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Where Are They Now?
Three Time Seed Research Grant Recipient Secures NIH Funding
While researching at the Barrow Neurological Institute in 2011, Yashar Kalani, MD, PhD received an AMA Foundation seed grant to investigate cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. His project, titled, "Identification of novel molecular markers for vasospasm from the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage", explored how a molecular signal can indicate the severity of secondary brain injuries associated with brain aneurysms and hemorrhage.
Three years later, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has agreed to support Dr. Kalani's ongoing research with a $4 million, five-year grant. The study is expected to lower medical costs, identify at-risk patients, and ensure more timely patient recoveries. Competition for NIH grants is fierce due to the low 17% acceptance rate for applications.
"We hope this study will lead to less injury, less testing and cost, and shorter stays in the hospital," Dr. Kalani said.
Dr. Kalani has received a total of three seed grants from the AMA Foundation-- one while he was a medical student, one while he was a resident, and the most recent one while he was conducting research at Barrow Neurological Institute. He believes that receiving these seed grants has propelled his career as a researcher.
"I am very appreciative for your past support and am excited to start the next stage of this project," Dr. Kalani commented.
Award Inspired AMA Foundation President and Wife
Owen Garrick, MD, MBA, and Jocelyn Freeman Garrick, MD, MS, received their AMA Leadership Awards in 1995 and 1996, respectively. The two were dating at the time and have since had successful careers and are proud parents to three sons.
Awarded to medical students, residents and fellows, the young physicians who have exhibited non-clinical leadership abilities, the leadership award program is designed to encourage involvement in organized medicine and continue leadership development.
"At that point in my medical career, the AMA Foundation award was the highest recognition that I could have received," recalled Dr. Garrick, president of the AMA Foundation and president and chief operating officer at Bridge Clinical Research. "The leadership award confirmed that we are not alone in our passion for excellence in medicine, whether that be in innovative research, policy impact, or a focus on the underserved."
Dr. Freeman Garrick felt humbled by the award and said that it confirmed her ability to practice clinically while pursuing her public health research interests. "Attending the Foundation's awards night gave us a chance to network and meet established leaders who provided mentorship and a realistic view of how to manage my career while following my passion," she noted.
Dr. Freeman Garrick is an attending physician at Alameda County Medical Center-Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif. She is EMS base director and assistant medical director of emergency services for Alameda County.
"My memories of the Excellence in Medicine Awards ceremony are mixed. On one hand, I had the feeling that I did not belong, but at the same time I was inspired by the accomplishments of the other award recipients," Owen Garrick, MD, MBA.
Dr. Garrick earned his MD from the Yale School of Medicine and his MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Princeton University.
Dr. Freeman Garrick earned her master's degree in epidemiology from Cornell University, completed a residency in emergency medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and attended medical school at the University of Southern California. Her undergraduate degree is from UC Berkeley.
Former AMA Foundation Scholar is Now a Donor and Volunteer
As a medical student in Buffalo in 2005, Michelle Niescierenko, MD, received the AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship which was then funded by the Audio-Digest Foundation. She also received the AMA Foundation Medical Student Leadership Award in 2006.
With the help of an AMA Foundation scholarship, Dr. Niescierenko participated in an exchange program where she shadowed doctors and residents in Beijing. During her pediatric residency, she worked in Bolivia, Guatemala, Lesotho and Liberia, providing health education and pediatric health care.
Dr. Niescierenko's international exposure to health care motivated her to pursue a dual fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Hospital Boston and in international emergency medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
"I hope to bring my expertise in pediatric emergency medicine and disaster relief to developing countries. Pediatric care is often overlooked in these settings," Dr. Niescierenko observed.
Now a board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Niescierenko volunteers in Liberia six weeks each year for Health Education and Relief Through Teaching, a nongovernmental organization that provides medical education to local doctors, nurses and physician assistants.
Dr. Niescierenko remains involved in the AMA Foundation as a donor, and as a volunteer for the Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship selection committee, which helped select 21 $10,000 scholarship recipients in 2013
Seed Grant Recipient Investigates Effects of Space on Cardiovascular System
Peter Hong Ung Lee, MD, MPH, received an AMA Foundation seed research grant in 2013 to conduct research on cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. For his project, he is sending fruit flies into orbit to study the effects of space on their hearts. The $2,500 seed grant will cover the cost of transportation for the 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm box of flies to travel to and from the International Space Station.
"We know from human studies that there are changes, usually a decrease in size and function, in the heart associated with spending time in space," explained Dr. Ung, who is a Ph.D. candidate and fellow in cardiothoracic surgery, heart-lung and lung transplant and FADs at Stanford University.
Dr. Ung, who has a varied background in space and medicine, uses fruit flies as a model to study the effects of space on the look and function of hearts. Although fruit flies have a different heart structure, the changes from a month in space will be preserved in their genes and available for study. This knowledge can be applied to help scientists understand the effects of space on the human cardiovascular system.
"This research will be used to guide us in research for the future," concluded Dr. Ung.
Grant Recipient Gives Back
Former research forum presenter now faculty advisor for the same forum
As a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the early 1970s, Charles Kuszynski, MS, PhD, began participating in the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, one of the four research forums the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation has sponsored for nearly 50 years.
Dr. Kuszynski transitioned from student to advisor when he completed his master's degree in biochemistry in 1979, and has served as a faculty advisor for the same forum for the past 30 years.
"I am still an advisor for the forum because of my experience as a student," explained Dr. Kuszynski. "I believe it is extremely important for students to learn how to present their data clearly and precisely and to practice public communications." Dr. Kuszynski said the research forums also offer students a chance to network and to rate themselves in comparison to their peers.
The Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum is set up like a national scientific meeting, with structured presentations, formal presentation times and poster sessions. According to Dr. Kuszynski, the student research forum reviewers critique the presentations in a more constructive manner than those they might receive at national scientific meetings, and faculty judges are selected who can provide commentary as a learning experience.
Seed Grant Recipient Creates Resource to Educate Cancer Patients
Kavita V. Dharmarajan, MD, M.Sc. received an AMA Foundation seed grant during her time at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She used the grant to create an educational video for patients hospitalized with advance stage cancer to better equip them to make decisions related to palliative radiation and palliative care.
The interactive video entitled, "Improving Informed Decision-Making in Hospitalized Patients Considering Palliative Radiation Therapy Using a Video", was shown to patients at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Patients who viewed the video became more interested in palliative radiation and palliative care, and nearly 85% were more willing to consent to palliative radiation therapy.
"My project was designed to create an approachable and effective video decision tool to be viewed by patients who are hospitalized with advanced stage cancer and their caregivers to better equip them in making decisions regarding their further medical care, in particular from the perspective of receiving palliative radiation and palliative care," Dr. Dharmarajan said.
Dr. Dharmarajan reported that receiving the seed grant was instrumental in helping her attain dual appointments as an assistant professor in both the Department of Radiation Oncology and in the Brookdale Department of Palliative Care at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. She has since been asked to make a similar video by the chair of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
AMA Foundation Award Cultivates Leadership in Medicine
Award recipient says medical expertise is only one component of being a physician
"Receiving the leadership award confirmed my belief that medical knowledge is only part of what makes a good physician," said David Shih, MD, MS, recipient of the 2000 AMA Foundation Leadership Award. "Community members, not just patients, look to doctors for leadership - in their workplace, church, parent-teacher association, or neighborhood."
Since receiving the award, Dr. Shih has worked in preventive medicine in epidemiology and health policy. He is currently a medical officer and epidemiologist for the Food and Drug Administration, where he protects the public by monitoring adverse drug reactions. While at the American College of Preventive Medicine, he advocated for preventive medicine both domestically and abroad.
A decade ago, Dr. Shih earned the leadership award for projects he undertook while in medical school at Washington University School of Medicine. He took time between his third and fourth years of school to work as a fellow at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, he served as national treasurer for the American Medical Student Association, and he directed a jazz big band, The Hot Docs.
"The AMA Foundation is at the forefront in identifying up-and-coming leaders like Dr. Shih who are the future of medicine," said AMA Foundation President Barney R. Maynard, MD. "In this critical time of health reform, patients look to physicians not only for medical knowledge, but also for ideas on how to make our health care system work better."

