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The passing of Sen. Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy has silenced the greatest liberal voice of the past 50 years and drawn the curtain on an epic generation of a political dynasty.
Kennedy, 77, who died last night from brain cancer, was the third-longest serving senator in the nation's history. Although his liberalism was legendary, this Democrat's true effectiveness was in his ability to compromise with Republicans to get his initiatives enacted into law.
He never quite matched the public's adoration for his older brothers, President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, whose lives were cut short by assassins' bullets. But Ted Kennedy's legislative achievements far surpassed the impact of his brothers in the lives of ordinary citizens.
In 47 years in the Senate, Kennedy passed more than 300 laws. Among them are the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which made public places more accessible to the disabled, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program of 1997, which funded the largest expansion of health insurance coverage for children since the 1960s. The COBRA Act of 1985, signed into law by President Reagan, gave workers the ability to continue health insurance after leaving employment. And Title IX opened up college sports to young women.
He was a lifelong ally of organized labor and a relentless advocate for increasing the minimum wage. Kennedy also was a champion of education; in 2002 he worked with President George W. Bush to enact the No Child Left Behind law. Earlier this year, he teamed with President Obama to enact a law to encourage more national service. When he died, he was still pushing for his longtime goal of universal health care.
He was born into a family that expected and demanded greatness. Father Joe Kennedy planned for one of his sons to become the nation's first Irish Catholic president; John Kennedy realized that dream in 1961. When JFK was assassinated in 1963, the torch passed to brother Bobby. When RFK, in turn, was cut down in 1968 as he was about to win the Democratic nomination for president, Ted stepped into the spotlight. A generation of Kennedy admirers will always remember his eulogy for his brother, in a trembling voice, honoring a man "who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it."
But Ted Kennedy never matched his brothers' presidential aspirations. The explanation was found primarily in his undeniable flaws.
Throughout his life, there were times when it seemed the only thing that could stop Ted Kennedy's achievements was Kennedy himself. A cheating scandal got him expelled from Harvard College. A long night of drinking in Palm Beach in 1991 ended with rape allegations against a nephew, who was ultimately acquitted. The scandal hampered the senator's effectiveness in Congress for years afterward.
But the reckless act that dogged Kennedy his entire career took place at Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard, in 1969. After a party, the married Kennedy drove off a short wooden bridge with a young woman passenger in the car. The car sank into the inlet below and the woman, Mary Jo Kopechne, a Pennsylvania native, drowned. Kennedy swam to safety but did not notify authorities until after her body was discovered the next day.
Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a two-month suspended sentence. He won reelection to the Senate from Massachusetts the following year, but Chappaquiddick ended his presidential hopes until 1980, when he lost to President Carter in the Democratic primary.
Despite such self-inflicted scandals, Kennedy always rededicated himself to work harder in the Senate, renewing his focus on improving conditions for average Americans. Accomplishments such as the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, which forced insurers to treat the mentally ill more fairly, and the Ryan White Care Act, which enabled low-income AIDS patients to receive better treatment, are part of his compassionate legacy.
Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in July 2009, but Kennedy was too ill to attend the ceremony. In recent months, his illness kept him from his duties in the Senate where his voice had boomed on behalf of the disadvantaged for so many decades.
For millions of Americans, Ted Kennedy made this country a fairer and better place to live. His leadership will be missed.


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Using Iron Stable Isotopes as Tracers of Subsurface Processes in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems
DOEI Project Funded: 2004
Proposed ResearchWhat are the primary questions you are trying to address with this research?
Past studies have highlighted the importance of sub seafloor environments in controlling the diversity of seafloor hydrothermal vents. It is also well known that these environments harbor a diverse and unique biological community capable of using dissolved chemical species and minerals for energy metabolism. However, the mechanisms and extent of subseafloor metal precipitation, remobilization and bacterial cycling are still poorly constrained and new approaches are required. Here we propose to undertake a combination of Fe isotope analysis of field samples, including hydrothermal fluids an associated sulfides, altered rocks and experimental work to develop a conceptual model for using Fe isotopes as new tracers of subsurface environments.
What is the significance of this research for society?
Variations in the isotopic ratios of light elements such as H, C, N, O and S have been widely studied over the last five decades and provided major advances in the knowledge of natural and anthropogenic processes directly affecting the society. For example, these stable isotope systems have been applied to a range of problems such as planetary geology, the origin and evolution of life, climate change, and water-rock interactions. However, much less attention has been paid to the stable isotope variations of heavier elements, such as Iron, mainly due to analytical challenges. With the recent advent of multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS), the study of Fe stable isotopes is now accessible and should lead to unprecedented discoveries in biogeochemical cycles.
What is the significance of this research for others working in this field of inquiry and for the broader scientific community?
Traditionally, the behavior of metals in seafloor hydrothermal systems have been investigated by integrating results from laboratory studies, theoretical models, mineralogy and fluid and mineral chemistry. Our new approach consists of using Fe isotopes as tracers of the interactions between hydrothermal fluid, altered rocks, sulfide deposits and biologic systems in subsurface environments.
This work overlaps with different research fields and requires expertise in analytical geochemistry, petrography, modeling, and experimental investigation. Through the characterization of this new isotopic tool, this study will increase our understanding of the fate of Iron in seafloor hydrothermal systems and other environments on Earth surface. This approach will allow us to contribute to the deep biosphere initiative as the identification of Fe stable isotope biosignatures requires a good understanding of the variability of Fe isotopes generated by abiotic processes solely from hydrothermal activity.
When and where will this investigation be conducted?
The first work period (early 2005), which will be undertaken during Rouxel postdoc, will be dedicated to acquiring Fe isotope data from hydrothermal samples (fluids and sulfides) and altered rocks recovered during former Alvin and Ocean Drilling Program expeditions. Experimental simulation of hydrothermal basalt alteration and mineral (sulfide) precipitation will be undertaken in collaboration with Jeff Seewald to provide important understanding of Fe isotope fractionation in natural samples.
The second work period (through 2006) will include the participation of the PIs in a 42-day cruise using ROV Jason 2 at PACMANUS field (Wolfgang Bach Co-chief scientist). Subsequent extensive on-shore work will focus on Fe-isotope analysis of hydrothermal fluids, chimneys and altered rocks.
What are the key tools or instruments needed to conduct this research?
An important aspect of the project is the strong analytical commitment involving the use of the Multi-Collector ICPMS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) at WHOI. While we have experience in analyzing the isotopic composition of various metals and metalloids, we will adapt and further refine analytical techniques for to achieve our scientific goal.
