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Why Introductions Matter
- The opening paragraph is your first chance to make a good impression—to grab your readers' interest and make them want to keep reading your paper. A thoughtful, imaginative introduction will persuade your readers that you—and your ideas—are worthy of their time and attention. A poorly written or boring introduction, on the other hand, will create a bad impression and will make readers wonder why they should bother spending time in your company.
- The introduction identifies the topic you are addressing, indicates why the topic matters, and often signals the approach and the tone (or attitude) you will take in your handling of that topic.
- The opening paragraph provides a kind of road map for your readers, alerting them to what they can expect as they travel through your paper. In a thesis-driven paper, the thesis statement is usually located in the introduction, often at the end of the first paragraph.
Tips for Writing Effective Introductions
Try writing your introduction last. Often, writers don't know exactly what they want to say or what their thesis actually is until they have finished the first draft.
For narratives or personal response essays, offer a hook—an intriguing anecdote, a telling description, a scintillating quotation, a startling fact, or a provocative statement or question—to capture readers' interest.
For other types of academic writing, including research papers, literature reviews, and summaries, begin with a statement of the problem the paper addresses, followed by background information on the problem and why it is significant. Then, provide an explanation of the focus and purpose of the paper, and conclude with the thesis statement and/or a brief summary of the paper's contents. (See our handout on "Formal Academic Introductions" for examples.)
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An introduction using description (and an anecdote as well)
"A weasel is wild. Who knows what he thinks? He sleeps in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose. Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home. Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go. One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake. The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label."
-Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels
An introduction using a provocative statement
"I am an academic call girl. I write college kids' papers for a living. Term papers, book reports, senior theses, take-home exams…."
-Abigail Witherspoon, This Pen for Hire
An introduction using a quotation
"'Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant,' Georgia O'Keefe told us in the book of paintings and words published in her ninetieth year on earth. She seemed to be advising us to forget the beautiful face in the Stieglitz photographs. She appeared to be dismissing the rather condescending romance that had attached to her by then, the romance of extreme good looks and advanced age and deliberate isolation…."
-Joan Didion, Georgia O'Keefe
Types of Introductions to Handle with Care
The "Restating the Question" Introduction
Professors often find themselves reading a stack of papers that all begin with a restatement of the question they themselves wrote. If you choose to begin your paper with the question, try to do so in an interesting way that goes beyond mere restatement.
Example of a weak opening that restates the question
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Example of a more effective strategy
"Beowulf's arrogance, bravery, self-sacrifice and the loyalty he inspires in his men all make him one of literature's most heroic figures. Although some critics, including Beowulf's own retainer, have complained that fighting the dragon was a prideful and foolish act, he clearly had no other choice."
The "According to Webster's Dictionary" Introduction
This introductory strategy is used so often that it has become a cliché. It is important to define the terms of a discussion; indeed, in many essays, stipulating how you are using terms is crucial. However, the introduction probably isn't the best place to do so. If you do choose to define your terms in the opener, try to do it in a way that is creative and original.
Example of a weak opening using a definition
"The American Heritage Dictionary defines weak as 'Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble….Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance: a weak link in a chain.'"
Example of a more creative approach
" 'Asymptotic freedom.' It was the first and only piece of text that had intruded into the long rows of equations and symbols that covered that morning's blackboard. Perhaps that accounts for the words being so seared into my memory. Or perhaps it was just the first thing on the board that morning that made any sense to my numerically challenged mind. 'Asymptotic freedom.' What beautiful words. The dictionary defines the term as referring to "a property of the forces between quarks, according to quantum chromodynamics, such as that they behave almost like free particles when they are close together within a hadron.' You would probably need a graduate course in quantum physics to truly understand the concept, but it is basically a fairly simple notion. An 'asymptote' is a line on a graph that extends into infinity."
-Christopher Livaccari, qtd in Frames of Mind, 398
The "Since the Beginning of Time" Introduction
Here, the writer makes sweeping generalizations or vague assertions about the topic. Such introductions often lack a thesis, suggesting that the writer does not have much to say. Ask: Can I cross out my opening paragraph with no loss of impact or meaning? If the answer is yes, then it's time to revise!
Example of a weak "since the beginning of time" introduction
"Since the beginning of history, poverty and inequality have been a problem for mankind."
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-Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
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Penn State Lehigh Valley will be hosting its annual Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. April 4, in Room 135 at the campus in Center Valley. An awards presentation will follow at 1:30 p.m. The symposium is free and open to the public.
Eric Stephen Boyd, assistant research professor, Montana State University, will be the keynote speaker. His presentation, "Yellowstone through Space and Time: A Guided Tour through the Evolution of Life," will focus on the extant volcanic terrain of the Yellowstone hot spot, its influence on geography, and its ability to bridge our understanding of the diversification of life through space and time. Boyd's talk is sponsored by the Penn State Faculty Invitational Lecture Series.
The symposium celebrates the participation of its undergraduate students in their scholarly research journeys. Undergraduate students will present posters to display research in all disciplines. Academic research projects completed since the end of the spring 2012 semester are eligible and include independent research or research-based course projects, honors research projects and traditional course-related projects that required significant research.
The projects will fall under one of two judging categories: arts and humanities (including behavioral science such as business studies and economics) and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Students who win at the local level will be invited to compete in the third annual Penn State Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held April 18 at Penn State Hazleton. Lehigh Valley professors Jacqueline McLaughlin and Tai-Yin Huang have been selected to serve on the 2013 Penn State Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium Steering Committee.

