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Danielle Crittenden is founder and CEO of Fig Tree & Vine, an e-commerce and lifestyle content site aimed at an affluent Jewish demographic.
Previously Danielle served in an executive capacity for the Huffington Post Media Group: She was recruited by Arianna Huffington to build and run the blog rail when HuffPost launched its Canadian edition in 2011; from there she became International Blog Editor for HPMG, developing and coordinating blog content with all international editions, before leaving to found FT&V in 2014.
A longtime contributor to the Huffington Post, her numerous articles and essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, theWashington Post, the Daily Telegraph, and the Ladies Home Journal, among other publications. A former columnist for the New York Post, she has appeared on NBC's Today show, The O'Reilly Factor, ABC's 20/20 and Nightline, and network news shows, as well as numerous programs for CSPAN, MSNBC, PBS, CNN, Fox, NPR, CTV, and CBC.
She is co-author of the cookbook, From a Polish Country House Kitchen (Chronicle, Fall 2012), with Pulitzer-prize winning historian Anne Applebaum, and the author of three previous books: Her non-fiction book What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman (Simon & Schuster, 1999; Touchstone 2000), resulted in Vanity Fair describing Crittenden as "one of the most important new thinkers about women and family". She also has written two works of fiction: The President's Secret IMs (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2007), originally published on the Huffington Post; and Amanda Bright @ Home, the first novel ever to be serialized by the Wall Street Journal(Warner Books, 2003).
Crittenden was born in Toronto, Canada. She is married to journalist and author David Frum, a former special assistant and speechwriter to President George W. Bush, and senior editor at The Atlantic. They have three children and live in Washington, D.C. and Wellington, Ontario.
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Hirschsprung disease occurs when some of the nerve cells that are normally present in the intestine do not form properly while a baby is developing during pregnancy.
As food is digested, muscles move food forward through the intestines in a movement called peristalsis. When we eat, nerve cells that are present in the wall of the intestines receive signals from the brain telling the intestinal muscles to move food forward.
In children with Hirschsprung disease, a lack of nerve cells in part of the intestine interrupts the signal from the brain and prevents peristalsis in that segment of the intestine. Because stool cannot move forward normally, the intestine can become partially or completely obstructed (blocked), and begins to expand to a larger than normal size.
The problems a child will experience with Hirschsprung disease depend on how much of the intestine has normal nerve cells present.
Between the 4th and the 12th week of pregnancy, while the fetus is growing and developing, nerve cells form in the digestive tract, beginning in the mouth and finishing in the anus. For unknown reasons, the nerve cells do not grow past a certain point in the intestine in babies with Hirschsprung disease.
Hirschsprung disease occurs in 1 out of every 5,000 live births.
Hirschsprung disease occurs five times more frequently in males than in females and children with Down syndrome have a higher risk of having the disease.
There is possibly a genetic, or inherited, cause for Hirschsprung disease.
Because a segment of the intestine lacks normal nerve cells, digested food and stool cannot move forward through that portion of the digestive tract. The intestine becomes blocked with stool, and the baby will be constipated or unable to have normal bowel movements.
The obstruction (blockage) causes pressure on the inside of the intestine, causing part of the intestinal wall to wear thin. Eventually, a bacterial infection can develop in the digestive tract, causing serious problems.
Most children with Hirschsprung disease show symptoms in the first few weeks of life. Children who only have a short segment of intestine that lacks normal nerve cells may not show symptoms for several months or years. The following are the most common symptoms of Hirschsprung disease. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Children who do not have early symptoms may also present the following:
Problems in the future often depend on the amount of intestine that lacked nerve cells, and how much intestine was removed. Children who are able to have their colostomy closed may have temporary or intermittent problems, including the following:
Children who had a large section of intestine removed may have long-term problems. When a large portion of the intestine is removed, the digestive process can be affected. Nutrients and fluids are absorbed from food in the small intestine. Removing a large segment of the intestine can prevent a child from getting adequate nutrients and fluids. Children can have problems with improper digestion, slow growth, and infection.
Consult your doctor regarding the outlook for your child.
Symptoms of Hirschsprung disease may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Please consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
A doctor will examine your child and obtain a medical history. Other tests may be done to evaluate whether your child has Hirschsprung disease. These tests may include:
Specific treatment for Hirschsprung disease will be determined by your child's doctor based on the following:
The extent of the problem
Your child's age, overall health and medical history
Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disorder
The opinion of the health care providers involved in the child's care
Your opinion and preference
An operation is usually necessary to deal with intestinal obstruction caused by Hirschsprung disease. The surgeon removes the portion of the rectum and intestine that lacks normal nerve cells. A colostomy is done so stool can leave the body. With a colostomy, the upper end of the intestine is brought through an opening in the abdomen known as a stoma. Stool will pass through the opening and then into a collection bag. The colostomy may be temporary or permanent, depending on the amount of intestine that needs to be removed. After a healing period, many children can have the intestine surgically reconnected above to the anal opening and have the colostomy closed.
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Hollywood was put to the sartorial test with Sunday night's Emmy Awards red carpet.
A late-summer sunset with vibrant purple, red and blue gowns dominated the horizon at the 62nd Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. One-shoulder silhouettes, updos and bold jewelry also were big trends.
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Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago, almost 100 representatives of organizations from Brome—Missisquoi and surrounding areas had an opportunity to speak at regional meetings I organized in Orford with colleagues from this House and the other place.
I want to thank all the organizations and businesses that took part. I will mention a few: Abattoir Campbell, Conservation Baie Missisquoi, Conservation Memphrémagog, Iwanna Farm, Brome Fair, Brome-Missisquoi RCM, the Magog revitalization committee, the Bedford business association, the Memphrémagog CLD, Tourism Eastern Townships, the Magog-Orford Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Cowansville Chamber of Commerce, the Kirkland and Venise beaches, the municipality of Venise-en-Québec, the textile workers, the CSD, the CSN, the roundtable on homelessness, the Maison des jeunes de Sutton, the Corporation Jeunesse Memphrémagog, Découvertes de la chanson de Magog, Festiv'Art and the Saint-Armand world film festival.
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Jim L. Ridling, a native Arkansan who has lived and worked in Montgomery since 1987, was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Governor Bob Riley in 2008.
Commissioner Ridling was reappointed by Governor Robert Bentley in 2011, and reappointed by Governor Kay Ivey in 2017.
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I work 3 twelve hour shifts and am on call during the hours I am off on those three days...
I work in a neighborhood overrun by homeless people. And I hate them.
Other things that piss me off...People who think everyone in the entire world should love dogs.
Thanks for this Usagi. I hold a special place of contempt for people who think I should regard THEIR dog(s) as the Messiah Lassie. (Clearly that was my much missed, recently dead dog Smokey, the nicest and smartest dog in the world, ever.)
Scientologists. Doesn't help I run into them on a regular basis due to my location. If I wanted a fucking book or literature I would ask you for one.One asked me if I wanted a stress test, I told the guy "No, I have several E-Meters of my own in the garage." His eyes got real big- I never explained to him that an E-Meter is essentially a fancy ohm meter.
I get extremely upset after I German brake test someone that is tailgating me and they fail to get the hint. What next, pissbottle out the window without a lid?
Other things that piss me off...People who think everyone in the entire world should love dogs.People who leave shopping carts just anywhere.People who smell bad. I'm not saying you need to smell good, just don't fucking smell BAD.People who inquire about your personal life, but don't really care.People who inquire about your personal life.People.
Hell yeah. I really don't like dogs, especially big ones. It's no different than letting a goat live in your house with you. And I'll tell you something else, goats smell a lot nicer than your dog. It's one thing the muslims have right. Dogs are dirty, don't let them in your house. Did I mention stupid? They're stupid too. Yes they're cute when they're puppies. Then they grow into dogs. Dogs that smell really bad and shit on your carpet and won't stop barking and are stupid enough to try to chase parked cars.
TONS of them here in Boston. They often use the guise of "would you like to take a personality quiz?" My standard riposte: "No thanks, I already know I'm a fucking asshole, but at least not a sheep like you"
I go ballistic when I see TSA employees grope kids and the elderly. My rage increases when the "potential terrorists" are handicapped. Here's a lovely story about a woman, in her nineties, whose adult diaper was searched by dedicated public servants in their efforts to make us safe. And they want more funds to expand this nonsense to other places.http://www.newsherald.com/news/mother-94767-search-adult.html
I once had a lunatic do this to me while shaking his fist out his window, and I was at least 10 car lengths behind him. I guess I was invading his "space".
Why the hell are cell phones getting larger instead of smaller?I can't manage the size of this garbage. Remember the Razor?I want a razor. Not a some unwieldy thing the size of a Pong controller.And why do they still sound like shit?
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Google's Stock Split Raises Questions
An unusual stock split designed to preserve Google Inc founders' control of the Web search leader raised questions and some grumbling on Wall Street, even as investors focused on the company's short-term business concerns.
Shares of Google closed 4 percent lower at $624.60 on Friday, driven by deepening worries about its search ad rates and payments to partners.
The declining search trends underscored investor uncertainty about Google's growth prospects and unease about the company's pending $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.
For some investors though, Google's move to split its stock and create a new class of non-voting shares represented a troubling development.
"We worry that this will set a precedent for other people to emulate this move," said Janice Hester Amey, a portfolio manager in the corporate governance unit of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second largest pension fund in the United States.
Google's existing stock structure, which concentrates roughly 66 percent of the voting shares in the hands of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, has been followed by Web companies such as Zynga Inc, Groupon Inc and Facebook.
The creation of new non-voting shares will allow the trio to maintain control without risk of their stakes getting diluted when new shares are issued for employee compensation, acquisitions and other purposes.
"It's one thing for them to maintain it," CalSTRS' Hester Amey said of the Google founders' voting control. "But perhaps they should put their own capital behind it, instead of taking it out of the hide of the existing shareholders."
CalSTRS, which owns more than $400 million in Google shares, planned on "engaging" with the company about the move, as well as with other companies which may be tempted to follow Google's lead, said Hester Amey.
Some wondered whether the new non-voting Google shares, which will have a separate ticker, will trade at a discount to the company's voting shares. That's typically the case when companies have two classes of shares.
In Google's case, the voting shares don't benefit shareholders much, since the founders have majority control of the company. As a result, the premium on the voting shares is not likely to be as large as it normally would be, said Richard Roll, the chair in Applied Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Most analysts who cover Google shrugged off the planned stock split and said it merely perpetuated a two-tier system that has long given Google's founders majority control of the company.
"It's not inconsistent with how Google has been run in the past," said ITG Investment Research analyst Steve Weinstein. "You, as a public investor, are just along for the ride."
Google attributed a 12 percent drop in its cost per click (CPC) for the first quarter to a shift to cheaper mobile advertising rates among other factors.
Google explained the reasons for the decline on a conference call with analysts, but that may not comfort bearish investors, BMO Capital Market analyst Daniel Salmon wrote in a research note.
"Mobile is increasingly an area of concern. Google has roughly 90 percent share of mobile search, but this revenue must be shared with OEM handset manufacturers and carriers," said Benchmark analyst Clayton Moran.
The fall in ad rates follows an 8 percent decline in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente, however, said he was less concerned by this decline than others as cost-per-clicks was only part of Google's revenue growth prospects.
"(We) are of the belief that CPCs will improve over time as Google's core search business will monetize well on mobile devices," he said in a note.
Analysts also said the uncertainty around Google's plans for Motorola Mobility may pressure its shares in the near term.
"These results bode well and keep us positive on Google long-term, all the while recognizing that the lack of clarity around MMI is likely to remain an overhang on the stock short-term," Jefferies & Co analysts, led by Youssef Squali, said in a note to clients.
More than three times the average volume of Google shares traded hands on Friday.
The stock, which fell 9 percent after Google's fourth-quarter results on January 19, has risen 2 percent since then.


