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It has been endlessly pleasurable to watch museum visitors react initially with some confusion and then with delight at the collection of mechanized musical instruments that echo from the middle of the museum's great Hall of Sculpture. Perhaps even more unexpected is the slow ambulation many visitors make around the outer walls of the same space. I watch visitors stop, stare, read, and admire the 29 Joel Sternfeld photographs that line the black bays spliced in between the white marble pilasters that are a hallmark of this space (museum lore attests that the room was based on the Parthenon). It is easy to lose time in this gallery, at least until one of two compositions erupts in orchestra every 20–30 minutes and pulls you outside of your head.
Joel Sternfeld's artist talk is this Thursday, January 30, 6:30–7:30 p.m., Carnegie Museum of Art Theater
Sternfeld's Sweet Earth series is an easy favorite. Once you've digested one image and text combination, it's hard to resist Sternfeld's storytelling. In the broadest sense, the subject of this work deals with experimental communities that tested utopian pursuits, past or present. The series is rich with colorful accounts of human conflict, delusion, faith, and perseverance. The thoughtful photographs were taken with Sternfeld's trusty 8×10 camera.
Yet Sternfeld is no stranger to shooting from the hip. Recently the artist made a surprising body of work using his cell phone camera. Unlike the quiet, forgotten backroads of America, his newer subject demands a certain agility: consumerism. Specifically, Sternfeld spent a number of recent trips to Dubai photographing in one megamall or another. He was interested in using a consumer device—his iPhone—to turn his eye on global consumption. The result is a wide range of photographs that both reflect out onto the cultural and consumerist race that is now fueling the Emirates, while at the same time subtly hinting at the experience of alienation amid consumerist proliferation. This is the sentiment we see most often in the faces of the Sternfeld's unsuspecting passersby. Nothing is quite grandiose or staged in these pictures, as one might expect from a place that touts the world's largest building (the Burj Khalifa) and whose tourism numbers topped 10 million last year. Instead, Sternfeld triumphs the beautifully mundane and the result is an empathetic look at where we stand at a global crossroads. Here is a selection from the iDubai series.
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The Refactory has released its #Smalltalk compiler, which implements Smalltalk to run natively on the .NET Framework and lets you use classes from ordinary .NET programs. Many of the standard ANSI Smalltalk classes provided by #Smalltalk are just wrappers around standard .NET classes. For example, the OrderedCollection class is a wrapper around the ArrayList provided by .NET. www.refactory.com
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IBM has released IBM Rational Software Analyzer, a tool that scans software code for quality and defects before the application is built. Provided as a plug-in for Eclipse 3.3, Rational Software Analyzer finds software errors, flags them, and makes suggestions, reducing time spent reviewing software code prior to a software build. Rational Software Analyzer can automatically scan each line of code up to 700 times, "grammar checking" the code before it goes into production. www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/swanalyzer/
LogicNP Software has released FileView ActiveX Control 2008, a UI component that provides a drop-in Windows Explorer-like file and folder browsing. It offers complete support for Thumbnail, Details and GroupView, AutoUpdate, dragdrop, icons, context menus, nonfilesystem items, default key handling, info tips and renaming. FileView ActiveX Control 2008 features behavior control and customization functionality that includes features like filtering, checkboxes, custom items, custom columns and dragdrop control and customization of default context menus, display names, icons, and info tips. www.ssware.com/fileview/fileview.htm
Amazon Web Services has released Query Sort for Amazon SimpleDB. Query Sort which lets you sort a query result set on a single attribute, in ascending or descending order. This feature extends SimpleDB's existing Query functionality and provides even more flexibility for developers. developer.amazonwebservices.com
Zoom from RotateRight is a low-overhead graphical and command-line profiler for Linux. Profiles are system-wide, down to the instruction level, and backtraces are captured, letting you see exactly what was running, where time was spent, and how that code was called. Zoom analyzes and annotates code with specific tuning advice for many compilers and processors. Profiles are saved as a session file that can be e-mailed or attached to bug reports. Zoom also supports remote network profiling and scripting. www.rotateright.com
Flexcover is a code coverage tool that provides instrumentation, data collection, and reporting tools for Adobe Flex and AIR applications. It includes a modified AS3 compiler, which inserts function calls in SWF/SWC output files. At runtime, these function calls send information on the application's code coverage to a separate tool. The modified AS3 compiler also emits separate "coverage metadata" files that describe packages, classes, functions, code blocks, and lines in the code, along with the names of associated source code files. Flexcover supports both line coverage and branch coverage. code.google.com/p/flexcover/

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Advertising & Sponsorship
Companies and organizations that would like to advertise at Flint Bishop International Airport must contact Clear Channel Airports, a division of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., which oversees all advertising at the airport. For additional information, contact:Clear Channel Airports
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All outside advertising placed on behalf of Flint Bishop International Airport is handled by Berline. If you would like to submit a proposal for their consideration, please contact them at: (248) 593-4744.
FNT's Sponsorship Program
Flint Bishop Airport proudly participates in many sponsorship opportunities. In order to gauge eligibility to receive the sponsorship support of the Airport Authority, please complete this form and return it by mail or e-mail the address identified below. Written proposals for a sponsorship must be submitted at least six weeks in advance of any event to be considered.
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FNT will only consider requests that promote the airport. All sponsorships will be subject to governing federal law and the Federal Aviation Administration's Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, found at 64 Fed. Reg. 7696 (February 16, 1999). As a sponsor, FNT requires the audience not only to know that we are a sponsor, but also to learn about the airport and its services. We prefer to participate in sponsorships that include media or speaking/video presentation opportunities. We therefore require ample time and space to deliver a strategic message, and at a minimum, have our logo accompanied by a specific graphic or link to our website.
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- Media value: TV, radio, newspaper, magazines, and social media
- Promotional elements: direct marketing, program ads, signs, display booths, collateral material
- Hospitality elements: tickets/tables to events, meals, etc.
Requests may be submitted in writing to:
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3425 W. Bristol Rd.
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The Airport Authority does not have the ability to give tickets to fundraising efforts as those are distributed by the individual airlines. In support of local community efforts, Flint Bishop International Airport is pleased to provide information to charitable organizations to obtain complimentary airline tickets. To submit a request, please contact each airline directly via the links below. Every airline has a different process for airfare requests and provides detailed guidelines and procedures for how best to proceed.


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"Whole grain" has become a healthy eating buzz phrase, and food companies aren't shy about using it to entice us to buy products. Browse the bread, cereal or chip aisles of your favorite grocery store, and you'll see the upsell.
Last year, nearly 3,400 new whole-grain products were launched, compared with just 264 in 2001. And a poll by the International Food Information Council showed that 75 percent of those surveyed said they were trying to eat more whole grains, while 67 percent said the presence of whole grains was important when buying packaged foods.
