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- First-Year Experience
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- Oriflamme
- Freshman Residential Information
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Freshman Residential Information
Fall Welcome begins with move-in! Housing and Residence Life will send housing assignments to new students in July, so continue to check your SLU email. Most freshmen will be placed in one of these five residence halls: Fusz Hall, Griesedieck Complex (Clemens, Griesedieck, and Walsh Halls), Marguerite Hall, Pruellage Hall, and Reinert Hall. New student move-in will be on Wednesday, August 20th and Thursday, August 21st, 2014. Your hall and floor assignment will determine which day to move into your room. Students are assigned a specific day to arrive on campus to alleviate traffic flow to allow for a more smooth move-in. Assigned move-in dates can be viewed here.
No matter where you are placed, Oriflamme will be there to help you move-in! Once you arrive, Oriflamme Leaders will help unload your vehicle and carry items to your new room. Just look for the students in the orange t-shirts!
In preparation for your arrival on August, read more about the move-in process for your assigned residence hall and consider the move-in tips below. For additional information or with any move-in questions, please contact Housing and Residence Life by phone at 314.977.2811 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Move-in Tips
- Review the move-in process for your residence hall and locate your check-in location prior to your arrival.
- Arrive to SLU on your assigned date.
- Dress comfortably with close-toed shoes.
- Pack your items in boxes or larger containers to reduce the number of trips necessary to your new room.
- Pack your items in boxes able to be carried by one person.
- Label all of your boxes, plastic tubs, and large items with your name, hall, and room number.
- Bring the appropriate tools for any of your items that require assembly.
- Plan for all types of weather.
- Be patient.
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In the News
Radcliffe Fellow Leaves Biology Test Tubes Behind, Picks Up Camera
Margaret Marshall Named Radcliffe Medalist
This year's Radcliffe Institute Medalist is Margaret H. Marshall, Ed.M. '69, the twenty-fourth chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court (now retired). She is senior counsel at Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP, as well as a senior research fellow and lecturer at Harvard Law School. (She is also an incorporator of Harvard Magazine Inc.) Marshall will give the keynote address during the Radcliffe Day luncheon on May 25 in Radcliffe Yard.
Harvard Heads Southwest
The nation's first institution of higher learning added another first to its list this week, showcasing its digital initiatives and innovation rock stars at the South by Southwest Interactive festival (SXSW). Radcliffe Fellow Kara Oehler showcased Zeega, a Harvard Library Lab-funded system that she co-founded and that facilitates the creation of participatory documentaries.
The Parenting Divide
Lizabeth Cohen Appointed Radcliffe Institute Dean
Lizabeth Cohen, interim dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since last July, has been appointed dean by President Drew Faust, who was RIAS's founding dean before becoming Harvard president.
Cohen Named Dean of Radcliffe
Professor & Team: Daniel L. Smail
Professor Smail has spent this academic year at the Radcliffe Institute, where he studies what he terms the "medieval world of goods" by sifting through 14th and 15th century household inventories. This project is unique because of its collaborative nature: Smail is working with sophomores Mark S. Krass, Naomi M. Wills, and Matthew Wozny to collect and interpret his data.
From Embryos to Evolution: Evo-Devo
Scientists trying to understand the evolutionary past have gained insight from studying embryonic development—a new area of science called evo-devo. Nicole Le Douarin, a pioneer of modern developmental biology, spoke at Radcliffe on how studying embryonic development sheds light on a key innovation in vertebrate evolution: the emergence of a head and brain.
Orderly Living
In March 2010, a group of colleaguesgot together at the Radcliffe Institute for a colloquium on German manuscript illumination. The speakers visited Houghton Library, where librarians had spread out for examination virtually all of the German illuminated manuscripts the library has. These treasures knocked the socks off the assembled academics, who decided that each would choose one of the fragments before them as the subject of a short essay.
New Venues for Jewish Music Festival
The Third Annual Boston Jewish Music Festival features pianist and former fellow Donald Berman who has put together a classical evening called "From the Lower East Side to Carnegie Hall.''

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Product Highlights:on-ear headphones with ventilated earpiecescomfortable ear clips hold headphones securely in place47-inch cablesensitivity: 110 dBimpedance: 38 ohmswarranty: none (Crutchfield's 60-day satisfaction guarantee applies)Our 60-day money-back guarantee Blaupunkt Comfort Acoustica Reviews Average Customer Review: 5 reviews Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $350 rewards card Filter by rating: 5 Star: (0) 4 Star: (0) 3 Star: (0) 2 Star: (0) 1 Star: (0) Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. Review title * Email Your email won't be visible. Please use the email address that is associated with your order. 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Rockefeller Drug Laws
In 1973, as drug use and crime rates around the country were on the rise, New York State passed a set of narcotics laws that became known by the name of their primary champion, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. The laws mandated that a conviction for possessing four ounces or more of heroin or cocaine be punished by at least 15 years to life in prison.
The laws were praised by prosecutors, who said they made it easier to make cases against drug kingpins when lower-level dealers or users faced tough penalties. Other criticized the laws for their harshness, noting that many first-time offenders caught with small amounts of narcotics ended up with lengthy sentences.
In 2007, Clyde Haberman described the long-running debate in the About New York column of The New York Times:
"For true endurance, the statutes known as the Rockefeller-era drug laws are hard to beat. The same may be said about attempts to scrap those laws, which came into being in 1973, so long ago that disco was just beginning to be hot.
"Nelson A. Rockefeller was governor then. Drug criminals had New York by the throat in one of the city's periodic heart-of-darkness phases. Rockefeller wanted to show he could be tough as nails with dope dealers. The result was statutes that eternally bear his name in common idiom. "Their essence was to send drug felons to prison for very long stretches, with sentences made mandatory and leniency rendered unacceptable even for first-time offenders.
"The laws were amended in 2004 and 2005, to ease some of the most severe sentences. By then, they had been deemed overly harsh by most New Yorkers, save perhaps those with portraits of Torquemada on their walls. Occasional polls, like one for this newspaper in 2002, show that New Yorkers overwhelmingly would grant judges more of a free hand in sentencing. That includes a chance to send drug-addicted small fry into treatment rather than to prison."
The main roadblock to more extensive change was opposition among the Republicans who controlled the state Senate. In 2009, control shifted to the Democrats, and in March, a deal was announced by legislative leaders and Gov. David A. Paterson. A version of the bill taken up by the state Assembly would restore judges' discretion in sentencing in many lower-level drug possession crimes. Judges would be able to send many offenders to treatment programs instead of prison without receiving consent from prosecutors. It was not clear how many current prisoners would be eligible to apply. Mr. Paterson has pushed to have fewer prisoners than legislative leaders would prefer.
