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At Harvard, resident students do not have to borrow their parents' HBO GO passwords to watch "Girls" and "Game of Thrones" online. They can log in with their own college credentials, getting in the habit of having a cable subscription at an early age.
This ability, provided by a start-up called Tivli, may be part of the answer to a conundrum for the television industry. Young people watch less TV than they used to, and some say they do not see the point of an expensive cable or satellite subscription. That could chip away at the profits of cable companies like Comcast and programmers like HBO.
But Tivli is an attempt to adapt to the ways young people increasingly want to watch TV — through a computer or tablet or video game console — while keeping the existing cable model intact.
Residents at Harvard and, as of last week, Yale, can use the service to stream local TV stations, a couple of dozen cable channels and the universities' own in-house channels to their devices anywhere on campus. The service is free for the students, since it supplements the university's existing cord-in-the-wall cable system.
Tivli will need to sign up dozens if not hundreds more universities to make a dent in television consumption. But Tuan Ho and Nick Krasney, its two Harvard-educated founders, and the company's 10 employees have a vision for how so-called TV Everywhere systems could be rolled out in environments like campuses, hotels and hospitals.
"We think people just want TV delivered to them in a convenient way, whether it's in their dorm or on computers, tablets and mobile," said Christopher Thorpe, the company's president. "People who are getting what they want won't cut the cord."
To date, the promise of TV Everywhere — that paying customers could stream live and on-demand TV shows to all manner of devices — has only partly come true, because of technological challenges, conflicts over contracts and concerns that online viewing will come at the expense of the old-fashioned TV set.
It can be hard to log in and even harder to know which channels allow what shows to be streamed. Many customers have not even tried. When GfK, a market research firm, surveyed 1,000 paying cable customers last September, 64 percent said they were aware of the TV Everywhere services supplied by programmers, and 52 percent said they were aware of the services supplied by cable companies. But only a third of those customers had actually streamed something by logging in, a process the industry calls authentication.
Knowing the necessary user names and passwords is "one of the biggest barriers," said David C. Tice, who oversaw the research for GfK.
Some programmers, like HBO, which is owned by Time Warner, are further along than others. HBO GO, a streaming Web site with a companion app, is widely considered the best in its class, making the company's cooperation a coup for Tivli.
Historically, HBO "hasn't been available as widely as we'd like" in dorm rooms, said Bernadette Aulestia, its senior vice president for domestic network distribution.
Most universities outsource their wired cable systems to the local cable company, a satellite provider or a reseller. By and large, the distributors have not come up with ways to authenticate TV Everywhere apps for students, though many are trying. This has given rise to password-sharing by families and — worse, from HBO's perspective — pirating of shows.
"Gone are the days of the cachet of 'I have a TV in my room,' " said Ms. Aulestia. "These students now have mobile devices instead."
With them, they are forming new media habits. So HBO was intrigued when it took a call from Tivli about eight months ago. "From a technological standpoint," Ms. Aulestia said, "it's very impressive what they've been able to develop."
Tivli links up with a student's university ID and Facebook account, making the login process somewhat smooth. Its interface is a channel guide much like that of Aereo, the much-talked-about service backed by Barry Diller that pulls local stations' signals out of the air and repackages them for Internet viewing.
Aereo is being sued by several station owners that claim the service is illegal because it does not pay for the right to retransmit the signals. Tivli takes a different tack: it carries the channels that a university already provides, then adds content like HBO.
Mr. Ho and Mr. Krasney graduated from Harvard in 2009. In a joint e-mail message, the said that they created an early version of Tivli because Harvard did not have cable TV service for residents. Mr. Thorpe said that when it was made available to others in 2011, more than half the resident population registered for it in the first few weeks. At Harvard, viewership tends to spike around live sports on Sundays and breaking news events like election nights.
Along with Yale, tests of the service are under way at the University of Washington and Texas A&M. "We're excited about the growth opportunities in other multidwelling environments like hotels and hospitals, where we can take advantage of the fast data networks and high-density populations," Mr. Thorpe said.
Students cannot take Tivli home with them, since it works only on the wireless network of the institution providing it. But by the time students move off campus, the theory goes, they will be hooked on cable — and may expect TV Everywhere to fully exist elsewhere too.

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Thousands flock to Woolwich for the opening ceremony 23rd March 1889.
The original ferries were called Gordon and Duncan.
The South Pier of Woolwich Ferry
Woolwich Ferry crew early C20th.
Industry along the south bank of the Thames at Woolwich.
London's industrial heartland serviced by the Woolwich Free Ferry.
Passengers using the ferry for pleasure in 1960s.
From Wandsworth to Woolwich the south bank of the Thames is being transformed with ubiquitous luxury apartments now rising from former industrial sites. Trapped between the tower blocks and the cranes you can still find places and buildings that remind you that even thirty years ago South London was unfashionable. Go back even further to Victorian London and this was a place for the very poor. Much of the work available on the docks was casual and low paid. Housing conditions were very poor with considerable overcrowding. Victorian philanthropists and social commentators were drawn to the area to develop schools and missions.
A short walk from London Bridge you can still find the remnants of one of London's poorest districts. Redcross Way is just off Southwark Street accessed through one of the railway arches. On the left there is an iron gateway covered in brightly coloured ribbon, feathers and flowers and behind this is a once forgotten grave yard for the out casts of society or Cross Bones. The bodies of 15,000 paupers and prostitutes have been buried in this unconsecrated ground since medieval times. Vigil candles are placed around the gates and help to reflect on lives ruined by poverty. It was widely believed, in Victorian times, that a cure for syphillis was to have sex with a virgin and some of the prostitutes buried here are young girls victim of this practice. Vigils for the outcasts of society are held every month more details here.
Across the street is The Mint and Gospel Lighthouse Mission; a mouthful for most people so no wonder it became known as The Ragged School. The Ragged School Union was formed by the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury 1844. They developed small free schools in deprived areas providing basic education and skills to destitute children. Often the schools tried to meet other community needs such as reading clubs, adult literacy classes, clothing clubs and Penny Banks.
St Saviour's House is also in Union Street and is a striking building. It is still home to a charity that dates back to the C15th and have been providing support to the people of Southwark.
Redcross Garden is a little further on which was developed by the Octavia Hill 1887. It was to provide small scale social housing and a communal garden. The garden was restored in 2005 and includes a small pond and a new eco-building. In the central pavillion there is an inscription:
"Do noble deeds do not dream them".
The row of six Redcross cottages were built for the working poor. The White Cross cottages were a later addition 1890 and can be accessed through a small alley. Now overshadowed by The Shard, an ever present symbol, that this is a place for the super rich.


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They say "The higher the hair, the closer to God". So what's a limp-haired girl to do? From topical products, to supplements, to prescription drugs, most remedies for fine or thinning hair promise visible results in weeks, and sometimes months. But what if you have a hot date tonight and you need results by 7:00 pm?
