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Tim Smith's name is synonymous with the coastal Orange County real estate market, where his well-established reputation and unmatched market knowledge ...
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2010-08-11 / Obituaries
Jeanette Antonucci of North Massapequa, volunteer and bookkeeper St. James Church
Loving homemaker and mother Jeanette Antonucci of North Massapequa died July 13, 2010 after an illness. She was 80 years old and had lived on North New York Drive for 53 years. She was born in Brooklyn on Nov. 12, 1929 and moved to North Massapequa in the late 70s after getting married.
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== Locally ==
== Locally ==
Revision as of 05:37, 16 December 2012
The computer often seems to make beep noises or other sounds at various times, whether we want them or not. They come from various sources, and as such, you may be able to configure if or when they occur.
Further, the sounds from the computer can be heard from the built-in case speaker, or the speakers which are plugged into the sound card. This article deals primarily with the former.
The sounds are caused by the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), the OS (Operating System), the DE (Desktop Environment), or various software programs. The BIOS is a particularly troublesome problem because it is kept inside an EPROM chip on the motherboard, and the only direct control the user has is by turning the power on or off. Unless the BIOS setup has a setting you can adjust or you wish to attempt to reprogram that chip with the proper light source, it is not likely you will be able to change it at all. BIOS-generated beep sounds are not addressed here, except to say that unplugging your computer case speaker will stop all such sounds from being heard. (Do so at your own risk.)
However, everything else which can cause a sound to come out of the computer case speaker can be handled with the suggestions listed below.
One should also note that the option of turning off a particular instance of a sound, while leaving the others operational, is possible if one can identify which portion of the environment is the source of the particular sound generation. This can make a very customized selection of attention-getting sounds possible. Please feel free to add your findings to this wiki page when you find particular examples of settings combinations which may be useful for other users.
The PC speaker can be disabled by unloading the
pcspkr module:
# rmmod pcspkr
Blacklisting the
pcspkr module will prevent udev from loading it at boot:
# echo "blacklist pcspkr" > /etc/modprobe.d/nobeeep.conf
In X
$ xset -b
You can add this command to a startup file, such as xprofile to make it permanent.
In console
You can add this command in
/etc/profile or a dedicated file like
/etc/profile.d/disable-beep.sh (must be executable):
setterm -blength 0
Another way is to add or uncomment this line in
/etc/inputrc or
set bell-style none
Using ALSA
Try muting the PC Speaker:
$ amixer set 'PC Speaker' 0% mute
For certain sound cards, it is the PC Beep:
$ amixer set 'PC Beep' 0% mute
Or merely Beep:
$ amixer set 'Beep' 0% mute
You can also use alsamixer for a console GUI
$ alsamixer
Scroll to PC beep and press 'M' to mute. Save your alsa settings:
# alsactl store
In GNOME/Metacity
In Gconf set
/apps/metacity/general/audible_bell to
$ gconftool-2 -s -t string /apps/metacity/general/audible_bell false
Append this line to your .gtkrc-2.0 and to the [Settings] section of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/settings.ini:
gtk-error-bell = 0
See also
- Have a look at these
manpages for further information:
- Kernel modules


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Text of Ellyn Getz's student address
To President Lawrence, Provost Goldstein, members of the board of trustees, distinguished faculty and staff, Brandeis alumni, honored guests, proud family, and friends: Thank you.
And to my fellow graduates of the Brandeis Class of 2013 – Congratulations!!!
I wanted to begin by talking briefly about a YouTube video that was created last year by a team of talented Brandeis students. It's called "What did you do today?" and it takes the viewer on a memorable journey as a student around our school's campus.
This team captured moments that are authentic. There was no staging involved. And no matter how many times I watch it – believe me - I'm sure I've watched almost half of those 9,000 views – it makes me smile.
Because I have so much pride in our community.
This video parallels our arrival and initiation to campus. Here are a few moments that started our Brandeis experience.
• Our Orientation Leaders, Community Advisors, and Roosevelt Fellows who helped us move into our rooms and offered guidance when it was needed.
• Jamele Adams' and Scott Edmiston's moving speeches about Brandeis' creative community
• And SSIS' very informative presentation
It was during the hullabaloo of Orientation that we witnessed the energy and spirit of Brandeis role models – believers of our school's values and advocates of our tight-knit, accepting, and bright community.
