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Learners work in teams to determine a landing site for their Mars Rover that best relates to their scientific question. They use technology skills to research Gale Crater through an online interactive module and learn about features of Mars through... (View More) use of Google Earth Mars. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and includes: TEKS (Texas Standards alignment), Essential Question, Science Notebook, Vocabulary Definitions for Students, Vocabulary Definitions for Teachers, three Vocabulary Cards, and a Mini-Lesson. This is lesson 8 of the Mars Rover Celebration Unit, a six week long curriculum. (View Less)
This is an activity about using models to solve a problem. Learners will use a previously constructed model of the MMS satellite to determine if the centrifugal force of the rotating MMS model is sufficient to push the satellite's antennae outward,... (View More) simulating the deployment of the satellites after launch. Then, learners will determine the minimum rotational speed needed for the satellite to successfully deploy the antennae. This is the seventh activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
In this chapter, students will explore relationships between air quality and population density using the image visualization tool, Google Earth. You will learn how to download NO2 data and analyze them to develop a conceptual understanding of how... (View More) population and topography can influence the air quality of a region. Once you have learned the techniques, you are encouraged to explore seasonal changes in nitrogen dioxide concentrations at other locations. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). Each EET chapter provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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Activities in this lesson promote a fundamental understanding of relationships between graphed data. Sample graphs allow students to become familiar with interpreting data and to recognize relationships between variables. Additional microsets of... (View More) atmospheric data (gases, clouds, pressures, temperatures, precipitation) are included. Students will use that data to predict the appearance of a graph, plot the data points, study the data pattern and draw a conclusion. In addition, students will determine if a relationship exists between two variables; leading to an understanding that relationships between variables can be more complicated than simple linear ones. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes sample graphs, related links, extensions, and an online glossary. (View Less)
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El Niño impacts sea surface height, sea surface temperature and wind vectors. In this lesson, data for each of those three characteristics from the 1997-98 El Niño event will be analyzed and compared. Students will work in teams of 3 throughout... (View More) the activity, initially doing a team analysis of a single characteristic, and then jig-sawing into other groups to share information. The lesson culminates in a series of questions, a written summary and a comparison to similar observations done by scientists. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes related links, extensions, an online glossary, and a list of related AP Environmental Science topics. (View Less)
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In this lesson, students measure the size of several galaxies to reproduce a plot of Hubble's Law. The goal of this lesson is to give students the chance to simulate the process that led to the notion that the universe is expanding, provide insight... (View More) into how this idea was reached, and inform students about the nature of our universe.Includes an extension activity, "Hubble's Law Mis-calibration." This lesson is part of the Cosmic Times teacher's guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1929 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
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In this data activity, students create maps of the snow cover of each continent, and determine the average global snow cover. Step-by-step instructions for use of the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS) guide students through selecting a data set,... (View More) importing the data into a spreadsheet, creating graphs, and analyzing data plots. The lesson provides detailed procedures, related links and sample graphs, follow-up questions, extensions, and teacher notes. Designed for student use, MY NASA DATA LAS samples micro datasets from large scientific data archives, and provides structured investigations engaging students in exploration of real data to answer real world questions. (View Less)
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In this activity, student teams design small-scale physical models of hot and cold planets, (Venus and Mars), and learn that small scale models allow researchers to determine how much larger systems function. There is both a team challenge and... (View More) competition built into this activity. Experimental findings are then used to support a discussion of human outposts on Mars. The resource includes an experimental design guide for students as well as a handout outlining a method for the design of controlled experiments, and student data sheets. Student questions and an essay assignment are provided as classroom assessments. This is Activity A in the second module, titled "Modeling hot and cold planets," of the resource, "Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate?" The course aims to help students to develop an understanding of our environment as a system of human and natural processes that result in changes that occur over various space and time scales. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students
Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability: Activity B Making a Simple Mathematical Mode
In this activity, students build a simple computer model to determine the black body surface temperature of planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Experiments altering the luminosity and... (View More) distance to the light source will allow students to determine the energy reaching the object and its black body temperature. The activity builds on student outcomes from activity A, "Finding a Mathematical Description of a Physical Relationship." It also supports inquiry into a real-world problem, the effect of urban heat islands and deforestation on climate. Includes a teacher's guide, student worksheets, and an Excel tutorial. This is Activity B of module 3, titled "Using Mathematic Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability," of the resource, Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate? The course aims to help students to develop an understanding of our environment as a system of human and natural processes that result in changes that occur over various space and time scales. (View Less)
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Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability: Activity C The Role of Actual Data in Mathematical Models
Students explore how mathematical descriptions of the physical environment can be fine-tuned through testing using data. In this activity, student teams obtain satellite data measuring the Earth's albedo, and then input this data into a... (View More) spreadsheet-based radiation balance model, GEEBITT. They validate their results against published the published albedo value of the Earth, and conduct similar comparisons Mercury, Venus and Mars. The resource includes an Excel spreadsheet tutorial, an investigation, student data sheets and a teacher's guide. Students apply their understanding to the real life problem of urban heat islands and deforestation. The activity links builds on student outcomes from activities A and B: "Finding a Mathematical Description of a Physical Relationship," and "Making a Simple Mathematical Model." This is Activity C in module 3, Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability, of the resource, Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate? The course aims to help students to develop an understanding of our environment as a system of human and natural processes that result in changes that occur over various space and time scales. (View Less)
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Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James
There's nothing quite as exhilarating as a Pacific Northwest summer. Clear, blue skies and temperatures that never seem terribly unpleasant make it easy to find an excuse to be outside. This issue of Life to the Fullest includes simple tips for protecting your skin while you are out in the sun – especially if you are drawn to the water, like so many Northwest residents.
We have also included an article by Dr. John Wynn about the importance of continuing to find meaning and purpose in your life. If you are looking for a respite from your home or work activities, check out the list of classes scheduled for this summer and fall – there's something for everyone.
We hope you find this newsletter helpful and that you will consider sharing it with your family and friends.
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After a very wet and rather dreary spring, the sun has finally come out to play in the Northwest – just in time to help us celebrate UV Safety Month. During the month of July, health-care professionals nationwide are encouraging us to protect our skin – and our kids' skin – from the damaging effects of the sun.
Although this is important information for everyone, it is particularly important to cancer survivors who may have areas of skin that are overly sensitive to the sun as a result of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. These sensitivities may be temporary or long term, so it is important to consult with your medical and/or radiation oncologists for specific recommendations about sun exposure.
