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New faces. Changed places. Filled spaces. For many groups and industries in Loveland, the table has been set for the stage of development in 2013.
From across the diverse coverage areas of the Reporter-Herald, staff members are offering their tips about what to look out for in 2013, including city politics, the entertainment scene and the business climate.
From the City Government desk:
In odd-numbered years, absent the distractions that state and national politics raise, Loveland goes about the business of choosing new elected leaders.
Voters in November will decide who will hold four City Council seats and the mayor's office.
City Council members Daryle Klassen (Ward 1), Joan Shaffer (Ward 2), Hugh McKean (Ward 3) and Dave Clark (Ward 4) all have decisions to make about their political futures.
Mayor Cecil Gutierrez, likewise, must decide whether to seek retention of the job he says he loves.
"It will be interesting to watch," Klassen said this week, adding that he'll likely be just an observer.
"I'm 78, and will be 79 soon. I'd be 83 by the time another term was up. Loveland deserves more energy than that."
McKean, sometimes mentioned as a potential mayoral candidate, said he likely would choose to seek re-election to the council instead.
"I stretch things about as far as I can with time away from my family," he said. "But I think there's a lot more to do in the city. All of the original reasons I ran in the first place are still there."
A decade's worth of chickens will be come home to roost for Loveland water customers this year, when rate increases for water service go into effect.
While city councilors have not yet officially acted on price increases for Loveland homes and businesses, they are certain to rise. Loveland has the lowest residential water rates in the region, and those prices have been mostly flat for the past 10 years. How much they increase will depend on how the city leaders decide to pay for improvements to Loveland's water treatment plant and replacement of aging water lines throughout the city.
Long-term bonds mean smaller rate increases over a longer time period. The "pay-as-you-go" financing model the city has traditionally followed would lead to a steeper rise in rates next year.
-- Tom Hacker
From the "Go and Do" desk:
The snow sculpture competition will last five days and include more artists. The event has been moved from December to Feb. 5-10 to coincide with Valentine events. The event is now sanctioned and includes 12 teams this year over last year's six. The winning team will represent Colorado at a national competition. A WinterFest will celebrate the month of Valentine's Day with daily activities from the library, museum, Rialto Theater and area malls, according to Kristine Koschke with E.L. Events (formerly Engaging Loveland).
On the art front, the on-loan sculpture art advocacy project (TAAP) is asking for submissions by early 2013 and another round of transformation box applications are due Thursday, Feb. 28. The Visual Arts Commission has been approved to add public art to the interchange at U.S. 34 and Interstate 25. That call-out will also likely be in February.
Erica Lehman, media specialist, said that two great shows at the Rialto Theater this spring will be Danu, a Celtic band from Ireland, and one-man comedy acts by actor Tim Behrens performing "Scrambled McManus," about several inhabitants of a fictional town in Idaho. Visit rialtotheatercenter.org for details on other events.
-- Jessica Benes
From the Cultural Services/Nonprofits desk
A few nonprofits will be combining, adding or updating their buildings in 2013 or finishing projects started in 2012.
Loveland-based Alternatives to Violence plans to continue raising money to build an emergency safe house in southern Larimer County that will serve victims of domestic abuse. The nonprofit already has the land and the architectural plans in place to build the proposed eight-bedroom, 10,200-square-foot home able to serve an estimated 400 to 450 women and children annually.
"We're 43 percent of the way there, because of the land, assets and design," said Lynda Nielsen, executive director of Alternatives to Violence. "I have no doubt this community is going to be building a safe house."
The United Way of Larimer County plans to replace the electrical system and make minor repairs to the Henderson House, which is designated a historic building and is home to the Loveland office and other nonprofits. The house, built in 1908 by Isaac and Mary Henderson, fails to meet code.
The House of Neighborly Service hopes to buy a 37,000-square-foot building at 1511 E. 11th St. and build a "community life center" that would serve as a one-stop shop for several nonprofits. The Loveland nonprofit says it has outgrown its space and requires a larger facility to serve more clients and provide more services.
The Loveland Community Health Center is aiming for late fall for its move into a larger facility south of downtown Loveland. The low-cost health clinic has outgrown its current location at 450 N. Cleveland Ave. The Sunrise Community Health organization, which operates the clinic, bought a 48,000-square-foot building at 302 Third St. SE. McKee Medical Center's Stepping Stones Adult Day Program also plans to move into the building.
-- Shelley Widhalm
From the Public Safety desk
After about a decade in the making, Northern Colorado's first regional crime lab is expected to open this summer. Located in Greeley near the intersection of U.S. 34 and Colorado 257 in the High Pointe Business Park, the 20,000-square-foot facility will put five agencies who participate in an evidence-processing consortium under one roof. That's the Weld and Larimer County Sheriff's offices and the Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins police departments.
Having technicians in one facility instead of spread across the region is expected to increase efficiency and save money. After pledging $4 million toward the project, Weld County will own the state-of-the-art building and the additional agencies involved will split the cost of annual maintenance and operations, expected to be about $70,000.
The project broke ground in October 2012 and a grand opening is expected in July or August.
The 2013 Loveland City budget allows for additional staff in both the Loveland Police Department and the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, and both departments are ready to go. An additional dispatcher will start in the Loveland Police Department and there will be a new supervisor added to dispatch as well, along with the hire of a second fulltime evidence technician. The moves are expected to cut down on overtime costs, according to Police Chief Luke Hecker.
This spring, the department will also conclude a four-phase study that examines long-term staffing.
"We'll need to identify a sustainable plan for the next 10 years for quality police services and public safety in the community," Hecker said.
Six new firefighters will also start this month for the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, which kicks off its second year of partnership between the Loveland Fire and Rescue and Loveland Rural Fire Protection District. It fulfills a longtime goal in the department of having three firefighters on every rig, and Chief Randy Mirowski said the firefighters have been hired and will start a training program to bring them up to speed.
After the recent completion of an expansion of fire station No. 6 on McWhinney Boulevard, Mirowski said 2013 will focus on the building of a new, larger fire station No. 2 on a parcel near 29th Street and Wilson Avenue. It's all in alignment with the department's 2012 strategic plan, Mirowski said, which also marches on this year with the purchase of a new heavy rescue squad truck.
-- Jessica Maher
From the Education desk
Starting this year, parents are expected to have more choice locally when it comes to where to send their kids to school. In August, the Global Village Academy is slated to open in a yet-to-be-determined location in south Fort Collins.
