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The Death of Movie Gallery
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The neighborhood video store is dying. In Grove City, PA where I go to college, two stores have closed in the past year. The first was Showtime Video, a small, dilapidated rental store that had just as many video tapes as it did DVDs. Now, the local Movie Gallery is in its death throes and will be closing soon. Recently, I paid a visit to this Movie Gallery with one of my friends because, like any good cinephile, a movie store closing means inexpensive movies.
Upon entering the Movie Gallery, I noticed that it was probably the busiest I had ever seen in the past three years. I began browsing, predominantly focusing my search in the foreign and drama sections. As I was looking through the movies, I overheard one of the employees talking to a man who had asked why the store was closing.
As she spoke about Netflix and Red Box spelling the demise of the video store I felt a twinge of sadness. It wasn't sadness at the loss of another video store, but sadness for this woman who now must find another job. She continued to talk about why she thought that the video store still had value in this age of technology and convenience. These were some of her reasons, which I think deserve an answer:
1) They don't have the same selection.
2) You can't ask for movie suggestions from a Red Box.
3) There is a lack of human interaction with these ways of obtaining movies.
1) Well, this is simply untrue. Red Box may not have quite the same selection as a stocked video store, but I guarantee you that the local video store has nowhere near the selection of Netflix. As a previous Netflix member, who will soon resume his membership, and someone with rather obscure movie tastes I can tell you that Netflix has had every movie I wanted. Movie Gallery simply can't compete with that selection.
As far as Red Box goes, it is a simple service that is not for those looking for older or more obscure movies. It is there to provide easy access to the newest movies at a reasonable price, which it does well. If you are looking for the latest foreign film or indie flick chances are it won't be in the video store or in a Red Box.
2) I think this assertion has more credence with the older generation than with anyone under 30. I have never gone into a video store and asked an employee for a movie suggestion for two reasons. One, I am probably going to the video store for a specific movie that I have heard of from a friend or online, and have researched it to see if it is something I would enjoy. Two, the internet is a much better way for finding out if you would enjoy a movie than asking a random person who you don't know. What if they love mediocre action movies and that simply isn't your taste? Most people now use the internet to determine whether or not they want to watch a film.
3) And here we arrive on the last reason given by this woman, and the most valid. Is technology taking over our lives so much that we are removing the human factor from every facet of our lives? In the future will every interaction I have be with a box or a faceless person over the internet? Is it worth sacrificing some efficiency and convenience to keep some modicum of human dignity in the way I conduct my everyday life?
I think Up in the Air (2009, Reitman) touched on this very aspect of our modern life. Playing a jetsetter who flies around the country to fire people face-to-face, Ryan Bingham(George Clooney) is on the verge of being replaced by technology that will allow his company to fire people over the internet. This will save the company money and make them more efficient, but at the same time it takes away the dignity of a human interaction for those being fired. The company sends the creator of this technology Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) with him on what appears to be his final tour of firings. Natalie soon learns that there is a difference between firing someone face-to-face than over a computer screen, and this is driven home for her when her boyfriend breaks up with her via text message.
I don't want to be a part of a society that eschews personal interaction and relies solely on technology to communicate. As life moves forward and technology continues to make things more efficient we must be careful to not completely condemn advances in technology, while striking a balance that prioritizes personal interaction.
In the end, it's not a question of the ability of small town video stores to compete with Netflix and Red Box, because honestly Netflix and Red Box both have advantages over the likes of Movie Gallery and Blockbuster, but a question of how I interact with people. Am I striving to be personal with people or would I rather sit at my computer and communicate through Facebook, Twitter and email? Personal interactions with people need to be a priority in my life.
As for Movie Gallery, may it rest in peace.


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IUCN's Ambassador for the Oceans, French author and film maker Claire Nouvian, is raising awareness in her adoptive city, Hong Kong, to try to turn back the clock and reverse decades of degradation of the marine environment. Once a paradise of clear water, pristine corals and home to exotic species of shark and grouper, Hong Kong's marine environment is now in crisis. As Claire says, if Hong Kong, with its unequalled material comfort and its legendary reactivity can't resolve it, no other place in the world will.
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So as it turns out, I have…a LOT of extra She's on Top postcards. Like, thousands. And I need to make room for the pretty new Yes, Ma'am ones I'm getting. So if you're in the U.S. and would like a She's on Top postcards, just send your name and mailing address to me at rachelkramerbussel at gmail.com with "She's postcard" in the subject line and I'll mail it right out. Thanks!
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Watch Rachel read from She's on TopDecember 26, 2007
Soon I'll have much more audio and video erotica for you, but for now, here's me reading part of my She's on Top story "His Just Rewards," about a man who truly gets what's coming to him!
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Yes, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance will be out in March 2008!December 7, 2007
Yes, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel, will be published by Cleis Press in March 2008. Below you'll find the cover (HOT!), publisher's blurb, table of contents, and my introduction.
I'll post more about it as it gets closer, and this blog will pertain to the book as well as the general topic of female dominance. Feel free to send any info/tips/questions to yesantho at gmail.com and thanks for reading! If this cover/topic intrigue you, you'll probably enjoy She's on Top: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance and Male Submission. You can read some excerpts from She's on Top on my website. And while nothing's finalized, if these do well, I'd love to do more kinky books just like this! I'll also have Yes, Ma'am postcards in a few months, so stay tuned.
What makes a man cower before a powerful woman? Find out as you experience the thrill of submission to the woman who dominates you day and night. In this collection, naughty boys get what's coming to them from wicked wives and stern mistresses. From a naked party plaything at the mercy of a room full of powerful women to being tied up and shown how to truly please the woman of your dreams, these men get fully teased and taunted, receiving the punishments they truly deserve and crave. Yes, Ma'am gives a whole new meaning to the term "mean girls," one that will be sure to delight and arouse you.