Just because you aren't a fair skinned, blue- or green-eyed blonde or red head, doesn't mean you can't get skin cancer. Anyone can get skin cancer.
Sunburn, especially in children, is associated with a greater risk of skin cancer. Isn't it ironic, therefore, that we produce 80 percent of our required vitamin D (an important anticancer agent and builder of strong bones) from exposure to the sun?
You don't need to be a hermit – shades drawn and never going outside – to protect yourself from the sun. You just need to be smart.
Learn more about skin cancer from the National Cancer Institute.
by John D. Wynn, M.D.
Joanne has been in chemotherapy for the last four months and will begin radiation soon. She still has some pain from her surgery, but she is feeling optimistic that her treatments are going to work. In the course of her treatments she finds that she sees her life in a new way — the people she has known for years, the work she has done, the choices she has made.
Cancer patients and their families often find themselves asking new questions, such as: "What makes a day worthwhile?" and "What do you find most satisfying?" In other words, what gives meaning and purpose to your life?
Our lives need a balance of work and love. We need meaningful activity that is in some way fulfilling. We also need to feel connected to others, or at least one other person, in a way that feels affirming and warm.
You might say that we seek balance in what we do and with whom we do it. An inability to work or love is a terrible fate. It is precisely what is often most frightening for people with life-threatening illnesses. We fear being cut off from the people we care about and who care about us. We also fear being incapacitated, with monotonous days of nothing to do, talk or care about.
This fear is most acute early on, when we first start to think about how our lives can be changed by illness. Cancer diagnosis and treatment threaten our livelihood, our family relations and our ability to be in charge of our own lives. All of the doctor visits, tests, treatments and side effects can take the wind out of our sails. Sometimes we wonder: Why bother? What's the point? Why not just cash in my chips?
This kind of thinking comes from the fear that life holds no meaning or purpose. Each disruption is a threat to how we make meaning and how we find purpose in our lives.
Meaning is something we construct. One person sees a pile of wood, while another sees the bridge or house to be built. One person sees a rock pile, another a future cathedral. If I show you a rope, do you see a noose or a lifeline? Does a mischievous child look like a future delinquent or a clever inventor? Meaning is where we find it, and how we create it. The meanings you create say a lot about who you are and how you bring value to your life and the lives of others.
Purpose refers to what we do and how we feel about it. Once I've decided that pile of wood is meant to be a bridge, I feel a sense of purpose as I dive into the work. "Diving in" may mean grabbing a hammer, or lobbying City Hall to do the work. Either way, if I have decided that this really matters, my sense of purpose drives me to care and to do something about it.
At the Swedish Cancer Institute we find that the feeling that one's life is on the line often makes us think about things more explicitly. The meanings and purposes of our everyday lives suddenly demand to be made clear.
Carlos and his brother Miguel had not spoken for years. Miguel had been disrespectful. Carlos had shut him out, saying, "I have no use for such a brother." Carlos then learned that Miguel was diagnosed with prostate cancer – and that changed things. The disrespect was not forgotten; rather, it was put in perspective because la sangre es mas gruesa que el agua. (Blood is thicker than water.)
This makes immediate sense. The push to find new meanings, new purpose comes from how we think about our mortality. For most of our lives we act as if we are going to live forever. This habit starts in childhood when it is easiest to believe, and can extend well into late adult life. But when cancer appears, this fantasy disappears in an instant. Once we accept that life is finite, things are put in perspective. Buried in Carlos's angry words we can see an "until" or "unless" or "for a while" that quickly surfaced once mortality was on the scene. For Joanne this was just as real, just as dramatic. Mortality rearranges our priorities, our meanings and our purpose.
During the Great Depression, the song Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries1 reminded that,
The sweet things in life
To you were just loaned;
So how can you lose
What you've never owned?
This is a plea for new meanings. The sweet things you have prized so highly and thought were yours to keep forever were just loaned to you for the brief span of your life. So, how can you lose — and why would you get so attached to — what you've never owned? The answer to that question is also in the song:
You work,
You save,
You worry so…
Of course! We invest our time and energies and lose sight of the ultimate truth, that
… you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go.
Joanne and Carlos felt changes in their close relationships when cancer put things in perspective. What is most important in your life – your work? your loves? What is most meaningful to you and why? What meanings are changing as you become more aware of your mortality? Will the answers to these questions change how you spend your time and energy?
When is the best time to think about this? Today.
1 Lyrics by Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson (1931)
Editor's Note: The patient names in this article are fictitious and do not represent any current or past patient of the Swedish Cancer Institute.
Dr. John Wynn received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Yale University and his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is board certified in psychiatry and internal medicine, and is medical director for psycho-oncology (cancer psychiatry) at the Swedish Cancer Institute, where he cares for patients and families and develops support and educational programs for our physicians, nurses and social workers. Additionally, he is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dr. Wynn is widely recognized as a leader in the care and education of physicians, and is a resource to organizations promoting the well-being of physicians, including the American College of Physicians, the Institute of Medicine, and the Washington Physicians Health Program. In 2005 the American Psychiatric Association honored him as a Master Clinical Educator.
Breast cancer — for many women those are two of the most feared words in the English language. For Amy, knowing her grandmother had died of untreated breast cancer meant the disease was part of her history, but it never weighed heavily on her mind. She routinely scheduled annual mammograms and periodically performed breast self-exams. Every year she was rewarded with reassuring results from her doctor and went on with her busy life as a music producer.
This year was different. Her routine mammogram triggered a four-month, high-speed medical journey. Just two weeks after her screening mammogram, Amy was sitting in a medical office at Swedish Cherry Hill listening to a doctor tell her she needed a biopsy. The lump, which was detected on the mammogram and confirmed by an ultrasound, was very small — so small that even the well-trained, sensitive fingers of several physicians could not detect it.
All Amy remembers of the call she received the day after her biopsy was hearing the word "unfortunately." The remainder of the conversation was a blur as she was already wondering, "What do I do next?"
Throughout the next several months, Amy had one guiding principle. She was determined her surgery and post-surgical treatment would be the most effective and the least invasive. Along the way, she asked each of her physicians to embrace that principle.