But some of the products we buy may not deliver all the healthful whole-grain goodness we're expecting. If sugary Froot Loops can tout itself as a whole-grain food, there's something amiss.
What's the best way to identify a healthful whole-grain food? There are several competing recommendations.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans says to choose grain products that have the word "whole" before any grain in the ingredient list. The USDA's MyPlate plan recommends choosing grain products with a whole grain as the first item in the ingredient list or listing whole grain as the first item and containing no added sugars. The nonprofit Whole Grains Council promotes the Whole Grain Stamp, which a company can place on its packaging if the product contains at least 8 grams of whole grains per serving.
But there's a better way. Use this rule when choosing whole-grain foods: For every 10 grams of carbohydrate, there should be at least one gram of fiber. Why 10:1? That's about the ratio of fiber to carbohydrate in a genuine whole grain: unprocessed wheat. This recommendation comes from a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health published online in the journal Public Health Nutrition.
The Harvard researchers evaluated 545 grain products from two major grocery store chains, Stop and Shop, and Wal-Mart. They tallied up grams of whole grains in each product, along with the amounts of carbohydrates, fiber, added sugar, trans fat and sodium, plus the number of calories. Foods that met the 10:1 ratio tended to have less sugar, sodium and trans fats than those that didn't.
The information needed is easily found on food labels, which list both total carbohydrates and fiber. Divide the grams of carbohydrates by 10. If the grams of fiber is at least as large as the answer, the food meets the standard.
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Why bother eating whole grains? They deliver everything an intact grain has to offer: fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytochemicals. As long as they aren't overprocessed, the body digests them more slowly, which can delay hunger. And large, long-term studies have shown that consuming whole grains is one way to help reduce the odds of developing heart disease, diabetes and other chronic conditions. They also taste better than processed grains.
Intact grains — wheat berries, oat berries, brown rice, quinoa and the like — are the best sources of whole grains.
"They're a slam dunk," says Rebecca Mozaffarian, lead author of the report. Ground whole grains come next, as long as they still deliver a good dose of fiber and don't also deliver added sugar, trans fats or sodium.
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Shot on location in Ireland, The History Channel show Vikings has brought the warring Norsemen to our TV screens. We find five things you may not know about these Scandinavian adventurers.
It's no secret that the Vikings terrorised Ireland's Christian communities. On their search for gold and valuables, the Norsemen burned and battered their way through countless monastic sites around the island. There was, however, one instance of friendship between Irish monks and Viking marauders. It came when Olaf Tryggvason was baptised on the island of Skellig Michael in County Kerry by a resident hermit. Tryggvason would later become King of Norway.
See for yourself: Skellig Michael, County Kerry
Think all Ireland's place names are derived from Irish? Think again. As it turns out, we have the Vikings to thank for some of the more curiously named spots on the island. Take Waterford, for example, derived from the Norse "Vadrefjord" or "Fjord of the Waters". In County Kerry, Smerwick Harbour derives its name from the Norse "Smør Vick" or "Butter Harbour" (it was from here that butter was shipped to County Limerick). In County Down, the Vikings made countless attacks on and around Strangford Lough known to the Norsemen as "Strangfyorthe" or "Place of the strong currents".
See for yourself: Smerwick Harbour/Gallarus Oratory; Waterford City; Strangford Lough
While we owe the founding of Dublin and Waterford to the Vikings, it would be generous to say that their time in Ireland was peaceful. Take any monastic site from Clonmacnoise to Glendalough and Devenish Island on Lough Erne and you'll find that one architectural aspect connects them all: a round tower. It's widely agreed that monks used these conical buildings as bell towers, but that wasn't all. During Viking raids, monks would hide both themselves and their valuable chalices, crosses and gold in the tower's highest point. The Vikings counteracted this tactic by setting fire to the towers and either smoking the monks out, or burning them to death.
See for yourself: Clonmacnoise, County Offaly; Glendalough, County Wicklow; Devenish Island, County Fermanagh; St Brigid's Cathedral and Round Tower, County Kildare
The Vikings weren't without their sensitive side and the Urnes style is evidence of that. Derived from a style of decoration used on the Urnes stave church in southern Norway, this is the Norse answer to the Celtic swirl found at places such as Newgrange and on countless pieces of traditional jewellery. Defined by interlacing animals such as snakes and greyhounds, the motif has marked itself on a handful of priceless historical relics. Among them is a stone sarcophagus in Cormac's Chapel at the Rock of Cashel, and The Cross of Cong, housed in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
See for yourself: Cormac's Chapel at the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary; The National Museum of Ireland: Archaeology, Kildare Street, County Dublin.
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Having witnessed almost all of his tribe (the Dál Cais) and his mother murdered by Norsemen, Brian Boru, High King of Ireland in the early 11th century, was no friend of the Vikings. After becoming master of a tiny army of Dalcassians and leading masterful guerilla attacks against the Norsemen, Brian's meteoric rise saw him become King of Munster. Notable battles at Cashel and Dublin confirmed him as Ireland's saviour. Then, in the early 11th century, the Dublin Norsemen and native forces revolted against Boru. The revolt climaxed in a battle at the seaside town of Clontarf. Boru won the battle but was murdered by a rogue opposition solider as they were retreating. Boru's bones are said to be buried in the North Wall of St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh.
See for yourself: St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh City; The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary; Brian Boru Heritage Centre, County Clare.
For the entire story of Vikings in Ireland told in colourful and interactive style, make a beeline for Dublinia in Dublin city. Also in Dublin, the Viking Splash Tour is a land and water ride at the hands of friendly Viking guides.
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Delicious vegetarian casserole.
Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cooking Time: 1 hr
Yield: 6 x approx. 1 cup servings
Pre-heat broiler.
SAUCE: Blend the tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, garlic, black pepper, and hot pepper sauce; set aside.
EGGPLANT: With cooking spray, spray both sides of each slice of eggplant. Place on cookie sheet, do not overlap. Broil 4 inches from heat 3 to 4 minutes; turn over and repeat for other side. Do not burn.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Blend the ricotta cheese, egg and Parmesan cheese. In an 8" x 8" oven-proof casserole dish, layer ingredients as follows:
1/3 sauce, 1/2 eggplant slices, 1/3 sauce, most of the mozzarella (reserve some), all the ricotta mixture, remaining eggplant, and remaining sauce.
Bake covered in pre-heated oven for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake for 25 more minutes; then add remainder of mozzarella and bread crumbs. Bake 5 minutes until cheese melts. Remove from oven and let casserole sit for 5 minutes before serving.


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Edge of the woods fox brooch
Gorgeous statement brooch featuring 2 stylized trees with a little fox and a bird. Soldered within a hand forged irregular circle for an organic feel and finished with a lovely frosted texture which has a subtle sparkle and is slightly rough to the touch. The brooch pin is made from stainless steel and is slightly tricky to fasten although very secure - it is made like this to prevent the pin being seen through the framework. Please note your brooch may vary very slightly from the image as each one is completely hand made.
