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Inside the School
Academic Programs
- Overview of undergraduate degrees
- Didactic Program
- Coordinated Program
- Food and Environmental Nutrition
Student Organizations
- Student Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Food and Environmental Nutrition Association
- Kappa Omicron Nu
About the College
School News
The Garden of Learning
By Marko Paulić
The honey bees weren't the only busy ones in Schrank Hall South Culinary Garden this summer. With the help of coordinator, Kathy Schupp, and numerous dietetic students, the garden was transformed into a hands-on classroom where children of all ages rediscovered the importance of a garden through a nutritional point of view.
Weekly tours were given in and around the garden to familiarize the children with the growing stages and variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Stimulating the 5 senses, children smelled, touched, and searched for more than 10 blooming herbs such as sage, neapolitan basil and rosemary. To further understand the garden, lesson plans were incorporated by students and guest speakers like Summit County Master Garderners and Emily Mueller of Mueller Honey Bee Removal. Topics ranged from the possible health benefits of phytochemicals in whole foods to the multiple advantages of starting a garden compost, and the favorable help of insects.
Of course, working with and talking about food causes the stomach to grumble which gave us a reason for an afternoon snack. Children learned to work in teams to prepare nutrient dense foods and try new twists on old classics like herbal tea lemonade.
So, come on down to Schrank Hall South Culinary Garden and see what the buzz is all about!
Summit County Master Gardeners Grant
The Summit County Master Gardeners presented the School of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Center with a check for $496.52. The funds are to create a culinary garden to be used in a partnership with The University of Akron's School of Nutrition and Dietetics, the School of Law, Law and Leadership Institute, UA Center for Child Development and the Akron City Mason School. Student educators will instruct community participants about gardening (plant selection, planting, and harvesting), nutrition, food preparation and cooking.
Featured in the picture below from left to right are Meenal Harankedkar, volunteer; Karen Petterson and Geoff Kennedy of the Summit County Master Gardeners; Kathy Schupp, Director of the Nutrition Center; and Melissa Cherne, Graduate Assistant.
Harankedkar is a garden enthusiast who has volunteered her time and expertise in horticulture and botany to design and create the beautiful gardens. Cherne, a graduate assistant for the Nutrition Center is responsible for writing the grant.
Nutrition Center
The Nutrition Center integrates nutrition education, training, services and research. As a result, UA students gain market-driven practice skills for the workplace — preparing them to meet emerging health care needs and changing demands of the profession.
Nutrition Services
We provide nutrition assessment and counseling, medical nutrition therapy, computerized menu and food intake analysis, food systems management services, and individual and group nutrition education services. Learn more.
Call, email or stop in to make an appointment.
The University of Akron
Schrank Hall South 210
Akron, OH 44325-6102
Phone: (330) 972-2836
Fax: (330) 972-5563
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Accreditation is a mark of excellence.
The dietetic programs at The University of Akron are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) for both the Didactic Program in Dietetics and the Coordinated Program in Dietetics. ACEND is located at 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995. Phone: (800) 877-1600, ext. 5400; Fax: (312) 899-4817; Web address: http://www.eatrightacend.org/ACEND/
Program outcomes for the Didactic Program or the Coordinated Program are available upon request.
Mission of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics
The School of Nutrition and Dietetics will be recognized locally, regionally and nationally through quality programs and comprehensive student experiences. We prepare successful nutrition professionals able to apply knowledge for health and wellness, serving all ages and cultural groups, individuals and families.
Coordinated Program Mission Statement:
Graduates of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics will be prepared as entry-level Registered Dietitians for future practice in the field of nutrition and dietetics with attitudes, understandings, and skills that will allow them to analyze critically and meet the diverse needs of individuals and/or society. The program provides graduates with the knowledge and tools to develop skills necessary to develop into leaders in the field and to translate and apply the science of food and nutrition to health.
Didactic Program Mission Statement:
The mission of the Didactic Program in Dietetics is to provide a high quality curriculum which prepares graduates for successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics accredited supervised practice program to become a Registered Dietitian. The didactic program provides graduates with the knowledge and tools to develop the skills necessary to become leaders in the field and to translate and apply the science of food and nutrition to health.


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Aimless Little Minutes and the No Phun Phone
I turned in my third book on October 6th. I still haven't heard whether the publishing company wants it or not.
Let me be clear. I am not complaining about this. In fact, I'm lucky to be in this situation. I'm grateful for it. Here's why:
First, I have a publishing company, and they published two of my books. I waited (and worked) for a long time to be able to say that.
Second, my publisher was interested in reading my third (and proposal for the fourth) book.
Third, I FINISHED THE DAMN BOOK, and I learned a lot about writing and myself in the process. (The latter, in my opinion, is the point of why we're alive…to figure out who you are and to learn how to be.)
In the process of waiting for four months to hear if the company wants it, I've checked my email so many times that my phone should have a divot where my Gmail app lives…or rather lived.
This week, I deleted it.
A few weeks ago, I also deleted Facebook and all game apps from my phone. But that was to minimize distractions and force myself to work.
My phone is absolutely no fun.
That's right.
I have a no phun phone.
I find myself standing around in the kitchen holding it, thumbs at the ready and they have nowhere to go…no app buttons to hit. No emails to click open. Nothing to like. No one to follow.
Nothing to do in those little minutes of waiting while life packages up the next micro-segment of action for delivery.
What does one do while waiting for the skillet to heat up enough to scramble one's eggs? Or for the water to heat up at the faucet? Or for the Nespresso machine to brew a cup of coffee? I think maybe this is when people might have wiped down their kitchen counters. Or organized their silverware drawers. Cleaned their coffee pots?
(And what has my phone done to me that I even have to ask these questions?!?)
It's not enough time to fold a basket of underwear. So laundry is out.
It is enough time to write a haiku. Maybe I should try that…because I don't need to accomplish something on my to do list in those little minutes. I just want to experience them in something other than a state of bewildered boredom. The problem is that I am in the habit of being entertained during those little minutes. Without my apps, I'm like an addict who's been cut off from her dealer.
I'm relearning how to be in the little minutes of nothing. I can't believe I've forgotten in the first place. Ten years ago, who knew that a super phone was a possibility? Now my thumbs are bereft without it. Aren't thumbs part of what shot us to the top of the food chain? Bad news, folks, they've conspired with a 6x2 inch screen to take over our existence.
So I've started my own little resistance movement.
If you want to join, email me, tweet, post send me a letter. Please. I'll read it in the kitchen. I really need something to do while I wait for my Nespresso.

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Monday/28-Mar-16: Home from Bach this afternoon. Dinner was pork paprikash from the freezer, served over Spaëtzle (MW@Home, p203). Then a big salad. No dessert since we're both still working on our small chocolate bunnies that travelled with us.
Put chicken onto marinate for tomorrow night. Made a whole dose of the marinade and froze the extra for another time.
Yogurt on overnight.
Tuesday/29-Mar-16: I forgot to mention last week, that the kitchen tiling is progressing very well. All surfaces have been done and the bits and pieces are going back in place. All that really remains is refinishing the untiled part of the window surround. And then Ed opened the window over the sink and the trim tile on one side fell off. Oops. He's got in back in place today, to be regrouted before long.
Dinner was Barbecued Raspberry-Hoisin Chicken (web), which is a winner of a recipe. I made the whole recipe of marinade and froze half. It would be good with pork chops also, we both thought. I broiled rather than barbecued, but that's what the recipe suggested. Serve with brown rice that had been mixed with a bit of rice vinegar (as directed) and asparagus with light topping of lemon-butter-shallots. A mini magnum for after.
A half-cup measure has disappeared, a mystery. Makes the set, one I've had a long time, incomplete. Sigh.
Wednesday/30-Mar-16: Shopping today. Before that, we took Pogo's baby sitters to lunch today, so nothing much happened in the kitchen, except some popcorn and fruit for dinner.
