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January 11, 2008
The Mission of the Modern Research University
Address to the City Club, Cleveland, OH
This address is also available in audio from the City Club of Cleveland. Listen to the audio in .mp3 format.
Thank you for that kind introduction, Brian.
I was last here at the City Club in early December to hear Plain Dealer Editor Susan Goldberg. Two words came to mind after she finished her reflections about the future of journalism and Cleveland:
Bravo… and… Uh—oh.
Bravo because her speech was equal parts eloquent and honest, acknowledging the challenges faced by her industry and her newly adopted city, while at the same time offering a powerful vision for both their futures.
Uh-oh because I knew I'd be appearing at this same podium just a few weeks later… and she had just set the bar awfully high.
I worried about it for a bit, but then decided to chalk up the experience as one more in an ever-growing list of lessons for my first year as president:
When you're one of two new leaders in town—and the other one is quite a writer—try to get to the City Club first.
Of course it's not as though I don't feel some degree of pressure every day when I come to work—and I'm not only talking about the challenge of the presidency itself.
When you walk into the entryway of our administration building, Adelbert Hall, on the left you'll see a sizable plaque designating the spot as a national historic landmark.
It reads in part: "In his laboratory… in the basement of this building…Edward W. Morley…carried out research on the atomic weight of oxygen that provided a new standard to the science of chemistry… His great work…also gave important insight to the atomic theory of matter."
The atomic theory of matter—the basis of all physics and chemistry.
Talk about feeling the weight of history at your job.
But the truth is that such a legacy brings not only a deep sense of responsibility, but also an inspiring feeling of potential.
Professor Morley applied his intellect and energy to a question that burned within him, and his efforts resulted in a discovery that influenced the work of thousands of scientists who followed.
At the same time, I consider it crucial to note, he had an equally impressive reputation as a teacher—demanding, yes, but devoted to ensuring his students mastered not only science, but also precision in language.
Said one of my predecessors of Professor Morley:
"His power as a teacher lives, and lives as long as do the lives of the hundreds of students whom he taught, and to whom he gave intellectual quickening."
And this, to me, is the magic of a research university. It collects men and women of great intelligence and offers them a place of common purpose. Together these talented scholars not only pursue key questions, but also convey their passion for subjects on to the legions of young people who come to campus each year.
This combination—the discovery and delivery of knowledge—has made institutions like Case Western Reserve University a compelling part of our nation's long record of innovation, and the foundation of its future.
We change lives here, by what we teach and what we learn. So, for me, passing Professor Morley's plaque every day offers, yes, a sense of obligation, but—even more—one of opportunity.
And, every day, our faculty, staff and students seize that opportunity.
Let me cite one recent example: A few months after I arrived, our university claimed the single largest grant the National Institutes of Health has ever given in Northeast Ohio. Through this $64 million award, we will partner with the Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, and University Hospitals to develop new ways to treat some of our most challenging diseases.
This award is one of just 12 granted this fall to places like Johns Hopkins, Cornell and the University of Chicago; its goal is to take research breakthroughs out of the lab and put them to work helping patients. In so doing, we are fulfilling what I consider the essential mission of the modern research university: to find solutions for society's greatest challenges.
Today I want to talk about the rich history of research universities in this country, and of the role they have played in our nation's progress. I'll also share examples of ways that Case Western Reserve has and will continue to fulfill its mission—and detail some of the ingredients essential to our future success.
But first, I want to get back to Professor Morley. As many of you know, this achievement wasn't even his best-known. In 1887 Morley, a Western Reserve College Professor of Chemistry, teamed with Physics Professor Albert A. Michelson of the Case School of Applied Science. Their joint experiment disproved a common belief at the time: the existence of an ether that allowed light to propagate. Their work laid the foundation for Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
The Michelson-Morley experiment is worth mentioning not only because of its basic scientific importance, but also because of the broader implications it offers for the present. Michelson and Morley each were accomplished scholars as individuals, but they attained their greatest triumph when they combined their strengths—in short, when they worked together.
Case Western Reserve University itself is certainly a stellar example of what can be accomplished through partnership. But in truth the history of all national research universities is rooted squarely in cooperative relationships—most notably, those between the federal government and institutions of higher learning.
Go back to World War II. The Germans had U-Boats and Buzz Bombs, and the Allies were reeling. The United States dedicated its best scientists to finding ways to counter the enemies' deadly innovations. You are all no doubt familiar with the Manhattan Project, but did you know that some of the most important advances in radar came through work by scientists at MIT? Or that Columbia University researchers partnered with Pfizer to figure out a safe way to mass produce the new "wonder drug," penicillin? Those efforts saved thousands of American lives, and played a vital role in our victory.
Certainly President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the power of this relationship between government and academia. In November, 1944, six months after D-Day, President Roosevelt sent a letter to Vannevar Bush, the director of his Office of Scientific Research and Development. FDR noted the scientific achievements made during the war, and asked Dr. Bush to explore ways that this cooperation could continue in peace. FDR wrote then:
"New frontiers of the mind are before us, and if they are pioneered with the same vision, boldness and drive with which we have waged this war, we can create a fuller and more fruitful employment, and a fuller and more fruitful life."
In the summer of 1945, Dr. Bush provided his response, an ambitious document that linked continuing scientific research to both national security and the public welfare.
He called for a national science policy, and urged government to partner with research universities.
"Basic research leads to new knowledge," he wrote. "It provides scientific capital. It creates the fund from which the practical applications of knowledge must be drawn. New products and new processes do not appear full-grown. They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science."
This document served as a blueprint for the next half-century, witnessing the evolution of the National Institutes of Health, the creation of the National Science Foundation and a record of investment that made our nation the technological envy of the world. Dr. Bush was right about the potential housed in our universities:
- Progress in theoretical physics at places like Tufts University led to advancements like CAT scans.
- The first patent for an artificial heart was assigned to the University of Utah.
- Researchers at Harvard were among those who discovered the structure of DNA;
- the Human Genome Project involved researchers at Stanford, several branches of the University of California and yes, Case Western Reserve.
Case Western Reserve also played a crucial role in the war on polio, when Dr. Frederick Robbins and two of his former colleagues at Harvard discovered a way to grow the polio virus in cell culture. This advance enabled the production of a vaccine that was of lower risk to patients and less expensive to produce.
The work paved the way for Dr. Jonas Salk's breakthrough, and won Dr. Robbins a share of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1954—one of fifteen Nobels awarded to our faculty and alumni, including six in the past 15 years.
The best-known example of the rewards of the federal-academic partnership is, of course, the Internet. It grew out of a defense department project that sought to create a new means of war-time communication. Launched in 1969, it spent decades known only to defense-related programmers and academic researchers before finally going public in the early 1990s.
Then, one of the Internet's greatest success stories, Google, was the brainchild of two Stanford University graduate students—one of whom was a fellow of the National Science Foundation, the very same organization that grew from Dr. Bush's document.
And if those examples aren't persuasive enough, consider some broader numbers:
- From 1900 to 1999 the average human lifespan grew from 47 to 77 years.
- From 1950 to 2000 the rate of deaths from heart disease fell by more than half.
- From 1975 to 2001 five-year survival rates for cancer increased by a third.
Or, think about this finding from a recent national report: a series of studies of the impact of public investments in science find that the annual return to society ranges between 20 and 100 percent. I don't know about you, but I would be thrilled if any of my stock picks offer those kinds of returns.
