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Diesel exhaust fumes health and safety issues have been pushed to the forefront of health news by passage of new U.S. governmental regulations pertaining to railroad locomotive engines and other diesel spewing engines, as well as publication of a number of diesel exhaust fume studies, which showed that prolonged exposure caused "diesel asthma" and also are linked to increased incidence of lung cancer.
One of the leading authorities on the health and safety dangers of diesel exhaust fumes is Dr. Dick Van Steenis, a specialist in occupational medicine and scholar, who lives in Great Britain. After the exchange of email discussions with Dr. van Steenis on current topics of interest relating to diesel fumes, I thought it would be a great idea to interview him on this important health and safety topic. The interview follows:
Q: For those persons in the United States reading this article, I wanted to first note that you are actually a resident of England and are also a medical doctor by background and training. Can you tell us briefly about your medical career and how you became interested in health issues relating to diesel exhaust fumes?
A: I have been researching the health effects of industrial air pollution for 13 years. I used to be a general medical practitioner and in 1995 was asked by the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales to sort out health aspects of a power company application. I clearly needed to learn the subject and was in contact with leading experts located at Harvard, Denver & elsewhere, and extensively read and studied this subject over many years. I am now published in 4 medical publications & have lectured at 4 international medical conferences including 2 in USA (Dallas & Hot Springs).
Q: Tell us about some of the adverse health effects of diesel exhaust fumes you have studied in the United Kingdom?
A: My research includes effects of emissions from using various qualities of diesel ranging from "city diesel" which is between road diesel & kerosene, down to dirty industrial diesel mixes including waste oils with solvents. Diesel quality in trains in the UK varies with each company. Virgin are cleanest & First Great Western worst. The particulates emitted from diesel finally become PM1 to PM2 in size and contain carbon, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, other items and in the case of waste oil mixes also heavy metals. Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides are also emitted. Inhalation of carbon monoxide is not healthy, nor is inhalation of particulates of the PM1 to PM2.5 size all of which go into the depths of your lungs.
Q: Here in the United States, diesel fuel is not used with nearly the frequency it is in Great Britain or Europe as virtually 99% of the automobiles in this country use gasoline and not diesel. Based on your research what would you consider the worst polluters of diesel exhaust fumes in the United States and is this the same in Great Britain?
A: The worst polluters in the UK are earth moving equipment. One such machine was tested using industrial diesel and emitted as many fine particulates as 900,000 Volvo V70 cars and most were of the PM1 size. Four "bulldozers" working on a development in Brighton (UK) June 2007 caused air levels as high as 1100ug/m3 (safe level about 5ug/m3). The second worst emitters are some trains of old technology using inferior quality diesel fuel. (I am only discussing diesel vehicles, not oil refineries or incinerators, which have huge health effects in the UK).
Q: Based on your research, is there a clear consensus as to what part of diesel exhaust fumes are likely causing the increased lung cancer rates that have been studied and analyzed?
A: Lung cancer can be caused by polyaromatic hydrocarbons always present in diesel emissions, and by any heavy metals present such as nickel, cadmium or chromium.
Q: In one of our email exchanges you explained that particulate size (PM)of diesel exhaust fumes is a very important medical and health factor in relation to disease process in the lung. Can you please explain this so it is easily understood for a reader?
A: When PM1 & PM2.5 diesel emissions are inhaled, the soluble content goes into the blood stream. The rest is dealt with by macrophages and T-lymphocytes of the immune system. That leaves the body unprotected against infections and vaccines as the T-lymphocytes are busy in the lungs. The remnants of the particles are walled off by fibrous tissue causing COPD. The reaction sets up an inflammation causing platelets & red cells to become more sticky which can lead to a heart attack. Any nickel present messes up the heart's electrical system. Other content alters the blood cholesterol making it more dangerous.
Q: Is diesel fuel sold in the United States now, since the year 2000, essentially the same as diesel fuel that was sold in the 1970s and 1980s as far as pollution or health effects?
A: The quality of road diesel sold in USA & UK has improved since 1990 and of non road diesel it has improved in USA due to the USEPA stipulating reductions of sulphur content by 99%. Further improvements can only be made in purity & viscosity.
Q: Thanks very much for agreeing to this interview!
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Saturday's nominal release of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi from seven years of house arrest is being compared by some misty-eyed Western well-wishers to Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990. Would that it were so. Mr. Mandela's freedom was a clear signal that South Africa's white rulers intended to do away with apartheid. Ms. Suu Kyi's release is yet another gambit by the Burmese regime to extend its grip on power.
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Run by students, for students, Pangaea is the hottest ticket in town. Over 6,000 revellers descend upon the Students' Union for an unforgettable night of music, mischief and mayhem. Previous acts have included London Grammar, Hot Chip, Clean Bandit, Paul Woolford, Shy FX & Stamina MC, Booka Shade, Grandmaster Flash, Kano, MK, David Rodigan, DJ Yoda and Greg Wilson".
Pangaea is held 3 times a year to celebrate the end of term exams in January and June and to celebrate Welcome Week in September. Each event has a theme and we've covered it all, from 'Lost in Space' to 'Circle of Life and 'Wild Wild West' to 'Summer of Love'.


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Geothermal Activity In Turkey
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Journal Article: Geothermal Activity In Turkey
AbstractTurkey is located on the Alpine tectonic belt with many grabens, acidic volcanism, hydrothermal alteration zones, numerous hot springs and fumaroles. The data gathered indicate that Turkey has a high geothermal energy potential. Geothermal research began in the 1960s implemented by the Mineral Research and Exploration General Directorate (MTA). Exploration began at Denizli-Kizildere in 1968. Further studies revealed the field to be commercially exploitable and a geothermal power-plant with a capacity of 20 MW started electricity generation in 1984. Currently there are numerous fields being explored and developed for electrical and non-electrical uses.
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The "Bones" Season 9 cast is growing by the day.
The show's star David Boreanaz, who plays Seeley Booth on the Fox series, tweeted that "House of Lies" star Mather Zickel has joined "Bones" Season 9.
Mather Zickel to priest Booth back to health on @BONESonFOX . #Aldo
— David Boreanaz (@David_Boreanaz) July 25, 2013
Zickel will play Aldo Coulter, an ex-priest and Booth's former confessor "when he was a sniper in the Rangers," series creator Hart Hanson told TVLine. In an effort to rid himself of the guilt he feels after breaking off his engagement to Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), Booth seeks out "his old spiritual advisor, who now runs a bar," Hanson added. "They have a very close relationship ... He knows Booth better than [Brennan] does."
