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JOLIET – Ten-year-old Sophie greets Stevan "Stevie" Villanueva during their usual Monday visits by getting up on her bed and kissing her hello.
"I love you Sophie," Villanueva coos to her visitor as Claudia Green watches. "I love you sweetheart."
Villanueva, 73, is a resident at Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, 421 Doris Ave. She moved from her Joliet home to the county-owned nursing facility about four years ago.
"You are a very good girl," she says to Sophie. "Look at that little girl," she urges a visitor.
Green reaches into a drawer and brings out treats left there for Sophie, and hands them to Villanueva so she can give them to her excited guest, already wriggling with anticipation.
"She's the best little doggie in the whole world," Villanueva says as she feeds Sophie the treats. Villanueva, who was a dog owner before moving to the nursing home, says Sophie thinks she moves too slowly when it comes to treats. Soon Sophie is pawing at her hand, then sitting up and begging excitedly. So excitedly she tips over backward.
Sophie is a therapy dog, registered with Therapy Dogs International based in New Jersey, and recently awarded the Gold Award, the organization's highest award, for 500 documented visits. Visits at Sunny Hill can last up to two hours each; visits elsewhere may be an hour to 1 ½ hours each.
"All of this therapy work started because I was able to bring Sophie to Sunny Hill to visit my friend's father," said Green.
"Pets have a tremendous health benefit for the elderly as they have even been shown to lower blood pressure. But overall, they are just fun to have around and our residents love the visits of our furry friends," said Sunny Hill Assistant Administrator Becky Haldorson. Haldorson's beagle, SayDee, and has been coming to work with her for eight years, ever since she got SayDee as a puppy.
"They make Sunny Hill feel more like a home than a medical facility."
Green started bringing Sophie to Sunny Hill from her New Lenox home in 2005 when Bill Lockhart, the father of her friend, Janice Bentley of Lockport, became a resident.
Before long, Sophie and Green were visiting others in the facility, charming residents and staff alike. Bentley and Green both became avid volunteers, continuing even after Lockhart's death. Green is the current president of The Friends of Sunny Hill, Inc., a volunteer organization dedicated to the nursing home. She also was named Volunteer of the Year in April.
In 2007, Green took the extra step of having Sophie certified through TDI, which includes a 15-part test. Canine candidates must know basic commands such as "sit" and "stay," as well as be good around loud noises and comfortable around wheelchairs and crutches.
"What TDI looks for first off is a good personality," Green said. And although Sophie had never been around a wheelchair before she started visiting Sunny Hill, she had no fear. In fact, she likes them.
Some residents push their wheelchairs, using them as extra support -- and sometimes as transportation for a furry hitchhiker. "(Sophie will) jump up in the chair and go for a ride."
Sophie, a White Fox Terrier, will turn 11 in August. Green bought her sight unseen, the only puppy born to a mother which had had normal litters previously.
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Green estimates Sophie has 40 to 45 outfits housed in a converted VHS cabinet. It started because of doggie Halloween costume contests in New Lenox and Frankfort. It continues until Sophie has a wardrobe that allows her to dress for any occasion. "She's got everything from dresses and T-shirts… to Cinderella's coach.
"On Shrove Tuesday, she has a purple wagon she pulls and hands out beads," Green said. Sophie also has a red hat to wear when she attends the Sunny Hill Red Hat Club meetings.
Green makes most of Sophie's attire, but even when she buys a dress, she'll make a matching hat.
"(The residents) just love her. And so does the staff. Here and Silver Cross."
While Sophie and Green visit Sunny Hill on Mondays, on Tuesdays they head to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. Both Sophie and Green wear badges while they're at the hospital.
"I figure my badge should just say 'Sophie's Mom,'" quipped Green.
At Silver Cross, Service Ambassadors find out who would like a visit from Sophie and her "mom" and give Green a list when they arrive.
The pair used to visit at the Manteno Veterans Home, too. But about a year ago, Sophie started having epileptic seizures. Sophie's neurologist thought she should cut down on her visiting while she adjusted to her medication.
Green adds, "She's doing well on the meds."
That's good news to residents like Villanueva, who look forward to visits from their furry friend.
"She always brings a smile to my face. Her and Claudia," she said.
Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County is under Will County Executive Larry Walsh's office and led by Administrator Karen Sorbero. For additional information on the facility, go to www.willcountyillinois.com or find it on Facebook.


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ASHBURN, Va. -- With Robert Griffin III rehabbing from a serious knee injury, the Washington Redskins bolstered their alternative quarterback plans on Wednesday, bringing back Rex Grossman and giving Pat White another chance at the NFL.
Grossman agreed to a one-year deal to return to the team, and White also agreed to sign with Washington in a comeback attempt after three years away from the league.
Grossman has played nine NFL seasons and once took the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl. But he is projected to be the third-stringer behind second-year players Griffin and Kirk Cousins. Grossman did not take a regular-season snap last season, but he was often credited for giving valuable veteran guidance to the two rookies ahead of him.
White gives the Redskins a mobile quarterback who can run the read-option offense in practice while Griffin recovers from reconstructive right knee surgery. Cousins is expected to work as the starter during offseason practices, but White can better simulate Griffin's speed and running ability.
While the Redskins have said Griffin's rehab is "ahead of schedule," they won't have a good gauge on his readiness for next season until training camp begins in late July.
White was a second-round draft pick out of West Virginia by the Miami Dolphins in 2009. He was featured in the wildcat offense while appearing in 13 games as a rookie. He did not complete a pass -- going 0 for 5 for the season -- and he ran 21 times for 81 yards.