And remember, these figures represent efforts at dozens of major research universities, each of which has its own unique impact. A recent analysis found that, in a single year, Case Western Reserve University's economic impact totaled about 9,000 jobs and $898 million. Over the past six years alone, our researchers have made discoveries that led to the creation of 20 new companies. One, CardioInsight, is pioneering a way to examine the heart's electrical activity without an invasive procedure. Its founders are two graduates of our doctoral program in biomedical engineering.
We also contribute the skills of our graduates, who work at existing area companies like Philips and General Electric. Large numbers of alumni also fill key roles at places like Medtronic, Dow Chemical, and Lubrizol.
Our alumni include such innovators as M. Frank Rudy, creator of the Nike Air Sole, Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and Paul Bucheit, an inventor of Google's gmail and author of their company slogan, "Don't Be Evil."
Today on our campus researchers have discovered ways to make blind mice see—think about the possibilities when we determine how to lift that darkness for people.
They are developing a blood test for colon cancer—imagine how much more likely people would be to take that exam rather than the one exists today.
Case Western Reserve scientists have taken the achievements of the Human Genome Project and now are going even deeper to personalize medicine. Going forward, the treatment your doctor prescribes will be the one best suited to your individual biological makeup—rather than one based on average rates of recovery.
When you consider both these statistics and accomplishments, it's easy to understand why, in 2004, Bill Gates declared: "I believe the university system is the number one thing that has allowed the United States to stay at the center of innovation."
And yet, even with all of these breakthroughs, in recent years more and more of us have begun to recognize that this country is at grave risk of losing its once-vaunted status.
Some of you may be familiar with the national security commission chaired by former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, the group that in February, 2001 explicitly warned of the very kind of attack the nation suffered seven months later on September 11.
That prescient report did more than assess our military and public safety preparedness; the group made a series of targeted recommendations regarding the need to increase spending on basic science research and improve the Kindergarten through 12th grade education system.
"Second only to a weapon of mass destruction detonating in an American city," they wrote, "we can think of nothing more dangerous than a failure to manage properly science, technology and education for the common good over the next quarter century."
To our peril, little in that report has been heeded.
Four years later, another panel sought to awaken us from our slumber. Their document, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," painted an even bleaker picture. Consider some of the findings from this document, as well as a 2007 follow-up essay entitled, "Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth?":
- Over the past two decades, the numbers of engineers, mathematicians, and physical scientists graduating with bachelor's degrees in the United States have declined by 18 percent.
- Over the past decade, the number of engineering doctorates granted to U.S. citizens by American universities fell by nearly 25 percent.
- In 1990 the United States enjoyed a net $40 billion advantage in our trade balance regarding high-technology goods. In 2001 our country suffered a $50 billion deficit.
In the mid-1960s the federal government accounted for more than two-thirds of all spending on research and development. Throughout the following decades that share declined fairly steadily, dropping to just one-fourth of all research spending in 2000. Adjusted for inflation, our country spent about a fifth less on research in 2000 than it did a decade and a half earlier.
True, private industry in turn has increased its commitment to university research, a commitment that has proved valuable both for Case Western Reserve and the companies that have partnered with us. Still, its contributions do not come close to earlier levels of government support.
Last year some of these worrisome statistics helped persuade Congress to pass a much-heralded American Competitiveness Act, but so far the politicians have yet to attach real money to the bill's rich rhetoric: The budget for the National Institutes of Health will climb just 1 percent this year, and the National Science Foundation's growth is under 3 percent.
Contrast those figures with the recommendations of the Gathering Storm report: they urged an increase in the federal investment in long-term basic research of 10 percent each year for the next seven years.
The situation has grown so critical that a group of top scientists and other leaders, including one of our own Case Western Reserve University's outstanding physicists, Lawrence Krauss, have come together to urge the presidential candidates to hold a debate on science and technology this year.
Those joining the effort include more than a dozen Nobel prize-winners and many more leaders from business, journalism and academia. I am proud to join the presidents of Princeton, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon, among others, in making this call upon those who wish to lead our country.
The irony of Washington's position on these crucial questions is particularly striking when compared to those of state leaders. A few years ago the National Governors Association declared: "The driving force behind the 21st Century economy is knowledge and developing human capital is the best way to ensure prosperity."
Ohio recognized the wisdom of this approach when it launched the Third Frontier initiative, a program that has provided more than $300 million to Northeast Ohio. Consider a few of the grants involving Case Western Reserve:
- Targeted Nanoparticles: These tiny structures are designed to light up diseased sites such as tumors when physicians take images of the body. Ultimately researchers hope to be able to send them to that same tumor site to attack cancer cells, but not healthy ones.
- Adult Stem Cells: Our Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, a partnership with University Hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State University and Athersys, is developing ways to use adult stem cells to repair bone and cartilage destroyed by trauma and illness, and beat back diseases like leukemia and multiple sclerosis.
- Fuel Cells: Case Western Reserve is the lead institution for a statewide team of more than 20 members, including Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Ohio State, NASA-Glenn, First Energy and Keithley Instruments. The state's investment and our researchers' groundbreaking work have seen three major fuel cell companies move into the state.
I mentioned fuel cells last because they tie into one of our most important recent initiatives, the launch of the Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation. This effort builds on our existing strengths, and seeks to expand our knowledge in realms like wind and solar power, and energy conversion and storage.
We want to find ways, for example, to use the existing energy grid more efficiently. We have joined with the Cuyahoga County Commissioners to study the feasibility of a wind demonstration project on Lake Erie. Any of us who've driven along the Shoreway in recent weeks have felt the power of those gusts; imagine the kilowatts we could capture by erecting a series of windmills well off shore.
Last month the Cleveland Foundation demonstrated its confidence in our work with a $3.6 million grant award for the institute. The foundation's leader, Ronn Richard, has been at the forefront of our region's efforts to promote alternative energy initiatives; indeed, he played a key role in persuading the German company IBC Solar AG to build its U.S. headquarters in Cleveland.
Thank you, Ronn, for your broad vision and support of our efforts.
The area of energy is also, not surprisingly, attracting growing interest from investors. A report last year found that capital flowing to renewable energy had topped $100 billion in 2006, a jump of 158 percent over two years. Recognizing this potential, Gov. Ted Strickland has made the quest for alternative energy a priority of his administration, joining those who predict our state could be the "Silicon Valley" of renewable energy if we make the right choices today.
We at Case Western Reserve University agree—and are proud to be a leader in this effort.
One of the aspects of our energy institute that most excites me is that it involves no fewer than 10 different departments and three schools. Interdisciplinary study has become a bit of a buzzword in higher education in recent years, and with reason. As looming challenges grow more complex, the need to tackle problems from a range of perspectives has become increasingly urgent.
A 2005 report by McKinsey & Company analyzed changes in the U.S. workplace that have led to increasing demands for a far more sophisticated worker. In fact, its researchers found, 70 percent of the jobs created since 1998 required these higher-level skills—and they are being created at a rate two-and-a-half to three times faster than less intellectually challenging positions.