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The Climate Crisis Is Changing the Color of Flowers
As human activity transforms the atmosphere, flowers are changing their colors.
A study published in Current Biology this month found that the ultraviolet (UV) pigmentation of certain flowers had changed in response to the climate crisis and the depletion of the ozone layer. While this isn't something that would be visible to the human eye, flowers rely on their UV patterns to attract pollinators. If those patterns change, it could seriously impact the ability of plants to reproduce.
"This has implications for plant reproduction of both native wildflowers and domesticated crop species that have UV floral patterning like canola and sunflowers," study coauthor and Clemson University scientist Matthew Koski told the Clemson Newsstand. "Altered UV floral coloration has the potential to disrupt pollination services."
To achieve his results, Koski traveled to Europe, Australia and North America and collected plant specimens dating from the 1940s to 2017. All in all, he and his team looked at 1,238 specimens to see how and if their UV pigmentation had responded to changes in UV exposure and temperature.
Overall, they found that UV pigmentation increased by two percent each year. This makes sense because flowers use UV pigment to protect their pollen from UV radiation, Science explained. In an earlier study, Koski had found that flowers living in areas with more UV exposure, such as higher altitudes, had more UV pigment. This finding matched the researchers' prediction that flowers would evolve to make more pigment as ozone levels declined and UV radiation exposure increased.
However, the flowers' responses to both ozone and temperature changes were heavily influenced by whether the flowers had exposed pollen or not, Science explained.
Flowers With Exposed Pollen: For these saucer-shaped flowers, like buttercups, UV pigmentation went up when ozone declined and went down when ozone rose.
Flowers with Concealed Pollen: For these flowers, such as bladderwort, UV pigment levels were determined by temperature, not radiation exposure. If temperature went up, pigment levels fell, even if ozone levels also declined.
This is because concealing pollen in petals can protect it from UV exposure but also expose it to additional heat, Harvard plant biologist Charles Davis, who was not involved with the study, told Science. When temperatures rise, the extra protection risks overheating the pollen. Reducing UV pigment also reduces the amount of solar radiation the petals absorb and can therefore help keep pollen cool.
Pigment changes could impact plants' ability to attract pollinators because pollinators are attracted by a "bull's-eye" pattern that contrasts high and low UV pigment, Koski explained. Altering pigment levels could also alter the effectiveness of this pattern.
Koski told the Clemson Newsstand he hopes to continue his research, in part by investigating further how changes in flower pigmentation will impact their ability to attract pollinators. He also hopes to determine if changes to ozone and temperature alter flowers' visible hues.
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Hormone-Mimicking Chemicals Harm Fish Now—and Their Unexposed Offspring Later
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Fish exposed to endocrine-disrupting compounds pass on health problems to future generations, including deformities, reduced survival, and reproductive problems, according to a new study.
Low Levels Lead to Generational Impacts
Researchers exposed inland silverside fish to bifenthrin, levonorgestrel, ethinylestradiol, and trenbolone to levels currently found in waterways.