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PodcastA new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks at whether spraying yards with pesticides reduces the risk of contracting a tick-borne disease.
Managing fish in human-altered rivers is a challenge because their food webs are sensitive to environmental disturbance. So reports a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, based on an exhaustive three-year analysis of the Colorado River in Glen and Grand Canyons.
Michael Meaden is a hands-on, outdoor teen. As a youngster, he enjoyed outdoor youth camps at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook. But then the 14-year-old outgrew the camps. Fortunately, last year a new teen program was added to the youth camps: Eco-Investigator, for rising eighth- through 10th-graders.
Join the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for the 26th Annual Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Symposium, where eleven students will present the results of their summer research projects.
Dr. Gene E. Likens, the Founding President of Millbrook's Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, recently celebrated 50 years of research at The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES) in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Since 2011, scientists have been exploring people's yards in six U.S. metropolitan areas–Los Angeles, Phoenix, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Baltimore.
As our climate shifts and changes, wildlife and weather also shifts and changes. Now, researchers have found something else that's deviating from the norm.
Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists.
While extremely rare, Powassan virus is deadlier than other tick-borne illnesses — killing 30 percent of those infected statewide since 2004 — and its victims are infected much more quickly.
Cary visiting scientist Ken Schmidt and his research team have been studying the ecology and behavior of birds on the Cary Institute grounds since 1998.
Mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus in Pennsylvania are very low in sharp contrast with the numbers recorded in 2012.
We see so little of the world that we live in. I was reminded of this yesterday when I visited Tivoli, where 17-year cicadas have emerged in great hordes.
Discover how water from Catskill Mountaintops feeds Manhattan taps in the dynamic presentation, The City That Drinks the Mountain Sky.
A recent study shows a link between a certain type of tick and a rare illness. The report shows the virus is on the rise in parts of the Hudson Valley and has spread to the Capital District.
In the Northeast, the black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) that spread Lyme disease also infect people with other maladies, among them anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and – as a new paper in the journal Parasites and Vectors reports – Powassan encephalitis.
Understanding the natural world is important — especially to scientists. But they'll be the first to say: Science is not the easiest subject to explain.
Monitoring a forest in New Hampshire provides clues to how important trees, such as maples, respond to changed conditions due to global warming.
The New Yorker reports on the controversy surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. Columnist Michael Specter interviewed Cary disease ecologist Richard Ostfeld about the ecology of ticks and the spread of the disease.
How green is your grass? An upcoming scientific study in Conservation Letters shows that illegal marijuana farms can have serious environmental effects.
In the Housatonic River, zebra mussels -- non-native bivalves that can move into a water body and just dominate it -- were found in 2009 in Massachusetts and in 2010 in Connecticut at Lake Lillinonah and Lake Zoar.
With today's challenging and emotionally charged environmental issues, its essential that current scientific information is communicated effectively and in ways stakeholders can understand.
Health officials and researchers are scratching their heads, wondering whether there will be a repeat this summer of last year's spike in the West Nile virus, a potentially fatal illness that mosquitoes transmit.
This week the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is hosting eighteen leaders in lake science. They hail from around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland, Taiwan, Argentina, Canada, Ireland, and China.
Cary scientists David Strayer and Emma Rosi-Marshall delivered expert testimony at a May 5, 2013 congressional briefing that highlighted problems with aquatic invasive species and "natural infrastructure" solutions. The briefing took place on Capitol Hill as the U.S. Senate debated the Water Resources Development Act.
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WGVU (Channel 35) will show the Hope-made documentary "When the West Brings Civilization Back to Africa" on Wednesday, July 1, and Sunday, July 5.
The 1.5-hour documentary will show on Wednesday, July 1, at 10 p.m. and Sunday, July 5, at 11:30 p.m.
Created by Dr. Ji Hoon Park, assistant professor of communication, with recent graduate Samantha Webbert of Holland, the film focuses on the college's ongoing service and research project involving the village of Nkuv in Cameroon. It explores how the project, which has focused on improving water quality and hygiene education in the remote and rural community, has had some unintended consequences, with some of the villagers feeling discouraged even as it has literally saved lives.
The documentary premiered at the college's Knickerbocker Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 18.
Park emphasizes that the documentary is not a criticism of the project or its goals. Since beginning during the 2005-06 school year, it has been overwhelmingly successful, cutting the death rate of young children due to waterborne disease from four to six per year to zero. "I definitely think that they are doing such a great job," he said.
However, even as he and Webbert, a communication major, accompanied the Hope team in May 2008 to document the successes, they were also interested in observing the project's effect on the village in other ways. And thus while Webbert developed a documentary about the water quality and hygiene training for other programs to use in helping similar communities, Park focused on Webbert's experiences as a first-time visitor and her conversations with the villagers themselves.
They found that while the villagers appreciated the team's work and the difference it was making, some were also experiencing a sense of inferiority, becoming painfully aware of the resources and opportunities they lacked in comparison.
"People from America came to this village, and children no longer die. How can you not develop a sense of Western superiority?," Park said. "The people often say, 'No, I'm not happy because we don't have the things that you people have.'"
"We may accidentally teach them that they're poor," he said. "And that's the saddest part."
Park noted that the documentary doesn't offer a solution to the problem. Instead, he hopes that it helps build awareness among organizations that engage in service efforts concerning the broader effect that their visits to such communities can have.
"There are no easy solutions to these questions," he said. "At least we can be more aware of these cultural dynamics in a small village like Nkuv and help the community members develop strong self-esteem and self-confidence."
It's a lesson that's very much on the minds of the Hope team. Dr. Jeff Brown of the Hope engineering faculty has been a part of the project since it began, and has experience with service in Africa that includes time with the Peace Corps.
"This film identifies a number of critical issues related to development work," said Brown, who is an assistant professor of engineering. "Cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity have always been major priorities for our group, but the film does capture glimpses of underlying cross-cultural dynamics that have forced us to ask very difficult questions."
The Hope service initiative, which is partnered with the Life and Water Development Group of Cameroon, began during the 2005-06 school year as a service project for the college's then-new student chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), with an emphasis on providing Nkuv with purified water through the construction of free-standing bio-sand filters. During the first year the effort expanded to include the college's department of nursing, which surveyed the villagers' health and began working with them to improve hygiene, sanitation and nutrition.
Starting in 2007, the college's department of education became involved in helping to develop instructional materials that the people of Nkuv can use to teach themselves and others the health and hygiene lessons needed to improve health. The engineering effort has since expanded to include developing a piping system to bring water closer to the village from a river that is up to an hour's hike away.
The team is also emphasizing providing training so that the villagers can help themselves and train other remote communities as well. The villagers now build their own filters based on an initial design developed by the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) in Canada.


