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Try These Tactics to Score "Smoker" King Mackerel
By Capt. Gus Caine
King mackerel are easy to catch. Tournament-caliber kings, those topping 40 pounds or more, are a challenge, however. Also called "smokers" because they smoke line off the reel on their initial run and make great smoked fish dip afterwards, big mackerel are definitely catchable. But to do so requires a combination of knowledge, strategy, and execution.
Smokers prefer a temperature range of 68 to 73 degrees and they are routinely found near major temperature breaks. Troll on the hot water side of these breaks because that's where the bait will be concentrated. And once the bait is found, his majesty won't be far behind. But bait and pursuers alike are highly mobile and can be found at all depths, so have a backup spot or two if the first one doesn't pan out.
Big kings are also structure-oriented, again because structure establishes the food chain. Reefs—natural and man-made—rock piles, ledges, deep-water buoys and oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico are all trophy king magnets. If they are holding bait, that is. Barren spots are worth a brief investigation, but if the strikes don't come quickly, move on. Don't fall into the secret spot rut, either. Public numbers like marked artificial reefs can be just as productive as the guarded ones, even when there's a crowd around.
Trophy kings have voracious appetites, and the top live baits are menhaden (pogies), blue runners (hardtails), mullet, bluefish, and ribbonfish. Don't hesitate to add something unusual, like a sand trout if they are common in the areas being fished. Rig live baits with a trailing stinger hook to prevent cutoffs and slow-troll them by bumping the boat's engines in and out of gear to keep the line slack to a minimum. Downriggers and planers stagger the spread throughout the water column where most of the strikes occur, but I always like to have one or two baits languishing on the surface. A large pogy under a small cork float or even a plain frozen cigar minnow drifting behind the boat is often all it takes to entice a skyrocketing king.
The presentation is the key to triggering strikes. Baits have to look as natural as possible, or these wary speedsters will evaporate like fog. Go with the lightest wire leader you feel comfortable with and match it to small hooks that won't impede the bait's ability to swim. Bronze or coffee-colored tackle is better camouflage than a nickel. Use haywire twists to connect the hooks and twist off the tag ends rather than cutting them, so they stay clean and snag-free.
When the strike comes, the initial run might zip well over 100 yards of line off the reel in seconds, so make sure yours has plenty of capacity. Rods with soft tips and an ample butt section are welcome features, too. When fighting the fish, keep the line tight but don't horse him or you run the risk of pulling the hook. Take your time with steady pressure and the fish will tire with each diminishing burst.
Timing and crew coordination are extra important once the fish is worked into gaffing range. The angler and helmsman must talk to each other to keep the line tight. When it comes to gaffing, stay behind the angler and approach the fish tail-first. That way, if it does turn its head at the last moment, it won't pull the hook out or nick the leader with the gaff point. Aim for the center of the body just behind the gills, point-down, and pull and lift at the same time to bring it into the boat. If it is a trophy or tournament fish, plug the gaff hole with a piece of plastic (cloth or paper towels wick away fluids) to prevent weight loss.
Luck is definitely a factor when trophy king hunting. What isn't surprising, however, is how lucky you can be when you develop a sound game plan and stick with it.
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A grape varietal most notably known as the Pinot Blanc varietal, used in the production of white wine, originating in the Alsace region of France. Also grown in the United States (primarily California), Italy, Germany, and Austria. Pinot Blanc is rarely produced as a 100% varietal, but most come out of California (U.S.). Pinto Blanc is used in some Alsatian wines. Because of the high acidity, it is a good blending aging for sparkling wines. Referred to as the poor man's Chardonnay (Although not as complex and unrelated to the Chardonnay). Pinot Blanc is the French name for a mutation of Pinot Gris. Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris are not the same grape varietal.
Also known as: Weissburgunder, Beli Pinot, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Bianco, Weisser Klevner.
Characteristics: Pinot Blanc wines vary from sweet to dry, but are generally full bodied and simply pleasant. A light musky aroma with hints of spice, apple, pear, almond, and melon with a high (although balanced) acidity and minerally.
Ageing: Typically consumed young, ageing will diminish the fruit flavors. Higher quality may be aged, bringing out a honey flavor.
Serving temperature: Serve at a temperature of 50º-55º F.
Food pairings: Cannelloni with ricotta, poultry, poultry with garlic seasoning, BBQ poultry, poultry with light/cream sauces, egg dishes/appetizers, Chinese cuisine with shrimp, won ton soup, vegetable couscous, crab cakes, escargots, smoked fish, Greek spanakopita, guacamole, gyoza, hummus, chicken tandoori, pasta with vegetables, poultry and vegetable pâtés, pork, potato salad, Caesar salad, smoked salmon, oysters, smoked shellfish.

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Georgia College & State University softball team's (8-13) bats were stifled a bit Friday afternoon, as the Bobcats fell 6-1 in day one of the Mid-South Classic to Carson-Newman College (11-2).
The Bobcats were held to just four hits on the game, a contest decided in the third and fourth innings.
C-N put a run across in the top of the second, and the Bobcats answered right back to tie it. Senior Kayla Smith (Lexington, S.C.) singled with one out, advancing to second on a wild pitch. After a groundout to put her on third was followed by an intentional walk, junior Brandie Monroe (Guyton, Ga.) placed the first pitch she saw in the right field grass for an RBI single.
Tied 1-1, pitcher Ashley Boyd helped her own cause with a two-run home run in the third. The Eagles tacked on two more in the fourth when three-consecutive singles stretched the lead to 5-1. Carson-Newman tacked on an insurance run in the seventh.
Sophomore Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) fell to 5-7 with the loss, going 2 1/3 innings with three earned runs. Boyd improved to 7-0 with the complete game, allowing one earned run, at one point setting down 11 Bobcats in a row.
The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow, facing Belmont Abbey College at 10 a.m. and Catawba College at 2 p.m.
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Vermont college euthanizes one of its oxen after controversial decision to slaughter them
A small liberal arts college in Vermont whose decision to slaughter a beloved pair of oxen
sparked worldwide outrage euthanized one of the animals early this morning, according to college officials.
The euthanasia of one of the oxen, Lou, who was suffering from an injury, was performed by a large-animal veterinarian before dawn today, according to Philip Ackerman-Leist, director of the farm and food project at Green Mountain College, near the border with New York State in Poultney.
"It was hard for him to get around,'' Ackerman-Leist said, adding that with winter approaching things would only get worse. "We wouldn't want to see him suffer anymore.''
Ackerman-Leist said Lou was buried at an undisclosed location off campus.
An announcement about the 11-year-old oxen, who had become a symbol of the college's farm program, was sent to students, faculty and staff at Green Mountain, said Kevin Coburn, its director of communications, in a statement today.
The other ox, Bill, would not be sent to a sanctuary but "will continue to stay at Cerridwen Farm and receive care consistent with appropriate livestock practices,'' according to the college.
The college had previously said it planned to slaughter the oxen and serve their meat in the campus dining hall.
Today's announcement was applauded by animal advocates.
Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, which had posted an online alert about Bill and Lou, said, "That's excellent,'' when informed of the college's decision today.
"I think that they will receive high marks from pretty much anyone who has a heart. If [Lou] was euthanized due to an injury, then that's understandable. If the ox was in pain then that was the humane thing to do.''
Earlier this year, Lou sustained a recurring injury to his right rear hock and could no longer work. Consultations with veterinarians over the summer and fall "have consistently indicated that Lou's condition would not improve and that his quality of life would only continue to diminish,'' the college said.