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Your mother did it, your grandmother did it, and her mother probably did it too. Back-combing - aka "teasing your hair", is a styling technique that has been carried on through the ages and doesn't seem to be going anywhere any time soon. Here's how to do it correctly without turning your strands into one giant dreadlock. Begin with one inch sections at the crown. Using a fine-toothed comb, Back-comb each section while maintaining a circular motion from the mid-shaft down to the scalp, and back up again until a firm nest is formed at the base. Brick-layer your sections as you move through the rest of the crown area and anywhere else volume is desired. Finish with a boar-bristle brush to sculpt and smooth down the surface of your hairstyle, be it soft, romantic waves, or a rocker-chic pompadour!
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If you're looking for fullness at the top of your head, nothing makes hair defy gravity like cutting off heavy, weighted ends. As a rule of thumb, remember that volume begins at five inches
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Hair extensions are a beautiful thing. Often used for adding length, they can also be clipped-in or bonded to hair for added thickness. When choosing clip-ins, skip the synthetic types and go for 100% human hair. Keep in mind that hair is usually lighter in color at the ends than the hair closest to the scalp (especially true for highlighted blondes). This being the case, color-match to the ends of your layers for a seamless blend and have a colorist professionally darken the "roots". When it comes to any sort of semi-permanent hair extension service, always visit a reputable extension specialist.
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Felix Neureuther wins World Cup slalom
WENGEN, Switzerland – Felix Neureuther of Germany won a World Cup slalom Sunday, defeating overall leader and training partner Marcel Hirscher of Austria.
Neureuther made up a deficit of 0.05 seconds from the first run to beat Hirscher by 0.21 seconds and deny him a fourth straight slalom win.
The German threw out his arms and shouted with delight upon crossing the line, then repeated the gesture as he watched first-run leader Hirscher fall short of victory.
"I'm really very happy and proud of myself," Neureuther said. "It's fun for me and Marcel, too, I guess, to have such a good fight."
Ivica Kostelic of Croatia was third, 0.25 behind Neureuther's two-run time of 1 minute, 50.53 seconds. Kostelic was trying to win the Wengen slalom for the fourth straight year.
Hirscher extended his lead in the overall standings to 188 points over Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, who skips slalom races.
"I'm very satisfied," Hirscher said. "I was even lucky to finish second because Ivica was very close. For me, it's a gain."
Ted Ligety of the U.S., who is third overall, placed 13th, 1.33 behind Neureuther. Ligety earned 20 World Cup points and is 239 behind defending champion Hirscher.
Hirscher leads the slalom standings ahead of Neureuther and stretched his record of finishing on the podium in every slalom he has completed to 18 races over the past two years.
It was Neureuther's second World Cup win this season, adding to the New Year's Day parallel racing event at Munich, Germany.
He has four career victories and, with by winning the slalom at Wengen he followed his father, Christian, who won on this course in 1973 and '74.
Kostelic also wrote a chapter of personal history by finishing on the Wengen podium for the 12th time. He surpassed Alpine greats Ingemar Stenmark, Marc Girardelli and Didier Cuche – they had 11 top-3 finishes at a single World Cup venue.
"These are the biggest names that Alpine sport has. The moment when you beat these guys is like a dream," the 33-year-old Kostelic said. "Coming into today's race I had this in mind. It seemed like it was a good chance."
Kostelic was cheered by a crowd of 8,000, including a flag-waving group of Croatia fans who traditionally arrive to support him on Sundays in Wengen.
In a tight race on a clear, sunny day, Hirscher had 14 rivals within one second of him after the morning run, though one expected challenge faded.
Alexis Pinturault of France, whose slick slalom run Friday lifted him to victory in the super-combined event, almost skied out and did not qualify for the second run.
Ligety's teammates David Chodounsky and Will Brandenburg finished outside the top-30 racers who qualified.
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Pauline "Pete" Hicks 1925 - 2010 Edwardsville
Services for Pauline "Pete" Hicks, 84, of Edwardsville, were Monday, April 19, at Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, Bonner Springs. Burial was in Bonner Springs Cemetery
Mrs. Hicks died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Sweet Life of Rosehill in Shawnee.
She was born June 27, 1925, in Pottawatomie County, Okla.
Three children, Sharon and March Hicks and Ronald Dale Shirey, and her husband, Alfred L. Hicks Sr., died earlier.
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Rebecca G. Wells, MD
Rebecca G. Wells, MD
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905 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Philadelphia, PA 19104
905 Biomedical Research Building II/III
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 573-1860
Fax: 215 573-2024
Lab: 215 573-1881
Fax: 215 573-2024
Lab: 215 573-1881
Search PubMed for articles
Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center
University of Pennsylvania Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration
Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
Penn Medicine at Radnor
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Muscle Institute
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Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center
University of Pennsylvania Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration
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Penn Medicine at Radnor
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Muscle Institute
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B.S. (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Yale University , 1983.
Johns Hopkins University , 1987.
B.S. (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Yale University , 1983.
Johns Hopkins University , 1987.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
– The role of liver stiffness and other mechanical factors in fibrosis and cirrhosis
- The role of mechanical factors and ECM proteins in myofibroblast differentiation in fibrosis
- The etiology and mechanism of ductal damage and fibrosis in biliary atresia
- The role of fibronectin splice variants, proteoglycans, and other matrix proteins in liver fibrosis and angiogenesis
- Characterization of myofibroblast precursor populations in liver and bile duct
- Hepatic stellate cell and portal fibroblast function in liver fibrosis
- The mechanism of fibrosis in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
Key words: Hepatic stellate cells, liver fibrosis, TGF-ß, portal fibroblasts, biliary atresia, liver mechanics, fibronectin
Description of Research
My research focuses on the mechanism of hepatic fibrosis.
Liver fibrosis results from the deposition of excess, abnormal extracellular matrix by myofibroblasts derived from non-fibrogenic cells that undergo "activation" in the context of chronic liver injury. Fibrosis in the bile duct is a similar matrix-driven process, although the identity of the myofibroblast populations and the chronic vs. acute nature of the injury are not known.
We are investigating the mechanisms of fibrosis in three ways: a) by studying the matrix, mechanical, and soluble factors that influence fibrosis, including the activation of myofibroblast precursor populations; b) by identifying new fibrogenic cell populations and new means of studying previously identified cells; and c) by applying the results of our experiments with isolated cells to whole animal models and to the study of human diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma and biliary fibrosis.
We have demonstrated in rat models of fibrosis that increased liver stiffness precedes matrix deposition and that fibrosis and liver stiffness are not linearly related. The early increases in liver stiffness are important because hepatic stellate cells and portal fibroblasts, the major myofibroblast precursors of the liver, require increased stiffness to become fibrogenic. Our recent work has examined liver mechanics in more detail, and we have attempted to determine the components of the liver responsible for various mechanical properties. We have found that livers strain soften and compression stiffen, in contrast to biopolymers like collagen. Our work suggests that proteoglycans and other matrix components as well as cell-matrix interactions are the reason for these mechanical properties. Our theory collaborators have developed a new constitutive model for the tissue that is in good agreement with our data.
This work led to an ongoing project examining the mechanics of the cirrhotic liver and their impact on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Using a variety of matrices, animal models, and human and animal cells, we are studying the impact of various mechanical properties on liver cell behavior with the goal of understanding the remarkable propensity of HCC to develop in a highly mechanically abnormal environment.