But "Bones" fans shouldn't worry about Booth's guilt and Aldo getting in the middle of things. At San Diego Comic-Con last week, Hanson told fans (via The Hollywood Reporter), "We're not toying with you ... [Booth and Brennan] will get married this season."
Zickel will make his debut in the "Bones" Season 9 premiere along with Freddie Prinze Jr., who, it was previously confirmed, will play CIA agent Danny, an "armed and dangerous" old associate of Booth's, who's particularly invested in Booth and Brennan's murder investigation.
"Bones" Season 9 premieres on Monday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.


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Welcome to Valerie Douglas' The Coming Storm Blog tour. Check back to The Finishing Fairies daily to find out where she'll appear next.
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At the end of the causeway she turned toward the Hunter's and Woodsmen's camp which was nestled between the castle and the river itself. Some were about the chores that such folk needed to do when they were at home – mending tack, honing weapons or training new recruits.
"Hai, Ailith, fairest of the fair, sweet rose of Riverford, a delight to the eye and the heart," a voice caroled. "Were it not for my own fair lady, my heart would be yours."
Restraining a smile and rolling her eyes, Ailith turned in the direction of the voice.
"Oh, Gwillim, go on with you," she said in mild exasperation.
The leader of the Hunters grinned, sweeping off his hat in an elaborate bow, difficult to do in the saddle. Tall, lean and rangy, as happily mated as any she knew, Gwillim flattered every woman he met, but her in particular, teasing her as always. She was neither fair nor anyone's definition of a sweet rose. Which he well knew.
Well used to it, the other Hunters in the party laughed or grinned.
"Ah, were I not mated…," he began.
"Leave off, Gwillim!" she exclaimed, restraining a grin.
She was blushing. Again.
Between the others, coin changed hands.
Sighing with resignation, she guided her horse to Gwillim's side.
"Really Gwillim?" she said, but he simply smiled and finally she had to laugh. "All right, are we about this?"
With a quick glance at the others, he nodded, grinned unrepentantly, and led them out to the north and east, sobering somewhat as he got down to business.
"The reports we have," he said, "now speak of more than one boggin. So you know."
He would've briefed the others as they waited.
Frowning a little, she nodded acknowledgement. "My father pointed out you were off after a boggart just last week."
She hadn't ridden out with them then, having been busy in the town hearing a complaint between two merchants. It had been a tedious and foolish argument, but difficult to find common ground between the two to settle. If she'd had to choose between the two, listening to the querulous people involved or hunting the notably vicious boggart, she'd have chosen the boggart over the boredom.
Gwillim said grimly, "Aye and a nasty one it was. We chased it back into the borderlands, but it gave us a difficult time all the same. It turned on us, going after Vi's horse. She nearly went down."
Startled, Ailith said, "A boggart? That's not like a boggart."
Mean and vicious, roughly man-shaped and going about on two legs, a boggart would attack a lone man with no fear but run from a group unless it was cornered or in a pack. Cornering a boggart was a highly dangerous thing to do, as they were quick, had nasty claws, and even nastier teeth. Gwillim was too canny to corner a boggart in such a way it would turn on them without having everyone's bows at ready. A dozen arrows would've pierced the thing before it could have turned on them. It had turned on them, then, during the chase.
"Well I know it. Nothing's like anything of late," Gwillim said, worriedly. "Such things are becoming common. I don't like it, but I can put no name to it."
Ailith didn't like it either, something about it made her uneasy. It seemed as though, lately, a great many things left her unsettled and she didn't know why.
Of a lighter and merrier nature than either of her parents, such disturbance wasn't her nature. As with her misgivings over the man who'd ridden in that day. There was nothing overt to give her pause, yet she'd taken it. That bothered her. Still, there was little she could do about it, save wait to see if a reason presented itself. For now, she had boggins to consider.
Elon of Aerilann, Elven advisor to the High King of Men, helped negotiate the treaty between Elves, Dwarves and men. He suddenly finds that fragile truce threatened from without by an unknown enemy and from within by old hatreds and prejudice. With the aid of his true-friend Colath, the wizard Jareth and the Elven archer Jalila, he goes in search of the source of the threat.
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Elle Fanning Indulges in Froyo at Pinkberry!
Elle Fanning is a striped beauty as she makes a quick stop at Chateau Marmont on Sunday afternoon (June 15) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 16-year-old Maleficent star then headed to grab some yummy frozen yogurt at Pinkberry.
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A few days before, Elle dressed for the warm weather with a tank and boyfriend jeans while running errands in Los Angeles.
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Most of us think of Hollywood celebrities partying it up drinking and doing drugs. But, there are quite a few celebrities that completely abstain from drinking.
Some famous people quit drinking after realizing it could turn into a problem, while other celebrities just never felt the need to booze it up.
Check out these famous teetotalers!
Rapper Eminem battled addiction to both drugs and alcohol in the past, but tackled his issues and quit several years ago.
Eminem said, "You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober … I don't know the last time I shot a video sober, without drinking or taking anything. It's been years."
Blake Lively
"Gossip Girl" Blake Lively, who married actor Ryan Reynolds last year, is definitely not a party girl.
Blake previously stated, "I don't drink. I've never tried a drug. I grew up with the mindset that after work you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to go to a club and not wear panties."
Christina Ricci
Former party girl Christina Ricci said, "You know, I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn't think it was very good for my life".
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper stopped drinking at age 29 after he slammed his head against a concrete floor at a party (on purpose).
The hunky star said, "I don't drink or do drugs anymore. Being sober helps a great deal…I remember looking at my life, my apartment, my dogs [when I was still using] , and I thought, 'What's happening?'"
Kelly Osbourne
Kelly has learned to steer clear of alcohol these days, stating, "Even a glass of wine at dinner would probably mean me going home, getting s**t-faced (drunk) and then being on drugs and doing something stupid that I have to spend the next three months apologizing for…I don't like drinking that much as I hate throwing up and the taste of alcohol."
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada admits, "I found myself drinking two bottles of wine on the couch and I said, 'Jada, I think we've got a problem here.' I had problems with alcohol and I really had to get in contact with the pain, whatever that is, and then I had to get some other tools in how to deal with the pain. From that day on I went cold turkey; I haven't had a drink in eight years."
Katy Perry
Katy Perry gave up alcohol for good in 2010 to concentrate on her career. She said, "You have to bust your ass at this which is why you don't find me getting s**tfaced in bars… It's so intense, it's like you catch a rocket and you're hanging on for dear life and you're like, 'Go!'"
