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Feb 02, 2013
ANDERSON, S.C. – The Coker women's tennis team opened its 2013 season with a tough 9-0 loss to Anderson University.
In doubles play, the No. 1 doubles pair of Daniela Chipe and Anna Musiyenko came up short, losing 8-3. Chipe then fought hard at No. 1 singles, falling in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
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Turn your WinPhone into an Xbox remote
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Microsoft's Xbox 360 Dashboard update this week will introduce a smart phone application that turns your Windows Phone handset into an Xbox system remote.
The Xbox LIVE for Windows Phone application will let you browse and search through films, TV programs, games and other content available via Xbox 360.
The app will let you also select a searched result, launch a film, TV show, or game and – apparently – give you standard remote staples of play, pause, fast forward and rewind.
The update was mentioned on Major Nelson, a Microsoft blog maintained by Larry Hryb, director of programming for Xbox LIVE. But it has been somewhat buried in an avalanche of content-related aimed at drumming up console and games sales in the run up to Christmas. The app is due to be released on December 6.
On Tuesday titles for Xbox 360 will come on tap from, among others, the Amazon-owned Lovefilm – which recently ditched Adobe's Flash Player for Microsoft's Silverlight player – and Netflix in the US and Canada. Netflix in recent months has haemorrhaged users thanks to a series of errors on pricing and an unpopular attempt to split its DVD and web streaming businesses.
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings, a member of Microsoft's board, has apologized personally for the DVD-streaming split if not the price increase.
Back on content: later in December, Microsoft will make available content through the Xbox 360 catalogue from ABC, MSN and MSNBC, and TMZ in different countries. And it will give customers the ability to stream cats playing videos courtesy of global access to YouTube. The BBC throwd its lot in with Xbox 360 in 2012. ®


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Fed's Bernanke
Recent figures show consumer spending, business investment and employment have perked up, developments cited by Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke during a news conference following the central bank's March 19-20 policy meeting.
"The data since our January meeting have been generally consistent with our expectation that the fourth-quarter pause in the recovery would prove temporary and that moderate economic growth would resume," Bernanke said.
Still, policy makers remain "concerned that restrictive fiscal policies may slow economic growth and job creation in coming months," he said.
Macy's Inc., the second-largest U.S. department-store chain, is among companies that project consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of the economy, will hold up.
"We think the customer is OK, not particularly strong, not particularly weak, and we look at the momentum we have coming in to the year and we feel quite confident," Karen Hoguet, chief financial officer at Macy's Inc., said at a March 14 conference.
"That doesn't mean that we're not cognizant of all that's going on in Washington and what's going on with the payroll tax and every other factor, but we feel as if the environment will be supportive of us achieving the guidance that we've laid out," she said.
Federal Budget
The Bloomberg measure of consumer comfort showed Americans may be unsettled by congressional bickering over the federal budget and the possible damage to economy from a slowdown in the pace of government spending, Gary Langer, president of Langer Research Associates in New York, which compiles the index for Bloomberg, said in a statement.
The comfort index's measure assessing Americans' views on the current state of the economy fell to minus 61.1 from minus 59.5. The decline was the fourth straight, the longest such stretch since the four weeks ended Dec. 9.
Concerns about the job market may further restrain sentiment. The monthly average of jobless claims climbed from the lowest level in five years, today's Labor Department report showed. The less-volatile figure increased to 343,000 last week from 340,750.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain has paid a lower interest rate to raise €4.2 billion ($5.7 billion) in an auction of bonds, suggesting improved investor confidence in the government's financial outlook.
The Treasury said it sold €2.6 billion in 10-year bonds Thursday at a rate of 5.20 percent, compared with 5.40 percent at the last such auction Jan. 22.
It sold €1.1 billion in two-year bonds at a rate of 2.54 percent, compared with 2.82 percent on Feb. 7.
It also placed €548 million in six-year bonds with the rate falling to 4.27 percent, from 4.67 percent in December.
Spain's borrowing costs have fallen sharply in recent months since European authorities announced new measures strengthening investors' confidence that the country would be helped, if needed, to handle its debt.
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June 15, 2009
Laura B. Luger
Vice President and General Counsel
The University of North Carolina
General Administration
Post Office Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515-2688
Re: Advisory Opinion: Public Records Act; Accrued Leave Balances
Dear Ms. Luger:
You have asked whether the following categories of employee information are public information which should be disclosed upon request:
1. Sick leave balances;
2. Vacation leave balances;
3. Compensatory time accrued; and
4. Bonus leave balances
It is our understanding that a request has been made for this information as applicable to all employees of the University system.
The North Carolina Public Records Act, Chapter 132 of the General Statutes, requires every custodian of public records to allow for their inspection at reasonable times and under reasonable supervision, and to furnish copies upon payment of fees as prescribed by law. Public records, as defined by NCGS §132-1, are records "made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by any agency of North Carolina government or its subdivisions, including public universities." Therefore, absent a specific statutory exception, the University system is required to provide the requested public records. See News & Observer Publishing Co. v. Poole, 330 N.C. 465 (1992).
One such exception is found in NCGS §126-22, which restricts the release of "personnel files" of state employees. "Personnel File" is defined as employment-related or personal information gathered by an employer related to an individual's "application, selection, promotion, demotion, transfer, leave, salary, contract for employment, benefits, suspension, performance evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination." Confidential personnel file information also includes an individual's home address, social security number, medical history, personal financial data, marital status, dependents, and beneficiaries.
This exception, however, must be applied in conjunction with NCGS §126-23 which requires that certain employee information be kept open for public inspection. With respect to each employee, a public record must be maintained showing name, age, date of original employment or appointment to State service, the terms of any employment contract, current position, title, current salary, date and amount of most recent increase or decrease in salary, date of most recent promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, or other change in position classification, and the office or station to which the employee is currently assigned. In 2007, an amendment to this section further defined the employee information required to be kept open by adding:
For the purposes of this section, the term "salary" includes pay, benefits, incentives, bonuses, and deferred and all other forms of compensation paid by the employing entity.
S.L. 2007-508, s. 4.
You also ask, however, whether the statute requires "leave balances" to be made public. You note that inasmuch as NCGS §126-23 requires that only "current salary" be kept public, an argument can be made that the legislative intent in enacting the 2007 amendment defining "salary" was to require that only "current benefits" be open for inspection. You therefore suggest that accrued leave balances are not "current benefits" and that only amounts of leave earned during a "current" period are required to be kept open.
We are not aware of any case law, regulation, or other guidance which answers this question. Therefore, we agree that under standard principles of statutory construction a plain reading of the 2007 amendment dictates that only "current benefits" must be available for inspection. However, it is our view that "current benefits" includes the amount of accumulated leave time that an employee has available for use at the time the inspection is requested. As such, it is our opinion that NCGS §126-23 requires the University system to provide the accumulated leave time for the employees in question.
In conclusion, it is the opinion of this Office that leave time is a benefit required to be kept open for public inspection in accordance with NCGS §126-23. Sick leave balances, vacation leave balances, bonus leave balances, and compensatory time accrued are therefore current benefits which should be made available for inspection and copying upon request. Please contact me if further assistance is required.
Very truly yours,
Grayson G. Kelley
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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
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- Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. The Lay of Gudrún recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.
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- 1981
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Narrated from Abu Jaffar Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali (ra).
Three or seven days, AFTER YOU SEE A FIRE FROM THE EAST, EXPECT TO SEE THE APPEARANCE OF AL-I MUHAMMAD [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)], an angel from the sky will call out the name of Hazrat Mahdi (as), and everyone in East and West will hear that voice. So much so that those asleep will wake from fear, those standing will squat down, and those seated will rise to their feet.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon retirees are suing the phone company because it's planning to transfer the responsibility to pay their pensions to an insurance company, where they will have fewer legal protections.
Verizon Communications Inc. said last month that it would transfer $7.5 billion of its pension obligations, covering 41,000 management retirees, to Prudential Insurance. The deal effectively turns the company's defined-benefit pensions into annuities.
The Association of BellTel Retirees sued in federal court in Dallas, seeking a court order to halt the deal, which is set to close in December. They note that annuities aren't covered by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Randal S. Milch, New York-based Verizon's general counsel, says the suit lacks merit, adding that Prudential has a long history of providing group annuity benefits.


