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Over the last three decades, the suicide rate for all Americans has been rising slightly. However, among American teenagers, the rate of suicide is increasing far more rapidly and dramatically.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), teen suicide increased by nearly two percent over a 24-month period. Furthermore, not only is the rate of suicide increasing but thoughts of suicide by teens are on the rise. Of the teens surveyed by the CDC, 15.8 percent indicated they had seriously considered suicide, up from 13.8 percent two years earlier. Today, suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds and is the second leading cause of death among college students.
Even though this trend is alarming, it is one which can be reversed. Suicide is a preventable cause of death. Here are 10 pathways to prevention which parents and other significant adults in the life of a teenager can use to guide and support a desperate young person. Helping a struggling teenager is one way of fulfilling the exhortation of Scripture to "carry one another's burdens" (Gal 6:2).
1) Recognize the warning signs of depression. Nearly 6,000 teenagers end their lives each year. It is the third leading cause of death among teenagers. Key issues of teen stress are family discord, separation or divorce, excessive academic and social pressures, a painful loss such as a relationship break-up, the death of someone close, relocating to a different city. These stresses can trigger deep depression. As a significant adult in the life of a teenager, be on the alert for the warning signs of depression. Mental health professionals identify the following as some key signs that a person is severely depressed:
• Sleeping more or less than usual.
• Eating less or more than normal.
• Feeling restless and agitated.
• Having trouble concentrating or making decisions.
• Easily hurt feelings: crying a lot.
• Abusing alcohol and other drugs.
• Losing interest in activities which used to bring pleasure.
• Persistent sad, anxious or "empty" mood.
• Feelings of pessimism, hopelessness.
• Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down."
• Feelings of worthlessness, guilt, helplessness.
2) Listen compassionately. When teens are stressed and hurting, they need and want to talk. Be an adult whom your children or your children's friends can speak with. Be willing to listen. Your listening will be therapeutic and can save a life.
At a funeral service for a young man who ended his life by suicide, the boy's mother pleaded with the young people in attendance to "please talk to someone, anyone, if something was bothering them." She also challenged adults to "sit down with their children and ask what's happening in their lives. If the children are troubled about something and don't want to discuss it, they should be encouraged to speak with a teacher, minister, rabbi, priest, relative, friend — someone — so they can get help in resolving whatever conflicts they are experiencing."
3) Be direct. If you suspect a teen is contemplating suicide, don't hesitate to ask directly, "Are you thinking about committing suicide?" That opens the door for a depressed teen to respond honestly and share how they are feeling. A recent study published by the National Institute of Mental Health, identified the four best questions to ask teenagers at risk for suicide:
i) In the past few weeks, have you felt that you or your family would be better off if you were dead?
ii) In the past few weeks, have you wished you were dead?
iii) In the past week. have you been having thoughts about killing yourself?
iv) Have you ever tried to kill your self.
Don't buy into the myth that talking about suicide will only make a person more likely to do it. Not talking about suicide is what often pushes a person over the edge because not talking is what bottles up the depression, isolation, loneliness and fear. Talking openly and honestly allows the person to get the feelings out, resulting in comfort, relief and hope.
4) Believe it. When a teenager indicates they have suicidal feelings, believe it. In his book, Suicide, Rabbi Earl Grollman offers this wisdom: "Accept the possibility that the person may really be suicidal. Don't assume that she or he isn't the 'type' or 'really wouldn't do it.' The temptation is to deny the possibility that someone you care about would take his or her life. But that's how thousands of people — of all ages and races and economic groups — commit suicide.
And don't allow others to mislead you into ignoring a suicidal situation. If you believe someone is in danger of suicide, act on your own judgment. The danger that you might be embarrassed by overreacting is nothing compared to the danger that someone might die because you failed to intervene."
5) Respond gently and with compassion. When listening to a teenager who may be suicidal, respond with gentleness and compassion. Treat him or her the way you would want to be treated if you were severely depressed and feeling hopeless. Follow the golden rule of Jesus: "Do to others as you would have them do to you" (Lk 6:32).
Don't criticize or argue. For example, rather than responding to a young person by saying "You've got to be kidding. You're going to kill yourself because your math scores are low?" a better response is to say: "Let's talk about solutions other than suicide." Similarly, never argue with a suicidal teenager. That young person is already at an emotional breaking point and needs a friend, not an adversary. Do all you can to communicate friendship, understanding and caring.
6) Avoid expressing shock and disapproval. "Saying something like 'How can you feel that way?' or 'But suicide is a sin!' will probably only make the person feel worse," note authors Bernard Frankel, Ph.D., and Rachel Kranz in their book Straight Talk About Teenage Suicide. "No one chooses suicide because they think it's a good idea — they choose it because they feel they have no other choice. They are already more upset that they feel this way than you are, even if they are acting calm and secure."
Rather than expressing shock or disapproval, permitting teens to express their feelings is a more constructive approach. Depressed people who can talk about their feelings openly and honestly often find the intensity of their emotions becomes defused by the simple sharing of feelings.
7) Remind desperate teens that they have other choices. Too often, depressed teens conclude they have only one choice, and that is suicide. If you suspect they are thinking about suicide, remind them they have other options.
Teens often benefit from the reminder that there are ways to end their pain without ending their lives. The reality is that they have many other choices. They can reach out to people who can help them through the crisis. They can call a hotline, a friend, a teacher, a spiritual leader, a doctor, a hospital, the police.
8) Help them see and sense hope. Sadly, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. If a teens are so troubled that they say "there's no hope," try to balance their negative thinking by stressing the positive. "Yes, I understand you may feel this way now, but perhaps you'll feel differently later today, or tomorrow or next week. Maybe you'll receive a phone call that will lift your spirits or a piece of mail that will help you see things differently. Perhaps what you're needing is just a minute, a week or a month away."
9) Never leave a suicidal teen alone. Once you have determined that a teenager is a high risk for suicide, don't leave him or her alone. "Stay with the person or ask someone else to stay with him or her until the crisis passes or until help arrives," says Rabbi Grollman. "It may be necessary to call a hospital emergency room or an outpatient clinic."
Once that crisis has passed, Rabbi Grollman advises entering into a "suicide contract" with the teen. "That means asking the person to promise that she or he will contact you prior to attempting suicide in the future so that the two of you can discuss available alternatives. It may sound strange, but it can be very effective."