"The goal with any breast cancer surgery is to balance what is medically appropriate with the patient's desire to conserve her breast," said Amy's surgeon at Swedish Medical Center. "In Amy's case, the size of the cancer relative to the size of her breast, as well as its location and Amy's overall medical history, worked to her benefit. I was able to remove the cancer and obtain clear margins without leaving a significant cavity that would contribute to a visually deformed breast."
Sortly after her surgery, genetic testing provided Amy much more information about her familial risk factors. Growing up, she had known very little about her father's mother who had died of breast cancer. The genetic test results provided proof that Amy was positive for the BRCA1 gene, a gene mutation that significantly increases a woman's risk of breast cancer. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are commonly found in women of Ashkanazic Jewish heritage, such as Amy and her grandmother. Because her grandmother only had male offspring, awareness of abnormal BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes skipped a generation.
The next step in Amy's medical journey was to meet with Sandra Vermeulen, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Swedish and executive director of the Swedish Radiosurgery Center. Vermeulen discussed conventional radiation therapy options, as well as newer options that would be in keeping with Amy's most-effective, least-intrusive guiding principle.
Because CyberKnife is a relatively new treatment option for breast cancer, Vermeulen offered to write a letter to Amy's insurance company advocating for the use of this radiation therapy technology. Within two days she had received approval. About a month after a second surgery to clean up the margins and place gold fiducials (a requirement for some types of radiation therapy), Amy was ready to begin her five days of CyberKnife treatment.
"I am so grateful CyberKnife was available and that Dr. Vermeulen was willing to make me one of the first beneficiaries of this new technology," says Amy. "I had none of the side effects of regular radiation. No super-sensitive skin. No burning. My heart rate and blood pressure were super low. I never felt tired. And, I still have all of my really thick hair."
Although Amy's medical journey has not ended, she retains a positive outlook. Her ongoing treatment includes intravenous Vitamin C and Herceptin, a relatively new drug that targets cells in early-stage HER2 tumors. As she takes each step, she is reminded of the value of researching treatments and finding doctors who will work closely with you and listen to your goals for living beyond cancer.
Editor's Note: The patient's name has been changed to protect her privacy.
You are invited to join a group of volunteers who have turned knitting into a healing experience and a way to enhance the lives of cancer patients, and their families and caregivers, during treatment and recovery. On Monday evenings, from 6 to 8 p.m., the knitters gather at the hospital lobby Starbucks at Swedish Cherry Hill (500 17th Ave., Seattle). On Tuesday afternoons, from 1 to 3 p.m., they meet in the first-floor lobby of the Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish First Hill (1221 Madison St., Seattle). The group offers a supportive environment for beginning and experienced knitters. There is no cost and no registration, and all supplies (needles, yarn and patterns) are provided.
Art therapy is different from art classes in that the focus is on the creative process, rather than the art product. One-on-one, confidential sessions are held with an art therapist who offers a variety of art materials and encourages you to find your own meaning in your art. Art experience or confidence is not required.
Art therapy is available to Swedish cancer patients, and their family members or caregivers at no cost. Family members and caregivers may come with the patient or separately.
For more information or to schedule an art therapy session, please call 206-215-6178.
The Swedish Cancer Institute's Education Center doesn't take a break during the summer months. It continues to offer a wealth of educational and support opportunities. Do you need a break from your day-to-day demands? An emotional boost by visiting with others who have experienced cancer and are making a similar transition to survivorship? Or, do you know someone who may benefit from attending one of these classes? The Swedish Cancer Institute makes its classes available to all cancer patients, and their families and caregivers regardless of where they receive their care. There is no cost, but registration is required.
For more information, or to register for a class, go to www.swedish.org/classes or call 206-386-2502.
Wednesdays, Sept. 28-Nov. 16, 4:30-6 p.m.
(eight-week class)
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Clearwater Conference Room C
Join Jacci Thompson-Dodd, M.A., MSSS, and a group for women who are preparing to live their life after breast cancer treatment. The class uses discussions, self-assessment, journaling, and the development of vision maps and survivorship plans.
Thursdays, Sept. 29-Nov. 17, 4:30-6 p.m.
(eight-week class)
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98204
Clearwater Conference Room C
You've completed your cancer treatment. Now what? Jacci Thompson-Dodd, M.A., MSSS, facilitates this class, which includes patients who have completed treatment for all types of cancer.
Monday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-noon
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98204
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Get ready for winter with art instructor Tiffany Thiele who shows how to make festive cards. Experiment with stamps, inks and embossing techniques. All materials provided.
Monday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m.-noon
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98204
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Use fall's gift of beautiful leaves to learn how to use plant material to make spectacular prints. All materials provided.
Thursday, July 21-Aug. 25, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
(seven sessions)
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Registered yoga teacher Ann Ford invites you to bring a mat and blanket, and create balance in your body, breath, and mind.
Monday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-noon
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
It's easy and fun to make your own jewelry. Art instructor, Tiffany Thiele, helps each person design and create their own necklace or bracelet. All materials are provided.
Wednesdays, Aug. 3, 10 and 1, 6-7:30 p.m.
(three sessions)
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Join health educator Carol Robl to explore opportunities for personal growth and new challenges following cancer treatment.
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 6-7:30 p.m.
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
The same class is offered three times at three different locations.
Wednesday, July 27, 7-8:30 p.m.
Sammamish Library
825 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish, WA
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 7-8:30 p.m.
Swedish Issaquah
751 N.E. Blakely Dr., Issaquah
Medical-Office Building, Rooms 2022 and 2023
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 6-7:30 p.m.
Swedish First Hill
1221 Madison St., Arnold Building
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Health educator Carol Robl helps you explore recent findings on ways to increase your resistance to cancer and to create an anti-cancer lifestyle by eating beneficial foods, protecting yourself from environmental threats, and enhancing your physical and emotional well-being.
Monday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-noon
Swedish First Hill, Arnold Building
1221 Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104
Donald A. Tesh, M.D., Conference Rooms A and B
Join art instructor Tiffany Thiele to learn fun and surprising watercolor techniques. All levels – beginning to advanced – are welcome. Materials provided.
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc. (SPOHNC), hosts monthly meetings to offer information, support and encouragement to oral and head and neck cancer patients in all phases of treatment and beyond. Family members and friends are also invited to participate.
The SPOHNC group meets the third Thursday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. in the 1 East Conference Room at Swedish First Hill, 747 Broadway in Seattle.