After much discussion over the summer, the college said, the farm staff and crew recommended the two animals be slaughtered for their meat, which it said is standard practice at its Cerridwen Farm "and other small farming operations.''
The decision, the college said, was postponed until after the start of the fall semester so the full college community could have an opportunity to contribute to the discussion.
The decision to slaughter the oxen triggered a storm of protest that included e-mails to faculty and administrators and online alerts and petitions pleading for the animals to be sent to a sanctuary. Many messages were heated and some were threatening. Veganism is the Next Evolution, or VINE, Sanctuary in Vermont had offered to take them.
Green Mountain said the "original timetable to process Lou and Bill for meat in October was disrupted by outside organizations seeking to appropriate the images of the oxen for extremist agendas, including the abolition of animal agriculture in Vermont.''
The college added: "These groups also harassed and threatened local slaughterhouses, making it impossible for them to accept our animals and carry out our decision expeditiously. One of the few Animal Welfare Approved slaughterhouses in the area was forced to cancel our appointment as a result of these hostile threats.''
An online petition sponsored by the Green Mountain Animal Defenders had collected 50,000 signatures by today.
Among those who signed it, Brookline's Joslin Murphy said today that she was heartbroken to hear the news about Lou but that it was "certainly better than the college's original proposal.''
Murphy, an animal advocate and a member of the board of directors of The Greyhound Project, said, "I hope Lou's injury was such that euthanasia was a sound decision. I'm very pleased to hear that the college has made this decision. I'm very grateful to the college for doing what they have done.''
However, she worried about Bill.
"I suspect that the surviving ox will suffer deeply from the loss of his partner,'' she said. "Wouldn't he be much better off in sanctuary, where he can form new bonds with more permanent residents?''


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Roley Moley later appeared in "Fantastic Fancy Outfit" (where he was looking for an outfit part) and "Flower Power" (where he wanted a flower that he can look at).
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An Ormond Beach attorney was one of four people killed Monday in a plane crash in the Bahamas, the victim's brother said.
The Cessna 340 aircraft left Ormond Beach Municipal Airport on Monday morning and crashed in the water off Freeport, Bahamas, said Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The airplane was headed to Grand Bahama International Airport, Bergen said.
R. Michael Kennedy, 65, died in the crash, said his brother, Mark "Squeak" Kennedy. The victim lives in DeLand but has his law office in Ormond Beach and goes by the name Mike, his brother said. Mike Kennedy also has an office in Freeport, Bahamas, Mark Kennedy said.
Mike Kennedy flew once or twice a week to work at his Freeport office, his brother said.
Mark Kennedy is the owner of Kennedy Kars in Holly Hill.
"The Bahamian government just called me about 30 minutes ago and said he died in the crash," Mark Kennedy said shortly before 6 p.m. Monday.
Mike Kennedy left Ormond Beach Municipal Airport at 8:30 a.m. Monday accompanied by three other business people from the Daytona Beach area, including a time-share businessman, Mark Kennedy said.
"They (Bahamas authorities) said he crashed about 60 miles from the island," Mark Kennedy said.
Mike Kennedy was not a pilot and was the attorney for Aqua Sun Investments, the company that owned the Cessna plane, Mark Kennedy said.
"He has been the company's attorney for 30 years," Mark Kennedy said.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Soto, spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard in Jacksonville, said rescue crews responded to reports of a downed Cessna aircraft with four people on board in the vicinity of Freeport, Bahamas.
The FAA reported the crash to watch-standers at the Coast Guard at about 11 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard deployed a helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater to assist in the search with the Bahamas Air Sea Rescue Association and the Royal Bahamian Police Force, Soto said.
Officials with the Coast Guard referred questions about the crash to Neda Brown, spokeswoman with the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, but she could not be reached Monday.
The death of Mike Kennedy has hit the family hard, especially because the attorney had been together with the family celebrating sister Patti Huntley's 70th birthday on Sunday afternoon. Now the family is awaiting word from authorities in the Bahamas about when the bodies will be released to families once autopsies are done, Mark Kennedy said.
"It's very bad. We were very close," Mark Kennedy said. "We were together yesterday afternoon at a Tampa Bay Rays game celebrating my sister's birthday."
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There are quite a few high end wrist watches available in the market. They are considered as the ultimate status symbol of being a rich and famous personality. It is a signature that "you have arrived" in the social circuit. These luxury watches are usually worn by the rich and famous celebrities of the world. These high precision instruments are usually equipped with unique serial numbers. Some of the world famous brands include Rolex watches, Cartier, Omega, Piaget, Bulova and Tagheuer and many other such reputed brands. Most of these high-end watches, including Rolex watches, are Swiss manufactured. The Swiss watch industry was based in Geneva in the mid-16th century. Geneva watches are always respected for their superior quality and unprecedented craftsmanship.
A brief history
By 1770, the forerunner of the modern self winding watches was conceptualized at this location. By 1842, the pendent winding watch was invented by one of the founders of the famous Patek Phillipe Watch Company. More complicated watches began to be developed with special features such as perpetual calendar, fly back hand and the chronograph. Rolex watches is one such company which has a rich historical background. Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex watches, decided to counter the view that wrist watches were mere gadgets. He revolutionized their utilities by manufacturing water resistant, chronometer wrist watches with date viewer, launched the diver's watch and many such innovative time-pieces. For instance, military or tactical watches with complications like the compass, and aviator or pilot watches with complex chronographs, tachymeters and calculator dials.
Like the founder of Rolex watches, Cartier brand was established in Paris in 1847. The main focus of Cartier watches was to satisfy the most extravagant desires of the clientele. Most of these exclusive pieces are in-set with diamonds on dials and wrist bands. The manufacture of the first wrist watches with a winding crown decorated with a distinctive sapphire created a sensation in 1906 followed by Tonneau which became legendary. However, following the death of Louis Cartier in 1942 the golden era of the family came to an end. Unlike Rolex watches, though the Cartier classics are still cherished, they have been unable to rejuvenate their production. They now sell, along with their own brand, other reputed Swiss watches.
Another reputed Swiss watch, like Rolex watches, is Patek Philippe. This company in 1927 is believed to have presented the first wrist watch with a perpetual calendar. It is also known for the jewel watch with "baguette" movement and a dial set beneath a huge precious stone. In 1941, they developed the chronograph. Similar to Rolex watches, Patek Philippe continues to evolve and they predominate in the production of complicated pocket watches such as Star Caliber which was manufactured in the year 2000.
Omega is another such luxury watch which started production in 1848 and was based in Bienne. This brand is believed to have been used extensively in space exploration as the Omega Speed Master Professional was worn by Neil Armstrong on his maiden walk on the Moon. Like Explorer II of Rolex watches, such Omega line of watches is mostly used in expeditions. The latest Omega watches have an impeccable appearance and is a definitely a prized possession of the owners. They are comparable to the Rolex watches in their finish and craftsmanship. The Omega watch collection, including Sea Master and Constellation are comparable to the Submariner of Rolex watches.


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After watching 2011's series premiere of "The Killing," it seemed like everyone was a suspect in the death of Rosie Larsen.
But after viewing Sunday's two-hour Season 3 premiere, it seems like nobody is a suspect in the new case.
Some things have changed as the once-canceled AMC show returns: Most of the characters from the first two seasons spent trying to track down Larsen's killer are gone. And where that investigation reached the top-floor halls of power in Seattle, this season stalks the seedy depths of that city's social strata.
Other things have stayed the same: The acting, led by the returning Mireille Enos as former police detective Sarah Linden and Joel Kinnaman as her still active ex-partner Stephen Holder, is strong. The atmosphere, heavy and gray and damp, is a character unto itself. And the writing ... well, it appears to still have too many hey-wait-a-minute moments.
