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M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh Professor
Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Scientific Director
The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Room 456 BRB II/III
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
The Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Room 456 BRB II/III
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
Office: 215-746-5532
Fax: 215-746-5511
Fax: 215-746-5511
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Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
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Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
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B.A. (Microbiology)
Miami University, 1977.
M.S. (Microbiology)
Ohio State University, 1980.
Ph.D. (Molecular Biology)
The Rockefeller University, 1985.
B.A. (Microbiology)
Miami University, 1977.
M.S. (Microbiology)
Ohio State University, 1980.
Ph.D. (Molecular Biology)
The Rockefeller University, 1985.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
Our laboratory studies cancer cell metabolism, tumor immunology, metastasis, and cellular responses to oxygen deprivation.
Key words: metastasis, cancer metabolism, immunology, hypoxia, mouse models of pancreatic, colorectal, liver, sarcoma, and renal cancer.
Description of Research
Due to vascular insufficiency, solid tumors frequently harbor domains where cells have limited access to oxygen and blood-borne nutrients. Molecular oxygen (O2) is an essential nutrient serving as a key substrate for mitochondrial ATP production and numerous intracellular biochemical reactions. The maintenance of oxygen homeostasis is therefore essential for the survival of most prokaryotic and eukaryotic species. O2 deprivation (hypoxia) triggers complex adaptive responses at the cellular, tissue, and organismal levels to match O2 supply with metabolic and bioenergetic demands. In the face of hypoxic stress, mammalian cells temporarily arrest cell cycle progression, reduce energy consumption, and secrete survival and pro-angiogenic factors. These events are coordinated by engaging multiple, evolutionarily conserved molecular responses mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) transcriptional regulators, mTOR signaling, autophagy, and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses. Whereas severe hypoxia is observed in many pathological situations, including tissue ischemia, arthritis, wound healing, inflammation, and solid tumors, it is important to note that developing embryos and adult tissues also harbor natural O2 gradients that impact multiple cellular phenotypes, including quiescence, macromolecular synthesis, differentiation, and migration. The overall goal of our research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which changes in O2 and nutrient availability modulate normal tissue homeostasis and mammalian pathology, with a particular focus on cancer cell metabolic reprogramming, metastasis, and the link between chronic inflammation and cancer predisposition.
Because a solid tumor cannot grow unless it acquires new blood vessels from surrounding host tissues, the HIFs are necessary for tumor progression, given that they regulate blood vessel formation. Mutations in multiple tumor suppressor genes lead to HIF stimulation, tumor angiogenesis, and tumor growth. Our studies have shown that the HIFs are also clearly important for tumor metastasis. We have created conditional alleles of HIF-1alpha, HIF-2alpha, and the gene encoding their common dimerization partner ARNT to determine how they affect tumor growth in the kidney, pancreas, muscle, and intestine. This will allow us to genetically dissect the role of HIFs in all phases of tumor progression: latency, size, altered cell metabolism, vascularity, and metastasis. In addition to studying the role of HIFs in mouse models, we are also evaluating their activity in human patient samples, focusing on specimens acquired from individuals with renal clear cell carcinoma, sarcoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and colorectal cancer. Cancer cell metabolic reprogramming is also impacted by variable O2 and nutrient levels in solid tumors. Finally, HIF-regulated adaptations within the tumor must be integrated with other oxygen-sensing pathways, such as mTOR, autophagy, and the ER unfolded protein response. Our ongoing studies will delineate each of these pathways in cancer cell metabolic adaptations, hoping to further exploit them for therapeutic benefit.
Sites of inflammation frequently become hypoxic due to vascular damage, edema, and heightened metabolic activity of bacteria and infiltrating immune cells. Because acute and chronic inflammation predispose individuals to pancreatic and colorectal cancer, we are currently defining how hypoxia provides a connection between inflammation and these GI-related malignancies. We have previously shown that low O2 levels render pancreatic and colonic tissue more "permissive" for neoplastic initiation and progression, and now study how oxygen availability influences the recruitment of immune cells, such as B cells, T cells, macrophages and NK cells to tumors of the pancreas, colon and connective tissues, like undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. Of note, we have recently determined that B cells play a more essential role in pancreatic cancer progression than previously appreciated. This observation has launched 3-4 multi-center clinical trials using B cell inhibitors in conjunction with standard of care, such as gemcitabine and abraxane.
Research Techniques
Generation of standard and conditional knockout and transgenic mice, ex vivo 3D organotypic culture, TCGA data mining, bioinformatics, mouse models of human cancer, gene expression profiling using next generation sequencing, array cGH (the Illumina SNP platform), molecular biology, biochemistry, metabolomics, NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, histology, immunohistochemistry, animal surgery, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, drug discovery and confocal microscopy.
Rotation Projects
Continued analysis of the role of hypoxia-inducible factors, 2-OG dependent dioxygenases, mTOR, autophagy, and ER stress responses in altering tumor metabolism, recruitment of immune cells, metastasis, and tumor progression. Other projects will focus on cellular oxygen sensing and distinct adaptations provided by HIFs versus other oxygen-consuming enzymatic reactions.
Lab Personnel:
Nicole Anderson (Postdoctoral Fellow),
Jason Godfrey (Ph.D. Student),
Kathy Guo (Research Specialist),
Peiwei Huang Yang (Ph.D. Student),
Brian Keith (Adjunct Professor),
Anne Kennedy (Summer Undergraduate Researcher/ALSF Fellow),
Sanika Khare (Ph.D. Student),
Kyoung Eun Lee (Research Associate),
Pearl Lee (Postdoctoral Fellow),
Fuming Li (Postdoctoral Fellow),
Nan Lin (Ph.D. Student),
Rindert Messiaen (Postdoctoral Fellow),
Romain Riscal (Postdoctoral Fellow),
Danielle Sanchez (Ph.D. Student),
Nicolas Skuli (Senior Research Investigator),
Michele Spata (Research Specialist),
Hong Xie (Ph.D. Student).
Selected PublicationsOchocki, J. D., S. Khare, M. S. Hess, D. Ackerman, B. Qiu, J. I Daisak, A. J. Worth, N. Lin, B. Li, B. Wubbenhorst, T. G. Maguire, K. L. Nathanson, J. C. Alwine, I. A. Blair, I. Nissim, B. Keith, M. C. Simon : Arginase 2 suppresses renal carcinoma progression via biosynthetic cofactor pyridoxal phosphate depletion and increased polyamine toxicity. Cell Metabolism in press, 2018.
Xie, H., C.H.A. Tang, J.H. Song, A. Mancuso, J.R. Del Valle, J. Cao, Y. Xiang, C.V. Dang, R. Lan, D.J. Sanchez, B. Keith, C.C.A. Hu, and M.C. Simon : IRE1alpha RNase-dependent lipid homeostasis promotes survival in Myc-transformed cancers. J. Clin. Invest. 128(4): 1300-1316, April 2018 Notes: Highlighted in Science Translation Medicine, Biocentury Innovations.
Nakazawa, M.S., T.S.K. Eisinger-Mathason, N. Sadri, J.D. Ochocki, T. Gade, and M.C. Simon: Epigenetic re-expression of HIF-2alpha suppresses soft tissue sarcoma growth. Nature Comm. 7: 10539, February 2016.
Lee, K.E., M. Spata, L.J. Bayne, E.L. Buza, A.C. Durham, D. Allman, R.H. Vonderheide, and M. C. Simon: Hif1α deletion reveals pro-neoplastic function of B cells in pancreatic neoplasia. Cancer Discovery 6(3): 256-269, March 2016 Notes: Highlighted in Nature Reviews Cancer, Science Signaling, F1000 Prime.
Lee, K.E., and M.C. Simon: Snapshot: Hypoxia-Inducible Factors. Cell 163: 1288-1288, November 2015.
Li, B., B. Qiu, D.S.M. Lee, Z.E. Walton, J.D. Ochocki, L. K. Mathew, A. Mancuso, T. P. F. Gade, I. Nissim, B. Keith, and M.C. Simon : Fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase opposes renal carcinoma progression. Nature 513(7517): 251-255, September 2014 Notes: Highlighted in Nature Reviews Cancer, Cancer Discovery, Nature Reviews Urology, Science Signalling, and the NCI website, "Breakthrough of the Year" NRU.
Eisinger-Matheson, T.S., M. Zhang, Q. Qiu, N. Skuli, M.S. Nakazawa, T. Karakasheva, V. Mucaj, J.E. Shay, L. Stangenberg, N. Sadri, E. Pure, S.S. Yoon, D.G. Kirsch, and M.C. Simon: Hypoxia-dependent modification of collagen networks promote sarcoma metastasis. Cancer Discovery 3(10): 1190-1205, October 2013 Notes: Highlighted in Science and Cancer Discovery.
Young, R.M., D. Ackerman, Z.L. Quinn, A. Mancuso, M. Gruber, L. Liu, D.N. Giannoukos, E. Bobrovnikova-Marjon, J.A. Diehl, B. Keith, and M.C. Simon: Dysregulated mTORC1 renders cells critically dependent on desaturated lipids for survival under tunor-like stress. Genes and Development 27(10): 1115-1131, May 2013 Notes: Highlighted in Nature Reviews Cancer.
Qing, G., B. Li, A. Vu, N. Skuli, Z. Walton, X. Liu, P.A. Mayes, D.R. Wise, C.B. Thompson, J.M. Maris, M.D. Hogarty, and M.C. Simon: ATF4 regulates MYC-mediated neuroblastoma cell death upon glutamine deprivation. Cancer Cell 22(5): 631, November 2012 Notes: Highlighted in Cancer Discovery.
Mazumdar, J., W.T. O'Brien, R.S. Johnson, J.C. LaManna, J.C. Chavez, P.S. Klein, and M.C. Simon: O2 regulates stem cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Nature Cell Biology 12(10): 1007-1013, October 2010 Notes: News and Views, Nature Cell Biology.
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Hooks Fire Claims One Life and Injures Another, Donations Needed and Family Fund Set at Local Bank
An early Saturday morning house fire claimed the life of a Hooks, Texas woman and injured her husband. A fund has been set up for the Springer family under Springer Family Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo in Texarkana and surrounding areas.
According to KSLA news:
Authorities say a woman died in the fire after she went back into the mobile home for reasons that aren't known. Her husband, who had gotten her and their two children out of the house, suffered serious burns on his arms and legs and is being treated at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana, Texas.
Family members told KSLA News 12 that the husband had smelled what he thought was burning wires. When he discovered his wife had gone back into the house, he pulled out a window air conditioning unit and tried to get back into the house to get her. Fire fighters had to pull him out.
Investigators were on the scene of the fire Saturday looking for clues as to how the fire started and why.
This family has lost everything in the house along with a family member. They really need help. Here is a list of items needed:
All and any household items like bedding, towels, furniture and kitchen items.
Clothing sizes for the Springer's:
Clothing sizes for the Springer's:
daughter - small shirt, small to medium pants, 6-6.5 shoes
son - medium/large shirt, 34 pants, 10--10.5 shoes
Robert (Dad) - 2X shirt, 36 pants, 10-10.5 shoes.
Billie Jean Jenkins is the sister of Bonnie, who lost her life in the fire, is helping collect items. Her number is 903 733 5875. Please contact her to arrange a time to drop off donated items.
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Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider's daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.
I think we can all agree that the above picture is not a kitten, thus ending the cute-baby-animals theme used in header images in The Queue once and for all.
The Dark Wayne asked:
There's one question that's been on my mind ever since 3.3 came out: Will we be able to obtain Shadowmourne or at least Shadow's Edge in Cataclysm? If we can, will we also still be able to get the fancy box of lore trinkets that drop when you kill the LK with it?
Given that it's part of the We Are Legendary guild achievement, all signs point to yes.
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider's daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.
Fadewon asked:
Any news on any new Darkmoon Decks in the expansion?
Yes. Courtesy of Seiru from Something Awful:
Reis asked:
Question: Has Blizzard ever commented on the possibility of banning certain names in game, making it impossible for someone to use them in game, such as anything using Blizzard, Activision, WoW, etc. ...? Given the surplus of scam whispers I'm getting on a small server, I imagine it's a bigger problem places like say Malganis, so why haven't they done it already?
Short answer is that there are an awful lot of ways to misspell a name. I went into it in detail back when I worked at Blizzard, responding to our own Daniel Whitcomb. When not responding to RP concerns, I also gave love advice.
Grovin of Dark Hour asked:
Dear The Queue,
Have you decided yet what constitutes an appropriate punishment for everyone who starts a post with, "I asked this last time but it didn't get answered, so I'm just going to keep asking it until it does"? How best can we correct and prevent this ignoble behavior efficiently and with a minimum of hurt feelings and/or bloodletting?
All kidding aside, there are several reasons why I sometimes don't answer questions asked in The Queue comments. Here are some. (I don't speak for Alex or Adam here; just me.)
- I like to answer questions I find personally interesting or compelling. I do not like answering boring questions with boring answers.
- I just don't know the answer yet, and I feel like using The Queue real estate to say "we don't know the answer to this yet" is kind of lame.
- The Queue gets a lot of comments, and sometimes I have to pick and choose which ones make it into a given article.
- We get a lot of repeat questions because some people, understandably, do not read The Queue every day.
- Sometimes I just miss questions!
- Step 3: Make her open the box.
Have questions about the World of Warcraft? The WoW Insider crew is here with The Queue, our daily Q&A column. Leave your questions in the comments, and we'll do our best to answer 'em!