We have not studied liver mechanics in isolation, but also study various matrix components, including fibronectin splice variants and proteoglycans, and are examining their effects on liver cell function, fibrosis, and liver mechanics.
Human model diseases of interest to our studies of the mechanism of fibrosis include biliary atresia. We are part of an international group that has recently identified a plant toxin that causes biliary atresia. We have developed model mammalian cell systems to study its mechanism of action and are testing structurally similar compounds in an attempt to identify critical structural groups, which may lead us to compounds of relevance to humans. Additionally, as part of a general interest in biliary fibrosis, we are studying potential myofibroblast precursor populations in the extrahepatic bile duct, the impact of acute vs. chronic cholangiocyte injury, mechanisms of liver fibrosis post bile duct obstruction, and differences between intra- and extra-hepatic cholangiocytes.
Summary: Overall, our goal is to develop a unified and comprehensive model of liver fibrosis that incorporates multiple cell types, soluble and secreted factors, matrix proteins, and local and regional mechanical factors.
Rotation Projects
There are several; please speak with Dr. Wells.
Lab personnel:
Shannon Tsai - Research Specialist
Orith Waisbourd-Zinman, MD - Fellow
Lucas Smith, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher
Alyssa Kriegermeier, MD - Fellow
Bridget Sackey - CAMB PhD Student
Hani Nagi- Undergraduate
Dongning Chen - BE Masters student
Amy Lee - BE Masters student
Gi Yun Lee - Undergraduate
Description of Clinical ExpertiseDr. Wells's clinical interests include the care of patients with a variety of GI and liver disorders. Additionally, she carries out screening upper and lower endoscopies at Penn Medicine at Radnor.
Selected PublicationsMuir AB, Dods K, Henry SJ, Benitez AJ, Lee D, Whelan KA, DeMarshall M, Hammer DA, Falk G, Wells RG, Spergel J, Nakagawa H, Wang ML: Eosinophilic esophagitis associated chemical and mechanical microenvironment shapes esophageal fibroblast behavior. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 63(2): 200-9, Aug 2016.
Waisbourd-Zinman O, Koh H,Tsai S, Lavrut P-M, Dang C, Zhao X, Pack M, Cave J, Hawes M, Koo KA, Porter JR, Wells RG: The toxin biliatresone causes mouse extrahepatic cholangiocyte damage and fibrosis via decreased glutathione and SOX17. Hepatology 64(3): 880-93, May 2016.
Koo K, Waisbourd-Zinman O, Wells R, Pack M, Porter JR: Reactivity of Biliatresone, a Natural Biliary Toxin, with Glutathione, Histamine and Amino Acids. Chemical Research in Toxicology 29(2): 142-9, Feb 2016.
Maryna Perepelyuk, LiKang Chin, Xuan Cao, Anne van Oosten, Vivek B. Shenoy, Paul A. Janmey, Rebecca G. Wells: Normal and Fibrotic Rat Livers Demonstrate Shear Strain Softening and Compression Stiffening: a Model for Soft Tissue Mechanics. PLOS One 11(1): e0146588, Jan 2016.
Steven Caliari, Maryna Perepelyuk, Brian Cosgrove, Shannon Tsai, Gi Yun Lee, Robert Mauck, Rebecca Wells, and Jason Burdick: Stiffening hydrogels for investigating the dynamics of hepatic stellate cell mechanotransduction during myofibroblast activation. Scientific Reports 6: 21387, Jan 2016.
Zhao X, Lorent K, Wilkins B, Marchione DM, Gillespie K, Waisbourd-Zinman O, So J, Koo KA, Shin D, Porter JR, Wells RG, Blair I, Pack M: Glutathione antioxidant pathway activity and reserve determine toxicity and specificity of the biliary toxin biliatresone in zebrafish. Hepatology in press 2016.
Bridget Sackey-Aboagye, Abby L. Olsen, Sarmistha M. Mukherjee, Alexander Ventriglia, Yasuyuki Yokosaki, Linda E. Greenbaum, Gi Yun Lee, Hani Naga and Rebecca G. Wells : Fibronectin extra domain A promotes liver sinusoid repair following hepatectomy PLOS One in press, 2016.
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The Sahara Race (Egypt) 2011 is approximately 250 kilometers / 156 miles in total. The race takes place in the Valley of the Whales, known by locals as Wadi El-Hitan and by scientists as the Zeuglodon Valley. The race is part of the 4 Deserts, named by TIME magazine as one of the Top 10 Endurance Competitions in the world.
I am running to raise money for Tomorrow's Youth Organization (TYO), an amazing organization with smart and passionate people who work in disadvantaged areas of the Middle East, enabling children, youth and parents to realize their potential as healthy, active and responsible family and community members. You can learn more about their education and economic development programs by visiting their blog or joining their community on Facebook.
I welcome you, encourage you, implore you to donate for this worthy cause. And I will take any suggestions for updates on my end that would be useful to you -- about my training, the race, my blog, life in general, metaphysics ... whatever I can do to entertain you :)
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So, it appears that Iran has maintained a nuclear weapons program, and the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency isn't happy about it.
In yesterday's Monitor, Istanbul bureau chief Scott Peterson lays out the evidence and what it tells us about how far Iranian scientists had gotten to building a nuclear explosive device, and fitting it into missiles. The documentation for the IAEA report came from "a laptop said by the US to have been spirited out of Iran in 2004."
Peterson also notes that the trail of evidence for Iran's nuclear program leads to the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, A.Q. Khan, who apparently gave information on how to build a bomb to Libya.
The IAEA also noted that Iran has received a "similar package of information" from the illegal nuclear network of Pakistani A. Q. Khan that had been given to Libya. That information, seen in Libya by the IAEA in 2004, "included details on the design and construction of, and the manufacture of components for, a nuclear explosive device."
The Guardian includes all those juicy details about how to enrich uranium – surely you'll remember this from your high school physics class – and writer Julian Borger notes that the IAEA took special care in its investigation, knowing that it had to overcome global skepticism about the source and reliability of its information.
"What is striking is the totality and breadth of the information. Virtually every component of warhead research has been pursued by Iran," said a source close to the IAEA. "The agency has very, very, high confidence in its analysis. It did not want to make a mistake, and it was aware it had a very high threshold of credibility to meet. So it would not be published unless they had that high level of confidence."
In The New York Times, David E. Sanger and William J. Broad note that the IAEA is generally an agency noted for its caution, which makes this report all the more striking – and, even for some skeptics, convincing.
The I.A.E.A. report's detailed revelations are a fascinating role reversal from 2003, when the United States and Britain claimed Iraq was seeking to rekindle its nuclear program. In that case, the agency warned that the Bush administration's case was weak and that some of the evidence was forged. Now, it is the normally cautious agency that is taking the lead, arguing that years of study had led it to the conclusion that, despite Iran's denials, the country engaged in an active program to design nuclear warheads, among other technologies.