"Our concentrations were actually on the low end" of what is found in the wild, DeCourten said, adding that it was low amounts of chemicals in parts per trillion.

Bifenthrin is a pesticide; levonorgestrel and ethinylestradiol are synthetic hormones used in birth controls; and trenbolone is a synthetic steroid often given to cattle to bulk them up.

Such endocrine-disruptors have already been linked to a variety of health problems in directly exposed fish including altered growth, reduced survival, lowered egg production, skewed sex ratios, and negative impacts to immune systems. But what remains less clear is how the exposure may impact future generations.

For their study, DeCourten and colleagues started the exposure when the fish were embryos and continued it for 21 days.

They then tracked effects on the exposed fish, and the next two generations.

Inherited Problems
DeCourten said the altered DNA methylation is one of the plausible ways that future generations would experience health impacts from previous generations' exposure. Hormone-disrupting compounds have been shown to impact DNA methylation, which is an important marker of how an organism will develop.

"Methyl groups are added to specific sites on the genome, [the exposure] is not changing the genome itself, but rather how the genome is expressed," she said. "And that can be inherited throughout generations."

In addition, Brander said there are essentially different "tags" that exist on DNA molecules, which tell genes how to turn on and off. She said the exposure to different compounds may be "influencing which methyl tags get taken on or off as you proceed through generations."

The researchers said the study should prompt future toxics testing to consider impacts on future generations.

"The results … throw a wrench in the current approach to regulating chemicals, where it's often short-term testing looking at simple things like growth, survival, and maybe gene expression," Brander said.

"These findings are telling us we really at least need to consider" the next two generations, she added.

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Can Supplements Help Fight COVID-19? Here's What We Know
By Laura Beil
Consumers have long turned to vitamins and herbs to try to protect themselves from disease. This pandemic is no different — especially with headlines that scream "This supplement could save you from coronavirus."
Vitamin D
What it is: Called "the sunshine vitamin" because the body makes it naturally in the presence of ultraviolet light, Vitamin D is one of the most heavily studied supplements (SN: 1/27/19). Certain foods, including fish and fortified milk products, are also high in the vitamin.

Why it might help: Vitamin D is a hormone building block that helps strengthen the immune system.

How it works for other infections: In 2017, the British Medical Journal published a meta-analysis that suggested a daily vitamin D supplement might help prevent respiratory infections, particularly in people who are deficient in the vitamin.

But one key word here is deficient. That risk is highest during dark winters at high latitudes and among people with more color in their skin (melanin, a pigment that's higher in darker skin, inhibits the production of vitamin D).

"If you have enough vitamin D in your body, the evidence doesn't stack up to say that giving you more will make a real difference," says Susan Lanham-New, head of the Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Surrey in England.

And taking too much can create new health problems, stressing certain internal organs and leading to a dangerously high calcium buildup in the blood. The recommended daily allowance for adults is 600 to 800 International Units per day, and the upper limit is considered to be 4,000 IUs per day.

What we know about Vitamin D and COVID-19: Few studies have looked directly at whether vitamin D makes a difference in COVID.

Zinc
What it is: Zinc, a mineral found in cells all over the body, is found naturally in certain meats, beans and oysters.

Why it might help: It plays several supportive roles in the immune system, which is why zinc lozenges are always hot sellers in cold and flu season. Zinc also helps with cell division and growth.

How it works for other infections: Studies of using zinc for colds — which are frequently caused by coronaviruses — suggest that using a supplement right after symptoms start might make them go away quicker. That said, a clinical trial from researchers in Finland and the United Kingdom, published in January in BMJ Open did not find any value for zinc lozenges for the treatment of colds. Some researchers have theorized that inconsistencies in data for colds may be explained by varying amounts of zinc released in different lozenges.

What we know about zinc and COVID-19: The mineral is promising enough that it was added to some early studies of hydroxychloroquine, a drug tested early in the pandemic. (Studies have since shown that hydroxychloroquine can't prevent or treat COVID-19 (SN: 8/2/20).)