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Today Shake Shack announced that they'll be opening in London's Covent Garden in mid-2013. From their press release:
Shake Shack will be located in the historic Market Building near the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. Covent Garden appealed to Shake Shack for its stirring historic architecture, and its nearly four-century tradition as a flourishing, culture-rich shopping and food destination enjoyed by Londoners and visitors alike. Shake Shack's outdoor seating will flank the columns on South Row, and the Shack will extend into the expansive glass atrium on the Piazza, where additional seating will be available.
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SALT LAKE CITY — There is cancer in her lungs and in her bones and she has to use a walker to get around, but what Amanda Catano really wants to know is if her visitors have a place to go for the holidays.
"Do you need any water? Drinks or anything?" she asks more than once to those who have come to ask about her story.
She apologizes for the walker.
"Maybe your grandparents have one," she jokes.
A television camera is situated in her living room and a microphone is clipped to her collar.
"I hear the camera adds 10 pounds. That's what I need — a little weight gain."
To say the 32-year-old woman is thin would be an understatement. To say the woman facing stage 4 colon cancer is lovely, charming, funny and warm would also be an understatement.
The first thing her fiancé, Jason Dorais, noticed when he met Catano last year was her sense of humor. Her illness only amplified that and all of the other good things he first saw in her.
"She was always having fun, always upbeat and happy, and I think through this whole process, that has just reaffirmed it," he said. "She's staying upbeat and happy and all the initial things I loved about her are even more now.
"I don't know that it's changed much of anything, but it's strengthened what I'd seen earlier, that she could stay like that through tough times."
The couple got engaged Nov. 10 after they learned about the cancer. Cancer, they said, has a way of making things seem clearer and more urgent. They plan to marry in December.
"I think for us it was that we're just really excited and looking forward to the future and I feel like we have a really bright future together," Catano said. "We don't know how long that is, how many years, but I feel like we can make the most of it and we'll do well."
They met through friends in March 2011 and — Dorais especially hates this part — they started a game of Words with Friends. Within a day or so, he asked for her number using the game.
"I think he was like, 'I know this is kind of lame to do this, but can I get your number?'" she recalled.
They went rock climbing on their first date and have been together since. She said she knew that she wanted to marry him in six months. He recently told her he knew much earlier than that, but held back.
"I guess we'd been thinking about marriage for a while now and I was kind of unsure, as probably any guy would be …," Dorais starts.
"Because he thought I was crazy and anorexic," Catano interjects, referring to the dramatic weight loss and emotional struggles before her diagnosis. "And then I get cancer and that's when he decides."
Catano said she first noticed something was off when she was training for the Ogden Marathon in January and started experiencing frequent incidences of diarrhea. It was abnormal, but she chalked it up to the increased running.
But it persisted, even after she had run the marathon, and she noticed she was more fatigued. When things worsened, she called a doctor. She had searched the Internet about her symptoms, but ruled out colon cancer as a possibility because of her age and lack of family history with the illness.
The initial tests showed nothing, but she was advised to follow up with a gastroenterologist.
"In retrospect, I look back and I really wasn't myself last year," she said. "I feel like I was … something just felt off and that's what drove me to go in and find out what was going on. I just didn't feel healthy, I didn't feel like myself."
She had a colonoscopy on Sept. 11 and it showed a mass. She was told immediately it was most likely cancer. Further tests confirmed this.
"I think it was just a shock," she said. "I'm a really healthy person. I'm active, I eat healthy, I'm fairly happy so it was a huge surprise and a huge shock. It wasn't something I ever anticipated. Cancer doesn't run in my family, so it was a little bit surreal."
Dorais was also blindsided. As a medical resident at University Hospital, he wondered how he hadn't piece it together.
"(It was) not what you expect in a young, healthy girl and … she'd been complaining about these things for the last eight months, six months, so part of it was, 'Why didn't I pay attention and think about this earlier?'" he said. "Cancer is something I see a fair amount at work and it's just like, 'Why couldn't I put that together with someone that I'm so close to?'"
She had an operation to remove part of her colon, her appendix and part of her small bowel. Dorais' medical experience was invaluable in helping her deal with that and ongoing chemotherapy and radiation.
"To me, it was this huge ordeal and something I really struggled with and seeing Jason not make a big deal about it, crack jokes about it … I mean there was a time where he had come over twice a day and change my wound because I just couldn't do it myself," she said. "I couldn't bring myself to pack this open gaping wound, but for him it's what he's been trained to do. I think that's really helped me accept it. Now it's like, fine, no big deal, who cares? I have a poop bag on my waist. No big deal."
Catano said there is still "a little bit of disbelief" about all of it. For the most part, though, she thinks she's doing well.
"I haven't been angry or really asking, 'Why is this happening to me?' so much as it's just kind of what life has dealt me," she said. "I'm trying to just kind of roll with it and do the best I can, I guess."
Remaining upbeat has been key for Catano and she believes her attitude has been an antidote. It was what helped her fiancé most after her diagnosis.
"It was kind of hard, but she's stayed positive and I think that helps a lot — seeing someone stay happy and move forward and that's been the plan so far to just kind of keep going, right?" he said.
"Yes," she affirmed.
"She stays positive and that makes it easier," he said. "It's not great watching it, but that is the silver lining — seeing her happy and seeing her get a little better."
Dorais has always been dependable and reliable and he has continued to be someone she can count on. But all of this has shown her a more sensitive side of him. She jokes that it's been the first time she's seen that he has emotions.
"Sometimes situations like this bring out different sides to people, a great side, but a bad side, too, but I feel like maybe this brought out the best in both of us," she said.
In the past month, Dorais said whatever uncertainty he felt about getting married before has disappeared. She said the same. He asked her friends to help him pick out a ring. Catano has had difficulties walking and doesn't often leave her home, so he wondered how to surprise her.
One Saturday, just after a nap, they started talking about the future that they wanted.
"I just put the ring on and asked her and she was like, 'What? What are you doing? What is going on? This doesn't make sense,'" he recalled.
"I was like, 'What?!' You know, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes," she added.
"It's something I knew that I wanted to do," he explained. "It's something that she saw happening and I want to be able to do that. Again, time may or may not be limited, but if it's something we've always thought about, something we've always seen ourselves doing and it's an easy decision, then why would cancer change that?"
They are ready. And they feel like it adds some normalcy to their lives, being able to plan a wedding and get married — cancer be damned. They're shooting for Dec. 21.
"We're thinking Timpanogos Temple," she said and turned to Dorais, "You still on board with that?"
"Sure," he said.
"A simple luncheon afterwards, something that's just kind of simple. I probably won't have much more energy than for a wedding and a luncheon," Catano said. "We're pretty excited to get married and move on. Any form of normalcy, I just kind of cling on to that, because life hasn't been normal for the last couple months and you're looking for anything to just be normal and just get back to living."
She hopes the wedding will be a celebration, "a holiday" for those closest to them.
Cancer has already changed a lot of things and not all of them have been bad. Catano said she sees her friends, family and loved ones more.
"When your mortality is handed to you, if anything, you realize relationships are really key and important," she said. "I feel like I've been relying pretty heavily on the people in my life. They've really made me happy and not that you should rely on other things or people to make you happy, but that's why you have each other, to kind of help each other out when times are bad. It's been really helpful.
"Catch me next week when I'm day one of chemo and you'll probably get a different story, but I couldn't do this without all those people in my life."
She's also come to realize that attitude really is everything and self-pity is a slippery slope. People matter most and life is full of blessings.
"My sister has been sending me all these inspirational quotes every day and one of them said that cancer is not a death sentence, but a life sentence in that it kind of pushes you to live," she said. "I think it's caused me to really think about what's important and what's worth stressing about and there are so many things in life to be happy for even when you're suffering or in pain. I think, hopefully, in retrospect this will teach me some really good life lessons and I'll be able to live a better life because of what I'm going through now."
Also, insurance is important.
"You got to get it!" she announced, praising her employer, Alianza Academy, and her gratitude for their support. "I just feel like there's so many blessings in spite of the fact that, you know, stage four cancer kind of sucks."
At this point in time, the goal is to be walking by the new year. Better still if she can walk by the time they get married.
"I'm hoping to be able to walk on my wedding day without the use of a walker or a cane," she said.
She feels like she has years still and is optimistic about children. She appears radiant and confident. He is the same.
"I've seen a more emotional side of him and I would have married him without seeing that and hoped for it later, but I knew he had it in him," she said. "You want to know that, that the person you're going to be with for the rest of your life is going to take care of you through thick and thin. And this is pretty thick. He hasn't gone anywhere. He's stuck with me."
The couple's friend, Sam Dickens, chimed in: "They are two of the best people I know."
"Aw, Sam. You don't have to say that," Catano said.
She turned to a reporter, "But did you write that down?"
Catano's family and friends have set up a YouCaring account to help pay for medical expenses at www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/amandacatanosmedicalexpensefundraiser/27013.
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By Ed Harris
Kelley School students will once again be solving math problems to help raise money on behalf of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The school has organized the Math-A-Thon since 1991 and has donated close $170,000 to St. Jude in that time. The school usually donates about $6,000 per year.
"This year is a little special," said teacher and organizer Denise Sadowski, noting that the Math-A-Thon this year would be in honor of Alex Daniels a student who lost his battle with cancer this past February. "We want to make it special for him."
The fundraiser, which is open to all Kelley students in the first through fifth grades, kicked off during a special assembly on Feb. 21. The fundraiser will conclude on March 8.
The students raise the donation funds by having people pledge a certain amount of money per math problem solved. For instance, if someone were to pledge $1 per problem solved, the person would owe $100 if the student completed 100 math problems.
"It's not going to put anyone over the top," Sadowski said, noting that the math books used for the pledge event contain fun numeric problems, some involving puzzles. "It's usually fun."
The money raised will help St. Jude in its ongoing fight against childhood catastrophic disease. The goal of the Math-A-Thon is to help the children of the world who are stricken with diseases like cancer, AIDS and sickle cell anemia. St. Jude Hospital is a world leader in the fight against these diseases and has made great progress.
The research hospital was founded in Memphis TN by the late entertainer Danny Thomas. All St. Jude patients are treated regardless of their ability to pay.
The students at Kelley wanted to participate in the Math-A-Thon because it helped other children.
"I like the idea of helping the kids at St. Judes," said Alexandra Rogers, who, with $500, raised the most money last year.
This is Alexandra's second year doing the math-a-thon and she will be joined by her sister Samantha, who is participating for the first year.
Josh Maccione, who helped Sadowski set up for the kick off, said he was participating in the math-a-thon because of a first hand family connection. His great aunt is currently battling cancer.
"I saw what she is going through," Josh said.
If residents want to contribute donations, contact Sadowski by calling Kelley School at 628-3307.


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text: Local Georgetown restaurants are frequently closed one or more nights during the week in the autumn, a particular problem for guests arriving in the evening after a long drive. We decided to offer the option of dinner at Coveside on several fall evenings when a number of guests were scheduled to arrive. We invited our Georgetown neighbor, Robert Masciola, to be guest chef. Rob's family comes from the Abruzzi region of Italy and he is an accomplished cook. He (aided by his wife, Amy) prepared a memorable meal that featured vegetables from our local farm market, home-made pasta, local Five Islands Lobster, and a delectable apple caramel tart prepared by Carolyn (served with Tom's home-made salty caramel ice cream). The menu and pictures (by Amy Masciola) are below.


