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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- As the national job market shows signs of recovery in 2012, The PGA of America's 11th Annual Jobs in Golf Month-which highlights online employment resource tools and a breadth of jobs within the industry-will kick off in conjunction with the 59th PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 26-28, and continue promoting employment in golf throughout the month of February.
Building on the success of its previous campaigns at the PGA Merchandise Show, The PGA of America's Employment Services (located at Booth #2885) will highlight job opportunities that are currently posted on PGAJobfinder.com. The Jobs in Golf Month initiative at the PGA Merchandise Show includes recruitment services by leading industry employers; golf-related job posting boards; on-site interviewing for industry positions; employment workshops; and comprehensive PGA Employment Services.
In addition, PGA.com/employment, home to PGA Employment Services, is the centerpiece of the Jobs In Golf Month initiative, and serves as the golf industry's online resource for jobs. In support of Jobs in Golf Month, PGA Employment Services is ramping up its available resources to ensure that PGA members continue to find and maximize their career opportunities.
"The PGA of America is delighted to present Jobs in Golf Month for the 11th consecutive year," said PGA President Allen Wronowski. "In 2012, the emphasis on job placement is central to the growth of our field and the overall economy. The exciting positions offered during Jobs in Golf Month provide an opportunity to achieve a dream career within the golf industry, which employs more than 2 million people nationwide."
PGA Employment Services was developed to serve as the golf industry's hiring resource and a support mechanism to help ensure the 27,000 men and women PGA Professionals have the necessary tools to secure employment. In addition to serving as a vehicle for PGA Professionals, PGA Employment Services offers a direct communication link between golf industry employers and individuals seeking to gain employment in the golf industry.
PGA Employment Services is supported by 12 regional PGA Employment Consultants based throughout the country. These employment consultants serve as an invaluable resource for both PGA members and golf industry employers, working tirelessly to match applicants with appropriate employers that are seeking to hire talented and dynamic PGA Professionals. These Employment Consultants are also charged with further educating employers on the unmatched benefits of hiring a PGA Professional.
Employment-related education seminars are also being featured at the PGA Member Business Center, and will be led by the PGA Employment Consultants. Some of the featured seminar topics include "What Your Employer Wants - Connecting with Golf 2.0," "Grow Your Value Starting NOW - The Strategy of Golf 2.0," and "Utilizing Golf 2.0 - Your Competitive Edge," among others.
While The PGA of America offers additional resources to promote Jobs in Golf Month and the benefits of hiring PGA Professionals throughout the month of February, the Association's expansive employment services division, which caters to PGA Professionals, golf industry employers, and individuals seeking a position within the golf industry, is an everyday commitment throughout the year.
Among the many service options from the Employment Center, The PGA offers CareerLinks, a complimentary employment referral service with PGA Employment Consultants based throughout the country to provide support to employers and PGA Professionals. With this service, PGA Employment Consultants help employers identify the skills and experiences that are necessary to perform a specific job, and then enter the search specifications into the CareerLinks database to identify qualified PGA candidates. Last year, more than 470 positions were filled through the CareerLinks service.
Other employment services include PGA Jobfinder, an online tool located at www.PGA.com/employment, which helps golf industry employers fill a variety of golf industry positions from PGA Teaching Professionals to Clubhouse Staff to Manufacturer's Sales Representatives. The PGA also retains the services of a wage-and-hour consultant to help PGA Professionals and employers interpret labor laws and wage-and-hour information. Since last January, more than 3,035 jobs for PGA Professional positions were posted on PGALinks.com and nearly 1,900 positions were listed on the public job board on PGA.com.
About PGA Jobs in Golf Month
Launched in 2002, the Jobs in Golf Month campaign is designed to promote employment services to golf employers and potential employees. The PGA Jobs in Golf Month campaign works with the PGA Employment Center located online at www.PGA.com/employment.
About The PGA of America
Since its founding in 1916, The PGA of America has maintained a twofold mission: to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, The PGA enables its professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the multi-billion dollar golf industry. By creating and delivering world-class championships and innovative programs, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. As The PGA nears its centennial, the PGA brand represents the very best in golf.


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For patients wishing to erase the signs of age and have a more youthful appearance, Botox injections effectively treat facial wrinkles and lines, minimizing and sometimes eliminating them all together. The procedure is quick, requires no anesthesia and takes anywhere from a few days to a week to take full effect. It is a technique that has been used for years and can be performed by your dentist at Dental Plus.
Botox is composed of botulinum toxin, a form of a purified protein. It is injected into the facial muscles and blocks the nerve transmission to those muscles. As a result, the dynamic motion that causes wrinkles in the skin is relaxed, allowing the wrinkles to smooth and disappear. Common injection sites include the forehead, the area between the eyebrows, the corners of the eyes, and the sides of the chin.
Since dentists are experts at injections around the mouth and face, they are uniquely qualified to provide this type of treatment. To find out more about Botox injections, contact Dental Plus at 574-722-2233.
White Fillings
An increasingly popular alternative to silver amalgam fillings is composite white fillings. Unlike amalgam fillings, composite fillings are virtually invisible, and our team at Dental Plus can shade them according to the color of your teeth to create a perfect match, giving you a beautiful, white smile!Read more about White Fillings
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Dental Bridges
Dental bridges literally bridge the gap created by one or more missing teeth. A bridge is made up of two or more crowns for the teeth on either side of the gap (these anchoring teeth are called abutment teeth) and a false tooth or teeth in between. These false teeth are called pontics and can be made from gold, alloys, porcelain, or a combination of these materials. Dental bridges are supported by natural teeth or implants.
Bridges can:
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- Maintain the shape of your face
- Distribute the forces in your bite properly by replacing missing teeth
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Invisalign Treatment
Invisalign is a dental treatment that provides clear aligners and brackets, virtually invisible to the eye. Ever since the introduction of Invisalign braces, they have become a great option for many patients. Invisalign is a revolutionary addition to cosmetic dentistry. These clear aligners are easy to use and can give you the smile you've always wanted. Made of SmartTrack® material, Invisalign aligners work to gently ease your teeth in place.Read more about Invisalign Treatment
Lumineers may be suitable for teeth that are chipped or cracked, stained or discolored, misshapen, worn or slightly crowded. They're digitally designed to be ultra-thin (about as thin as a contact lens), so they can be applied seamlessly over your teeth to deliver a natural looking smile. This technique is best used with patients who have spacing in their smile and only minor tooth rotations.
Lumineers are a popular veneer option because they are a "minimal preparation" or "no-preparation" procedure. Lumineers do not require the dentist to grind, cut or file down any tooth structure for proper placement. The veneers are adhesively bonded to the facial (front) surface of the teeth, making the process as much of a minimally invasive procedure as possible.
The Lumineers Two-Visit Process
After your initial consultation, your dentist will take an impression of your upper and lower teeth and send the mold to a laboratory along with photos and other records that ensure the very best results for you. Unlike traditional veneers, there is typically no need for extensive drilling, shots or acrylic temporaries.
On your next visit, generally a couple weeks later, your dentist will place your Lumineers. Before they're bonded in place, it's important to try them on to ensure a good fit. Teeth are then moderately etched (covered with a protective coating) to prepare for placement and then bonded one by one.
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Dental veneers are thin shells of porcelain or composite resin that are custom made to fit over teeth, providing a natural, attractive look. They can be used to fix chipped, stained, misaligned, worn down, uneven or abnormally spaced teeth. They are custom made to the contour of your teeth and are bonded to the tooth's original enamel during a series of in-office procedures:
The dentist will clean the tooth and determine the correct shade for the veneer.
An impression will be made for the laboratory and a temporary veneer will be placed on the tooth
After the laboratory has delivered the veneer to your dentist, the temporary veneer is removed and the tooth is cleaned. The veneer is then etched (coated with a protective layer), rinsed thoroughly with water and air dried. The adhesive is placed on the preparation, and then the cement, and the veneer is placed for exact fit and contour.
The veneer is then light cured for 60 seconds on all surfaces of it to attach it to the tooth structure.
Your dentist will remove any excess material and polish the margins of the veneer.
Veneers are a less intrusive option than crowns or braces. But they're an irreversible treatment, so having them placed is a big decision. Call Dental Plus at 574-722-2233 for a consultation with our dentist to see if veneers are right for you.


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Feb 21, 2011
- Video: What's it like in the Wisconsin capitol?
Egypt's Revolution: Behind the Scenes
Feb 18, 2011
- Al Jazeera reports on the years of organizing that underpinned Egypt's "spontaneous" uprising.
Film Trailer: The Economics of Happiness
Feb 14, 2011
- How going local can restore our ecosystems, our societies, and our spirits.
