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The highlight of Opening Night for many, however, was much more personal--a benefit tribute dinner honoring the late Sam Maloof, a MacArthur Fellow, whose furniture was world-renowned for its sweeping sculptural style and exquisite hand-craftsmanship. Planned and co-chaired by an esteemed committee that included Chicago arts patrons Joan Harris and John H. Bryan, and designer Jack Lenor Larsen, the dinner program included touching reminiscences by friends and colleagues including Don Reitz and Tom Loeser. Perhaps the most memorable was delivered by Mike Johnson, one of the three "boys" who Sam trained for many years to continue hand-building his signature furniture. Larry White, David Wade and Mike Johnson's impeccable artistry was on view alongside Sam's final pieces in the SOFA special exhibit, "The Legacy Continues: Sam Maloof Woodworking, Inc.", one of five special exhibits mounted at the fair. Proceeds from the tribute benefited the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Maloof Scholarship Fund, and the Furniture Society Scholarship Program.
Savvy SOFA dealers were poised for the market up-turn and "went for it" at the fair, sparing no expense presenting their best artists in major presentations. Their optimism paid off with major sales in the high six figures. Of special mention was the exhibit of Litvak Gallery from Tel-Aviv, whose blackbox installation of large-scale Spheres by the Czech master of optical glass, Vaclav Ciglar, raised the bar once again for booth design. Ciglar's mystically self-reflective, large-scale egg forms sold well, as did the surreal, allegorical sculpture, chandeliers and goblets by the Venetian virtuoso of flame-worked glass, Lucio Bubacco. German sculptor Julius Weiland, new to SOFA, was an instant hit with collectors, with the gallery selling fused glass tubes and acrylic composite works in the five figure range; as well as several large kiln-cast cast glass pieces by the Netherlands's Peter Bremers that express the fragility of the changing Antarctic landscape.
A major sale at Heller Gallery, New York, which also mounted an expansive exhibit that alternately dazzled and expressively beckoned the viewer, was a monumental Stanislav Libenský/ Jaroslava Brychtová glass sculpture called "Red Crater", recently cast from a 1990s design by Ms. Brychtova, the late Libenskys life-partner and collaborator. Heller says of the fair, We had a very strong opening and follow-up sales. Some of our most ambitious pieces were the first to go, which speaks to the sophistication of the attendees. In general, people seemed more at ease with the economic situation, more aware of where they stood personally, which raised their comfort level for acquiring masterworks. Other top Heller sales were three life-size glass table sculptures by Beth Lipman, reminiscent of 17th and 18th-century still-life paintings, each overloaded with 50 to 100 pieces of glittering tableware and food delicacies, quite literally over the top with excess.
Other sardonic artworks commenting on the recent intemperance sold big at Ferrin Gallery of Pittsfield, MA. Most notable among them Chris Antemanns 40 long table sculpture "Vignette", depicting a playfully debauched dinner party in porcelain, decals and luster. Young iconoclasts, many new to SOFA, presented in Ferrins Illusculptors themed show of sculpture with narrative content, with buyers snapping up all nine of young Seth Rainvilles pieces and Latino Geraldo Monterrubios tattoo-inspired porcelain surface illustrations on socially relevant forms like a methamphetamine pipe. Leslie Ferrin said she was delighted with the new SOLO at SOFA project. It was a great opportunity to experiment with showing, in-depth, younger and more conceptual artists like Anne Lemanskiselling two of Lemanskis endangered animal sculptures of copper wire and skins of various materials.
Other dealers ambitiously mounting major presentations were Schantz/Holsten Galleries of Stockbridge, MA and Santa Fe, NM, featuring Italian maestro Lino Tagliapetra, selling a half-dozen of his newest, virtuoso glass sculptures in the five figures and up, some with such delicate and luminous patterning, they resembled finely woven fabric. Jim Schantz and Kenn Holsten partnered together at SOFA after Holstens recent sale of the Berkshires gallery to Schantz, his gallery director for 27 years. The two will continue to collaborate closely. Holsten, who plans to build the www.holstengalleries website into the worlds finest virtual glass gallery, says, Collectors are looking to buy again. Schantz agreesThis SOFA had more energy than any in the last three or four years.
Carole Hochman, Director of Barry Friedman, Ltd. of New York agreed that collectors are buying again but still inclined to buy the best, adding that the collector base in attendance on Opening Night was pretty phenomenal. She said they had done well at SOFA with a strong sampling of Barry Friedmans on-going "New York show Venice: 3 Visions in Glass", featuring Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, and Laura de Santillana. Also selling well was Toots Zynskys lustrous hot thread pulled, cane glass vessels. Victor Armendariz of Chicagos venerable Ann Nathan Gallery agreed that a strong collector base is here and that people are now ready to buy again. We hear much less complaining about the economy and everyone seems excited and very much in the moment Weve had a good show. Top seller at Ann Nathan was Cristina Cordovas existentially beautiful, ceramic and mixed media sculptures.
Weve done very well, says Matthew Hall of Galerie Besson, London, calling Opening Night, a fabulous scene, a real blockbuster. Sales included four of Shozo Michikawas dramatically faceted and twisted ceramic sculptures, whose organic forms are nevertheless functional pottery; 16 of 18 small, glazed and saggar fired porcelain vessels forms arranged in groupings by Deirdre Hawthorne; and a major sculptural work in four pieces referencing the natural landforms of his native Catalonia by Spains famed Claudi Casanovas.
Collectors snapped up twelve of the large blown and sand-carved glass bowls, and ceremonial Northwest Native American pipe forms by Tammy Garcia and Preston Singletary at Santa Fes Blue Rain Gallery. Leroy Garcia says, Weve met new clients as well as return SOFA and gallery clients. Its been great. Were very pleased. Garcia said he and other dealers noticed a younger demographic and he hopes, a growing pool of new collectors.
William Zimmer Gallery of Mendocino, CA mounted an ambitious and most impressive exhibit entitled "A Studio Furniture Rendezvous", which Bill Zimmer says brought together the best of the community of artists who design and personally make their own furniture in America today (and) which strongly confirms that Sam Maloof's passing, while leaving a colossal void, does not creates a vacuum. Rather, it shifts the spotlight to his worthy successors who were inspired by him to make studio furniture of their own. Sales included pieces by Tai Lake and David Ebners, which Zimmer says are strong on material and linevery fine examples of mid-twentieth century furniture design.
Art jewelry dealer Charon Kransen of New York agreed that a lot of people seem willing to buy again, having gotten over the shock of the shaky economy, and are spending money again. Sales have been surprisingly strong. Kransen singled out the mysteriously alive jewelry of Mirjam Hiller, Italian master Giovanni Corvaja and Liv Blavarps carved, sculptural wooden necklaces inspired by her native Norwegian traditions, as top sellers. Kransen credited Hillers SOFA lecture series presentation with boosting sales of her work, a sentiment offered by dealers and artists participating in the popular forum. A record 33 lectures over two days were attended by 2900 persons and speaker, Frank Maraschiello, Vice President, and Director of 20th-Century Decorative Art, Bonhams, stopped into the show office to compliment Anne Meszko, Director of Educational Programming, on SOFAs wonderful lecture series and special exhibits, adding The fair was one of the strongest in recent memory. There was great enthusiasmand great material.
Sienna Patti of Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA relayed a story about a younger woman who purchased a photograph of Lauren Kalmans socially challenging jewelry, confiding that it was her very first art purchase. Sienna says, It was very touching and the reason I love being a dealer. And we loved the SOLO at SOFA booth featuring Kalman and Arthur Hash, having almost sold out of all the (bright steel and mixed media) Hash bracelets, by Saturday morning. Nearly half of German born, RISD faculty member Barbara Siedenaths subtly bejeweled, enameled brooches displayed under large bell jars had also sold by then. Overall she says people are really responding to contemporary jewelry displayed as sculpture. Ditto says Stefan Freidmann of Ornamentum, Hudson, NY who also reported having a very good show and whose top sale was a cross-over piece, "Beautiful Accident Bag", by Dutch jeweler and object artist, Ted Noten.
