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His face fills the screen as the man looks earnestly into the camera and speaks directly to the viewer.
"As a pastor, I know you can learn a lot about a man's character by the way he treats his family," he says. It's prominent evangelical leader Brian McLaren, and so begins the new TV ad for Sen. Barack Obama, which ran last weekend during Pastor Rick Warren's presidential forum at Saddleback Church in California.
The ad on "standing up for families" doesn't come from the Obama campaign, but from an independent political action committee (PAC) that has recently joined the battle for the Christian vote.
The Matthew 25 Network, as it's called, is a group of Evangelical, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal Christians. Its purpose, organizers say, is to broaden the issues Christians pay attention to and also to counter falsehoods or smears targeting Senator Obama. The PAC is sponsoring radio and television advertisements aimed specifically at Christians, mostly on Christian radio in key swing states. There are ads in religious publications as well.
Organizers say the TV ad is the first by active clergy for a Democratic presidential candidate. It includes the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, who's been close to President Bush and who recently officiated at Jenna Bush's wedding in Crawford, Texas.
"We've seen the domination of just a couple of issues surround the Christian voice in politics," says Mara Vanderslice, the evangelical founder of the group who worked for John Kerry's presidential campaign in 2004. "We wanted a Christian voice that better reflected the gospel values missing from the landscape." For this reason, the organization named its effort after the gospel story in which Jesus calls on his followers to "care for the least of these."
The new PAC is gaining support from a variety of Christians, some of whom are new to political action.
The Rev. Wilfredo De Jesus, a leader in the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference says it was time for him to join other believers in addressing concerns of marginalized people. "For Hispanic Evangelicals, this is something deep in the heart," he says.
Some Catholics see the network and Obama as addressing the justice concerns that are part of Catholic social teaching.
"People like myself get a lot of attention when we talk about issues like abortion and family life, but not when we talk about helping low-income people," says Sharon Daly, former vice president of Catholic Charities. "Matthew 25 gives us the opportunity to try to get candidates to focus on these concerns."
While the network is only endorsing Obama this year, it aims to become a permanent group that eventually supports candidates at various levels of government.
"The issues people pray about before they go to bed at night aren't those divisive issues Republicans have raised," Ms. Vanderslice says. "They pray about their son or daughter being overseas, or how they'll take care of their mother-in-law's nursing bills, or whether their son can go to college."
Yet the PAC, which includes people who are both against abortion and for abortion rights, won't shy away from the issue. "Everyone in the network is focused on reducing the number of abortions - and that's where Senator Obama's focus is, along with emphasizing personal responsibility, fatherhood, and having the courage to raise a child," she says.
A section of the website called "Put Away Falsehood" (Eph. 4:25) addresses specific claims made about the Illinois senator, from his being a Muslim to supporting infanticide. The group also has called on Sen. John McCain's campaign to remove an ad titled "The One," in which Obama is mocked as a Messiah figure. It's stirred considerable controversy for what some see as an attempt to portray him as the Antichrist through use of evangelical symbolism connected to the bestselling "Left Behind" series of novels.
The Network ad running on Christian radio, in which Obama talks about his faith, has brought strong reaction from the religious right. James Dobson, head of Focus on the Family, warns his listeners against the "highly seductive" Matthew 25 ads.
Some future Network ads will target Catholics directly. Obama says he found his Christian faith while working as a community organizer among low-income people in a Catholic-sponsored program, Ms. Daly emphasizes.
She believes that as "Catholics reflect on this and get to know more about him," their support will grow.
Radio ads will run in English and Spanish, targeting such key states as Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Virginia.


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Boston and Cave Microbes in the News
by Kathleen Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., July 25, 2008 -- Dr. Penelope Boston, New Mexico Tech's peripatetic professor of cave microbiology and (sometimes) Mars microbiology, has been in the news recently for collecting and studying microbes from Snowy River Cave, a unique formation in eastern New Mexico.
Right: Dr. Penny Boston in cave-exploring mode. The "moon suit" prevents contamination of the cave with external microbes.
Boston was recently the subject of an Associated Press story that has received wide national play. She has also recently filmed a show for the Discovery Channel which will be broadcast in early fall on "Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein."
- N.M. cavers chart unique `snowy' river of crystals, Associated Press
- Decades of Hard Work Result in Spectacular Find, Las Cruces Sun-News
- Explorers find one-of-a-kind formation inside cave, Las Cruces Sun-News
According to AP: "Boston has collected microorganisms that she believes are responsible for the manganese crust that covers much of the walls in the Snowy River passage. Once thought to be ancient and inactive, the microbes are busy in her lab, breaking down materials and producing mineral compounds."
Boston's research lays groundwork for robotic missions to other regions of the solar system where life might exist, especially in microbial form.
Dr. Penelope Boston is the director of the Cave and Karst Studies Program and an associate professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico Tech. She is also associate director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in Carlsbad, N.M.

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Has Obama Lost The Chicago Machine?
President Lyndon Johnson, faced with ever-increasing pressure to get out of Vietnam and a tidal wave of social issues, was sitting in the White House on the evening of February 27, 1968, watching the CBS Evening News, then anchored by the late Walter Cronkite. After hearing Cronkite's editorial on the state of the nation, so to speak, Johnson turned to his aides and said "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America." And that, he had done. America was fed up with Johnson, the Democratic party, Vietnam; shall I go on? I believe that is where the plans began on just how to get it all back for the lib Dems. It would take eight years to get a donkey jockey back in the Oval Office. His name was Jimmy Carter. Remember how well that worked out? Ah, memories. Here we are, in the year 2011, with one of the most liberal and destructive presidents we've ever had and even some of the powers-that-be within the Democratic Party are wishing they'd picked Hilary over Barack Hussein Obama. It's tough to take the nomination away from a sitting president. So far as I can find, Franklin Pierce (1853-1857-14th U.S President) was the only (elected) incumbent president to be successfully robbed in a primary. Millard Fillmore and Chester A. Arthur also lost re-election primaries, but had ascended to the office from vice president. Oh, and yes, Pierce was a donkey jockey, too. But back to the present day. Just as LBJ had 'lost' Cronkite, it seems BHO has lost one of his most coveted journalistic bastions: The Chicago Tribune. Well, he has, at least, it seems, lost journalist Steve Chapman. Chapman may be a fine journalist, but he's no Walter Cronkite. But in the day and hour in which we live, given the scope and scale of the Internet, Mr. Chapman's reach is certainly far greater even than that of Cronkite in his heyday at the helm of CBS News. Read Chapman's article here, where he suggest the Obama's might want to start packing the family van.


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It's a measure of the greatness of Phil Everly, who died on Jan. 3 at age 74 in Burbank, Calif., that you hear him and his older brother Don practically every time you turn on a classic rock radio station, even when the DJ isn't actually playing "Bye Bye Love," "All I Have to Do is Dream" or another of their many hits from the late 1950s and early 1960s.
What you hear, over and over, is the sound of the Everly Brothers – those distinctively crisp, close-knit harmonies, with Phil on the higher end, laid over jangling country-style guitar and a rock beat – being imitated by scores of other greats. The Beatles, notably, patterned the vocal harmonies in "Please Please Me" on the Everlys' hit "Cathy's Clown."
"I learned that every syllable can shine," As Art Garfunkel once put it to Rolling Stone. "They were Kentucky guys with beautiful, perfect-pitch harmonies and great diction. All those vowels and consonants, those s's and t's, every one of them killed me."
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Here are 10 facts about Phil Everly and his influential career:
- His career began at age 6 on a radio show hosted by his father – a Kentucky coal miner turned country singer – when he began performing with his brother Don, who was two years older.
- The Everly Brothers' first big hit was "Bye Bye Love," written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, the songwriting team that would provide them with many of their classics. Here they are on live television in 1957. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCWMMKS6W4Q
- Some radio stations banned another of their hits, 1957's "Wake Up Little Susie," because the notion of two teenagers staying out late – even by accident – was considered too risque. "It didn't even enter our minds that anybody could object to it," Phil explained in 1984.
- Phil wrote the Everlys' 1960 hit "When Will I Be Loved," which Linda Ronstadt turned into a No. 1 hit in 1975.
- Early in their careers, John Lennon and Paul McCartney briefly called themselves the Foreverly Brothers, according to The Guardian, a British newspaper.
- Phil and Don were estranged for a time, after a 1973 concert in which Phil smashed his guitar onstage and walked off, according to Phil's Los Angeles Times obituary. He spent the next decade working as a solo artist, during which he recorded five albums. In 1983, the brothers reunited to perform a concert at Royal Albert Hall in London, and recorded a song written for them by Paul McCartney, "On the Wings of a Nightingale."
- Phil harmonized with Warren Zevon on "Hasten Down the Wind" in 1976 and sang a duet with Sondra Locke, "Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More," on the soundtrack of the 1978 Clint Eastwood movie Every Which Way But Loose. He also harmonized with Johnny Rivers on "Living Alone" in 1980.
- The brothers were in the first class of inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
- In 2006, Phil recorded a duet with country singer Vince Gill, "Sweet Little Corrina."
- Though the Everly Brothers had their tiffs over the years, Phil once explained in an interview that singing helped keep them close. "Harmony singing requires that you enlarge yourself," he said. "Harmony is the ultimate love."
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SOUTHINGTON, CT — The YMCA-Southington (CT) has a purported scam to thank for increasing the public's awareness of its programs and services. Last month, two teens allegedly went door to door falsely claiming that they were selling magazines to raise money for their Y-sponsored soccer team.
The YMCA-Southington notified its members about the scam through an e-mail blast and by contacting local media, says John Myers, YMCA-Southington spokesman.
Initially, Myers was afraid the scam would hurt the Y's fund-raising efforts, but so far, it hasn't. In fact, it's given the Y a chance to get its message out.
"[The scam] gave us an opportunity to talk to our members and community about initiatives, programs and services we offer to help out the community," he says.