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Flexner on Finishing: Wiping Varnish
A method of brushing onto a complex surface.
By Bob Flexner
Pages: 54-56
From the November 2010 issue # 186
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Wiping varnish might be the most popular hand-applied finish used by woodworkers. It's popular because it's just as easy to apply as oil finishes but much more moisture, scratch, heat and solvent resistant.
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Taking to the circle as Pacific's No. 2 starter, Tori established herself among the Big West's best as she earned second team all-conference honors in her first season of collegiate softball. Among the top freshman in the conference in 2011, Shepard finished the season at 14-9 with a 3.20 ERA after appearing in 32 contests. Mature well above her years in the circle, Shepard was called upon to take on some of the nation's best throughout the year including picking up the Tigers' first victory over a ranked opponent on the year when she defeated No. 13 Oregon, 4-2, on Feb. 26. Additionally, the freshman earned the victory in relief against No. 23 Fresno State on April 5 when the Tigers defeated the Bulldogs, 5-4, in 11 innings. For the year, Shepard picked up one pitcher of the week award as she earned the honor on April 4, the first pitcher of the week award for the Tigers.
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As a pitcher from Lodi High School, in Lodi, Calif., Shepard helped lead the Flames to an overall record of 21-5 as a senior during the 2010 season. A three-time San Joaquin Athletic Association MVP, Shepard put together an impressive high school resume as she posted a 37-12 overall record with a sub-0.50 ERA. Additionally, Shepard proved to be an overpowering arm in the circle for the Flames as she as amassed 609 strikeouts in three seasons, including once striking out 23 batters in a single game. In her last three seasons, Shepard earned All-Area honors and All-San Joaquin Athletic Association honors including taking home the league's Most Valuable Player award as a sophomore. In addition to her play at the high school level, Shepard also pitched for the Runnin' Rebels club team after having played for the Lodi Extreme, a team that she led to their only Babe Ruth World Series Championship in 2008.
Born in Stockton, Calif., Tori Shepard is the daughter of Robert and Angela Shepard. She has one brother, Bobby, who is a football player at Fresno State. In her second year at Pacific, Tori is undecided with her major, but leaning toward Sport Management.


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Meet Finn Davey McDermott!
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott introduce their fourth child, posing inside the 10-week-old's nursery in a set of recently released photos.
After a difficult pregnancy that included hospitalization and bedrest due to placenta previa, the actress delivered her son via c-section at 37 weeks.
"I would rub my belly and talk to Finn. I kept telling him, 'We're going to be fine' and 'I can't wait to hold you,'" Spelling, 39, tells PEOPLE.
Now happy and healthy at home, Finn joins siblings Hattie, 13 months, Stella, 4, and Liam, 5½, as well as Jack, 14, McDermott's son from a prior marriage.
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This policy applies to employees of South Plains College in their interaction with other employees and students. Furthermore, executive management at each College location will establish appropriate procedures to insure that non-employees (vendors, contractors, trades people, etc.) on College premises are also made aware of the intent of this policy.
Employees who feel they have been discriminated against on the basis of gender, or sexually or in any other manner harassed, should immediately report such incidents, following the procedure described below, without fear of reprisal. Confidentiality will be maintained to the extent permitted by the circumstances.
Harassment. Verbal, physical or visual conduct of a racial, ethnic or other type which, in the employee's opinion, impairs his or her ability to perform the job.
Sexual Harassment. Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances or visual, verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. This definition encompasses many forms of offensive behavior, including gender-based harassment of a person of the same gender as the harasser, conduct of a sexual nature that creates an offensive, intimidating or hostile work environment; and coerced sexual conduct by a person in a position of authority in the workplace. Examples of prohibited sexual harassment include:
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It's like paying your phone bill with your credit card or, worse, using one credit card to pay the bill of another. The proverbial "Robbing Peter to pay Paul," is how the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) characterizes budget proposals from the Bush administration, which NACD claims will significantly decrease funds for technical assistance in conservation programs.
NACD is "vigorously opposed" to the administration's proposals, says Rich Duesterhaus, director of governmental affairs for the group.
"Producers aren't being given as much technical assistance as was expected out of the farm bill," he says. "Consequently, they will not get as many services as they have come to expect."
In a letter sent to President Bush Jan. 17, the National Association of Conservation takes Bush to task for proposing a decrease in technical assistance to the thousands of America's farmers and ranchers who want to practice good stewardship on their land.
"Less conservation applied to the land will, in turn, jeopardize the cleaner water and air, improved soil quality and enhanced wildlife habitat benefits that all American's receive from sound land stewardship," they say.
The Bush proposal forwarded to Congress from the Office of Budget and Management, the group says, would establish a new $322 million discretionary account to fund technical assistance services for federal financial conservation programs, but at the expense of U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation, nutrition, and other programs.
That proposed figure has since changed to $432 million, but the effect, says Duesterhaus, is the same.
Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced Jan. 30 that the president's budget ensures that all of the cost-share and technical assistance conservation work authorized by the 2002 farm bill for fiscal year 2004 will be delivered. USDA will use an additional $432 million, though a new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account, to ensure farmers and ranchers can access the technical work necessary to fully utilize the conservation programs' financial assistance.
Duesterhaus says, "The administration has continued the idea that was proposed earlier in January to go down the back of this technical assistance account, and in fact increase the amount taken out of there.
"According to the Jan. 30 announcement, funding for technical assistance will come out of other programs and the conservation programs account, with only half of it coming out of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) as authorized by the 2002 farm fill."
NACD says it's OK about setting up a special account for technical assistance, for accountability purposes. However, the group says the proposed account instead appears to be a way to divert funds, and reduce outlays.
"The fact that the administration is giving the conservation program this kind of attention is commendable. We are encouraged by this early sign that dollar levels will be increased in 2004 over 2003 levels. However they don't go to the levels that were authorized by the farm bill," Duesterhaus says.
"The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) was authorized at 250,000 acres each year, and only 178,000 WRP acres were covered in the administration's Jan. 30 announcement."
"What matters is that over 164,000 producers will not get services in 2003 because of that Technical Assistance account," he says. "You can't reduce a program that is serving producers on one side, and put the money on another side, and not accept the fact that you are reducing the services you provide to those producers."
The National Association of Conservation Districts' Jan. 17 letter to Bush states, "Currently, USDA delivers conservation technical assistance through the Natural Resource Conservation Service to land managers that participate in federal financial assistance programs, as well as to producers who bear the full costs of installing conservation measures.
"This proposal would significantly reduce federal funding used to assist producers who apply conservation practices at their own expense, and redirect these resources to producers who also receive federal funding to offset the cost of installing conservation measures."
The proposal, the letter states, would also impair the ability of USDA to collaborate with state and local governments in addressing private lands conservation challenges because federal funding to offset shared costs would be "drastically" reduced.
NACD president J. Read Smith calls the move "ill-conceived and shortsighted," noting the irony that the proposal penalizes the producers who are voluntarily spending their own money to conservation measures that provide important public benefits.
"While we clearly support much of the president's private lands conservation agenda, it appears that he was not fully apprised of the negative impacts that this proposal would have on producers and longstanding intergovernmental agreements that were struck to help land managers apply conservation measures," says Smith.
One bright note, Duesterhaus says, is that the Senate has passed an appropriations bill that includes language dealing with technical assistance, and it appears they are trying to protect the account the Office of Budget and Management has proposed to raid.
"We fully support the farm bill conservation programs and each of the programs would fund their technical assistance," he says. "The OMB was going to fund them through a discretionary fund which would decrease funding provided for by the farm bill."