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That's how it's framed in my Physics school-book.
The question (or rather, the explanation) is that of the thrust of rockets and how the impulse is equal (with opposite signs) on the thrust-gases and the rocket itself.
$( m \frac { \Delta v}{ \Delta t} ) = -(v \frac {\Delta m}{ \Delta t} ) = F_i$
I suppose it's a problem with how I see the transfer of impulse and exactly which part of the equation relates to which part of the physical world (gases, rocket). So we can start from there.
Title equation:
$F = \frac{ \Delta (mv)}{ \Delta t} = \left ( m \frac { \Delta v}{ \Delta t} \right) + \left ( v \frac { \Delta m}{ \Delta t} \right)$
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I have great memories of attending family reunions with my dad's extended family when I was a kid, up at the Baxter cabin with all my cousins and aunts and uncles. Now we get together with my parents, and my kids get to run around with their cousins and enjoy the same traditions: the Hellewell Family Olympics, the grandparents walk, dinners outside, games of croquet on the lawn, and late night story telling.
(How cute is my mom? Can you tell her grandchildren LOVE her?)
We shot the story last September, when baby M was just 8 weeks old (so some of this shoot is a bit of a blur to me!). My friend Marcie McGoldrick, who is now the Crafts Editor at Martha Stewart, came out to Utah to help produce the story, along with fellow crafter Shane Powers. Marcie, Shane and I all worked on Martha Stewart Living together years ago, so it was a fun reunion in more ways than one.
Photographer Francesco Lagnese took some beautiful pictures, and even got to try his first root beer float during the shoot. You can see more pictures on his website, just look under the Kids tab, and then go to "Family, Friends + Apples" for a slideshow which includes several photos that didn't make the final story.
You can read more about all our traditions on Martha's site (like these shirts for the kids that show their birth order) in this little guide about planning a family reunion. You can even download the t-shirt and award certificate designs. And my dad is pretty excited that they included his recipe for homemade applesauce.
We are in the midst of planning our next reunion, which will take place this summer in Southern California. Looking back at this story reminds me that it's the simple traditions that make reunions special, not the grand gestures. We're planning on days at the beach, late night card games, outdoor movie night, and cooking s'mores on the bonfire. I can't wait to see all my family together, even if it's just for a few days!


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Rural teens at high risk for pregnancy, analysis finds
First-of-its-kind analysis by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that the teen birth rate in rural counties is nearly one-third higher than the rest of the nation.
Nationally, the birth rate for U.S. teens has plunged to record low levels, but a new analysis shows that a disproportionate share of teen births are in rural communities.
In 2010, the birth rate for girls ages 15 to 19 in rural counties was 43 per 1,000, nearly one-third higher than the rate for metropolitan counties (33 per 1,000), says a report released Thursday.
The national rate in 2010 was 34 births per 1,000; preliminary 2011 data show an 8% drop to a historically low 31 births per 1,000.
The new report uses the National Center for Health Statistics urban-rural classification system, which identifies rural counties (also called non-metro counties) as those with populations of less than 50,000. Metropolitan counties have populations of 50,000 or more.
"The prevailing stereotype is that teen parenthood is primarily an urban and suburban phenomenon," says Bill Albert, chief program officer for the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit. In fact, "the landscape of teen childbearing is more open spaces and fresh air than gridlock and high-rises," he says.
Researchers used county-level data from the National Center for Health Statistics for 2010, the most recent year available, to find out if rural teen childbearing is higher or lower than in other places, which Albert says had not been previously studied.
The results indicate that "the rates are far, far higher in rural areas compared to other parts of the country," he says. That suggests a greater need for efforts directed at helping rural teens avoid too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
Among findings from the analysis:
- Between 1990 and 2010, the birth rate among teens in rural counties declined by 32%, far less than in major urban centers (49%) and suburbs (40%). Nationwide, the decline was 43%, from 60 per 1,000 teen girls to 34.
- Rural counties account for one in five teen births; only 16% of teen girls live in rural counties.
- The teen birth rate is higher in rural counties than major urban centers for all ethnic and racial groups: whites (36 per 1,000 in rural areas vs. 16 in urban areas); blacks (61 per 1,000 vs. 53); Hispanics (72 per 1,000 vs. 52); and Asian/Pacific Islanders (26 per 1,000 vs. 9). Among Native Americans, the rate is more than three times higher in rural areas, 66 per 1,000 vs. 18.
What's behind the high rural teen birth rate? One factor is that even with all of the improvements in birth control methods, availability "lags far behind availability for teens living in urban and metro areas," says Julia De Clerque, a research fellow and investigator at the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research. She was not involved in the study.
Another factor: "For many rural families, teen pregnancy and parenting are cultural norms, repeated generation after generation," says Josie Weiss, an associate professor at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Ultimately, it's "a combination of factors that range from availability of clinical services to poverty and educational opportunities," says Albert.


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Police investigating what caused a dog to kill its 22-year-old owner in Preston say the incident was a "tragic accident."
The man, named today as Liam Hewitson, suffered serious injuries to his face and neck at a house in Dundonald Street yesterday and was pronounced dead at the scene despite attempts by paramedics to save him.
Officers were at the terraced property off New Hall Lane until late last night. And family, friends and neighbours laid floral tributes and lit candles in the street outside.
Police have revealed Liam was suffering from an epileptic fit when the dog attacked him.
His family have released a statement saying: "Liam was a happy lad who was always smiling and had lots of friends.
"He had a beautiful personality and he will be missed by his dad Phil, girlfriend Jess and sisters Melissa and Aleisha and brother Cordell.