Yes, Ma'am Table of Contents
Introduction: Giving It Up: Letting Her Rule
Zero Sum Game by Alex Mendra
Secret Desires by Ellen Tevault
Tea for Three by Lee Ash
Exhibit A by Chris Cooper
A Different Kind of Reality Show by D. L. King
Secretary's Day by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Wedding Night by Dominic Santi
Flash by Alison Tyler
It's Cold Outside by Stephen Elliott
An Invitation to the Dance by Sylvane Alistair
Sticking with You by L. E. Bland
i 1t u 2 do sumfin 4 me by George Cross
Rope Burn by A. D. R. Forte
His Lady's Manservant by Andrea Dale
Taming the Unruly by Debra Hyde
The Big What by Michael Hemmingson
The Mean Girl by Teresa Noelle Roberts
Connection by Kristina Wright
Giving It Up: Letting Her Rule
"What makes a man cower before a powerful woman?" I asked in my call for submissions for this book. What you'll find here are numerous answers to that question, though surely there are infinitely more waiting to be written. Men are the ones gifted with all sorts of power in our society, but our dirty little secret is that so many of them long to strip themselves of this power, to be tied down, gagged, spanked, taken, owned. They want to be made to do a woman's bidding, whether that means being ordered into a threesome or put on full, naked display, as you will read about here. They want to ease the burdens of manliness, if only for a little while, to be "ordered" to do all the naughty things they've dreamed of.
Submissive men are some of the most misunderstood, and invisible, sexual creatures around. Their voices simply aren't heard in popular culture, though you'll find them in plenty of bedrooms, in the blogosphere, and in fetish clubs. After putting together the anthologies He's on Top and She's on Top, I wanted to look at BDSM from the bottom's perspective. Why would a man want to give up control? What does he get out of such an arrangement? These stories show you some of the tantalizing possibilities out there for sniveling men and the women who love them.
Men who crave the company of a dominant woman find her with wives, girlfriends, and dominatrices, sometimes bringing out the kinky tendencies of their partners, other times tapping into what's already well developed, yet we rarely hear their authentic voices telling us what makes them shiver with fear and excitement. There's still a taboo element to our leaders—in business, government, and the home—voluntarily relinquishing the top spot. Men are taught to be the hunters, not the hunted, and when the tables are turned, many are all too thrilled to be treated like scum. The flipside is that any woman who can lure a submissive man into her lair knows just how valuable a prize she's gotten and will surely want to keep him happy, even if this means putting her foot down, literally, upon him, as the boss in "Secretary's Day" does to her new hire.
"Masturbation without permission was strictly forbidden. This was the most difficult for me because I got so worked up being Rikka's little whore that I desperately needed to jerk off," writes Alex Mendra in "Zero Sum Game." He describes his setup with the commanding Rikka as "perfection," striving to be everything she desires, but delighting in each form of punishment she cooks up, whether a firm spanking across his ass or the sudsy scene she cooks up for him.
In Stephen Elliott's "It's Cold Outside," the element of realism he so beautifully captures takes us far beyond the clichéd Catwoman fantasy into the stuff of real life, where a woman commandeers the body of the narrator while her boyfriend is asleep. She leaves him tied up, helpless—and horny, and he takes her marks with him, literally and figuratively, when they part.
In "The Mean Girl," Teresa Noelle Roberts writes of a man reminiscing about his first fantasy domme, now embodied by his real-life Cruella. "I tasted every humiliation I'd ever faced in my hopeless pursuit of Muffy Spaulding—made new and fresh and delicious because now it was coming from Heather, whom I loved. Whom I really did worship, kinky games aside."
There's also plenty of humor here. In "A Different Kind of Reality Show" by D. L. King, the author takes us behind the TV screen, where a man is controlled by a cacophony of women's voices, each taking more delight than the next in ordering him to humiliate himself for their pleasure.
Debra Hyde encapsulates perfectly why the "unruly" man doesn't just wish to be tamed, but needs to be. "Fear no longer dominates; submission does. I am vessel and vassal—tool and toy, the means to her pleasure. I am hers." If those words resonate with you, making you long for a woman to come along and grab you by the scruff of your neck, or order you to your knees, or simply control you with one fierce, all-knowing look, then this is the book for you. Go ahead, say the words out loud: "Yes, Ma'am." Wherever your domme is, she'll hear you.
Rachel Kramer Bussel
New York City
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Thankfully, Aston Martin isn't actually a person, and can therefore be presented with something that doesn't need a squeaky-toy brake. Bertone, keen to give something special to its long-time friend AM to celebrate its centenary, has built this one-off shooting brake set for the Geneva Motor Show. Welcome friends, to the Aston Martin Rapide Bertone Jet 2+2.
See more pictures of the one-off Aston Martin Rapide Bertone 'Jet 2+2' here
It follows the 2004 Vanquish-based 'Jet 2' concept (also a shooting brake), and marks 60 years of cooperation between the Italians and Aston. It all kicked off way back in '53 when they rolled out a pair of one-offs based around the DB2/4.
Underneath the Jet 2+2, the Italian coachbuilder has left the chassis, running gear and engine completely unchanged, so it's still a rear-wheel-drive, 476bhp 6.0-litre V12. But on top, well, that's quite a change. It was commissioned by an Aston Martin collector - who took part personally in the development of the car - celebrating "the identity of AM through Bertone".
Bertone has bent the back pillars and moulded them into the back wheel arches, along with raising the rear and creating that shooting brake outline. Looks lovely, don't you agree? Inside it's still a full four seater, and those rear seats can actually be folded down which - in combination with an electronically controlled sliding cover - creates a van-like load capacity.
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text: This Level 60 Human Warrior account can be played on Atlantiss: Netherwing – a realm often labeled as the prime Burning Crusade ("TBC") WoW server in existence. After being officially announced around Q3 2018, it was finally launched on the 4th of January, receiving well over 10000 player peaks in the first days. Nowadays, Netherwing is a steady realm with over 7500 pop during peak times, with the best scripting quality as reported by the Private Server TBC community – the realm was in development for 3 entire years behind the scenes.


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BusinessBroker brauchte ein neues Briefpapier Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 126 Designs von 41 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are looking for an elegant and sleek upscale logo for Doll Baby (DollBaby.com).
DollBaby.com, Doll Baby
Open to suggestions!
Desired Color Scheme:
Open to suggestions!
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered PSD is fine if it is 600 DPI
1. The name
We are looking for a logo design for a new upscale modeling company specializing in lingerie and some risque modeling named Doll Baby (DollBaby.com). We will be printing the design on business cards and want the business card to make a lasting impression.