The tuition-free charter school will offer a language immersion curriculum where students can choose to focus on Mandarin Chinese, Spanish or German. Following the model of other Global Village Academy schools that have opened in Northglenn and Aurora since 2007, the Fort Collins location will initially serve grades K-4 and add one grade level each year until there's a complete K-8 program.
The school is now accepting applications and aims to hold a lottery in February.
It would not open in 2013, but the Thompson School District has begun initial steps to plan for a new school in east Loveland and could continue the planning process throughout this year. The school is a revived proposal from several years ago and would be located in the High Plains area. The K-5 or K-8 school would draw on the High Plains Environmental Center in focusing on nature and sustainability concepts and it's also proposed that the school could have a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) component.
The Thompson School District Board of Education recently approved the development of a request for proposal for design of the school. RFPs will be sent out in mid-January and when they are received, the board would decide how to proceed.
In the 2013-14 school year, school districts statewide will begin operating under Senate Bill 191, Colorado's new teacher and principal evaluation law that's expected to pave the way for similar efforts in other states.
Because of its participation in the Colorado Integration Project and a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Thompson School District is one of 13 districts in the state to have a head start on the new system, and have participated in a pilot program since 2011.
-- Jessica Maher
From the Business desk
The USA Pro Challenge's decision to send its premier bike race through Loveland on Aug. 24 has cycling fans and economic development people cheering.
The seven-stage race will bring more than 130 world-class riders to Northern Colorado, with a possible start at The Ranch in east Loveland, a loop through Windsor, a zoom through Loveland and the Big Thompson Canyon, another loop through Estes Park and a finish in downtown Fort Collins.
It also will bring thousands of fans and their pocketbooks. The sponsoring organization estimated the first Pro Challenge two years ago generated $83.5 million in economic impact and attracted 1 million spectators.
A major construction project is likely to consume part of a downtown block this year when Fort Collins-based Brinkman Partners starts building a five-story upscale apartment building.
If the Loveland City Council gives its final OK to a $1.5 million loan to the urban renewal authority, Brinkman could break ground near the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Lincoln Avenue as early as April, with completion a year later.
The 65,000-square-foot building would have about 70 apartments, including four ground-level live-work units.
-- Craig Young
From the Larimer County desk
The Department of Natural Resources plans to sink $850,000 in to renovating campsites and facilities at Pinewood Reservoir west of Loveland. The county will apply for grants and kick in open space sales tax dollars for the project.
A public meeting to share information and seek input is scheduled 5-8 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Natural Resources Administration Office (formerly the Bison Visitor Center), 1800 S. County Road 31, also west of Loveland.
Replacement of the Livestock Pavilions and Ranch-Way Feeds Indoor Arena will continue at The Ranch with a $14.8 million settlement from the contractor, subcontractor, architect and others involved in building the county facility.
A 2006 blizzard revealed that the facilities were not built to handle the snow loads specified in those buildings, a maintenance shed and the First National Bank Exhibition Hall.
Replacement of the exhibition hall was completed in 2010 with a $6 million insurance settlement.
The indoor arena and pavilions will be closed during construction; both are to reopen in July just in time for the 2013 Larimer County Fair.
Road crews will replace the remaining five culverts over Rist Creek and Rist Canyon with larger structures to better handle increased runoff associated with the High Park fire. Larimer County is investing $1.68 million in seven bigger culverts to protect the county road, nearby watersheds and residents from potential flooding and debris.
The first two culverts in the canyon were replaced in late 2012, leaving five for spring. Work should be complete by May.
-- Pamela Dickman


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Enjoying the sights and smells of English flowers will be enchanting for visitors to the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show, but then, so will eating special meals cooked by a Chester County British pub.
This year The Whip Tavern in West Marlborough has been invited to do a demonstration of British recipes in the Garden-to-Table studio on Friday, March 8, as part of the show�s �Brilliant� theme featuring the flowers and shrubs found in English gardens.
Executive Chef Wyatt Lash has been involved with Pennsylvania Horticulture Society�s 2013 show since last fall and has been invited to participate in events that focus on fresh, locally grown ingredients � a tradition at the restaurant since The Whip opened in 2005.
�If you attended the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, or PHS, PHeaSt last year, you likely remember Chef Wyatt and his crowd-pleasing herb-crusted pork tenderloin with sweet potato puree and bacon-braised Brussels sprouts,� said Susan Baronowski Smith, producer/PR director at Smithworks Design Communications in West Chester, who represents The Whip.
But what is a PHeaSt?
Smith explained that one evening in October 2012, the Horticultural Society transformed its warehouse and grounds at the Philadelphia Navy Yard into a rustic party venue for PHeaSt, a one-of-a-kind celebration of farm-to-table dishes.
PHeaSt featured culinary collaborations between the region�s top chefs and local growers in support of the PHS City Harvest program, which grows fresh organic produce to feed more than 1,000 families in need every week.
The centerpiece of the event was a mammoth handmade table, which underscored the society�s efforts to �bring everyone to the table� for celebration and collaboration.
This year, guests will be invited to participate in the People�s Choice Award with chance to win a gift card to the restaurant garnering the most votes. Lash was one of the many speakers at the Flower Show�s Garden-to-Table Studio, sponsored by Organic Gardening Magazine.
To learn more about the 2013 Garden-to-Table, visit http://theflowershow.com/attractions/garden-to-table-studio/.
Three culinary presentations are offered each day, and admission is included in the Flower Show ticket.
�We�ve invited Chef Lash to be one of the many celebrated speakers at the Flower Show�s Garden-to-Table Studio, sponsored by Organic Gardening Magazine,� said officials at the magazine.
Earning a reputation for innovation and intensity, Lash has been at work in the kitchen as Sous Chef since 2006.
Energy for the demands of the high-volume kitchen operating partner, KC Kulp, said, �Wyatt has the energy to communicate the demands of our kitchen. His training style requires that every member of the crew arrives ready to hustle, initiating new hires to the demands of the busiest restaurant in the area.�
Powered by a staff of three cooks and four to seven servers per shift, The Whip�s 42 seats (82 if you add the tables on the patio in mild weather) are constantly turning over.
A typical weeknight�s plate averages are at 120.
Weekends,the kitchen puts out as many as 185 dinners per shift. That is no small feat for the compact kitchen serving up grilled and saut�ed dishes, each with specialty stocks and seasonings.