We started with a clean slate when we arrived at Brandeis. But regardless of our backgrounds, Brandeis' current and former community shaped us into the people that we are today. We've lived the legacy of our Brandeis ancestors and mentors during these past four years, and we've created our own Brandeis legacy.
Class of 2013 – here are just a few of our accomplishments!
• We fostered 13 different a cappella groups (are there any aca-seniors in the audience?!) and collaborated on over 100 theatrical productions.
• We created new clubs that solved a need – whether it was to promote communication about controversial issues or to help each other cope with difficult life experiences
• We led our intramural and varsity sports teams to exciting victories
• We wrote papers or edited our school newspapers in the SCC until the early hours of the morning and looked forward to that fresh Einstein bagel that was so well-deserved
• We sat through 20-act Chums coffeehouses
• Attended many social awareness events
• Hung out at Ollie's for Trivia Night and ate the greasiest, most deliciously cheesy waffle fries
• We felt our animalistic tendencies take over when we lightly shoved our friends aside to catch a free Midnight Buffet t-shirt.
• We mentored our peers as TAs, classmates, and BUGS tutors
• Coordinated and participated in exciting events during 'Deis Impact, Bronstein Week, Culture X, SpringFest, and Festival of the Arts
• Celebrated different religious holidays together
• Reveled in the restoration of our beautiful Rose Art Museum
• We even helped to inaugurate a brand new university president! How many students can say they did that?
Coming to Brandeis is one part of our life journeys that is not to be taken for granted. We have come in contact with teachers who are role models and inspirations; professors who have devoted their lives to teach us how to learn – how to explore and challenge. We've studied with peers who are genuinely nice and supportive of our own accomplishments. We are fortunate to have received a liberal arts education, infused with themes of social justice and compassion for others.
Our school has taught us that we aren't stuck with the world we've been handed. We have been granted the tools and foundation to change it: to be bold, persistent, ambitious, and different. Because we all have within our power to make a positive contribution to this world. Our contributions to Brandeis alone are a testament to that.
My grandfather, my Zayda, who would have loved to be here today, once inspired me with these words: We each have our own obstacles and aspirations in life, but our successes are always pluralized. What he meant was that no matter how we reach that summit (and for this moment, our graduation), we must always recognize the support of others to get us there. So while we're reveling in pride for our class' accomplishments, let's just take a moment to thank our parents, coaches, and mentors and all those who have set us up with a stable foundation! To our friends and acquaintances who have made a difference in our lives – whether it was through a passing smile of reassurance on the Rabb steps before an exam or through showing school spirit throughout the men's 2012 historic soccer run.
Our caring, accepting community has provided us with the love and support to grow and to make an impact that will be remembered. We have started and continued traditions here. We have learned to keep an open mind. We have seen the power of our support network when we have experienced transitions, happiness, disappointment, and obstacles. Brandeis is just a special place. But the community? This loving family? That is our home.
Today, we receive our Brandeis diplomas. As we proceed, let's remember that these degrees are a symbol of our accomplishments here, and they're a reminder to bring to the world the ideals for which our university stands. Be bold. Take risks. Continue to look for that Brandeisian glimpse of warmth, passion, and authenticity in others. Let's remember the strength we have in our own abilities make a change and leave a legacy with the support of those who believe in us.
I continue to be inspired by each of you, and can't wait to hear about the next chapter in your journeys. Congratulations, class of 2013!! We did it!!
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As part of the goal for every student to enter 4th grade proficient in reading, the South Dakota Department of Education is coordinating a reading initiative to bolster student reading achievement year round. Read! SD will raise awareness of the summer loss epidemic, share compelling research on the importance of personalized reading activities, and provide access to a variety of free resources to support targeted reading.
|Reading Resources:
|"Grab a Book, Grow a Mind" Brochure
|"Grab a Book, Grow a Mind" Poster: 11 x 17
|"Grab a Book, Grow a Mind" Bookmarks
|44 Things Parents Can Do
|Lexile FAQs
|Lexile FAQs – Spanish
|Summer Reading Loss:
|Primer on Summer Reading Loss
|Watch a video
|Stop Summer Reading Loss
|Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading
|Early Literacy:
|Birth to 3
|Every Child Ready to Read
|Reach Out and Read
|Useful Links:
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|South Dakota JumpStart
|Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP)
|Reading Is Fundamental
|Overview of resources available
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1309: Infinite Scrolling
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Title text: Maybe we should give up on the whole idea of a 'back' button. 'Show me that thing I was looking at a moment ago' might just be too complicated an idea for the modern web.
