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Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson first broke through to audiences in 2006 with his album Close to Paradise. The album went gold in Canada and won numerous awards, including the Polaris Prize. It saw international release in September 2007 and has since sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. Watson also began to receive attention around the same time for his song "To Build a Home," which he performs with Cinematic Orchestra on their 2007 album, Ma Fleur. Fittingly, the seeds of his own band were cinematic and collaborative in nature, having begun as a multi-media project entitled Waterproof9 with Quebec visual artist Brigitte Henry. His core four-piece band of Watson (vox, keys), Mishka Stein (bass), Simon Angell (guitar) and Robbie Kuster (drums) began to take shape in the wake of the self-released Just Another Ordinary Day in 2003, and before long buzz on their live show had lead to performances with an impressively diverse group of artists, from Phillip Glass and Steve Reich, to Feist. In the summer of 2006, they were invited on a European tour with the late James Brown, just before the release of Close to Paradise.
His 2009 album, Wooden Arms, saw the band expand in the live setting to include a string quartet—not surprisingly, considering the lush arrangements present on all the albums. Indeed by this time Watson himself had established a reputation as a producer and composer of film scores, in addition to role as, band-leader, piano-player and singer-songwriter. The Wooden Arms tour fittingly culminated in 2011 with a collaborative performance with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, which saw the renowned symphony performing Watson's songs alongside the band.
Watson's latest offering, entitled Adventures in Your Own Backyard, is in his own words, an effort on the band's part to "make the kind of music we would want to listen to at home." The album's title is both a nod to this sentiment, and to the fact that it was recorded almost entirely in Watson's apartment in Montreal. Both Close to Paradise and Wooden Arms were recorded over long periods of time, in many different places—Wooden Arms is especially scattered in its geography, with a number of the songs having been informed by the band's extensive travels in the wake of the success of Close to Paradise.
¬¬By contrast, the tone for creating Adventures in Your Own Backyard was one comfort and proximity, which opened a number of doors. With the help of local engineer Rob Heaney, the band was able to set up a recording environment in Watson's studio that was both professional and comfortable. As Kuster explains, "Pat's studio environment allowed us to be relaxed and feel like we were in an informal space...our own. That really let us dig in to the writing and the arranging." One of the results of this is the extent to which the new album showcases bassist Mishka Stein as a prominent collaborative songwriter; he penned the foundations for a number of the songs, including the first single, "Into Giants."
The result is an album that is still ripe with the touchstones one has come to expect from Patrick Watson and his collaborators, but permeated with a greater sense of patience, and confidence. Adventures in Your Own Backyard is an attempt by Watson and the band to simplify their sights—to make music a bit more close to home, in every sense of the phrase.


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In the Community
For 75 years, Reliance Bank has been synonymous with Community Service. From the early days of Ardie Dillen, Bruce Hostler, and Tim Sissler to the current guidance of Denny Doll, the employees have been instilled with the thought that we are indeed employees of Reliance Bank, and that comes with being community servant leaders.
The employees of Reliance Bank have embraced the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. This project consumes over 125 hours of volunteer time each year. Our employees work tirelessly to raise funds for Relay. They do this because they know their part, no matter how big or how small, is supporting such an outstanding event. For 20 years, our support has grown and so has the enthusiasm from the employees and their families. We have raised over $350,000 for Relay for Life in that timeframe, which includes a match of funds by Reliance Bank's Foundation.
Aside from Relay for Life, Reliance Bank employees have connections with most non-profit organizations in our trade area including the local Chambers of Commerce, Lions Clubs, Operation Our Town, and much more. We provide funding, leadership, and hands-on help to groups throughout our market area on a regular basis.
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6th Annual Reliance Bank Holiday Tournament – Day 2
December 28, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Reliance Bank & Northern Blair County Kiwanis proudly present the 6th Annual Holiday Tournament! Tournament proceeds benefit Elementary Literacy Programs at Tyrone Area Elementary School and Myers Elementary School in the Bellwood-Antis School District.
All games take place in the Tyrone Area High School Gymnasium.
6:00 PM – Bellwood-Antis Girls vs. Penn Cambria Girls
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"Page County Ex-Slave Lives at the Age of 109"
From the September 28, 1928 issue of the Page News & Courier:
John P. Washington, ex-slave who lives near the Bixler's Ferry road, on the northwestern suburbs of Luray, says that Mary Powell, a colored woman, who left here about 1867, is still living in Ohio at the age of 109 years. For many years she worked for a white family in Wheeling, W.Va., who out of appreciation for her long and faithful service provided a permanent home for her old age and placed her in comfortable surroundings in Ohio. Ellen Powell was a Mason before her marriage.
Two other aged colored women Ellen Gordon and "Happy Jane" Jackson, sisters about ninety years of age , who are still living in Wheeling, W.Va. left here about 1867, practically at the time of the departure of Mary Powell.
All three of these women were slaves, Washington thinks they belonged to the Keysers in Springfield district, but his mind is not clear as to which Keyser. Probably it was Col Andrew Keyser or Joseph Keyser.