Long-time secondary market dealer Donna Schneier of Donna Schneier Fine Arts, Palm Beach, FL perhaps summed up the mood on the show floor bestThe fear is gone. Sales in her booth were very strong and included seminal works by such luminaries as Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, Beatrice Wood, Harvey Littleton, Michael Lucero and Bertil VallienWe had a great fair.
But SOFA is more than just a marketplace. It is a gathering place, where people from all parts of the world, come together to exchange ideas as well as artworks. On the design front, Chicago native and New York designer George Larson welcomed designers on behalf of the SOFA Designer Committee at the well-attended Designer Breakfast on Friday morning, where guests enjoyed a champagne breakfast and an exclusive preview of the Fair, before it opened to the general public.
Douglas Heller of Heller Gallery says, One thing that always impresses us is the very satisfying social interactions at the fair, both private and organized. A dozen national collector and museum groups were in attendance, including the James Renwick Alliance of the Smithsonian Institution, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, Collectors of Wood Art and Art Jewelry Forum, many holding annual meetings and award ceremonies at the fair. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts of Newcastle, ME held its LEGENDS Gala Award Dinner at the Arts Club of Chicago on Friday night, honoring legendary ceramic artists Ruth Duckworth, Jim Melchert, Don Reitz and Toshiko Takaezu, which benefit tribute was made all the more poignant by the recent passing of Duckworth, Chicagos own modern master.
Mark Lyman concludes, SOFA is a close-knit community. Despite a tough economy and the recent deaths of Sam Maloof and Ruth Duckworth, everyone rallied to enjoy a wonderful weekend of art and camaraderie. Many thanks to Chubb Personal Insurance for its major support of the fair and handsome VIP Lounge. We look forward to seeing everyone again at SOFA NEW YORK in April and SOFA WEST: Santa Fe in July.
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Ever have one over here on the left coast?
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Ever have one over here on the left coast?
Never been invited to one there. Usually, someone who is attending a convention one year makes it known that they would like to host the next years convention where they live.
Then, whoever is decided to be the host, picks out a hotel/motel in their area, arranges for a place to gather on Friday evening as everyone straggles into town, and has a place arranged for a Saturday get together.
Usually, the Friday night gathering is done at a public area of the hotel/motel, like a rented conference type of room or set aside public area. Saturday during the day is usually left for everyone to do their own thing, get together with like minds and do something of interest locally or just hang around the hotel/motel nurturing a hangover so they can make an appearance Saturday evening.
Saturday evening is usually a bar-b-que styled get together at a pavillion, rented hall, private yacht or even at the host's home if they are rich and famous and have lots of room for illegal fireworks and such niceties.
Sunday is a go on home day or get together for one last day for those who don't have to work for a living. Being a usually smaller group, unless you are in Vermont, this is done at the hosts home or remote "end of the world" cabin retreat in the heavily wooded mountains.
Anyone know where we are going to be next year, as long as things get a little better?
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I just created a new thread since it refers to 2012 instead of 2011.
Anybody thinking about 2012 Convention? I would like to go to my first one but since last year's was cancelled I don't know if there will be one this year.
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At the end of last season I decided that I was going to become a baseball fan and jump on some team's bandwagon for the 2008 season. Well, I'm sorry Tigers fan but I decided to jump on yours. And one of the reasons was Curtis Granderson. Y'all probably know all the superlatives I could give Curtis right now (hot, genuine good guy, hot, good ball player, hot) so there's no reason to go back over them. However there is some required reading you must do while clicking on this post. Go back and re-read the Tigers Bringing the Heat feature we did last summer and the interview Granderson did with former Lady TSW. And then click on his blog. It's almost enough to make me start commenting on ESPN.com.
Oh, and he's picking Duke to go to the Final Four! I don't know how, but that increased his hotness by 10.
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When I walked onto the "Sanctuary" set at Norco Studios in Vancouver Sept. 2, cast and crew were filming a scene in the hallway of the sanctuary.
In character, Amanda Tapping, Agam Darshi and Ryan Robbins were closing the drapes while talking to someone who looked like a Borg from the "Star Trek" franchise, if a Borg had assimilated a lizard man.
Turns out it was Robin Dunne, wearing full make-up and, well, headgear that rendered him unrecognizable.
"I wore headgear all through grade school, thank you," Dunne joked last week on the phone from Vancouver.
This headgear was a lot different. As befits "the little show that could," the folks at "Sanctuary" came up with the crazy idea for "Metamorphosis," which follows Will's transformation into a lizard man. At some point while Alan McCullough was writing the episode and bouncing ideas amongst showrunner Damian Kindler and others, they decided that the episode should be filmed from Will's point of view.
And that's when crew members invented the Will-cam, so to speak. The headgear on Dunne's noggin consisted of a high-quality camera and monitor bolted to a bike helmet, with all the cords flowing to the back of the helmet and, ideally, off of Dunne's head.
Although the helmet weighed "just a few pounds," Dunne said it took some time to get used to.
"I had the camera and the wires hanging out back. Dean, our focus-puller, was following me around because he had to make sure I was plugged in all the time," he said. "But also, I had all the prosthetics on me all the time, the hands and the face and that kind of stuff. So it was definitely a challenging episode."
Dunne's responsibilities didn't end with acting and being cameraman for the episode. He also did some of the stunt work, like when Lizard Will climbs the wall to install a light bulb for Henry. (Watch the how they did it video above.)
I was on set to watch the scene being filmed entirely in green screen. And even though I know how the process works, it still floors me to have seen the green screen work and then the final product. That's why RedEye photographer Lenny Gilmore and I put together the behind-the-scenes video clip above with the footage I shot and the Syfy clip from the episode. In it you'll see Dunne and the crew filming the "light-bulb" scene from "Metamorphosis," which took several hours of prep, discussion and actual filming. Notice in the clips Dunne keeps the camera on his hands awhile, and also shoots up at co-star Ryan Robbins.
I also was able to get shots of the plan for Will's make-up in the episode, which you can see in the "Metamorphosis" photo gallery I've created here. Remember, there is a whole lot of work to be done before and after the green screen work to reach the final product you see in the clip above, and Dunne will be the first to tell you that. After the scenes are filmed, co-exec producer and VFX supervisor Lee Wilson and his team create the virtual world that fills in the scenes. Hopefully we'll get to see some of that on the real Season 3 DVD extras.
Let me know what you think of my attempt at giving you a "DVD extras," of sorts. And thank you, Sanctuary 3 Productions and Syfy for the opportunity to do this.
Below you'll find the rest of my conversation with Robin Dunne about his headgear, doing stunt work, the make-up process and how his bosses are after him. If you ever meet Dunne in person, ask him to do his Christopher Walken impersonation. (Dunne, as Walken: "Christopher Walken loves 'Sanctuary.' Magnus is hot. I love her in the stilettos, you know? She's hot.")
Let's talk a little bit about this episode, "Metamorphosis."
I was really upset when I heard how they wanted to shoot the episode. I'm like, "Guys, not only do I keep the show afloat with my brilliant acting. Now you want to shoot the show, too? What? Put a broom up my [butt], I'll sweep the floor while I'm at it." They're turning it into a one-man band. I'll starting writing and then everyone else can go home. I can't do everything! I know I resemble a super-hero, but I'm really not one.
When you learned how they wanted to do it, did you still have reservations?