Where are the nation's future leaders more likely to learn these skills than at an institution for higher learning where the greatest level of intellectual inquiry already takes place through research? Indeed, at Case Western Reserve University and increasingly elsewhere, even our undergraduates are active participants in complex research projects. Bachelor degree candidates in Biology Professor Radhika Atit's lab, for example, have conducted independent experiments regarding membrane signaling in skin cells. Another undergraduate, Sonia Merritt, last year was selected to present her research on Capitol Hill regarding polymers used to deliver medication inside the body. And then there's Shaan Gandhi, who as a freshman studied the polarization of light from lasers, then went on to examine mutations responsible for specific genetic disorders. He is now studying at Oxford University in England as a 2007 Rhodes Scholar.
Let me be clear, our students do not learn only in laboratories. Charles Fowler, president and CEO of Fairmount Minerals, earned his executive MBA at our Weatherhead School of Management nearly two decades ago. The lessons imparted by one professor, David Cooperrider, regarding the way businesses could "do well by doing good," so struck him that last year he created the Fairmount Minerals Chair in Social Entrepreneurship, with Professor Cooperrider as its first appointee.
As evidenced by these examples, at its heart a university is about people, those who study at the institution, and those who benefit from that study.
I'd like to take a moment now to tell you a story about two individuals connected to Case Western Reserve; their tale exemplifies many of the themes I've sought to emphasize today.
Many years ago a young engineer was completing his degree at Clarkson University in New York. Like many college seniors he wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do next. While waiting for an appointment with his college advisor, he happened upon a magazine story about implantable heart valves. The young man was just blown away—it had never occurred to him that devices could be put inside the human body.
At the time Case Western Reserve University was one of a handful of institutions exploring this fledgling field. One of its rising stars was Thomas Mortimer.
Now, with his new young graduate student from Clarkson, Mortimer began to explore ways to to use electrical stimulation to bring life to paralyzed limbs.
A big part of the problem, Mortimer and his young colleague discovered, was that long-unused limbs quickly tired; to overcome it, the young graduate student found that stimulating the muscles before asking them to work could—as in the case with exercise—lead to greater endurance.
Those of you who have had physical therapy involving electrodes have some idea what I'm talking about; this early discovery, aimed directly at paralyzed individuals, has had broad implications for those recovering from far more minor injuries.
Lesson #1: You just never know the applications of original research.
In any event, this graduate student from Clarkson earned his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in a few years, but was so fascinated by the subject that he wanted to stay on. The problem was that Mortimer—now a professor—was running out of federal funding for himself, much less his assistant. So Mortimer went to the NIH headquarters in Bethesda and begged for continued support. Ultimately he won new grant dollars for himself and his protege, a man who today is an international legend in the field, Hunter Peckham, Case Western Reserve's interim chairman of the department of biomedical engineering and executive director of the Functional Electrical Stimulation Center.
Lesson #2: Our nation's brightest young minds need support to prove themselves, not only dollars awarded after they've succeeded.
Now I come to the second star of this tale, Jim Jatich, a young Akron man who in 1977 went for a swim after a hot day of house painting. He dove into the lake, and broke two vertebrae, leaving him unable to use his legs or hands.
Enter Professor Peckham, seeking a patient willing to have electrodes implanted inside his body. They started with single-strand platinum electrodes, injected at the wrist with a hypodermic needle. Over the next two decades, Jatich estimates he had 150 to 200 of those electrodes put into his body.
Eventually Jatich became the first candidate to receive a system called Freehand, which allowed him to grasp a glass or pencil and even type on a computer—ultimately he was even able to return to his career as a draftsman.
Lesson #3: Never underestimate what can be accomplished when individuals of intelligence, passion and persistence come together.
Jatich's courage and commitment allowed remarkable progress by Peckham and his colleagues, and in turn for dozens of other patients who followed him. The Cleveland FES Center, today a collaboration among Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth, and the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, has received millions of dollars from both the federal and state government. Researchers' work has led to spin-off companies and allowed paralyzed individuals to be able to swallow and stand.
Lesson #4: Each individual discovery provides a legacy of its own, allowing those who follow to build and expand our frontiers of knowledge and understanding beyond anything we might imagine today.
Research universities are part of a unique compact in this country. The public places enormous trust in our institutions, investing not only substantial financial resources but also a family's most precious resource, its children. In return we provide education for our students and advancement for society at large.
History has revealed the enormous rewards of this relationship—and recent years have shown the risks that result when it is neglected. Ohio's leaders now understand the imperative of investment, and it is my hope that the work of Professor Krauss and others involved in Sciencedebate 2008 will raise awareness nationally.
I have spent a lifetime in higher education for one reason—I believe that universities have the power to shape the future. I consider it a privilege to lead this institution, where every day our faculty, staff and students touch that future in classrooms and laboratories, libraries and auditoriums. We are fulfilling the mission of a modern research university, but let me be clear: We cannot do it alone.
I hope that I have given you a sense of the importance and potential of partnership between society and modern research universities, and that you leave today as committed to that partnership as we are at Case Western Reserve.
Thank you.


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Leadership Awards Dinner 2010
On behalf of Pace Law School's faculty and many students, thank you for supporting the School's Sixteenth Annual Leadership Awards Dinner. This year's dinner, honoring Liliane and Christian Haub and Thomas H. Welby '85, raised over $170,000.
Christian W. E. Haub is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P), the Montvale, New Jersey - based operator of more than 400 supermarkets in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Mr. Haub joined the Company in 1991, and held various roles including Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer. He was elected Chairman of the Board in April 2001, and became Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors in August 2005. Christian is a Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Tengelmann Group, Mülheim, Germany, one of the world's largest, family-owned, operator of diverse retail businesses and is the leading shareholder of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. Mr. Haub is a member of the Board of Directors of Metro, Inc., Montreal, Canada and a member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA. He is also a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of The Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and a member of their Advisory Board for the Center of Excellence in Responsible Business. Mr. Haub is a member of the YPO (Young President's Organization) Fairchester, CT. Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1964, Christian is a graduate of the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria, with a master's degree in Social and Economic Sciences.
Liliane A. Haub was born in Thal, Switzerland. She graduated from the European Management Academy in Vienna, Austria in 1986 with a degree in Business Administration. Subsequently she attended the "Works of Art" program at Sotheby's in London, and then joined the auction house of Habsburg Feldman as a fine art cataloger for Impressionist and Modern Art in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1989, she transferred with Habsburg Feldman to their New York office. Today she is a full-time mother of four. Liliane serves on the board of the Ruckelshaus Institute for Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming and on the advisory committee of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole. She also is very active with Fast Forward LLC, a non-profit organization established by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in order to accelerate the development of treatments for MS.
Thomas H. Welby is both an attorney and a professional engineer, with extensive experience in the construction industry. His law practice focuses almost exclusively on construction-related matters, representing contractors, subcontractors, owners, engineers, architects, suppliers and sureties, in both the private and public sectors. Tom is the Managing Partner of Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP, a White Plains-based law firm with a tri-state regional practice that encompasses construction law, real estate development law and labor law. Several of the firm's partners, associates and law clerks hail from Pace Law School. As an Adjunct Professor at Pace Law School, and an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at Manhattan College, Tom has developed and taught several courses including Construction Law, Engineering Practice, Construction Management, and Engineering Economy. He was a Construction Executive, Estimator, Consulting Engineer, Field Engineer and Superintendent for 15 years prior to entering the practice of law. Tom is admitted to practice law in both New York and Connecticut, as well as before several federal bars. As both an Arbitrator and Mediator with the American Arbitration Association, he is an avid proponent of Alternative Dispute Resolution. In addition to his Juris Doctor Degree from Pace Law School, Tom holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College, a Master of Science Degree in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering from New York University, a Master of Arts Degree in Business Administration from New Mexico Highlands University, and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Certificate in Construction Management from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. Tom is a member of the Board of Visitors of Pace Law School, as well as the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association, the New York State Society of Professional Engineers and the Construction Industry Council. He is the founder and former Chairman of the Construction Law Committee of the Westchester County Bar Association.