Denzel Washington
Actor Denzel Washington quit drinking early career. He said, "I was on the path to destruction there for a while. I didn't know what I was doing with my life. I think the cheap wine eased the pain of doing work I didn't want to do. I had to learn to believe in myself. I was inches away from alcoholism, and I knew it."
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman's did a silly rap on "Saturday Night Live" about "drinking 'til she's sick". In real life, Natalie doesn't drink at all!
Russell Brand
British comedian Russell Brand seems like such a party guy, but is clean and sober these days. He is a former heroin addict but is now addicted to yoga!
Gerard Butler
Butler quit drinking 15 years ago and has been to rehab for his addiction to prescription painkillers. He said drinking is a distant memory these days.
Gerard said, "I can't remember drinking. When I stopped, I would look at a beer and think how great it would be. I'd get this pang in my stomach to go back out and have fun, but then I'd remember that I used up that right – that I did a full life's worth of drinking between 14 and 27."
Colin Farrell
Irish bad boy Colin Farrell said he is being a good boy these days. The sexy actor told Ellen DeGeneres, "Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life. I was terrified [of being sober] because, I'm not saying I was a great actor before or a great actor since, but I was terrified that whatever my capacity was as an actor beforehand, however little or large — it would completely disappear."
Now to have a tequila shot and a beer to celebrate these celebrity teetotalers! Cheers and props to you!


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Virgin Mobile goes iPhone-only, offers a year of service for $1
In attempt to woo customers away from competitors, Virgin Mobile USA today announced a deal that will see it transitioning to become an iPhone-only carrier. The company is also partnering with Apple toactivate Virgins services in Apples stores. To kick off this change, Virgin introduced a limited time promotion that will see it giving away a years worth of unlimited talk, text and data for only a dollar.
There are a few caveats to this deal, of course.
Like most carriers, unlimited data is not exactly that. Customers who use more than 23 GB of data during one billing cycle will be deprioritized, Virgin says meaning it will throttle your bandwidth as needed, especially in places where theres a lot of congestion.
Plus, Virgins terms says it has the right to terminate your service is your off-network roaming usage exceeds either 800 voice minutes or 100 megabytes. (The plans come with800 domestic voice roaming minutes and 100MB domestic data roaming, in addition to the unlimited data, talk and text).
Oh, and youll need to purchase an iPhone from Apple or Virgin, of course, then port your phone number over to Virgins Inner Circle plan.
Virgin is carrying the iPhone SE, 6, 6s, 6s Plus, 7 and 7 Plus on its website, in various configurations, at retail price, for the most part. The exceptions to that are the SE 32 GB and 128 GB model, which are discountedcompared with Apples direct price. And the iPhone 6 32 GB is discontinued, so its also a cheaper pick.
While the $1 deal sounds like its too good to be true, theres a bit of a catch with that, as well.
The deal is only being made available until July 31st, 2017; afterwards its a 6-month offer. In other words, this is a big carrot being dangled to attract a slew of new sign-ups at once. Virgin is essentially betting on the fact that customers will stick around when the regular plan pricing of $50 per month (which requires AutoPay) later kicks in.
There are also some optional add-ons for international calls, packaged into a $5 or $10 bundle, depending on your needs. These are focused on offering unlimited calls to select countries or landlines, unlimited texts, and other reduced rates. (The full details on those are here.)
Despite these caveats (another, arguably, could be that Virgin runs on Sprints network, which has its own set of challenges), Virgins Inner Circle comes with a series of perks, too. These are focused on tying the carrier to the larger set of Virgin brands, like its airline, hotel chain, and wines, for example.
With Inner Circle, customers can buy a round-trip ticket to the U.K. on Virgin Atlantic and only pay fees and taxes on a second companion ticket, as well as take 20 percent off flights on Virgin America. You can get your third night free when staying at Virgin Hotels, and enjoy discounts on Virgin Wines and the Virgin Sport San Francisco Festival of Fitness in October.There will also be chances to win bucket-list experiences with Virgin Racing, Virgin Galactic and others, the company notes.
Carriers are always battling for customers and offering an ever-growing collection of outlandish promotions to win their business. Virgin Mobiles parent company Sprint, for example, just this month began offering a free year of unlimited service to those who switch from another mobile operator.
While the promotion itself will eventually pass, Virgins larger business decision to stick only to iPhones is worth noting here. This is something Sprints CEO Marcelo Claure alluded to last year, when he said that Virgin was going to be de-emphasized ahead of a forthcoming shift in strategy.
Well, now its here. Before, Virgin had been an Android prepaid business sold through national retail stores. Going forward, it will instead tout its contract-free, iPhone-only model.
The partnership with Apple allows Virgin Mobile to become the newest carrier to sell its service in Apples stores, and makes it the first iPhone-only carrier in the U.S.
The company believes the change may give it a renewed shot at competing with its better performing rivals, like T-Mobiles MetroPCS and AT&Ts Cricket Wireless, as well as non-traditional newcomers, like Googles low-cost Project Fi.
Virgin has always looked to shake things up and challenge the status quo in any sector we go into, said Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, in a statement. Mobile is no exception and with Virgin Mobile USA, weve now worked with Apple to create a compelling offer for our new Inner Circle plan. Simply put, when you buy an iPhone you will get the highest quality device and service plus access to an array of Virgin experiences and offers with our group of companies, he added.
Virgin is officially announcing the news via its Facebook Page today:
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/21/virgin-mobile-goes-iphone-only-offers-a-year-of-service-for-1/


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What It's Like
|"What It's Like"
|Single by Everlast
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|September 10, 1998
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"Whats it's Like"
"What It's Like" is a song by American musician Everlast. It was released in November 1998 as the lead single from his album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues. The song is typical of the style Everlast embraced after leaving hip hop trio House of Pain, being a combination of rock, hip-hop and blues incorporating characterization and empathy towards impoverished protagonists.
The song went to number-one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week and number-one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks for nine weeks.[1] It also peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer's only solo Top 40 hit on the US pop chart to date.[1] In the United Kingdom, the song reached #34 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song went to the Top 5 hitting #4 on the Pop Songs chart. The song was also unexpectedly and surprisingly a hit to adult contemporary stations since most rap songs or songs with rap verses cannot be played on the format.[citation needed] Despite that, the song went to the Top 10 at #9 on the Adult Top 40 chart.
Song structure[edit]
Structurally, the song consists of three verses, a chorus, and a bridge. The last line of the chorus varies in accordance with the particular situation faced by the character in the preceding verse. Each character is presented in a sympathetic light as a victim of circumstance and as being an object of derision. Each verse ends with the line God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his/her shoes (in the third verse, "...you ever had to wake up to hear the news") and Cause then you really might know what it's like to, with the action varying depending on what the character has to do ("sing the blues," "have to choose," and "have to lose," respectively).