10) Get professional help. A key aspect for breaking suicidal thoughts is to get professional aid for a desperate teen. Friends can be helpful and supportive, but they often lack expertise and experience. Suicidal teens should be taken for professional help. Good professional adult helpers include clergy, physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other therapists.
REV. PARACHIN writes from Tulsa, Okla.
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The Venmo API is made up of two different public APIs. "The Payment Links API provides a simple method for sending invoices or suggested payments via any medium (Email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter). Payment links have 3 optional parameters and are constructed by adding these parameters to the base URL. The Receipts API allows every Venmo user to send receipt data for payments they receive to a third party webservice. By default, users get receipts via Email and SMS, but the Receipts API provides a simple method for automating followup actions to payments (like collecting a postal address for fulfillment or automating digital fulfillment via email)."


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Berkley, Sep 2002, 6.99, 304 pp. ISBN: 0425186326 In 1979 Tampa, Hannah gives birth to a boy on her birthday. However, the unwed teen has no way of keeping the child as her parents and boyfriend have rejected her and her newborn infant. With no choice, she reluctantly gives up �Nicholas� for adoption though she already loves her baby. In 1999, in exclusive Bel Air, David Conway has spied on Hannah Ferris, the woman's husband, and their teena...


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Starting from humble beginnings, Igor Akrapovič (pronounced: "Ack-rap-o-vich") began designing and building custom exhaust systems for his own racing motorcycle. Work then spread to friends and the local community to the point where it became a viable niche business in 1990. For the past 20 years the Slovenian company has skillfully and diligently worked to bring its high-end brand of street, track, and off-road motorcycle products to true legendary status among riding enthusiasts and factory race teams alike. With this mountain climbed and development and production on-going in the motorcycle aftermarket and race tracks worldwide, Akrapovič challenged itself further in 2007 by setting its sights on its next target, the automotive world.
In order to work towards equivalent success in the automotive world, Akrapovič plans to utilize its industry leading knowledge of lightweight materials (titanium and carbon fiber), in-house R&D and production, technical expertise for designing performance exhaust systems for both increased power and quality sound, and its very high-level of quality control and visual aesthetics. These are the precise principles that brought Akrapovič their amazing initial success, with one important additional dimension, full involvement in motorsport. With this, Akrapovič concluded that they would start their move into the automotive world in the same way they started with motorcycles, at the race track (as one must begin to make a name for one's self in any new venture). Partnering with the Manthey Racing Team in Germany, Akrapovič designed and tested a full titanium exhaust system for the Porsche 997 GT3 RSR race car. Its first major victory in sports car racing occurred at the prestigious, and legendary, 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in 2008.
Now, let us talk about titanium. Back in 1997, Akrapovič introduced its first mass produced titanium exhaust system for the motorcycle aftermarket, setting the trend for the future. Prior to this "titanium revolution", such an exotic material was previously reserved exclusively for race teams. The two most useful properties of titanium are its resistance oxidation at high temperature, and the fact that it has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal. Today, after years of metallurgical R&D in their in-house laboratory, Akrapovič utilizes unique titanium alloys manufactured under an exclusive contract by American and Japanese suppliers. These alloys are stronger and 40 percent lighter than stainless steel, and can be exposed to temperatures of 900 to 1,400 degrees F for prolonged periods of time without deformation, unlike lower grades of titanium. The special titanium is delivered to the factory in sheets of various thicknesses, to allow the creation of any shape with their state-of-the-art laser cutting machines, and also in rolls, so that there is no limitation in the pipe diameter size availability as all pipe is manufactured in-house.
Akrapovič's modern 32,000 square foot facility is nestled in the rolling hills near the small village of Ivančna Gorica just outside Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital city. Here, approximately 430 skilled employees turn the sheets and rolls of Titanium into ultra lightweight high performance exhaust systems. All research and development for new systems and manufacturing is done in-house in order to stay independent of outside suppliers and maintain 100% control over product quality. On the factory floor workers use TIG welding (tungsten inert gas welding) to piece together the titanium systems. TIG welding is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode while the weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by argon as a shielding gas. The workers are highly trained to achieve strong and flawless welds to pass the rigors of their in-house QC/material testing laboratory and the immaculate aesthetic requirements of a completely exposed exhaust system (as is the absolute necessary on a motorcycle application, and a quality which will be continued for all automotive systems). During manufacturing Akrapovič also uses many state-of-the-art pieces of equipment, some which were developed in-house, to create and dress the individual components for the exhaust system. Laser cutting, laser engraving, hydro-forming (bending header tubes using machines that mould metal with high pressure water, this process maintains maximum metal strength and optimizes exhaust flow as the precisely desired shape can be achieved), and investment casting are just some the high tech processes performed during the manufacturing workflow.
In 2009, a one-of-a-kind titanium foundry was constructed in a new 8,600 square foot building at the main Akrapovič facility. It comprises all phases of the investment casting process from wax injection of model to the final inspection of cast parts with X-ray radioscopy and other quality control procedures such as chemical analyses, mechanical property testing, and digital dimensional accuracy. The foundries main purpose is to recycle shavings and pieces of titanium created in the exhaust manufacturing process. This titanium is separated based on quality and chemical structure, it is then shredded, cleaned, and pressed into briquettes to prepare it for the vacuum oven necessary to melt the titanium alloy in a non-reactive environment. The recycled titanium is blended with new titanium to achieve the precise alloy characteristics for the vacuum cast exhaust components. In the future, Akrapovič plans to expand the foundry proportion of the business into other fields of application, such as medicine (structural implants), power plant equipment, entertainment, and art.
Akrapovič also possesses great expertise and experience in the field of carbon fiber composite parts design and manufacturing. Anything from fenders to fairings, or from trim to muffler casings on motorcycles, and from newly styled exhaust tip casings to heat shielding for sports cars can be created in their state-of-the-art carbon fiber facility, with more new products on the way. The main benefits of carbon fiber strengthened composites are: it is up to 8 times lighter than steel, it can withstand extreme mechanical loads, it has an extremely high tensile strength (80 times per weight unit than steel), and can be easily manufactured into complex shapes of various sizes.