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The Personal Touch: Custom Gift Ideas
I love making gifts for the holidays. Often, it allows me to be more generous on a modest budget, and I think that a personal touch instills a great deal of value to an item! The time it takes, however, to DIY gifts for all of your friends and loved ones can be overwhelming. Here are a few options that allow you to put your own personal touch on a gift that won't take up three weeks of prep time!
If you'v got an artistic leaning that leaves you wanting to create original works of art for all of your friends, perhaps streamlining your creativity a bit will help. These resources do a lot of the grunt work for you, allowing your custom design, artwork, and ideas to shine through with much less effort:
- Scout Books allows you to custom design pocket-sized notebooks that are ever so handy to carry around! I'd love to hand-paint sets of notebooks for my friends for gifts, but I just don't have the time to do 20 batches of them. Scout, however, will print these notebooks with your custom artwork. If you have a bunch of folks on your list that would like this universally handy gift, the price per book (just under $4 if you order 50) makes for an affordable gift. Even if you have 25 people to give them to, that means you've spent about $7 on a meaningful gift that has your custom touch on it!
- There are many places to get custom address stamps with beautiful calligraphy or modern types that are stylish and fun---but they tend to run $30-60 each. With a little ingenuity and a bit of know how, you can create personalized address stamps for your friends for around $7 a pop. Simon's Stamps offers an array of rubber stamp options for reasonable prices. I prefer the old-fashioned wooden-handled stamp. Need a cool font? Check out the Lost Type Co-op, where you can pay what you like for designer fonts! Pick a great typeface, layout a simple return address stamp, and you've got an affordable personalized gift that will be used and loved!
- Moo is an adorable custom print shop online that specializes in business cards and stickers. I love their photo stickers--they're full of rich color and they're super glossy! Put together a pack of custom photo stickers or a set with original designs that you've created, and add a sheet or two of custom seals to some simple stationery for a great customized gift!
- Everyone loves reusable canvas tote bags. Great for stowing your daily needs, or taking to the grocery store, they're a useful thing to keep around. Why not design your own and give them as gifts to your friends? If you have a knack for drawing or designing, create an image that will remind your friends of you, and have it printed on to a canvas bag. At Zazzle, there's no minimum order, but the prices get cheaper as you increase the quantity. Even at $9.95 for a single bag, it's a great price point for a customized, fashionable gift for a friend. Have a lot of friends? Places like Green Monster Promos offer options that run about $2 per tote if you order 100...you could gift a lot of people a custom bag at those prices! Heck, you could use them for gift wrap!
- Alright, this is still a total DIY, but I feel like it's a bit more automated, so the results you could yield would supply many gifts. Poppytalk offered up this great project from Ruth Bleakley on Easy Relief Printmaking. Create one template from a piece of styrofoam, get a brayer and some ink, and you could be rolling out holiday cards like gangbusters! And, they're totally customized with artwork that you've created.
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Surgery for Wilms Tumors
Surgery is the main treatment for nearly all children with Wilms tumor. It should be done by a surgeon who specializes in operating on children and has experience in treating these cancers.
Removing the tumor
The main goal of surgery is to remove the entire Wilms tumor in one piece to keep the cancer cells from possibly spreading in the abdomen (belly). Surgeons who operate on these tumors are careful to limit the chance of this type of cancer spread whenever possible. If the surgeon finds (either with imaging tests done before surgery, or when starting the operation) that the entire tumor can't be removed safely, other treatments may be used first. If these treatments shrink the tumor enough, surgery can then be done more safely.
Depending on the situation, different operations might be used.
Radical nephrectomy: This is the most common surgery for a Wilms tumor that's only in one kidney, as it provides the best chance of making sure all of the tumor is removed. During this operation, the surgeon makes an incision (cut – usually down the middle of the abdomen) and removes the cancer along with the whole kidney, the fatty tissue around the kidney, the ureter (tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder), and the attached adrenal gland that sits on top of the kidney. Most children do very well with only one kidney.
Partial nephrectomy (nephron-sparing surgery): In the small number of children who have Wilms tumors in both kidneys, the surgeon will try to save some normal kidney tissue, if possible. The surgeon may remove the kidney containing the most tumor with a radical nephrectomy. In the other kidney the surgeon may do a partial nephrectomy, removing just the tumor and a margin of normal kidney around it. Another option might be partial nephrectomies on both kidneys.
Sometimes, both kidneys need to be removed completely. The child would then need dialysis several times a week. In this procedure, a machine does the job of the kidneys by filtering waste products out of the blood. Once the child is healthy enough, a kidney transplant may be an option if a donor kidney becomes available.
Assessing the extent of the disease (surgical exploration)
Another main goal of surgery (radical or partial nephrectomy) is to determine the extent of the cancer and whether or not it can all be removed. Lymph nodes near the kidney will be removed during surgery to look for cancer cells in them. Cancer often spreads to lymph nodes (bean-sized collections of immune cells). Lymph node removal is known as a regional lymphadenectomy.
The other kidney and nearby organs such as the liver may also be looked at closely, and any suspicious areas biopsied (samples taken to be checked for cancer under a microscope).
Knowing if a Wilms tumor has spread to the lymph nodes, the other kidney, or other nearby organs is important in determining its stage and further treatment options.
Placing a central venous access device (port)
Often, if the child is going to get chemotherapy, a surgeon will insert a small plastic tube called a catheter into a large blood vessel – usually under the collar bone. This tube may be called a venous access device, central venous catheter, or just a port. The tube might be put in during the surgery to remove the tumor, or as a separate operation (especially if chemo is going to be given before the surgery).
Possible risks and side effects of surgery
Surgery to remove a Wilms tumor is a serious operation, and surgeons are very careful to try to limit any problems either during or after surgery. Complications during surgery, such as bleeding, injuries to major blood vessels or other organs, or reactions to anesthesia, are rare, but they can happen.
Almost all children will have some pain for a while after the operation, although this can usually be helped with medicines if needed. Other problems after surgery are not common but can include internal bleeding, blood clots, infections, or problems with food moving through the intestines.
Most children do well when only one kidney is removed. But if there are tumors in both kidneys, another concern is the loss of kidney function. In these cases, doctors must balance between making sure the tumors are removed completely and removing only as much of the kidney(s) as is needed. Children who have all or parts of both kidneys removed may need dialysis, and may eventually need a kidney transplant.
Last Medical Review: March 6, 2015 Last Revised: February 16, 2016
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Possession sounds like something out of a horror movie but I wonder if it's more common than we imagine. I also wonder how many people we come across in our daily who have some sort of evil spirit in them. (gosh! this makes me sound whacko!)
An RC priest once told me about some people he knew who went camping in the middle of nowhere. They weren't Catholic at the time and decided to play around with some black magic stuff. It wasn't serious but when they came back all of them reported strange occurences. Finally they went to a priest who blessed them and all of the weird things stopped. This priest thought that they'd somehow 'picked up' an evil spirit while out in the boonies playing with black magic and that the spirit had followed them back. They weren't possessed but still affected. This priest said that the middle of nowhere is more dangerous because so many parts of inhabited areas have been blessed that evil spirits have been driven to the country. He was a trad RC priest so might have been a little strange.
I was certainly glad to get my apartment blessed. Back when I was RC whenever I moved into a new apartment I'd always flick a little holy water around, just in case.
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Hoping to bolster its kidney treatment offerings, Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) agreed on Tuesday to shell out $4 billion to acquire Swedish dialysis product company Gambro.
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Baxter said the acquisition of privately held Gambro is expected to add to the company's adjusted earnings beyond 2014 and generate annual cost synergies of about $300 million by 2017.
Based in Lund, Sweden, Gambro manufactures clinical and home-use devices and therapies for kidney and liver dialysis patients. The company was founded in 1964 and today has annual sales of $1.6 billion, 7,500 employees and 13 production facilities in nine countries.
"This acquisition further strengthens our global dialysis offerings by extending our portfolio in the hemodialysis segment,'' Baxter CEO Robert Parkinson, Jr., said in a statement. ''This transaction will provide attractive returns and enhance Baxter's sales and earnings growth over the company's current long-range financial plan.''
The companies note that more than 2 million patients around the world are on some form of dialysis and treatment rates rise about 5% a year due in part to rising rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.
Baxter said it expects the acquisition to hurt its adjusted earnings per share by 10 cents to 15 cents in 2013 and add about 20 cents to 25 cents per share in 2014.
''Both companies have a longstanding heritage in kidney care with innovative technologies and a dedication to saving, sustaining and improving the lives of patients worldwide,'' said Gambro CEO Guido Oelkers.
Baxter, which is based in Deerfield, Ill., said it will finance the deal through a combination of debt and cash generated from overseas operations. The transaction is seen closing in the first half of next year.
Shares of Baxter dropped 0.76% to $65.30 Thursday morning, but they remain up about 32% so far this year.
J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) served as Baxter's financial advisor on the deal.