Highlights From the Archives
Albany Reaches Deal to Repeal '70s Drug Laws
The deal would repeal many of the mandatory minimum prison sentences now in place for lower-level drug felons.March 26, 2009 nyregionNews
About New York
Letting Judges Have a Say in Sentencing
In a debate over the Rockefeller drug laws, judges and prosecutors are wrestling to determine who will control access to alternative treatment programs for nonviolent offenders.March 25, 2009 nyregionNews
Albany Takes Step to Repeal '70s-Era Drug Laws
The New York State Assembly approved legislation to repeal laws that have required judges to impose mandatory prison terms for many nonviolent drug offenses.March 5, 2009 nyregionNews
A Brutal Beating Wakes Attica's Ghosts
Three corrections officers at the prison in western New York face gang-related assault charges after an inmate was brutally beaten.
March 1, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Attica Correctional Facility , Prisons and Prisoners , Williams, George (1982- ) , Warner, Sean E (1974- ) , Swack, Keith H (1974- ) , Rademacher, Matthew P (1982- ) , New York State , Guards , Sentences (Criminal)
Governor Paterson's Legacy in New York
Robert A. Perry of the New York Civil Liberties Union writes about the accomplishments of David A. Paterson.
March 11, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: New York Civil Liberties Union , Civil Rights and Liberties , New York State , Paterson, David A , Mandatory Sentencing
America on Probation
We may be getting over our peculiar love of prisons. But if not prisons, what?
January 27, 2014, Monday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Prisons and Prisoners , United States , Probation and Parole , Crime and Criminals , Sentences (Criminal) , Mandatory Sentencing , States (US)
Governor Cuomo's Stingy Pardons
Mr. Cuomo exercised his clemency power for the first time since taking office in 2011, pardoning just three men.
January 4, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: New York State , Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons , Sentences (Criminal) , Cuomo, Andrew M , Editorials
Sunday Dialogue: Using the Power to Pardon
Readers discuss mandatory minimum sentences and mercy.
December 1, 2013, Sunday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Prisons and Prisoners , Obama, Barack , Sentences (Criminal) , American Civil Liberties Union , Mandatory Sentencing , Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons , Law and Legislation
Turning Lives Around, and Saving the State Money
Teofilo Ramos, caught selling heroin but sent to treatment rather than prison, exemplifies the success of New York's reform of the Rockefeller drug laws.
May 24, 2013, Friday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Center for Court Innovation , Drug Abuse and Traffic , Ramos, Teofilo , Mandatory Sentencing , New York State , Sentences (Criminal) , Prisons and Prisoners , Crime and Criminals , NPC Research
William M. Fine, Who Helped Shape Drug Laws, Dies at 86
Mr. Fine, a former magazine publisher and retailer, did research for Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller that led to New York State's stringent narcotics legislation.
May 20, 2013, Monday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Fine, William M (1926-2013) , Law and Legislation , Drug Abuse and Traffic , Deaths (Obituaries)
The Next Step in Drug Treatment
The country needs to get beyond the "drug war" approach to addiction.
April 27, 2013, Saturday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Drug Abuse and Traffic , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) , New York Academy of Medicine , Drug Policy Alliance , New York State , Mandatory Sentencing , Prisons and Prisoners , Editorials
Life Sentences for Low-Level Crimes
Stakeholders in the debate about disproportionate prison sentences respond to a front-page article.
December 17, 2012, Monday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Mandatory Sentencing , Prisons and Prisoners , Sentences (Criminal)
Three Men Are Indicted Under Drug Kingpin Law
Three members of a major East Harlem cocaine trafficking ring are the first to be indicted by the Manhattan district attorney's office under a strict new state law known as the kingpin statute.
June 18, 2011, Saturday
MORE ON THE ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS AND: Drug Abuse and Traffic , Police Department (NYC) , Vance, Cyrus R Jr , East Harlem (NYC) , Manhattan (NYC)
The Rockefeller Drug Laws
The New York State Assembly is set to pass legislation to repeal much of what remains of the '70s-era drug laws.
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Mitch Lucker Tribute: Members of Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men + Pierce the Veil Reminisce (VIDEO)
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Fighting games will be double elimination FPS games will be single elimination
2pm: Halo Reach FFA (Limit 16) Pot prize
3pm: Blaz Blue Free
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6pm: SSF4AE Pot
7pm: MW3 FFA Pot (Limit 16)
8pm: SSBM Pot
9pm: Soul Caliber 5 Pot
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2pm: Halo Reach 2v2 Pot (limit 16 teams)
3pm: Dragon Ball Z Raging Blast 2 PS3
4pm: UMVC3 Pot
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7pm: GOW3 2v2 pot (limit 16
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we here at the WCT all agree on what we like to call traditional 5 on 5 survivor series tag match in which there are 5 players per team the match starts with single players only when one player is eliminated he or she is eliminated from the team the match continues until all 5 members of the team are eliminated. At anytime the match may end up 4, 3, or even 5 players against one? the remaining players will be consider the soul survivors of the team and the entire team continues on to the next round.
Rules and regulations
1# there can not be the same characters on the same team such as 5 gokus or 3 vegetas and 2 gokus
2# every character in eligible from the powerful broly to the mighty goku any and every character is open to choice just no doubles on a team
3#character customization is off there will be no customizing a characters attacks or defense all normal on how the character is in the game
4# no switching once you choice your character such as one round a player was goku but in the next choices to be vegeta or switches with another players character is banned
5# there must be 5 players per team and only 5 no substitutions or replacements only 5 are aloud to register through the whole tournament
6# there are no gender boundary's there can be a mix of females and males
7# no cheating such as unplugging the system or slapping a controller out of a players hand if caught doing so will be a DQ and will be thrown out of the tournament along with the rest of his or her team
8# one match per time no doubles in the same match or a 5 on 5 tag match that is in the game but not in the official tournament
9# any additude toward staff players or damages that come to the system will also be counted as a DQ for the entire team please be as sportsmen like as possible
10# when called to a match the entire team must be present if one member is absent then the team has a ten minute reuses if not present with the full team in under ten minutes after reuses then it is a DQ
please follow all the rules and regulation and please be as sportsmen like as possible any attitude toward anyone will be handled on the spot good luck to all the teams and have fun
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Thanks to Christian Stich for putting together this series on the REST API.
In this final installment on the REST API, we'll walk through a couple examples of using the REST API to embed spreadsheet data in new and interesting ways.
Embedding a 'Live' Chart on a SharePoint Wiki Page.