Lash is credited with helping to establish and expand the largely English menu, which includes classic pub comfort foods: Scotch Eggs, Welsh Rarebit, Bangers and Mash, Fish and Chips and a daily curry special.


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This fruity smelling facial wash foams, cleans, exfoliates all in one go!
I am sort of into facial washes at the moment, because they leave skin feeling so clean (I am trying to battle blocked pores at the moment, although I also have to deal with dry skin and sensitivity…d'oh!).
For me the most important qualities in a face wash is that it's not too foamy (I find this annoying to wash off), slightly exfoliating and non drying. Neutrogena face wash is one of my favourites!
In many ways, this face wash reminds me of Neutrogena's – it has the same pungent fruity smell, the same light foam except, Face, Soap and Clarity has exfoliating beads and has a thicker gel texture to begin with.
At first I wasn't blown away by this face wash – I wasn't sure if it was leaving my skin feeling a little tight but I persevered with it and it made quite a good difference to how smooth and bright my skin looked afterwards. Maybe it's the exfoliating beads?…
This is light textured and it didn't take off heavy make up – use a make up remover first! But otherwise I felt it was an easy to use, low fuss cleanser and mild exfoliator in one which is affordable too. A nice alternative to my Neutrogena for when I want a bit more exfoliation – I certainly do around the nose.
A nice, affordable, sweet smelling face wash for people who want a brightening face wash that will leave you feeling fresher and brighter. I feel that this could be good for oily, teenage or dull skin in particular.
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Q. Parenting, dating: I've been divorced for five years, raised a wonderful daughter who is in her fourth year of college, and started dating a wonderful man one year ago. Things were going great for me, my daughter and my relationship with "Tim." Tim and I were set up by a mutual friend who is a professor at the college my daughter attends. My daughter took a class from him last year on my suggestion. While in that class she met and started dating a fellow classmate who decided to take the class because of a suggestion from his father. ... Yep you guessed it! My daughter and I are dating a father and son. I feel like I am in a horribly-written daytime soap opera. My daughter had met my boyfriend early in our relationship but was only just recently invited to meet her boyfriend's fatherhe is a widower of 10 years. She was in shock when she realized it was the same man, and I still am after finding out. I guess the question is what to do? Continue with our relationships? I feel like all four of us are getting serious and marriage has been talked about between both couples as well. Is it considered a major social scandal to have your daughter-in-law be your own daughter? Thanks, a Potential Mother-in-Law Mother.A: You two couples should have a double wedding and instead of the Wedding March play, "I'm My Own Grandpa." It would be amusing if your daughter and her husband became stepsiblings, etc. but it's hardly a scandal. Both couples getting married would certainly solve the dilemma of deciding which in-law gets to see the kids at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The only red flag I see here is that your daughter and his son are a little young to be settling down. Many people do successfully marry their college sweethearts, but I don't see why they would rush into it. Young marriage does put people at a higher risk of divorce. If your daughter comes to you for advice about getting married upon graduation, separate out what you say from your own concern about how good a stepson her boyfriend would be.
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I have an example of that from my family:My dad's step-mother (my paternal grandpa's 2nd wife) is also his sister-in-law (my mom's sister).My mom's father-in-law (my paternal grandpa) is also her brother-in-law (mom's sister's husband)
The etiquette is "be nice," more or less.And keep in the back of your mind that your partner's loyalty will be to their own parent/child before your parent/child, in most situations (say, if one couple breaks up nastily). Not letting that affect your relationship with your partner is probably tough.I see where there could be awkwardness, but I don't see a need for special etiquette.
I think there is no etiquette violation... but if one couple breaks up and the other doesn't, I do see some potentially awkward and possibly hurtful future holidays.
I've heard of step-siblings dating before, so don't think it's all that weird. The only time I'd think it was a bit odd would be if they'd known each other from early childhood, and been raised in the same house as brother and sister. But that's not the case here.
I don't see any issues from an etiquette point of view - it's not a scandal, the younger couple did not grow up together as step siblings or anything, so I see no issue there.
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What Is the Red Equal Sign All Over Facebook and Twitter?
When you ventured on to Facebook or Twitter today, you coudn't help but see some of your friends changing their profile picture to a red equal sign. It is now really going viral and spreading out all over the web. But what does this mean?


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At least one Davidson County resident has participated in the ongoing Moral Monday protests that have captured the attention of so many North Carolinians and citizens and media nationwide.
At least one Davidson County resident has participated in the ongoing Moral Monday protests that have captured the attention of so many North Carolinians and citizens and media nationwide.
Former long-time Thomasville attorney Bill Weldon demonstrated and was arrested June 24 in Raleigh after protesting against new policies and laws being driven by the Republican-led Legislature.
More than 800 people have been arrested at the Legislative Building as a form of civil disobedience since the Moral Monday protests began in April. The protests, organized by the North Carolina NAACP and other state and national groups, have criticized decisions of Republican lawmakers and centered on a bill that would bar sex-selective abortions, a voter ID proposal, the rejection of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare and cuts to unemployment insurance, among other issues.
Weldon, who lives in Thomasville, said he made a conscious decision to be arrested in an act of civil disobedience after reading about the list of bills and proposals he said went "on, and on, and on."
Weldon said some Republicans are pushing some bills, such as a private-school vouchers measure, that he called an "erosion of public education," something he is very passionate about. The bill would use millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help pay private school tuition for low-income families.
"I have no illusion that my actions or the actions of the other 800 people that have been arrested are going to change the point of view or voting of any present legislator," Weldon said. "But if we can increase the public awareness of what this Legislature is doing, I'm satisfied with that."
The Moral Monday protests have been discussed nationwide by politicians and via media outlets in recent weeks. The New York Times wrote an editorial July 9 that was critical of the decisions Republicans have made and referred to the state's government as a "demolition derby," "tearing down years of progress in public education, tax policy, racial equality in the courtroom and access to the ballot." Gov. Pat McCrory responded to the editorial, titled "The Decline of North Carolina," on Friday.
Sen. Stan Bingham, R-Davidson, said the best approach is kindness, courtesy and debate, something he doesn't see with the Moral Monday protestors.
"To hoot, holler and raise Cain is not appropriate," Bingham said. "There is philosophical debate about what should be done with these things."
Bingham, who is serving his seventh term in the Senate, has introduced more than a dozen bills this session. He said earlier this year that most of them were measures he drafted during the Democratic-led legislatures of the past.