Vitamin C
What it is: Also called L-ascorbic acid, vitamin C has a long list of roles in the body. It's found naturally in fruits and vegetables, especially citrus, peppers and tomatoes.

Why it might help: It's a potent antioxidant that's important for a healthy immune system and preventing inflammation.

How it works for other infections: Thomas cautions that the data on vitamin C are often contradictory. One review from Chinese researchers, published in February in the Journal of Medical Virology, looked at what is already known about vitamin C and other supplements that might have a role in COVID-19 treatment. Among other encouraging signs, human studies find a lower incidence of pneumonia among people taking vitamin C, "suggesting that vitamin C might prevent the susceptibility to lower respiratory tract infections under certain conditions."

But for preventing colds, a 2013 Cochrane review of 29 studies didn't support the idea that vitamin C supplements could help in the general population. However, the authors wrote, given that vitamin C is cheap and safe, "it may be worthwhile for common cold patients to test on an individual basis whether therapeutic vitamin C is beneficial."

What we know about Vitamin C and COVID-19: About a dozen studies are under way or planned to examine whether vitamin C added to coronavirus treatment helps with symptoms or survival, including Thomas' study at the Cleveland Clinic.

In a review published online in July in Nutrition, researchers from KU Leuven in Belgium concluded that the vitamin may help prevent infection and tamp down the dangerous inflammatory reaction that can cause severe symptoms, based on what is known about how the nutrient works in the body.

Melissa Badowski, a pharmacist who specializes in viral infections at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and colleague Sarah Michienzi published an extensive look at all supplements that might be useful in the coronavirus epidemic. There's still not enough evidence to know whether they are helpful, the pair concluded in July in Drugs in Context. "It's not really clear if it's going to benefit patients," Badowski says.

And while supplements are generally safe, she adds that nothing is risk free. The best way to avoid infection, she says, is still to follow the advice of epidemiologists and public health experts: "Wash your hands, wear a mask, stay six feet apart."