The characters are:
- A wino (the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change); when asking for change from a man he's turned down rudely (Get a job, you fuckin' slob)
- Mary, a pregnant girl who decides to have an abortion (Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love); when she goes through the door of the clinic, she gets called a "killer," a "sinner," and a "whore."
- A drug dealer named Max, a man with violent friends and an alcohol problem (He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs) who dies a violent death (He pulled out his chrome .45 talked some shit and wound up dead).
The speaker attempts to build sympathy for each character's struggle through the phrase "Then you really might know what it's like'. The cause of the first character's lifestyle as a beggar is ambiguous.
Music video[edit]
At the end of the music video for the song, all of the characters (along with other people) are crowded around a window. Behind the window, an idyllic family is having an enjoyable dinner, oblivious to the less fortunate who are outside.
Weekly charts[edit]
|Chart (1998-1999)
|Australia (ARIA)[3]
|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4]
|Canada Top Singles (RPM)
|Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[5]
|Germany (Official German Charts)[6]
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7]
|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8]
|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]
|UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)
|US Billboard Hot 100
|US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
|US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
|US Billboard Adult Top 40
|US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream
Year-end charts[edit]
|Chart (1999)
|Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10]
|Germany (Official German Charts)[11]
|U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12]
|U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
|U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 213.
- ^ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Everlast – What It's Like". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Everlast – What It's Like" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ Canadian Rock Peak
- ^ "Musicline.de – Everlast Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Everlast – What It's Like" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Everlast – What It's Like". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Everlast – What It's Like". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999". RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-31.


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Gloucester is still amazing. Our progressing investigator B., is a part-member. She got in a severe car crash last fall. Rear ended a logging truck. Its humbled the both of them. She is miraculously recovering. She has talked to him alot about the Church. We taught the Restoration last week and the Plan of Salvation yesterday. He took it really well. He is in 1 Nephi 4 as of yesterday. He says he believes the Book of Mormon is more of Gods word. He is set for Baptism on May 3rd and is going to stop smoking Cold Turkey as soon as he gets back into working. The ward is excited, as well as his wife. Prayers on their behalf would be a big help. Thanks for the support.
Yes, we live like a mile southeast of Gloucester Courthouse. Ha, believe it or not...we're looking for a place to move. This apartment is terrible. We're need to fix the shower, hard water buildup...bad. We got the stuff to do that today. It is quite a big area. We cover all of the peninsula and go into King and Queen county. There are Hermanas here too. (Spanish sisters) Our Zone meeting are at the Williamsburg Building. We're actually going to Newport News today to just have some fun since we have enough miles to burn, they don't roll over month to month. Yorktown is in the Newport News south zone. We'll visit history studd when we tour the mission for ya, I want to see it too. Elder grace is from Sacramento. He is Japanese, just the looks, his dad was born in Japan then moved here as a very small child.
Weather sounds normal there. Its warming up here. Yes, I go over my patriarchal blessing regularly. I got a scripture size one in the MTC and I made a wallet sized one in Mt. Olive. They rock.
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Don't worry about boxes, most should be going that way soon. I think maybe another 3 flat rate boxes. Oh, and a member in Kinston is shipping something to the house. It's my Christmas Present from them. It will be from J.or L . Dont open it. IT IS FRAGILE...VERY!! (Just letting you know) I'll let ya know later when I start real packing, but that's in a few months.
Now, we're working. After all, Elder Grace goes home 6 weeks after I do
." We're old, but we know what were doing too, as well as open and humble to the Lord's will. great things will happen here," Pres. Baker told us that.
We also have interviews this Wednesday.
This is the Newsletter for the Mission. They are sending us PDFs so ya'll can get them too. :P
Heres the ward Boundaries: https://www.lds.org/maps/?lang=eng#ll=37.44864,-76.560766&z=10&m=google.hybrid&layers=ward,stake,mission&id=meetinghouse:5427576-02-01&expand=1
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now that this team has become the first Kentucky basketball team to lose six SEC road games in a season since the conference expanded, one question begs to be asked.
Has this Kentucky basketball team gotten better?
The answer is no.
A team can't be progressing when it continues to turn in repeat performances, especially on the road. A team can't be progressing when it can't get over the hump in close games.
A team can't be progressing when it fails to beat a mediocre-at-best Arkansas team, as Kentucky lost 77-76 in overtime to the Razorbacks at Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday night.
What's troubling is not so much the mistakes that are costing John Calipari's team, mistakes that caused it to fall to a miserable 1-6 on the road in conference play, but the fact that the same mistakes keep happening.
DeAndre Liggins picked up a technical foul at Vanderbilt, giving the Commodores a chance at free points in a close game. Again this night, Liggins picked up a technical foul, giving the Razorbacks a chance at free points in a close game.
Arkansas took advantage, scoring seven straight points, turning a 43-40 deficit into a 47-43 lead. Kentucky could never really wrestle the momentum back after that.
As in previous losses, turnovers down the stretch crippled the Cats' cause. This time, with UK up 76-75 in overtime, Brandon Knight made a bad bounce pass that was intercepted, leading to a Marcus Britt fast-break layup for what turned out to be the winning margin.
That wasn't the only killer. Calipari lamented the three rebounds his team failed to get at crucial points of the game, something he said happened in losses at both Alabama and Florida.
"Three rebounds," Calipari said, and kept saying.
Arkansas' post play was a killer. Yes, Rotnei Clarke scored 26 points, but Marshawn Powell was the Razorbacks' star. The 6-foot-7 sophomore scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and at times abused the visitors around the rim.
Inbounds plays were damaging at both ends. In the first half, the Kentucky defense let Arkansas score when the Hogs were taking the ball out of bounds with just one second left on the shot clock. A few minutes later, the Cats were inbounding the ball and somehow let the shot clock expire for a turnover.
Then, on the final play, with 1.8 seconds left and UK inbounding the ball under its own basket, the Cats could do no better than Brandon Knight's forced three-pointer from the deep left corner. The shot never had a chance. It sailed over the rim.
That was Knight's 23rd shot of the night. He made eight, but he was 1-for-8 from three. And I'm not sure any team can win a basketball game with that pronounced a lack of balance.
But then, maybe Knight had to shoot considering his fellow freshman star, Terrence Jones, was a no-show for much of the game. The Portland native finally got going near the end of regulation, but his presence was needed in the first 35 minutes. He finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. Quietly.