Diameter of circle approx. 3.5cm
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Football Club Barcelona, known simply as Barcelona and colloquially as Barça is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.In 2011, the club became European champions again and won five trophies.The first FC Barcelona Stadium was located near the current location of the Camp Nou Stadium but was too small to host all supporters.
Real Madrid won more matches; 91 wins for Real Madrid, 88 for FC Barcelona and 48 draws. Moreover, there have been 752 goals scored during Clasicos so far with an average of 3.3 goals per game.
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Woman seriously burned in Elkton fire
Laurie Brown taken to hospital with burns to 40% of her body
A Cecil County woman is in serious condition after a fire ripped through her home Thursday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the unit block of Otter Point Road in Elkton around 2:30 p.m. Thursday to find smoke and flames coming from the house.
Maryland state fire marshals said 49-year-old Laurie Brown was found on the front porch of the home with severe burns.
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Graduate Council Meeting
February 19, 2001
Voting members and alternates present were: G. Alter, C. Carney, R. Gilpin, K. Glaus,R. Grubbs, C. Holdcraft, R. Koubek, B. Mathies, S. Narayanan, S. Nelson, J. Ovington,R. Premus, L. Ream, E. Self, J. Thomas, A. Wendt.
Non-voting alternates present were: R. Nelson
Non-voting attendees were: A. Burton, M. Filipic, J. Kimble, G. Malicki, V. Montavon,W. Sellers
Dean Thomas introduced Matthew Filipic, Vice-President for Business and Fiscal Affairs.
New Program Actions:
The proposal for a Master of Science in Pharmacology and Toxicology will be presented to the Ohio Board of Regents' Advisory Committee on Graduate Studies on February 23.
The proposal for a Master of Science in Teaching in Interdisciplinary Science and Mathematics has been approved by the Regents' Advisory Committee on Graduate Studies, the Faculty Senate, and the WSU Board of Trustees.
The title change from Master of Urban Administration to Master of Public Administration has been approved by the Faculty Senate and the WSU Board of Trustees; approval by the Regents' Advisory Committee on Graduate Studies is required.
The program development plan for a Master of Science in Scientific and Technical Communication has been reviewed state-wide; the full proposal is being developed.
The program development plan for a Ph.D. in Environmental Science has been reviewed state-wide. The full proposal is on today's agenda.
Graduate Council Scholars's Program
Nominations for the fellowship should be forwarded to Dean Thomas. The award consists of a $10,000 stipend and tuition for up to two years of graduate study. Each program may nominate one student; the student nominee must possess a 3.5 GPA and be in the top 25 percentile of test score or possess a 3.75 or better GPA.
Graduate Student Excellence Awards Program
The annual program is scheduled for May 21, 2001, at 5:00 p.m., in the Student Union Formal Lounge.
Policies Committee (L. Ream)
Membership Committee (E. Self)
The Committee brought forward four nominations for full graduate faculty membership and two nominations for full graduate faculty status.
The four full member nominees are:
Ernest Hauser - Geological Sciences/S & M
Phan Loi - Mathematics & Statistics/S & M
Susann Mathews - Mathematics & Statistics/S & M
Thaddeus Tarpey - Mathematics & Statistics/S & M
It was moved and seconded that the nominees be approved. Motion passed unanimously.
M. Filipic introduced and discussed best practices for tuition scholarships.
State funding and graduate student support.
State funding for instruction:
different models each funded at a different rate – only Ohio residents are counted on undergraduate level; all students are counted on graduate levels
Doctoral funding being uncoupled from models.
1965-80: formula largely determined state funding for higher education. As enrollments and costs increased, so did higher education funding.
Since about 1980: formula has generally been used to allocate predetermined amount of state support among the various public institutions. Also since about 1980, the state has been unwilling to peg its support to the calculations of the formula.
Groping for a policy – tuition scholarships = statement of best practices. Can use "tuition forgiveness" to stimulate graduate enrollments. We believe that WSU's policies are consistent with the plan. Tuition paid by a grant account is not a problem to cost-share. Tuition Fellowship Program – we are very close to state norms, so not much change is required.
Extramural funding (including research and non-research) for FY 2000 total $45M to-date. In comparison, extramural funding for FY 1995 totaled $25M.
Cumulative grant and contract awards to date for FY 2001 total over $30M.
The proposal deadline for the Research Incentive competition is March 2. There are two components to the competition: Research Initiation and Professional Development. Priority rankings are to be submitted to Research and Sponsored Programs by March 16; awards will be announced prior to April 13.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
- The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.m.
- The minutes of the November 20, 2000 meeting were reviewed. There were no questions or comments, and it was moved and seconded that the minutes be approved. Motion carried unanimously.
- Report of the Dean (J. Thomas)
- Committee Reports
A reading committee was created to address any issues with the proposal. The proposal was approved by the Policies Committee and recommended for approval to the Graduate Council. As there were no questions, it was moved and seconded that the proposal be approved. Motion passed unanimously. The proposal will now be forwarded to Faculty Senate for approval at the March meeting.
- MBA concentration in E-Commerce approved
- Ph.D. in environmental science
- State Graduate Funding Commission
- tied to moving average enrollments
- different amounts for different models (courses grouped by level and discipline)
- Amounts based on average cost per FTE (not marginal costs)
formula in place since 1965
- Research Report (W. Sellers)
Submitted by
David Orenstein
Secretary, Graduate Council


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(Pocket-lint) - A glance of the expert's eye might miss that the Sony Xperia Tipo is an Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset, but it seems that Google's most recently released mobile OS version is everywhere these days - even in a handset preparing to hit the shelves at under £100.
The idea from Sony is a fairly simple one. There are plenty of budget Android phones out there but few from the likes of the trusted hardware manufactures such as HTC, Samsung, Nokia and its good self. So, customers looking in that price bracket might then be swayed by the Xperia name as well as the promise of ICS.
Fortunately, the Sony Xperia Tipo does have a little more to offer than that. It's fitted with an 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7225AA processor and 3.2-inch touchscreen while, camera-wise, we're looking at a 3.2-megapixel snapper with 4x digital zoom, though there's no flash of any description. There's no doubt once in the hand that it's not an expensive piece of kit. It's very light at just 99.4g and the plastic finish is a giveaway even if its mass is not.
All the same, it does have a familiar Xperia UI with some of the features from bigger and better handsets including access to the Sony Music Unlimited subscription streaming service and a rather interesting app which helps you keep a visual track of how much data you're using.
All in all, it seems an Android offering that's hard to ignore for someone looking to get in at entry level. The only slight downer is that the Tipo won't be coming to the UK in dual-SIM version. So, if you wanted to take advantage of switching networks, packages and plans at the flick of your finger, then you might have to get one from abroad.
