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As owners of Maxwells Restaurant & Bar, General Manager Ramon Sosa and Executive Chef Mike Wald weren't searching for a way to promote their restaurant. They don't typically offer coupons or promotions. The experience of eating at the high-end West Fargo restaurant speaks for itself. The atmosphere is intimate, with hand-picked wines, handcrafted cocktails, impeccable American cuisine with a French-inflected flare and decadent desserts. Foodies from all over the Midwest stop in at Maxwells, just to see what's new, or to come back for favorites.
"The bison meatballs are my go-to menu choice," says one longtime Maxwells patron. "I just can't get enough of that sauce." The meatballs are drizzled with a creamy vermouth sauce and Crimini mushrooms.
Many of Maxwells menu items include locally-grown and produced ingredients, whenever possible, to bring the freshest ingredients to the table, while also supporting local growers.
"Supporting local growers is important to us," says Wald. "Not only does it give Maxwells the freshest ingredients, but it also allows us to support our community by buying local."
Which is why Sosa and Wald decided to support community development through PushSave, a tech company focused on creating simple value-added fundraising solutions through customized mobile coupon books for non-profits and youth organizations across the United States.
"We have always been dedicated to helping build our community, and this gives us a chance to give back to those who have helped us achieve success in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Our team is committed to creating exquisite dining experiences through our dedication to the culinary arts. We love that we can do what we're good at while also supporting local growers, schools, churches, and other nonprofits," said Sosa in a recent press release.
Fargo PushSave representative Stacy Stibbe said adding Maxwells to the PushSave offerings is a huge boost for student fundraising in Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead. The restaurant's recognition by organizations such as Wine Spectator mean that those who purchase the mobile coupon books will have the option to choose a restaurant whose quality and reputation they can trust.
How does PushSave work?
Instead paper coupons and promotions, PushSave is a customizable, mobile fundraising solution. When you purchase a PushSave coupon book from a student, you choose twenty vendors in your area to load into an app on your mobile device. That way, you choose only the products and services that you know you'll use. In addition, purchasing PushSave booklets is easy, since it's all done online.
"It eliminates the need for a student become vulnerable to theft or even bullying by eliminating the need to collect and carry cash at school," says Stibbe. "Students don't have to worry about keeping the money from fundraising in their lockers, or worry about losing it."
PushSave also eliminates the hassle for fundraising coordinators who end up footing the bill for shortfalls in cash collection when products are sold and cash goes missing. Instead, all of the transactions for PushSave mobile coupon books are done entirely online, with funds directly deposited into the system. There's very little, if any, room for error. Plus, organizations receive fifty percent of the money they collect, a significantly higher percentage than many other fundraisers.
North Dakota entrepreneur and PushSave founder Mark Teckenburg, who graduated from Jamestown high school and played football for Moorhead State University, wanted to create a company that made fundraising easier for kids and families. He grew tired of selling pizzas, and he came up with the idea. Now, he and his team make the process of fundraising as painless as possible by providing leaders with not only a great product to sell, but all the tools they need to be successful.
"PushSave was easy to work with as a coach, because Stacey is organized and walked us right through the steps of fundraising," said Davies High School Head Cheer Coach Caroline Schimke. "No matter how good or bad your athletes are as salespeople, she gives you everything you need to reach your goals. Plus, it's also a product I'm comfortable selling because of the many options for each customer. Most of the coupons are for locations that I know are already being visited, and they will be used since they are readily available on your smart phone."
"Getting a group motivated to sell in a fundraiser is definitely not easy," said Davies High School Head Cheer Coach Caroline Schimke. "But Stacey was so fun to work with, and she had everything prepared to help us reach our goals. Even the girls who weren't motivated to participate ended up having a good time and selling more than they thought they could. It was a great way for our team to bond together and work towards a common goal outside of practice."
For more information about PushSave, or to purchase your own mobile coupon book with Maxwells promotions, log onto the PushSave website today.
And be sure to browse through the fresh spring Maxwells menu or reserve a seat at for the upcoming 4-course Markham Wine Dinner April 19 at 6 p.m., featuring special guest winemaker Kimberlee Nicholls.


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1st August 2015 - Sr Louise O'Rourke
I am sure that many of you have read that in the Bible there are 365 places where either in the Old Testament or the New Testament we are told: "Do not be afraid." This symbolic number of 365 evokes the consoling fact that for each day of the year, we don't need to be afraid because our God is with us. However, do we pay must attention to the times when the Scripture alerts us towards the things that we should be afraid of? One of these phrases is the following: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:27-28).
Do we ever think of who could destroy our body? Or our soul? Usually when we think of fear, we shirk away, we don't like fear but yet a healthy fear keeps us alive. Over the past week we have seen how others have taken it upon themselves to 'kill the body'. If you haven't heard about the horrific videos released in the past week about the heartbreaking and despicable activities of Planned Parenthood, it is understandable. The silence of mainstream media has been deafening. I have just checked Twitter and the second top trending hashtag is #Jericho. Jericho is the brother of Cecil the lion who was killed this week…but more about that later. Planned Parenthood is not even on the Top 10. I also just read that Obama is going to investigate the lion being killed but nothing about Planned Parenthood selling the organs of little babies who were aborted. Are things gone mad or what!?
Some things just don't change. Today's Gospel narrates the story of the beheading of St. John the Baptist. The story kind of goes like this: John the Baptist is quite vocal in telling Herod that he is wrong in taking his brother's wife, Herodias. Herod doesn't like what he hears nor does he listen and sees no problem. So it's his birthday and Herodias's daughter does some kind of provocative dance for Herod who is enthralled by this and promises her anything….anything! In steps Mother Herodias and asks for the head of John the Baptist on a plate. Seriously! Killing any human being or having them killed is a violation of the gift of life, a gift that God alone gives and takes. Yet, Herod had John beheaded. There is something even crueler in this barbaric act of beheading. It is not enough to kill John, he is beheaded. If we look at ISIS we see that they have made the beheading of victims a key element in its campaign of terror and conquest. It is an attempt to sow an even more disturbing memory of the dead person in your mind. After all, when we communicate we look a person in the eye. We hear with our ears. The words come from our mouths. We breathe through our nose.. Emotions and their communication come primarily from the facial area. To take all this away from someone is a clear attempt to take away the identity and dignity of a person.
Recently another beheading has been in the news which has caused outrage. There has been media hysteria about the lion called Cecil who was hunted and shot for pure selfish purposes. Yes, I am sad that this happened, that a human with many gifts and talents felt he had to prove himself by shooting dead this magnificent beast, one of God's creatures. However I am even sadder that there is no 'outpouring' of sadness over the trafficking of baby organs and part of their little bodies by Planned Parenthood. Is it easier to care about dead lions than dead people? Has our moral compass gone so off kilter that there has been a very selective media blackout to these very disturbing videos and what they reveal about an organisation that is being funded by American taxpayers dollars! An organisation that continues to tell women and men that it's okay to have even late term abortions because it's 'not a baby or a person', yet they'll go on to haggle prices about the parts of their bodies and organs. Lord have mercy! However on Monday next, the Senate is voting for the first time on a bill to that would revoke the more than $550 million in taxpayer funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business receives each and every year. Let's hope that happens.
Another Scriptural quote reads: "What is hidden in darkness is being brought to light" (Eph 5,13). Yes, it is a time where many things are coming to light. It is all necessary so that the victory of truth may win over and where respect for life is held as paramount, in tandem with the fact that God is our Creator, we are his beloved sons and daughters, created in love and for love.
In the meanwhile, we pray continue to pray for melting of frozen hearts and for respect for life, from the womb to the tomb.