SPOHNC is a patient-directed, self-help organization that was founded by an oral cancer survivor. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the emotional, physical and humanistic needs of patients and their caregivers.
For information, please contact Joanne Fenn at 206-215-1770 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or contact Susan Vetto at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Detailer took busload of coats to hurricane victims
RYE, NY — The owner of Birdie's Auto Spa found himself with power but without business after Hurricane Sandy moved through New York in November. The day afterwatching a benefit concert for victims of the hurricane, Owner Eric Birdsall came into work and emailed his customers to start and promote a coat drive.
The customers began forwarding the email to friends and family, and the response from the community was "unbelievable." After three days, the garage was filled with a couple of thousand items that the business had collected. A school bus was needed to carry all the items to Rockaway, NY.
After parking the bus next to a polling table, Birdsall found hundreds of people on the streets with no homes and food and only the clothes on their back. Wash employees began unloading the approximately 80 bags and distributed the winter clothes to the crowd.
'Skimmer' problem plagued carwash owner
PLAINVIEW, TX ― A carwash owner was trying to figure out if "skimming" occurred at his business and whether his customers' credit card information had been compromised in December. "Skimming" is when an object is placed on a card-reading machine, such as an ATM or pay station, and it allows someone to steal debit and credit card information.
Express Care Car Wash Owner Newt Harrell said, "We are aware there's been a situation potentially, but we don't know what, we're working on it." Harrell said he had hired a forensic investigator to look into the matter and his financial system is now being scanned on a daily basis to check for anything unusual.
"We will get to the bottom of it and spending money we don't have to do so," Harrell said. "What's hurtful, though, is I feel like people look at us as if we did something to them. It is something foreign, not us. We would never knowingly do anything to hurt anybody."
Free carwashes for first responders
FORT WAYNE, IN — In honor of a fallen firefighter, Mike's Carwash offered free carwashes to first responders here. A Washington Township firefighter, Mark Haudenschild II, died in November while en route to a fire.
Mike's gave away washes for a day to honor Haudenschild and recognize others who protect the community. All area firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency responders could visit Mike's Fort Wayne locations to receive a free carwash. A badge was required to receive the wash, and it could be used for patrol or personal vehicles. Mike's has six locations in the area.
Workers sued owner for $500,000 in damages
LOS ANGELES — A group of workers filed a lawsuit against Melrose Strip Auto Detailing and Car Wash here alleging they were not paid for hours worked. Nine workers claim Owner Jae Choi did not pay overtime and did not give the employees breaks or time off when sick.
The nine workers began trying to form a union a year ago. When the group started organizing, their hours were cut to three a day. Wages for employees that did not organize were raised to $8 an hour for an eight-hour day.
In addition to the lawsuit, the group of disgruntled employees also filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Relations Board. The employees alleged retaliation.
This lawsuit is part of an effort in Los Angeles that started in 2008 and is led by local unions to push carwash owners. Workers advocates claimed there was widespread abusive labor treatment in the area's carwashes.
Wash debuted light show for holiday season
NAPERVILLE, IL — Delta Sonic Car Wash went all out for the holidays with a wonderland of lights and displays that were set to music. Starting the first week in December, animated lighting specialists transformed the carwash property.
The Delta Sonic Car Wash Wonderland and Light Show was a collection of animated displays and millions of lights set to music. Customers could tune in on their car radios and listen to the music while enjoying the show and going through the wash. In addition to the light show, there were many activities including on-site adoptions and giveaways.
From 5 p.m. to close during December, Delta Sonic donated 100 percent of its carwash sales to its animal initiative, Cause for Paws, as well as eight other local nonprofit animal organizations.
"Annually Delta Sonic donates all monies collected in counter donation boxes, air machines and shoe shine machines to local and national animal rights and welfare organizations. The Car Wash Wonderland and Light Show has been a dream of ours for years. Donating the carwash sales was a natural fit with our ongoing fundraising initiative" Kim Canna, director of marketing for Delta Sonic Car Wash, said.
Bouncy ball litter no joke for carwash
KIRKLAND, WA — Colorful bouncy balls started appearing in undesirable places on the streets here. David Wood, a worker at Kingsgate Carwash, began collecting the rubber balls over a year ago. In November, he had gathered 263 of the toys.
The balls are actually from a Little Caesars restaurant location close to the wash. The carwash is down slope from the restaurant, so the balls end up rolling toward the business. "Kids bang the balls [onto the pavement] and they make it into the ivy," Wood said.
The balls can cause problems because they tend to end up in storm drains. The city's stormwater and sewer division manager said the city does not want the balls in the storm drains and placing them there is illegal.
The owner of the Little Caesars location stated that customers can win free "crazy bread" if they get a ball with a character's picture on it. He also noted that employees patrol the parking lot and pick up the balls daily.
Veterans Day flag dedication held at carwash
FRONTENAC, KS — John F. Derby American Legion Post No. 43 presented a flag dedication ceremony at Old Glory Car Wash here on Veterans Day. The dedication was held regardless of the rain or colder temperatures. Since the flag will be flown outdoors at the carwash, the ceremony was planned for rain or shine.
The dedication ceremony was open to the public, and it included hot dogs and soft drinks. The flag is 60 feet by 30 feet, and it will be displayed on a 120-foot flag pole. The large flags cost about $1,500 each, and they last about a year. A box was placed on-site so the public could make donations for new flags.
Criminologist conducted theft experiment in carwashes
FORT WORTH, TX — A criminologist conducting an experiment here visited every full-service carwash in the area to see if employees would steal from a vehicle. Patrick Kinkade left a large amount of loose change inside the car every time he visited a wash. He would then count the money to see if any had been stolen.
It ended up that money was stolen about a third of the time. If the theft rate here was matched in the rest of the country, millions of dollars are being stolen from vehicles each year during carwashes.
Kinkade and other researchers used the experiment to write an academic paper titled "Getting Hosed." In the paper, they explained that certain factors increased the risk of theft, including the contents of the car.
Since the research experiment was not meant to be a sting operation, Kinkade did not go back to the washes and confront the thieves.
Road widening project to affect carwash
JAMESTOWN, NC — The North Carolina Department of Transportation spent more than $25 million on 200 parcels of land in order to transform a two-lane road into a major four-lane highway complete with a median. These plans will affect local businesses along the road, including The Black Dog Car Wash owned by Keith Bardorf.