"The family have asked to be given some privacy as they have been through a truly horrific experience and they are all still very much in shock."
Ambulance staff called to the house at around 3.45pm on New Year's Day after reports of a serious dog attack alerted police and the animal was taken away by handlers before being put down by a vet.
Officers have so far not identified what sort of dog it was, although friends on social media insisted the pet, named Tiger, was not a banned breed.
DI Jane Webb said last night: "This is a tragic incident in which a man has sadly died.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances and my thoughts very much remain with his family who are being supported by specially-trained officers at this time."
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2013-14: Overall record: 52-17...NFC record: 27-9...finished 13th at the NCAA Northeast Regional...captured fourth place at the New England Championship (2/22) after placing third in the "B" pool with a tally of 10-3...claimed third place at The Big One Invitational (11/2)...compiled a ledger of 15-3 at the first NFC competition of the season (11/16) by sweeping Boston University, Wellesley, UMass, and New Hampshire, going 2-1 versus Sacred Heart, and tacking on a win over Brandeis...blanked Cornell, registered 2-1 performances against Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and St. John's, and posted a win over Brown for a 12-6 record at the Brandeis Invitational (12/8)...also went 12-6 at the NFC season finale (1/25) following 3-0 decisions versus Boston College, Vassar, Dartmouth, and Smith...swept Stevens, Hunter, and NJIT in addition to topping NYU and Haverford by 2-1 margins for a 13-2 total at the Eric Sollee Invitational (2/2)...posted a record of 9-6 at the Duke Invitational (2/9) after blanking Brandeis, going 2-1 versus UNC and Air Force, and tacking on wins over Duke and Temple...went 2-1 against Boston College at the Beanpot (2/12).
2012-13: Overall record: 44-31...NFC record: 22-8...ranked 22nd at the NCAA Northeast Regional (3/10)...finished fifth at the New England Championship (2/23) after winning the "C" pool with a ledger of 12-0...captured seventh place at The Big One Invitational (11/3)...swept Wellesley, won both of her bouts against UMass and New Hampshire, and posted 2-1 totals versus Brandeis, Sacred Heart, and Boston University in her NFC debut (11/17)...went 2-1 against Brown and Yale and picked up wins over St. John's and Cornell at the Brandeis Invitational (12/2)...blanked Vassar, defeated both of her foes from Dartmouth, went 2-1 against Tufts, and tacked on victories over Boston College and Brown at the final NFC competition of the year (1/26)...swept Hunter and Yeshiva, turned in 2-1 performances versus NYU and Haverford, and earned wins against Penn and Stevens en route to a 12-6 record at the Eric Sollee Invitational (2/3)...went 4-5 at the Beanpot (2/12) as she had 2-1 tallies versus Boston College and Brandeis.
Off the Fencing Strip at MIT: Majoring in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences with a concentration in history...conducted a UROP in geomorphology with the MIT Perron Lab in EAPS...MISTI petrology and volcanology internship at University of Salamanca in Spain...plays the flute in the MIT Symphony Orchestra...Emerson Scholar...Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Concord-Carlisle High School...captain...four-time varsity letterwinner...2011 state champion...2010 Bay State Games champion...finished eighth in the Division II National Championship...valedictorian...National Honor Society...band vice-president...National Merit Finalist.


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Allow me to add to "S. Asian leaders call for new leadership"(Andrew Shilling - May 15).
Glens Oaks lawyer Ali Najmi is contemplating running against Assemblyman David Weprin in the 24th District. Najmi makes an interesting candidate.
As older voters continue to move out of the district, n emerging new generation of immigrants from Latin America, South Asia and East Asia are becoming the new majority in the district, replacing the old Jewish/Italian/Irish coalition of decades ago.
Najmi has a strong appeal to new immigrant voters, making him a credible candidate to replace David Weprin. Even if Ali Najmi loses, I predict Weprin will continue to face serious challenges in future Democratic Primaries.
It is only a matter of time before the growing South Asian community within the district decides to elect someone from within their own ethnic community rather than Weprin.
Weprin says that "he believes in the democratic system and that anyone is free to run." It will be interesting to see if he practices what he preaches. Najmi will have to collect signatures of enrolled Democratic Party voters on his nominating petitions to place his name on the primary ballot.
Will Weprin publicly agree in advance to forgo using one of the Queens Democratic Party's election lawyers to challenge Najmi's petitions?
Queens County Democratic machine clubhouse election lawyers are hired guns. They specialize in using their election law expertise to remove independent challengers, such as Najmi from the ballot at the behest of their benefactors.
Larry Penner
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If you have been paying attention to recent social media trends, you have probably heard of Pinterest. And if you're anything like me, you are probably obsessed! This new craze is all about creating online "inspiration boards" by "pinning" pictures of things that interest you. Clothes, Celebrities, Dream Weddings and Houses are just a few of the examples. But did you know that Pinterest can be a useful tool in preparing you for a job search and the interview process as well? Career Services has started our own boards and we want you to check them out!
By visiting http://pinterest.com/uwgbcareers/ you can find useful information on all of your professional needs. From interviewing to résumés, networking to etiquette, and even dressing professionally, the Career Services Pinterest boards have it all! Plus you can link to the source website of the pin just by clicking on it. This is a great way to see tips and tricks for your job search queries all in one place.
If you already have a Pinterest account, search and follow UW-Green Bay Career Services today to have our pins show up on your homepage. If you don't have an account you can still click the link above and view our boards. Creating an account is quick and easy, too. Sign up for this hot, new social media trend and you'll never miss a thing! Who knows, maybe you'll become pin-spired, just like us!