I was always really excited. It was really odd because it's a weird thing, first of all, to have all this equipment strapped to you all the time. To be looking through glasses but you're not looking through your own eyes, sort of. You're actually seeing a monitor that's through the camera. I had a little vertigo at first, but I got used to it quite quickly. It was just a really fun way to make an episode.
At first I think the camera guys were like, "Oh, OK, whatever. Whatever, buddy, taking our jobs." But I think I kind of won them over after awhile to the point where Andy Mikita, who directed the episode, was telling me, "Keep it more messy. Your composition is getting too good. It still should be shaky." I got the hang of it quite quickly. It was fun.
I recently saw the final cut; Andy and I actually did the DVD commentary. What a great episode. I'm really proud of the episode. And also, the story is really, really nice, the metaphor for the guy sort of losing himself. I think it's a really well crafted script and I think the way Andy directed I really liked. … Stylistically, I thought it was a really fun episode.
Poor Will always seems to be the target within the show. But then, it's you who seems to be the target on set.
I'm convinced that the whole MO that Damian [Kindler] and Martin [Wood] and the creative team have is just to see what kind of fresh hell they can put me through every week. I'm on my way to the studio right now to learn how to walk on stilts, if you can believe it.
But I'm definitely a guy who says, "Come on, guys, I'm doing this." I'm always pushing to do the stunts and stuff. Marshall Virtue, our stunt coordinator, has been great with me. I know I'm a pain in the ass to him because I'm always, "No, I want to do this. I want to get hit by the car!"
They'll let me do as much as possible, even some stuff that makes them kind of uncomfortable. But not everything. They won't let me get hit by a car yet. At least not on camera.
Although Damian or Martin might run you down one night, right?
Oh yeah, believe me. Happily; they would happily do that.
You did climb while doing the light-bulb scene I watched. How about the others?
[Stuntman] Clint [Carleton] did the climbing in my office, but climbing the green wall, that scene with the reflection and the burning, that was all me. Again, I never get tired of this stuff. Stage 1 is our green-screen stage. It's green floor, green walls, green everything. Then you watch that episode and you're like, "Wow." All that [background] stuff has been put in. I guess I should be used to it by now, but it's really amazing to me what they can do and how they can just replace all that with a room in the Sanctuary.
But that climbing stuff, it's not easy. You're all harnessed up and you think, "Oh yeah, they're just going to pull me up and I'm going to pretend to climb." I guess I should do more core work because [laughs] I'm exhausting after those things.
They had you going up and down a lot, and with the camera on your head. How much did that weigh?
The original camera they were going to use was quite heavy and then Andy nixed that because, I guess, he didn't want me to have permanent neck problems. The camera wasn't heavy—it weighed a few pounds—but you're just aware of something else you're carrying around, it's sitting on your head. It definitely kind of throws your equilibrium off, but it wasn't too bad. Originally, the helmet they were going to use was a workman's helmet. They were even worried about that being too heavy, so we ended up using a bike helmet, which saved me a little bit.
So they just took a camera and sort of duct-taped it to the helmet, or fastened it somehow? Homemade job?
Well they constructed it; drilled it into the helmet and had the wires come out the back. And it's quite a high-quality camera they've managed to rig with this headgear…
Did you have a sore neck after the shoot?
It wasn't too bad; it just was really weird. You'd get acclimated to looking through the lens and that would be how you sort of walk around during the day. And then when you take the thing off its like, "Whoa, wow, now I've got to look through my own eyes." It's weird.
And also the depth perception is really weird. … There was one scene where I go into the lab with Magnus and she's testing stuff. She has all these Petri dishes and she's trying to find a cure for me. Andy was like, "Just look down and grab one of those Petri dishes and pick it up and look at it and then put it back down."
Trying to do that when you're looking through the camera lens completely screws up your depth perception. We did so many takes because I was just grabbing at thin air because I couldn't figure out where it was. It was definitely odd.
The process with those scenes, Andy walked you through it without the camera, and then you filmed the no camera part of it. Then he walked through it with the camera, and then shot with the camera. Is that right? That was the process for all your camerawork, right?
Yes. And also, the trick of falling. I don't mind falling; I can do it. For stunts, it's better, obviously, the more that I can do then the more that they can use. So I always try to do as much as possible. But the trick with that particular scene—forget about breaking bones—it was more like trying not to break the actual camera when I fell. To give the illusion of me falling, and to give that viewpoint, the POV of Will falling down without actually landing on the camera and breaking a big piece of equipment.
Alan McCullough wrote this episode. Did he have it in his head to shoot it this way?
I think the evolution was that they came up with this idea of Will getting infected and sort of losing himself and the team not knowing what to do or how to handle it or how to cure him. In Season 1 we saw Will get infected in "Warriors" and become Mr. Muscle and become a monster that way. I think there was an effort to tell this story in a different way and in the process [they came up with], "Hey, why don't we have it shot entirely from Will's perspective?" And again, it puts the audience in his brain, and [let's them] be able to look through his eyes. That's the evolution of it.
And again, it's a really lovely script, but putting that extra piece using his POV and having the audience actually experience what Will is going through adds to the episode.
Do you plan to wear that camera again when you direct your episode?
I would like to use that camera in my personal life.
You could wear it at Comic-Con this year, on stage at the panel.
Exactly, just make it, "Robin Dunne: The Documentary." It'd be like "The Truman Show." That wacky helmet-cam thing.
Speaking of wacky, did everyone make fun of you wearing the helmet-cam?
Everybody makes fun of me all day long, Curt, are you kidding me? I mean if I wasn't here they would have no one to mock! Yes, they certainly did make fun of me. "Where's headgear?"
The scene where you are climbing on the ceiling: Did they just build up and have you basically crawling on the floor and flip it over?
Yes. It's amazing how low-tech that is. The lights were coming up out of the floor and I'm literally just crawling along on the floor. But when you see it, it looks like I'm crawling on the ceiling. I remember when I was doing it going, "Is this going to look real?" When you walk on set, you see these [upside-down] light fixtures. It's so simple. But when you watch it on screen, it's like, "Wow, that guy's crawling on the ceiling." But I don't think there was any green screen in that scene.
Let's talk a little bit about the make-up. I saw a thing in the make-up room showing the stages of your face make-up. Did you have to shoot in order to not screw up the continuity, or do that make-up over again?
Yes, we did shoot semi-in order, the stuff at the beginning where you saw my face and hands start off with just a few things here and there. Then later in the episode we got into the full-face stuff. The trick with the prosthetics was, with the camera and the prosthetics, you don't want to damage the facial stuff, and so trying to get the camera on and off my head for different scenes without damaging that stuff was tricky.
I get these little tastes every now and then of what it's like to be Chris Heyerdahl, because that's his life. I had calls at like 3:30 in the morning because it would take about four hours to get all this stuff on and I'd have to be on set at 7 to shoot. You're setting your alarm for 2:15; I'm driving to work and there are still people falling out of bars and stuff. Think of the absurdity of that. But that's Chris Heyerdahl's life. Every episode he has a crazy early call like that.
Those monster hands were actually prosthetics you wore, right?
It's just bits of make-up or prosthetic stuck to me as Will is changing, but then toward the end those are gloves. And the trick there, too… Remember the scene with me and Agam [Darshi], which I think is one of the nicest scenes in the episode, Agam does some nice stuff in that scene where she's feeding me. That scene begins with me on the ceiling and then crawling upside-down. So you see my hands kind of crawling down the wall. It was tricky because most of my weight was on my hands and I'm trying not to destroy these rubber gloves while at the same time making it look like I am actually crawling down the wall. A lot of that stuff was just tricky trying to get it right.