2. Target Audience
These cards will be given primarily to women between the ages of 18 and 35
3. Colors
Feel free to use whatever you think is eye catching. Possibly a glassly looking or chrome looking color.
4. Our brand
We want to make women feel intrigued when they see the business card and logo and get a feeling of working with a well known brand.
5. Format
We're looking for a vector format if possible (.ai, .eps), but a Photoshop format (.psd) is also fine if it is 600dpi. Basically, we need it to be able to be opened by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator.
6. Other details
Website: http://www.dollbaby.com
Our website is under development.
Tagline: We don't have one yet. We're open to suggestions.
We do want on the back of the card to have "You're a Doll. You could be a Doll Baby!" for recruiting purposes.
Format: US Dimensions
The only contact information on the card will be a toll free number.


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A5557042 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
We're four IT (Information Technology) folks, based in Italy, with a strong background of consulting projects on huge firms in SAP projects.
Little by little we understood that we should get light and agile, get rid of non-ethic and expensive dead weights, in order to embrace a real good cause, by leveraging on our IT skills: help the World and do our best to heal Nature.
Along with a day by day strong eco-culture, which we diffuse as much as we can, why not betting on Green IT? Computers are everywhere, and big firms are the most likely to contribute to pollution and World bigger and bigger damage.
Therefore, any software solution that can help big companies keep emissions under control, increase the use of clean energy, and so on, is good to us, and becomes our main mission.
That's why we're focusing on SAP EH&S, Environmental Compliance and other vendors' (Fujitsu, CA) solutions which we can propose to our clients in order to make them as Green (and Sharp) as possibile.
Business audience: basically any kind company, from SME to large accounts, which are already running an ERP System and have a more or less big impact on the environment.
This is not (at the moment) for end-users, consumers, "common" people (like me and you), or whatever you wanna call them.
The logo must give a clear and immediate sense of genuine, wholesome, green (because it is deeply connected with Nature) though clever, accurate, sharp, even somehow geometric (because it is connected with Information Technology).
The logo should recall the short form of GreenSharp, which is G#, taken from the Microsoft .NET programming language C# (read "C sharp"), with which we don't have anything to do (just to make it clear).
We had our original idea, but then we had an internal controversy about it, and started searching for further ideas. That one was pretty good because it fulfilled all the few things above. But I am not attaching it since I feel it might influence you too much.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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The Office of Vocational and Adult Education administers a number of programs and initiatives focused on high schools. Find out more by exploring the links below.
OVAE Initiatives in Support of High School Reform A presentation detailing the programs OVAE administers to improve high schools using career and technical education programs of study. MS POWERPOINT (58K).
Grants and Programs for High School Education
- America's Career Resource Network
- College and Career Transitions Initiative
- Community Technology Centers
- High School Reform State Grants
- Perkins State Basic Grants and Tech Prep Grants
- School Dropout Prevention
- Smaller Learning Communities Program
- State Scholars Initiative
- Tech-Prep Demonstration Program
Grants and Programs for Career and Technical Education
- Perkins State Basic Grants and Tech Prep Grants
- America's Career Resource Network
- Appalachian Regional Education Program
- High School Reform State Grants
- National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education
- National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
- Native American Vocational Education Program
- Native Hawaiian Vocational Education Program
- Pacific Vocational Education Improvement Program
- Smaller Learning Communities
- Tech-Prep Demonstration Program
- Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational and Technical Institutions Program
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your questions or comments regarding the Department's High School Initiative.
Last Modified: 10/16/2007


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Recently I mentioned to my daughter Bella I was going to Montreal soon for a demo, and she said with great urgency: "Mommy, whatever you do, make sure you go back to the store where we had those heavenly chocolate danishes. You just can't go to Montreal without having one!"
Ridiculously simple and incredibly delicious: I whip it up in minutes. Who would believe it has no eggs and no cream and tastes so rich? No trace of the tofu's controversial heritage, it's all eclipsed by the other wonderful flavors! Tofu contributes only its bulk and great texture. My daughter in law Ruthie tells me it is often the very last thing she whips up on a harried Friday just before Shabbos rolls in. This will take you about five minutes to prepare, and will knock your socks (and your guests'!) off.
And although it tastes sinfully rich, it contains no eggs and no cream. So what's the secret? The best chocolate, that's what: Start with real chocolate (no brand affectionately called "heimish") brand: They contain a smidgen of chocolate and loads of sugar: Who needs it? Get a good brand, even a price club brand will do. I assure you that if enough of you customers will ask your kosher supermarket to carry some good chocolate products, they will be happy to oblige! So, use good ingredients, and taste the difference!
Can't wait to try out this recipe. I LOVE anything chocolate and this mousse recipe sounds divine!
this sounds heaven,but what is silken tofu,and where do i find it at my grocery?
All supermarkets, and of course all health food stores carry it. The beautiful thing about experimenting with new products is, they are new only because you just have been told about them. But in reality, they have there for quite some time: now you know to look for them:-)


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Miro Lopata necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Modrý slon
MODRY SLON (Blue elephant) is a personalized books project established in 2001, offering its clients children books and the hot news: "personalized audio-fairytale". For our adult clients we offer a personalized very soft version of the Kamasutra. These products can be ordered online on our web-page. All the books include main charakters and geographical locations customized according to our customers wish. Our clients can order the books with the names of their children or best friends acting as main characters in locations such as their home city. We are based in Slovakia (or the Slovak Republic) in the very heart of the European Union. Vast majority of our income comes through our internet shop (http://www.modryslon.sk) but its design is already quite out of date. We would like to refresh it to modern, attractive and clean online shop again.
Our clients are quite diverse, from parents, grandparents and other family members seeking the best book for children of all ages, colleagues and others wanting to give somebody a funny gift, his own personalized soft version of "Kamasutra". However we WANT to keep the image of the "goods for children" website.
See http://www.modryslon.sk for the general feeling (open to changes).
2 pages are required - design only homepage (modryslon.sk) and Fairytale menu "Ponuka rozprávok".