For this example we are embedding an Excel scatter chart on a SharePoint wiki page. The scatter chart works like an analog clock, so that you can see that the data returned via REST is dynamic, and the workbook containing the chart and the logic is attached to this blog post.
- First upload the Clock.xlsx workbook to a SharePoint document library. (the workbook is included in the archive folder that is attached to this post)
Let's assume that the workbook has been uploaded to the following location:
http://contoso/Shared Documents/Clock.xlsx.
- Then craft the REST API URI to the scatter chart named Clock
http://contoso/_vti_bin/ExcelRest.aspx/Shared Documents/Clock.xlsx/Model/Charts('Clock')
You might want to post the URI into a browser's address bar to verify that you can access the chart before proceeding with the next steps.
- Create a SharePoint Wiki page.
- Next, start editing the wiki page by clicking on 'Edit Page'. Since we are inserting a chart which the REST API returns as a PNG image file click on the 'Insert' tab on the ribbon, then click on the 'Image' icon and then select 'From Address' from the dropdown box.
- Paste the URI that you have created earlier into 'Address' field.
- Finally, 'Stop Editing' the page
We see the clock when the wiki page reloads.
And when we reload the wiki page again, the scatter chart representing the analog clock will be retrieved again using the REST API – and will have been updated with the new time – showcasing the dynamic and live nature of Excel Services REST API calls.
A more business focused scenario could include a chart on a wiki page that shows the latest sales figures for a division of a company which are retrieved by Excel Services from a SQL Server database or Analysis Services cube when the wiki page is opened (or refreshed) by a user.
Inserting a Chart in a Word Document Using the Excel Services REST API.
Similarly, we can use the Excel Services REST API to insert live charts in Word and PowerPoint documents.
In Microsoft Word, select the 'Insert' tab on the ribbon, then click on the 'Quick Parts' icon, followed by selecting 'Field'.
Then select 'IncludePicture' and paste the REST URI for displaying the RevenueChart from the Tax.xlsx workbook
http://contoso/Finance/_vti_bin/ExcelRest.aspx/Shared Documents/Tax.xlsx/Model/Charts('RevenueChart')
into the 'Filename or URL field'. Also, select 'Data not stored with document' in the 'Field options' column – this results in Word refreshing the chart (reflecting potentially updated numbers) each time the document is opened.
Thus, we have created a Word document that contains a live and up-to-date Excel Services chart. If the data in the workbook (which itself can come from an external source, such as a SQL data base or Analysis Services Cube) is updated, so will the chart in the Word document each time the document is re-opened or when the document is refreshed (by pressing the F9 function key).
Building a Mash Up with Bing Maps and the Excel Services REST API.
Bing Maps provides an SDK that enables developers to determine the location of a mouse click on the map and to get the address corresponding to this location. In this demo, the (U.S.) state corresponding to the click location is extracted from the address. Then an Excel Services REST URI is created that requests a chart with the census rankings of that state by setting the state's name/abbreviation into the Excel Workbook.
Clicking on the city of Seattle brings up the Census Rankings for Washington State.
Similarly, clicking on the city of Houston brings up the Census Rankings for the State of Texas.
The entire code required to load the Excel Services Chart with the Census Rankings for each state is:
document.getElementById('resultDiv').innerHTML = "<img src='http://contoso/_vti_bin/ExcelRest.aspx/Shared Documents/StateRankings.xlsx/Model/Charts(%27Report%27)?Ranges(%27State%27)="+s+"'/>";
We assemble the REST API URI string by taking the URL to the workbook's location and setting the range 'State' to the JavaScript variable 's' which contains the state's name/abbreviation.
The entire JavaScript code (including the code to get the location from Bing Maps) and the workbook for this demo are included in the archive folder that is attached to this article.
The Excel Services REST API is a powerful yet very easy to use means of embedding Excel Services content on web pages and for creating mash-up applications. It enables users to retrieve image, HTML and Atom feed representations of items in Excel workbooks and modifying those by setting values into the workbook. The REST API also leverages the other capabilities of Excel Services, such as external data connections and user defined functions which can be used to fetch up-to-date values from external sources, which can then be retrieved, displayed or otherwise consumed by simply specifying a REST URI.
If you'd like to read more about REST, Shahar Prish, a developer on the Excel Services team who worked on the REST feature, has written a series of blog posts about REST on his blog.
I look forward to your feedback on this feature.


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Carl Wilkens, former head of Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) in Rwanda, will speak on Monday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in McShain Performing Arts Center at Rosemont College. Wilkens' lecture is titled, "Ability to Respond — Eyewitness Stories from the Rwandan Genocide." Wilkens' books will be available for purchase and he will participate in a book signing after the event. The lecture is free and open to all and sponsored by the Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility at Rosemont College.
Wilkens, a humanitarian aid worker, was the only American to remain in Kigali, Rwanda, once the genocide began in 1994. Each day Wilkens ventured out into streets crackling with mortars and gunfire to bring food, water and medicine to orphans trapped around the city. His choice to stay and help resulted in preventing the massacre of hundreds of children over the course of the genocide.
Wilkens will speak about his experiences and personal first-hand accounts of life for the people of Rwanda as their country collapsed, as well as stories of those who stood up against the killers. He will also focus on the courage and resilience of the people he witnessed facing horrendous choices in the middle of the unimaginable slaughter. The core of Wilkens' message is that "stories and service" are our most effective tools to build peace and eliminate "us and them" thinking.
"Carl Wilkens' story is truly remarkable. It is difficult enough to imagine oneself in the midst of a developing genocide; it is even more difficult to imagine remaining amid the carnage in order to do what one can to protect as many defenseless victims as possible. But for Mr. Wilkens there was no real alternative; this was his community, these were his friends and colleagues. His experience is a testament to the power of courage, compassion, and the resilience of the human spirit," says Alan Preti Ph.D., director of Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility.
Wilkens returned home in 1996 and was a high school teacher until 2008 when he decided to dedicate his life to public outreach. He and his wife Teresa formed World Outside My Shoes (WOMS), a non-profit educational and professional development organization committed to inspiring and equipping people to enter the world of "The Other." "The Other" may be under our own roof or on the other side of the globe.
After Wilkens was featured in a 2004 PBS Frontline documentary, "Ghosts of Rwanda," about the Rwanda genocide, he began to receive invitations from teachers around the country to come and share his experiences with their students. During the 2011-12 school year, Wilkens gave a total of 249 presentations to 27,450 people in 76 middle and high schools, 41 universities, and 40 civic and faith groups.