The Sony Xperia Tipo is coming to Carphone Warehouse in early August and will be available in black, white, blue and red.
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Sin entered through one man. Eve did not sin, she was deceived. However, Adam did commit sin by submitting to his wife.
Sin itself is passed through the sperm, not through the ovum. Hence Mary could conceive a perfect human, no sperm, Holy Spirit only.
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Like baptism, the Lord's Supper is a sacrament. A sacrament is not primarily something that we do to express our testimony. Regrettably, that's what many believers think. But the Bible teaches that a sacrament is primarily a visible, tangible affirmation to us from God himself. God appends the sacrament to his Word in order to reinforce his gospel message. It's a sign that symbolizes the gospel, that makes the Word "visible." It's a seal that assures believers that God himself stands behind his promises. It's a means of grace through which God actually delivers Jesus Christ and his benefits to his elect by his Holy Spirit and through faith. What does God call to our attention by the Lord's Supper?
First, by the Lord's Supper, God emphasizes that Christ's death is pivotal to salvation. In the Upper Room, Jesus instituted a new ordinance to be a recurring element in public worship. He told his followers to do this again and again "in remembrance of me."
Jesus said, "This is my body, which is given for you." He wasn't referring to his body right there alive with them. Rather, the bread pictured his body as it would soon be given for them in death. He said, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood." The wine didn't stand for the blood coursing through his veins as he spoke. It stood for his blood as it would soon be poured out for them in his death. Each element pointed to his sacrificial death. First and foremost, the Lord's Supper depicts Christ crucified.
Apart from Christ's atoning death, there is no salvation whatsoever. If Christ's substitutionary atonement isn't at the heart of your faith, then yours is different from the one that Jesus proclaimed. Do you see yourself as a guilty sinner? Do you know that you are utterly devoid of hope, except for the redeeming work of Jesus Christ?
Second, by the Lord's Supper, Jesus underscores why he died. Regarding the "cup," Jesus spoke not just of his "blood," but also of "the new covenant." He said that his "blood of the covenant" would be "poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matt. 26:28). What does that mean?
Immediately after the Fall, God established his covenant of grace with Adam. When God brought Abraham into his covenant, he promised to bless his offspring and to make them a blessing to all the families of the earth. At Mount Sinai, God further unfolded his covenant with Abraham's offspring. He bound himself to be their God, and bound them to be his people. They ratified his covenant by the blood of sacrifice: "And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, 'Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words' " (Ex. 24:8).
Unhappily, through the centuries, God's people were repeatedly unfaithful to the covenant. Still, in sheer grace, God persisted in keeping his covenant. Bit by bit, step by step, he led his people to look beyond the present, to look for a future fulfillment. Then he made an amazing promise through Jeremiah: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jer. 31:31-34).
In the Upper Room, Jesus said, in effect, "God is finally bringing about the promised new covenant. He is finally providing the promised forgiveness of sins. And I am God's appointed sacrifice that will seal this covenant and secure this forgiveness." Our Lord Jesus died to rescue sinners like you and me. Our Savior submitted to the accursed cross in order to bring us into this new covenant friendship with God. Do you see Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life, by whom alone you can come to the Father?
Third, by the Lord's Supper, God stresses how Christ applies his death to sinners. Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it, explained its meaning, and gave it to his disciples. Then they took and ate. Jesus blessed the cup, explained its meaning, and gave it to them. Again, they took and drank. It's not enough to see the bread broken and the wine poured. You have to take and eat; you have to take and drink. Do you get the point? Salvation isn't yours just because you know about Christ's death and resurrection. You must also personally receive the benefits of his death and resurrection. And the way you do that is through faith in Jesus Christ.
The Lord's Supper is the outward sign of the inner reality that Jesus proclaimed after he fed the five thousand"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life.... I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.... Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink" (John 6:47-55).
Both in his preaching and in the Lord's Supper, Jesus insists that he graciously gave himself for sinners and that now you must personally receive the benefits of his saving work. You need to know the facts of Jesus' death and resurrection, but it's not enough just to know. You need to assent to their truths, but it's not enough just to assent. It's not even enough for you to be able to wax eloquent about the theological ramifications of penal substitutionary atonement. The Holy Spirit must graciously apply Jesus Christ to you, so that you personally receive and experience the benefits of his death and resurrection. And one instrument that the Spirit graciously uses to deliver these benefits to you is the Lord's Supper. And the "mouth" by which you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood is faith (and even faith is not of yourself, it is a gift of God's sovereign grace).
Every time you see the Lord's Supper administered, God vividly summons you personally to receive and rest on Christ alone, to feed upon Christ in your heart by faith, to abide in him. At the same time, every time you rightly observe the Lord's Supperwith the mouth of faiththe Lord generously delivers himself and his blessings to you. "No new revelation is given; no other Christ is made known. But, as Robert Bruce (1554-1631) well said, while we do not get a different or a better Christ in the Supper from the Christ we get in the Word, we may well get the same Christ better as the Spirit ministers by the testimony of the physical emblems being joined to the Word" (Sinclair Ferguson, The Holy Spirit, p. 204). "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?" (1 Cor. 10:16-17).
The author is the pastor of Christ Covenant OPC in Indianapolis, Ind. Reprinted from New Horizons, June 2005.