Delores Scott Brathwaite, Esq. '84
Thomas R. Lalla, Jr., Esq.
John J. Rapisardi, Esq. '82
Professor Nicholas A. Robinson
Lillian Krusz Welby, Esq.

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One man's trash is another man's treasures. Now is the time to collect your unwanted clothing and treasures to donate them to the needy in and around Philadelphia. Our Mother of Consolation (OMC) Church Society of St. Vincent de Paul is sponsoring a Clothing & Household Item Collection on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14 from 9 a.m. To 2 p.m.
Collections will be accepted in the church parking lot at 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue (the corner of Norwood and East Chestnut Hill Avenues) in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society is an international, nonprofit charitable organization of lay Catholics serving those with material, emotional, and spiritual needs – regardless of ethnic or religious affiliation. Modeling St. Vincent de Paul's compassion for the suffering of others, the society was founded in 1833 dedicated to the mission of bringing concrete aid and the comfort of the Gospel to the needy and suffering.
The society still serves the poor and needy throughout Philadelphia but no longer runs multiple thrift stores throughout the city. These stores closed earlier this year therefore, all items collected at this Clothing & Household Items drive will be sent to the Holy Redeemer Thrift Store in Hatboro.
This store also offers people of low income an opportunity to get clothing and household items. Any profits from the stores benefit Holy Redeemer Women's and Children's Services, provide funding for Drueding Center, a transitional housing facility for homeless women and children and the Holy Redeemer Maternity Center.
Please help support the Holy Redeemer Thrift Story by bringing your gently used women's, men's and children's clothing neatly folded in bags or hanger and shoes bound together. All household items must be in good, functional condition. All donations are tax deductible and receipts will be provided.
For more information on the Clothing Collection or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, please contact OMC at 215-247-0430.


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Pelican's Perch #80: Gear-Up Landing In A 747?
You know the cliche: There are two kinds of retractable-gear pilots in the world -- those who have landed gear-up, and those who will. AVweb's John Deakin is back with his Pelican's Perch column, and relates his own heavy-jet gear-up story.
Many thanks to those who wrote and said they missed my column, some even asking if everything was OK. I'm happy to be back, and things are more than OK, they're great! For the personal, non-column stuff, please see the sidebar below on the right.
On rare occasions in my career I've been in a small group of pilots who, usually under some evil influence, and only after swearing each other to silence forever, begin relating the dumbest things they've ever done in or around airplanes. I don't drink, but somehow it has become traditional for me to have a Margarita at "Polo's" on the Saturday evening of the seminar in Ada. After that, George, Walter and I "debrief" at George's house: They use some weird substance called "Bookers," while I try to sober up from the Margarita with Diet Coke. Somehow the subject of gear-up landings of the inadvertent kind came up during one of these sessions, and it was probably the Margarita that prompted me to tell the story of how I once came very, very close to being the only person to land a 747 with the gear up. They both suggested it would be a most appropriate way to restart my Pelican's Perch column.
Ever stand in a high place, unprotected (Grand Canyon, for example), and feel "The Pull?" There is an awe, an emptiness, an attraction that seemingly beckons, pulling one ever closer to the edge of the abyss. It is not fear, for fear keeps most people well away from such places. It is a feeling, a numbness in the mind (must be like skydiving), a little voice back there that says, "Come closer, closer." No, I'm not suicidal, and I'm not going to succumb. But I know the feeling.
That's the precise feeling I get when the subject of inadvertent gear-up landings comes up.
Never one to get to the point when my fingers are talking, a little history ...
Glory Days in Florida
My folks were glassblowers (Bohemian style) in Matawan, N.J., in 1949. Dad had worked on the Manhattan project ("The Bomb") making glass-to-metal seals and scientific apparatus. He used his savings from that to convert a fruit stand to a cozy home with a small shop open to the public, selling the glasswork. He had learned to fly before the war, and after it he bought a PT-19 and was also partners with a few others in a BT-13 "Vultee Vibrator." But times grew tough, the flying went away, and a truly terrible location (no tourists) finally drove them into bankruptcy. Dad loaded up the old '39 Plymouth station wagon, hooked up a huge trailer with all we owned, and moved us to Sarasota, Fla., for a new start. He found an abandoned Army Air Force barracks building on the southeast corner of the former military training base, rented it for something like $20 a month, and started making it livable. He also put a glass working shop and display area in the end facing Desoto Road.
It was a wonderful place for nine-year-old. Rotten, old, WWII barracks everywhere, and piles and piles of rusted junk that were pure treasure. I found a beat-up, bent, and rusty old bicycle on one pile, bent it mostly straight, and sanded it down with some used sandpaper (coarse). Found some leftover paint and brushes in another junk pile and smeared bright red paint all over it. That was my first airplane, for I would ride it with the wind in my face, making believe. Where there was a crack in the road, or a curb, I would approach it at a shallow angle, flare gently as if for landing, and just touch it as gently as I could, somehow mentally transforming the horizontal to the vertical. Silly, I know. But it's a powerful memory.
As my courage grew, and I ventured further away from home, I discovered the airport flight line, something over a mile away. From that point, and for the next eight years, that old bike wore a groove forming the shortest path to the flight line. All that separated me from heaven was a three-foot-high chain-link fence. A local flight instructor took pity on me, invited me in, and put me in the front seat of a 7AC Aeronca "Champ." He was Harry Louden, once a Piper test pilot and personal pilot for "Pug" Piper. Years later he would sign me off for my first solo, for my Private, and for my Commercial. Someone else did my instrument instruction, for Harry never acquired the instrument rating, much less the Instrument Instructor rating. He loved primary instruction, and I'm not sure he even knew how to use VOR, then fairly new. The Champ, N1943E, would become my second solo (Cessna 140 was first).
"Bob," another local pilot, worked for Wallace Aircraft, whose primary business was making fume detectors for boats (they later became the local Piper dealer). I made a pest of myself there while he worked on the gadgets. I still remember the smell of micarta being drilled and cut. I'm not sure who got the contract to deliver the local paper by airplane, but Bob flew the Piper Clipper that did that job for a few years. I'd streak over there after school every day, help load the little bird, and off we'd go. Basic route was south to the Venice airport (another ex-military airport), to Punta Gorda, north to Arcadia, then home. On each of those legs, we'd make deliveries by air-dropping, or by landing on a road, or in a field. Air drops were fun: We'd fly right by the front porch of the farmhouse, and put the single paper right on the porch -- most of the time. I'm not sure what the then-CAA would have done if they'd known about it.
Harry and Bob were my first heroes. Harry is gone now, and I've lost track of Bob.
(Pan American World Airways would later sue Piper over the use of the name "Clipper," and Piper, then a very small company, eventually caved in and changed it. I hated PanAm for that, and for their arrogance. Never failed to irritate me to hear a position report beginning with "The Clipper.")
