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Like asking if you want fries, or how to fill out forms to receive government cheese.
Train what you have, fix what you have, rather than importing more of the problem. It's like selling a product at a loss, but making up the profit on volume.
Dean Kamen is a cool rich guy, and like most rich guys, can afford to advocate things that don't impact him.
Training them to get government cheese would probably be more useful than teaching them programming. At least then it wouldn't get their hopes up that there are actual jobs awaiting them at the end. It's my experience that most advertised IT jobs these days are just mirage jobs. They're posted for legal reasons and so that tech companies can run to Congress and say "Look at all these jobs we can't fill! We need more H1-B visas!" But if you actually waste your time trying to GET one of those jobs, you'll find that they're as fake and inaccessible as a closed movie set.
And even the jobs that ARE real have their wages kept artificially low by all the H1B's. And god help you trying to get anything these days in programming if you're over 35 (only hip kids can code, I guess).
All so we can pour money into India, to keep the Chinese out.
If you're too old for the job then brush up on your Hindi and re-apply. But be ready to take a 60% pay cut, no vacation, and 80 hour work weeks.
get with the program--multiculturalism is COOL and if you are against mass immigration you are a bigot and probably the next Hitler.
The fact that multiculturalism and mass immigration makes millionaire investors richer is just a coincidence. Just keep saying that....Just keep saying that....Just keep saying that....
Why is this not modded up? The only ones that believe in free trade and multiculturalism anymore are the 1%ers and politically correct, the rest of us can plainly see the only "trade' is the importing of slaves and the exporting of misery.
In my own area not only is the local college shutting down the programming courses (because only a fool would go 60K+ in debt to compete with someone who paid peanuts for theirs in India) but construction USED to be a good job for those that weren't able to go to college, now? you can go by any job site and yell "immigra!" and watch them scatter like deer. oh and if they take a header from a scaffold YOU PAY for their medical bills as they are dropped off by the nearest ER with a "tough luck Paco".
I've been all over the flyover states and have seen first hand what "free trade" has gotten us, its gotten us abandoned factories, boarded up buildings, and for many areas the only "jobs" are applying for government handouts and flipping burgers. To quote George Carlin "You know why they call it The American Dream? because you have to be asleep to believe in it"
There are still bulwarks of coding being done here in the US. I just recently graduated with a CS degree and had no problem finding employment here in the states, with a family and grey hair.
I think the AC above, talking about 70 hour crunch times is closer to the mark. H1b visas means getting young Chinese and Indian employees for low-end salaried pay but who routinely work much longer days (as well as being well trained) than most typical US college grads. At least, that is what I see in the company th
The Free Trade nonsense is a scam being perpetuated by the 1% class and sold to unsuspecting Economics students. It is pure snake oil however, for obvious reasons, it is a disaster. It is designed to enrich a few wealthy elites at the expense of the middle class in a race to the bottom that equalizes first world countries with third world countries. Basically, third world countries basically remain such while first world countries become third world economies, while a global wealthy elite becomes vastly wea
Perhaps Python and JavaScript are not as valuable skill set as you think (they're not, try Java or (shudder)
Perhaps your mistake was to not specialize or learn the right things?
I'm over 40 and have a PhD in computer science, with decent experience in databases and scientific computing. I'm still having an easy time getting work in the greater Boston area.
I agree, but not exactly for the same reasons. Within big tech companies there's a disease. It's an ugly disease, and one that needs to be cured. It's called HR. Whenever we have an opening for new people within the company I work for, it's impossible to hire an honest american. Why? Because the recruiters in the HR department put the following requirements:
Expert in:
IP Engineering, C Programming, Java Programming, SQL, Unix Administration, Windows Administration, SS7, VoIP, etc, etc etc.
Also, require
I put my resume on dice.com and got bombarded by phone calls for jobs the next day. In contrast, I've gotten very few responses for jobs that I applied. Apparently that is how job hunting works now. Publicly listed jobs get overwelmed so you need to get first dibs on a subset of the job market via a recruiter.
Dean Kamen is a cool rich guy, and like most rich guys, can afford to advocate things that don't impact him.
The term "limousine liberal" comes to mind.
Dean Kamen is a cool rich guy, and like most rich guys, can afford to advocate things that don't impact him.
The term "limousine liberal" comes to mind.
Because there is no catchy pejorative coined for right-wing billionaires pushing their own policy preferences?
Because there is no catchy pejorative coined for right-wing billionaires pushing their own policy preferences?
Increased immigration ("immigration reform") is usually associated with the "liberals" in this country. The right-wingers are generally associated with anti-immigration sentiments.
Hahahahahahaha, funny. So, that means that big business leans liberal??? Hahahahahahahaha
You're funny and your political bias is showing, and in this case, it's misdirected and pointless. H1B is all about firing US residents and citizens and ALL about importing cheap labor from countries where a salary of $20,000 per year is a king's ransom.
Hahahahahahaha, funny. So, that means that big business leans liberal??? Hahahahahahahaha
No, it means that in America, there's not much difference between "liberal" and "conservative", esp. when you look at the politicians on both sides.
The Democrats push for "immigration reform" and lax policies because their constituents have been brainwashed into thinking unlimited immigration is a great thing somehow ("we need to reunite families!!!"), and push for this when they have power, but their real motivation is to help big corporations import cheap labor. The Republicans speak publicly against "immigration reform" to their constituents usually, because they're generally more anti-immigration, but then when they're in office they push for easier immigration and laxer policies, because their real motivation is to help big corporations import more cheap labor, but then they blame it on the Democrats. This of course is exactly what the Democrats do for other issues, where they do the same thing as the Republicans, to help their corporate masters, but then blame the Republicans for it. So we have two parties, doing mostly the same thing, and screwing over middle-class Americans, while keeping us distracted with a divide-and-conquer strategy so we won't vote for anyone outside these corrupt parties, because then "the wrong lizard may get in".
Hahahahahahaha, funny. So, that means that big business leans liberal??? Hahahahahahahaha
On many issues, yes. Republicans are more pro-business on most issues, but Democrats are "better" on immigration, education funding, non-defense corporate welfare, and intellectual property (big media companies are big donors to the Dems).
ALL about importing cheap labor from countries where a salary of $20,000 per year is a king's ransom.
Once they are here, many of them will apply for permanent visas, and then citizenship, and then they will register to vote
So, that means that big business leans liberal?
"Liberal" means very little. At the very least you have to distinguish between social and economic politics. Plenty of big business types, especially in places like Silicon Valley, are social liberals (gay marriage, etc.), but economics is another matter. Democrats are very good at pandering to this crowd in both aspects, and Republicans cater to their economic leanings. In other words, you're screwed. Real Democrats and moderate Republicans are, if not extinct, at least endangered species.
Increased immigration ("immigration reform") is usually associated with the "liberals" in this country. The right-wingers are generally associated with anti-immigration sentiments.
The right-wingers are generally opposed to amnesty for illegal aliens and also want stronger border enforcement, etc. When it comes to increasing the H-1B quota they, or at least their supposed representatives, are all for it. Look at the voting records. The Democrats aren't much different, which is why people get so screwed by the endless stream of H-1B's. This is a bipartisan screwing. Occasionally you get a decent politician like Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) who actually want at least some protections, but they're such a small minority it doesn't matter.
The right wingers say they're opposed to amnesty and want stronger border protection, but when they're in power they don't actually follow through with it, because cheap farm labor is important to many of their big donors in the ag industry. Bush's track record on border protection wasn't very good.
Billionaires pushing policies that benefit billionaires lacks irony.
"Limousine liberal" generally applies to a wealthy person pushing a putatively altruistic solution which imposes costs on those less able to bear them.
It's often associated with increased taxation. A limousine liberal may advocate for an increase in property taxes to help fund schools, a cost that they can easily bear but which is regressive on the rest of the population (while all the while sending their kids to private schools).
Other exa
Absolutely true. H1B Visas are destroying tech job opportunities for American citizens and stealing our jobs. A flood of Indians who drives down wages and basically makes it next to impossible for Americans to easily find Tech work, discourages American students from going into this field. It costs significantly more for an American student to go to College, letting in Indians who went to third world schools who had to spend far less on their college undercuts American students.
While Liberals claim to be so
We should abolish the H1B program rather.
... to make sense anymore.
They might as well say "Wombat refuges must be funded so as to secure America's future in space exploration.
The whole thing is a non sequitur.
Visas have nothing what so ever to do with the academic success of American kids. Nothing.
Aliens could come bubble out of the 10th dimension and seal the US off in a pocket universe... and guess what... they could still get a decent education. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?! Because immigration has nothing to do with education. The US could be utterly isolated and yet have a fantastic education system.
Example? Look at Japan... notice how their education system is terrible because they don't have really permissive immigration policies.
Oh wait, their education system is great despite having pretty tight immigration.
Stupidity. Anyone that honestly gets suckered into such arguments should get the word "moron" tattooed on their forehead. Just for efficient identification.
Stop reading Slashdot headlines.
It sounds like Code.org is pushing to have H-1B visa fees earmarked for education programs, rather than just going to general funds.