Wilkens' humanitarian work has been recognized with several awards including the Dignitas Humana Award from Saint John's School of Theology Seminary and a 2005 Medal of Valor from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
In 2011, Wilkens released his first book entitled, I'm Not Leaving: Rwanda Through the Eyes of the Only American to Stay in Kigali During the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, based largely on tapes he made to his wife and children during the genocide, not knowing if he would ever see them again.
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The Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility was launched in August 2011. Its aim, closely related to the historic mission of Rosemont College, is to understand and promote the essential connection between ethical leadership and social responsibility. Under the guidance of its director, Alan A. Preti, Ph.D., the Institute works toward this goal through research and scholarship, teaching and practice, and leadership.


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With his mother in rehab and his father out of the picture, young Woody Watson lives with his grandmother in suburban Baltimore and longs for his family to be reunited. His charismatic Uncle Vincent has recently returned home after eight years in prison determined to straighten out his life by opening a high-end crab shack that will establish him as a solid citizen with a legitimate future. One day, instead of dropping Woody off at school, Vincent decides to give the boy a tutorial on how a man gets things done. After a trip to a tailor to get Woody a custom-fitted suit, the pair heads to the bank to sign off on the loan Vincent needs to fulfill his dreams. But when his meeting with the bank officer puts the brakes on his plans, Vincent has no one to turn to for help but his former associates, including Baltimore crime boss Mr. Fish and his brother Arthur. A day that begins with a parking- lot driving lesson and Woody's first oyster takes a desperate turn when Fish insists Vincent run one more drug deal to demonstrate his loyalty. Soon Vincent finds himself pulled back into the violent world he is trying to escape-and Woody has to decide whether to follow his hero...or become his own man.
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Venera 4 Capsule
Date: 18 Oct 1967
Venera 4 was designed to analyze the atmosphere of Venus while descending through it.
The Soviet Union's first successful mission to another planet was also the first mission of any nation to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere. Venera 4 released its atmospheric probe as planned, moments before the main spacecraft hit the atmosphere and was destroyed. The probe parachuted down, collecting and transmitting data for 93 minutes until, at an altitude of about 25 km, the enormous atmospheric pressure crushed it.
The data that Venera 4 returned to Earth indicated that at the planet's surface the temperature was 932 degrees Fahrenheit (500 degrees Celsius) and the atmospheric pressure was 75 times that of Earth. Conducting the first direct sampling of the atmosphere, the probe's gas analyzers found that it was 90 to 95 percent carbon dioxide with no nitrogen and small amounts of oxygen and water vapor.
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- Muskegon, MI (Muskegon County)
- Muskegon Lake AOC
- Status: Cleanup Completed, 2006
Marc Tuchman
Great Lakes Legacy Act Program Manager
Ruddiman Creek Legacy Act Cleanup
The $13.5 million dredging and cleanup project for Ruddiman Creek and Ruddiman Pond finished on schedule in 2006 and resulted in the removal of about 90,000 cubic yards of contaminated mud. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality oversaw the cleanup effort, which lasted about nine months.
Contaminants present in the creek and pond posed potential health risks to humans and wildlife exposed to the pollution. The cleanup project should help speed the lifting of fishing and recreation bans in effect on the main branch of Ruddiman Creek.
EPA and Michigan DEQ, in partnership with the citizen groups Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council and the Ruddiman Creek Task Force, developed a contaminated sediment removal and site cleanup project for the creek and the pond.
The main contaminants of concern at Ruddiman Creek included lead, cadmium, chromium and polychorinated biphenyls, usually called PCBs. The project removed 126,000 pounds of lead, 2,800 pounds of cadmium, 204,000 pounds of chromium and 320 pounds of PCBs. After dredging was completed, the creek and pond were reconstructed and water flow patterns restored.
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- Remediation of the Ruddiman Creek Main Branch and Pond Muskegon County, Michigan (PDF) (125 pp, 7.8MB) March 2011
News releases
- Ruddiman Creek cleanup finished on schedule May 15, 2006
- Ruddiman Creek sediment cleanup underway Aug. 25, 2005
- Ruddiman Creek cleanup receives Great Lakes Legacy Act funds Aug. 5, 2005
- Public can learn more about proposed Ruddiman Creek cleanup at June 21 meeting June 14, 2005
Fact Sheets
- Great Lakes Legacy Act Cleanup of Ruddiman Creek Finished on Schedule (PDF) (2 pp, 946K) May 2006
- Ruddiman Creek cleanup finished on schedule – May 15, 2006, news release
- Statewide Public Advisory Council Press Advisory (PDF) (2 pp, 136K) May 15, 2006
- Engineering drawings (PDF) (3 pp, 824K) – Three aerial-view images showing the locations of the sediment remediation (site divisions A-F) and major streets (Lakeshore Drive, McGrath Park Road, Glenside Blvd)
- Ruddiman Creek Sediment Cleanup Project Photo Journal (PDF) (30 pp, 1.02MB)
- Ruddiman Creek/Pond Updated (7 pp, 546K)
- Ruddiman Creek/Pond Dredging Project Will Remove Contaminants (PDF) (2 pp, 1.07MB) July 2005


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Ranking of Education Colleges FAQ
Xavier University's College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education takes pride in its strong academic programs, which are held to stringent state and national accreditation standards. We believe in accountability: our alumni, students, and school partners expect nothing but the best from us, and the Ohio Board of Regents, TEAC, and the Ohio Association of Private Colleges of Teacher Education set a high bar for excellence. Their standards are based on objective criteria developed through systematic testing and sound methodology.
Other organizations have developed their own models for evaluating education programs and have joined the national debate on education reform. While we welcome new voices in the public discourse on this topic, some of these models lack consistency and rigor and are based on methods that are questionable and outdated. Some organizations have elected to present the results of their assessment models in the form of "rankings" or "report cards". The frequently asked questions (FAQ's) that follow outline why not all rankings or report cards are equally impartial and sound.D. Mark Meyers, Ph.D.
College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education
Why am I getting this message?
- You may soon read about teacher education programs in Ohio and other states being criticized on the basis of a new ranking or "report card."
- These rankings paint an inaccurate picture because they are based on incomplete data. They fail to document the good work that is done every day by professors, teachers and staff in the education systems of our country.
- It is easy to take rankings for granted, but anyone who cares about the quality of education must be a critical reader of rankings. Careful attention to how rankings are constructed will reveal a variety of issues, including whether or not important factors may have been overlooked and if a particular methodology is accurate and appropriate.
What's the current situation?
- Teacher education programs throughout the state of Ohio are held to high accreditation and performance standards at the national, state, and local levels.
- In 2010 the Ohio Board of Regents and all public and private colleges of education adopted the Ohio Educator Preparation Quality Metrics (per House Bill 1).