Any time there is change, there is resistance, Bingham said, and this is no different.
"The best approach would be to come in, debate and discuss, but their argument is that there is no reason to debate because our mind is already made up, and that's not true," Bingham said. "I don't know that I could individually change it, but all the legislators are good listeners."
General Assembly police have arrested Moral Monday demonstrators who refuse to disperse from the legislative building. Weldon, the only Davidson County citizen who has been arrested thus far, was charged with violating legislative building rules, failure to disperse on command and second-degree trespassing, all misdemeanor charges.
Weldon, a former Marine and Vietnam veteran, said he did participate in a demonstration once before in Raleigh after returning home from war. His late older sister, Nanci Wilson, who was arrested during a sit-in in Chapel Hill in 1964, was a big influence on him in his decision to perform civil disobedience. Weldon's younger sister, Alice Weldon, was also arrested alongside him June 24.
"Once I made that decision I felt a since of peace that I rarely feel," Weldon said of deciding to be arrested. "That feeling stayed with me the whole weekend, on Monday and until the next day when life got back to normal."
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BVU Offers Free Passport to New Students
BVU Offers Free Passport to New Students
First-year and new transfer students at Buena Vista University will have an opportunity to get a U.S. Passport free of charge when they return to campus for the fall of their second year.
BVU will pay for the cost of applying for a U.S. Passport for all new Storm Lake campus freshmen and transfer students who don't already have one. Students must achieve a grade point average of at least 2.75 their first year and return in the fall to be eligible for the program.
"We are seeking ways to motivate students to travel, and believe that one of the barriers is the bureaucracy of obtaining a first passport," says Dr. David Evans, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.
Evans says it is another way BVU is expanding opportunities for students to take advantage of international travel. "It emphasizes our opportunities and removes one barrier to participation — and more than that, creates a focus on those opportunities and puts them at 'top of mind' for potential student travelers, especially those who have not considered international travel closely before." BVU plans to continue offering this program in future years to new entering students.
"International travel — whether for a semester abroad or a shorter-term experience — significantly enhances our students' education," says Dr. Dixee Bartholmew-Feis, dean of the School of Social Science, Philosophy and Religion, who is BVU's study-abroad coordinator. "By leaving their comfort zones and embracing the unknown students grow and evolve and become more capable global citizens."
BVU had a "test" run of the process last fall when it offered students in the Dean's Fellows and Honors Program the opportunity to get free passports, says Jennifer McNabb, Dean's Fellows and Honors Program coordinator. A student from the graphic design club took the passport photos and representatives from the Buena Vista County Recorder's office came to campus to guide students through the application process. Thirty-six students got their passports at that time. It's estimated that approximately 140 students were eligible, but McNabb does not know exactly how many already had passports. BVU plans to continue offering free passports to Deans Fellows and Honors program students in upcoming years, she says.
Buena Vista tries to make international travel courses as affordable as possible for students, says Evans. There are stipends for Dean's Fellows and Honors students and additional funds are being generated through BVU's new capital campaign: See Tomorrow: The Campaign for Buena Vista University, he notes. "In addition, BVU subsidizes every international trip by absorbing the travel costs of the faculty advisors, rather than distributing that expense to the student cost of the trip. After that is done we analyze our budgets and distribute extra funds to the trips to reduce students' costs."
Most of the international travel by students occurs during BVU's January interim as a part of travel courses, and through study-abroad by individual students, typically for a semester. Some travel occurs periodically after the end of the academic year and during the summer. The concert choir also travels internationally once every few years. Over the years, some BVU athletic teams have taken international trips, such as the women's basketball team's summer trip to Costa Rica last year.
BVU is projecting that it will have around 300 new freshmen and transfer students this fall, says Mike Frantz, vice president for enrollment management. It is not known how many of those students already have passports.
The fee for a first-time U.S. passport is $135, which includes a $110 application fee and a $25 "execution" fee. Passports are valid for 10 years.
New students do not have to travel while at BVU to qualify for the free passport, but will have it available to use if they decide to travel after they graduate.
An Internet search showed only a handful of the nation's colleges and universities offer this service and, like BVU, typically require a specific minimum GPA for students to qualify.


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The executive director of Four Corners Community Behavioral Health believes that someone who receives help in advance will be in much better shape than someone who goes without help for years on end.
It's always better to have preventive measures in place, she said – even if it takes extra effort to implement them.
Dolan shared that philosophy as she talked about competing legislative proposals to expand Medicaid or private insurance to Utah's poorest and most vulnerable residents. But she also applied it to the work that her private non-profit organization does for residents throughout Grand, Carbon and Emery counties.
On any given day, Four Corners' staffers help people with substance abuse problems and chronic mental illnesses get the care they need.
"We're the safety net," she said March 3.
According to Dolan, the Four Corners program can trace its philosophical roots back to the final days of former President John F. Kennedy's administration.
The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 was the last bill that Kennedy signed into law before he was assassinated.
It foresaw a country where previously institutionalized people could return home to be with their families.
Kennedy himself envisioned that the bill would force the "cold mercy of custodial care" to give way to "the open warmth of the community."
At the national level, at least, things haven't worked out exactly as JFK hoped they would.
To this day, Dolan said, many states are building more and more prisons to house non-violent offenders.
In many places, the reality is that there just aren't enough community services available to help those people, she said.
However, many people who are incarcerated aren't receiving treatment behind bars, and the penal system becomes a revolving door for them, Dolan said.
The situation in Moab is different, though.
According to Dolan, a dramatic shift began about 12 years ago, when non-violent drug offenders were diverted into a drug court program.
Dolan estimates that 80 percent of the people that Four Corners serves have problems with substance abuse.
Drug court gives those people a humane alternative to prison, she said. But it makes economic sense, as well, according to Dolan.
A tracking program allows drug court participants to stay at home and work for a living, while caring for their children.
It also offers them vocational training and job placement services, and participants can stay with the program for up to two years, giving them the chance to turn their lives around.
"We've had some really great successes with drug court," Dolan said.
Along the way, Four Corners has worked closely with the Grand County Sheriff's Office, 7th District Court and the probation department, among others.
"You have to have this total team effort," Dolan said.
In the future, Grand County Attorney Andrew Fitzgerald would like to see greater community involvement in the program.