The highway will come within feet of the wash, and the location will lose all front parking spots. Bardorf is expecting a negative effect on his company. "We planned and are budgeting for two years of 'not fun,'" he said.
The department stated that the extension of the small road into a major highway will relieve heavy congestion and improve safety. The project is expected to be completed by 2015.


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Swede boys zoom past competition at Zorn Invite.
When a track team adds double-digit points to the team score in multiple events, it's going to be tough for the competition to catch up.
Gothenburg earned gold medals in seven of 17 events at the Dutch Zorn Invite on Friday with multiple places in five events.
That put the team title far out of reach for the other seven schools competing.
Gothenburg's boys earned 134 points. Second place went to McCook with 87.
"I kind of figured the first team to 100 would win and that was us," said Gothenburg coach Steve Reeves. "I did anticipate it would be a little closer, though."
Reeves said it was yet another outstanding effort by the boys this season, particularly the upperclassmen.
But the juniors and seniors were not alone. Reeves commended the younger boys who contributed to the team score as well.
"Tannor (Mroczek), Mark (Hilderbrand) and Andrew (Collins) did what they've done all year and continue to compete at a high level," Reeves said of each boy's winning performances. "But we saw some very good things from a couple of young kids as well."
Mroczek won both the sprint races and Hilderbrand won both hurdle events while Collins finished first and second in the 800 and 1600, respectively.
Reeves said sophomore Brandon Wlasiuk's win in the high jump at 6-feet even and Brett Dockweiler's silver in the 3200-meter run were both notable.
"They continue to improve each week," the coach said. "That's a big thing."
In all, Gothenburg boys earned 20 places, including first in the mile medley relay, an event specific to the Zorn meet.
Logan Sheets and Landen Haake each ran legs of 200 meters while Eric Stevens ran 400 meters and Bryce Eggleston completed 800, all in a medley time of 3:51.8.
Some Swedes will compete in the Brady-Gothenburg Invite here on Thursday while the majority of the varsity squad will travel to Lexington on Friday for the Don Bader Invite.
Reeves said the Lexington meet brings together skilled competitors from various sizes of schools. No team scores are kept.
Thursday's meet is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. while field events start at 12:30 p.m. in Lexington on Friday.
"We're a little tired and a little beat up," Reeves said. "Hopefully we can get healed up before the Southwest Conference meet."
SWC will be in Ainsworth on May 1.
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Presented a forceful front, boasting of her electability and capacity to stand up to Republicans. Once again turned the other cheek in the face of several attacks from John Edwards, but in urging Democrats to show unity and play nice, she seemed to conveniently forget her own recent attack on Obama as "naïve." Furthermore, she delighted in joining the others on stage in chiding Obama for his own remark about using force in Pakistan (for which she was notably booed). Attempted to present a wonky-but-cool persona; instead occasionally came off as a show-offy- teachers-pet-know-it-all. Tried to clean up last weekend's controversial defense of lobbyists by touting her pro-reform, anti-special interest credentials. Finessed her NAFTA response without explicitly trashing her husband. Referred to herself variously as "sister" and "girl" in a winsome mélange of post-feminism and teeny-bopper giddiness. Still, under the heat literally and figuratively she didn't wilt.
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Sean Lopes, a former science teacher, is wanted for confronting his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend with a gun and a knife and holding her hostage in New York City in June 2004.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as investors await news on whether the Federal Reserve will announce more bond purchases to stimulate the U.S. economy.
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In the last half-century of American politics, conservatism has hardened around the defense of economic privilege and rule. Whether it's the libertarianism of the GOP or the neoliberalism of the Democrats, that defense has enabled an upward redistribution of rights and a downward redistribution of duties. The 1 percent possesses more than wealth and political influence; it wields direct and personal power over men and women. Capital governs labor, telling workers what to say, how to vote and when to pee. It has all the substance of noblesse and none of the style of oblige. That many of its most vocal defenders believe Barack Obama to be their mortal enemy—a socialist, no less—is a testament less to the reality about which they speak than to the resonance of the vocabulary they deploy.
The Nobel Prize–winning economist Friedrich Hayek is the leading theoretician of this movement, formulating the most genuinely political theory of capitalism on the right we've ever seen. The theory does not imagine a shift from government to the individual, as is often claimed by conservatives; nor does it imagine a simple shift from the state to the market or from society to the atomized self, as is sometimes claimed by the left. Rather, it recasts our understanding of politics and where it might be found. This may explain why the University of Chicago chose to reissue Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty two years ago after the fiftieth anniversary of its publication. Like The Road to Serfdom (1944), which a swooning Glenn Beck catapulted to the bestseller list in 2010, The Constitution of Liberty is a text, as its publisher says, of "our present moment."
But to understand that text and its influence, it's necessary to turn away from contemporary America to fin de siècle Vienna. The seedbed of Hayek's arguments is the half-century between the "marginal revolution," which changed the field of economics in the late nineteenth century, and the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918. It is by now a commonplace of European cultural history that a dying Austro-Hungarian Empire gave birth to modernism, psychoanalysis and fascism. Yet from the vortex of Vienna came not only Wittgenstein, Freud and Hitler but also Hayek, who was born and educated in the city, and the Austrian school of economics.
Friedrich Nietzsche figures critically in this story, less as an influence than a diagnostician. This will strike some as an improbable claim: Wasn't Nietzsche contemptuous of capitalists, capitalism and economics? Yes, he was, and for all his reading in political economy, he never wrote a treatise on politics or economics. And despite the long shadow he cast over the Viennese avant-garde, he is hardly ever cited by the economists of the Austrian school.
Yet no one understood better than Nietzsche the social and cultural forces that would shape the Austrians: the demise of an ancient ruling class; the raising of the labor question by trade unions and socialist parties; the inability of an ascendant bourgeoisie to crush or contain democracy in the streets; the need for a new ruling class in an age of mass politics. The relationship between Nietzsche and the free-market right—which has been seeking to put labor back in its box since the nineteenth century, and now, with the help of the neoliberal left, has succeeded—is thus one of elective affinity rather than direct influence, at the level of idiom rather than policy.


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DANBURY, CONN. — The Ives Festival Orchestra, conducted by Western Connecticut State University Music Professor Dr. Fernando Jimenez, will perform "Mozart at the Ives: A Representative Vignette of His Music" at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. The concert will be sponsored by Newtown Savings Bank as part of the Fine Arts and Family Series at Ives Concert Park, located on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.