Yes, this is a young team, led by freshmen. But the coach's adage is that by this time of the year there is no such thing as freshmen. They are sophomores now — especially when they play 43 minutes, as did Knight, and 39 minutes, as did Jones.
Too many minutes? Yes. The Cats looked tired at the end of a grueling 45-minute game. But 27 games into the season, that's no big surprise. Calipari doesn't trust his bench. That's not going to change.
(He didn't trust Doron Lamb, either. The freshman played just 16 minutes.)
Nor has Calipari found a way to push these Cats through a troubling bottleneck toward being a better team.
"We've got a good team," Calipari said, trying to spin a bit of bright light on a rather dark loss.
Truth is, it started the year as a good team. And it hasn't gotten much better.


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There's plenty of alarm apps that try to make waking up less of a pain than it currently is. Walk Me Up decides that the way of making snoozers get up is to make them walk around with their phone for a certain number of steps before the alarm will be disabled. Clever trick. It's possible to set it so that lots of steps are required, shaking the phone will reset the timer, and for there to be no snooze button. Brutal.
Of course, this requires to a certain degree figuring out the right settings such that doing something like just moving your phone back and forth while still in bed is more of a hassle than just getting up and walking around with your phone. Or, making sure to put your phone a decent distance away. And making sure to not overdo it: 50 steps is way too many for a small apartment.
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As most of the world knows, Copenhagen is hosting the olympic election this year (or whatever its called;)
Im not much of a sports fan, and i have no clue how all this sports got this deep into politics! Its sports...and supposed to be fun, filled with happy times and standing together -right?
There might be a few things im just not aware of in this case, so I'll let it rest.
MY PIONT WAS.. at this top meeting with Obama, Oprah and the rest of all these important people I have the honor of preforming.
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The annual Black History Parade and Festival will be held Feb. 27.
The parade begins at 11 a.m. with line-up at 10 a.m. at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and South Stewart Street. The parade proceeds north on Stewart Street to Crawford Street and east on Crawford Street to South Adams Street where it disbands.
Organizer Anthony Powell said no grand marshal has been named but Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young and his wife, Kathy, will lead the parade. He said all of the citizens of the county are considered grand marshals.
• I don't think it's fair that Sam Hawkins is having to pay for someone else's horse dying. He should maybe be fined, because he was supposed to take care of it, but he should not have to go to jail.
• Finally! Justice for Hope the horse.
• I don't understand. Just how many jobs will there be at this ADAGE plant? When you look at the facts, and sift through all of the spin, you will find only 24 jobs. Is it really worth it? I don't think so.
Anyone driving at night on West Jefferson Street in Quincy should use extra care. For the past few months I have noticed an increase in the number of pedestrians who want to cross the street in places that are not well lit. Just this past week I was approaching the light at the Pat Thomas Parkway intersection when a man wearing dark clothing crossed the street near the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant parking lot.
I hope that you are having a relatively stress-free week readers. I certainly hope so; you deserve it with the trying times we are living in.
I'm afraid I might be like many of you and certainly have been having my share of anxious moments. But, then, most all of us have lived long enough to have learned that life was not meant to be lived as a carefree one.
If you watch or read the news often enough you have probably found it to be a rather depressing experience with little or no good news thrown into the mix.
Have you heard of biomass incineration as a significant source of air pollution? Burning large quantities of wood (much more than in your fireplace), like burning many other substances, releases numerous toxic chemicals and deadly particles, which can negatively affect both the environment and respiratory health.
The Gadsden County Coalition for Change (of which I am a member) is a no budget public service group of local citizens whose work supports the county's food banks, library system and Shanks Middle School. Our belief is that one is not likely to learn if hungry or if there are inadequate reading materials, or if there is a lack of support for the student.
Every healthy student in Gadsden County is capable of learning deeply – learning that happens at home and is reinforced in the classroom. It's through reinforcement and repetition that the brain learns.
Spearheaded by Roger Milton, Communities and Schools sponsored a youth basketball league at the city of Quincy Recreational Center. The Cavaliers were the league and tournament champions. They were undefeated the entire season. Shown here are Marquel Smith, Jabari Richardson, Roderick Zanders, John Kelly, Quandarius Hill, Christopher Turner, Derenzo Payne, Justin Walker and Kyeria James. The team was coached by Johnny and Ida Walker. Submitted
Alpha UPKUDO Martial Arts and Fitness School, located in Havana, hosted a seminar for world fighting champion Grand Master Gary Lee Baker Feb. 6. Baker, a ninth-degree black belt, worked with more than 30 children, teens and adults to sharpen up their techniques, and give them inspiration and strategies on how they could one day become world champions. Baker founded the style of UPKUDO after years of competing in full contact, point and continuous fighting. He is fondly known as the "Human Tornado," due to his ability to do aerial techniques and explosive speed.
• New Beginnings Assembly of God in Havana is hosting "Living an Extraordinary Life," to help attendees answer the question, "Can my life get any better?" The programs are being held on Sunday morningsat 10:30 a.m.. For more information, call 364-5137.
• Take it to the Streets Ministry Inc. hosts a community Bible study at Carter-Parramore Academy the first and third Monday each month at 7 p.m. Refreshments are served.
The Gadsden County Public Library System will be presenting a series of adult computer training workshops through May 5. Classes will run 5:45-7:45 p.m. at the McGill Library in Quincy, Havana Library and Cowen Library in Chattahoochee. Topics to be covered include Computer Basics, Internet Explorer, E-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Registration is limited to availability each night of class. Arrive early to book your seat. See the complete schedule below, or phone 627-7106 for more information.