Even The Experts Make Mistakes
One day Dad and I were outside the family mansion, and we saw a U.S. Navy Skyraider overhead, making his left base for runway 31 (now 32). The gear was still up! We watched it disappear down behind the trees, and we were looking at each other in utter silence. We heard that awful scraping sound, and both of us ran for the car. We were nearly first on the scene, with the huge, hulking aircraft sitting pitifully on its belly, and a Navy pilot in shock at what he had done. Or hadn't done. It took months for the Navy to repair it, and during that time, I got a lot of surreptitious cockpit time in the AD, out behind the huge, wooden, WWII hangar! The local discussions about gear-up landings fascinated me.
Then there was "Manny," with the heavy Cuban accent, also Harry's student, who owned a Globe Swift. Three times Manny retracted the gear on the runway instead of the flaps, and each time his comment was, "Aiiiii, 'arry, aye heet zee wrong sweeetch!" Again, I was fascinated by the discussion, and pondered how someone could do that. By this time, Bob had started his own engineering company, and had bought a new Bonanza, N329B. There's still a 1955 G-model currently listed under that N-Number, probably the same one. Bob had talked about how landing the Bonanza gear-up was "impossible;" there were too many clues, a warning horn, lights, and, "The airplane would be nearly impossible to slow down," "It would feel too much different," etc. A litany I'd come to hear for nearly half a century, and I hear it still.
Then one day Bob showed up without the Bonanza, but with a shame-faced look. He'd done it landing in Georgia. I'd flown a lot with Bob, and knew we was a truly superb pilot -- very highly respected locally, always very safe and conservative.
Now hey, one expects things like that from a Navy pilot, and it was easy to dismiss Manny as a hamburger (he was), but Bob? Bob, my friend, mentor, and hero? How on earth could that happen? His words were, "Johnny, it's easy." All the usual things: a bit of distraction, and "Ooops, oh, %$#@!" When the airplane was fixed, Bob asked me to go fetch it, a demonstration of trust that touches me still, for I only had a brand-new Commercial. I rode the bus to Valdosta, and brought it home without incident. You can bet I made sure the gear was down. In fact, I considered just leaving it down!
As a result of these and many other such incidents over the past 50 years, I developed a very healthy respect for the possibility of a gear-up landing, and never came close, not even once. I never landed gear up, I never caught myself about to do so, and no one ever caught me with the classic, old, "You gonna put the gear down on this one?" (That was a favorite practical joke in the old days: Say those words to someone just in the flare, and watch the flinch! Best do that over the radio though; it's likely to draw a punch in the nose in the cockpit. Nobody has a sense of humor.)
But all the while, I knew, absolutely knew, "It's easy." I told myself over and over, "Yes, I could do it, absolutely." And one late night in a 747, I nearly proved it. I shudder still, thinking of it.
Boring Nights Over the Ocean
Those long, late-night, back-of-the-clock, oceanic flights are killers. The radios are generally turned down, position reports occur more than an hour apart, the conversations run dry, and the big event is the crew meal -- sometimes two of them. One Japan Airlines flight I used to fly was a cargo flight from Tokyo to San Francisco, arriving about midnight, San Francisco time. This particular night the assigned crew consisted of three very senior captains -- possibly the three most-senior in the system -- and two very senior flight engineers. All were Americans, all good friends, and if I may toot my own horn a little, the three pilots were probably the three highest-time 747 captains in the world, as well as very, very good pilots. No hamburgers, here! One of the engineers had looked around the cockpit and observed, "You know, there's more than 100,000 hours of flight time in this cockpit, right now." The five of us were good enough friends to watch each other very closely, hoping for a small mistake, so that we could have a good tease and a story for the rest of the bunch in the bar. Everyone got a turn in that barrel!
I was the PIC, and I was in the left seat for the landing. The out-and-back trip only has two takeoffs and two landings, so it's impossible to share equally among three pilots, but this was my lucky night, my turn for the landing, which I love most of all. The cockpit usually starts coming to life about an hour out. By 30 minutes from landing, everyone is usually in a cockpit seat, with everything tidied up and stowed. The strongest thought is, "Let's get this thing on the ground, and head for the beds." The thought of having to clear U.S. Customs is enough to make everyone grumpy.
Arrival routing then, as now, is usually over Point Reyes, descending to cross over the SFO VOR (on the airport) at 10,000 to 12,000 feet, speed 250 knots, then a long, eastbound descent over Oakland, then a right teardrop reversal to join the ILS to 28R at SFO. Easy enough, but I like to play little games, and set myself little challenges. My usual game on this approach was to make several things happen. One was to cut to idle thrust beginning the descent, and never touch the thrust levers again until 1500 feet on final. Then I do everything very smoothly, playing altitude, airspeed, flaps, and the all-important reversal turn to arrive at precisely the 3D spot in space that was my target. Variables are the altitude at which the descent begins, the distance either side of the VOR, when flaps are extended (five steps, each with a maximum and minimum speed, some of those with small "windows"), where the turn is started, angle of bank, airspeed in the turn, etc. In all those years, I never did it perfectly, but I used to come awfully close a lot.
A Perfect Hole In One
All this was going very well this night. The cockpit conversation had stopped (sterile cockpit rule, a good one), and full attention was on the job. I remember pulling the thrust back to idle over the VOR at 10,000 feet, which sounds the landing gear warning. The FE let it sound (as a test), then silenced it. It would not sound again unless the thrust levers were advanced somewhat, then pulled back again. Started bleeding off a little speed, sneaking the flaps out, hitting the half-way points between the max. speed for the "next" flap setting, and the minimum speed for "this" setting. No vectors for traffic (there wasn't any, no one else was stupid enough to be flying this time of night) so I rolled right into the reversal at exactly 6 DME. This blocked my view of Oakland to my left and below, and all I could see in the turn for many long seconds was the inky blackness of San Francisco Bay. I remember clearly thinking, "Boy, this is a black-hole moment," and I double-checked both my altitude and the radio altimeter, both OK. I also looked for the glide slope, now just starting to come in, and we were nicely above it, descending about 2,500 fpm, and out of 5,000 feet. Another constraint that is pretty standard in the jet world is a rate of descent no more than half the altitude, and I was right on track on that, too -- the rate of descent slowing, staying right at half-altitude. Am I good, or what? And was I setting myself up with too much attention on the non-essentials, or what? I doubt anyone else in the cockpit was even aware of my little game. Somewhere in the turn, we hit 20 flaps, the "Approach" setting. Landing flaps are either 25 or 30, usually extended at five miles.
I hit the localizer and glide slope right on, about 7 DME and 190 knots, and as the descent rate reduced, began the final reduction to about 160 knots, the final "Ref" speed that should be held to the landing flare. As the speed dropped, and right at 1,500 feet, I eased the thrust up to catch the speed and maintain the glide slope, and my job was done, as near perfect as I'd ever get.
Passing about 1,300 feet, I glanced around the cockpit: All was well, right side showed the same thing as the left, guy in the right seat was awake, gear handle was off, speed brakes/spoilers were armed ... yup, all set. Watching my instruments, I got a funny little feeling. Gear handle off? Off? Why is it OFF? It's not supposed to be off, it's supposed to be Down. It felt like someone dumped a bucket of ice water down my back. I had forgotten the gear, and the landing checklist!
The only points I'll give myself that night are that I didn't flinch, or look. I just said very quietly, "Gear down, please, and landing check."