At Akrapovič the exhaust system R&D department is truly the heart of the company. The experienced and highly motivated team has a wide array of modern hi-tech equipment to create enhanced performance exhaust systems, including three dynamometers (two motorcycle and one 4-wheel automotive), a digital 3D scanner, and a 3D printer that allows the rapid creation of full-size prototypes from ABS plastic for fitment simulations. It takes approximately one month for the full cycle process of completely redesigning the exhaust system for superior performance, high quality and TÜV-approved sound, reduced weight, and greatly improved aesthetics on a typical high performance car. The OEM exhaust system is first analysed for Temperature and backpressure characteristics, and from this it is determined which components require redesign. The main goal of creating an exhaust system with improved performance is to reduce back pressure in the system, but at the same time maintain or increase exhaust gas velocity. Temperature data throughout the system, although not as critical, is utilized in the new design prototype to account for material expansion and to minimize pressure changes. The prototype development also creates a performance exhaust system such that individual components can be replaced separately in a modular fashion. And of course all final prototypes are fashioned in full titanium.
Akrapovič sold its first aftermarket full titanium exhaust system for a mass produced street car in April, 2009; that system was for the infamous Porsche 997 GT3 Mk1. Setting the bar high and towards the top end of the performance sports car spectrum they now manufacture full systems and mufflers for many European brands: Audi, BMW, Mini, Porsche and VW, with Mercedes and Renault scheduled for later in 2010, and Ferrari and other exotics possible for 2011. Several North American and Asian models will also be targeted. Akrapovič plans to add 12 to 14 new models per year going forward. In addition, the company plans to partner with OEM manufacturers which will account for approximately 15% of its automotive activities. In their first OEM project, Akrapovič successfully partnered with Porsche on the 2008/9 Porsche 997 GT2, not a bad place to start! For Akrapovič getting truly serious about the automotive world also means creating a strong presence in the North America. On July 12, 2010, Akrapovič opened its new subsidiary, Akrapovič America LLC in Irvine, California. From this new headquarters, orders, distribution, warehouse, dealers, and PR will be organized for all North America. This will undoubtedly streamline the availability and flow of products from Slovenia.
Akrapovič's ultra high-end brand of performance exhaust systems will most certainly fill a unique niche in the automotive world, let the revolution begin.
The Akrapovič stylized "Skorpion" Logo
Back in the early days "Skorpion" was used as the company name. It seemed fitting enough as the founder's name "Akrapovič" could be loosely translated from Turkish ("Akrap") to mean "Skorpion" (spelled "scorpion" in English), and the companies' exhaust systems certainly provided a "stinging" bite to all competition. However, in 1997, with continuing world level success in motorcycle racing, it was decided that this name had be changed as it had a close similarity to many other registered trademarks around the world. The logical solution was to revert back to the family name of the founder of the company, Akrapovič, who was very well known in the industry. Today, Akrapovič uses an abstract pictographic representation of the scorpion as the company logo. Interestingly, the founder's wife was strongly involved in the design process of this logo; she is a successful artist, and also designed the buildings and interior workspace of the new factory.
Getaway to Slovenia
When Primož Jurman, Akrapovič's PR Head, offered me the keys to a BMW E92 M3 equipped with a full Akrapovič Evolution exhaust system and a full tank of gas, who was I to say "no"? The lightweight titanium system provided a true motorsport chorus and some very welcome extra punch through the lush green Slovenian country-side, however, it was also memorable to stop and take in the sights along the way. Slovenia is a beautiful little "off-the beaten-track" country in the European Union lying directly south of Austria and east of northern Italy. It has its very own share of the Alps, plenty of history, wine growing areas, excellent roads and infrastructure, and can be driven across in less than 4 hours; although you will want to take a week or more to fully explore it by car.
10 things to see and do:
- Explore the modern and beautiful city of Ljubljana
- Tour the amazing Škocjan Caves, an official UNESCO World Heritage site
- Take-in the award winning WW1 museum in Kobarid
- Have a fabulous seafood platter for two at a seaside restaurant in trendy Piran
- Drive the scenic and challenging Vrsič Pass (1611m, and over 40 hairpins)
- Hike in the Triglav National Park
- Try "Rezina" a delicious local cream cake, Mmmm
- Explore a medieval castle such as Ptuj Grad in Ptuj, or Predjama Grad in Postojna
- Wine tasting in any or all of the three distinct regions
- Visit the famous white horses of Lipica


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Members of Whidbey Island Kite Fliers are crossing their fingers for decent winds this weekend.
Why else? So they can fly kites.
The club is hosting its 13th annual Whidbey Island Kite Festival 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 and Sunday, Sept. 22 at Camp Casey Conference Center.
Festival coordinator Lisa Root said the event has something for just about everyone.
"We try to make something for all different types of fliers," she said.
Activities include making your own kids kite, mass ascensions, teddy bear drops, sportkite competitions, lessons, food booths and more.
Competition includes dual and single line challenges including ballets — where fliers fly to music — and precision flying.
Someone who's never flown a kite before can learn to fly different types of kites in a specially marked-off teaching area.
The precision kite flying team Island Quad, with members from British Columbia and Washington will be performing again.
They entertain with interpretive movements to music while flying four-stringed Revolution Kites in a choreographed flight pattern.
This team has been flying at the festival for a number of years and are always fun to watch, Root said.
This year there will be a new local quad team flying for the first time at the festival.
Whidbey Oddsquad was formed last year when fliers from the Whidbey area got together to learn to fly, then decided to form a team. It became their goal to fly at this year's event. Some of the fliers had experience with quad-line kites and others were new to the Revolution kites.
After many hours of flying in 40- to 50-plus degree weather they have become comfortable with the kite and flying as a team in their choreographed routine.
Whidbey Oddsquad fliers are Lisa Root, Bud Root, Norvin "Stan" Stanley, Steve Dutcher and Mary Gaebler. You may have seen them practicing and having fun at Fort Casey or City Beach Park in Oak Harbor.
This is the club's main fundraiser for the year. All the events are free, but there is a raffle which supports the club. Items in the raffle are mostly kite related. You do not have to be present to win.
On Saturday evening, at 7:30 p.m. the Indoor Kite Competition takes place at the Coupeville High School gym.
Competitors fly the kites without wind using only their body and hand movements.