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Ideal for both classroom and practice, Modalities for Massage a Bodywork, 2nd Edition presents 23 modalities of bodywork, their history, development, effects, benefits, contraindications, basic curricula and certification requirements. Updated photos and illustrations, critical thinking questions, and flash cards give you a better picture of today's massage best practices. Evolve companion website provides matching activities, flash cards, answers to multiple-choice questions, weblinks and video demonstrations of various modalities covered in the text to make learning more interactive. Case histories in each chapter illustrate the effects of the modality within a therapeutic context, creating the opportunity for integrative, clinical reasoning that helps prepare you for work in the various modalities. Student objectives and key terms at the start of each chapter provides a framework for what to expect and what to focus on with each chapter. In My Experience boxes provide personal insights about specific techniques from experts in the field. Full-color design and techniques shown with photos and illustrations enhance understanding and comprehension of each modality. Multiple-choice test questions at the end of each chapter with answers on the Evolve website help you measure your understanding of the modality and obtain instant feedback from the answer key that includes rationales. Suggested readings, resources and references in each chapter offer robust resources for you to further research each modality. Clinically relevant boxes and tables highlight important information. NEW Modalities chapters provide you with a greater awareness of the opportunities and options available as they pursue a massage therapy career and practitioners with more practical information they can apply to their work. NEW! Student resources on Evolve supplement the classroom experience and ensures you retain the material in the text. 23 different body techniques are introduced to help you learn about different modalities you may want to pursue and reaffirm your knowledge of techniques. More than 2 hours of video on the Evolve website bring the modalities to life and help put the text instructions in perspective. NEW! Updated content, photos and illustrations equip you with the latest information and visuals on modalities from experts in the field that reflect current practices in the field and the needs and wants of massage therapy practitioners and students. NEW! Critical thinking questions added to each chapter actively engage and challenge your reasoning skills. NEW! Additional review questions added to each chapter supply you with more opportunities to review what you have learned and test your knowledge.Lowe W: Orthopedic assessment in massage therapy, Sisters, ORE, 2006, Orthopedic Massage Education and ... Stanborough M: Direct release myofascial technique: an illustrated guide for practitioners, London, 2004, Churchill Livingstone. ... Cantu RI, Grodin AJ: Myofascial manipulationatheory and clinical application, Gaithersburg, MD, 1992, Aspen Publishers. ... In Hammer WI, editor: Functional soft tissue examination and treatment by manual methodsa new perspectives, ed 2, anbsp;...
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It's Time to Stop the Marriage Decline
Posted by Brian Barcaro on Jul 16th, 2013
A recent article in USA Today talked about the marriage rate hitting a 40-year low. While the numbers may rebound a bit over the next few years, the long-term trend seems dower. Although there are fewer people getting married, the singles who do want to marry have been struggling more to meet their spouse. CatholicMatch.com was started specifically to address the increased struggle Catholics singles have faced.
Tools Are Not Enough
I have often explained to people that online dating is a tool to help introduce singles for the possibility of a relationship and then hopefully marriage. Over the years our tool (website) has improved but it has always been limited by how singles use it. It is important for people to take full advantage of improvements in our tool but they also have to look at the choices they are making regarding who God is calling them to marry. For example, just because you buy the same golf clubs as Tiger Woods doesn't mean you will play like him. Playing at the level of a PGA professional requires much more than just good golf clubs. It requires practice, discipline, resolve and self-examination.
This same dedication is needed when trying to meet your spouse. Finding your match requires much more than a robust dating website, or great parties, or even the best introductions by friends. If more opportunity to meet people was the most important ingredient to finding your spouse, we wouldn't have record numbers of unmarried people in this world.
Helping Catholics With Interior Conversion
Since we first launched CatholicMatch we have always published articles to help and encourage singles, however it was only in the last 3 to 4 years that we really began to see the bigger picture about the problem singles face. While it seems like everything is a crisis these days we know that there really is a crisis in marriage and religious vocations. We know the connection: The increase in singles directly affects the marriage and religious vocations crisis. As a result we have made significant investments publishing content that would help singles consider the other reasons, besides opportunity, that would hinder them from meeting their spouse.
After more than three years of publishing a daily blog, talking with priests, religious, marriage and family life ministers and young adult ministers, I realized that we need a more concentrated effort. I am very happy to announce that we are officially launching the CatholicMatch Institute for dating and marriage.
The purpose of the Institute would be to provide resources, advocacy and scholarships while providing a platform to promote the work other people are already doing in this area. It would also separate the online dating service of CatholicMatch from the personal development side enabling us to help more singles even if they were not using our "dating tool." In addition, we felt that the Institute would allow our existing customers who are utilizing our tool to use them better and with even more success. It is like taking golfing lessons or reading Golf Digest to improve your game even though you already have a great set of clubs.
Additionally we will also focus on marriage preparation & enrichment. So many priests, staff and volunteers concerned about marriage have asked if we could do more in these areas. In many cases we will be working with others who are already doing good work but just need the channels to have a broader reach. In other cases we hope to develop resources where there is a need and our experience allows us to help.
If we can help more singles better understand and prepare for marriage then the end result should be more healthier marriages. This in turn could reduce the number of divorces and hurting marriages and provide a better environment for God to call men and women to the religious life.
Everyone Is Needed For Marriage Building
This is not a task we can do alone. The United States Bishop's have developed a marriage initiative and the recent popes have spoken repeatedly about the importance of marriage and family. Thousands of Catholics have met their spouse on CatholicMatch.com, but it is time we did more to support marriage. There are so many passionate people who are working hard to build a culture of marriage. The CatholicMatch Institute wants to help magnify these efforts.
Once you visit the CatholicMatch Institute, make sure to give us feedback on the types of things you would like to see the Institute be involved in as long as they fit into our advocacy, resources and scholarships mission. I will be speaking publicly about the Institute for the first time at the National Association of Catholic Family Life & Ministers (NACFLM) conference in St. Louis. Please share our mission with your local parish/diocesan priest, young adult or family life director and ask for their feedback. We would love to know what things would help them do their job better in helping with dating and marriage issues.
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It has been over a month since Paulie Malignaggi lost to Shawn Porter and he is still suffering from some of the concussion symptoms as a result of the fight. And depending upon how he recovers, it could mean the end of his boxing career.
"Until I know for sure whether I'm going to get better or it's something that I'm going to have to deal with for a while, I'm not going to make a decision about whether to keep boxing,'' Malignaggi said. "I'm leaning more toward not fighting again. If I don't fully recover from the symptoms, I don't see a reason to keep risking.''
Malignaggi, a former junior welterweight and welterweight world champion, is a boxing commentator for Showtime, FoxSports1 and Sky Sports. He is in London this week working on the broadcast for the Carl Froch-George Groves rematch at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night.
The 33-year-old Brooklyn-born boxer is concerned how those symptoms could affect his future career as a broadcaster.
"Right now I'm still suffering from some nausea and some headaches,'' Malignaggi said. "I failed some memory and balance tests, but it wasn't anything that serious. I'm not suffering from any severe memory loss or anything like that. So I'm fine. But I want to wait to see if these symptoms subside before I make a decision about going back into the ring.''
Malignaggi suffered the most severe beating he's ever had in his entire career. And that includes his rugged fight against Miguel Cotto in 2006. After that match Malignaggi suffered a fractured orbital bone and a broken hand. The heavy-handed Porter pummeled Malignaggi and stopped him in the fourth round.