Ellen Gordon referred to above was the daughter of Phoebe Gordon, who lived on a bluff on the Hawksbill in Springfield district. Washington has some recent information about these old slaves from descendants of Fred Lacey, a slave from descendants of Nicholas Yager, who live in Wheeling or vicinity. Fred, who has been dead for a great many years, built the second or third of the houses of colored people on Bixler's Ferry road near Washington's present home.
Washington himself who was a boy eight years old when the war closed was a slave of Daniel Koontz a wealthy farmer of near Alma. He is an ardent Old School Baptist, the faith of his fathers, and was the leader in establishing a church of that persuasion here a few years ago.
It is a pity that the recollections of these old colored folks cannot be preserved. They saw the world from a different angle and have the faculty of remembering things of a certain kind with a vividness that others do not equal. As far as Washington's recollections of the ages of these women is concerned, he says he knew them well and they let here directly after the war and were then persons of mature age with a number of children. Evidence like this has a convincing quality.


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Original Series Help Netflix Turn a Tidy Profit
Proliferation of homegrown content is moving the needle for streaming services
Following its first foray into original programming, Netflix put up first-quarter numbers that exceeded Wall Street's expectations.
Following its first foray into original programming, Netflix put up first-quarter numbers that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Thanks in part to the success of its $100 million David Fincher potboiler, House of Cards, the company generated a profit of $31.8 million—up appreciably from an operating loss of $1.9 million in the year-ago period.
Just days after its Feb. 1 release, Netflix reported that House of Cards became the most-watched piece of content in the history of the streaming service. Despite earning generally lousy reviews, the latest Netflix series, Eli Roth's Hemlock Grove, has delivered even more viewers than Cards.
Netflix in Q1 gained 2.03 million new subscribers, outperforming Barclays Equity Research's earlier projection of 1.8 million adds.
Because there's always money in the banana stand, Netflix also stands to make a few bucks on its new cache of Arrested Development episodes. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors that he expects the cult comedy will prove to be an "absolutely spectacular phenomenon," adding that series creator Mitch Hurwitz and a cast that includes Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, David Cross and Jessica Walter "have done just a remarkable job" with the new material.
As they compete for consumers, Netflix and other over-the-top distributors are imitating HBO's model of original content production. As Netflix chief financial officer David Wells explained, subscribers will perceive a higher value in the subscription if it includes exclusive content.
Meanwhile, one of Netflix's top streaming rivals also reported first-quarter gains, as Amazon moves into the original content business. On Friday, Amazon posted 14 original pilots, soliciting user feedback as to which shows it should grant full-series orders. On Monday, Amazon announced that the pilots—eight comedies and six kids shows—were the weekend's most-watched TV programs on Amazon Instant.
According to Amazon, 80 percent of the reviews were four- and five-star ratings.
Hastings allowed that while Amazon was a viable competitor, he sees challenges from a number of players. "Certainly all the sellers of content want to have many active bidders, so they are approaching everybody (Redbox, Google, the cable networks) in order to get competitive bids," he said.
In contrast to Netflix's pricey House of Cards, the Amazon pilots are largely low-budget affairs. Amazon wants to impress a generation raised on YouTube videos and cheapo Adult Swim cartoons, so it willingly sacrifices production values in exchange for youth-friendly concepts.
These days, you can't swing a dead cat without grazing a digital distributor who is expanding into original content creation. Under former CBS exec Nancy Tellem, Microsoft's new Xbox Entertainment Studios division is looking to revive the defunct NBC show Heroes. And satellite-TV operator DirecTV has jumped into the game, ordering a new original series from In the Company of Men director Neil LaBute. The streaming service Redbox Instant last week also announced plans to create original programming, making this perhaps the busiest development season in recent memory.
For all that, don't expect any of the streaming content providers to take much of a bite out of TV budgets. While broadcasters are not likely to outearn the 2012-13 upfront, the spring bazaar should still generate some $9.75 billion in advance commitments.


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Does Lowering Homocysteine
Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
In 1969, a connection between homocysteine (a sulfur-containing amino acid) and cardiovascular disease was proposed when it was observed that people with a rare hereditary condition called homocystinuria are prone to develop severe cardiovascular disease in their teens and twenties. In this condition, an enzyme deficiency causes homocysteine to accumulate in the blood and to be excreted in the urine. Abnormal homocysteine elevation also occurs among people whose diet contains inadequate amounts of folic acid, vitamin B6, or vitamin B12. Regardless of the cause of the elevation, supplementation with one or more of these vitamins can lower plasma homocysteine levels.
Studies done in the 1980s and 1990s linked elevated blood levels of homocysteine to increased risk of premature coronary artery disease, stroke, and venous blood clots, even among people with normal cholesterol levels [1-8]. These studies led to speculations that high homocysteine levels could contribute to atherosclerosis in at least three ways: (a) a direct toxic effect that damages the cells lining the inside of the arteries, (b) interference with clotting factors, and (c) oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Lowering the serum concentration of homocysteine has been proven to reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events among people with homocystinuria. Without clinical trials, however, it was impossible to know whether abnormal homocysteine levels among the general population cause atherosclerosis or are merely a "marker"—a non-causative finding that often occurs in people with atherosclerosis.