This entertaining and unique event continues to astound and surprise people each year, Root said.
Whidbey Island Kite Fliers meet for a "Fun Fly" 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the third Saturday of the month, April to October at Fort Casey. All are welcome.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information and the schedule of events, visit the festival website www.whidbeykites.org


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June 13, 2008
Adam Salon '99 has been named the Director of Football Operations at Bowling Green State University.
Salon remains with the Falcons after serving as an offensive graduate assistant at BGSU. His new duties will include assisting with recruiting, coordinating team travel, and running summer football camps. He assisted the Falcon staff with film breakdown, scouting preparation, and served as a host for recruiting visits in his first season with the Falcons.
"I'm truly honored to step into this roll and I want to thank Coach (Gregg) Brandon for this tremendous opportunity," Salon said in a statement issued by BGSU. "I look forward to helping our student-athletes and coaches as we prepare for another successful season."
"We are excited about the hiring of Adam Salon as our new director of football operations," Brandon said. "His passion and knowledge of the game will be a great asset to the BGSU football program."
The Falcons were 8-5 in 2007, earning a bid to the GMAC Bowl where they lost to Tulsa. BGSU had won four consecutive bowl games prior to last season's loss.
Salon was a four-year member of the Wabash football program, earning a varsity letter in 1998 as an offensive guard for the Little Giants, while helping the team to a 9-1 record and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference title with a 7-0 league mark. A history major and member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, he was also a member of the Sphinx Club, the Sons of Wabash, and was a writer for The Bachelor.
He served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Evanston Township High School, for seven seasons. While helping with the Evanston Township program, he also worked for Goldenberg Hehmeyer as a US Treasury bond trader. Salon's first college coaching experience came at Hamilton College where he served as a defensive back and linebackers coach.
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bathkitchensuction necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 143 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
We are a company and factory with many, many years of experience in the bathroom (mostly luxury) segment, and we are introducing this new suction wall accessories line into our current market, though mostly we want to target lower income demographics with it.
We have three series. Please see blow which colors are required for the box of each series, and refer to the attachments as well.
- a clean white series: white background, most text in grayscale up to 90%, may use red for important elements.
- a chromed series: the product drawing should be chromed/silvery gray, the background light gray, use dark gray and black for text, also use red.
- a signature stainless steel series with touches of black: product drawing should be silvery with black (see attachments), use white and gray for text, also use red.
When I say drawing I mean the little framed drawing of just the suction cup, not the actual soap dish photo (which we provide).
Our patented red indicator suction technology is the most important concept for our packaging. RED is the common color across the three lines.
Our target segments are bathroom and kitchen primarily. Our main target demographics are middle class, especially lower middle class though we have a design line for more refined customers. Our market is a foreign one (shouldn't influence the brand design).
Please see our 'box layout and elements' attachment. You need to supply art for the five sides of the soap dish box for the three different series. There's also the box hanger art, which can be just the logo but needs to follow your general design.
Our 'box layout and elements' attachment is only a guide for the information we want to have, NOT a design! Please create your own concept. We want something CLEAN.
You need to do these elements (see 'box layout and elements' attachment):
- elements outlining the product's strengths and holding weight, as well as the ease of use.
- surfaces it can be attached to (tiles, mirror, glass, fiberglass, laminated)
- use of adhesive disk for other surfaces.
- drawing/element calling attention the PATENTED technology (no need to supply the text)
- drawing further explaining the technology (this one can use our own 'p' icon).
- recycling & disposal icons on the back (our plastic materials are PVC & ABS).
The files we will require are:
3 full box layouts (see 'box layout and elements' attachment) in .CDR & .SVG with CMYK & Pantone references.
- We need the files to have all elements as separate vector objects so that we can adapt the soap dish layout to our other products.
- We need most written parts to be font objects, and we need the font used, so we make our own adjustments to the text.
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shoeshine boy wrote:thought Ray Ferraro's tweet about these jerseys was pretty freakin' awesome:
Ray Ferraro @rayferrarotsn 28 Aug#USAHockey jerseys for Olympics that men-women will wear/patches for 1960, 1980 gold medal winners -wasnt there another? O yeah, women 1998
and Ray's only American by marriage!
Granted his wife was the captain of that 1998 team, so it's understandable
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Another week, another mega gallery featuring Instagram posts!
Another week, another mega gallery featuring Instagram posts!
What is attached to Nicki's leg?
How ridiculous is that photo of Jasmine Tookes holding her slice of pizza? I mean who doesn't wear a bra and super tight leggings for their pizza binges, amirite? You're not fooling anyone, Jasmine. Elsa Hosk has the flattest butt I've seen on a lingerie model, I guess you can never have it all. Also, what does Bella need to relax from? Starving yourself to maintain a career you did not earn must be so exhausting. To end on a positive note: Demi looks fantastic with that hair and makeup.
She challenges anyone to a pizza eating contest. Like give it up already.
well most of them posed like pornstars so, i guess posing nude is popular on insta now? very classy!
Wow, Alessandra Ambrosio looks like shes been working out a lot – her legs look crazy toned.
Is anyone else tired of looking at these half-naked women?
lucy hale got skinny…
I know Kylie is all fillers and whatevr, but I think she's looking great. She is a better model than Kendell. Her expression has a certain depth? Not like depth depth but her eyes are more expressive and the body abeit fake looks great in those outfits.


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Future campus buildings will come equipped with gender-neutral bathrooms to support and accommodate the University's LGBT community.
The Law Learning Center, Science and Engineering Hall and the new building for the School of Public Health and Health Services will include gender-neutral bathrooms, University spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard said.
Sherrard added that the University "will seek to do so as a matter of practice in new buildings, whenever possible."
President of Allied in Pride Nick Gumas lauded the University for creating "a more inclusive environment for all."
"Having gender neutral bathrooms on campus adequately acknowledges and protects the needs of trans-gender students," Gumas said in an email.


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On this day, Carl Yastrzemski hits his 43rd homer, but the Red Sox lose to Cleveland. Harmon Killebrew homers twice as Minnesota beats the Angels. Detroit's Mickey Lolich threw a 1-0 shutout at the Yankees.
At the end of the day, Minnesota (91-68) led idle Chicago (89-68) and Boston (90-69) by a game and the Tigers (89-69) by 1.5 games.