"I've never taken that kind of punishment,'' Malignaggi said. "Usually the kind of punishment I took happens over 12 rounds. But this was after three and a half rounds.''
Malignaggi said he was vomiting in the dressing room after the fight, on the ambulance ride to the hospital and for the first hour at the hospital. He tried to go home that night, but the doctor wouldn't let him.
"The doctor said I was not going to be able to go home because the hematoma behind the left ear could start bleeding and I'd have to go into surgery to stop the bleeding,'' Malignaggi said. "That kind of put things into perspective. I left in the morning when they felt it was safer.''
In the last month the nausea and the headaches have subsided, but Malignaggi isn't sure when they will go away completely. Or if they will go away.
"If they're lingering, I don't want to make them worst. I'll see where I'm at once I let some time go by,'' Malignaggi said. "If I'm going to be putting my health at risk, I'm not fighting anymore.''
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Walthamstow is a fantastic place to live thanks to its vibrant local community and excellent travel connections. The area is famous for its market - reputed to be the longest in Europe - restaurants, bars and cafes, arts scene and local festivals. Blackhorse Lane is growing in popularity and is attracting a diverse community of creatives, professionals and entrepreneurs.
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Some of the Life Guides are event specific, such as marriage, moving, death, divorce, retirement and inheritance. Provide them to clients or prospective clients with a current need for that specific information. Other Life Guides are more general in nature, such as teaching kids about money, general finances, emergency planning and business continuation and protection planning. In addition to providing them to individuals, consider providing copies to affinity groups. For example, you could provide a copy of the Teaching Kids About Money Life Guide to members of a local PTO/PTA.
The Life Guides are available in two formats: "fillable" PDF forms that can be completed and saved in the Acrobat Reader, or standard PDF forms that can be printed and completed manually.


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Thank-you for your enquiry. Unfortunately we don't have a branch in Rustenburg, but I would say if you are prepared to travel, the nearest Branches to you would be, Fourways (in Jo'burg), or Brooklyn (in Pretoria).
Can you recommend a Skin Renewal doctor in Rustenburg, please?
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Apple has released iOS 8.4.1 to compatible deivces via Software Update.
To get the update on your iOS device launch Settings and go to General > Software Update and follow the prompts.
The update includes a bunch of fixes for various Apple Music issues including:
- issues that could prevent turning on iCloud Music Library
- an issue that hides added music because Apple Music was set to show offline music only
- a way to add songs to a new playlist if there aren't any playlists to choose from
- an issue that may show different artwork for an album on other devices
- several issues for artists while posting to Connect, and
- an issue where tapping Love doesn't work as expected while listening to Beats 1.


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i also found the tray to be slightly tighter when i slid it into the slot, and, unfortunately, the tray palm sent me is a darker shade of gray than the one i have now, so there is a noticeable color difference on the back of my device.
my treo 650 lives in the sena cases magnetflipper case where a flap with a snap flips over the sim card slot to keep everything secure, so the color change is not really an issue for me.
user comments 11 comment(s)
|ugh (2:28pm est tue dec 20 2005)
and mine still crashes lots, even with this new sim tray. ugh. – by yo
|man (3:01pm est tue dec 20 2005)
– it is still crashing, today i lost a whole app because it deleted itself (despite keyboard lock on).
– when are they replacing the phone part? the phone audio is really sub-par.
– by more replacements
|new sim tray included in all recent unit (8:06pm est tue dec 20 2005)
just about any recent (in last 4-6 months) shipments of a treo 650 includes the new tray. it was only the first batch from end of 2004 to first three months in 2005 that had old tray. my replacement unit sent a few months ago had the new tray and warning not to swap it out for the old tray when exchanging my unit.
– by p.fine
|palm_tech_supp_guy (3:27am est wed dec 21 2005)
problems with treo650:
tray problems. battery life problems. software/firmware issues.
problems with treo600:
problems with tungstenw:
– by none
|problems with treo 650 (8:37am est wed dec 21 2005)
occasional dropped calls (like every other cell phone i've ever used).
that's it. – by dinosaur
|treo 650 (8:19am est mon dec 26 2005)
really worthless phone. i received the 3rd wone since march 05. the antenna broke on christmas eve and they want 199 + 25 to fix it. going to bluetooth.
and yeah, voice quality sucks. – by ray
|treo 650 (7:54pm est fri jan 13 2006)
i see in a lot of blogs that they are having problems with dropped calls and the system rebooting. is there a particular provided this is happening with? sprint? cingular? also, what states? is it a coverage area issue?
i am looking at buying either the treo 650 or the blackberry 7800c. i really would like the ability to im, does the treo 650 have that? – by jaz
|treo 650 problems (3:26pm est mon feb 06 2006)
yeah, it'll reboot a couple of times a day – often without any interaction. sometimes when it comes back up, the phone is off. handy!
antenna broke on mine too, $200 to fix. i don't think so.
looking at windows phones now… after using palm devices for over 6 years. – by jim
|antenna (1:33am est wed mar 08 2006)
wanna replacemetn antenna? go to ebay, you can get one there for about $30 and put it on yourself…if you are so inclined – by mark
|antenna (1:33am est wed mar 08 2006)
wanna replacement antenna? go to ebay, you can get one there for about $30 and put it on yourself…if you are so inclined – by mark
|memory cards (2:28pm est wed mar 15 2006)
where can i find the most inexpensive 2 gig memory cards? – by email@example.com


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Points of Pride
Top-Tier Catholic UniversityFounded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (the Marianists), a group of visionary leaders who knew that consistent change was necessary for constant growth, the University has grown into a top-tier Catholic university.
Stellar StudentsUD students are bold thinkers and servant leaders who use their gifts and talents to make a positive impact on the world. More than 8,000 full-time undergraduates and 2,800 graduate and law students call UD "home," and our 90 percent retention rate shows that students love UD.
Prolific Research
In fiscal year 2017, we had $135.9 million in research sponsorship – making us No. 8 nationally for sponsored research among private four-year U.S. universities that do not perform medical research. To top it off, the University is the No. 1 Catholic university for sponsored engineering research and development – and No. 1 in the nation for federally sponsored materials research and development.
Industry Partnerships
We are pioneering partnerships with visionary companies. GE Aviation and Emerson built research facilities right on campus so our students and faculty work side-by-side with professionals to create solutions to real-world problems.
Top 20 Entrepreneurship ProgramOur entrepreneurship program has ranked among the top 20 in the nation for 11 straight years by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Sustainable Focus
The Hanley Sustainability Institute provides a distinctive, integrated approach to creating a more sustainable future. UD is home to what's thought to be the largest university composting program in the country, and our master's degree program in renewable and clean energy is an international attraction — bringing three Fulbright scholars to the program at the same time.