The response was as if four cattle prods had been stuck straight up through the middle of each seat. Four men stiffened, then leaned forward, the better to see the gear handle. Four men simultaneously sucked in their breath. And four men watched as the gear handle went down, the green lights came on, and red light went off as the doors closed. I called for the final flaps, the checklist was completed passing 1,000 feet, and the landing was uneventful. Everything was within limits, if a little delayed by customary JAL standards.
We landed, completed the usual drills, cleared Customs, and split up to go our separate ways. No one said a word about the (near) incident, then or later. I knew my knees were shaking, but they didn't. I didn't tell the story for at least 15 years. There is no doubt in my mind that all five of us had slipped a gear somewhere during that approach, and we all thought the gear and flaps were down, and the checklist was complete. No, all five of us KNEW the gear was down � and it wasn't.
Explanations, Not Excuses
How did I do it? It was easy. I made the mistake of paying too much attention to my stupid little game, and not enough to the basics of just getting the job done. So many accidents are caused by distractions outside the essential tasks. This one was because of self-imposed distractions within the job, which are equally dangerous. I'm a lot less willing to add non-essentials to my workload, these days.
What about all the safety devices? Landing gear warning horn? Well, cargo airplanes are often very heavy on landing -- 200,000 pounds or more heavier than passenger flights. Normally, the thrust levers can be reduced to idle when the wheels are still 50 feet off the runway, but with that much extra weight, the 747 tends to crunch the landing if you do that, so most of us kept some thrust until well into the flare. I would have done that, that night, and the warning horn would have been too late to do anything about it.
Red lights? None when the gear is up. GPWS (ground proximity warning system)? Hadn't been invented yet.
I can't help but wonder what it would be like to be the only man in history to ever belly-land a perfectly good 747. When I think about it, I keep getting that funny feeling, kinda like standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon, back before they built all the protective fences. It's not a nice feeling, either way.
Be careful, up there!


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BusinessBroker needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
PeteBunch .com
This is for a new site. Pete Bunch was a radio DJ for a classic rock station for almost two decades, but for the past 10 years, has been providing voiceover work for various radio stations across the United States through his site spokenwordimages.com. The economy has slowed the voiceover industry down, so he has decided to create a new website under the dot com of his name (PeteBunch.com) to try and gain some more marketshare.
A proposed layout by the client can be found here...
It is merely a suggested layout and will give you an idea of the links we would like to see. Have fun coming up with your own concept. The boxes listed as Commercials, Narration, Sports, Station Imaging and This & That are not meant to be links, but simply placeholders for a Flash player that will play samples of his voice similar to the players found on http://www.ivoiceovers.com/ and http://www.voices.com/
Sites that Pete likes are...
• spotcomm.com
• courvo.com
• spokenword.com
• charliekendall.com
• paulturner.com
• seancaldwell.com
He also likes sites that have mouseover button/navigation effects.
Many of the sites for voiceover talent/voice actors have a microphone. Pete has said he definitely DOES NOT want a microphone on his site anywhere.
Radio and television stations, advertising agencies, talent scouts, companies looking for someone to voice their automated attendants and voice mail systems for their business telephone systems, book authors that want an audio book version, etc. Basically, anyone who would want a professional voice to represent their product or service on radio, television, internet, CD, DVD or other broadcast or static media.
In case you don't know what voiceover is, Wikipedia sums it up pretty well...
The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a professional voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film, theatre and/or presentation. The voice-over may be spoken by someone who also appears on-screen in other segments or it may be performed by a specialist voice actor. Voice-over is also commonly referred to as "off camera" commentary.
The term voice-over can also refer to the actual voice actor who performed the recording. The terms voice actor, narrator, voice artist, and announcer are all similarly used.
• Designed files for home page as well as an interior page template (sub pages) must be supplied as two separate Adobe Photoshop PSD files with all layers intact and clearly labeled
• We do not have a logo - we are open to any suggestions you have
• Include the font files for any fonts that are used in the design
• Include a separate layer in the PSD for mouseover effects
Menu/navigation items we would like to see...
• Home
• Bio
• Contact
• Client Login
• Testimonials
• What's New With Pete (or Pete's Blog, or something similar)
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Orzo and Sweet Pea Risotto
Orzo has become one of my family's favorite pastas. I serve it often, as a comforting side dish in place of rice. Usually, I simply cook the orzo in a two-to-one ratio of chicken stock to the pasta, just like you'd cook rice. That way you don't have to drain the orzo, which can be tricky because the small "grains" can easily slip through the holes in most colanders.
This recipe takes my simple orzo preparation a step further. The orzo is cooked in chicken stock or canned chicken broth, until it's almost done. Then, sautéed snow peas and chopped green onions are added, along with some chopped fresh parsley, grated parmesan, lemon juice and fresh or frozen sweet peas.
If you are lucky enough to have a source for fresh sweet peas, by all means use them here. You'll simply need to blanch them for a few minutes before adding them to the risotto. This risotto is a wonderful side dish with grilled chicken or fish, and can stand alone with the addition of a pound of steamed shrimp.
Stir the snow pea and green onion mixture into the orzo, along with the peas, lemon juice, parsley and Parmesan. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Makes 6 servings.


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Becoming an associate of InterSolutions is an ideal way to start or progress your career in property management! We are searching for an enthusiastic individual with exceptional customer service skills to fill a Leasing Specialist position in Alexandria, VA.
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The Resident Evil series is a complicated beast, at this point in time -- multiple teams in multiple countries are working on incredibly different evolutions of the game for different audiences. With the 15th anniversary of the original title taking place this year, Capcom is particularly active with the series right now. But what guides its hand?
In this two-part interview, Brandon Sheffield speaks to producer Masachika Kawata and designer Kenji Matsuura about Operation Raccoon City, the multiplayer-focused Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC shooter under development by SOCOM developer Slant Six Games. Christian Nutt, on the other hand, speaks to Kawata and assitant producer Tsukasa Takenaka about Revelations, an original and more horror-focused title for the 3DS.
Why has Capcom split the game into these two markedly different directions? What governs the publisher's thinking behind the way these games are developed? And what specific decisions have the teams undertaken with each title -- and why?
This interview delves deep into these questions and paints not just a picture of why these two games have taken the form that they have, but also Capcom's plan for the series.
Over the last few years, Resident Evil has made a slow evolution into a shooter. Now Operation Raccoon City is actually a shooter. Can you talk a little bit about how and why it's come to that?
Masachika Kawata: The entire Resident Evil series -- it was never something that we planned to do. We never sat back and said, "Okay, we want to make these games more shooting-like, more action-focused." Resident Evil, especially the numbered Resident Evil games, have, for us, always been about being survival horror. If you can shoot a little bit more, and you do that, that's fine. But first and foremost, they've always been survival horror games.
With Operation Raccoon City, we started from a place where we said, "Okay, we want to make a shooter, not a survival horror game." At the same time, we want to keep some of the same emotions that you get when you play the game. So even though it feels like maybe it's been a slow progression, it really hasn't been a deliberate thing, where we're making the series more shooter-like. This time we definitely wanted to make a shooter.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
It feels like Resident Evil is branching off as a brand to encompass different types of games. Can you explain that strategy?
MK: At the core, basically, we want to make the best use of our brand. Resident Evil is an IP, and a franchise, that people have loved for a long time. It's still very, very popular and we're very, very happy about that, and we want to basically answer all the requests that we get about the series. People want to see a lot of different experiences within the Resident Evil universe, and so we've been fortunate enough to be able to answer those requests with a lot of different experiences, in different forms, in games.