"It would be very helpful for the public to get involved with the people in these programs," Fitzgerald said. "They're trying to reintegrate into society … They need to have jobs."
In addition to drug court services, Four Corners also serves mentally ill residents throughout Grand, Carbon and Emery counties.
Services include clubhouse programs for people who suffer from chronic mental illnesses, along with an assisted living residential program that offers supportive housing for local residents who are mentally ill.
That program – the Willows – will soon be joined by a neighboring project that will bolster housing options for those who are most in need.
On Monday, March 10, Four Corners and its supporters will be breaking ground on a 10-unit independent living facility on Shields Lane.
Aspen Cove Apartments will offer long-term housing for local residents with mental illnesses, including men and women who are currently homeless.
The project is made possible by funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund and matching money from Four Corners.
Grand County Council member Elizabeth Tubbs, who also serves on Four Corners' governing board, said the project will allow Willows residents the chance to move on to independent living situations.
"It's a much-needed program in our community," Tubbs said.
Construction work on the project is expected to wrap up in December, giving mentally ill homeless people a safe place to call home.
"They are so vulnerable, and they so need our protection and our help," Dolan said.
Anyone who would like to attend the Aspen Cove groundbreaking ceremony is encouraged to show up at 48 Shields Lane by 1 p.m. on March 10. For more information, call Four Corners Community Behavioral Health at: 435-637-7200.


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besides counting out blessings, meaning, every time you have a minute of peace, like drinking that hot cup of coffee, or going for a walk on a beautiful day, or any moment where nothing is bothering you, notice, and thank g-d. However, there is another important thing we must do - all the horrors in the world are caused by people who are arrogant and human being haters. Make a point to be nice to everyone, Always say "good morning" or whatever greeting at that time of day. Teaching yourself to be nice to everyone is ahavas yisroel, (if it is a Jew) and loving every human being - because they are also g-ds creations.
(16) Steve Cordova, May 9, 2012 9:28 PM
Nothing wrong with wanting to make it better
Sure we have it better in the U.S. than other people who live in countries like Syria, and we should be thankful for that. But being thankful that we are better off than those who live in tyranny is no excuse for turning a blind eye to the injustices that exist within our government as well. It is true that it is necessary to take a balanced approach and not let the horrors of the world dominate over our perception of the world, but the other side of that is to try and make things better. Governments around the world are corrupted by crony capitalism, and as a result the system is rigged so that most of the opportunities in the world go to those who have the means and the power to influence policy. And yet in the midst of all this people either turn a blind eye because they are distracted by media or because they rationalize some reason as to why we should allow things to continue to operate as they do. I believe that having faith in God is good so long as one takes it in balance. It is not good when people let religion and a belief in God blind them from their own role in the world. God helps those who help themselves, and this notion that we should just allow our fate to be guided in God's hands can not be applied when dealing with issues of government corruption and corporate greed. To allow one's self to to believe that God will some how save humanity from the evils of human beings who seek power and greed is a limiting and disempowering notion that serves those who seek to use our belief in God to acquiesce to their corrupt authority.


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==Teaching History==
==Teaching History==
Revision as of 07:47, 6 February 2013
Contact Information
Technical Instructor
Office: 617.324.1940 (Room 16-319)
astachow AT mit DOT edu
Background and Education
Prior to joining the teaching faculty here in Biological Engineering, I was myself educated at MIT for ten years (this is sometimes derisively referred to as being a "lifer"). I first acquired an S.B. in Chemical Engineering (2001), then a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering under the auspices of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2007). My interest in the interface between biology and materials came about late in my undergraduate career, and I was fortunate to pursue this interest at the graduate level in Darrell Irvine's lab. In addition to a challenging and engaging research experience, graduate school offered me a chance to hone my teaching (assistant) chops, first in 3.012 (thermodynamics), then in 20.361 (biotechnology). I have a passion for the written word, whether reading literature or enabling effective and elegant science communication. My greatest interest now is in fostering a science-literate citizenry by multiple tactics: at the college instructor level, this means developing the abilities of students to navigate a large body of information, to understand the logic of experimental design, and to communicate their findings to myriad audiences.
My Role in the Department of Biological Engineering
As a technical instructor in Biological Engineering since Fall 2007, I see my role as improving teaching and learning throughout the department wherever possible. My primary responsibility is teaching 20.109, Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, and I continue to develop new curriculum and pedagogical approaches in that role. I have designed experimental modules in protein engineering (tuning a fluorescent calcium sensor, with Alan Jasanoff), cell/biomaterial engineering (3D culture of chondrocytes and/or stem cells for cartilage tissue engineering, with Alan Grodzinsky), RNA engineering (enrichment of heme-binding aptamers, with Jacquin Niles), and system engineering (tuning edge-detecting bacteria to improve image contrast, with Ron Weiss). More broadly, I have co-organized our departmental training for graduate teaching assistants for the past few years, each year improving the training by adding components such as a practice teaching session and a talk on teaching in diverse classrooms. I have also playing a leading role in two initiatives as part of the department's Committee on the Undergraduate program. As chair of the sub-committee on educational practice in 2008, I was the primary author of departmental guidelines for best practices in undergraduate education. As co-chair of the sub-committee on improving writing instruction, I'm currently devising and implementing strategies for improving how our students are trained as scientific writers. Finally, to expand my sense of teaching and learning department-wide, I taught a recitation in our foundational thermodynamics course in 2009, and wrote supplementary instructional material for our instrumentation laboratory class in 2012.
Core Teaching Values: Goals and Expectations
- Transparency - I would like to convey to you why you are learning what you are learning at every stage, and also how you will be held accountable for this knowledge. In turn, I expect you to keep me abreast of any bugs or features of the course.
- Responsibility - I hope to take the basics (keeping up with classwork, being considerate of your labmates) for granted. I aspire for us to engage with issues both intrinsic and seemingly peripheral to the course, such as the ethical implications of biotechnology.
- Adaptability - No matter what your next career may be, adapting to unexpected outcomes and redefining your strategy and goals as needed will be vital. In my own work, flexibility and experimentation with pedagogical methods is a priority. Please do not hesitate to give me feedback.
Yearly Lessons Learned
Lessons from year five
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Teaching History
Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012- Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, subject 20.109 - instructor
Fall 2009 - Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, subject 20.110 - recitation instructor
Fall 2010 - baby-raising!