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CUTLERVILLE -- A woman who was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a car accident this afternoon has been identified as Pamela Jean Thebo, 46, of Gaines Township.
Thebo ran a red light and caused a two-car crash at 68th Street and Eastern Avenue SE this afternoon, according to the Kent County Sheriff Department. Her passenger was identified as her mother, Nancy Carol Kramer, 68, of Gaines Township. She was taken to the hospital with injuries to the head, neck and back, police say.
Witnesses at the 2:40 p.m. crash in Cutlerville said Thebo's car, a maroon Ford Taurus driving eastbound through the intersection, was T-boned in the driver's side door by a southbound red Ford F-150, which police say was driven by Edward Timmer, an 81-year-old Gaines Township man.
The impact spun the Taurus around and up into the lawn at the Good News Baptist Church, 6830 Eastern Ave. SE, where it was stopped by wires supporting the light pole.
Emergency crews found Thebo unresponsive. She regained consciousness before being taken to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. Both Thebo and her mother are expect to be fine, said police.
Timmer refused medical attention on scene, said Kent County Sheriff deputies.
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Suspect Jhileel Burton Arrested for Shooting/Aggravated Assault in the 17th District
The Philadelphia Police Department would like to thank the public and the media for assisting us in the apprehension of Jhileel Burton for a shooting/aggravated assault that occurred on May 19, 2012 at 1:47am.
The complainant, a 28 year-old female, was leaving Baileys Bar located at Bailey and Dickinson Streets when she was stopped by an unknown male who she has seen from the neighborhood and was engaged in a conversation with him. During the conversation, the offender pulled out a firearm and charged it. As the complainant attempted to pull away, the offender fired several shots at her vehicle striking the complainant one time in her right shoulder.
On November 22, 2012, South Detectives received an anonymous phone call leading to the whereabouts of Burton on the 200 block of Rubicam Street where he was arrest without further incident.


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Eric Ervin was just trying to sell his BMW on Craigslist.
Police said Ervin exchanged calls and text messages with Tyrell Young about meeting to look over the 2003 BMW series 745 LI, which Ervin had listed on the online site for $18,000.
The two met at Ervin's business, Aces High Auto Detailing, in the 600 block of Nelson Street in Allentown, on Tuesday evening and Young even went on a test drive, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said today.
But at 1 a.m. Wednesday Ervin's girlfriend had not heard from him and called police to file a missing person's report.
Police went to Aces High where they found Ervin's body in a car trailer on the property, Martin said. Ervin was shot in the neck and a shell casing was found at the scene, Martin said. No one reported hearing gun shots.
Martin said prosecutors don't know the exact time Ervin was killed, but estimated it was between 6:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. based on Ervin's cellphone records.
Car found in Reading
After Ervin's body was discovered, police put out an alert for the BMW.
At the same time, officers began gathering cell phone records and found the phone of the man who was communicating with Ervin, later identified as Young, was in the 100 block of South Fourth Street in Reading, according to court records.
Reading officers found the car, with Young driving it, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on South Fourth Street, Martin said.
An officer standing outside the car saw a handgun inside. The FN Herstal 5.7 caliber gun was reported stolen from Cumru Township on Jan. 13, police learned.
The casing found where Ervin's body was discovered matches the ammunition in the gun, Martin said. Young has a felony conviction related to a carjacking in Northampton County and cannot legally possess a firearm, Martin said.
The 27-year-old Young admitted shooting Ervin with the gun, court records say.
Young, of Reading, was initially held in Berks County on charges related to the stolen car and stolen gun. He was brought to Lehigh County this afternoon and arraigned before District Judge Michael D'Amore on charges including homicide for Ervin's death.
Young is now in Lehigh County Prison without bail.
Because the killing was done during the commission of a felony -- stealing the car -- Martin was asked if he will seek the death penalty.
Martin said it's too early to tell but "it's likely."
Finding a safe place to sell
Prosecutors today commended the teamwork between Allentown and Reading police, which led to a speedy arrest in the case.
"That is truly fine police work," Martin said.
Fitzgerald took the opportunity to remind residents to use well-lighted, public locations, including police stations, when selling items online. The police chief said some jurisdictions have set up "safe zones" where online transactions can take place.
"You never know who is on the other side of the keyboard," Fitzgerald said.
In this case, the other person was a convicted carjacker.
In 2005, Young, who was 19 at the time, was sentenced to six years and nine months to 16 years and six months in a Pennsylvania state prison for a carjacking in Northampton County.
Records say Young went to Faulkner Chevrolet-Cadillac in Hanover Township and took a ride in a $62,000 Cadillac Escalade with Sharon Cafiso-Solomon, who had to drive because he had no driver's license. While the two were traveling along Stoke Park Road in Hanover Township, Young pulled out a knife and told Cafiso-Solomon to pull over in a supermarket parking lot.
Young drove away but was later captured by police on Route 33 after fleeing at speeds exceeding 100 mph, records say.
When reached by phone today, Solomon declined to talk about the case.


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Officially, today, Wednesday, March 20, is the first day of spring.
The forecast calls for wintry weather through Thursday, March 21, and there is still snow on the ground. Robins have been spotted around the Great Lakes Bay Region — the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge reports three robin sightings.
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SPRINGFIELD – Police are investigating a stabbing that allegedly occurred early Saturday in the city's Six Corners neighborhood.
A victim who arrived at Baystate Medical Center for treatment around 2:30 a.m. told authorities the incident happened near Elias Brookings Expeditionary Learning Museum Magnet School, 367 Hancock St.
A Springfield police detective said the victim, who was not publicly identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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Kenneth Joseph Behe
Kenneth Joseph Behe, 68, Cresson, died Sunday at Select Specialty Hospital, Johnstown.
He was born in Lilly, son of the late Kenneth M. and Kathleen (McIntosh) Behe. He married Gail Ann Claar on Nov. 5, 1983.
Surviving are his wife; 10 siblings: Tom of Lilly, Judy Lynch (Jim) of Gallitzin, Rogers "Pouch" of Lilly, Joan of Lilly, Bonnie Shable (Jim) of Lilly, Debbie Trently of Hazelton, Connie Reed (Mike) of Carrolltown, Donald "Zeke" of Lilly, Jennie Behe (Chris) of Hollidaysburg and Mark (Betty) of Lilly; a granddaughter, Alyssa Montgomery of Cresson; numerous nieces and nephews; and his beloved black lab, Colby.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Vincent; and a grandson, Tyler Montgomery.
Mr. Behe was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired from Cresson Steel Co. in 2006. He served on Cresson Borough Sewer Authority for more than 10 years. He received the first Volunteer of the Year Award presented by the Cresson Chamber of Commerce.
Friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at Charles M. Kennedy Funeral Home, Cresson. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Cresson Alliance Church, officiated by Pastor Gary Shingler.
Interment will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Blue Knob.