The Red Sox beat the Twins on the season's final day, but had to wait around for Detroit to lose to the Angels to clinch.
I followed that race with a transistor radio late at night and pulled for the Red Sox as I grew to like them because Tony Conigliaro was one of my favorite players growing up.


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Without getting mired in another dull discussion about the impossibility of keeping up with never-ending cycle of musical trends, recycled fads and sub-sub-sub-genre cross-fertilisations, you can't help but feel that the decline of this whole R&B-indie thing (R'n'Bindie? Alt. R&B? Does anyone care?) has been sign-posted by the artistic decline of The Weeknd. The once invisible figurehead of the R&B/indie crossover's latest album Kissland is an egotistical mess of unmemorable tunes and self-parodying lyrics, with the mystery stripped away revealing an archetypal smug faced would-be alt. R'n'B pin-up. However, considered in its broadest sense 'indie R&B' is in pretty rude health in 2013 with excellence to be found in the silken smooth warmth of Rhye's Open or the more hallucinatory stuttering of Autre Ne Veut's Anxiety. There's still room for latecomers if they have something fresh to bring.
On Timeshare, Shy Girls'(the pseudonym of Dan Vidmar) most distinctive quality is perhaps his straightforwardness; that is to say he's distinctive amongst his more adventurous peers by sticking closer to conventional R&B, all sugared falsetto, seductive tempos and clean crisp production values. Not for him the decaying wells of reverb favoured by How To Dress Well. EP opener 'Without' twinkles and gleams like a hall of mirrors and finds Vidmar in appropriately reflective mood as he coos "I've got a clear vision, but visions don't make up for love". It's a smooth kind of catharsis at work on Timeshare, having more in common with Marvin Gaye's most intimate output than it does with that of his contemporaries, be they indie or mainstream, perhaps with the exception of Drake, but compared to him Shy Girls is virtually bravado free. If Timeshare has a default setting then it's a sort of slow jam plea. On 'Still Not Falling' he is self-effacing ("I'm not an athlete, I stay home and make beats. I'm not a player, so this isn't fair…") and on 'When I Say I Love U' he's just downright needy ("When I say I love you I mean I need you"). He's an R&B bed-wetter looking for love.
The much repeated message of EP closer 'Under Attack' is that "Love at first sight is better than love from last night". It's safe to say that he's an old soul in a sleek modern chassis and it's one that sounds like it was agonised over. Timeshare bears the meticulously arranged feel you'd expect from a bedroom producer, but with glossier production values and a healthier complexion. He's a talented player too with his nifty guitar work lending a yacht-rock sophistication to 'Still Not Falling' and 'Under Attack', accompanied on the latter by a deliciously indulgent sax solo by tUnEyArDs' Noah Bernstein, ironically as Vidmar declares "No more clubs, no more parties, no more drama and no more shame".
Despite the evident attention to craft and lyrical mood setting, Shy Girls somehow fails to engage for the entire duration of the six song EP. Vidmar's attention to detail and production is admirable, but unsurprisingly leaves the EP feeling somewhat homogenous and the less immediate tracks suffer. The five minutes of 'When I Say I Love U' a particular slog and the crude two-note organ hook and monotonous phrasing of 'Voyeur's Gaze' are forgettable. It is only on the standout 'Second Heartbeat' that Vidmar pushes beyond his influences, moving into outright pop territory by pushing up the BPM and adding squelchy buzzing bass, warm synth pads and afro-lite guitars to create a faux-exotic pop vibe redolent Toto's 'Africa' or Men At Work's 'Land Down Under'. Timeshare might be a little short on ideas, but there's enough to suggest that Shy Girls might just be saving the best for that full-length debut.
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Junior Sam Smith has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware.
Smith was selected as a member of the special teams group after recording his third blocked kick of the season in Saturday's game against Oberlin, a 42-21 victory by Wabash. Smith's three blocked kicks tie for fourth on the Little Giants' single-season record list. Dustin Deno made three blocked kicks in 2004, two years after tying the single season record with four blocks in 2002 and repeating the same total in 2003. Eric Schoettle '93 set the original record with four blocked kicks in 1989.
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A Washington man is being charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after flying over a fence in his vintage Toyota Corolla and landing in a covered swimming pool 25 feet below.
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It's hard to believe it from the looks of the mangled car in the pool, but Brown escaped any serious injury. The remains of the Toyota were hoisted out by crane yesterday and the damage to the pool and surrounding area is surprisingly minor.
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Apple has just released OS X Mountain Lion version 10.8.1, the first point update to their latest generation Mac desktop operating system. Here's what Apple has to say about it:
The OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.1 Update is recommended for all Mountain Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.
This update includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:
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- Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
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From the Guardian UK, We've Still Got Wiggo
Everyone is asking: where's the gold? First Tom Daley failed to finish on the podium, then canoeist David Florence missed out on a medal – and even sailing legend Ben Ainslie is struggling in home waters. Team GB officials are urging us not to panic. But with France, Germany and Italy way ahead in the medal table, it is hard not to. So to keep the spirits up – and with apologies to our non-British readers – print out our poster and place it in your window.
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Using the latest technological advancements, the photograph on the right shows a CE certified and HETAS accredited Stockton 8 wood burning stove. Most Stovax wood burning stoves and fires are CE certified, which means that they have been independently tested to exacting European standards for both heating efficiency and emissions.
Note that the flames are big, lush and semi-transparent, very different from the dark, opaque, ragged flames you would see in an open fireplace.The small jets and feathery flames at the top of the image are flowing downward from the tiny combustion air holes at the top of the firebox. To find out more information about Cleanburn and Airwash systems visit the following page: how a wood burning stove works.
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Earlier today I was sorting my stash in preparation for its photo shoot (I'm uploading the whole kit-n-kaboodle to Ravelry). I ended up with three large bags of yarn that will be donated to Warm The World. And, I found a knitting project that I had forgotten about:
This is (obviously) the Irish Hiking Scarf . I started it at least a year ago and then stuffed it into a yarn bin. When I found the scarf, I felt like it was my birthday. I've been thinking about knitting this pattern and now I can just jump right in and finish this scarf.