Spring 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 - subject 20.109 - instructor and lecturer
Other projects
Summer 2008 — primary author of departmental guidelines for undergraduate education best practices
Summer 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 — co-organizer of departmental TA training (2011 site)
Summer 2012 — author of electronics primer for subject 20.309, Biological Instrumentation and Measurement
Research Interests
1. Biomaterials - especially natural and synthetic polymers.
2. Immunology - particularly T cell motility and lymphoid chemokines.
Current Recommended Reads
- 2012 Gee, who is this up-and-coming writer... ?
- 2010 One day in my free time I will review pregnancy and infancy books...
- 2009 Spring/Summer here
- 2008 Year in Review here
- Winter 2008
- Summer 2007
- Popular science - Endless Forms Most Beautiful, by Sean Carroll
- Fiction - Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
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For pro-gun activists, Saturday's rally is a chance to have their voices heard.
The idea came from a Texas-based group called 'Guns Across America'. They are planning rallies at state capitol buildings around the country on 'Gun Appreciation Day', Michigan included.
It comes from the fear that proposals to ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines threaten the Second Amendment.
'Michigan Open Carry' President Phillip Hofmeister is one of many Michiganders expected to be at the noon protest.
"We don't want our rights eroded," said Hofmeister. "There are attacks on the Second Amendment from many different angles, the federal level mostly. People really feel the need to get out, stop being quiet and express their minds."
Colt Sutton, who works at Mid-Michigan Guns and Gear in Bath, also plans to attend. He believes some gun law changes do need to be made, but says the government should take its time with each one.
"It's coming at us too fast and it needs to be done right, with Congress," said Sutton. "It can't just be slipped in there, under the radar."
The rally is supposed to be peaceful and for that reason, Michigan State Police and the Lansing Police Department say they are not planning on having any sort of presence at the Capitol. If things do get out of hand, they tell News 10, they won't be afraid to step in.
Hofmeister, who plans on openly carrying his own gun during the rally, says safety hasn't been an issue in the past.
"There have been open carry rallies involving firearms at the Capitol before," said Hofmeister. "They're always peaceful. We try to desensitize the public and show them that law abiding, good people carry guns too."
'Michigan Open Carry' is not involved with this rally, Hofmeister says he is attending to not only protest, but to network as well. 'Michigan Open Carry' and other pro-gun groups are planning their own rally for sometime in March.


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Yay, the LHC will not kill us all!
What I want to know is if this could be used to create a cool sort of battery or capacitor. I'm imagining layers of metamaterials to store the photons with only a certain amount of predictable Hawking radiation emitted. I doubt if it'd be better than chemical batteries but the geek cred would be way up there.
Furthermore, I dub it a "Hawking battery" or "Hawking capacitor" if it ever comes to pass!
"Furthermore, I dub it a "Hawking battery" or "Hawking capacitor" if it ever comes to pass!"
Too late, and don't you dare. I've trademarked and patented both.
As if fusion power was not hard enough to get up and running...
So by your explanation, I give off Hawking radiation just by walking across the room? My understanding of Hawking radiation had to do with more of a shearing effect caused by extreme gravitational conditions parting two virtual particles to result in a single real particle. I'm not sure my ass qualifies as a sufficiently large gravitational well, nor can I picture a pseudo event horizon forming at any distance behind it while I walk.
In the case of black holes, the radiation of stellar or galactic mass singularities is absolutely
So much for using humor to make a point...
There comes a point where the rubber must hit the road, and in your case I believe the problem you're having is a lack of proof. Thermal radiation is not Hawking radiation, and Hawking radiation, as opposed to evaporation, should not only be more "noticeable" for tiny black holes, it also becomes more "noticeable" for black holes traveling at relativistic speeds or with an extremely high spin, according to the theory. As for the "imagined scenario", it's imagined
The image of a virtual pair around an event horizon is not, ultimately, how the result holds or is proven or even what the process is "about".
I had the mental image of myself walking, shedding heat particles, generated by my internal processes cracking apart ATP, and using the gained energy inside (in order to walk). It was pretty cool, "self as event horizon", with particles splitting (if you allow the definition somewhat loosely, with "energy" and "heat" being what's split). Also appreciated Unruh bein
For those who did not RTFA or article comments, more interesting fiber optic black holes (and pictures!) : http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~ulf/fibre.html [st-andrews.ac.uk]
So, with the advent of this new 'white hole' technology, we're really just a few short years from sucking matter through them to create our own custom luxury planets. I really want one of those rubber planets with lots of earthquakes.
Well, to get a proper explanation of 'white holes', we really need to go to the experts:
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A *white* hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A *white* hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the Universe; a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Lister: What time phenomena?
Kryten: Like just then, when time repeated itself.
Cat: So, what is it?
[Kryten, Rimmer, and Lister stare at Cat]
Cat: Only joking.
Ooh, someone punch him out.
Put the black hole in an empty box. The particles that escape the event horizon will eventually find their way out of the box, i.e. radiation comes out of the box.
Because of energy conservation, the contents of the box must loose energy and thus mass. Since there is nothing in the box except a black hole, it must loose mass.
Because of energy conservation, the contents of the box must loose energy and thus mass. Since there is nothing in the box except a black hole, it must loose mass.
I think whats missing is the energy transport mechanism. Convection (whats circulating, certainly nothing from inside the event horizon...) Conduction (touch the event horizon and fly away?) Radiation (the hot surface is inside the event horizon so light can't escape, right?)
Saying the energy transport mechanism is magic is no better than saying energy does not have to be magically conserved in that environment.
Now, its creation is a quantum state transition which has a "magical" quality in the same way that, say, a photon escaping an atom's electron shell does. There is no extended energy transport process at all. The electron makes a quantum jump simultaneously with the photon field of the world gaining a new photon traveling awa
As I mentioned above, one does not need a black hole for this -- all curved space should release thermal energy, though the rate is usually immeasurably small. Google Unruh effect and read about it
Why does the outside world get 'heavier' as the black hole gets 'lighter'?
That certainly makes sense if, in the virtual pair, the particle escapes the event horizon and the anti-particle falls in to the black hole.
But isn't it just as likely the anti-particle escapes and the particle falls in the black hole? Doesn't that mean there is no net energy gained or lost? All the particles and anti-particles escaping cancel each other out.
Now, you could say, when a particle and anti-particle meet, the energy rele
What you are missing is the laws of thermodynamics, where the universe ends up trying to "balance the books" in terms of mass and energy. Steven Hawking proposed this concept based upon the laws of thermodynamics in a broad sense, where mass and energy are always conserved.