I skimmed through TFAs (poorly-organized as they were), and I didn't see anything implying they want more H-1Bs. Rather, the most I saw was implying that there could be an increase in H-1Bs, so it would make sense if that increase also increased STEM funding so we don't need H-1Bs in the future.
From the link to Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC: "Modifications to the guest worker program must also include an increase in the number of H-1B visas". Many of Code.org's backers are also FWD.us backers.
Can you settle this argument? Is the craptastically wrong headline your fault, or did Dice fuck it up for page views ?
If H-1B visa fees are earmarked for education then more visas means more fees means more education. So yes it's implied that more H-1B visas would be better. For the children, of course.
Your Congressional representative can always use a positive spin to sign something favorable to large campaign contributors.
For the children.
apprenticeships and more put into trades schools will fix the education part and it can be done in less time that the older college system at a lower cost.
This makes sense once you realize that it isn't about what they are claiming it is about. Tech businessmen want cheap labor - everyone here on slashdot gets that. But the other half is more about transferring wealth from the middle and upper middle class (in this case, through the lowered wages of developers, a moderately well paying profession in America) to the poor by providing funding for inner city schools.
We can't tax the rich since they have the ability to control their income, and the poor can't provide funding for their own schools or else they wouldn't be poor. So the funding for programs for the poor has to come from the middle class and those with high incomes in high cost of living areas who have relatively little wealth and therefore can be easily taxed either explicitly or implicitly.
....We can't tax the rich since they have the ability to control TAX POLICY...
There. Fixed that for you.
Actually I had originally written something like "control their income and wield sufficient political power" but took out the part about political power because the ability to control their (US) income is so much more important. Even if tax law was changed that increased taxes on wealth, I doubt it would generate much revenue to pay for stuff because the truly rich have the ability to manipulate their income such that it still would avoid taxation. For example, they might move it to Swiss bank accounts, or
Visas have nothing what so ever to do with the academic success of American kids. Nothing.
No, but they DO have something very much to do with your chances of getting a job when you leave academia, and the wages you're going to make.
TFS is not very clear, but if you read it closely (twice, in my case) it appears these guys are suggesting diverting the money collected from H1-B visa applications into "STEM" (how I hate that acronym) education for poor American kids. That makes a little bit more sense insofar as, if you stand on your head and squint, it looks like a token effort to tax immigration to pay for education in the US.
It's funny how everyone who makes his living on research or advocacy for a particular problem says the solution to that problem is to provide more funding for his organization. That is what TFS appears to be really saying - a bunch of people working on STEM education want more government funding for STEM education. Film at 11.
I don't know how much an H1-B visa fee is, but it must be less than the salary difference between an H1-B guest worker and the actual labor rate set by the domestic market. Otherwise no one would make money off H1-B workers and there would not be this constant clamor for more of them. This small amount of money, collected from a relatively small population of H1-B workers, will never be more than crumbs from the table anyway. It might be enough to fund a dog and pony show like FIRST, but not nearly enough to effect systemic change in the educational system.
In September 2013, the IEEE magazine ran a special series [ieee.org] on the STEM "crisis," and based on that, I am now convinced that crisis is nothing more nor less than wishful thinking that high-tech industries can someday, somehow get skilled workers for less than the fair market rate.
Not particularly realistic. Every tax...er...."fee" is being glommed to band-aid the yawning budget deficit. Prying those funds away from the pork salesmen just isn't a realistic goal. Once fees/taxes pass through the US government's fiscal event horizon, it just disappears.
what they're worth. Flood the market with H1Bs, so they can tank the amount paid because then there is lots of competition. STEM education is there, the people are there, the (large) businesses simply don't want to pay them the $100k+ they deserve. They want a large pool of $20k/yr workers.
and there's the rub... there are plenty of programers. The problem is, someone that's smart enough to code is also smart enough to do lots of other things that pay well. It doesn't matter how many coders they get in the market place, they're always going to be able to find a better job in management, accounting, engineering or whatever that pays twice what their employer wants to pay for coding. I'm sorry Microsoft/Apple, coding is not factory work. There's no way you're going to be able to pay minimum wage for this kind of talent.
Also because they don't want to train people to work in technology. There is legitimately a shortage of tech people in the US, and one potential response would be to increase wages until the right candidates are motivated to apply, but another potential response would be to take not-quite-ideal candidates and provide the necessary on-the-job training that would make them suitable employees.
And I'm not even talking about being willing to hire Java guys to write C#, although that's in play too. For example, a guy who spent 15 years keeping an assembly-line humming and has been unemployed for 5 years now might well be somebody who could help keep a network cruising along. You'd have your senior-level network admin start him off as a cabling monkey, then teach him what he's plugging things into, and as he gained experience he'd eventually get familiar with the monitoring tools and be able to recognize and respond to common problems. This kind of hire might never reach the top-notch skillset of your senior network admin, but he could be an effective and inexpensive junior-level employee. You could pretty easily dream up similarly effective training programs for desktop support technicians.
These kind of programs were exactly what the major corporations were doing in the 1950's, because there was such a shortage of available workers after WWII that they would basically hire anybody with a high school diploma and no demonstrable idiocy, and then train them for whatever the corporation needed to them to do. They provided good wages, benefits, and a career track for people who did their jobs well. This was an investment, but it worked well, and you ended up with people who were fiercely loyal to the company and proud to be a part of it.
H1Bs are basically stopping those kind of market corrections from happening - they both prevent the IT guys from getting paid what they're worth, and prevent non-IT people who want to get into IT from making the move.
This type of thing is so frustrating.
For example, I applied for a job recently that wanted 1-3 years of Linux admin experience. While I never had formal paid experience, I do have 15 years of:
Somehow, I don't know why they can't extract/find 1 year of experience in there. I can understand if they were asking for 5 or 10 years, but the bar seems low. In other words, what technical day to day tasks does someone in the job face, that I can't handle or figure out? Judge me on my actual technical merits, not something arbitrary.
Pay is not an issue either. Their top pay would represent something like a 40% increase from what I make now, which I do not expect to get. They list no floor. I would be estatic to get even a 5%-10% increase, but can understand that I may have to take the same money or a slight pay cut because of the experience factor (which is fine since I get by well on my current salary).
Of course, the job listing states the team is overwhelmed with work, but the job has been posted over a month. One would think they may have to re-adjust expectations in order to fill the job and get some relief.
There is legitimately a shortage of tech people in the US
I think pizza hut and others pay more for mangers with the same unpaid OT needs.
The $100k+ they deserve? Were you born in the 80s? $200k programmer salaries came because there were no programmers. You don't deserve $100k+ you entitled bastard; everyone in the fucking world went to college to be a Web designer and now we can just hire one for a few shiny nickels.
Look up how guilds work. You know, medieval unions. They increase salaries by having skilled workers not work--less labor availability. We have the opposite: get everyone a college education so we can pay people less.
Have you been involved in the hiring process for GOOG, MSFT, Facebook, or AAPL?
I have.
We (Microsoft) throw a LOT of money at people we're trying to bring on board. I have to assume our competitors are doing the same -- because we lose (and gain) talent from GOOG all the time as people move back and forth between companies.
If you make it through my interview loops, you won't have to worry about your starting salary being high enough. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you see your offer package.
That, or perhaps the jobs would just be outsourced to Indian contractors instead.
You would need two things:
1. Raise the demand by limiting H1B's and other pressure values.
2. Heavily tax overseas labor.
People respond to incentives. Smart people right now are doing frivolous things like games and entertainment instead of things people say we need - like STEM. The key factors to getting people to respond are (1) MONEY - how much you pay them and (2) QUALITY OF LIFE. IT can be hard on #2, but #1 should be easy to solve for.
There are plenty of coders in the country ready, willing and able to take these jobs. You're just too cheap to pay them what they're worth or willing to wait the three months it will take to get them up to speed.
Hauling in people from other countries who are no better than the ones here is just an excuse.
Again, you want the unemployment rate to decline? Hire people who are unemployed. They'll work harder and better for you than someone who has a job because they don't want to go back.
Oh, and Slashdot, the fuck off applies to you as well. Your interface just plain sucks and selecting 'Classic' doesn't do shit. Hmmm, maybe we do need more H-1B visas so you can read this site.
I'm not sure you are in a position to make this claim.
I've been interviewing candidates for software engineering jobs since I was in college. I constantly talk to people I cannot hire because of raw smarts issues.
My current employer is paying obscene amounts of money to hires of all ages, but especially entry level positions.
The base comp package at my company has grown significantly during my career, often in response to market pressures. Furthermore, there are legally required flyers that post job title
The bottom line is that in my 15 plus years in interviewing and hiring, finding good people is hard, even if you're throwing around big money.
Guess what.. most people are idiots! Sorting the wheat and chaff has been around for a while. Julius Caesar often complained about how hard it was to find good general staff.
I constantly talk to people I cannot hire because of raw smarts issues.
Guess what.. most people are idiots!
The attitudes! And people wonder why kids are reluctant to go into the field.
"Hey kids! You need to learn coding! You won't get jobs though because you are stupid! So, sign right up kids!"
See, if it were me - just lowly stupid-unintelligent me - I'd be creating a campaign to show HOW kids and current coders are coming up short.