Yet not everyone is convinced by the IAEA report. Al Jazeera's English website notes that Russia and China apparently both lobbied the IAEA to not even publish its report. Russia believes that the report was released specifically to scuttle any chances of a diplomatic solution.
"We have serious doubts about the justification for steps to reveal contents of the report to a broad public, primarily because it is precisely now that certain chances for the renewal of dialogue between the 'sextet' of international mediators and Tehran have begun to appear," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
All of this cloak-and-dagger, of course, just puts one in the mood for a Graham Greene or John Le Carre novel, or better yet, a nice long Foreign Policy profile of real-life spy – and fabric entrepreneur – Jim Thompson.
Anybody who has visited Bangkok and come away with richly patterned silk shirts will know of Jim Thompson as the man who may have saved Thailand's silk industry after World War II. But he was also America's man in Bangkok, working for the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Joshua Kurlantzick in Foreign Policy does an excellent job of detailing how Thompson fought to help liberate Southeast Asian countries from colonial control, and how, when America saw its priorities change to fighting communism, Thompson mysteriously disappeared.
Thompson did not only have a unique affection for Laotians; he truly believed that, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt had promised during World War II, the United States would help free countries from colonial masters and set them on the road to democracy. Neighbors on all sides of Thailand -- Indochina, Burma, India, and Indonesia -- were deep in it. "Jim was an idealist, a romantic, an anti-imperialist, and there was no more idealistic time than just after the war," remembered Rolland Bushner, who served in the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. "We had stood with the anti-colonialists, the democrats, in the war, and we expected that would continue."


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New Video from USCCB Explains Work of Catholic Campaign for Human Development
WASHINGTON (November 11, 2010) — With the National Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) coming up the weekend of November 20-21, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a video for use at the diocesan and parish levels, to help explain the work of CCHD and the work it funds to help low-come people address the causes of poverty.
"Meet Mary: About the Catholic Campaign for Human Development," is a three-minute animated video that follows a school teacher named Mary, who lives in a neighborhood caught in the cycle of poverty. Mary encourages her neighbors to come together to address community issues starting with the safety of children after school. As the neighbors begin to work together, they apply for and receive a grant from CCHD. The video explains the process and principles behind CCHD and, with the fictional Mary, gives an example of the community transformation it funds.
"Many Catholics don't understand the work of CCHD and how it plays a unique and vital role in complementing the other anti-poverty efforts of the Church, such as education and direct assistance," said Susan Sullivan, associate director of education and outreach for the USCCB's Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development. "This video captures the work of CCHD in an easy-to-understand way that can be shared by parish and diocesan leaders to help spread the good news of this work, work that is at the heart of the mission of the Church. Our call to love God and neighbor includes a special responsibility for those most in need. CCHD addresses that need with the 'institutional path' of charity that Pope Benedict XVI speaks about in Caritas in Veritate."
"Meet Mary: About the Catholic Campaign for Human Development" can be found online at: www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/videos.cfm
Parish and diocesan leadership are encouraged to share the video, publicly and privately, in explaining the work of CCHD and the accompanying collection.
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We've been waiting for the animated remake of Kin-Dza-Dza since we first discovered this ultra-wacky 1986 Russian movie back in 2008. And now, it's finally here — and you can check out the first footage above, via Twitch Film.
In Kin-Dza-Dza, two guys fall into an alien teleportation device, and find themselves on, basically, the Monty Python planet. The only word anybody says is "Koo," and when you meet two guys, one of them always has a bell on his nose. This animated version seems to preserve a lot of the most striking visuals from the original, like the rusty blob of a spaceship that drops into the desert out of nowhere, but it also adds a lot more cartoony stuff — as you'd expect. Let's hope for a version with English subtitles next!


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Immediate-or-Cancel Order
An order from a broker to buy or sell a security or derivative, usually in large quantities, in which investors have a short period of time to partially or completely fulfill the order before it is cancelled. An IOC may be considered the opposite of a good 'til cancelled (GTC) order; it differs from a fill-or-kill (FOK) order because an IOC may only be partially filled, while an FOK must be entirely filled or the whole offer is void. An IOC is considered a type of day order, but has a much shorter time frame. See also: All-or-none offering.
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Mets 3B David Wright expected back Friday night
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NEW YORK (AP) -- David Wright is expected to return to the New York Mets' lineup Friday night in Philadelphia after missing seven weeks with a strained right hamstring.
Mets manager Terry Collins says the third baseman went through back-to-back workouts the past two days "with pretty good intensity."
Wright, a seven-time All-Star and the team captain, has a .391 on-base percentage with 16 homers, 54 RBIs and 17 stolen bases.
Going into Thursday's game against San Francisco, the depleted Mets were 19-25 since Wright went on the disabled list Aug. 3.
In other news, minor league infielder Wilfredo Tovar will join the Mets in Philadelphia to replace shortstop Ruben Tejada, who broke his right leg in Wednesday night's game.


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Happy New Year!
January 03, 2011 by Yugen
First and foremost, a happy new year to everyone in the sangha! It has been real hectic up on the mountain for the past few weeks. Last Wednesday we had a morning of snow, which then suddenly turned in to rain, resulting in a thick layer of slush on the ground. The temperature then dropped overnight to the low 20s, and didn't pick up all that much over the next few days. Consequently, the mountain was covered in a thick layer of ice, resulting in, amongst other things, a burst water pipe in the laundry room. We still have no hot water in the practice house or Jisha cabin as we're still waiting for the plumber to get back to us. Last night the snow started falling again and we ended up with about 6-8 inches on the ground - the most we've had this season. Thankfully, everyone who wanted to come up for the the New Year's Sesshin was able to make it up to the Center and get back down again safely.
The New Year's Sesshin is often one of the most popular of the year, as it provides a window for introspection and reflection at the cusp of a new year, and a place to let go of hindrances, make new vows and celebrate the new year in the company of a large chunk of the community. This year was no exception and we struggled to fit everyone in to the Buddha Hall for zazen and the evening services on the 31st. Everyone was pleased to see Rakusan, a veteran of the New Year's Sesshin, who has not been able to make it up as much recently due to health concerns. He gave a rousing rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne' during the toast at 12:30 am (see photos below), another Rakusan tradition!
The usual sesshin schedule ends at 8:20pm on the 31st and we finish sesshin with a closing circle, where everyone offers up a brief comment on their experience, and provides an opportunity to audibly give thanks after a few days of silence. At 10:50pm we performed a fire ceremony, with each person writing down hindrances from the past year on a scrap of year, and one by one, offering it to the fire, with powdered incense folded inside the paper while everyone chanted the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo. After this, we went back in to the Buddha Hall for Fusatsu, the ceremony of renewal and atonement. Zazen then took us up to midnight when we perform the New Year's service as the officiant, Wayu in this case, read extracts from the sutras while ringing a hand bell. Wayu then offered a water purification, while everyone in the hall chanted the Heart Sutra three times, the Sho Sai Myo Kichijo Dharani a number of times and then the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo nine times to finish up. Finally, we went downstairs for a snack and a toast to the new year. In the morning, we repeated the fire ceremony, this time burning resolutions for the new year, before going up to the memorial and well sites for services, giving thanks to the founders and the continuous water supply. It is a fantastic start to the new year and I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone who has not participated in the sesshin before.