- Every teacher education program in Ohio has professional standards to which it is accountable and collects evidence on a continual basis to evaluate the effectiveness of the programs.
- The standards are consistently applied and fine tuned, resulting in accurate data and a fair and relevant assessment of Ohio's teacher education programs.
- Ohio's teacher education programs prioritize quality and effective outcomes; they strive to continuously improve in order to better the future of students.
- Reports on Xavier University outcomes are available to the public. (www.ode.state.oh.us).
What's happening and how am I affected?
- A "report card" document produced by the National Council for Teacher Quality (NCTQ) based on incomplete data is expected to be released soon.
- NCTQ plans to use U.S. News and World Report to distribute the "report card."
- Our knowledge of NCTQ and its methodology suggests that the document will not present an accurate account of the training of teacher candidates in public and private institutions, the performance of public and private school teachers and the effectiveness of colleges of education.
- You may encounter inaccurate information resulting from the NCTQ study or have conversations with others who have seen it.
- The document, if taken simply at face value, could negatively impact how many colleges of education, including those in Ohio, are perceived.
What makes the new NCTQ study inaccurate?
- NCTQ uses an outdated model, which has been identified by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) as ineffective.
- "Report cards" such as those issued by NCTQ tend to focus on quantity, the number of inputs a program can document. Other national education organizations, which have years of assessment experience, focus on quality, what teacher-preparation candidates actually learn, how well they perform, and how well their students perform.
- In similar studies by NCTQ in the past, the majority of universities they graded scored very low, because the focus of NCTQ has been on "inputs" (e.g. course syllabi) instead of "outputs" (e.g. how well our graduates perform).
- NCTQ collects different data sets from different universities, which undermines its ability to make fair comparisons and construct reliable analyses.
Why are the current accountability standards better than those used by NCTQ?
- The accountability standards (Ohio Educator Preparation Quality Metrics) now in place apply the same yardstick to every institution in Ohio, both private and public.
- Applying standards consistently produces results that are valid and meaningful.
- Current accountability standards require the collection of value-added data, that is, data about what our graduates contribute to the learning of the students in the classrooms where they teach; colleges of education use these data to continuously improve our programs.
- Enhancing both our performance and our standards is and should be an ongoing process, and all accredited colleges of education search for and incorporate new ideas in order to ensure success.
What's the best way to ensure that public education efforts are viewed accurately and fairly? How can I help?
- Encourage colleagues, organizations and communities to critically assess rankings and documents such as the forthcoming one by NCTQ.
- Direct persons interested in learning more about this issue to:
3/14/12 NCTQ Grading of Teacher Preparation Programs:
To read NCATE president's full response:
To read reports created by "Eduventures" on the NCTQ?s National Review
NCTQ: Organizational Aims and Assessment Methods
Review and Critique of NCTQ Methodology
Be an ambassador for Ohio's education programs and help to increase awareness of the value these programs provide in improving our student's futures.
Statement from the AJCU:
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) Education Conference, June 12, 2013
On June 18, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NTCQ) will release its report on teacher preparation programs in the United States. NCTQ contacted all teacher preparation programs in the United States and requested that they participate in the survey. Almost all independent, non-profit institutions, including all member schools of the AJCU Education Conference, refused to participate. The expectation created by NCTQ is that the report will find the vast majority of those programs are of low quality and are failing to prepare competent teachers for the nation's schools. The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Education Conference considers the report to be seriously flawed with respect to its methodology and research integrity, as well as with its over-generalized conclusions. Of particularly great concern is that one of the major themes of every AJCU teacher education program will be criticized by NCTQ, namely our strong commitment to social justice.
The NCTQ standards and survey methodology differ substantially from those of NCATE and TEAC, the two major accrediting organizations that are in the process of merging to form the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). These organizations use multiple criteria that are focused on the outcomes of preparation programs. By contrast, the NCTQ data are inherently flawed, relying largely on inputs such as admissions procedures, textbooks assigned, and the structure of student teaching experience.
The AJCU education deans and chairs share the belief that the NCTQ report does not represent well-grounded analysis and criticism. Instead the report provides a vehicle for presenting conclusions that were essentially reached before the study began, conclusions that are at best dubious and suspect. Those conclusions likely will be well received by the major foundations that support NCTQ, an example perhaps of getting what one paid for.
The AJCU Education Conference members will continue to strengthen teacher education programs at their respective institutions as they affirm their commitment to academic excellence and social justice. NCTQ's efforts will not inform or interfere with that work.
James J. Hennessy on behalf of member institutions


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Skin Graft
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- Health Information
- Skin Graft
- Allograft—skin taken from another human source, such as a cadaver
- Xenograft—skin taken from an animal source
- Synthetic tissue
Reasons for Procedure
Promote healing of:
- Large burns
- Large wounds
- Venous ulcers
- Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores
- Diabetic ulcers
- Reconstruct skin removed during surgery, such as following breast cancer surgery or for a serious skin infection
Possible Complications
- Bleeding
- Graft failure
- Infection at either the donor or recipient site
- Poor healing
- Increased or decreased sensation at the recipient site
- Hair may not grow on recipient site
- Graft tissue contracts, interfering with limb movement
- Scarring
- A collection of blood outside of a vessel, known as a hematoma
- Differences in skin coloration
- Age—newborns, infants, or adults aged 60 years and older
- Smoking
- Diabetes
- Poor overall health
- Use of certain medications
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
- Local anesthesia—the immediate area is numbed
- Regional anesthesia—a large area of your body will be numbed, but you will be awake
- General anesthesia —you will be asleep
Description of Procedure
- Split-thickness graft—This is the removal of the top layer of skin and part of the middle layer. This type of graft allows the source site to heal more quickly. The graft is more fragile. There may be color differences. This type of graft may be meshed. This technique places multiple controlled holes in the graft. It will give it a mesh appearance. The mesh allows fluid to leak out from the underlying tissue bed. The meshed skin will be able to spread out over a much larger area of injury.
- Full-thickness graft—This is the removal and transfer of an entire area of skin. Although this type of graft requires stitches to heal the source site, the final outcome is usually better. Full-thickness grafts are usually recommended for areas where cosmetic appearance is important, such as the face. Full-thickness grafts can only be placed on areas of the body that have significant blood vessels. Its use is somewhat limited.
- Composite grafts—This is a combination of skin and fat, skin and cartilage, or the middle layer of skin and fat. It is used in areas that require three-dimensionality, such as the nose.
|Skin Graft
|A split-thickness graft is fastened to the damaged site.
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How Long Will It Take?
How Much Will It Hurt?