In this case you can think of the particle falling into the event horizon from the virtual pairs as a sort of "negative mass". I know that isn't completely accurate from a pure physics perspective, but it is sufficient for mere mortals
My understanding is that the hole has gravity. The gravity is doing work on matter surrounding the hole and/or else where in the universe as gravity extends out to infinity. Work requires energy. Mass and energy are the same.
When the hole does work outside of itself via gravity, it loses mass/energy and will eventually disapear.
I have a question regarding micro blackholes that someone may help me with. Lets say you have your two protons in the LHC smash into eachother. A bunch of energy/mass is given off as
Would this micro black hole even be able to consume a particle if it's forced to interact with the particle as a wave because of its size?
Yes, but it would have a very small collision cross section for an electron, for example. This means that it would have a low probability of "consuming" any particular particle it encountered. This why a such a micro black hole would take billions of years to consume the Earth even if it were stable and was gravitationally captured.
We also now create black holes in labs. Could we create pairs of white holes and black holes together in a lab, and study the gradient between them for gravitons? Would we be able to pair them into gravity diodes? If so, could a gravity laser be made from them?
Could we use a gravity laser to focus Hawking radiation onto "blank" quanta to reconstitute the entropic hologram of the complex structure that a black hole reduces to those "blank" quanta when it emits the Hawking radiation?
If so, could we entangle pairs photons, send each member of each pair across space in opposite directions, then work one of the pair against the Hawking radiation to encode it across to the other of the photon pair, which in turn modulates "blank" Hawking radiation at the far end through a gravity laser, reconstituting the quantum entropic state of remote blanks? If so, we'd have teleportation that could run at least double the speed of light on demand (entangled photons rushing at c to opposite points = 2c), and if prepared in advance simply instantaneous teleportation.
Will Hawking finally deserve the "greatest brain of our time" reputation that TV acts like he does?
And then the Quantum Police in their Quantum Speedtrap give us a ticket for violating the speed limit.
I wonder what they take payment in...
You should look into quantum entanglement [wikipedia.org], which would be a radar detector with a builtin lawyer if this weren't a bad metaphor.
what are the practical applications for the real world? How will this help prevent our extinction?
what are the practical applications for the real world? How will this help prevent our extinction?
Easy. Before our extinction by blackhole impact we apply our knowledge on blackhole dissipation and dissolve it.
July 22nd, 2004: ' ' Now Hawking has conceded defeat by saying that information can escape from a black hole and therefore is not lost. "It is great to solve a problem that has been troubling me for 30 years," said Hawking, "even though the answer is less exciting than the alternative I suggested." ' '[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/19926]
If my calculations are correct, then you can just simulate a black hole on paper, write some formula describing information emitting from the black hole, and per
Isn't it a bit too coincidental that a guy named Stephen Hawking would discover something called Hawking radiation. I call BS.
Nichelle Nichols: "It's about that rip in space-time that you saw!"
Stephen Hawking: "I call it a Hawking Hole."
Fry: "No fair! I saw it first!"
Stephen Hawking: "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?"
Yeah I remember now... the story was intriguing and promising at the beginning and then it all went trough hell.
hey say they brought light to a standstill by drastically increasing the refractive index of the material it was being fired at -- creating a 'white hole.'
"I call it a Hawking Hole."
It sounds like the light they see is monochromatic. Hawking radiation would be blackbody radiation. Unless they have a reason why this blackbody would only have one mode and an incredibly high effective temperature. I'm guessing that they've found an uninteresting fluorescence feature.
Technology review's arXiv blog is so difficult to get any details out of. It's hard to figure out what these people have done. "frequency of 1055 nm"? I guess I'll have to go to the full article.
Technology review's arXiv blog is so difficult to get any details out of. It's hard to figure out what these people have done. "frequency of 1055 nm"? I guess I'll have to go to the full article.
Yeah, and you know what's even worse? Some assholes report the mass of fundamental particles using electron-Volts which is a unit of *energy*, not mass. Retards.
Most likely they meant eV/c^2. This is a standard units used for mass of elementary particles (by physicists). Since E=mc^2, and eV is a measure of energy, eV/c^2 is a measure of mass.
In these units, the electron has a rest mass of 511 KeV/c^2.
I love that this is a site where I can tell, and people can get, jokes that require you to see the analogy between quoting an EM frequency as a wavelength, and quoting a mass as an energy. Makes my day
It's a bad analogy. Frequency and wavelength are inverses. Mass and energy are equivalents.
No, it's more like you're not very good at abstract thought.
Or retards that can't see that 1055 nm doesn't have units compatible with frequency. A change of one word (frequency to wavelength) makes it correct. 0.0009478 nm^-1 could work, but that's not a frequency, it's a wave number.
Just because something is convertible doesn't make it a proper measuring unit for the quantity being stated. If you start giving "frequencies" in eV, m^2 or dyne second/gram (all of which could be converted) people are going to think you're an idiot and, in the sciences, they cert
The other day I was clearing debris from a fenceline. I turned over a rotten log to reveal a termite nest. I watched for a moment as the panicked insects scurried about with their larvae and such, then kicked their home aside and went about my business.
This is what First Contact will be like for us. If we're lucky. Note that I didn't bother to exterminate the critters.
This isn't Hawking radiation, it's only an analogue. Now, that's not to say that it isn't an interesting and cool piece of research, but it certainly is not the black body spectrum produced by the evaporation of a black hole. So all they've really seen is that IF a real black hole behaves in the same way as their system, it will emit hawking radiation in the same way.
In 1974, a young newcomer to the Royal Society named Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes emit Hawking Radiation.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that in 1974 a young newcomer named Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes emit a certain kind of radiation, and somebody later named in Hawking Radiation.
...and somebody later named in Hawking Radiation.
"named it", rather. Way to shoot my own comment in the foot.
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Gmail options for users
As a G Suite administrator, you can control many of the Gmail options available for your users. Use these settings to manage the Gmail user options for your organization.
Important: It can take up to an hour for Gmail settings to change for individual user accounts. In rare cases, users may experience message delays when a large number of Gmail settings are configured.
Configure user settings for Gmail
- Sign in to the Google Admin console.
- From the Home page, click Apps, then click G Suite > Gmail > User settings.