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text: Email This Post HomeHumorAttack of the Panic Attack! Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 Humor, Women's Humor 32 Comments Free stock photography suggested Godzilla with a pen knife for a story about a panic attack. Um, DUH. Or How a Panic Attack Stole my Superpowers My husband Mike and I were winding down from an uneventful Saturday, catching up on some televised drivel that made me appreciate how DVR's have stolen the last bit of my functioning gray matter, when I suddenly felt flushed. I'd been struggling with heartburn all day, but this was a new sensation, more akin to nausea. I stoically sat through an episode of House Hunters, waiting for it to pass. By the time they said "man cave" for the third time, I knew that things were not all right. I was breathing, but it didn't feel like breathing. "I think I have to go to the hospital." Mike jumped from his chair, terrified and fussing as we grabbed insurance cards and headed for the emergency room. Arguing over the most direct way to the hospital, a terrified Mike interrupted to tell me how much he loved me. I wanted to comfort him and say all was well, but found myself unable. Worse than the shortness of breath, worse than the nausea; I was scared. That was something horrible and new. By the time we reached the hospital, (translation for my British readers: "By the time we reached hospital") I'd begun shaking. My shoulders jerked. I felt cold. Waves of nausea continued; my scalp tingling, my breathing ineffective. I walked through the emergency room's automatic door expecting people in white to sprint towards me, screaming for crash carts and jerry-rigging tracheotomy tubes out of ink pens. No one seemed to notice me. "What's wrong, dear?" asked the reception desk nurse, as if I wasn't obviously dying. "I'm having trouble breathing," I said. I felt my eyes tear. In my head, I told myself to shake it off and stop being a little girl. It had the opposite effect. The nurse handed me a form and motioned to the waiting room. Mike tried to take the pen from me, but focusing on the paperwork helped distract me from my distress. I was angry. Television taught me that "I'm having trouble breathing" was the passphrase to instant hospital admittance, and yet there I was, trying to recall my social security number. Could it be television hospital dramas weren't entirely accurate? Across from us sat a man with stained gauze wrapped around his arm, his pant leg soaked with blood. Scattered across the waiting room, other pale-faced people sat flanked by loved ones. How funny that the one moment when you really think you should be the center of attention, is the same moment a dozen other people in the room feel the same way. I realized the nurses must be numb to almost every horror. I could bowl a human head through the front door and they would just place a pen and a proof of insurance form in its mouth. Five minutes later, I lay in a curtained cubical attached to an ECG machine searching for signs of a heart attack. In my younger days, the idea of a heart attack would have been ludicrous. Now, a little over 40, I realized the nurses thought a heart attack was a very real possibility. I felt humbled. "Hm…" said the nurse, reading the ECG results. "Hm…" She tapped the machine and knitted her brow. Great. I thought. I'm dead and they just don't know how to break it to me. "I don't think this machine is working," she mumbled. Two more people stopped by until someone realized the blankets meant to keep me from shuddering were skewing the readings. They repeated the procedure, and, satisfied with the new results, unclipped the sticky pads from my body. I continued to fight nausea and take slow deep breaths to stop the shaking. Things were starting to feel a little better. "You don't seem tacky," said the nurse. I looked down at my cheap "Dunder Mifflin" novelty tee and traffic-cone-orange sweat shorts. "Have you seen this outfit?" I asked her. She had already disappeared, having mentally filed me under "not dying." Michael held my hand and rubbed my shoulders to keep me warm. By the time they took blood samples, I felt much better. The nurse fingered the crook of my elbow, looking for a vein. "Do you care where I put the needle?" she asked. "No. Either way my career as an elbow model is probably over." She laughed. "You have really tough skin." "I know. That's why I don't do heroin. I kept bending all the needles. It was frustrating." She laughed again. Mike gave me the stink-eye. You just scared the life out of me and now you're a comedian, said his stare. Not funny. Not yet. I nodded and fell silent. Never again could I tease my husband with his blood pressure medicine and cholesterol concerns about my superior genes. I used to tease him by saying, "I am strong like bull!" in a thick Russian accent. Now, I had lost the right. They gave me a saline drip and sat me in a room, Mike and I staring at each other, catching our breath. "Aren't you glad we didn't go to dinner tonight?" I asked, remembering deliberations from earlier in the evening. "Oh yeah," he said, his eyes tired. "This is much better." Eventually, the doctor stopped by to discuss my test results. "Thyroid is fine. You're not dehydrated, your electrolytes are good, and blood is perfect…" she told me. "Your symptoms resemble a panic attack." A panic attack? Me? "A panic attack!" I scoffed. "We were watching television! I'm not stressed at all." The doctor shrugged. "Sometimes you can't know why panic attacks happen." I sighed. The only thing worse that falling ill for a reason was falling ill for no reason. "Get a check-up," she said. "But I'm 99% sure you had a panic attack." I sighed, disgusted with my treasonous body. Exhausted and up way past our bedtime, Mike and I signed a few more papers and headed home. The next day I told my mother about my panic attack and she seemed baffled. Two months later, she let it slip that my father had a panic attack… or 12. Oh, and once SHE had a panic attack. "You didn't think to tell me this when I HAD a panic attack?" I asked. She shrugged. I think she wanted me to think my distress was caused by too much drinking. Moms are sneaky like that. So, I had a panic attack. I'm not dying, yet. That's good. But, apparently, I'm not indestructible anymore either. If I can have a panic attack, who knows what other perfectly human things can happen to me. *sigh* Discovering you are not a super hero is not something I recommend. Avoid it as long as possible. Author Recent Posts Amy VansantAmy Vansant is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author specializing in fun, funny fiction --- even the murder mysteries. Latest posts by Amy Vansant (see all) Nxt - August 13, 2020 Vegetable *Whatever* Soup – Giveaways and Book Steals and Deals - August 11, 2020 New Book on PreOrder, Giveaways and Deals (Win Kindles) - July 29, 2020 32 Responses Nicole September 12, 2012 Yeah, been there. They suck. Fortunately, they are not fatal. It may have been a fluke. I know what triggers mine. I don't have them often, but I can feel it coming on, so I can stop it before it gets that far. This might've been a one-time thing if you've never had them before. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 Yep, now I can tell when it is coming (not how bad it might try and get) but I can tell. And now I can breathe deep and just try and calm myself or dr. gave me Valium which is a huge help (just knowing it is there). 0 likes Reply Kari September 12, 2012 I could totally see this happening to me. In fact, I may have had an anxiety attack or two in the past. And thought it was just heartburn. I am riddled with different neuroses every waking minute. I am glad you are fine now….are you fine now??….and could share it on here. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 I'm fine now – though I suddenly realized I'd had anxiety symptoms for years and never realized it until the one that made me feel like I was dying! 0 likes Reply Raymond September 12, 2012 Glad to hear you are alive a well. I, ummm…panicked there for a sec. 🙂 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 Ahhh, if something really happened to me my post about it would have a lot less words…:) 0 likes Reply Brandi September 12, 2012 But seriously, you should try some yoga…it will help with your anxiety through deepening your breath… or at the very least it could give you more comedic material to write about 😉 try a gentle class… or hit up a senior center 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 I probably should – I've thought about it but the old "how do I squeeze another hour into my day thing" remains a problem. We take long walks with the dog, so that's sort of my quiet time. 0 likes Reply Carrie - Cannibalistic Nerd September 12, 2012 Maybe it was because the house hunters didn't choose the house you wanted them to? I'm glad you're better now. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 That doesn't usually do it… but MAYBE they didn't pick the person I THOUGHT would win Hell's Kitchen. That could be it. 0 likes Reply Lance September 12, 2012 as you know I have an anxiety disorder so I average about three to five of these a year. More if I don;t take the meds. when I was younger anxiety/panic attacks weren't as common or maybe just not as diagnosed. They'd treat me in hospitals as if I were a drug addict or heart patient…it was kinda cool. Now, it's, "change your meds pay up front, and get out". glad you're okay. If you ever need to talk about this, you know, not all smart assy ob the web, let me know. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 12, 2012 I really appreciate that. I had just started following you when this happened to me and remember thinking – "How does he deal with this all the time!!" Rockstar! 0 likes Reply Tim Sayles September 13, 2012 I'm glad you're okay, Amy . . . and thanks for the belly laughs! "Have you *seen* this outfit?* … Heeeeee! 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 13, 2012 Between you and me, I induced the panic attack looking for blog material. 🙂 0 likes Reply Tim Sayles September 13, 2012 And what *else* would you use for art than a miniature Godzilla with a pen knife? Kind of a no-brainer if you ask me… 0 likes Reply Natalie the Singingfool September 13, 2012 Oh my, and I thought I had a bad weekend! 🙁 Hospital stay + panic attack = not fun (I'm going to stop bitching about my broken toe now). 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 13, 2012 The attack was actually months ago – just got around to writing about it. So I win! 🙂 Hope your toe is feeling better. I hate helpless/hopeless, annoying injuries like that. 0 likes Reply kirstie September 13, 2012 Oh shit! Now that you've had your first panic attack, you're going to start having panic attacks about having panic attacks. Sorry. That sucks. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 14, 2012 That's totally true. Now just heartburn and I think HERE IT COMES! 0 likes Reply SarcasticNinja September 14, 2012 I once fainted mid-sentence in conversation with a friend. I woke up feeling quite ill with my face flat on a power strip and the friend on the phone with 999. By the time the ambulance turned up I was fine, and he was all, "Oh. Well, sometimes people faint for no reason." Comforting! I'm glad to hear you came out ok. Stay well! 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 14, 2012 I always wanted to faint to see what it felt like, but I have to say you make it seem less glamorous than I imagined… 0 likes Reply Pearl September 14, 2012 Very funny!! I had a panic attack at work a few years ago. I was suddenly convinced that something horrible was about to happen and that I had to GET OUT of the building immediately. The only thing that happened was that I cried in the car on the commute home and lost half a day's pay. Pearl 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 14, 2012 See, that sounds like panic and totally makes sense. Mine felt like my air was going to cut off… and now I'm petrified I'll die by suffocating, which I now know SUCKS! 0 likes Reply Pamela September 14, 2012 Panic attacks are awful! I have lived with them for 34 years now. I am so proud of you for sharing, and making me laugh along the way. The panic passes but in the moment you feel like your world will end. Unfortunately none of us are super heroes and wearing tights and a cape doesn't make it so…I've tried 😉 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 14, 2012 Thank you – 34 years! You're a super star! I hope you have some meds for when you feel them coming on. I couldn't deal actually having to go THROUGH it every time! 0 likes Reply Nina Potts September 22, 2012 Welcome to the panic attack club! The only real sign of membership is Xanax. Be careful with it… I almost accidentally killed myself with it once… Oh, and you can't drive if you take it, you'll get a dui. Others may have already said welcome to the club, so I'm just repeating them, because I didn't read the comments, its 2 am and I'm also busy watching Buffy and deciding if now is the time for sleep. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant September 22, 2012 Thanks for the warning! I think I'll stick with the Valium. All it does is literally slow me down… calm… peace… 0 likes Reply Shea April 30, 2013 Thank you for sharing this!! I have a panic attack at least three times a week. Sometimes I know what triggers it, but most of the time, the attack occurs when, like you, I'm winding down for the evening or about to go to sleep. The nausea is the worst. Or maybe the doctors just saying "you need to calm down and not stress so much" is the worst. It's sucky all the way around. I feel like I should hide it when it happens (especially if if happens in front of my students or my son) and it helps so much to see someone being open and honest about anxiety issues. Thank you. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant April 30, 2013 Glad I could help! Get some valium. Soooo helpful! 0 likes Reply Pam January 8, 2015 Scary, must have been so horrible. Hope you're ok from now on. Right, now the sympathy bit (genuine!) is out of the way, I liked your translation for British readers but you know what? You'd already bamboozled them by saying "I suddenly felt flush". That's a GOOD thing! It means you have money! What you meant was 'flushed', in British English. Which is how you feel when you have a hot flush – or have a flash, in American English. Which is something that's even less desirable in British English than a flush… It's all very difficult. But I do hope you don't have a recurrence. 0 likes Reply Amy Vansant January 8, 2015 Good point – my bad. 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It's easy to forget now, but instant camera maker Polaroid once matched the mythos — and ubiquity — of Apple. Much like Steve Jobs, founder Edwin Land was single-minded in his determination to create unique products with a strong affinity for design. For Jobs, Land was an all-time hero.
In the new book Instant: The Story of Polaroid, New York senior editor Christopher Bonanos traces the dramatic rise and near-collapse of one of America's most iconic companies.
Wired Design caught up with Bonanos to discuss Lands' lasting influence, Polaroid's legal battles and business woes, and a comparison with the favorite photo sharing service of today, Instagram.
Wired: Steve Jobs considered Land one of his heroes. They both had a single-minded vision; they both paired a strong design sense with technology.
Christopher Bonanos: They were both artist-technologists, and both really believed in the importance of the product itself, instead of just filling a market segment or carving off some market share. You know, there were lots of MP3 players around before the iPod, and they were ugly or annoying to use or bulky or otherwise flawed–and then here came this perfect little white brick, and when you got it in your hand, you went aaaah. It went the same way with Land's ultimate achievement, the SX-70 camera – it's a marvel even now, because it's a single-lens reflex camera that folds down flat to something barely bigger than the film pack inside. As perfect a little object as it could be.
Wired: They both knew how to give the crowd what they wanted.
Bonanos: Another thing they both excelled at was playing explainer. Land used to turn the Polaroid shareholders' meeting into a show, and he'd get up onstage, with music and lights and some showbiz. He'd put the latest Polaroid product through its paces, showing off what it could do and how it did it, and by the time he was done, you wanted to join him in Polaroidland – this thing you'd never seen before had its hooks in you, and you really wanted to take it home. Thirty years later, Jobs did the same thing, almost precisely the same way. He was paying attention to Land, really close attention – he once said "the man is a national treasure."
Wired: How did Jobs and Land differ?
Bonanos: Jobs was a master marketer, genius industrial designer (along with Jony Ive), and a great driver of talented people – but he was not a scientist. Land was happiest when he was at the lab bench, figuring something out for himself, and he really wanted his basic research into the nature of color vision to be his legacy. He once told a journalist: "Photography ... that is something I do for a living." In fact, when Jobs was fired from Apple, and compared himself to Land in an interview – because Land had been nudged into retirement by Polaroid's board a couple of years earlier – Land had an assistant call Jobs to say "cut that out." I think he regarded Jobs as a little bit of a smoke-and-mirrors guy, because he didn't really know the science. As I'm fond of saying, Edwin Land was both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Wired: Polaroid's epic courtroom battle with Kodak seems to share some similarities with the Apple-versus-Samsung smartphone wars now.