Sir Ken on Changing Paradigms
Feb 09, 2011
- Sir Ken Robinson does it again! In this brilliant RSA Animate video, the creativity expert uncovers the link between drop-out rates, dwindling support of the arts, and ADHD.
Film Trailer: Countdown to Zero
Feb 01, 2011
- An estimated 23,000 nuclear weapons exist in the world. Why that number needs to be zero.
One Plastic Beach
Jan 20, 2011
- Video: One kilometer of beach. Thousands of pounds of plastic. One couple turning it all into art.
Austin: Learning to Run a Cooperative
Jan 02, 2011
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North Dakota: Banking on the Locals
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Cleveland: Industrial-Sized Co-ops
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Building Community: An Economic Approach
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- David Korten: What economic transformation has to do with building stronger, happier communities.
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- David Brancaccio visits communities across America using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity in our new economy.
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There's plenty of reasons to be sceptical about the existence of the "tweak" that John Calipari says turned Kentucky's season around.
He refuses to say what it is, there's little statistical evidence that Kentucky has fundamentally changed how they have played in the last three weeks, and Calipari keeps making these too-good-to-be-true statements about his tweak, such as, "I did some more tweaking today. It's not a re-tweak. But more tweaking for this week."
The "tweak," which Calipari announced before the SEC Tournament, is shrouded in mystery.
He says the tweak is obvious to anyone who knows basketball. Yet no one in the basketball world has figured out what it is.
His players refuse to reveal the nature of the tweak. Yet they swear by it.
And this is the real genius of Calipari.
By creating the idea that the entire team had been instantaneously transformed by a single tweak, Calipari planted the assumption that the team could instantaneously transform in his players' brains. He manufactured a sense of belief, and he did it at the team's lowest moment.
Two days after his team finished the regular season with an embarrassing 84-65 loss to Florida, Calipari came out and declared he'd just "changed everything" with one strategic, top-secret tweak.
He promised Kentucky would be "a different team" in their next game (the first game of the SEC tournament), and blamed the disappointing season on himself for not implementing the tweak earlier:
"I'm just disappointed in me that I didn't do it earlier. Why didn't I catch this and why wasn't I thinking in those terms?"
On the eve of March Madness, Calipari miraculously found the key to unlocking his team's full potential, or so he claims.
In one fell swoop he did three things, 1) explained away the entire regular season, 2) absolved the players of responsibility for their shaky play, and 3) gave his team a renewed sense of confidence going into the SEC tournament.
Tangible evidence of the tweak is hard to come by.
There are reports about Kentucky players wearing football pads during uber-physical practices. But that is hardly the type of fundamental tactical shift that Calipari claims he made.
One Kentucky blogger thought he had it pinned down. The tweak was that Calipari told point guard Andrew Harrison to shoot less, he reported after the SEC Tournament. But Harrison is actually shooting more in the tournament (10.4 attempts per game) than he did in the regular season (8.4 attempts per game).
The strategic tweak that changed everything might not exist … yet everything has changed for Kentucky.
The team is 7-1 since the end of the regular season, beating two 2-seeds, a 1-seed, and a criminally underseeded Louisville team in the process.
The simple explanation is that Kentucky has always been an exceptionally talented team that could beat anyone on any day. Their five freshmen, like most first-year players, needed an entire regular season to get a feel for college basketball, and now they're playing much better than they were a few months ago. Aaron Harrison, in particular, has made 23 of his 45 three-pointers since the end of the regular season, including two incredible game winners.
That's not a tweak. That's a confluence of talent, growth, and luck in the NCAA Tournament.
But if the players believe that the tweak changed them (which they very much do), does it really matter?
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I share many of John DeMott's concerns, and I think most reasonable Photoshop users would also be concerned at *possible* unbundling of key parts of Photoshop.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=55825\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The battle lines have been drawn here between Apple and Adobe and their respective partisans/agents(think of the Empire Strikes Back), and it will be absolutely fascinating to watch how this plays out in the marketplace. Hard to handicap the battle for supremacy, though based upon their track records, Apple seems to be a better bet to succeed in creating an elegant, user friendly interface. What I do know is that we will all benefit from the intense competition.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=55826\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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Lightroom has everything that Camera Raw has, and then some such as the superior Grayscale conversion and much more intuative and easy to use Curves tool.
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Beta 2 does.
Patience. Patience.
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DIY Roundup: 10 Fab Revamped Dressers
Looking to hunker down with a great DIY project this winter? There's no better time. We were awestruck by some of these hand painted recycled children's dressers.
Each dresser completely changes the room they are in. They represent everything from an injection of color or theme to on-trend patterns. One woman used a mobile as inspiration, another her son's love of cars. One is wallpapered! Whether it's as simple as changing the knobs to a complete unrecognizable overhaul, there's a lot of love evident in these dresser makeovers.
1. Colorful drawers from Oh Joy!
2. Before & After chevron refresh via Design*Sponge
3. Seaworthy Before and After, Musings
4. Carefully selected knobs from Girl's Gone Child
5. Wallpapered Dresser
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127 HOURS is a breathtaking, pulse-pounding journey into the mind of a man lost and alone. James Franco's bravura performance drives this gripping true story of a young adventurer whose will to live in the most unsettling of circumstances proves a triumph of sacrifice. That a fast-paced, expansive film is found at the bottom of a claustrophobic crevice is a tribute to director Danny Boyle's inventive mind and cements his stature as one of the world's most exciting filmmakers. 127 HOURS will echo for years like cries from a red rock canyon, reminding of the power of cinema to set us free.
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BLACK SWAN leaps and soars in a haunting dance as timeless as Tchaikovsky. Director Darren Aronofsky's fever-dream blurs the fine line that separates high art from high insanity, and his prima ballerina Natalie Portman captures the beauty and the pain of a dancer's commitment in a transformative performance. Lifted to even greater heights by virtuoso visuals from cinematographer Matthew Libatique, BLACK SWAN embodies both a spellbinding portrait of an artist striving for perfection and a horror film about the monster in the mirror.
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THE FIGHTER packs a punch with such power that it smashes through the boxing genre and into a higher class. This true American tale is celebrated by director David O. Russell as an exploration of competitive dysfunction, while championing the fighter in each of the film's characters. Mark Wahlberg stands tall and proud as the significant heart of a film filled with knockout performances from Melissa Leo, Amy Adams and Christian Bale's Dicky, "The Pride of Lowell," who spars with inner demons, but finds the will to be in his brother's corner when it counts.
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INCEPTION is the most rare of movie miracles — an art film that succeeds as blockbuster entertainment. This achievement is born from the gifts of writer/director Christopher Nolan, who displays such a love for filmmaking that audiences cannot help but be enveloped by his rapture. Leonardo DiCaprio proves once again to be America's leading man, guiding us through a mind-bending movie-within-a-movie, within-a-movie, within-a-movie — and cinematographer Wally Pfister's dazzling images create an indelible dream that demands to be relived again and again.
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THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT embraces "My Generation" and "Generation Y" in one big group hug. Director and co-writer Lisa Cholodenko delivers a fresh, funny and vibrant film that not only keenly observes a family in modern day, but also asks its characters to consider the timeless meaning of a promise made. Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson act and live as one in this brilliant indie gem that sparkles with studio-sized talent.
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK captures the zeitgeist of 2010, a world defined by the difference between "friending" and being a friend. A whip-smart screenplay by Aaron Sorkin unfolds at a pace as lightning-quick as the creation of the society-changing technology it chronicles. David Fincher's beautifully realized direction syncs all the talents and tools at his fingertips to provide a penetrating look at the dark undercurrents of monumental success and the discontent it can ensnare in its web. Jesse Eisenberg's deeply resonant performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg updates his status to America's fastest rising star.
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THE TOWN carries all the essential tools of the great American heist movie and breaks into the classics of the genre with its own unique authenticity. Smart, sassy and tough entertainment, the film confirms the arrival of Ben Affleck as a director of distinction, a storyteller whose deft touch gives action, character and performance equal weight. Outstanding performances by Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall and Jon Hamm inhabit the film's deeply rooted, rich atmosphere of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where we learn from a new generation that crime does pay, if your heart is true.
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TOY STORY 3 is a landmark film in America's cultural legacy. An exclamation point to a story that has spanned fifteen years, this instant classic marshals all the forces of American film — character, story and computer wizardry — as Woody, Buzz and all of our friends grapple with mortality when Andy comes of age. Creator John Lasseter, director Lee Unkrich and the wizards of Pixar give the world the gift of a film both hilarious and heartbreaking, and one that ensures generations will be united to infinity and beyond.