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Fall hunting season is near: Watch out for snakes
The snakes are on the move right now. Oklahoma's western diamondback rattlesnakes start making moves toward community dens. They generally seek out a cave or rocky recess where they will hibernate for the winter.Just last week, the mom of one of my ball players got bit by one of those poisonous slithering creatures; she never saw it, either, but she sure felt the bite afterward.She spent several hours at the emergency room.Most wildlife species make every attempt to hide in the presence of a human or animal larger than themselves, but this snake is an exception. Instead of scurrying away, the diamondback will stand its ground, rattling fearsomely. It is not rattling to protect itself, but to warn intruders of its presence. The diamondback has all the reasons to stand its ground, too.


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The gym in Cascade Locks School still hung heavy with resentment and anger Thursday when Hood River County School District Supt. Charlie Beck sat down for a talk with about 30 residents.
However, between the undercurrent of nervousness from the presenters and the unhappiness of the crowd, there was something different in the dialogue from a town tired of having its school slowly chipped away and a school superintendent taking a scalpel to the district budget: some fresh air.
Beck apologized to the assembled group of parents, students, teachers and city residents for removing at least grades 7-8 and possibly grade 6 from the next school year.
"I apologize for that," he said. You don't deserve to have your upper grades leave."
While several members of the audience did ask pointed questions on topics such as travel arrangements and how their children would adapt to the travel and larger class size, and one walked out after hearing it was certain that the school would be losing its upper grade levels, others were focused on the future and how the town and school district can work together in the future.
When one member of the town criticized the school district and the town's charter school committee for failing to get anything done, Bobby Walker, a charter committee member and ex officio school board representative for Cascade Locks, said much has changed in the time Beck has been superintendent.
"Right after they closed the high school it was a war between parent groups and the school district," Walker said. "But we are now at a point where we understand our two positions."
A proposal for the State Board of Education to sponsor a K-12 charter school in Cascade Locks was rejected by the Board of Education at its meeting earlier this month. That came after the Hood River County School board also declined to sponsor the school. The state board's ruling is currently being appealed by the charter school committee.
The school district and the committee are also attempting to work out an agreement for a grades 6-12 school that would share a facility with a district-run K-5 school.
Beck and Walker said that while significant differences remain, primarily in the school's curriculum, they are closer before than they have been.
"We have asked for a scope and sequence of curriculum ... if that is forthcoming we are ready to approve the charter," Beck said. "I don't think we are far off. It can happen."
Beck emphasized that he likes both charter schools and small schools, having worked with each when he was with the Bend-La Pine School District.
He said he sees Cascade Locks having a potential as a specialty school that could draw on a natural resources or technology-based curriculum to draw more students. With more money and more students, he said, is the possibility that upper grade levels could eventually return to the school.
"When we did that in Walterville we had lines of cars with parents bringing in their kids because they wanted a different experience," he said.
However, he said the facts on the ground dictated sweeping budget cuts throughout the district for next year, which includes slashing spending, closing Pine Grove Elementary and trimming the grades from Cascade Locks.
Nick Hogan, the finance director for the school district, said cutting the upper grades from the school would save the school district nearly $180,000 next year.
Many of those present had accepted the fact that the cuts were going to happen and were primarily concerned with how their kids would be treated at their new school, which will be Hood River Middle School unless they request Wy'east and space allows.
Beck and some in the crowd emphasized there will be chances for students and parents to tour the school and get to know the teachers.
"I can't reopen the school but I can make sure your kids are treated right," Beck said.
Beck also guaranteed the group that there will be a K-5 school in Cascade Locks.
"My intent is that there will always be an elementary school in Cascade Locks because it is important for the kids," he said.
He ended his presentation by saying he would use whatever resources he could to help support the school and challenged the school staff and community to make it into a place that would be unique and draw in more parents and students.
"What you need to do is figure out what you do well and set about doing it," Beck said. "I will issue that challenge and now let's figure out how to do it."


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STOCKTON - On a sunny spring day in Victory Park, Yvonne Shearer is stretched out on a yoga mat on the grass working on some poses.
STOCKTON - On a sunny spring day in Victory Park, Yvonne Shearer is stretched out on a yoga mat on the grass working on some poses.
Next to her, Charlie the canine is sprawled out too.
They are letting go and getting into the flow at Free Yoga in Victory Park - a movement that is in its second season and takes place every Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. through Nov. 2.
"I love the openness here and that I can bring my dog, Charlie," Shearer said, confirming that Charlie does, indeed, make an effort to follow along. "If you notice, sometimes he does the poses."
The class is led by instructor Allison Boyd and welcomes participants to explore flexibility, balance and strength in the outdoor setting.
"Take the sounds of the water and just go with those sounds," she said of the park's pond filled with its resident ducks. "Let go of your to-do list for the weekend and celebrate the fact that you're here and we're together."
Boyd is accompanied by Michael Harris, who serves as her sound tech and disc jockey.
As she leads two dozen people through an hour-long session of what Boyd calls therapeutic flow yoga, Harris turns up some jazzy tunes.
"I realized I had to make modifications because you never know who is going to show up," Boyd said of the poses she describes. "We have people with a wide range of abilities."
Beverley Dierking said she enjoys the class. "I've just started coming and I like that it's outdoors," she said as she rolled up her yoga mat. "It's so nice to feel the cool breeze.
Nielsh Charan, who walked to the park with some friends, said it's a way for people to experience something positive in the community. "I love Victory Park," he said. "And this is great exercise."
Free Yoga in Victory Park takes place near the park's rose garden and usually draws from 20 to 40 people.
While it's free of charge, Boyd accepts donations.
Participants are asked to bring a yoga mat or a beach towel along with a positive attitude.
She also organizes vineyard events featuring yoga followed by lunch and wine tasting.
"I want to introduce people to yoga," she said of her passion. "This is kinda my baby right now."