Do you worry at all about diluting the brand by having different types of games coming out in rapid succession within the same brand?
MK: I'm not too concerned about that, for the simple reason that, like you said before, all these different Resident Evil games that are coming out are focused on very different things. I'm thinking that if we would have brought out all these Resident Evil titles, and they were all focused on survival horror, absolutely I think people would be really sick of Resident Evil.
But in my mind, we've got this online shooter game, we've got other things like Mercenaries that are even more action-focused, and some other games. And by going in a lot of different directions, I'm pretty confident that people are going to still be enjoying Resident Evil for a long time.


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Pierce Brosnan's Daughter Dies From Ovarian Cancer
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Pierce Brosnan's daughter, Charlotte, has died after a three-year battle with ovarian cancer, People reports. Charlotte, who was 41, passed away on June 28 in London. "She was surrounded by her husband Alex, her children Isabella and Lucas and her br… Read more


text: Former Yale track star Kate O'Neill '03 was one of 11 Bulldogs in Athens for the 2004 Olympics. O'Neill competed in the 10K on August 27, and kept an on-line journal for yalebulldogs.com to document her experience. August 28 My race was last night and my legs are quite tired today! I finished 21st, but I am truly pleased with the result. I was honored to be standing on the start line with so many of my role models. I have looked up to Lornah Kiplagat, Paula Radcliffe, Sally Barsosio, and Derart Tulu for years. I still cannot quite believe that I was in a race with them! I have never been so excited for a race in my life. Walking into the beautiful stadium and seeing the huge crowd gave me a surge of energy. To add more excitement, the medal ceremony for the men's 200 meter was right before the start of our race. I had the chance to hear the national anthem and see three American flags as we did our final pre-race preparations. The race was definitely the hardest one that I have ever run. I had hoped to place a little higher, but I knew that I was racing the best women in the world. I left the track with no regrets - I gave 100% and I definitely had no energy left by the time it was over. I learned a lot during the race. I plan to be back in four years and hopefully 100% will bring me better results. Today I got to do a little sight seeing. We saw the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Theatre of Dionysus, the Temple of Zeus, and Parliament. We ended the day at the track for the final day of competition. The last two races were the men's and women's 4x400 meter relays. The US won both! It was a great way to end the day! The only event left is the men's marathon. That will take place tomorrow, right before the Closing Ceremonies. I am planning to watch the marathon and then march in the Closing Ceremonies with the rest of the athletes. I feel so lucky to have been a part of this Olympics. I could not have made it here without the support of the Yale track and field coaches, my teammates, the Athletic department, the Development office, and all of the wonderful friends that I have made at Yale over the past five years. Thank you everyone!


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February 23, 2012
New Program Will Bring Free Dental Clinic to Serve Skokie and Surrounding Communities
SKOKIE, IL, February 23, 2012 — According to Chicago Public Radio, Illinois has the third largest underserved population in the country with regards to dental care. As the demands for dental care increase, dentists are entrusting many responsibilities for patient education and preventive care to dental hygienists. To help meet this need and prepare students for a career in dental hygiene, Sanford-Brown College in Skokie is now offering a new program for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Dental Hygiene.
"With the growing need for preventive oral care and the flexibility a career in dental hygiene may provide, the Dental Hygiene program is an incredible opportunity to pursue a career in the dental field," said Dr. Shirley M. Beaver, Dental Hygiene Program Director. "Our goal is to build a foundation that will help students pursue opportunities with the knowledge and clinical experience they need to succeed."
This new hands-on, career-focused educational program will be led by Dr. Beaver, RDH, who comes to Sanford-Brown College with nearly 30 years of experience in dental hygiene education. She also served as President of the Illinois Dental Hygienists' Association and is an active consultant for the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
Free Community Dental Hygiene Clinic
The Bridge to Healthy Smiles campaign estimates that there is one dental clinic in Cook County for every 15,700 children who rely on public aid. Students entering the new Dental Hygiene program will be able to make a difference, putting their new skills into practice at Sanford-Brown College's free Community Dental Hygiene Clinic. Scheduled to open to the public in February 2013, the free clinic will afford Sanford-Brown students the opportunity to provide various dental hygiene services to the community, expanding their access to dental care.
"Sanford-Brown College is committed to providing its students a quality education. We also are dedicated to the community in which we operate. The Dental Hygiene program and the Community Dental Hygiene Clinic is a great example of this commitment," said Scott Lesht, President of Sanford-Brown College-Skokie. "We are fortunate to have a very experienced Program Director in Dr. Beaver. Her years of experience coupled with our strong Program Advisory Committee will be a great benefit to our students and the community."
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Founded in 1866, Sanford-Brown Colleges and Institutes provide quality, hands-on training for students who are passionate about the healthcare industry and offer them the support and resources to advance personally and professionally. Sanford-Brown College –Skokie offers certificates in Dental Assisting, Dialysis Technology, Medical Assistant, Sterile Processing Technician, and Surgical Technology. Sanford-Brown College –Skokie is just one of the 38 Sanford-Brown campuses across the country. Sanford-Brown is a career training and non-degree and degree-granting institution. Programs vary by location. To learn more about the Skokie campus, please call 847-983-1200 or visit https://www.sanfordbrown.edu/Skokie.
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Breitbart's Big Journalism rallies to Tom "literacy test" Tancredo's defense
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Of the many objectionable things said at this past weekend's Tea Party Convention, former Rep. Tom Tancredo's call for "civics literacy tests before people can vote" was perhaps the most flagrantly offensive and, arguably, anti-American. The idea of a "civics literacy test" as a prerequisite for voting rights is not only illegal, it conjures up the still raw memories of Jim Crow segregation in the post-bellum South.
Over at Andrew Breitbart's BigJournalism.com, though, Tancredo's comments were no big deal. They were so innocuous, in fact, that they attacked MSNBC's Rachel Maddow for denouncing Tancredo, calling her a "race-baiting demagogue."
BigJournalism.com contributor Izzy Lyman tried to explain why Tancredo's comments were OK:
Tancredo didn't say "literacy," and he wasn't talking about race. He said "civics literacy," which implies a basic understanding of U.S. government and history. Thanks to multiculturalism and unsecured borders, there are far too many people in this country who don't speak a word of English and will never bother to do so. Here is one reason why state campaigns to make English the official language of government business are so successful.
This is a distinction without a difference. Any sort of "literacy test" as an impediment to voting rights -- be it actual literacy or governmental literacy or historical literacy -- is illegal. In fact, literacy tests administered prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did test knowledge of civics and history. If, as Big Journalism suggests, that's the type of "literacy test" Tancredo was advocating, then it's still illegal and discriminatory. And to argue that the Tancredo wasn't "talking about race" when slamming people "people who could not even spell the word 'vote,' or say it in English" is willfully obtuse, given Tancredo's past racially inflammatory rhetoric.
Earlier this week, Breitbart made a big deal about how he doesn't support Birtherism, even though his websites had wallowed the Birther swamp on numerous occasions. Will someone ask him now why his websites apparently condone Tancredo's call for the resurrection of Jim Crow in the United States?