Like, "Hey educators! The analytical skills are coming up short, so how about concentrating on that instead of the technology du jour?"
And if you are currently having probl
This is how a lot of countries work. You can buy citizenship in several countries, although it's keep fairly confidential. You make a large investment in many foreign countries and you get "free" citizenship or at least legal status.
So let me get this straight... Code.org wants to tie H-1B visa fees to education programs, and somehow that's twisted into the headline saying they want more H-1Bs?
It sounds more to me like they're saying "if you're going to bring in a foreign tech worker because Americans aren't good enough, you're going to pay for American STEM programs so Americans are good enough in the future". I can't really object to that idea.
Use the smell test.
A major employer of nerds wants to import hordes of foreign nerds to work for less money than our local chaps during a prolonged dearth in the job market..
You are right, Kamen specifically didn't ask for more visas. Instead, he asked that the visa fees, at least in part, be directed to his program, FIRST. TL;DR: Give me money.
Partovi barely mentions visas, but also wants part of the fees to go to a new STEM education fund and wants changes to E-Rate (internet/telecomm to school libraries). He's got his fingers in a lot of pies, so skeptically I'm assuming one of them would benefit from unspecified E-Rate "changes".
Jona, a prof at Northwestern, basically wants more scientists to be involved in teaching STEM. No visa mention.
Cornwall, an ME, writes like an ME and doesn't mention visas; instead focuses on education.
So, yes, there's a lot of spin in the headline. Because headline.
If I had a nickel for every "consultants by the pound" pitch where they sent in just barely competent coders for me to review, I'd be a millionaire (all of the big subcontinent body shops are guilty of this). Then they've got the balls to pay these poor saps peanuts and attempt to bill me $100-200/hour (depending on how many hours they've spent in front of an Idiot's Guide to C## training video). Then you see all the even poorer saps who are going through 2 or 3 layers of additional consultancies before they make it to our HR dept's door. I feel bad for them, but...I'd rather just recruit at local universities and get people who have identifiable skills, already speak English that most folks can parse, and won't get rotated back to the subcontinent randomly as one or more of their handlers has "visa issues."
Talk to your local university with a decent Engineering or Comp Sci curriculum and start recruiting. Save time, money, aggravation, and help our own college grads get into the game. I refuse to even take calls from the body shops anymore even though my corporate overlords are trying to force the issue. It's just not worth the hassle.
Better yet, instead of redirecting H1-B fees to inner schools, reduce the number of STEM related H1-Bs. This should allow wages in these fields to increase and with increased wages there will be more people wanting to pursue careers in those fields. You would think a country based on capitalism would understand how supply and demand works.
...a country based on capitalism...
Penny in the air...
35% of IT related graduates over the past three years have failed to find gainful employment in their field. It would seem difficult for a company to justify H1-B employees given that. The only logical conclusion is that H1-B visas are being used for some other purpose than a shortage of skilled workers. I would posit, as many others have, it is to keep costs low to maximize shareholder value.
First, force companies to pay H-1B workers a lot more - unless they pay for training of an American for the entire duration that the H-1B worker works for them. Then, if the American they trained does not work for that same company at least as long as the training period, penalize the company the salary difference they saved. This forces the company to pay the American what they're worth, or lose a lot of money otherwise.
This makes about as much sense as when the Clinton administration opened trade with China [globalpolicy.org] by personally promising [dlc.org] reforms in Chinese government and an increase in Chinese demand for American cars and products, leading to an increase in manufacturing jobs. Yep, makes [economist.com] perfect [manufacturingnews.com] sense [epi.org].
More cheap foreign labor, and pulling the floor out from under the market by making basic coding a common skill. Then it won't pay any better than flipping burgers.
Waiting for the teachers' unions to start raising bloody hell about the impact to their livelihoods. Hmmm, given the clout they have with politicos
Just looking at it as a practical issue, if you reduce demand by bringing immigrants in to do the job (especially at sub-market rates), then the people here will have less incentive to learn those skills.
By eliminating short term demand spikes, you are reducing the long term supply of workers.
The problem with H-1B Visas is that they smell like indentured servitude. I say abolish them, and then create a visa program for skilled professionals that is not tied to a specific job or business sponsor. That way, the "guest worker" would have some actual bargening power and could change employers.
The proposal is outrageous on its own; train kids for nonexistent jobs that have been outsourced to the lowest bidders.
The suggestion that H1Bs are enabling opportunities to foreigners by providing a path to immigration is equally offensive. The reality is that any individuals interested in immigrating are going to do so via the traditional means, and that's assuming they didn't come here to study first.
The vast majority of H1B applications are filed by outsourcing companies in an amusing twist of irony. Th
I'm all for importing as many smart talented people as we can, but not as indentured servants, which is what H-1B is. Give them green cards and a path to citizenship and the freedom to change jobs.
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CAN DO Community Foundation
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Marywood University
Marla M. Kovatch, M.A., CCC/SLP, clinical instructor for the communication sciences and disorders department at the university, contributed an article for the National Stroke Association. The article, titled "Reciprocal Empowerment," focuses on approaches to aphasia therapy to treat the deficit, while also treating life participation. Ms. Kovatch supervises the aphasia group at the university, which offers group discussion and organized language and literacy activities. She also supervises communication sciences and disorders graduate students.
Steven Brower, MFA, assistant professor and director for the Master of Fine Arts program for working professionals at the university, edited and designed the book by Phillip Buehler, titled "Woody Guthrie's Wardy Forty: Greystone Hospital Revisited." Based on the life of singer, songwriter and author, Woody Guthrie, the book merited two publishing accolades, including Silver in Foreword Reviews IndieFab Awards and its selection by Photo District News as one of the top photography books.
Anne Mary Barlieb, university alumna, earned a promotion from captain to major during a ceremony at the Tobyhanna Army Depot. Maj. Barlieb is a student at the Command and General Staff College at Ft. Levenworth, Kan. Following graduation, Maj. Barlieb will attend the Basic Strategic Arts Program at Carlisle Barracks. In 2015, she will deploy to Korea to serve as a planner on the Joint Staff of 2nd Infantry Division. A native of Tunkhannock, Maj. Barlieb earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a master's degree in public administration from Marywood in 2004.
Michael J. O'Connor & Associates LLC
Michael J. O'Connor earned Pennsylvania Super Lawyer honors in the field of workers' compensation law, as published in the June edition of Philadelphia Magazine and the recent edition of Super Lawyers magazine, for the 11th time.
David A. Miller earned Super Lawyer Rising Star honors for the 2014 list.
Munley Law Firm
J. Christopher Munley, a partner at the law firm in Scranton, earned Pennsylvania Super Lawyer honors for 2014. Mr. Munley represents their families in personal injury cases. He earned his Juris Doctor at Oklahoma City University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Mr. Munley also attended the Colegio Mayor La Concepcion in Valencia, Spain.
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
Gerard A. Champi, First National Community Bank chief operating officer, earned an appointment as an at-large representative on the association's board of directors. Mr. Champi joined the bank in 1991 and has more than 30 years of banking experience. He graduated from Penn State University in 1982, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting. He also earned his Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from Wilkes University in 1989. Mr. Champi lives in Laflin.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
The commission elected new officers, including Commissioner Norm Gavlick as the new president and Commissioner Ed Mascharka as vice president. The commission also approved a request to change the designation on a section of Pine Creek in Lycoming County, authorized the acquisition of access areas in Luzerne and Erie counties, established a children-only fishing area in Forest County, approved a new annual requirement for senior resident lifetime license holders to fish for trout and adopted a new strategic plan.
Pennsylvania Society of Tax & Accounting Professionals
Neil C. Trama Jr., owner of Trama & Associates Inc., Scranton, took office as state president of the society July 1. The society represents small independent tax practitioners on legislative issues, and sponsors continuing education throughout the state. Mr. Trama's firm is in its 33rd year of business. The society's first two-time president will serve through June 2015, and previously served as president from 1998-99.
Professional Orthopeadic Associates
Nancy Naughton, Clarks Summit, an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist, had a recent study published in the Journal of Hand Therapy. The study investigates the treatment and rehabilitation of wrist fractures. She also co-authored an additional study, which the journal will publish in the fall. Ms. Naughton specializes in the treatment of hand and upper extremity related conditions and injuries with a special interest in research.
United Way of Wyoming Valley
The organization's board of directors elected nine new members.
Raised in Moosic, Don Brominski graduated from Riverside High School in 1986, and earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1990. Mr. Brominski also worked for several UGI companies, and serves as the business development director for UGI Utilities Inc., Northern Region.
Thomas J. Campenni, attorney, is a partner at Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, where he serves as a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Campenni serves on the board of trustees for the West Pittston Library and a vice president and member of the board of directors for the Wyoming Area Football Alumni Association. He resides in West Pittston with his wife, Chrissy, and their three daughters, Samara, Lucia and Ella.
Robert H. Graham serves as president and chief investment officer of Riggs Asset Management Company Inc. Mr. Graham serves as chairman of the board of directors for the Family Business Alliance. He also serves as a member of the Director's Leadership Group for the William G. McGowan School of Business at King's College.