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Top Lagos attractions
- Victoria Island: affluent district boasting a wide variety of restaurants and nightlife.
- Lekki Conservation Centre: explore huge tracts of wetlands at your leisure for unspoilt wildlife watching.
- Lekki Market: be prepared to haggle for crafts, fabrics, clothing, and more from all over West Africa.
- Nike Art Centre: the large collection of contemporary African art offers a deeper look into the culture.
- Third Mainland Bridge: Africa's second-longest bridge and one of three linking the island to the mainland.
Find out the must-dos and must-sees of Lagos in our comprehensive travel guide. Our team of travel experts get to the root of what makes this city such a unique experience.
What's the best way to get around Lagos?
You have a choice of 3 different types of buses: Danfo, Molue, and BRT. Danfo and Molue buses are both popular; however, the former is an affordable minibus service that covers set routes around hotspots, while the latter is being phased out slowly. Finally, BRT buses are relatively new and follow designated routes between the mainland and the islands.
What's the weather in Lagos?
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The latest Vanity Fair Mexico cover is making waves for all the wrong reasons.
A smiling Melania Trump is front and center, sporting a simple white outfit and twirling silver jewels on a fork like linguini. The February 2017 magazine release on Thursday coincided with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto cancelling his trip to the United States after Trump took executive action to build a wall along the Mexican-American border. In light of current political controversies, some Trump critics have mocked the timing and subject of the story, which touts Melania as the new Jackie Kennedy.
The Vanity Fair interview is nothing new -- literally. Originally printed in English last April, Julia Ioffe's story was commissioned for GQ, another Condé Nast publication. But the introduction, which was penned after Trump's electoral victory, gives some insight into how Mexican writers view the first lady and her husband.
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"If she suffered a terrible car accident, her husband wouldn't leave her -- as long as her breasts were still intact, of course," the editors wrote in Spanish. They called Melania "timid, beautiful, and complacent," and commented on her pictures from last spring.
"In a photoshoot with Douglas Friedman, the now first lady of the United States reflects that essence of luxury that surrounds her," they wrote, "A status with which she feels comfortable, happy, regardless of whether in editorial images this seems sarcastic and almost laughable."


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Sony has released a five-minute red-band trailer for 21 Jump Street. I'm not going to watch it. I'm already sold on the movie since I've only heard raves about it. I've been told directly "I know your sense of humor and you are going to love this movie." I was pretty much sold back when the first red-band trailer hit. Watching five minutes of the movie would just spoil more jokes for me, so I'm going to pass.
However, if you need more convincing, you can check out the trailer after the jump. The film stars Jonah Hill (who also co-wrote the script), Channing Tatum, Nick Offerman, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, and Rob Riggle. 21 Jump Street opens March 16th. I'll be seeing the film at SXSW, so look for my review later this week.
Here's the official synopsis:
In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind.


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OFSTED has told a nursery it requires improvement because it has too few multicultural resources in its play area.
Inspector Clair Stockings's report into the private Rascals Childcare centre, based at the Huntingdon Church in Talbot Avenue, Rayleigh, said: "There are few multicultural resources in the role play area to fully reflect diversity to help children learn about the similarities and differences between themselves and others."
The pre-school, previously rated as "good", has also been marked down because of lower than expected standards of planning, and for not using self-evaluation forms well enough.
But it was praised elsewhere for the bond staff have with the children, good behaviour and safety.
Owner Nicola Martin said the nursery believed it made enough efforts to teach children about multiculturalism – and even had a Chinese New Year display on its wall when the inspection was carried out. She said: "We have facilities for teaching multiculturalism.
"We have posters and puzzles depicting other backgrounds, we hand out multicultural food, we just didn't have all our multicultural posters out in that particular area on the day of the inspection."
The overwhelming majority of students at the nursery are from a white British background.
Ms Martin added: "None of the parents have raised any concerns or asked any questions about it, they've just noticed the staff have been praised.
"I was a bit concerned they judged the whole business in two-and-a-half hours. We thought it was rather quick. Some of the things they say are vague."
An Ofsted spokesman said: "Inspection arrangements for early years providers look at seven areas of learning, one of which is understanding the world.
"Inspectors will use their expertise in the field of childcare in considering how well a provider meets children's needs in this respect."


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Yankee Candles just smell good! There's a reason why they have such a good reputation... and that's the main one for me. We have several in our home, always, and I'm happy to be a part of promoting the group of them in the giveaway below. And what a giveaway it is... check it out, if you like Yankee Candles, you're going to want to enter this one.
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"This year will go down in history.
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Passing of the German Weapons Act in 1935
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The supreme law of this land, The Constitution, has not granted power to the federal government to regulate, register or control guns. The Second Amendment specifically states that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. What part of "shall not be infringed" does the government not understand?
Voting for a political party is like choosing the color of the car that is going to run you over.
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."
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Privatizing Nassau sewage put on hold
A proposal to privatize Nassau's sewage treatment system is on hold until plans are finalized for repairing and hardening the Bay Park and Long Beach treatment plants, both of which suffered extensive damage during superstorm Sandy, County Executive Edward Mangano said.
Mangano has selected New Jersey-based United Water to manage the Bay Park and Cedar Creek plants, the county's 53 sewage pumping stations and 3,000 miles of sewers. The transaction would be financed by a private investment group that would provide the county with at least $750 million that would be used to pay down its $3 billion in debt.
"Right now, we are focused on working with the state on a regional plan to harden the Bay Park and Long Beach plants" against future storms, Mangano said this week.
Mangano's comments came as Civil Service Employees Association president Jerry Laricchiuta fielded questions from his members this week about whether the privatization plan will be changed.
Among the issues discussed at meetings this week at the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway and the Cedar Creek plant in Seaford were "rumors" that Nassau might not sell the treatment system, but instead may hire United Water to operate the manage the plant for the county, Laricchiuta said.
Laricchiuta said he told members that the union has not received a new sewer plan.
He said in an interview that "based on conversations" with county officials, "we have been led to believe that the county is still entertaining a public-private partnership for the sewer system."
Mangano declined to talk specifically about whether the plan could be revamped.
"All options are on the table," he said.
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority, a state oversight board that controls the county's finances, last year blocked the administration's sewer plan, saying the financing element constituted "backdoor borrowing."
A team from Nassau, Long Beach, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is analyzing how to protect the Bay Park and Long Beach plants from future storms. Mangano said the effort will include elevating equipment above the flood plain to guard against saltwater intrusion.
Federal funding included in a $60 billion Sandy aid package passed by Congress is expected to pay for much of the repair and hardening, Mangano said. The county estimates it will receive $6.6 billion in federal aid, but officials have not disclosed how much will go to the treatment plants.
NIFA board member Chris Wright said last week that the board has not discussed a revised sewer plan with Mangano but that it remains opposed to the original privatization deal.United Water spokesman Rich Henning said there have been no "formal discussions" with Nassau about altering the original privatization deal. But he said the company remains interested in managing Bay Park and Cedar Creek, and that Sandy "re-emphasized" Nassau's need for an outside contractor to run the system.