- the aim is to refresh and modernize the site
- banner from the top will not be used in the new version
- context ad banners will be used only vertically
- the site headline is "Vaše dieťa hrdinom rozprávky" – Your child will be the fairytale hero – this can be graphically strengthened
- The main illustration on web (two children reading the book) can stay or it can be replaced by something else
- The "Vyberte si príbeh" – Choose the story – section must stay on the homepage, however its position can change
- here you can find the logo (can be smaller) and the illustrations from the books (they might be very helpful to you): http://www.modryslon.sk/grd/grd_images.zip
- This is the new navigation bar: O nás (About us), Ponuka rozprávok (Fairytale menu), Pre dospelých (Adults only), Audiorozprávka (Audio fairytale) , Cenník (Pricelist), Objednávka (Order) , Kontakt (Contact)
- Fairytale menu ("Ponuka rozprávok") must be done in html texts so it can be modified easily
- navigation bar must be HTML
- only web safe fonts can be used
- required resolution 1000 px
Feel free to put forward any design ideas which you think are good for us.
Feel free to ask any questions.


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Darin1991 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
We connect contractors with people seeking help for a job or project.
Home page (mockup provided as homepage.pdf)
No explanation needed, as mockup shows what I need. Use the mockup for general idea of what I need, but feel free to design it any way you see fit. The layout can be changed as you see fit, but I wanted to show the elements I would need on this page. I also included a mockup called homepage_form.pdf that shows how I would like the signup/create an account page to show up as. Also, items I have mocked up as 'above the fold' I would like to keep 'above the fold'. Also, there could possibly be a secondary menu on deeper pages, so make sure design is flexible enough to support this. Thanks.
Post a Project (mockup provided as postproject.pdf)
Form page to post a project. Should be self explanatory. Also noticed that the menu up top shows an example of what a logged in user will see.
Directory Pages (mockup provided as directory-1.pdf, directory-2.pdf, directory-3.pdf)
This will be a directory of all the contractors on our site. Pretty self explanatory.
Contractor Profile (mockup provided as contractor_profile.pdf)
Contractor profile page.
Themed Homepage for use as Lander
The home page design will be used as a template to design landers based on the services being provided. We would like a sample theme based on 'Plumbers', but remember that this theme can be everything from plumbers to maid to lawn care providers, so the template must be flexible.
Please use the mockups I have provided as guides, and not hard rules. I wanted to show the elements I would need to display, but I don't want you to feel "locked" by them. You can re-imagine things if you need to. I think you get the general idea of what this site is about after you look at the mockups though. Now it's up to you as the designer to define our 'style'.
I have initially included 3 pages to be designed, but will add the others shortly. Please design the homepage first, and I'll leave you feedback if I'd like you to continue (in order to save you and I time). Feel free to ask any questions you may have.
I have also provided the logo design in image and vector form. Please use it and it's colors for the palette of the site. Thanks!


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Buddy Cianci seeking comeback as Providence mayor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Buddy Cianci, the twice-convicted felon who led Providence as mayor for 21 years, wants his old job back.
His decision to run as an independent for what would be a seventh term as mayor puts him smack in the middle of an already crowded field, and sets up what likely will be a heated four-way race in November to replace one-term Mayor Angel Taveras, who is mounting a run for governor.
Cianci, 73, made the announcement Wednesday on his radio show, saying he has the right combination of vision, experience and ability to get things done.
"This is a great city. I miss being mayor, and I love being mayor," he said during a break in his show. "I felt I had some unfinished business."
He said he realized he had baggage, but he hopes voters will give him a chance.
In November, Cianci will face Republican Dan Harrop, businessman Lorne Adrain and the winner of September's Democratic primary — Councilman Michael Solomon, political operative Brett Smiley or law professor and former judge Jorge Elorza.
Smiley said in a written statement that Cianci's candidacy represented a return to the corrupt politics of the past.
Solomon said he — not Cianci — is the candidate of experience, having worked in recent years with Taveras to bring the city back from the brink of bankruptcy. He said voters want to "keep moving forward."
Elorza said the race was about the future of Providence, not the past, while Adrain said Cianci's announcement won't affect his campaign.
"The people of Providence are well familiar with his history," Adrain said.
Cianci mounted his first campaign in 1974 and never lost a mayoral election. But he was forced to resign in 1984 after he was convicted of using a fireplace log and lit cigarette to assault a man he believed was having an affair with his estranged wife. Six years after that conviction, in 1990, he ran for mayor again and won.
His second stint as mayor, known around town as Buddy II, came to an end in 2002 when he was convicted as part of a federal investigation into corruption in City Hall, called Operation Plunder Dome by the FBI. Several members of his administration were convicted. He spent 4 ½ years in federal prison.
The demographics of the city, which usually votes heavily Democratic, have changed since Cianci last won election. Its Hispanic population grew nearly one-third between 2000 and 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Hispanics represented 38 percent of the population in 2010.
Voter Gibran Gonzalez, 21, of Providence, said he would not support Cianci because of his history.
"Things are tight in Rhode Island right now. We need good leaders in politics," said Gonzalez, who studies business management at the University of Rhode Island. "I think someone else deserves a chance."
Cianci was diagnosed in January with cancer and has undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments, but says his health is good now and won't keep him from running a campaign or the city. He said his final radiation treatment is Friday.
Associated Press writers Erika Niedowski and Jennifer McDermott in Providence contributed to this report.
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Many of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's recent efforts have been aimed at increasing research funding, including supporting a $1 billion NIH funding increase and working to prevent reauthorization of the SBIR set aside.
The 111th Congress adjourned this past December, with legislators quickly wrapping up the year's business before heading home for the holidays. As negotiations on the 2011 budget were in full swing, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology rallied the scientific community to urge their senators and representatives to pass a spending bill that included a $1 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health. As a result of FASEB's call to action, scientists sent nearly 9,500 messages to Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to sustain the federal investment in biomedical research.
Despite the best efforts of the community, legislators failed to reach an agreement on a budget for the entire fiscal year, instead passing a continuing resolution that will keep the government operating until March 4. The resolution continues funding for nearly all federal agencies at 2010 levels, although exceptions were made for certain programs that would otherwise expire or seriously be interrupted. The federal science agencies were not included in these exceptions, and the resolution does not apportion funds to implement the Cures Acceleration Network, a new NIH entity authorized at $500 million to speed the development of "high need cures."