Kathy Lantz is a marketing consultant and the mother of three children. Mrs. Lantz taught marketing at King's College and the University of Scranton and karate at Sakura Martial Arts Center. She resides in Kingston with her husband, Paul.
Scott Lynett serves as president of Times Printing in Swoyersville, which provides printing services for corporations and fundraising services for nonprofits. Mr. Lynett is a member of the board of trustees of Misericordia University and the board of directors of Penn's Northeast Cancer Institute and Luzerne Bank. Mr. Lynett resides in Shavertown with his wife, the former Libby Casey, and three children, Henry, Scotty and Keeley.
Jane Smedley, attorney, joined Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn's Commercial Team in 2011 as an associate. Ms. Smedley also serves as an adjunct professor at King's College. She is a member of the Luzerne County and Lackawanna County bar associations, and serves as a member of the Catholic Social Services Board Development Committee, the Riverfront Parks Committee Board of Directors and Professionals Organized Working to Enrich the Region.
Jennifer Sordoni is an active mother of three and a community volunteer. Mrs. Sordoni began her career teaching public school elementary students with special needs in Nazareth, and then continued teaching privately in Shavertown. She serves as a member of the Women's Health Volunteer Leadership Council at Geisinger Health System, and chairs the Women's Leadership Council at the United Way. Mrs. Sordoni lives in Shavertown with her husband, Bill, their three young children and two English Setters.
Barbara Toczko Maculloch serves as senior vice president and the Pennsylvania market manager for Community Bank Wealth Management Group. Over the past 12 years, Ms. Maculloch served on numerous boards, and remained involved with her community, chairing 15 fundraising events.
Jason Williams is part of the third generation of family management of Jack Williams Tire Company, an 85-year-old family tire and auto service business with 29 retail locations and 11 wholesale warehouses serving Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Mr. Williams serves as the executive vice president, and lives in Dallas with his wife, Katie, and their four daughters.
Wayne Memorial
Scott Epstein, M.D., succeeded David Caucci, M.D., as president of the medical staff, while Timothy Farley, M.D., stepped into Dr. Epstein's previous role as vice president.
Dr. Epstein serves as a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation and medical director of the Good Shepherd-Wayne Memorial Inpatient Rehabilitation unit. He is part of Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates, which has offices in Scranton and Honesdale. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University School of Medicine, Dr. Epstein joined the hospital in 1995.
Dr. Farley, previously the medical director of imaging at the former Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale, served in the same role at the hospital since 2012. He completed both his undergraduate and medical school degrees at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wyoming Seminary
Julie B. Bean, of Moosic, will serve as director of admission at Wyoming Seminary Lower School. Ms. Bean will oversee the lower school's admission office and work with families to enroll students in toddler through eighth grades. Ms. Bean has a Bachelor of Science in both education and psychology from Emmanuel College and a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling from Lesley University.
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Stompers bring in variety show Dec. 14
Melissa Johnson and the Stevens County Stompers clogging group will host a holiday variety show at the Colville High School auditorium on Friday, Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. The show will have performances of dancing, martial arts, singing, harp and piano pieces, featuring the Stevens County Stompers, along with their own Hannah Johnson and also Donna Jo Smith. Other guest performers are The Engell Family Band, Sweet Adelines, Ann Benedict's dancers from Northern Ballet and Performing Arts from Chewelah, White Dragon Kung Fu, and the Miss Colville royalty court. Tickets are $5 a seat and can be purchased at Happy's Hallmark in downtown Colville or at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 6:30 p.m.


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On a Saturday afternoon in November 2007, I eagerly entered the Hilton Theatre in New York. I love exaggerated, well-conceived and performed farce. I was going to see "Young Frankenstein" by the king of farce and parody, Mel Brooks. Yes, "Young Frankenstein," officially known as "The New Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein," was the Broadway follow-up to "The Producers," by the comedy madman and his writing sidekick, Thomas Meehan.
Brooks conceived the comedy routine "The 2000 Year Old Man." "Blazing Saddles" is one of my favorite movies. Brooks is also responsible for such other zany offerings as "The Twelve Chairs," "Silent Movie," and "History of the World, Part I."
"Young Frankenstein" was going to be great! Right?
The musical, based on the 1974 film of the same name, followed Brooks' pattern for "The Producers." He grabbed the film's plot and best lines and modified them for the stage. But this time he didn't create the same power "shticks" and realistic ridiculousness, so the results were less than expected.
The reviews called the piece "an overblown burlesque review," "giggly smuttiness with throw-away music." Other comments stated, "There's more ho-hum than hummable music" and "You cannot escape the impression that everyone is working desperately hard to animate essentially weak material and the show fatally lacks that touch of the sublime that made 'The Producers' so special." Sadly, I agreed with them.
The public also agreed. The Broadway production -- in spite of the Brooks-Meehan combo, a cast that included Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster and Andrea Martin, a $16 million budget and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman -- ran only 484 performances. (Compare that to the 2,502 performances for "The Producers," or the $9 million spent on "The Book of Mormon," which already has run 1,400 performances.)
A production of "The New Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein" is running at Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood," and it makes for a fun night despite the show's weaknesses.
"Young Frankenstein" is a parody of horror films, especially the blockbuster flicks based on Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and "Son of Frankenstein." It takes place in Transylvania Heights in 1934. At the start, the villagers are celebrating the death of Dr. Victor von Frankenstein, the mad scientist who has supposedly been experimenting in his castle with bringing dead bodies back to life.
Hurrah, the mad scientist and his whole family are dead, and the village no longer has to live in fear. Well, not so fast! Vic has a grandson, Frederick, the dean of anatomy at New York's best university, Johns, Miriam and Anthony Hopkins School of Medicine. But, not to worry. Ziggy, the village idiot, assures the townspeople there is no way Frederick is going to come to Transylvania.
Hurrah, the mad scientist and his whole family are dead, and the village no longer has to live in fear. Well, not so fast! Vic has a grandson, Frederick, the dean of anatomy at New York's best university, Johns, Miriam and Anthony Hopkins School of Medicine. But, not to worry. Ziggy, the village idiot, assures the townspeople there is no way Frederick is going to come to Transylvania.
Of course, Ziggy, as is the case with village idiots, is wrong, and Frederick, using the last name "Fronkensteen," is forced to travel abroad to settle the claim on his inherited castle. And so the potential fun begins.
Frederick needs to get away from his frigid fiancée, who refuses to allow him to touch her. (Obviously no hanky-panky is going to take place.) There's a meeting with Igor (the hunchbacked laboratory aid, whose hump keeps moving around his back); a romp in the hay wagon with Inga, his well-endowed assistant; horses who neigh each time the name of the castle's housekeeper, Frau Blucher, is spoken; the stealing of a dead body; the mishandling of a brain needed for the creation of the monster; a sexual dalliance in mid-air; many reference to "boobs"; the creation of a large green monster in platform shoes; and lots of hilarious (or almost hilarious) situations.
Martin Céspedes' creative choreography, which incorporates Borscht-belt vaudeville routines, tap dancing, a kick tap line, eastern European movements including the Chardosh, and the invention of the "Don't Touch Me" style of movement, incorporates the right amount of ridiculousness.
The depth of absurdity is not totally built into the script; so much of it has to be invented. Director Scott Spence develops some of the ridiculousness, but he doesn't dig deep enough to create the total needed abandonment. In addition, although the cast puts out full effort, they simply don't have the vaudeville backgrounds to create some of Brooks's outrageousness.
Amiee Collier, as Frau Blucher, comes the closest to understanding the level of Brooks' farce. Jamie Koeth has a nice touch with the reality of Frederick. Leslie Andrews has some good moments as Inga. Christopher Aldrich is physically right for The Monster, and he does a nice job with "Putting on the Ritz" but is neither scary enough at his "birth" nor exaggerated enough as he matures. Alex Smith, as Igor, displays a fine touch with comedy, but needs to let loose more and enjoy himself.
Trad A Burns lighting design is well-conceived and properly spooky. The lack of a fly gallery and wing space restricts scenic designers. All things considered, Cameron Caley Michalak does an adequate job of making the scene changes nonobtrusive. His answer to the need for a second level was not impressive, and the concept of dropping things from the ceiling should have been deleted. The setting is aided by some nice video designs by Ian Hinz.
"Young Frankenstein" isn't a well-written script, and it has a weak musical score. Is the production bad? Not really. Céspedes' choreography added a creativity factor, and the second act on opening night was funnier than the first, hopefully indicating an increased comfort level by the cast and the ability to really let loose. In spite of the negatives, audiences should have a fun time at Beck.
"Young Frankenstein" is scheduled to run through Aug. 17 at Beck Center for the Arts. For tickets and information, call 216-521-2540 or visit to www.beckcenter.org.


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Truth about rising tuition
College costs rise under tuition freeze law
Just about everyone applauded the enactment of Illinois' so-called truth-in-tuition law. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who signed the
legislation in July 2003, said the bill, which freezes freshman tuition rates
for four years, would stabilize the cost of education at state universities.
The bill's author, state Rep. Kevin Joyce, D-Worth, believed that college-bound students
and their families appreciated the opportunity to anticipate costs.