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[Illinois] Beckman Graduate Seminar: What can listeners learn about different speakers' voices?
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Taken from the Cognitive Science Group webpage (http://beckman.illinois.edu/research/themes/biointel/cognitive-science):
The research in learning extends from studies of the very young to fully mature adults. How do we learn about the world and how to act in it? Research in advanced knowledge acquisition is directed toward instructional strategies that allow people to master complex concepts, such as mathematical or scientific concepts, and transfer their knowledge from formal schooling to real-world cases.
Research on language investigates how we talk, how we understand the speech of others, and how we acquire these abilities. For example, how do babies learn the meanings of words? What causes slips of the tongue? Why do we have an accent if we have learned a language later in life? Related to this research is active work in the development of computational models for language. These models help us understand the nature of language and language processing, as well as serving as computational systems that can do things for us, such as recognize spoken words, or translate from one language to another.
Alison M. Trude is currently a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working with the Cognitive Science Group.
She is interested in how listeners are able to learn and mentally represent inter-talker differences while listening to speech, and whether knowledge of these differences can facilitate speech processing. She has recently become especially interested in the roles that declarative and non-declarative memory systems play in this process.
(Source: http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/people/trude1)
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


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Compared to most folks contributing to this site, I'm a policy rookie, but here's an event that has statewide implications.
Here in Wilmington, the state run Alcohol Beverage Control has a retail store and distribution center on 17th St. between Castle and Church Streets. This is a lower income area most out-of-towners only know as they drive through the Oleander St. corridor on the way to the beach.
Earlier this year, our local ABC board (three seated individuals and a supervisor) quietly started buying up the entire block around their facility to the ultimate tab of over $2,400,000.00, a figure the board members themselves contend is twice market value at the time (and probably more now). On the physical block were three zoned commercial structures and ten single family homes dating from the early 20th century, examples of what Preservation North Carolina calls "vernacular housing". These houses are currently zoned residential.
Historic Wilmington Foundation and others have been pursuing a Historic District designation for this neighborhood for over two years, and that designation is near becoming a reality. While the structures in the area are not mansions nor public 19th century monuments, they do represent 80 to 100 year old houses from a previous era that are a contributing part of the historic fabric. As many of the larger building in our area have been preserved (and some tragically levelled), we are now looking to expand the scope of preservation to the more simple participating structures.
Earlier in the summer, the ABC Board applied for demolition permits to level all thirteen existing buildings despite the current residential zoning. Their intent was to create a larger distribution facility and parking on the land. No attempt was made to contact the citizens in the area, elected officials, or the like regarding this impactful "growth". In addition, the ABC allowed the purchased properties to remain open and unsecured to invite vandalism and theft, thereby pursuing their projected demolition by neglect, I suppose their thinking being that they would get permits faster if the dwellings were dilapidated.
Historic Wilmington and others made multiple gestures to the ABC Board in attempts to save the houses. None was heeded. When a request was made for design plans and ideas for the new ABC structures, none was forthcoming. When the question of nondisclosed use of public tax payer generated moneys was brought up, the ABC stated that they are exempt from any disclosure as they are an income generating entity outside general transparency guidlines.
Within the last two weeks, all structures on the physical block have been destroyed. They are gone. A few days later, the ABC Board pulled their permit request to rezone the block from residential to commercial due many folks think to public outcry and a very pointed Wilmington Star-News Op-ed piece blasting the ABC Board members by name. The board did not, however, pull the request until after all the houses were eviscerated.
While the houses are gone, this incident has been a rallying issue for downtown Wilmington. Lawn signs saying Stop the Expansion! dot the nearby neighborhood and adjoining areas as well.
We can't save these buildings, but we can raise the bar on what is and what is not acceptable conduct by appointed officials, elected officials, and developers. Preservationists and builders can work together to avoid runaway growth in older neighborhoods. I have no interest in seeing Wilmington have Myrtle Beach type high rises where older building once stood. Our town has numerous talented architectural and design professionals who are on board with responsible growth, infill, and rehab. Let's us them.


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The happiness and mindfulness workshop is the first of its kind for the UA's Arizona Youth University, which offers summer workshops to youth through the UA's Outreach College.
The workshop is shaped with the help of a curriculum established by California-based Project Happiness.
Grounded in research on mindfulness, the program provides youth and young adults a preliminary understanding of what it means to have a mindfulness practice, and also teaches them about self-respect, community responsibility and acting without judgment.
Sheena Brown, research scientist at the UA's neuroscience department, and one of the people who's conducted the week-long workshop with teenagers, said kids are faced with many challengers, and developing a mindfulness practice -a mental state awareness that emphasizes being in the moment and living an authentic life- at a young age can help navigating pitfalls, such as substance abuse, bullying, depression and even suicide.
"It's really frightening… depression… suicide… tests… pressure to conform and do what your friends are doing," she said.
The week-long workshop is structured in a way that provides a safe place for the kids to share and become part of a supportive community. The curriculum is based on the book and documentary film by Randy Taran, the founder of Project Happiness. Taran actually attended a part of the workshop.
Taran explained that it all began with a film.
Project Happiness, the film, is a project that began when Taran saw her own daughter grappling with depression. The documentary features three youth from three continents as they explore the nature of lasting happiness.
Taran said this workshop is the first of it's kind that is based on the work that she's done with Project Happiness. She said she's happy to see kids actively engaged in discussion.
Cassandra Deely attended the workshop. Deely said she's experienced bouts of depression, and participating in this workshop has allowed her to see that she's not alone.


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IN telling the tale of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae -- an epic confrontation in 480 B.C. in which King Leonidas leads an army of just 300 Spartans against the massive Persian hordes of self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes -- director Zack Snyder went big, operatic big.
Rather than taking on the pitch of a dusty tutorial, "300" is a fevered hissy-fit of a movie that operates somewhere between outrageous and demented. Snyder, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, says he had no intention of making a History Channel version of the battle.
"I feel a certain responsibility toward the heroic message of the story, but that doesn't mean that the fun of the movie should be lost," Snyder says. "That's just what I'm drawn to aesthetically. I like the relentlessness and over-the-top nature of the graphic novel. So the pace and design, that hysterical weirdness, come from that."
Like the Robert Rodriguez version of Miller's "Sin City," the distinctive look of "300," which opens March 9, uses actors on spare sets altered digitally in post-production. Only one shot in the entire movie -- horses traveling across the countryside -- was actually filmed outside, and even then the dirt flying from the horses' hoofs was digitally enhanced.
Gerard Butler, who plays Leonidas, and the other actors playing the Spartan army trained rigorously to appear in fantastic shape. The Spartan uniform, true to Miller if not history, consists of little more than sandals, a cape and a small pair of leather briefs. Viewed from a certain perspective, and if one overlooks the Mel Gibson-like slaughter and severed heads, "300" is quite the beefcake movie.
"Frank was so specific about rendering this concept of the Spartans, if it was up to him they would have been completely naked with their cape and sword and shield. Clearly, that's not practical, even I know that's not practical."
But he doesn't think the costumes, or lack of them, will be a distraction. "I think halfway through the movie you forget they are in these bikinis because that's just their outfit," Snyder says. "Their outfit is they're naked. At the end, when Leonidas faces off with Xerxes, it's basically two guys in bikinis, but at that point, hopefully, you've given yourself over to the movie."