The program will begin with Symphony No.1, composed when Mozart was 8 years old. Mozart's solo writing is represented by the Flute concerto in G performed by Dr. Keri Walker, the orchestra's principal flutist and faculty member of WCSU's department of music. The composer's masterful opera writing will be represented in this program by the "Marriage of Figaro Overture," as well as two arias from the same opera: Porgi amor and Dove sono, both performed by Danbury native Cidalia Alves. Closing the program, the orchestra will perform Symphony No. 41: "Jupiter," considered by many as the crowning achievement of true classical symphony writing.
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I'll admit it. I was one of those relational-database guys who didn't really care about Analysis Services. I thought an O. LAP cube was where Oliver Lap, from the accounting department, sat from 8:00 to 5:00. Dimensions were something that only physicists and devotees of the Twilight Zone need be concerned about.
That changed for me several years back when I learned how Analysis Services could benefit both me and my clients. If you've always been a traditional relational-database guy, your outlook might change when you try the SQL Server 2005 June Community Technical Preview (CTP), which you can download at http://www.microsoft.com/sql /2005/productinfo/ctp.mspx. Now, this article isn't designed to turn all of you relational folks into cubists. Instead, I want to make you aware of a few incredibly handy business intelligence (BI) features in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) that you can use as part of your relational applications. Two new transformation tasks will simplify your life when you're working with messy data, and a data-mining task will let you build a data model that adapts to business changes. These features don't require a large data warehouse or OLAP cube infrastructure. What they do require is SQL Server 2005 and a willingness to try something new.
Warm and Fuzzy
First, let's look at a pair of SSIS transformation tasks. In case you've been out of the loop, SSIS is the successor to Data Transformation Services (DTS). SSIS performs the same function as DTS, namely moving data from place to place. However, SSIS has more capabilities, is easier to use, requires less coding, and is extremely fast.
The transformation tasks we're going to examine first are Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping. As the names imply, these tasks let you perform lookup and grouping operations without requiring an exact data match, which can be helpful when importing data from legacy systems or from free-form data-entry fields.
Fuzzy Lookup. The Fuzzy Lookup task takes columns and looks up the values in an SSIS data flow reference table. The task doesn't look for an exact match. Instead, the Fuzzy Lookup task is like your favorite teacher; it grades on a curve and gives partial credit. The Fuzzy Lookup task searches for a close match between the column values and the items in the table.
Let's consider a situation in which you need to load a text file, which Figure 1 shows, from a legacy system address table. The city and state parts of the address in the target system are normalized with the city and state combinations stored in a separate lookup table. Unfortunately, the cities in this legacy system weren't validated, so matching the city and state to a record in the lookup table is going to be a challenge.
Enter SSIS and the Fuzzy Lookup transformation task. Figure 2 shows the data flow of a basic SSIS package. You create the package in Figure 2 by using drag-and-drop programming. Simply drag items from the toolbox, put them in the data flow, and set their properties. No coding is required. This package takes the data from the text file, performs a Fuzzy Lookup to find the foreign key for the city and state combination, then saves the information in the SQL Server Address table. As Figure 3 shows, the Fuzzy Lookup task did an excellent job of matching our fat-fingered text-file data with the appropriate cities in the lookup table.
The Fuzzy Lookup task creates two metrics as it works. The first is the similarity score. This number tells us how close a match was found. The task calculates the similarity score based on the edit distance between a value and its potential match. In other words, how many times do you need to insert, delete, or replace a letter in the value to end up with the word in the lookup list? The second metric is the confidence value, which indicates the amount of confidence the Fuzzy Lookup algorithm has in the match that it found. You can use this number to determine whether to accept the value the algorithm found or manually check the value.
One quirk to be aware of: The Fuzzy Lookup task assumes words in all capital letters are acronyms. Since each letter in an acronym is more significant than individual letters in a typical word, FCC and FTC are two different things. Even though these acronyms have an edit distance of one, the Fuzzy Lookup task doesn't try to match them. If you have legacy data entered in all upper case, transform it to lower case before performing the Fuzzy Lookup.
Fuzzy Grouping. The second data transformation task we're going to look at is also a real peach. (Get it? Fuzzy, peach?) The Fuzzy Grouping task works much like the Fuzzy Lookup task except it finds matches within one set of data instead of using a lookup table. Say, for example, you're importing data from a customer service call log like the one that Figure 4 shows. Customers might not give their names exactly the same way each time they call, and customer service representatives might enter names in different ways. In Figure 4, Cathy Jones, Kathryn Jones, and Kathy Jones are probably different entries for the same person, but how do you get the computer to realize that fact? The answer is, of course, the Fuzzy Grouping transformation task.
Figure 5 shows an SSIS package using a Fuzzy Grouping transformation task to find potential duplicates during the import process. Figure 6 shows the results of this import, which reveal potential duplicates. The Fuzzy Grouping task doesn't automatically remove the duplicates; you need to handle this as a separate function.
The Key_In column value that the Fuzzy Grouping task generates is a unique identifier for each record in the data flow. During the fuzzy matching process, the Key_ Out column value, along with a clean value for each column SSIS is processing, shows the groupings of potential duplicate records that the task detected. In this example, the Fuzzy Grouping task grouped the rows that had Key_In values of 2, 3, and 4 and identified row 4 as the Model Row (the row they should be combined into). Like the Fuzzy Lookup task, the Similarity/Score column shows just how close a match is based on edit distance. A similarity score of 1 indicates an exact match. A similarity score less than 1 indicates a fuzzy match.
The SSIS package in this example does a fuzzy match on the first and last name and an exact match on gender. We're assuming people know their own gender and the customer service representative can key in M or F. If you add more criteria to the Fuzzy Grouping, you increase your certainty that two rows are indeed duplicates. For example, you might add either fuzzy or exact matching on address, city, state, ZIP code, or phone number for increased faith in your de-duping process.
Digging for Gold
The Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task is another SSIS task that can help you predict values of unknown data during a data load. Some of you are saying, "Data mining: Doesn't that use complex mathematical algorithms and some weird query language?" The answer is, "Yes." However, before your eyes glaze over and you turn to the next article, be aware that you don't need to know complex mathematics to use data mining. You should also know that the Data Mining Extensions (DMX) query language is, just as it says, an extension to T-SQL. Therefore, most parts of a DMX query will look very familiar.