Now an analysis of college funding and tuition conducted by the Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shows that the well-intentioned legislation may have yielded some unintended consequences.
Published in December and released last week, the CGFA study reveals that Illinois public university tuitions have risen an average of 12 percent per year since 2003, when the tuition freeze law went into effect. In the previous five years, however, tuition costs grew just 5.4 percent.
"Due to this law, public universities have to account for four years worth of inflation and other potential increases in cost when setting tuition rates," the report concludes.
Among those potential increases is continued loss of state funding. In Illinois, which faces one of the most severe budget shortfalls in the nation, higher education appropriations have shrunk 7 percent a year over the past 5 years.
Illinois also has the 6th highest tuition rate at four-year public universities, averaging over $8,000 per year, compared to the national average of $5,685. However, the state spends $7,000 per full-time student, which places Illinois at 26th – just below the national average.
Daniel Hurley, director of state relations and policy analysis for the
Washington, D.C.-based American Association of State Colleges and Universities,
says although the intentions behind tuition guarantee policies are laudable,
they require that more funding needs come from the state and other sources.
"It's certainly a good public relations practice. But in the long run it's going to cost students and families more," Hurley says.
The release of CGFA's report coincides with the announcement that tuition and room will increase at
all three of University of Illinois' campuses. In Springfield, undergraduate fees for 2010 will see a 15 percent
increase, to $806 per semester, from the current rate of $699 per semester.
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Some picture frame moldings are impossible to create without a shaper or a handful of expensive router bits, but, that's not the case with this project. Editor Rob Johnstone, art director Jeff Jacobson and I set out to design a frame that can be milled entirely on the table saw, and I think we've got a real winner! Here's a handsome holiday gift — and a great way to show off a 16" x 20" portrait or art print. All you need is a sharp 10" combo blade and a dado set.
The rails and stiles will require 1-1⁄4"-thick stock to accommodate the deep dentil inlay and the broad outer cove shape. I bought some 8/4 cherry and planed it down. Don't try to save a buck by face-gluing thinner stock — you could end up with a glue line in the cove area ... not a good look. After surfacing your stock, crosscut blanks for the rails and stiles four to six inches longer than necessary so you'll have some leeway when mitering the pieces to final length. Make up some matching scrap now, too, for testing your saw setups.
For the picture frame diagram and materials list in PDF format, click here.
Sawing the rail and stile profiles will remove a lot of wood, and you have to do it in the correct order to leave enough material for successive steps. Begin by milling a 3/4" x 3/4" groove along the faces of both the rails and stiles to accept the dentil inlay. Use a featherboard and hold-down to press the stock tightly against the rip fence and saw table.
Shaving the Coves
Next comes the coving operation. Replace your dado blade with a sharp, full-kerf combination blade for this ask; a thin-kerf blade is too flexible for coving. If you've never cut coves before, it's actually a shaving process in which you'll run your workpieces at an angle across the blade, raising the blade about 1/16" with each pass. Two scrap fences form a "tunnel" to keep the rails and stiles on track and at the correct angle of approach. Here's how to set it up: With the blade raised to 3/4", clamp the front fence exactly 2-7⁄16" ahead of where the blade teeth drop into the table. Arrange this fence so it also crosses the saw table diagonally at 50.5°. Lower the blade. Install the rear fence 3-3⁄4" behind the front fence and parallel to it. This fence should be at least 1-1⁄4" thick, because you'll gradually bury the blade into it as the cut advances.
Now, you're ready to begin shaving the cove. Raise the blade to about 1/16" for the first pass. Orient your workpieces so the edge closest to the groove is against the front fence. Use a push pad and push stick to feed the wood across the blade. Then, continue raising the blade a little more each time until you've sawn the full cove. Carry out this entire operation first on test scrap to make sure you've got things dialed in correctly, then repeat with the rails and stiles. Pretty cool technique, isn't it?
When the dust settles, remove the coving fences, and reset the rip fence to cut the little bevel adjacent to the groove. Tilt your blade to 35.5° for these cuts. Then, it's back to a wide dado blade, nested partially in a sacrificial facing clamped to your rip fence, to cut the rabbet that will hold the frame's contents. Raise the dado blade 1/2", and project it 1/4" out from the fence to mill these rabbets.
That wraps up the shaping process for the rails and stiles. Before you assemble them, now is a good time to give the parts a thorough sanding or scraping while the surfaces are easy to reach.
Assembling the Frame
Mitering the rails and stiles is fussy, delicate work if you want them to close tightly. Honestly, these eight cuts will make or break your project. It's critical to adjust your miter gauge for dead-on 45° angles, so spend some time tuning it up and making test cuts. I fastened a long, stiff fence to my miter gauge and faced it with sandpaper to keep parts from creeping during cutting. A long fence will also enable you to use a stop block as an index for setting part lengths.
I would suggest you work on one corner of the frame at a time, mitering the parts and adjusting them for square before moving onto the next corner. I applied a piece of masking tape over the moldings before making each cut to keep tearout to a minimum. If a joint doesn't meet squarely, add a few paper shims between the workpiece and miter gauge on one end or the other before re-trimming. It can help you zero in on a partial degree that brings things nicely into square.
When three pieces of the frame are mitered, arrange them on a flat worksurface, and check the opposite rails or stiles for parallelism. The final piece will be the most tricky — it both brings the frame together and requires you to fit two joints at once. Make a test piece for this first and refine your settings before committing to the actual frame part. When my joints fit properly, I cut slots for a single #20 biscuit at each corner, then glued up the frame. After the glue dries, touch up the intersections of your coves and bevels with sandpaper and proceed to finishing. I wiped on a coat of boiled linseed oil first to accentuate the cherry's rich, natural color, then sprayed on several coats of satin lacquer.
Making the Dentil Inlay
Make up a 4" to 6"-wide x 24" blank of 5/8"-thick stock for your dentil so you can rip all four strips from it after the slot pattern is cut. Dentil moldings are easy to make if you use a simple box joint jig: it's just a scrap fence fixed to the miter gauge and outfitted with a 1/4" x 1/4" pin to index each cut. Install a 1/4"-wide dado blade in your saw, and space the indexing pin 1/4" away from the blade. Plow all the 1/4"-deep slots, making sure to push the blank down firmly over the pin every time. Sand the resulting tabs gently and apply finish. I brushed on clear shellac to keep my maple dentil blonde. When the blank dries, rip it into strips that fit the frame grooves.
Cut and fit these strips one at a time. Start with a long rail, adjusting the dentil pattern left or right so the miter cuts create matching corners. Move onto the shorter dentil pieces, then finish up with the last rail. Consistency of the pattern is key here to a balanced appearance. Glue the dentil in place.
Now order the glass and cut a hardboard backer to size, and this project will be ready for its portrait or art print. Tack these layers in place with metal window glazing points. Add a hanging wire, and your custom frame is all set for its holiday debut.


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I grew up in Green Bay Wisconsin and have lived in Breckenridge Colorado since 1989. I grew up camping & hiking and have never stopped. My favorite places to hike are in Utah, Hawaii & Colorado. I have also hiked some in Alaska but not enough to call it a real pack trip, just a couple long day hikes. However I do have a couple hikes planned in AK, maybe I can get to it in 2014. I hike daily with my dogs whether it is snowing and blowing or sunny & hot. I live less than a mile from the Colorado Trail and can often be found "Training" on various sections nearby as well as other trials around Breckenridge & Summit County. Snowboarding brought me to Colorado but the weather during the rest of the year convinced me to stay.
A typical day off from work includes hiking or snowshoeing with my wife and or Dogs. Hiking 3-10 miles is an not uncommon way to start any day and if hiking late in the day I often need to be reminded that the sun sets in "x" hours so maybe we should head back. I am not a stranger to hiking in the dark and I like it, however I must also remind myself that most people want to be stopped and settled before dark. I am happiest hiking or hanging out near a campfire with friends. I also like to slug around at home when not hiking, snowboarding, or golfing.
The moniker comes from friends on a long forgotten forum on the old Prodigy, circa 1991-92. The name PackerFever orginated from loving the Green Bay Packers and it fits well in that life as well as Backpacking. For example one of my dogs is named Sir Packer Backer Backpacker. :) You can find me on FB and Twitter @PackerFever as well as many other sites as PackerFever in both the football world and the camping world. I also own but no longer have a site as PackerFever.com, it will return soon.
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The Grundy County Conservation Board will be sponsoring a Hunter Safety Education Course on Thursday, June 21, 2012. The entire 10 hour class will take place that day. Participants will meet at the Grundy County Heritage Museum in Morrison beginning at 8:00 AM and the class will end at the Izaak Walton League Clubhouse in Reinbeck at 6:00 PM.
Students must be at least 12 years old to receive the certification. Those eleven year olds wishing to take the course may do so but do not receive their certification until they turn 12. Pre-registration is required. Participants will receive instruction in such areas as wildlife management, firearm safety, game laws, ethics, and survival.
There is no cost for this class. Participants will be asked to bring a sack lunch. You can register by calling the Conservation Board office at 319-345-2688. When calling to register, have the following information: participant's full and legal name including middle initial, birth date, and social security number. This course is made possible by the Grundy County Conservation Board, Iowa DNR, Izaak Walton League, and Pheasants Forever.