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TRUE GRIT gallops into the Western canon with guns blazing. This spitfire poem by Joel and Ethan Coen springs from the pages of Charles Portis's novel, but their own mastery of language — the diction and delivery of each line — makes this a classic uniquely theirs. Cinematographer Roger Deakins paints a landscape in awe-inspiring images, providing a proper panorama for Rooster Cogburn, who is brought to life for a new generation by America's favorite son, Jeff Bridges. Standing toe to toe with him is Hailee Steinfeld, who proves her mettle as one of the bright new faces of American film.
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WINTER'S BONE is a chilling portrayal of the search for truth buried deep beneath the bitter reality of rural poverty in America. Haunting in its authenticity, director and co-writer Debra Granik's film is part Ozarks gothic, part Shakespearean tragedy, and all American independent filmmaking. Jennifer Lawrence creates one of America's strongest female protagonists of the year with a wondrous debut performance as a woman on a relentless quest to provide a future for her family.
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30 ROCK still rocks. Creator Tina Fey rewards the TV addict in all of us by doling out what we crave most — laughter. With writing that's consistently sharp and endlessly inventive, 30 ROCK is rapid-fire entertainment led by an acting ensemble both familiar and fantastic. Alec Baldwin, with each passing year, etches the name "Jack Donaghy" more indelibly into the pantheon of classic American sitcoms.
THE BIG C dares to say "cancer" out loud, treating terminal illness as one of life's revelations. Creator Darlene Hunt brings light and laughter to the darkest of subjects, and Laura Linney inspires as a woman both anguished and liberated by life's cruel turn, insisting on living — and dying — on her own terms.
BOARDWALK EMPIRE is a sweeping, cinematic recreation of Prohibition-era Atlantic City that harnesses the power of profanity and poetry to retell the tale of America's past. Creator Terence Winter's lush mob drama is inhabited by ghosts both historical and fictional, led by Steve Buscemi's cock-of-the-boardwalk Nucky Thompson, who adds a decidedly eccentric signature to the year's most dazzling production.
BREAKING BAD continues to raise hell in its deadly third year. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are television's dynamic duo of dysfunction, driven to the edge in a world contaminated in all corners. Creator Vince Gilligan continues to mix a combustible moral cocktail that ignites the characters' struggles each week, and demands us to embrace who they really are, even if that's less than good.
GLEE is a musical miracle — singing loud and proud that it's cool to be a "glee." Creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan choreograph the most structurally ambitious show on television, and the extraordinary cast never misses a step. This star-packed year mashed appearances by Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow and Carol Burnett with musical classics like SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, uniting viewers across generations in the shared experience of what it is to struggle, embrace and thrive in the daily challenge of being ourselves.
MAD MEN's fourth and finest year saw the wheels come off Don Draper's formerly golden life, and Jon Hamm rose to new heights in depicting Don's depths. Creator Matt Weiner is a master of the medium, and our empathy for his characters in a world mad with change is a tribute to the rich, emotional detail of each word, each glance — beautifully realized in the performances of a stellar ensemble cast.
MODERN FAMILY reframes the portrait of America with so much love and laughter that it hangs in our home with familial pride. Week after week, creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd light the fuse for this dynamite acting ensemble, and their stories intersect in such a sophisticated manner that each episode is fresh, funny and filled with love only a family could forgive.
THE PACIFIC is storytelling on a scale worthy of "The Greatest Generation." Epic in size and intimately personal, this grueling ten-part mini-series from executive producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman recreates the history and the horror of World War II's Pacific theatre through the eyes of three United States Marines. With America fighting two wars in 2010, THE PACIFIC landed on airwaves with a powerful question, "What are you willing to sacrifice for your country?"
TEMPLE GRANDIN opens a door into the mind of an autistic visionary. Director Mick Jackson encourages a story to emerge that is at once unsentimental and emotionally resonant, and Claire Danes's triumphant performance speaks to the great American story that is Temple Grandin — from "challenged" to "champion."
THE WALKING DEAD feeds our hunger for a new take on a classic genre. Zombies have long breathed life into the horror of human nature in an extreme state, but here writer/director/executive producer Frank Darabont smashes the boundaries of terror on television. THE WALKING DEAD also understands the power of silence, as a slowly turning doorknob may reveal our deepest fear — the loss of our own humanity.
THE KING'S SPEECH proudly pronounces itself a classic with an eloquence worthy of Great Britain's royal family. Director Tom Hooper and writer David Seidler tell a deeply emotional tale that achieves the uncommon — empathy for a king. Colin Firth's brilliant turn as King George VI, whose heavy head wears the crown, is matched in heart by the performances of Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Rich in detail and regal in manner, THE KING'S SPEECH is a triumph — both for a king whose personal fears must play on a global stage and for all to embrace that our greatest test is yet to come.
WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" is a call-to-arms for all who believe in a greater America. Director Davis Guggenheim voices the conscience of a country, using the documentary form to shine a bright light on the dark realities of the American public school system. To see the challenge ahead in young faces — the boys and girls who are often lost in statistics — is heartbreaking, anger-inducing, and yet inspires as to the possibilities. In the end, the simple truth is that when America looks for a solution, the answer will not come from the sky, but from you and me.
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World Farm Animals Day Fair - 2006
Oct 1st, San Mateo - 11 am-3 pm
What is World Farm Animals Day?
WORLD FARM ANIMALS DAY is an annual event started by the Farm Animal Reform Movement. It was established to raise awareness of the billions of animals suffering and slaughtered in the world's factory farms. The occasion is observed with events in all 50 states and two dozen other countries.
Every second, 269 chickens are killed in the U.S. for food. That's 23 million chickens every day, or 9 billion every year. Chickens and other animals raised for food aren't just food choices or statistics like "10 billion land animals are killed for food every year in the United States".
Just like the dogs, cats, rabbits, horses and other animals that we welcome into our homes and hearts, chickens, pigs, turkeys, and cows have thoughts, personalities, preferences,feel pain or experience happiness, and also suffer from intensive confinement, boredom and frustration.
Join us on Sunday, October 1st for a very special day and find out how you can make more compassionate choices to help farm animals. It is especially important that you help us with our educational outreach and bring your non-veg family and friends with you.
Activities include:
o Food Samples (free!)
o Cooking Demonstrations
o Nationally Renown Speakers | Speaker Schedule
o Book Nook
o Childrens Activites
o Do the Write Thing! Pen a short letter to help animals.
Free! For all ages.
Event Location: Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA Auditorium, 12 Airport Blvd, San Mateo
Directions: PHS website directions / Google Map
This event is a sponsored by Bay Area Vegetarians, Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA , and Animal Place
Speaker Schedule
|Start Time
|11:15 -11:45 am
Breakfast: French Toast & Scramble
Cooking Demo with Recipes & Sampling with Chef Alex Bury
|12:00 - 12:45 pm
True Life Animal Tales
Animal Place co-founder Kim Sturla shares the real life stories of the rescue & rehabilitation of the critters that call Animal Place home
|1:00 - 1:45 pm
Lunch: Rustic Italian Polenta with Roasted Garlic Tomato Sauce and Spring Rolls with Thai Peanut Sauce
Cooking Demo with Recipes & Sampling with Chef Alex Bury
|2:00 - 2:45 pm
The Power of Your Food Choices
From her undercover investigations, lauren shares the impact of our food choices on animals confined in agricultural animal facilities and what we can each do to help animals
Alex Bury was trained as a classical chef at the world's premier culinary college, the Culinary Institute of America. Her career as a chef was already taking off in the mid-nineties, when she became painfully aware of the plight of animals. In 2001, she opened the famous all-organic Sparks restaurant in Guerneville, California. Now she works full-time for PETA, and also teaches the art of healthful cooking for Bay Area Vegetarians. Her column, Heart Smart Cooking: Cooking with Compassion and Good Health, appears in the monthly newsletter for Bay Area Vegetarians.
lauren has been an active voice for animals for over 19 years since high school. After spending four years as National Campaign Coordinator for In Defense of Animals, lauren was asked by Vegetarians International Voice for Animals, UK to start and run Viva!USA in 1999. As the leader of Viva!USA, lauren investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns, working with activists nationwide. Some of her accomplishments include persuading Trader Joe's to stop selling all duck meat, Pier 1 to stop using feathers and was the spark that got the CEO of Whole Foods Market to become a vegan. Her campaigns have been covered in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, and other major media outlets.
Kim is the Executive Director of Animal Place and co-founded the sanctuary over fifteen years ago. She has been a central figure in protecting animals for 30 plus years. Sturla wrote the first law in the country that protects pre-university students unwilling to participate in animal dissections.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Soliciting vegan food donations to giveaway.