The new year did ring in some good tidings for the scientific community, however. During the final days of the congressional session, FASEB worked with the research community to prevent Congress from passing a bill that would have reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
These programs fund research conducted by small businesses by "setting aside" a portion of the budgets of 11 federal agencies, including the NIH, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy. These agencies already are required to devote at least 2.5 percent of their budgets to SBIR research funding. A bill introduced in the Senate would have increased the amount set aside to 3.5 percent – redirecting as much as $1 billion to a single research program at the expense of all other national scientific priorities and further eroding the NIH's capacity to fund competitive investigator-initiated grants. Responding to the introduction of the Senate bill, FASEB initiated an action alert that generated more than 1,000 letters to Congress from scientists who opposed the bill. FASEB and its advocacy partners also sent letters to every senator, the House leadership and the House Committees on Small Business and Science and Technology. The bill was defeated when those committees blocked the House from taking action on the Senate bill.
Since early 2009, FASEB has led a coalition of nearly 100 groups from research institutions, higher education associations and patient advocacy organizations to fight attempts to increase the amount set aside for SBIR, noting that it would redirect funding from competitive, peer-reviewed research at a time when future funding levels are uncertain. The latest authority for the SBIR and STTR programs expired on January 31, and it is likely that the new Congress will try again to renew both programs. FASEB will continue to oppose any attempt to increase the "set-aside" and urge legislators to work with the Obama administration to increase funding for all research.
Scientists have another reason to celebrate 2011: Both the House and Senate passed the America COMPETES Act Reauthorization of 2010. The legislation provides a three-year reauthorization for key federal science agencies including the NSF, the DOE Office of Science and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, continuing a plan to double authorized funding for those agencies over 10 years. For the short term, recommended funding levels for the NSF would grow from $7.8 billion in fiscal 2012 to $8.3 billion in 2013, while DOE Office of Science levels would increase from $5.6 billion to $6 billion during the same timeframe.
Retiring House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., hailed the approval of the legislation, and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., spoke during the debate, saying, "Federal support for research and innovation is one of the best investments we can make in our future."
President Obama signed the COMPETES legislation into law on January 4.
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Diana DeGette kicks off re-election campaign tonight
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who has represented Denver for nine terms, kicks off her re-election bid tonight in an 1880s brick foundry that has been revitalized and now houses various small businesses.
The Denver Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1996, succeeding Rep. Pat Schroeder, who retired after 24 years. DeGette, who had served two terms in the state House, will be introduced tonight by Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora.
DeGette's district was redrawn after the 2010 census and now includes a portion of Jefferson County. No matter how it has been drawn, Congressional District 1 has performed overwhelmingly Democratic and GOP challengers have struggled.
The kickoff begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Crooked Stave Brewery at The Source, 3350 Brighton Blvd. The Source is an artisan food market that occupies the foundry in Denver's River North District.


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Kidnapped French journalists held hostage for eight months
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Eight months after French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier were captured in Afghanistan, media outlets and local officials are marking the longest period of captivity of any French journalist since the 1980s.
It's the longest period of detention of a French journalist in the field since the Lebanese Civil War and finally, eight months after their abduction, the fates of two French journalists captured in Afghanistan were placed in the spotlight Tuesday.
On Dec. 29, 2009, French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, along with three Afghan colleagues - Mohammed Reza, Ghulam and Satar - were captured while they were traveling in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul.
A number of French newspapers ran full-page ads by the Paris-based NGO, Reporters Without Borders, comparing the duration of Ghesquière and Taponier's captivity with other prominent French journalists captured in the field.
"Florence Aubenas: 157 days," read the ad, referring to the French journalist who was captured and later released in Iraq. "Philippe Rochot: 105 days," the ad continued, listing the captivity period of a prominent French reporter kidnapped during the 1980s Lebanese Civil War. The ad ended with the baseline: "For the past six months, Hervé and Stéphane have been hostages in Afghanistan. React!"
Going public or staying silent?
Staff journalists for the French public TV station, France 3, Ghesquière and Taponier were reporting in the mountainous area of Kapisa, a region that has largely fallen under the control of men loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
A dreaded, opportunistic Afghan warlord, Hekmatyar has a dubious history of forming and breaking alliances with other militant leaders over the past three decades.
Shortly after Ghesquière and Taponier's capture, France 3 officials had requested other news organisations not to release the journalists' names due to security concerns.
The initial reluctance to divulge details of their abduction, followed by subsequent reports of murky negotiations with an even murkier network of insurgents in the badlands of Afghanistan, have sparked a debate about the need to suppress details of a journalist's kidnapping for security reasons over the compulsion to launch public awareness campaigns.
The debate comes barely a year after New York Times reporter David Rohde escaped his Taliban abductors after a seven-month period of complete silence by US and international media organisations about his captivity.
The media silence over Rohde's captivity sparked a controversy about the responsibility to report the news, and raised issues of whether news organisations had granted special privacy privileges to their colleagues.
In Rohde's case, his employers maintain that going public would only have increased the dangers to their reporter.
Afghanistan is not the same as Iraq
Speaking to FRANCE 24 Tuesday, Jean Francois Juillard, Secretary General for Reporters Without Borders, said there were no rules for what is the best course of action to take in such situations.
"There is no one answer in this kind of situation," said Juillard. "It depends on the location, on the identity of the kidnappers, on the situation in the country – for instance, the situation in Afghanistan today is not the same as it was a few years ago in Iraq."
Almost a decade since the launch of the US-led international mission in Afghanistan, the situation in the war-torn country is precarious, with the Taliban controlling large swathes in the southern and south-eastern regions. Many parts of Afghanistan are controlled by warlords who have made some sort of arrangement with senior Taliban leaders.
The nebulous, interconnected nature of the insurgency, which spreads across the Afghan-Pakistan border and includes a number of senior militant figures, has further complicated the business of trying to secure the French journalists' release.
In an article published Tuesday, the French daily, Liberation, said the two journalists were initially held by Sheikh Shafiq, a local militant in Kapisa linked to Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami group. According to Liberation, the two journalists were then transferred to Maulawi Berial, a commander with links to the Quetta Shura, or council of advisors close to reclusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar.
Ghesquière and Taponier were last publicly seen in a video released on a jihadist site on April 8. The two appeared to be in good health and called for the release of prisoners in Afghan detention centers.