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Meeting of the Chant Forum, 4 - 7 May 2010
The Chant Forum was established in 2006, in response to a widely felt need, in order to support and encourage the singing of Gregorian Chant in our monasteries. Previous meetings have been held at Mt. St. Bernard, Stanbrook, Douai and Downside. This year the venue was Pluscarden. Seventeen guests came, representing the monasteries of Ampleforth, Crawley Down, Douai, Ealing, Kristo Buase, Oulton, Petersham, Ramsgate, Rostrevor, New Stanbrook and Worth. In addition we were joined by the directors of three Gregorian Choirs attached to Catholic Cathedrals or parishes. Guests expected from the Abbeys of Glenstal and Roscrea in Ireland had to cancel at the last minute: the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud was disrupting many flights at just this time. The two founders of the Forum, both currently resident in Rome, were unfortunately not able to be with us. Various others, also unable to attend, nevertheless expressed much interest, and financial support was received from the Fernham Trust and an anonymous benefactor, so that we were able to keep all costs to a minimum.
The main speaker for our meeting was Mr. Jaan-Eik Tulve, master interpreter of Gregorian Chant, director of prestigious Gregorian Choirs in Estonia and France, formerly a close collaborator with Dom Daniel Saulnier of Solesmes, and widely travelled musical advisor to many monastic communities. This was his second visit to Pluscarden: two years ago he came to help our Choir improve its understanding and interpretation of the Chant, and to direct us in recording some pieces for a Holy Week CD.
When Jaan-Eik speaks, and also when he sings, it is immediately apparent that he understands what the Chant is doing, where it is going, what was the intention of its authors, and how we can make that intention our own. With our meeting being held in the fifth week of Easter, he devoted his sessions largely to examination of the Masses of Ascension and Pentecost. He rarely referred to the printed page. So thoroughly does he know this music, in its every detail and nuance, that like its early practitioners he is able to sing it, as it were, simply from the heart. I think all present felt a sense of privilege in this opportunity to sit at his feet, and watch him in action. A single session, just interpreting, for example, an Alleluia verse, would have made the whole meeting worth while.
Jaan-Eik's focus is always first of all on the text: the music is there for the text, and not vice versa. He would often begin any practice by having everyone speak through the text together, paying particular attention to the verbal accents. Of course the Gregorian composer could approach any text in widely differing ways: sometimes an exuberant proclamation, sometimes a deeply interior meditation; now with great energy and movement, now with the utmost serenity and calm. To understand what he is up to musically, we have to let him lead us in responding to the text as he does, and to pray it with him.
To convey just some of the lessons Jaan-Eik loved to return to time and again: we should never think of notes in a Gregorian piece as somehow disjunct units. On the contrary, they are always part of a movement, flowing always towards its end. A great part of good interpretation is to "feel" this movement; to see where it is heading; to know which notes are structurally important, and which light passing ornaments. Always the phrase should be sung smoothly, with "a very good legato". Breathing should be completely natural, relaxed; absolutely without strain or tension. Good breath control should enable us to sing long phrases to the end without any break. Jaan-Eik is much in favour of a Choir director conducting all pieces. If he has the music in his hands, he can lead any group to pass beyond merely singing correct notes, to achieve a living interpretation which will also be well united. Throughout his stay, Jaan-Eik himself directed our Choir at Mass, and it was indeed a joy to experience the beneficial effects of this.
Other speakers at our meeting included Fr. Gerard Byrne of the Glasgow Archdiocese. His subject was the current state of the Chant outside the monasteries. He spoke of his own experience, including in Rome, and looked at the many interventions of the Magisterium on the subject, dwelling especially on the phrase of Vatican II "actuosa participatio". Jennifer Smith, professional singer and singing teacher gave a session of instruction which she called "Chanting on the breath of God". Our own home team also gave talks: on teaching the Chant to novices, and on St. Benedict's phrase, referring to the liturgy in Eastertide: "Alleluia without intermission" (Holy Rule 15:1).
When the majority of our Forum guests had departed, Jaan-Eik stayed on for some days to give more direct help to our own Choir. One tangible result of this was a reform in the way we interpret sung Psalmody! He also helped us launch another recording project: this time for a CD of Easter Chant.
Clearly the meeting was worthwhile and much appreciated by all participants. Plans are therefore already in place for another to be held next year, once again at Douai Abbey.
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"We had Mass in my house, and as far as I know, unless there's evidence different, it was the first Mass in Union County. To think that the Eucharist is present in Union County, even though there's just two of us at a 6 a.m. Mass, that's what it's all about. It's offering the Eucharist and transforming the community through the grace of God in the power of the sacraments."
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The act of one that scouts.
- n. The activities of the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.
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- n. The act of one who scouts.
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- n. exploring in order to gain information
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"One of the things we learned in scouting is that there are a lot of vacant hospitals in the city, or at least a lot of vacant portions of hospitals," Mr. Fleck said.
The key to turkey scouting is to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Can anyone give me some info or links about scouting for turkeys? Thanks!
"You'd hope the social skills in scouting would have a positive impact," said Hill.
"Mr. Davis, Sid Gillman and the crew out of San Diego were heavily involved in scouting the smaller black colleges because they wanted to be able to compete, and the NFL didn't have a lot of black players at that time," Brown recalls.
With Villanova coach Jay Wright scouting from a second-row seat near half court in the press area, UCLA pulled away with a 13-0 run.
` ` The coaches pointed out that the top shelf could be open, but this game is so fast that you really don't remember what coaches said in scouting meetings.
Do me a favor, why don't put as much time in scouting as you do defending yourself.
Bivouac is commonly used to describe a variety of improvised camp sites such as those used in scouting and mountain climbing.
My in-laws always did this, and it's become our post-Mass game: after Easter brunch, the kids begin scouting around for their baskets, which we parents assemble and hide the night before.
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Hanoi Old Quarter a hive of activity as Tet draws near
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NDO – The streets are brimming with busy people as they flock to local shops in Hanoi's Old Quarter to prepare for the most important traditional festival of the year – the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Traditionally, one of the most popular destinations for many Hanoians is Hang Ma street, where they can find various types of votive offerings and decorations needed for Tet.
As Tet is several days away, Hang Ma and many other Hanoi streets are teeming with crowds of people purchasing all they need for Tet.
The 2018 Lunar New Year will be the Year of the Dog, so many decorative objects and Tet lucky envelopes are emblazoned with dog-shaped symbols.
The streets are awash with the richness of red, the colour of Tet, which represents wealth, happiness, and luck.
The vibrant and beautiful streets before Tet provide a wonderful scene for many young couples to capture their meaningful moments.
Thousands of Tet related products are offered for sale at small stalls.
Lanterns are one of the most popular decorative items during Tet as they are said to drive away bad fortune, while bringing the home owner good luck for the future.
It is easy to find the items characteristic of Tet, such as red couplets wishing for a happy New Year, decorative firecrackers, and chung (sticky rice) cake – the indispensable Tet treat of Vietnamese people.
As Tet holds a very special meaning for all Vietnamese, everyone is busy buying food, clothes, and decorations for their homes.
Many kinds of flowers and plants are used to decorate houses during this special festival, with peach blossoms and kumquat trees being particularly popular, the plants bring the hope of welcoming a new spring filled with luck and wealth.
Hang Luoc street is brought to life with colourful decorative trees.
Everyone is looking for the very best offerings for Tet.
Foreigners enjoy the thriving atmosphere of Tet preparations on Hanoi's streets.
Cotton dogs are especially meaningful gifts for Tet.
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What It Is
A "multi-purpose vehicle," says Kia. We say it's a minivan.
Best Thing
Smooth ride, plenty of features per dollar.
Worst Thing
Where's the vacuum?
Snap Judgment
With thoughtful features and an attractive price point, the Sedona deserves serious attention.
The Nissan Quest, Volkswagen Routan, and Dodge Grand Caravan are just three of the fifteen minivans that have been discontinued over the last ten years. For 2015, the Sedona not only soldiers on for another year, but it does so completely redesigned. Upgraded seat materials, new technologies, and changes under the hood give the Sedona an edge over its competitors, which haven't seen updates in years. We drove the Sedona around Southern California for a day to see just what it has to offer everyday consumers.