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Justices nearly missed filing deadline so took a break in redistricting hearings
AP reports: Florida Gov. Rick Scott nearly got a chance to replace three veteran state Supreme Court justices.
That's because Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince almost missed the noon Friday deadline in order to qualify for the ballot this year.
The seven-member court abruptly put a court hearing on redistricting on hold for more than an hour in order to allow the justices to finish their paperwork and turn it into state elections officials.
When asked it about on Friday, a court spokesman said that a personal matter had come up unexpectedly.
Dan Stengle, a lawyer working on behalf of the campaigns of the three justices, acknowledged Monday that it was discovered at the last minute that certain forms had not been turned in due to an "oversight" by the campaign treasurer. Read more here.


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The STI Files: Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Stat: As many as one in ten Americans have HPV, and some studies show that at least one-third of all sexually active young adults have genital HPV infections. It is often stated that more than half of all college-age people with cervixes will become infected with HPV during their college career, and many sexual healthcare providers consider that HPV is simply a symptom of people being sexually active, because it's just that common - it's estimated that up to 75% of sexually active people will have at least one HPV infection in their lifetime.
What is it exactly? There are more than 40 different known strains of HPV that are sexually transmissible, some of which are potentially cancerous, and some which are direct causes of cervical cancer, which around 12,000 people each year develop in the US. HPV is often called genital warts, because when it is externally symptomatic, and a strain which causes warts (not all do), it appears as tiny cauliflower-like warts on the genitals. However, in most cases, HPV shows no external symptoms, though it is still present and highly contagious, and unfortunately, condoms do not offer complete protection against HPV. They do, however, offer far more protection than going without: major health organizations usually state that condoms can provide around 70% protection against HPV.
About how many people have it? About 20 million people in the United States at any given time, with over five million new infections occurring every year.
How is it spread? Through skin-to-skin or mucous membrane contact during oral, vaginal anal or manual sex, though it is most likely, by far, to be spread by direct genital-to-genital contact (vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse or rubbing two sets of genitals together without a latex barrier). There does not need to be exposure to body fluids, such as semen, to pass HPV to partners.
What are its symptoms? Typically, HPV does not present any symptoms, especially with high-risk strains (the ones which are associated with cancers). Wart strains may produce small, cauliflower-like warts on the vulva, vagina, anus, penis, inside the urethra, or in the throat. However, warts may go unnoticed, particularly if they are very small or inside the body, such as in the vagina or urethra.
How is it diagnosed? Through a microscopic exam of tissue samples (taken during a gynecological or urological exam) and the visual examination of warts, if they are present. A PAP smear may reveal precancerous conditions likely to be caused by HPV, although a pap smear does not detect or test for the virus itself. There is also a DNA (digene) HPV test that can be done at the same time as a pap smear, or without a pap smear. When a visual exam is not sufficient, or when further investigation is warranted - for example if the results of a pap smear turn out to be 'abnormal' - a colposcope (a special magnifying instrument) can help to detect HPV. An HPV digene test can be done at this time as well, and can determine whether the type of HPV present is a high-risk strain. Unfortunately, diagnosing HPV in people with penises is often difficult, so a person with a penis with a clear STI screening should not consider himself at no risk of having HPV. If people with penises have visible warts, HPV can be detected, but otherwise, there is currently no FDA-approved HPV test for them.
Is it treatable? Warts can be removed by various methods, namely by being frozen off (cryotherapy) or burned off (electrocauterized), via use of a patient-applied solution, dissolved with acid solutions, or removed by laser surgery. Overall, those methods are relatively painless, and are usually done in your gynecologists office, not in a hospital. Which method is used depends on the patient, the availability of methods, and the particular warts and strain in question.
Is it curable? No. Even when the warts are removed, the virus may still remain present in the body, and can be transmitted to partners when no warts are present, and/or cause long-term health problems like cervical cancer. Many people, however, are understood to shed the virus over time, particularly younger people with healthy immune systems.
From the Guttmacher Institute: "A study released in April by researchers from the National Cancer Institute found that more than half of infections clear within six months; other studies have found that nine in 10 infections are fought off within two years. Moreover, the simple and relatively inexpensive Pap test has been proven extremely successful in detecting cervical abnormalities long before they may develop into cancer and while they are easily treated. So, although HPV is so common that it can be seen as virtually a marker for sexual activity, cervical cancer is quite rare in this country: roughly 10,000 cases per year, resulting in 3,700 deaths."
The tricky thing is that it can be tough for doctors -- and certainly patients -- to know if and when they have shed the HPV virus, for those who do shed it. So, if you or someone else has been diagnosed with HPV, it's safest to simply assume you have it and may spread it, particularly in the first couple years after a diagnosis.
Can it affect fertility? If HPV causes cervical cancer, yes. Otherwise, probably not. HPV can also be transmitted to an infant during childbirth.
Can it cause death? HPV can cause cervical cancer, which can be fatal. But most cases of HPV will not cause death or serious illness.
How can we protect against it? Condoms offer a good deal of protection, but because condoms do not cover the entire genital area, it is somewhat limited. Protection against HPV from condoms is generally estimated at around 70-75%. But because the use of condoms during vaginal or anal intercourse or oral sex, and dental dams during oral sex can offer protection, far more than going without, for people who choose to be sexually active, latex barriers are the best way to help prevent sexually active people prevent HPV and other STIs.
Annual or semi-annual STI screenings and/or celibacy with partners until they have been screened for HPV can be of help, and annual pap smears for sexually active people with cervixes are vital. People of all genders can also now be vaccinated to help prevent HPV. Vaccination is nearly 100% effective at protecting against four of the most common and risky strains of HPV. It's best to be vaccinated before having any sexual partnerships, but since many people will not have been exposed to all four strains of HPV the vaccines cover, people who have had sexual partnerships can still get protection from HPV vaccinations. Two vaccines are currently available: Gardasil, which has been approved for people of all genders, and Cervarix, for only women. Both protect against the strains of HPV understood to cause most cases of cervical cancer, and Gardasil also prevents the strains which cause most genital warts.
Avoiding direct genital contact with partners altogether is the best protection against HPV.
Once more with feeling: there is not yet an FDA-approved HPV test for people with penises. So, even if you have a partner with a penis who has been tested for all other STIs with negative results, you cannot know if they do not have HPV at this time.


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LEOMINSTER -- City officials are developing a plan to move forward with the $800,000 second phase of the Monoosnoc Brook walkway but have challenges in either direction they go.
Conservation Agent Joanne DiNardo, Grants Administrator Wendy Wiiks and Public Works Department engineer John Roseberry met with Design Engineer Lisa Decker of the Boston landscape architectural firm Brown, Richardson & Rowe on Wednesday.
The city would like to extend phase 1 east toward the intersection of Water and Whitney streets, but the property along the most direct route is owned by CSX railroad at the side of Ginny's Thrift Shop and Food Pantry on Mechanic Street.
"It's almost in line with the existing walkway, it would come along Manning Avenue," Wiiks said.
Opening the brook for a walkway would benefit usage and enhance the downtown, DiNardo said.
The walkway could run along Water Street sidewalk, which would create opportunities to build seating along the way, she said.
If phase 2 goes west toward Adams Street then the city must work out an agreement with property owners near the Walgreen's on Central Street.
"Either way, its a fantastic way to beautify public and private property," Wiiks said Thursday.
Continuing the walkway east toward The Mall at Whitney Field would open scenic treasures such as waterfalls, bridges and "really cool stuff," DiNardo said.
The goal is to get a plan in place by this summer so if it looks as if negotiations with CSX will take longer to finish, the project can turn to the west, which would help clean up unruly vegetation in that direction, Wiiks said.
"That was our goal, to definitely have the design done this summer," she said.
Decker and city officials must agree on issues such as construction materials and what amenities to add, DiNardo said.
"There is minimal space and wall-to-wall black top," she said.
The $500,000 first phase stretches from Central Street to Mechanic Street with environmentally friendly permeable pavers and learning stations.
Funding for the project is being provided through the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs' Gateway Park Program.
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SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pat Quinn Thursday asked President Barack Obama to declare 11 Illinois counties, including Grundy County, major disaster areas.
The request comes in the wake of the storms and heavy rainfall that moved through the state in mid-April.
If the governor's request is approved, residents in those counties will be eligible to apply for grants and low-interest federal loans to help recover from the historic flooding. Counties included in the request are Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Fulton, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, McHenry and Will.
"We must do everything possible to help families impacted by this historic flooding as they rebuild their lives," Governor Quinn said. "Today we are making a strong case to President Obama to help expedite the review and approval process so the people of Illinois can soon receive the federal help they need."
Five damage assessment teams with personnel from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Small Business Administration and local officials have documented damage for more than 3,500 homes since April 29. The governor will continue to request assistance for counties devastated by flooding as damage assessments are completed.
For the 11 counties included in Thursday's request, the teams identified 41 homes that were destroyed, 761 with major damage, and 2,715 homes that also were damaged. In addition, nearly 80 businesses sustained flood damage. If the federal request is approved, affected businesses in those counties will be eligible to apply for low-interest SBA loans.