- Developing informational/educational displays/activities -- interactive ones geared towards youth welcome.
- Organizing volunteers.
- Event advertising/promotion.
If you can help, please email Tammy with your name, what you're interested in, and your contact information (email as well as phone number appreciated). Previous experience is not necessary, however a desire to raise awareness of factory farming and promoting veganism is. Looking for reliable, prompt, and enthusiastic volunteers only.
If you are an individual or business interested in supporting this event with a cash or product donation, please contact Tammy with details.


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Description: 1724 score of André Cardinal Destouches' opera Issé. Destouches's Issé premiered in 1697, just nine years after the death of Jean-Baptiste Lully. The tradition of featuring new operas at the court prior to a public premiere—common during Lully's later years—was reinstated with this work. When Destouches revived the opera in 1708, he enlarged the original three-act work to five acts. This allowed for expanded divertissements, choruses, and more elaborate arias, which appealed to contemporary public preferences. The volume in the Virtual Rare Book Room is the five-act version.
Date: 1697
Creator: Destouches, M. (André Cardinal), 1672-1749 & La Motte, M. de (Antoine Houdar), 1672-1731
Partner: UNT Music Library


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I have resisted the phenomenon that is cake pops because I can never get past the line in the method that instructs you to break the cake into crumbs. I wouldn't need buttercream to bind the crumbs; my tears (caused by such wanton vandalism) would do the job. But I have to admit I do like the look of them, the size of them and their versatility.
Enter Lakeland with their cake ball machine. For those who haven't seen it, it's a plug in counter-top machine that bakes small amounts of sponge mix into balls in less than 5 minutes. Impressive, non? And you get all the joy of a cake ball without having to desecrate the sponge.
I found that lifting the balls out was easy if you used two cocktail sticks; they are small enough so as not to tear the sponge:
For my first dalliance with this machine I kept it simple. All the cake balls are made from the same tried-and-tested vanilla cupcake sponge recipe. Some I rolled in jam and coconut for a classic English Madeleine:
When I rolled the balls in the hot jam I just had to photograph them as they looked so beautiful – almost like plums:
Others were rolled in chocolate ganache and chopped nuts:
As you can see, the sponge is a lovely texture; I was really impressed with this little machine:
For the citrus lovers amongst my eatership I rolled the sponge in lemon drizzle mix so that the whole ball was covered in the thin crusty glaze (it pains me to say it, but these were voted the favourites on the day – even by only casual lemon-eaters):
And finally, so no one had any grumbles, I cut some in half and sandwiched them with peanut butter cheesecake.
Serving them in mini cupcake cases gave the air of a box of truffles – a really cute look with no need for any decorating skills at all:
Ingredients and method
Obviously, the quantities will vary depending how many cake balls you wish to make. Here are the basic quantities that you can scale up or down based on your needs.
For the cupcake sponge (this will make 12 normal sized cupcakes or 32 cake balls):
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
125g self raising flour
1 tablespoon milk
Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the vanilla
Beat in the eggs, flour, and milk.
When the mixture is smooth and well combined, spoon teaspoonfuls of batter into the oiled (I used Dr Oetker cake release spray and – contrary to the cake ball maker's instructions found that I didn't need to reapply) cake ball maker. It's important to work quickly and cleanly – if you drip batter anywhere other than the holes you will find you don't get nice clean cake balls.
Bake for 4 minutes or until the balls are firm. Mine took exactly 4 minutes and the easiest way I found to remove them from the machine was to spear them lightly with 2 cocktail sticks and lift them out.
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
When they are cool, gently pick off any surplus batter that makes them look like Saturn with its rings!
Now the fun bit – decorating!
For the Madeleine version (enough for 16 balls):
Heat some jam (I used almost a whole jar of raspberry) and roll the balls in it.
Roll in a approx 100g of desiccated coconut.
For the chocolate ganache (enough for 16 balls):
125g dark chocolate – I used half dark, half milk
150ml double cream
100g chopped nuts
Place the chocolate, broken into chunks, in a heatproof bowl.
Heat the cream to boiling point, then immediately pour over the chocolate.
Leave to stand for a couple of minutes then stir until it is smooth and well combined.
Leave to cool and firm up before rolling the balls in it.
Roll the balls in chopped nuts.
For the lemon drizzle (enough for 16 balls):
2 lemons – zest and juice
2 tablespoons caster sugar
Icing sugar – enough to make a runny icing; the quantity required will depend on the juiciness of your lemon!
Place the lemon zest, juice and caster sugar in a bowl and beat in enough icing sugar to make a thin, extremely runny icing. (The reason for using caster as well as icing sugar is that the caster won't sink into the cake and leaves a lovely light sugar crust on the top of the cake).
Pierce the cake balls all over – I used a cocktail stick for this.
Sit the balls in the glaze and leave them to absorb the lemon for 5 minutes or so.
Use a fork to lift the balls out and let the excess glaze run off.
For the cheesecake (easily enough for 32 balls – I only used it for 16 and spread the rest on digestive biscuits as a tasty treat!):
150g cream cheese – I used Philadelphia
25g icing sugar
70ml double cream
2-3 tablespoons peanut butter and add more to taste
Beat together all the ingredients except for the peanut butter.
When you have a smooth consistency spoon beat in the peanut butter.
Cut the cake ball in half and spoon or pipe a ring of cheesecake around one flat surface.
Press together with the other sponge half.
Refrigerate until you wish to serve.
Serve in small paper cases or on sticks.
Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have created.


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Disclaimer: If you already know Python really well, this post might not be handy for you. However, I'd still love to see your comments and feedback if you have a moment to reply.
Much of my recent work has centered on OpenStack and I've found myself overwhelmed by learning Python. Although I don't have any formal education on anything related to computer science or programming, I've worked my way through PHP, Perl and Ruby.
Ruby seems to be the most comfortable language for me to use due to the simplicity of the syntax and the handy features provided by the standard libraries and common gems. Python always caught me as strange due to the forced indenting (I indent my code properly anyway, but it still feels weird to be forced to do so), module namespaces and the overall syntax. Things like list and generator comprehension made my head spin and I avoided Python like the plague.
All of that had to change over the past few months. I'm not an expert in Python by any means but I'll be glad to share with you how I trekked from the depths of Ruby to the edge of Python.
Learn Python The Hard Way
Zed Shaw's guide to learning Python has been the primary recommendation from every Python developer I've polled at Rackspace. It is clear, concise and accurate; however, I never did finish the HTML guide. Something would end up distracting me or I'd become discouraged by something I couldn't understand.
That's when I found the video course on Udemy. The video course costs $29 and comes with the PDF copy of the book. You can watch Zed work through the problems on screen via an easy-to-follow screencast. He even makes common errors on screen and runs the interpreter so you can get familiar with exceptions from common typos.
Python Documentation
If it's in Python or the standard libraries bundled along with it, it's in the Python documentation. There are plenty of code examples for almost all of the methods from the standard libraries on the site. It's a good resource to bookmark while you're learning what certain methods do and which parameters they expect. You can also ensure that your code isn't importing modules that are deprecated.
Stack Overflow
This could draw criticism from some, but Stack Overflow is a good resource to find better ways to do things in Python. I've written some pretty ugly Python code only to find that I could have called a couple of methods from modules found in Python's standard libraries. You can find lots of examples of code simplification and recommendations for which modules to use for a particular project.
Keep in mind that some suggestions on the site can be subpar. Some may contain deprecated or insecure code that could hurt your project's success. Be sure to look through the comments after each answer to ensure that you're reading a solid solution.
Coworkers And Colleagues
Some of the best resources for learning Python are probably all around you in your office or online. I'm extremely fortunate to be surrounded by gifted and experienced developers at Rackspace who genuinely care about their work and want to share their strategies with others. I've always had a tough time understanding lambdas (I couldn't understand them in Ruby, either), but one of my coworkers took me through some examples as I was leaving work.
If you feel like you might be a bother to your coworkers, try to do some homework on the topic first or give them a specific example of what you're trying to solve. It will show them that you've done your best to understand the topic but that you need some help getting over the hump. A hot cup of their favorite coffee or snack doesn't hurt either.
Just Try It
Find a problem, make a project and write some Python. Most of us have something we'd like to accomplish if we had the time. Take that idea or problem and write Python to solve it. You'll pick up new knowledge as you work through the project and you'll probably back yourself into a corner more than once. When it happens, go back to the documentation, do some Googling and lean on your peers.
I've been working with Python for just over a month and these strategies have jump started my learning by leaps and bounds. If you're struggling, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do to help. I'm also eager to hear your strategies for learning Python so they can be shared with others.


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Belen Rivera delivered the clinching point on Wednesday against Radford.