WalkaroundKia says the Sedona is not a minivan but an MPV (multi-purpose vehicle). As a result, it is lower, shorter, and slightly wider than a minivan. Still, it retains a classic minivan appearance that may not be as old-school as a Town & Country, but doesn't have the same modern look as the Honda Odyssey. In most ways, it functions just like a minivan, offering seven or eight seats, sliding doors, and a long, wide silhouette.
All Sedonas now adopt Kia's signature Tigernose grille, which makes the minivan look much more youthful than the outgoing model. Top trim models bring extras like 19-inch chrome alloy wheels and unique panel trim, giving it a glossy and refined appearance.
Sitting DownIf you look at the minivan segment, each player has a signature feature that makes it stand out from the others in the pack. For the Odyssey, it's the low-suction vacuum cleaner, and for the Town & Country, it is the multi-configurable seats with tailgate positioning. Surprisingly, Kia has many such features, most of which are available on mid-trim levels. Anti-microbial, anti-stain seats are standard. A smart power liftgate opens the rear gate automatically when the key fob is sensed for three seconds, and can be programmed to adjust to the driver's individual height. Thanks to new Uvo eServices, curfew and speed alerts warn parents if their kids aren't abiding by pre-set up rules. These features are available on the EX, which Kia says will be the most popular model.
We drove the SX-L trim model, which features Kia's exclusive first-class lounge seating with leg rests, winged headrests, and greater legroom. The only downside is that they don'y fold back out of the way like other rear seats available on the model.
There may be plenty of features on this model, but how do they function in an overall package? The wide Nappa leather seats in this model are extremely comfortable yet supportive enough not to induce napping. However, due to the layout of the cabin, the touchscreen can be difficult to reach from the passenger seat.
DrivingOn the highway, through the city, and on winding back roads, the Sedona drove smoothly and confidently. It was surprising how little noise the engine produced, and overall, the drive was quiet except on the bumpiest roads. Looking out through the front windshield is easy, but rear visibility was limited thanks to the tall second and third row seats that got in the way. Luckily, a rearview camera helped navigate while backing up, and it even showed an aerial view of the vehicle as it pulls into a parking space, helping make sure drivers aren't over the line.
Despite its size, we didn't have many problems navigating the minivan. The vehicle's light steering feel complemented its overall theme of comfort. While not as nimble as some other minivans on the market, U-turns and three-point turns only required minimal effort.


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Mechanical Singing Bird Automatons
Last Saturday an acquaintance showed me his antique mechanical birds in a cage. I was truly amazed when he wound up this gizmo and the two birds started moving their beaks, heads, and tails (see video below). He said it's around a hundred years old, and the birds probably should sing too.
Back home I did a bit of research, and it seems this specific model was designed in the beginning of the 1900's, but was produced and sold up to the 1960's. The video below shows a similar model in perfect working condition, and then one with a transparent mechanism cover that shows how this contraption works.
The final video shows an even older mechanical bird in a cage from the Victorian Era. This one actually looks nicer and sings better than the newer ones above. I'm sure all Steampunk fans will be as amazed with these gadgets as I am.


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Ben Kingsley Joins Disney's 'Jungle Book'
Ben Kingsley will voice the black panther Bagheera in Disney's The Jungle Book adaptation.
Jon Favreau is directing the film from a script by Justin Marks. The project, slated for release in 3D on October 9, 2015, is a combination of live-action and animation. Following a boy who is raised by the animals of the jungle, the film will feature mostly CG for the animals.
PHOTOS The Big Screen's Evolution of Talking Animals
Idris Elba already has been cast as the voice of the tiger Shere Khan in Disney's take on Rudyard Kipling's classic tale.
Kingsley's recent projects include Ender's Game and Iron Man 3. His upcoming films include Autobahn, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Exodus: Gods and Kings. He's repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and Stone Meyer.
Warner Bros. also is moving forward with its own adaptation of The Jungle Book, with Andy Serkis attached to direct.
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The list of top ten most endangered cars in Britain has been published by the insurance specialists as part of it's new 'Save our Classics' campaign.
Taking the top spot on the endangered list is the British Leyland built, Morris Ital. The new figures revealing that with only 35 registered examples left they are now rarer than a Javan Rhino.
Built at Cowley and then later Longbridge between 1980 – 1984, the Ital was the last production car to wear the Morris badge. In the past decade, a shocking 150 Itals have disappeared from Britain's roads, and today, the youngest car in the Morris family is on the very brink of extinction.
"Once common 1970's and 80's cars are disappearing at an alarming rate and this new list is evidence that a serious extinction crisis is mounting", said Ian Fray, managing director at ClassicLine. "Tens of thousands of Itals were built during the 1980s, they are a proud part of our British manufacturing heritage so it is very sad to hear that so few now remain".
The new data also highlights the decimation of the iconic Ford Sierra. Often seen roaming across the British landscape in vast numbers through the Eighties and Nineties they are now in a worrying state of decline. With over 64,000 being lost in the last decade, less than one per cent of the total built now remain.
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Fray added, "It is a tragedy that such huge numbers of these cars have been lost in the last decade. Through our new campaign we aim to raise awareness and support for the plight of these once common and much loved British classics that are being recklessly driven to extinction".
The new Save our Classics campaign, launched earlier this month by ClassicLine encourages the preservation of British classic cars and has called for a number of incentives such as reducing the current UK road tax exemption from 40 years to 30 years to help enthusiasts maintain the dwindling stock. Drivers and enthusiasts can pledge their support to the campaign through the ClassicLine webpage and join the growing community of 'spotters' who are being encouraged to share sightings of the endangered cars when they see them out on the road.
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Oct 22, 2016
BRONX, N.Y. – Due to unplayable field conditions at Lehman College South Field from today's rain, tomorrow's non-conference men's soccer game has been postponed. No make-up date has been set at this time.
The Bears will return to action on the road on Monday, October 24 facing borough rivals Brooklyn College in a non-conference match starting at 4 p.m.


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Top 10 Best Destiny Raid Moments Guardians Won't Forget
Raiding through the ages.
10. The Gorgan Maze – Vault of Glass
Unlike any of the other entries on this list, the maze found in the Vault of Glass was based around stealth and speed. In order to pass through this section you couldn't let a Gorgan see you otherwise they would activate an ability and wipe the entire party. This was a superb change of pace for the Vault of Glass raid, as the last three sections were all focused on mechanics and combat.
By adding in a stealth section it not only allowed the raid team to catch their collective breaths but helped reinforce the concept of teamwork. If everyone goes and runs off there is a far higher chance they will be spotted and cause the entire fireteam to die. It's a shame we haven't gotten another area like this since the first raid, but traversing the maze will always be a memorable moment.


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Rocky & the Pressers are the best reggae band I've seen to this day. Though they call the Bronx home, they play all over the Tri-state area on a weekly basis and build a solid following at every show they play. Only inches away from producing their debut album, Rocky & the Pressers will take the world by storm. It is only a matter of time until they flood your musical appetite with their enlightening vocal harmonies and dance-hall beat-drops. If you haven't seen them yet, find their next show and go!
I met four of their members, Eric, Danny, Seth, and Rocky, a couple weeks ago at Main Essentials in Nyack, NY, just before a show at Olive's. We cheered to a shot of Baji Chew, ate some delicious veggie chow, and discussed past glories, struggles, and the road ahead.
Alright guys, how did you feel about 2012?
Eric: For Rocky & the Pressers, 2012 has been good. It's just been a drawn out recording process…way more drawn out than we thought. Taking on a lot of performances and rehearsals while trying to finish the album gets in the way.
Rocky: It's been a struggle—just keeping the pace, forging ahead.
Seth: It was interesting, actually, tackling a lot of the issues that we've come across in 2012. As far as personal issues, money issues, time, acclimating new personnel to our music.
Danny: Don't know what you're talking about! It's been great for me–I just joined The Pressers.
You guys have changed your line-up a lot since the first time I've seen you perform. Do you feel like you're on solid grounds now?
Eric: Yeah, we've got a good core.
Rocky: I think we're pretty firm now.
What are some highlighted shows of this year?