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Returning to school and work after the Labor Day weekend, you'd think food news would be about lunchboxes and crock-pot recipes. Not so in Chesapeake Country.
Food events this week are about novelties plus the return of an old favorite.
Fresh Market at Annapolis Harbour Center hosts a Hatch Chili Fest Saturday, Sept. 8, from 10am to 3pm. Hatch chilies, grown in the small town of Hatch, New Mexico, are harvested and for sale only from late August through early October. Their exceptional quality is credited to temperature and soil. For the annual Labor Day Hatch Chili Festival, the town, with a population of less than 2,000, swells to 30,000.
Now it's our turn to find out what all the fuss is about. Chilies are available for purchase by the crate. Find out how to use them with cooking demonstrations and roasting tips. Find recipes below.
Bruster's Real Ice Cream in Annapolis, Severna Park and Glen Burnie is offering free samples of a test product, coconut milk ice cream. Stop by Bruster's through Saturday, Sept. 8, and give your opinion of this gluten-free, vegan-friendly, non-dairy option. Bay Weekly staffers tried three versions: chocolate, banana and strawberry. Real ice cream is still preferred by most of us, but we found the coconut milk version tasty and satisfying. Chocolate and banana were good, while we found strawberry somewhat off and not as naturally sweet. Go and judge for yourself.
In its 44th year, the Maryland Seafood Festival comes to Sandy Point State Park this Saturday and Sunday. Events have expanded to include a BMX stunt show, live musical entertainment, arts and crafts, craft beers and wines and watermen demonstrations. The star of the show is a tasting tent with chef demonstrations and sampling of 40 seafood specialties.
Will there be a 45th Seafood Festival? The loss of several large sponsors this year and tighter budgets mean we need to keep our fingers — and eyes — crossed for this old favorite's future, according to spokeswoman Stephanie Duncan Troxell.
In restaurant news, Bonefish Grill makes its grand opening at the former Real Seafood location on Monday, Sept. 10. At the high end, Bonefish joins chains P.F. Chang's and Brio at Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole.
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1½ pound chicken breasts, sliced into strips
1 cup Sweetwater Spice Lime Jalapeño Fajita Bath
1½ cups Negro Modelo Beer, divided
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
1 whole onions, sliced
2 medium Hatch Chile Peppers, roasted, seeded and sliced
4 La Tortilla Factory Corn Tortillas
½ cup sour cream
fresh cilantro, for garnish optional
In a large glass dish, whisk together Fajita Bath and 1 cup of Modelo beer. Place chicken into the marinade for 30 minutes or up to 8 hours. Heat skillet over medium high for 2 minutes; add 1½ tablespoons of vegetable oil and swirl to coat. Remove chicken from marinade and place in skillet. Sauté chicken until done and juices run clear, about 5-6 minutes. Place on serving platter and cover to keep warm.
Add ½ tablespoon of oil and onions; sauté onions until translucent. Add roasted Hatch Chile peppers and heat through, about 3 minutes. Add remaining half cup of beer and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook until all liquid has evaporated. Serve chicken in the tortillas, topped with the onion and pepper mixture. Garnish with sour cream and fresh cilantro if desired.
3 cups peeled, cored, chopped tomatoes
3 cups seeded, chopped long green chiles
¾ cup chopped onions
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1½ tablespoon vinegar, white or cider
2 teaspoons oregano leaves
1½ teaspoons table salt
Wash tomatoes, dip in boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split and then dip into cold water. Slip off skins, remove cores and chop. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan and heat, stirring frequently, until mixture boils. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Ladle into hot pint jars, leaving ½-inch headspace.
20 fresh diced roasted green chiles
1 lb. ground beef
1 red onion, diced
6 red potatoes, cubed
15 cups water
4 Tbsp. spike
2 tsp. garlic
½ cup rice (optional)
½ cup carrots (optional)
salt to taste
Brown ground beef. Put all ingredients in a large pot. Bring to a boil for 15 minutes and then a slow boil for 1½ hour. Serve with tortillas and plenty of your favorite beverage to cool the fire.


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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Colorado Avalanche were the biggest surprise of the NHL's regular season. The Central Division champions now hope to carry their shocking success into the playoffs, as the Avalanche welcome the Minnesota Wild to Pepsi Center for Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.
Colorado not only made the playoffs for the first time since 2010, the club also earned its first division title since 2002-03. Winning the Central was no small feat, as the Avs finished ahead of an excellent St. Louis Blues team and also the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.
The Avs figured to be a team on the upswing after landing talented center Nathan MacKinnon with the top overall pick of the 2013 draft and hiring former goaltender great Patrick Roy as their head coach. But an outstanding season by netminder Semyon Varlamov expedited the process and his Vezina Trophy-worthy season -- as well as a late collapse by the Blues -- helped the Avs take the division, setting up this first-round matchup against the Wild, who claimed the first of the West's two wild card spots.
Varlamov led the NHL with 41 victories, breaking Roy's single-season franchise mark set in 2000-01. He also surpassed his head coach for the most home victories by an Avalanche goaltender in a season with 24.
All will be for naught though if Varlamov's postseason debut with Colorado goes sour. He has not played a playoff game since 2010 with the Washington Capitals and in 19 total games of postseason experience, the Russian is 10-9 with a 2.49 goals against average and .915 save percentage.
There may be some additional pressure on Varlamov and the defense as forward Matt Duchene may miss the entire series with a bruised knee suffered on March 29. Duchene still led the Avs with 47 assists and 70 points, but Colorado did manage to go 5-1-2 down the stretch without him.
The Avalanche snapped a three-year playoff drought by matching a franchise record with 52 victories and setting another mark with 26 road wins. Their 112 points were good for second-most in the club's single-season history.
Minnesota is in the playoffs for the second straight season, making the club 2-for-2 in postseason appearances since it broke the bank to sign both forward Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter in the summer of 2012.
The Wild snapped a four-year postseason drought by earning the eighth seed a season ago, only to fall in five games to the Chicago Blackhawks. This season, Minnesota racked up impressive totals of 43 wins and 98 points -- a 17-point improvement from the full 2011-12 campaign.
The usual suspects came through as Jason Pominville, Parise, Mikko Koivu and Suter were Minnesota's top four scorers.
The Wild had four goaltenders make at least 10 starts this season, but Ilya Bryzgalov is the No. 1 option heading into the playoffs. Bryzgalov was acquired from Edmonton at the trade deadline and the Russian veteran went 7-1-3 with a 2.12 goals against average and .911 save percentage in 12 games with Minnesota.
Bryzgalov has appeared in 38 postseason games, though his numbers aren't great. He is 17-19 with a 2.81 GAA and .908 save percentage.
The Avalanche got a point in all five of their meetings with the Wild this season, going 4-0-1.
Varlamov was 3-0-1 with a 2.16 GAA in four games, while Bryzgalov did not face the Avalanche since joining the Wild. The Russian has, however, won all four of his previous playoff games against them, posting a 0.94 GAA and two shutouts while with the Anaheim Ducks back in 2006.
This is the third all-time playoff meeting between the clubs. The Wild won a 2003 conference quarterfinals matchup in seven games, while the Avalanche knocked off Minnesota in six games during the same round in 2008.
Colorado also will host Game 2 of this best-of-seven series on Saturday. The Avs were 26-11-4 on home ice in 2013-14, while Minnesota was just 17-17-7 on the road.


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Lock Screen Text, we know what you're thinking - just another lock screen app, right? Well, this is a little different than the status quo. Instead of publishing the weather forecast, or displaying the Nyan Cat, Lock Screen Text enables users to input their own text, which is then rendered on the Windows Phone lock screen.
Developed by Gabriel Caldwell, the brains behind NASA Image of The Day, the app is a useful tool if you need to add some notes to remind yourself with. Don't make use of a calendar or task keeper? Lock Screen Text might just be for you with the text field for input. Emoticons, secret messages, to-do lists, love notes and more can be added in.
You can download Lock Screen Text from the Windows Phone Store.