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Children enter the annual contest with drawings, paintings, sculpture, collage and other mediums. Entries have come in by the hundreds and from more than 27 countries.
In 2013, some 450 entries were uploaded to the 2013 Frogs Are Green Kids' art contest on Flickr.
Operated by Kristin J. DeAngelis and Gabriel Pacheco, The Distillery Gallery is located in a diverse neighborhood on the edge of the Palisades Cliffs. The Distillery is founded on the belief that it's important to recognize and support innovative artists at all career stages.
Since 2009, Frogs Are Green has inspired and engaged children around the world to learn about frogs and amphibians and express themselves through art. Frogs Are Green is an organization created to increase awareness about the catastrophic decline of frog and other amphibian populations and to advocate for conservation measures to help protect them.
For more information on Frogs Are Green, visit their website at http://frogsaregreen.org/green-dream.
For more information The Distillery Gallery and Artspace, go to www.facebook.com/DistilleryGalleryandArtspace.


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US futures rise; Dow closes in on record high
US futures rise; Dow closes in on record high
Mar. 05, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are rising after a volatile start to the week and the Dow is again within striking distance of an all-time closing high.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 31 points to 13,147. S&P futures have added 4 points to 1,529.70. Nasdaq futures are up 11.5 points to 2,771.50.
Futures do not necessarily foretell which way the market will go at the opening bell, but there are catalysts for a run at the market peak reached in October 2007, just before the recession hit.
Home prices rose 9.7 percent in January from a year ago, according to data released Tuesday by CoreLogic. That's the biggest annual gain since April 2006.
The U.S. housing market may be hitting its stride just ahead of the spring selling season.