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There's a serial killer at work -- 17 victims and counting, the ads say -- but our detectives don't know that as the first part of the premiere, "The Jungle," opens.
We see rain falling on a windshield at night, taillights blurring in the drops as the wipers work. Apparently homeless teens lean against graffiti-covered walls. An underage girl approaches. We see her fingers bear a number of rings; she wears a necklace. She gets in the car. We never see its exterior, or the driver.
Then it's day, and Holder and his crude, older new partner Carl Reddick (Gregg Henry, "Payback") are arriving at a crime scene. Inside a decrepit factory, the corpse of the girl who got into the car lies under pink plastic, nearly decapitated, jewelry gone. She's later identified as Ashley Kwon, age 14. We learn from the medical examiner that the killer most likely raped her but left no genetic material, and that the perp is physically strong.
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Although at Reddick's insistence they trade the case off to another detective, it's clear Holder isn't going to let it go. His partner seems more concerned with their case clearance rate and avoiding complex investigations, but Linden has rubbed off on Holder -- his focus is exclusively on the victim. Noting similarities to a case Linden had worked before -- a prostitute nearly decapitated -- Holder takes a trip to see her.
Linden is living quietly on nearby Vashon Island, working as an officer at a ferry landing and dating a younger man (Holder will jokingly ask her if the guy is one of her teenage son Jack's friends). The first sign that things are about to change is the arrival of an envelope from the Department of Corrections, which she doesn't open.
She plays at being happy as Holder visits, but her smile quickly retracts as he brings up her old case (mentioning the victim's "Picasso kid who did that drawing"), saying that he'd like to look at that case file but it's missing. Linden tells him that her victim's killer is in prison, and Holder mentions that the convict is due to be executed (hence the D.O.C. letter).
As she sees her old partner to the door, Linden uncharacteristically says, "Hey, Holder, not every victim's worth it. You know, you start caring -- you'll end up like me, working minimum wage on a ferry."
"Never thought the day'd come when I'd hear that from you," he responds. Which may be what Linden wanted to hear.
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Holder has surreptitiously left his new case file for her, knowing she'll take the bait. It's unclear whether he really believes that the cases are connected, or whether he's just trying to draw Linden back into her calling, that he wants to work with a kindred spirit again. In any case, he's probably correctly guessed that the obsessive Linden -- who's landed in a psychiatric ward before -- has that old file.
Three years before, Linden and her then-partner, James Skinner (Elias Koteas, "Shutter Island"), now the leader of the Seattle Police Department's Special Investigations Unit, worked the murder of 30-year-old prostitute Tricia Ann Seward, whose young son Adrian was in an apartment with her corpse for six days and repeatedly drew a wooded scene.
It's a picture viewers saw way back in the series premiere and that reappeared in Season 2, when someone broke into Linden's and Jack's hotel room and put it on the fridge, frightening her enough so that they quickly moved out.
The man convicted for that murder is the woman's husband and the child's father, Ray Seward, a manipulative psychopath played to chilling effect by Peter Sarsgaard ("An Education"). He doesn't speak when we first see him, as he's told he's to be executed in 30 days. He doesn't speak as he's transported to death row. He doesn't speak until he's being uncuffed in his new cell, whispering to the prison guards' commanding officer, Francis Becker (Hugh Dillon), that he wants to see the chaplain. But before he speaks, we see his brain at work, looking for the weak link among the guards.
Seward tricks the chaplain into coming too close and then grabs the man's shirt, yanking and ramming his head into the bars repeatedly (we don't know if the chaplain has survived). The lasting image from the premiere is Seward smirking and nodding with the chaplain's blood on his face.
Further, he tells his lawyer to request that his execution not be by lethal injection, but by hanging. And he coerces a soft guard he spotted earlier into letting him place a phone call, which we later learn was to Skinner to invite him to the big going-away event. Seward even appears to enjoy Becker's taunting reading of the state's manual on hanging.
Holder, looking for people who knew his victim, meets street-surviving, tight-knit teens Kallie (Cate Sproule) and Bullet (Bex Taylor-Klaus), a tough-guy-acting girl who gives him attitude. He gets nothing from them, but shows Bullet some toughness back. The young friends go for food and shelter at a place called Beacon, run by Pastor Mike. We also meet Bullet's crush, Lyric (Julia Sarah Stone), who's already involved with Twitch (Max Fowler), a would-be model/actor.
There's a lottery for bunks at Beacon, including the missing Ashley's. Bullet wins but offers her ticket to Kallie, who lies in declining, saying she can stay with her mother, Danette (Amy Seimetz, "Upstream Color"). That night, Kallie gets into a stranger's car. The next morning, Bullet can't find her and goes on a frantic search, ending with a disturbing sexual assault at knifepoint by a guy she earlier argued with.
In what may be this season's first red-herring moment, Holder and Reddick, who have the case back, ask Pastor Mike about Ashley, with Holder spying the tattoo on the guy's arm – a crown of thorns over "Ephesians 1:7" ("In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" -- make of that what you will).
Oh, in case there was any doubt that Linden is getting her old fire back, she returns to where she'd seen a dying cow, this time with a gun, and puts it out of its misery.
The erstwhile detective inspects the Kwon crime scene, takes that case file back to Holder and effectively joins the investigation.
She visits Seward in prison, unnerving him by asking what he did with his wife's ring and showing him Adrian's drawing. Seward averts his eyes and says, "I don't have a son."
On a visit to Adrian's current home, Linden sees a drawing of the old wooded scene, but now with a new detail -- two squat buildings behind the trees.
Somehow, she finds that location and, at the end of a walk through thick fog, makes a grisly discovery in the shallow water: more than a dozen sets of human remains, each draped in pink plastic, just like Ashley Kwon.
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Who's even a contestant? Maybe the unseen Joe the cab driver, whom Kallie spots early on and hides from. But it seems unlikely she'd get in the car with him. Almost certainly not Pastor Mike -- there's no look of recognition on Ashley or Kallie's face. Skinner? That'd make Linden look terrible.
Lingering questions
How, even with the new clue, does Linden suddenly find the location shown in Adrian's pictures? (And, going back to Season 2, who left one on her hotel room fridge?)
Seward is not innocent, but is he not guilty of killing his wife?
After talking about his son earlier, why does Seward tell Linden he doesn't have one?
From Mrs. Skinner's warning to Linden -- "Stay away from us. I've forgiven him but don't ever want to see you again." -- and Reddick's demeaning comment to Holder about partnering with her, are we to gather that she and Skinner had an affair?
How much time did the premiere cover? Where the previous two seasons clearly said how many days into the investigation each episode took place, the timeline here seems hazy.
Last things
"Twin Peaks" has sometimes been mentioned in talk about "The Killing" -- there's a surface similarity in each's search for the killer of a teenage girl. In the premiere's second part, "That You Fear the Most," Grace Zabriskie, who played the late Laura Palmer's mother on that David Lynch series, appears as a motel manager.
Hey, Holder has a girlfriend! Caroline is played by "Firefly" actress Jewel Staite, and there's a joke for fans of that Joss Whedon series: In their scene of playful domesticity, she tugs on Holder's undershirt to reveal a chest tattoo. "Serenity," she reads, "sounds like a stripper's name." But when he mentions the possibility of having it removed, she advises him to keep it. Shiny.
Any early thoughts on Season 3? Any guesses on a perp? See you next week after "Seventeen."
"The Killing" begins again on AMC
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Pre-Occupational Therapy
Program Overview
Admission to most health profession schools in the United States is very selective. Only students with excellent grades and admission test scores, knowledge of their health profession and in most cases, health care experience are being admitted. Personal qualities and commitment are also important.