Grouting has been finished again. Kitchen looking very nice. The salt, pepper, and timer shelves are back in place. With the cabinet raised to a decent level, there's no longer room for the tall, green S&P set, so they have to sit to the side, by the stove. This will work, I think. (I've had these forever. Bought them in Foley's bargain basement for 50¢, or maybe less. Don't use the salt shaker that much, but the pepper grinder is actually a really good one. Both very ugly.)
The window tiling is finished, again, and we hope the trim stays in place this time. The rest of the window surround still has to be finished. The coffee and tea shelves are back in place beyond the dish drainer. We plan on having only plants on the window ledge now, herbs and whatnot, plus a ceramic jar with vegetable peelers. We both were tired of walking over to the Ivar pantry for these, so have put them in a handier place at the left of this shelf.
And, yay, at the end of the peninsula, the switch for the lights and the electric outlets are back in place, tucked up under the cabinet. Behind these is the transformer than runs our American appliances, blender, food processor, etc.
The window surround still has to be finished and lights put under the cabinets left and right of the sink.
Thursday/31-Mar-16: Yay, found the missing half-cup measure in a flour bin.
Made two doses of Tart Dough (Tenth, p256), one for tonight, one for the freezer. Did a minor defrost on the kitchen freezer, whose door was ajar for a bit and was mightily frosted up.
Dinner was Beefsteak Pie (TLNewEng, p52). Good it was. I think the size of casserole dish asked is too big; I used one step smaller and it was fine. We will indeed get 6 servings from the recipe. The pie takes some time to assemble, but is fairly easy to make, and a lot of the time is unattended.
I found this recipe a bit unusual because the onions are piled on top of the beef stew part under the pastry. Next time, I would cut them thinner (than the 1/4" asked), and maybe halve them. And maybe just stir them in right into the stew bit at the end.
Adding more veggies wouldn't hurt, but I just plopped some steamed haricots verts on the side.
Friday/1-Apr-16: Dinner was a half dose of Orecchiette Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Broccoli (web), which served two as a main course (instead of four). Easy and not bad at all. The sausage I used wasn't really Italian; instead it was an herbed country sausage. I added some red pepper flakes just to zing it up. It was good. Then a salad.
Yogurt on overnight.
Saturday/2-Apr-16: Ed went to a movie this evening, so we had our main meal at lunch, leftover beefsteak pie, along with some broccoli stem salad and a regular big salad.
Neither of us are feeling very good. Colds coming? They're certainly going around. Hope I have the energy for tomorrow's planned meal.
Sunday/3-Apr-16: Yup, didn't feel like making the dinner planned, so we had Pasta with Zucchini, Smoked Salmon and Cream (web), which was good. Then a big salad. Then some ice cream and fresh strawberries.
We were puzzled why the fridge freezer continues to frost up even after I did a bit of defrosting. Ed finally noticed that the door was catching on the cabinet next to it. Seems like when he put it back into place after finishing the tiling, he got it too close to the cabinet. Oops. Might have to repeat my defrosting next week.
Progress on goals
This week: #1 BACKLOG: no; #2 VEG/FISH: 1
This month: #3 PASTA: no for March; no for April; #4 BREAD: no for March; no for April; #5 FotW: yes for Feb/Mar; no for Apr/May


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The 10th Annual Plant Biology Initiative Symposium
Registration is now closed.
Please save May 5th and 6th for the 10th Annual Harvard Plant Biology Initiative Symposium: "From Leaves to Ecosystems: Plants in a Changing World". This year the Symposium is being co-sponsored by HUCE.
This year's symposium will kick off with a special lecture on May 5th by Chris Field, Carnegie Institution for Science, at 4:00PM in the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA. The title of Chris's talk is, "Understanding, Managing, and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change". There will be a reception for faculty, and the Symposium speakers, in HUCE following the lecture.
On May 6th, we will hold a full-day symposium from 8:45AM – 5:30PM at the Arnold Arboretum's Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre St., Boston, MA. The symposium will wrap up with a panel discussion, with remarks by Harvard Plant Biology faculty. There will be a reception at the end of the symposium.
Confirmed speakers:
Carol Augspurger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joe Berry, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Zoe Cardon, Marine Biological Laboratory
Todd E. Dawson, University of California at Berkeley
Jim Ehleringer, The University of Utah
Graham Farquhar, Australian National University
Christian Körner, Institute of Botany, University of Basel
Beverly Law, Oregon State University
Joy Ward, The University of Kansas
Because we are providing lunch on May 6, we are asking everyone who will attend - faculty and students included - to pre-register. To learn more about the symposium and to register, please visit the PBI Website: http://hwpi.harvard.edu/pbi
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We knew at the onset that Calypso had the industry knowledge and public relations and marketing capabilities to help effectively launch our products to the market.
Portsmouth, N.H. (PRWEB) October 13, 2015
Calypso Communications, an integrated, full-service public relations, marketing, and creative design firm, announced recently that ep3 (http://www.ep3llc.com/) has selected the agency for marketing and PR services surrounding the launch of its inaugural Quad C™ product line software. ep3 is the creator of targeted software applications for the power industry.
Calypso is working with the ep3 founders to provide strategic public relations and product positioning through media relations and advertising for ep3's Critical Component Management software and Outage Management software. Calypso's clients include many operating throughout U.S. oil and gas, midstream and power production industries, and its understanding of ownership interests and investment goals for portfolio companies in energy markets will help inform its work with ep3.
"We knew at the onset that Calypso had the industry knowledge and public relations and marketing capabilities to help effectively launch our products to the market," said Malcolm Hubbard, Director of Operations and Customer Support at ep3. "The Calypso team understands ep3's value proposition and has been an outstanding resource for getting our message out and our products noticed."
Calypso's president Kevin Stickney commented, "Calypso's integrated experience with the technology and issues that drive energy projects; our knowledge of trade and business media outlets that serve these industries; and our unique understanding of the energy industry provide a solid footing for elevating ep3's business development profile. We are excited to be a part of ep3's industry debut."
About Calypso Communications
Based in Portsmouth, N.H., Calypso Communications is a premier, award-winning strategic marketing, corporate communications, and business development consultancy. Highly sought after for its seasoned insight and perspective, Calypso effectively engages stakeholders crucial to driving business and value for clients in the energy, environmental, healthcare, and technology industries. For more information, visit http://www.calypsocom.com.
About ep3
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Residential Architecture: Seaview House by Parsonson Architects: "..in new zealand's capital (ndlr: Wellington), located on a hill overlooking the botanical gardens and the wellington harbor to the east, the 'seaview house' by local studio parsonson architects takes its place amidst its closely adjacent neighbors but with a distinctly different architectural language of its own. the clients, a family composed of a wide range of age groups, needed a spacious home that would accommodate specific needs of privacy, a range of leisure activities, and common gathering areas. as the sloping site is covered with dense vegetation, the massing strategy placed three floors between laterally-located barrier walls clad in green corrugated steel panels that shelter the living spaces and help the edifice blend into the greenery. bedrooms are located in the top floor which is wrapped in a contrasting skin of slender western red cedar louvers that counteract the hard surfaces of the exterior partitions with the conceptual intention to recover the wooded nature replaced by the construction. the primarily glass facades are open to the east, offering stunning views and morning sun to the several social spaces stacked vertically over one another, maintaining a certain sense of separation. a covered indoor swimming pool can be opened to the exterior, sharing the level with extra bedrooms for visiting guests. gallery walls are integrated into the main living area on the middle floor to display artworks in a warm atmosphere of white vertical elements and warm victorian ash flooring.. Extensive glazing, natural light, views; interesting form, materiality, interior volumes and details..