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The Joint Recreational Taxing District board voted 10-4 last week to stick with the original plan for a new Tri-City Senior Center and abandon, for now, the "center without walls" concept.
The board voted to put a 1-mill, five-year levy on the November ballot to construct a new senior center. The levy would generate more than $1.5 million annually. This would cost the owner of a $150,000 home, $52.50 each year in additional property taxes. The issue will appear on the ballot in Berea, Brook Park and Middleburg Heights.
Berea Councilman-at-large Dale Lange; Kelly Mendeluk, who's Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem's representative; Brook Park Councilman-at-large Carl Burgio and board member Bill Beyer were the only no votes. Three members were absent.
Board President Susan Anderson said the 1 mill would be sufficient to raze the current facility, build at the current site at Bagley and Craigmere in Middleburg Heights, and cover operating expenses and new programming.
Lange disagrees.
The original plan formulated in 2005 projected the project's total cost to be $5.3 million, but Lange said this figure has jumped to $6.5 million to $6.7 million.
"Land and construction costs have increased and property tax valuations are expected to decrease," he said.
Anderson said going for a 1-mill levy was "not an easy decision."
"The board was in a quandary," Anderson said, when board member Karen Malott suggested that when building a home, you give the developer "X" number of dollars and ask what can you get for that money.
"It's like a light bulb went off," Anderson said. If voters do not approve the 1-mill levy, the district could ask for a lower amount later with the intent of building a new facility with whatever funds voters OK, she said.
She also said the new center would aim to become self-sufficient.
"We want residents to support us, get us up and running and become self-sufficient," she said. One way to do that would be to rent out space at the center for social events and possibly small businesses, like a coffee shop, she said.
The "center without walls" concept Lange was pushing for would have featured a central office, a director, three coordinators and supplies for about $194,600 annually. Activities would have been hosted on a regular basis at various locations among the three cities, including rec centers, schools and churches. The levy to fund this would have been .2 mills and cost the owner of a $150,000 home about $10 annually.
"My opposition to building a new senior center should not be construed as opposition to providing more social activities for seniors," Lange said. "That is why I spent so much time working on the 'no walls' concept."
Lange said he was also concerned about plans to borrow against the levy to begin building. He said to borrow money against the levy it would have to be a continuing levy because the bank has no way of knowing if voters will renew it every five years.
Kleem questioned the board's direction at Monday's council meeting.
"There is an old saying in carpentry that it is better to measure twice and cut once. The Tri-City board is cutting without proper measurement," Kleem said.
He recommends each city consider legislation to make the board smaller and give a majority of the votes to cities' mayoral and council representatives. Of the 17 board members, six represent elected officials.
Brook Park's Burgio said the vote, which he felt was pressured, forced and rushed, was taken without complete information on the cost of renovating the current site. Renovation was another option being considered.
"I voted no because I felt I was representing my constituents," Burgio added. "I had heard no support for a levy to fund a building outside our city."
Brook Park is still considering expanding its rec center to provide more room and activities for its own seniors. He said a new Tri-City Senior Center would conflict with this.
Anderson has said previously that the district is not rushing because it was always the intent to build, and this is what was presented to voters when the initiative petition to create the district was circulated.
Kleem said this particular levy is not about seniors or sound public policy to regionalize senior services.
"It is about a small group of mostly unelected people who belong to a club-like entity called a recreation district who have decided to act without direction, without clear objectives and without the general welfare of the public in mind, in trying to tax our over-taxed public for a proposal that the board members themselves do not understand."


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Amalee Booktalk
- Grades: 6–8
About this book
Scholastic Booktalk
"Williams, best known as a singer and songwriter, writes a poignant, funny debut filled with wholly endearing characters." Booklist
"Known for lyrics that relate heartfelt, often humorous stories, Williams pours that talent into an uplifting story that will grab young readers." Horn Book
"Williams nails the voice of sixth-grader Amalee." Kirkus Reviews
The year Amalee's in 6th grade, her family and her world start to fall apart.
Amalee's family isn't the usual kind, with a mom and a dad and their kids. Her family is her and her dad, and her dad's best friends, Carolyn, Joyce, Phyllis, and John. They met in college and decided they'd stay friends forever no matter what. None of them is married, and Amalee is the only kid. But sometimes the rest of them act more like kids than 42-year-old adults. They always go out to dinner and a movie on Friday nights, and for Amalee it's always boring. But things change when Amalee's dad starts getting really bad headaches, and then gets really sick and has to quit working and stay in bed. His friends set up a schedule to take care of him, but no one talks to Amalee about what's going on, or if her father is going to die or not. They just pretend that everything is fine, and won't tell her the truth. And then her dad starts talking like it would be better for everyone if he did die, and nothing Amalee says seems to change his mind.
And things aren't any better at school either. People think she's mean, her favorite teacher is mad at her, no one wants to be friends with her, and she's afraid to tell anyone about her dad, because she's sure that will just make everything worse. Her life seems to be falling apart, and there's nothing she can do about it.
Amalee has always thought she had the best parent in the world, and now she's terribly afraid she's going to lose him. Is there anything she can do to change what seems to be unchangeable? Is there anything anyone can do?
This Booktalk was written by librarian and booktalking expert Joni R. Bodart
- Subjects:Death, Grief, Loss, Feelings and Emotions, Extended Families, School Life


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The Windows Eco-System
Here's the slides from a recent presentation I gave on Windows and PhoneGap/Cordova. http://purplecabbage.github.com/slides/WinEco/Read More →
Announcing Apache Cordova support for Windows Phone 8
It's been a busy morning here at the //build conference in Redmond, just piecing it all together now … Over the last month and half or so, we have been quietly working away on bringing Windows Phone 8 support to Apache Cordova. The SDK has been in private beta, so we had to fly under the radar, but I am …Read More →
HyperLab is free!
I have decided to release HyperLab for free. I would like to thank the few people who purchased it, and I hope you don't think your dollar was wasted. I originally hoped that adding a marginal price tag would help re-coup something for the time I had spent building this app, but I now realize that even a price-tag of …Read More →
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Here's a simple demo of Box2D javascript running in a Cordova app on a Samsung Focus S. Earlier this week at the Microsoft hosted 'port your app event', Ben Davey from mobilenationhq.com did the work of putting this into a Cordova app, which he described as "just a little bit of work". I'm looking forward to seeing what types of …Read More →


text: D-d-damn Nanamica, I know it's the ethos of your brand to update traditional garments with technical fabrics and innovations, but you killed it with this one. This cycling vest could be your vest if you were an extra in There Will Be Blood, looking all turn of the century with the pointed hem and buckled back. But really it's insulated with Primaloft and the shell is a wool-performance fabric blend, so it's not really that old school. For something without sleeves, it's doing pretty well for itself.