Long Beach Public Works Commissioner Jim LaCarrubba said no discussions about privatizing the city's sewage treatment plant have occurred.


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Yesterday I've release an updated version of QueryUnit, the version 0.0.0.8.
QueryUnit now supports AreNotEqual, Greater, and Less assertions and is more capable of managing strings results.
I must say that I cannot live anymore without a proper Unit Testing of a BI solution. Just yesterday happened that one of the unit tests at a customer site failed showing a subtle situation where the release of a new version of custom application would have corrupted the source of BI data with a very low chance that someone would have noticed it before several days. It may happen when you have more the 15 systems that handles the data needed by your BI solution.
The key message of this situation is "Trust No One": if your data hasn't passed quality testing it's not trustable. Period.
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hemophiliahē˝məfĭl´ēə, –fēl´yə [key], genetic disease in which the clotting ability of the blood is impaired and excessive bleeding results. The disease is transmitted through females but almost invariably affects male offspring only. A male born to a carrier mother has a 50% chance of having the disease. A hemophiliac cannot pass the disease to his sons, but all his daughters will be carriers. There are two diseases usually classified as hemophilia: hemophilia A (classical hemophilia, or Factor VIII deficiency) and hemophilia B (Christmas disease, or Factor IX deficiency).
Small wounds and punctures are usually not a problem for hemophiliacs and can be treated as in a nonhemophiliac. Uncontrolled internal bleeding, however, can result in pain and swelling and permanent damage, especially to joints and muscles. The symptoms often first appear in toddlers as their joints begin to bear weight.
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Grokker's Experts Help Consumers Grok Interests
Former eBay and Yahoo executive, Lorna Borenstein, talks to AllThingsD's Kara Swisher about Grokker, a video network aimed at consumer interests using "experts."
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REPORT: Print Media Shrug Off Economic Inequality
Over the past three months, major print outlets throughout the country largely failed to discuss rising structural inequality and poverty in the United States while reporting on policies and programs that affect low-income groups.
Structural Inequality Largely Absent In News Reports
Structural Inequality And Poverty Discussed In Only 19 Percent Of Articles. From June 1 to August 31, the major print outlets analyzed for this report published 456 articles that provided substantial discussion of policies and programs that have disproportionate effects on lower income groups. Of the total number of articles, only 88 -- roughly 19 percent -- mentioned rising inequality or poverty in the United States.
Deficiency In Noting Structural Inequality And Poverty Spread Across Outlets. Of the 12 print outlets analyzed, only two -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Boston Globe -- mentioned structural inequality or poverty at a rate greater than the group average of 19 percent. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution mentioned inequality in 24.4 percent of its coverage on policies and programs affecting low-income groups, and The Boston Globe mentioned inequality in 28.6 percent. The Chicago Tribune and The Denver Post mentioned structural inequality the least, accounting for only 6.4 and 4 percent, respectively, of each paper's total coverage on policies and programs that have disproportionate effects on lower income groups.
Media Matters conducted a Nexis search of articles appearing in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, The Charlotte Observer, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Dallas Morning News, The Denver Post, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Miami Herald, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from June 1 through August 31. We identified and reviewed all articles using the following search terms: (low wage) or (low income) or (inequality) or (poverty) or (middle class).
Media Matters only included articles that had substantial discussion of policies and programs that have disproportionate effects on lower income groups. We did not include letters to the editor.
We defined articles that discuss structural economic inequality or poverty as those which directly address the disparity in economic gains between high- and low-income individuals.


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The City of Concord consists of several different zoning classifications. To provide accurate information, the citizen must provide staff with a Parcel Identification Number (PIN). The PIN number can be found on the City of Concord tax bill.
To build a storage shed or add on to an existing house in a residential zoning district, a Zoning Clearance Permit (ZCP) must to be obtained from the City of Concord. To be eligible for a ZCP, the applicant must submit a plot plan to the City of Concord for review. Once the review is complete, the applicant is eligible to have the work permitted by the City of Concord. After obtaining a ZCP from the City of Concord, the applicant must obtain a Building Permit from the Cabarrus County Building Inspections Department. Both permits must be issued to the applicant prior to starting any construction. The ZCP and Building Permit must be clearly posted at the construction site.
Residential Accessory or additions $50.00 Residential (Single Family, includes modular and mobile homes) $50.00 Residential (Two-Family, Multi-Family or Group Dwellings) $50.00+ $2.00 per unit Non-Residential Addition $.03 per SF or $75.00 minimum Non-Residential $.03 per SF or $200.00 minimum
With 143 coworkers, we are usually doing some type of hiring. An applicant may elect to go to the Human Resource Department located at 66 Union Street South (City Hall Annex Building). You may also contact the Employment Security Commission to see if we are hiring at that time and obtain an application.
There are several ways to apply for an open position with the City of Concord. The online City employment opportunities portal is available here. An applicant may apply at the Employment Security Commission which is located at 2275 Kannapolis Hwy, 29A in Concord, NC. The ESC will also have a job description for each open position. An applicant may elect to go to the Human Resource Department located at 66 Union Street South (City Hall Annex Building).
Yes, a new co-worker who comes to work for the City of Concord directly from another city or county, may transfer up to 20 days of sick leave.
A new co-worker is eligible for insurance benefits the first day of the month following 30 consecutive days of employment.
Contact the Fire Marshal's Office at 704-920-5517 to make an appointment. Your child's safety is very important to us, so please call and let one of our certified safety seat technicians install your safety seat properly.
Contact the Fire Marshal's Office at 704-920-5517 to set up your tour.
Please contact the Parks and Recreation Department to reserve Fire Station Community Rooms #7, #8 and #9. Contact numbers to make reservations:
#7 on International Drive AND #9 on Ivey Cline Road call Hartsell Recreation Center at 704-920-5602, x5623 or x5622.
#8 on Old Charlotte Road, call Logan Recreation Center at 704-920-5603, x5624 or x5625. OR 704-920-5600 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
If you cannot afford a smoke detector for your home, contact the Fire Marshal's Office at 704-920-5517. The Fire Marshal's Office will arrange for the delivery and installation of a smoke detector in your home.
Call the Fire Marshal's Office at 704-920-5517 to schedule the Firefighters to bring a truck or the Fire Safety House to your facility.
Cabarrus County and the City of Concord have made available to the public a household hazard hazardous waste drop off site. Please contact 704-920-5555 for additional information.
Open air burning is not allowed within the City of Concord unless it is for cooking or ceremonial purposes. For additional information please contact the Fire Marshal's office at 704-920-5517.
The Office of Emergency Management provides disaster preparedness programs for businesses, schools and community organizations. To schedule a disaster preparedness program for your organization or to obtain family disaster preparedness information, please contact Jim Sells, Emergency Management Coordinator, at 704-920-5528.
To report information regarding a recent fire, which is under investigation, please contact Adam Ryerson, Division Chief of Fire Prevention, at 704-920-5535.