Is this research part of a larger project or program?
The proposed project will provide the opportunity to explore natural variations of other metal and metalloid stable isotopes, such as Copper and Germanium isotopes, having distinct behaviors in seafloor hydrothermal systems. Ultimately, this larger project should open the way for new approaches in the study of chemical and bacterial subsurface processes in seafloor hydrothermal systems.
O. Rouxel, N. Dobbek, J. Ludden and Y. Fouquet, Iron Isotope Fractionation During Oceanic Crust Alteration (Site ODP 801), Chemical Geology 202, 155-182, 2003.
O. Rouxel, Y. Fouquet and J.N. Ludden, Subsurface processes at the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field, mid-atlantic ridge: Evidence from sulfur, selenium and iron isotopes, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 2295-2311, 2004.
O. Rouxel, Y. Fouquet and J.N. Ludden, Copper Isotope systematics of the Lucky Strike, Rainbow and Logatchev Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields on the Mid Atlantic Ridge, Economic Geology 99, 585-600, 2004.


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The devastating tornados that passed through Alabama April 27 caused so much destruction and left our little town of Arab was without power for days.
We have received so much help from so many.
I want to send a special thank you to the Owen Electric Company. Being a native Kentucky girl from Nelson County, I can't tell how thrilled I was Sunday afternoon to see the caravan of trucks and men from Kentucky roll through our town. I was the one waving and throwing kisses.
Thank you so much for your help. Words cannot express our gratitude for all you did.
It's no surprise to anyone who has spent time in and around the county clerk's office that the clerk and staff have been busy. We are preparing for both the Primary Election May 17, 2011, and for the Delinquent Real Estate Tax Bill Sale.
On May 17, voters will go to the polls to vote on candidates for the state offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, and State Treasurer.
If some were disappointed in my less than patriotic reaction to the death of bin Laden, I ask you to remember that I am 80 years old. I had just turned 11 when the Japanese had the effrontery to attack the sleeping giant and forced Roosevelt to declare war on the Axis.
I lived with our news media — at the time, the movies — vilify the Japanese race, put Japanese Americans in internment camps and confiscate their property. Now the Japanese are our best buddies and own most of America.
Like most Americans, I hadn't really given Osama bin Laden much thought in recent years.
He had become the bogeyman that still lingered in the shadows from years ago.
He had become an embarrassment that frustrated Americans who wanted to see justice.
He had became a punch line in the movie "The Hangover."
"Thanks a lot, Osama."
That sentiment barely changed for me Saturday afternoon when bin Laden popped back up when I was looking through a stack of old newspapers stored in my garage.
By Damon Thayer
Now that the 2011 General Assembly has adjourned, I wanted to review some of the legislation enacted this year. As chairman of the Senate State and Local Government Committee, I made sure that we took action on key pieces of legislation that will impact the lives of many Kentuckians.
Childhood is supposed to be an age of innocence, but for too many in the Commonwealth it's a time of suffering. In 2009, a report revealed that Kentucky led the nation in the number of children who die as a result of abuse and neglect. Statistics show that every minute in Kentucky, two children are victims of abuse and neglect that can leave emotional and physical scars that last a lifetime. No doubt there are countless more cases that go unreported.
For weeks, the threat of a federal government shutdown has been hanging over the heads of Americans.
With the Democrats demanding deep cuts in the federal budget, the Republicans demanding deep, deep cuts in the federal budget and the Tea Party demanding deep, deep, deep, deep cuts in federal spending, it looked like we were going to have some fairly significant cuts in federal spending.
So it looks like we are all pretty much in agreement that cuts in spending should happen.
People, generally, do not desire facts. We are motivated through emotion. Our strongest emotion is fear. Many Americans are afraid that one dollar will "crash," that the price of gas will ruin us, etc. We lack wisdom.
So what am I talking about? A healthy fear. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." God knows "the end from the beginning," and everything between. God cares for us.
Copyright © 2018
The Owenton News-Herald is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Owen County and Owenton, KY, and the surrounding area.


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By Tim Gaynor
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles County sheriff will no longer honor federal requests to detain suspected illegal immigrants nabbed for low-level crimes like petty theft and graffiti after new state guidelines noted the practice is voluntary, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced the change a day after California's attorney general issued a directive, welcomed by immigration activists, that compliance with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention requests was discretionary.
Attorney General Kamala Harris is the highest state official so far to join a handful of dissenting authorities in major U.S. cities who oppose a cooperation program between immigration agents and local law enforcement known as "Secure Communities.
A spokesman for Baca, who has in the past supported federal immigration requests, said new guidelines were being written and would likely come into effect by the end of the year.
"Right now, we are in transition," said spokesman Steve Whitmore, adding that the new policy would "only address low-level... non-violent offenders" arrested for crimes such as petty theft and graffiti.
The Secure Communities program was created to weed out lawbreaking illegal immigrants from county jails, but has been lambasted by critics for placing victims of domestic violence in deportation proceedings and deterring immigrants from reporting crimes.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has previously said he does not believe federal detentions requests should apply to illegal immigrants arrested for "low-grade misdemeanor offenses" and similar crimes, and wants his department to refrain from handing over illegal immigrants arrested for such offenses to federal authorities for potential deportation.
On Monday, a revised bill was introduced in the California state legislature that would limit local authorities from honoring detention requests unless those individuals were convicted of a serious or violent felony.
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill in September, saying the legislation was "fatally flawed" by exempting individuals who had committed crimes such as child abuse, drug trafficking and selling weapons.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Mary Wisniewski, Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Shumaker)


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Worldenterer1 wrote:LucidKey13 wrote:Trying to suggest that God was responsible for those incidents is completely the wrong way to look at it. My 12 year old cousin died from cancer and I do not blame it on god. In our world diseases and rouge cells are part of life, could you imagine a world where everyone is constantly free of burden and illness, people live forever and no challenges ever surface throughout their whole life?
God gave us freewill so we can make our own choices and live freely. He did not foresee a world where such horrible people with such twisted, sad minds would exist.
"Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.
The only sense to make of tragedies like this is that terrible things can happen to perfectly innocent people. This understanding inspires compassion.
Religious faith, on the other hand, erodes compassion. Thoughts like, "this might be all part of God's plan," or "there are no accidents in life," or "everyone on some level gets what he or she deserves" - these ideas are not only stupid, they are extraordinarily callous. They are nothing more than a childish refusal to connect with the suffering of other human beings. It is time to grow up and let our hearts break at moments like this."