After dropping a tight point in doubles play, the No. 3 seed Liberty women's tennis team stormed back with four consecutive wins in singles action to defeat No. 6 seed Radford, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the Big South Women's Tennis Championship. The Lady Flames advance to tomorrow's semifinals where they will face No. 2 seed Winthrop at 3:30 p.m.
With the win, Liberty improves to 15-8 on the season. The 15 victories tie the Lady Flames' program single-season record for wins, which was set in both 2009 and 2011. The Highlanders conclude their season at 10-13.
Doubles play opened with Liberty posting a dominating win in the No. 3 position. Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong breezed past Gisela Garcia and Taylor Fay, 8-1. The win ups Richard and Thong's record to 10-1 on the year.
Radford rallied with wins in the remaining two matches to clinch the first point of the contest. At No. 1, Taylor Newman and Gemma Valls downed Rebekah Jenkins and Maria Khval, 8-5, before Meg Napolitano and Grace Sarver edged the Lady Flames' Brittany Yang and Belen Rivera in a tight match, 8-7 (8-6).
As the match turned to singles play, Mariely Hassey began to turn the momentum in favor of the Lady Flames. At No. 5, the freshman rolled past Garcia, 6-1, 6-1, tying the contest at one apiece.
Yang and Khval also notched straight-set wins in the No. 4 and No. 5 positions, respectively, giving Liberty a commanding 3-1 advantage. Yang downed Sarver, 6-2, 6-2, while Khval ousted Napolitano, 6-1, 6-4.
Rivera closed out the contest with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 win in the No. 1 spot over Valls. The victory improves the Liberty sophomore to 5-0 in the top position this season.
"The girls started doubles very well but then let the point go," commented Liberty assistant coach Giancarlo Lemmi. We rebounded nicely in singles. We won five out of the first six sets, showing great resilience. We can't wait to face Winthrop tomorrow."
Liberty 4, Radford 1 DOUBLES 1. Taylor Newman/Gemma Valls (RU) def. Rebekah Jenkins/Maria Khval (LU), 8-5 2. Meg Napolitano/Grace Sarver (RU) def. Brittany Yang/Belen Rivera (LU), 8-7 3. Cameron Richard/Valerie Thong (LU) def. Gisela Garcia/Taylor Fay (RU), 8-1
SINGLES 1. Belen Rivera (LU) def. Gemma Valls (RU), 6-2, 6-1 2. Rebekah Jenkins (LU) vs. Taylor Newman (RU), 6-7 (5-7), 3-1 DNF 3. Maria Khval (LU) def. Meg Napolitano (RU), 6-1, 6-4 4. Brittany Yang (LU) def. Grace Sarver (RU), 6-2, 6-2 5. Mariely Hassey (LU) def. Gisela Garcia (RU), 6-1, 6-1 6. Nicola Wellman (LU) vs. Sara Andrade (RU), 6-1, 4-3 DNF


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VII. Glossary: Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places, National Register of Historic Places Bulletin (Nrb 41)
From Rochester's History
A Guide to Common Alabama Grave Markers
From the Alabama Historical Commission, this PDF document is a very nice illustrated glossary of cemetery/grave marker terms.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits group favorite links are here.


text: Bringing coal-fired power to the poor also means bringing pollution. Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons October 29, 2015 Is there really a 'moral case for coal'? The answer is about far more than money Janna Thompson, La Trobe University Considerations of the moral case for coal must do far more than consider whether cheap fossil energy will lift people out of poverty. It must consider the pollution and harm to nature that come with it.


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I have been searching for Amasa Whittemore for years. I found him in the Lewis school census with 8 children in 1864.
From old newspapers, I have found two sons Willard and Alfred.
I also have a Sally Whittemore who married John Hood from Lewis. I am not sure if Sally was Alfred's sister or daughter. Sally& John Hood had several children Tom, Fred Mary ???
According to the census Amasa was a brother of my ggggrandfather,
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November 2016 - The Marty Leeds 33 Podcast
August 2016 - Luke De Padey Show
December 2015 - Flat UK Show
December 2015 - Globebusters Show
December 2015 - K-Talk Taboo Radio and WaykiWayki
October 2015 - Flat Out Truth Show and WaykiWayki
November 2015 - Patricia Steere Show
August 2015 - Ball Earth Skeptic Round Table - Season Finale.
August 2015 - Ball Earth Skeptic Round Table - Wayki Wayki
July 2015 - Lisa Harrison and Mark Knight
March 2015 - Mark Knight and Eric Dubay
Podcast with Eric Dubay
April 2012 -
Podcast with Aaron Franz from www.theageoftransitions.com on Trans Resister Radio about my new book, evolution, transhumanism, and its parallels to his (amazing) work. Listen here (or right click and download), or watch the You Tube video.
October 2011 -
I had another chat with the good Bruce Fenton (talker, researcher, and more), the man behind www.earth4all.net. For the podcast please listen here.
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Feb 2011 -
I had a chat with the good Bruce Fenton, the man behind www.earth4all.net. For the podcast please listen here.
I caught up with my good friend Mikael Cromsjö, brainchild behind the massive (swedish based) www.vaken.se truth website. We chatted about living off grid, the planet, our species, and other yarns....
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This week I was invited to be a guest on the "Arwen's Path" Podcast show to talk about Trinity of Wisdom. The show covers genres such as spirituality, writing, art, and music, with the odd laugh and chat thrown in too.


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back to merry olde england
Wood Boilers Cut Heating Bills
Their owners proudly proclaim that they reduce dependence on foreign oil — and save thousands of dollars on heating bills each year. Neighbors say that they create smoke so thick that children cannot play outside, and that it seeps into homes, irritating eyes and throats and leaving a foul stench.
This is progress, of course, burning trees being almost as trendy as cellulosic ethanol (and almost the same thing). Wait till the people chopping down the trees realize they can instead sell rights for the carbon credits. A tree in the ground, worth two in the boiler! (or is that yet to be...)
At least the standard is not yet being approached in America - - China is trying to corner the market.
London had been identifiable as 'the smoke' for centuries. Successive monarchs had tried to ban the burning of low quality 'sea-coal' because of the choking smoke it produced. In 1661, John Evelyn wrote his Fumifugium in protest at the
Hellish and dismall Cloud of SEA COAL…which is…so universally mixed with the otherwise wholsome and excellent Aer, that her Inhabitants breathe nothing but an impure and thick Mist accompanied with a fuliginous and filthy vapour, which renders them obnoxious to a thousand inconveniences, corrupting the Lungs, and disordring the entire habits of their Bodies; so that Catharrs, Phthisicks, Coughs and Consumptions rage more in this one City than in the whole Earth besides.
Little had changed 60 years later, when Jane Barker wrote that she 'us'd frequently to walk to take the Air, or rather the Smoke; for Air, abstracted from Smoke, is not to be had within Five Miles of London' (Barker 1723, 67). William Frend recorded in 1819 that 'The Smoke of London, first view'd from a distance, affords a sight which strikes a foreigner with astonishment'. Emerson wrote in his English Traits that the way in which London 'aggregates the distempers of the sky' justified the popular characterisation of the English climate as 'in a fine day, looking up a chimney; in a foul day, looking down one'.


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The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 20, 1867
Description: Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 20, 1867
Creator: Osterhout, J. P. & Hartley, Thos.
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Public Domain Human Genome Project Generated More Research And More Commercial Activity Than Proprietary Competitor
from the not-bad dept
Traditionally, there has been a blithe assumption that more innovation occurs when patents are granted than when they are not. But as Techdirt has reported, people are finally beginning to call that into question. A forthcoming paper from an economist at MIT, Heidi Williams, provides another example of where that is not the case: in the field of genomics (via @gsDetermination).
Williams has looked at the academic papers that flowed from two major competing projects: the global Human Genome Project (HGP), which placed all its result in the public domain, and Craig Venter's company Celera, which sought to patent as much as it could of the sequences that it obtained. Here's how National Journal's Brian Fung describes her results:
Using a standard measure of academic-knowledge production, she compared the number of papers published using HGP data and Celera data. By 2009, genes that had been sequenced in 2001 from HGP had produced an average of 2.1 academic papers a year, while genes sequenced that same year by Celera led to just 1.2 papers a year over the next eight years. Even though the annual pace of Celera-linked papers rose rapidly after its IP was lifted in 2003, it never caught up to the rate of publication tied to the always-open non-Celera data.
And if you're worried that this is just one, possibly imperfect measure of innovation, Williams also looked at the number of diagnostic tests developed for both sets of genes. The result was the same: that tests based on the public genome's sequences were twice as common as those based on Celera's patented genes.