A juvenile fire-setters program is available through local fire departments. To contact the juvenile fire-setters program call Adam Ryerson, Division Chief of Fire Prevention, at 704-920-5535.
Information regarding storage, handling or use of hazardous materials or explosives is available through the Office of Emergency Management. Please contact Jim Sells, Emergency Management Coordinator at 704-920-5528.
Checks are issued weekly on Friday. An invoice along with the approval from the department must be received by Accounts Payable by 5:00 pm on Monday to receive a check on Friday of that same week. Invoices are paid according to the terms stated on the vendor invoice. If terms are not stated on the invoice, the City assumes the terms of net 30 days.
All checks are mailed on Friday.
If the invoice is your utility bill, you need to contact the Call Center at 704-920-5555. If the invoice is your tax bill or a privilege license bill, you need to contact the Tax Department at 704-920-5216. If the invoice is for your fuel purchased at the airport, you need to contact the Airport at 704-793-9000. For questions on all other invoices, you need to contact the Finance Department Accounts Receivable at 704-920-5231.
Housing assistance payments are processed and mailed on the first business day of each month.
The City of Concord will mail these forms no later than January 31st of each year.
The City's fiscal year is July 1st through June 30th. The City prepares a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) each year and it is submitted to the Department of State Treasurer, Local Government Commission no later than October 31st of each year. The CAFR is available at the Cabarrus County Library, the City's website or in the City's Finance Department for review.
About 1.5 miles from the airport
No, but at least one local hotel will provide a shuttle to area's within a 5 mile radius and we have rental cars for rent or crew cars for use with fuel purchase.
No, not at this time but there are several good restaurant's within 1-3 miles of the facility.
We now have several Within 1-5 miles call customer service for any special discounts being currently offered or for more information at 704-793-9000.
Yes but they must be scheduled in advance with customer service at 704-793-9000.
Yes. Call customer service to place your request at 704-793-9000
Yes. At the present time we have Avis and Enterprise here on the field.
Yes. We have hangars available for over night rental or for day use based on space available and size of aircraft. There maybe availability of monthly storage call Susan Green to check on availability at 704-793-9000.
We currently do have some office space available for lease. The current rate is $1.20 per sq.ft. Contact Susan Green for availability and size at 704-793-9000.
Please see the City Budget page for the Fees & Charges Schedule.
You pay parking and cruising tickets at the Concord Police Department on Cabarrus Ave., Concord, NC; or, payment may be mailed to the Concord Police Department at P.O. Box 308, Concord, NC 28026-0308. Speeding tickets must be paid at the Cabarrus County Courthouse, 25 Corban Avenue, SW, Concord, NC 28025.
Contact Leslie Griffin at the Concord Police Department (704) 920-5007 for an application. There is no charge for this service.How do I get a trespassing agreement?Contact the Concord Police Department at (704) 920-5000 and an officer will come to your residence or business and assist you with this paperwork.
A copy of any police report is available through our Records Unit at the police headquarters. They are open Monday – Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There is a $1.00 charge for all copies.
We respond to all complaints against our coworkers. You may call (704) 920-5000 and ask for any supervisor, or you may contact Chief Gacek direct at (704) 920-5007.
We enjoy citizens riding with us on patrol, but by the nature of our business, we must have some restrictions. Contact the Police Department at 704-920-5000 to complete an application.
Some businesses choose to employ officers in a secondary employment capacity for security purposes. Contact the Police Department at (704) 920-5000 for more information.
If you are curious if an issued warrant has been served by the Concord Police Department, call our information desk at (704) 920-5000.
Speeding in neighborhoods is one of the top complaints we have. Contact the Communications Center at (704) 920-5580 while the problem is happening. If it is an on-going speeding problem, contact Sergeant Rankin in our Traffic Unit at (704) 920-5027.
$0.48 per $100 of valuation (This rate is subject to change and is established by the City Council annually during the budget process). How do I calculate my taxes? Multiply the valuation by .0048, which is the tax rate per each $100 of the valuation.
The due date is September 1 of each year. January 5th is the last day to pay without penalties. The interest rate is 2% in January and ¾% each month thereafter.
Yes, you can pay using a credit or debit card. The Tax Office has entered into an agreement with JetPay, to provide taxpayers this automated payment service. JetPay charges a convenience fee for this service. The convenience fee is 2.5% for credit card payments and $1.50 for eChecks. The fee is not part of your tax, and the City of Concord does not receive the fee.
Yes, Tax Information is available on the City's website using the Tax Search System.
Yes, only if affixed by U.S. Postal Service not run through postal meter. The date must be shown on postmark and legible; otherwise the payment is treated as date received in tax office.
City tax billing and escrow information is provided by Cabarrus County and data is transferred by computer files. If City taxes should be handled/escrowed differently than County taxes, the taxpayers should notify us so we can adjust our records accordingly.
Concord is a vibrant community, and one that honors its heritage and tradition while racing towards the future. Since 1990, the total population of Concord has grown tremendously to approximately 84,000 people. Geographically, the City of Concord has expanded from 23 square miles in 1990 to over 60 square miles. The continued growth and expansion of the City is supported by our comprehensive infrastructure and services, all of which help enhance the quality of life of Concord's residents.
Connect with us: concordnc.gov features information on City services, news, and updates. You can subscribe to the free CityLink Newsletter and receive City updates direct to your inbox. Stay in the know and receive timely updates from the City via phone, text, or email with Blackboard Connect. You can also interact with the City in a variety of social media and online tools.
The area surrounding Concord, from the Latin for "harmony," was settled in 1750. Our county, Cabarrus County, was officially formed in 1792. The North Carolina General Assembly named Concord as the county seat in 1796, and from the mid 1800s to 1920, Concord became a booming textile and banking center. Today, we have a diverse economic base that includes distribution, manufacturing, racing, and professional services.
Concord offers an excellent variety of entertainment and leisure for visitors, as well as residents. Whether you want to attend one of NASCAR's biggest events, go on a shopping spree, or take in the beauty of the Historic District, Concord has it all.
City Management and Planning staff work with regional and state officials to encourage economic development in Concord. Staff works with the Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation to assist businesses with their expansion needs. Visit www.concordnc.gov/business to learn more about what makes Concord an attractive choice for expanding companies.
The City follows applicable state and federal laws when making purchases or contracting services. The City advertises for potential vendors and contractors on the City's website and in local newspapers.
The City of Concord partners with our community to deliver excellent service, and plans for the future while preserving, protecting, and enhancing the quality of life.
Under the council-manager form of government, the City Council acts as the legislative body in establishing policy and law and the City Manager handles the day-today management of the City organization. In Concord, the Mayor and City Council serve part-time and are elected on a non-partisan basis. The Mayor is elected at-large (city-wide) for a four-year term and serves as the presiding officer at city council meetings and as the official head of the city for ceremonial purposes. The seven City Council Members are elected at-large from districts for staggered four-year terms. The City Council appoints a professional City Manager, who serves as the Council's chief advisor, and the City Manager appoints the employees of the City. The City Council meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 35 Cabarrus Avenue W. The meetings are open to the public, and the meeting agendas are posted at concordnc.gov.