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UW Hockey Club Loses Two Games
The University of Wyoming hockey club suffered a pair of lopsided losses last weekend against Williston (N.D.) State College.
After winning two games against the University of Colorado-Denver by a combined score of 31-5 the previous weekend, the Cowboys (5-13) were outscored 22-2 by the Tetons. Taylor Freeman (Parker, Colo.) and Dustin Galbreath (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) netted UW's only goals of the weekend series.
The Cowboys play home games this weekend against Border War rival Colorado State University (Friday, 8:30 p.m.) and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (Saturday, 8:30 p.m.).


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The recently passed state budget includes a significant increase in state funding for Rochester Institute of Technology's Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing, which was initially established last year. The center will receive $500,000 as part of the 2013–2014 New York state budget agreement reached last month between the governor and the state Legislature.
The center, housed within the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, will enable expanded research and technology transfer activity between industry and RIT. The technology created by the center will allow New York companies to compete more effectively in global markets as the environment for manufacturing competitiveness increases and the emphasis on sustainable manufacturing products and processes becomes more pervasive.
The increase in state funding for RIT's Center of Excellence will provide a wide range of economic and environmental benefits for the Rochester area and beyond, according to local delegation members.
"The New York State Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing at the Rochester Institute of Technology represents the confluence of western New York's economic past with its unlimited potential," says state Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, whose district includes Henrietta. "The strategic integration of RIT's intellectual resources with targeted New York state investment and private sector stakeholders will provide a unique economic advantage for area businesses to compete and succeed in a rapidly changing environment. RIT's history is marked by individuals and innovations that continue to shape the world around us, and I am confident that the Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing at RIT will build upon that legacy."
"RIT and the Center for Excellence are developing the technologies that will merge economic prosperity with environmental preservation, and I am honored to be their partner in this effort," says Assembly Majority Leader Joseph D. Morelle (D-Irondequoit). "There is no question that the work being done at RIT will be key to our region's future growth and success."
"I applaud President Destler and the entire Rochester Institute of Technology family for once again being designated as a Center of Excellence in sustainable manufacturing," says state Sen. Joseph Robach. "This designation is a testament to the impact RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability has had on improving our environment and our economic climate."
One of New York state's most innovative and ambitious high-technology initiatives is the establishment of centers of excellence at leading universities such as RIT. The centers support high-technology ventures through a collaborative approach among the state, academia, private-venture capital companies, and other private and public sector parties and are designed to encourage rapid commercialization of scientific breakthroughs and stimulate new job creation. In total, these initiatives are expected to leverage new private sector and other contributions of more than $1 billion.
"We are very appreciative and proud that our legislative delegation in Albany and the state's elected leaders have once again recognized the significant impact that our university has had—and will continue to have—as a Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing," says RIT President Bill Destler. "This funding and designation as a center of excellence recognizes RIT's role as a critical economic driver in the region, and highlights the importance of sustainable manufacturing as a focus area for the state's economic development strategy. We see tremendous opportunity for job growth in this area."
The Golisano Institute for Sustainability was established in 2007 with a $10 million gift from Paychex Inc. founder, philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano. RIT was awarded a $13.1 million grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Construction Grant Program, and $10 million in funding from the state of New York that was used toward construction of the state-of-the-art facility, which was dedicated earlier this month.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Students at a downtown Indianapolis university campus were holed up in basements and classrooms for more than four hours on Tuesday after police ordered them to seek shelter following reports of a man carrying a gun nearby.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis issued a text alert around 12:55 p.m., about 25 minutes after a student reported seeing a man in a long brown coat carrying a weapon in a campus parking lot near the Indiana University School of Medicine. Two hospitals affiliated with the medical school, University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children, were locked down, as were a nearby high school and the NCAA headquarters.
Police spent hours searching every parking lot and building on campus before issuing an all-clear, signaling that students could leave and classes could resume.
IUPUI Police Capt. Bill Abston said the student who saw the gunman initially thought he was carrying an instrument.
"She went out to her car and saw an open trunk ... and when she got closer she saw it was a long gun," he said.
He said police received two subsequent sightings but did not find anyone matching the description during their search of the campus.
"We do not feel there's a threat," Abston said after the alert was lifted.
Kamakshi Sishtla, a lab technician at the Indiana University School of Medicine, said she initially hid in a small, windowless equipment room in the building where she works, which is across the street from where the man first was spotted.
"I thought, 'Better to be safe than sorry," Sishtla said.
Cory Olson, a 43-year-old nursing student, said he was in the nursing building when police came in and evacuated the building.
"The police officers sent everybody out. Someone said, 'Where do we go?' and he said, 'Anywhere but here.'"
Some students reported confusion after IUPUI's initial alert referred to a lockdown. Students were still seen leaving campus before the all-clear was issued. Police later said the campus was on "full alert."
Abston acknowledged there was some confusion over the language, saying: "What we said was seek shelter so people would take that upon themselves."
Cheyenne Brewer, 20, an English education major, was in the nursing building when the alert was issued but moved to a medical science building on police orders. She said students were allowed to move around within the building but told not to leave.
"We were pretty hungry. It was scary at first," she said, but added that she didn't fault campus police for the confusion. "I think they did everything they could."
Associated Press writers Tom LoBianco and Ken Kusmer in Indianapolis contributed to this report.


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…courtesy of the ever-observant Dafydd ab Hugh. Bob Barr in the Washington Times:
This series of occurrences (along with others) collectively paint a
scenario eerily similar to that presented LBJ a generation and a half
ago. We should be thankful George W. Bush does not appear to have become
immobilized by self-doubt and uncertainty as did his Johnson in 1968.
Well, it's happened to all of us.


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A: People Convert WMA files To AIFF format for various purpose, however, most of them Convert WMA for the two common ones, first the WMA files are too large, they want to save some space, second their portable Apple devices do not recognize WMA format at all, but these devices are capable of playing AIFF files without any compatibility issues.
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A: Windows Media Audio (WMA) is the name of a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. Microsoft developed Windows Media Audio in an effort to undermine the MP3, Apple's AAC compression, and other codecs. Since its initial introduction, the format has grown to support a range of audio types beyond compressed audio — from high-fidelity audio and multi-channel surround sound, to a compression algorithm specifically tailored for the human voice. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. WMA Pro, a newer and more advanced codec, supports multichannel and high resolution audio. A lossless codec, WMA Lossless, compresses audio data without loss of audio fidelity (the regular WMA format is lossy). WMA Voice, targeted at voice content, applies compression using a range of low bit rates. Microsoft has also developed a digital container format called Advanced Systems Format to store audio encoded by WMA. Even though Microsoft claims it is able to deliver the same quality as MP3 at half the bitrates, that statement is certainly false. A more realistic number would be same quality at around 25% smaller bitrates - and that applies to low bitrates only. At 128kbps, it is easily beaten by Lame. However, while WMA still remains widely used today, the proprietary codec pales in comparison to MP3 and other digital formats. If you listen to music on anything remotely similar to an iPod, you'll likely have to convert your WMA files into a more accessible format before enjoying your tunes.