Eric: We played Mercury Lounge recently, and Brooklyn Bowl during the spring. The Blue in Portland, Maine was great as well. We're gonna play the Electric Factory in Philadelphia in two weeks.
Doomsday: a hoax or real talk?
Rocky: You'll have to talk to our Doomsday expert Danny.
Danny: I don't think it's going to be Doomsday, but there's definitely going to be a lot of changes. I'm just preparing to hit music way harder than ever before and get pumped up about the good things in life. That is what it's all about.
Eric: We're playing the Electric Factory on December 21st, 2012. So if a comet strikes the Earth and incinerates us while we're playing, that would be cool. But if everyone in the venue turns into zombies, that's not the type of place you want to be.
Seth: I was worried about that, but then I thought about it–if any of those cataclysmic events happen, we need to get mad roots…get everyone swaying.
Rocky: That zombie one-drop.
Seth: That's when Jah will save us…
Eric: But it wouldn't hurt to have an escape plan. Get out of the venue and find the nearest stables! We'll need some crowbars and carrots. I don't want to die in Philadelphia!
If the world does not end, what can we expect from Rocky & the Pressers next year?
Rocky: A finished album.
Seth: T-shirts, lighters, [and] we're going to Jamaica. I'm gonna force these dudes to stay in my aunt's houses and play with their dogs. Chill and tour.
Eric: Just keep playing and rehearsing, getting our vocals tighter, up our equipment. We're hoping to be on some festivals next summer.
Any name for the debut album yet?
Eric: Yeah, but it's under wraps.
Where did you record the album?
Eric: We tracked all the basics up in a unique space in coastal Maine—four instruments simultaneously.
Rocky: We are finishing the rest in my basement studio.
How do you prepare for shows?
Eric: We are trying to improve our logistical efforts. We want to have everything way more organized. Once we get all those organizational issues out of the way, we got to make sure everyone is taken care of. We have to maintain our sense of purpose, and get all of the bad habits out of our heads.
Rocky: There are six or seven dudes, a lot of moving parts.
What's it like being a new band in this digital world?
Rocky: It's a big mess.
Eric: It's always been hard. We'll just keep playing shows to make our dough–definitely get CDs out.
We're putting together another video soon. I was brainstorming last night for our song "Stewball"–it might be single-worthy.
We also want to do a live performance or a soundstage and incorporate some theatrics, puppets, lights, and live animals.
What artists are your listening to?
Seth: Bingus Jones.
Rocky: An assortment of new 'hip' music blended with old reggae, like The Abyssinians.
Danny: Steel Pulse.
Eric: It's tough out there.
Watch Rocky & The Pressers perform "Never Dry" below:
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In the early 19th century, Lamarck proposed a theory of evolution by studying the behaviour of giraffes. He believed that giraffes evolved to have long necks as they began reaching for higher leaves on trees. He called this "change through use and disuse". According to this theory, an organ or a character that is used more often becomes stronger and better. Therefore, over the course of history, giraffe's neck got longer as it began stretching it a lot more than usual. Lamarck also proposed the "law of inheritance of acquired characteristics" according to which the improved characteristics of an organism are passed on from one generation to the next. These improved features persists and the disadvantageous features disappear.
The Lamarckian theory was eventually abandoned* as it could not explain the genetic basis for inheritance of acquired characteristics (traits obtained after birth due to environmental changes, accidents, use and disuse; these traits are not inheritable). Lamarckism also predicts that simpler life forms will disappear from the earth once organisms become more complex. While we see some organisms evolving into more complex systems with intricate functions, the simpler life forms like the single celled prokaryotic cells still exist to this day.
Darwin's theory of evolution on the other hand, can account for the continued existence of the simpler life forms on earth. Darwin believed that complexity is a result of adaptation to the environment from one generation to the next. In the Origin of Species, Darwin proposed a theory of evolution driven by natural selection. According to this theory, there is variation seen amongst individuals. Certain environmental conditions favours certain variations and the species exhibiting these variations adapt & survive. The unadapted species which do not exhibit the favoured variations do not survive and become extinct over generations of time.
Applying this to giraffes, the long neck species are considered dominant and have greater chances of survival during harsh drought conditions compared to the short neck species that have to rely on ground habitation for food. This of course is just one theory amongst many other. The long necks are also used to reach deep inside trees that other competing animals cannot reach, and is therefore more advantageous. One of the latest proposal is the theory of sexual selection. Male giraffes fight with other males by "necking" to compete for female partners. As it turns out, females prefer males with longer and stronger necks. Natural selection again, favours long neck males.
"Animal Autopsy", a show on National Geography channel dug deep into giraffes – quite literally! – to explore the physiological and anatomical features of this intriguing mammal to unravel some of its evolutionary secrets.
During the autopsy, Richard Dawkins talks about one of the evolutionary disadvantages caused due to the long laryngeal nerve that starts off in the brain and ends in the larynx (which is in fact situated very close to the brain). This nerve runs all the way down the neck, loops around one of the arteries in the chest and returns to the larynx on top. Why does the nerve take such a long route when it can simply connect from the brain to the larynx directly without having to pass through the entire neck? Also, consider this – giraffes with a long necks must also bend much lower to drink water from the ground. The contracting of the muscles along with the tension in the elastic tissue in the neck utilises way more energy, and is considered to be another evolutionary flaw. Another interesting fact to chew upon is that due to its long neck, giraffes have to pump blood to the brain that is ~2.5 meters above the heart – against gravity – by using extremely high blood pressure. How does the long neck favour such distant positioning of the heart and the brain?
Biologists consider different perspectives to understand the evolutionary reasoning behind the advantages as well as the flaws caused due to the long necks of giraffes. As more pieces of this puzzles are put together, it is quite remarkable to think about the imperfections that are caused due to evolution. Imperfections that somehow adds up to the making of such a marvellous mammal on our planet.
*New research reveals the epigenetic basis for the inheritance of acquired characteristics. In the article "A Comeback for Lamarckian Evolution?", Emily Singer of the Tufts University School of Medicine provides evidence for the largely abandoned Lamarckian theory of evolution. Read article on MIT tech review here.


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"I had not been in flamenco heels in 20-some years," says choreographer Ron De Jesus. "I was terrified of being exposed, like I was a phony because I hadn't committed to the technique the dancers had devoted their lives to."
For De Jesus, creating "Mil Clavos" — or "One Thousand Nails," named for all the studs pounded into flamenco soles — with the performers of Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater proved a bruising experience. Black-and-blue toes after his first day in the studio forced him to wear sneakers every day thereafter. "I'd forgotten the demands on the feet," he says. "But it made me appreciate the dancers more. They were strong like bulls, and generous."
Though De Jesus started his professional career with Ensemble Espanol, he went on to dance for 17 years with Hubbard Street, then worked with Twyla Tharp as a dancer and repetiteur in New York. In recent years — especially with the inaugural full-length program of Ron De Jesus Dance — he's re-established a contemporary-dance presence here. But he's wanted to set a piece on Ensemble Espanol, which specializes in folk, classical and flamenco dance, for years.
"Eventually they surrendered to my nagging," De Jesus laughs. The Northeastern Illinois University-based company will perform the commissioned flamenco-contemporary fusion "Mil Clavos," along with several other world and U.S. premieres, during the 38th annual American Spanish Dance & Music Festival, June 20-22 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
Hailing from what he calls "the Puerto Rican 'Bermuda Triangle' of Wicker Park, Uptown and Humboldt Park," De Jesus says he was a "roaming" high school dropout when he met Ensemble Espanol founder Dame Libby Komaiko. "She helped me get my G.E.D., get a scholarship [at Northeastern]. I studied with them at night, then became a company member."
But the seed that launched the new piece, De Jesus says, was his first memory of Komaiko dancing, accompanied by her concert-pianist mother. "I'd never been to a theater and didn't understand how dance could be transferred to a stage," he says. "And here was this dynamic of mother to daughter, artist to artist, transferring the art form."