See our posts on other homes by Parsonson Architects:
- Residential Architecture: Pekapeka House by Parsonson Architects
- Residential Architecture: Shoal Bay Bach House by Parsonson Architects
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Hitman: Agent 47: Film Review
Cast: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto
Director: Aleksander Bach
The pantheon of video games transplanted to the big screen is littered with varying degrees of success.
For every Resident Evil, there is a Super Mario Bros. But there's certainly enough of them- and even more coming with the likes of Assassin's Creed and Warcraft being the big hitters of the future.
In this latest update of the Hitman series (a first came out in 2007 starring Justified's Timothy Olyphant), Rupert Friend stars as the titular shaven headed assassin, identifiable only via a bar code on the back of his head.
Raised by a secret government group as part of a super soldier programme, 47 is an emotionless killer, a remnant of the past. But when someone seeks out the scientist who set up the programme via his daughter Katia (Hannah Ware), it all comes back to life - and it's a race against time as Katia finds herself involved and forced to choose a side - either the Agent or John Smith (Zachary Quinto)
For a film that's based on a video game, Hitman: Agent 47 acquits itself reasonably well.
Despite a ludicrous premise, and a paper thin plot (including a final section that hints frustratingly at a sequel that may never come), it's fair to say that Hitman: Agent 47 follows its video game origins to a tee.
From the nod to the iconic packshot art in the pre-credits sequence to the video-game episodic style trappings within, this is a film that bathes in its origins and apes the game-play from within. That doesn't necessarily make it a great film though - and while the kills fall into the stylish rather than substance led, there are some quieter character-driven moments that really fall with a thud. Equally, the introduction of a new menace half-way through the film that's not glimpsed again until the very last moment is a real damp squib - a thread that's supposed to provide menace but is about as threatening as a cute bunny rabbit.
Friend is ok as the cypher assassin, but he works better when he's a soulless Terminator style killing machine, rather than an emoting, cracks-in-the-armour style human he becomes later on. Ware acquits herself reasonably well as the kickass Katia and even Quinto does questionable well (even if his stunt double looks glaringly nothing like him in the action sequences).
Overall, Hitman: Agent 47 isn't going to win any awards or new followers; its insistence in following to the tee its computer game counterpart is more of a stylish hindrance than an expansion to the big screen and despite some rote action sequences that are designed to showcase the sponsors, there are some moments that offer some enticing hints of what could have been.


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California (Pa.) Hits Round Of 16 For Fourth Straight Year After 5-0 Win Over Charleston
May 9, 2010
Courtesy of California (PA)
CALIFORNIA (May 8) - The No. 6 Vulcans advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the fourth-consecutive season after defeating Charleston (W.Va.), 5-0, on Saturday morning at the new tennis complex in Roadman Park.
The California University of Pennsylvania tennis team extended its win streak to 12 matches while improving to 23-5 overall this season. The victory advances the Vulcans to the Round of 16 as the champions of the Atlantic Region No. 1 Tournament. Cal U will face No. 28 Grand Valley State (Mich.) in the Round of 16 on Wednesday, March 12, in Altamonte Spring, Fla. Meanwhile, Charleston ended its season with a 22-8 overall record.
"What makes this team so special is that we have tremendous leadership, especially from our captain Nina Kowalski, who has done an incredible job leading her team and setting a good example," said head coach Pablo Montana. "The girls really like each other, there is a good chemistry and we all believe in the same goal."
The Vulcans continued their dominance in doubles play, sweeping the three matches for the 12th-straight match. Freshman Jutta Bornefeld (Varel, Germany/Lother-Meyer Gymnasium) and junior Laurie Navarro (Eysus, France/Jules Supervielle) opened the match with an 8-1 victory at first doubles against Neha Rana and Davina Holtfretter. Sophomore Anastassiya Zherdeva (Almaty, Kazakhstan/Gumnasia Number 60) and freshman Jade Pondicas (Johannesburg, South Africa/British International Distance) followed with an 8-2 win over Christina Samoilov and Sarah Monsheimer at the second position, while sophomore Axelle Fernandez (Toulouse, France/Institut Familial) and junior Nina Kowalski (Hofheim, Germany/Man Taunus) completed the doubles sweep with an 8-5 victory at the third slot against Ilaisanne Carter and Laura Smith.
Fernandez added to the lead when she swept Carter, 6-0, 6-0, at fifth singles to become the fifth Vulcan with 20 victories in singles play this season. Pondicas then clinched the match victory when she collected a 6-1, 6-2 win against Smith at the fourth position.
The weekend marked the first tournament played at the new six-court complex, which was officially dedicated on Wednesday afternoon.
"It was really exciting to play at home and to have great support. This is without a doubt one of the nicest facilities in the country and of course in Pennsylvania," said Montana. "By being able to practice on our courts the past few months, it's great to know what you're going to expect."
Cal U has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament twice in the last three seasons, including last year when it lost to eventual-National Champion Armstrong Atlantic (Ga.), who entered the NCAA Tournament as the No 1-ranked team in the nation.


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TRENTON – Assembly Democrats Ralph Caputo and Joseph Cryan on Friday announced they will be introducing legislation to require all New Jersey gas stations to have generators, but also provide low-interest government loans to help pay for the equipment.
"It's frustrating to think that the gasoline crisis hitting our state through power outages could have been avoided, but with this bill, we'll make sure future power outages don't push New Jerseyans into long and stressful lines," said Caputo (D-Essex). "But while we better plan for the future, we also need to be cognizant of the need to help out gas station owners, many of whom are independent small business owners who would be hit hard by such an upgrade. We can do that with low-interest loans and get this done for the benefit of everyone."
"With improved planning, we can make sure we don't see a repeat of this problem due to power outages," said Cryan (D-Union). "This is a smart and sensible step, but also one that can prove costly to the business people that run these stations, so we can help ease the burden with low-interest loans. This will help consumers and businesses alike, and is the best approach to actually getting this done."
Caputo and Cryan said they're having the bill drafted and will introduce it as soon as possible.
State Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) also announced plans to introduce similar legislation Friday.
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When an Opal maths, you normally end up with a splash of color across the page, a strange clash of the organised color coder and a focused brain. A clash of the unknown and a pen.
When an Opal maths, she avoids the calculator and the pencil. A mix of stubbornness and laziness takes place. To lazy to sharpen a pencil, normally to stubborn to rely on a calculator.
When an Opal maths, her hand is nearly always in the air to ask questions. She lacks confidence in herself, but somehow on a Thursday afternoon...
Opal found herself in a car, on her way to a math competition held at the local university. Opal had asked to do this, but was now wondering if she regretted it... But with her Calculus teacher and two friends (twins, actually. Brother and sister twins)...
She felt slightly more confident. Upon arrival, they realised that they were the only school to attend in mufti. This was slightly intimidating. Upon entering the building, they meet some of the math department, and guessed how many jelly beans were in the jar. Opal guessed 257, while Boy Twin guessed closer to 1000. This caused a moment...
And then, into the lecture theatre and to the seats. The rules explained to everyone, and then a practise question to warm up. Opal's brain suddenly decides that numbers no longer make sense.
Then, into the real questions, racing to answer, have them run down to the marker. Correct? Really?!
Looking up, catching sight of the points board and realising our school name is third. It's not secret that on this team, Opal is the weakest link, so Opal maths faster.
Numbers, prime numbers and graphs and 'no calculators are allowed!' Speaking of top of each other, passing the questions back and forth. Working as a team, write faster, the last 10 seconds!
The question to earn extra points, sitting on the answer for several minutes, unsure about how this works. Handing it in, then to afternoon tea, the wait for results begins.
The results arrive, we all sit up straight, 21 teams of three, wanting to know if they won. When an Opal maths, she's not sure she's helpful. But this time... her team place third.
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A Business Improvement District for 7th Avenue
A Business Improvement District for 7th Avenue
I'm happy to report that a group of business owners, property owners, residents, and local leaders have come together and – with support from my office – put forward a plan for a new Business Improvement District (BID) on 7th Avenue in Park Slope. As proposed, the new 7th Avenue BID would stretch from St. John's Place to 16th Street, and will be dedicated to making one of our neighborhood's major commercial strips cleaner, greener, and safer.