She concludes:
If Celera genes had counterfactually had the same rate of subsequent innovation as non-Celera genes, there would have been 1,400 additional publications between 2001 and 2009 and 40 additional diagnostic tests as of 2009
Remarkably, it's not only academically that the Human Genome Project has proved its worth. According to estimates found in a report published in 2011:
between 1988 and 2010, federal investment in genomic research generated an economic impact of $796 billion, which is impressive considering that Human Genome Project (HGP) spending between 1990-2003 amounted to $3.8 billion. This figure equates to a return on investment (ROI) of 141:1 (that is, every $1 invested by the U.S. government generated $141 in economic activity).
(But note that more recent calculations have put the ROI nearer to 60:1 -- lower, but still an impressive figure.)
In other words, as well as growing the store of human knowledge more effectively, publicly-funded research that does not seek patents on its work can provide taxpayers with big economic paybacks, too -- something worth remembering at a time when researchers are under increasing pressure to patent everything they can.
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Crime Story, Part One: Impressions
December 7, 2007
Recently, over a long weekend, I finally tackled a project I'd been trying to get to for years. Or half a project, anyway: I watched the first season of Crime Story, the 1986-1988 period cops vs. mafia television series that's had a devoted cult following for two decades, largely because its executive producer, Michael Mann, is considered the modern master of the urban crime movie.
I'm not the diehard Mann obsessive that two of my film critic friends are. One of them went to the lengths of renting the old VHS releases of the whole series from a legendary video store in the Valley, a few at a time, and dubbing a set of copies. (He still hadn't gotten around to watching them by the time the DVDs came out.) But I am a middling-to-high Mann enthusiast, and I'd been guessing that this show might stand alongside St. Elsewhere and The Paper Chase as one of the best TV dramas of the eighties.
Another friend, a longtime TV collector who knows nothing about Michael Mann, chimed in with this blunt assessment of Crime Story: "The first ten or so episodes in Chicago are great. Then after they go to Vegas, it starts to suck."
I tried to put those words out of my mind as I watched the twenty-one episodes from the first season. I was sure that, with my familiarity with Mann's big-screen oeuvre, I'd suss out familiar Mannian themes and styles that my collector friend wasn't hip to. There were some. But in the end, I couldn't really disagree with him. After the pilot, a two-hour TV-movie directed with non-stop energy and real epic grandeur by Abel Ferrara, it's a slow downhill slide.
I think I understand what went wrong. Mann, if what I've read about Crime Story is correct, was given carte blanche to develop his own show after turning Miami Vice into a huge hit for CBS. Anticipating (with a certain amount of hubris) a multi-season run, Mann plotted an epic story arc in which the showdown between Chicago supercop Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) and his nemesis, mobster Ray Luca (Tony Denison), would span most of the nineteen-sixties and seventies and eventually roam across much of the United States.
But Crime Story, unlike Miami Vice, was a moody, diffuse show, at a time when only a handful of prestigious dramas (none of them in the action genre) were beginning to work with season-long, multi-episode storylines. The ratings plummeted; the hefty budget was chopped. Instead of sticking with what they were doing right – gradually building the fascinating character of Mike Torello, a stone-faced cop with a complicated inner life, and charting his Melvillian (in the sense of both Herman and Jean-Pierre) obsession with Luca and its impact on his relationships with his wife and girlfriend – Mann and company hit the fast-forward button. Years worth of plot were crammed into the final ten episodes, at the expense of logic and continuity.
One of the later episodes, "The Suspect" (notable for Julia Roberts' early role), is a model of clumsy exposition. Within the space of a few minutes, we learn that a) Torello has a girlfriend we hadn't heard about before; b) she's also the estranged wife of his squad's FBI liaison; and c) said FBI liaison has been molesting his teenaged stepdaughter. Spread out over a whole season, this storyline could've same impact as the breakdown of Terence Knox's character in the first season of St. Elsewhere – a spectacle in which a familiar, sympathetic figure unravels into a horrifying mess in what feels like real time. But in its extant form, "The Suspect" is a big non sequitir.
So is the final episode of the first season, "Ground Zero," in ways I won't ruin for anyone who hasn't seen it. It follows upon a climactic showdown between Torello and Luca in the penultimate segment, "Top of the World" (directed by Mann), and was clearly meant to serve as a series finale. Even though I knew essentially what would happen in the bizarre final minutes of "Ground Zero," I was shocked by the tone of what transpires. On paper, it sounds like laudable high-concept existentialism, but in execution the excruciating, Bowery Boys-worthy dialogue between Luca and the oafish stool pigeon Pauli is so jokey and flip that the ending plays as a gigantic fuck-you to loyal viewers. And I write that as someone who's ecstatic to see chances taken with important TV moments like these, as long as the writing is up to the challenge: think of the last final minutes of St. Elsewhere, or Newhart.
I have no idea how the writers undid this mess to set the unanticipated second season in motion, nor am I in any particular hurry to find out. But I do consider it one of the funniest ironies in TV history that, a year later, the wild cult sitcom Sledge Hammer used up its last punchline parodying (cleverly) this nonsensical ending in its presumed series finale, and then found itself in the identical predicament – brought back from the Nielsen grave and with a whole lot of 'splainin' to do at the beginning of the next season.
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There are still some great Las Vegas episodes! And a few of c the second season episodes are fun! The real problem was NBC mandating close ended episodes instead of the heavily serialized story!


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2013 has been marked by economic distractions such as the government shutdown, concern over a possible U.S default and a general recalcitrance by lawmakers in Washington.
What can we expect in 2014, economy-wise?
Business officials, economic experts and trade organizations all say 2014 should be a good year -- not great, but good -- for economic growth.
The gross domestic product will rise to 3 percent while unemployment is expected to dip to less than 7 percent, WalletHub.com's economic experts forecast.
Consensus among forecasters surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics also said the growth would reach the 3 percent threshold, historically considered the line defining economic strength and weakness, Money magazine reported.
The nation's purchasing and supply management executives in their December 2013 Semiannual Economic Forecast also said they expected a continuation of the economic recovery that began in mid-2009. The forecast indicated revenues were expected to increase in 16 manufacturing industries, and the non-manufacturing sector expects 14 of its industries will see higher revenues.
The stock market was predicted to be solid, although volatile, with some experts predicting it would grow while others said a correction was on 2014's horizon.
"These markets are primed for a big correction," Thomas Smith, assistant professor of finance at Emory University, told WalletHub.com.
"A lot of this is speculative demand pushing equity values up, and this could keep up for another year. But I am pretty confident that we are going to see drop in the averages. And, if this happens, we could see a drop in other sectors and the start of a little recession."
Still the best bet is that the stock market will maintain its upward trajectory in 2014, WalletHub.com said.
Interest rates also were forecast to remain low in the foreseeable future thanks to the combination of record-low credit losses and the U.S. Federal Reserve's commitment to hold current policies fast until it sees better evidence of economic improvement taking place, economists told WalletHub.com.
"Because current inflation and expected future inflation are at low levels and unemployment, while gradually falling, remains high, I expect the Federal Reserve to continue the course of depressing interest to promote growth, employment and the recovery of the housing market," said Michael L. Bognanno, chairman of Temple University's Economic Department. "Current mortgage rates remain very attractive by historical standards, though they have climbed just over half a percent from the levels in 2012. The levels in 2012 were the lowest rates in U.S. history."
The Fed has said it would begin raising rates only after unemployment falls to 6.5 percent. Even if job creation picks up, that threshold could be more than a year off, Money magazine said.
Money offered several scenarios for when a 6.5 percent jobless rate is reached, based on the monthly job creation. If the monthly rate of job creation is 300,000, a 6.5 unemployment rate would be reached during the first quarter of 2014; if 250,000, the fourth quarter of 2014; if 200,000, third quarter of 2015, and if 150,000, first quarter of 2018.
Politics also figure into economic projections for next year. With midterm elections looming in November and tanking approval ratings of Washington across a host of national polls, some experts said they didn't expect any politically motivated economic impediments along the lines of the partial government shutdown of 2013.
"We will be surprised to see better political cooperation in Washington in 2014, because neither side will want to repeat the unpopular and ineffective battles of 2013," Steve A. Yetiv, professor of international relations at Old Dominion University, told WalletHub.com.
Still, some economists caution extreme wings on both sides of the aisle who are in "safe" seats heading into the 2014 midterms likely won't be quiet concerning their pet issues.
"Politics is currently a huge weight on the economy," M. Douglas Berg, assistant dean of the Department of Economics and International Business at Sam Houston State University, told WalletHub.com.
"Uncertainty over the Affordable Care Act, calls for increases in the minimum wage, and increased regulation are all disincentives to hiring and investing."