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A: Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. The file extension for the standard AIFF format is .aiff or .aif. For the compressed variants it is supposed to be .aifc, but .aiff or .aif are accepted as well by audio applications supporting the format. The format initially created by Apple Computer for storing and transmitting high-quality sampled audio data in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems. An AIFF file contains the raw audio data, channel information (monophonic orstereophonic), bit depth, sample rate, and application-specific data areas. The application-specific data areas let different applications add informationto the file header that remains there even if the file is opened andprocessed by another application. For example, a file could retaininformation about selected regions of the audio data used for recallingzoom levels not used by other applications. The audio data in most AIFF files is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio. This type of AIFF files uses much more disk space than lossy formats like MP3—about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits. There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFC, with various defined compression codecs. In addition to audio data, AIFF can include loop point data and the musical note of a sample, for use by hardware samplers and musical applications. AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is one of the two most-used audio file formats used in the Apple Macintosh operating system. The other is Sound Designer II (SDII). Most CD writers can accept AIFF or SDII files interchangeably when writing a Red Book audio CD. AIFF is sometimes referred to as "Apple Interchange File Format."
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1. What if I do not have a polycart?
After checking the premises, (garage, backyard etc.) and no polycart can be found, please call 793-5032 and we will have a polycart delivered to your address.
2. Can I set out extra bags in addition to my polycart?
Yes, however, only yard waste will be picked up. All bags must weigh less than 39 lbs. Household waste must be placed in the polycart.
3. Where and how should I place my polycart at the curb for pickup?
Your polycart must be placed within three (3) feet of the curb and have the arrow on the lid facing the street.
4. During what hours will my refuse be collected?
Your refuse will normally be collected between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. once a week on your designated day. You should put your polycart out before 7:00 a.m. the polycart must be removed after the refuse is collected.
5. Is there a fee involved in having the polycart furnished?
No. The City of Moore will furnish the polycart at no extra cost to the customer. Additional polycarts are available for fee.
6. What if it is stolen or damaged by someone other than my family?
Report the theft or damage to our office (793-5070) as soon as possible.
7. What may I put in the polycart?
All household refuse. It is recommended to bag and tie refuse placed in the polycart to reduce smell and blowing trash. Boxes need to be broken down and placed in polycart. Brush will be accepted for pickup provided the bundles are no longer than two (2) feet and no more than twelve (12) inches in diameter, tied and placed at curbside next to the polycart. Yard trash, i.e: grass clippings will be accepted for pickup if it is placed in two-ply plastic bags containing less than 39 gallons and is placed at the curbside. The bags should not weigh more than 39 lbs. in order to prevent injury to our employees. You are allowed five (5) yard waste bags per week at no charge. All yard waste bags over the five- (5) limit will be charged $0.50 per bag.
8. Do not place in the polycart:
Poisons, acids, caustics, explosives, oil and other dangerous materials. In addition, brush, tree limbs, dirt, rocks, bricks, building materials, paint, tires, batteries or furniture will not be accepted when placed in the polycart. WARNING: Do not put hot ashes from your fireplace, wood burning stoves or charcoal grills in your polycart as this can cause the possibility of fire. If the polycart is damaged because of this action, the customer will be charged for the polycart at the current cost of replacement.
9. What constitutes an excessive amount of yard waste?
Any yard waste bags exceeding 5 bags per week will be subject to the City's current established charge,
currently $0.50 per bag.
10. What should I do if I am physically unable to place the polycart at the curb?
Call our office (793-5070 or 793-5032) and arrangements will be made to collect refuse in your polycart.
11. Who is responsible for cleaning the polycart and how is it cleaned?
The Customer is responsible for cleaning the polycart. Soap and hot water easily cleans the polycart.
12. What about vandalism?
Prevention is the best safeguard. Your polycart should be removed from the curbside by nightfall and secured on your premises. For identification purposes, the City of Moore's name and serial number are embossed on the lid of the polycart or side.
13. Why do I have additional charges for sanitation on my bill?
These charges may apply when extra bags of yard waste exceeding five (5) bags per week.
14. May I purchase another polycart if I generate more refuse than my polycart will hold?
If you find you have a need for another polycart due to your generation of household refuse, please contact customer service at 793-5032 and arrangements will be made for you to lease a second (2nd) polycart for an additional fee of $10.75 per month. The customer will maintain this polycart also, and the City of Moore will perform needed maintenance.
15. May I use containers I already have in addition to my polycart?
No. Because of the design of the sanitation equipment, containers other than polycarts cannot be used.
16. What if I see a refuse truck on my street and it does not pick up my refuse?
Due to routing, it may be a number of hours between collections of both sides of the street. If you did not place your polycart out soon enough, you will have the option of rolling it across the street for collection, if the other side of the street has not been picked up. The resident is responsible for rolling the polycart back to his or her residence after collection.
17. When will my refuse be picked up if my pick up day falls on a holiday?
Under this system each residence will receive a weekly collection. Certain holidays will necessitate we make your collection on Wednesday instead of your regular day. Reminders will be transmitted on our bi-monthly newsletter and through the newspaper. With the exception of New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day refuse will be provided on the actual holiday. If one of the above mentioned holidays fall on your regular pickup day, your refuse will be collected on Wednesday in that same week. (in most cases)


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"What Works for Special-Needs Learners represents a major contribution to the field in its translation of research to practice. Guilford has identified topics of concern and importance for those who work with students with disabilities and their families. The series editors and authors are among the most prominent figures in their respective areas of research. This series provides valuable, evidence-based guidance for practitioners in special education and related disciplines." -Samuel L. Odom, PhD, Special Education Program, Indiana University
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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code T38.901
Poisoning by unsp hormone antagonists, accidental
Diagnosis Code T38.901
Short Description: Poisoning by unsp hormone antagonists, accidental
Long Description: Poisoning by unspecified hormone antagonists, accidental (unintentional)
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code T38.901
Not Valid for Submission
The code T38.901 is a "header" and not valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50)
- Hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antag, NEC (T38)
- Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50)
Information for Medical Professionals
References found for the code T38.901 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
- Inclusion Terms: Inclusion terms
List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Poisoning by unspecified hormone antagonists NOS
Table of Drugs and Chemicals
The code T38.901 is included in the Table of Drugs and Chemicals, this table contains a classification of drugs, industrial solvents, corrosive gases, noxious plants, pesticides, and other toxic agents. Each substance in the table is assigned a code according to the poisoning classification and external causes of adverse effects. Use as many codes as necessary to describe all reported drugs, medicinal or chemical substances.