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Core Health Centers to Host Open House
Monday, July 1, 2013
Greer & Spartanburg, SC—June 27, 2013— Core Health Centers is hosting two open houses Tuesday, July 2nd from 1pm to 3pm for patients and guests alike to stop in and register for two very special giveaways!
Its official! Popular downtown ice rink to return
Monday, July 1, 2013
Carolina Alliance Bank to Host Bill Drake Book Signing 10-11:30 a.m., Thursday, July 11 in banks lobby
Thursday, June 27, 2013
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (June 27, 2013) – Carolina Alliance Bank (OTCBB: CRLN.OB) will host a book signing for longtime radio host Bill Drake as he signs his new book, "Awake with Drake: Conversations with a Radio Institution," from 10-11:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 11 in the bank's lobby. This event is free and is open to the public.
United Way Honors Montgomery, BMWs Kerscher& Higgins, Others At Annual Meeting
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
SPARTANBURG, SC: United Way of the Piedmont held its 76th Annual Meeting on June 20th at the Chapman Cultural Center. More than 150 donors, volunteers and partners were on hand for the festivities. The highlight of the evening was the recognition of countless companies and individuals for their support of the community with United Way throughout the year.
Dr. Wanda L. Andrews, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Student Services, Accepts Superintendent Position in Lee County
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Spartanburg School District Seven's Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Student Services Dr. Wanda Andrews has been named school superintendent in Lee County, SC. She intends to pursue a personal goal – leading a school district in the Pee Dee region where she began and worked for most of her career. She will begin her duties in Lee County on July 8.
SC Ports Finalizes $1-Million Land Preservation Program
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Charleston, SC - Nearly 1,000 acres of environmentally and historically significant properties in the Cooper River watershed are being permanently protected, under a $1-million land preservation program by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA). The effort is part of the SCPA's $12-million environmental and community mitigation package related to the new container terminal under construction at the former Navy Base in North Charleston.
Twenty-Six Complete Doctor of Chiropractic Program at Sherman College
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Twenty-six students from around the world received the doctor of chiropractic degree from Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg, SC, on Saturday, June 15, 2013. The commencement was a shared ceremony for June and September graduates.
Hub City Co-op Ownership Exceeds 1000
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Over 1000 supporters are owners of the first retail consumer food cooperative in the State of South Carolina, a full-service local and natural foods grocery market open to all shoppers, not just owners. Owners are members of a cooperative association under the laws of the State of South Carolina and receive a variety of benefits for their $150 ownership purchase. Cooperative ownership is generally a one-time purchase of an equity share of the business which does not need to be renewed.


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Editor's note: Mark Nowak's name has been corrected.
Four days of harvesting, three days selling at farmers markets, planting and tending to crops. Repeat.
The weeks are long for Seeley Farm owners Mark Nowak and Alex Cacciari, who conceived their Ann Arbor business at the Tilian Farm Development Center in 2011.
But 2½ years after it launched, the certified organic Seeley Farm has experienced significant sales growth and expanded into nine area grocery stores, including the People's Food Co-op, three Plum Market stores and two Whole Foods Markets.
This year marked Seeley Farm's first growing season on a 30-acre property Nowak and Cacciari lease in Ann Arbor Township, and the husband-and-wife duo are eyeing ways to expand the business.
"We made a huge jump from year one to year two; we tripled in our gross sales with all our wholesale accounts," Cacciari said. "This year, we have more of like a 30 percent increase in sales."
"We're always trying to grow and we can. There are still untapped markets just in this region we haven't gotten into," she continued.
Nowak, who grew up in Ann Arbor, and Cacciari, a Connecticut native, started growing on 1.5 acres at Tilian Farm in 2011, after both spent time working on different farms in the area. When their two-year commitment at Tilian expired, Nowak and Cacciari leased a 30-acre property on Warren Road, north of Ann Arbor.
Seeley Farm specializes in salad greens and sells four boxed salad varieties, or clamshell greens, to local grocery stores: arugula, salad mix, mixed baby lettuces and spicy salad. The farm also diversified its crops this year to include things such as carrots, beets, fennel, cabbage, broccoli, potatoes and flowers.
"(This property has) been good for us because renting is a much quicker entry than purchasing," Cacciari said. "There was already a farm here, a garage, a home and a well."
Nowak and Cacciari have more than settled into the property; the husband and wife, along with their 7-month-old baby, Henry, live in the house on the property and planted on four to five acres of land this year.
They built two hoop houses for year-round growing on the property and they converted a garage into a packing facility for the greens, which get washed in a large basin and spun dry in a washing machine before being packaged in five-ounce boxes.
Nowak and Cacciari and their two employees, Peter Cacciari and Shelby Roback, start their workdays at 7 a.m. in the May through October growing season, and 8 a.m. during the late fall and winter seasons. Typically, two days per week are designated to harvesting crops for the Ann Arbor Farmers Market and the Cobblestone Farm Market, and two days per week are for harvesting greens for the wholesale business.
This October, Seeley Farm experienced its biggest wholesale day for clamshell greens when the team packaged 700 boxes in a day. On an average wholesale day, 300 to 400 boxes are packaged.
"It's pretty exciting when you go to a store like People's Food Co-op, which is one of the best buyers of local in our area, and you see not only our name, but our friends' names," Cacciari said. "For us, the first excitement was getting in stores so people could buy our food. But now, we want more presence."
More presence, Cacciari said, means working with Seeley Farm's wholesale accounts to fight for more shelf space, better signage and the right price point.
"It's a constant dialogue of, 'How can you get your retail price lower? How can you make this more visible, available, accessible to customers?'" she said.
Nowak and Cacciari said they would be interested in expanding to the Detroit and Grand Rapids markets, but it would mean hiring a distributor. They handle the distribution themselves, and Nowak drives deliveries to Seeley's different buyers.
"The upshot to that is we're not losing a cut to a middleman. The down side is we have a smaller reach for our market," Cacciari explained.
Other growth opportunities for Seeley Farm include introducing a fifth boxed salad product to retailers, such as baby kale, and working with Ann Arbor grocery stores to get the farm's greens featured in salad bars.
Like most small farms across the country, Seeley Farm faces its share of challenges; Nowak and Cacciari are investing time and money into land they don't own, and they rely on a six-month growing season for almost their entire income.
"Farms die, farms disappear and people can't swing it after a while. Your body gets tired, your mind gets tired, your market might disappear or change. I think you have to be really adaptable over the years," Cacciari said. "The winters are really important for farmers, I think, because you can just restore."
Seeley Farm also faces competition from other businesses at the farmers markets.
"We just try to stand out in the crowd," Nowak said of how Seeley Farm competes for business. "We're certified organic and we try to have higher quality standards, but we don't want to ruthlessly compete because it's a community."
He continued: "We try to go to every market, which helps us. At least half, if not more, of our customers are regulars."
Nowak and Cacciari have a two-year lease for the Warren Road land, and the property owner offered them a five-year extension. Eventually, they would like to buy the site. Nowak and Cacciari also plan to hire additional employees once the 2014 growing season kicks into gear.
"We're finally at a place now where our business can handle extra labor costs. Year one we could hardly justify extra costs. We started Seeley and both had other jobs. Next year, we will need more people for sure," Cacciari said.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at 734-623-2584, email her email@example.com or follow her on Twitter.


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Day of the Dead Workshop at Pelham Art Center
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Pelham Art Center presents a free all-age art workshop celebrating the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, or El Dia de los Muertos. Participate in a fun and FREE workshop to create your own vibrant paper memorial alter; workshop will be led by folk artists Aurelia Fernandez and Zafiro Romero-Acevedo. Following the art workshop will be a folkloric dance performance by Telpochcalli Traditional Mexican Performing Art and Theater.