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In spite of eagerly obeying a multitude of signs imploring me to "Watch for Wildlife on the Highway" I saw very few wild things along the 1400+ miles of the Alaska Highway. But the lack of wildlife may have been due to my driving habits – starting the day on the road between 7 and 8 am and quitting by 6 pm. Apparently (very) early morning and late evening hours are best for seeing the critters.
The guide book that I've used for the drive to and in Alaska is called "The Milepost" and it provides a mile-by-mile breakdown of what to expect along the various highways - from towns and attractions to highway conditions – and it has been a huge help. It too provided some dire warnings about what wildlife to expect and where it would be.
What little wildlife I did see was on August 3rd (my second day on the Alaska Highway) between Summit Lake and Watson Lake (milepost 373-613). Oh, and that bit about not stopping on the highway? Forget it – everyone was doing it whenever an animal was sighted. Besides, the shoulders were nonexistent in many places and those animals certainly never appeared where there were turnouts!
Stone Sheep at 8:20 am near Summit Lake, exactly where The Milepost said they would be! But there was only one, all alone. It was right along the highway just a few feet from the van.
Bear at 10:35 am. On the off-chance that I'd see any wildlife I had gotten my other camera out (it has 15x zoom but takes lower resolution images). Otherwise this fella would have been a small dot in the photo! Berries were its idea of a good meal.
These two bears (taken at 12:58 pm) were some distance away when I saw them and stopped. I was able to get just one photo before they scurried off into the forest.
A small herd of Buffalo at 1:20 pm. Another small herd was several miles further on. It is possible that these are "domesticated" buffalo since several of them appear to be wearing a collar of some kind. Or perhaps it is a tracking device?
Note: This post was written at 11:30 pm Friday night using the available daylight only. There was still an orange tint to the western sky. Even later in the night the sky does not get dark. I haven't seen the stars in the night sky since leaving Montana. Temperature was about 55 degrees with a light breeze. And, this is being posted from the public library in the little town of North Pole, Alaska which is about 15 miles south of Fairbanks.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Wildlife Along the Alaska Highway
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Labels: Alaska, Canada, The Journey
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Ft. Myers, FL – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have optioned right-handed pitchers Ryan Pressly andMichael Tonkin along with catcher Chris Herrmann to Triple-A Rochester.
Additionally, they have reassigned the following players to minor league camp: left-handed pitchers Matt Hoffman andAaron Thomspon, right-handed pitcher Deolis Guerra, outfielder Wilkin Ramirez, and infielders Doug Bernier andDeibinson Romero.
The Twins have also granted right-handed pitcher Matt Guerrier his unconditional release. He is now a free agent.
The Twins now have 29 players in camp: 13 pitchers, 3 catchers (one non-roster), 7 infielders (one non-roster) and 6 outfielders (one non-roster).


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U.S. Army researchers have constructed a new concept vehicle that addresses some of the military's biggest challenges. The Ultra Light Vehicle (ULV) Research Prototype is designed to be fuel efficient, adaptable and survivable in almost any environment. The prototype -- which is built using commercial off-the-shelf technology -- recently entered the final testing phase at the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Michigan.
Funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the ULV project took 16 months to complete from design to prototype. TARDEC's Ground System Survivability (GSS) group partnered with non-traditional defense contractors to create three identical lightweight research prototype vehicles that were required to carry a payload of 4,500 pounds; have curb weight of maximum 14,000 pounds; offer protection from hazards in the field such as mines and explosive devices; and cost $250,000 each in a hypothetical 5,000-unit production run.
The team developed three vehicles. Two will be used for mobility, mine blast and ballistic survivability testing, according to the Army. The third vehicle will undergo mobility and fuel efficiency testing at TARDEC's Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory. Results from the tests are expected in early 2014.
"Soft deliverables -- such as data and lessons learned -- and hard deliverables -- such as test assets and spare automotive components -- will help shape, inform and support tactical vehicle programs, technology demonstrator efforts and/or TARDEC innovation projects to maximize the overall return on investment," TARDEC GSS associate director Steve Knott said in a statement.
The Army's main project goal was to create a ULV that increases the occupants' chances of survival without affecting the vehicle's mobility. So the prototype was designed around its occupants, ensuring that there is ample room for soldiers and their gear. All of the ULV's command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) equipment was placed in the back, accessible to the occupants through a tablet device.
The focus of the ULV project was to design and build a midsize class vehicle that has the same survivability features of a much larger one such as a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, which has an average weight of 40,000 pounds. The ULV is not intended to replace any other vehicle, and it will serve as a platform to test various new technologies, according to an Army spokesperson. Depending on the test results, the ULV concept could influence how military vehicles are designed in the future.
Continue clicking through InformationWeek Government's slideshow to learn more about the ULV Research Prototype's innovative design.