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Access the records: Germany, Brandenburg and Posen Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 .
Kirchenbuchduplikate für Brandenburg und Posen, Deutschland.
Entries are usually arranged in chronological order in a column format. The baptisms, marriages and deaths for one year are grouped together before the baptisms, marriages and deaths for the next year (some of the records include only marriages and deaths, or only births and marriages, etc.). Some of the records are on preprinted forms. Some include indexes.
Many church book duplicates were lost but those that remain are well kept in civil archives.
In Germany, a parish was an ecclesiastical jurisdiction made up of many villages and hamlets, with one of the villages designated as the main parish town. This set of church book duplicates do not usually include records from all of the villages within a parish, but only records from one village, or from a few of the villages within the parish. In larger cities, where there was more than one church, each church is listed separately.
German states successively began creating church book duplicates from 1792-1876. The duplicates ended with the institution of civil registration in 1876. Inspired by the institution of civil registration in France in 1792, the state of Brandenburg began creating church book duplicates.The German states required the clergy to create a transcript of their church books and turn them in annually to the state. Civil authorities assumed the registration function in Brandenburg in January 1876.
The clergy were required to record the vital events (births, marriages and deaths) of people living within their jurisdiction regardless of their religion. For example, Catholic or Jewish people living in an area that did not have a Catholic church or Jewish synagogue were often recorded in the Lutheran records. The reverse was also true in Catholic areas, where Lutherans and Jews were recorded in Catholic records.
Large cities had many churches or parishes, each serving part of the city. Rural churches often served several villages and hamlets. The church book duplicates for Posen cover a majority of the population.
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These are the key genealogical facts found in most baptismal records:
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These are the key genealogical facts found in most death records:
German church book duplicates are a back up source for church books (parish registers) which are the best German records to identify individuals, parents, and spouses before the civil registration of vital events. German states instituted registration at different times from 1792-1874. There are more duplicates in the Family History Library and on FamilySearch, making them the best records available at this time.
Search the records for the villages where the person lived. If you do not find record of the person you need, you might want to: a) look for other people with the same surname in the village as that information might lead you to the records you need, b) search several years before and after the event you are looking for, and c) search surrounding villages for the individual.
German church book duplicates, like the originals, are the most reliable and accurate family history source until 1876 when civil registration of births, marriages and deaths began in all of Germany. Ages, birth dates and birth places found in marriage and death entries may be inaccurate, depending on the informant's knowledge. Church book duplicates may differ slightly from the originals because of transcription variations. They are often more legible than the originals.
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"Germany, Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874." index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed March 24, 2011). entry for Florentina Schultz, christened 13 September 1820; citing Church Records, FHL microfilm 1,816,686; Brandenburgische Landeshauptarchiv w Potsdamu, Potsdam, Germany.


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When you're planning a bedroom design for the first time, it can seem like a pretty straightforward task. After all, how hard can it be to move a bed into the right position and throw in a wardrobe and a few cupboards here and there? Actually, it's not that easy. There's a balance that you must get right if you want to create a warm and relaxing environment, which is the key to getting a good nights sleep.
Without going into a massive amount of detail, a well thought out bedroom design can broken down into four sections:
- Light
- Space
- Layout
- Decor
Let's go through each one a discuss why it is so important to make the right decisions.
Light – You need as much natural light in a bedroom as you can possibly get during the day. The ideal situation is to have big windows that can illuminate the room and inject a real freshness into the space, making it feel a really nice place to relax in at night. When the sun goes down, you need to an artificial lighting system that creates the right ambiance. This can be easily achieved with a few lamps and your main overhead lighting. But make sure you spend time picking out a lamp shade for your main light that will give you just about the right amount.
Space – It is very important to know exactly how much space you have to work with for your bedroom design, especially when you only have limited room. Get a tape measure and write down all of the dimensions. That way, when you come to picking out a bed and all the other furniture you need, you'll instantly know whether it will fit and where it might go. If you do only have a small bedroom, then you need to also think about space-saving ideas such as wall mounted shelves and under-bed storage, to name just two examples.
Layout – It's all very well getting furniture that will fit into your bedroom, but how well will you be able to carry out day to day tasks? For instance, do you have enough room to open your wardrobe door? If there are two people sharing the room, can you access the bed from both sides? These kinds of things need to be thought about so that you create a bedroom that is as functional as it is aesthetically pleasing.
Decor – Needless to say, how you decorate your bedroom will have a dramatic impact on its eventual success or failure. Come up with a scheme that is no more than 2 or 3 colours and make sure you know how well they will work together. If you're not blessed with a great eye for design, keep it as simple as possible an use neutral tones. This will prevent you from creating a loud, over the top design that looks anything but relaxing.
Of course, these are just the basics of bedroom design, but it should give you an idea about how to start your journey.


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The right to homeschool is based on parents' fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their children, and HSLDA has been in the center of the fight to preserve these rights for more than 25 years.
While many courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have affirmed parental rights in a variety of circumstances, some recent decisions have given reason for concern that recognition of parental responsibility and authority is eroding. Consequently, there is a movement underway to amend the U.S. Constitution to protect this fundamental right.
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Limited edition. Small model bag in blue-green tourmaline taurillon leather, palladium-finish Décor C handle attachments, silver "Cartier" signature hot stamped on the front. Two side compartments including one with a flat pocket, one central zipped compartment with two flat pockets. Lining: gray fabric. Dimensions: 240 mm high x 340 mm long x 130 mm deep. Hand and shoulder carry with adjustable and detachable strap. Cartier always seeks to perfect the harmony of each one of its creations. Because of this, the carat weight and the number of precious stones can vary slightly from piece to piece. Please do not hesitate to contact our sales team should you require any further information regarding our creations.
The C de Cartier bag features Parisian liveliness enhanced with vibrant tones. Subtle colors inspired by fine stones make for a radiant and discreetly sophisticated bag.