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See your colleagues unite as they project manage a conveyor belt of tasks and dedicate their talent to producing toys for disadvantaged youngsters
Whether positioned in a conference breakout session or the company workplace, Toy Factory is a flexible and new approach to teambuilding that upholds a community conscience.
Provided with a mixed bag of whacky wooden parts teams are challenged to combine components and produce a range of high quality children's toys. Three-dimensional blueprints guide participants through the process and detail a whole gamut of toy designs.
Not only is quality output important, success in Toy Factory is also measured in delivering the goods to deadline. Teams must work together to stay on target.
The planning stagesees the group indentifying components, managing the flow, taking individual responsibility and forming a production line. Once quality checked,the toys are then creatively decorated with company colours or brand livery if the client chooses
In the second phase some out of the box thinking is required as teams are also tasked with creating engaging and educational games using the newly assembled toys. A fun informal finale allows each team to take stage in turn and demonstrate unique activities that maximize the play value of their toys.
The toys and any game material will all be donated to a local children's charity, school or home.
Learning and development outcomes
Create efficient production lines and quality control systems to achieve customer satisfaction in a real-world situation. Not only do you get insight into customer service issues, but the toys you create have an impact for your real end customers - children in need.
Corporate Social Responsibility ideas
Toy Factory was developed specifically with CSR in mind. The created toys are given to a charity specifically chosen by your team.


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"I'm about to do it for the first time," chirps goofy Mormon missionary Elder Cunningham. "And I'm gonna do it with a girl!"
The young man in a white shirt and tie isn't singing about a lusty encounter, but a holy rite of passage in "Baptize Me," a bubbly show tune in the Broadway phenomenon "The Book of Mormon."
"I just died during that part," said Joanna Brooks, author of "The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories From an American Faith," recalling the first time she heard the cast album. "It's hard to see baptism, something so sacred to me, sexualized like that.
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"It's never easy being the minority in a room when everyone else is laughing at your culture."
"The Book of Mormon" is the product of the sometimes rude — and sometimes sweet — humor of Matt Stone, Trey Parker ("South Park") and Robert Lopez ("Avenue Q"), with a story and 23 songs that touch on religion, a mission trip to Uganda, genital mutilation, "Star Wars," existentialism — well, the list is long and unforgiving.
When Brooks, a devout Mormon, saw the musical last year, she said she found it mostly funny (forgiving the innuendo-drenched baptism) — and, in a strange way, important.
"One thing that's really clear to me is that Americans are so curious about and so hungry to connect with Mormons and we've been so inaccessible," she said. "It took [the creators of] 'South Park' to push Mormons out into telling our stories."
After "Mormon" opened last spring, the show earned nine Tony awards (including best musical) and widespread praise from top critics. The New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley led the charge, calling it an "old-fashioned, pleasure-giving musical." It has been a smash at the box office, grossing $105,833,849 as of Aug. 26.
Interest goes beyond Manhattan. Mitt Romney, a Mormon, recently told the New York Times that he hasn't seen the show but would like to go. "It's a Tony-award winner, big phenomenon — yeah, I want to see it someday," the Republican presidential candidate said. "But I don't have a lot of time for Broadway shows."
Following a sold-out first stop in Denver, the national tour comes to Los Angeles for a 12-week run at the Pantages Theatre that began previews on Wednesday and opens Sept. 12. Advance sales have been the highest in the theater's history,
The buzz comes with controversy. While it's impossible to generalize the reaction of a large, diverse religious group — the U.S. is home to more than 6 million Mormons — it's easy to wonder: Now that "Mormon" is a part of the country's cultural conversation, how do followers feel about a Broadway hit satirizing aspects of their faith?
The church apparently approves of the show enough to buy three full page ads in the Playbill program each theatergoer gets: Each page is a close-up photo of an attractive young person with a quote such as "The book is always better" and a refer to thebookofmormon.org.
"I can appreciate that it got people talking," Brooks said. "I think it makes people even more curious to learn about what Mormons believe."
After the show rose to pop culture prominence, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement: "The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening, but the Book of Mormon as a volume of scripture will change people's lives forever by bringing them closer to Christ."
Lopez, who co-wrote the book, music and lyrics with Stone and Parker, said he was initially concerned about the response to "Mormon."
"I thought it would be more controversial because the religious aspects, if taken out of context, might cause riots or whatever," Lopez said. "We were aware religion is a subject with a lot of heat behind it."
When brainstorming songs and scenes, Stone, Parker and Lopez aimed to create provocative material that propelled the storyline forward, he said.
"We didn't write that baptism song because we were rubbing our hands together and going, 'Oh my God, yeah, let's get baptism," Lopez said. "We were filling the story out in the second act, finding the positive culmination of work Elder Cunningham does with the Ugandans."
The musical's wide appeal has been a pleasant surprise, he said. Ed Catmull, the president of Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios (who grew up Mormon), recently told Lopez that he enjoyed the show.
"He said we got a few things right," Lopez said, laughing. "It was a positive reaction."
At Los Angeles' Mormon Temple on Santa Monica Boulevard, L.A. resident Jay Hardy, known to church members as Elder Hardy, said the "The Book of Mormon" has inspired people to read the actual Book of Mormon — the navy blue paperbacks labeled "Another Testament of Jesus Christ" he often hands to prospective followers.
"They're poking fun of us because we're going somewhere," said Hardy, who volunteers as a guide at the visitors center. "You don't poke fun of someone who's stuck in the mud."
On the church's 13 hilltop acres in West Los Angeles, Hardy gives mini-lessons about Mormon core beliefs.
"People have been coming in and telling me, 'I saw "The Book of Mormon" or 'I've heard about "The Book of Mormon" and I've driven by the building hundreds of times, so I thought I'd come in and learn more,'" Hardy said. "In some cases, they join the church."
Some churchgoers, strolling across the well-manicured property on a recent Saturday, said they're opposed to seeing "The Book of Mormon."
Jasmine Gonzalez, visiting from Westchester, N.Y., said she loves musicals but won't attend what she deems a negative show. She said she's heard "Mormon" contains racism and foul language.
"I wouldn't take my daughter to that," Gonzalez said, noting the pair has seen "Mamma Mia!" together four times. "We like to do uplifting things, invest our time in uplifting thoughts. I wouldn't spend money on something unless I know we'd walk out of there happy."