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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease in which the body's immune system attacks the joints. The inflammation can become severe, impacting function and appearance of the hands, as well as other parts of the body. In the hand, rheumatoid arthritis may cause deformities in the joints of the fingers, making movement difficult. Lumps, known as rheumatoid nodules, may form over small joints in the hands and the wrist.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a form of arthritis in children ages 16 or younger that causes inflammation and stiffness of joints for more than six weeks. Unlike adult rheumatoid arthritis, which is chronic and lasts a lifetime, children often outgrow JRA. However, the disease can affect bone development in growing children.
The exact cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not known. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder, which means the body's immune system attacks its own healthy cells and tissues. The response of the body causes inflammation in and around the joints, which then may lead to a destruction of the skeletal system. Rheumatoid arthritis may also have devastating effects on other organs, such as the heart and lungs. Researchers believe certain factors, including heredity, as well as smoking, may contribute to the onset of the disease.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects more women than men — 70 percent of those with rheumatoid arthritis are women. The disease most often occurs between the ages of 30 and 50, but is becoming more prevalent in older individuals.
The joints most commonly affected by rheumatoid arthritis are in the hands, wrists, feet, ankles, knees, shoulders and elbows. The disease typically causes inflammation symmetrically in the body, meaning the same joints are affected on both sides of the body, but there are many exceptions. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may begin suddenly or gradually. People experience symptoms differently, but the following are the most common symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in the hands:
The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may resemble other medical conditions or problems. Consult your physician for a diagnosis.
At UC San Diego Health we have board-certified rheumatologists who can provide a thorough examination, as well as any needed testing to determine whether or not you have rheumatoid arthritis.
Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis may be difficult in the early stages, because symptoms may be very subtle and go undetected on X-rays or blood tests. In addition to a complete physical examination and discussion of your medical history, diagnostic procedures for rheumatoid arthritis may include the following:
Studies have shown that damage to joints occurs in the majority of people with rheumatoid arthritis within two years. Irreversible joint damage, chronic pain and long-term disability can occur if rheumatoid arthritis is not diagnosed and treated aggressively early on.
Initial treatment options include:
Our compassionate, patient-centered joint team provides customized joint replacement and resurfacing using the latest proven components and surgical techniques. The primary purpose of surgery is to reduce pain, improve the affected joint's function and improve the patient's ability to perform daily activities.
Learn more about joint replacement and resurfacing at UC San Diego Health.
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American Heritage moves into the top spot as the captured the 5A FHSAA title, first beating previous No. 1 Tampa Jesuit on a Brandon Diaz three run homerun in the eight inning and then beating Ponte Vedra 9-0 to win the title. Tampa Jesuit which had held the No. 1 spot for every week except one during the regular season drops to No. 5.
Fellow Florida state champions Archbishop McCarthy and Spruce Creek sit at No. 8 and No. 10 respectively.
Bishop Gorman (NV) cruised to a record seventh consecutive 4A Nevada state championship with an 11-1 win over Coronado in the 4A state championship game on Saturday. Gorman's streak looked to be in jeopardy in the semifinals when Reno (NV) jumped out to a 6-1 lead, before falling victim to a furious Gorman comeback that saw the Gaels pull out a 7-6 victory. The Gaels move up a spot to No. 3 and will finish the season ranked in the top five in the nation yet again.
The opening round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs in California claimed a couple of victims from the rankings, but for the most part the favorites in California survived to this afternoon's second round. The single elimination format combined with depth of talented teams typically leaves a trail of upsets throughout the bracket. There wasn't a lot of movement from the Golden State this week with the exception of a few upset victims (Lakewood, Long Beach Wilson, Clovis West), but expect that to change drastically in the coming weeks.
Georgia playoffs are down to their final week with the teams sitting Nos. 11-13 (Columbus, Parkview, and Gainesville) all still alive. Ringgold, another AAA team, enters the rankings at No. 42.
Tomball (TX) moves up to No. 14 this week after a thrilling series victory over previously No. 50 Klein (TX), coming out on the winning end of one-run games in game one and three of the series.
The biggest jump this week comes from Arizona, where Chaparral captured a second consecutive state championship, moving up to No. 29.
New additions this week include: No. 33 Oxford (AL), No. 35 Rockwall-Heath (TX), No. 36 Pensacola Catholic (FL), No. 38 Carl Albert (OK), No. 42 Ringgold (GA), No. 45 Kentwood (WA), No. 46 Bingham (UT), No. 47 Jackson Memorial (NJ), No. 48 Grand Street Campus (NY), No. 49 Pacifica (CA) and No. 50 Piedra Vista (NM).
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JEREMY Brockie came back to haunt his old club with a brace of goals as the Wellington Phoenix extended their winning streak over the Jets to six with a 3-0 win at Hunter Stadium today.
Let go by the Jets at the end of last season, the Kiwi gave a reminder of his predator instincts with goals in the 44th and 82nd minute.
Paul Ifill completed the shutout in the 87th minute when he converted from the penalty spot after substitute Ben Totori was brought down by Josh Mitchell.
The loss was the biggest by the Jets since their 5-2 loss to Wellington on December 23, 2011 and takes the margin against the Phoenix for the past six games to an incredible 16-2. .
In a horror night for the home side, goal keeper Mark Birighitti was carried off on a stretcher after copping an accidental knee to the head from Brockie midway through the second half.
Brockie, who was the Jets equal leading goal-season with nine, opened the Phoenix account when he got in behind Tiago and taped in a cross from Paul Ifill.
The defeat was the Jets third for the campaign and leaves them on 12 points.
Full report in tomorrow's Herald.


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The Wolf Creek Players started rehearsals for the upcoming play "The Big Five-Oh," a two-act comedy written by Brian Mitchell. Reda Charmichael and Jim Radatz are the co-directors. There are eight cast members, four of which are newcomers to Wolf Creek Players! Zach Kennedy, Ella Wicks, and Linda Wiges are from Traer. Tyler Ingham lives near Lincoln.
This hilarious comedy features George Thomas (played by Anthony John) coming to terms with his age. Other cast members are Alice McGrath, Jana Ryan, and Brian Winslow.
Performances will be held at the St. Joseph's Building, 101 Clark Street, Dysart. Dates and times are: Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday May 10 at 7 p.m.,; Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. This is Mother's Day Weekend, so plan something special for her.
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Admission tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. For information and advance tickets, call Nancy at 319-476-3767.
Visit the Wolf Creek Players website at www.TamaCountyIowa.org/WolfCreek Players.


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Michael Carrick is set to win his first England cap since May 2010 next week after assuring manager Roy Hodgson he does want to extend his Three Lions career.
The Manchester United midfielder was overlooked for Euro 2012 despite his outstanding form at the end of last season after Carrick made it clear he did not want to be considered.
It is thought Carrick's unease dated back to his experience at the 2010 World Cup, when he was selected by Fabio Capello but did not play a single minute, and Hodgson told Sky Sports: "Michael Carrick would have always been in our thinking. I was given to believe he didn't want to be part of the England set-up."
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Ten Questions with Nick Castellanos03/30/2011 10:00 AM ET
By Josh Jackson / Special to MLB.com
Nick Castellanos turned 19 earlier this month and his official experience as a pro amounts to seven games in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League at the end of last summer. Still, the third base prospect spent much of Spring Training in the Grapefruit League with the big league Tigers.
A supplemental first-round Draft pick last June, Castellanos was one of the most highly touted high school players in the country. In addition to starring for Archbishop McCarthy in Davie, Fla., he was the Silver Spikes Player of the Game in the Under Armour All-American Showcase at Wrigley Field and won a gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championship Games as a member of USA Baseball's 18U team.
Castellanos would have attended the University of Miami had he and the Tigers not agreed to a contract that came with a $3.45 million bonus. The deal gave him the chance to play in the same organization as Miguel Cabrera, whom Castellanos rooted for as a youngster when the slugger was with the Florida Marlins.
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He recently talked about getting to play with a childhood hero, being a teenager in Major League camp and his expectations for the upcoming season.
MiLB.com: You only had time to slip into seven pro games last year, all in the GCL. It must be pretty incredible to be playing in the Grapefruit League. Have you been able to take a moment to reflect on that or have you been too concentrated on business?
Castellanos: You know, every day you have to come and play baseball, so I try and stay focused on that. I don't really think about how I got here, [because] I really don't have time to look back and appreciate it yet.
MiLB.com: What have you been working on most in camp?
Castellanos: Probably my defense. That's something I've been working on a lot. I've been putting in a lot of early work on that, working with my coaches on that a lot.
MiLB.com: When did you start playing third base or having coaches identify you at a third baseman? What other positions did you play?
Castellanos: I played short most of my career, all throughout Little League and high school. Third base is still a little bit new to me, so I'm still learning it a little bit. [The biggest difference is] pretty much the reaction time, the way they're teaching me to be set up before the pitch. It's working on slow rollers, working on fielding bunts.
At shortstop, you have more time to play the ball where you want to play it. But at third base, you just have to react. There's no time to do anything but catch the ball.
MiLB.com: What was Draft day like for you?
Castellanos: Draft day was a great experience. I had my family there, and I have some of my family in Detroit. I knew [the Tigers] were interested, but not more than some other teams.
MiLB.com: Was it especially exciting to be picked by a team with such a rich baseball history? And by the team that has Miguel Cabrera?
Castellanos: Oh, yeah, of course. It's been really cool. I've looked up to him when I was a little kid, and now I'm here playing on the same team as him. Not very many kids get to have that experience.
MiLB.com: You ended up with a nice signing bonus. Was it weird to suddenly have that money -- and to have everybody know about it?
Castellanos: You know, yes and no. I really didn't think about it like that. My friends and family didn't treat me any different, so, in a way, no. Everybody treats me the same.
But I don't need to ask my dad for money when I want to go out for friends, so that's different.
MiLB.com: The Miami area generates a lot of strong prospects. Do you remember playing against Orioles first-round pick Manny Machado at any point?
Castellanos: I played with him on the USA team. We both knew [we'd be in the same Draft class]. We really didn't talk about it much, but we both knew we were the better ballplayers in the area. We knew that. He did his thing and I did my thing, and that's why we are who we are.
MiLB.com: In your limited time in the GCL, you put up good numbers. Were you at all nervous, coming into that first pro experience?
Castellanos: My first at-bat, I was a little bit nervous, but I just remembered I was there for a reason. After that, baseball was baseball, and I did well.
MiLB.com: You've played in Wrigley Field and in Venezuela and now with the Major League club in Spring Training. It's a weird question for somebody at the beginning of his career, but what's been the highlight so far?
Castellanos: Probably Wrigley Field. [That day was] really, really good.
MiLB.com: It's been reported that you'll likely start 2011 with [Class A] West Michigan, a couple hours from Comerica Park. What are your expectations or goals for the season?
Castellanos: Just to play smart, play hard and do well. I'm guessing [my family members who live in the area] will come and see me play a couple times.