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The Packers Heritage Trail Plaza is the centerpiece of the Packers Heritage Trail. Located at the corner of Washington and Cherry streets in downtown Green Bay, it was dedicated in the fall of 2013.
The Packers Heritage Trail was designed as a self-guided walking tour that weaves two compelling stories. One is about the rich, colorful and improbable history of the storied Green Bay Packers. The other is about the people of Green Bay and how their undying devotion to their beloved football team pulled it through years of financial struggle and ensured its survival.
The focus of the story as a whole is on the 50 years that covered the legendary reigns of Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi – in other words, the period from 1919 through 1968. And it is presented on 25 commemorative plaques, made of all bronze and located at sites where the blended history of the Packers and their fans during that period actually unfolded.
Explorers of the Packers Heritage Trail will see Lambeau's Birthplace Home and the Birthplace of the Packers.
They will stop at the courthouse where perhaps the most contentious meeting in Packers history took place when Lambeau's enemies tried to oust him as coach, the auditorium where legendary rival George Halas urged local fans to pass a referendum to build what is now Lambeau Field in order to preserve their franchise, and the hotel where Lombardi's introductory press conference was held after he was hired as the Packers' head coach.
The tour also passes the church where Lombardi attended daily Mass, the former train depots where Packers fans of yesteryear wildly celebrated title-clinching victories and office buildings occupied by Lambeau, Lombardi and others.
Perhaps the featured attraction is City Stadium, the Packers' home field from 1925 through 1956.
The trailhead for the Packers Heritage Trail is the Neville Public Museum. Twenty-one of the 25 commemorative plaques are located within a two-mile radius of downtown Green Bay. And 20 are at or near where the buildings or landmarks remain standing in some form.
Seventeen of the commemorative plaques are part of a City Walk. Eight others are located on two spurs of the Packers Heritage Trail that were designed as self-guided bike rides. The names of the two spurs are Packing Plant and Lambeau-Lombardi. One leads to buildings that were part of both the Indian and Acme packing plants, the Packers' initial sponsors; and the other to St. Norbert College, the team's training camp home since 1958.
While the Packers Heritage Trail and its extensions were created with the physically active fan in mind and to showcase Green Bay's scenic and extensive urban trail system, they can be explored in any number of ways.
Packers Heritage Trail | Green Bay, WI | www.packersheritagetrail.com
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Mac OS X v10.5 and later
If a kernel panic occurs, information is added to a log file in the folder /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports (Mac OS X v10.6), or /Library/Logs/PanicReporter (Mac OS X v10.5).
The name of each log file in this location includes the date and time when the kernel panic was logged.
Mac OS X 10.2 to 10.4.11
If a kernel panic occurs, information is added to a log file named "panic.log" in the folder /Library/Logs/ .
Gathering information about the Mac
You can gather most of the following information from System Profiler and the About This Mac window when the Mac is operating normally:
- Computer name or model number, including processor and processor speed. For example: iMac, 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- Information about the hard drive volume that is the startup disk. This should include the bus type (ATA, SCSI, or FireWire), bus number, device number, and volume format. Volume formats include Mac OS Standard (HFS), Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus), and UNIX File System (UFS).
- The amount of physical memory (RAM) in the computer.
- Information about any third-party hardware that has been added to the computer (which may have been removed during troubleshooting). This includes video cards, PCI or PC cards, additional drives, and any other hardware that did not come with the computer.
Document the situation
Were you installing Mac OS X, running a third-party application, using the Internet, or restarting after the installation of new hardware such as RAM or an external third-party device, for example? If you know the exact steps to reproduce a kernel panic, be sure to record them.
Also, please note whether or not the issue occurs when you start up in Safe Mode.
Providing the information to Apple
If you record a kernel panic, you can post this information to Apple Discussions. Please include detailed hardware configuration information in your post. You may do this by copying and pasting information from a System Profiler report into your post. Please also include any reproducible steps that lead to this message. Apple cannot respond to all postings.
If you photographed the kernel panic message instead of writing it down, please transcribe the text of the message in your Discussions post. If you are experiencing frequent kernel panic situations, consider contacting Apple Support by phone.


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Can prostate cancer be cured | Can prostate cancer be prevented?The exact cause of prostate cancer is not known, so at this time it is not possible to prevent most cases of the disease. Many risk factors such as age, race, and family history cannot be controlled. But based on what we do know, there are some things you can do that might lower your risk of prostate cancer.
Body weight, physical activity, and dietThe effects of body weight, physical activity, and diet on prostate cancer risk are not clear, but there may be things you can do that might lower your risk.
Some studies have found that men who are overweight may have a slightly lower risk of prostate cancer overall, but a higher risk of prostate cancers that are likely to be fatal.
Studies have found that men who get regular physical activity have a slightly lower risk of prostate cancer. Vigorous activity may have a greater effect, especially on the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Several studies have suggested that diets high in certain vegetables (including tomatoes, cruciferous vegetables, soy, beans, and other legumes) or fish may be linked with a lower risk of prostate cancer, especially more advanced cancers. Examples of cruciferous vegetables include cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.
Although not all studies agree, several have found a higher risk of prostate cancer in men who have diets high in calcium. There may also be an increased risk from consuming dairy foods.
For now, the best advice about diet and activity to possibly reduce the risk of prostate cancer is to:
Eat at least 2½ cups of a wide variety of vegetables and fruits each day.
Be physically active.
Stay at a healthy weight.
It may also be sensible to limit calcium supplements and to not get too much calcium in the diet. (This does not mean that men who are being treated for prostate cancer should not take calcium supplements if their doctor recommends them.)
For more information, see the American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention.
Vitamin, mineral, and other supplementsSome earlier studies suggested that taking certain vitamin or mineral supplements might lower prostate cancer risk. Of special interest were vitamin E and the mineral selenium.
To study the possible effects of selenium and vitamin E on prostate cancer risk, doctors conducted the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT). Men in this large study took one or both of these supplements or an inactive placebo each day for about 5 years. Neither vitamin E nor selenium was found to lower prostate cancer risk in this study. In fact, men taking the vitamin E supplements were later found to have a slightly higher risk of prostate cancer.
Taking any supplements can have both risks and benefits. Before starting vitamins or other supplements, talk with your doctor.
Several studies are now looking at the possible effects of soy proteins (called isoflavones) on prostate cancer risk. The results of these studies are not yet available.
Some drugs may help reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
5-alpha reductase inhibitors
5-alpha reductase is the enzyme in the body that changes testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the main hormone that causes the prostate to grow. Drugs called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors block the enzyme and prevent the formation of DHT.
Two 5-alpha reductase inhibitors are already in use to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous growth of the prostate:
Finasteride (Proscar®)
Dutasteride (Avodart®)
Large studies of both of these drugs have been done to see if they might also be useful in lowering prostate cancer risk. In these studies, men taking either drug were less likely to develop prostate cancer after several years than men getting an inactive placebo.
When the results were looked at more closely, the men who took these drugs had fewer cases of prostate cancers that were low-grade, but slightly more cases of prostate cancer that were intermediate or high-grade. The grade of a cancer is based on how it looks under the microscope. Intermediate and high-grade cancers are more likely to grow and spread than low-grade cancers. Over the long term, though, this didn't seem to affect death rates - both groups of men had similar survival.
These drugs can cause sexual side effects like lowered sexual desire and impotence. But they can help with problems from BPH such as trouble urinating.
Although these drugs are safe, they aren't approved by the FDA to prevent prostate cancer. Right now, it isn't clear that taking finasteride or dutasteride just to lower prostate cancer risk is very helpful. Still, men who want to know more about these drugs should discuss them with their doctors.
Other drugsOther drugs and dietary supplements that may help lower prostate cancer risk are now being tested in clinical trials. No other drug or supplement has been found to be helpful in studies large enough to allow experts to recommend they should be given to men.
Source: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-prevention


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Former CIA agent Matthew Broussard came to Vienna to catch a killer. But when his only lead is shot dead, he is left without answers and with an injured witness in his arms. The enticing young woman may be his last chance to resolve the tragedy that still haunts his past. He cannot let her out of his sight, even if it means getting close to someone again.
For aspiring travel writer Chloe Nichols, escorting a tour group of wealthy old ladies through Europe was supposed to be anything but thrilling. Then she is rescued from an assassin's bullet by a stranger on the train–a perfectly handsome, charming stranger who saves her life with a kiss and asks her to pose as his fiancée. Chloe believes Matthew is trying to protect her, until the seductive charade becomes part of a lethal international conspiracy in which no one is what they seem–including her captivating hero. . . .
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The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 – meaning that the curators of the Houston Museum of Natural Science have been collecting and preserving natural and cultural treasures for a hundred years now. For this yearlong series, our current curators have chosen one hundred exceptional objects from the Museum's immense storehouse of specimens and artifacts—one for each year of our history. Check back here frequently to learn more about this diverse selection of behind-the-scenes curiosities—we will post the image and description of a new object every few days.
This description is from David Temple, the museum's curator of paleontology. He's chosen a selection of objects that represent the most fascinating fossils in the Museum's collections, that we'll be sharing here – and at 100.hmns.org/ – throughout the year.
Timelines are an important element to telling a story through exhibits. At the Houston Museum of Natural Science, early life on Earth is recreated in a linear timeline, with the fossils themselves as the "stops." The time represented is collectively grouped as the Paleozoic period, and accounts for around 300 million years of the history of life.
The fossils displayed on the wall form the stops on the time line, grouped by famous localities that historically defined the sub eras: Pre-Cambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian. This is appropriate as, prior the development of technology that allows paleontologists to compute absolute dates, the divisions between the geologic periods were defined by the fossils present in geologic layers. At first glance, the fossils in the case may appear similar, but they are very different, and come from many of the type localities that created the boundaries.
To bring this timeline to life, a vibrant visual motif was created. Mounted behind the fossils is a brightly lit graphic that unfreezes the animals from their rock prisons and remembers them as best we can, alive and in their natural environments. This motif came from an original oil painting commissioned by the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The Paleozoic diptych, painted by acclaimed paleontology artist William Stout, is titled "Life Before the Dinosaurs." The original oils have never been exhibited publicly, but grace the walls of a conference room.
Wander among prehistoric beasts in the Paleontology Hall, a permanent exhibition at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
You can see more images of this fascinating artifact – as well as the others we've posted so far this year – in the 100 Objects section at 100.hmns.org.