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Reporting and Analysis of Results
by MORRIS L. CROUSE Partner, Chicago Office
Presented before the American Management Association orientation seminar on Profit Planning with Budgetary Control, New York City—February 1963
IT HAS NOT BEEN my privilege to hear the preceding speakers, but from what I know of their competency as a group to deal with the assigned subjects, I am sure you have been well enlightened in the basic philosophies and principles of profit planning as a management-
control tool. Some of what I have to say is bound to be repetitious
of their comments. It has been my experience, however, in attending meetings of this sort, that basic concepts can stand a considerable
amount of repeating as long as they are structured in the light of different individuals' actual experiences. We need constantly to be reminded of basic concepts or we stray a little too far from them. In preparing today's talk I have found it refreshing to rethink my own way through just what are the fundamentals of sound reports.
Mr. Edward C. Schleh, President of Schleh Associates, Inc., Management Consultants, in his book entitled Management by Results1
points out that the whole of sound management is based on principles. An axiomatic principle of effective management calls for successful delegation of work effort and duties. Mr. Schleh emphasizes
a point that ties in with the theme of this seminar, Profit Planning.
He points out that the key to successful delegation is to delegate by the results you expect. These projected results should be quantified to a maximum practicable extent into meaningful figures and amounts.
By way of example, to show the application of this principle, compare the probable effectiveness of the following two ways of outlining
objectives for a Sales Manager:
A. During the coming year, get in touch with all dealers in your territory, encourage them to step up their calls on customers, and assist them in every way possible with display
materials and sales training. Meanwhile, keep the costs of your department to a minimum.
1 Edward C. Schleh, Management by Results, New York, McGraw-Hill.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Junior Tyler Cassetty, who posted the low season average on the Tennessee Tech men's golf team, was the recipient of the Glbert Darcy Most Valuable Player Award and shared the Most Dedicated Player Award. The 2010-11 team awards were announced this week by head coach Craig King.
The MVP award is named to honor the father of former TTU golf captain Randy Darcy.
A fourth-year member of the squad from Whitleyville, Tenn.,
Cassetty played 24 rounds in nine tournaments and maintained a 73.8
stroke average, carding seven rounds under par. His top finish of
the year came at the Grover Page Classsic where he went four-under
par and placed second. That tournament also featured Cassetty's
lowest round of the year, a 68 in the first round of the UT
Martin-hosted event held at the Jackson Country Club. He was second
on the team and 17th overall at the Ohio Valley Conference
Championships to wrap up the season.
"Tyler played at No. 1 all year, and he was a quality player who played much closer to his potential," King said. "He was coming off a redshirt year and he did a good job, and I expect an even better year from him next year."
Cassetty, who returned to action this season after spending a redshirt year in 2009-2010, shared the Most Dedicated Player award with Sam Schrock, a freshman from Kingston, Tenn. Schrock also played in all nine tournament and saw 24 rounds of competition while posting a 76.6 average to rank fourth on the team in his rookie season. Schrock had five rounds under par, and his best finish was a tie for 11th place individually at Tennessee State's Big Blue Classic.
The Impact Award, which typically goes to a first-year player, was given to Mason Griffin, a freshman from Kingston, Tenn. Griffin was second on the team with a 74.7 average in nine tournament. He tied for fourth place at the Big Blue Classic to earn all-tournament honors. He was third on the team and 22nd overall at the OVC Championships.
Greg Kitts, a redshirt freshman from Caryville, Tenn., was named the Most Improved Player. after sitting out the 2009-10 season, Kitts made his playing debut this season and finished third on the team with a 76.0 average.
Lee Maxwell, a sophomore from Cookeville, won his second consecutive Best Putter Award. Travis Ramsey, a junior from Grimsley, Tenn., won the Long Hitter Award.


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UCL alumni, students and staff celebrating Philanthropy Month on the steps of the Portico, Bloomsbury campus
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At Hotel Indigo hotels, you'll find everything you need for your next trip, including complimentary high-speed internet access, plush bedding, spa-inspired showers, 24-hour business centers and fitness centers and boardroom-style meeting spaces. So when your work is done, you'll be ready to head out and explore the neighborhood.
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The Hotel Indigo "It's not all business" package includes a signature drink and breakfast per night, and 1,000 IHG® Rewards Club bonus points per stay. Food and beverage limited to one adult per room per night. Must be legal drinking age in state or country where hotel is located in order to receive an alcoholic beverage. You must be a IHG® Rewards Club member or enroll prior to stay. Rooms are available at participating Hotel Indigo hotels in select destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin America. Bonus points will be awarded upon the terms of the Bonus Point Package and completion of stay. Only one member per room will be awarded the applicable bonus points. Package components may vary by hotel and individual participating hotels are responsible for the fulfillment of the package components. Rates are limited and subject to availability. Only one member per room will be awarded the applicable bonus points. Any unused components of the package are non refundable. No retroactive points will be awarded for nights stayed prior to enrollment. Blackout dates may apply. Rates are per room, per night, and extra person charges and rollaway bed charges may apply. Other restrictions may apply. Rates and food and beverage items do not include taxes, gratuities, or incidental charges. A stay is one or more consecutive nights at the same hotel regardless of frequency of check-in/check-out. Subject to standard IHG® Rewards Club program terms and conditions. Promotion may end at any time and without notice.
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A journey to the past … To build and design a better future!
1001 Inventions is a UK based not-for-profit educational organisation that creates award-winning blockbuster exhibitions, films, live shows, productions and educational materials.