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects retail gasoline will average $3.37 a gallon in 2014, down from an average of $3.50 in 2013. Much of this trend can be attributed to the domestic energy revolution witnessed in recent years, and is contingent on no major surprises from the Middle East in the coming months.
"The natural gas revolution is real and has been felt at the firm and household levels. It has also enhanced energy security as reserves have increased significantly," said Shawkat Hammoudeh, professor of economics and international business at Drexel University and associate editor of Energy Economics. "Deregulations and low retail natural gas prices have also lowered the power/gas bill that [a] U.S. household pays in the last few months. This should offset a large part of the sequestration and higher payroll tax impact on the U.S. economy.
Experts also told WalletHub.com the renewed focus on domestic energy resources has meant positive gains in other industries.
"The housing markets in some of the more remote areas of the country are currently experiencing a boom in extracted resources," said Andrew Carswell, associate professor of housing and consumer economics at the University of Georgia. "As someone [who] believes in long-term neighborhood stability, this is something to keep an eye on in 2014, especially since we are slowly moving to a self-dependent state of oil consumption."
Money magazine said the housing market would come back to life, creating a multiplier effect in the jobs market. Each new home built creates about three new jobs -- and new construction is expected to exceed 1 million units for the first time since the crisis began.
Taking an international view, bank economists and analysts at the 47th annual assembly of the Latin American Federation of Banks in Miami last week were optimistic that 2014 would be a better year for the global economy -- as well as most Latin American countries -- but challenges remain, the Miami Herald reported.
"We [the Latin region] have the highest index of inequality on the planet," said Jorge Horacio Brito, an Argentine banker and federation president. Addressing income inequality should be a top priority in the region, he said, while financial inclusion "should be on top of the agenda of the financial industry."


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Detox Diets: 9 Signs You Need To Do One + Exactly What To Eat
The term "detox diet" is broad, divisive, and often conjures thoughts of cleanses featuring cayenne-laced lemon water that promise to curb cravings, boost energy, and help you lose weight. Many people are quick to say they're all a hoax, too, since the body is more than capable of taking care of itself, thanks to our built-in detoxification system starring the liver.
But while our liver is always detoxifying our bloodstream, it's not necessarily working optimally. The truth is, our bodies aren't necessarily equipped to deal with the burden they're now facing. Today, more than ever, we're bombarded with countless toxins—from pollution to chemicals in skin care products to (perhaps most of all) sugar and preservatives in the foods we eat. These can throw blood sugar totally out of whack, deplete nutrient stores, cause a buildup of dangerous substances in the body like heavy metals, and lead to chronic inflammation—all of which can make us tired and sick. And we'll continue to feel this way unless we make a shift.
While we can't necessarily control the world around us or our exposure to all pollutants and chemicals, we can make strategic dietary changes that will help counter their effects by supporting the liver, reducing inflammation, healing the gut, balancing blood sugar, and lightening our overall toxic load. This, in broad terms, is what a detox diet should do.
Signs and symptoms you should try a detox diet
Think back to the time in your life when you felt the healthiest. How does your current state compare? If you feel significantly less vital, or you've never felt that great to begin with, it could be time to try a detox. Here are some specific signs it's time to make a change:
- You crave sugar and carbs
- You experience digestive distress like bloating
- You feel spacey or foggy
- You're always exhausted
- Your joints are achy
- You're stressed, depressed, or anxious
- You can't lose weight
- You have trouble sleeping
- You can't concentrate
What to eat on a detox diet
A common misconception is that detox diets must be extreme or that they're expensive or that they're all green juice misery—but this doesn't have to be the case. In fact, they can (and often should!) resemble a pretty simple, balanced, whole-foods-based diet. No pricey prepackaged meals required.
Since there's no official definition of "detox diet," the suggestions and foods below should be considered a framework that can be customized based on your specific needs and preferences rather than a set of strict rules.
Step 1: Start with a strong, whole-foods-based diet.
A good first step is ditching the packaged foods and focusing on whole, preferably organic foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, sustainably raised meats, fish, eggs, and minimally processed oils such as olive or coconut oil.
This means you'll be taking a break from most of the foods and additives that tax your system (e.g., added sugars or artificial sweeteners, refined carbohydrates, trans fats), as well as some chemical pesticides from conventional produce, and adding in nutrient-dense foods that will nourish the body and keep blood sugar levels stable.
Step 2: Consider eliminating common food intolerances.
Sometimes the "toxins" that are making it more difficult for our bodies to function optimally are foods that we're intolerant or allergic to, but we don't know it yet. Allergies are more obvious and often involve swelling and trouble breathing. But intolerances and their symptoms are subtler and can trigger an inflammatory response in the gut that leads to full-body inflammation and symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, bloating, eczema, joint aches, and migraines.
Common food intolerances include those to soy, gluten, corn, eggs, peanuts, shellfish, and dairy. If you have some of the symptoms above, consider eliminating potential trigger foods for a period of time (it usually takes a few weeks to notice a difference), preferably under the supervision of a doctor or registered dietitian. You'll also want to eliminate alcohol since your body registers alcohol as a toxin and relies on your liver to process and eliminate it, which can put stress on the organ.
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Step 3: Add in specific detox-friendly superfoods.
At this point, you have a great base diet full of nourishing whole foods. But now it's time to get more strategic and add in specific foods that have been shown to improve digestion, heal the gut (since a leaky gut can allow unwanted toxins into the bloodstream), and support the liver or assist your body's detoxification processes in other ways. These 12 are a great place to start:
1. Green tea
Here's a great reason to make a morning cuppa matcha a habit. The phytochemicals in green tea have been shown to help trigger both phase-one and phase-two liver detoxification. In phase one, toxins are made water-soluble by enzymes; and in phase two, toxins are bound to protective chemicals that neutralize them and allow them to be eliminated via bile or urine. The polyphenol antioxidants in green tea are also anti-inflammatory and have cancer-preventing effects.
2. Dandelion
Not into green tea? Try sipping on dandelion root tea, sometimes called dandelion coffee, which is caffeine-free and tastes somewhat similar to actual coffee. Dandelion is famous for its cleansing properties, and one study found that it helped rid the body of reactive oxygen species that cause oxidative stress, which reduced risk of atherosclerosis (deposits of plaque within arteries). Dandelion greens are great too, as they can help stimulate bile production and promote healthy digestion.
3. Lemon water
Turns out that lemon water really is a great way to start the day. Lemons—along with other forms of citrus such as tangerines and oranges—contain a compound called D-limonene, which has been shown to help reverse oxidative damage caused to the liver as a result of a high-fat diet. Sipping on lemon water throughout the day is also a great way to stay hydrated, which helps promote the movement of toxins out of the body.
4. Leafy greens
Dark leafy greens such as dandelion greens, arugula, spinach, and kale (and even algaes like chlorella) contain plant chlorophylls, which help remove chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals from the bloodstream. Specifically, early research shows that chlorophyll may reduce the risk of liver damage caused by aflatoxins (dangerous compounds produced by fungi that may be present on a variety of foods, including peanuts) by increasing the activity of certain enzymes and removing toxins.
5. Algae
Chlorella, specifically, is a powerful chelator, and has been shown to absorb 40 percent of the heavy metals in the test solution within seven days. Consider adding a scoop to your morning smoothie for a detoxifying boost. Need some inspiration? Try this recipe.
6. Cruciferous vegetables
Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts contain sulfur-containing phytochemicals called glucosinolates, which are protective against cancer, anti-inflammatory, and may help the body remove toxins. One study found that a drink made with broccoli activated enzymes that helped pick up pollutants from the bloodstream and flush them out via urine. Cruciferous veggies are also high in fiber, which helps feed "good" probiotic gut bacteria and promote digestion. That's critical, since a damaged (or leaky) gut allows various toxins and bacteria into the bloodstream, contributing to issues like systemic inflammation and autoimmune disease.
7. Beets
These ruby-hued roots contain a type of antioxidant called betalains, which may help reduce chronic inflammation and repair cells in the liver thanks to their potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Beets also boast high amounts of dietary nitrates, which expand blood vessels and improve blood flow, and thus lower blood pressure. Consider blending your beets with a peeled orange, splash of seltzer, and some ice for a refreshing treat.
8. Herbs and spices
If you're experiencing digestive woes, consider parsley. This often-overlooked herb acts as a natural diuretic and helps prevent bloating. It also contains anti-inflammatory vitamin C. Cilantro is another great pick, as it can help remove heavy metals like mercury and lead from the body. Try adding both of these herbs to your morning smoothie. Want more of a kick? Go for ginger, an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant spice that promotes balanced blood sugar and optimal digestion. Or start using more garlic, which contains naturally detoxifying sulfur compounds (just like cruciferous veggies) and combats the growth of unfriendly bacteria in the gut.