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There's no question: New Yorkers have rigid ideas about what is authentic to the Big Apple. But that doesn't mean we're not open to other ideas, especially when it comes to flavors. Just own it, which is exactly what Neapolitan pizzeria Kesté does.
The name of the pizzeria translates to "This is it," which definitely smacks of a New York attitude. The pizzaiolo, though, is pure Italian: His name is Roberto Caporuscio, and when he's not making ultra-traditional pies, such as his signature Kesté (tomato, imported buffalo mozzarella, proscioutto di Parma, arugula, extra virgin olive oil, $19), he's coming up with brilliant "speciales," such as the pistachio and salsiccia ($21). An alluring assemblage of toppings that confront palate with earthy delights, the combination includes a nut-forward pistachio pesto; crumbly, salty sausage; a mix of oozy homemade mozzarella balanced by a tart Pecorino Romano; the herbal kick of basil; and an appropriate drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. The signature dough is stretchy, chewy, laced with a smoky char.
Opened in 2009 in the West Village, Kesté is the official location of the APN, the Association of Neapolitan Pizzaiuoli, an organization from the "old country" dedicated to preserving the art of pizza-making. So while some of Caporuscio's flavor combos may seem novel to the average New Yorker, those in-the-know understand that each pie has a history dating back centuries.
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Bob Marley's soulful biopic "Soul Rebel" was released Apr 12, 2012. This deep new film looks at Bob Marley's roots within Trench Town and how this man grew to rock all of God's creatures from the gates of Zion to the bald-headed realm of Babylon. Bob was a rare artist, one whose inspirational music will be heard for generations to come.
In his too brief time on this earth, Marley generated a varied and fluctuating collection of compositions that will endure to be exposed to all peace loving generations to come. Consequently, numerous Rasta inclined people feel as though we knew Bob for all of his struggles and achievements. However, I think I can state with little fear of being wrong that, if you are a hard core Bob fan and think you have heard it all, you have not. This film is loaded with sweet scenery and choice bits of material — perhaps most notably, the significance of many of Marley's most treasured tunes.
This Marley biopic is a feast for the eyes based on the awe-inspiring seascapes and highlands of Jamaica. The fundamental heart of Bob's canna-venture through life is the development of Bob from an aspiring young man to a dad, leader, companion, unpretentious megastar and soulful revolutionary, social soldier and profoundly mystical Rastafari .[nggallery id=89]
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The Wine Store is an institution in East Freo's George Street community, beloved by picnickers and hosts of impromptu dinner parties for its ready supply of wine, beer, cheese and artisan bread – the cornerstones of any memorable meal.
In a move that has endeared them to customers even more, The Wine Store has expanded, and just last week opened the doors of its very own wine bar.
The wine bar emulates the breezy, stylish and historically rich neighbourhood surrounding it. Modern, neutral-coloured furniture rest against walls of floor-to-ceiling grainy photographs, punctuated by bright flashes of green from bowls of limes and potted plants.
With an entire bottle shop and basement wine cellar at its disposal, it's no surprise that The Wine Store offers such unparalleled choice of national and international wines. Just pace yourself, because this is one long wine list.
Given just as much attention is the food at The Wine Store, which has a decidedly European and South American flair. The menu changes on a daily basis, but always utilises the best local produce available. We tried – and loved – the beef empanadas and can't wait to come back for the Fremantle sardines on toast.
So throw that ratty picnic blanket in the wash, give that picnic basket a break and drop by the wine bar instead. The ants won't thank you, but your palette sure will.
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It seems like we're all going green nowadays – even where we're going has gone green! Ecotourism has become one of the newest ways we show our love to the planet while we're on vacation. What exactly is ecotourism? According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), ecotourism is described as "responsible travel to natural areas which conserve the environment and sustains the well-being of local people." … [Read more...]
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I've been gardening for many years -- both in vegetable beds and using containers on balconies. Whatever the situation has been, one of my annual keys to success is seaweed. It's true, most other things called 'weeds' we'd rather keep out of the yard, but when seaweed is available it's one of the best kinds of organic fertilizers nature provides. Not only does seaweed supply important nutritional value to soil, it also helps stimulate growth in plants, enhances the dietary value of … [Read more...]
Nature in a Rail Car…Literally
As part of this month's Art on Track festival in Chicago, some greenies with an artistic twinge (or artists with a green twinge) turned the inside of a rail car into a nature wonderland. The rail car "circled Chicago's elevated downtown loop for 5 hours with several additional cars decorated with numerous other art installations," This Is Colossal writes. Art on Track was apparently the "world's largest mobile art exhibition" and I imagine this is the biggest such "nature on a train" … [Read more...]
Give Your Kids a Green Jump Start at an Eco Summer Camp
Do you ever wish that you would have learned the cool "green" stuff that you know now, a few years earlier? If so, why not give your kids, or kids you know, a chance to do just that...a jumpstart on learning, if you will. How you might ask? Summer camp of course! Don't get me wrong, there's always the option of giving a green book to read, but eco-friendly camp just sounds WAY more fun. Read on to check out a list of several great ones. … [Read more...]
An Eco-Friendly Review Of Hi-Tec Altitude Enviro Hiking Boots
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Oil Spill Cartoon: Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice…
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Eco-Friendly Designer Sunglasses From Dragon Alliance
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The Perseids Meteor Shower: How to View Nature's Fireworks Display
Do you remember the first time you saw a brilliant shooting star streaking across the sky? Well, focus your gaze northeast into the night sky and you may see upwards of 80 per hour! One of nature's most impressive displays of grandeur is the Perseids meteor shower. The Perseids are the most dependable and most viewed meteor shower of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Their magnificence is second only to the December Geminids, but you also don't have to brave a cold wintry night to … [Read more...]


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We can take visitors on tours of Kihnu island lasting one, two or three hours on the back of our ute. The benches that have been attached to it seat up to 25 people. If there are more of you, we can run a number of excursions or combine the ute experience with a hike on foot. We take you to see all of the villages on the island and its most important sights. All of this can be arranged with a local guide. We can also visit the church, museum and community centre if arranged in advance. Prices start from €50/hour, plus fees for the guide, museum tickets and donations to the church.
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Falling gas prices between November and March prompted NW Natural to request a $35 million credit last month.
The commission also green-lighted a separate $9 million credit for Oregon customers, tied into savings from storage operations.
Customers will see the discounts in their June bills, with the average residential customer receiving a one-time refund of $46. Industrial users stand to receive credits of several hundred dollars to as much as $20,000.
NW Natural also has requested a cumulative $4 million credit for customers in Washington state.
A second credit is possible later this year, depending on gas prices during the April-June period.
The Portland-based utility provider, which serves 680,000 customers in Oregon and southwest Washington, plans to hold its annual investors day tomorrow.


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The Angelcare Movement and Sound Monitor Deluxe combines a quality sound and movement baby monitor in the same system.
Whether your baby is awake or asleep, the under-the-mattress sensor pad will detect all of your childs movements. An alarm sounds after 20 seconds if no movement is detected, and an optional tic sound keeps you aware of the babys movement.
You can also choose between voice activation and continuous sound reception. The nursery unit features a calming nightlight. Interference is minimized with 8 channels, and the AC-powered monitor automatically converts to battery power in case of a power failure.
The monitor lights up with your childs sound level and also has a low battery indicator. Programming one parent unit will automatically set up the other. The parent units feature an optional vibration alarm mode and display the nursery room temperature. Let the monitor system do its job to grant you the rest you need.
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Smashing Conference New York will make you explore, and provide you with hands-on insights that is useful for everybody and enables you to start using the advice right away. The conference lasts two days, with 18 speakers, and also seven workshops. Smashing Conference always makes sure the event will be held at a unique location. At the heart of Manhattan's bustling Times Square district lies the conference venue, The Times Center.
Like to explore? On this day you will explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights that we all can learn from and use right away.
Some of the Speakers
Aaron Walter
Aaron is the director of user experience at MailChimp, where he strives to make software more human. Thereby, he is the author of Designing for Emotion from A Book Apart.
Eva-Lotta Lamm
Eva-Lotta is a designer who focusses on web and interface design mostly, however she does enjoy graphic design and illustration as well.
Jonathan Snook
Jonathan is a web designer and developer, currently working as a product manager at Shopify. He began his career with freelancing, afterwards he has worked at large companies.
He coauthored two books, however he has also written his own, self-published book Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS.
Meagan Fisher
Meagan is a web desginer located in New York City. She is probably one of the nicest people in the industry, helping, sharing and caring about what she does and how she crafts websites.
Her personal web site is called owltastic.com, this has everything to do with the fact Meagan respects owls who she considers smart and creative creatures.
Mark Boulton
Mark is founder of Mark Boulton Design, here they work with clients such as ESPN, CERN, Al Jazeera and Drupal.
Five Simple Steps is a small publishing imprint, which he also runs.
More often he is invited as a speaker to conferences, he is a publisher, Lapseed Martial Artist, guitarist, husband and a daddy.
Cassie McDaniel
Cassie is a designer at Mozilla, she works on the Webmaker project to help enable Web users everywhere to become web makers.
She has published a lot of design, technology, and even some fiction and poetry.
Lastly, she supports the Designers Accord, a "global coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, and corporate leaders, working together to create positive environmental and social impact."