Unfortunately, large controlled studies have found that treatment with B-vitamins does not reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events despite significant lowering of homocysteine levels [10-14]. In fact, a 7-year study of women with kidney disease secondary to diabetes found that those who took the B-vitamin supplemnent more heart attacks and strokes than those who did not [15].
Enough study has been done to conclude with reasonable certainty that taking B-vitamins to lower homocysteine levels will not lower the incidence or heart attacks or strokes except for people with homocystinurea. Nor is it advisable to do routine screening for homocysteine levels [16].
- Verhoef P and others. Plasma total homocysteine, B vitamins, and risk of coronary atherosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 17:989-995, 1997.
- Ridker PM and others. Homocysteine and risk of cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women. JAMA 281:1817-1821, 1999.
- Loralie J and others. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia and the increased Rrisk of venous thromboembolism. Archives of Internal Medicine 160:961-964, 2000.
- Tanne D and others. Prospective study of serum homocysteine and risk of ischemic stroke among patients with preexisting coronary heart disease. Stroke 34:632-636, 2003.
- Kang SS and others. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia as a risk factor for occlusive vascular disease. Annual Review of Nutrition 12:279-298, 1992.Rimm EB and others. Folate and Vitamin B6 from diet and supplements in relation to risk of coronary heart disease among women. JAMA 279:359-364, 1998.
- Malinow MR and others. Homocyst(e)ine, diet, and cardiovascular diseases: A statement for healthcare professionals from the nutrition committee, American Heart Association. Circulation 99:178-182, 1999.
- Eikelboom JW and others. Homocyst(e)ine and cardiovascular disease: A critical review of the epidemiologic evidence. Annals of Internal Medicine 131:363-375, 1999.
- Hackam DG and others. What level of plasma homocyst(e)ine should be treated? Effects of vitamin therapy on progression of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with homocyst(e)ine levels above and below 14 micromol/L. American Journal of Hypertension 13:105-100, 2000.
- Schnyder G and others. Homocysteine-lowering therapy with folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 on clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention. The Swiss Heart Study: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 288:973-979, 2002.
- Toole JF and others. Lowering homocysteine in patients with ischemic stroke to prevent recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and death: the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) randomized controlled trial. JAMA 291:565-575, 2004.
- Bønaa KH and others. Homocysteine lowering and cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction. New England Journal of Medicine 354:1578-1588, 2006.
- Albert CM and others. Effect of folic acid and B vitamins on risk of cardiovascular events and total mortality among women at high risk for cardiovascular disease: a randomized trial. JAMA 299:2027-2036, 2008
- Ebbing M and others. Mortality and cardiovascular events in patients treated with homocysteine-lowering B vitamins after coronary angiography: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 300:795-804, 2008.
- SEARCH Collaborative Group. Effects of homocysteine-lowering with folic acid plus vitamin B12 vs placebo on mortality and major morbidity in myocardialinfarction survivors: A randomized trial. JAMA 303:2486-2494, 2010.
- House AA and others. Effect of B-vitamin on progression of diabetic nephropathy: A controlled trial. JAMA 303:603-1309, 2010.
- Lonn E. Homocysteine-lowering B vitamin therapy in cardiovascular prevention—Wrong again? JAMA 299:2086-2087, 2008.
This article was revised on June 26, 2010.


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April 2, 2001
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written to President Bush to ask him to raise religious-freedom issues with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt during the latter's state visit to the United States April 2. The request follows the return of a Commission delegation from a visit to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel and the Occupied Territories during the last two weeks of March. The letter was signed by Commission Chairman Elliott Abrams, Vice Chairman Firuz Kazemzadeh, and Commissioner Laila Al-Marayati; the full text follows:
March 28, 2001
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As a delegation of members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, we have just completed a fact-finding trip to Egypt. We are writing respectfully to urge you to raise the issue of religious freedom prominently in your upcoming meeting with President Mubarak.
Among the problems raised with us by members of religious groups are these:
With respect to the Christian community, government permission must still be sought to build or repair a church. Christians are rarely promoted to high levels in the government or military and are frequently discriminated against by private employers in hiring and promotion. Their taxes help pay the salaries of all Muslim, but no Christian, clergy.
Baha'is have been arrested and imprisoned because of their religious beliefs, speciously charged with insulting Islam.
Muslims whom the government arbitrarily deems to be extremist in viewpoint have been fired as school teachers; and all imams (prayer leaders) are hired, monitored, and can be fired at will solely by the government.
Police brutality and torture of detainees continues against certain groups, exacerbating sectarian violence and tension by punishing one group more severely than another.
Islamists are tried in military rather than civil court, which allows the government to extend their sentences indefinitely without due process.
In fairness we note as well that we were told of some improvements in religious freedom. History textbooks for public school children of all levels have been revised this year to include for the first time discussion of the Coptic Christian period.
The government has in recent years granted permission for construction of new churches and repair of older ones far more frequently than was previously the case. And public television is beginning to be more inclusive of non-Muslim themes.