In the spring of last year, the 7th Avenue BID Steering Committee surveyed Park Slope residents, businesses, and landlords. Their plan responds to that input, and has prioritized efforts to provide additional cleaning of the streets and sidewalks, beautify and green the area, provide additional security through storefront cameras and volunteer patrols, and organize commercial events to support our small businesses. The proposed BID will not replace services that the City currently provides; rather it will provide a steady stream of funds to supplement what is already being done, and to advocate for additional resources from the City. All services would be funded by a special assessment paid by property owners within the district.
If you would like to learn more, you can visit www.parkslope7avebid.com or attend an upcoming informational meeting:
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 28th at 9:00 am
Greenwood Baptist Church (461 6th Street @ 7th Avenue)
Next Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00 pm
Greenwood Baptist Church (461 6th Street @ 7th Avenue)
In order to move forward, the BID plan needs the support of 7th Avenue property owners, commercial tenants, and residents. If you live on 7th Avenue, or own a business or property there, please fill out the Statement of Support and return it to the address listed on the form.
If you have any questions, you can email info [at] parkslope7avebid [dot] com. Thank you to the Park Slope Chamber of Commerce for their leadership on this plan, and to the Park Slope Civic Council for their support. By working together, we can achieve a cleaner, greener, safer 7th Avenue.


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The University of Mississippi said Thursday that it will post a sign acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The administration has already added a plaque to provide information about slavery and the Civil War to a Confederate soldier statue near the Lyceum, the main administrative building on campus. • Article
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Ole Miss to recognize slave labor
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Originally posted by skalla
reply to post by TwelveFifty
the headline sounds worrying ofc, but the article sheds a little more light..
The measure follows a pair of high-profile subway-shove fatalities from December allegedly involving mentally ill individuals.The city has already drawn up a list of 25 targets, sources said.
"After the Queens subway attack [of immigrant Sunando Sen], the [city] decided to take a proactive approach to track down the most dangerous mental-health patients that currently have mental-hygiene warrants" out for them, a law-enforcement source said.
Those warrants mean that the patients are not wanted for a crime but instead are being sought because they are not getting their court-ordered treatment.
if a court deems someone enough of a risk to order specific treatment (i assume that a medical professional's advice would be part of the case), then is it not responsible to see this through?
only 25 cases are mentioned so far, and a "handful of cops" are assigned to it - this seems reasonable enough at this level, the danger is though that this is the thin end of a poorly assessed and agenda driven wedge.
the other danger is that dangerously ill people that require treatment and support to operate effectively and safely within the community dont get what they genuinely need - but who assesses this?
edit on 19-2-2013 by skalla because: clarity
Originally posted by MysterX
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I wasn't saying that all those suffering menatl illness are violent and should be forced to take drugs..only those that actually are violent or show violent tendencies should be.
It should also be noted that the majority of violent behaviour and crime is not comitted by those diagnosed as mentally ill.
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It does not confuse anything and makes perfect sense. These people have most likely already committed crimes which is why they are on file. If someone is already dangerous suffering from a mental illness could increase their likelihood of doing something harmful. If their illness is severe enough they could think some random stranger is trying to hurt them and act first. Or just mistake someone as part of a delusion etc. The possibilities are endless. Keep the dopamine hypothesis as well millions are living well today thanks to modern medicine.
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Psychiatrists have come forward to assert that certain psychiatric medications, such as those known as SSRIs, are almost certainly the chemical cause of a large number of instances of random violence and suicide in which SSRIs have been present.
The research challenges the pharmaceutical industry's defense that the high correlation between random violence and the presence of these medications is due to the mental illness, not the drugs being prescribed for the illness. Other critics of the industry claim that drugs tend to be too aggressively marketed and over-prescribed.
The media has reported that the suspected shooter in the Sandy Hook multiple killings, Adam Lanza, was on some form of psychiatric medication, possibly related to a reported diagnosis of a form of autism. Authorities have yet to make a statement on what, if any, psychiatric medications Lanza was on, or had been on in the past. The SSRI with the brand name Prozac is sometimes prescribed for autism.
Answering the pharmaceutical industry's defense, in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs in February of 2010, Dr. Peter Breggin, founder of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, told the committee that the causative links between violent incidents and the drugs in question had already been established by the FDA. Dr. Breggin told the committee:
"The pharmaceutical industry has attempted to discredit case reports as evidence for causation. However, case reports have led to most FDA changes in labels and to most withdrawals of psychiatric drugs from the market, and are a mainstay in the FDA for evaluating adverse drug reactions."
Dr. Breggin said unequivocally:
"There is overwhelming evidence that the SSRIs and other stimulating antidepressants cause suicidality and aggression in children and adults of all ages."
Dr. Breggin made the news in 1987 when a group calling itself NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, filed a complaint with Maryland's Commission on Medical Discipline for comments he made in on the Oprah Winfrey show. Both the New York Times and Mother Jones Magazine subsequently found that NAMI received up to 66% of its funding from the pharmaceutical industry. In 2009, U.S. Senator Charles Grassley opened an investigation of NAMI which confirmed that most of its funding came from pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Breggin drew the wrath of the pharmaceutical industry on the Oprah Winfrey Show when he said:
"Find the little part in you that loves yourself and see if you're being loved by your therapist. See if that person cares for you, supports you. If that person offers a drug, don't even say, 'No, thank you.' You can take the prescription and go. Don't fight about it, don't get in trouble, but go. Don't take the drugs. And relate to people who care for you as a person."
The Maryland Commission cleared Dr. Breggin, and then thanked him for his contribution to mental health in Maryland.
Adding to the controversy over the links between SSRIs and violence and suicide, Dr. David Healy, a British psychiatrist and author of "Pharmageddon," (University of California Press, 2012) said in November of 2012:
"Violence and other potentially criminal behavior caused by prescription drugs are medicine's best kept secret,"
The psychiatric profession and pharmaceutical industry have come under fire for the practice of giving doctors significant financial incentives for prescribing certain medications.
Dr. Gary G. Kohls, in an article entitled "Batman Shooter and His Psyche Drugs" published in Evergreene Digest, lists at least 40 cases violent crimes or suicides committed by mostly young people whose psychiatric history revealed the presence of psychiatric drugs, mostly SSRIs. The list of cases is as follows.
Eric Harris age 17 (first on Zoloft then Luvox) and Dylan Klebold aged 18 (Colombine school shooting in Littleton, Colorado), killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and wounded 23 others, before killing themselves. Klebold's medical records have never been made available to the public.
Jeff Weise, age 16, had been prescribed 60 mg/day of Prozac (three times the average starting dose for adults!) when he shot his grandfather, his grandfather's girlfriend and many fellow students at Red Lake, Minnesota. He then shot himself. 10 dead, 12 wounded.
Cory Baadsgaard, age 16, Wahluke (Washington state) High School, was on Paxil (which caused him to have hallucinations) when he took a rifle to his high school and held 23 classmates hostage. He has no memory of the event.
Mathew Miller, age 13, hung himself in his bedroom closet after taking Zoloft for 6 days.
Chris Fetters, age 13, killed his favorite aunt while taking Prozac.
Christopher Pittman, age 12, murdered both his grandparents while taking Zoloft.
Jarred Viktor, age 15, stabbed his grandmother 61 times after 5 days on Paxil.
Kip Kinkel, age 15, (on Prozac and Ritalin) shot his parents while they slept then went to school and opened fire killing 2 classmates and injuring 22 shortly after beginning Prozac treatment.
A boy in Pocatello, ID (Zoloft) in 1998 had a Zoloft-induced seizure that caused an armed stand off at his school.