All pre-professional programs at ORU start with a general set of courses based on the admission requirements of several representative schools in that field. Often these schools have unique preparatory requirements, and it is recommended that a catalog be obtained from each school being considered for professional degree application to determine the exact requirements. This allows for inclusion of the appropriate courses in an ORU program and facilitates a judicious transfer from ORU to the professional program.
Unlike medical schools, requirements and prerequisites for allied health careers vary among programs and schools. Anyone planning a career in one of these fields should consult the health professions advisor to develop a specific undergraduate curriculum to successfully meet their goal.
The ORU majors best suited for students interested in pre-occupational therapy include biology with a health professions concentration, biomedical chemistry or health and exercise science.
The health professions concentration incorporates the following classes into a biology degree: Human Anatomy lecture/lab and Human Physiology lecture/lab.
The biomedical chemistry major requires a minor in biology and is designed to provide a combination of studies in the biological sciences and chemistry for students planning to enter a professional health training program.
The health and exercise science major provides an exercise specialist concentration, physical therapy concentration as well as a sports medicine concentration for those interested in rehabilitation.
Occupational Therapy Articulation Agreement
ORU has an articulation agreement with the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa (OU-Tulsa) for earning a Master of Science degree in occupational therapy. This program allows area students to complete a bachelor's and master's degree in occupational therapy in Tulsa. The first 90 hours, which includes general education and science classes, are taken at ORU and the remainder of the degrees at OU-Tulsa. Information is available in the ORU Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department and at OU-Tulsa.
All pre-professional health services majors are encouraged to closely with their degree advisor.
ORU Points of Distinction
Our Health Professions program has successfully trained students to enter a variety of health programs. Our overall rates of acceptance are approximately:
- 75% for pre-dental
- 60% for pre-medical
- 85% for graduate school applicants
Over the past six years, 86% of our premedical applicants with a GPA of 3.4 or higher were accepted to medical school. Over 300 of our alumni are practicing physicians throughout the United States. Our students have been accepted into 70 medical schools including Duke University, Johns Hopkins University and Washington University.
Student Societies, Clubs and Extracurricular opportunities
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Alpha Epsilon Delta is the National Pre-Health Professions Honors Society dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in pre-professional health scholarship, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and many others. This society welcomes all engaged in the pursuit of a healthcare career. AED offers opportunities for intellectual and professional development, provides a forum for students with common interests and extends a program for service to benefit the university community.
Cadaver Dissection
The Biology Department at ORU is one of the few undergraduate departments in the southwest U.S. that offers the opportunity to participate in the dissection of human cadavers as part of the Honors Biology program. Cadaver dissection is a priceless opportunity for any biology student, but is especially exciting for our pre-med students. This program offers a distinct advantage to aspiring physicians as they apply to medical schools across the U.S.
Medical Seminar
This class is offered through the ORU Biology Department. Get an in-depth look at family practice medicine while earning college credit and real life experience.
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Shadowing opportunities are available for physician, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, occupational therapist, physical therapist and more.
ORU Missions
Each year ORU sends out several teams with a distinctive medical mission. Experience medical missions with a body, mind and spirit emphasis.
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan Health Services (GSHS) provides a mobile clinic to underserved areas in Tulsa. Operated by Family Medical Care of Tulsa, GSHS welcomes ORU student volunteers. Experience health care in a Christian environment.
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over the naming convention for the file.
.htaccess is the file extension.
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its default file extension to the name (e.g. for Notepad it would call
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file extension it applies.
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you specified in your ".htaccess" file above for "<pwd
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Speakers Bureau
The Speakers Bureau is a service established for people and groups looking for enthusiastic, knowledgeable speakers to provide informative presentations for astronomy clubs, star parties, banquets, Scout Troops, Astronomy Day activities and other public and private astronomy functions. Contact us if you are interested in securing a speaker or becoming one yourself.
NOTE: Many of our speakers are willing and able to do remote talks via Skype or other VOIP applications. This allows us to serve more clubs and functions, and minimizes the costs and travel time involved in giving presentations.
Below is a list of our speakers and the geographic areas they serve.
Tom Bretl
Plymouth, MN (western suburb of Minneapolis), 50 miles
Basic astronomy, observing with small telescopes, variable stars, amateur telescope making
Tom Bretl (home page) is a retired high school math, physics, and astronomy teacher. He has been interested in amateur astronomy since the days of Sputnik, and he has been an active variable star observer since joining the AAVSO in 1975. He wrote a monthly column for Astronomy during the first few years of that magazine's existence, and was an amateur telescope maker during the 1970's. Tom has also developed numerous computer programs designed to encourage his students to explore relationships, discover patterns, and solve problems.
Tim Crawford
Arch Cape, OR (100 miles)
Variable Star Observing (both Visual and CCD); Choosing a CCD Camera for Science; Roll-Off Roof Construction vs. Dome Construction (w/building hints for both); Why We Can't See Colors in DSO's & The Importance of Averted Vision.
Tim Crawford's Bio and a listing of "published" articles as well as recent presentations can be found at his home page. While the 100 mile travel radius from Arrch Cape, OR is pretty much limited to the Northern Oregon coastal zone and the Portland, OR metropolitan area, I am willing to consider the Seattle, WA area upon request. Travel outside of these zones might require overnight lodging, in addition to travel expenses and meals. Please feel "free" to inquire regarding whatever your groups needs might be. Remember: "There is no such thing as a dumb question."
"Per Ardua ad Astra"
(Through adversity to the Stars)
Pamela Gay
Edwardsville, IL (100 miles)
Variable Stars, New Media, EPO
A lifetime stargazer, Dr. Pamela L. Gay has followed her obsession to a profession. Today Dr. Gay is a associate research professor of Physics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she teaches introductory physics and astronomy courses. Teaching by day, she works on astronomy data by night, teaming up with amateur astronomers who are expert observers to study variable stars. In between, she finds time to mentor students working on observational astronomy projects through Swinburne Astronomy online. Podcasting is a creative outlet that brings together her love of astronomy with her passion for teaching, making staying current in an ever-changing field a fun endeavor. You can find her online at astronomycast.com and starstryder.com.
Keith Graham
Joliet, IL (up to 75 miles expense-free but may go further if needed)
Stellar Evolution, Solar System
Keith Graham is a retired high school science teacher who taught astronomy, geology, earth science, and physical science. He has been a member of AAVSO since 1981. He started out as a visual observer and has been a CCD observer since 1999. His interests include doing multi-filter time series of cataclysmic variables, HMXBs, and eclipsing binaries. He currently spends his summers working in Rocky Mountain National Park. His duties include conducting a weekly geology hike for park visitors and running the telescope for a weekly evening star program. He currently gives astronomy and geology PowerPoint presentations to schools and other organizations.