The Commission may issue findings and policy recommendations to you, Secretary Powell, and the U.S. Congress after our delegation returns from the Middle East and reports to the rest of the nine commissioners. But we respectfully urge you to express the concern of the United States that progress on religious freedom for all Egyptians accelerate.
Elliott Abrams
Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh
Dr. Laila Al-Marayati
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress.
Hon. Elliott Abrams,Chair


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Washerwoman follows the type of pastoral cabinet pictures that were quite popular during the Rococo period. They allowed for the playful combination of rural views, ruins and imaginative or exotic clothing worn by the participants. Thematic interest took second place to the aesthetic concerns for a painterly, colorful surface and the mood or sensibility of the subject.
Deshays, a native of Rouen, was the first prize winner of the Prix de Rome in 1751. During his four years in Rome he absorbed the lessons of the Bolognese masters Domenichino and Guercino. Later he was deeply influenced by Francois Boucher whose daughter Jean-Elisabeth he married in 1758. He enjoyed a growing reputation as a painter of religious subjects so much so that, following the Salon of 1761, in which his Scourging of St. Andrew was exhibited, he was hailed by Diderot as the most important painter in France.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Dual Servicing in Speech Pathology
Entry to the Speech Pathology Profession in Australia
Evidence Based Practice in Speech Pathology
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Speech Pathology in Justice
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Telepractice in Speech Pathology
The Role and Value of Professional Support
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Gerald Broflovski
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This is Kyle's dad... He's a prominent lawyer in South Park, having represented Chef in his lawsuit over "Stinky Britches" and represented everyone when the whole town sued each other for sexual harassment.
He has shown a weakness for cheesing, being smug, and spare change. He also briefly displayed his love for dolphins in "Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina", by undergoing a "dolphinoplasty" operation to turn himself into a jewphin. Although the operation was reversed, his love for porpoises remains....
He may also be known as SkankHunt42
DNA Overview
You're intelligent, friendly and kind, but you have a stubborn, sarcastic side. People with Gerald Broflovski DNA are seen as morally sound, but it's easy for them to get carried away at the behest of their inner internet trolls.
"I'm a Big Boy, I took a big boy poop!"
Memorable Quotes
- "You see, Kyle. We humans work as a society. And in order for a society to thrive, we need Gods and Clods." Chickenpox
- "It was Back Door Sluts # 9." (The Return of the Fellowship of the ring to the Two Towers)
- "So Mr. Jefferson, I hear you're from Kentucky." (The Jeffersons)
- "Look Ike, your daddy's a dolphin!" Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina
- "THEEEEENKS!" (Smug Alert)
- "Good for you!" (Smug Alert)
- "I need just a little- Anybody have some change? ....Change?" (Night of the Living Homeless)
- "I couldn't stay away... Curse your rockin' tits." (Major Boobage)
- "I'm a Big Boy, I took a big boy poop!" (Reverse Cowgirl)
- "If you could just…sign right here?" (Insecurity)
- "What? You don't even have a wife Jimbo!" (Insecurity)
- "RANDY! They're bringing back Wacky Races Saturday morning!" (Handicar)
Close Friends
Alter Egos
The Broflovski family briefly moved to San Fransisco in Smug Alert (s10e02), but returned to South Park at the end of the episode.
Featured Episodes
- Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo (s01e10)
- Ike's Wee Wee (s02e04)
- Chickenpox (s02e10)
- Spontaneous Combustion (s03e02)
- Sexual Harassment Panda (s03e06)
- The Wacky Molestation Adventure (s04e16)
- Cartmanland (05e06)
- Ladder to Heaven (s06e12)
- South Park is Gay (s07e08)
- It's Christmas In Canada (s07e15)
- Good times With Weapons (s08e01)
- Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina (s09e01)
- Smug Alert (s10e02)
- Night of the Living Homeless (s11e07)
- Major Boobage (s12e03)
- Dead Celebrities (s13e08)
- Its a Jersey Thing (s14e09)
- HumancentiPad (s15e01)
- Reverse Cowgirl (s16e01)
- Insecurity (s16e10)
- Handicar (s18e04)
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From the Pabst website:
"What's next for us? Wine coolers? "Hard" lemonade? Peach beer? No thanks. The only trend we're interested in is the one we started over 160 years ago: To brewing unpretentious, uncompromising beer that quenches local tastes year after year. And while the import drinkers are down at the gym, working on their six-packs, you can bet our consumers are hard at work on theirs, too – twelve cold, crisp ounces at a time."


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It's mid-September, which means that if you're in college or graduate school you better start speaking up in class, before it's too late. Higher education is brutally expensive, and these days you can substitute some of its previously exclusive elements, like lectures, without leaving the magnificent electronic isolation of your own home. But one important thing you can't do online is participate in conversations with flesh-and-blood human beings who form a genuine community of inquiry, which is one of the very best ways to learn.
Increasingly, the traditional university's unique educational value is exemplified by the seminar or other discussion-based class, and what you're paying for boils down to the admissions and hiring policies that put the other people in the room for you to engage. But to be a contributing member of such a fellowship of reason, and not an impediment to it, you need to ante up your share of useful thinking. Which means that you need to not only prepare well and listen, but also speak up.