Luke Woodham, age 16 (Prozac) killed his mother and then killed two students, wounding six others.
Michael Carneal (Ritalin), age 14, opened fire on students at a high school prayer meeting in West Paducah, Kentucky. Three teenagers were killed, five others were wounded.
Andrew Golden, age 11, (Ritalin) and Mitchell Johnson, aged 14, (Ritalin) shot 15 people, killing four students, one teacher, and wounding 10 others.
A young man in Huntsville, Alabama (Ritalin) went psychotic chopping up his parents with an ax and also killing one sibling and almost murdering another.
TJ Solomon, age 15, (Ritalin) high school student in Conyers, Georgia opened fire on and wounded six of his class mates.
Rod Mathews, age 14, (Ritalin) beat a classmate to death with a bat.
James Wilson, age 19, (various psychiatric drugs) from Breenwood, South Carolina, took a .22 caliber revolver into an elementary school killing two young girls, and wounding seven other children and two teachers.
Elizabeth Bush, age 13, (Paxil) was responsible for a school shooting in Pennsylvania
Jarred Viktor, age 15, (Paxil), after five days on Paxil he stabbed his grandmother 61 times.
Jason Hoffman (Effexor and Celexa) - school shooting in El Cajon, California
Chris Shanahan, age 15 (Paxil) in Rigby, ID who out of the blue killed a woman.
Jeff Franklin (Prozac and Ritalin), Huntsville, AL, killed his parents as they came home from work using a sledge hammer, hatchet, butcher knife and mechanic's file, then attacked his younger brothers and sister.
Neal Furrow (Prozac) in LA Jewish school shooting reported to have been court-ordered to be on Prozac along with several other medications.
Kevin Rider, age 14, was withdrawing from Prozac when he died from a gunshot wound to his head. Initially it was ruled a suicide, but two years later, the investigation into his death was opened as a possible homicide. The prime suspect, also age 14, had been taking Zoloft and other SSRI antidepressants.
Diane Routhier was prescribed Welbutrin for gallstone problems. Six days later, after suffering many adverse effects of the drug, she shot herself.
Alex Kim, age 13, hung himself shortly after his Lexapro prescription had been doubled.
Billy Willkomm, an accomplished wrestler and a University of Florida student, was prescribed Prozac at the age of 17. His family found him dead of suicide – hanging from a tall ladder at the family's Gulf Shore Boulevard home in July 2002.
Kara Jaye Anne Fuller-Otter, age 12, was on Paxil when she hung herself from a hook in her closet. Kara's parents said ".... the damn doctor wouldn't take her off it and I asked him to when we went in on the second visit. I told him I thought she was having some sort of reaction to Paxil…")
Gareth Christian, Vancouver, age 18, was on Paxil when he committed suicide in 2002, (Gareth's father could not accept his son's death and killed himself.)
Julie Woodward, age 17, was on Zoloft when she hung herself in her family's detached garage.
Matthew Miller was 13 when he saw a psychiatrist because he was having difficulty at school. The psychiatrist gave him samples of Zoloft. Seven days later his mother found him dead, hanging by a belt from a laundry hook in his closet.
Kurt Danysh, age 18, and on Prozac, killed his father with a shotgun. He is now behind prison bars, and writes letters, trying to warn the world that SSRI drugs can kill.
A boy from Houston, age 10, shot and killed his father after his Prozac dosage was increased.
Woody ____, age 37, committed suicide while in his 5th week of taking Zoloft. Shortly before his death his physician suggested doubling the dose of the drug. He had seen his physician only for insomnia. He had never been depressed, nor did he have any history of any mental illness symptoms.
Hammad Memon, age 15, shot and killed a fellow middle school student. He had been diagnosed with ADHD and depression and was taking Zoloft and "other drugs for the conditions."
Matti Saari, a 22-year-old culinary student, shot and killed 9 students and a teacher, and wounded another student, before killing himself. Saari was taking an SSRI and a benzodiazapine.
Steven Kazmierczak, age 27, shot and killed five people and wounded 21 others before killing himself in a Northern Illinois University auditorium. According to his girlfriend, he had recently been taking Prozac, Xanax and Ambien. Toxicology results showed that he still had trace amounts of Xanax in his system.
Finnish gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, age 18, had been taking antidepressants before he killed eight people and wounded a dozen more at Jokela High School - then he committed suicide.
Asa Coon from Cleveland, age 14, shot and wounded four before taking his own life. Court records show Coon was on Trazodone.
Jon Romano, age 16, on medication for depression, fired a shotgun at a teacher in his New York high school.
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Let's move on to some data. Here are data from the Drug Safety Research Unit in the UK showing that roughly 1 in every 200 people put on an SSRI go on to a violent action (S58).
Violence in Healthy Volunteers
Of even greater interest are the healthy volunteer trials you see here. These were done before the drug was ever on the market and you see that there are very clear indications long before – this was in the 1980's – that the drug could make people aggressive.
In 1983 Pfizer ran a healthy volunteer trial of Zoloft in Leeds (S65). Six women were randomised to Zoloft and six to placebo. All the women taking Zoloft dropped out after a week with agitation and anxiety of various forms and in one case notes about aggressive impulses. Pfizer concluded in 1983 'Our drug has caused this and this is a well-known feature of SSRI drugs'. This is 1983 – 9 years before marketing.
Unaware of this result we ran a healthy volunteer trial in North Wales using Zoloft also and two of our healthy volunteers, one of whom you see here, became aggressive on the drug. This, I'm sure you will agree, is a fairly normal looking woman. Not the kind that you would expect to become seriously aggressive (S66).
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Finally, as you will see here, when the first warnings about antidepressants causing suicide and violence came out in 2004 the American Psychiatric Association took a stand saying that APA believes antidepressants save lives (S29). To this day they still find it difficult to accept the evidence that these drugs cause more lives to be lost than they save – nowhere more so than here in Chicago. Do Drugs cause Violence? The antidepressants now come with black box warnings of suicide and in some jurisdictions such as Canada they come with warnings of violence also. Exactly the same mechanisms that lead to suicides lead to violence. In one case you have violence directed inward and in the other directed outwards. These mechanisms are akathisia, emotional blunting and psychosis. Yvonne Woodley whom you see here (S30) went on an SSRI for minor stress and when she got worse the dose was put up and when she got even worse the dose was put up again. This was very clear akathisia. She then committed suicide. The UK medical director for Lundbeck, who make the drug she was on, was asked by the coroner two questions: "Do you believe that Citalopram can cause someone who would not otherwise do so to take their own life?" (S31). He answers 'Yes'. When companies are asked this question ordinarily they refer the media to academics or doctors who are not legally obliged to say "yes" in answer to the first question. Or they will answer the question: "Did your drug cause Yvonne Woodley, to commit suicide?" This is a question can always be answered "No". But if asked the direct question "Can your drug cause someone to commit suicide?" companies legally have to answer "yes". How Do Drugs Cause Violence? The mechanisms that lead a drug to cause suicide are the same that produce violence. The first of these is akathisia. Here (S32) you have great descriptions of the agitation antidepressants can cause. These came from the use of a drug called Reserpine given to normal people as an antihypertensive. There is no mental illness here to cloud the picture. The next mechanism is emotional disinhibition or blunting. This has been recognized by takers for a long time as you see here in this Peanuts cartoon, and yet another cartoon here from 2005 (S33-36). I don't have a slide for the voice of God – to represent the fact that drugs can cause you to hear a voice or become delusional and lead to violence this way. This is strictly speaking delirium rather than psychosis. SSRIs in the Dock The modern story about drugs and violence begins here in 1989 when Joseph Wesbecker in a mass shooting killed eight of his co-workers before killing himself. He had been on Prozac for a month and the drug had unquestionably altered his behaviour. The company appeared to get a verdict saying that Prozac was not guilty when in fact it turned out the case had been settled (S37). Schell Things changed with this case involving Don Schell (S38). Don Schell was a 60 year old man who over 14 years had several brief episodes of anxiety that lasted at the most for a few weeks. In 1990 shortly after it came out he was treated with Prozac but had a very poor response and may have begun to hear voices while on it. Eight years later an entirely different doctor gave him Paxil having diagnosed poor sleep and anxiety. 48 hours afterwards Schell who you see here put 3 bullets through the head of his wife, 3 bullets through the head of his daughter and 3 through the head of his grand-daughter who were visiting before killing himself. His son-in-law Tim Tobin took a case against GSK and won a jury verdict (S39). Hawkins In the same week that verdict came in, the case of David Hawkins was heard. David Hawkins was a 74 year old man with a 20 year history of minor episodes of nervousness, no violence. In one of these he was treated with Zoloft and had a bad response to it. His doctor recorded "Do not give this man SSRIs" (S40). A number of years later feeling unwell he was seen by a locum doctor who didn't know the history and didn't read the notes and put him on Zoloft. He didn't know that he was being put back on a pill that he had reacted poorly to before. He felt worse after one pill and thinking that more would help took four and the next morning strangled his wife to death. The judge and prosecution agreed with Tania Evers for the defense that but for the drug it was unlikely this would have happened (S41). Bentley Here you see Merrillee Bentley, a 32 year old mother of two (S42). She had been anxious for years. She was finally put by her doctor on Paxil and the dose was put up. She did even worse on that and so was switched to Efexor. She got worse and the dose was pushed up and up to 350 mg per day. The notes record that on Paxil and later Efexor she became visibly more agitated. She took her children for a drive in the car, stopped,edit on 10-3-2013 by Loopdaloop because: (no reason given)
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That is impossible, where are they going to house the whole population of New York City. Maybe they can just make New York City a gated community.


