Fowler in connection with a burglary that took place Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the 2800 block of South Sixth Street.
According to police, Fowler and another individual allegedly burglarized a residence and later tried to sell the stolen property back to the owner. The owner set up a meeting with the two alleged thieves at the car wash on Sixth Street, but the pair got spooked and fled in a silver Cadillac.
The property owner chased the suspects and kept responding officers aware of his whereabouts via cell phone. As the chase neared Lamar University, the silver Cadillac pulled over and the suspects began dumping the stolen goods on the ground near the Subway restaurant. That's when the victim and a couple of friends in a red Pontiac Grand Am tried to gather the items, but police arrived and detained them. Not knowing their role in the matter, the men were briefly questioned while other officers continued chasing the Cadillac, which was abandoned near the intersection of Highland Avenue and Georgia Street.
After ditching the Cadillac, which later turned out to be stolen, the suspects fled on foot. One of those suspects is believed to have hidden under a house, according to witnesses, but he escaped before police could arrive on the scene.
Police also had to endure the suspect's mother, who was driving around the crime scene watching the officers as they were searching for her son. According to several witnesses near where the car was abandoned, the suspect had been on the phone with his mother because he was afraid of the police.
A short time later, police arrested Fowler after speaking with numerous witnesses. Police confirmed they know the identity of the other suspect and believe they will have him in custody soon.
Fowler was booked into the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on a $15,000 bond for burglary of a habitation.


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Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.
Ray Allen: Best pure shooter the NBA has ever seen? If not, who's your favorite?
David Aldridge: I never thought I'd say anyone was a better pure shooter than Dale Ellis — when Dale was on, the net didn't move — but Ray is. Reggie was a great, great shooter but I think Ray has him beat, too. Everyone has their favorite spots on the court but it seems like Ray is more comfortable in more places than anyone I've seen (and I didn't see the likes of Jerry West or Sam Jones in person).
Steve Aschburner: I'm always leery of superlatives in a public forum, because the moment you proclaim anyone or anything to be the "-est" in some category, someone or something pops up whom you neglected. Also, our culture's collective memory goes back approximately 37 minutes, so it's easy to forget or underrate someone from way back when. I can't say with certainty that there's anyone who was a better pure shooter than Allen, but I can produce a list of fellows who'd be in the discussion. Such as: Drazen Petrovic, Jeff Hornacek, Peja Stojakovic, Glen Rice, George Gervin, Ricky Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki, Rick Barry, Chris Mullin and of course Reggie Miller. Then there's my favorite, especially as the stakes went up: Larry Bird.
Fran Blinebury: Jerry West, Rick Barry, Pete Maravich, Bob McAdoo, Freddie Brown, Dale Ellis, Reggie Miller and Ray Allen are one helluva hallelujah chorus when it comes to making the nets sing. But front man will always be Larry Bird — for the form, the clutch makes, for the cold-blooded confidence. At the 1988 All-Star Weekend in Chicago, he walks into the locker room prior to the 3-Point Shoot-out and asks: "Who's going to finish second?" 'Nuff said.
Art Garcia: Since I can't include Jimmy Chitwood — the question does specify NBA — I'll go through some of my favorite marksmen over my years watching the grand game. In no particular order other than rough chronology, I'd throw these guys into my list of faves: Larry Bird, Dale Ellis, Mark Price, Steve Kerr, Allan Houston, Glen Rice, Reggie Miller, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Peja Stojakovic. But above all, I'm going with Ray Allen. The release, the timing, the fundamentals, the temperament. All pure.
Scott Howard-Cooper: I'm not sure he's even the best in the game now, never mind ever. Part of the debate is defining "pure shooter." Does that mean strictly a catch-and-shoot guy? Dirk Nowitzki is a special talent, but with a repertoire that spans from the dangerous range of a spot-up shooter to fall-aways. Steve Nash is historically good as a perimeter threat, but never will never be among the scoring greats because so much of his focus has been getting the ball to other people. Allen definitely has the pure-shooter element, though, with the lightning release and feathery, arcing shot. He's definitely very high in the discussion, along with Reggie Miller and others. I'm just not sure he's ahead of Larry Bird.
Shaun Powell: Strictly from a visual standpoint, Allen's form is so perfect, it should be a logo. The levitation, the soft yet secure grip, the fingertip release and follow through, so velvet. Best pure shooter? Best I ever saw. I notice you didn't say best all-around shooter, though. While Ray could probably knock a tangerine through a loop earring, give me Steve Nash, whose career numbers are 90 percent from the line and 43 from 3-point, all the more impressive because of the added burden of ball-handling. And his hair often obstructing the view.
John Schuhmann: When I was covering the Heat-Celtics series last April, I showed up a few hours early for one of the games at American Airlines Arena. When I got there, I walked out to the court and encountered the Heat dancers warming up to my right and Ray Allen shooting to my left. And when it came to deciding which of the two to sit down and watch, the former NBA.com Dance Team Bracket champions were no match for the greatest shooter ever. His form is perfect, he's shooting better than ever, and he's been ridiculously clutch since arriving in Boston.
Sekou Smith: I'd love to hand Ray the crown since I've watched his entire (future) Hall of Fame career play out. But someone I know and trust, someone who has seen roughly 40 more years of basketball than I have so far in my life, warned me against calling anyone the "best ever" without careful examination. It's easy to hand Allen the title right now because all of the other contenders can't make a live impression upon us, since they're no longer playing in the league. Allen is no doubt the best pure shooter of his era and certainly in the conversation for the best pure shooter the league has ever seen. And there is no doubt that he will finish his career as the most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history. But I think this is a question that requires more than just a casual conversation. We'd need to slice and dice this topic in so many different ways (best from distance, best from the mid-range, best off the dribble, on the run, etc.) before we could come close a conclusion. There have been too many great pure shooters to come through the NBA for me to hand the title to Ray Allen, or anyone else, right now. As far as my favorite, I've always felt like Larry Bird's stroke was sweeter than anything I've seen.