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Alice In Chains Raise Money for Philippines Typhoon Victims
In November of last year, Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage throughout Southeast Asia. Now, Alice In Chains are helping raise money for the typhoon victims.
As part of their annual Alice In Chains & Friends Fantasy Football League Charity Auction, the band has partnered with nonprofit organization Music For Relief to auction one-of-a-kind items and memorabilia. All of the auction's proceeds will go toward helping the survivors and aiding Music For Relief in delivering medicine, emergency medical services, water, sanitation and disease prevention efforts to the 12 million people impacted by the storm.
Some of the items in the auction include original paintings by Alice In Chains vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell and System of a Down's Serj Tankian, a trip for two to NYC to attend the Porsche Design Fall/Winter 2014 Runway Show during New York Fashion Week with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and a custom Gibson Les Paul guitar signed by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.
Other items you can bid on are a Fender acoustic guitar and acoustic bass autographed by Alice In Chains' Mike Inez, a Pantera 'Vulgar Display of Power' plaque signed by Vinnie Paul, a limited edition Metallica vinyl box set and drum head signed by the band and many other collectibles.
To see and bid on the items in the auction, go here.


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To illustrate some approaches:
BAD "Tony, I've never even stood on a skateboard before, but I REALLY want to learn. I've got a spare 5 minutes, could you teach me how to do a kick-flip? oh and could you give me a free skateboard? I don't have one yet and you get them for free so I figure you wouldn't mind giving one to me. By the way, I wouldn't bother you, but Ryan Scheckler seems too busy to help me."
BETTER "Tony, I never land my kick-flips, the board seems to land on it's side, any tips?"
MORE BETTER "Tony, I've been skating for 5 years and for some reason I land my kick-flips on the side of the board. I looked up some tips online and saw your video on youtube, and I think the problem is I'm not flicking my foot hard enough. I've considered getting a different pair of shoes... I brought my board with me, if I showed you could you give me some advice?"
OK, hopefully everybody understand the problems with approach #1. You're asking a professional to teach you something that has taken him decades to learn and perfect and dilute it into a 5 minute lesson (for free). You're unprepared and unequipped to even begin to solve the problem... this is like people who want hackers to troubleshoot their "broken computer" while sitting at the bar after work (while the computer is at home). You haven't even TRIED to solve the problem yourself... this means (to many) you don't even possess the dedication or resolve to even TRY. This is kinda like when someone has a problem and local hacker tries to help and the person requesting assistance decides to go out for coffee. Approach #1 in the hacker community will either: Not get any reponse, or get the equivalent of "FSCK OFF!".
Approach number two is better because it shows dedication, preparation, and makes no assumptions about how much time/effort could or should be put into it. An appropriate response to #2 would be "Practice Harder". Approach #2 is likely to get terse responses, but you won't likely hear any expletives.
Approach number three is most likely to elicit the best response. You've done your homework, you're dedicated, you're prepared, you've got a solution you aren't sure of... rock on! If a hacker doesn't give helpful advice in #3 remember: You're still asking for free advice...I'd personally expect to PAY for personal skateboarding training from a professional skateboarder -- get it, PROFESSIONAL, like, that's how they put food on the table. Free advice from a professional is known as "a favor" and should be treated as such...
For folks who have been in the open source community for a length of time, there is an old article explaining how to ask questions the smart way. While I think that writeup is spot on, I think it's a bit inaccessible. Listen, getting computers to do what you want is very difficult work and VERY challenging (if it wasn't, the job wouldn't pay so well and hackers wouldn't be in such high demand). Yes, I realize it isn't as rare as skateboarding talent, but hopefully the metaphor helps explain why many hackers seem to NOT be helpful... it's not THEM, it's YOU!
I apologize in advance for anyone who is easily offended.
Honestly I don't care if you're offended, but I figure I'd put a token apology in because people who are easily offended are often shallow enough to be placated by a token apology.


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Nash scores twice and Tortorella gets 400th win as Rangers extend mastery of Flyers, 5-2NHL.com @NHLdotcom
PHILADELPHIA - Rick Nash scored twice, Derek Stepan had a goal and three assists, and the New York Rangers extended their dominance of Philadelphia with a 5-2 win over the Flyers on Tuesday night.
Brad Richards and Chris Kreider also scored for New York, which has won 11 of the last 12 meetings with Philadelphia. Rangers coach John Tortorella became the 30th coach in NHL history to reach 400 wins, and his team maintained its hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference standings.
Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which lost for the third time in four games against New York this season and fell further out of the playoff race. The Flyers began the day in 13th place, five points behind the Rangers.


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Taylor Bridge Fire Nearly Full Containment
Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes.
The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber. About 1,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze. On Monday, some of them conducted controlled burns of potential fuel.
Fire management officials say they're hoping for full containment of the fire by Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a new, lightning-caused fire near Wenatchee was reported close to full containment. The Keane Ranch fire has burned one square mile of grass, brush and timber.
It has not threatened or damaged any structures. That fire was reported Sunday.