Showcasing 1,000 years of scientific and cultural innovations aiming to help inspire ambition and motivation to strive towards building a brighter and better future.
The international blockbuster 1001 Inventions science productions are fun and immersive interactive shows, designed for family audiences.
Through a network of partners including UNESCO and National Geographic, 1001 Inventions has been highly effective in delivering public engagement campaigns to help change public perceptions about Muslim Civilisation and promote cultural inter-appreciation by celebrating mankind's shared heritage.
Previous smaller 1001 Inventions exhibitions have toured the UK starting at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester back in March 2006. Then Cardiff, Wales, Birmingham Thinktank, Glasgow Science Centre, Scotland and at the Museum of Croydon, London.
A previous exhibition graced the UK Houses of Parliament (in October 2008), which was exclusively for Ministers, Peers, MPs and parliamentary staff. In addition, the previous exhibition was displayed at the European Parliament and at the United Nations in New York.
Film Not for Reproduction
WATCH: 1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets
Oscar-winning actor and screen legend Sir Ben Kingsley has taken the starring role in a short feature film about the scientific heritage of Muslim civilisation. The mini-movie, 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets, accompanies the global touring exhibition currently open to the public at the Science Museum in London.


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The passage of the first day of autumn means that the turning of leaves and sight of geese flying south can officially begin. Unfortunately, both are usually well under way when the calendar says it's still summer. Fall constellations were likewise already coming into view before we could finally say fall is here.
The passage of the first day of autumn means that the turning of leaves and sight of geese flying south can officially begin. Unfortunately, both are usually well under way when the calendar says it's still summer. Fall constellations were likewise already coming into view before we could finally say fall is here.
Autumnal equinox is marked by the sun crossing right over the Earth's equator, where the sun at this time is seen straight up at 12 noon. Of course, the sun didn't do the moving; it's our tipped Earth, getting into position in its orbit.
In its revolution, varying perspectives of the night sky continually come into view. The evening face of the Earth, when most people are looking at the sky if at all, is on the side of the planet following along in orbit.
Imagine looking down from the North Star at the Earth moving around the sun. You would be looking down on the north polar cap; the world would be turning counter-clockwise. If you could see your the writer walking in the sunshine at noon, he'd be positioned halfway around the sunny side. He would turn with the Earth to the right, through the afternoon. You'd see him enter the dark side at right, as evening hours begin leading up to midnight (halfway around the dark side). You'd probably see him looking up in his telescope at you.
The Earth in the direction it is moving around the sun, is plowing ahead with its morning face. (Which is, by the way, why we see more meteors after midnight as the Earth crashes through meteor swarms ahead of us.)
From the vantage point of the evening, the night sky we face is often referred to by the season we are in.
"Fall constellations" could be seen earlier in Earth's orbit, but you'd have to wait up later at night.
During the fall, in evening, we look out towards a great expanse of stars. Not many are especially bright. You can still see the many bright stars of summer evenings, getting lower in the west-northwest as the fall progresses. If you wait later in the night, watch in the northeast to east for the rising of the so-called winter constellations and its many brighter stars.
Currently, however, planet Jupiter is ruling the night, with its magnificent glow beckoning in the eastern sky in evening, and due south around midnight.
A few of autumn's larger constellations include Pegasus the Flying Horse, Andromeda the Maiden, Pisces the Fishes, Aquarius the Fellow Carrying a Plastic Jug of Spring Water (the latter part was embellished) and Cetus the Whale.
Looking north, the M-shaped constellation of Cassiopeia is riding high up; directly below and scraping the northern horizon is the Big Dipper. The North Star is right between (hopefully you are back down from there by now).
Look low in the southeast for a bright blue-white star, known as Fomalhaut. This is the brightest of the stars among the fall season constellations; it seems like a lonely beacon, with no stars nearby nearly as bright. Fomalhaut has the recent distinction of being the first which has a planet that was directly photographed by astronomers.
Be sure to look east for the "Great Square of Pegasus," marked by four stars. As this large parallelogram rises it appears to stand on one corner, oriented like a giant diamond. The corner star at far left is actually part of Andromeda; the others are in Pegasus.
Seasonal star maps are readily available online or better yet in astronomy books, found at your local public library. Find one for the fall. Note the directions around the edge and hold it up, to orient yourself with the sky. If using outside at night, it is best to cover your flashlight with red paper to protect your night-adapted vision.
Last-quarter moon is on Sept. 30.
Send your notes to firstname.lastname@example.com and let the writer know where you read "Looking Up."
Keep looking up!


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Sales18 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 156 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Fanatik Bike Co.
We are a bicycle shop/internet business based out of Bellingham, Washington. We do a lot of very high-end custom bike builds, mostly targeted towards downhill and freeride mountain bikers. However, we don't want to limit our branding to this specific market. We are a brick-and-mortar bike shop, but we also have an increasingly busy internet business that we would like to continue to expand.
Cyclists of all types, specifically those who are seeking quality product and excellent service. We have a world-wide customer base, from countries including Canada, Spain, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and more. We are looking to attract internet customers, as well as appeal to our local customer base here in Bellingham, Washington.
We feel that our current logo is overcomplicated. Clean and simple, yet eye-catching is what we're after. Square layout would be preferred. It is not necessary to include parts of a bicycle in the logo, but we are not opposed to it. Biking is all about being outside, in the woods on a tight singletrack trail, on mountains, etc...perhaps this could play into the logo? I attached our current logo for reference. Our website is http://www.fanatikbike.com if you'd like to get an idea of what we do. Please don't base the logo color schemes off our site though, we will be getting a whole new website in the near future. We'd like to start our re-branding with the logo.