Three decades in college classrooms have taught me that if you don't talk in class during the first two weeks, you're probably going to remain entirely silent for the rest of the semester. This brief period at the beginning of the semester in which students either do or don't become a person who talks in class is an unforgiving fact of academic life.
The stakes are higher than just good grades, of course. The classroom affords you opportunities to practice exploring and building complex ideas with other people, a skill that matters beyond the academy — in the workplace and family life, for instance. You can't develop competence in human exchange, a crucial talent that my friends in the business world complain is increasingly hard to find among even their most brilliant young colleagues, by posting strong opinions in electronic anonymity.
Think about that when you're sitting in class and suddenly realize that you have something to say that would answer or pose a relevant question, identify a problem, sharpen a point, or otherwise be of use. This realization probably causes your heart to thud and your ears to burn. Some large precentage of students think of themselves as abnormally shy, but they're not. Even people who speak easily elsewhere are anxious about talking in front of others in class.
If that anxiousness makes you hesitate too long, the moment will pass, and you'll end up swallowing the thing you had to say, which will spoil inside you like bad meat. Each time that happens, it becomes less likely that next time you'll manage to put your hand up and speak your piece. After about two weeks, you'll stop taking seriously the possibility of ever saying anything in that class. A kind of verbal writer's block sets in. In addition to the usual worry about public speaking, you now also worry that if you suddenly say something after eight weeks, it can't possibly sound smart enough to justify the long silence that preceded it.
But if you speak up early in the semester, and especially if you volunteer to talk at a time of your choosing, you become a person who has spoken in class. Such a person, now a committed member of the community, no longer regards it as public speaking; the anxiety swiftly diminishes, and you settle down to doing your share of the work at hand.
This is why I require my students to speak up at every class meeting, particularly during the first couple of weeks. This policy makes me the worst kind of zealot — a convert. As a student, I sat there quietly, trying not to be a bother to anyone. I didn't realize that I was guilty of intellectual bad citizenship, forcing others to carry around my insensate, spoiled-meat-stuffed bulk for the rest of the semester.
Making students talk goes against my strong instinct to let people do what they want, but I've come to understand that, at least in a seminar, inert silence kills intellectual community. In this nose-to-screen age we may not give face-to-face community the attention it deserves, but it's essential to learning, among other meaningful enterprises.
Carlo Rotella is director of American studies at Boston College. His latest book is "Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories.''


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"Brooklyn Eats," the popular food-tasting showcase, is being rebranded by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce with a new logo and website.
The chamber has run the food show every year since 1997 with only 20 restaurants, however this year, food producers and manufacturers will showcase their products for restaurants, potential buyers and consumers. So far, 81 vendors have registered for the event that is set to take place Wednesday, June 26 at 630 Flushing Avenue in South Williamsburg.
"Brooklyn is all about food, and lately food manufacturing has become one of our fastest growing industries," said Brooklyn Chamber president Carlo Scissura. "To say a food product is made in Brooklyn conjures images of a high quality, interesting and tasty products."
Scissura says the chamber accepts participation "from all Brooklyn-based food manufacturers and businesses that are involved in packaging and distributing at least one made-in-Brooklyn product." Vendors can download an application from the new website (brooklyneats.com).
The event will start at 8 a.m. with a press breakfast featuring Stephen Munshin, publisher of Edible Brooklyn, and run to 5:30 p.m. with several other speakers throughout the day.
There will also be 61 cooking demos featuring products on display.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for businesses that make something in Brooklyn to participate and showcase themselves to a larger audience," Scissura said. "It is also a chance for restaurants in the borough, and across New York City and the region, to see and ultimately buy products that are made in Brooklyn."
Spoonable LLC, a confectionery sauces shop on Sterling Place will display their six flavors of caramel using local Brooklyn-based ingredients whenever possible. All of the sauces are made in a kitchen and in Sunset Park.
Brooklyn Oenology Winery, founded in 2006 and located on Wythe Avenue, will display their wine sold in over 150 stores.
In 2010, the winery opened a tasting room and hopes that participating in Brooklyn Eats will bring in similar benefits.
"I think you wind up with this great exchange where everybody gets to talk, meet and discuss," said Craig Kayaian, a sales and marketing consultant with Brooklyn Oenology. "Not only do great ideas come out of it, but some business can come out of it as well
Wine production takes place in Brooklyn and the labels include art by artists in the borough to add a homely feel.
"We select art pieces that we feel reflect the characteristics of the specific wine on which they are going to appear," Kayaian said.
After selecting the art pieces that will be displayed on the labels, the pieces are put on display at the oenology's tasting room to give under-represented artists an opportunity to showcase their work, according to Kayaian.
"I think this is one of the best examples of Brooklyn as a community," he said.


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Klaas Vegter; Philips Lighting, Netherlands
The potential of new (LED) lighting technologies to save energy is overwhelming. The impact, however, will be much broader than that. In this talk I will give examples of revolutionary fixture designs and light effects, in which advanced optics play a key role.