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Portable Download 2.78, what is it?
Looking over the download list at Blender, I noticed a build called Portable. I'm looking for the best one for my Surface Pro 4 and wondered if this might be good. However after several days of frustrating searching I still don't know exactly what this is. At first I thought it might be optimized for touch screen, but then I read a review that implied it was some kind of streaming, non- installed version. But... the download size is larger than the regular one... This seems to be a case of assuming everyone is "in the know" to the point that everyone is leaving out the basic information about what exactly this software IS compared to other versions! Any help would be appreciated. Thx
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Blender Portable is exactly the same as Blender "normal" .
If you use Blender on different computers, then Blender portable is a good idea because you can have it on a USB flash drive. Portable software means NO installer. Portable software are better in many aspects. These do not depend on system files and may run without being dependent on system resources.
For years I've been using Blender Portable. Works exactly like the full install for me on Windows 10.
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Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell is closing on a return to action after more than a month on the sidelines with a knee injury.
During his absence, Reading have proved to be Sheffield United's main rival at the top of the Championship with just one league defeat this season.
Sidwell, who has attracted interest from Premiership clubs, has been out since the end of August but was on the bench for the 1-1 draw at Hull earlier this week.
The 22-year-old admits the form of Brynjar Gunnarsson and James Harper will make it difficult to reclaim his place, but remains confident of forcing his way back into Steve Coppell's side.
"I believe in my ability and the way I look at it is 'Who out of Brynjar and Harps is going to partner me'," Sidwell said. "That's the way I looked at it but the only way I can prove that is to show what I can do. I trained all last week and it's just nice to be back with the lads in a game situation." Sidwell may have to be content with a place on the bench again today for second-placed Reading's trip to Stoke City.
Luton will be confident of closing the gap to Reading should they slip up at the Britannia Stadium, with Mike Newell's side at home to struggling Plymouth.
Captain Kevin Nicholls is likely to miss out again with a foot injury but Steve Robinson played 78 minutes in the midweek win over Norwich after his ankle problem and will look to complete a full game.
Norwich midfielder Jim Brennan believes there will be no better way to recover from the disappointment of that 4-2 loss at Luton than with victory at QPR.
"You can't dwell on that, the game is over now and we have got to look forward," the Canadian said.
Norwich have so far failed to live up to their pre-season billing as promotion favourites following relegation from the Premiership.
However, Brennan insists confidence remains high at Carrow Road, adding: "We have come down now and every team coming to play us wants to beat us, so every game is really tough for us.
"We have got to cope with it. At times we have, and then you start picking up injuries.
"We are just having a shaky start, but the lads are confident and the staff are confident we will come out of it and will be up there come the end of the season."
Crystal Palace will be looking to bounce back from the home defeat to Brighton when they take on Burnley at Selhurst Park, but England striker Andrew Johnson is doubtful after his knee injury flared up again in the 1-0 midweek loss.
Wolves manager Glenn Hoddle had mixed news ahead of the match with Preston, with Joleon Lescott signing a new deal, but Paul Ince suffering a further injury setback. Ince was hoping a scan on the thigh injury, which has kept him out since the middle of August, would bring some positive news, but instead he was told it is not healing as quickly as expected.
Hoddle admitted Ince would not be back "in the near future" and is looking to strengthen his squad.
Hull manager Peter Taylor is hoping to welcome back Andy Dawson, while Stuart Elliott and Nick Barmby are pushing for recalls for the visit of Derby.
Derby manager Phil Brown's options are set to be boosted with the return of three players from injury - centre-back Andrew Davies, who has had a knee strain, Marc Edworthy (rib) and Paul Thirlwell (Achilles).
Elsewhere, bottom club Millwall take on Southampton at the New Den looking for their first home win of the season, Ipswich face Watford at Portman Road and Crewe travel to Cardiff.


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If anyone out there is hoping to make like Grease and find themselves some summer lovin', there is nothing quite like embracing the season and summer-izing your profile pics to attract a potential mate. There's a reason that summer is sizzling: 73 (yes, over three-fourths) percent of people think that the sex they are attracted to look better over the summer. Yup, layering and big textured garments might make for a more sartorially savvy season, but summer, according to Match.com, is for hooking up.
The reason is actually pretty simple: During the summer, most people look happier and healthier. Less pink noses, a (hopefully) healthy glow, and more outdoor shots help lend the impression that the person photographed is more confident and lively. Furthermore, not only do people think others are more attractive when the heat is up, but they also feel better about themselves, too. And nothing is sexier, of course, than confidence.
As the writer of this piece would give Casper a run for his money in the pale department, there are always inherent problems with associating "tan" with healthy. However, during the summer, most people allow themselves to unwind — sit outside, have an extra glass of wine, make an effort to go vacationing. That lighthearted approach to life carries some weight on social networking profiles, which means that the best way to nab a significant other in the steamy months is, well, get summery. Throw on some sunglasses, wear a pair of shorts, sit in a hammock, take some profile pics — and your dating life is sure to improve. (The Daily Mail)


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Monday, 26 September 2016
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS - by Sara Gruen
Genres: Adult/romance/historical fiction.
Pages: 414.
Author: Sara Gruen.
Source: Library.
Goodreads: Water for Elephants.
In Depression-era America, everyone's running away from something. Some people join the circus to escape.
Jacob Jankowski hitches a ride on a freight train and in that instant his life changes.
By morning he's landed a job with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
By nightfall, he's in love.
Overall, it was a dark, beautiful fairy tale; almost spoiled by unnecessary, crude sexual content.
"'I'm not going to sit here and listen to you tell me that it's okay for August to hit her because she's his wife. Or that it's not his fault because he's insane. If he's insane, that's all the more reason she should stay away.'"
~ pg 332.
(I love this quote).
I loved Water for Elephants. I own the movie, too, but I haven't watched it yet cos I decided to do this in the right order and read the book first ;) Something I barely ever get right...
It was a beautiful, dark romance with an adorable elephant called Rosie as the heroine. The writing was gorgeous, original, rich, and just beautiful; I simply adore the words Gruen's chose. The writing was so unique and tender and original, I loved it.