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By Elliot Douglas
In early October, Britain's Prince William teamed up with conservationist David Attenborough to launch the Earthshot Prize, a new award for environmentalist innovation. The Earthshot brands itself the "most prestigious global environment prize in history."
The world-famous wildlife broadcaster and his royal sidekick appear to have played an active role in the prize's inception, and media coverage has focused largely on them as the faces of the campaign.
"Rather than a Moonshot 🌕, we need Earthshots 🌍 for this decade." Watch Prince William's @Tedtalks talk in full:… https://t.co/m5NCj6TQzH— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge)1602408749.0
But the pair are only the frontmen of a much larger movement which has been in development for several years. In addition to a panel of experts who will decide on the winners, the prize's formation took advice from the World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace and the Jack Ma Foundation.
With more and more global attention on the climate crisis, celebrity endorsement of environmental causes has become more common. But why do environmental causes recruit famous faces for their campaigns? And what difference can it make?
'Count Me In'
"We need celebrities to reach those people who we cannot reach ourselves," says Sarah Marchildon from the United Nations Climate Change secretariat (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany.
Marchildon is a proponent of the use of celebrities to raise awareness of environmental causes. In addition to promoting a selection of climate ambassadors who represent the UN on sustainability issues, Marchildon's team has produced videos with well-known narrators from the entertainment world: among them, Morgan Freeman and Mark Ruffalo.
"We choose celebrities who have a lifestyle where they are already talking about these issues," Marchildon explains.
"Sometimes they reach out to us themselves, as David Attenborough did recently. And then they can promote the videos on their own social channels which reach more people than we do — for example, if they have 20 million followers and we have 750,000."
Environmental groups focused on their own domestic markets are also taking this approach. One Germany-based organization that uses celebrities in campaigns is the German Zero NGO. Set up in 2019, it advocates for a climate-neutral Germany by 2035.
German Zero produced a video in March 2020 introducing the campaign with "66 celebrities" that supported the campaign, among them Deutschland 83 actor Jonas Nay and former professional footballer Andre Schürrle. They solicit support as well as financial contributions from viewers.
"Count me in," they say, pointing toward the camera. "You too?"
"We are incredibly grateful for the VIPs in our videos," says German Zero spokeswoman Eva-Maria McCormack.
Assessing Success Is Complex
But quantifying the effectiveness of celebrity endorsement of campaigns is not a straightforward process.
"In order to measure effectiveness, first of all you need to define what is meant by success," says Alegria Olmedo, a researcher at the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford.
Olmedo is the author of a study looking at a range of campaigns concerning pangolin consumption, fronted by local and Western celebrities, in Vietnam and China. But she says her biggest stumbling block was knowing how to measure a campaign's success.
"You need a clear theory of change," explains Olmedo. "Have the celebrities actually helped in achieving the campaign's goals? And how do you quantify these goals? Maybe it is increased donations or higher engagement with a cause."
A popular campaign in China in recent years saw famous chefs Zhao Danian and Shu Yi pledge to abstain from cooking endangered wildlife. While the pledge achieved widespread recognition, both Olmedo and Marchildon say it's difficult to know whether it made any difference to people's actions.
"In life we see a thousand messages every day, and it is very hard to pinpoint whether one campaign has actually made a difference in people's behavior," she explains.
Awareness Is Not Enough
Many campaigns that feature celebrities focus on raising awareness rather than on concrete action — which, for researcher Olmedo, raises a further problem in identifying effectiveness.
"Reach should never be a success outcome," she says. "Many campaigns say they reached a certain number of people on social media. But there has been a lot of research that shows that simply giving people information does not mean they are actually going to remember it or act upon it."
But anecdotal evidence from campaigns may suggest reach can make an active difference.
"Our VIP video is by far the most watched on our social media channels," McCormack from German Zero says. "People respond to it very directly. A lot of volunteers of all ages heard about us through that video."
However, some marketing studies have shown that celebrity endorsement of a cause or product can distract from the issue itself, as people only remember the person, not the content of what they were saying.
Choosing the Right Celebrity
Celebrity choice is also very important. Campaigns that use famous faces are often aiming to appeal to members of the public who do not necessarily follow green issues.
For certain campaigns with clear target audiences, choosing a climate scientist or well-known environmentalist rather than a celebrity could be more appealing — Attenborough is a classic example. For others, images and videos involving cute animals may be more likely to get a message heard than attaching a famous face.
"We choose celebrities who have a lifestyle where they are already talking about these issues," says Marchildon from the UN. "You need figures with credibility."
McCormack cites the example of Katharine Hayhoe, an environmental scientist who is also an evangelical Christian. In the southern United States, Hayhoe has become a celebrity in her own right, appealing to an audience that might not normally be interested in the messages of climate scientists.
But as soon as you get a celebrity involved, campaigns also put themselves at risk of the whims of that celebrity. Prince William and younger members of the royal family have come under fire in recent years for alleged hypocrisy for their backing of environmental campaigns while simultaneously using private jets to fly around the world.
But Does It Really Work?
While environmental campaigns hope that endorsement from well-known figures can boost a campaign, there is little research to back this up.
"The biggest finding [from my study] was that we were unable to produce any evidence that shows that celebrity endorsement of environmental causes makes any difference," says Olmedo.
This will come as a blow to many campaigns that have invested time and effort into relationships with celebrity ambassadors. But for many, the personal message that many celebrities offer in videos like that produced by German Zero and campaigns like the Earthshot Prize are what counts.
The research may not prove this conclusively — but if the public believes a person they respect deeply personally cares about an important issue, they are perhaps more likely to care too.
"I personally believe in the power this can have," says Marchildon. "And if having a celebrity involved can get a single 16-year-old future leader thinking about environmentalist issues — that is enough."
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People who attend Memorial Day and Fourth of July concerts can help out people serving in the military by participating in the Cell Phones for Soldiers program.
The first concert, "Embracing Freedom," will be presented by the Jacobites Pipe and Drum Band at 3 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Road, Sarasota.
The show will feature the Jacobites, First Brass and vocalist Sharon Scott. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for those younger than 18 and are available at www.jacobites.eventbrite.com.
Since 2004, Cell Phones for Soldiers has recycled 8.3 million cellphones, collected $7 million in donations and provided troops overseas with more than 114 million minutes of free talk time.
This year, the program is being backed locally by a partnership that includes the Jacobites, the First Brass of Sarasota and the Patterson Foundation's "Legacy of Valor."
Cellphones also will be collected during the First Brass of Sarasota concert July 4 at Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota, in connection with the fireworks show at the bayfront.
In addition to the concerts, phones can be dropped off any time at 4565 Northlake Drive, Sarasota. Cellphone collection boxes are in several churches, retirement centers and businesses in Bradenton, Sarasota and Venice.
For more information about the program or to find out the nearest drop-off center, call Nance Guth at 928-0296 or Gary Reinstrom at 350-0271.
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The mission of the field trips is to enhance early childhood education lesson plans that teachers use to implement programs that support active learning.
"The most important goal of Children First's early educational model is to help children become enthusiastic learners," Children First Executive Director Philip Tavill said in a prepared statement.
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Each session of Desktop Dungeons is played in a randomly generated 20x20 block dungeon. Dungeons are populated with enemies, altars to gods, glyphs, powerups, gold, and stores.
There are 6 types of dungeons in the game.
|Special Features
|All unlocked enemies may appear.
|Available at start.
|Monsters have 20% attack bonus. Scored may be submitted online.
|Defeat the Normal dungeon using all Tier 3 classes.
|Snake Pit
|Monsters: serperts, gorgons, naga. Bosses: Nidhogg, Medusa.
|Defeat the Normal dungeon using any character.
|Monsters: warlocks, dragonspawn, imps. Bosses: Matron of Flame, Aequitas.
|Defeat the Normal dungeon using all Tier 1 classes.
|Monsters: zombies, wraiths, vampires. Bosses: Tormented One, Frank the Zombie.
|Defeat the Normal dungeon using all Tier 2 classes.
|Monsters: meat men, animated armour, golems. Bosses: Iron Man, Super Meat Man.
|Defeat the Normal dungeon using all Tier 3 classes.
Normal Dungeon
This is the standard game mode. The normal dungeon is created with the following objects:
- 39 of any of the unlocked Monsters. The monster levels are distributed as such: 10x L1, 5x L2, 4x L3, 4x L4, 4x L5, 3x L6, 3x L7, 3x L8, 2x L9 and 1x L10. This grants a total of 149 Experience (just enough for Level 8) to be earned before confronting the boss, unless the various ways of gaining bonus experience is utilised.
- 3 each of the following items: Health Powerup, Mana Powerup, Attack Powerup, Health Potion and Mana Potion. A Thief will cause 4 of each to be created.
- 10 piles of gold, randomly containing 1 to 3 gold each. A Thief will have 3 extra piles of gold spawned for them. An additional pile of gold will also be created for every 2 Classes that complete the Snake Pit Challenge. This creates a maximum of 19 piles of gold, and 22 for Thieves.
- 3 Shops. A Tinker will cause 6 more shops to be created, and an extra shop will appear for every 3 Classes that complete the Factory Challenge. This creates a maximum of 9 shops, and 15 for Tinkers.
- 5 Glyphs. Both Thief and Wizard will cause an extra Glyph to be spawned. The starting Glyph placed at the feet of certain classes does not count towards the 5. No two Glyphs will be the same, but one of them will always be BURNDAYRAZ. Glyphs may also appear for sale in shops, once their rank has been achieved.
- 3 Altars, each randomly assigned to one of the 10 Gods. No two altars will be to the same God.
Ranked is unlocked when a player completes the normal dungeon with all standard classes. Ranked is otherwise like a normal dungeon except that monsters have 20% more Attack and Health and scores may be submitted online.
Challenge dungeons
The remaining 4 types are challenge dungeons, having very specific enemy types and unique appearances. Every challenge dungeon has two bosses instead of one. There are also four non-boss enemy types that only appear in these challenge dungeons.
Snake pit
Populated by naga, serpents and gorgons. Players will fight Nidhogg and Medusa. Every 2 Classes that complete this challenge will cause an extra pile of gold to be spawned in the dungeons.
Populated by warlocks, dragonspawn and imps. Players will fight Aequitas and the Matron of Flame. Every Class that completes this challenge will increase the Item Rank Limit for shops by 1.
Populated by zombies, wraiths and vampires. Players will fight the Tormented One and Frank the Zombie. Every Class that completes this challenge will increase the maximum amount of gold you can carry by 5.
Populated by meat men, animated armour and golems. Players will fight Iron Man and Super Meat Man. Every 3 Classes that complete this challenge will cause an extra shop to be spawned in the dungeons.