Data mining lets you find patterns and make predictions within a set of data. For example, a data-mining algorithm can examine your customers' buying habits and determine what goods or services a particular customer is likely to buy next or predict which of your customers might be likely to shop around for a different supplier. For our discussion here, let's use data mining to predict which products are most likely to be good sellers for a retail outlet.
Consider an online bookstore that gets a list of available books each week from a distributor. The online store pays a fee for each book that it lists on the site, so it wants to list only books that are likely to be good sellers. A sales analyst reviews sales information monthly and determines which books to list on the site. The bookstore wants to devise an automated process to identify books that are similar to the current hot sellers on national lists. Data mining and the Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task can do just that.
Note that the Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task requires a data-mining model. Because data-mining models live inside an Analysis Services database, you need to have an Analysis Services server available to you. Analysis Services is included in your SQL Server 2005 license and isn't difficult to add to an existing SQL Server 2005 installation.
First, you need to create the data-mining model that will make the predictions for the bookstore. SQL Server 2005 provides several different data-mining algorithms. This example uses the Decision Trees data-mining algorithm, which works well for the type of predictions the bookstore needs. The attributes you'll use to make the prediction will be the author, publisher, format (paperback, hardcover, or audio book), and genre (e.g., adventure, mystery, science fiction.) A predicted sales status of 1 indicates a top seller.
Once the data-mining model is defined, it needs to learn the pattern of current book sales so that it can make predictions for new best-selling books. The data-mining model uses the bookstore's sales information for the previous month as its training dataset to determine what criteria (author, publisher, format, and genre) identifies a top seller and to learn how to predict future sales.
The Mining Model Viewer in Figure 7 shows the patterns that the trained data-mining model discovered. The shading indicates the concentration of top sellers in a particular node of the tree; the darker the shading, the higher the concentration. You can see a fair concentration of top sellers published by Random House. An even larger concentration of top sellers is in mysteries from Random House. For this particular time period, you'd be wise to list additional Random House mysteries on the bookstore site. Of course, what's hot this month isn't what will be hot next month, so you'll want to retrain the data model frequently to reflect current buying trends.
You can use the trained data-mining model as part of the SSIS package that's importing the distributor book list. As Figure 8 shows, the control flow part of the process picks up the text file from the distributor's FTP site, retrains the data-mining model by using the current sales data, and finally executes the data flow that performs the actual import.
The data-flow process that Figure 9 shows, reads in the list of available books from the text file, then uses the Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task to predict the sales status of each new book. The task adds books that fit the criteria for top sellers (i.e., have a sales status of 1) to the Books table and makes them available to the online store.
Figure 10 shows the DMX query that the Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task uses. The query looks much like a SELECT statement that uses a two-table join. The difference is the use of a PREDICTION JOIN rather than the INNER or LEFT OUTER JOIN you see in typical T-SQL statements. In this case, the PREDICTION JOIN takes the criteria from the SSIS's package data flow @InputRowset and feeds it into the data-mining model Books-DecisionTrees. The JOIN condition specifies how the data table's fields match with the data-mining model inputs. The FLATTENED keyword instructs the DMX query to produce a rows and columns dataset instead of the default hierarchical dataset. The Predict() function in the field list returns the predicted value for sales status.
Figure 11 shows the result of the prediction query: this week's top sellers added to the online store. Not surprisingly, this week's additions are all Random House mysteries. Next week, however, the top sellers might fit a different set of criteria and be a completely different selection. That's the beauty of data-mining algorithms and automating the processes in SSIS: You adapt to changing situations by continually retraining your model.
Great Courage
For those of us who came up through the ranks on the relational side of SQL Server, SQL Server's BI tools might seem complex, intimidating, or simply irrelevant. However, SQL Server 2005 offers features that should excite both BI and relational developers. So, don't be afraid to explore the adaptive capabilities of the Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping functions as well as the Data Mining Prediction Query transformation task. These new tools let developers quickly automate complex analysis of existing data and mine new life from it. You can find a good example of how to use these tools in James MacLennan's Webcast "Technology Overview: Business Technology Data Mining" on the SQL Server 2005 Beta Resource Kit DVD. Give BI a try; download the latest CTP and use it! Your courage will be greatly rewarded.


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Problem with page about, Christianity/Jesus on Conservapedia.
"Everything you post must be true and verifiable"
Conservepedia commandments.
I realise most people who edit this Wiki are of the Christian Perusastion, but i must point out that the article on Christianity is not objective in the least nor factual. It states that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of god aswell it infers Christianity is the one and only true relegion.
This is not exactly objective at all, these claims aren't verifable at all so what one must do is present things like relegion from an Objective standpoint without any biase (against or for).
I find the Wikipedia article on Jesus/Christiantiy presents the details much more objectively then Conservepedia does, they dont push one opinion or the other claiming such and such is absoloute fact when infact it is not it is unverifiable.
Keeping track of our articles, how do we do this, by making one long list? Or by putting a template on every religion articles talk page? Or this not even neccessary?
-- email me 18:29, 28 July 2008 (EDT)
- Andrew is against too many templates and so on, and I see where he's coming from. But at the same time it would be useful. Something unobtrusive may be acceptable? 10px שועל (talk|contribs) 08:05, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
Unless objections are raised, I will be converting all cat:catholicism to cat:catholic church. -- jp 10:07, 15 September 2008 (EDT)
Will continue to add Catholic Church category to almost all: Christians, Books, Early Christians, Martyrs, Bible Persons, Art, etc. -- jp 00:52, 18 September 2008 (EDT)
I'm joining a bit late, but I'm offering to be a referee or mediator when contributors start to disagree vigorously about how to describe a religion. (I'll try to be more laid back on my own, which I just unprotected this month.) --Ed Poor Talk 18:55, 20 November 2008 (EST)
April Fools Article
I propose that the April Fools Day article be unprotected as I see no point in it and its talk page being protected. Dvergne 11:31, 1 April 2013 (EDT)


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Daniel Hillel, winner of the 2012 World Food Prize, considered the "Nobel Prize of Agriculture," will be the featured guest in the DENIN Dialogue Series at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 4, in Mitchell Hall on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.
The DENIN Dialogue Series engages experts from around the world in conversation with a knowledgeable host and with the public through an on-stage interview format and audience question and answer session. Robin Morgan, professor of animal and food sciences and former dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will lead the dialogue with Hillel.