The story was like a dark fairy tale. Despite the cliched love "triangle", with the abusive husband, damsel, and young hot-headed boy, I thought Gruen added twists on the stereotypical characters and thus made the triangle work. August (the abusive husband) was volatile and only had episodes of violence; Marlena (although a bit of a damsel in distress) loved animals and had a sweet strength about her; and Jacob was lovably naive and protective, as well as being quiet and gentle.
Overall, I don't think the love triangle ruined the book.
Th characters were good and interesting and kinda strong, but they didn't really change from the beginning of the story to the end. To say they were flat is going a bit too far, but they weren't wholeheartedly dynamic. I would've liked Marlena and Jacob to have had more scenes together, so their romance could've been developed more, and I also could've liked to have seen Rosie and Marlena have much more time together. I think both relationships could've used more development. Also, to have given Marlena and Jacob more quirks and likes and dislikes would've have rounded them a bit more for the better, too.
I hate to say this, but Water for Elephants also had a very big, distracting, unnecessary negative. I would've given it five flowers if it hadn't been for the inclusion of this:
The sexual content was crude, unnecessary, explicit, and just down right annoying. It distracted from the main story, was not necessary at all, and I honestly wonder if Gruen was trying to prove "hey, I can write like a man" in the way she thinks men must write; and think like she might imagine they think. The story was from Jacob's point of view, and there were constant descriptions of women's bodies, and even of some men's, and sexual actions from both, that were just unnecessary; not to mention gross and graphic. I was constantly skimming over such scenes, dying to get back to the proper story.
It was very disappointing.
But so as not to end on a negative note, here's another thing I loved about the story:
I thought the ending was one of most beautiful, satisfying ending I've ever read. It couldn't have been more perfect.
I give it: 4 flowers!
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This one is on my TBR and your review has intrigued me even further. I am definitely going to have to try it but the crude sexual content is going to be annoying. I hope I can get past it - obviously you did and still managed to give it 4 flowers!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think it's definitely worth reading, despite such content. Hope you get to read it soon!Delete
I quite loved this book. I agree it was very tender and just gorgeous. The sexual content didn't bother me much in this one but since I loved Water For Elephant so much, I picked at At The Water's Edge by Sara Gruen and it really bothered me in that book. I actually think I reviewed it on my blog and gave it a good review for whatever reason but looking back on it, compared to this. I didn't like it at all. Crude and kind of pointless. It surprised me given how much I loved this.ReplyDeleteReplies
That's great :) Yeah, it was. Oooh I haven't heard of At The Water's Edge, thanks for the head's up, I'll look out for it. That's really interesting to know, but I'm sorry you didn't enjoy itDelete
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MR: Alliance welcomes sale of Northern Rivers gas licence
Media release
2 September 2015
Alliance welcomes sale of Northern Rivers gas licence: urges action to protect the region
Gasfield Free Northern Rivers has welcomed this afternoon's announcement from Minister Roberts that the government is buying back Clarence Moreton Resources PEL 457.
"The communities that are covered by this licence can now rest easy knowing that they are no longer under threat of invasive gasfields," said Gasfield Free Northern Rivers Coordinator, Dean Draper.
"We are pleased that the government is taking action to respond to the sentiments of the people of the Northern Rivers and we would like to see decisive action on the remaining licences.
"We are still waiting for PEL 445 to be bought back as was promised by Thomas George and Troy Grant before the election and for the government to find a solution to the impasse they are currently facing with Metgasco.
"Since Metgasco, who own three PEL's covering a huge portion of the region, have just walked away from the negotiating table, we hope the Government will solve that problem by introducing legislation to give us the permanent protection we need." he said.


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Focused Facility
Presented by
Focused Population
East Side Soup Kitchen
Citizens of the city of Saginaw, Michigan
Booms, Bridgette
Doran, Felicia
Engle, Tiffany
Glover, Katie
Holsapple, Lauren
Purol, Nicole
Tabit, Cynthia
Butcher, Jake
Demographics Of Saginaw
Windshield Survey
Asset Maps
Background of Saginaw
First Settlers
The original residents of the Saginaw area consisted of the Sauk and Chippewa Indian tribes, as well as European fur trappers and traders.
Booming Business
In 1847 the first shipment of Saginaw pine was sent to New York, which began the timber boom.
In 1905, the first car was made in Saginaw which started a wave for the automotive industry. In 1918, 'The Peninsular' automobile was started. Two trucks were produced.
Economic Decline
Automotive plants closed and GM ceased production in the area.
Racial Profiling
Residences moved from southern locations for job opportunities to "wards".
" (cessation of loans to African Americans)
Population Breakdown
Population for 2010
Population (2010): 51,508
African American: 46.1%
White: 43.5%
Hispanic or Latino: 14.3%
39% of population is
the poverty line
45.9% of the poverty population have a child under 5 years of age
Death rates of Diseases
Top 3 leading causes of death (2010):
Heart disease: 250.0
Cancer: 248.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases: 58.8
Influenza Demographics
Influenza and pneumonia
95 individuals in 2010
Crime Statistics
According to Forbes FBI stats, Saginaw rates #1 for
violence against women
with many unreported.
Saginaw is ranked #3 for
violent crime
according to the FBI. For six straight years prior, Saginaw was ranked #1.
Food Desert
Approximately 250 students eat all 3 of their meals at school.
East Side Soup Kitchen is reported to fed 200 per day
All grass with
playground equipment
located in neighborhoods safe for children
Religion and Race
Overview of East Side Soup Kitchen
Est. 1980
Pastor Sam Griffin and his wife, Audrey, realized during one of the automobile industry downturns that Saginaw needed a soup kitchen. Serving from the basement of their church, the East Side Soup Kitchen began by feeding 15 people for lunch.
They provide an After School Meal Program
The ESSK provides
weekly medical clinic for people with no insurance
Window into East Side Soup Kitchen
Personnel/Expertise: Board of Directors
Pamela M. Cole, Director, Russ Beaubien, Marianne Bird, Dan Brown, Jenean Coughlin, Larry Ehrlinger, Barb Geary, Rob Grose, Chris Hazen, Jim Henne, Kim Johnson, Emilie Kanitz, Kathy Myles, JoAnn Nacarato, Becky Petty, Bill Schwannecke
Working Environment
Material Space
Economic Power
East Side Soup Kitchen is a non-profit Organization
Network of Connections
United Way, Hidden Harvest, Anderson Eye Center, churches, Healthy Futures, After School Meal Program
Hidden Harvest
Downtown Saginaw Farmer's Market
Provides a variety of fresh produce.
Provides a variety of fresh produce.
the Michigan Bridge Card, credit cards, debit cards, WIC Project FRESH and Market FRESH (for seniors) coupons
Community Prescription Support Program (CRxSP)
CRxSP is a free licensed community pharmacy that assists individuals who are uninsured or underinsured
and/or have a low income or no income.
All Services are free!
The police department works
in partnership with the community to reduce the fear and incidence of crime, to enhance the quality of life, and to render the highest standards of professional law enforcement.
Saginaw High School
Health Center
This is a physicians office for students
where the services are
Services provided include physicals, treatment for illness/injuries, health education, vaccines, counseling, TB tests, lab tests, dental bus, and Medicaid enrollment.
Learning Conversation Notes
Pam Cole about ESSK
Clients of Soup Kitchen
Their needs and what is important to them
Jobs and safety
Different agencies
NANDA: Risk for increased exposure to the influenza virus among individuals of the soup kitchen related to questionable cleaning practices, high daily attendance (up to 200 people), and flu season.
NIC: Infection Protection: Prevention and early detection of infection in a patient at risk.
Monitor for systemic and localized signs and symptoms of infection.
Monitor vulnerability to infection.
Promote sufficient nutritional intake.
Provide education on where to receive immunizing agent.