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But when the customers head home and the doors are locked up, the bartender admits that things at the Stockertown establishment can get a little eerie.
"It has its moments," says Leauber, who noted that the lights tend to flicker and the alarm system will mysteriously beep after hours. "Some nights I'll be in here and I won't have a weird feeling, some nights you do ... I would say there's something to it."
Leauber's anxious moments aren't unprecedented. By many accounts, Widow's, at 200 Main St. in the borough, is haunted.
The ghost, named Marvin according to the tavern's website, sparks the curiosity of visitors, says the 30-year-old bartender from Allentown.
"People come in and ask about it all the time," he says.
Unfortunately for trackers of the supernatural, the location's spooky moments are more typical when Leauber, or his mother Jody Stahley, the general manager, are the only people around.
Of course, during operating hours, those moments of solitude don't happen very often.
"It's never really quiet in here, there's always a buzz in the air," says Leauber, who has tended bar on-and-off for the past 12 years. "We have a great time in here. The jukebox is always on, whatever sport (that) matters is always on."
Widow's, which is family owned and operated, has the appeal of a local spot with a personality that can't be replicated at a chain restaurant, Leauber says.
"For the people from the neighborhoods around here, this is the place that they can come and they know they're going to have a good time, they don't have to worry about anything," he says.
Leauber, whose family also operates Stahley's Family Restaurant and Sports Bar in Allentown, has fun too, of course.
"Most people don't get to make money while they're out, so I've kind of got it made," he says. "How many people have genuine fun at their job? Not many, I've worked other jobs and they weren't fun at all, so this is like a dream come true."
When he's working, the Bartender of the Week enjoys taking a break from pouring out beers to mix up a cocktail. Leauber's featured drink is Widow's version of a chocolate martini, which might have a little more bite than the creamier edition served up a few weeks ago at Hops & Barley.
This variation features Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, Hiram Walker Creme de Cacao, Three Olives chocolate vodka and is finished with a sugar/cocoa rim along the glass.
Beyond the bar, Widow's offers live music every Wednesday and Saturday night as well as a menu that Leauber says is dependably great.
Whether patrons arrive to do some ghost hunting or for a quality dining experience, the tavern provides a relaxed and welcoming environment to regulars and newcomers, according to the bartender.
"It's a comfortable crowd," Leauber says. "A lot of the same faces and we're always welcoming new ones. I love meeting new people, definitely. It's like having a party every week with some of your best friends."
And perhaps a few invisible guests.
- 4 parts Three Olives chocolate vodka (about a shot)
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Amplifying the voices of women leaders across the world
Brussels, 27 November 2013
EY is delighted to support the Women in Parliaments (WIP) Global Summit on 27-29th November, hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels. The WIP Summit invites a worldwide community of female Parliamentarians to come together and use their collective experience to advance society.
The Summit marks the 120th anniversary of the day that women were granted the right to vote for the first time in the world in New Zealand. Attending the event will be Nobel Prize Winners, Heads of Government, European Commissioners, Ministers, Academics and high profile representatives from Civil Society and Philanthropy from over 100 countries around the world.
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Dentist Bob Clark said he was only able to get out a little bit this past hunting season -- estimating he spent only about seven hours total during two separate outings.
He used his time well, bagging two 8-point bucks on separate days in the town of Van Buren. He shot them with his TC Muzzleloader.
Clark, who lives in Baldwinsville and has a dental office in Liverpool, said he hunted six hours on the opening day of the regular firearms season in the Southern Zone before he shot his first buck. He took the second one this past Sunday after hunting only an hour during the muzzleloader season.
Not bad for a hunter who's only shot three deer in his entire hunting career. Both deer were shot with three miles of each other, he said, and both were eating apples at the time he aimed at them.
His plans for the deer?
"We're going keep some of the venison for the family, and we're going to give some to some friends who've been asking," he said.
He said he's going to have a trophy mount made from the second deer.
"Based on my hunting history," he said. "Chances of me getting another like that are pretty darn slim."


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The Pacific-12 Conference has produced a number of superstars out of the draft in recent years, and 2012 should be no different. With Aaron Rogers, Maurice Jones-Drew, Clay Matthews and Troy Polamalu amongst a whole host of studs, the Pac-12 has a star in every position at the pro level.
With the NFL combine concluded, a number of players have begun to gain national attention, after the mediocre performances of Pac-12 teams had hidden the incredible level of individual talent on each squad.
Here are the top ten players from the west and where they will land in the draft.


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I once visited an exhibit at a museum in Baltimore on Japanese basket-making where I learned of the basket-maker's long apprenticeship. An aspiring basket-maker spends 10 years with his master, and 10 years doing lots of menial stuff, sweeping, preparing meals, sharpening tools, helping with the laundry. And the master apparently never teaches the apprentice directly. The apprentice learns slantwise, by studying the master on the sly, peering over his shoulder or poking around the workroom after the master has retired for the evening. Leaving the exhibit I told my wife that such a relationship made me think of mine with Barry, my colleague, officemate, and friend who died this week.