Albert Holm
Columbia, MD (60 miles, ask)
AAVSO & Variable Stars Overview; Hubble Space Telescope; Black Holes, Dark Energy, & Dark Matter; Solar System Science
Originally from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Albert Holm received his bachelor's degree from Caltech and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked on space astronomy missions since 1970, first with the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-2, then with the International Ultraviolet Explorer, and finally with the Hubble Space Telescope. Currently retired, he last served as Branch Chief for Data Processing and Archival Services at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. He carried out research on cataclysmic variables, R CrB stars, and planetary nebulae. You can find descriptions of some of his presentations at http://www.albertholm.com/AstronomyOutreach.html
Kate Hutton
Pasadena, CA (100 miles)
Variable Stars for Beginners
Katherine Hutton has joined the AAVSO twice: once in 1967, and once in 2006. She left variable stars once, to earn a PhD in astronomy (specialty in very long baseline radio interferometry) & travel a circuitous academic route into seismology, where she now earns her living processing earthquake data & sharing it with the general public through the TV news, following any large shake-ups. Eventually, the variable stars called her back, however. She is primarily a visual observer, just starting to teach herself CCD photometry & she participates in the Arne's Star program, which allows AAVSO members to help the Director clear his desk of unanalyzed data. Her special interests include semiregular variables, the supergiants & Wolf-Rayet stars. She is a mentor for new visual observers. She has written pieces for the Eyepiece Views newsletter & some content for the AAVSO web site. She is also in training to be a docent for the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
Roger S. Kolman, PhD
Chicago area suburbs for free
Variable stars and any astronomy related subjects
Roger Kolman has been an active member of the AAVSO since 1962 and was a member of Council in 1999. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois. He has taught physics, mathematics and astronomy at the secondary and college levels for 39 years and teacher education at the graduate level. Currently he teaches astronomy at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.
In addition to his teaching duties, he was a mentor for the Teachers for Chicago program in which individuals holding non-teaching degrees were brought into education as a career change.
For many years he has been involved with the Astronomical League serving as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the North-Central Region of that organization. He served a term as Secretary of the Astronomical League and for several years was in charge of the Member-At-Large section of the A.L. Since 1980 he has been the chairman of the Leslie C. Peltier Award Committee. He is the author of Observe and Understand Variable Stars which he wrote as a vehicle for attracting new observers to the AAVSO.
He has spoken before many groups on Variable Stars and other astronomical topics.
Mario Motta
Gloucester, MA (100 miles)
AAVSO, general astronomy, and light pollution efforts
Mario Motta, M.D., is a cardiologist in the Partners Health System, based in Salem Massachusetts. He also holds an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical School. He is a past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and elected to the AMA council of Science and Public Health.
Mario is past president of the AAVSO Council. An advanced amateur astronomer, he has built several observatories, and homemade telescopes. He observes from a homebuilt 32 inch telescope from Gloucester , MA the "Wingaersheek Observatory". As a former president of the ATMOB (Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston), he initiated a collaboration between public schools and the ATMOB, with help from the former director of the AAVSO, Dr Mattei. The ATMOB now give over 50 star parties a year in the greater Boston area for school kids, and partner an amateur with a school district.
Mario's interests have been in galactic evolution, Gamma-Ray Bursters, supernovae, as well as variable stars. He also gives many talks on Light Pollution issues.
Mario is always happy to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for astronomy with the public. Mario received the Las Cumbres Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 2003 for astronomical outreach, and in 2005 received the Walter Scott Houston Award from the Astronomical League. In 2012 Mario was awarded the Hoag-Robinson Award from the IDA for his efforts in curtailing light pollution and glare.
Gordon Myers
Hillsborough, CA (100 miles)
General Astronomy, Comets, Variable Stars, Cataclysmic Variables, Big Bang, Apollo and Shuttle Programs
Gordon Myers is a life-long astronomy enthusiast. He graduated from Caltech and worked with NASA on the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs. After retiring from a career with IBM, he became an "Earth and Space Explainer" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Over the last four years he's taken astrophysics courses at Columbia University, and is an active variable star observer using remote telescopes operated over the Internet.
Chuck Pullen
Sacramento, CA (100 miles)
What's VSO, GRB Network
Chuck Pullen teaches astronomy at Sierra College, Rocklin California. An AAVSO member since 1998, he is a skilled CCD and Visual observer. His observational interests includes multimode cepheids, Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernova, RR Lyrae stars, and robotic observatory design and construction. He has developed numerous PowerPoint tutorials on variable star observation techniques, the AAVSO/NASA Gamma Ray Burst Network, and other issues that are featured on the AAVSO Web Page and have been downloaded thousands of times.
Chuck is an entertaining and knowledgeable speaker who has given lectures on the AAVSO and astronomy to dozens of astronomy clubs, star parties, planetariums, and college lecture series groups over the years.
Michael Richmond
Rochester, NY (150 miles)
Any astronomy topic
Michael Richmond did his graduate work on supernovae at U. C. Berkeley, then spent five years as a post-doc on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He is now a member of the Physics Department at RIT, where he spends most of his time teaching introductory physics courses. In spare moments, he works on the calibration of the proposed SNAP mission, observes cataclysmic variables, and continues to study supernovae with the SDSS and Subaru.
Mike Simonsen
Imlay City, MI (200 miles)
Variable Stars, Visual Observing, Stellar Evolution, Cataclysmic Variables, History of the AAVSO
Mike is one of the world's leading variable star observers and advocates. Since 1998 he has submitted over 88,000 variable star observations to the AAVSO International Database.
Mike is currently employed by the AAVSO as Membership Director and Development Officer.
His current area of research is Z Cam type dwarf novae, and he is the author or co-author of more than twenty peer-reviewed papers on cataclysmic variables.
In 2005, Simonsen received the AAVSO's highest honor, the AAVSO Director's Award. In October 2011, Mike became only the third recipient of the Charles Butterworth Award, the British Astronomical Association Variable Star Section's highest honor. In July 2012, Mike received the Leslie Peltier Award from the Astronomical League. In 2015 the American Astronomical Society named Simonsen recipient of the Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award for his research on Z Cam stars, "which promises to have a long-lasting impact on the field of accretion-disk theory."
Main belt asteroid 367732 is named Mikesimonsen in his honor.
An animated and enthusiastic speaker, Mike gives talks on stellar astronomy and variable star science to astronomy clubs, star parties, planetariums, conferences and university groups throughout the United States each year.
Mike's observatory, named after legendary AAVSO observer and chart maker, Charles E. Scovil, houses two 12" LX200 telescopes, one for visual use and one for CCD observations, or as Mike likes to joke, "One for each eye!" He is now amassing both visual and CCD observations from home and remote robotic telescopes.
He can present one of the talks listed on this website, or create a custom presentation tailored to your audience. Mr. Simonsen is willing to give presentations free of charge within 200 miles of home. If travel will exceed 200 miles, overnight lodging, travel expenses and a meal are the usual requirements. Each request is considered on an individual basis. A donation of $100.00 payable to AAVSO is always appreciated, but not required.
Chris Stephan
Sebring, FL (100 miles)
Variable Star Astronomy
Chris Stephan of The Robert Clyde Observatory in Sebring, Florida, has been a variable star observer for the AAVSO since 1973. He has made over 33,000 visual variable star estimates. Chris has been a speaker on variable stars at various astronomy events. He has received the distinguished AAVSO Director's Award in 2004 and had observations published in various international astronomy journals. Chris is also a member of the American Meteor Society and has led or participated in several lunar grazing occultation expedition teams for IOTA. Chris has been a middle school science teacher with Highlands County Schools for 21 years. He is currently teaching at Avon Park Middle School in Avon Park, Florida. Chris has been married for 22 years and has a son in college.
Bob Stine
Newbury Park, CA (50 miles Zip codes: 91320-93283)
Basic Astronomy, Basic Variable Stars, Amateur Astronomy
Robert J. Stine (AAVSO Observer SRB) Born: 8 Feb 1947, Glendale, California Education: High School: Granada Hills High School; graduated 1964 (famous quarterback John Elway is an alumnus who graduated about a decade later) College: BS Physics 1969 California State University at Northridge MS Electrical Engineering University of California Santa Barbara 1978 Career: Navy Flight Test Engineering of airborne weapons systems Current Status: Retired and overweight. Bald too. Family: Wife Christine (44 years), two daughters, five grandsons.