Infinite scrolling is a technique in web design where a large data set is displayed as a seemingly infinite list, but in reality only the visible part of the list (and the surrounding data) is rendered. This is done to work around memory limitations of old browsers and mobile devices or to save on data transfer size.
The problem with this technique is that if you navigate from this page to a different page and go back the location of the scrolled data set is often lost and the top of the data set is displayed again. Also it is usually not possible to point a URL directly to a certain section of the infinite list (a practice known as deep linking). For these reasons, many prefer the almost old-fashioned pagination over infinite scrolling.
In this comic Megan is handling the book as if it were a device with a touchscreen where the book is displayed as an infinite scrolling text. Touching a link would navigate away from the list and the current reading position would be lost.
In the title text it is even suggested that the "back" button used in navigation should be removed since web browsers are not good at determining what a user would like to go back to.
- [Cueball is standing behind Megan, who is turning the pages of a book.]
- Cueball: Why are you turning the pages like that?
- Megan: If I touch the wrong thing, I'll lose my place and have to start over.
- If books worked like infinite-scrolling webpages.
- Using location.hash should work on most browsers. However, coding it in is intimately connected to something called "work", which is probably the reason it generally isn't implemented. Also, reloading e.g. a soup that's been scrolled down two miles would take forever. --184.108.40.206 18:54, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
Shouldn't we add a few examples of websites that currently exhibit this behavior? Facebook and Twitter come to mind... Kaa-ching (talk) 12:45, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
- Soup.io and Tumblr, too. Understandably. I find paginated Tumblr much more annoying than infinite scrolling. --18.104.22.168 18:54, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
There are a few sites and tools that try to implement infinite scrolling without breaking back button, for example Discourse --JakubNarebski (talk) 21:19, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
As an elderly (late 60s) reader and contributor, this has touched a very sensitive nerve in me. As I learned to read I began to learn to LEARN, Then I learned to read books. As I learned to read I found that I had ten book-marks, ten fingers, that kept me connected to at least ten previous sections of the work. I could refer back and forth between new text and old and I could build up an ever-changing but overall context of what was being discussed . In the literary sense. I could range, fore and aft, from chapter 1 to chapter last.. I could read text that stirred me, over and over, to see what, in context, the story, was trying to teach me. The FORMAT of information is CLOSELY aligned to what INFORMATION it imparts and just as closely related to what it INTENDS to impart. I really miss the days of SLOW, CAREFUL, induction of information. Syllable by syllable. Verb by verb. Element by element in the the pure joy of reading. -- ExternalMonolog (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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1992: "Making Progress in Hard Times"
Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard
January 15, 1992
Most of what I want to tell you about today concerns programs to build better courts, but I should begin by giving you the news about what judges do most: decide the disputes that bring people to court.
When I first spoke to you four years ago, the backlog at the Indiana Supreme Court stood at an all-time high. I asked you and the people of Indiana to give us the tools to attack this problem. I promised you that we would eliminate the backlog of cases, which was two years long. Today, I am finally able to report victory. Despite a growing caseload now at record levels, we have whipped the backlog at the Indiana Supreme Court.
I also want to tell you about the incredible record set this year by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The men and women who serve on that court disposed of 30% more cases than ever before. They cut the backlog in the Court of Appeals by 55% in twelve months. That performance deserves applause from all of us.
Important Projects with Small Tickets
We all knew that 1991 would be a year when you couldn't solve problems in government by spending money. Last January I promised you that no one would be better at "Doing More With Less" than Indiana's judges. The best public servants will not just throw up their hands and say, "There's a recession on, we can't do anything." Hard times force us to do some heavy thinking about how we can make progress without spending new money. It is an interesting challenge to run a government that way. I suppose a very healthy challenge.
I want to tell you about what the judiciary has accomplished this past year through projects which do a lot of good but really turned out to be small ticket items or no-ticket items.
Several hundred thousand people a year find themselves in our city and town courts. To improve the quality of the justice they receive there, we have adopted a rule requiring the non-lawyer judges in those courts to take the same amount of continuing legal education which lawyers and other judges are required to take. We have staged these courses for many years. Now we will be sure that those who need it the most show up to take advantage of it.