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The Designer's Doll - 09/01/2009
Despite her diminutive height of 11.5 inches, Barbie has one of the biggest wardrobes, designed by over 70 top name fashion designers, and has worn one billion pairs of shoes. All this and still a style icon at 50. Since she burst on to the fashion scene in New York in 1959, she has had the personal touches of Giorgio Armani, Christian Dior, Bill Blass and Oscar de la Renta put on her sizable wardrobe. She has worn wedding gowns designed by Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera, and Christian Louboutin is designing a special pair of pink shoes for her. And Barbie knows her big brands too. She's been decked out by the likes of Ferrari (naturally, since she drives one) and cult make-up brand MAC. Here, VOGUE.COM takes a look at some of the designer looks that Barbie has sported since she stepped out in gold lame by Bob Mackie in 1990. CLICK HERE TO SEE BARBIE'S DESIGNER LOOKS


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While I've posted about Grand Tours and eccentric collections/collectors a few times recently, it has not escaped my attention that all the individuals involved so far have been male.
It's easy to assume that only men took part in such adventures, and the ladies sat at home and took tea in the drawing room. In fact, British and European women of the 18th century were increasingly interested in having their own tours and making their own collections (you can read more about it here).
I encountered a brilliant example during my travels in the South West of England.
A la Ronde is a 16-sided building in Exmouth, Devon, constructed to house Jane and Mary Parminter, a pair of daredevil cousins with an amazing collection of travel memorabilia.
A BBC article on the house explains that the octagonal shape is practical, as well as creative:
The building's ingenious design was intended to catch maximum sunlight. Sash windows were built on the angles and the rooms were laid out so that the ladies could follow the sun around the house during the day. They would start on the eastern side and move round to finish with tea in an oval room on the west in the evening. Everything was designed to conform to the building's unusual shape and awkward angles: cupboards and bookshelves have sliding covers, doors slide back into the walls to save space, and flaps come down between each of the doors in the octagon to provide extra seating.
They were so obsessed with traveling that they toured their own house every day!
The cousins masterminded a quirky interior that accommodates and maximises the circular space in clever ways, with some unique storage solutions.(Click to enlarge.)
The article points out that A la Ronde "bears witness to the independence and resourcefulness of two women in an age when the early feminists were only just stirring":
In 1784, following the death of Jane's father - a wealthy Devon merchant - Mary and Jane travelled throughout Europe for 10 years, together with two other women. The 'Grand Tour' was a recognised way for wealthy young men to finish their education in the 18th Century, but it was much more unusual for women to travel alone in this way. Returning from their tour in 1795, Jane and Mary decided to build a house to remind them of their travels and provide a home for all the souvenirs they had collected.
Tangent alert: it's interesting, because at the time I visited A la Ronde I was traveling in a group with three other women, including my own cousin.
We did some adventurous stuff, and I like the historical parallel - the idea that the Parminters were pioneers of something that continues to this day.
Also, I saw a snail.
Lots of snails!
And this is why I'm always last... too much sitting around in the mud.
Anyway, the sheer amount of stuff the Parminters and their friends brought back is impressive, but the ladies didn't stop there. They also used the natural objects they found (various shells, feathers, rocks and dried plants) to decorate walls, tables and cornices, and to construct pieces of art.
It seems they were fond of writing, which makes me like them even more.
The Parminters' feminist impulses were not confined to travel. As the BBC article explains:
The spinsters went to great lengths to keep A la Ronde in female hands, specifying in their will that it should only pass to unmarried female relatives. In almost 200 years, before the house was purchased by the National Trust in 1991, A la Ronde had only one male owner. The cousins used their unmarried status to their advantage in a world where marriage was seen as the only acceptable career for wealthy women.
Good work.
All the horrific stories of violence against women recently - and the accompanying calls for ladies to watch themselves, be careful, don't go places alone, don't do risky things, etc. - have made me think about the Parminters again.
They were privileged, they were gentlewomen and had money to travel, but I'm sure they would have been warned many times about the dangers of adventuring. I myself lost count of the people who tutted anxiously when they discovered I was traveling alone. Stuff might happen. Terrible stuff. Not a good idea. Bring a man next time.
I find it sad how mobile women are framed as victims-in-waiting, rather than explorers. You can just as easily (and, statistically speaking, are much more likely to) be harmed in your own house than out roaming in the world.
We need more female daredevils, not less.
Who else is going to ship a crapton of shells across the globe and spend years gluing them to their wickity wack house?
The highlight of A la Ronde runs around the interior of the upper gallery at its center. The cousins spent years fastening shells to the walls up here, creating an intricate DIY masterpiece.
You can see a hint of it in this pic.
Unfortunately, their glue wasn't the greatest, and the wall is now so delicate nobody is allowed up there in case they sneeze and half the shells drop off.
This is as close as I could get.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can take a virtual tour of the gallery right here. I highly recommend having a look.
Do it now. I'll just wait here.
Amazing, eh.
Get out there.


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Prince Swears Off Recording Until Someone Fixes the Internet
Ah, Prince. Whether he's changing his name to a symbol, scrawling slogans on his face, threatening to sue his fans, or publicly daydreaming about a world in which no one is allowed to cover his songs, he's always good for a provocative quote or two.
His latest interview, with the UK's Guardian, didn't disappoint.
When the subject turned to his plans for new music, the prolific artist promised to keep his vaults shut for the foreseeable future, bemoaning "crazy" Internet piracy and saying, "Nobody's making money now except phone companies, Apple and Google. I'm supposed to go to the White House to talk about copyright protection. It's like the gold rush out there. Or a carjacking. There's no boundaries. I've been in meetings and they'll tell you, Prince, you don't understand, it's dog-eat-dog out there. So I'll just hold off on recording."
And even if we can fix the piracy problem, Prince isn't thrilled with mp3s, in general. "I personally can't stand digital music. You're getting sound in bits. It affects a different place in your brain. When you play it back, you can't feel anything. We're analog people, not digital."


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RBC Heritage director Steve Wilmot loves having some local flavor in the tournament field.
So he was probably delighted to hear Hilton Head Island resident Matt Bova earned an exemption Monday by winning the Carolinas PGA's 18-hole qualifier at Berkeley Hall.
Bova, an assistant professional at Haig Point Club, topped a field of 43 club pros from South Carolina and North Carolina and will make his first professional start next month at the Heritage.
"This is all completely new to me," Bova said. "This is a bit of a surprise."
The 26-year-old Illinois native won't be expected to make a run at the leaderboard, or even make the cut, necessarily. But his is the kind of story Heritage officials like to see.
Wilmot has lamented in recent weeks the fewer number of sponsors exemptions the tournament will be able to hand out this year.