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Submission + - Iran, North Korea Team Up To Fight Malware Like Stuxnet, Flame
An anonymous reader writes: At the start of this month, news broke that Iran and North Korea have strengthened their ties, specifically by signing a number of cooperation agreements on science and technology. The two states signed the pact on Saturday, declaring that it represented a united front against Western powers. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, told Kim Yong Nam, North Korea's ceremonial head of state, the two countries have common enemies and aligned goals. On Monday, security firm F-Secure weighed in on the discussion. The company believes Iran and North Korea may be interested in collaborating against government-sponsored malware attacks such as Duqu, Flame, and Stuxnet.


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LIVE from the NYPL: The Moth: Melissa Bank, Bliss Broyard, Ophira Eisenberg, Jeffrey Rudell & Josh Swiller, Paul Holdengräber, host
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Stories About Loss
"We lose therefore we are."
Humans lose their keys, limbs, minds, pets, political campains, objects of desire, hair, body fat, competitive advantages, cell phones, loved ones, temper, sense of purpose, and, in the end, their lives.
Join The Moth, New York?s premier storytelling organization as it returns for a LIVE from the NYPL evening to explore both heartbreaking and hilarious instances of this fundamental human experience.
6:30 pm Doors Open
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Co-presented by the MOTH
Hosted by: Paul Holdengräber
Curated by: Meg Bowles
Featuring stories by:
Melissa Bank
Bliss Broyard
Ophira Eisenberg
Jefferey Rudell
Josh Swiller
and others!
Cellist: Catherine Bent
Artistic Director: Catherine Burns
Senior Producer: Sarah Austin Jenness
Curator and Producer: Jenifer Hixson
Program Manager: Marianne Gadeberg
Executive and Creative Director: Lea Thau
About the Storytellers:
Melissa Bank is the author of The Wonder Spot and the best selling first-time short fiction collection, The Girl?s Guides to Hunting and Fishing. She was the winner of the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction and she has published stories in Zoetrope, The Chicago Tribune, The North American Review, Other Voices, and Ascent. Her work has been heard on "Selected Shorts" on National Public Radio and she is at work on a novel as well as a screenplay for The Girls' Guide. Bank holds an MFA from Cornell University, and lives in New York City.
Bliss Broyard is the author of the critically acclaimed family memoir One Drop My Father's Hidden Life--A Story of Race & Family Secrets, which was just released in September. Her fiction and essays have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize Anthology and The Art of the Essay, and have appeared in Grand Street, Ploughshares, "O" Magazine, and Cookie. She is a frequent contributor to Elle Magazine and The New York Times Book Review. Bliss lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.
Ophira Eisenberg is a stand-up comic and has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy, VH-1's Best Week Ever and All Access, E! Channel's Top 100 Countdown and Discovery Channel's Lost Treasures of the Deep. Selected by Backstage as one of "10 Standout Stand-ups Worth Watching" in their Spotlight on Comedy issue, Ophira performs regularly at enowned comedy clubs across the country. She is the co-host and co-producer of the acclaimed weekly show Sweet Paprika (a Time Out New York Critic's Pick for comedy) at the D-Lounge in Union Square. Her writing is featured alongside that of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Joan Rivers in the new Crown/Random House anthology I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics. She is also a regular comtributor for Us Weekly's Fashion Police.
Jeffery Rudell is a graphic designer, writer and one of the founders of Hearsay; a storytelling workshop. He has won The Moth's Story Slam Championship (2003) and was recently featured on the National Storytelling Tour (2007). His work can be heard on The Moth CD's Audience Favorites Vol. I and Love Hurts. He lives in New York City with his partner Albert and dreams of finding a writing gig that will help pay his mortgage.
Josh Swiller is the author of The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa. He was born with moderate hearing loss and was deaf by age four. A graduate of Yale University, Swiller has had a wide variety of careers; forest ranger, carpenter, slipper salesman, raw food chef, Zen noviate, journalist, and teacher among other things. In August 2005, he had successful surgery for a cochlear implant and partially recovered his hearing. He now speaks often on issues facing mainstreamed deaf individuals, and currently works at a hospice in Brooklyn, New York.
About Paul Holdengräber (Host)
Paul Holdengräber is the Director of Public Programs now known as "LIVE from the NYPL" for The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library.
About Catherine Bent (Cellist)
Catherine Bent was born in England and has lived and worked and played in New York City for 15 years. As leader of the AXIS String Quartet, she has collaborated with jazz musicians Lee Konitz, Michael Hashim, and Rob Thomas among others. She has also put her talents to use in Cirque du Soleil?s Quidam, Dafnis Prieto's Absolute Quintet, Greg Osby?s Double Quartet, Palm Beach Opera, One World Symphony, John Cage's Ocean with Merce Cunningham, and Happy Hour Clowns? 9-minute Nutcracker at Dance Theater Workshop. Last week she appeared on SNL with Kanye West, in whose band she regularly plays. Currently, Catherine is pursuing a Masters in Jazz Performance at New England Conservatory.
About The MOTH
The Moth, a New York based non-profit arts organization dedicated to the art of storytelling, has been called New York's hottest and hippest literary ticket by The Wall Street Journal. The Moth features simple, old-fashioned storytelling on thoroughly modern themes by wildly divergent raconteurs. Past storytellers at The Moth have included Malcolm Gladwell, Ethan Hawke, Erica Jong, Frank McCourt, Moby, and George Plimpton as well as a VooDoo Priestess, an astronaut and hundreds more. In addition to its main stage, The Moth conducts six other programs including?The Moth StorySLAM, a competitive storytelling event, and The Moth Outreach Program, which conducts workshops for underserved teens and adults in rehabilitation programs and The Moth Story Tour which began in Los Angeles during 2006. The Moth has brought more than 2,000 live stories to over 60,000 audience members. www.themoth.org


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Stitch travel projects with inspiration from Mary Mulari's ingenious creations. Author and designer Mary Mulari teams up with Nancy to make travel gear perfect for gifts or yourself. Learn the basics of making a travel trio bag set, jewels and treats bag, curling iron tote, tee with secret pockets for valuables, and other travel inspired projects. Versatile designs—simple enough for beginners!
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Because of weather delays and unanticipated schedule changes, the installation of Wadsworth Parkway bridge girders on U.S. 36 that were slated to end tonight will las through Thursday.
Work will continue tonight and also from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, according to an email sent Tuesday afternoon by contractor Ames/Granite Construction/
East and westbound U.S. 36 will be closed under the bridge during installation. Traffic will be detoured using the ramps, but drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes.
For more information, call the project hotline at 303-404-7042 or visit the project website at us36expresslanes.com.
The project will completely replace the existing Wadsworth bridge, which was built in the early 1950s and, CDOT officials say, no longer meets current safety standards.
The new bridge is scheduled to be fully functional by September.
Officials see the bridge work as a major milestone in the U.S. 36 Express Lanes Project and a key sign that some of the bigger chunks of construction are moving forward.
The Wadsworth Parkway bridge is one of five bridges being completely reconstructed along U.S. 36 this year. Three more bridges will be widened to accommodate additional lanes on the highway.
The bridge work is just one piece of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes Project, the $312 million plan to add an express lane in each direction of the Boulder Turnpike from Federal Boulevard to 88th Street in Louisville. The goal is to reduce congestion by adding room for more high-occupancy vehicles, such as Bus Rapid Transit and carpools.
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Regardless of wealth, families should enjoy sharing a gift with their young girl or boy. To all you kind souls please come to the SURC and show that you care. Central's own spirits of holiday glee have set up the annual Giving Tree (on the first floor of the SURC through Dec. 2).
The tree is covered in tags from girls and boys, expressing their needs and preference in toys. For these low-income children, gifts are rare. So this winter season, please help and share.
Stocking Stuffer bags will also be in the vicinity! Each Stocking Stuffers bag says girl or boy, and you fill it with small school stuff and toys. If you take a tag, it's your task to bear to donate the item written on there. Please drop off your bags and gifts for the tree upstairs in the SURC, room 256B.
When the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement (CLCE) has counted the gifts and checked them twice, they'll deliver them, come snow, fog, or ice. At the CLCE, there's something we feel, something important that means a great deal: every young child should have a good reason to have a big smile this winter season.
For more information visit www.cwu.edu/leadership-engage, call 509-963-1850 or email email@example.com.