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Last week saw Softball go 8-0 and Baseball go 3-1. Women's Lacrosse dropped three games and Men's Lacrosse went 1-2 on their trip to St. Paul, Minn. Women's Tennis dropped a match early in the week by rebounded with a 9-0 win over Indiana Tech. Men's Tennis fell to Calvin but then defeated Indiana Tech and won the GRCC Quad.
Game of the Week: Softball vs. Aquinas – Pink Game
Coming off an 8-0 week that saw a Sam Cole (Belleville, Mich.)no-hitter, a triple play, and back-to-back-to-back homeruns to open a game the Lady Panthers try to stay hot against in-town conference opponent Aquinas College. After starting the season with a 8-12 record the Panthers have reeled off 17 in a row to improve to 25-12 overall and 12-0 in conference. Davenport looks to stay perfect in conference with a double-header against the 23-11 overall and 6-4 in conference Saints. The two-games will be pink games and will benefit the National American Cancer Society. Donations will be accepted and pink wrist bands and shirts will be on sale at the game.
Davenport and Aquinas come in with different playing styles. Davenport is the stronger offensive team ranking third in conference with a .305 batting average and a top the conference in runs batted in per game with 5.60 while Aquinas ranks fifth in batting average (.285) and fifth in runs batted in per game (4.24). Aquinas, on the other hand, comes in a little stronger on the mound. Aquinas' pitching staff has a 2.35 earned run average and a .255 opponent batting average. Davenport pitching staff has an earned run average of 2.93 and holds their opponents to a .256 batting average.
Leading Davenport on the mound will be sophomore pitchers Sam Cole. Sam Cole ranks third in conference with a 1.79 earned run average and fourth in opponents batting average (.227). She ranks 24th in the NAIA in wins with 14 and 40th in total batters struck out with 97. Offensively the Panthers will be led by Heather Brusokas (Glendale, Calif.). Brusokas ranks third in the conference with a .431 batting average, third averaging 1.03 RBIs a game, and leads the conference with 11 homeruns. She ranks 8th in the NAIA in total triples (8), 9th in total bases (109), 13th in total runs scored (42), and 18th in home runs (11).
Carlie Giamo will lead Aquinas' pitching staff. Giarmo has accumulated a 1.81 ERA and is allowing opponents to hit a mere .210. She has recorded a record of 8-5 with 80 strikeouts. Renae Tubergen will lead the Saints at the plate. She has a .318 batting average which ranks third on the team. Her 26 RBIs and 7 homeruns leads the team in each category.
Davenport leads the all-time series 5-3 but Aquinas won the last meeting and has won 3 out of 4 when playing at Davenport. The two-games will be pink games and will benefit the National American Cancer Society. Donations will be accepted and pink wrist bands and shirts will be on sale at the game.
Buffalo Wild Wings Men's Player of the Week: Alex Blehm, Track & Field
For his efforts on the track last week Alex Blehm (Caledonia, Mich.)has been named the Buffalo Wild Wings Men's Player of the Week.
Blehm, a freshman from Caledonia, Mich., helped lead his 4x100 meter relay team to a school record time of 41.96 which also qualified them for a "B" standard mark at the NAIA Outdoor National Tournament.
Alex set another school record in the 400m with a time of 49.20 which gave him first palce honors at the Bulldog Open.
Buffalo Wild Wings Women's Player of the Week: Sam Cole, Softball
For her efforts on the softball field last week Sam Cole (Belleville, Mich.)has been named the Buffalo Wild Wings Women's Player of the Week.
Cole, a sophomore from Belleville, Mich., helped lead her team to an 8-0 week finishing 4-0 on the mound. Her week was highlighted on Tuesday when she threw a no-no against Siena Heights.
In 27.2 innings of work, Cole only gave up 3 earned runs with 28 strikeouts while holding her opponents to a .171 batting average.
Places To Be This Week:
· Men's Tennis vs. Spring Arbor (Mich.), MVP Sportsplex, 12:00 PM
· Softball vs. Aquinas (DH) – Pink Game, Christian Reformed Rec. Center, 4:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Men's Tennis vs. Grace Bible, MVP Sportsplex, 12:30 PM
· Softball vs. Madonna (DH), Christian Reformed Rec. Center, 4:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Rugby (D2) vs. Calvin, DU Turf Field, 5:00 PM
· Softball vs. Concordia (DH), Christian Reformed Rec. Center, 1:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Monday: at Hope Invitational (Holland, Mich.), All Day
· Saturday: at Aquinas Invitational (Grand Rapids, Mich.), All Day
· Wednesday: at AC Eddy Invitational – Tri-State (Angola, Ind.), 8:00 AM
· Saturday and Sunday: at Titan Invitational (Highland, Mich.), All Day
· Tuesday: at Oliver College (Mich.) (Olivet, Mich.), 4:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Wednesday: at St. Francis (Ind.) (DH) (Fort Wayne, Ind.), 1:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Saturday: at Siena Heights (DH) (Adrian, Mich.), 1:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Sunday: at Siena Heights (DH) (Adrian, Mich.), 1:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Thursday; at Hope College (Holland, Mich.), 7:00 PM LIVE STATS
· Friday: WHAC Tournament First Round vs. Northwestern Ohio (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 9:00 AM
· Saturday: WHAC Tournament Championship (Grand Rapids, Mich.), TBA
· Friday: WHAC Tournament First Round vs. Aquinas (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 12:00 PM
· Saturday: WHAC Tournament Championship (Grand Rapids, Mich.), TBA
· Saturday: at Northwood Open (Midland, Mich.), 11:00 AM
· Saturday: at University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisc.), 12:00 PM
· Tuesday: Siena Heights (DH) (Adrian, Mich.), W 7-0; W 9-3 RECAP
· Wednesday: Cornerstone (DH) (Grand Rapids, Mich.), W 15-0; W 4-3 RECAP
· Friday: Siena Heights (DH) (Christian Reformed Rec. Center), W 5-1; W 9-1 (5) RECAP
· Saturday: UM-Dearborn (DH) (Christian Reformed Rec. Center), W 3-2; W 6-2 RECAP
· Saturday: Rochester College (DH) (Kentwood HS), W 8-1; L 4-7 RECAP
· Sunday: Rochester College (DH) (Kentwood HS), W 8-7; W 12-4
· Wednesday: Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Mich.), L 6-21 RECAP
· Saturday: Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) (Chicago, Ill.), L 4-21 RECAP
· Sunday: Robert Morris (Chicago, Ill.), L 4-15 RECAP
· Thursday: Hope College (Holland, Mich.), L 3-6 RECAP
· Friday: Indiana Tech (MVP Sportsplex), W 9-0 RECAP
· Wednesday: Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.), L 3-6
· Friday: Indiana Tech (MVP Sportsplex), W 7-2 RECAP
· Saturday: GRCC Quad (Grand Rapids, Mich.), 1st – 27 Points RECAP
· Friday: No. 4 St. John's (St. Paul, Minn.), W 10-8 RECAP
· Saturday: No. 2 St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minn.), L 8-11 RECAP
· Sunday: No. 22 North Dakota State (St. Paul, Minn.), L 10-11 RECAP


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Jeff Wadekamper is the assistant manager of the Helena Regional Airport. He said the Continental flight from Newark and bound for Portland landed in Helena shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, after one of the engines was shut down.
Wadekamper said emergency vehicles were ready, but the landing was routine.
The 150 passengers spent the night in the terminal in Helena. A replacement jet was flown in from Portland, Ore., and the flight left Helena at 6:15 a.m. today.


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The Washington Nationals made their final roster moves today before the start of the 2009 baseball season by optioning GARRET MOCK and JASON BERGMANN and assigning right hander pitcher JESUS COLOME to Syracuse.
The Nationals added non-roster players JOSH BARD (C), JULIAN TAVAREZ (RHP) and lefthander pitcher WILL LEDEZMA.
BERGMANN, 27 has played for the Nationals during parts of the past four seasons, making a combined 43 starts in 2007-2008. This season he has been used exclusively out of the bullpen.
MOCK, 25, started his career with the Diamondbacks before being traded to the Nationals in 2006. Used mainly as a starter, Mock made his major league debut last season for Washington going 1-3 with a 4.17 ERA in 26 appearances.
COLOME, 31, has pitched in over 300 games in the Major Leagues with Tampa Bay and Washington. and has made 122 appearance out of the bullpen for the Nats the past two years all in relief.
The moves also allowed the Nationals to start the season with four starting pitchers leaving super pitching prospect JORDAN ZIMMERMANN expected to begin the season in Syracuse before the Nats need a fifth starter on April 19th.
The Washington Nationals looking to create depth in their bullpen signed veteran righthanded pitchers KIP WELLS and JULIAN TAVAREZ this week to minor league contracts.� Both could wind up in Syracuse with the Chiefs before earning a promotion to Washington.
WELLS, 31, was injured much of the 2008 season and pitched in only 15 games for the Colorado Rockies and 10 games for the Kansas City Royals.
He was a member of the 2007 St. Louis Cardinals and made 34 starts and was 7-17 with a 5.90 ERA.
TAVAREZ, 35, began last season with the Milwaukee Brewers before finishing the season with the Atlanta Braves.� The versitile righthander made 43 relief appearances last season and recorded a 4.71 ERA.
Wells and Tavarez join veterans Josh Towers, Gary Glover, Gustavio Chacin, Wil Ledezma, Jorge Sosa�and�Jesus Colome as non roster players in the Nationals camp.