We made Indiana one of the first states in the country to adopt minimum standards for lawyers who represent defendants in capital cases. The most cost of this guarantee will be paid from criminal court costs you adopted two years ago.
We took steps which we believe will strengthen ethical standards in Indiana's legal profession. First, we decided to expand the ethics requirements in the Indiana bar examination by requiring law students to pass a national test, the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, which is several times more comprehensive than the one we have been using. Second, we will now require that lawyers who have been suspended from the bar for violating ethical rules must pass the same ethics exam before being readmitted. No cost to the taxpayers.
We launched a new program to address the two most common complaints people have about modern litigation: it costs too much and it takes too long. With the help of the State Bar we developed a new rule for what is called Alternative Dispute Resolution. It authorizes layers and local courts to use arbitration, mediation, mini-trials, summary jury trials, and private judges as alternatives to traditional litigation. We hope this will help people resolve their disputes without the time and expense of traditional litigation. A net savings all the way around. And no new public dollars.
We became one of the first states in the nation where a party in federal trial court can ask the federal judge to certify a question of state law to the state supreme court. The old system required the federal judge to estimate what state law might mean. Only the federal appeals court in Chicago could ask us what Indiana law meant. Our new procedure will save people the cost and delay of that round-trip to Chicago. A no-ticket item.
We also adopted a new rule authorizing trial judges to permit lawyers to use FAX machines as a way of filing documents in court. We think it is cheaper, and we know it is faster, than making people drive to the courthouse or use the mails. As for using technology here in the State House, we recently authorized the Clerk of our court, Dwayne Brown, to send copies of opinions by FAX.
I think we made progress this year on an issue I know you hear about, the Child Support Guidelines which the federal government required Indiana to adopt. A committee of trial judges who hear divorces day in and day out just finished a year-long study of Indiana's guidelines. As a result of their work and extensive public hearings, we have approved changes in the Child Support Guidelines which we think will make them both easier to work with and fairer to mothers, fathers, and children. One area of recurring difficulty under Indiana law is the so-called "second-family" issue. It goes something like this: "When a father remarries and creates a new family, should his support for his first child be reduced?" This is really a substantive question of social policy, and current statutes do not answer it very clearly. We hope you will provide us better guidance on it.
Juveniles in Jails
The greatest success story of the year also concerns children.
What to do with errant teenagers who need secure detention has been a subject of debate in Indiana for more than a century. When the delegates to the constitutional convention of 1850 met in the house chamber, speaker after speaker decried the use of jails as places to store young people who were runaways, or generally incorrigible, or just kids in need of more help than a family could give or would give.
A hundred and twenty-five years later, Hoosier children were still spending thousands of nights every year in local jails with adult offenders. This situation persisted notwithstanding the commands of both state and federal statutes. Congress had set a national goal of removing children from jails by passing the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act of 1974, authored by Senator Birch Bayh. The Indiana General Assembly established the same policy in a variety of statutes.
Given the persistent and long-standing nature of this problem, it is all he more remarkable that there has finally been enormous progress in solving it during the last year, a year when money was scarcer than ever.
Here's how it all used to work. A runaway teenager in Clark County who needed to e detained for his or her own good – or for the protection of others – was until this year put in a sheriff's car and taken hundreds of miles in search of an available bed in a secure facility. The sheriff might take the kid to Fort Wayne if there was a bed available there, at least until that bed was needed by somebody from Fort Wayne. At that point, the sheriff would pick up the kid and take him to South Bend for a week. Then on to Lafayette, or as far as Valparaiso. And occasionally back to Jeffersonville for hearings. It seems impossible, but, believe me, it was very common. And very inconvenient. And very expensive.
Finally, in 1991 things changed. Now Clark County families with children in distress will find that their children are placed in Jeffersonville, because in September of last year Clerk County opened a 14-bed juvenile facility with help from the Department of Correction.
This story is now changing in many places. Johnson County will open a 48-bed facility next month which will operate as a regional center. Howard County is operating a temporary 8-bed facility until a new one can be constructed.