Later in that scene I sit down and Agam starts feeding me. Poor Dean Marin, our focus-puller. Every time I am moving around, Dean is right behind me holding cords and trying to keep everything in focus. In the scene where Agam's feeding me, she puts a ravioli on the fork and pretends to feed me. And I'm pretending to bite and chew. And Dean, right in the camera, is taking the ravioli off the fork with his hand and throwing it to the side. Then grabbing another one. I got a pretty good workout on that episode, but so did Dean. I think Dean had the more difficult job.
Was that ravioli from Kraft Services?
I don't know. I hope it was prepared by Kraft Services and not by Martin.


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Strange I am looking at a Goodman Superheat chart at 80 od ambient 70 indoor ambient its suggested superheat is 5 degrees. Can this be correct?
thehumid1-------I live in NJ, a state where it's free to come in but you have to pay to leave!
That's it; the return air has low heat content results low superheat.
ok not used that low a superheat cause normal its in the 20's because by the time I repair the system its pretty hot inside.
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Chapter 1 Quiet lay upon the meadow like a soft, green blanket. The sun, a globe of molten gold, shot laser beams across the fields and through the trees, burning away the early morning mist. The valley began springing to life. Rusty hinges of cottage doors squeaked open as farmers and factory workers slipped out into the narrow alleys to begin another day. The air was fresh and cool. A few friendly voices broke the stillness, A rooster crowed in the distance. A lone horse's hooves and wagon wheels clacked against the stone pavement. Peace reigned everywhere. If there were a heaven, its beauty and peace could not surpass the serenity of this countryside.Michael Whitehead walked down the alley toward the main street on his way to work. "Good morning!" he yelled to his neighbor, Charlie Fellows."Good morning, Mike. It's too nice to work today. I'd rather be fishing."Mike and Charlie had been friends since they were kids. They were inseparable. Mike was Catholic. Charlie was Presbyterian. It made no difference. Their families were close. Though they were not officially allowed to take part in each other's religious services, they were unofficially godfathers for each other's children. This did not sit too well with some individuals in town who wanted to keep everybody where they "belonged."As the two men walked down the street together, a little voice called out, "Daddy, Daddy, you forgot your lunch again." It was Mike's daughter, Annie. She was only four and her father's pet. She and her brother, Pat, who was Charlie's godson, were running up the alley toward the main street, trying to catch up with their father.As the two children reached the corner, barely a hundred feet behind the two men, an old beat-up car careened around the corner. A hand jerked open the window and tossed a grapefruit-sized object into the street just behind Mike and Charlie. It bounced and rolled away from the men and toward the children. The screeching tires were familiar sounds and almost always presaged some evil and violent act. The men reeled around, suspecting the worst. They saw the object and tried to warn the children, but it was too late. The thing exploded and hurled little Annie into the wall of the house on the corner, her father's lunch pail flying clear across the street. The boy, who was a few feet behind his sister, was somewhat shielded from the full impact of the explosion, but the force was so great, it lifted him off the ground and threw him to the stone pavement. His body was badly mangled.Both men screamed in horror and disbelief. Instinctively, one man went to one child, the other to the other child. The girl was dead. The boy was in shock, unconscious, his left arm torn off and lying in the street a few feet away, his left leg cut in a hundred places and bleeding profusely. It would be a blessing if the child died. Mike cried like a baby, not knowing what to do with what remained of his son. Charlie told him Annie was dead and went to pick up the boy's arm. Mike made a tourniquet to control the bleeding from the stump, then picked up his son. Charlie carried the limp, lifeless body of the girl. The two men ran down the street as fast as they could to the doctor's house, praying that he would be home.Joe Kelly, though everyone called him Tony, was a slow-moving, peaceful man. He talked little, but his quiet, thoughtful gaze missed nothing. One could tell he had seen a lot and felt deeply about everything but revealed nothing of what he thought. As early as it was, it was unusual to catch him home. He began his rounds of the village early each day, long before he went to the hospital.Charlie knocked on the door. It opened immediately, as if someone had been waiting. It was the doctor. He winced when he saw the bleeding child in his father's arms. He told the men to put the children on the two examining tables in his office, He checked the girl. She was dead. He examined the boGirzone, Joseph F. is the author of 'Joshua and the Children A Parable' with ISBN 9780684813455 and ISBN 0684813459.[read more]
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Relationships of Copper Concentrations between the Different Soft Tissues of Telescopium telescopium and the Surface Sediments Collected from Tropical Intertidal Areas
In this paper, the relationships of Cu concentrations between the snail's different soft tissues and surface sediments were evaluated by using multivariate analysis, namely cluster analysis, correlation analysis and stepwise multiple linear regression analysis. Three findings can be highlighted based on the present study. First, different concentrations of Cu were found in the different soft tissues, indicating different mechanisms of sequestration and regulations of Cu in these different tissues. By comparing the Cu concentrations in similar tissues, spatial variations of Cu were found in the different sampling sites although there was no consistent pattern of Cu in these sampling sites. Second, the digestive caecum was a better biomonitoring organ for Cu contamination. Third, higher Cu contamination might not necessarily result in higher Cu bioavailability to T. telescopium based on the cluster analysis. In general, all the different soft tissues could be used as biomonitoring tissues of Cu bioavailabilities and contamination in Malaysian intertidal mudflats provided they were statistically analyzed by using a multivariate approach. To our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive study of Cu accumulation in the different soft tissues of T. telescopium from tropical intertidal area in relation to sediment data.
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Local law enforcement, firefighters to sponsor summer day camp for youth
Thursday, June 6, 2013 9:36 AM
Local law enforcement officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel will sponsor a summer day camp for youth ages 8-13.
Camp H.E.R.O. (Honor, Excellence, Respect, Opportunity) will be held July 15-21 at Crestview Middle School. Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., although participants may arrive as early as 7 a.m.
The week will include one overnight stay at Crestview with entertainment by local comedian David Dean.
Sheriff's deputies, Huntington police officers and firefighters and local emergency medical technicians will speak to participants, explaining how they can stay safe and make good decisions while growing up.
Campers will also see demonstrations by police dogs, bomb teams, SWAT teams, EMS personnel, the Parkview Samaritan helicopter and the conservation officers' dive team.
Additional sessions will focus on drug awareness, fire safety, water safety and firearms safety.
Youth will also hear from county Coroner Phil Zahm and see a lineup of emergency vehicles and have an opportunity to swim at the YMCA.
Breakfast and lunch are included in the cost of the camp. At the start of the day, the camp staff will make sure campers are "squared away" for the day - teeth brushed, hair combed, pants pulled up and shoes tied.
"Many of the children that will be attending have never seen police officers, firefighters or EMS personnel outside of their uniforms," says Chief Deputy Chris Newton of the Huntington County Sheriff's Department, one of the camp's organizers.
"Many may never have known any of these public safety persons until something bad happens to them. This will give them the opportunity to see that public safety personnel have lives that include families, hobbies and activities outside of their jobs."
The camp is sponsored by the Huntington County Sheriff's Department and Parkview Huntington Family YMCA.
For registration information, visit the YMCA website at www.hunting tony.org and follow the link at the bottom of the page.
Complete caption: Joe Rakozcy (right), president of the Huntington Lions Club, presents a check to Chris Newton, chief deputy of the Huntington County Sheriff's Department, on Thursday, May 30, at Lancaster Elementary School. The funds will be used for Camp H.E.R.O. (Honor, Excellence, Respect, Opportunity), a summer day camp sponsored by local public safety officials, to be held July 15-21.


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GOLF: Wapak boys 17th at Celina Invitational
CELINA — The Wapakoneta Redskins varsity boys golf team finished 17th at the 24-team Celina Invitational on Friday at Fox's Den in Celina.
The inexperienced Wapak squad turned in a team score of 344 but was just a few strokes from finishing in the top half of the pack.