Governor Quinn also plans to seek federal assistance to help local governments recoup 75 percent of their eligible flood-related costs. IEMA and FEMA currently are meeting with local government officials to document expenses incurred for emergency protective measures, debris removal and repair or replacement of roads, bridges and other public facilities. This information is needed to support a request from the governor.
The process to request public assistance began May 6 when five teams began meeting with local officials, and will continue through the end of May.
Governor Quinn declared a total of 49 counties state disaster areas after torrential rains caused widespread flash and river flooding. His declaration made available a wide variety of state resources to help affected communities respond and recover from flooding.
Those counties include: Adams, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Clark, Cook, Crawford, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Fulton, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kendall, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lawrence, Livingston, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan, Ogle, Peoria, Pike, Putnam, Rock Island, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago and Woodford.


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Many people avoid or discount the first year(s) of a new body style, waiting for the bugs to be worked out, but when the 97 C5 Corvette was first released, it was a very well-engineered vehicle. While there are a few items to look for when considering a purchase of an early C5, they arent major, considering it was a completely new body style featuring an entirely new engine, drivetrain, and suspension.
As with any car, there are routine things to check out.
Check List
Inspect the fluid levels and their condition. The automatic transmission will need to be checked on a lift, and there is a specific procedure for it.
Inspect brake-pad condition. You should also road-test for any pulsation of the pedal at low and high speeds.
Check exterior bulbs like headlamps, parking lamps, brake lamps, and such. The fog/driving lamps have a tendency to burn out.
Tire wear. The C5s have always had a tendency to wear or cup on the inside edge of the front tires. If the Corvette youre looking at has new tires, plan to have it aligned by a good alignment shop that knows C5s, unless the owner has documentation that it has been done.
Ask for all of the maintenance records the owner has to see how it was taken care of previously.
Accident repairs. Being in an accident does not automatically make a car bad, but proper repairs dictate value. Check for paint mismatch and overspray.
Dont be afraid to ask questions!
Safety Issues
There were a few safety campaigns released on the early C5s. Two of them to check for sure are:
A potential leak at the sending units for the fuel tanks. This required replacement of both fuel tanks.
Inspection (and replacement as needed) of the tie-rod ends on the rear suspension. To see if your particular C5 needs these repairs before a purchase, take the VIN to a GM dealer. They can run the number to see if any campaigns pertain to that car. If there is an open campaign, Chevrolet will repair that Corvette, free of charge, regardless of miles or time.
Repair Bulletins
There are also a couple dozen complaints that spurred repair bulletins by GM to help in repairing these vehicles. Here are the most common:
Serpentine-belt rumble (noise) when shifting from Park or Neutral to Reverse or Drive when parked and the brakes are applied. There have been several updates on this problem, which included belt and tensioner replacement, PCM reprogram, and alternator replacement.
Louder than normal fuel-pump noise heard from the driver seat. Although some noise is normal, a few are pretty loud. An updated fuel-pump/sending-unit assembly was released, along with some minor insulation of the tank, body, and tank retainer plate.
Air conditioning/heater-blower motor run-on after the key is turned off. This required replacement of the blower-control module (similar to a high-blower relay or resistor.)
Loose or missing headlamp-bezel adjuster plugs. The bezel assemblies were replaced with 2000-and-up units.
Premature wear of the seat bolster. This is the piece on the outside of the seat you rub against as you enter your C5. An updated seatback cover was released to guard against wear.
Key chime sounds with the key out of the ignition. A new ignition-lock cylinder and/or switch was installed.
If any of these items need attention, they can be repaired at a Chevrolet dealer that has the proper info. There will be a charge for any of these repairs if the Corvette is no longer under warranty.
A few other common problems Ive run into are minor leaks in the drivetrain. Problem areas include the rear-gear output seals (differential axle seals), front-pump seals and/or gaskets on the automatic transmissions, and the front seal or case sealer leaks on the manual transmissions. These problems arent widespread and are easily fixed, but Ive seen a few of each.
Also, on the convertible models (98), check the top rear corner of each door glass to see if its touching the top. Look at the top to see if it has been damaged from the door glass rubbing as the door is opened or closed. The door glass will need to be adjusted, as well as repairs made to the top. Check the top in this area, even if the glass isnt touching. A window adjustment could have been done and the top left alone.
If youre buying a modified Corvette, try to get at least copies of the receipts on whats been done so you can contact the shop that did the upgrades. This is for two reasons: to verify what has been done, and to have a source to go to for repairs or advice should a problem arise with any of the modifications.
Its always a good idea to have your potential C5 purchase inspected by someone who understands them and knows what to look for. It may cost you $75 to $150, but its well worth it considering the $25,000 to $35,000 investment youre about to make.
Good luck and happy hunting!


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Sugar Land home comes with luxury details
You'll find plenty of exquisite details packed into this suburban home. It features six bedrooms and seven bathrooms in more than 12,000 square feet of living space. This $4.25 million home is located at 31 Beacon Hill in Sugar Land.
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Dell is bragging that it in the first quarter it became the largest storage vendor in terms of terabytes shipped.
This achievement, noted in a blog post by Dell storage executive Travis Vigil, comes despite the fact that Dell's overall storage revenue has declined for the past few quarters and despite the intense competition from pure-play storage vendors and from systems vendors that include storage in their servers.
For Dell, bragging rights in the storage business adds to the enterprise profile the company is trying to build as part of its ongoing bid to become a private company. That move is being driven as a way for Dell to reorganize as a provider of enterprise solutions away from the glare of the Wall Street investment community.
[Related: Dell Execs Behind The Scenes: We Can't Flip-Flop On Strategy]
The storage coup follows Dell's closing in on Hewlett-Packard as the top server vendor in terms of numbers of servers shipped.
Vigil, an executive director at Dell responsible for Dell's storage business, wrote in a recent blog post that his company was the "[No.] 1 supplier of enterprise storage systems capacity (internal and external combined) in Q113," based on IDC's first-quarter 2013 Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker.
That same IDC Tracker also listed Dell as the largest shipper of enterprise direct-attach storage (DAS) technology for the quarter, Vigil wrote.
"This latest ranking demonstrates Dell's ability to successfully offer customers both traditional external arrays and, as storage continues to move closer to the compute node, internal storage from our server business. This is becoming increasingly important as technology advances and the IT industry evolves into one that appreciates a solutions approach to data center needs," he wrote.
It's a pretty amazing revelation, said Paul Clifford, president of Davenport Group, a St. Paul-based solution provider and longtime Dell storage partner.
"The acceptance of Dell storage from our customers has been phenomenal," Clifford said. "We just had a significant win with a large customer in the central U.S. They were looking at HP and Cisco blades, and we were there talking to them about backups. But after talking to them, they realized the value of a Dell solution, including Dell server, networking and storage working together."
NEXT: Dell Storage Revenue Vs. Capacity Trends


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Michael Dickey checked the flow of a fire hydrant on Jackson Bluff Road.
Dickey and another technician check 20 to 25 hydrants daily.
"Every once in a while you have a problem, bees in all behind, got to clear them out with bushes and stuff," said Dickey.
"Extremely important," said Tallahassee Underground Utilities Manager Tim Potter. "Emergency situation, we have a fire, fire department hooks up to the hydrant," he said.
Checking those hydrants is a year round job.
There are more than 6500 active hydrants in the city of Tallahassee.
Each hydrant is checked once a year.
"Most of our hydrants in Tallahassee have really, really good flow so everyone here has good fire protection," said Potter.
In addition to routine maintenance checks, 1200 hydrants are sandblasted and painted each year.
The hydrants are color coded on their tops or bonnets to show their pressure.
Blue ones have the highest water pressure at more than 1500 gallons per minute.
There are more than 1200 of them.
Green hydrants have the second highest water pressure.
There are more than 4800.
Orange is the next level.
There are only 465.
All three color codes are considered adequate for firefighting.
"That way when the fire department arrives on scene, they know how many gallons each hydrant will flow," said Potter.
The last color code is red.
It means the hydrant does not have adequate pressure to fight a fire.
A recent report had 33 of them.
But we're told most of them are now working properly or in the process of an upgrade.
City records show about 50 hydrants each year are damaged from problems like car crashes.
An electronic system targets damaged hydrants for repair or replacement within five days.


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T O P I C R E V I E Wheng44A final farewell to Gordon Fullerton (1936-2013).ALT free flight 3, September 23, 1977STS-3, March 22, 1982STS-51F, July 29, 1985.hlbjrPerfect Ed. Well done.GoesTo11Thanks for this, Ed.Godspeed, Gordo.mach3valkyrieGreat tribute to a great guy. Thank you.cspgAgree.randyHe will be missed. Godspeed Gordo.astro-nutGreat Photos of Gordo!!! Thank you for sharing with us collectSPACE members. Do you have any photos of Gordo in front of the B-52 or the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or in the cockpit of these airplanes?RonpurThanks for these!heng44This photo shows Fullerton at the retirement ceremony for NASA's B-52B, on December 17, 2004. At left is retired NASA Dryden pilot Fitz Fulton, another legend.rgarnerA true gentleman.heng44Gordon Fullerton sits at the controls in the cockpit of the Dryden Flight Research Center DC-8 in August 1998.