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I think Max Boot is on the right track, dismissing the coordinated Haqqani Taliban attacks in Kabul and elsewhere as no big deal–and while I'm sure Max sees this as a reason for staying the course in Afghanistan, I see it as the exact opposite: another good argument for speeding our withdrawal. Why? Three reasons:
1. The excellent performance of the Afghan military, which took the lead in responding to and repelling the attacks. If the Afghan National Army (ANA) can defend Kabul, our job is pretty much done. If the predominantly non-Pashtun ANA and the Taliban want to continue their intermittent, several centuries old civil war, that's their business. Furthermore, I suspect that the ANA, not the Karzai government, will provide the leadership for the country in the near future. We should continue to fund and train the ANA, and get our combat troops the hell out of there (except for special operations forces, if the Afghans allow us to continue to base them there).
2. The Haqqani managed to pull off coordinated guerrilla attacks. That's not such a big deal. They certainly didn't bring the troop strength to occupy anything more than a few buildings. And how often can they pull off this sort of thing? The Tet Offensive in Vietnam was far more extensive than this–they were like the D-Day landings compared to this Bay of Pigs, a massive country-wide assault–and yet they left the Viet Cong spent, and near-defeated, according to recent military histories. It took years for them to regain the offensive. I don't see the Haqqani Taliban as much more than a violent, despicable, lethal nuisance.
3. Pakistan's role in all this is outrageous. The Inter-Services Intelligence directorate (ISI) funds and shepherds the Haqqanis. We continue to provide military support for the Pakistanis, and they continue to pass it along to guerrillas killing young American troops. I know that there have been efforts to patch up the breach with the Pakistanis–they were really, really angry that we took out Osama bin Laden without telling them; and really, really angry that we killed a couple dozen of their troops in an artillery exchange after they opened fire on us first–and I know it's important to keep up relations with a country that has 100 nukes and a history of Islamist military coups, but I'd hope that after 10 years of Pakistani shenanigans the Obama Administration doesn't believe these people are anything remotely like an ally.


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With the arrival of my spiffy new tablet PC, I'm working on reviving this thing. Being able to draw directly into the computer will greatly reduce the amount of time required to do the comic, so I'll be better able to keep it up.
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Iceland proposal would grant Snowden citizenship
LONDON (AP) — Some Icelandic lawmakers have introduced a proposal in Parliament to grant citizenship to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who admits to revealing key details of U.S. surveillance activities.
But the idea has received minimal support.
Snowden is believed to be stuck in a Moscow airport transit area, seeking asylum from more than a dozen countries. But to apply for asylum in Iceland, Snowden would have to reach the nation's soil.
Granting Snowden citizenship would circumvent that issue.
However, the bill to grant Snowden citizenship received limited support Thursday. Six members of minority parties were in favor out of Parliament's 63 members.
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Irene recovery awaits decisions from FEMA

 ADDISON COUNTY — Nearly one year after tropical storm Irene hit the state of Vermont local residents are still recovering from the damage. Disaster relief funds and volunteer efforts have dramatically improved conditions, but Irene's aftermath is still a problem for many Vermonters and those working to help them.

 Irene Recovery Officer Sue Minter said that while 22 million dollars was given to individuals whose homes were damaged by the storm from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it is still not enough to help all of Irene's victims. There are currently over 800 open cases flood survivors whose needs remain unmet in Vermont, ranging from insurance issues to mobile homes filled with mold.

 Minter said that right now state officials and volunteers are working to develop individual recovery plans to get people back into their homes.

 "It is gratifying to see the work of so many Vermonters still volunteering time to support Irene survivors," stated Vermont's Irene Recovery Officer, Sue Minter. "While Irene may be a distant memory for some, it is still a daily challenge for many and our goal is to help displaced Vermonters return to permanent safe housing."

 The state has established 9 Long Term Recovery Committees that focus on the specific problems of different areas throughout Vermont. These committees are made up of local volunteer agencies, community-based organization, local governments, and members of the private sector.

 Among the nine, the Addison County Long Term Recovery Committee covers all of the recovery efforts within the Addison County lines, while the Third Branch Flood Recovery committee covers Hancock and Granville, among other areas. Additionally, the Rutland County LTRC covers Brandon, as well as the entire county of Rutland.

 Despite their efforts, Minter and the regional committees face a great challenge. Many local towns that expected to receive reimbursement for repairing damages fear that they now may not get it.

 FEMA has yet to provide a number for how much reimbursement they will offer. Minter has heard reports from other small towns that were greatly disappointed in the amount of funding they received from FEMA. Right now, Minter is processing paperwork and documenting to prepare incase any opposition arises.

 Minter spoke to some of the setbacks in Vermont. Among many issues, there are farms still covered in debris and local buildings, like the Waterbury State Office Complex, are still suffering structural damage. Specifically, she said that areas such as Bennington still must reestablish the Roaring Branch, which remains filled with boulders.

 Minter and the stateare preparing to appeal negative decisions by FEMA.

 "We are not going down quietly," said Minter. "There are other situations that have set the prescient that these cases do get overturned. We are not hesitant to take these issues to Washington."

 Despite the hard road of repair that still lies ahead, the state of Vermont has come a long way. Minter said that state roads and bridges were repaired much more quickly than expected, due to their necessity in facilitating the statewide economy. She said that there was over 500 miles of damaged road that has been recovered to its original state.

 Minter said it is now time to address the biggest challenges. Emergency repairs were satisfactory for the time being, but there is still a need for more permanent repairs statewide. The Long Term Committee structure is helping to provide these repairs.

 "I am proud that we have established a working infrastructure to address these issues," said Minter. "The next steps is to continue to mobilize people and push back against FEMA to provide safe, permanent housing for those still displaced."

 Minter said that volunteers have been doing incredible work, but the task still remains enormous.

 As of now, relief projects need repairs in infrastructure, specifically skilled volunteers with the knowledge of using heavy equipment. They hope to pair individual volunteers to specific projects to ensure more efficiency in repairs. Minter is impressed that Vermonters and individuals from outside the state are still very willing to help.

 "It is gratifying to see the work of so many Vermonters still volunteering time to support Irene survivors," stated Minter. "While Irene may be a distant memory for some, it is still a daily challenge for many and our goal is to help displaced Vermonters return to permanent safe housing."