"I was somewhat pleased how we played the course considering only three guys played it a couple of times and two players never played the course," Wapak coach Ken Wayman said. "Typically, when you have youth and inexperience golfers scores will be high. We shot a team total of 344, which is high for a golf match but acceptable for a inexperienced team. Therefore, I was pleased what we shot but not so pleased what we placed."
Napoleon won the event with a 304. Minster was second at 315 followed by Defiance at 316.
"All the WBL teams were there and we finished in the middle of the pack against them," Wayman said. "The good news is that we were a few strokes shy of being in the top three. We still have a lot of work today particularly our short game. We struggled with too many three-putts and four-putts. In addition, we struggled with our chipping and chipping out of the sand.
Caleb Acheson carded a 75 to lead Wapak. Drew Wayman shot an 83. Bobby Crow carded a 91. Aaron Johnson turned in a 95. Josh Apple rounded out the scoring with a 96.
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Solomon prayed for wisdom and God granted his request, allowing Solomon to be the richest man in history. His riches didn't make him spiritually mature, but certainly helped his kingdom.
Retired Sen. Fritz Hollings shows extreme wisdom on the financial challenges facing America. The Value Added Tax is nothing new to Sen. Hollings. He tried to introduce this to Congress and was rejected by political interests from both major parties.
Recently Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson had a practical debt-reduction plan, which was also rejected. I urge all politicians to stop blaming everyone else and let good common sense rule for all of America.
Please pray that our leaders will start making wise decisions and put politics aside.
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I'm a ex-Navy destroyer- man, and I say "save the Clamagore." We have a great destroyer in Charleston. Long live the Laffey. But what is a great destroyer without a great target?
I'll be sending in my support. Now it's time for all tin can sailors to come to the aid of the bubble boys.
Of course it would be a better target up in the marsh. We wouldn't have to go to general quarters for anti-submarine warfare ops. Just let our gunners take care of that light work.
John Childs
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I read with interest your article in the March 7 Post and Courier regarding Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposed law seeking to keep the mentally ill from buying guns.
This is a commonsense step in the right direction if it stops a person who has been adjudicated mentally ill from walking into a gun shop, purchasing a firearm and then shooting someone with it.
Unfortunately, Sen. Graham's bill, would only apply to a person who attempts to purchase a firearm at a retail gun store where the seller possesses a federal firearms license and must comply with ATF record check requirements.
If a person who is mentally ill or has been convicted of domestic violence walks into a gun show or responds to a "guns for sale" ad in the newspaper, he will be exempt from any records check as to his fitness to purchase and own a firearm.
Sen. Graham's bill puts a Band-Aid on the national wound that is Sandy Hook, Aurora, Columbine, Blacksburg and what was almost Ashley Hall.
Instant background checks should be done on all gun sales. Firearm owners have a responsibility to ensure that their guns don't fall into the wrong hands and should ensure that they are transferred through a federal firearms license holder when selling to a person unknown to them.
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Human beings are not "illegal." Immigration is not simply "legal" or "illegal." It is not an either/or process. Thinking in a dualistic way lets us avoid the glaring fact that our immigration system is in need of comprehensive reform.
When our system is selectively enforced, as it is at present, it is because our national, societal, economic and diplomatic realities have broken through it. They don't fit into such reductive boxes. We need a conversation in which everyone who is affected has a voice and multi-faceted solutions are sought.
We have to find a place for the stellar high school student who just found out that she is not a citizen, but was brought to the United States when she was a month old.
Can we really label her as illegal when she had no choice and no motive?
Many people are without status — or in between status — because of an immigration system desperately in need of improvement.
We in South Carolina have all benefitted from immigration — contact with doctors and engineers who are newly arrived, with people who harvest our fruit and vegetables, with the person who builds our homes and landscapes our lots.
It's time to resolve social problems affecting productive, faithful and family-oriented immigrants who live and work in our communities, without putting people in dehumanizing boxes.
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I was delighted to learn that the newly elected pope chose for himself the name of St. Francis of Assisi, generally known as patron saint of the animals.
Indeed, Catholic and Anglican churches hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day of Oct. 4.
On one of his nature walks, Francis reportedly preached to the birds and is often portrayed with a bird in his hand.
On another occasion, Francis concluded a pact with a ferocious wolf that was terrorizing local townsfolk, whereby the wolf would quit preying on the town's sheep in exchange for being fed regularly. He even persuaded local dogs to stop harassing the wolf.
He freed a rabbit from a trap, returned caught fish to their stream, and fed half-frozen bees in winter-time.
I hope that Pope Francis will inspire Catholics and all persons of goodwill to show non-human animals the respect and compassion they so richly deserve, particularly when it comes to subsidizing their abuse and slaughter for food at the checkout counter.
Jason Henning
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Increase Medicaid benefits and cut Medicare coverage? What's wrong with this picture?
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Found this video on another site.
Quite interesting to see how the dogs react while the owners are away and a stranger comes into their house.
How do you think your dog would react?
I don't think Taggart would do much... Probably he would either take off or hide in the closet, lol. :D


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Bogart Estate says legendary actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89Reuters August 12. 2014 8:14PM
Legendary film actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89, the estate of the Bogart family said on Tuesday.
"With deep sorrow, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall," the estate said on a verified Twitter account.
Bacall was married to Humphrey Bogart from the mid-1940s until his death in 1957. They had two children.


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2011-12: Did not row at MIT.
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Columbia rolls on
Northeast 1B District starts on WednesdayColumbia High (20-1) easily captured the Panorama League girl's basketball tournament and top seed to this week's District 7 1B Tournament.The Lady Lions, with only a non-league holiday tournament loss to top-ranked, two-time 2B state champion Reardan to mar an otherwise spotless record this winter, earned the top seed to the District 7 tournament with a 52-34 win over Cusick (13-7) in the Panorama title game Saturday night at Kettle Falls Middle School. Mackenzie Parrow and Elizabeth Larrew scored 12 points apiece to lead CHS.Columbia outscored Cusick 22-6 in the second quarter.Cusick earns the league's second seed to the district tournament against the 1B Bi-County League.In the game earlier on Saturday at Kettle Falls for third and fourth seed, Wellpinit got 19 points from Sami Jo Parr in a 52-44 win over Selkirk (15-7).Wellpinit (8-13) used an 18-11 fourth quarter run and Parr's hot hand to secure the upset win and third seed to District this week.Parr scored 11 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter.Dani Flett added 14 points for the winners.NORTHEAST DISTRICTThe Northeast 1B girl's district gets underway on Wednesday at the home of the higher seeded teams.Columbia will host the winner of the Valley Christian (5-11) vs. Inchelium (7-11) loser-out game that was played on Monday. Odessa-Harrington (9-11) hosts Wellpinit in an opening round game on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (17-3) will host Selkirk in another opening round game Wednesday at 6 p.m.In the final opening round girl's game of the double elimination tournament, Cusick will host Wilbur-Creston (8-10) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.Second round games will continue on Saturday and on Feb. 15. The championship and seeding games will be played on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Deer Park High School.A group that hates losing more than they like to winColumbia High girl's coach Mindy Flett was pleased with the way her veteran team played last week."This is a talented group of girls that have played together for a very long time," Flett said of one of the top 1B girl's teams in the state for the past three seasons. "That is their greatest strength."Flett says she also appreciates her team's commitment, competitive nature and the support from the team's parents."This group really hates losing more than they enjoy winning," Flett pointed out. "I think I am the opposite of that. I guess that pretty much makes me the most competitive person on this team."Flett worries about the team's schedule. The schedule hasn't been particularly rigorous. Sure, there were games against 2B powerhouse Reardan and with ACH, but outside of that, the Lady Lions haven't been tested in the Panorama this winter."We really haven't had the competition we need to test our resolve and prepare us for what is probably our best shot at the gold ball (state championship trophy) this season," Flett said."We have dominated some games that I thought would be closer. I have tried to encourage the team to work on fine-tuning our offense and those defensive progressions in order to gain that confidence needed later on in the tournament run."Columbia, currently ranked no. 2 or 3 in the latest Class 1B girl's rankings, depending on the poll, finished third at State last March after beating Pomeroy, Moses Lake Christian, Lopez Island and losing to ACH. The Lady Lions rebounded for third place with a win over Sunnyside Christian.While defending champion Colton will be the odds-on favorite to successfully defend, Flett isn't conceding anything.Colton the favorite"We have the horses to make a deep tournament run this season," she said. "Colton is still the team to beat. They are very deep, well-disciplined and well-coached. They know what it takes to win championships."Given our chance, I believe that we have the experience and the players to make that goal of a gold ball reality."