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A friend gave me this recipe - it's quick, easy and perfect every time!
I loved this recipe. The crust was not dried out and had a slight crunch. I thought that the dough was a bit moist even after the rise stage. I floured my hands and worked it into a round pizza pan. I had enough dough to make two pizzas. I rolled the other dough. I will be making this again and again. We eat a lot of pizza. I always get request to make pizza. - 07 Jun 2014
I made this recipe several times and had trouble with it from the beginning, but I made a few changes which helped. 1.)Two cups of flour left the dough too sticky for me, so I add about another 1/2 cup through kneading. 2.)I used olive oil to grease my pan and then sprinkled some cornmeal on top of that, then the dough for baking. 3.)This for me was the critical problem for this recipe... Many reviewers recommended partially baking the crust before applying the sauce and other toppings so it doesn't get soggy in the middle. I tried this and it simply didn't work for me. I ended up baking the crust initially for 8 minutes w/o toppings and then with the toppings for an additional 20 and the crust still wasn't done. Now instead I bake it at 400 degrees without bothering to prebake and I don't have a problem with sogginess in the center. 4.) Also add 1/4 tsp each of garlic powder and basil to the dough, but that is a personal preference and doesn't add or take away from the original recipe as it is good without it. I also like to pair this with the "Best Marinara Sauce Yet" from this site, which is very, very good. Will make again, but with my changes. - 18 Nov 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Turned out wonderful! I made one with the bread flour, like the recipie calls for, and one with regular flour, (because I ran out of bread flour)did not come out as good with regular flour. - 11 Dec 2002 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)


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The Scotch-Irish did NOT stay in their little towns for generations. Considering the times, I find their movement amazing. One man, Moses White, is found in the records of the Dutch Reformed church in
The Scotch-Irish began as Presbyterians, but within one or two generations became Methodist, Congregational, Reformed Presbyterian, Baptist, or any other of the numerous denominations that have served our country's religious needs. There is some valid speculation that many of the second generation of Quakers to
The local and national historical and genealogical societies are great resources for 1718 research. By contrast, universities and colleges in
There is no such thing as a Scotch-Irish surname. Our names may have originated, and may still be found, in
My generation is largely ignorant of its past. In fact, not until I had completed research on my Boyd family did my 70-something mother discover her Presbyterian roots. She had always thought she was the 'first' in the family to be Presbyterian. Seeing her cry while reading about her ancestors in
No one has yet written a definitive book about the methodology for Scotch-Irish research in
Colin Brooks is a genealogist specializing in Scotch-Irish research in the 18th century. Project developer of the 1718 Migration research. Co-author of the Northern Ireland website: http://www.1718migration.org.


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Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that LeBron James will meet with Miami Heat President Pat Riley this week before making a decision about where to play next season.
The time and location were still being scheduled, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the Heat nor James announced their plans publicly.
James opted out of his contract with the Heat last month. His agent met with several teams last week, including Cleveland, where he spent his first seven NBA seasons.


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Jan 25, 2009 at 12:24 pm
That is a really cool profile pic!!
Apr 7, 2007 at 6:09 pm
dude the fenders really set her on fire, i feel a high gloss paint job coming on in a hot minute. hood looks sharper form the front. like get to the side our your dinner punk. lol
Jul 31, 2006 at 7:46 am
fox body looks good man!!!! you rarely find them anymore in as good shape as ours are.


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Guest email update through RSVP section
I like that guests can enter their email when RSVP-ing and get reminders. It would be even better if I can see who selected the option for a reminder and also have their email populate in the Guest entry in the Guest List Manager.
This is a great suggestion! We will definitely pass this along to our Product Design team for consideration.
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Vaughn M commented
Agree, we need to be able to send reminders.. People often miss and forget.. Need a reminder secton
Katharine O'Brien commented
I'm hearing that when guests enter their emails when RSVP-ing to get reminders the message "email address is invalid" pops up when they try and enter their e-mail addresses which are in fact valid. How can this be remedied? Thanks.
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What is the point of collecting email addresses during RSVP if I cannot email my guests? I am changing the location of my ceremony and have now realized I have no easy way to communicate this to guests that have already RSVP'd other than calling them individually.
Can you please advise on the purpose of this function? And if you are collecting email addresses from my guests - can you please send me the list of my guests who have subscribed with all of their associated email addresses? Surely this is compiled somewhere for you and it should be available to your clients as well.
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I also think it should be possible to send a "gentle reminder" email to tell guests to RSVP. We had about 3 months between when invites went out and the wedding, and it would have been nice to be able to send a reminder for people to RSVP.


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VRCB Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
Brent Crude Oil (April '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 02/20/13 @ 116.27. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 02/20/13 @ 115.60. Downside Targets = 113.47 – 112.27.
- New lows made on current move Thursday @ 110.87.
- April Brent Crude was unable to hold what little rally it had in early trading as it broke to new five-week lows going into the close to settle below the daily SBB for the second consecutive day.
- Brent is about midway through the initial support zone listed earlier in this week's reports and traders should expect increased volatility as the sequester is set to take effect.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.78
- Projected Weekly Range: 3.94
- Projected Monthly Range: 6.75
WTI Crude Oil (April '13):
- Short Term Trends are bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 02/13/13 @ 97.80. Confirmation of a top with a close violation on 02/04/13 @ 96.17. Downside Targets = 91.69 – 90.30.
- New lows made on the current move Thursday @ 91.57.
- April WTI Crude Oil also dropped lower on Thursday as the past two days of consolidation offered little support for the market as it made new 2013 lows at the end of the pit session.
- Look for Friday to follow through on Thursday's bearish price action early before a small bout of short covering returns to the market to elevate it back up near the weekly mid-point.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.44
- Projected Weekly Range: 3.64
- Projected Monthly Range: 6.42
Natural Gas (April '13):
- Short Term trend is bearish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 02/20/13 @ 3.337. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 02/22/13 @ 3.349. Upside Targets = 3.447 – 3.511.
- April Natural Gas moved back higher above $3.50 on Thursday following a larger than expected pull for storage supplies but did so without much conviction as the trade struggled to make new highs.
- Thursday's price action was no doubt bullish but was one of the least volatile report session's seen in recent times as the $3.50 mark continues to provide a ceiling to a market unable to attract fresh buyers as traders look for extended weather forecast that show the cold weather over the past week may be the last week of winter as temps warm up for spring.
- Projected Daily Range: .116
- Projected Weekly Range: .201
- Projected Monthly Range: .492