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NEWARK — Paul Bergrin, the once-prominent defense lawyer on trial in a federal court on murder charges, continued his animated cross-examination of key prosecution witness Anthony Young this morning — using some of Young's own testimony from last week against him, in an effort to discredit Young.
Bergrin, 55, who once represented rap stars, drug kingpins, and U.S. soldiers in Iraq, is defending himself in a high-profile trial in which he's accused of orchestrating the 2004 street-murder of government informant Kemo Deshawn McCray, then 30.
The trial resumed this morning in a Newark courtroom, after it had been on recess on both Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Young, the confessed killer of McCray, had appeared to damage Bergrin's defense some last Thursday when he testified in detail about a meeting he says occurred in December 2003 when, he said, Bergrin showed up on a darkened Newark street to tell Young and other drug-running gang associates that McCray had to be, in effect, killed by telling the group, "'No Kemo, no case.'"
Just a week before, Young had testified, a key gang associate, William Baskerville, had been arrested in 2003 on federal cocaine-trafficking charges -- and Bergrin was Baskerville's defense lawyer.
This morning Bergrin worked hard on cross-examination to try to punch holes in the credibility of Young's account from the stand – and at one point, a heated Bergrin even yelled out as he posed a question to Young: "If this meeting (on the Newark street) ever occurred, which it didn't!"
Young kept his composure under heated questioning, at times correcting Bergrin on small facts, and other times even smiling slightly, or laughing briefly. But he was also forced to admit that his answers had changed from 2007 to this trial, on certain points; and that some answers he was giving were different than what FBI agents had in reports about him after interviews they'd taken with him.
Bergrin argued vehemently in his opening statement that Young was not actual killer of McCray, who was shot dead on a Newark street, and so the government has the wrong triggerman. Bergrin also indicated in his opening that the government botched the case against him and is relying on felon witnesses who are lying in order to get lesser sentences for crimes they've committed.


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January 6, 2011
'Bodies' in Underwater Sculpture Park
Fritz Faerber, National Geographic
National Geographic
More than 400 of the permanent sculptures have been installed in recent months in the National Marine Park of Cancún, Isla Mujeres, and Punta Nizuc (map of the region) as part of a major artwork called "The Silent Evolution." The installation is the first endeavor of a new underwater museum called MUSA, or Museo Subacuático de Arte.
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A New Slave Trade? Europe's Thirst for Young African Footballers
Part 6: 'For African Children, Football Is Everything'
Sitting at a laptop in his office in the Blue House in Bamako, Jean-Marc Guillou fumes when asked about his critics. "I am doing more for African football than FIFA. It's good that an organization like Foot Solidaire exists, but why do such dramas happen in the first place? Because FIFA doesn't give African children a chance." His voice almost cracks, he is so angry. "For African children, football is everything. If I didn't exist, Arthur Boka might be selling shoes by the side of the road," he says, referring to the Ivorian defender who plays for VfB Stuttgart.
It has become more difficult in recent years to export African players to Europe, with the embassies of many Western European countries no longer issuing visas as easily as they did in the past. Nevertheless, Guillou is expanding his operation. He is building an extension to the Bamako academy that will include another six rooms, with a total of 24 beds, as well as a restaurant with a rooftop terrace.
In two or three years, when the first Mali graduates are of age, Guillou plans to invest in another club in Europe. A second-division club in France would be good, he says. "Preferably in Île-de-France," he adds, because the region surrounding Paris is so centrally located, and therefore accessible for agents and scouts. He feels confident that he will find a club, because, as he says: "I don't show up with money like some Russian billionaire. I come with good players that will cost the club nothing and are worth a lot of money."
He opens a file on his computer. It is a forecast for the future development of his business. "I assume that of all the students in all the academies who were born in 1992, five will make it to Europe. Of those born in 1993: three. In 1994: four. In 1995: 29."
Imitating Their Role Models
Amadou Kéita was born in 1995. He is just taking out the garbage from his room, which he shares with three other students. This month, it's Amadou's turn to make sure that the room is clean and that all of his roommates hand over their mobile phones to the janitor on time. Calls are only allowed between 6 and 9 p.m. The purpose of the task is to teach the residents to take responsibility and lead the others like a team captain.
"I don't care if Monsieur Guillou makes money with me," says Kéita. "He is a friend, a second father. I want him to make me as famous as (Argentine footballer) Lionel Messi." Then he turns around quickly and walks over to his fellow students.
They are sitting in front of the television, their hair still wet from showering, watching the Champions League. Whenever they see a footballer playing well, the children jump up, cheer and imitate the movements of their role models.
The boys are wearing jerseys with bright colors that stand out in the dim light, for clubs like Real Madrid, AS Roma and Manchester United.
Amadou has his red-and-black striped AC Milan jersey on again. It's as if he hoped that by wearing the clothing of his hero, he could somehow acquire his strengths. As if this were a way to become a new person. A professional footballer in Europe.
Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan
- Part 1: Europe's Thirst for Young African Footballers
- Part 2: Strict Regime
- Part 3: The Need to Make a Profit
- Part 4: A Modern Slave Trade?
- Part 5: Broken Dreams and Greedy Agents
- Part 6: 'For African Children, Football Is Everything'
- Photo Gallery: Dreams of Europe
- World Cup Jitters: Excitement and Tension Run High in South Africa (06/03/2010)
- Germany vs. Ghana: The Boateng Brothers' World Cup Duel (04/16/2010)
- Globalization in Pakistan: The Football Stitchers of Sialkot (03/16/2010)
- The Beautiful Game in Africa: 'Football Is the Reason We Have Feet' (01/08/2010)
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Pharez is a performer, composer, producer, and educator. He has performed with such notables as Nancy Wilson, Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, Joe Lovano, Elvin Jones, Ahmad Jamal, Clark Terry, Branford Marsalis, Johnny Griffin, David "Fathead" Newman, Phil Woods, Monty Alexander, The Count Basie Orchestra, Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, George Duke, John Mellencamp, Patti Austin, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Kirk Whalum, Ari Brown and Ramsey Lewis to name a few.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain begins a two-day sweep through the state today, highlighted by a rally in Birmingham this afternoon and the filing of his official papers to get on the Alabama ballot shortly thereafter.
The rally will be from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. at the Sweet Bones Alabama restaurant at the Summit. It's sponsored by the Rainy Day Patriots tea party group and is open to the public.
After the rally, Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, heads to Republican Party headquarters in Homewood, where he will file qualifying papers and hold a press conference.
Cain, who has been rising in the polls and in some recent ones is shown as the favorite among Republican voters, begins his day with a breakfast in Anniston, followed by a public rally at Talladega Town Square from 11 to 11:45 a.m.
After his Birmingham visit, he travels to Montgomery for a public event from 5 to 8 p.m. sponsored by talk show host Dan Morris at the RSA Activity Center.
Saturday, Cain starts out at the West Alabama State Straw Poll in Tuscaloosa.
He plans to swing back through Birmingham and visit with fans tailgating at the Samford University game from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Cain plans to cap his visit by addressing the Alabama Federation of Republican Women in Huntsville Saturday night.
This weekend's visit is Cain's second campaign sweep through the state.
Check out these links to more stories about him and his campaign.
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