Teach the patient and family about signs and symptoms of infection and when to report them to the health care provider.
Teach patient and family members how to avoid infections.
NOC: Community Risk Control: Communicable Disease: Community actions to eliminate or reduce the spread of infectious agents that threaten public health.
Investigation and notification of contacts concerning risk for infectious disease.
Availability of treatment services for infected individuals.
Access to health care services.
Enforcement of infection control programs.
Culturally appropriate public education about transmission of infectious disease.
NANDA: Knowledge deficit related to influenza vaccine as evidence by learning conversations and misinformation regarding symptoms and reactions of vaccine.
NIC: Health Education: Developing and providing instruction and learning experiences to facilitate voluntary adaptation of behavior conductive to health in individuals, families, groups, or communities.
Target high-risk groups and ages ranges that would benefit most from health education.
Determine current health knowledge and lifestyle behaviors of individual, family, or target group.
Identify resources (e.g., personnel, space, equipment, money, etc.) needed to conduct program.
Consider accessibility, consumer preference, and cost in program planning.
Strategically place attractive advertising to capture attention of target audience.
Develop educational materials written at a readability level appropriate to target audience.
Teach strategies that can be used to resist unhealthy behavior or risk taking rather than give advice to avoid or change behavior.
Emphasize importance of healthy patterns of eating, sleeping, exercising, etc. to individuals, families, and groups who model these values and behaviors to others, particularly children.
Use variety of strategies and intervention points in educational program.
NOC: Community Health Status: General state of well-being of a community or population.
Prevalence of health promotion programs.
Compliance with environmental health standards.
Community health standards for health measurement and evaluation are defined.
Monitoring of community health standards for health measurement and evaluation.
Community demographics represented in health care planning and evaluation.
Community issues and areas of discovery from assessment
Flu prevention
Connecting community and agency assets
Health Department giving flu shots ($40)
HDI facilities for flu shots
Us, Sharon, Soup Kitchen
Strengths of process
Worked well together as a group and within
the community. Many available resources and connections
Weaknesses of process
Process of getting donations
Time limitations
Strengths of intervention
Reaching the Soup Kitchen and the community of Saginaw, including WHNN listeners
Weakness of intervention
No tertiary prevention
No measurable outcomes
Personal learning
Don't make assumptions
Physical Space
Temple Theater
Children's Zoo
Culture Center
Vacant land
Transit Facilities (STARS)
Roads and Sidewalks
Local Economy
Credit Unions
Barter and exchange
Car repair
Small corporations
"Take out" establishments
Historical establishments
Welfare Recipients
Disabled persons
Law enforcement
Now onto how the group came together to bring public awareness of the flu vaccine!
The Board of Directors consists
of 18 members from throughout
the community and meets 11
times per year.
City of Saginaw Police Station
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Lifeline is a personal emergency response service that has helped and even saved lives. Lifeline users, often those with physical handicaps or elderly individuals who live alone, live more independent lives because of the Lifeline program.
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Dedicated to the University of North Dakota hockey. The team formerly known as the Fighting Sioux. "I would rather get a colonoscopy than cheer for NDSU in anything." - @goon48
Sunday, February 17, 2013
T.J. Oshie goal against the Vancouver Canucks
Former Fighting Sioux and current Saint Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie scores his fifth goal of the year against the Vancouver Canucks.
The box score should read T. OSHIE (5) WRIST - ASST: D. BACKES (9) AND D. PERRON (7)...


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Amazon is an arch tax avoider and is the subject of a global boycott call by Ethical Consumer.
The world's biggest online retailer is generating huge revenues in the UK but paying very little corporation tax. It does this by funnelling money through its holding company in the notorious tax haven of Luxembourg.
Amazon has faced criticism for more than just its tax avoidance.
In January 2016 Amazon was fined by the US Department of Labour for failing to report injuries in one of its warehouses. A citation issued by the federal safety regulators says the online retailer failed to report at least 26 work-related illnesses and injuries at a New Jersey warehouse in 2015.
In August 2015 a report in the New York Times exposed the harsh working conditions endured by management and office workers at Amazon. It described Amazon as, "conducting a little-known experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers, redrawing the boundaries of what is acceptable."
Most alarmingly, according to the report "some workers who suffered from cancer, miscarriages and other personal crises said they had been evaluated unfairly or edged out rather than given time to recover."
Amazon receives our worst rating for environmental reporting. Here's why:
The company stated that it had "a long-term commitment to achieve 100% renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure footprint", but this target was not dated.Its own wind farm had become operational in January 2016.
Some examples were given of packaging improvements, and the environmental efficiency of some of its buildings. There was no information on the company's environmental impacts with regard to shipping/transport, web hosting, data centres and the manufacture of its devices. There were no future quantified targets.
In October 2013, it was announced that Amazon UK would stop selling foie gras after a Viva! campaign. It had previously stocked over a hundred products containing foie gras. Amazon UK prohibited "Animal products: Parts or products from whale, dolphin, shark, elephant (including elephant ivory) or from any other regulated endangered plant or animal are prohibited, as are products containing Foie Gras." However, the delisting did not apply to its worldwide operations, only the UK marketplace. As of September 2016, this was still the case.
In October 2015 Ethical Consumer viewed Opensecrets.org and found that in the election cycle of 2014, Amazon had contributed $378,647 to political candidates: $163,921 to democrats and $116,525 to republicans. The company had spent $4,940,000 on lobbying in 2014 and $3,456,8361in 2013. The top issues it had lobbied on were taxes, computers & information tech, consumer product safety, copyright, patent & trademark, and aviation.
In August 2016 Ethical Consumer viewed Amazons 2015 10-K filing for the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This showed that the company was incorporated in Delaware, considered a tax haven by Ethical Consumer at the time of writing. The filing exhibit 21.1 also included a list of eleven subsidiaries all of which were based in jurisdictions on Ethical Consumers list of tax havens at the time of writing, including Amazon Europe Holding Technologies SCS, located in Luxembourg. Amazon recieved Ethical Consumer's worst ranking for likely use of tax avoidance strategies.
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Why NY Knicks Should Gamble on Bringing Shawne Williams BackJune 22, 2013
The New York Knicks will need to get creative with the veteran's minimum this summer, and bringing back Shawne Williams is one way they can add depth for a reasonable price.
According to the NY Post, the Knicks will bring Williams in for a workout next week, after he impressed at IMG Academy in Las Vegas.
Williams was a great role player for New York in 2010-11, when he averaged 7.1 points and 3.7 rebounds, while shooting 40 percent from downtown. Coupled with his physical defense, Williams started to emerge as a reliable utility player, but his career has since gone downhill.
After contract negotiations broke down that offseason, Williams joined the rival New Jersey Nets, and thoroughly disappointed in the 25 games he played before a foot injury ended his season.
Since then, Williams faced drug charges before falling out of the league completely last season.
Even so, bringing back Williams would be a worthwhile risk for the Knicks, as if he's in shape, his skill set can be very helpful.
Though it's unlikely that we'll see Williams shoot such a high percentage from beyond the arc again, he can spread the floor and bring some extra scoring at small forward.
On top of that, Williams is capable of guarding bigs inside, which makes him a perfect fit for the Knicks. It would give them more versatility on the defensive end, and will really help out Carmelo Anthony if he continues to line up at power forward.
If the Knicks bring back Chris Copeland and Kenyon Martin, Williams won't be a major part of the rotation, but having such a versatile player on the end of the bench would be perfect.
The Knicks are in need of more players who can contribute on both ends of the floor, and a motivated Williams can do just that.
Playing in New York seemed to light a fire under him last time, and they may be able to get the best out of him with the opportunity to play with former teammates Raymond Felton and Amar'e Stoudemire.
Adding Williams isn't the type of move that is going to make or break the Knicks' season, but it's clear that they need help on the inside, so it'd be worth the risk to bring him back for the veteran's minimum.