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Heading for finals: Don't hit the wall. Climb over it!
by Texas State SLAC
Does this sound like you or someone you know? During exams, do you:
- go blank
- become frustrated
- start thinking "I can't do this" or "I'm stupid"
- feel your heart racing or find it difficult to breathe
- know the answers — after turning in a test
- score much lower than on homework or papers
Many students find their anxiety level heightens toward the semester's end. Pressures causing this can come from many sources and vary according to your performance in each of your classes. Continue reading


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Union South, University of Wisconsin, Madison
By creating distinctive concepts, the UW Union South has become a campus destination.
A centerpiece of the location is a large fireplace is wrapped in wrought iron that has been designed to look like the life cycle of the prairie, says Korz.
"An artist developed [the fireplace] and this it anchors the whole space," Korz says. "The backside of the piece has a separate design and it flows into the lounge space that is the wine bar. We offer local and organic wines, sell tapas and do wine educational series in the space."


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2004-04-26 09:04:24
|Firefox is a different branch of development from Mozilla's browser, and has different features. It can be detected by the value of the string window.navigator.vendor.
2004-04-26 16:20:04
|I agree, we need firefox support, its a much better browser than mozilla!
|Stephen Brooks
2004-05-19 14:04:11
|OK, sorry about the delay, but I've added it.
|Stephen Brooks
2004-07-13 13:57:01
|At least, I _thought_ I'd added it. Can someone using FireFox go to this page:
...and report what they see? That page gives a debug of the browser detection process.
|Book'em Dano
2004-07-13 18:44:52
|Using Firefox version 0.9.2 I show the following:
User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.8
Homogenised form: mozilla50(windows;u;windowsnt51;en-us;rv:17)gecko20040707firefox08
Detected as: Mozilla
2004-07-15 13:47:03
|IP address(es): it lists it properly.
User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040713 Firefox/0.9.1+
Homogenised form: mozilla50(x11;u;linuxi686;en-us;rv:17)gecko20040713firefox091+
Detected as: Mozilla
Using July.13 nightly branch build as you can see, ...hmm maybe I'll go get new build as it looks good.
2004-07-15 13:54:21
Actually your UA string is wrong as you said you are using 0.9.2 , but yet the UA says Firefox/0.8
The main cause of the bug is because of your installing a 0.9.x Release over 0.8 release when you should have done a clean install.
It's recommended to do a clean install, especially if you ever want to file a bug report.
|Book'em Dano
2004-07-15 18:19:13
|James, your absolutely correct. It is highly recommended and I didn't do it, but then again I don't typically file bug reports.
I uninstalled my old version of Firefox and reinstalled 0.9.2. It now reports it correctly.
Now . . . when do we get that Firefox icon.
2004-07-16 18:11:53
Hehe yeah i'm always correct.. >_>
I always do a clean install, as in never install on top of another build of Firefox. Common sense!
What do you mean about the Firefox icon?
Hey you guys want a nice spellchecker for Firefox?
Read instructions and make sure you select the dictionary you installed for it to spellcheck(a old workaround).
2004-07-16 23:57:46
|Oh wait you mean the firefox icon.
Wouldn't it be better to keep Mozilla "Seamonky" suite and the sleek Mozilla Firefox together in order to better able to pounce IE.
|Mr Cookie
2004-07-21 07:26:10
|We need an Icon!
|Stephen Brooks
2004-08-09 04:14:27
|Sorry - obviously the word "Mozilla" is still overriding the word "Firefox" in my UA identification. Odd because I thought I'd put "Mozilla" at bottom priority as it tends to be part of so many other things. Will look into it.
2004-09-12 01:24:41
|Well I see there is a Firefox icon now.
2004-10-28 11:10:28
|User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041027 Firefox/1.0RC1
Homogenised form: mozilla50(windows;u;windowsnt51;de-de;rv:173)gecko20041027firefox10rc1
Detected as: FireFox
User agent string: Madonna/9.1 (convertable; MS-eek 7.0; Winblows 1852)
Homogenised form: madonna91(convertable;ms-eek70;winblows1852)
Detected as: UnknownBrowser
|Stephen Brooks
2004-10-28 14:12:05
[DPC]Stephan202 smells of ducks.
2004-10-28 16:49:37
I swear I didn't do anything to those little duckies.
Anyone want some piece of my delicious mallard pie?
2004-11-08 19:29:04
|I get:
IP address(es): *hidden but correct*
User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Homogenised form: mozilla50(windows;u;win98;rv:173)gecko20041001firefox0101
Detected as: FireFox
|The Infamous Sophie Damon
2004-11-11 03:51:21
|And it works with 1.0 as well, yes!
User agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Homogenised form: mozilla50(windows;u;windowsnt51;en-us;rv:175)gecko20041107firefox10
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Ulmar L. Fritz
Ulmar L. Fritz, 98, of 147 Straub Ave., St. Marys, died peacefully at his residence on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.He was born Jan. 25, 1915 in St. Marys, son of the late Henry J. and Elizabeth Jacob Fritz. On Feb. 17, 1938, in the Sacred Heart Church, he married Frances E. Holland and she preceded him in death on May 24, 2009. Mr. Fritz was a lifelong resident of the area and was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Class of 1933. He was a retired employee of the Stackpole Carbon Corp., retiring in 1978 after 45 years of service. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church, the Quarter Century Club of the Stackpole Corp., a member of the K of C, Elks, St. Vincent DePaul Society and had served as mayor of St. Marys from 1981-1989. He is survived by four daughters; Frances Cunningham of Warren, Ann Wortman and her husband Gervase of Warren, Laura Hunkele and her husband Edward of Elmira, NY and Jean Bacon and her husband Matthew of Fairview; three sons, Bruce Fritz and his wife Nancy of Westport, Conn., Colonel Gregory Fritz (Ret.) of Woodbridge, Va. and Andrew Fritz and his wife Lisa of York; 28 grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Captain David Fritz on July 8, 1975; by three sisters, Olivia Fritz, Leona Ford and Veronica DePanfilis; and by seven brothers, Zeno Fritz, Oswald Fritz, Alto Fritz, Henry Fritz, Quintin Fritz and two brothers in infancy. He was the last member of his immediate family. A Mass of Christian Burial for Ulmar L. Fritz will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Eric Vogt, OSB, pastor, as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation is at the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Memorials if desired can be made to the Elk County Catholic School System, 114 Queens Rd., St. Marys, PA 15857 or to the Christian Food Bank, P.O. Box 1033, St. Marys, PA 15857. Online condolences may be offered at www.lynch-radkowski.com.


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On another note, the misspelling in the headline really disturbs me. People who can't spell have no business working as by-line writers or editors. Does no one use spellcheck anymore?
I can not frame this up in any way that would be OK. But, it isn't any different than making fun of someone's clothing choices because the clothes were cheap and out of date. Making fun of someone in a social situation is never OK. If I had been the letter writer, I probably would have been only able to discuss my feelings/impressions because I wouldn't want to bring it up to my husband and rub salt in the wound. Yes, a cell phone is a minor thing. But a family social function should be someplace you really shouldn't have to worry about being made fun of.
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Sustainability: Environment, Economy and Livelihoods
WWF, NAFRI, and the provincial and district counterparts have been implementing the rattan project since 2006 in Vientiane, Bolikhamxay and Sekong provinces.
"After the two first phases of developing best practices for the rattan supply chain and rattan forest management and establishing market links, we are now focusing on expanding the FSC certified areas and strengthening the sustainable rattan supply chain", said Somphone Bouasavanh, WWF-Laos's Country Director.
This three-year project will ensure sustainable management of 20,000 ha of rattan forest in two districts, Khamkeut and Bolikhan in Bolikhamxay Province and two districts, Lamam and Thateng in Sekong Provinces.
Bolikhamxay Province, where most of the activities take place, is very rich in term of commercial rattan species. 11 commercial rattan species, for example Calamus solitarius, C. poilanei, C. gracilis and C. palustris are today used in the project area in Bolikamxay, explained Mr Bouasavanh.
By 2014 20,000 ha of sustainable managed rattan forests will be FSC certified and able to supply 200 tonnes of commercial rattan canes. The harvested rattan will be processed by local communities and exported by CoC certified manufacturers to the market in Europe.
"This creates jobs and generates income for local communities who mostly rely heavily on natural resources", added Ms Bouavanh Phachomphonh WWF-Laos's Rattan Project Manager.
This project will also increase the knowledge of the rattan density, ecology, and conservation amongst partners and communities, said Mr Bansa Thammavong, NAFRI's National Project Coordinator. It is to secure the support from national policy that promote the sustainable rattan management and production, added Mr Thammavong.
Through the project lifespan the team in Laos works in collaboration with WWF's rattan teams in Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia who also are funded by IKEA. The expected outputs are to keep the existing FSC rattan forests and to extend to other areas; to increase the annual income of communities with 10 per cent; to secure support from the national policy that will secure legality of the rattan supply chain and the incentive to invest in sustainable rattan harvest and production.