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John Cocco
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|Amity Regional
|Middle Distance
Yale PRs
800m 2:03.90
1000m 2:33.97
1500m 4:12.35
Mile 4:31.72
High School PRs
800m 1:56.1
1600m 4:14.5
2011-2012: Ran his PR in the 1500-meter run at the Sam Howell Invitational (34th place)…Sixth in the mile at Yale Season Opener.
2010-2011: Struggled with illness and injuries that prevented him from competing in outdoor season …Ran 2:33.97 in 1000m at HYP during indoor season.
High School: Captained indoor track and field team … Indoor Track MVP junior year, Outdoor Track MVP senior year, All-New England, All-American national champions in 4x1-mile relay … State LL champions senior year, state L champions junior year.
Why I Chose Yale: "Yale is the perfect place for me to run fast and succeed academically."
Personal: Jonathan Edwards College.


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HOUSTON — While criticized as a water-intensive technique for producing oil and natural gas, hydraulic fracturing ultimately cuts overall water use in Texas and makes the state less vulnerable to drought, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has helped unleash a bounty of cheap natural gas in the United States by making it cheaper to access energy trapped in deep, dense shale rock. The technique flushes massive volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals underground to break the rock and release the gas.
As the price of natural gas has dropped, some utilities have shifted away from using coal to produce electricity. The water saved by shifting a power plant from coal to natural gas is 25 to 50 times greater than the amount of water required to extract the natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, the study said.
"The bottom line is that hydraulic fracturing, by boosting natural gas production and moving the state from water-intensive coal technologies, makes our electric power system more drought resilient," said Bridget Scanlon, senior research scientist for the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.
Report: Renewable energy to soar on Texas grid
Hydraulic fracturing can use up to five million gallons of water per well, leading critics to argue that it is overdependent on scarce environmental resources.
But UT researchers found that the consumption is offset by the greater water efficiency in generating power from natural gas versus coal.
In 2010, Texas generated about 40 percent of its electricity from coal and 38 percent from natural gas, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state's primary grid operator. This year, coal has dropped to a 37-percent share of the state's power generation and natural gas had grown to 41 percent.
The water savings comes from the more efficient cooling towers used in natural gas combined-cycle plants, which have been the primary type of power plant built in Texas since the 1990s. Combined-cycle plants use about a third as much water as coal steam turbine plants.
The study notes that Texas would have consumed an additional 32 billion gallons of water in 2011 if all of its natural gas-fired power plants used coal instead, even after factoring in the additional water in hydraulic fracturing to extract the natural gas.
Moody's: Moderate demand will temper power prices in 2014
Hydraulic fracturing accounts for less than one percent of the water consumed statewide. But in some parts of the state that have been hit hard by drought conditions in the last three years, hydraulic fracturing may account for a larger percentage of water used, the report said. Those regions may not experience the statewide water savings, as the natural gas and generated electricity would not necessarily be consumed locally.
Texas grid planners have projected that under current natural gas prices, two-thirds of new power generation by 2030 will come from combined combustion natural gas plants.
Natural gas-fired plants, which can be started up quickly, are also a better complement to wind generation, which does not require water. The combination of wind and natural gas will further reduce the demand for water in electricity generation, the report said.
Researchers collected water use data for all 423 of the state's power plants from the Energy Information Administration and from state agencies for the study.
Also on FuelFix:
How fracking transforms fortunes, land


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Think School Will Ever Start at 10am?
So what time do you wake up in the morning? I'm up by 3 or 4am most days and I like it. Annoying, I know!
I ran across some stats that said concentration levels improve when teens get 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep per night, they'd be at their peak if school started about 10am. Think that will happen? I doubt that teachers would want to start the school day later and stay until 5pm, but ya never know. Once you get to college, you can schedule classes at 10am if you want. And just know that as an adult, you'll never ever get that much sleep! With kids and jobs and relationships and laundry and recorded TV shows to squeeze in, sleep is the first thing to go.
The experts say delaying the start of school by just 25 minutes would increase the number of students getting the necessary eight hours of sleep per night. Hmm...instead of messing with school calendars, how about just take away the phones, tablets, and other screens that might be sucking sleep time out of a teen's life? Oh wait! That's me too. Since adults are just as bad, maybe we should start the work day at 10am instead of 8.
And if the world won't delay starts on our behalf so we can get more zzz's, there's always caffeine. And Saturdays.


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You asked us to put the Otterbox Defender head-to-head against the Incipio Destroyer in a proper, traditional Smartphone Experts style review and... I thought to heck with that. We're doing an Amazing Case episode of TiPb TV. No, not a Jiu-Jitsu death-match or scratch test or water torture, this time we're taking the Defender and the Destroyer out onto the frigid Canadian slopes, we're putting them up against ice and snow and mud and rocks -- we're literally putting our butts on the line to stress test them for the TiPb nation!
We've previously taken a look at how to put on and take off the Destroyer and how to install and remove the Defender. This time we took them... sledding! Now the Defender's outer layer is silicon (Destroyer puts that layer inside) and non-stick might be great for grip but not for racing down a hill. So we had to take that off. Destroyer is also literally screwed together. With differences like that, could it be a fair test? Could we figure out which one would best keep your iPad protected (and me alive?)
Hit play and find out!
[Special thanks to @marcedwards from Bjango for the 1-star rating t-shirts. Meh!]


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Hello AC-WEB members. Today I am looking to re-continue AquaFlame.NET As all of you might know it's a CMS Website for World of Warcraft. Version 1.0 and Version 2.0 are out and i need some people to help.
I want to create one of the best CMS that you can find these days. (Blizzlike and Non-Blizzlike) - We host our own website and demo and we have a Decent Gaming Dedicated Server. (But to host a webside, duh...)
What are the current Specs?
Intel Xeon CPU E31230 @3.20GHz (8 Processors),
500GB of Disk Space
100GB on Backup.
500MBps U/D Internet Speed
What am I looking for?
*Website Deveolpers.
People with video editing skills to do commercial work.
*People with Photoshop and Digital Desgin knowledge, able to work.
*People with great knowlegde in Servers and Networking
*People with great knowlegde PHP, HTML5 & CSS3, OOP Structure.
Marks with * have high priority, so please spam me with these requests.
I own a decent, acceptable .org domain for this project, which is easy to remember, easy to type and makes sense.
Link: http://aquaflame.org
Bought for this project.
Thanks for reading, and questions is more than welcome, even through there might be some I wont answer.
- Also keep negative comments away, unless it really makes great sense to say it out loud. Thank you.
- If you want to speak with me about it, please add me on skype: alex-simitis


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|All new cars have catalytic converters as standard. This means that for most recent cars (from 1992 onwards) the law states that you must have a catalytic converter fitted for MOT purposes. Fortunately, Jetex can now offer universal fit road legal sports CATs. They are ideal for road or track use, and are available as 100 cell or 200 cell units, to fit pipework ranging from 44mm to 70mm (3"). Materials: The catalysts are made from a stainless steel outer casing. The interior substrates are made from vacuum brazed ultra-thin metal foil. This type of susbtrate is far more resilient than ceramic core substrates and so is ideal for performance use. 100 or 200 cell Units: By offering two different cell densities, we can cater for applications that require the best gas flow possible (100 cell) and for those applications with the latest version of 'OBD2' on-board diagnostics (200 cell). Versatile: As these catalysts are universal fit, they can fit a wide range of pipe diameters and engines with power outputs of up to 375HP. They are also suitable for normally aspirated engines as well as turbo or supercharged engines.
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