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Song: Stand for the Right
Items needed: a razor utility knife, tape, and magnets.
For easy assembly, follow just the basic instructions. Basic assembly instructions: Print the song pictures onto white cardstock, including the extra shutters. Cut out the pictures. Glue the extra shutters to the opposite side of the regular shutters so they are double-sided. Attach the shutters to the house by cutting a line down the side edges of the window with the utility knife. Fold the white rectangle towards the original shutter side. Insert the white rectangle into the the window cuts, then tape the white rectangle to the back of the house. Glue the TV to the bottom right side of the window area.
Attach magnets to the back of each of the pictures.
Optional: To make this activity more interactive, follow the basic instructions and the optional instructions. Watch the video to see an example of the more interactive version.
Tell the children they are going to be learning a new song in March, and it is called "Stand for the Right." Ask the children what it means to stand for the right. Explain that there will be situations in their lives where they will have to decide if they are going to follow the Lord and do the right things or if they are going to go in a different direction. For example, the Lord wants us to be kind to others, but suppose your friends are leaving out a new boy in your class when they play football. You would have a choice to make: follow along with the other kids or stand for the right and be kind. Another example would be that the Lord has asked us to be obedient to our parents, but suppose your mom asked you to finish the laundry before going to play, but your friends want you to come play with them and they insist that you don't have to obey your mom. You would have a choice to make: do you stand for the right, or do you go the opposite direction, the way Satan would have you go.
Put the house picture and the picture of the boy on the board. Explain that the song starts off with the following words:
Our Prophet has some words for you. (Open the shutters.)
And these are the words: Be true, be true. (Put on the word bubble, and tell the children they will say the words "Be True" two times.)
Ask the children what the words "Be True" mean. Explain that it means the prophet wants us to honor our commitments to follow the Lord and keep His commandments. (Have the children sing the first two lines.)
At work or at play (Put the laundry basket in the arms of the boy, and then exchange it for the football. As you do this, remind the children of the example stories you told them earlier.)
In darkness or light (Put the moon picture slightly behind the roof of the house, and then exchange it for the sun picture. Place the sun picture so only half is showing above the roof of the house.) (Optional: You may want to glue the two pictures together, back to back, to make it quicker and easier to place them.)
These two lines mean that we are to be true at all times and keep the commandments, no matter what we are doing or what time of day it is. (Have the pianist play the two lines so the children can hear what it sounds like, and then have the children sing this part.)
Be true, be true (Point to the word bubble, and remind them to say the words twice.)
And stand for the right. (Put the CTR shield in the boy's hands, and put the word strip on the board.)
Inform the children that when we stand for the right, we are showing that we are on the Lord's side. We are also setting good examples for those who are around us.
(Have the pianist play this part, and then have the children sing these two lines.)
Have the children sing the song all the way through. Go over any words they have problems with, and then sing the song again. Have one of the children put the pictures on the board while the other children sing the song. Have another child try to put the pictures on the board at the right times as the children sing. Keep doing this until the children have the song and the picture placement correct.
Stand for the Right visual aid from Camilla Whitman on Vimeo. Optional assembly instructions:
- Items needed: a half sheet of white poster board, double-sided tape, and clear packaging tape.
Attach the house to the poster board with double-sided tape around the side and bottom edges. Also attach the boy to the poster board with double-sided tape. Using the other half sheet of the poster board, cut out the following strips: a one inch by two and a half inch piece, (two) one and a half inch by three inch pieces, a two inch by three and a half inch piece, a two inch by four inch piece, a two inch by five inch piece, and a one and three quarters inch by ten inch piece.
Cut a fourteen inch piece of packaging tape. Lay the tape on a flat surface, sticky side up. Lay the the 2″x3 1/2″ strip on one end of the tape so that the tape covers one side of the long strip. Place the word bubble on the tape, 5 1/2″ from the edge of the strip. Cover the whole thing with another 14″ piece of tape, or with a clear piece of plastic such as from a ziplock bag. Using the razor utility knife, cut a straight slit from the top of President Monson's left shoulder to the outside edge of his ear, and then all the way to the top edge of the window. Cut another slit from the top left corner of the window edge, and down along the edge of the window until it is the same length as the other slit. (These slits must go all the way through the poster board.) Lace the 14″ piece of tape through the slits so that the word bubble shows in the front and the end strip is on the left side of the poster board. Tape the end of the 14″ piece of tape to the back side of the poster board an inch from the slit. Tape the sides of one of the 1 1/2″ x3″ strips to the back of the left edge of the poster board so that is sits over the tape. This will serve as a guide for the tape.
Cut a sixteen and a half inch piece of packaging tape. Lay the tape on a flat surface, sticky side up. Lay the 2″x5″ long strip on the end of the tape. Place the laundry basket on the tape 2 1/2″ from the edge of the strip. The laundry basket should be 1/4″ from the bottom of the tape. Angle the football slightly and lay it on the tape 5/8″ from the laundry basket (1/4″ from the bottom of the tape). Place the CTR shield on the tape 5/8″ from the edge of the football. Cover everything with another 16 1/2″ piece of packaging tape or with a piece of ziplock plastic. Cut a 2″ long slit along the outside edge of each arm of the boy. Start at the top of his shoulders and go down. Lace the 16 1/2″ piece of tape through the slits so that the 2″x5″ strip is on the right of the poster board. Tape the other end of the tape an inch from the second slit. Tape the sides of the other 1 1/2″x3″ strip to the right side edge of the poster board in the same manner as the first guide.
Tape the 1″x2 1/2″ strip to the top of the moon picture. This will serve as the pull strip. Cut a twelve inch piece of packaging tape and lay it on a flat surface, sticky side up. Place the moon picture on the end of the tape so the tape starts at the top edge of the picture and goes down the middle of the picture. Place the sun on the tape in the same manner, 2″ below the moon picture. Place another 12″ piece of tape on top, or cover the sticky side of the tape with a clear piece of plastic. Place the sun picture all the way in the pocket that is behind the roof. Place it as far left as it will go. Pull it straight up and make a small mark with a pencil on the left edge of the sun picture, next to the edge of the roof. Poke a pin through that mark. Measure down on the back of the poster board 4″ from that pin mark, and make a 4 1/2″ horizontal slit going toward the right. Be careful not to cut through the house. Put the sun in the pocket. Pull the tape, that is attached to the bottom of the sun picture, through the slit and tape the end of it an inch from the bottom of the slit. Push the sun picture half way through the slit. Push the moon picture down behind the sun picture in the pocket.
Place the top edge of the 1 3/4″x10″ strip along the bottom edge of the house. Center it between the two side edges of the poster board. Tape the top of the strip to the poster board. Tape the 2″x4″ strip to the bottom middle edge of the "Stand for the right" word strip. This will serve as the pull. Cut two 3 3/4″ pieces of packaging tape. Place both pieces of tape on a flat surface so that they are vertically perpendicular to each other and the outside edges are 9 1/8″ apart. Place the 9 1/8″ long word strip over the bottom edges of the tape, so that you end up with a piece of tape on each side. Cut two more 3 3/4″ pieces of tape and place them over each of the other pieces of tape, or cover the tape with clear ziplock plastic. Flip up the 10″ strip, and cut two 2″ slits, one starting on the right end of the strip and going along the top edge of the strip towards the middle, and the other starting on the left end of the strip. Push each piece of tape through a slit. Flip down the 10″ strip and tape its sides down. Turn over the poster board, and tape the ends of each piece of tape an inch from its slit.
Set each item so the board looks like the beginning of the video. Use white tacky putty to close the shutters. Practice with the music so you are familiar with how each item works and how to reset each item afterwards. The children love interactive visual aids, so give them a chance to try it (maybe by having three children operate the different items). Please send me an email if you have any questions email@example.com