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Please join KLRU's Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
DATE: November 15
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Governor O'Malley was elected to a second term two years ago, with 56% of the vote. He's a Democrat who served as mayor of Baltimore before running for Governor. And his administration claims a broad mix of successes: job creation, a top-ranked public school system, moves to keep tuition affordable at public colleges and universities, lower crime, environmental protections for the Chesapeake Bay and affordable taxes. It's a record that has many people asking if O'Malley will run for President in 2016. Join us to learn more about what O'Malley is doing in Maryland, and what the future might bring.
We hope you'll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We'd love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview. Watch past episodes and audience Q&A segments of Overheard with Evan Smith at klru.org/overheard


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Save Veronica, quick question - is the name in reference to the tv show?! Sorry if it isn't I just miss the show.
I have ruined so many tupperware containers, cookie sheets, pans, etc by either leaving them too near the stove or turning on the wrong burner. My BF thinks I am a fire hazard. But I haven't started any fires yet, at least (knocking on wood).
accidents happen when people are not in the habit of doing safe things consistently
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Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Uchiha Obito
A minor member of the Uchiha clan and a chuunin, Obito is a member of Team Minato. While Obito does not possess any singular powerful ability, he can use all of what he knows with his developing sharingan to put up a fight.Requirement to unlock: No requirements
Piercing Stab
Finding an opening in his enemy's defense, Obito quickly stabs them dealing 15 piercing damage to the enemy. During 'Obito Sharingan' this skill will deal an additional 10 damage.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Melee, Instant
Obito Great Fireball
Obito breaths searing fire on one enemy dealing 15 affliction damage to them for 2 turns. During 'Obito Sharingan', this skill will deal an instant 30 affliction damage and have no cooldown.
Cooldown: 1
Chakra required:
Classes: Affliction, Ranged, Instant
Obito Sharingan
Obito targets one ally. For 4 turns, Obito will gain 15 points of damage reduction. If Obito dies, that ally will gain 5 points of damage reduction and will deal 5 additional non-affliction damage permanently.
Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
Classes: Mental, Unique, Instant
Obito Flee
This skill makes Uchiha Obito invulnerable for 1 turn.
Cooldown: 4
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Instant
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Study shows SMB cloud security fears largely overstated
Cost and security assumptions questioned
Research into small businesses in the US and Asian markets has shown that there's an increasing mismatch between the theory and practice of cloud security.
When questioned in a blind test conducted by comScore and funded by Microsoft, a third of SMBs said they didn't use cloud security because of fears over the cost of transition, and 40 per cent steered clear because they were worried that they would encounter more security problems than if they managed their own affairs.
In fact, the data showed that SMBs who went the cloud security route were six times more likely to have cut security spending by moving to a cloud model, although it should be pointed out that this represented only 20 per cent of those companies polled – showing that for most of us, security spending will carry on rising regardless.
"It's an interesting dichotomy between people that have the perceived barriers to cloud adoptions in security and privacy and those that actually have taken the plunge and used the cloud," Tim Rains, director of trustworthy computing at Microsoft, told The Register.
Running costs were also reduced by a cloud move – with cloud security users saying they spent 19 hours a week managing security compared to 25 hours for non-cloud IT administrators. That's one full BOFH day – once an extended lunch break and important offsite meeting at a local watering hole is taken into account.
The survey found that Asian users saved more IT management time than their American counterparts after a move to cloud security, but saved a smaller percentage of their overall security spending. Rains suggested this could be because security spending as a total of the whole IT budget is traditionally smaller in Asia. ®
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Eds: Penn St. 71, No. 24 Ohio St. 70, OT. With AP Photos.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thad Matta didn't have a whole lot of answers.
Regardless of the question thrown at him after No. 24 Ohio State lost 71-70 in overtime to Penn State on Wednesday night, it was clear the Buckeyes coach was at a loss to explain what has happened to his team.
Since starting 15-0 and rising to No. 3 in the nation, the Buckeyes have lost five of their last six games. The latest loss came to a team Ohio State had beaten in the last 18 meetings. Matta was 17-0 against the Nittany Lions since coming into the Big Ten in 2004-05.
Now, with 10 games to go in the season, he must find some solutions.
"Obviously, I don't like the position we're in but it's reality," Matta said. "We put ourselves here. We've got to fight our way out of this."
The latest defeat was a stunner, partly because the Buckeyes blew an 11-point lead with 8 minutes left and partly because it came against a team that hadn't won in Columbus in 13 years. For that matter, the Nittany Lions haven't had much luck regardless of location, winning just seven times in 37 Big Ten games since Patrick Chambers took over as head coach three years ago.
But that all changed when D.J. Newbill hit the decisive shot.
Newbill hit a pull-up jumper over Aaron Craft with 2 seconds left in overtime for the winning points. He had hit a 3 with 13 seconds left in regulation to force the extra session.
"We weren't the tougher basketball team," said Craft, a senior. "We had the ball, a chance to go up three and we turn the ball over. They go down, and they have guys who make plays. And they did it."
Newbill was up to the challenge.
"There were 11 seconds left, we were down by one. I just cleared out one side of the floor," he said. "I knew they were going to try to stop me from going to the right because they'd been shading me left the whole game. I just made a quick, right-to-left crossover and pulled up with confidence. Fortunately, it went down."
Newbill led the Nittany Lions (11-10, 2-6 Big Ten) with 25 points.
He didn't know, or even care, who was guarding him on the last shot. Craft is considered one of the nation's best one-on-one defenders.
"They did everything they needed to down the stretch," Craft said. "They made shots, they made big plays, they rebounded the ball. We just didn't do it."
It didn't matter to the Nittany Lions that Ohio State had controlled the series for a dozen years.
"We never mentioned it. That's over. We're a new team," Chambers said. "We can't be concerned about the past."
Ohio State made only one field goal over the last 8:29 of regulation. Then, in the overtime, it led by three points and had the ball with 90 seconds remaining and couldn't hang on.
In the overtime, Taylor gave the Lions a quick lead on a follow before Amir Williams, who had 12 points, hit a free throw and Lenzelle Smith Jr., who had 15 for the Buckeyes, put his team up 68-67.
Smith was then hit in the face while shooting a 3 and made the last two of the three free throws for a three-point lead.
After the teams traded misses, Newbill ended up with the ball atop the key with the shot clock winding down. He drove the lane and got off the layup just in time to cut the lead to 70-69 with 39.4 seconds left.
The Buckeyes then turned it over when LaQuinton Ross, who led Ohio State with 16 points, drove and passed in traffic to Williams, the ball going out of bounds off his hands with 13 seconds left.
Penn State brought the ball down with Newbill waving off his teammates to take the ball one-on-one against Craft. From the right wing, he crossed over on the dribble and pulled up for a 14-foot jumper that caught nothing but net with 2 seconds left.
"He had a tough pull-up when Aaron had him in front of him," Matta said. "Yeah, that was a tough shot."
After an Ohio State timeout, Craft took the inbounds pass and drove over midcourt but was unable to get off a shot before the buzzer sounded.
Smith, the only other senior on the team other than Craft, was both angry and disappointed about his team's recent failures.
"As a senior, this is not what I had in mind," he said. "A Top 25 team at home doesn't lose these games. And we lost."
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GREENVILLE, Ill.-- The Lady Panthers continue their 3-game win streak with a 2-0 win against Blackburn.
Greenville's Kieley Leach scored the first goal of the game in the 29th minute of the game when she beat the Blackburn Beaver's keeper with a beautiful shot into the back of the net. This lone first half goal put GC ahead 1-0 at halftime.
In the second half, Kelsey Panzau scored a PK awarded to GC when Katelyn Reckert was fouled in the box. Panzau's goal brought the game to it's final score of 2-0 Greenville.
GC outshot the Beavers 22-3 and maintained possession for most of the game. Greenville goalkeeper, Heidi Koehl, earned the shutout.
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Is it a case of too little too late? Rapper Master P after being in the game for over twenty years is changing his name to P Miller. P has been doing his bit for Hip-Hop having already developed his Take a Stand label which promotes curse free lyrics with his son Romeo. The change in name comes about as the down south mogul has ventured off in new directions including teaming up with Wal Mart to promote an affordable fashionable clothing line.
Wonder if this change of name will influence his brother C Murder.