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Information for Patients
Hormones are your body's chemical messengers. They travel in your bloodstream to tissues or organs. They work slowly, over time, and affect many different processes, including
- Growth and development
- Metabolism - how your body gets energy from the foods you eat
- Sexual function
- Reproduction
- Mood
Endocrine glands, which are special groups of cells, make hormones. The major endocrine glands are the pituitary, pineal, thymus, thyroid, adrenal glands, and pancreas. In addition, men produce hormones in their testes and women produce them in their ovaries.
Hormones are powerful. It takes only a tiny amount to cause big changes in cells or even your whole body. That is why too much or too little of a certain hormone can be serious. Laboratory tests can measure the hormone levels in your blood, urine, or saliva. Your health care provider may perform these tests if you have symptoms of a hormone disorder. Home pregnancy tests are similar - they test for pregnancy hormones in your urine.
- Could you have low testosterone? (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Growth hormone test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Luteinizing hormone (LH) blood test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Prolactin blood test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Serum progesterone (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Testosterone (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Medication Errors
Medicines cure infectious diseases, prevent problems from chronic diseases, and ease pain. But medicines can also cause harmful reactions if not used correctly. Errors can happen in the hospital, at the doctor's office, at the pharmacy, or at home. You can help prevent errors by
- Knowing your medicines. Keep a list of the names of your medicines, how much you take, and when you take them. Include over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements and herbs. Take this list to all your doctor visits.
- Reading medicine labels and following the directions. Don't take medications prescribed for someone else.
- Taking extra caution when giving medicines to children.
- Asking questions. If you don't know the answers to these questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
- Why am I taking this medicine?
- What are the common problems to watch out for?
- What should I do if they occur?
- When should I stop this medicine?
- Can I take this medicine with the other medicines on my list?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 6 Tips to Avoid Medication Mistakes (Food and Drug Administration)
- How and when to get rid of unused medicines (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Keeping your medications organized (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Medication safety during your hospital stay (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Medication safety: Filling your prescription (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Storing your medicines (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Omarion Celebrates His 28th Birthday In L.A. (Photos)
Maybach Music Group's newest crooner Omarion celebrated his 28th birthday last night, with a little help from premium liquor brand Hennessy.
Celebrating at West Hollywood's Greystone Manor, Maybach O partied the night away with some homies, including Lamar Odom, rapper Flo Rida, Letoya Luckett, Jamie Foxx, and G.O.O.D. Music fam Pusha T and Ibn Jasper.
See a few shots from O's big 28 in the gallery above
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Playwright Christopher Durang Hospitalized After Collapsing Onstage During KISS ME, KATE at Yale
According to the Yale Daily News, alumnus playwright Christopher Durang collapsed onstage yesterday, January 19, during a performance of Kiss Me, Kate.
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House manager Eric Gershman said that during an encore of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare", Durang jumped down two steps and missed his footing upon landing. The show was halted and the team called an ambulance. The hospital stated later Saturday night that Durang was in "good spirits" but provided no further information.
Cast member Asa Somers took over for Durang for the rest of the performance, as well as the second show at 8 p.m.
Yale's concert version of Kiss Me, Kate, was a tribute to alumnus composer and lyricist Cole Porter (B.A. 1913) on the centennial of his graduation from the University. The production featured an all-Yale cast and crew, led by conductor David Charles Abell ('81), a full 40-piece orchestra, and more. The concert kicked off a year-long celebration of Cole Porter at Yale.
The artistic staff and company of this "Kiss Me, Kate" included a 40-year span of Yalies, from current students - who made up the orchestra and musical ensemble and played small acting roles - to graduates at the top of their professions, among them Durang (MFA '74), Ethan Freeman ('81), well-known in the German-speaking world for his performances in musical theater; distinguished opera singer Sari Gruber ('93), and composer Bobby Lopez ('97).
Durang has written Beyond Therapy, Urban Blight, Betty's Summer Vacation, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Baby with the Bathwater, Titanic, Miss Witherspoon, Durang/Durang, Sex and Longing, Das Lusitania Songspiel, Sister Mary Ingatius Explains It All for You/ The Actor's Nightmare, Laughing Wild, Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, All About Me, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Adrift in Macao and A History of American Film, among others.
His performing credits include off-Broadway's Encores! Call Me Madam concert, Putting It Together, Ubu, Laughing Wild, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You/ The Actor's Nightmare, Das Lusitania Songspiel and more.
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Thomas Treadwell EdD, TEP, received his EdD in Health Behavior & Group Psychology from Temple University in 1981. He has postgraduate training in Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, & Sociometry, Fellowship in Family Therapy, Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Fellowship - Licensed Psychologist Training Program, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Cognitive Therapy.
He is currently a clinical associate in Psychiatry, Center for Cognitive Therapy, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Full Professor of Psychology at West Chester University.
Dr. Treadwell's research interests include: Cognitive Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama and Sociometry, Cognitive Therapy of Depression, Anxiety, Couple/Relationship/Partner Conflicts-Social Network Problems, and is currently studying Social-Psychological Processes of Collaborative Communication Styles of Electronic Groups via the Internet. Dr. Treadwell is an executive editor for the Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry and serves on editorial boards for two journals.
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Alaska's populist, Sarah Palin-era oil tax gets the ax
The TransAlaska Pipeline System is in trouble. During its 1970s heyday, 2 million barrels of crude coursed through it every day from Alaska's northernmost oilfields to the southern port in Valdez. Now that flow is down by more than two-thirds. The pipeline was not designed for lean times. If the volume of oil declines again by half, Alaska's mighty petroleum artery will inevitably clog with ice and sludge, its steel walls collapsing under the strain of scarcity.
A similar fate could befall Alaska's entire economy, which depends to a perilous degree on a steady supply of oil from fields that simply don't yield as much as they used to. Oil companies complain that Alaska's high taxes discourage them from investing in new technology to coax more oil out of old fields. Lower the tax, they say, and they'll find more oil.