For an Iowa Public Television video about Hillel, click here.
At the dialogue, Hillel will be asked about his formative life of learning to farm in Israel's Negev Desert, his pioneering scientific work, his role as an ambassador for sustainable agriculture around the world, and his studies of water as a force shaping the cultures and conflicts of the Middle East, past and present.
In addition to his talk on Thursday evening, Hillel will present a seminar titled "The Challenge of Managing the Environment Sustainably in a Changing World" on Wednesday, April 3, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. The seminar is open to the entire UD community.
DENIN is also sponsoring an informal breakfast question-and-answer session for students with Hillel on Friday, April 5, at 9 a.m. in the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center. Both graduate and undergraduate students are welcome; bagels, pastries, fruit, juice and coffee will be provided.
About Daniel Hillel
In awarding Hillel its annual award in 2012, the World Food Prize Foundation said it was honoring him for "his role in conceiving and implementing a radically new mode of bringing water to crops in arid and dry land regions — known as 'micro-irrigation.'
"Dr. Hillel's pioneering scientific work in Israel revolutionized food production, first in the Middle East, and then in other regions around the world over the past five decades. His work laid the foundation for maximizing efficient water usage in agriculture, increasing crop yields, and minimizing environmental degradation."
Hillel was born in the United States but was moved to Israel as a young child and raised on a kibbutz in a farming environment. He was educated at both American and Israeli universities as a soil scientist.
First drawn to the critical needs of the water supply in arid regions during his years of living in a small settlement in the highlands of the Negev Desert, the new approach Hillel developed and disseminated provided for a low-volume, high-frequency water supply directly to plant roots. This research led to a dramatic shift from the prevailing method of irrigation used in the first half of the 20th century: applying water in brief, periodic episodes of flooding to saturate the soil, followed by longer periods of manufactured drought to dry out the soil.
Hillel proved that plants grown in continuously moist soil, achieved through micro-irrigation, produced higher yields than plants grown under the old flooding or sprinkler irrigation methods. Using less water in agriculture per unit of land not only conserves a scarce resource in arid and semi-arid regions, but also results in significantly "more crop per drop," with the successful cultivation of field crops and fruit trees, even in coarse sands and gravel.
Hillel's development and promotion of better land and water management clearly demonstrated that farmers no longer needed to depend on the soil's ability to store water, as was the case when using the previous method of high-volume, low-frequency irrigation. The technology he advanced, including drip, trickle and continuous-feed irrigation, has improved the quality of life and livelihoods throughout the Middle East and around the world.
By integrating complex scientific principles, designing practical applications and achieving wide outreach to farmers, communities, researchers and agricultural policy makers in more than 30 countries, Hillel has impacted the lives of millions.
He has written or edited 26 books on the roles of soil and water in healthy agro-ecosystems. His work includes historical scholarship on the roles of water, geology, geography and food production on the development of ancient civilizations of the Middle East and how environmental influences shaped the cultures and religious beliefs of people in the region.
Recently he has been working on ways to adjust agricultural techniques to adapt to increasing water stress resulting from climate change in order to meet the food and water requirements of a rapidly growing world population. He divides his time between the Center for Environmental Studies in Israel and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
This event is part of the "Challenges and Choices" series of events being hosted by DENIN in 2013 to focus attention on four major environmental challenges facing Delaware: sea level rise and extreme weather events, food and water security, land use and energy.
Article by Beth Chajes
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo welcomes Pilobolus on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
Founded in 1971, Pilobolus is a modern performance company that wears its revolutionary stripes on its sleeves. In keeping with its fundamentally collective creative process, Pilobolus Dance Theatre now curates and convenes groups of diverse artists to make inventive, athletic, witty and collaborative performance works on stage and screen using the human body as a medium for expression.
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Passengers on the Carnival Triumph used Twitter and Instagram to send out photos of conditions on the crippled ship as it slowly makes its way to Mobile.
[View the story "Inside the Carnival Triumph" on Storify]Inside the Carnival TriumphPassengers on the Carnival Triumph used Twitter and Instagram to send out photos of conditions on the crippled ship as it slowly makes its way to Mobile.
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Facilitates working with functional data structures on top of CLOS.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday announced that Thiago Silva, following a UFC on Fuel TV 6 drug test, has turned up positive results for marijuana metabolites.
He has been suspended for six months, must attend a drug rehabilitation program, and also pass a drug test before regaining clearance to fight.
"Thiago Silva tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his bout at UFC on FUEL TV in Macau," read a statement from UFC officials. "The UFC organization has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance-enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents.
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August 27. 2014 8:42PM
Drew Cline: Small sleights of hand in Republican primaries around NH
FORMER REP. Maureen Mooney of Merrimack is running for the state Senate. An energetic conservative, she could lose her primary not for betraying her party, but for serving it. Because she has spent years in dedicated service to the state GOP, one of her opponents, Dan Dwyer, asserts that she should not be elected. He dismisses her as an "establishment Republican."
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In Executive Council District 4, 2012 Republican nominee Bob Burns posts on his website an endorsement quote from former District 4 Councilor Ray Wieczorek — who is not only endorsing Burns' primary opponent, Jim Adams, but is Adams' co-chairman. The quote is from the 2012 general election. Burns knows that Wieczorek is actively opposing Burns' candidacy. He keeps the quote on his website anyway for the sole purpose of deceiving primary voters into thinking that he has the support of the well-liked former councilor.
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Former U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta presents a more subtle implied endorsement. His new TV ad contains an old image of him with former Rep. Stella Scamman, wife of former Speaker Doug Scamman. The Scammans, GOP royalty in New Hampshire, are backing Guinta's rival Dan Innis for Congress.
The flip side of implying the endorsement of people who oppose you is hiding your backers. Andrew Hemingway, running for the Republican nomination for governor, mysteriously left some donors blank on his campaign finance report. As Grantham attorney Sheridan Brown discovered when going through the report, Hemingway did not name the Marijuana Policy Project, a Nevada casino executive, controversial activist Aaron Day, and Michael Gill, who gained some notoriety for using billboards to post offensive messages advancing his claims that the New Hampshire judicial system is corrupt.
So much of politics is about defining one's opponent as someone who does not share the voters' values. In primaries, that gets trickier because widely shared values are presumed. How do Republicans win the votes of fellow Republicans in a Republican primary? Sometimes they do it by misleading members of their own party, even in small ways.
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