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AGRI 183 Communication Methods
AGRI 183: Students go to one lecture and one lab per week
Professor Jonathan Leonard
A Tuesdays 8:00-9:15AM room 108 Lafayette Hall code 90156
208H Morrill Hall, UVM
Lab A01 Monday: 2:30-4:30 in room 107 Marsh Lifescience Building code 90158
656-2979 (Office)
|Lab A02 Wednesday 9:05-11:00 in room L400 Lafayette code 90161
|434-3787 (Home before 9:00 pm please)
|Lab A03 Wednesday 2:30-4:30 in room 325 Kalkin code 90162
|Office Hours: Thursday
|Teaching Assistants:
|Diana Fischer, email@example.com, 802-272-2751
|Kyle Lovell, firstname.lastname@example.com, 802-369-0551
Speech date and lab roles and lab role responsibilities
Course Description: This course will develop your public speaking skills for presentations at UVM and in your life beyond. You will learn how to give excellent oral presentations that are appropriate for different audiences. While improving your public speaking skills you will conduct research and select appropriate media to make dynamic presentations. During our class you will give and critique many presentations as well as critiquing professional presentations outside of class.
Why is This Course
Important? In today's complex
and ever changing world, the ability to communicate clearly is more
important than ever. Although communication takes on many forms,
humans communicate mainly through the written and spoken word.
You will have many opportunities to work on improving your
written communication skills during your college years, but few
opportunities exist specifically to help you improve your speaking
skills. Recent graduates of UVM and employers agree that the
ability to speak in public is an essential skill that every college
graduate should possess. In fact, oral communication is a core competency
for the
General Course Goal: The overall goal of this Communication Methods course is to help you improve your public speaking skills.
Course Objectives: By completing this course you will:
Develop critical thinking skills through reading, reflection,
discussion, oral presentation and writing.
2. Understand, use, and be able to critically analyze widely used propaganda techniques.
3. Demonstrate increased confidence in speaking.
4. Understand different types of presentations and different audiences, and be able to appropriately match the two to meet specific speaking objectives.
5. Be able to critique and learn from another person's oral presentations.
6. Prepare appropriate media for presentations.
7. Be able to research, construct and present a dynamic and effective speech to a group.
8. Understand and utilize small group dynamics and the concept of teamwork both from a participant and facilitator standpoint.
9. Demonstrate teamwork and group presentation skills as a contributing member of a team.
Required Texts and Video Tape :
Lucas, Stephen E., The Art of Public Speaking, Eighth Edition,
Gelb, Michael J., Present Yourself!, Jalamar Press, Torrance, CA: 1988 ISBN 0-915190-51-6
In addition, you must purchase a VHS videotape to be used to tape your presentations.
Attendance Policy: Unexcused absences from lecture or lab result in 1% reduction of your final course grade for each unexcused absence. Attendance will be taken each lecture and lab. This is not a class to cut and get notes from someone else . This is a class where you must come to lecture and lab on time every time and be ready to participate. No students have earned an A in this course who have had more than three unexcused absences. If you can not make a class, you must notify your instructor before the class. Ex post facto notification will result in a zero for that class and assignment. If you miss a speaking assignment without notifying your instructor before the class or if you miss a speaking assignment because you weren't prepared, you will earn a zero for that assignment. Only extreme legitimate prior-notification absences (death in the family, serious illness, or accident) will be made up. This should be a rare occurrence.
Oral Assignments: It should be no surprise that students who spend lots of time preparing for their oral presentations do better than students who throw something together at the last moment or, worse yet, just "wing it." Studying for this class is not passive (like reading a textbook or studying for an exam), instead it is active (practicing your presentations in front of friends and receiving feedback).
Plagiarism : Students are expected to read the
examples of plagiarism and know when to use quotations and
references in writing.
Honesty Policy: From The Cats Tale :
The principal objective
of The
Graded Assignments
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1. Class Introduction
|2. Present Yourself Quiz
3. page paper critiquing a formal speech given outside of class (due: Oct 27, 4pm) peer edited.
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|4. Dramatic Reading
5. Informational presentation
6. Persuasive presentation
7. Choice presentation (informational, persuasive, entertaining)
8. Three speech reflection papers
9. Group current event and/or political analysis presentation
10. Critique student presentations/Class Attendance & Participation/Attitude
11. Final written exam
Assignments in Detail : Download Excel Grading Template Here.
1. Introduce yourself to the large class, (5%). Students' names will be called randomly throughout the semester to introduce themselves (2 to 3 minutes) to the large lecture class. If your name is called and you are absent, you earn a zero for this assignment. Topics to be covered include:
Family Background
Where you are from
Academic major
Why you chose UVM
Plans after graduating
Something about yourself no one else in the room knows
Grading Sheet for your Formal Introduction in Word format is here.
2. Quiz on the book, Present Yourself, (10%) Individual and group quizzes will be averaged. The quiz on the booklet "Present Yourself" scheduled for lecture on Tuesday September 28.
3. Attend and critique
formal speech given outside of class (10%). Submit a four to
six page paper. Here are the details. Due no later than
4pm October
27, 2006
4. Give a dramatic reading including voices (5%). Pick a favorite story to read in front of your lab. Your dramatic reading should be between 5-10 minutes long and include you adopting the voices of those speaking in the story. Here is the grading sheet.
5. Give an eight to ten minute informational presentation to an audience of student peers (5%). You will be given adequate lecture, handout materials and text assignments to help you prepare for your presentations. Each presentation will be videotaped, and your cumulative grade will depend on your speech as well as a 3 page reflection paper to be handed in the following week. This reflection paper should be based on student feedback and your own critical analysis of your presentation and should follow these three sub-headings :
the speech I prepared for
(2) the speech I gave
(3) improvements for next time
The subject of your presentations should be something that you are interested in (indeed, have a passion for!). It should be and "appropriate for your audience." If in doubt, ask. Here is the checklist for grading your informational presentations. In addition, you need to hand in your notes or an outline of your speech along with the reflection paper. Please hand in your materials in a pocket folder with your name, title, and the date you delivered your presentation prominently displayed on the outside.
6. Give an eight to ten minute persuasive presentation (10%). This speech will also be videotaped to use in writing a reflection paper to be handed in the following week. For your reflection paper, use the same three sub-heading format as above. The subject should be something controversial that you feel strong enough about that you want to persuade others to understand and adopt your viewpoint. Here is the checklist for persuasive grading requirements. Remember to hand in your notes or outline with your reflection paper. Please hand in your materials in a pocket folder with your name, title, and the date you delivered your presentation prominently displayed on the outside.
7. Give an eight to ten minute presentation of your choice (informational, persuasive, humorous or entertaining ) (15%). This is your final individual presentation and the culminating speech to demonstrate your competency in public speaking. You may choose to give either an informational, persuasive or entertaining presentation (or a combination) on the subject of your choice. Here is the checklist for grading your choice presentation. Again, after your speech, write a reflection paper based on a review of the videotape and student comments and your personal reflection of the experience. Hand your notes or outline with your reflection paper in a pocket folder with your name, title, and the date you delivered your presentation prominently displayed on the outside, the following week.
8. Write three reflection papers(15%, three @ 5% each). Outlined above, these papers are to show reflection and learning from the three individual speech experiences. The three papers, three to five pages in length, should be written after viewing the videotape of your presentation, reading the student critiques and honestly reflecting on the experience. Use the following three headings to frame your paper:
a. The speech I prepared for : Why you chose your topic…how your conducted your research…the credibility of your sources, especially web –based sources…the objectives of your speech…how you went about constructing the speech…the amount and type of practice you did…who you practiced in front of, and how many times...the feedback you received…any other preparation.
b. The speech I gave : Give details of how your speech went…comparison of the speech with the one you practiced…what was going on in your head during the speech…what the video tape showed…things you did right…things you did wrong…student critique comments…anything else concerning the actual speech and how it felt to you
c. Improvements for Next Time : Things
you wish you had done differently to give the ideal speech…what would you have done differently in
preparing for and delivering your speech…what
will you do next time to improve…anything
else that you wish you had done and would do in the future.
Hand in your reflection paper in a POCKET FOLDER with your name, speech title, and date delivered on the front cover. Inside the folder, in the pockets should be: 1. Your reflection paper (speech I prepared for, speech I gave, improvements for next time), 2. Any notes or note cards you used, 3. Research materials (articles, photocopies you made, and copies of visual aids (images, overheads, etc.). 4. Student critiques from those who watched your presentation. Your Pocket Folder is due at the beginning of lab the week after you present (if late -10% the first week, -20% the second week, No credit afterwards).
9. Be part of a team that gives a group critical analysis presentation of a political or current event (10%) . The world of work that you will be entering consists of teams working together . You will be assigned to a small group during the semester to prepare a 12 - 15 minute critical analysis symposium presentation scheduled for the last two labs of the semester.
Your group needs to select a controversial political or current event topic that everyone in your group is interested in. Find a minimum of two articles (in journals, newspaper, magazines, books, or the web) that take opposite viewpoints and use the Guidelines for a Critical Analysis of an Article to orally critique each article in your presentation. Discuss the conclusions your group can make about your chosen topic as a result of this analysis.
Your grade will be determined by the depth and coherence of critical analysis of each article, the quality of the group presentation, the support and interaction among group members, as well as your personal participation in the group project as rated by your peers. Here is the checklist for group critical analysis presentation grading requirements.
Each team member bears personal responsibility for group participation. If you miss team meetings and fail to participate fully in the group presentation, then you have not met objective number nine for this class and you will be graded accordingly. It is your responsibility to make group meetings and fully participate in the group project.
10. Critique student presentations, class participation, attendance & attitude (5%) Being a critical listener and being able to give constructive feedback is an important communication skill and will help you develop as a speaker as well. You will have the opportunity to give written and oral feedback to your fellow students. Signed written critiques will be given to the student presenter for feedback. Your grade will reflect how well you critically analyze and give helpful feedback (both positive and negative) to your colleagues.
Unexcused absences from lecture or lab result in 1% reduction of your final course grade. Attendance will be taken each lecture and lab. Students will also be graded on their overall participation and attitude toward the class. Those showing enthusiasm for learning and helping their fellow students to learn will receive a high score, while those who argue each grade, refuse to participate, regularly come to class late and/or seem disinterested in the class will fare poorly.
11. Final written exam (10%). This will cover all readings, labs, lectures, and any guest speakers. To do well, you must come to class, take notes, do all the readings and study. The final exam is scheduled for Friday, Dec 8 @ 11:45 AM in 108 Lafayette.
Dress. For the dramatic reading, informational, persuasive, choice, and group presentations you will be graded on your dress. Your clothing should be clean, neat, and conservative. Slacks, skirts, ties, dress shirts, sweaters, and dress shoes are appropriate. Inappropriate dress includes jeans, T-shirts, baseball caps, or clothing that is stained, ripped, torn, or with holes. Belly buttons and underwear should not be visible. You should not have bare feet. Your hair should be pulled back so it does not hang in your face.
Fall 2006 AGRI 183 Schedule
Week Starting
Lecture Topic Outline
| Lab Topic Outline
Reading Assignment Due
|August 29
|Welcome to the class. Attendance speeches. Go over course structure, syllabus, materials, grading. The "must-knows" of public speaking. Right posture, poise, voice. Go over Informational speech grading sheet. & examples informational speeches (Elephant Seals, Tsunamis).
| Meet your lab! Introduce each other.
speeches. Example of
Dramatic Reading. Go over
Dramatic reading and
introduction grading
sheets. Examples of informational speeches (Duck Calls, Chinese Calendar,
Racism). Go over
the informational
speech grading sheet.
| Monday lab students come to
another lab just for this week. Go over lab schedule and
date assignments, correct lab roster. Role Assignments. Prepare
for Dramatic
Reading, go over grading sheet. Speaking Posture exercise.
Um Game.
the Syllabus CAREFULLY!
Attendance speeches. Informational speech presentation. Example of a good student informational speech. Introduction Checklist, Conclusion Checklist. Informational speech grading sheet.
|Dramatic Readings.
of Public Speaking: Chpts. 8-14
Sept 18
Attendance speeches. Examples of Informational speeches. Stylistic Language Devices. The best speech of the 20th Century. Formal Introductions.
| Dramatic Readings.
Art of Public Speaking: Chpts. 2, 4, 5, Appendix A7-A10
The Art of Public Speaking: Chpts. 2, 4, 5, Appendix A7-A10
|Sept 25
Present Yourself Quiz. Formal Introductions.
| Dramatic Readings / Informational
Yourself: Chpts. 7-10
|Oct 2
Attendance speeches. Persuasive speech grading sheet. Example of a student persuasive speech. Introductions.
| Informational Presentations
| The Art of Public Speaking:
Chpts. 15, 16
|Oct 9
| Informational Presentations
|The Art
of Public Speaking: Chpt. 18
Oct 16
| Attendance
speeches. Choice presentations grading sheet,
example of Choice presentation.
| Informational / Persuasive
|Oct 23
Choice speech example. Intro to Group Critical Analysis, Presidential Debates. Introductions.
| Persuasive Presentations,
Outside speech critique and edited draft due 4pm Friday of this week.
|Oct 30
Introductions. Group Critical Analysis Worksheet, Beck
Weathers PART 1
| Finish Persuasive Presentations,
Choice Presentations
|Nov 6
Attendance speeches. Group Critical Analysis Worksheet, Introductions. Beck Weathers PART 2
| Choice Presentations
|Nov 13
Attendance speeches. View Final Exam Study Guide. Introductions. Interviewing.
| Finish Choice Presentations,
Group Critical Analysis Presentations
| Nov 20
| Thanksgiving
break, no lectures, no labs this week.
|No labs this week.
Nov 27
View Final Exam Study Guide. Class Evaluations. The Speak-Off instructions!
| Finish Group Critical Analysis
|Dec 4
Attendance speeches. Speak-Off, View Final Exam Study Guide.
|Labs complete any unfinished business
| Dec 8
exam Friday Dec. 8, 11:45AM 108 Lafayette Hall