Voice for the VoicelessWe were the first University to establish an undergraduate program in human rights studies, and our Human Rights Center creates positive change through research, education and dialogue.
China InstituteWe were among the first American universities to establish a campus in China's Suzhou Industrial Park, home to more than a third of the world's Fortune 500 companies. UD students can study at the China Institute for the same cost as a semester on campus.
The University invests $164 million in our students each year through generous financial aid awards, which help reduce the cost of education. Approximately 97% of students receive financial aid.
Innovative Approach to Tuition
To ensure students have a successful college experience – and peace of mind regarding their degree – we created a four-year approach to tuition that's based on total transparency. Here, students' scholarships and grants grow each year to offset tuition increases, so the tuition they pay stays the same all four years. Students will also never be surprised when they receive their bill; there are no surcharges or fees.
Best Value
The Princeton Review selected the University for "Colleges that Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck." Kiplinger's and Money also named us a "best value."
Creating Futures
UD is one of the 50 best schools in the nation for undergraduate academics and experiential learning that lead to great careers, according to The Princeton Review's "Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom."
Successful Outcomes
Nearly all — 95 percent — of recent University of Dayton graduates report being employed, pursuing a graduate degree or participating in a service program within six months of graduation.
Happy Students
Our students are among the happiest in the nation, according to The Princeton Review.
Storied Athletics
The Flyers compete at the NCAA Division I level, and teams that have advanced to the postseason in the last decade include baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer, women's track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball. For the sixth consecutive year, UD had the most teams with APR recognition in Ohio. Our basketball teams reached the Elite Eight in 2014 (men) and 2015 (women).
Top Fans
Sporting News named our fans the best in the nation – and we've earned a consistent top-30 national ranking in fan attendance.


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The Thin Line Blew
How a hurricane turned citizens into criminals.
Here's what your government said this week while people in New Orleans were stealing from and shooting at each other. The secretary of homeland security dismissed the problem as "isolated incidents of criminality." The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency called the security situation "pretty darn good" and expressed surprise at the lawlessness. The governor of Louisiana said she was mystified by the violence. "Disasters tend to bring out the best in everybody, and that's what we expected to see," she asserted. When President Bush finally addressed the chaos, he prescribed "personal responsibility."
When the history of our disgraceful preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina is written, logistical failures—evacuation, flood planning, aid delivery, communication—will be only half the story. The other half will be our government's incomprehension of the human part of the disaster. I'm not talking about the victims. I'm talking about the perpetrators, most of them ordinary people. The crime in New Orleans was not isolated. The lawlessness should not have been surprising. Disasters do not tend to bring out the best in people. And if you want to stop them from bringing out the worst, preaching is a lot less effective than weapons and aid.
Politicians have blamed the violence in New Orleans on "thugs" and "hoodlums." That's true in some places, notably at the convention center. But the role of criminals, and of malice generally, has been inflated. Initial reports of rapes at the Superdome were uncorroborated. Putative witnesses later said they had inferred the rapes from noises in the dark. The mayor blames a lot of the post-hurricane crime on junkies who freaked out because they were cut off from their fixes. And while a lot of people have looted non-necessities such as liquor, jewelry, and television sets, it isn't clear how much of this was taken with barter or desperation in mind.
What's striking about most of the crime is how ordinary the perpetrators and their motives are. They steal food and clothing. They say it's for their kids or neighbors. They argue—and some store managers agree—that that the flood would have ruined the goods anyway. Interviewed by reporters, they come off as decent citizens. Some are uniformed officers. You can imagine yourself, in dire circumstances, doing the same thing.
Unfortunately, the moral descent doesn't stop there. It isn't just the property crimes that were perpetrated for understandable reasons. It's the violent crimes, too. Carjackers were looking for cars to get out. Pirates were looking for boats. One guy described how men with knives demanded his generator. Without excusing them, it's easy to see how frightened people, perhaps with makeshift weapons, might start looking for things like generators. Pretty soon, you're an armed robber.
Or maybe you start confronting rescue personnel. Three or four days into your ordeal, if they brush past you because you're not on their agenda, maybe you push them, or worse. Look at the reports of stranded, hungry people accosting supply trucks, shooting at rescue planes and helicopters, or wrestling with Coast Guard swimmers who have come to help others. The rescuers flee, don't come back, or suspend operations while they try to figure out how to return safely. Next thing you know, one of every seven New Orleans cops is refusing to police the city. They can control ordinary criminals. What they can't control is a city full of ordinary-people-turned-criminals.
It's clear from the comments of the president, the governor, the FEMA director, and the secretary of homeland security that they never planned for this. I don't mean that they failed to anticipate the magnitude of the flooding; we knew that already. I mean that they have no idea how easily a natural disaster can turn human beings into a second-wave destructive force. They don't understand that disasters often bring out the worst in us, that the human dynamics are collective, and that "responsibility" is quickly swamped. If you don't understand these dynamics, you can't plan for them. You end up pleading for "personal responsibility" when what you needed was air drops and the National Guard.
It's not like this hasn't happened before. The 1977 New York City blackout led to an epidemic of stealing. The mayor of Charleston, S.C., during Hurricane Hugo says FEMA was clueless about law and order during that 1989 crisis. He thinks we need a military unit to take charge of these situations. That may be going a bit far, but we certainly need to think more systematically about the human dynamics of natural disasters. We run computer models of hurricanes, levee breaches, and flooding. What about isolation, desperation, looting, fighting, and shooting? It took the mayor of New Orleans three days to tell his cops to switch from rescue operations to controlling post-hurricane crime. Why? Because crime wasn't in the model.
When I see federal officials bragging that they were well-prepared for Katrina because they've been organizing for terrorist attacks, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. In a terrorist attack, the human dynamics will be far worse. That's why they call it "terrorism." The terrorists won't have to inflict most of the deaths directly. They'll just hit us with a dirty bomb to start the panic. We'll do the rest.


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EVANSTON — Jessica Seigel's excellent story, "Hollywood rushes to finish docudrama on cult" (April 27), tells of a "docudrama" being made about the Waco tragedy which will air May 23 on NBC. I, for one, will not be watching it.
The making of this movie, along with countless other "docudramas," is a gruesome testimony to our fascination and preoccupation with death and suffering. Our morbid curiosity keeps us glued to the TV set, watching the storyteller's fiction of a reality we have already seen.


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