And so it was with the explicit goal of jump-starting production that Alaska lawmakers in April voted to roll back the state's steep oil severance tax -- the tax imposed for "severing" minerals from the ground -- and replace it with a tax that Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says will build "a prosperous future for generations of Alaskans."
Other perspectives are less rosy: The new tax, says Rep. Les Gara, an Anchorage Democrat, says, could cost the state $2 billion a year.
Severance taxes, which can apply not just to oil but to natural gas, coal and gold, have a long history in the West, balancing state budgets through recessions and keeping them independent of excessive federal largesse. Alaska's current debate breaks down along party lines -- only two of 11 Republicans in its Senate voted against the new law. And yet a severance tax has never been a particularly liberal idea. Red states embrace the notion more often than blue ones do, as a way of lowering the tax burden on individuals. And it was Gov. Sarah Palin who in 2007 championed the previous progressive tax, "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share," or ACES.
ACES was passed, says Anchorage-based petroleum economist Roger Marks, "in an atmosphere of extreme paranoia," as corruption charges were leveled against state lawmakers accused of openly colluding with industry lobbyists (three were indicted and later convicted). Palin and her bipartisan allies responded to the scandal by instituting a tax rate that started at 25 percent of net profits and began to rise when net profits exceeded $30 a barrel. "It made the burden very, very high for oil companies," Marks says. "What they walked away with after taxes was much less than what they walked away with in some other places."
Ordinary Alaskans, on the other hand, walked away with more than ever. In 2008, when oil shot to $130 a barrel and stocks were crashing elsewhere, each Alaskan earned a special $1,200 bonus in addition to that year's $2,069 payout from the state's permanent fund dividend program.
Severance taxes not only spread the wealth, they spread income from finite resources more evenly across boom-and-bust years. Texas, with its 4.6 percent tax on gross profits from oil and 7.5 percent on natural gas, has $10 billion socked away in a "rainy day" fund in anticipation of the oil drying up. Meanwhile, California, the fourth-largest oil producing state and the only one without a severance tax, struggles to balance its budget despite a hefty personal income tax.
Alaska saved up $17 billion during the ACES years. Oil's contribution to the state's permanent fund totaled $915 million in 2012 -- twice what oil brought in seven years earlier (the fund's balance, which also depends on investment performance, has grown 27 percent since 2007, to $47 billion). Gara worries the Legislature will exploit those savings -- that a rainy day has been forced on Alaska citizens before its natural time. "We have record employment on the North Slope," he says. "Statewide we have some of the lowest unemployment in our state's history. And now Governor Parnell has built us an artificial fiscal cliff."
The most significant difference between ACES and the new tax is that it sheds the progressivity -- the rate starts at 35 percent of net profits and stays there. The effective tax rate -- the actual tax paid on gross production value -- could dip under 20 percent. If that still sounds high, it is: Headwaters Economics, a nonprofit that studies Western land-use issues, puts Wyoming's effective tax rate for oil and natural gas at 11.4 percent, the highest in the Lower 48. Wyoming, however, also has coal and a 4 percent sales tax to feed its revenue stream; Alaska relies almost exclusively on oil. When the price of North Slope crude fell abruptly in 2009, the state budget went from a $390 million surplus to a $1.25 billion shortfall in a matter of months.
Will the new tax spur production? Headwaters Economics policy analyst Mark Haggerty thinks it won't. "Geology, technology and price drive production," he says. "Those factors are so big that marginal differences in tax policy don't matter." In 2007, for instance, North Dakota adopted a "tax holiday" to draw investment on the Bakken Shale away from Montana. But production shot up even after the incentive expired, for the simple reason that "the average well in North Dakota produces twice as much as the average well in Montana," Haggerty says.
Even Scott Jeffson, vice president of external affairs at ConocoPhillips, Alaska's largest oil company, stops short of claiming the new tax will feed the aging pipeline. As he told the state Senate Finance Committee in March, "We are not in a place where we could say how much we would do differently." Oil companies still earn plenty in Alaska, despite the production decline. For the quarter that ended March 31, ConocoPhillips posted $540 million in profit from Alaska's oil fields -- and that was under the higher tax rate.
The loss of revenue, however, will make a difference to Alaskans. "It means no money for new teachers, less money for construction, less money to shore up our infrastructure," Gara says. "Maybe the governor honestly believes that if you give oil companies a $2 billion tax break they'll reinvest it in Alaska. I don't."


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Knowledge is the solution
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Annecdotes do not make data. But just making a small thought experiment, consider than in the past:
-Literacy rates around the world were way, way lower.
-Mortality rates were way up.
-Access to information or books in general was restricted to a few elite.
And it wouldn't be a stretch to see that just going by sheer numbers nowadays we are doing way better than, say, the world as a whole 300 years ago.
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Hm, come to think of it, as I google'd all the authors of whom I had particular respect -- it seems like they're all pre-1950's. Now, looking at the modern "literature" that I read.. I feel most of it is currently, for lack of a better word, is kind of trashy.. It's enjoyable and fun but I don't "respect" it ..
So, here's my list of those whom I think have a chance of going down in history, as well as some hopefuls that are likely not going to but I hope would:
William Golding - Probably / Likely
J.K Rowling - Probably / Likely
Douglas Adams - Unlikely, but I like him
Neil Gaiman - Unlikely, but I like him
George Orwell - Kind of cheating, 1984 was published in 1949..
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Either that or I am not reading enough modern literature. Most of the fiction stuff I read are still along the lines of Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G Wells, etc. The writers of the 1800s and early 1900s - didn't quite like "modern literature" other than Tom Clancy, but even his works are getting quite dry.
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Anyway, if you like Tom Clancy's works, I will suggest you look up Steven Pressfield, who in a way runs counter to what Clancy usually writes. Instead of modern day confilcts, Pressfield writes about historical battles. He also choose to ignore high politics and just focus on the lowly grunts and talks mostly about brotherhood and duty. One of his signature title, Gates Of Fire had even cited as essential reading at West Point Academy for the officer cadets.
Speaking of historical fiction, I believe a mention of James Clavell and his Asian Saga is needed. Engaging reads every one of them and they are historically accurate as far as I am concern.
|2012-09-28, 19:29
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If I had to place a bet for 20th century, I would go with Tolkien. Post 1950 is harder to tell, probably Rowling.
Though when making bets on the future, a lot can change that would never expect. Some books that were panned at arrival are quite respected nowadays. Who knows, maybe 200 years in the future Maeda Jun will be deemed the most best author of the early 21st century (*hopes*).