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Microsoft: Age of Empires is Safe
by Blake Ellison Sep 10, 2008 6:15pm CST tags: Age of Empires III, Age of Empires
This morning, we reported that Microsoft has emphasized its commitment to PC gaming despite its announcement that it would be closing Age of Empires creator Ensemble Studios.
Shane Kim, Microsoft VP of interactive entertainment, echoed the sentiment and went on to assure worried gamers about the future of the multi-million-selling Age of Empires strategy series. "Microsoft continues to own Age of Empires." Kim explained to Edge. "We're still super excited for the potential for the franchise. The Windows gaming world continues to evolve, and we believe in the future of that property."
Kim also elaborated on the new company that is to be created from the remains of Ensemble. The new studio will be independent and founded by the heads of Ensemble, but Kim promises "we will have an ongoing relationship with that new company" including post-release support for Ensemble's final project, Halo Wars.
Should a new Age of Empires game be on the way, it is unknown what development studio will undertake the effort.
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Well, this month begins the second year since this column was first presented in The Spencer Magnet. It has been a privilege to come to you each and every week with articles that can benefit most of the readers. I have had many occasions for personal feedback when I am shopping at our local business establishments. In fact, many of my latest office appointments have come directly from readers who have called and present a problem that is being experienced.
This week's column is something very, very personal and I continue to be amazed at this event.
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One man came face to face with Stefan Martin–Urban just after he shot four people, but because of the on going police investigation; Richie Hahn hasn't been able to talk about what he saw on Saturday morning. But now he's sitting down with 11 NEWS to share his story.
After gun shots shattered the silence of a quiet Grand Junction neighborhood early Saturday morning, Michael Gallagher pulled his silver BMW over on his way to the hospital and pleaded with a jogger for help. That jogger was Richie Hahn and he says Gallagher "stopped when he saw me, rolled his window down and screamed call the police he's trying to kill us."
That's when Hahn says he found himself in the middle of a murder scene that continues to haunt him, "that image of him screaming like that, that shook me to the core, that's what I can't get out of my head."
Hahn says that an instinct to help turned him back towards 26½ Road where he quickly flagged down a sheriff's deputy on his way to work; but when the deputy pulled over next to him, so did Martin–Urban. Hahn says, "I turned and looked at the gentleman in the car and he looked at me and he kept driving; for the grace of god, that sheriff saved my life."
At that point Hahn didn't realize that young man was the murderer and he ran up the street to check on family in that area. That's when he found his dear friend Paco Larson lying in the road bleeding with a gun shot wound to the neck. And Larson was able to identify Martin-Urban as the shooter, "he was very calm, he was matter of fact, it was the kid in the SUV that shot me."
Hahn was able to tell the deputy which way the car went and it wasn't long before police cornered Martin–Urban and he took one more life, his own.
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Drug raid at local restaurant
Diners at a local restaurant encountered a temporary delay in food service Sunday morning after a narcotics search warrant was served at the establishment. Sources say agents with District 16 Drug Task Force along with the assistance of Poteau Police Department, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Shady Point Police Department K9's unit swarmed Los 3 Amigos located at 2811 N. Broadway in Poteau at approximately noon on Sunday.Two people were arrested and an undisclosed amount of methamphetamineslocated inside the restaurant was seized byagents. Luis Martinez-Ayalla, 29, of Poteau, and David Martinez–Martinez, 23, of Howe, are both being held on charges of delivery of acontrolled dangerous substance with intent to distribute and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Both suspects appeared in district court Monday afternoon in front of Special Judge Jeff Singer for an initial appearance and bond hearing. Martinez-Ayalla's bond was set at $15,000 andMartinez-Martinez's bond was set at $10,000. PDN was unable to confirm if the two arrested were employees or part owners in the restaurant but sources say they believe they were part owners. According to the business license, Juan P. Martinez, of Martinez Inc., is the registered owner andholder of the establishment's beer license.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - While most students at Tennessee Tech are taking their spring break, the Golden Eagle softball team will be as busy as ever this week. Tech has seven games in six days scheduled, including the team's home opener on Tuesday and fourth tournament of the season this weekend.
The action is set to begin at the Tech Softball Field on Tuesday when Lipscomb (16-1) will make the trip from Nashville for a doubleheader. The first game of the twinbill is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Tech will remain at home on Thursday to play Liberty. Game time for that contest is scheduled for 4 p.m. Following the contest, both teams will head to Knoxville to take part in a tournament hosted by Tennessee. The two-day tournament pits the Golden Eagles against Liberty (7-3) in their first game before taking on the host Lady Vols later on Saturday. On Sunday, Tech will play Campbell (2-12-1) at 10 a.m. to start the day and finish the tournament with the team's third game against Liberty in four days.
Entering the week with an 8-7 record, Tech is fresh off a 3-2 finish at the Buzz Classic last weekend that saw TTU place seventh in the 22-team tournament. Junior Maddie Schmissrauter earned All-Tournament Team and OVC Pitcher of the Week honors for Tech after going 2-0 with a 0.58 earned run average and a pair of complete games over the weekend.
Junior Lacie Coquerille gave the Golden Eagles a boost last weekend as she made her 2010 season debut after missing TTU's first 10 games. A First Team All-OVC selection a season ago, Coquerille made an immediate impact in her first game of the season, finishing 3-for-3 with a homer, double, two RBIs and three runs scored. She finished the weekend with a hit in each of Tech's five games and was 7-for-15 at the plate.
The 5th inning has been crucial to the Golden Eagles so far this season. TTU sports a perfect 8-0 record when leading after five frames. However, Tech is also winless, 0-7, when tied or trailing after the 5th inning.
Tech will try to jump ahead early when the team kicks off its action for the week against Lipscomb on Tuesday. Live stats for all home games will be available through TTUsports.com.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — No. 5 Yale opened its Ivy League season this afternoon with a 9-0 victory over No. 11 Columbia at the Brady Squash Center.
With the win, the Bulldogs improved their record to 5-0 (1-0 Ivy) while the Lions dropped to 1-2 (0-1 Ivy) on the year. As in its previous matches, Yale did not lose a single game of the 27 played. Columbia twice came close to grabbing a game, but senior captain Lilly Fast and junior Issey Norman-Ross overcame Columbia's best efforts by scores of 14-12 and 13-11 on the way to 3-0 victories.
Yale will wrap up its week Sunday with a 12 p.m. match against No. 6 Cornell at the Brady Squash Center.
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SYCAMORE — November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the Kishwaukee Family YMCA is encouraging residents of DeKalb County to learn their risks for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
One in three Americans – 79 million people – has prediabetes, a condition in which a person's blood glucose is elevated, but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. With awareness and simple actions, people with prediabetes can prevent the onset of diabetes.