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How to Drop Your Shoulders
Begin by sitting in your chair with your hands resting on your lap.
Breathe slowly and diaphragmatically. Shrug your shoulders up and then let
them go, allowing them to drop straight down and bounce slightly. Repeat
five times, rapidly shrugging and dropping, letting your shoulders bounce
with each release. Feel the bounce shaking your whole body. Continue
breathing as you shrug and drop your shoulders.
Now, let your arms hang straight down at your sides. (If your chair has
arm rests, sit forward so that your arms move freely.) Lift and drop your
shoulders five more times as your arms and hands hang down loosely. Your
arms should bounce around as if you are a rag doll.
Finally, sit back in your chair resting against your back support. Lift
your hands up and let them drop onto your lap. With your eyes closed,
continue breathing diaphragmatically. Feel your shoulders and arms hanging
down and your hands weighing heavily upon your lap. Imagine that your
arms are hollow, like drinking straws, and that you are gently blowing
your warm breath down and through your arms and out your fingers. Make
each exhalation longer as you slowly and gently blow the breath out and
down your arms. Repeat for 5 to 10 breaths.
Notice the sensations down and through your arms. Sometimes you may feel a
streaming sensation or even an increase in finger and hand warmth.
Do this or other large movement every hour.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – There was rain up and down the East Coast, but that didn't stop the Virginia Commonwealth University track & field team, who had 10 athletes show their stuff at the ECAC/IC4A Championships this weekend.
Seven of those athletes saw their 2011 campaign come to a close, while three are set to compete against some of the country's best athletes at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in Bloomington, Ind. later this month.
"Throughout the year, we talk about using each meet in different ways to set up for the big finales like the conference and regional meets," Head Coach Jon Riley said. "This was no different with some of our athletes trying to make one last push for regionals, while a couple of our athletes wanted to use it to prepare and set up perfectly for later this month."
Junior Julia Anyaugo (pictured, right) started the weekend off on Friday with a top-15 performance in the discus throw to wrap up an unbelievable year for the Washington, D.C. native. She broke the school discus record three times this spring, increasing the mark by more than 23 feet over that stretch.
Saturday brought in the runners and jumpers for the Black & Gold. In the middle distance area, seniors Walid Berkhedle (1500-meter run) and Axel Mostrag (800-meter run) each posted top-20 finishes to conclude their careers, while senior Kyle Jones and sophomore Josh Bostick finished a solid spring season up with strong performances in the 100-meter dash. Senior Joe Edwards completed his VCU career with a top-20 performance in the triple jump.
The lone Ram to score points on the weekend was senior DeAngelo Wilson, who ran in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. His points would come in the 100-meter dash, where he scorched the track for a time of 10.68, good for third place overall.
Back to the women's side, where junior Jazlynn Finney garnered two top-15 finishes in the long jump and 200-meter dash. Freshman Niaimani Aduma concluded a stellar debut season with a top-15 finish in the long jump.
Senior Quina Fortune, who qualified in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, focused on the 200m and blistered the track for a time of 23.84, second-best time in the prelims. With Fortune boasting the 11th-best time in the East Region, she decided to sit out the finals in preparation for later this month.
Wilson, Fortune and Finney are all expected to be invited to the East Region Preliminary Round, which gets started on Thursday, May 26th.


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I know I'm pushing the envelope here by presenting you this recipe for Frosty Pitcher Margaritas that uses bottled lime juice but to be honest, things are really hectic around here this week. I just don't have the time to prepare the post I had planned. Of course, you can substitute real lime juice if you like.
1. Margarita Pie
2. Betty Crocker Margarita Baking Recipes & Drinks
3. Guava Margarita
4. Citrus-Iced Mock Margarita Bars
Frosty Pitcher Margaritas from That Lively Lime Twist published by Bordens (1983)
Frozen Margarita Pie Classic Desserts Eagle Brand Condensed Milk (1984)


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Justin Bieber + Selena Gomez Spotted Ring Shopping
Is Justin Bieber ready to put a ring on it? The Canadian pop star and his love, Selena Gomez, were recently spotted shopping for a diamond bauble, which, naturally, has launched a ripple of rumors.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, onlookers allegedly saw the teen couple looking at pricey rings "in a couple of major jewelry stores," although the paper does not go into specifics about where or when. The report adds that "several people close to the superstar couple say they're convinced an engagement is in the very near future."
Now, none of these claims have been confirmed by The Biebs, Gomez or any legitimate representative from their camps, so Beliebers should take the news with a grain (or truckload) of salt. While we'd love to see a happily-ever-after outcome for the star couple, we're not Googling for their registry just yet.
Some Jelena history for you: Bieber and Gomez began dating at the end of 2010, but went public with their romance at the Vanity Fair's 2011 Oscar party. The 'Spring Breakers' star then went on the 'Late Show With David Letterman' to reveal that JB's management had actually called her momager to set up their first date. In February 2012, Gomez received a "J" ring from her man for Valentine's Day, but she later insisted it was "just for fun."