As for degenerating language. I think language is only improving. We have had a huge change in the way we communicated, and I think language is finally starting to catch up. There is less and less emphasis on presentation and more and more on content. You can only stick so much flowery embroidery into a very short piece of writing, thus the content is left to shine or die by its own merits instead of how beautifully it is argued. Despite being annoyed about how restricting the 160 char limit on texts is, I think its a wonderful thing.
As for the pursuit of knowledge. I think that we are doing fine. There is a huge push for science/math education, and I think the generation currently growing up is a lot more accepting to science than the generation leaving. Of course I can only say this from anecdotes as well, but young adults seem to be optimistic about things like NASA/etc, but the current generation of adults tend to think progress is a waste of money.
Also, despite not being interested as much in things like "fine" literature or history, the overall appetite for knowledge is increasing rapidly. We want to know everything about everything. Of course a lot of that everything about everything has to do with "lesser" pursuits of knowledge, and is often biased, but I think overall, its increased since even a decade ago.
|2012-09-28, 20:20
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2) I think she will instead call you 'tou-san', and appear resembling someone you keep insisting want to forget but actually don't.
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|2012-09-28, 20:34
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There are many great writers out there, if you just spend some time looking. With contemporary literature it's always harder because you don't have history to filter things out for you. But if you want some more contemporary (and slang filled...) literature you could try the Catcher in the Rhye. A fine book, only improved for it's slang.
The only reasonably recent novel that I know of with decent chances for having staying power is maybe Ender's Game. I can't really put my finger on why it works so well, because a lot of the concept is a bit pulpy.
I'm not a big reader of contemporary fiction, so I can't really comment further. I will say that Haruki Murakami's books in translation are very good. I'd say he has a good chance of becoming a classic author in the Japanese language.
One area where I will agree that language has deteriorated is in professional communications. Too many businessmen and politicians are taking shelter in sophisticated sounding jargon and incomprehensible business speak. I swear, I'll strangle the next person who says "going forward" or "thinking outside the box". Of course, this is not something new. George Orwell wrote something very good about it.
However, I don't think this trend has really affected literature. With literature it's a numbers game. There might be 999 hacks with hackneyed prose and stale metaphors, and 1 good author. That 1 good author is enough.
Someone else said that you only get maybe 1 good author every decade. I think that's a bit low (I'd say it's probably 2 or 3), but you can't expect great literature to be everywhere.
We're also neglecting New Media here too. I think something like Planescape Torment has a decent chance of becoming a classic.
|2012-09-28, 21:47
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The reason I said about ''since 1950'' was simply to retrict the selection ( a way to avoid such obvious choice the Illiad for example ) to books or authors than haven't secured yet their ''place''. If you think than ''The Lord of the Ring'' haven't yet do so but should, I am perfectly fine to make it ''count''
|2012-09-28, 22:50
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^I agree. Orwell's presence in British and indeed Western culture is far more pervasive than his volume of work would indicate, and his influence only grows with the forward momentum of the modern world. He is already a classic.
I see J.K. Rowling recounted a lot here. Rowling is very popular, and I think Harry Potter is fun, but I don't see the series as a classic in the making.
Many, many generations of people have had their favorite childhood readings, their escapist fantasies, works which fit or even create the zeitgeist of the moment, books which were very, very popular in their time -- yet most of them are now more or less forgotten. I think Harry Potter will go the same way: a wonderful memory for a generation, a presence in popular culture for a long while, to be eventually sidelined. Unless of course Rowling comes up with a masterpiece and all her other works become works of interest by association.
Another mention, The Lord of the Rings, is most definitely going the way of the classic, if not already one. Classes on the Heroic Epic in American and British literature departments teach it alongside the likes of the Iliad; the last of a great tradition, if you can call it that, and the bridge to contemporary fantasy.
As for contemporary authors who I believe are already classics and/or will become in time, I agree with TRL's mentions of Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul. Alongside these novelists I would count, amongst others, Umberto Eco, José Saramago, Orhan Pamuk, Kenzaburo Oe, and the late and great Kurt Vonnegut. Perhaps even Haruki Murakami, whose growing literary power is winning over not only the Japanese public, who always liked him, or the world audience, who are drawn to him from the first, but even the conservative Japanese literary establishment which resisted him.
And we're just scratching the barest surface of what there is in contemporary literature, the established figures of worldwide renown. Novels are declining, yes, but it was only relatively recently that it grew so vast and diverse, and the diversity doesn't seem to be dying down any time soon.
On the stage, Tom Stoppard has a chance to be considered one of the greatest playwrights of his generation. His masterpiece, Arcadia, is after all the best play of its time.
There is one important mention I must make: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's place in the history of literature is universally confirmed. One Hundred Years of Solitude is the most influential novel within the last sixty years. It has already dramatically changed the face of world literature; what more can be asked of a classic?
These are all, of course, traditional genres and modes of literature. I think it is more interesting and more difficult to speculate on future classics for, say, video games. How do you judge a video game classic?
And to return to Rowling, I ought to give her fair due: "pulp" fiction can, in time, be recognized as classics. Sci-fi was a "ghetto" unworthy of academic literary interest, yet now few but the worst ivory tower snobs would deny the importance of the likes of Arthur C. Clarke or Isaac Asimov. Frank Herbert's Dune may well achieve widespread respect beyond the sci-fi world. The Sherlock Holmes canon is now indisputably a classic, among English literature's greatest set of works, despite its own author viewing it as merely popular stories (his "serious" works didn't quite survive nearly as well in esteem). Maybe Rowling will really have her place, who knows.
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|2012-09-29, 00:18
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I think Rowling will have her place. Sure HP is just for fun, but I don't think we have ever seen, or for a very long while will ever see again book launches getting parties like movie and game launches. The massive hysteria that was behind Harry Potter went well beyond all the other "pulp" in this era, or possibly any era.
On the topic of video games and classics. I think a lot of the major games from a one to a few decades ago will be classics by virtue of basically defining their respective genres.
Also, with that in mind. I wish to nominate Kanon or Kana Imouto for future classic literature. Assuming that the Visual Novel format doesn't die, I think they are games that really defined the utsuge genre. And I think the Visual Novel format won't die, I think it will proliferate in the near future. With tablets and smartphones, people are half expecting their print media to be interactive, and I don't think its too long before "paper" becomes interactive and most every new novel coming out will be of the visual variety.
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|2012-09-29, 00:36
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So, how would you guys rate Michael Crichton ? He writes a while range of subject from drama to sci-fi, always done a lot of reseach on topics in his novels on has a knack for breaking down complex subjects into something understandable.