A larger field requested by the PGA allows the Heritage four exemptions instead of the usual eight. Three of those spots have already been given to reigning Players Amateur champion Daniel Nisbet, 19-year-old emerging star Jordan Spieth and former Players Am winner Camilo Villegas.
But even if regional favorites like Hilton Head's Chris Epperson and Golf Channel's "Big Break" winner Mark Silvers of Savannah don't receive spots in the field, area golf fans will have at least one local player to follow.
Bova's story is one of the things that makes golf so unique.
One solid round of 73 on Berkeley Hall's North Course was enough to put this former NCAA Division III player into a field that already is set to include the likes of Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker and Matt Kuchar.
Whether or not he proves his mettle against some of the world's best, Bova will surely make a lifetime's worth of memories over the next few weeks and hopefully drum up a bit of local interest.
Bova says he had no aspirations to play professional golf after he graduated from Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. He took an internship at Haig Point, saw it turn into a full-time job and says he is content to continue working there while playing a few tournaments on the side.
His priorities showed Monday when he said he would have to work his Heritage preparation around a busy schedule. Business is starting to pick up at Haig Point now that spring has started.
"We're really starting to hit season," he said. "Work obviously comes first."
Bova was joined in the field by his boss, Haig Point golf director Jason Cherry, and former Methodist teammate Cory Schneider.
Schneider, a Powells Point, N.C., resident, won the 2009 qualifier and missed the cut at 14-over par in his Heritage debut. Bova received a call from Schneider while I spoke to him Monday afternoon. It likely didn't take Bova long to get back in touch and ask for a little advice on playing in a PGA Tour event.
More than a few local eyes will be trained on Bova as he represents his adopted home in the first round April 18, after all.
That's just the way the Heritage likes it.
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Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced plans for the 19th annual Star City Holiday Festival produced by Updowntowners, Inc. and presented by First National Bank The parade is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, December 6 in downtown Lincoln. The theme for this year's event is "Holiday Traditions," and entries will include giant helium balloons, the Polar Bear Express float carrying Santa and Mrs. Claus, and the Jolly Giant Wheel.
"I am very excited to be in my first parade as Mayor, and I'm delighted my three grandchildren are coming all the way from Colorado to ride in the carriage with me," said Mayor Seng. "It takes an enormous amount of support from community organizations, businesses and volunteers to get this parade down the street. I especially want to thank Updowntowners Inc. and First National Bank for partnering with the City to present this great holiday tradition for families."
Deb Johnson, Executive Director of Updowntowners, Inc., said the parade is the largest of its kind in a five-state area and attracts 85,000 people to downtown Lincoln. She said planning and organizing the parade is a year-round job.
"We have already begun planning our 20th anniversary parade," said Johnson. "One of our big challenges this year has been finding a permanent facility to store and build floats. With the help of our partners, sponsors and volunteers, we have found a float factory, so we can focus on our main task - finding new and fun ways to make the parade exciting."
The Mayor also thanked Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center for sponsoring the Polar Bear Express float and the other major sponsors: Alltel, BryanLGH, Cellular One and Union Bank.
The parade also include unique vehicles, animal and equestrian units, walking units, costumed characters and executive clowns. Nineteen bands will march through downtown, including the UNL Cornhusker Marching Band; the 43rd Army Band; bands from all six Lincoln public high schools, Pius X and Parkview Christian; as well as bands from nine other Nebraska communities.
A panel of band professionals will judge the bands in competition. All other judging will be done by a panel of children ages 8 through 14. To enter the contest to be a judge, young people can send their name, age, address and phone number along with three to four sentences on a favorite holiday tradition to Parade Headquarters, 1200 "N" Street, Suite 101, Lincoln, NE 68508. The entry deadline is Friday, November 21.
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1293 will again offer free rides on all StarTran routes all day December 6. Those wanting information on StarTran routes and schedules can call 476-1234 or check the City website at www.lincoln.ne.gov.
Keep Lincoln & Lancaster County Beautiful is promoting the parade as litter-free event, and volunteers will be along the parade route to help collect trash and educate the public on the proper disposal of trash. To volunteer, call 441-8035 by noon Monday, November 10.
The parade will again be televised live statewide by KOLN-KGIN-TV.
A number of events are planned as part of the Star City Holiday Festival, beginning with the Holiday Lighting Ceremony from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, November 30 at Wells Fargo Plaza, 13th and "O" streets. The parade website at www.starcityholidayfestival.org includes information on all the events, plus a parade route map and parking map.


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Rejected drug may help treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseases
Postdoctoral fellow part of team to publish new study in Molecular Psychiatry
An international team of scientists that includes a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis has found a previously-rejected compound may be helpful in treating neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
The team, which includes Shulin Ju, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow under the direction of molecular biology professors Gregory Petsko and Dagmar Ringe, found that the compound latrepiridine, known commercially as Dimebon, reduced the level of at least two neurodegeneration-related proteins in mice.
The second of two studies, published this month in Molecular Psychiatry, demonstrates new potential for this compound in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders and other neurodegenerative conditions.
In the 1990s, latrepiridine appeared effective in treating some of the earliest animal models of Alzheimer's disease. In a high profile Phase II clinical trial in Russia, overseen by a panel of top U.S. clinical trialists, latrepirdine showed significant and sustained improvement in cognitive behavior in Alzheimer's patients with minimal side effects. But it did not demonstrably improve the condition of patients in a Phase III trial in the United States, causing the sponsors to halt further clinical study.
Before the failed trials however, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers led by Sam Gandy, director of the Mount Sinai Center for Cognitive Health, began studying how latrepirdine worked. John Steele, a Mount Sinai neuroscience graduate student, devoted his thesis to these studies. Lenard Lachenmayer, a postdoctoral fellow working under the supervision of Zhenyu Yue, associate professor of neurology at Mount Sinai, shares first authorship of the new paper with Steele and with Ju.
In the new study, the researchers administered the drug to three different systems: yeast, mice and mammal cells, all showing build-up of alpha-synuclein, a protein known to cause neurodegeneration. In all three systems, they determined that latrepiridine activated autophagy, the so-called "self-eating" process of cells that protects the brain from neurodegeneration, which targeted synuclein and protected against its toxicity. In mice, the drug reduced the amount of synuclein accumulated in the brain through autophagy.
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