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Ban the Benjamins!
Hundred-dollar bills are for criminals and sociopaths. Why do we still print them?
The United States government is having a little trouble printing up its newly designed $100 bills. More than 1 billion of these new Benjamins are unusable because they crease in the presses, leaving blank spots on the final product. It's an amusing minor story whose true significance has been missed. Why does the world need 1 billion $100 bills? Indeed, why does the U.S. continue to print C-notes at all?
In May 1976, an economist named James Henry published a wonderful essay in the Washington Monthly titled "Calling in the Big Bills." In it, he observed that "only two kinds of activities in the U.S." required the use of large-denomination currency. One was tax evasion, and the other was organized crime. Henry might also have added certain legal but morally dubious needs, like a compulsive gambler's need to hide his addiction from his family or a billionaire braggart's need to light his cigar with a flaming C-note (though the latter type is probably a creature of myth). In his 1976 piece, Henry proposed that the Treasury and Federal Reserve call in all bills of $50 or more and require holders to exchange them in banks for $10 and $20 bills.
Thirty-four years of inflation make Henry's inclusion of $50 bills seem perhaps overzealous, but, otherwise, his argument has become more compelling, not less. Technological change has reduced much further the plausible need of any law-abiding American to carry a C-note in his wallet or to stash a pile of C-notes in his mattress. Demand for $100 and $50 bills is "so weak," observes David Gorman, author of the 2007 book, Cashless Money, "that banks do not stock [them] in their ATMs." Flash a $100 at the typical American retailer and you're liable to inspire befuddlement on par with that described in Mark Twain's short story "The Million-Pound Banknote." (You probably won't enjoy the same pleasant fate enjoyed by Twain's hero, who, because no one can break his note, never has to pay for anything again.)
Today, when you ask economists and government officials why the $100 bill still exists, they probably won't mention its domestic use. Instead, they'll talk about its popularity overseas. Thirty-four years of globalization have shifted most demand for C-notes offshore. Roughly two-thirds of all U.S. currency is held today in other countries, mostly in large denominations. In 2001 the Federal Reserve estimated that 90 percent of the $100 bills ordered by the Federal Reserve (which accounts for the overwhelming majority of C-notes ordered nationwide) were paid out to foreign banks "to satisfy foreign demand." The overseas share of $100 bills has slackened a little in the new century relative to domestic demand—probably because the C-note is becoming more popular with illegal immigrants here—but today 65 percent of all Benjamins are in foreign hands. The $100 bill may be America's most successful export. But guess what? Foreigners have fishy reasons for holding onto C-notes, too!
The basic economic transaction between the United States and the rest of the world (especially China) goes as follows: They give us automobiles and computers and baby strollers and in exchange we give them dollars, the most stable currency in the world. But usually foreigners don't want physical dollars to stash under their mattresses. Paper bills don't generate interest! Instead, foreigners want American money in the form of bank deposits, which do generate interest, and in Treasury notes, which generate more interest, and maybe even in U.S.-based corporations or real estate, which have the potential to create more wealth still. An economist I know recently visited China as a consultant. "I told them to buy up all of Washington, D.C.!" he told me gleefully.
Some foreigners, though, would prefer to hang onto paper dollars, because they don't want anybody to know they have American bucks. In a few instances, that's a justifiable survival strategy. As Michael S. Derby put it in the Dec. 8 Wall Street Journal, "The dollar is often king in nations with troubled or historically dysfunctional domestic economies." If you live in a corrupt country that's likely to seize your wealth, you might be forgiven for wanting to hide Benjamins from the authorities. Or you might not want to use them to pay taxes. Paying taxes is every citizen's obligation under a morally legitimate regime, but what higher purpose would be served by paying taxes to Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa?
But the world's oppressed probably don't account for very many of those C-notes, because oppressed people aren't known for their ability to accumulate vast quantities of cash. Most of the foreign Benjamins, it seems safe to assume, are in the possession of kleptocrats, drug lords, warlords, oligarchs, terrorists and assorted other varieties of extremely nasty and powerful people. It doesn't make a lot of sense to expand their supply of covert cash. One of the reasons the C-note was recently redesigned was to make life harder for future counterfeiters. North Korea has manufactured about $5 million worth of fake C-notes. But if you really want to shut down high-denomination counterfeiters (who by definition get the most bang for their buck), the simplest solution would be to stop issuing high-denomination currency at all. Then all crisp new Benjamins would be counterfeit.
So why do we keep printing $100 bills? As with any valuable export, we worry that if the C-note ceased to be available to foreign criminals and dictators, another paper currency would take its place. The leading candidate would be the 500 euro note, which criminals have reportedly nicknamed "the Bin Laden" because its compactness makes it so convenient to hide ill-gotten gains in. Granted, the euro is having a bumpy ride at the moment. But it will come back, and when it does, it will stand ready to take the dollar's place wherever and however it can. Indeed, it's not inconceivable that, should American presses stop spitting out $100 bills, the 500 euro note might one day replace the Benjamin as the preferred currency of America's criminal class.
But that doesn't seem a particularly noble reason to keep printing the damned things. Back in 1969, the U.S. government started worrying about the sketchy doings of people who trafficked in $500 bills. You know what it did? It stopped making them.


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Benedek Elek Faculty of Pedagogy
The institution has played a key role in Hungarian pre-school education since 1899. The building, which belonged to "The Redeemer" congregation of nuns, housed secondary level pre-school and primary education from the 1899/1900 academic year till its secularization. The impressive main building, which serves as the present campus of the faculty, was built in 1927 by the Ministry of Education. Starting in September 1959, the Institution for Kindergarten Teachers provided higher education courses for students. Since the 1989/90 academic year, students have been trained on the basis of the new six-term college curriculum. Since the 1990's social education courses are also provided.
In 1991 the college was named after Elek Benedek, the famous Hungarian publicist and story writer. Since 1st January, 2000 the school has been operating as one of the ten faculties of the University of West Hungary.
The faculty is not only the best-known but also the most respected institution with long traditions in pre-school education in Hungary. The skills and knowledge of graduating students are accepted and highly regarded nationwide. The faculty's professional education for infant and child care is very popular, and courses start with the highest number of first year students in Hungary. According to the survey by the National Higher Education Information Centre the reputation of the labour market value of BPK diplomas received the second place in the ranking list among the 17 pre-school and elementary school teachers' education faculties.
Besides basic courses, the faculty offers several different educational programs: professional education, special developmental programs, professional comprehensive examinations, as well as Ph.D. programs. BPK is expanding to create further education opportunities in the field of communication, social sciences and economics. There are extra programs for outstanding students. Since 2007 a Special School for Social Pedagogy has been serving them.
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Research areas are determined by the profile of the faculty (social sciences, education studies). Lecturers of the faculty carry out basic and applied research in the following science areas: sociology, political science, law, historical sciences (history of science, culture and education), psychology (psychology of personality, developmental psychology, social psychology) sports sciences, linguistics, theory of literature, information science. Several professional workshops focus on scientific research functions at BPK, to study disorders of achievement and behaviour, Freinet and project education, digital curriculum development, history of education in Sopron, developing e-learning materials.
In the last academic year the faculty has invested in development which has created a multimedia room, a large auditorium, a demonstration room for infant and child care students, several rooms for drama, social sciences and social service education, as well as offices, lecture rooms and public areas for students. The faculty offers special rooms for different courses. Theatre performances and puppet shows can be practised and performed on the small stage of the drama room. Lifelike dolls in the demonstration room help acquiring infant and child care skills. The psychology room ensures appropriate conditions for self-knowledge training and conflict management practice. Courses on leisure management and game pedagogy are also given in specially designed rooms. There are also 5 auditoriums, several seminar rooms, 5 rooms with broadband Internet access, a gymnasium, a fitness room, a student centre, a library with 60,000 books, a canteen, a bookshop and an assembly room. The student residence, built next to the faculty's main building, accommodates 118 students.
The faculty offers a wide variety of on-campus sports facilities including a renewed handball court, which has been serving for other sports since 2008 as well. Further project plans for the inner reconstruction of the main building of the faculty are to be carried out in the near future.


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Andrew Bloschichak Jr., 79
Andrew Bloschichak Jr., 79, of Lake Drive, North Kingstown, a 22year career man for the U.S. Navy and retired civil service foreman at Quonset Point for 20 years, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 at Kent County Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of the late Eleanor D. (Armstrong) Bloschichak.
Born in New Boston, Pa., a son of the late Andrew and Mary (Bates) Bloschichak, he lived in Jamestown before moving to North Kingstown in 1983. Mr. Bloschichak was a Navy veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam War.
He was the father of Thomas M. Bloschichak, Michael D. Bloschichak, Peggy L. Fultz-Resner, and Pennie D. McGhen. He was the brother of John, Steven, Peter, Paul and Maryann Bloschichak. He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
His funeral service was held Sept. 9 from the Fagan-Quinn Funeral Home, 825 Boston Neck Rd., North Kingstown. Burial, with full military honors, was in the RI Veterans Cemetery in Exeter.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301, Attn: Gift Processing Department.