Individuals can assess their risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes by taking a simple test at YMCA.net/diabetes-prevention/risk.html and can learn how lifestyle choices help determine their ultimate risk of developing the disease. Risk factors include family history, age, weight and activity level, among others. If a person is at risk, a diabetes screening conducted by a physician can confirm if they have diabetes or prediabetes.
"The Y is dedicated to improving the nation's health and well-being, and helping residents of DeKalb County understand their risk of developing chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes," said Kara Gallagher, director of strategic health initiatives. "Choosing to make healthy changes is the first step."
The Kishwaukee Family YMCA can help through the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program. The program helps those at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles by eating healthier, increasing physical activity and losing a modest amount of weight.
Based on research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program can reduce the number of cases of type 2 diabetes by nearly 60 percent.
The next class is scheduled to begin Nov. 29.
While the nation's obesity epidemic and the rise in type 2 diabetes is well chronicled, prediabetes remains a growing and often underreported condition. Currently only 7 percent of those with prediabetes know they have it, and people with prediabetes are at serious risk for not only developing type 2 diabetes, but also heart disease, stroke and other conditions.
To learn more about the Kishwaukee Family YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program, contact Gallagher at 815-756-9577, ext. 38 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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To help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, the Y suggests some basic lifestyle changes:
• Eat fruits and vegetables daily
• Choose fish, lean meats and poultry without skin
• Aim for whole grains with every meal
• Be moderately active at least 30 minutes per day five days a week
• Drink water instead of beverages with added sugar
• Speak to your doctor about your diabetes risk, especially if you have a family history or are overweight.


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On his way into Pontiac Township High School, Chicago author Adam Selzer said having never been to Pontiac before, the Burma Shave signs threw him for a loop.
"I was wondering, did I go back in time? Will I have to sing 'Johnny B. Goode' at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance tonight?," the author joked.
Selzer was in Pontiac at the request of Mike Soares, Tricia Mueller and Zack Treadway, three staff members at PTHS who thought Selzer would be a great example of making history fun and tying it in to multiple subjects. Funding for the author to come was provided by a grant from the Pontiac Education Foundation.
"I really want them to see that when they are in history class, it's not completely separate from English or science class," said Mueller. "Everything is related when you really start thinking about our world and our history."
Soares said the author's approach to history — using history as a way to help understand paranormal phenomenon in Illinois — is an idea staff could use to inspire and stimulate their students.
"Bringing the subject of paranormal research to teens has never been a subject kids thought they were too cool for," said Selzer. "When I talk, it's 99 percent historical. I am not coming with any new age or religious stuff. For me, it's history and what people say that they've observed. Now, what they think of those observations is their own opinion."
Throughout the course of the day, Selzer spoke to U.S. History classes, the Rhetoric II English students, art students and science students. Mueller said all the classes worked on projects that were on display at the Pontiac Public Library for Selzer's 6 p.m. appearance.
"I am going over some of the interesting stuff I have uncovered while doing research and answer questions," said Selzer. "A lot of people want to come up to me with their personal story. Every so often, someone will have some information on a Chicago history topic. More often than not, people say their grandmother was a witness to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre."
The message that Selzer, Mueller and Soares all hoped to get across to the students is that learning doesn't just stop after graduation.
"I've started writing basic short stories. I don't have time to go in depth on too many of my ideas, but I write them down and maybe in the future I can work on them," said Olivia Welshans, an eighth-grade student from St. Mary's who visited Selzer over lunch at the high school courtesy of Treadway and the PTHS literary society. "It's great to get out there and be able to learn a bit about publishing companies and agents. I haven't gotten to ask him all the questions I've wanted to at this point, but I learned it all starts with an idea that you are excited about and learning how to make that idea something that can entertain others."
Selzer has about a dozen books under his belt. His two most popular are "I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It" and "The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History." In his words, the American history book is history with a twist, being able to make fun of people's "stupid hats." He said a lot of what makes a book popular has to do with the name of the author, or more commonly, the popular subject material of the time.
"A few years ago, people were selling tens of thousands of new copies of paranormal romance books because that was the subject matter that was 'in,'" said Selzer. "The rest of the week, I have a couple of books to work on. I usually try to write 1,500 words per day. More if I feel like it. If I am doing more than one book, I have to do about 3,000 words per day to stay on schedule."
One thing that Selzer said was similar about all the schools he has visited across the country is their smell.
"I can't really describe the smell, but when you walk in, you smell it and this particular library's smell reminds me of the same smell from my library in kindergarten," said Selzer. "I haven't been in that building since 1986. So, almost 25 to 30 years later and I haven't smelled that since, but that's the smell."
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On his way into Pontiac Township High School, Chicago author Adam Selzer said having never been to Pontiac before, the Burma Shave signs threw him for a loop.


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So, I was holding off on this one until after tonight, because I was so sure he would do something so awful that it would warrant us forgetting he had played well through the first six games of the season. But quite the opposite, the dude plays decent defense, drills a corner three in the fourth quarter which kept the game close and had another insanely efficient game with short minutes.
Before tonight's game, here were Morris numbers through six games:
In 18.8 MPG... 9.3/5.2/0.3/0.5 on .462/.235/.400 shooting
That doesn't sound that sexy, right? Now let's project those numbers over 36 minutes:
In 36 minutes... 17.8/9.9/0.6/1.0
Holy crap... The dude's averaging 18/10 over starter's minutes. And his 16.5 PER and .119 WS/48 are well above average numbers despite his awful shooting numbers from 3 and from the line, so once they average out a bit, those numbers will improve.
I still think it's too early to say he's completely out of the doghouse, but I can officially say that I'm nowhere near the vicinity of calling him a bust yet. In fact, if this keeps up, I think they should consider giving him more minutes. Just imagine what this team could accomplish if he could fill sort of a Thaddeus Young 6th man off the bench position? And even if the Rockets decide not to keep him, imagine what kind of value he could bring Houston if this play continues for the whole season?
So, what are everyone's thoughts? Am I insane for starting to like the kid a little bit or is everyone else drinking the Marcus Morris koolaid?


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Thursday, 10 November 2011
Dr Karl on triplej Does cold storage affect how food metabolises and germinates? Plus: why do some people's eyes squeak when they rub them?; and why can some people make their ears 'crack' when they press them?
Do snipers consider the Coriolis effect?
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Science on triplej Do snipers need to take in to account the Coriolis effect when taking a shot? Plus: what happens if you pee on an electric fence?; and can babies breathe underwater?
Poltergeist phones and period cravings
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Dr Karl on triplej Why do some mobile phones ring when they are switched off? And why do many women crave chocolate just before their periods?
Frozen wasps, projecting black and foggy windscreens
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Science on triplej Why do wasps survive being frozen? If black is a shade of light, then how does a projector recreate it? Why does cold air clear a foggy windscreen better than warm air?
Blocking phone signals, vinegar-soothed sunburn and popping a yawn
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Dr Karl on triplej Do microwave ovens block mobile phone reception? Will vinegar sooth sunburn? How can you 'pop' a yawn?
Miracle berry's sweet secret
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Great Moments in Science If you could miraculously make bitter food turn sweet, would you do it? Dr Karl reveals the secret to the amazing taste trick of miracle fruit.
Aussie researchers among IgNobel winners
Friday, 30 September 2011
Seriously funny Researchers who discovered that 'holding on' causes people to make bad decisions are among the winners at this year's IgNobel Prizes.
Miracle fruit's trippy effects explained
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Scientists have unravelled how miracle fruit can make sour foods taste sweet.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
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Farmer's tales, shaved-head hair, and quantum physics and God
Thursday, 15 September 2011
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Green tomatoes, vegans and static shock
Thursday, 25 August 2011
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
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Foster's sponsorship of bill pulled due to conflict of interest
Colorado State Sen. Joyce Foster is no longer a lead sponsor of a bill that could be a boon for an industry that employs her son as its top lobbyist.