But his talents lies in mixing fact with fiction and makes everything sounds believable like what he had done with Jurassic Park, Prey and State Of Fear. So should he be placed with all-time great like Clark and Dick ?
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George A. Mattison, Jr.
The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1976.
George A. Mattison, Jr., a Birmingham industrialist and philanthropist, was born in Talladega in 1898.
During World War I Mr. Mattison served as a lieutenant in the United State Army. After the war ended, he returned to Auburn, where he finished the requirements for B.S. degree in 1919. In the same year he and his father formed the Woodstock Slag Corporation in Anniston, and Mr. Mattison's career as an executive was launched.
In 1922 the Mattisons moved the company to Birmingham, where with Mr. Mattison, Jr., at the helm, they transformed the slag from the city's blast furnaces into a valuable road-building material. The company prospered, and Mr. Mattison acquired considerable influence within the slag and aggregate industries. For five years he served as the president to the National Slag Association, and throughout his career he was a leading member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Testing Materials, and the Southern Association of Science and Industry. In his home state he was also a valued member of the Southern Research Institute, the president of the Associated Industries of Alabama, an a director of the Alabama Road Builders Association. Even after he sold the Woodstock Slag Corporation in 1955, he kept up his ties with the industry, and remained as president of the Houston Slag Materials Company and Hurock, Inc., slag and aggregate firms that he acquired during the 1940's and 50's.
Throughout his career Mr. Mattison helped to promote the growth of the Birmingham economy. In 1942 and again in 1948 he served as the president of the city's Chamber of Commerce. Among the notable achievements of his administration were the location in Birmingham of the Bechtel-McCone airplane modification plant, the Rheem Manufacturing Company, and the Alabama Medical College.
He also held the highest offices in a variety of other civic organizations, serving at one time or another as the president of the Birmingham Kiwanis Club and the Traffic and Transportation Club, the commander of the American Legion Gorgas Post Number 1, and the captain of the Monday Morning Quarterback Club. In the realm of philanthropy he served in 1942 as the director of the Birmingham USO Appeal, in 1943 as the chairman of the Jefferson County War and Community Chest, and in 1945 as the state chairman of the annual fund drive of the March of Dimes.
Through his membership in the Shrine, he also took a leading role in the expansion of the Crippled Children's Hospital and Clinic in Birmingham. A shriner since 1921, Mr. Mattison became the chairman of the Shrine-sponsored Thanksgiving day football game in 1940 and held that post for more than twenty years. His dedication to the game prompted his appointment to the hospital's board of directors in 1943 and to the presidency of the board in 1952. And from 1960 to 1961, when he served as the Imperial Potentate of the Shrine in North America, he oversaw the operations of all the other Shrine hospitals in the United States and Canada and supervised the activities of the 835, 000 North American shriners as well.
Mr. Mattison was a Mason for more than 50 years and was a member of both the York and Scottish rites. He also belonged to the Anniston Commandery of the Knights Templars, the St. Dunstable Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine, and Court No. 127 of the Royal Order of Jesters. Since his college days, he belonged to Omicron Delta Kappa, and since his graduation, he was active in Auburn alumni activities. In Birmingham he was a member of the Church of the Advent, and the Mountain Brook Club, the Club, the Downtown Club, and the Birmingham Country Club.
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Street-based female sex workers "are often enmeshed in chronic patterns of substance use, sexual risk, homelessness, and violent victimization," the authors wrote, causing them to be vulnerable to HIV infection. The team set out to assess the contributions of a history of victimization and "abuse-related traumagenic factors" to these women's mental health functioning and their sexual risk behaviors, in addition to the impact of risk factors in the environment.
Targeted sampling strategies were employed to enroll 562 female sex workers based in Miami in an intervention trial designed to test "the relative effectiveness of two alternative case management conditions in establishing linkages with health services and reducing risk for HIV," the authors reported.
An "extremely elevated" 88 percent lifetime prevalence of abuse was noted. Almost half the women reported abuse had occurred before age 18. In the past 90 days, 34 percent said they had had violent encounters with "dates" or clients. Among the women, 74 percent reported severe symptoms of anxiety, depression or traumatic stress.
"For those with histories of abuse, [serious mental illness] appeared to mediate the association between abuse-related trauma and unprotected sex behaviors," the authors concluded. "Mental health treatment would appear to be an important component of effective HIV prevention among this vulnerable group, and should form part of a compendium of services offered to female sex workers."
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I started Mommy Connections in November 2009 when I was on maternity leave with my first daughter, Madelyn. I had been through the provincial health care systems nurse-led "New Moms Network" and had really enjoyed meeting other new moms from my area of the city. Several months later, I found out that the New Moms Network program had been suspended due to needing the nurses and program rooms for H1N1 vaccinations. The program had been difficult to get into to begin with, so I decided I would start my own program out of a local church basement. Less than 8 weeks later, the first Mommy Connections Mom & Baby program ran in my community with 67 moms and babies! It was way too many moms, the babies chatter nearly drowned out the speakers and the room was packed, but it made me realize how great the need was for mom & baby programming as well as how many moms were craving connection. After that program, moms from all over started approaching me to find out how they could run a Mommy Connections class in their community.
Mommy Connections provides the platform that introduces moms to programs and services available within their neighbourhoods while connecting with each other. Our class types have expanded over the last 4 years to include Mom to Be, Mom & Baby and Mom & Tot. The weekly classes provide a unique learning opportunity as well as a fun way to bond with their babies and other moms in a social environment. The classes offer fun and interactive demonstrations as well as informative expert speakers on a variety of topics. In a Mom & Baby class you might learn from a pediatric dentist about baby dental concerns followed by a fitness demonstration while baby wearing. Some of our Mom to Be classes even include prenatal yoga each week! The goal of our registered classes is to connect moms in a non-mom's group and potentially stressful environment while learning and having fun!
In the first 18 months of business, the company grew to include 16 locations in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario; more than 2000 women went through our programs in 2011 and that number will grow to more than 5000 in 2013. We are proud to report that our programs are now offered in more than 22 locations across Canada. We view the 8 program weeks as an 'informative icebreaker' for all of the amazing connecting and support that will happen from week 9 and on!
The organization chart of the company has changed slightly over the years to include 2 Regional Directors that handle Eastern and Western Canada. Even after all of our incredible growth, the management team continues to be made up of a group of hardworking moms dedicating to educating and connecting moms in their communities while also providing an additional income for their families, working alongside their children. Mommy Connections has grown into an amazing family business!
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