As usual, Komaiko was coloring outside the lines of traditional flamenco performance too.
"We all know flamenco's wailing singers, the guitarists and the artillery of the footwork," De Jesus says. "This was elegant, Renaissance classical dancing." He wanted to re-create that revelatory moment, among others, and offer "an homage to Libby, to her commitment to keeping her art form alive here, in the States."
To that end, De Jesus chose three contemporary-classical piano compositions — not at all traditional in flamenco — for "Mil Clavos." The middle section, evoking female energy, uses a "very simple, soft and delicate piano piece" occasionally overlaid with castanets. Violin and piano music creates tension in the first section, devoted to male energy: the "driving force, sensuality, control, power" that first inspired De Jesus to study dance.
And the third section? "Chaos," he says. Or, perhaps more accurately: an homage to chaos, as he and the dancers worked outside their comfort zones with the introduction of contemporary partnering and innovative port de bras.
Though apprehensive about the entire collaboration, De Jesus says, "I knew there could be a beautiful fusion. I just said to the dancers, 'You teach me, or remind me, and I'll educate you in the things I know.' I wanted it to look natural, but we had to find that through trial and error and a lot of editing."
Under trying circumstances, too: Chicago's brutal winter cut short an already tight creative process. In what De Jesus calls "a nightmare come true," they lost two of their five scheduled days last December because De Jesus, who divides his time between Chicago and New York, had his flights here canceled, twice.
Near the end of their last day together, "Mil Clavos" still wasn't done despite the "beautiful synergy" they'd achieved.
"I thought, 'I've lost 48 hours, I'll stay an extra hour tonight,'" says De Jesus. They finished the piece at 2 a.m. "I was so impressed!" the choreographer says. "It was definitely teamwork, an incredible journey for all of us."
Also worth catching
Kristina Isabelle Dance Company: Isabelle's new dance-on-stilts, "Levels & Lines: The Moving Target," debuts at the Pivot Arts Festival. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Loyola University's Mundelein Center, 1020 W. Sheridan, $15 at 773-609-0782 and pivotarts.org
Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 20-22
Where: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie
Tickets: $26-$46 at 847-673-6300 or northshorecenter.org


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At the outset of the project, a major decision was made by representatives of the Veteran's Council to use ghost images to restore the original shape and design of the flag. The tips of the swallow-tail guidon were missing, possibly taken by souvenir hunters (a frequent practice.) The shattered white and blue silks were actively disintegrating and not all of the gold-painted stars had survived the century-old framing campaign. Matters were complicated by the presence of glue beneath many of the stars and at other key points.
Using a combination of heat, solvent, and mechanical action, Camille lifted each glued section and painstakingly removed the cardboard residue beneath. This process sometimes caused the gold-painted stars to break into two or more pieces. So Camille combined archival adhesive, gold powder pigment, and acrylic paint, and brushed the mixture onto sheer polyester fabric. When dry, she cut out star shapes using a stencil made from one of the flag's stars. As she liberated each star from the board, she lightly stuck the star pieces to a new star form using a tacking iron.
The Greater Lowell Veterans Council opted to have Camille leave the full ghost stars rather than cutting away any uncovered portions of the star shapes. These ghost images now suggest the original appearance of the concentric Civil War star arrangement but are different enough in color and sheen as to be an obvious restoration. To compensate for missing areas, Camille also fashioned polyester organza underlays for beneath the red, white, and blue silks.
underlays. Camille then placed the striped section of the flag on top of this ghost image and hand stitched them both to the fabric-covered panel. Next, she transferred the canton, already stitched to its blue organza underlay, onto the panel and stitched it into place. The final step prior to framing was to tediously straighten all of the shattered silk and slowly cover the entire flag with silk Crepeline. Camille hand stitched around the perimeter of flag and beneath each white stripe to hold the tattered flag in place and to prevent any fragments from slipping down. This sheer overlay is invisible from even a short distance and provides a extra barrier between the flag and the acrylic above.


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Hey there and happy Friday! It's my last Friday of break and it's bittersweet. I'm excited to head back to school and start a new semester but I'm also sad not to have as much free time to just relax. I love having a schedule and structured days, but I think it's good to change things up every once in awhile if it means some important relaxation time.
Today, I have self-care on the brain. I first heard the term self-care about 6-8 months ago. I thought at first it was some kinda hippy-feel-good-vibey thing. Silly me to jump to conclusions!
I've learned that self-care is actually more about taking care of yourself rather than being burned out all. the. time. It means taking a minute or an hour to pause: to watch Netflix, go on a walk, bake something delicious, journal, pray, etc. In a world where there's a lot of bragplaining about how busy everyone is, self-care is desperately needed. I think we're meant for more than mechanically just getting by and always feeling exhausted.
Here are three things I've learned about self-care:
It's not something to feel guilty about. Taking 20 minutes of every day to write in a journal, read a book, or watch an episode of your favorite T.V. show isn't unproductive. It's rejuvenating. It's necessary to prevent yourself from burning out. And sometimes you'll only need 10 minutes a day to do this, other days you'll need 3 hours because the day has gone poorly. Either is okay.
You need to figure out what self-care is to you, because it's probably going to be different for you than your neighbor. For me, I always feel way more centered and peaceful when I take some time to pray, journal, and read God's Word. I don't do this every day, but it's something I at least make an effort to do. I also feel rejuvenated and refreshed when I go on a run, read a good book, or color. For some of my friends, it means doing yoga, or playing an instrument, or watching the Bachelor, or getting a pedicure. Whatever it is, don't feel ashamed for taking a break from the things you have to do to take a few to care for your soul. Everyone must rest.
Sometimes you don't have time for even 10 minutes to yourself. But there are small things you can do. For example, let's say you have a commute that you have to do on top of a crazy busy day that is filled from morning to evening. Use that commute to listen to a favorite playlist of your favorite songs, or an audiobook. Have to rush out the door early and mornings are rough? Buy some good coffee to make for yourself. Small things can make a positive impact on your day.
I've found some really great links from around the inter webs that are filled with some great tips and tricks for practicing self-care. Check them out!
DIY Self-Care Box!!! (LOVE this idea)
Reading a good book is self-care!
That's all for today. Hope you have a wonderful weekend, full of self-care and rest!
How do you practice self-care?
Read any good books lately?
Favorite snack (I need inspiration!)?


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Canada, Day 2June 19th, 2008
Lucy was up bright and early on Friday morning. I think the sun rises earlier up there - because by 5:00AM sunlight was streaming through the windows. Lucy and Amy were up and about, while I slumbered, blissfully unaware of the legion of mosquitoes munching on every inch of exposed skin. Amy came in and shook me just before 6:00AM and whispered, "Nate - Stephan is waiting for you downstairs." Anybody that is up and waiting (Waiting!) to get started at 6:00AM is the real deal, let me tell you. So I slogged out of bed and tumbled downstairs. Stephan said, "Good morning!!" Way more cheerfully than I was ready for, and followed that up with "We have to cut grass for the cows while it's still wet. They eat while we are milking." No problem, I thought. I can cut grass. Just point me to the mower. When we got outside, Stephan handed me a scythe - pointed me to a patch of tall grass, and I broke my first sweat at 6:05.
I cannot believe that whole fields used to be cut that way. Who needs the ab-lounger when you can just go out and cut hay for half an hour. My obliques and lower back were definetly feeling the burn. My first attempt pretty much just knocked over a huge swatch of grass, but we managed to salvage enough to keep the cows happy. After that, we let the cows out. The following picture is also the debut of the promised "huge straw hat" which I love and I don't care if you all think it looks stupid.
I'll post picture of the actual milking another time. After breakfast, we spent the bulk of the day fencing in a new pasture for the goats, sheep, and cows. You have to rotate animals around to different pastures so that the grass has time to recover. Otherwise, they'll chomp and pound it into a barren mudpit. It was a hot, sunny day. But I had a secret weapon. That's right. My hat. It kept me cool and happy. And clearly I'm in good company.