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Serra da Capivara National Park and Permanent Preservation Areas
Braziliian Institute of Environment and Renewalable Natural Resources (IBAMA)
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The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate harmonization of Tentative Lists at regional and thematic levels.
The sole responsibility for the content of each Tentative List lies with the State Party concerned. The publication of the Tentative Lists does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the World Heritage Centre or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its boundaries.
Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party
Area: 129.139,9 hectares- Perimeter: 214,2 Km
Three Permanent Preservation Area's (APP's), contiguous to the Park, were created as Biological Reserves on 12th March 1990, of 35.000 ha. total area:
Area l: Serra Vermelba/Angelical 8.500 ha, perim. 60 Km;
Area Il: Serra do Cumbre/Chapada da Pedra Hume 18.500 ha, perim. 90 Km
Area lil: Serra da Capivara/Baixao das Andorinhas 8.000 ha, perim. 50 Km
Climate: hot semi-arid with 5 month dry winter.
. temp: 28° C year average.
· pluv: extremes: 250 to 1.200 mm total /year; average: 689 mm total/year.
Altitude: +/-200 - 630 m.
Geomorphology and hydrology:
Three geomorphologic units shape the area: 1. west of the area, arenite metamorphic high plateau's (Planalto), 500-630 m high, with homogeneous plane or slightly undulated tops. 2. In the centre, the Cuesta zone: highly irregular Siluro-Devonian arenite network of canyons, ravines, corridors and eroded formations and " ruins" . 3. eastward, a 60 to 80 Km erosion plain with isolated inselbergs of harder granites and calcareous islets.
The chapada's tops are covered by laterite well drained soils. Iron oxides hard concretion cover of 1-2 mm appear on the chapada's limits and Cuesta edges, where soils were washed out, forming sterile area's. In the ravines and at the canyons' ends, silex gravel and rocks, left by brutal water invasions, accumulate. In the plain and shallow valleys, clay and sands deposited. White alluvial sands appeor in the valleys when rivers dry out.
Main stream, Piaui, is affluent of the Parnaiba river. With one exception, there is no permanent river in the area. Piaul and affluents' dry beds suddenly transform in torrents in the rainy season. A small stream alone: Olho d'Agua da Cota, originating on the arenite chapada's, is permanent. Bare rock eroded reservoirs in the Cuesta, at cliff's bases under waterfalls and in cracks, store rain water in the dry season (caldeirao:"cooking pot"). Water is also stored within rare calcareous caves, granite depressions and in temporary lakes in the plain. Small dams on streams can store water for up to three years. Deep underground water is generally brackish or salty.
Vegetation (see Caatinga description)
As much as 14 phyto-sociologic units were described in the area and buffer zone.
Dense shrub Caatinga (canopy: 8 m) grows on chapada and Cuesta tops. On eroded chapada edges grow a specific dry-land Open shrub Caatinga.
Semi-deciduous gallery forests grow in Cuesta's ravines and down the cliffs, in places where organic soil accumulate. Floristic composition changes and forests become more open and tall (25 m) as canyons deepen. In dryer valleys grows a Forested castinga (Deciduous open low forest).
Down the valleys and in plains south of the Cuesta grow Forested and Shrub caatinga's, on silex gravel limiting herbaceous vegetation. Plain's Forested dense Caatinga grows on richer soils of the Cuesta base and deepest valleys of Piaul affluents. "High" canopy reaches 12 meters. Margins of the Piaui river are totally cultivated.
On the granite and magmatic inselbergs grow Open or Dense forested Caatinga's, and secondary formation of Open shrub Caatinga. On calcareous massifs grows a rare and degraded specific Open forested Caatinga.
Fauna of the region is poorly studied. Semi-deciduous forests are known to be important refuges in the dry season (Caatinga fauna is paradoxically poorly adapted to arid conditions). Original rodent (7 sp.) and armadillo (5 sp.) fauna seem to have been impacted by hunting (reduced deer and peccary populations). Primates are restricted to few remains of forested area's. Jaguar and pumas are under threat of local peasants, defending their cattle. 4 minor feline species were observed. 24 bat and 208 bird species were counted, many endemic of the semi-arid regions. Artificial and natural lakes are important bird migration refuges. 17 amphibians, 17 lizard and 17 snake species, many endemic of the Castinga were counted. One iguana (Tapinurus sp.), abundant in the Park, is a new species for science, actually in process of being described. Small caiman population in lakes and reservoirs of the buffer zone is the only known crocodilian population of the Caatinga. Several small fishes are observed in the only permanent stream and some permanent water reservoirs of the Cuesta. At least one may be a new species for science.
This shows that local fauna is extremely rich and of outstanding interest for science, although suffering from man's impacts. Serra da Capivara may be considered as Caatinga biome's maior fauna refuge.
Local population
Around 60 families live in the Park (1994), corresponding to around 300 people: mainly small farmers (land owners) and traditional settlers (posseiros). They are generally extremely poor. They raise some cattle and sheep, cultivate for their own consume, collect wild honey using fire and, in the dry season, hunt to complement their diet. Hunting in that season is easy near water points. Fire wood and timber for fences and houses are also collected.
Sporadic fires destroyed area's of the Park, lit by hunters, honey collectors or spreading from burning fields in the Park and buffer zone. Caatinga's trees are not adapted to fire (unlike Cerrado's) and die out rapidly, replaced by secondary shrubs.
Tourism is controlled. Groups of maximum 10 tourists with a licensed guide are allowed, to selected archaeological sites. Tourist number vary from +/- 320 to 1.200/year (1992-94).
Buffer zone
Three municipalities and 5 small villages, of total population 121.3447 surround the Park (density: 4,07 inhab./Km2). Land is mainly rural. Small minority of the population owns land, while a majority (+ than 65%) is poor7 illiterate, cultivate for big landowners or survive from small agriculture in public or no man's land (settlers), remote from the ranches and farms. Poor families custom to be large (5 - 14 people).
Land's productivity mainly depends on water. Small farmers and settlers plant cotton, corn, beans, and manioc, raise few pigs, chicken, sheep's and goats. In prolonged drought, occurring in average every 6 to7 years, many are forced to abandon their land and search for seasonal work in cities or plantations in other states. Big landowners have numerous cattle and extensive cashew plantations, employing underpaid women and children for harvest. Big properties have sufficient water supplies and technology to compensate drought impacts.
In order to reduce environmental impacts in the Park and buffer zone, due to improper land uses, the FUNDHAM NGO is implementing, within the APP's around the Park, programmes of health support, environmental education and sustainable job creation (local products marketing). Activities involve population living within the Park as well as from the buffer zone.
Archaeology history and culture
More than 360 archaeological sites, rock paintings and engravings were sensed in the region, that justified recognition of Serra da Capivara as Culturai Worid Heritage in 1991.
First rock paintings seem to date from 23.000 years (Holocene), but '4C dating indicate occupation since Plelstocene (+/- 60.000 years ago), questioning the actual theories on first men's colonisation of the Americas. Successive styles of paintings, engravings and remains (+/-12.000 and 6.000 years old) allow to retrace the evolution of successive hunters-collectors cultures and lifestyles. Holocene hunters killed actually extinct animals, like Giant Sloth's, Giant Armadillos, Brazilian Bears, Sword-Teeth Tigers, Mastodons, American Horses and Lamas. Climate was more humid and ecosystems were savannah's. 3.000 years ago, agriculturist-ceramist culture started. Early agriculturists used polished stones and cultivated corn, beans, pea-nuts and calabashes. Their villages were circular and they used to bury their deaths in ceramic urns. Climate was then semi-arid.
When Europeans arrived in 1662, at least 5 Indian tribes lived in the region. Last local Indians were decimated in the 18th century. First colons' activity was extensive cattle breeding in big properties, for meat supply of the sugar cane producing coast. Subsistence agriculture started on residual land from the 18th century.
Actual regional culture is rich in legends, traditional feasts and sustainable ways to survive from arid land's scarce resources.
Access and infrastructure
Access by road, 530 Km from Teresina (Pi) and 300 Km from Petrolina (Pe). The Park has no visitation facility, no fence, no surveillance posts, no accessible sleeping and administrative facilities for functionaries and researchers (1994). ParKs limits are indicated and access roads fenced off. On the archaeological sites, foot-bridges and stairs were installed to regulate access, limit impact and avoid vandalism. Permanent staff is reduced to 3. Private company was contracted by IBAMA for Park's watch and guard (1994).