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Andy Warhol
American, 1928-1987
Mao, 1972
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas
448.3 x 346.7 cm (176 1/2 x 136 1/2 in.)
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize and Wilson L. Mead funds, 1974.230
Modern and Contemporary Art
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The influential Pop artist Andy Warhol cast a cool, ironic light on the pervasiveness of commercial culture and contemporary celebrity worship. Early in his career, he began to utilize the silkscreen process to transfer photographic images to canvas: images of mass-produced consumer products and Hollywood film stars are among his most recognizable subjects. In this example from his Mao series, Warhol melded his signature style with the scale of totalitarian propaganda to address the cult of personality surrounding Chinese ruler Mao Zedong (1893–1976). Nearly 15 feet tall, this towering work mimics the representations of the political figure that were ubiquitous throughout China. In contrast to the photographic nature of the image, garish colors were applied like makeup to Mao's face. Ultimately, the portrait shows Warhol at his most painterly, rendering Mao, an enemy of individualism, in a brazenly personal style.
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Exhibition History
Paris, Musee Galliera, Andy Warhol Mao, Feb. 23–Mar. 18, 1974, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Seventy-First American Exhibition, June 15–Aug. 11, 1974, cat. 91 (illustration is of a different version).
Art Institute of Chicago, Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, June 3–Aug. 13, 1989, cat. 347 (partial view), Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1989 (not shown at additional venues).
Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum, long-term loan for inaugural installation, Jan. 1994–Mar. 1997.
Mexico City, Fundacion Jumex Arte Contemporaneo, Andy Warhol. Dark Star, June 1–Sept. 17, 2017.
Publication History
Nick Baldwin, 'Super-Realism' at Chicago," Des Moines Register, July 7, 1974 (ill).
Douglas Davis, "Summing Up the Season," Newsweek, July 1, 1974, p. 73 (ill.)
J. A., "American Art '74: It Defies Classification," Milwaukee Journal, August 4, 1974 (ill).
Bill Marvel, "Today's Trend Is No Trend—Fun for Artists, if Not Critics," Art Picture, August 17, 1974.
Hilton Kramer, "Art: Esthetic Smorgasbord in Chicago," New York Times, July 6, 1974 (ill.)
Alan G. Artner, "Cabbages, 'Curve,' and Warhol's Mao in American Closeup," Chicago Tribune, Aug. 4, 1974.
Anne Rorimer, Andy Warhol's Mao, 1973, (Bulletin of Art Institute of Chicago, 69, 3 (May–June 1975), pp. 4–7 (ill).
"Big Maoist Influence at the Art Institute," Chicago Magazine, July 1978, p. 16 (ill).
Hilton Kramer, "Art: Whitney Shows Warhol Works," New York Times, November 23, 1979.
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings at The Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/ Little, Brown, 1988), p. 191. 2d ed. (Art Institute of Chicago/Hudson Hills Press, 1999), p.158.
Charles Stuckey, "Warhol in Context," in The Work of Andy Warhol, Discussions in Contemporary Culture, 3, ed. Gary Garrels (Seattle: Bay Press, 1989), p. 4.
David Bourdon, Warhol/David Bourdon (Harry N. Abrams, 1989), pl. 248 (partial view).
Lisa Stein, "Seeing Beyond the Must-sees," Chicago Tribune, April 18, 2003 (ill).
Ownership History
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, and Knoedler Gallery, New York, by 1974; sold, Castelli Gallery, to the Art Institute, 1974.


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Identification of riverine and indigenous permafrost microbiota (eukarya, archaea, bacteria) involved in the (an)aerobic degradation of ancient organic matter stored in thawing permafrost
Arctic Research Initiative
2009 Funded Project
Northern high-latitude ecosystems contain about 44% of the world's soil carbon, most of which is stored in permanently frozen soil (permafrost). Global warming through the 21st century is expected to induce permafrost thaw, which will increase microbial organic matter decomposition and release large amounts of the greenhouse gasses methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. In addition, Arctic rivers are a globally important source of terrestrial organic carbon to the ocean, and further permafrost melting as a result of global warming will impact surface runoff, directly affecting groundwater storage and river discharge. It has been estimated that the sediment flux of the largest Arctic rivers will increase up to 125% by 2100. To date, it remains largely unknown to what extent the ancient organic matter (OM) stored in newly thawing permafrost can be consumed by microbes residing in the permafrost or by microbes residing in Arctic rivers that become exposed to newly discharged permafrost OM. This information is essential to calculate how much CH4 or CO2 is likely to be released from Arctic soils to the atmosphere as a result of global warming. In addition, we know little about which microorganisms are capable of degrading permafrost OM.
With previous ARI funding we analyzed the initial microbial enzymatic cleavage of particulate OM stored in up to 1 meter of permafrost underlaying moist acidic tundra located near the Kuparuk River at the Toolik Field Station in northern Alaska. Our results suggest that large amounts of phosphate could be liberated through soil microbial activities in thawing permafrost and this would cause eutrophication of lakes and rivers via ground water discharge. Similar high activities were found for an enzyme which cleaves complex organic carbon compounds into glucose. This process would fuel heterotrophic bacteria to produce carbon dioxide which, in turn, could be converted to the 25x stronger greenhouse gas methane by methanogenic archaea. In the absence of oxygen, such as would prevail in water-logged thawed permafrost, these microbial activities were lower but still significant. In addition, our results imply that microbes in the Kuparuk River water and surface sediment can also use ancient permafrost OM as a source of carbon and phosphorus for growth. Furthermore, we noticed a significant increase in gene expression indicative of the presence of metabolically active bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes in thawed permafrost that was incubated with and without oxygen at 4 °C for up to 28 days as well as in time series where riverine microbes were exposed to sterile organic matter from permafrost.
For this ARI round we request additional funding to conduct experiments that will prove that the enzymes involved in permafrost organic matter degradation were present inside intact living cells and that we did not just measure activities from ancient preserved extracellular enzymes which were reactivated upon thawing of the pristine permafrost. In addition, we request additional ARI funding for an extensive phylogenetic analysis of clone libraries in order to reveal the identity of the metabolically active populations involved in permafrost OM degradation and to prove that these species were indigenous to the soils as opposed to contaminants.