Exibit A above, Exibit B below
By the end of day one, I was already turning into a real farmer, as evidenced by my rockin' farmer's tan. I had Amy take a picture to document the extraordinary transformation.
Yeah. That's a chainsaw behind me. We're men. Real men. With tan arms and pasty white torsos.


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Important developments today:
Diminishing global interest in corporate bonds. Corporate bond issuance is retreating and borrowing costs rising for the first time in eight weeks, as investors are apparently concerned about a waning pace of economic recovery. Global corporate bond sales declined 52% last week to $48 billion, from $99.8 billion in the previous week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This is in stark contrast to the first two weeks of 2010, when surging investor appetite had given the sector its best start to a year since 1998. The extra yield investors demand to own corporate bonds (over U.S. Treasuries) widened to 164 basis points (bps) last week after tightening almost 30 bps over the previous six weeks, according to the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Broad Market Corporate Index. Meanwhile, credit-default swaps on U.S. investment-grade bonds have climbed for eight days in succession, highlighting that investors are growing more concerned about the risk of firm's defaulting on their debts.
Source: National Association of Realtors
U.S. existing home sales plunge in December. Sales of previously owned homes fell 16.7% in December (m/m) from an annual rate of 6.5 million homes in November to 5.4 million units by the end of the year [see chart]. Home sales had been increasing gradually since mid-2009, particularly as first-time buyers hurried to take advantage of the federal tax credit program which was to have expired at end-November. Some easing in the rate of sales was expected, despite the extension of the federal program, but most market participants had expected the rate of home sales to drop to 5.9 million rather than the sharp drop seen today.
Conditions for obtaining mortgages have effectively tightened over the last months, with fewer than-hoped-for banks and mortgage brokers taking part in programs to reduce monthly costs to homeowners near-or in delinquency. And the Federal Reserve is likely to step back from its aggressive efforts to maintain mortgage rates at record lows, easing up on purchases of Fannie and Freddie securities as well as Treasury notes. Despite these developments, the extension of the federal tax credit program should help to underpin sales once more over coming months.
Among emerging markets...
In Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's inflation is expected to accelerate to 4.6% this year, according to economists surveyed by the central bank, within the 4.5% plus/minus 2 percentage points range targeted by the central bank. The economists surveyed expect the economy to grow by 5.3% in 2010.
In Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary cut its key interest rate to the lowest since May 2006, reducing it 25 basis points to 6%, as policy makers took into account the effects of the deepest recession in 18 years and the weakening of the florint.


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by: Jacob Hevenor '17
Sports Editor
Men's Soccer
A nine-match unbeaten run came to an end on Tuesday, October 11 as the Scots lost to Rhode Island College. However, Gordon outscored opponents 19-0 in the three matches before the loss. Caleb Cole '17 has already set a career high in points (27, 8G 10A) and Matt Chartier '20 continues to impress, with seven goals in the season.
Women's Soccer
Lexi Potter '20 collected CCC Rookie of the Week honors after scoring three goals in three games. The defensive unit has been particularly reliable of late, holding opponents to 0.92 goals per game. A two-match winning streak was halted with a tough OT loss against Maine Maritime.
Field Hockey
In the heart of the conference schedule, the Scots snagged two big wins before falling to Endicott, going to 2-5 in conference. Goalkeeper Shannon Hicks '17 ranks second in the CCC in goals-against average (2.08) and save percentage (.757).
Recent wins over Nichols and University of New England have Scots looking like a conference contender (4-1 CCC). The team has collected more kills than their opponents in each of their last six matches, as of October 11. Renee Cooprider '19 leads the CCC in assists (560).
Women's Tennis
A 9-0 win over Salve Regina locked up the number four seed for Gordon, finishing 7-5 overall and 5-3 in conference. Abbie Denney '19 was named to the Conference First team. Denney and Justine Hanson '19 made the doubles first team.
Cross Country
Angie Epplett '20 placed seventh in the Pop Crowell meet to earn Rookie of the Week honors. Damon Kilgore '18 continues to outrun the competition, setting course records and personal bests along the way. The CCC Championship meet is scheduled for Oct. 29.


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I love seafood and i love pasta, so put together this is a match made in heaven!!
I have to say this is one of the best recipes i have done so far. really tasty, with a touch of anise flavour and a kick from the chilli. Cooking the squid for a long time makes it so tender.
You can have it syn free on extra easy by leaving out the olives but for 1 syn for 8 olives, it's worth throwing them in!!
I served mine with linguine, but you could have this with anything you like, even a large chunk of bread would be good, but don't forget to syn it!!!
1 lb squid cleaned and cut into rings
20 shrimp raw
1 fennel bulb thinly sliced
3 garlic cloves finely chopped
16 olives stoned (2 syns)
2 tins tomatoes
1 tbsp capers
1 tsp chilli flakes
handful fresh tarragon and basil
300 ml fish stock
pinch of sweetener
salt and pepper
Spray a large pan with frylight and fry the fennel till golden and soft, add the garlic and fry for another minute, add the stock and bring to a boil, turn down to a simmer and stir in the tomatoes, capers, chilli flakes, sweetener and olives, then add the squid, season to taste, and simmer for at least an hour, keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't dry out, if it starts to get a bit to thick add some water.
When the squid is tender add the shrimp and cook for 5 more minutes then tear in the herbs and serve with side of choice.


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SpaceX's booster rocket, the Falcon, is back in its nest following a historic landing. The California company led by Elon Musk shared a picture of the returned booster Sunday. The used Falcon 9 is shown on its side inside a hangar at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Musk says no damage was found. "No damage found, ready to fire again," he said.
The booster appears remarkably clean, only somewhat disheveled and blackened by soot from rocket exhaust and hypersonic speeds after blastoff and reentry and no obvious signs of damage.
The booster carried satellites aloft Dec. 21, then flew back to its specified landing zone, a first for an orbital mission. It landed upright on legs.
Musk plans to fire the booster again in a test to demonstrate rocket reusability. This particular booster won't fly again, given its significance. Another booster landing could occur as early as next month on a space station supply run for NASA.
SpaceX wants to reuse rockets to save time and money.
Sometime later this year, the booster will be rolled out from the hanger with a newly constructed transporter- erector and moved up the ramp to pad 39A. Technicians have already begun exercising the transporter- erector, practicing back and forth movements and raising the assembly to launch position.
The Falcon 9 first stage will be recycled to test out equipment, propellant loading, launch procedures and first stage ignition of the boosters upgraded Merlin 1D engines.
SpaceX is refurbishing pad 39A under a long term lease from NASA for use as a launch site starting in 2016 for the firms Falcon Heavy and Falcon 9 vehicles.
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The Senate is the race to watch
By Paul M. Weyrich
It's that time of the year to reflect, isn't it? Or perhaps that was one of the many things I didn't get done at the end of last year. Well, no matter. I'm going to reflect, anyway. Having survived 2003, I'm glad to be alive and reasonably well now that it is 2004. We news devotees can't ever get enough of breaking stories, but I swear if there was one more breaking story last year it would have been me who broke. Talk about overload. If I was away from Fox News or the Internet for more than a couple of hours, my associates would look at me as if I just crawled out of Saddam's hole in Iraq. "You haven't heard..." So the refrain would go. At times, believe me, I wanted to shout "No, and I don't want to know". That would be the one time it would turn out to be good news. It is no wonder projections suggest that newspapers as we know them will not exist in a couple of decades, maybe sooner. After all newspapers cannot interrupt anything useful you are doing in life with "breaking news".
I have to admit that I am a political junkie. I have been since I was a freshman in high school and I went door to door for Ike and Nixon in the1956 election.
It used to be, and indeed was even up until 2000, that I would get especially enthused about Presidential elections. And in off years, Congressional elections could produce a Pavlovian response. Not this year. I can't put my finger on it but instead of not being able to wait for the next "You Decide 2004" television feature I have a real sense of dread about this election. In other years we have had a paucity of good candidates. And in some campaigns the charges got pretty nasty. There is something about this Presidential election that makes me want to request a medically induced coma now and have it reversed when this is all over.