Bio: Klaas Vegter has been the Chief Technology Officer of Philips Lighting since April 2008. Klaas started his career at Philips in 1985 as a Development Engineer in the Advanced Development Laboratories in Eindhoven.
In 1988, he was posted as a Senior Scientist to Briarcliff Labs, New York, where he applied Silicon on Isolator (SOI) technology to design Power IC's to drive fluorescent lamps. In 1990 onwards, Klaas returned to Philips Lighting in The Netherlands to lead Advanced Development Departments in Eindhoven, and Product Development groups in Roosendaal, and Turnhout.
From 1999, Klaas was the Senior Director of Lighting Research & Development in Somerset, USA, and from 2001 onwards he became Head of Advanced Development in Eindhoven. In 2003, Klaas added to that the role of Chief Technology Officer of the business group Lamps and transitioned to become Chief Technology Officer of Philips Lighting in 2008.
Klaas holds a degree in Physics from the University of Delft in The Netherlands.
(Credit: http://www.philips-thecenter.org/livable-cities/blogs/Klaas-Vegter)
Albert Polman; FOM Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics, Netherlands.
For decades solar-cell efficiencies have remained below the thermodynamic limits. However, new approaches to light management that systematically minimize thermodynamic losses will enable ultrahigh efficiencies previously considered impossible.
Bio: Albert Polman obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1989. He was a post-doctoral researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories until 1991 and then became group leader at the FOM Institute AMOLF in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2003 he spent a sabbatical year at CALTECH. Since 2006 he also serves as director of AMOLF. Polman's research focuses on nanophotonics: the control, understanding and application of light using at the nanoscale, with special emphasis on light management in solar cells and optical metamaterials. Polman leads the "Light management in new photovoltaic materials" program at AMOLF. He is member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts And Sciences, Fellow of the Materials Research Society (USA), recipient of an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant (2010) and winner of the ENI Renewable Energy Prize (2012).


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What's Up October 2010: The solar system and scale model to make
This month: The solar system you can see, and the scale model you can make!
Transcript:What's Up for October? The Solar System you can see, and a scale model you can make!
Hello and welcome! I'm Jane Houston Jones At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California
This month we begin a Year of the Solar System celebration, exploring new worlds and new discoveries! We'll celebrate the amazing discoveries of NASA missions as they explore our near and distant neighbors and probe the very outer edges of our solar system.
How many solar system objects can you see this month?
October is prime Jupiter season. Through a small telescope you can see cloud bands and four moons. You can see even more detail through larger instruments.
Near Jupiter, you can spot Uranus. They look close together but Uranus is really 1.4 billion miles farther away.
We say goodbye to Venus in the evening sky as it slips around the sun and prepares to appear in the morning sky.
Saturn peeks out at dawn this month.
Mars and Mercury are difficult to impossible to see this month.
Which solar system objects have we left out?
Earth? Take a look around to see earthly features found on other solar system bodies. Clouds,lakes, mountains and valleys.
You can view our sun safely through solar-safe telescopes, but never look directly at the sun or you'll hurt your eyes.
The moon is visible in our sky all month long. The moon appears above Jupiter at dusk on October 19th. A few days later, on the 22nd, the bright moon will wash out the meteors of the Orion Meteor shower.
One special comet is visible this month through binoculars or telescopes. It might even be visible to the unaided eye. It's called Comet 103 P Hartley 2 or just Hartley 2 for short. It should be easy to spot, passing through the constellations Auriga and Gemini this month.
NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft spacecraft, on its extended mission, will fly by this comet in November. Here's an image the spacecraft took sixty days before encounter.
You can make your own scale model of the solar system. All you need is a string and some beads to mark the planets. And here's where you can get a guide for how to space them.
To learn more about all of NASA's missions visit www.nasa.gov
That's all for this month. I'm Jane Houston Jones.


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About Shirley Caesar
Caesar is one of the greatest living Gospel singers -- she holds up extraordinarily well when placed against those who have joined the Lord's army on a full-time basis. She can sing up an amazingly fiery down-home storm, but she specializes in preaching while singing. Even Jews and Buddhists can embrace Caesar's music: citizens of Earth, if you want to give your children the world's biggest guilt trip, simply play them "Don't Drive Your Mama Away." Soulsters of any faith will want to dive straight into her achingly beautiful rendition of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready," which can open up tear ducts faster than a pantry full of onions. If everyone preached as magnificently as Caesar, our gin joints would be empty and our churches full.


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- The University of Pennsylvania Health System said it will no longer hire smokers
- Arthur Caplan: Keeping smokers out of the hospital work force is ethically hard to digest
- He says it's there are many unhealthy habits out there. It's unfair to make them job killers
- Caplan: Shouldn't doctors and nurses learn to work with those who stray from good health?
The University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia recently announced that it will no longer hire smokers. A job applicant must be tobacco-free for six months to qualify for a position there.
This decision will surely prove popular. Defending the dirty habit of smoking is now left to fat cat lobbyists, highly paid lawyers with no conscience and far-right-wing crackpots. I am not in those ranks. (Full disclosure: I was a former employee of the university.)