Paul Temple
Espanola, New Mexico
Asteroids, Variable Stars, Planetary Nebula, and Navajo Cosmology
Paul has two published abstract in the JAAVSO. These abstracts were for talks at the 2003 AAVSO meeting and the 2009 SAS/AAVSO meeting in Big Bear, CA. He has presented talks at the Mid-America Regional Astrophysics Conference in Kansas City, The Astronomical Society National Convention and the Astronomical Society of Kansas City. Having lived and worked in the Navajo nation in Arizona, Temple has a working knowledge of Navajo culture and beliefs. These were put to good use as a head football coach in Chinle, AZ and two papers at the Mid-American Regional Astrophysics Conference. Most recently he was an adjunct teaching astronomy at the Deming campus of Western New Mexico University and has taught astronomy at Mohave Community College in the past.
Mr. Temple's interests are variable stars, Central Stars of Planetary nebula, dusty asteroids, astronomical sketching and lots of red chili! He is involved in photometry with a 11" CPC, ST-2000 CCD and a CFW-8 filter wheel. He also built an 8" Dobsonian in 1993 from scrap materials that is still being used today (aptly named the Bargain Bucket!).


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Charleston, S.C. – The Coker Cross Country teams hit the trails on Saturday in the 30th Annual Wil Wilson Citadel Invitational at James Island County Park. In the combined Division I and Division II event the Cobra men placed ninth, while the Cobra women placed eighth.
Kendyl Seawright (Manalapan, N.J.) placed sixth overall in the women's meet with a time of 20:17, followed by Ashlyn Barnwell (York, S.C.) at 22:40. Alex Ochoa (Pamplico, S.C.) was next at 23:16 and Aliese Gregory (Aiken, S.C.) came in at 23:40. Rounding out the field for the Cobra runs in the 5K race were Caitlyn Driscoll (Grand Island, N.Y.) (24:54), Ashley Meador (Union, S.C.) (27:44) and Anglea Williams (Johnston, S.C.) (29:55).
In the men's race, Austin McJunkins (Walhalla, S.C.) led the way in the 8K meet for the Cobras with a Top 50 finish at 32:42, while Britain Tomlinson (Rock Hill, S.C.) finished at 33:42 and Quinn Wegner (Sumter, S.C.) came in at 34:09. The Cobras newest runner Joel Bristol (Palm Bay, Fla.) came in at 35:21 followed by Thad Sulek (Hilton Head, S.C.) at 43:50.
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With sobered expectations, Obama for president
Is the country better off than it was four years ago? We believe the answer is yes and that Barack Obama deserves re-election.
Four years ago, before Obama's election, the United States was sliding into its deepest economic downturn since the 1930s. The economy is still in the doldrums, and the jobless rate remains far too high. But the financial system is not flirting with collapse, and few Americans wake up in fear of another Great Depression.
Presidents do not stage-manage the U.S. economy. If politicians of either party knew exactly how to deliver unbroken prosperity, they would have done it a long time ago. This is less of a science than economists like to admit, in part because there's no second United States to serve as a control group.
Obama played a very bad hand well. The maligned Troubled Asset Relief Program, the 2009 stimulus bill and such smaller measures as the Social Security payroll tax cut may well have kept the nation from falling off a cliff.
When the economy is sinking, deficit spending is not reckless – though failing to cut deficits after recovery would be monumentally irresponsible.
The deficit problem is less about either Obama or Mitt Romney than it is about their respective parties. Historically, Democrats have pandered to beneficiaries of middle-class entitlements; Republicans have pandered to hatred of taxes.
It seems obvious that, long-term, both parties will have to back down. Entitlements must be cut and taxes increased to chip away at America's increasingly dangerous national debt.
There's been too little acknowledgment of this reality among Democrats – but absolutely none among the bulk of Republican lawmakers and primary voters.
Their hard-line opposition to any tax increase is a big reason Congress is gridlocked over the deficit. The election of a Republican president – who wouldn't touch defense spending – seems bound to empower them.
Foreign policy has also been one of the president's strengths.
His diplomacy has been more artful, to say the least, than George W. Bush's. And he has not been shy about asserting American interests: The fates of Moammar Gadhafi and Osama bin Laden demonstrate Obama's willingness to use military force when necessary.
Also to the president's credit is the health care reform package that promises, for the first time, to extend medical insurance to nearly all Americans.
Much of the package was pioneered by Romney himself as governor of Massachusetts. Trapped by GOP primary voters' demands for a "severe conservative," Romney has pledged to start immediately undoing the federal reforms if he is elected.
Another Obama achievement – praised by both parties – has been to encourage sweeping education reforms on the state level. His Race to the Top initiative, which offered prize money to reform-states, has been brilliantly successful.
Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court.
Its most senior members are the conservatives Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. But its oldest member is a 79-year-old liberal, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There's a good chance that the next president would pick her successor.
The center of gravity on the court already lies somewhat right of center, with Kennedy being the swing vote. A Democratic replacement for Ginsburg probably wouldn't shift the equilibrium much. But a Romney appointee could tip the court far to the right.
Romney has proved to be a formidable challenger and would hardly be a disaster if elected. But we believe the United States will be again better off, four years from now, if Obama remains in the White House.


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Connecticut Office of Policy and Management would be responsible for analyzing racial profiling data under new proposal by state legislature
HARTFORD -- In an attempt to better collect data on racial profiling by police officers in the state, the General Assembly is mulling a proposal that would take the responsibility of analyzing that data, as is currently required by law, away from the African American Affairs Commission and put it on the shoulders of the Office of Policy and Management.
The Alvin Penn Act, first enacted in 1999, mandates that police departments around the state collect data on the possibly racial basis of every traffic stop and submit that data to the African American Affairs Commission for analysis.
But there has only been a single analysis completed in the last 13 years, and the commission, while it would like to "be involved in the process," as its executive director said, does not have the funding or staffing to complete its mandate.
"That would be a positive move," said commission executive director Glenn Cassis, of OPM taking over the job. "They have the resources, we don't have it in our office."
The proposal would also mandate that officers fill out a form at every traffic stop and make certain specific information be included on each form: date, location and time of each traffic stop, name and badge number of the officer, the race, color, ethnicity, age and gender of the driver, the nature of the alleged violation for which the stop was made and a notice of how a complaint may be filed if a driver feels the traffic stop was made for racial reasons.
Drivers would also get a copy of the form.
Though there was some argument against details in the proposal -- some concerns arose over methods of inputting the data -- most speakers at a Monday public hearing on the issue, even members of law enforcement, spoke in favor of the proposed legislation.
South Windsor Police Chief Matt Reed said the current legislation leaves many questions open to interpretation.
"Connecticut law enforcement is frustrated," South Windsor Police Chief Matt Reed testified. "They are being held to a standard that cannot be defined."
The law currently requires police departments to submit a summary of information obtained from its officers, though what that summary should consist of is a matter of debate.
"We don't know what data we should be sending to the African American Affairs Commission," he said.
Despite argument over some details, no speaker openly disagreed with the intent of the legislation, though state Rep. Kelvin Roldan, D-Hartford, said, "It's a bit difficult when we're talking about something that is racially charged."
"Racial profiling can not and should not be tolerated in our state," said state Senate President Pro Tempore Don Williams, D-Brooklyn. "As elected officials we must ensure the equal treatment and equal protection of all of our citizens. Profiling is both wrong and ineffective."
Many of those who testified Monday said the current proposal does not go far enough.