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To identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For, each year Fortune partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America.
Two-thirds of a company's survey score is based on the results of the Trust Index Employee Survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. This survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes about management's credibility, overall job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts.
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All-ACC Microsite Teams and Postseason AwardsPosted by Jimmy Kelley on March 12th, 2013
Another great season in the ACC is in the books and it's time to recognize those who had outstanding seasons with our postseason awards. We here at Rush the Court's ACC Microsite have decided to hand out our own awards based on what we believe is a unique set of criteria and, while it may not differ wildly from what the actual outcome of the award races is, just know we all voted prior to their release. Here are this year's All-ACC Microsite Teams and ACC Postseason Awards.
Note: Jimmy Kelley, Ethan Mann, Kellen Carpenter and Matt Patton all voted for first-, second-, and third-teams as well as their top three for each of the individual awards. A first place/team vote was worth three points, second worth two and a third place/team vote was worth one. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker was high-quality votes (i.e., more second-team votes).
ACC Microsite Player of the Year
Erick Green, Virginia Tech: Green nearly swept the voting, grabbing three of four first-place votes. The nation's leading scorer, Green was the lone highlight for a Virginia Tech team that went 4-14 in ACC play, finishing dead last. Mason Plumlee and Shane Larkin garnered a co-Player of the Year vote on the other ballot.
All-ACC Microsite First Team
- Mason Plumlee, Duke
- Erick Green, Virginia Tech
- Joe Harris, Virginia
- Richard Howell, NC State
- Shane Larkin, Miami
Notes: Plumlee, Green and Harris were unanimous selections for the first team. Howell and Larkin received one second-team vote apiece.
Second Team
- Reggie Bullock, North Carolina
- Seth Curry, Duke
- Michael Snaer, Florida State
- Kenny Kadji, Miami
- Ryan Anderson, Boston College
Notes: Bullock and Curry each received a first-team vote. Anderson holds on to final spot due to having more second-team votes than Alex Len.
Third Team
- Alex Len, Maryland
- P.J. Hairston, North Carolina
- Quinn Cook, Duke
- C.J. Harris, Wake Forest
- Akil Mitchell, Virginia
Notes: Cook was the only unanimous non-first team selection, receiving four third-team votes. Honorable mentions: C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown of NC State, Julian Gamble of Miami.
ACC Microsite Defensive Player of the Year
Julian Gamble, Miami: The defensive anchor for one of the league's best defensive teams, Gamble was the unanimous selection for what is the least scientific of awards.
ACC Microsite Coach of the Year
Jim Larranaga, Miami: Another unanimous selection, Larranaga's case was the only one with any validity. Under his leadership this year's Hurricanes climbed to their highest heights and maximized their talent en route to an ACC regular season title.
ACC Microsite Rookie of the Year
Olivier Hanlan, Boston College: Our most tightly contested award, Hanlan pulls out the victory by one voter point. He topped T.J. Warren despite both receiving two first-place votes.
ACC Microsite All-Rookie Team
- Olivier Hanlan, Boston College
- Rasheed Sulaimon, Duke
- T.J. Warren, NC State
- Marcus Georges-Hunt, Georgia Tech
- Devin Thomas, Wake Forest


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8 Not-So-Great Reasons to Remember the Replacement Refs
This weekend, finally, the real refs will be back on the sidelines, saving us from any further on-field debacles like the ending to last Monday Night's Packers-Seahawks game. For all the phantom pass-interference calls and overlong instant-replay reviews, certain moments are sure to stick out when, in future years, we look back on the first three weeks of the 2012 season and wonder just what the world happened.
Here are eight dubious ways for us all to remember the stand-ins responsible for imprinting the phrase "simultaneous catch" onto every football fan's brain:
THE NFL HIRED OFFICALS THAT THe LFL Fired for Incompetence
The Lingerie Football League is not without its merits, but it isn't exactly a paragon of football excellence. Still, league officials were reportedly so concerned about the incompetence of some of their officials that they chose to fire them rather than risk "the credibility of [their] game." Meanwhile, the unsuspecting National Football League proceeded to hire these very same officials to oversee their nationally televised, brutally physical games. We're thinking Mr. Goodell didn't do his homework on this one.
An Official was Pulled From a Saints Game For Being a Saints Fan
For obvious reasons, NFL officials are expected to refrain from showing any sort of rooting interest for specific football teams. Somebody should have passed that little tidbit along to Brian Stropolo, a would-be replacement side judge. The New Orleans native was assigned to work the Week 1 showdown between the Saints and the Carolina Panthers, despite the fact that he was a lifelong fan of his hometown team. Stropolo's public Facebook page was littered with Saints references, and he even went as far as to express his excitement about calling the game. Luckily, the NFL realized its mistake and replaced Stropolo just before a scandal could develop.
A Ref Told LeSean McCoy to Play Well for his Fantasy Team
Just about every fantasy football owner has daydreamed about the possibility of manipulating an NFL game so that one of their players could score more points. Apparently, one of the league's replacement referees was considering making that dream a reality. According to Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, one of the new zebras came up to him before a game and said, "McCoy, come on, I need you for my fantasy." McCoy later clarified that the ref was kidding, but the situation was just sketchy enough to make every football fan a little uncomfortable (or jealous).
Monday Night Cost Gamblers More Than $300 Million
Betting on professional football is risky enough as it is, and the NFL's new officials didn't make matters any better. According to several reports, the botched call on the game's wild final play affected over $300 million worth of worldwide bets. If the league hadn't settled its dispute with the referees soon, gamblers would have been better off switching to blackjack.
The NFL Received Over 70,000 Voicemails On Monday Night
The social media universe went absolutely berserk in the aftermath of the Packers-Seahawks officiating disaster, but it wasn't the only method of communication hit with an overload. According to various sources, the NFL league office received a over 70,000 voicemails in reference to the replacement referees' botched handling of the game's conclusion. We're guessing that most of those voicemails involved some colorful language, and that about 69,688 of them were from Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy.
President Obama WantED the Old Referees Back
The ongoing struggles of the NFL's replacement officials became such a big story that even the Leader of the Free World decided to chime in. President Barack Obama took a break from his campaign, various international crises, and economic issues to tweet the following statement:
NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs' lockout is settled soon. -bo"
Hear that, Roger Goodell? You nearly began to affect global affairs.
One Replacement Official was a Division I Softball Umpire
The current batch of replacement officials is rife with strange qualifications and professional backgrounds, but none has taken a stranger path than Larry Babcock. First, he's just 30 years old, having graduated from Wheeler (Indiana) High School in 2000. Even more interesting, Babcock's highest prior level of officiating came as a Division I college softball umpire. We're not doubting Babcock's knowledge of the game—he has officiated football at the Division III level and wouldn't have been hired if he didn't have some idea of what he's doing. Still, it's not every day that a softball ump switches to the professional gridiron.
- Leon Halip, Getty Images
Okay, this one's actually not a bad thing to remember at all. Lost in all the vitriolic rants and chest-thumping is one of the sport's truly great stories. Shannon Eastin became the first woman in league history to officiate a preseason game, then proceeded to break the regular-season barrier as well. The Worchester, Massachusetts, native worked as a line judge and managed to settle her share of mid-game brawls. We wish her well.