Before the third reading of House Bill 1220 this morning, it was announced that Foster would be replaced by co-sponsor Sen. Suzanne Williams due to a conflict of interest, according to The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels.
The Post reported online yesterday afternoon on its Lookout Colorado blog and today in its print editions Foster's involvement with the bill.


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DES MOINES — The Newton swim team has been looking for some tougher competition as its season begans to wind down, and it certainly found some Tuesday night.
Although they fell 115-55 to Des Moines Roosevelt, the Cardinals won multiple events and recorded a few season-best times, while changing up some of the race lineups in the process.
"I thought we did well. We knew Roosevelt is a good team and we mixed up the lineups a little bit tonight just to kind of give the kids a break," Newton coach Dave Hook said. "I was pleased with the times and their efforts were good, so that's all I can ask for."
Walking into the Clark Munger Natatorium, which is located inside Roosevelt's school, it was obvious the Roughriders were packing some power. They claimed a number of the night's first events, but the Cardinals scored their first victory by way of senior Matheus Pinto in the 200-yard free style with a time of 1 minute, 55.39 seconds.
Newton was able to keep pace for a while with second-place finishes by the 200 medley relay team of Pinto, senior Luke Norcross, sophomore Brandon Miller and freshman Austin Bunker in a time of 1:49.24 and Norcross in the 50 free with a time of 23.89. Bunker also grabbed a personal best time and third place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.71 to wrap up the night's first 10 events.
"We were obviously a little slower than what we swam at Fort Dodge," Hook said. "But we've been training hard and the kids are a little tired, which is fine because we knew it would happen. They'll be fine."
Norcross kept his strong night going with a first-place finish in the 100 free with a time of 53.61, then took second in the 200 free relay along with Pinto, Bunker and senior Ryan Jolivette. The Cardinals then got a little boost in the point standings with a 1-3 finish in the 100 backstroke as Pinto won with a time of 57.60 and Daniel Maurer was third in 1:03.76.
With that victory, Pinto continued his impressive stretch of being undefeated in dual meet swims this season.
In one of the more contested races of the night, Newton senior Cody Maxwell caught up to Roosevelt's Logan Sink in the final leg to finish second with a time of 1:11.18 — just .18 seconds ahead of sink. To wrap up the night, the 400 free relay team of Jolivette, Miller, Josh Smith and Jeff Fitzgerald took third with a time of 3:51.41.
"Cody coming back and stretching out that guy for second was kind of neat," Hook said.
The Cardinals will now begin their home stretch with Senior Night at the Newton Y Thursday. From there, they will participate in the Little Hawkeye Conference meet in Grinnell on Jan. 26 and then will move to districts on Feb. 9.
"Roosevelt was a good team, and Boone's going to be a good team, so we'll have to really get after it Thursday," Hook said. "It's Senior Night and the guys should be pumped up and ready to go, so we'll just see what happens."


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In previous blog posts, we discussed the concept of Apple's Passbook and how we are developing tooling and integration with IBM's Worklight mobile application platform so that developers of iOS applications can participate in the ecosystem that exists for passes hosted in Apple's Passbook. In this blog post, we will take a deeper introspection into the Passbuilder tooling that is a key feature of our IBM Passes.
Apple officially provides a Passbook specification for the various pass types. However, Apple doesn't provide tools to visualize these definitions while creating these passes. Customers can only try and test on real iOS devices. To fill in the gap, as part of the IBM Passes, we provide a visual pass editor to facilitate our customers to efficiently create their own passes.
You can easily enter the pass editor by either creating a new pass or by editing the existing pass. To create a new pass, you can click the new button and select the type of the pass you want to create.
To edit an existing pass, you can click the title of the row of the target pass in the grid.
After you entering the pass editor, you can see that it's composed of two parts: the left side is an editing form and a pass previewer in the right side.
Editing Form
Editing form provides different tabs that allows user to edit different parts of a pass. User can use editing form to specify the details of a pass including strip image, fields value, fields label, text alignment, label color, etc.
In editing form, the left-top corner holds a text box for inputting the required pass title. The right-top corner holds four action buttons of which functions can be indicated by their label.
There are seven tabs on the left side (some types of pass may also have "Auxiliary" tab that "Coupon", in above picture, do not have), among which the "General" tab will be shown firstly each time you start the journal of pass editing.
Different type of pass may have different fields in "General" tab. But the following are the common fields that can be customized in "General" tab.
The above three components are common patterns for each type of pass, but there are still some components are exclusive to certain types of pass:
For boarding pass, user can specify the "Footer image".
Because there are two different layouts for event ticket, this
Header is common for each type of pass. It is composed of a logo image, a logo text and two (three in Apple's specification) header fields.
You can add a header field by clicking "Add Field" button. The number of field you added can not exceed the maximum number of that kind of field. One thing should be noted, the color of "Logo text" depends on the color of "Large text" you specified.
In "Primary" tab, you can upload a strip image and specify whether the shine effect of the strip image should be suppressed. Changing the text alignment of the primary field label and value is not allowed according to Apple's specification.
The contents in "Primary" tab are common for each type of pass with the following exceptions:
For "Generic" pass type, a thumbnail can be uploaded instead of a strip image and there is no "Use shine effect" option for thumbnail.
The boarding pass has no strip image but the "Transit Type" need to be specified. It should be also noted that in boarding pass, two primary fields can be populated not just one like others:
The last exception is for event ticket pass. As we know, there are two layouts for event ticket pass, a strip image can be specified with "Strip image" layout option selected in the "General" tab otherwise a thumbnail can be uploaded:
Secondary & Auxiliary
You can add at most four secondary fields for a pass regardless of its type. For auxiliary, the tab will be hidden in the following situations (although the auxiliary fields should be supported in situation 1 and 2 according to Apple's standard):
- The pass type is "Coupon".
- The pass type is "Store Card".
- The "Generic" pass with square type of bar code ("QR Code" or "Aztec").
The barcode editing is not allowed in current beta release due to the legal requirement. In our future release, User can select "PDF417", "QR Code" or "Aztec" as the type of barcode through the "Barcode type" drop down list. The supported encoding depends on your barcode scanner. The description will be displayed near the barcode and the value is the message or payload to be displayed as a barcode.
Pass builder supports at most ten back fields for a pass. The single-line description and the multi-line value of the back field will be displayed together on the back of the pass. There will always be a back field contains the license statement appended.
In pass builder, user can add at most ten locations for a pass. The latitude and longitude will be populated automatically if a correct address is inputted. When user approached to a specific location, a notification contains the "Message" you specified will be shown on user device.
A relevant date can be selected for "Generic",
Pass Previewer
The pass previewer is on the right side. It provides visualization of the current pass definition. We try to provide the best simulation effect as we can, so that our customers can save time to try on real devices. The previewer can simulate most common properties in the JSON definition of pass, including images, colors, fields (header, primary, secondary, auxiliary), barcode, geolocation, and back fields. As soon as you finish the change in editing form, the relevant part in the previewer will be updated accordingly. Thus, customers can quickly iterate and modify their pass templates without having to continually deploy the pass template to a device.
Working with editing form, the previewer can provide visual prompt of the field currently being edited, as the figure below indicates.
One of the advantages over other similar services in the industry is that our previewer supports visualization of the back fields as well.
To ensure perfection on real devices, customers can choose to test the pass to on real devices. To achieve that, click "Send test pass" button.
There will be a pop up dialog telling you that the creation of pass succeeded. Click "OK" will trigger the download of the .pkpass file which you can open on your iPhone.


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