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Formerly, "Just Thinking", this blog presents the thoughts and experiences of a family historian working to demystify the past and uncover the stories of an elusive ancestry. NC surnames are YARBOROUGH, GREEN, HAWKINS, DUNSTON, DAVIS, BROWN, ROSS, HILL, BRYANT, and DAVENPORT in Franklin, Warren, Halifax, and Tyrrell Counties. With so much of my family's history shrouded in darkness, is my personal mission to uncover the hidden details of my ancestry and bring them INTO THE LIGHT.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
1940 Census - Nine more days!
As the BIG DAY grows nearer, I've begun to contemplate my approach to the 1940 documents. After all, the images that will be released on April 2nd are just that - images of the actual census documents. However, there will be no index available right away, so the only way to find our folks will be to flip page by page through the virtual documents for whole cities or counties, or if we know an address or neighborhood, to use one of the available resources to try to locate the enumeration districts, so that we can at least narrow our searches down by neighborhoods.
The tool I've decided to use (at least for now) is Steve Morse's ED Finder, which allows users to input an address, along with a cross street, to determine the probable enumeration district(s). If you don't know the address, or if the people you are searching for in 1940 lived in a small town, Dr. Morse has several other tools on his site which may help you to narrow down your search for the correct enumeration district. Click here to view the full site. (Also credited are Drs. Joel D Weintraub and David R Kehs.)
As I began to use Dr. Morse's tool to find enumeration districts for some of the people on my family tree, I realized that I wanted to have an organized system of recording the information, so that once the census is released, I could systematically move through the list of people I needed to find. Therefore, I created a new form, which I'm calling my, "1940 Census Enumeration District Locator". Anyone who would like to use this document is more than welcome. Here is a direct link to the document, which you can download, or you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I will gladly send it to you as an attachment.
Before I close, I must put a plug in for the effort to recruit more indexers for the 1940 Census. This is truly a "more the merrier" situation, or a case of "Many hands make light work". :) As a 1940 Blog Ambassador, I'd like to encourage anyone who is reading this to join the effort as an indexer. 132 million people were living in the United States in 1940, so it will take a LOT of people to make this project successful. Signing up to help is easy as pie! Just go to https://the1940census.com/ and give your name and email address, and you're in! You can even choose which state you'd most like to work on! So, come on and join in the fun. Just nine more days, and we're in! :)
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Hi, Renate! Love the idea of the form. I guess I need to start organizing my searches plans too. Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
Renate, Thanks for posting this as I'm trying to get up to speed quickly on the 1940 census.ReplyDelete
Mavis and Jennifer, thanks for your comments. Glad if I could be of some help! :)ReplyDelete
- Terrence A. GarnettMarch 25, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Great Idea Renate I will definitely download your form for use.ReplyDelete


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Elder Law:
The New York State Elder Law was originally enacted in 1965 as part of the Executive Law, Article 19-J (Ch 444, L 1965) and governs the State Office for the Aging and the Area Agencies on Aging. In 2004, the New York State Legislature created the Elder Law (Ch 642, L 2004) in order to provide a new level of focus on issues affecting older New Yorkers and to better identify policy and programs for older New Yorkers.
You can access the NYS Elder Law by clicking on the above link and then clicking on the last hyperlink at the bottom of the page entitled "Laws of New York." On the next page, click on the hyperlink "ELD" Elder Law. The next page brings you to the Articles and Titles of the Elder Law. You should then click on the hyperlink for the Article or Title that you want to view. By clicking on Title 1, you can view the majority of the sections of the Elder Law.
If you are interested in viewing the sections of law that govern the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, you will need to click on Title 3. The EPIC program is administered and regulated by the NYS Department of Health. Further information on the EPIC program can be found on the Department of Health's website.
NYSOFA Regulations:
The regulations governing the State Office for the Aging and the Area Agencies on Aging are located in Subtitle Y of Title 9 of the New York State Codes of Rules and Regulations.
You can access these regulations by clicking on the above link and then clicking on TITLE 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. You should then click on the "expansion box" in front of Subtitle Y New York State Office for the Aging. By clicking on the "expansion box", it brings you to the Chapters of NYSOFA's regulations. You would then click the "expansion box" to view the Parts inside of each chapter. By clicking the "expansion box" in front of each Part, you can view the sections contained in each part. To view a particular section, you would click the hyperlink for the section that you would like to view.
Guidance Documents


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In this report, the Chairman of the Board provides you with a full account of the conditions related to the preparation and organization of the work of the Board and of the internal control and risk procedures managed by IGE+XAO and its subsidiaries during fiscal year 2014/2015. This document is presented to you in addition to the management report contained in the Annual Financial Report.
This report is issued in accordance with article LM. 225-37 subparagraph 6 of the French Commercial Code and with the recommendations of the 'Autorité des Marchés Financiers' contained in particular in its report on corporate governance and internal control dated 8 December 2009.
The Chairman of the Board has put the Financial Manager in charge of the preparatory work for this report. This report was then approved by the Board of Directors during its meeting on 21 October 2015.


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