Average Hospital Stay
Postoperative Care
- Keep the recipient site clean and dry.
- Avoid all trauma to the recipient site.
- Do not expose the recipient site to prolonged sunlight.
- Inspect the site for healing and good circulation, as shown by healthy pink coloration.
- Follow instructions given for bandaging the grafted area. This will provide the area with appropriate support during the healing process. It will also help to prevent contractures that cause intense tightening even after healing is complete.
Call Your Doctor
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the wounds
- Headache, muscle aches, lightheadedness, or general ill feeling
- Cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, or severe nausea or vomiting
- New or worsening symptoms
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds.net
DermNet NZ http://dermnetnz.org
Canadian Dermatology Association http://www.dermatology.ca
The Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons http://www.plasticsurgery.ca
Skin grafting. DermNet NZ website. Available at: http://dermnetnz.org/procedures/graft.html. Updated December 29, 2013. Accessed September 29, 2014.
Skin grafting and flap surgery. University of Miami Health System website. Available at: http://surgery.med.miami.edu/plastic-and-reconstructive/skin-grafting-flap-surgery. Accessed September 29, 2014.
Revision Information
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Original Skin
A few years ago Birmingham Libraries began looking for talented writers from the Black and Minority Ethnic community in Birmingham to take part in a creative writing project.
Original Skin is a collection of short stories which is an anthology of new writing in Birmingham.
Established writers such as Ava Ming, Rubina Din, Yvonne Brissett, Kavita Bhanot and Zulfiqar Ali were commissioned to write a short story. We offered new writers from Birmingham's diverse communities the opportunity to be mentored by these writers and ultimately get their work published in the anthology.
Zulfiqar Ali
Searching for a Sunny Day
Is it just to make racist generalisations as a direct consequence of a criminal act? Can individual liberty and personal freedom be sacrificed on the altar of love and commitment? In the traumatic wake of a mugging, cancer patient Pete's faith in himself and everything he believes in is severely shaken. The life he has been living feels like a horrible lie, one he is no longer able to recognise. Over the years, it seems to have grown up around him like the stifling walls of a prison. His long-term relationship with Janice is going nowhere, fast. In the days that follow the mugging, his sense of isolation and alienation increase to the point where he is ready to do just about anything to alter the status quo. The escape route he finally opts for is bound to profoundly and radically alter the course of his subsequent life.
Kavita Bhanot
Bumper Cars
A grandmother is one day thrust upon Jaya. Jaya, ten years old, and possibly depressed, just wants to be left alone to stay at home and watch television. But she is forced to spend every Saturday visiting her new grandmother. Why does her mother drop her at her grandmother's but never come in herself? Why does her grandmother hate her daughter? Why did her parents never get married? These are all questions that Jaya's parents think she is too young to be given the answer to. But with her growing bond with her grandmother, Jaya ends up giving an answer to the question her mother has never been able to resolve.
Yvonne Brissett
Three teenagers, Mango, Pimp and Jinx thrive on their reputation as ruthless street hustlers and thugs. They spend reckless day and nights, skipping school, running the streets, stealing, getting high and enjoying a carefree existence at others expense. Talented and hungry, their ambition is to make it as the hottest up and coming hip hop crew in the music industry. They want fame, glamour, girls and money and will stop at nothing to get it. In their cold-blooded pursuit of a celebrity lifestyle where money flows easily and fame is their game, within one 24 hour period, their lives change dramatically, in ways they could have never imagined.
Rubina Din
Same But Different
After being sexually attacked as a teenager Raven buries the incident deep within, believing that that's the only way she can cope. Her days are marked by the regular and somehow comforting cycle of four hourly pill popping. When a young woman suffers an attack in almost identical circumstances, Raven's repressed memories spill into the present prompting her to take rash steps. This has ultimately horrifying consequences as her actions backfire and she ends up living her worst nightmare; being committed to a mental hospital for life.
Ava Ming
One Single I Love You
A young man refuses to give up on his dreams of true love with a much older woman despite the fact that society sees their relationship as taboo. Trainer teacher Natalie's world sparkles when former pupil Daniel is in it, but she knows that their time together is finite. To assuage her guilt she must accept the truth and risk breaking his heart. Eventually Natalie sets a date to break off their affair but by then it seems that Daniel has already pulled away. One Single I Love You is a tender romance set in contemporary times that examines the boundaries we place on love.
Roy McFarlane
Conversation with an Ant
Old age comes quickly to Henry Theodore Carnegie, a black activist who, after a sudden fall, now lies paralysed on his kitchen floor. As day fades to night, long repressed memories force him to confront the guilt of neglecting his wife and two sons whilst crusading for the betterment of his community. Through the use of vivid flashbacks set around the kitchen table laden with the intoxicating scents of Caribbean cooking, Henry's boys, Luther and Luke, remind their dad of the burdensome family secret they've had to share because of his stubbornness. The unexpected wisdom of a philosophical talking ant, is the catalyst for Henry's reluctant journey of self-awareness and opens the door to his longed-for reconciliation with his sons.
Tina Freeth
Lychees and Bingo Balls
Su-May's predictable British life is turned upside down when her Chinese grandmother Wai-Po joins the family and settles in England. Initially issues of age and language pose a formidable barrier between the two but when Wai-Po gets depressed and bored after being confined to the flat above the take-away all day long, it's up to Su-May to do something about it. Playing bingo at the local village hall provides a surprising solution. Wai-Po is a hit among the other ladies causing Su-May to now see her as a vibrant, viable person who holds the key to her Chinese heritage.
Farana Akhtar
No Escape
On the first night of her arranged marriage young Rani desperately searches for a way out of the ritual humiliation she's certain lies ahead. Her mind torments her with images of a lifetime of servitude and forced rape at the hands of her new husband, Sharny. Her father-in-law, 'The Devil' remains complicit in his son's abuse but Rani's spirited resistance means that after the wedding night she is never seen again. Sharny boards the train, excited and anxious about his sudden emigration to the UK. His trip takes an unexpected turn as rumours circulate of a body on the track. Police warn the passengers to stay where they are, no-one will be travelling that day.
Nathan Stewart
Marcus is a young man determined not to let his disadvantaged background dictate his future. He's just applied to university and is on the verge of falling in love with a beautiful young woman, when news of his best friend's death sends him reeling. Determined to find out what happened to Darren, Marcus unwittingly lifts the veil on the realities of pirated CDs which he's been selling to supplement his unemployment benefits. Soon he uncovers stark violence and prostitution. Luckily, just when he's staring death in the face, an unlikely rescuer appears.