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - After dropping two matches last weekend the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team got back on track with a relatively simple three-game sweep of UC Riverside on Tuesday night at the Thunderdome. Match scores were 25-14, 25-15, 25-14.
UCSB hit .365 as a team compared to just .100 for the Highlanders and the Gauchos ran a balanced attack that saw four players get at least eight kills. The Gauchos improve to 14-11 overall and 8-4 in the Big West. UCR falls to 2-24, 0-10.
Stacey Schmidt and Kasey Kipp each had a team-best 10 kills for the Gauchos while Kara Sherrard and Charlene DeHoog added eight apiece.
Schmidt and Lily Lopez were equally strong at the net as Schmidt had five block assists and Lopez had a match-best six. As a team the Gauchos tallied 9.0 blocks while scooping 57 digs.
Sherrard had 16 digs while DeHoog and Kelly Heenan had 12 each. Dana Vargas passed out 34 assists.
"Kara Sherrard continues to play the all-around game for us," UCSB head coach Kathy Gregory said. "Sixteen digs, no hitting errors and our best server, she really was outstanding."
UCSB continued its dominance over the Highlanders. Since UCR joined the Big West in 2001, the Highlanders have only won three sets against UCSB and the Gauchos are a perfect 25-0 all-time vs. Riverside.
In fact, on Tuesday, UCR held just three leads, all by just one point and all coming early in the second set.
The Gauchos continue their four-match homestand with a 7 p.m. match vs. Blue-Green rival Cal Poly on Saturday at the Thunderdome. Tickets are available at (805) 893-UCSB or clicking here.
As the Gauchos and Mustangs battle it out on the field, diamond, court and in the pool, the Big West Conference rivals will seek to make fans and students aware of their campuses' recycling and sustainability efforts. The eco-slant to the rivalry fits both the colors of sustainability (blue and green) and each schools colors (blue for UCSB and green for Cal Poly). For more information, please click here.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Ticket Office has two parking spaces adjacent to the building and is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., making it easier than ever for fans to purchase tickets. The two parking spots, designated specifically for the Ticket Office, are also available during weekday hours, which are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.
GKids is the official kids club of UCSB Athletics. Members receive a free GKids t-shirt, free admittance to tons of Gaucho games, opportunities to be ball boys and girls at games, a special birthday greeting from Olie (the GKids mascot) and much, much more! For more information on GKids, or to become a member, please click here.
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Two-thirds of chief executives and chief financial officers from around the world view the euro zone crisis as an opportunity to gain competitive advantage over rivals, according to a survey by global consultancy firm Accenture.
Around half (56 percent) of the 450 business leaders surveyed said the crisis was an opportunity for their companies to accelerate investment in areas such as outsourcing, supply changes and risk management.
"Our analysis of previous downturns is also relevant today: high performers in the upturns are those who have invested in the downturns," said Mark Spelman, Accenture's global head of strategy, in a press release about the report.
"Companies must balance measures to minimize costs today, with efforts to improve their longer term operational excellence and competitive advantage."
Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed said they were taking "aggressive" measures to cut discretionary costs, with around half saying they had already cut staff numbers.
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The euro zone contracted by 0.1 percent in the third quarter, after a 0.2 percent fall in the second quarter, according to the latest data from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The single currency area has been mired in a debt crisis for over three years, which has led to a pullback in government and private spending and a jump in unemployment rates.
According to the survey, some companies have used the crisis to grow their market share, with 19 percent of respondents saying they had chosen to expand organically in the euro zone during the crisis and a further 23 percent saying were planning to do so immediately. Chinese executives were particularly eager to do so, with three-quarters having already expanded in the region or planning to do so shortly.
"The euro zone remains a good long-term bet and a significant number of high performing companies see opportunities for organic and inorganic growth," said Spelman.
(Read More: Euro Zone Not Doing badly, Says Think Tank)
"This is less a case of outside investors snapping up distressed assets, and more about companies sharpening their competitive edge and gaining market share on the back of their confidence in the European economy."
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The Doctor and Jon Snow Will Now Take Your Questions
It's only day one of Comic-Con, but there's already a winner for most adorable panel. Matt Smith of Doctor Who, Kit Harington of Game of Thrones, Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead, Tyler Posey of Teen Wolf, and David Giuntoli of Grimm faced their fandoms and took the audience's most pressing questions.
The fresh-faced stars of TV spoke candidly at Entertainment Weekly's Brave New Warriors panel, which assembled young actors who represent "a new generation of heroes and badasses." In what follows, we present the best bits from the panel. We've also included a picture of a certain bicep that you can click on for further inspection. If you want.
What part of your character do you most see in yourself?
- Matt Smith — "I'm a bit clumsy. But he's a 1,000 year old time lord. He's just a much better creature than I am."
- Kit Harington — "I can be quite . . . emo. If Jon had an iPod, it would have exactly the same type of music as me."
- Tyler Posey — "His good heart. He wants the best for everybody, and I can definitely relate to that. And the werewolf aspect."
How would you like your character to die?
- Matt Smith — "I feel like I already know how it ends. There's a golden light, open a TARDIS, put my arms out . . . and then I turn into a woman!"
- Kit Harington — "On a Sunday afternoon. I'm 85 years old. Resting on the side of a big iron chair."
- Steven Yeun — "While I'm riding a motorcycle, I go off a ramp and I kill a bunch of walkers! There's an explosion. And my heart can't take how awesome it all was. I dig myself a grave, and I just get in it because I can't handle it all."
- Tyler Posey — "Beheaded would be cool. But he has to be saving somebody. Maybe even a villain."
What is the bravest thing your character has ever done?
- Kit Harington — "Leaving her."
What character will you play next?
- Matt Smith — "Mark Simpson."
- Kit Harington — "Harry Potter."
- Steven Yeun — "Spiderman."
- Tyler Posey — "Luigi. Because I already look like him."
- David Giuntoli — "An Angry Bird."
What's the creepiest thing a fan's ever done?
- Matt Smith — "A little girl, of about 12, was in a bush and jumped out. She was a cool kid, but I had to tell her to go home."
- Steven Yeun — "I'm just walking around, and a fan sees me about a block away. I see her her too, so she starts zombie walking toward me. You can tell halfway through she was like, 'I regret this decision,' but kept on walking. The first thing she said to me was, 'I'm sorry! But I committed!'"
- David Giuntoli — "I live in the ninth floor of an apartment building in Portland, where we shoot Grimm. And occasionally I hear things outside the door the apartment. But I heard some rustling, and then a note slipped under my door. All it said was, 'BIG FAN.'"
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Occupy this space
It may set you free
Or maybe play you like a fool
in the whirlwind
Ninety-nine ruled by one just won't do
The songs of the occupation movement should be written by individuals everywhere. No standard folk or country or soft rock please. Intense is what we need. Something to reflect the times. A soundtrack for the new revolution that has an edge to keep the intensity up.
The question of the week is whether or not the Occupy protests can be grassroots or is it being manipulated from the git go. Even NPR had a short discussion today on if 'Occupy' can avoid the fate of the 'Tea Party' and what started out as an idea whose time had come only to be hijacked by corporate and big moneyed right wing interests. This time the co-opting will be by corporate big moneyed left wing interests in what is already becoming a tag team smackdown between the tea partiers and the occupiers. More divide and conquer.
Already the introduction of union support is seen by some as it's too late. Could be. It will take strong vigilance by those aware of the potential to be manipulated and deceived to overcome it. The encouraging thing I see is that people are talking about not letting the hijacking happen (or continue) and that they are going to see to it that it doesn't.
Is Occupy Wall Street at least partly funded by Soros? Has MoveOn.org moved in? Is ACORN the seed? Bad news if they are. It would be sort of a repeat of that hopey changey psy-op.
Alex Jones has got his bullhorn out against the Federal Reserve but really should just let Ron Paul do the talking for him. It may be the message that's important but sometimes the messenger can sideline it with antics.
Not a great deal of anti-war messages being promoted at the 'Occupy' gatherings. There are some from individuals but not enough considering that's where so much of the money goes. In a related protest, there is an Antiwar Mass Assembly in Trafalgar Square on 8 October but with featured speakers being gatekeeper zionist front men Julian Assange and Noam Chomsky, it seems to be another co-opted event.
One thing I've noticed is that since the so called main stream media started its daily coverage of the protests, the Palestinian statehood issue is nowhere to be found. Gone, forgotten. Israel couldn't have scripted better timing for a diversion had they been the ones in charge of the protests.
OccupyNashville had its rallies today but not a great turnout. About a couple of hundred folks that stood around for the cameras for awhile and went home. At least the Wall Street Corporate Military Machine in the picture above was a nice touch. Why today at noon instead of say Saturday when more might be there? I question that planning.
There's so much being talked about concerning the protests that it's hard to even scratch the surface. Further insights would be appreciated.