"There is an urgent need for the state to collect data in this regard," said state Rep. Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, who advocated for the formation of a community-based racial panel.
"Potentially affected communities should have a seat at the table," he said.
That suggestion was echoed by Mary Sanders, director of the Spanish Speaking Center of New Britain, who spoke for the need for several changes to the proposal, including addition of a "Penn oversight committee."
Sanders also advocated the addition of sexual orientation to the standardized form, plus a "not visible" box for officers to check off.
Sanders spoke passionately about the need to "take corrective action" on racial profiling concerns in Connecticut, "all politics aside, and for the good of the state."
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Red Lead PaperWorks shows how to make some cute little Halloween-themed charms using shrink plastic, in a video tutorial found here.
Love this idea from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer showing how to make a mini book using coin envelopes, here. It would be fun the make up a bunch of these to take as a base for scrapbooking on the road or for a travel art journal.
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Perhaps the grandparents of yesteryear wiled away their retirements in the proverbial rocking chair, sparing nary a thought for their wrinkles or gray hair. But even if that idyllic portrait is true to life, our obsession with youth isn't anything new. "As a nation, we have never embraced aging," says Denise Lewis, a gerontologist at the University of Georgia.
But in the past few decades, the market for anti-aging products and services has grown into a global industry valued at an estimated $261.9 billion in 2013, up from $162 billion just five years ago, according to BCC Research, a publisher of technology market research reports based in Wellesley, Mass. (The number of botulinum toxin treatments alone rose 680% from 2000 to 2012, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.) That figure includes money spent on anti-aging cosmetics, plastic surgery and dermatology, and aspects of traditional medicine, such as anti-aging disease management.
Aging in and of itself is not an illness. But you wouldn't know that from listening to the many marketing messages that make people feel like growing older is somehow their fault, says S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "Aging is not a disease any more than puberty or menopause are," he says.


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Enable packet forwarding. To do so, write a "'''1'''" to '''/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward''' with:

Enable packet forwarding. To do so, write a "'''1'''" to '''/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward''' with:
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Edit '''/etc/sysctl.conf''' and add this line, which will make the previous change persistant after a reboot.

Edit '''/etc/sysctl.conf''' and add this line, which will make the previous change persistant after a reboot.
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Let's assume you have an Internet connection and you want to share it. There are two main ways to do that.
Internet pc1 1. ----> |router| ---> |switch| --->-< pc2 ..etc Internet 2. ------> |pc1 (router)| --> pc2..etc
I'll explain the second way (it is easier and requires one less machine).
- Install a second network card to the first PC.
- Connect the two PCs using an ethernet cable or a switch. If one of the two computers has a gigabit ethernet card, a regular ethernet cable should work. Otherwise, use crossover cable.
- Let's assume that the first card (with the Internet) is called internet0 and the other one (for the sharing) is called local0. (If those two keep switching at every boot read Udev#Setting static device names). The network interface of the client machine will be called local1. The interfaces local0 and local1 will have to be in the same network.
- Configure the second network card with:
- Netmask: 255.255.255.0
ifconfig local0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig local0 up
- To make this permanent, install netcfg if you don't have it and set up a network profile in /etc/network.d, drawing on the examples in /etc/network.d/examples. Or, put the above lines in /etc/rc.local.
- Enable packet forwarding. To do so, write a "1" to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward with:
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
- Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add this line, which will make the previous change persistant after a reboot.
If you are using ipv6, use these lines:
net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding=1 net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
- Install iptables, enable NAT (needed to share Internet), save and start it.
pacman -S iptables iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o internet0 -j MASQUERADE rc.d save iptables rc.d start iptables
- Add iptables in your DAEMONS array in your /etc/rc.conf so that it is started each time.
- Go to the client PC and set:
- Netmask: 255.255.255.0
- Gateway: 192.168.0.1
- DNS: The same DNS as the first PC
ifconfig local1 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig local1 up route add default gw 192.168.0.1 local1 echo "nameserver <adr of nameserver>" >> /etc/resolv.confYou can figure out the address of the nameserver by looking into the /etc/resolv.conf of PC1, if its Internet connection is already established. If you don't have a nameserver, you can use Google Public DNS which is relatively fast. Its addresses are 22.214.171.124 and 126.96.36.199.
Note: Of course, this also works with a mobile broadband connection (usually called ppp0 on PC1)
That's it. The client PC should now have Internet.
If you are able to connect the two PCs but cannot send data (for example, if the client PC makes a DHCP request to the server PC, the server PC receives the request and offers an IP to the client, but the client does not accept it, timing out instead), check that you don't have other Iptables rules interfering.


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johnmark needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 152 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Jackson Air or Jackson Air Heating and Cooling
I am a new HVAC business owner, and I am planning on growing a large successful business for all of middle Tennessee. I specialize in repairs, installations, maintenance, duct cleaning, and inspections. An all around company that centers around getting new customers and keeping them more than satisfied.
The target market is for residential home owners who need a quality HVAC company they can trust and depend on. The company service area is for all of middle Tennessee. We also work closely with real estate agents doing home HVAC inspections.
I am looking for a logo to represent a residential retail HVAC company called Jackson Air Heating and Cooling Inc.
I am trying to avoid the standard fire and ice style of logo that is common in the industry. What I have found to be appealing is a condensation type look that gives the feeling of cool and comfort.
The logo does not have to have the full company name of Jackson Air Heating and Cooling Inc., but could work with just Jackson Air, or possibly the initials JA.
Looking for a color scheme of a glossy black background and bright electric blue logo/font, but the logo needs to be able to print well in black and white.
Please feel free to be creative with colors and you don't have to do the condensation theme, it was just an idea.
I will gladly stay in touch with you and provide continuous feedback on the project. This is my first contest so please tell me what you need and I will get it to you.
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Medical University - Pleven, one of the five medical universities in Bulgaria, was established in 1974, aiming to expand the horizons, size and reputation of the City Hospital, founded in 1865. Today, combining traditions of the past with the present possibilities, it incorporates educational and therapeutic facilities, contemporary pre-clinical base, University Hospital with more than 1000 beds and clinics in all major medical fields, as well as a large number of specialized clinics and research units with modern diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. These are efficiently used to treat patients, train students, trainee doctors, post-graduates as well as for research work.
Structure of Medical University - Pleven:
MU - Pleven has all theoretic, pre-clinical and clinical departments required for higher medical education. Up to date, more than 6000 Bulgarian and foreign students from over 30 countries have graduated from the University.
The current number of PhD students is 53.
Highly qualified lecturers with comprehensive academic experience are employed. The course of instruction is carried out in 24 departments by more than 60 professors and aound 300 assistant professors. Most of them are members of national and international scientific and medical societies and authors of research studies.
The University has two students hostels with over 400 beds. The hostel rooms are double- and triple- bed rooms, centrally heated, each having a bathroom. Students are not required to live in hostels and may go into private accommodation if they wish. Meals are provided at the students' canteen at a discount.


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Kristen Stewart has given herself yet another makeover, and this time she's rockin' a new haircut.
The "Twilight" alum debuted her latest look Tuesday at Chanel's Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 show at the Grand Palais in Paris, where she introduced the shorter, messier version of her fiery red coif.
The 24-year-old is now sporting an asymmetrical style (think grown-out pixie cut) that's likely a cinch to manage on the road.
Stewart wore an all-white ensemble, including a crop top, layered necklaces and loose trousers from the brand's Resort 2015 collection, as she sat front-row with French actress Isabelle Huppert.
After the show, she donned a bowler cap over her choppy locks as she hit the streets in the City of Light, according to Just Jared.