This election does have some vague resemblance to 1968 when there was also a war on. But unless age has really done in my memory, I don't recall a Presidential campaign where the climate was as bad. During his time in office a lot of conservatives hated Bill Clinton. Still, I don't think that level of hatred can hold a candle to what is being exhibited in some liberal circles these days. Perhaps I missed something, but I don't recall seeing any conservatives who hated President Clinton so much that they became totally irrational. True there were right-wing conspiracy theories back then just as there are conspiracy theories on the left today. I'm not speaking of that. When someone is hated, it is not unusual for very reasonable people to speculate on the darkest of motives of their opponents. My late father, God rest his soul, used to tell me about the hatred some Republicans had for FDR. It reached the point that many were convinced that he plotted for a couple of years to get us into World War II. No, I am talking about a level of hatred which causes people to foam at the mouth, to become unintelligible, to cease hearing anything which might calm the rage. I have encountered this and it is ugly.
Whether you like President George W. Bush or not, whether you think he "stole" the 2000 election or not, whether you oppose the war in Iraq or not, whether you think the prescription drug benefit is a great or a terrible move, whether large deficits scare you or not, whether you favor a weak or strong dollar, whether you live for free trade or think it is a fraud, whether you believe anything George Bush does is political or not, is he worth becoming mentally unstable over? What is there about this man which causes some liberals to claim, on the one hand, that he is the most stupid and uneducated President we have ever had, while on the other hand claiming that the man is so brilliant that he calculates to the nth power his every action, figuring down to the day and time how each move will help him politically. Choose one, because it can't be both. Or perhaps by insisting that both are true some liberals have gone off the deep end mentally.
So forgive me. I used to be almost childlike in my love for Presidential contests, as I felt they were splendid examples of how the democratic process worked. I fear this election will be messy and insubstantial. I hope I am dead wrong. I hope 2004 will turn out to be interesting and fought out on issues rather than ad hominum attacks. I fear my fear is right. Perhaps studying Congressional elections instead can distract me. If the Supreme Court upholds the Texas redistricting law, we will have to be plunged into an economic depression for Democrats to take back the House. If the Texas delegation has to run in its current configuration, Democrats have a slight chance to regain control, but it is hard to see how Republicans can't win at least 223 seats, even if they blow things badly. Only 218 seats are needed for control. The very able political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia says if the Texas redistricting law is upheld, Republicans could win as many as 240 seats.
If that happens Tom DeLay may replace George Bush as the most hated man on the left. So if the House is uninteresting, what about the Senate? There is an outside chance that the Democrats could take it back. But that would mean holding all five seats of the Southern Democrats who are retiring, plus winning Illinois and/or Alaska and Oklahoma. That is a pretty tall order. It becomes a near impossibility if the Democrats nominate a Presidential candidate who is not attractive to as many as a quarter of the party faithful. If they do nominate a candidate who can unite the party, then it will take a close election for the Democrats to win the Senate. Clearly, it is almost certain the Democrats will win Illinois. It will be hard for them to win Senate seats in Alaska and Oklahoma if Bush is carrying those states by 20 points as he did last time. But it might happen. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is not pro-life the way her father was, and he suffers from the nepotism charge since he appointed her.
While the Democrat candidate, two term former Gov. Tony Knowles is also not pro-life, there is talk of pro lifers running a third party candidate. Knowles was first elected Governor because of that kind of split among the Republicans. So unless Sen. Murkowski can dodge that bullet she might be defeated. Right now in Oklahoma, former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphries is running neck and neck with Rep. Brad Carson, the lone Democrat in the Oklahoma Congressional delegation. Some conservatives, worried that Humphries will not run an aggressive enough campaign, are urging Rep. Ernest Istook to get in the race as well. Istook took himself out at the urging of Senator Jim Inhofe and others. But at the time he said he had closed the door, but hadn't locked it. Istook is a very able campaigner and would certainly give Carson a run for his money, assuming he could defeat Humphries in the primary.
It will be hard for Democrats to hold on to all five Southern Senate seats. Depending on the political climate in Florida, a Democrat is more likely to hold on to the seat there than in any of those Southern states. They have also demonstrated that they can win tight races in Louisiana, having won a close run-off in 2002 for the Senate and an equally close Governors race in 2003. Senator John Breaux has been grooming Cong. Chris John to succeed him, although Cong. David Vitter, if he makes the runoff, will let Rep. John know he has been in a real race. If Georgia produces the right result in the GOP primary, there is a real chance to elect a Republican there, but if the primary goes the wrong way, Georgia could well stay in the Democrat column. North Carolina tends to elect Republicans to the Senate in Presidential years. It will be tough for the Democrats to hold that seat, but they might. South Carolina is now the most Republican of the five states, but tens of thousands of jobs have been lost there in the textile and other industries. There is also a potentially divisive GOP primary.
With a skilled campaign, a Democrat might hang on there but it will be tough.
There is one other race where an incumbent could be in some trouble. Sen.
Patty Murray of Washington state is being opposed by Congressman George Nethercutt.
Nethercutt ousted then-Speaker Tom Foley. Right now, Murray is way ahead
but that is the sort of race that could have a strong finish. Senator Barbara
Boxer of California is also in some trouble but unless the Bush campaign
determines that they have a chance to win California, a Senate candidate
would be hard pressed to find the resources to make the race competitive.
In a late surprise move, Thune is in. Last month, Thune said he would not
be a candidate for his old job, but things have changed and the former U.S.
Rep. John Thune, (R-SD) will challenge Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle. This
will be exciting because Thune can give Daschle a real race. Of and by itself
beating the Democratic leader would be huge for Republicans, but it would
also give Republicans more control of the Senate.
So, I guess I'll try to stay awake and satisfy my political cravings by following the Senate very closely. Perhaps in doing so it will help me filter out what I see coming at the Presidential level.
Paul M. Weyrich is Chairman and CEO of the Free
Congress Foundation.
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MRSA Research Center Principal Investigator
Robert S. Daum, MD, CM
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
Professor, Committee on Microbiology
Professor, Committee on Molecular Medicine
Dr. Robert Daum was elected to the 2009-2010 Best Doctors in America.
Dr. Daum is a nationally and internationally known expert in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and currently heads the University of Chicago Medical Center MRSA Research Center.
In 1998, Dr. Daum published a paper documenting that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had become a major problem in the community. Previously MRSA had been known to be a problem only in health care facilities. A decade later, this concept of a community-based epicenter of MRSA infections has changed the research focus necessary to understand this new problem. Indeed, epidemic MRSA disease in the community has now been declared a public health imperative.
Previously, Dr. Daum had played a vital role in understanding the immune response to Haemophilus Influenzae type b vaccines and was one of the key investigators involved in understanding the immune response of children to these vaccines.
Dr. Daum is also the Director of the Pediatric Immunization Program (PIP), a "reminder-recall on foot" program in Chicago aimed at developing a novel strategy for delivering routine immunizations to children.
Dr. Daum graduated from McGill University, Montreal, completed residency and research training at Montreal Children's, and completed his Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. In 1978, he was appointed to the faculty at Tulane University. In 1988, he moved to the University of Chicago where he has remained.
MRSA Research Center Staff
Susan Boyle-Vavra, PhD
Research Associate (Professor), Director MRSA Research Center
Dr. Boyle-Vavra studies the molecular basis of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus. Her research identifies unique genetic traits in vancomycin-resistant S. aureus and the newly emerging community-associated methicillin-resistant strains (called MRSA). Using molecular tools that the MRSA Research Center Lab developed, Dr. Boyle-Vavra's team is finding new reservoirs of infection as well as new emerging strains of bacteria. Another area of study is focused on understanding a regulatory system in S. aureus that senses the presence of methicillin and vancomycin that turns on genes that help Staph adapt to these drugs. An exciting discovery has been that this system is essential for methicillin resistance. By understanding how this system senses and responds to antibiotics, Dr. Boyle-Vavra's team may identify a novel target for combination antimicrobial therapy that could restore the use of methicillin (and related drugs like oxacillin). Dr. Boyle-Vavra teaches the course, "Plagues: Past and Present" at the University of Chicago. This course covers lectures on the biology of selected infectious diseases that have caused serious worldwide pandemics throughout history, including The Plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, and AIDS. Dr. Boyle-Vavra received her Ph.D. in Microbiology/Immunology from Northwestern University.