Please feel free to contact me if you need more details or information!
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CenturyLink to Participate in Analyst Conference
Dec 09, 2013, 11:37 ET
MONROE, La., Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announces that it is scheduled to participate in the following analyst conference:
UBS 41st Annual Global Media and
Communications Conference
December 10, 2013
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090602/DA26511LOGO)
For information regarding the specific presentation times and webcast availability, please visit the Investor Calendar on CenturyLink's Investor Relations Web site at ir.centurylink.com. Participation in this conference is subject to change. Therefore, please check the company's Investor Calendar prior to the conference.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLinkTM PrismTM TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com.
SOURCE CenturyLink, Inc.


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Beverly Moskowitz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Real OT Solutions™
I've been working 30+ years as a school-based Occupational Therapist. In the near future, I will be launching a business of products that address the fine motor skills of young students. My products focus on handwriting, cutting, drawing and more. My caseload includes children with developmental and learning disorders. I'm looking for someone who can combine professionalism with personality. Because the intended clients are preschool and elementary grade children, the graphics need to be child-friendly, simple and direct. I prefer drawings that are clever, entertaining and different. We're hoping to create a signature look.
Small children from preschool to grade 3 will be using my Activity Books to practice letter formations and perceptual- motor skills. Therapists, teachers and parents will be able to purchase these booklets and to use them with their students. School districts may purchase my products for different elementary grades and classrooms. We will be exhibiting our materials for the first time at a national conference for Occupational Therapists in the near future. We hope the illustrations reflect the concern we all share in promoting healthy children.
I need small pictures that fit inside a 3/4" by 3/4" box. Each alphabet letter requires 5 pictures each as follows:
A apple, alligator, astronaut, ant, acrobat
B balloon, banana, boy, baseball bat, basket
C comb, car, camera, computer, candy
D donkey, door, dog, dragon, desk
E elephant, Easter Egg, eagle, ear, envelope
F flower, fan, frog, fish, flag,
G girl, giraffe, goat, grapes, gorilla
H house, hot dog, hand, helmet. horse
I ice cream, igloo, ice cube, ink, iron/ironing board
J jump rope, jack-o-lantern, jelly beans, juggler, juice box
K kite, kangaroo, key, kitten, king
L lollipop, lemon, ladder, lips, lion
M monkey, mouse, mushroom, marshmallow, man
N necklace, nuts, nest, nose, nickel
O orange, ostrich, onion, oars, octopus
P pear, pumpkin, peace sign, parrot, police
Q quilt, queen, question, quail, quarter
R rabbit, ring, radishes, roses, railroad tracks
S sun, sliding board, swings, see saw, squirrel
T turkey, train, telephone, tomato, teeth
U umbrella, underwear, unicorn, uniform, umpire
V violin, valentine, vegetables, vacuum cleaner, van
W wagon, whistle, watch, watermelon, walrus
X xray, xylophone, Xmas, Xerox, 'X' marks the spot
Y yarn, yardstick, yak, yo-yo, yolk
Z zebra, zipper, zoo, zig-zag, zero
These pictures will be printed in a 4-color process-CMYK, but also in black and white or as an outline. The alphabet letter should NOT appear in the picture itself.


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Kathryn BudigYoga Teacher & Best-Selling Author
Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher and author known for her accessibility, humor, and ability to empower her students through her message, "aim true." She is a warrior for self-acceptance, honesty, and helping her students and readers find true balance.
What is your wellness philosophy?
My wellness philosophy is to listen closely and be open to change. What works today can completely change tomorrow, so be flexible in your ability to learn and apply.
What got you into wellness?
I was fully immersed in wellness as I progressed as a yoga teacher in Santa Monica, CA. What started out as a simple job turned into an entire lifestyle.
What does You. We. All mean to you?
It means constantly exploring your own experience as you stay open to the experience of others that is completely unlike your own. Listen, observe, learn.


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UNEP News Release 2004
UNEP and Canon Also Launch International Photographic Competition 'Focus on Your World'
San Francisco to Host WED 2005
Athens, the Olympic City, Conducts Underwater Clean Up to Mark WED 2004
Barcelona/Nairobi - 4 June 2004 – Cold-water corals, mysterious and generally deeper living than their better known warm-water cousins in the tropics, are far more widespread and numerous than had previously been thought – and under serious threat.
Researchers, using the latest submersible technologies, are now discovering cold-water coral reefs in many of the world's seas and oceans including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Some, as the various individual reefs on the continental shelfs of the East Atlantic stretching from Norway as far south as West Africa, are when combined far bigger than more famous tropical ones such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Living in waters of 4º – 13º C, they are usually found in depths between 200 and 1,000 metres. However, they can occur as shallow as 40 metres and as deep as 6,300 metres.
The new findings show that cold-water corals thrive in waters off the coasts of more than 40 countries including Spain, Surinam and the Seychelles (see notes to editors).
Until recently, it was popularly thought that cold-water corals were largely confined to waters in the northern hemisphere off places like Canada, Scandinavia and the British Isles.
New surveys, however, have detected cold-water coral reefs as far afield as the Galapagos Islands and Brazil and Indonesia and Angola.
The new findings, released to mark World Environment Day (WED), which is being hosted by City of Barcelona, the Catalan Regional Government and the Government of Spain, with the theme 'Wanted! Seas and Oceans: Dead or Alive?', are likely to strengthen calls for greater conservation of these curious habitats globally.