But, keeping smokers out of the hospital work force unless it protects patients makes me very nervous. Ethically, it is hard to digest.
Penn is not the first health care institution to go tobacco-free in hiring. The Cleveland Clinic did so back in 2007. The Geisinger Health System in northern Pennsylvania has had such a policy complete with required nicotine testing for more than a year. Hospitals and health systems in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Idaho, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas have all stopped hiring smokers.
Lots of companies outside health care are not hiring smokers either, but the big push is in hospitals and health systems. So what is wrong with not hiring those who engage in (or have engaged in) a gross, sickening, bad habit?
In justifying its decision, Penn says smoking and secondhand smoke contribute to 443,000 premature deaths a year and cost $193 billion in health care and lost productivity. So, clearly they want to try and make a dent in that bill by barring tobacco users.
In addition, Penn notes on its website that, "Employees who smoke cost, on average, $3,391 more a year for health care. In addition, smoke breaks during work may be disruptive and subject patients/colleagues to the unpleasant smell of smoke on employees' scrubs and clothing."
So the two big reasons are making a dent in a costly bad lifestyle choice and saving money for the health care system by hiring tobacco-free employees. I am not sure if I buy the smoke break disruption or the smelly clothes arguments. If they are problems, then send the smokers outside to a spot far away from where the patients come in and out, or have them wash their hands and faces, which everyone ought be doing anyway, and only give them the same breaks from work that everyone else gets.
It comes down to a matter of fairness. Why can't the hospital work with people who may want to change their behavior but are having a hard time doing so? There's a little hypocrisy when as a place where you bring people back from sickness to health, your policy seems to reflect little concern for getting health care workers to become healthier.
I don't doubt smokers cost us all a lot of money. It is also cheaper not to have to hire them and give them insurance or see them miss work. But the obese, the gamblers, rugby players, skiers, the sedentary, the promiscuous who don't practice safe sex, those who won't wear helmets on motorcycles and bikes, horseback riders, pool owners, all-terrain-vehicle operators, small-plane pilots, sunbathers, scuba divers, and surfers -- all of whom cost us money and incur higher than average health care costs -- are still on the job.
Picking on the smokers alone is simply not fair. And what message does a no-smokers-are-welcome policy send? We don't want you in our health care system?
Shouldn't doctors and nurses learn to work with those who sin and stray from the dictates of good health? As long as those who have bad habits are not compromising the quality of health care being provided on hospital ground, then let's not exclude smoking nurses, fat physical therapists, and scuba diving pharmacists from work.
What is the best way to get a doctor or nurse who smokes to stop? Make sure they cannot get a job? Oh yeah -- that will surely make them kick the habit! Why not hire them, tell them they have to get into anti-smoking programs and pay them a bonus when they stay smoke-free?
Not hiring smokers at hospitals does send a message -- but it isn't one that hospitals and health systems ought to be sending.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Where to go in Asia? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Where to go in Asia? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Asia Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message GoLeafsJoined: 16 Apr 2003Posts: 26 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 2:39 pm Post subject: Where to go in Asia? Hey, I've been reading posts on this site for a while, trying to figure out where I may be interested in/qualified to teach. My ultimate goal is to spend some time teaching in the Middle East, but clearly that will require experience and more schooling. I have a BA, no real teaching experience and no TEFL certificate. I know my reasoning is backwards, but I would rather see if I enjoy teaching English before I worry about spending money on qualifications. Judging by the number of jobs in Asia that demand minimal qualifications, it seems like a good place to gain some experience and an idea of what to expect. I am torn as to what country to pursue work in . Japan, Korea and Taiwan (not in that particular order) seem like good choices as far as job opportunities, money and various entertainment. I'd love some feedback on which of these countries, or others, would be best suited for someone starting out. Back to top GlenskiJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 12844Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 12:00 am Post subject: You have a bachelor's degree, so you are qualified for a work visa in Japan. That settles immigration's requirement as long as you find a sponsor (employer). What is needed for an employer's requirement may differ, but it looks like you are qualified to teach only in the language schools (eikaiwas). Japan has hundreds/thousands of them. Only 4 hire from overseas, so if you don't have the money to support yourself to come here and job hunt, you have limited options. Working overseas is never a walk in the park. There can be vast cultural differences that overwhelm foreigners. I strongly suggest you read up on the culture of each country before jumping into the fray. If you would like a list of pluses and minuses of living/working in Japan, send me an email. I made a list (in Excel format) on my own, based on over 4 years of living here. [email protected] The good news is that in Japan you don't have to speak the language to qualify as a teacher of English. Employers would rather you speak English in class (although some Japanese helps immensely in some cases). Also, knowing Japanese will be of benefit in your daily life. 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This book made me think about shoes. No, not because of Mma Makutsi's love of shoes, not because shoes actually talk in this book, and not because there is a shoe tragedy in this story. No, it is none of these. It is because when I pick up yet another instalment in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, it always feels like putting on an old comfortable pair of shoes and heading out for a pleasant walk in good weather. There is the sense that we know and recognize each other and have been down this road before.