Michael Z. David, MS, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Dr. David was an undergraduate at Amherst College, where he studied Russian Language and Literature. Then, Dr. David studied medicine at Yale University and Russian history at the University of Chicago with a dissertation on the history of tuberculosis control in Russia, 1900-1941. He completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars' Program at the University of Chicago and studied biostatistics and epidemiology at Chicago after his Yale residency in internal medicine. Since 2004 he has studied the epidemiology of MRSA in the U.S., including studies in jails, rural Alaska, at academic medical centers, and in cystic fibrosis patients, and he has examined the many definitions used for community-associated (CA-) MRSA infections. Currently, Dr. David is working on a study aimed at limiting the transmission of MRSA in the Dallas County Jail and on a project aimed at modeling MRSA transmission in the city of Chicago. He is interested in all aspects of the molecular and clinical epidemiology of MRSA, the roots of fitness of USA300 (the most common CA-MRSA strain in the U.S.), the history of infectious diseases, and Russian medical history.
Neha Kumar, MD
Clinical Research Specialist
Dr. Kumar's efforts include a vast array of projects with her primary focus on the NIH funded MRSA Treatment Study whose purpose is to assess the efficacy of various treatment regimens for skin and soft tissue infections caused by community-associated Staphylococcus aureus. Dr. Kumar is responsible for recruiting clinical study subjects from the adult and pediatric Emergency departments as well as their follow up care throughout their participation in the study. Along with the Treatment study, there are many ancillary studies that require collection of body colonization swabs, blood sample collection, and administration of surveys. Dr. Kumar is also responsible for any intermediate analysis required for the Treatment Study.
Her recent efforts also include assisting with the analysis for the Household Contacts Study, organizing a study that aims to verify the efficacy and dosing of Daptomycin in children for complicated skin infections, as well as helping to organize the second edition of a Pediatric Exam Review Book.
Brian Cheng, BScDoctoral student
Brian is a doctoral student in the Department of Microbiology. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa, with a major in Biomedical Sciences. He prior research experience at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute focused on the genetic regulation in cardiovascular diseases. Currently, Brian's research focuses on the development of a multivalent vaccine against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue and skin infection. He is also interested in understanding the mechanism and the role of adaptive immunity to mount an efficient protection.
Shaohui Yin, PhD
Research Associate
Dr. Yin is passionate about understanding the molecular-level mechanisms that explain S. aureus' resistance to antibiotics, including vancomycin. He is interested in explaining how bacteria developed resistance, with a particular emphasis on examining the genes that contribute to this resistance. Dr. Yin has been working with Drs. Boyle-Vavra and Daum for eight years. Dr. Yin received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Kentucky.
Affiliated Faculty
Maria-Luisa Alegre, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
Dr. Alegre obtained her MD from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and specialized in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care. She received her PhD in Immunology from The University of Chicago and has been a faculty member in the Department of Medicine since 1999. Her research laboratory focuses on immune responses in animal models of transplantation and autoimmunity. She recently started a multidisciplinary collaboration with Drs. Anita Chong, Robert Daum, Christopher Montgomery, and Susan Boyle-Vavra to study the immune responses to MRSA with the long-term goal of providing insight into why recurrent disease is common and why vaccine development has been problematic. This collaboration will also provide insight for ways to improve treatment strategies.
Anita S. Chong, PhD
Professor, Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Dr. Chong's research laboratory focuses on defining the barriers that prevent the induction or maintenance of graft tolerance, and that elicit acute allograft rejection. Her lab recently observed that transplantation tolerance is prevented by pre-sensitized B cells or alloantibodies and is focused on investigating the mechanism by which pre-sensitized B cells and alloantibodies prevent the induction of tolerance, through altering the activation requirements of naïve alloreactive T cells. Her laboratory, in collaboration with Dr. Alegre's group, is also investigating the role of live bacterial, including Staphylococcus, infections as barriers of transplantation tolerance. In collaboration with Drs. Daum, Boyle-Vavra, and Montgomery her lab has embarked on the study of the immunobiology of Staphylococcus infections in rodents and in the clinic. Dr. Chong received her B.Sc. in Zoology/Ecology from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and her Ph.D. in Cell Biology/Immunology from the Australian National University, Australia.
Bernard Ewigman, MD, MSPH
Chairman and Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Dr. Ewigman came to The University of Chicago as Founding Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine after 28 years at the University of Missouri-Columbia where he was a professor and had served as Director of Research, Director of the Academic Family Medicine Fellowship, Medical Director of the Family Health Center and Director of the Center for Family Medicine Science. He practiced the full spectrum of family medicine including obstetrics and inpatient care for 18 years. He has done seminal studies on the outcomes of ultrasound diagnosis among pregnant women and on the epidemiology and prevention of child abuse and neglect. He is the Founder, President and Executive Editor of the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) and has served as the founding editor of four FPIN publications: Evidence Based Practice, Clinical Inquiries & Priority Updates from the Research Literature in the Journal of Family Practice and the Physicians Electronic Portable Information Database for Primary Care. He also serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Family Practice. He currently serves as a Co-investigator, as the Lead of the Community Translational Science Cluster, as Director of the Knowledge Translation Unit, on the Executive Committee and on the Operations Committee of the Institute for Translational Medicine at The University of Chicago. Dr. Ewigman has won numerous research and teaching awards and honors, most notably, the Pew Primary Care Research Award given to one leading primary care researcher annually from the fields of general internal medicine, general pediatrics, or family medicine.
Diane S. Lauderdale, PhD
Department Chair & Professor (Epidemiology)
Dr. Lauderdale is an Epidemiologist with research interests in health behaviors, health of immigrant populations, epidemiological methods and social epidemiology; she is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed articles. She received a B.A. in Religion from Harvard University, M.A. degrees in Divinity and Library Science from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health. In 2009, with Charles Macal of Argonne National Laboratory as co-PI, Dr. Lauderdale was awarded a research center in the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) network of NIGMS/NIH. The project, titled "Modeling MRSA in the Community," includes Drs. Daum and David as MRSA experts, as well as co-investigators in the social sciences, Bayesian statistics, and large scale computing. The goal of the project is to create an agent-based model of Chicago to explore the spread and control of MRSA.
Christopher P. Montgomery, MD
Instructor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Montgomery's clinical duties consist of service in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, where he has quickly gained an appreciation for the severe clinical manifestations of CA-MRSA disease, including the newly described syndrome of necrotizing pneumonia and severe sepsis. Dr. Montgomery's clinical experience caring for children with severe CA-MRSA disease has led him to begin investigating the pathophysiology of this devastating disease. His research focuses on the molecular determinants of virulence of the dominant CA-MRSA pulsotype, called USA300, and their role in the development of necrotizing pneumonia. Dr. Montgomery received his BA (Health Sciences) from Kalamazoo College and his MD from Wayne State University. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Chicago.
Phoebe A. Rice, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and The College
Dr. Rice is an expert in the structural biology and biochemistry of DNA recombinases, serves on the editorial board of Mobile DNA, and recently edited a book on the structural biology of protein–nucleic acid interactions. Systems currently under study in her lab include LexA (the regulator of the bacterial DNA damage response), the bacteriophage mu transposition system, and yeast Rad51. She also studies two very different types of serine recombinase from S. aureus. One project, in collaboration with the Stark group in Glasgow, focuses on Sin, which is found on many multi-drug resistance plasmids. The second project is in collaboration with the MRSA Research Center Lab and focuses on the Ccr family, responsible for the mobility of the methicillin-resistance encoding SCCmec element. Dr. Rice completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).