In Concord, and elsewhere in North Carolina, county and municipal governments operate independently of each other and have different responsibilities for many services. Concord residents are also residents of the County and pay for and receive County services.
The City of Concord provides a variety of diverse services that every person uses daily. We provide water, sewer, garbage collection and recycling, police, fire, maintenance of City streets, planning and development services, parks and recreation and much more. Many of our residents also purchase electricity from the City. We are proud to deliver this enhanced level of service to residents and strive to be high-quality and customer-focused. Since 2000, the City's Customer Care Center addresses most service requests over the phone at 704-920-5555. We are exploring more ways to make customer care even more convenient.
We are concerned about our natural, historic, economic, and aesthetic resources and work to preserve and enhance them for future generations. In 2012, the North Carolina League of Municipalities honored Concord for its sustainability accomplishments by awarding it the prestigious Susan M. Burgess Sustainability Award. This award recognizes the leadership of the Concord City Council and the achievements of the City's departments.


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Design at the Open University is distinctive in being devoted to the subject of design generally, and not confined to any one professional area of application. Instead we focus on the creative, technical and social dimensions of design and innovation, which are generic across domains. This is at the core of our teaching and our research, both of which draw on multi-disciplinary views of design across product design, architecture, engineering, fashion, transport, education, health and services.
Read about the History of Design at the OU.
Our multi-disciplinarity is reflected in our staff and students, who include not only designers and architects, but also mathematicians, social scientists, computer scientists and engineers. Collectively, we combine rigorous research of design practise with a real passion for design, as a means of addressing and transforming the challenges of modern society.
The Design Group is part of the Department of Engineering and Innovation in the Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology at the Open University.
The Design Group is a member of the AHRC Design Star doctoral training centre, along with other leading UK design departments. Design Star training is innovative, stimulating and relevant, supported by a broader range of expertise and covering more methods than is possible in a single institution.
Our design research focusses on general principles across domains of practice, with an emphasis on conceptualising design in terms of evolving processes and transitions. We are concerned with the social and collaborative dimensions of design processes as well as the methods and models for improving design processes for complex products and services, as evidenced in our research themes:
Design and innovation is all around us, in everything from the latest fashions to cutting-edge technological equipment. By studying with us you can gain a unique insight into the many branches of design. The research-based case studies featured in our modules will take you from chair design to roller-coasters and beyond. You don't need to have a technical background and the skills you'll gain will be useful in a wide range of professions.
We offer a BA/BSc Design and Innovation which comprises three core Design modules; these are taken alongside selected pathway modules from either Arts, Business, Engineering or Environment. In addition to this the Design modules contribute to a range of other qualifications including the BA Open (QD), which enables students to construct their own degree based on their interests and preferences. We also contributed our design expertise to the teaching materials in Engineering and Environment.
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Robert G. Smith, Ph.D
Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Department: Neuroscience
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Department of Neuroscience
Rm 123, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg /6058
University of PA School of Medicine
422 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Rm 123, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg /6058
University of PA School of Medicine
422 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-3211
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Haverford College, 1971.
University of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies, 1982.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
- (Biology)
Haverford College, 1971.
University of Pennsylvania, College of General Studies, 1982.
Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Description of Research ExpertiseRESEARCH INTERESTS: Understanding how the structure, biophysical properties, and synaptic connections of a neuron influence its signal processing function within the surrounding neural circuit.
RESEARCH TECHNIQUES: Analysis of the role of synaptic and biophyical properties, morphology, and noise in a neural circuit's performance. Electrophysiological recordings. Computer simulation of neural circuitry. Ideal observer analysis of neural circuit performance.
RESEARCH SUMMARY: My laboratory studies how retinal circuitry processes visual signals. We analyze what is known about a circuit, construct a biophysically realistic model of it, and through simulation attempt to reconcile the circuit's known physiological properties with the function of its neural components. This allows us to suggest a functional interpretation for biophysical features such as dendritic branching, density of voltage-gated membrane channels, and specific location, strength, and properties of synaptic inputs. Including the noise properties of membrane channels and synaptic vesicle release, we generate realistic noise properties that we compare directly with recordings from live neurons. We currently study 4 circuits: 1) the cone photoreceptor to horizontal cell network, 2) the pathway from rod photoreceptors to ganglion cells used during dark adaptation, 3) the brisk-transient (alpha) ganglion cell, its spike generator, and its presynaptic circuitry, and 4) the direction-selective ganglion cell and the starburst amacrine network that shapes its responses.
Description of Other ExpertiseProgramming skill in the C and C++ programming languages, numerical integration. Analog and digital electronics design.
Selected PublicationsBorghuis BG, Ratliff CP, Smith RG: Impact of light-adaptive mechanisms on mammalian retinal visual encoding at high light levels. J Neurophysiol 119(4): 1437-1449, December 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1152/jn.00682.2017
Howlett MH, Smith RG, Kamermans M: A novel mechanism of cone photoreceptor adaptation. PLoS biology 15(4): e2001210, April 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001210.
Percival KA, Venkataramani S, Smith RG, Taylor WR: Directional Excitatory Input to Direction-Selective Ganglion Cells in the Rabbit Retina. J. Comp. Neurol March 2017 Notes: doi: 10.1002/cne.24207 [Epub ahead of print]
Stincic T, Smith RG, Taylor WR: Time-course of EPSCs in On-type starburst amacrine cells in mouse retina is independent of dendritic location. J. Physiol 594: 5685-5694, Oct 2016 Notes: doi:10.1113/jp272384.
Ding H, Smith RG, Poleg-Polsky A, Diamond JS, Briggman KL.: Species-specific wiring for direction selectivity in the mammalian retina. Nature 535: 105-110, July 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1038/nature18609.
Lipin MY, Taylor WR, Smith RG: Inhibitory input to the direction-selective ganglion cell is saturated at low contrast. J Neurophysiol 114(2): 927-941, August 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1152/jn.00413.2015.
Trenholm S, McLaughlin AJ, Schwab DJ, Turner MH, Smith RG, Rieke F, Awatramani GB. : Nonlinear dendritic integration of electrical and chemical synaptic inputs drives fine-scale correlations. Nat Neurosci 17(12): 1759-1766, December 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1038/nn.3851.
Puthussery T, Venkataramani S, Gayet-Primo J, Smith RG, Taylor WR: NaV1.1 Channels in Axon Initial Segments of Bipolar Cells Augment Input to Magnocellular Visual Pathways in the Primate Retina. J Neurosci. 33(41): 16045-16059, October 2013.
Nikonov S, Lyubarsky A, Fina M, Nikonova E, Sengupta A, Chinniah C, Ding X-Q, Smith R, Pugh E, Vardi N, Dhingra A. : Cones respond to light in the absence of transducin Beta3 subunit. J. Neurosci 33: 5182-5194, March 2013 Notes: doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.5204-12.2013.
Abbas SY, Hamade KC, Yang EJ, Nawy S, Smith RG, Pettit DL: Directional Summation in non-Direction Selective Retinal Ganglion Cells. PLoS Comput Biol 9(3): e1002969, March 2013 Notes: doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002969.
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