Gonzalez's daughter, Gabby, said she has heard students discussing the show at her high school.
"Things like that give people the wrong impression of us," she said. "I hear them talking about it and I'm like, "No, you're wrong."
Dr. Kerry Soper, Brigham Young University humanities professor and author of "We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics and American Satire," said the awkward melding of vulgarity with spiritual issues may turn some Mormons off.
"I'm sure the play will reinforce in many peoples' minds some of the caricatures they have about Mormons — that they're naive, provincial and subject to a sort of lock-step, blind faith," he said. "Of course the core beliefs of the religion sound fairly ridiculous in the context of satirical Broadway songs."
At the same time, the musical is a knowledgeable satire, he said. A Mormon who completed a mission trip in France, Soper said he appreciates the specificity of the religious roasts in a media-world of hackneyed stereotypes.
"It's clear that Stone and Parker are basing their jokes on some up-close experience with Mormon people and culture," he said. "I'll take the biting specificity of these songs over the tired polygamy stereotypes in Leno monologues any day."
And "Mormon" isn't scathingly mean, he said. Rather than outright attacks, jokes are interpreted as playful nudges.
"There's also an almost affectionate sweetness to the treatment of the core characters," Soper said. "The musical doesn't feel that malicious in the end."


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Moscow medallists eye Berlin prizes as World Tour moves west
The tournament is the sixth of seven Grand Slams in eight weeks and by the time they are over the destination of the FIVB World Rankings titles will have become a little clearer.
Women's gold medallists April Ross and Kerri Walsh are already setting their sights on it, but they will face stiff resistance from the team they defeated in the Moscow final, Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima, who will be going all out to retain the gold medals they won in the German capital a year ago and earn their first World Tour golds of the season.
In the men's draw there will be a lot of teams aiming to make up for disappointing performances in the Russian capital. No Brazilian team made it beyond the quarterfinals, nor did the reigning World Tour champions Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs.
Recently-crowned European champions Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo will want to add to the two World Tour golds they've already claimed, while the USA's Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal will want to build on their Moscow bronze which they won against the Italian duo.
Ross and Walsh find golden ending at Moscow Grand Slam
Ross and Walsh claimed their first Grand Slam gold medal of 2014 when they defeated reigning World Tour champions Talita and Lima, 2-1 (21-17, 22-24, 15-13) in a match that swung backwards and forwards between two determined teams until Ross and Walsh nudged ahead right at the end of the third set before winning with their second match point.
The pair joined together after their previous partners – Misty May Treanor and Jennifer Kessy – retired from the sport. Walsh is targeting a fourth Olympic gold at Rio de Janeiro 2016, having won her third against Ross at London 2012.
"They came to win, they are a very good team and we were the number one and two seeds in the tournament so I think we both wanted to be here," Ross said.
"I loved how we pulled it out in the end. We played as a team and it feels really good to win again."
Russian pair claim first World Tour gold in Moscow
Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov won their first World Tour golds when they defeated Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel in the final of the Moscow Grand Slam on Sunday with a 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) victory.
"We can't believe we've won," Semenov said. "Our volleyball federation's president's birthday was today so this is our present for him. We were pleased with our support as that helped add another 50 percent to our performance.
Semenov and Krasilnikov completed their dream run in which they knocked out the World Tour champions Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs in the quarterfinals and newly-crowned European champions Nicolai and Lupo in the semifinals.
The double-gender US$800,000 FIVB Moscow Grand Slam ran from Wednesday, June 11 through to Sunday June 15. It was the sixth event and the second Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar that features nine Grand Slams and 11 Open tournaments.
The 2014 World Tour began at the Fuzhou Open in China in April and concludes at the Durban Open in South Africa in December. Next up on the World Tour calendar is the Berlin Grand Slam which runs from June 17-22.


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However, I would expect that a professional - someone who gets paid to deal with cats on a regular basis - would have better knowledge about the bundles of fur they're handling. You would think that people like scientists and vets would be aware of the extra-terrestrial qualities of of the animals they care for and study, but apparently not.
Consider this article, which attempts, poorly, to answer the question "Why does my cat sleep all day?"
This is the explanation they've concocted:
Biologists pin this feline affinity for sleep on two things: Their typically protein-rich diet, which requires long periods of rest to aid in proper digestion, and their naturally crepuscular (dawn and dusk) predatory pattern, which blather blather blather . . .
If you don't understand/care about the explanation, let me sum it up: Scientists are guessing that cats sleep a lot because they eat lots of cheeseburgers and like to party at various times during the day. I think they've confused cats with college students.
Come on, science. I know you're all about animals and biology and I know that you're big on astronomy and space and aliens. Now it's time to put those two concepts together. This is the explanation I've come up with, which seems a far more practical explanation for why cats sleep 25 hours a day. Surely, if a small-town gal like me can come up with something like this, the professionals should be able to come up with something equally solid.
Here, I'll even get you started with a research question: How does that sleeping-cat-energy get absorbed by the mothership? Is there a way we can harness that energy to power other things, maybe like automatic food dispensers?


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Iranian Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani, one of the main betes noires of the conservatives, Sunday roundly denied press reports earlier in the day that he had had a secret lunch with a number of western diplomats.
The press claims prompted a flurry of denunciations from conservatives, who questioned why he and other prominent reformists and moderates had met diplomats without informing the authorities.
"I had lunch with some longtime friends. It was a private affair that had no political overtones, and was attended by the ambassadors of Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Oman and the representative of Egyptian interests," Mohajerani told the Iranian daily Ettelaat.
"The lunch's host was Ibrahim Hossein Jani, one of the biggest carpet dealers and who also has a great knowledge of the Koran," said Mohajerani, who is close to President Mohammad Khatami.
"Neither the ambassador of France, nor of Germany, nor of Great Britain were there," he said.
A western diplomat in Tehran also denied there had been any secret meeting with European ambassadors.
The Tehran Times claimed Sunday that Mohajerani and former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi were among those attending a dinner with several western ambassadors at a villa in an upper class Tehran suburb.
Mohajerani called the English-language newspaper "an organ of the conservative Islamic propaganda organization."
The conservatives "shoot arrows into the air that just fall back down on themselves," he said.