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AznSumtinSumtin wrote:In my opinion, building an Assembly Square stop is just a waste of money. No a lot of people goes to that place as it is, and it's within walking distance of Sullivan Square. What we really need is a stop right in front of my house.
scoopernicus_in_Maine wrote:Forgive my ignorance of Boston area locations. (As a starving grad student I rarely strayed beyond my apartment near Mission Hill, and my classes at Boylston) Is Assembly Square between two existing Orange Line stops, or would it be an extension of the Orange Line?
helium wrote:The article states that the Feds have approved $25 million for the station.
How much can an at grade station cost?
All they need to build is the platforms, they don't even need a building, just make it like Lechmere with a few weather shelters.
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Sports Briefs 10.13.11
Sharks in First
The Montauk Rugby Club improved its Met Union record to 4-0 Saturday with a 26-14 win over the Lansdowne R.F.C. in Yonkers. Thus the Sharks are now in sole possession of first place in Division II, though to clinch a playoff spot they'll probably have to defeat Bayonne, N.J., in an away game on Oct. 22. Meanwhile, Union, N.J., is to play here Saturday at 1 p.m.
"Lansdowne had a lot of Irish internationals playing for them, but their fitness level was a little off," Rich Brierley, Montauk's coach, said Tuesday. "Our forwards and backs were better."
The Sharks held a slim 12-11 lead at the half, but scored two tries — one by Steve Turza and the other by Mike Bunce — in the second. Gordon Trotter, the New Zealand-born fly half, who handles Montauk's kicking, made good on four penalty kicks and converted both tries.
Badminton Club
Dick Baker announced recently that the 31st season of badminton play had begun at the Amagansett School gym. Games are played there Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9. Baker's e-mail address is email@example.com.
Tai Chi Classes
Rosie Orlando and Carolyn Giacalone are beginning a six-week, hourlong Tai Chi for Health class at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. The first class will be free. Those who sign up for the six-week session will pay $80. Drop-ins are to pay $20.
"Learn the 12 forms of tai chi while increasing your balance, coordination, and energy," a flier announcing the new classes says.
In Sag Harbor, Fred Soroka, whose Epic Martial Arts studio is at 75 Main Street, is offering free tai chi and chi kung classes on Tuesday and Sunday mornings this month.
Goalie Lauded
Curran Brierley, the freshman goalie on the University of Maine-Farmington field hockey team, has thrice been named the North Atlantic Conference's rookie of the week this fall. Before going to college, Brierley starred in the cage at East Hampton High School.
Mighty Men
Thomas Brierley, who's 15, placed third over all in the recent Mighty Man Sprint Triathlon in Montauk (750-meter swim, 17K bike, and 5K run) in 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 47 seconds. Teague Costello, who trains with Brierley, placed 13th in 1:07:54. Because Brierley was a top-three finisher, Costello also topped the 19-and-under age group. Thomas's father, Craig, placed third in the men's 44-to-49-year-old group in 1:14:51.
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Company's Industry Leading Solution Purifies Contaminated Water and Saves Thousands of Lives Internationally
ATLANTA - August 2, 2001 - Apyron Technologies Inc., a leading developer of advanced materials, today announced it received Research and Development Magazine's R&D 100 Award.
The publication recognized Apyron for its Arsenic Treatment Unit (ATU), a water treatment system specifically designed for rural areas. The ATU utilizes Apyron's industry-leading Aqua-Bind Arsenic Removal media, an adsorbent that removes harmful contaminants from drinking water. Apyron has installed ATUs in numerous locations throughout India and Bangladesh, providing safe drinking water to more than 10,000 rural citizens.
The R&D 100 Awards have recognized the most technologically significant new products each year since 1963. Past winners include the automated teller machine (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the printer (1986), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm antismoking patch (1992), Taxol anticancer drug (1993) and HDTV (1998).
"Arsenic poisoning is a serious issue affecting families," says Rom Papadopoulos, chief executive officer for Apyron. "Our innovative arsenic treatment solution is the result of more than three years of extensive development and testing. This award recognizes the significant work Apyron conducts in arsenic removal and our commitment to making the world a better place to live."
The Arsenic Crisis Abroad
It is estimated that 200 million people in India and Bangladesh are drinking arsenic contaminated water and are at risk of arsenicosis. The culprit of this health crisis is the tube well water infrastructure, created in the early 1970s to provide bacteria-free drinking water. Unfortunately, officials now realize that many of the tube wells throughout India and Bangladesh provide drinking water from the tapped aquifers that contain high levels of arsenic.
While the effects of arsenic can be reversed at an early stage, long-term exposure can lead to death. Studies have shown that 1 in 10 people exposed to arsenic levels above 500 parts per billion (ppb) may ultimately die from cancers caused by arsenic.
In addition, arsenic is an accumulative enabler, meaning that people who are pre-disposed to various cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure and other ailments, are more likely to fall ill. Studies have also shown that arsenic may pass through the placenta, causing birth defects, and that exposure to it may negatively affect children's intelligence levels and ability to learn.
Arsenic levels in many areas of India and Bangladesh can reach as high as 3500 ppb, which is 350 times the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO) of 10 ppb. Early this year, the West Bengal Public Health and Engineering Directorate (PHED), a state agency responsible for providing contaminant free drinking water to the citizens of West Bengal, applied for funds and received a grant from UNICEF to purchase several ATUs from Apyron.
"The number of people at risk of arsenic poisoning has reached epidemic proportions," says R.K. Tripathy, principal secretary for the West Bengal PHED. "We are very pleased to work with Apyron to provide safe drinking water, along with peace of mind, to our citizens in the most affected areas."
The PHED has subsequently submitted a request to the central Indian government for funds to purchase 3000 treatment units from Apyron, which would provide safe water to an additional 1.5 million people.
In Bangladesh, where arsenic levels in drinking water have reached even higher levels, Apyron has installed five units that serve four villages and approximately 1800 people. Apyron anticipates the installation of many more ATUs in Bangladesh this year.
How the ATU Works
Apyron's ATU is an integrated water treatment system, custom-designed to remove arsenic levels as high as 3500 ppb and iron up to 15 parts per million (ppm). It also inhibits microbial growth.
Providing water on demand at 8-12 liters per minute, Apyron's easy-to-use system has been well received within participating villages, restoring hope for a more healthy life. The system does not require electricity, supervised operation or chemical additions to operate. In fact, local village residents perform routine maintenance, and Apyron and independent laboratories verify long-term performance on a regular basis.
The key component to the system is the Aqua-Bind media, a granular metal oxide-based media that can remove both Arsenic III and Arsenic V from drinking water. It is manufactured employing a unique synthesis technology, which greatly enhances its surface properties and chemical characteristics, thereby enabling arsenic adsorption capacities greater than conventional materials.
Apyron also provides its industry-leading Aqua-Bind media in a cartridge for consumer use in the U.S. The Aqua-Bind MP is already at work in more than 35 states in the U.S. It was designed specifically for Point-of-Use (under the counter) and Point-of-Entry (where water enters a home) drinking water applications.
About Apyron Technologies
Apyron develops and markets advanced materials that improve the quality of life globally. Applications for Apyron's proprietary technologies include air and water purification, transportation, energy, pharmaceuticals, health care, food, beverages and agriculture. Founded in 1994, the Atlanta-based private company has more than 50 employees, including internationally respected chemists and scientists that manage projects in multiple countries. Apyron plans to become a publicly owned company within 9-12 months.
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Jean Wardell Awarded DOE Fellowship, April 30, 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., April 30, 1999 -- New Mexico Tech geochemistry doctoral candidate L. Jean Wardell recently was awarded a prestigious fellowship from one of the major research offices of the U.S. Department of Energy, which will help support her ongoing research on how volcanic emissions affect global climate change.
Wardell was chosen from a nationwide pool of applicants as a recipient of the DOE's Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship (GREF), which is administered by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research's Global Change Education Program.
As part of her fellowship research and doctoral dissertation project, Wardell will examine how concentrations of carbon dioxide and trace metals emitted from active volcanoes may potentially affect global climate change.
While at New Mexico Tech, Wardell has been actively involved in several field research projects involving measuring volcanic carbon dioxide emissions from White Island in New Zealand, Mt. Erebus in Antartica, Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii, Yasur Volcano in Vanuatu, and the Karymsky Volcano in Kamchatka, Russia. In addition, she also has conducted soil gas studies in Hungary's Pannonian Basin and at the nearby Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.
Her extensive research has resulted in several recent publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings.
Wardell lists current memberships in the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Society of America (GSA), and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). She recently was elected as an officer to the GSA's National Committee on Minorities and Women.
In addition, she is actively involved with the American Red Cross as a certified First Aid/CPR Instructor and also with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), having attained the PADI ranking of Divemaster.
"The research environment here at New Mexico Tech is exceptional," Wardell relates. "The faculty and staff are incredibly supportive of my research projects and aspirations. All my work here feels like a team effort."