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MCKEESPORT, Pa. — Courtney Louise Young, head librarian at the J. Clarence Kelly Library at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been elected as 2014-15 president of the American Library Association (ALA).
Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at Penn State, noted, "Courtney Young is the first Penn State librarian to hold this honor and will bring our University to the table of this policy-making body of the ALA."
Blannie Bowen, vice provost of Academic Affairs, added, "We are indeed proud of Courtney Young for this major accomplishment. She is a significant credit to our University. It speaks volumes that one of our outstanding faculty members will assume this major leadership role."
As ALA president, Young will be the chief elected officer for the oldest and largest library association in the world. She will become president-elect at the close of the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago July 2 and will assume the ALA presidency at the close of the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas.
The ALA, founded in 1876 and headquartered in Chicago, provides leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. Its core mission centers on advocacy for libraries and the profession, education and lifelong learning, intellectual freedom, organizational excellence, diversity, equitable access to information and library services, literacy, and transforming libraries.
"It is truly an honor to be elected by members of ALA to serve as president. I am excited to continue working with ALA members and ALA staff to demonstrate the value of membership through diversity, career development and engagement and outreach," Young said.
Her activities have included serving as a member of the ALA Executive Board and ALA Councilor-at-large, as well as the Awards Committee, the Planning and Budget Assembly and the ALA-APA Fundraising Committee. She has also been a member of the ALA Resolutions Committee and the ALA Task Force on Electronic Member Participation. She has served as New Members Round Table president, councilor, Diversity Committee chair and Student Chapter of the Year Award chair.
For the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Young was a member of the WSS Instruction Committee, Women's Studies Section; the AFAS Conference Program Planning Committee; and the Scholarship Committee at the 2009 ACRL National Conference. She also has been chair of the Michigan Library Association Electronic Publishing Committee.
Her honors include a Certificate of Distinguished Service, ALA Executive Board; Library Journal Mover & Shaker; Plaque of Appreciation from the NMRT; and a Staff Achievement Award, Libraries, Michigan State University.
Her publications include " 'Lifelong Skills.' Room for Debate," (2011, New York Times); and "Incorporating Undergraduate Advising in Teaching Information Literacy: Case Study for Academic Librarians as Advisors" (2008, Journal of Academic Librarianship).
Young received a bachelor of arts degree in English from the College of Wooster and a master of library science degree from Simmons College.


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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ An Illinois man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for enticing an underage girl into prostitution.
The sentence for 23-year-old Richard Anderson of Cahokia, Ill., was handed down Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. He pleaded guilty in September.
St. Louis County police conducted a sting operation in June to determine if any girls under 18 were being offered for sex on the Internet. An undercover officer responded to an ad for an escort services on Backpage.com, with photos showing a female purported to be 19. She was actually 17.
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