The report in the Tehran Times prompted the conservative Islamic Bazaar Association to send a letter to Khatami asking him to confirm that the meeting had taken place, and explain why Mohajerani and Karbaschi had taken part.
"It is said that the question of the presidential election (due in 2001) was raised and some ambassadors expressed support for Mr. Mohajerani's candidacy," said the letter, a copy of which was published in the conservative Ressalat newspaper Sunday.
Conservative MP Mohammed-Reza Moaemi also wrote to Khatami, asking him to "elucidate" the affair – TEHRAN (AFP)
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Sentara addresses Zika virus concerns
The emergence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus is prevalant in news coverage worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika virus an international emergency on Feb. 1, 2016.
Media coverage about potential birth defects in pregnant women has raised anxiety about the virus. We would like to take the opportunity to put this issue in perspective and present known facts.
- Most people who contract Zika virus have no symptoms. The few who do get sick may experience a fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes. There is no vaccine for Zika and no antiviral medication, so treatment is similar to the flu (rest, fluids and Tylenol for inflammation).
- The greatest concern around Zika virus is its potential to cause birth defects in pregnant women. While the connection is not yet confirmed, the potential is causing concern in North America.
Zika is a mosquito-borne virus spread to people through mosquito bites. These mosquitos are found throughout much of the Americas, including the United States. Local transmission of Zika virus has not been documented in the United States to date, but Zika virus infections have been reported in travelers returning to the United States, including Virginia. While it is not currently mosquito season in Virginia, there is potential in the future for Virginia's mosquitoes to acquire Zika virus from an infected traveler and cause local transmission.
Approximately 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill. The time period from becoming infected to showing symptoms is not known, though it is likely to be several days to a week. Zika is usually a mild illness with symptoms lasting from a few days to a week.
Pregnant women can be infected with Zika virus during any trimester and maternal-fetal transmission of the virus has been documented throughout pregnancy. Zika virus infections have been confirmed in infants with microcephaly, though it is not known how many of these microcephaly cases are associated with the virus.
If you believe that you may be infected with Zika virus or have additional questions, please contact your doctor.
Sentara is working with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to continue monitoring Zika virus in our region. Sentara has also devised a series of travel-related questions for patients presenting with symptoms, including whether they have traveled to South America and when. If they meet those criteria, their cases may be escalated to the VDH.


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Peter Bradley Adams was formerly one half of the duo, Eastmountainsouth, signed by Robbie Robertson (of The Band) to DreamWorks Records in 2002. Peter co-produced their debut album with Mitchell Froom, and the duo toured extensively opening for Lucinda Williams, Tracy Chapman, and performed their final show at the Hollywood Bowl opening for Lyle Lovett and Shelby Lynn.
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(CNN) -- When a Phoenix teacher, way back in 2004, offered four students the option of learning marine science through textbook lessons or by building an underwater robot, the students chose the hands-on approach.
It was a decision that revealed the power of experiential learning and created the opening scene for a Hollywood script.
"I had nothing to do. I felt like a loser," one of the students, Lorenzo Santillan, told an Arizona newspaper in 2008. Without the robot club, "I would have probably just dropped out of high school."
In fact, all four students graduated from high school.
"All these kids have taken what they've learned and decided that they can be leaders in their community," the robotics teacher, Fredi Lajvardi, says in a new documentary film, Underwater Dreams.
The film tracks four Hispanic students who started the robotics team at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, a decade ago. Working under gifted teachers, the guys build an underwater robot, nicknamed Stinky. The fun starts when they enter a national competition that pits their machine against robots from both high school and college teams.
No need to spoil the finish. It's enough to say that the tale, with a tampon prominent in the construction of the robot, inspired a long-form piece in WIRED magazine, a new Hollywood feature starring George Lopez and Marisa Tomei, and the documentary film. As part of a deal with NBCUniversal and AMC Theatres, "Underwater Dreams" opens Friday, July 11, in Los Angles and New York, before rolling out to other cities. Underwriters include the Bezos Family Foundation, The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and the Virginia Piper Charitable Trust.
While "Underwater Dreams" is a compelling tale about four kids who beat the odds, it carries a larger message about education reform.
The need for reform is straightforward. In this century, economic growth depends on jobs for which Americans are not sufficiently trained, at least as compared to other countries. Absent reform, according to the The Jobs Council, U.S. firms will struggle to fill positions that require technical skill.
How to implement reform is the sticky part.
Reforming education means altering how teachers teach. When I took algebra, chemistry and physics, my teachers stood at the front of the classroom and lectured. If I learned anything, I learned by listening.
Today, there is a belief that students learn more by doing.
Sounds simple enough, but it's a challenge to reorganize instructional budgets, train new teachers, retrain veteran teachers and bring students and parents along. Instruction ends up looking different than your father's science class, as evidenced by the robotics poetry class offered at one innovative Pennsylvania middle school.
"Underwater Dreams" adds weight to the argument in favor of hands-on, experiential learning by proving that it can be accomplished in a tough setting, without lots of new resources.
The lesson is especially critical for STEM education -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- where we must set learning on fire for children who may otherwise disengage from school.
I first heard about the Hayden robotics program shortly after the now-famous underwater competition, when the foundation where I work began making grants to support programs at the school.
The students saw they could accomplish more than they ever could have imagined. Whether they went on to become an Army paratrooper like Oscar Vazquez or a chef, as Santillan has done, their high school experience helped.
"With robotics, the kids fell in love with building, pure and simple," "Underwater Dreams" filmmaker Mary Mazzio told me in an e-mail. "They loved the kinesthetic learning of how things worked. Although they didn't call it engineering, that is what they fell in love with. Oscar first learned to make a catapult for Halloween -- and they concocted a giant catapult right out of Joan of Arc -- and had pumpkins smashing everywhere. He fell in love."
From the film, I was struck by Dean Kamen's remarks on the need to develop talented young people. An inventor whose creations include the Segway, Kamen is also founder of FIRST robotics, which enables more than 350,000 students to build robots annually. I called Kamen to ask him whether the kids in "Underwater Dreams" represent a fluke, or whether all students could flourish this way.
"You didn't find two needles in the haystack," Kamen said. "You found a stack of needles. They are all sharp. All they needed was a little guidance, a little support."
Let's hope the release of "Underwater Dreams" leads to more schools uncovering more of these needles.
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