Detention centers are also being planned in Dearborn, Henry, LaPorte, Monroe, Tippecanoe, and Warrick counties. Bartholomew County has plans to convert its former children's home into a juvenile center. And in Cass County, the first state-run juvenile facility to open since 1976 will come on line this spring with room for 56. In Fort Wayne, the Department of Correction is converting a work release center to a 90-bed juvenile facility.
Many of these facilities have been opened without constructing expensive new buildings, but they have all cost something. Local judges, county commissioners and councilmen, and private agencies have been ingenious in finding state, county, and private dollars (and, yes, even Lottery profits) to finance start-up costs. You may have seen on television the enormous crowd which turned out in New Castle to support doing something in Henry County so that teenagers could be helped close to home rather than carted around the state in squad cars. The long-term cost should be less than what we were spending under the old and terrible system.
The result is that the number of Hoosier children spending the night in jail with adult convicts has dropped dramatically. In the last thirty months, the number of juveniles housed in adult jails has dropped from 7000 to just over 400.
The heroes of this story are many. They include Commissioner James Aiken and his deputy Chris DeBruyn. They include judges like Clementine Barthold and Jeff Eggers and Alan Brubaker and John Kellam. They include the State Public Defender Susan Carpenter. And they include members of the legislature who helped find state and local funds in difficult times. And the Indiana Supreme Court played a role, by requiring people to get serious about enforcing the laws you passed. Those people and hundreds of others are the heroes. The winners are Indiana's children.
I do not want to be misunderstood to say that we have this problem licked. I do want to say that progress in building a better judiciary and a better society here in this place we call Indiana does not need to stop because there is no idle money sitting out on the table for appropriation.
Rules of Evidence
There are all kinds of things that Indiana can do which do not require new appropriations and the story I have just told you is but one example of how Hoosiers can make progress in hard times. I'll tell you about one we plan for 1992. Most states and the federal courts have adopted rules of evidence to cover problems like how you get a document admitted in court, or how to treat hearsay, or how you can impeach a witness. Indiana has always dealt with these matters through the common law method, meaning that lawyers and trial judges have to find the answers by searching the hundreds of appellate court opinions setting out acceptable practice. The Supreme Court has reached the conclusion that Indiana would be better off if all these practices were available in a single set of published rules. This mostly affects how people try lawsuits and thus it is really our job to solve this problem. We believe that this project would turn out better if all three branches do it together. So, we ask you to be our partners in this work. It is the perfect project for hard times, practically a no-ticket item and one we probably will not find time to do when the recession is over.
Finally, as many of you know, I was recently reappointed to a new term as Chief Justice. Being Chief Justice is not something I ever imagined would be part of my life. Most of the time it is all you could ever ask for. Much of what we have done these last few years is due to the good will and support of my colleagues on the bench, here and in the county courthouses. We owe a lot to the Governor and the other officers of the executive branch. And I owe a great deal to the members of the legislature. There is no way I can repay you for your countless acts of kindness and cooperation and simple friendship. I can only stand in this public place and say thank you. And to promise to stand in this place twelve months from now and answer the question, "What have you done for us lately?"


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3:00 am
Writers "Young Adult Literature" Authors Richard Peck, Sharon M. Draper and Margaret McMullan discuss the burgeoning teen market.G
4:00 am
Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Gravity, Electricity, Magnetism" Shedding light on the mathematical form of the gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces. D
4:30 am
Economics U$A "Stagflation" Demand-pull and cost-push inflation: looking at the economic crises of the 1970's and the economic expansion of the 1990's. Updated 2002. D
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NHK Newsline NULL
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French In Action "Portraits I" Mireille is petite, but healthy, athletic, strong, with long blond hair, and blue eyes. She's quick and has a certain fondness for poking fun.G
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Classical Stretch: The Esmonde Technique "Pain Relief: Focusing On Hips" NULL
6:30 am
Clifford The Big Red Dog "Dog Who Cried Woof/Doing The Right Thing" The Dog Who Cried Woof - After overhearing Samuel tell the kids a scary story about Whiffy the Skunk Ghost, Clifford and T-Bone get a bit spooked. Cleo takes the opportunity to play a series of naughty tricks on them, but then finds them not believing her when she really needs them! She learns that it isn't nice to play tricks on people. ~~Doing the Right Thing - When T-Bone inadvertently "steals" a squeak toy, he experiences a guilt-induced dream where his conscience tries to show him the right thing to do. D