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Kathi Kellenburger, fellow MVP and friend, pinged me recently for an interview for the Professional Development Virtual Chapter. This is one of the groups at PASS that tries to focus on a specific area, as opposed to move chapter based user groups that are location based.
She interviewed me through email and the interview is live, and you can check it out. It's short, but I give out some of my thoughts on building your career and focusing on professional development.


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I've just come back from the 48th Annual IEEE Symposium on the Foundations of Computer science, better known as FOCS; this year it was held at Providence, near Brown University. (This conference is also being officially reported on by the blog posts of Nicole Immorlica, Luca Trevisan, and Scott Aaronson.) I was there to give a tutorial on some of the tools used these days in additive combinatorics and graph theory to distinguish structure and randomness. In a previous blog post, I had already mentioned that my lecture notes for this were available on the arXiv; now the slides for my tutorial are available too (it covers much the same ground as the lecture notes, and also incorporates some material from my ICM slides, but in a slightly different format).
In the slides, I am tentatively announcing some very recent (and not yet fully written up) work of Ben Green and myself establishing the Gowers inverse conjecture in finite fields in the special case when the function f is a bounded degree polynomial (this is a case which already has some theoretical computer science applications). I hope to expand upon this in a future post. But I will describe here a neat trick I learned at the conference (from the FOCS submission of Bogdanov and Viola) which uses majority voting to enhance a large number of small independent correlations into a much stronger single correlation. This application of majority voting is widespread in computer science (and, of course, in real-world democracies), but I had not previously been aware of its utility to the type of structure/randomness problems I am interested in (in particular, it seems to significantly simplify some of the arguments in the proof of my result with Ben mentioned above); thanks to this conference, I now know to add majority voting to my "toolbox".


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Adding Hood Vents to older Model Subaru's.
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I first place the passenger side vent on the underside of the drivers side location where I want the vent. I then mark the bolt most to the center of the hood, close to the support. I then drilled the hole for it. Once that is accomplished you can use the driver side to mark the other two holes a drill them. Do the same for the other side. Now you need to shave off the mounting pads around the studs on both vents. They need to be flush with the leading edge on the front, and the back pad flush with the mesh in the back. then you can shave the front edge of the vent until it is flat across the entire front. YOu might want to go slow and d lots of test fits as its much easier to take more off later than to replace. I then marked the holes needing to be cut with a can of black spray paint, since I wanted the mesh painted black anyway. You could make a paper templet to transfer the shape needing to be cut if spary paint doesn't rock your world. I then used a dremel with some cutoff wheels to cut the opening. It was faily quick, and left a nice hole which I was worried that a sawzal might not do.
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Lost Paradise: Cees Nooteboom in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
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In Lost Paradise: A Novel, eminent Dutch novelist Cees Nooteboom weaves an imaginative tale of two unrelated travelers a beautiful stranger aboard a Berlin-bound flight and a haggard-looking man on a Holland train platform whose intersecting paths illuminate the ways in which the divine touches our lives. With his fleeting impressions of these encounters, Nooteboom builds a complex, haunting story of longing, regret, and rebirth in the dawn of the new millennium.
Nooteboom writes about the ecstasy, and ultimately the frustration of grasping onto something doomed to disappear or the unwillingness to resign oneself to an inescapable farewell. The simple conclusion to a complicated love story is that angels don't belong with humans. Lost Paradise is a novel as light and ungraspable as a poem, yet seems to be about everything in life, including the fall from grace and cosmically thwarted love while affirming our underlying humanity in an increasingly fragmented age.
Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom debuted in 1955 with the novel Philip and the Others and has since written novels, poetry, short stories and travelogues. His work has earned him numerous awards, among which the Bordewijk Prize, the Pegasus Prize for Rituals and the Aristeion European Prize for Literature for The Following Story. The latter was translated into over twenty languages and signaled his international breakthrough. In 2004 he was awarded the P.C. Hooft Prize for his entire oeuvre. Among his other books are the travelogues Berlin Notes, Roads to Santiago, and the novels All Souls? Day and his latest book, Lost Paradise: A Novel.
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I have build a partitioned table with 193 milion rows and each partition has around 20million rows. If i analyze the table partition by partition and compute statistics, it gives ora-600 : [1113]
unable to exten temp segment in TS temp.
My temp ts is now 4 gig, i started it with 1G.
When increasing the temp TS didn't solve the problem then i did analyze with estimate statistics.
Is it Okey to work with estimate statistics instead of compute statistics.
Is compute statistics give more performance than estimate statitics ?.
What kind of index would give best performance on zip code (varchar2(5)) column in the above table ?.
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Whereas fMRI and PET are based on the coupling of neural and vascular (blood flow) activities, electrophysiological methods directly reflect brain cells' electrical activity. These non-invasive methods include electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG).
EEG measures the electrical activity that is produced by neurons as recorded from electrodes placed along the scalp. MEG maps brain activity by measuring magnetic fields that are generated by neural activity in the brain. Both EEG and MEG provide information about global as well as regional neural activity, but with MEG there is less distortion of the electrical signals. Often one or the other of these electrophysiological methods is combined with fMRI or PET to provide complementary information about normal and disturbed brain function.
EEG is used clinically to measure physiological manifestations of abnormal cortical excitability, primarily in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and other seizure disorders. It is also used with other many other measures in intensive care to monitor head-injured patients in coma, providing information that helps physicians assess patients' prognosis. EEG is also used to study sleep disorders. EEG recordings can be conducted while a patient is inside the MR scanner. EEG and fMRI are used together, for instance, to localize where in the brain a seizure starts and where it spreads thereafter.
MEG, by measuring magnetic fields, is used to investigate the basis of sensory processing and motor planning in the brain. MEG is used with MRI in brain tumor patients prior to their surgery to identify the hemisphere controlling language and to precisely locate the areas involved in expressive and receptive language so that surgeons can spare these areas during surgery. Sometimes, patients who will be undergoing this pre-surgical planning will agree to participate during the MEG/MRI procedure in research designed to explore brain processes that may be involved in stuttering, or in memory.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique that is used to map cortical functions in the brain, such as identifying motor or speech areas. With TMS, a large electromagnetic coil is placed on the scalp, near the forehead. An electromagnet is then used to create a rapidly changing magnetic field, inducing weak electric currents. It increases plasticity and excitability of neural circuits.
Unlike TMS, repetitive TMS (rTMS) is used as a therapeutic intervention, rather than cortical mapping tool. In stroke patients with motor deficits, rTMS is used to try to restore the balance of excitation between motor cortices in each brain hemisphere. Changes in signals from the motor cortex can be associated with improvements in muscle movements, such as raising a finger. Additionally, as of 2008, rTMS is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for non-invasive treatment of depression. Researchers continue to gain a better understanding of mechanisms of actions, and optimal doses (such as frequency and patterns of delivery). This technique is also being tested experimentally in other neurological conditions such Parkinson's disease, dystonia and schizophrenia. Like another technique called "deep brain stimulation" (DBS), TMS functions both to provide information on brain functions and to treat some functions.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves implanting electrodes in specific areas in the brain and externally stimulating the electrodes to measure electrical activities of neurons and their electrochemical pathways. DBS is currently approved by the FDA for treatment of intractable Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. It is also being studied at research centers for treatment of severe intractable depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome and other conditions.
In addition, however, in a few highly specialized research centers, neurosurgeons and cognitive scientists are undertaking DBS electrical imaging to begin to explore the neuronal underpinnings of cognition. The studies are undertaken in patients with epilepsy, with their consent, while the patients participate in pre-surgical planning to identify the specific location of the origin of seizures that cannot be controlled with medication, so that essential areas can be spared during surgical treatment for these intractable seizures. DBS electrodes transmit signals from nearby cells when those cells are active in a specific task, such as naming, responding to a happy or sad face, or involved in movement, such as raising a finger.
Laser Doppler Ultrasound is a non-invasive and highly sensitive method for measuring even tiny changes in the rate of blood flow velocity (speed) within arteries throughout the body, including the brain. Its primary use in the brain is for monitoring severely head injured patients, especially those in coma, in intensive care units. It is used in combination with other measures (such as EEG, described above). In fact, it is one of many components of multi-modal monitoring of brain oxygenation and metabolism that help physicians predict a patient's prognosis and measure patients' responses to various therapies. It is also used to confirm brain death, the irreversible cessation of all functions of the whole brain.
The technology is based on the principle that sound waves change pitch when combined with motion, in this case movement of red blood cells. The low level laser light is able to penetrate thin areas of the skull, enabling intensive care practitioners to monitor any changes in the ultrasonic signals from patients' basal cerebral arteries.
Laser Doppler Ultrasound is often used to image the carotid artery to determine whether a major blockage is present that is decreasing blood supply to the brain in patients suspected of having a transient ischemic attack or stroke. In heart disease patients, the technique helps to assess the effects of angiogenesis treatment (promoting the growth of blood vessels in a damaged heart); in cancer patients, the technique measures the effects of anti-angiogenesis treatment (cutting off blood supply to a tumor). Additionally, it is used to follow the migration of injected drug therapies that travel to the abdomen, chest and legs.
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The Gazette feels it is vital to make every effort to hear what the politicians aspiring to lead our province are saying and to give them a fair opportunity to explain their ideas and motivations. This is particularly important for some of our readers because the four campaign debates were held only in French.
We were able to give readers coverage of our interviews with Liberal Leader Jean Charest and Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault in time for readers to contemplate their views before election day; but we were not given a timely interview with Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois.
On Aug. 23, Charest sat down for an hour with senior political correspondent Philip Authier and columnist Don Macpherson. Photographer John Kenney prepared a video of the interview.
On Aug. 29, Legault and his lieutenant, Jacques Duchesneau, spent 90 minutes explaining the party's stance to The Gazette's editorial board, editors and reporters. Max Harrold wrote about the exchange, James Mennie featured highlights in a podcast on our On The Trail blog, and photographer Dario Ayala videoed the meeting.
Québec solidaire co-leader Amir Khadir spoke with reporter Monique Muise by phone for a feature article on the left-leaning sovereignist party published on Aug. 24.
Jean-Martin Aussant, leader of Option nationale, another offshoot sovereignist party, spoke to Gazette Quebec Bureau Chief Kevin Dougherty for an article published Aug. 15.
The Gazette team had also hoped to meet with Marois, whose policies on language, identity, secular values and sovereignty are of particular concern to members of the anglophone and allophone communities.
In the first days after the election call, Authier filed a formal request for an interview with the PQ leader. He was given reason to believe the interview, which would have been conducted in French, would happen. Dougherty also asked for a meeting, but did not receive a reply from the PQ leader's assistant.
On Aug. 30, with six days left in the campaign and a holiday weekend looming, and well after the PQ leader had sat down with La Presse, Le Devoir and the Globe and Mail, Marois's media logistics co-ordinator confirmed the PQ leader would meet with Authier and Dougherty between campaign stops on the South Shore on Saturday morning.
On Friday evening, he contacted Authier to say that due to campaign commitments, Marois had to cancel the interview with The Gazette. There was no apology or further explanation. Nor could he promise a date after the election when Marois could talk to The Gazette.