If you are unfamiliar with this series, go to Smith's website and get started.
Alexander McCall Smith It's probably good to read them in order, whichever series you choose. If you are a frequent visitor to McCall Smith's series, then you will enjoy the usual wit and wisdom.
As you may have guessed from the title, Mma Makutsi finally ties the knot with Phuti Radiphuti and Mma Ramotswe unravels another tangled situation or two. There is a reappearance of a character from earlier books – the little white van. And all three men: JLB Matekoni, Phuti, and Charlie the apprentice, get to prove how kind and loving they really are. Not at all a bad scene for yet another African sun to set on.


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During the long Hari Raya and Merdeka holiday break, me and my friends decided to travel up to Bentong for a food trip. It was an impromptu decision after finishing our breakfast at Pan Heong on that Sunday morning.
Although I haven't been to Bentong before, I did recall that it is famous for the ABC ice-cream (shaved ice dessert) from my childhood days. Therefore, I was really looking forward to try it out as I love to indulge myself with this wonderful Malaysian dessert.
Kedai Kopi Kow Po is located opposite of the bus station in Bentong town and along the same row as Hong Leong bank. I am not too sure why there is a Mickey Mouse character on its signboard, but it sure serves its purpose in catching the attention of passerby if that is the reason behind it. What is even more odd is that it is called 'Kedai Kopi' as the shop strikes me as a cafe more than a coffee shop.
Anyway, the star attraction is their famous ABC ice-cream (RM 3.80) and that was what really matters.
Although it was really crowded that day, the table turnaround time was quick as customers will leave as soon as they finished consuming their dessert. The restaurant is manned mostly by family members and we were served by an elderly lady. When she asked what we wanted to order, I remember jokingly said "Any flavours lah…." and she promptly brought out all six ice-cream flavoured ABCs (Banana, Coconut, Chocolate, Vanilla, Sweet Corn, Strawberry, Pandan) when there were only four of us.
On the side note, I was disappointed that the Durian flavoured ice-cream which is their best seller was already sold out by the time we reached there before noon.
The first thing I tasted was the ice-cream and it didn't bowl (pun intended) me over. It was underwhelming without much sweetness or flavour. I am not too sure if these home made ice-cream were supposed to have a lighter taste but there was a distinct lack of 'ummphh' in it.
But to be fair, Kow Po's home made ice-cream has a smooth texture and apparently, I heard it is made from natural ingredients. So this may explain why it has a lighter taste compared to what I am normally accustomed to.
The ABC was also average. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly outstanding either. One of my main gripe was that the gula melaka (palm sugar) wasn't concentrated enough. I still prefer Weng Kee ABC at PJ Old Town.
Our group also ordered the jumbo platter (RM 8.40) which consists of three scoops of assorted flavour ice-cream. I like the coconut flavoured ice-cream as it has a nice natural flavour. Sadly, the peanut version has a strong weird taste to it (like some salty almond aftertaste).
I have to be fair here. Some said that Kow Po's standard has dropped while others claimed that their home made ice-cream is supposed to have a lighter and natural taste without any artificial flavouring. Since it was my first visit there, I can't really say for sure.
I guess it all comes down to personal preference. If you have a sweet tooth like me, you would find the their ice-cream rather underwhelming. But if you appreciate lighter tasting ice-cream, then Kow Po would be a great place to eat.
Still, the friendly uncle who had a chat with me said that he sells an average of over a 1,000 bowls of ABC a day.
It was also a sight to marvel on how quickly he prepares each bowl of shaved ice.
Kedai Kopi Kow Po
No.2 Bentong Heights
28700 Bentong
Tel: 09-222 1258 / 016-931 0391
Business hour: 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
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Without offering any evidence or providing the source of his information, Mr. Trump fired off a series of Twitter messages claiming that Mr. Obama "had my 'wires tapped.' " He likened the supposed tapping to "Nixon/Watergate" and "McCarthyism."
A spokesman for Mr. Obama said any suggestion that the former president had ordered such surveillance was "simply false."
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I've been waiting — pretty impatiently, I have to say — to see pictures of Jennifer Nettles' baby boy. And on Mother's Day, she finally shared one of Magnus Hamilton Miller, via Twitter.
Miller is now about 5 months old, which is one of the most adorable ages of all. In addition to the photo, Nettles shared her thoughts on motherhood on her blog . She admits that her son has changed her life so much, that "this baby is the boss of me" and that since his December arrival, she has been "enjoying snuggling and feeding and learning. Big time. About myself."
And she has some really good advice for other new moms out there: "You can read every book and website (I've read them all), and listen to the well-meaning advice of family and friends, on how to get your baby to, for example, sleep more or through the night. But guess what? This stuff is not one size fits all. Anyone who tells you it is, lies." (I'm with her on the liars. Later in Magnus' life, they will be the moms insisting that their kids only watch educational TV, hate sweets and put themselves to bed.)
She also thanks fans for giving her space to enjoy the first few months of Magnus' life. "However, I am also bursting at the seams with pride," she writes. "And so, it gives me great pleasure to say to you, Meet Magnus."


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