7:00 am
Arthur "Follow The Bouncing Ball/Buster Baxter and the Letter From The Sea" Follow the Bouncing Ball - Alberto Molina's beloved soccer ball - signed by his favorite Ecuadorian soccer star, El Boomerang - is lost! Is it the same soccer ball bounding all over town, eluding potential captors?! This kicks off the first of 10 stories which follow the incredible journey of "El Boomerang" around the world! Come, follow the bouncing ball! Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea - While on vacation with the Read family, Buster discovers a message in a bottle on the shore. Could it be an urgent message from the people of the lost city of Atlantis? Buster is determined to find out and sends them a message back.by throwing his own bottles in the ocean. D
7:30 am
Martha Speaks "Raiders of the Lost Art/Martha Says It with Flowers" Raiders of the Lost Art - After TD passes in the wrong drawing in art class (a caricature of his art teacher instead of a perfectly good drawing of the back of Chuck Smith's head), he panics. Martha Says It with Flowers - Martha always seems to do the wrong thing around Grandma Lucille.G
8:00 am
Curious George "Curious George, Door Monkey/Curious George Goes Up the River" Curious George, Door Monkey: As lobby dog, it's Hundley's job to keep everything in order. But when George finds some intriguingly shaped packages, the lobby is soon filled with tennis, bowling, and golf balls and a ton of empty boxes! George and Hundley scramble to put the balls back in the right size boxes before the ball-collector tenant comes to retrieve his packages! Curious George Goes Up the River - George is supposed to be feeding the ducks while The Man with the Yellow Hat helps Mrs. Renkins look for her lost baby chicks. But somehow, "feeding the ducks" turns into a trip down the river for George and Jumpy. D
8:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "The Lost Egg/Hold On Tight" The Lost Egg - The kids are decorating the tree house for a party. The Cat knows the world's most fantabulous decorator: Stan the bower bird! Stan teaches the kids how to decorate with almost anything--shells, leaves, and pebbles. Now they can have a party in their own fantabulously decorated tree house! Hold on Tight - Nick is trying to hang onto the monkey bars but can't. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "The Goose and the Golden Eggs" Red's friends would love to try some of her delicious apples, but Red wants to keep them all for herself! The Super Readers venture into the story of the Goose and the Golden Eggs to visit an old man who is as protective of his special eggs as Red is of her delicious fruit. This old man must learn his lesson, before his golden goose flies the coop! And Red needs to find out how share with her friends. Educational Objectives: To learn about giving to friends, sing the alphabet and identify the letters M-O-R-E. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "Paulie Pliosaurus/Elmer Visits The Desert" Paulie Pliosaurus - The Pteranodon family takes the Dinosaur Train underwater to visit a marine reptile called Paulie Pliosaurus, a creature known as the "T. rex of the Ocean." Buddy and Paulie compare features and find that they actually have a lot in common. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "The All Our Senses Club" Telly, Elmo, and Rosita have formed the Excellent Eyes Club so they can use their eyes to help people on Sesame Street. First they find Leela who is having trouble finding one of her gardening gloves. The Excellent Eyes Club comes through for her and finds the glove. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Clean Up Time/Neighborhood Clean Up" Clean Up Time: Daniel and O the Owl are playing "farm" at Daniel's house. They are having a lot of fun, but are making quite a mess! After losing his watch in a messy room, Daniel realizes that cleaning up and putting his toys away will help him find it. Neighborhood Clean Up: A wind storm has made a mess of the Neighborhood playground and no one can play. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "The Dirt On Dirt" In an Earth Day themed episode, Sid wants to know what makes dirt so dirty? At school, Sid and his friends discover that dirt is really important to the Earth because it helps things grow, and it's also filled with tiny rocks, pieces of leaves, and even living things like bugs and worms!. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "Sh-Sh-Shark!/Dog Wants to Play Ball" Sh-Sh-Shark!: Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won't even give him a chance to prove he's friendly. Everyone but Duck, that is, who doesn't know that the letters s and h together make the 'sh' sound, and therefore doesn't know who Shark is. D
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Caillou "Caillou Explores" Caillou's Shadow: Caillou likes it when Miss Martin calls him a "shadow scientist".so much so, he's afraid to admit he doesn't know everything about shadows! When Caillou's curiosity gets the better of him, he learns it's much easier to find the answers you're looking for when you ask questions. Educational Objective: Not being afraid to ask questions; deductive reasoning. D
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Barney & Friends "Barney's Big Garden and Listen!" Barney's Big Garden: Baby Bop wants Barney, BJ and the kids to play with her instead of working in their garden. They promise to play with her as soon as they finish. Baby Bop can't wait, and tries many ways to get them to come play with her now, none of which work. D