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Hey AN Community,
My name is Steven Christian. I play Safety for the Oregon State University Football Team. I am going into my senior season after recovering from two hip surgeries, transferring from University of Hawaii, getting my undergraduate degree, getting accepted into graduate school, and playing my first season at OSU in 2012. Among other thing, I am an aspiring artist and animator who has various projects going on, which include creating my first animated series. If you would like to help be apart of my project or have any information that would be very valuable. I would greatly appreciate it. If anything else, I would appreciate if you could share this email with other so that more people are aware of what I am trying to do. It is about time student-athletes like myself try to utilize the skills we learn from playing and incorporate them into other avenues of life. Hopefully, what I do can serve as an example for those with the same aspirations as me.
I only have 3 pledges right now and there are only 15 days left to pledge!!!
The Goal:
At Least 6 Episodes and Shorts
Remastering the Current Webcomics
Produce Posters
Possible T-Shirt designs
Here is the kickstarter link: http://kck.st/WVoah6
Much like my comics, I plan to incorporate sketch comedy and combine them with various themes and trends in social media to show the relevance and impact that they have on the future of our society.
The characters will go on mundane adventures that include the road to becoming a rapper, taking over social trends, and dancing...Lots and lots of dancing!!
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Wow! What a great story! This campaign will be interesting to watch!
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Thank you very much. Hopefully i can reach my goal. at this rate it doesn't seem like i will though...
Thank you for taking the time to watch it, as well as the other 41 people thus far.
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Hey! lol I guess I'll be trying to get this out there elsewhere lol. I came to post it and you beat me to the punch! Still gonna try to push it around.
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Crowdfunding takes some doing. "If at first you fail your deed try again til you succeed" - Underdog
Your story is fantastic. What you need is the publicity which you should use social networking for. Look at the demographics your story and property should target and post on those sites. Seek out people on social networking sites that your Kickstarter campaign would be appealing to.
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Hey thanx for the information. Ill try to hit the social networks hard for these next two weeks.
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Here's another tip that will be in my upcoming crowdfunding ebook.
It's called your fan base or list. I have a fan about a few years older than you. He does his own webcomic and over the past few years he's built up a fan base of 25,000 people. These are people who accept every post, every email. Now, when he wants to crowdfund, all he has to do is say to these people is to donate $1 each. He then gets an instant $25k. If he asks for $5 each he's looking at six figures.
This is a staple of internet marketing. You may need to build up a fan base via your newspaper exposure. It takes some study but once hatted things should go smoother.
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that makes sense, so consistency is the key to success in this area.
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Good luck! If it doesn't work out this time around take the good advice offered and try again. You'll be successful by committing to the project and developing it further. No matter what the outcome learn from it and keep creating. Create your way to a successful project.
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Just take a quick look at these distressing photos, and it's obvious: Many puppy mill dogs clearly do not receive adequate veterinary care. The dogs in these photos are suffering from symptoms of grave neglect—emaciation, severe matting, advanced dental disease, eye and ear infections, skin diseases and mammary growths—that indicate a lack of regular, preventive veterinary care. This is especially true of adult breeding dogs, who typically are bred at every opportunity regardless of their health.
Why does this happen? Part of the problem is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the enforcement agency for dog breeding requirements outlined in the Animal Welfare Act, recommends that facilities have veterinarians visit a minimum of once a year. An annual veterinary exam may be sufficient for a well-cared-for pet, but for dogs living in crowded, filthy enclosures and enduring frequent pregnancies—which vets consider a state of "accelerated starvation" because it is so physically taxing—annual vet visits are simply not enough.
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The USDA is accepting comments on its veterinary care policy until Friday, October 11. Please tell the agency to revise its policy to recommend twice-a-year vet exams for animals, especially breeding animals. Submit your comments directly on this government webpage—we've provided talking points you may use (below), but your message will be more powerful if you tell the USDA how you feel in your own words.
The USDA's Policy #3 on veterinary care falls short of common professional standards. The recommendation that veterinary visits occur "at least annually" is not sufficient to protect animals.
-Breeding dogs frequently suffer from emaciation, severe matting, advanced dental disease, eye and ear infection, skin diseases, and mammary growths that indicate a lack of regular, preventive care.
-Organizations including the Association of Shelter Veterinarians, the American Kennel Club, the American College of Theriogenologists and the Society for Theriogenology recommend semiannual veterinary exams and veterinary exams prior to breeding.
-Please revise Policy #3 to recommend a hands-on veterinary exam at least twice annually for all animals, particularly those bred more than once a year.
On behalf of the puppy mill dogs, thank you for your help.
Guest blog by Louise Murray, DVM DACVIM, Vice President of the ASPCA Animal Hospital and author of "Vet Confidential: An Insider's Guide to Protecting Your Pet's Health"
Diabetes is a real problem for cats in this country, but the good news is that we now have a much better understanding of this condition, and even better, we can cure it in many cases. Best of all, we are learning how to prevent it, which is the ideal strategy for a healthy, happy cat.
Cause: It's now believed that many cases of feline diabetes are caused by excess carbohydrates in the diet. Dry cat foods in particular can be high in carbohydrates. Cats are not designed to properly metabolize carbohydrates, and cats on dry food may become obese. Additionally, the excess of carbs forces the pancreas, the organ that produces insulin, to overwork. Over time, the pancreas can become exhausted, and lose the ability to make sufficient insulin. This lack of insulin causes diabetes.
Treatment: Most diabetic cats have not permanently lost the ability to produce insulin. In order to rest the pancreas and allow it to return to normal function, cats are given twice-daily insulin injections. It's essential to carefully regulate diabetes so the cat receives the proper amount of insulin to restore the function of the pancreas while avoiding low blood sugar, a potential side effect of insulin treatment.
The second essential component of treatment is the cat's diet. For the best chance of curing diabetes, most cats should eat a canned diet formulated for diabetes, or a canned kitten food. Be sure to consult with your veterinarian regarding the best diet for your own cat.
A note of caution: Cats who refuse to eat can become very ill. Any diet changes must be made cautiously, with careful monitoring of the appetite.
For optimal treatment of diabetic cats, it may be advisable to consult with a veterinary internal medicine specialist. We have two on staff at the ASPCA Animal Hospital: Dr. Pomrantz and Dr. Frank. To find a veterinary internist in your local area go to www.acvim.org.
Prevention: We all know that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." For diabetes prevention as well as urinary tract and digestive health, we advise feeding cats canned food in meals, rather than allowing them to graze on dry food. Just remember that when attempting to make any change in a cat's diet, such as from dry to canned food, patience and caution are essential. Never allow a cat to "hunger strike," which can cause serious illness.
For more information about keeping kitty healthy, or to make an appointment for your pet, please visit the ASPCA Animal Hospital.