The full report, "Cold-Water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight- No Longer Out of Mind", will be published at an International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) meeting taking place in Okinawa, Japan, between 3 and 4 July following the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium which opens on 28 June.
Cold-water corals grow slowly – only a tenth of the growth rate of warm-water tropical corals - and build beautiful but fragile 3-dimensional lace work structures, which are particularly vulnerable to impacts such as damage from heavy deep-sea fishing gear. Some reefs in the East Atlantic have already been destroyed, and most others show scars from trawling.
Some countries, including Norway, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States, have over recent years placed some of their cold-water corals under tighter protection, including designating them as Special Area of Conservation or Habitat Areas of Particular Concern.
Many of the fish species found living in and around cold-water corals are also slow growing and have lower reproductive rates than shallower living species such as herring and cod.
These deep-water fishes, which include orange roughey, blue ling, roundnose grenadier, black scabbardfish and some deep water sharks, are increasingly being targeted as trawlers switch from traditional, depleted, fishing grounds to deeper ones.
Other threats include impacts from oil and gas exploration and production, the laying of cables and telecommunications links and waste disposal.
Experts hope the discovery that cold-water corals are more widespread will spur other nations to consider precautionary measures to protect them by, for example, designating cold-water coral reefs within marine protected areas (MPAs).
The report, Cold-Water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight-No Longer Out of Mind, is believed to be the most comprehensive ever on the subject. Initiated and co-ordinated by the Coral Reef Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the report has been compiled by an international network of scientists led by Professor Andre Freiwald of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
It has been supported by the Governments of Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom and WWF and UNEP.
Klaus Toepfer, UNEP's Executive Director, said, "To date our main thrust in respect to corals has been to conserve and better manage those found in the warm, tropical waters. The discovery that cold-water corals are more numerous and more widespread than had previously been thought, highlights how the natural world remains full of surprises and how our focus may need to be broadened."
"We are only beginning to understand where these life forms are and what their role is in, for example, replenishing deep sea fish stocks and nurturing other marine living organisms. Cold-water corals may also harbour important compounds and substances that could be the source of new drugs or novel industrial products," he said.
Mr Toepfer added: " All these benefits could be lost if we mismanage this newly emerging resource. Clearly, conserving tropical corals must remain our main objective, given their importance to millions of poorer people in the developing world. Threats to warm-water corals are also more complex ranging from climate change to run off from the land. However, arguably the biggest threat to both cold and warm-water corals is coming from unsustainable fishing. So it is incumbent upon us to not only better manage deep sea fisheries, but all fisheries so that there is less pressure on the deep and shallow parts of the seas".
Professor Friewald, who has just returned from a scientific cruise to search for more cold-water reefs, said: " We are finding not only new species of corals and cold-water corals in new locations but associated organisms, like snails and clams, that were believed by paleontologists to have become extinct 2 million years ago. That was a real surprise, and we expect many of these surprises in the future as we undertake more scientific missions."
Mr Toepfer also announced a new initiative to link coral conservation and dependent communities in developing countries, entitled Reefs for People. "UNEP are to propose the creation of executive partnerships in each of the regions hosting major warm-water tropical reef systems. The partnerships - a direct outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)- will link the coral reef range states' authorities, NGOs with active scientific and conservation programmes in the area, the private sector including tourist and fisheries industries, and international bodies including UNEP, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) and ICRI." A further announcement is expected in July.
Launch of the UNEP International Photographic Competition
The cold-water corals report is one of the highlights of World Environment Day (WED) 2004.
Another is the launch is the 'Focus on Your World' International Photographic Competition, sponsored by Canon, with the theme "Celebrating Diversity". Two major launches, one in Tokyo, Japan, the other in Barcelona, Spain, are taking place. Eighteen parallel launches are happening in cities across the globe.
The prize winners, whose entries will be judged by a distinguished panel including Sebastiao Salgado, Raghu Rai and Susan Meiselas, will be announced at Expo 2005 taking place in Japan next year.
A separate press release can be found at www.unep.org and full details of the competition, which runs until 24 October 2004, can be found at www.unep-photo.com
World Environment Day: From Athens to San Francisco
Individuals, organizations, local councils and governments across the globe are taking part in the annual World Environment Day celebrations which take place on or around 5 June.
Tomorrow, the Athens Environmental Foundation (AEF), in partnership with the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC), Jean-Michel Cousteau and UNEP, is undertaking a special event in Piraeus, Greece, on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Activities will include a beach clean-up at several sites around Athens, including Piraeus - the Port of Athens, as well as an underwater clean up with hundreds of divers in several spots in Greece, including Piraeus. Five vessels will be present, three will remove large debris from the sea bed, including cars and refrigerators. In addition, municipal trucks will haul the debris for recycling and/or disposal. The other two vessels will do a demonstration of oil spill containment.
Meanwhile, the City of San Francisco will announce that it will be the host city for World Environment Day 2005. The celebrations will coincide with the 60th anniversary of the birth of the United Nations in the Californian city.
Notes to Editors
Cold-Water Corals – What are They and Where are They?
Cold-water corals are, unlike their better-known warm-water cousins in the tropics, generally found at deeper, cooler depths along the edges of continental shelves, in fjords and around offshore submarine banks, vents and seamounts.
Living in waters of 4º – 13º C, they are usually found in depths between 200 and 1,000 metres. However, they can occur as shallow as 40 metres and as deep as 6,300 metres.
Cold-water corals are part of a group of organisms know as Cnidaria, which means stinging nettles and include anemones and sea pens. They are closely related to the species forming reefs in warm, tropical waters.