The usually brunet actress was last seen sporting the longer fiery tresses in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where she was promoting her latest film, "Clouds of Sils Maria," a drama about the performing life directed by Olivier Assayas. (The flick opens Dec. 1 in the U.S.)
In December, the "Camp X-Ray" star was selected as the face of the French fashion house's 2013-14 Métiers d'Art Paris-Dallas collection campaign, which was shot and helmed by maestro Karl Lagerfeld.
Stewart, who met Lagerfeld during a January 2012 photo shoot in Paris, has been a staple at the designer's epic-scaled fashion shows and is usually among the many celebrity guests to attend Lagerfeld's lavish spectacles.
This season, Oscar-winner Jared Leto, "50 Shades of Grey" star Dakota Johnson, "The Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev, actress Lily Collins, director Baz Luhrmann and Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour attended the show.
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Whoa ... what? A new post on DesignInsider??
I know, right?
I've been so busy for the past few months building a writing career that I haven't had as much time for personal writing as I would have liked. But a lot of the writing I've been doing has centered on homes and design, so I'd like to share some of it here.
Recently, I did a story on low-VOC and zero-VOC paint. It's a topic I'm interested in personally, so I thought other people might want to know a little more about it too. I've used various types of "green" paints over the past few years, all with better success than I expected. A couple of the biggest surprises:
1. The low-VOC paint I used in my guest bath (Sherwin-Williams Duration Home, recommended for use in bathrooms and kitchens) gave me better coverage than a similar-value (meaning similar spot on the color chip) conventional paint I used in my living room. I probably could have gotten by with one coat.
2. The zero-VOC paint I used two weeks ago to paint my son's bedroom (Olympic Premium) came from Lowe's and cost a mere $23.99 a gallon. Yes, you read that right. Even zero-VOC paint, the best of the best environmentally speaking, doesn't have to cost a fortune.
Something else to note is that both low- and zero-VOC paints, in my experience, have a much, much milder smell than conventional paints. And one thing I learned in researching the article is that smell does directly correlate to the VOC level in a paint. The stronger the noxious smell, the more damage the paint does when you inhale it. And it can do damage....
Before you wave off that statement with an, "Eh, what's one time gonna hurt?" think about this. Does anybody in your house have allergies? Asthma? Are there babies or kids or pregnant women in your household? Because conventional paints can aggravate allergic or asthmatic conditions, and studies have shown that VOCs are especially harmful to fetuses and small children. Now think about this. Low- or zero-VOC paints are now as readily available, as diverse performance- and color-wise and, in some cases, as inexpensive as conventional paints. Even if you're doing it "just one time," there is absolutely no reason not to go with the better, safer option.
That leads me to one more point: You can do anything with low- or zero-VOC paint now that you can do with a conventional paint. There are green paints on the market for pretty much any household use. There are indoor paints, outdoor paints, one-coat coverage paints, paints with built-in primer, paints that can adhere to and cover oil-based (alkyd) paints. You name it, there's a green paint that can do it. That wasn't the case in the past, but it's the case now. I learned that from multiple paint experts, and I believe what they told me, because I've tested the products for myself.
So the next time you're painting, pretty please consider going the low- or zero-VOC route. It's better for all of us. Especially you.


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A&D Resources specialises in assessment and development of individuals, teams and organisations, as a supplier of personality assessments and consulting services.
A&D Resources specialises in assessment and development of individuals, teams and organisations, as a supplier of personality assessments and consulting services.
The personality tests from Hogan Assessments have set industry standards and are used globally. Hogan has more than three decades of experience in drastically reducing staff turnover and increasing productivity.
An individual assessment or an assessment initiative impacting a number of individuals is typically initiated to more closely analyse and describe an individual's suitability for a specific role, and get validated insight on motivational drives, strenghts, social ability, likely performance levels and important developmental areas.
The purpose of using Hogan in the recruitment process is to assess personality-related characteristics that support or inhibit the candidate's suitability for the position.
The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) predicts job performance by measuring normal personality.
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I forbindelse med dataforordningen, som trådte i kraft d. 25/5 2018, igangsatte vi en proces sidste år for aftaler og processer med kunder i ud- og indland. Vi søger en projektassistent til at hjælpe med at indhente resterende aftaler med vores eksisterende kunder og leverandører. Derudover vil der være brug for at håndtere aftaler for nye kunder.
Our team has a hard core of psychology, coaching and business executive experience - and a service-minded and results-oriented support staff.
The Hogan Development Survey (HDS) identifies personality-based derailers that can limit career potential.
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The activity's aim is to help leaders gain deeper insight into their personality and its impact on their leadership behaviour. Research shows that although a leader's professional skills are obvious criteria for success, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills are equally proven in creating long-term results for leaders, but is an often neglected focus area.
The Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI) identifies ideal jobs, positions, and work environments.
Our approach to coaching is primarily focused on creating strategic self-awareness and finding new and better strategies to handle problematic situations.
Watch the brief video on our approach to Executive Coaching with Tom Cook, Principal Consultant.
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Emotional Intelligence (EQ) – the ability to identify, process, and manage one's own and others' emotions.
Reputation is everything - The Hogan 360° Report is a tool to measure your reputation at work.
Executive Coaching takes place based on the results of a complete Hogan Assessment. The coaching has a strategic focus and is intended for the top executive who wishes to increase their leadership efficiency and their personal performance.
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On a user-friendly web-based platform, Hogan Configure helps you to accurately evaluate potential talent in prospective and incumbent employees based on Hogan's powerful personality tests.
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Hogan provides assessments around the globe, a capability bolstered by strategic partnerships on virtually every continent.
See the languages the three assessments HPI, HDS and MVPI are available in.
Leadership is the ability to build and maintain a high performing team, and is the fundamental resource for team survival and effectiveness.
Engagement is the tie that binds the leader to a high performing team. Great leaders engage followers, and harness their energy to perform to their highest ability.
60% to 80% of workplace accidents are attributed to operator error (personality).
The ultimate purpose of Hogan Safety Certification is to help improve workers' safety awareness and safety behavior on the job.
The Hogan Team Dynamics Workshop has as its optimal goal to train you to be able to prepare, analyse and facilitate a team workshop, building on your already acquired knowledge of Hogan from your Hogan Certification.
We are looking for a Managing Consultant to join our consulting team.
A complete overview of our planned open workshops in the spring 2016 in Denmark and Benelux.
The Hogan 360° certification is an online webinar, which qualifies you to administer and interpret the Hogan 360˚.
The HBRI Certification is an online webinar, which takes approximately 40 minutes to complete.
The course is an online certification training for the psychometric test Matrigma.
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We offer previously certified Hogan users an update (brush-up), by means of participation during the first 2 days of an open certification workshop.
We have a number of open workshops planned - Both in Danish and English
In May, 2016 Hogan Assessments will launch a new brick format for graphically displaying HPI and MVPI subscale scores. This new display format is consistent with the format currently used for HDS subscales, although there are some minor differences in what these bricks mean across assessments.
When providing Hogan feedback it is crucial that the person giving the feedback remembers that assessment is an intervention. A Hogan interpretation and feedback is comprehensive and therefore it is essential that our Hogan users have all the material they need to provide the best possible Hogan feedback for their test persons.
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Before making the move into management consulting, Hans Ove held leadership positions in international companies in the Nordic region as well in Germany, Poland and the UK. Over three decades he has focused on leadership and development within a wide range of industries and ownership structures, making him a valuable and versatile asset at A&D Resources.
Hans Ove holds an M.Sc. in economics as well as a Board of Directors education focusing on SMEs, both from Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University. He is also certified in Hogan Assessments.