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In a city with prolonged and frequent watering restrictions, a decision that many homeowners and house shoppers frequently confront is what kind of yards they want: plush, green carpets of grass or xeriscapes?
In making that decision, homeowners may be making a decision about the house's future value, but opinions remain divided, according to a small survey of area real estate agents.
What is clear is that landscape architects and their companies are seeing more demand for xeriscapes, which do not require the watering and mowing that grass lawns do.
One company, Shows & Allen Landscape Architects LLC, specializes in xeriscapes and partial xeriscape projects for residential customers.
"We find ourselves doing this (xeriscape) more and more," said landscape architect Sam Allen of the company. Some customers often leave a little area for grass so that children can play and for dogs, Allen said.
Given population growth and limited water resources, "we don't have enough water for everyone to have big grass lawns," Allen said. People who prefer grass lawns can always switch from big water-using types of grass, such as St. Augustine, to buffalo grass, requiring less water, he explained.
Allen emphasized that xeriscapes differ by regions because of different rainfall amounts. A xeriscape in Phoenix may look more a rocky, desert landscape, but a San Antonio xeriscape should have plenty of plantings that can bloom and thrive in South Texas. A rocky xeriscape in San Antonio "is not pleasing to the eye," Allen said.
Another xeriscape advocate is David Honhorst, a nursery worker at San Antonio's Shades of Green. "People with grass lawns don't know how to water, how long to water or what time of day to water. They have to mow or pay someone to mow. Plus, with grass lawns, you have problems with insects and fungus that don't exist with xeriscape," Honhorst said.
"If I were moving into a house, I would choose to move to one with xeriscape," Honhorst said. "Xeriscape is easy to maintain with minimal care. They attract butterflies, bees and birds. A family still might want a little lawn for children, but it is more educational for children to watch the plant life and insects in xeriscapes. Xeriscaping saves money, it's educational and it looks good."
Opinions differ, however. Following are comments from real estate agents on grass lawns versus xeriscapes and the possible effect on house values:
Susan Rodriguez with Coldwell Banker Realtors: "The majority of people I work with believe that grass, Bermuda or St. Augustine, is preferable to xeriscaping. We are not in a desert climate like people in Phoenix. Xeriscaping has less value. There is no place for children who need a place to play. Buyers do not like it when a seller goes too heavy with a lot of river-rock landscaping. A lot depends on what material is used in xeriscaping."
Tracey Lammert with Phyllis Browning Co.: "I do not believe that xeriscaping or grass lawns affect the value of a house. As many people who would want a xeriscaped lawn, there just as many who don't want one. It's more of an aesthetic thing."
Jean Marie Ruffini with Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper Realtors: "Some (house buyers) like grass, but you have to do a lot of watering. If it is a family with kids, they may not like the xeriscaping. Xeriscaping can be expensive for a homeowner to install, but new sod is expensive, also. Families still want grass yards so the kids can play, but it depends on the ages of the children in the family."
Debra Maltz with Centro Properties: "Conceptually, xeriscaping has a value. People are more aware of the cost of watering. When a savvy buyer sees a house with a xeriscaped lawn, he'll say, 'Oh wow. My water bill won't be as high.' Look at the costs of watering beautiful grass lawns in July. I think attitudes are changing, and more people are interested in xeriscape plants. But if you have five kids, it's hard for them to play in a xeriscape yard."
Randy Rice with Keller Williams Legacy: "I don't think it affect the home value much. Some people care about lawns, some don't. Some enjoy lawns and spending a lot of time on them, making sure it looks nice. Other people move in and move out years later and haven't planted a shrub or a tree. It wasn't what they were buying the house for. I don't think it's a big thing. People will move in one direction or the other when they move in anyway."
Donna Frye with Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper Realtors: "I do think the grass lawn sells quicker than xeriscape does. It's an emotional purchase, and people picture their children running and playing in the yard. It some ways, xeriscaping can look better. It does conserve water, time and money. If xeriscaping, use plants with a variety of heights, colors and textures. It cannot be just gravel and plastic. Some (grass) sod with xeriscaping helps. If one-third of the lawn is sodded, it can be a big help. Using mulch helps, too. People want that curb appeal. If xeriscaping, use on a limited basis."
Kristin Esparza Moran of Re/Max Access: "With my older clients, they tend to want something with less yard work. But the majority of the people I deal with are looking for a green lawn, not so much a xeriscape. It depends on the person and their age."


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an imperfection, failure, or absence.
congenital heart defect see congenital heart defect.
aortic septal defect see aortic septal defect.
atrial septal defect see atrial septal defect.
filling defect an interruption in the contour of the inner surface of stomach or intestine revealed by radiography, indicating excess tissue or substance on or in the wall of the organ.
neural tube defect see neural tube defect.
septal defect a defect in the cardiac septum resulting in an abnormal communication between opposite chambers of the heart. Common types are aortic septal defect, atrial septal defect, and ventricular septal defect. See also congenital heart defect.
de·fect(dē'fekt), Negative or pejorative connotations of this word may render it offensive in some contexts.
An imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; an attribute of quality, in contrast with deficiency, which is an attribute of quantity.
[L. deficio, pp. -fectus, to fail, to lack]
defect/de·fect/ (de´fekt) an imperfection, failure, or absence.defec´tive
acquired defect a non-genetic imperfection arising secondarily, after birth.
aortic septal defect a congenital anomaly in which there is abnormal communication between the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery just above the semilunar valves.
atrial septal defects , atrioseptal defects congenital anomalies in which there is persistent patency of the atrial septum, owing to failure of the ostium primum or ostium secundum.
birth defect one present at birth, whether a morphological defect (dysmorphism) or an inborn error of metabolism.
congenital defect birth d.
congenital ectodermal defect anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
cortical defect a benign, symptomless, circumscribed rarefaction of cortical bone, detected radiographically.
endocardial cushion defects a spectrum of septal defects resulting from imperfect fusion of the endocardial cushions, and ranging from persistent ostium primum to persistent common atrioventricular canal; see atrial septal d. and atrioventricularis communis.
fibrous cortical defect a small, asymptomatic, osteolytic, fibrous lesion occurring within the bone cortex, particularly in the metaphyseal region of long bones in childhood.
filling defect any localized defect in the contour of the stomach, duodenum, or intestine, as seen in the radiograph after a barium enema.
genetic defect see under disease.
luteal phase defect inadequate secretory transformation of the endometrium during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; it can cause habitual abortion.
metaphyseal fibrous defect
neural tube defect a developmental anomaly of failure of closure of the neural tube, resulting in conditions such as anencephaly or spina bifida.
retention defect a defect in the power of recalling or remembering names, numbers, or events.
septal defect a defect in a cardiac septum resulting in an abnormal communication between the opposite chambers of the heart.
defectMedtalk A malformation or abnormality. See Acquired platelet function defect, Atrial septal defect, Atrioventricular conduction defect, Birth defect, Developmental field defect, Enzyme defect, Epigenetic defect, Fibrous cortical defect, Filling defect, Homonymous field defect, Mass defect, Neural tube defect, Slot defect, Ventricular septal defect.
An imperfection, anomaly, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; a qualitative departure from what is expected. usage note Often confused with deficiency, which is a quantitative shortcoming.
[L. deficio, pp. -fectus, to fail, to lack]
n 1. congenital anomaly in structure or function that may or may not be life-threatening.
2. failure of a product to meet a reasonable expectation of performance and safety to the consumer.
2. failure of a product to meet a reasonable expectation of performance and safety to the consumer.
An imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; an attribute of quality, in contrast with deficiency, which is an attribute of quantity.
[L. deficio, pp. -fectus, to fail, to lack]
an imperfection, failure or absence.
filling defect
an interruption in the contour of the inner surface of viscus revealed by contrast radiography, indicating excess tissue or substance on or in the wall of the organ, foreign body or other space-occupying lesions.
negative defect
in neurology, a movement that cannot be performed, such as in paresis or paralysis.
positive defect
in neurology, an involuntary movement, such as tremors, abnormal posture or seizures.
septal defect
a defect in the cardiac septum resulting in an abnormal communication between opposite chambers of the heart. See also aortic septal defect, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.
Patient discussion about defect
Q. Is it a birth defect in children? I know about the causes of autism. Is it a birth defect in children?
A. it's not an easy answer i'm afraid...there are congenital differences, but no "birth defect" that we can detect. there's a good pdf file that gives a full explanation about it...i think you'll find it useful:
Q. why does ADHD make kind of an hype to children? is it a nerve defect?
A. it's a complex interaction among genetic and environmental factors causing a disorder in the central nervous system. a study showed a delay in development of certain brain structures n the frontal cortex and temporal lobe, which are believed to be responsible for the ability to control and focus thinking.More discussions about defect