Living in the dark, cold-water corals feed on plankton and other organic matter. They do not possess symbiotic algae as their counterparts living in the sun-lid shallow waters.
Radio carbon dating indicates that many cold-water coral reefs are up to 8,000 years old. Geological records of such reefs go back millions of years.
Crustaceans, fish, sea urchins and brittle stars form part of a rich and diverse community which cold-water coral reefs support.
The development of sophisticated underwater camera technology and deep-sea vehicles has begun to shed new light on the location of cold-water corals.
Compared to more than 700 species of warm-water corals, there are only six primary cold-water corals which build reefs.
White corals, Lophelia, are being found throughout the Atlantic, including off Galicia, Spain, in the Bay of Biscay, the Caribbean Sea and parts of the Mediterranean Sea, including the Alboran, Ligurian and Ionian seas and the Straits of Gibraltar.
A dense belt of white coral exists from the south western Barents Sea along the eastern Atlantic down to West Africa off countries as far as Mauritania.
Another belt is being discovered along the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to the Florida Strait and into the Gulf of Mexico.
The most shallow-living examples of white corals are at around 40 metres in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. The deepest, at over 3,300 metres, so far found are located in the New England Seamount Chain, north Atlantic.
They have also been detected at the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Ridge off New Zealand.
The largest white coral reef, discovered only in 2002 southwest of the Lofoten Islands, northern Norway, covers approximately 100 square kilometers (roughly the size of Manhattan).
Another cold-water coral, Madrepora, is being found in the north-east and western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
It has been detected as far north as the Andfjord, northern Norway, and as far south as the sub-Antarctic Drake Passage. Some of the shallowest examples come from between 60 and 120 metres off Brazil and, at nearly 1,700 metres, off the Cape Verde Islands.
Oculina is known from the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic from Florida up to North Carolina on the eastern seaboard of the United States. The Oculina Habitat of Particular Concern, established in 1984 off the coast of Florida, was one of the first cold-water coral banks to be protected from bottom trawling and anchoring.
Enallopsammia ranges from the Antilles in the Caribbean to waters off Massachusetts. New colonies have been pin pointed from Miami, Florida, up to South Carolina.
Goniocorella and Solenosmilia are poorly studied cold-water coral groups. The former can be found off countries like New Zealand, southern African and in Indonesian waters. Solenosmilia occurs on the summits of South Tasmanian seamounts, with large numbers detected in the Heezen Fracture Zone in the South Pacific. Colonies have also been found in the Indian Ocean along the slopes of St Paul and Amsterdam and in the Atlantic on the Little Bahama Bank.
Soft cold-water corals, like Octocorallia, are often closely associated with cold-water coral reefs. Researchers have detected colonies, many of which sport feathery tentacles and form 'gardens or forests', off Nova Scotia; Canada, the Aleutian Islands; the United States, Japan and New Zealand.
Precious corals, so-called because of their rising popularity in the jewelry trade, are now known from slopes and seamounts off the Hawaiian Islands. New colonies have been found off Brazil.
Cold-water lace corals have been discovered in waters off the Galapagos Islands, in the north Pacific and the west Atlantic, with well-known systems located in the Porcupine Seabight, Rockall Trough and the Denmark Strait.
Full List of Countries whose off shore water have been found to hold cold-water coral reefs
Angola; Australia; Brazil; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; China; Columbia; Cuba; Denmark (Greenland, Faroes); Dominican Republic; Ecuador; France; Ghana; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Ireland; Iceland; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Madagascar; Mauritania; Mexico; Morocco; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Portugal; Russia; Seychelles; South Africa; Spain; Surinam; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States of America; Venezuela and Western Sahara.
Cold-Water Coral Quotes
The planet's life-support systems are the source of stability for all peoples, all nations. Cold-water coral reefs are emerging as a new piece in this vital web of life which now requires our urgent attention.
Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP
Cold-water coral reefs form a remarkable and truly valuable ecosystem off our coasts which our nations must work together to protect.
Minister Martin Cullen, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland
International cooperation and action is essential to conserve cold-water coral reefs, including those in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Elliot Morley, Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
These reefs are biological treasures, a natural heritage that we should protect for future generations.
Børge Brende, Minister of the Environment, Norway
WWF calls upon leaders of governments and industry to take urgent action to conserve the spectacular and unique ecosystems of cold-water coral reefs.
Dr Claude Martin, Director General, WWF-International
Downloadable Photographs of Cold-Water Corals can be accessed at www.unep.org and www.unep-wcmc.org
A video news release is available for broadcasters at http://homepage.mac.com/mabelle/
Flyers on the cold-water coral research are available in English, French and Spanish at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/temp/cw_coralReefs/


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A grand experiment in letting parents seize control of their neighborhood schools is unfolding in an impoverished Mojave Desert town — and lawmakers as far away as Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan are watching, and pondering the implications for troubled schools in their own states.
Desert Trails Preparatory Academy in Adelanto, Calif., will open for the academic year on Monday as the first school in the nation to have been remade under a law that gives parents the power to take over a low-performing public school and fire the principal, dismiss teachers or bring in private management.
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The law, known as "parent trigger," passed in California in 2010 and has since been adopted by six other states — Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas — though parents have not yet taken over schools in any of them.
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Parent Revolution, a nonprofit dedicated to organizing trigger campaigns, anticipates a surge of interest in other state legislatures as Desert Trails and three other California schools transformed by parent activism reopen over the next month. Parent empowerment has strong bipartisan support in many states — a sign of the diminished clout of teachers unions, which oppose trigger laws but have not been able to stop their traditional allies in the Democratic Party from endorsing the concept.
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