- In the Organizations section, highlight the top-level org or the organizational unit (sub-org) for which you want to configure settings.
- Scroll down the page to the relevant sections to configure your settings. You can also use the Search settings text box to enter a search term to quickly find the Gmail setting that you need.
- After you make changes to your settings, click Save Changes to finalize the new/updated configuration.
Gmail user settingsEnd user settings
- Themes: Specify whether users can choose their own themes.
- Email Read Receipts: Specify whether users can request or return read receipts (see Enable read receipts).
- Mail delegation: Let users delegate access to their mailbox to others in the domain.
- Emailing profiles: Specify whether users can send or receive emails via their Google+ profiles. Default is OFF.
Note: This setting only appears if you have Google+ enabled for the domain.
- Name format: Configure the name format for users, or allow your users to customize this setting.
- Apps search: Include relevant Drive documents and Sites in Mail search results. The app search results appear below the mail search results.
- POP and IMAP access: Disable POP and IMAP access for users (see IMAP and POP access).
- Outlook & BlackBerry Support: Enable G Suite Sync and G Suite Connector for users.
- Automatic forwarding: Specify whether users can automatically forward incoming email to another address (see Disable automatic forwarding).
- Offline Gmail: Enable offline Gmail for users.
- Allow per-user outbound gateways: Allow users to send mail through an external SMTP.
- Image URL proxy whitelist: (top-level org only) Create and maintain a whitelist of internal URLs that bypasses proxy protection (see Image URL proxy whitelist setting).
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In an agreement signed between AA and NS, AA holds a 10-year lease to operate between milepost CS 1.26 and 2.65 on the Cherry Street Branch and between milepost GY 85.40 and 87.70 on the Galena Yard Track. Both lines connect with AA at the south end of its Ottawa Yard facility in Toledo. The line handles approximately 925 annual carloads and will be operated by AA on a five-days per week schedule.
"Adding this trackage to the Ann Arbor presents a tremendous opportunity to create value for customers in the Toledo area," stated Stefan Loeb, vice president of business development. "This opportunity also underscores the strategic role the Ann Arbor plays in Northwest Ohio and the excellent relationship Watco enjoys with Norfolk Southern."
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Ten serious sci-fi films for the sentient fan
In space, no one can hear you ponder the eternal verities
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Generally - and rather oddly - disliked by Trekkies, the first Star Trek on the big screen remains closer to the spirit of the original TV series than the Star Wars-fuelled space operas that followed it. While the sequels focused on the Enterprise's plucky, increasingly plump crew falling foul of stock space villains, this movie had an eye on the bigger picture. The plot device of a threatening alien presence bearing down on the Earth was superannuated even in 1979, but Trek creator Gene Rodenberry used it as a platform to ponder the eternal verities: the strength of friendship, the quest for spiritual fulfilment and the question of what it means to be human.
Shock horror space probe
Source: Paramount Home Entertainment
To be fair to its detractors, it is over-long, and the Enterprise takes far too long to encounter the living vessel V'ger. They also complain about the protagonists' characterisation, but that's the whole point of the story: it's only by becoming more intuitive and less coldly logical - regaining their true selves and their pivotal relationship - that Kirk and Spock can understand V'ger and save the day. V'ger likewise, by vicariously enjoying Decker's metaphorical final-reel shag with the bald lass.
Writer Gene Roddenberry
Release 1979
Notes The Director's Cut edition adds four minutes to the run time, mostly with extra "because we can" effects shots, though it is arguably a better edit than the original.
Blade Runner
You've enjoyed it for its dark dystopianism. You've gawped at its dazzling special effects. You've pondered its peculiar script and continuity errors. You've even been amazed by its prediction that Atari will still be producing videogames in 2019 and Pan Am still flying. Now go an enjoy it for its intelligence. Blade Runner, like so many Ridley Scott movies, be more interested in its visual style than its substance, but here at least is a film with some meat to it. Human meat, to be precise, whether it's the fruit of a mother's loins or a test tube. Natural people or artificial people - both are equally viable and of equal value.
Is Deckard a human or an Android? If you need to ask, you've missed the point of the film.
Ad nauseam
Source: Warner Home Video
It's other theme is that life is short so it's important to enjoy it while you have it. A cynic might say we're born solely to snuff it - "Wake up, time to die" - and that's clearly where the moody, wet Blade Runner is coming from. Best make the most of it, then, whether you have three years remaining or many, many more: "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long," as replicant boffin-in-chief Eldon Tyrell, played by Joe Turkell through impossibly thick bottle-bottom lenses, says.
Writer Hampton Fancher and David Peoples
Release 1982
Notes Original cut or one of the many others? It's a vexed question. Certainly Scott's Final Cut is the best of the remodelled versions, though you may miss the film noir voiceover or even the jarring out-of-the-smog ending.
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The Sacraments We Celebrate
The Sacraments We Celebrate: A Catholic Guide to the Seven Mysteries of Faith by Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi (Ave Maria Press, 2010)
In the introduction to The Sacraments We Celebrate: A Catholic Guide to the Seven Mysteries of Faith, Archbishop Timothy Dolan writes that Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi "has baptized hundreds of babies, heard thousands of confessions, celebrated Mass daily, married countless couples, and anointed thousands of infirm and elderly. In other words, he's been on the front lines of the battle for souls, armed with water, bread, wine, oil stock, purple stole, words, and gesture."
The sacraments are "the front lines of the battle for souls," yet we Catholics often take them for granted. Vaghi's book is designed both to educate readers about the mysteries of the sacraments and their role in our spiritual lives, as well as to encourage Catholics to make greater use of them.
The book is the second of a four part series examining the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. As such, Vaghi quotes heavily from the recently published United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. This is designed as a companion volume to that Catechism, but it functions equally well as a stand-alone study.
"In the sacraments, each of us encounters God." Vaghi explores in great detail how we encounter God in Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Each chapter includes questions for personal or group reflection as well as a prayer.
There is so much to learn about the mystery and gift that is the seven sacraments. Readers of The Sacraments We Celebrate will come away with a much greater appreciation for the sacraments and will hopefully seek to integrate them more fully in their lives.


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The labor market is improving, but Friday's consumer price index news shows that workers' paychecks are not keeping up with limited inflation. Hundreds of people visited NPR's Facebook page to comment on whether things are really getting better. Host Michel Martin and NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax sift through the stats and comments.
Week Of Sweet, Sour Economy For Ordinary Americans
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