Bonanos: That's really true. Just to recap the case: Eastman Kodak jumped into instant photography in 1976, and Polaroid sued; the two spent 14-and-a-half years in court, and Polaroid won $925 million, the largest patent settlement ever paid out. Or rather, it was the largest amount until last month, when Apple v. Samsung overtook it. And I'll tell you, in both cases, the vigor of the lawsuit was in part driven by outrage on the part of the founder. Land wanted to go hard against Kodak because its system was, he felt, a less elegant ripoff of Polaroid's. He had been willing to face a serious challenge that would cause him to up his game, but not a crummy one – "I expected more of Eastman" is how he put it. And we all know how Steve Jobs felt about Android – that it too was a clumsy knockoff, and that it enraged him. Same instinct.
Wired: Like Apple, Polaroid patented relentlessly, and jealously guarded its design innovations.
Bonanos: Patents were vital to Polaroid. They had instant-photography technology locked up all to themselves, and apart from Kodak's attempt, nobody else ever got into the game (except Fujifilm, and that was under a Polaroid license). That meant extremely high profit margins on film — 60 percent! — which in turn funded Land's immense and expensive research-and-development work, which in turn led to each subsequent giant technological leap. Apple, because it is so rich, can spend money the same way, and one reason it's so rich is that closed system, defended by a wall of patents.
Wired: What was Polaroid's single biggest misstep as a company?
Bonanos: Polavision was a flop, but it didn't sink Polaroid by any measure. The writedown was $68 million, in a billion-dollar company: hardly fatal. Really, what sank them was a refusal to face facts when it came to the digital future. They knew it was coming; they worked on many digital projects. But every time a product came out of the labs that dealt with the digital challenge, someone would get scared and say, "Hey, this may cut into our film sales" or "Hey, the pictures coming out of this aren't as crisp as the ones on analog film." Nobody was willing to say, "If we don't do this, we're going to be out of business, because someone else will." And instead, they doubled down on instant film in the early 1990s – building new coating machinery, trying to get their costs down to stay competitive – which was never going to work in the new world. A lot of the problem was just that they had so much invested in film manufacturing, and such high profit margins there, that they couldn't envision doing anything else.
Wired: Instagram clearly seems inspired by Polaroid, in many ways.
Bonanos: It sure does, down to the little rainbow logo on the Instagram icon. I think what resonates is mostly this: Polaroid photography was about a shared moment. You took a picture and could hand it over as a little gift, and chat while the image developed. It was also really casual. Look through someone's old box of Polaroid pictures, say from a vacation 30 years ago, and you'll see images of people sitting around and drinking wine, silly pictures of food, shots of people as they jump in the pool, whatever. It looks unbelievably like an Instagram feed. Both are about sharing those same small-scale kinds of moments, and that's a need that never went away. People use each of them the same way, and that's a kind of photography people really, really like.


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March 27, 1930 - July 14, 2013
Walker Valley, NY
Macpherson "Mac" Conner of Walker Valley, NY died Sunday, July 14, 2013 in New York City at the age of 83. He was self-employed and the founder of Macpherson Conner & Associates, New City, NY. Upon his retirement, Mac found great enjoyment in spending time with family, friends and traveling within the U.S. and abroad. His happiest days were spent at the family compound at Brandreth Park, NY in the Adirondack Mountains.
The son of the late Fox B. Conner and Muriel Macpherson Conner, he was born March 27, 1930 in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Mac graduated in 1952 from the United States Military Academy West Point as did his father and grandfather, Major General Fox Conner. General Conner played a critical role in the life and career of General Dwight D. Eisenhower among other notable achievements.
Mac proudly served his country in the Army during the Korean Conflict having attained the rank of Lieutenant. He was severely wounded during the last battle for Pork Chop Hill and was ultimately awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and other military accolades.
Mac married Jane LeClere in September, 1955. They had been married for 56 years at the time of her death in November of 2011. As the foundation of the Conner family, Mac and Jane were generous, had huge hearts and were fiercely loyal to each other and their family and friends. Their absence, both individually and as a couple, leaves a tremendous void in the hearts of everyone who knew them.
Survivors include daughters, Betsy Agostinho of Walker Valley, NY, Wendy Laudenbach and her husband, James of Nazareth, PA and Holly Boyle of Walden, NY. His surviving sons include Drew Conner and his wife, Lori of Bardonia, NY as well as Fox Conner and his wife, Lisa of Congers, NY.
Mac was completely devoted to his nine surviving grandchildren. They include Jeff, Derrick, Brittany and Sirena Boyle, Christopher and Patrick Laudenbach, Fox and Robert Conner and Bryce Conner a.k.a. "Mini-Mac". A brother, Fox Conner of California, also survives him. Mac's sister, Zella (Suzie) MacDonald, predeceased him in 1983.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 27th at the Millspaugh Funeral Home, 22 Bank Street, Walden, NY. Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
In Mac's honor donations can be made to The Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station online at http://shingleshanty.org/contribute.html or mailed to Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station, P.O. Box 732, Tupper Lake, NY 12986.
Arrangements were made by Millspaugh Funeral Directors; for directions or condolences, please visit millspaughfuneralhome.com.


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(Pocket-lint) - Aside from a bevy of cameras like the Fujifilm FinePix X100 and the HS20 at CES in Las Vegas this year, Fujifilm has launched a new instant film camera within its Instax range for those wanting a bit of retro love.
Adding a new smaller, lighter and more compact camera to the range, the Fujifilm Instax 50S is a new instax camera that this time around lets you adjust the shutter speed incrementally, so you get good pictures even in low light without having to blast your subjects with the included flash.
Taking the standard Instax mini cartridges you'll get 10 shots per pack and the ability to get close-up shots up to 30 cm for a 2:1 magnification ratio.
Meanwhile back at the stand and a quick snap later, the film pops out of the bottom for you to wait for it to process in front of your eyes Polaroid style - just remember you shouldn't "shake it like a Polaroid picture" though.
In reality it is of course an incredibly expensive way of doing things, and you could argue that you can get quicker, better looking shots from your camera or your phone, but then you just know those memories aren't won't be as nostalgic.
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Career and technical education high school prepares students for college and careers in medicine
PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights (IHPCH), an Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) partner school, opened its doors yesterday to give Queens and New York City students as well as parents an overview of the school's curricula, programs of study and a tour of the new facility.
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In line with ISA's mission to transform public high schools so that underserved and underperforming students can graduate prepared for success in college, IHPCH was created to enable students to take their learning beyond the classroom by collaboratively solving problems and completing challenging projects based on real-world situations. Using the national Career Technical Education (CTE) model, students enroll in college preparatory classes and earn certification as an Emergency Medical Technician or Nurse Assistant before attending two-year or four-year colleges. CTE programs offer a complete range of career options for students, helping them discover their interests and the educational pathway that can lead to success in high school, college and their chosen career/profession.