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Thomas & Friends "Exciting Friends" Gordon and Ferdinand - Sir Topham Hatt welcomes Ferdinand to his railroad by letting him share Gordon's special. They will be taking the Lion of Sodor to the Summer House and Ferdinand will be Gordon's back engine, which Gordon isn't happy about. They pass workmen who cheer for Ferdinand (not for Gordon or the Lion of Sodor!). D
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Curious George "Curious George, Door Monkey/Curious George Goes Up the River" Curious George, Door Monkey: As lobby dog, it's Hundley's job to keep everything in order. But when George finds some intriguingly shaped packages, the lobby is soon filled with tennis, bowling, and golf balls and a ton of empty boxes! George and Hundley scramble to put the balls back in the right size boxes before the ball-collector tenant comes to retrieve his packages! Curious George Goes Up the River - George is supposed to be feeding the ducks while The Man with the Yellow Hat helps Mrs. Renkins look for her lost baby chicks. But somehow, "feeding the ducks" turns into a trip down the river for George and Jumpy. D
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Martha Speaks "Raiders of the Lost Art/Martha Says It with Flowers" Raiders of the Lost Art - After TD passes in the wrong drawing in art class (a caricature of his art teacher instead of a perfectly good drawing of the back of Chuck Smith's head), he panics. Martha Says It with Flowers - Martha always seems to do the wrong thing around Grandma Lucille.G
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The Electric Company "Oh Danny Boy" Hector and Danny join forces in a doubles ping pong tournament. Will they find friendship in victory?. D
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WordGirl "Have You Seen The Remote?/Sidekicked to the Curb" Have You Seen the Remote? - Tobey and WordGirl team up to track down missing remote control for his robots. When Tobey finally has a chance to spend time with his crush-WordGirl (sigh)- she has to ignore his distractions and stop whoever is in charge of the robots attack on the city. Sidekicked to the Curb - The Whammer has had enough of all of this sidekick business. D
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Wild Kratts "Platypus Cafe" While kayaking in Australia, Martin and Chris encounter one of the world's most unusual creatures, a platypus mother with her eggs. But unscrupulous endangered animal chef, Gourmand, plans on making the platypus eggs his next delicacy. The Wild Kratts team must use the special "sixth sense" of the platypus to save the eggs. D
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Cyberchase "On The Line" When Digit heads off alone to dispose of the powerful Network Interface Card (NIC), calamity strikes. A sinister cyvulture steals the NIC right out from under Digit's beak and gives it to Hacker! At a secret location on the Northern Frontier, Hacker uses the NIC to power up his dastardly Transformatron and transforms himself so he can slip into Control Central and replace Motherboard. To find the Transformatron and reverse its power, the CyberSquad must discover how an object can be pinpointed using two straight lines - before Hacker takes over Cyberspace forever!. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "The People Vs. Grandma Ruffman" Grandma's accused of trying to break Ruff's twin, Scruff Ruffman, out of prison! The FETCHers try the case with help from real lawyers in a real courtroom with a real judge. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report, Wal-Mart moved the Dow mid-day and the influence of the world's largest retailer caused a number of stocks to dip along with it. And, new pricing information on the health plans being offered on the new exchanges. But is it affordable?. D
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Earthflight, A Nature Special Presentation "South America" Condors and scarlet macaws take us to the Andes and the Amazon. Giant petrels in Patagonia shadow killer whales. Hummingbirds feed at Iguazu Falls, vultures ride the thermals over Rio de Janiero, and black vultures target turtle eggs in Costa Rica. Part 4 of 6G
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NOVA "Secrets of the Viking Sword" The Ulfberht sword of the Vikings is a revolutionary high-tech tool of its day, a work of art and considered to be one of the greatest swords ever made. NOVA uses cutting-edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and unravel its mystery.G
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Skeletons of the Sahara University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno, best known for unearthing new kinds of dinosaur bones around the world, found the largest known Stone Age human burial site on a sand dune in Niger. The oldest date from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago was during a time when the Sahara was green and lush. Filmmaker David Murdock follows Sereno and a team of archaeologists as they retrieve, date and identify the bones and the artifacts found with them.G
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Secret Life of Ice With its power of expansion and its extraordinary capacity to preserve life, arrest decay and even carve the landscape, the story of ice can be told on a vast range of scales - from a cube in a drink to multi-million ton glaciers. Science writer and broadcaster Gabrielle Walker goes on a journey to discover the qualities of ice and the enormous influence it has on the Earth.G
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Ellen Wong bundles up in a photo from her feature inside NKD Magazine's February 2014 issue, available on-line now!