As the budget stalemate in Washington led to this week's government shutdown, a lot of animal advocates have been left wondering exactly how this unusual event is impacting our nation's animals. Yesterday we told you about the shutdown's effect on puppy mill inspections, but the federal government has many additional routine animal-protection responsibilities. We've done a little digging and outlined how the following animal welfare-related duties are being altered during this shutdown:
Horse Soring
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is charged with enforcing the Horse Protection Act to combat the abusive practice of horse soring. APHIS oversees the inspection of at-risk show horses to ensure that they have not been sored and assesses penalties for violations. Suspension of this program during the shutdown could mean that unscrupulous trainers will take advantage of this lapse in oversight.
Animal Slaughter
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) upholds the requirements of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act related to the treatment of animals prior to and during slaughter. This has been deemed a necessary function, so FSIS inspectors who monitor food safety and humane treatment in slaughterhouses continue to perform their duties during the shutdown.
Wild Horses
Federal agencies periodically round up and remove large numbers of free-roaming wild equines on public rangelands, a policy that has resulted in tens of thousands of wild horses languishing in holding facilities. Additional gathers are suspended during the shutdown, but caretakers for the horses already confined remain on the job.
Exotic animal exhibitors are regulated by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), and unfortunately, the welfare of these animals will go unchecked for the time being. However, the National Zoo in D.C., managed by the Smithsonian Institution, has retained employees essential to the security and the care of the zoo's animals.
Animals in Laboratories
The USDA enforces the AWA to ensure minimum standards of care for animals in laboratories. While employees are on the job maintaining the animals, there is no USDA watchdog ensuring that minimum standards of care are being met.
Hunting and Trapping
All National Wildlife Refuges are currently closed to the public, meaning hunting and trapping on these lands is prohibited for the duration of the shutdown. Federal law enforcement activities will continue on public lands to preserve resources and protect against illegal hunting.
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This weekend, legendary environmental writer and activist Wendell Berry leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation, and rare TV interview, with veteran journalist Bill Moyers on Moyers & Company. In an excerpt from that conversation below, Berry talks about how humans live at the expense of other creatures, making it our responsibility to treat those animals "with the minimum of violence."
"It's always great to see an esteemed figure like Wendell Berry sticking up for farm animals and so eloquently drawing that vital connection between respecting animals, our environment and ourselves," says ASPCA Farm Animal Welfare Campaign Director Suzanne McMillan.
You can watch the full Moyers & Company interview this weekend on most public broadcasting stations.
Spike is a super affectionate and social dog waiting for a loving home at the ASPCA Adoption Center. Spike has been in our care for more than two years—since September 2011! This guy loves his friends at the ASPCA, but he'd like to join a forever home as soon as possible.
Spike would be thrilled to go home with an energetic adopter who will spend quality time with him. We feel sure Spike will make an amazing pet!
Spike is available for adoption at the ASPCA Adoption Center. If you are interested in adopting please call our Adoptions department in New York City at (212) 876-7700, ext. 4900. To learn more about Spike, please visit his page.


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He is the one to beat by Sochi i think.
Ooo little boy growing up Happy birthday!! Hope Hanyu does better at his LP!
(Yeah I agree, I'd love a show down between him and Patrick Chan! May the best skater on the day wins.)
In his interview to Asahi TV after GPF LP he said that Dai created a nice atmosphere in the audience and it really helped Yuzuru to skate with good feeling. Very noble comment to his fellow team member. Says a lot about Yuzuru's personality I think.
So happy for Yuzuru. With his recent LP performance, he proved he belong to the GPF and is surely the contender to watch out for in the future.
The nature of human judging where impressions matters, will always prefer those ranked by seniority, familiarity and experience, that is why Liza and Hanyu will never get the PCS they deserve even if they did put out their best performance on the day. Plus the fact each federation will likely to their own preferred skater to win (e.g Johny Weir at the Olympics). This may means in general young skaters are likely to be somewhat disadvantaged as long as they have a senior in the same competition from the same federation.
It is a credit to Hanyu who were able to control his nerves and skated boldly with so much heart at his most important competition so far. He did himself and his country proud, and I am sure he gained quite a few new fans this year. What an exciting debut at his senior season! It may not be long before he reach Daisuke's craftsmanship and artistic realization, but his raw talent, aspirational program content, and vibrancy of youth has already surpass many skaters in my mind and makes him among the most exciting skatera to root for.
I look forward to the Japan nationals and hopefully he get to claim Japan's no.2 spot after Dai, and if he is really lucky, he might even sneak past the old master!
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I find it highly that he's being beaten by Fernandez on PCS, but I'm sure eventually Yuzuru will build up a reputation that will allow him to be competitive. Yuzuru is a lovely skater and seems like a class act; I wish him all the best with the rest of the season and his future in the sport.
He's incredible. To me, he should have won the LP. His performance puts Chan into shame.
I found a cute clip of Yuzuru & Nan Song at CoC Ex.
My eyes can't roll back far enough at the nitpicking of a totally innocuous nice thing Yuzuru said. It's not even worth refuting.
On the other hand, the assertion that Yuzuru got lowballed in the PCS compared to Javier because of nationality is worth a bit more exploration. Rather than chalk it down to nationality or any sort of bloc identity, isn't the more obvious explanation one of seniority and exposure? Javier has been around on the international scene longer and is better known to judges. In fact, Javier's been to the senior world championships 5 times already! Reputation and "waiting your turn" are known modifiers of PCS in our sport. Yuzuru just isn't benefiting from that yet. Funnily enough, in seasons past, Javier was the one whom I thought was getting lowballed in PCS due to his age and lack of reputation. It happens to all skaters, unfortunately. Yuzuru is building that rep now, and doing it in such a way I haven't seen from any male skater this age since Plushenko. I think the judges will be convinced to give him his due sooner rather than later.
Although, it would really help if Yuzuru fixes his stamina problem completely. You want your last impression of a performance to be strong, because that's right before the judges punch in the PCS.


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Winter didn't come to Marin until Spring had already arrived. Barely a week into the new season, the rain is playing catchup, greening the pastures of the west county, soaking the marshland along the Bay, and dowsing the slopes of Mt. Tam with more than enough fresh water to fill the gullies with gushing streams, babbling brooks and carousing cascades of white water.
it's good weather for a walk, a good time to carry a tripod into the hills, and just the right moment to straddle a stream — carefully now — and point that big, black camera down at the froth below.
This little rivulet is one of hundreds available for instant view right now on Mt. Tam. You can find this one, if you choose, on the Dawn Falls Trail above Ross. Enjoy.
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