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Per U.S. Law Week Volume 76 Number 20, Tuesday, November 27, 2007:
An order remanding a removed case in which the district court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state claims is not reviewable in federal appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held Nov. 13 (HIF Bio Inc. v. Yung Shin Pharmaceuticals Industrial Co., Fed. Cir., No. 2006-1522, 11/13/07).
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I'm evaluating some NoSQL solutions for a project of mine and JCR popped up during my searches as a document store. But it seems somehow of an obscure niche which didn't have the impact its designers hoped for.
I'm interested in the technology, but so far there does not seem to be a lot of resources out there to show it's potential (there is some info on the Jackrabbit site, but otherwise, pretty much scarce info).
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What Men Will Wear To The Royal Wedding
Posted 22 April 2011 - 07:05 AM
But I prefer you not to sneeze.
Posted 29 April 2011 - 06:08 PM
For a start, here is John F Kennedy and his marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier:
This next one comes from the 1960s (unidentified couple):
This the marriage of Babe Paley and Stanley Mortimer in 1940:
Karen Carpenter and Thomas Burris:
So let nobody tell you that it is "traditional" for American grooms to wear "Tuxedos" to weddings in broad daylight, as though they were waiters. What nonsense!
Posted 30 April 2011 - 01:01 AM
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
Posted 30 April 2011 - 08:16 AM
And in recent TV shows : Friends, Ross Gellar wedding (OK, the scene is in England...) :
The first examples you gave were "High Society." Its members tend to be anglophiles and/or familiar with British culture (Jos. Kennedy Sr. was the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James). So I'm not surprised that some of them would be pictured wearing morning coats.
Edited by tailleuse, 30 April 2011 - 08:17 AM.
Posted 30 April 2011 - 09:06 AM
What do you think of David Beckham? I read he's wearing custom Ralph Lauren.
Posted 30 April 2011 - 11:48 AM
Posted 30 April 2011 - 05:08 PM
What do you think of David Beckham? I read he's wearing custom Ralph Lauren.
I saw this last night, is that a dart in the skirt extending down to his hip? And a crease following it?
Posted 30 April 2011 - 05:36 PM
Anyway the worse dress I seen was this one, I had to take a screen shot.
Unfortunately I didn't catch it in time to show all the flaws. But this morning coat shoulders hung over the sleeves like
overhangs, no fit. The waist coat is more of a style that would be more suited to a three piece and hung off this chap like
a potato sack being at least 2-3 sizes to big. He looked more like a little boy walking around in his fathers clothes than
a member of the affluent, gentry or peerage that was represented there.
Posted 30 April 2011 - 06:24 PM
I'm with TT on this one. if that is a hip dart it was poorly executed. Then again, it very well might be a pocket perhaps?
Anyway the worse dress I seen was this one, I had to take a screen shot.
Unfortunately I didn't catch it in time to show all the flaws. But this morning coat shoulders hung over the sleeves like
overhangs, no fit. The waist coat is more of a style that would be more suited to a three piece and hung off this chap like
a potato sack being at least 2-3 sizes to big. He looked more like a little boy walking around in his fathers clothes than
a member of the affluent, gentry or peerage that was represented there.
Not exactly sure what you mean here but, some tailors extend the shoulders on narrow shouldered people to give that first glance that his body proportions are correct. This is nothing new among tailors and has been done for decades. The picture above and his shoulders could have been extended as far as reasonably possible. I've seen further. First impressions really matter. Second impressions are different.
Posted 30 April 2011 - 06:34 PM
fitting this was when he was outside about to come in. Never the less, prior to this particular
shot in the light he looked quite dishevelled.
Edited by J. Maclochlainn, 30 April 2011 - 06:35 PM.
Posted 30 April 2011 - 07:06 PM
I think that Prince Albert of Monaco's morning coat doesn't have enough cutaway and is too bellied. It makes the wearer look bellied too.
The coat would have been a lot more slimming and elongating if you cut away the skirt a bit more:
The main thing is that the lapels and skirt cutaway should form a clear X:
You should avoid a quasi-Y shape:
Posted 30 April 2011 - 08:11 PM
Posted 30 April 2011 - 10:53 PM
Milliband is, of course, The Prol-in-Chief and, apparently, a role model for David Cameron: how to look cheap and nasty and thoroughly common: the better to catch the voters' votes because dead common is what they really like.
Edited by NJS, 30 April 2011 - 11:14 PM.
- HonRudge and peakcrisis like this
Posted 01 May 2011 - 12:27 AM
Posted 01 May 2011 - 01:13 AM
Regardless of the above, we know that there is (basically) a truck driver in the coat and a captain who fluffed penalties and failed to inspire the side more often than I can exactly recall. I remember one crucial penalty shot that he just topped like a five year old and how angry the spectators were for that and I haven't really bothered to watch football since. To have this goon held up as any kind of male icon fills me with incandescent rage. Sorry but there we are. And no one can ever complain that they do not know what I think.
Edited by NJS, 01 May 2011 - 02:14 AM.
Posted 01 May 2011 - 03:40 AM
Elton John and Piers Morgan spoil watching these events for me: they are contemptible miseries and always in our faces. So far as Prince Albert of Monaco is concerned: he is just a fat boy and no coat is going to improve his appearance. He should not eat so much.
Seeing as the knives are out and sharpened, what do people think of Mr. John's habit?
He's not exactly a trim figure either. His skirt isn't obstructing his lap, the waistline is higher, and it isn't overly long in the tails, something that I feel spoils the look of many of these other examples and works against the garment's sporty pedigree (which is indeed part of its appeal)
-F.T. Croonborg, c. 1917
Posted 01 May 2011 - 03:58 AM
William's Irish Guard's uniform (most likely made by Henry Poole)
The Toronto Globe & Mail reported on Friday that it was "fitted by Kashket and Partners".
Also reported items of interest.
Elton John's dress 'designed' by Richard James (designed, not made?) David Furnish's coat by Henry Poole.
Beckahm's coat reported being from Ralph Lauren.
-F.T. Croonborg, c. 1917
Posted 01 May 2011 - 05:34 AM
Wouldn't expect him to know the difference between bespoke and non-bespoke.
But in a few years from now he should know the difference.
Don't believe he comes from the influence that would know the difference.
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AtletA, a duo from Barcelona, are witness to the fact that kraut-psyche is being reanimated worldwide. Ok, such grand statements make my skin itch and muscles twitch, but there's definitely a network of sorts rediscovering and supplementing this sound. Perhaps we should settle on a kind of proto-movement and leave it there? Yes, I think that's best.
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