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MORRIS – Pilot Travel Centers, which first proposed a truck stop in Morris in 2012, came back before the city to present a redesigned facility on the north side of town.
The project was presented to the Morris Development Review Committee during its regular meeting Thursday. The gas station will be on the east side of Route 47, and on the south side of Mall Road, across from Costco.
"A little over a year ago we were here with the original plan," Brandon Parks, project manager for Pilot, said. "There was an internal delay."
The actual station building's size has increased from about 10,000 square feet to about 11,700 square feet, said Building and Zoning officer Bill Cheshareck. The station will include Subway, PJ Fresh Marketplace and Cinnabon restaurants.
The overall look of the building has changed quite a bit, and not to the DRC's liking.
The building has been flipped. In its original plan, the side facing Mall Road was more aesthetically pleasing. In the redesign, it is a mostly stucco wall. Parks said the flip was done to try and pull more traffic coming from the north that will see the building more. The change also caused the interior layout to be flipped.
The DRC's concern is that Mall Road is eventually planned to be a commercial corridor. So at some point there will be higher amounts of traffic on Mall Road, along with other shopping centers and retail stores and the city wants that side of the gas station to be appealing, as well.
Morris Police Chief Brent Dite, the committee's chairman, and members, Mayor Richard Kopczick and City Attorney Scott Belt, expressed these concerns along with Cheshareck.
"This is quite the deviation from the original," Kopczick said.
He continued that before the economy fell, a Lowe's and a Kohl's store were set to be constructed off Mall Road and said he believes that kind of development will return to that area. Therefore, Pilot should want to be pulling traffic from Mall Road, as well.
Cheshareck also expressed concern with the changes of the front of the building. The previous plan called for a more exaggerated entrance with columns and more lighting.
The front was changed to Pilot's new design for stores that include PJ Fresh, Parks said.
"We feel it is a more inviting storefront approach," he said.
But Parks said all of these aspects can and will be looked at by Pilot. He said the Mall Road side of the building will be dressed up and even mentioned looking toward the original plan again.
Cheshareck also expressed concern regarding the increases size of the store, while the parking spaces have decreased from more than 80 to 65. Parks said the amount of spots will accommodate the amount of traffic the station will see.
The interior layout also worried Cheshareck with the locker rooms, showers and electrical rooms being located near the front entrance. Parks said this could be changed, as well.
The DRC tabled any action on the Pilot plan. Pilot will be back before the DRC in March with updated plans addressing the city's suggestions.


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Hassanamisco Indians
I love this document. It's a survey of property allotted to Hassanamisco Nipmuc Sarah Robins who married Peter Muckamaug. Though Native, Peter was not from Hassanamesit so the land could not be allotted to (or owned by) him. When Sarah Robins died, the land passed to her children.
The Muckamaug allotment was originally 106 acres. The land came from the division of the Hassanamisco Praying Plantation. Praying Plantations, or towns, were the colonial Massachusetts equivalent to today's reservation system. The Praying Town at Hassanamesit was 8000 acres. In 1728, the MA Bay government allowed those 8000 acres to be divided up between 40 English proprietors and 7 Native families. Land was also set aside for a Native church and school and stipulations made for a minister and teacher. The 7 Native families received 1200 acres in separate parcels. The rest was sold to the 40 proprietors and monies from the sale deposited for use by the Hassanamiscos. Since it was not believed that Native people could control their own resources, guardians were appointed to oversee their assets. Native people throughout Massachusetts could not sell their land or spend even the interest on their money without asking their guardians to petition the legislature until 1869.
Another map from the collections of American Antiquarian Society showing part of the 1728 allotments. This was posted on a Grafton, MA town webpage.
Part of the Muckamaug allotment is now owned by the town of Grafton and is preserved as "Hassanamesit Woods".The Fiske Center for Archaeological Research is conducting an archaeological dig in Hassanamesit Woods where the Muckamaug's great-granddaughter's house stood from at least 1790 to 1923 when it was bulldozed over. The story of 4 generations of Nipmuc women living on this land will be coming to this blog soon!
(You may have noticed that sometimes I write Hassanamisco and sometimes Hassanamesit. Hassanamesit refers to the land and means "the place of many small stones". Hassanamisco refers to the people of that land.)
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Hey guys,
I would in my own opinion advise you to show support for any close friends or relatives who are expericing hairloss. I dont think many people understand how badly hairloss can effect somebodys life.
All of us are in the same boat and experience the same feeling of being helpless and depressed. So if you are feeling that, then your close friends or family with MPB are experiencing the same thing.
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i agree with u, its really damaging emotionally. There isnt a day i can wake up and forget that i am balding and i would always subconsciously look at pple's hair. It really hurts to see so many guys of my age ( i m 35 ) having that thick beautiful head of hair and even folks in their 50s seem to ve more than me. Its really very very upsetting...
cheers to all brothers in hand to fight this
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I kinda disagree here, you know some ppl just don't like getting sympathy from ppl around them.
Persona!ly for me i act around friends like hair lose dosen't bother me at all. I even make jokes about it sometimes and they think i just don't care a bit, and if i ever feel anybody feeling sympathy or sorry for my hair lose i try to avoid them.
That's just infront of friends and family of course, matter of fact is hair lose is affecting me alot but i keep it to my self and ppl around me thing i really don't give a damn about it. I think it's just diffrent from one person to another.
It is very tough losing your hair ! The most important thing for me was to have a plan to address it ( or accept it if you plan on going bald gracefully). Everyone is different of course but you have 2 choices
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Regardless of your choice, stay positive! It is not the end of the world as losing your hair is a natural occurance. Plenty of successul bald people out there. We all have circumstances we cannot control , this is just another challenge in life
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College Station traffic stop yields $13K in pot
Updated 11:45 am, Saturday, February 1, 2014
A Brazoria man was arrested by College Station Police just before 11 a.m. Friday after nearly 4 pounds of marijuana and $2,000 in cash were found in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop.
Wesley Cole Smirak, 24, has been charged with possession of marijuana, a felony in Texas.
Smirak was stopped in his Infiniti SUV near the intersection of William D. Fitch Parkway and Castle Rock Parkway.
The street value of the weed is estimated to be at least $13,000, according to College Station police, who described the weed as "high grade" in nature.


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Because of the studies out there that say too much tv leads to X (there are so many and it is hard to believe which ones are accurate and which ones aren't). So, by admitting we (and I don't have one either) don't have a tv, it is as if we are telling the parents who are insecure about their decision to let their children watch tv that they are wrong because of whatever study was recently released about litmiting tv viewing. Which is silly. We don't have a tv because of our parenting decisions, you don't have a tv because of your parenting decisions, and they do have a tv because of their parenting decisions. It just comes down to insecurity.
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