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Go to school, not to porn.
Go to school, not to porn.
Now this is awesome. Thread needs a new title though. If you're really looking for inspiration, turn to Blackholesun's thread. He's not as lazy as I am.
Starter pics look fine. Nice arms.
What's your plan for the workouts?
ps: Agree with pablozed.
When was the last time you did something that scared you?
Fitness thread
Sorry to hear that. And I know its even harder these days to get loans. But here is the great thing about technology - there are a lot of classes online for free. For example, I have been watching biology lectures from the University of California.
So here is what I would tell my own kids (if I had any). Watch some lectures online as if you were actually enrolled in the class. When you apply for a job explain that it was too expensive to actually go to the school of your choice, but you are taking the classes virtually. An employer will respect your ambition and perserverance.
I think you look quite fine already ... but good luck with the working out!
Although you're due for a picture update.
Nice pics! I love the tattoo!!
I would agree that school will serve you better than porn. But that's your choice.
And I agree... you're due for an update!
Man you have great arms.. and you are just one state away from me! Good luck with the workouts. Keep us up to date on what you're doing and what effect it's having. Maybe we can learn something. I am always trying to do something different and change things up.
Flys will work the center of the chest more. And they tend to be a little less stress on the shoulder than presses which work in a single plane of motion.
You can also adjust the incline of the bench to help take some of the stress off of the shoulder.
Your best option is to lower your weight for a while, ice your shoulder after your workout and take an anti-inflammatory until the connective tissue in your shoulder is less inflamed. If lowering the weights temporarily doesn't resolve it, you may need to take a break altogether.
"Using light weights and higher reps thinking that it will help you get more "cut" is a mistake: What put the muscle on in the first place is likely to help you keep it there. "
Don't got with many reps, as long as you can do atleast 12 with the weights you are using you should be fine.
Less then 10, decrease the weight.
More then 20, increase.
I really hope you let your muscles rest for 72 hours.
Divide and conquer, each day pick a group of muscles close to each other and work them.
Divide into 72/24 = 3 muscle groups.
Shoulders, Triceps, Biceps etc...
But it sounds like you're describing a feeling in the joint in your shoulder. While there are times where you will feel it in your joints with these repetitive, single-plan motions, it shouldn't be painful and it shouldn't happen all of the time.
It's not an injury but it is your body's way of telling you that your joints are stressed.
In this forum, I often talk about core exercises and why they're important. Think of it this way- weightlifting works three things- your coordination, your muscles and your connective tissue. Injuries happen when one of these areas is weaker than the other. So, guys who are really working their muscles but aren't allowing time for their connective tissue (ligaments, tendons) to catch up are at higher risk for injury.
So, while you may not have an injury yet, your body is telling you, "You're working and building your muscles with this exercise, but the ligaments in your shoulder is not strong enough to support this weight yet".
So, why reducing the inflammation, altering the position and lowering the weight, you're giving your ligaments and tendons a chance to strengthen and catch up so that they can support the weights that your muscles are ready to lift.
Porn is a great blackmark on a resume that you'll never be able to erase. And if you don't think people will find out, you will learn the hard way because that kind of stuff turns up in employment background checks. I don't speak from my own experience but do have a friend who went the porn route and now he's deeply sorry that he did. The money you earn is not worth it.


text: The former Cy Young winner has been working out with the Reds pitching coach for about a month now. Price has shortened his delivery, and has him playing tennis (concentrating on his overhand serve) to also help out on his delivery. I've been told the ball has really been moving well, and that it feels great coming out of Brandon's hand. Not sure on the velocity though. If Price likes what he sees, he would be a great Spring Training invite.


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Denver's Danilo Gallinari has struggled to find his shooting rhythm this season. Two big plays against Golden State could be just the thing to get him going.
Gallinari scored on a tying slam dunk late in the first overtime, then scored five of his 21 points in the final 36 seconds of the second as the Nuggets closed with an 11-0 run to beat the Golden State Warriors 107-101 on Saturday night.
``He was starting to get frustrated a little bit because he was missing,' Denver coach George Karl said. ``I just went up to him and said, `Gallo, you're good. You're going to get yourself going and you're going to hit it when we really need it.' I didn't expect it to be right then and there, but he did exactly what we needed him to do.'
The Nuggets' 6-foot-10 forward was shooting just 27.9 percent going into the game and missed his first 10 shots against Golden State before finding his stroke in both overtime periods.
Andre Iguodala added a pair of late free throws in the second overtime and the Nuggets, who didn't arrive in the Bay Area until 3:30 a.m. following a late flight from Utah, held on for their fourth consecutive victory after opening the season 0-3.
``We were talking about the mental toughness before the game, because we are (finishing) a back-to-back,' said Gallinari, who finished 8 of 22 from the floor. ``So the mental part was the most important thing in this game.'
Kenneth Faried added 18 points and 17 rebounds, while Iguodala had 19 points for Denver.
Klay Thompson led Golden State with 23 points, but the second-year guard missed a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left. Carl Landry added 22 points and nine rebounds off the bench, but the Warriors went scoreless over the final 2:47.
``We had the lead a couple times in late-game situations and our inexperience showed,' said David Lee, who had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors. ``If we even play halfway decent it's not a game to begin with. It's very frustrating.'
Denver shot just 38 percent from the floor and had trouble hanging onto the ball in the second half, but put it together late to pull out the win.
Gallinari made the biggest shot on his dunk with 2.1 seconds left in the first overtime after Golden State, with a foul to give, let Gallinari go free down the lane. Then he came up big again in the second extra period after the Warriors built a 101-96 lead.
Andre Miller made a free throw and Iguodala followed with a 3-pointer. After Landry failed on a layup attempt, Gallinari converted from beyond the arc to give Denver a 103-101 lead. Thompson then missed a 3 for Golden State before Iguodala sank two free throws and Gallinari added two of his own.
The Warriors, who trailed by 11 after the first quarter, couldn't muster another rally and lost for the third time in four games.
``This is the worst I've felt after a game,' Golden State coach Mark Jackson said. ``We got outworked tonight. They dominated us on the boards (and) we made critical mistakes down the stretch that are simple basketball plays to make. It's just a bad feeling.'
Golden State had a chance to win in the first overtime leading 94-92, but Thompson missed a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left.
Both teams also missed several chances to win in regulation.
The Nuggets led 86-82 late in the fourth quarter, then went scoreless over the final two minutes, while the Warriors missed three shots in the final minute, including a long jumper by Stephen Curry as the buzzer sounded.
The wild finish was in stark contrast to the first half, when Denver appeared on the verge of a blowout.
The Warriors, already without 7-foot center Andrew Bogut, were even more limited in their front court after sending Jeremy Tyler home because of an illness. That left only rookie Festus Ezeli and Andris Biedrins to handle the middle against a Nuggets team that went into the night leading the NBA in rebounding, points in the paint and second-chance points.
The results were predictable - at least early.
Denver dominated inside early, outscoring the Warriors 16-0 in the paint in the first quarter to go along with five blocked shots. Iguodala had 11 points in the period, including an emphatic dunk with 26 seconds left to cap a 10-0 run and give the Nuggets a seemingly comfortable 24-13 lead.
Golden State, coming off a 24-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, chipped away in the second quarter behind Lee and Thompson, then pulled within 40-39 at the half after Richard Jefferson scored on an alley-oop dunk.
The Nuggets maintained their slim lead going into the fourth but couldn't put the Warriors away in regulation.
Miller added 15 points and eight assists for Denver, while Corey Brewer had 11 points.
Notes: This was the first of three games between Denver and Golden State over a 20-day period. After that, the two Western Conference rivals don't play one another again in the regular season. ... The Nuggets play 12 of their next 16 games on the road.


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LOWELL -- For the second time in three weeks, UMass Lowell and Providence College will be battling for a title.
Fourth-seeded Providence nipped fifth-seeded New Hampshire, 3-2, Sunday in the rubber game of their best-of-three Hockey East Tournament quarterfinal series and will clash with top-seeded UMass Lowell on Friday in a semifinal game at TD Garden in Boston. Game time is 5 p.m.
The winner will play for the Hockey East championship on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Ticket information
Tickets for the UML-Providence game will go on sale to the general public on Monday at 10 a.m. at the Tsongas Center Box Office. There will be a limited supply of tickets available.
For UMass Lowell students, tickets will go on sale Monday at noon at the Tsongas Center Box Office. The first 100 students will receive free tickets. After that, the student tickets are $10.


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A church in Little Rock, Arkansas at the middle of a controversy regarding the play "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" has decided to remove itself from the issue.
Agape Church will not be offering the program for school matinees and will instead just have the public performances on the weekend.
The controversy began when some first and second grade teachers at Terry Elementary invited students to a performance of "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" at the church on Friday, December 14.
From there, a parent reached out to the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers (ASF) with concerns the production of "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown" went against her religious beliefs. The ASF then mounted a campaign to have the field trip called off.