"By applying ISA's research-based educational framework for developing public high schools into rigorous and supportive learning environments, The Institute for Health Professions will help students attain an education that's consistent with high expectations in leadership, scholarship and service through building relationships among students, parents, staff, and community partners," says Dr. Gerry House, ISA President.
Students become artists, historians, scientists, mathematicians, literary scholars and health care workers by learning to perform the work of these disciplines. Collaboration and teamwork are essential elements of an education at all ISA schools. Faculty members work collaboratively to ensure that student needs are being met by constantly learning about the most effective types of instruction and support to help students achieve their learning goals. In addition, students and their families are integral members of the IHPCH team, forming important relationships with the faculty and playing an important role in designing students' educational experiences.
"Students learn best when they are engaged in their learning. They must feel safe enough to experiment and make mistakes because true learning comes from the effort we exert to learn from mistakes," says IHPCH Principal Gareth Robinson. "In our classes, students will work with their peers to explore and experiment with topics using the same tools and skills that professionals use so they may achieve at high levels."
Nationally, less than 75 percent of high school students graduate — and graduation rates sink to 50 percent or below for African-American and Hispanic students. In certain high schools, graduation rates are as low as 35 percent. This comes at a cost, not only to students, but also to our society at large. ISA, now a division of Educational Testing Service, is working to help close the achievement gap. At ISA, student outcomes are the gauge for success. In the NYC public school system, 90 percent of ISA seniors plan to attend two-year or four-year colleges, and a majority of seniors report receiving critical support for college enrollment including visiting colleges and attending college fairs.
North Shore-LIJ Health Systems is IHPCH's lead industry partner and Hofstra University is its higher education partner. For more information about the Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights please visit http://www.ihpch.org/.
About the Institute for Student Achievement (ISA)
The Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) partners with schools and districts to transform public high schools so that students who are traditionally underserved and underperforming graduate prepared for success in college. Founded in 1990, ISA is a comprehensive school redesign partner with an implementation model grounded in educational research and practitioner expertise. The ISA approach utilizes a model with three core areas of focus that are supported by seven research-based principles and a strong ISA network. This approach ensures students receive the attention, support, and challenge essential for academic success. A set of Seven Principles defines and guides the ISA Model. Building upon these Seven Principles, ISA collaborates with schools to create comprehensive plans and implementation strategies for school redesign that are customized to meet the unique needs of schools and districts. After two decades of partnering with high schools, ISA has a successful track record of having impacted over 70,000 students. For more information please visit www.studentachievement.org
About ETS
At ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, as well as conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC ® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series™ assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. Please visit www.ets.org.
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[Please see update below.] Here's the headline version of what comes below: As a longtime resident of DC, I am accustomed to misadventures in governance in our "taxation without representation" existence here. But a fight over a new competitor to the District's (often horrible) taxi service offers something I haven't seen in a while. Not routine retail-level corruption, nor skillful top-level favor trading, but instead what appears to be a blatant attempt to legislate favors for one set of interests by hamstringing another. I know, I know, this happens all the time -- but the seeming crudity of this one gets my attention.
For details, see below.
I've used and liked the car service Uber over the last few months in LA, San Francisco, Seattle, and once in Washington DC. In brief: you use a smartphone (iPhone, Android) app to see which of Uber's fleet of roaming town cars is closest to where you are. You send a pickup order; the closest car comes to an address you specify, or automatically to your GPS location; you tell the driver where you'd like to go; and at the end the fare is billed to your credit card. No fumbling for cash, waiting for change, or working out the right tip, which is understood to be included.
In LA and San Francisco Uber seemed slightly but not cripplingly more expensive than a normal taxi. The payoff, from my point of view, was convenience (I don't care if I have the right change, I don't have to sit on endless hold calling a taxi company) and above all certainty. You see how many minutes away the nearest car is, rather than hoping vaguely that the next vehicle around the corner will be an empty cab.
In DC the gap between Uber fare and regular taxi fare seemed larger, but the convenience gain is greater in this way: In residential DC and its suburbs, cabs don't normally cruise streets off the main avenues. You'd think that phoning for a cab from the main companies -- Yellow, Diamond, Barwood-- would be the answer. Hah! Maybe they'll answer the call, maybe they won't. Once they do, maybe a cab will come, maybe it won't -- and this applies even when you "reserve" a cab, since all that means is that at the assigned time they'll put out a bid to see if anyone is interested. (The exception is the reliable Washington Flyer service, but that's only for trips to Dulles airport, its own occasion for despair.) So if I know that I need a taxi from my house, I have to allow maximum padding time for (a) getting the phone answered and (b) hoping a cab will actually show up. With Uber, by contrast, (a) I don't have to hang indefinitely on the phone, (b) I have faith that the order will go through, and (c) I have a clear idea of just how far away the car is.
But it appears that the DC Council will vote today on a proposal to cripple Uber by ensuring that its minimum fare is five times higher than that for metered taxis, which also rules out a lower-cost hybrid option Uber has just introduced. C'mon!
Here is what showed up in an email to customers from Uber's CEO overnight:
On Independence Day, Uber announced a roll out of a lower cost service that we call UberX. A less expensive Uber option on an all-hybrid fleet. We're pretty excited about it and think it's a great idea for cities across the country. What some of you probably noticed is that there was no roll out of this service in the District. That is because, only days earlier, the DC City Council informed us that they intended to pass an amendment to the taxi modernization bill that would make it illegal for Uber to lower its prices or to offer a low cost service in any form.
More info on Uber's site here, plus accounts from Cnet, Techcrunch, and DCist, all supporting the idea that this is outright strongarm protectionism for an objectively undeserving incumbent industry. And a slightly dissenting account from the WaPo. [And background on Uber and teh general market-failures of the taxi business from Megan McArdle in the magazine.] DC councilors, please don't do this!
Here is language from the legislation being sponsored by Councilmember Mary Cheh, who theoretically represents me:
Addressing Concerns from Uber
- Services such as Uber would be allowed to operate in the District.
- Sedans would be required to charge a minimum fare of 5 times the drop rate for taxicabs.
- Sedans would be required to charge time and distance rates that are greater than those for taxicabs
UPDATE DC Council member Mary Cheh has apparently backed off her bad-idea-to-begin-with measure to require Uber to charge 5x the taxi rate. Good call.
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Current health information from around the globe
Blood is thicker than water, and, in some cases, might be fatter than water as well. Researchers are theorizing that a simple blood test may soon be able to predict which children are likely to grow up to have weight problems. Scientists conducted research on lab rats, and have discovered that high levels of triglycerides (fats) in the blood are likely to produce appetite-stimulating substances called galanin and orexin. In addition, high triglyceride levels interfere with the hormone leptin, which curbs appetite. Dr. Sarah Leibowitz of Rockefeller University presented these findings recently at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
While no human research has been conducted as of yet, scientists involved in the study believe people and rats have similar appetite and weight-gain systems.