9. Fermented foods
Sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, and other fermented foods are loaded with "good" probiotic bacteria, which promote healthy digestion and help promote a healthy, stable gut that keep toxins out of the bloodstream. And according to functional medicine experts like Dr. Frank Lipman, they may also help clear heavy metals out of the body.
10. Berries
If you're craving a sweet treat on your detox, opt for deep-hued berries such as blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. These are all relatively low-sugar and high-fiber, which means they'll help keep blood sugar stable and cravings at bay. They're also loaded with phytochemicals called anthocyanins, which are potent antioxidants that have been shown to scavenge free radicals, reduce inflammation, and boost brain health and mood.
11. Nuts and seeds
Nuts and seeds, particularly hemp, flax, and chia seeds, are rich in fiber and antioxidants, which help promote optimal digestion and move food through the body faster, which aids in toxin removal. Nuts are great, too; particularly walnuts, which are a great source of plant-based omega-3 fats, which reduce inflammation and may boost learning, memory, and overall brain function.
12. Bone broth (and other glutathione boosting foods)
Glutathione is an antioxidant concentrated in the liver that helps bind toxins and escort them out of the body via urine or bile. Glutathione may also boost the absorption of various nutrients in the foods you eat. Glutathione can be obtained directly from a few foods, including raw spinach, avocado, and asparagus; and it can also be produced by your body from the amino acids glutamine, glycine, and cysteine. Foods containing the building blocks of glutathione include bone broth and sulfur-containing foods such as cruciferous veggies and garlic. Getting enough vitamin C, vitamin D, and minerals like zinc and selenium are also important for glutathione production.
The bottom line: Detoxes can be a healthy way to hit the reset button.
Our bodies are exposed to more toxins than ever, and a detox can be a healthy way to halt the damage. But contrary to popular belief, the best detoxes aren't restrictive or unsustainable. One that involves eliminating packaged foods and including a variety of antioxidant-rich vegetables, fruits, whole grains, quality proteins, and some of the nutrient-rich foods mentioned above is a safe, long-term approach to living a more vibrant life.
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The week in review
Biggest jump at the pump: Local gas prices spike an average of four cents overnight to $2.45 for a gallon of regular, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic August 16. A month ago Charlottesville averaged $2.24 per gallon.
Biggest stampede: Thousands crash through the gates at the Richmond International Raceway August 16 to buy Apple laptops for $50. Several of those trampled are hurt, but at press time, no serious injuries have been reported.
Best news for flag wavers: A three-judge federal appeals court panel upholds the Virginia state law August 10 that mandates daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by Virginia school children.
Best news for snowbirds: Delta announces it's beginning nonstop flights from Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport to Orlando on November 1.
Best news for developers: Albemarle supervisors discuss how to shorten the county's notoriously lengthy building-permit approval process August 10, according to Jessica Kitchin in the Daily Progress.
Biggest march: Prospect and Orangedale Avenue residents hit the streets August 9 in a police-sponsored event designed to pull the welcome mat out from under neighborhood drug dealers.
Biggest coup for the NRA: Nelson County's new noise ordinance is amended August 15 to allow exceptions for shooting ranges and any noise made when discharging a firearm, according to Megan Rowe in the Progress. Hunting was already allowed in the ordinance.
Worst timing for political candidates: Albemarle County begins a three-month crackdown on illegal signs in highway right of ways.
Most unusual path to artistic success: Painting portraits of Alan Greenspan by UVA grad Erin Crowe, which are selling like hotcakes.
Best invention: The Gator Getter, brainchild of Walt "Gator" Hopkins, is designed to scoop up tire treads, a.k.a. "gators," and road kill while driving at highway speeds. Hopkins pitched his $8,600 brainchild to VDOT August 11 at the Doubletree, Kitchin reports in the Daily Progress.
Best week for George Welsh: The former UVA head football coach is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame August 13.
Worst week for airplane crashes: A Helios Airways jet out of Cyprus crashes north of Athens August 14, killing 121. Then a West Caribbean Airways plane headed from Panama to Martinique crashes early August 16 in Venezuela, killing all 160 on board.
Most momentous week in Israel: The government orders Israeli settlers to withdraw from the Gaza Strip in anticipation of turning the territory over to Palestinian control.
Best chef: Cristeta Comerford is named White House executive chef, the first female to hold that position.
Most unusual twist on the millionth customer promotion: Macel Morris, 75, of Charleston, WVA, becomes the 5,000th patient to undergo Gamma Knife treatment at UVA Medical Center August 1. No word on whether she wins a prize.
Best moonlighting gig for a UVA law prof: Rosa Brooks signs on to write a column in the L.A. Times, and August 13, she urges liberals to join the military.
Best sign Albemarle is turning into NoVa: A new sign on the U.S. 250 Bypass directs motorists to Interstate 66, a Northern Virginia highway, instead of I-64, Kate Andrews reports in the DP.
Best sign hell is freezing over: Liberty University in Lynchburg now allows students to wear jeans and flip-flops to class. Shorts are still strictly forbidden in class– except for physical fitness.
Best sign of a slow news week: The Virginia Lottery's Lady Luck comes to Fashion Square and poses for pictures with gamblers.
Luckiest pick for the Virginia Film Festival: Foxfield Racing Association makes the film fest the beneficiary of the fall race.


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CAMDEN — Sometimes, research yields unexpected results. At Rutgers University–Camden, a group working together to decipher the genetic basis of cell shapes in plants made a remarkable discovery: a new gene.The gene, named GIGANTUS1 (or GTS1 for short), is a member of a protein family that controls seed germination, growth, and biomass accumulation in plants. Essentially, it helps plants regulate growth.
"Plants must tightly regulate their cellular functions to grow and cope with constantly changing environmental conditions, but exactly how this occurs is largely unknown," says Simeon Kotchoni, an assistant professor of biology at Rutgers–Camden.
To address the question, a group of students in Rutgers–Camden's Computational Biology Summer Program analyzed thousands of genes governing cell shape patterning and growth in a model plant known as Arabidopsis thaliana, which shares traits with a large number of other plant species. The students came across the GTS1 gene during their work last summer and their findings were published in January in the journal BMC Plant Biology.
"It's amazing to be part of such an exciting discovery," says Lyla Jno Baptiste, a senior Rutgers–Camden biology major from North Brunswick. "Doing research like this can be life changing. It proves that research isn't just some abstract thing. It can have real significance."
The breakthrough discovery is important because it could help engineer important crops like corn and rice.
"It could reduce the amount of time needed for crop growth cycles in the plants we depend on for food," Jno Baptiste says. "We could also use this discovery to create sustainable energy. If we can increase plant biomass production, then we can increase biofuel production and reduce our dependence on conventional fuel sources like oil, which in turn reduces their negative effects on the environment."Jno Baptiste was one of three students to work on the research project last summer. The team also included Kelle-Shae Bryson (Westampton/Burlington County College) and Sarah Kamal (Sewell/Camden County College). All three students were among 10 undergraduates who participated in Rutgers–Camden's Computational Biology Summer Program last June through August. The 10-week study is funded by the National Science Foundation and falls under its Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.
Four different research projects fusing the biological sciences, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, and physics were performed during the summer program, which is open to undergraduates from all over the United States.
"A discovery like this one demonstrates that research done at Rutgers–Camden, and research done through this summer program, can have worldwide impact," says Benedetto Piccoli, the Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair in Mathematics at Rutgers–Camden and Ph.D. program director for Rutgers–Camden's Center for Computational and Integrative Biology. "It shows that undergraduate research can have amazing results."Jno Baptiste, who is working as an assistant in Kotchoni's lab, is continuing her research on the new gene this semester. She hopes the additional work unlocks new information about growth and biomass accumulation in plants.
"Scientists can devote several years to pinpointing the genes that contribute to growth in specific plants, but they can now apply the findings from our work, in which we used a model plant species, to various other plants," Kotchoni says. "It will be interesting to study the GIGANTUS1 gene function in agronomically important crops with the aim of improving crop yield and biomass accumulation."
The Rutgers–Camden Center for Computational and Integrative Biology combines the expertise of researchers from traditional biomedical disciplines — such as biology, chemistry and psychology — with the analytic methods employed by mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists to understand how individual biological systems work.
Rutgers–Camden's Computational Biology Summer Program will continue in June with a new cohort of students. It is open to students enrolled in community colleges, non-traditional students, veterans, and students from communities underserved in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines. For information, visit ccib.camden.rutgers.edu/reu.