The 29-year-old actress is featured alongside up-and-coming country singer, Tiffany Houghton. Check out what the girls had to say about The Carrie Diaries and writing music below:
Ellen on The Carrie Diaries: "I wish more people watched the show because there's a lot of fun of self-discovery and it's nice to see characters grow up on a show."
Ellen on the end of season two: "We still have more to tell and a huge story to finish."
Tiffany on writing a song: "The thing about my songwriting is that each song has an honest story, [it comes from] my journal. I want my songs to each have a life of their own and I feel like putting them out as a single with a video with a concept and a story is going to let each song have the life that they deserve."
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A blog by one of the volunteer reviewers for Geocaching.com. It's about geocaching and the review process -- what it takes to get your new caches listed on the world's most popular geocaching web site. ©Copyright 2012 by K.Braband. All rights reserved
Monday, April 03, 2006
My GPS? That old thing?
Answer: I have a five-year-old Garmin eMap with 8 mb of memory (which I upgraded soon after I bought it to get that much memory). I know, I know, it's practically an antique, but it still does the job for me. I like the large screen and the low-power consumption so batteries last forever. I also like that I have a handlebar mount for my road bike so I can take off for miles without getting lost. Well, not too far lost anyway. I also have an external antenna for it that I can plug in when I'm in wooded areas searching for a cache. It draws a lot more battery power in that mode, but the external antenna sure is effective. My wife has a Garmin eTrex Legend and a Garmin Forerunner (wristband model) that I gave her which she uses for her daily 4:30 a.m. 3-mile runs.
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- welch said...
ok, enough about gps units.
I have a question about the gc.com site, do you know if there is a way to search for profiles with a uh... wildcard??
I picked up this TB in Fairfield this weekend, and it hasn't been activated. The last people to log online don't meantion leaving it, I recall there being someone in the logbook a month or two before calling themselves 'team extreme iowa'?? or something like that. I tried:
but only seems to work if spelled exactly right... so either I don't have the name right, or maybe they don't even have an account.
It's just a little frustrating I have this frog toy with a TB tag that I can't log, can't contact the owner, don't even know what it was supposed to be doing since it doesn't have a mission it... :(
- 6:54 PM, April 10, 2006
- IowaAdmin said...
I don't know if I can help with the searching question. However, I had a similar situation with a travel bug I found awhile back that was not activated and the owner could not be located. In that case, I wrote to email@example.com and explained the situation. They tried to contact the owner, but finally gave ownership of the bug to me.
- 8:47 PM, April 10, 2006
- welch said...
Are you saying gc.com might have a record of who this tag was sold/shipped to?
Also, someone close to Fairfield has volunteered to go check the log book, maybe they'll come up with something else.
- 10:18 PM, April 11, 2006


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text: My friend and I were having a conversation about dogs and I said that I like dogs. He said that I should buy a dog since I like dogs. I said that even though I like being around dogs and playing with them, I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I was not making sense by saying that I like dogs, but I don't feel like owning a pet. My friend told me that I'm just cheap and a tightwad for not buying a dog. I kept telling my friend that I'm not being a tightwad. I like being around dogs, but I don't feel like owning as a pet. My friend still insists that I'm a tightwad. We went on and on talking about this for a couple of hours! What do you think about this? I don't see what is the big deal about not buying a dog.


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Welcome to this edition of Industrial Newsbriefs, produced by the Washington State University Extension Energy Program, and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Please forward this issue to those of your colleagues interested in industrial energy efficiency. View archive
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Steam Systems Tool Suite
In many facilities, steam system improvements can save about 11% in fuel costs. To help plant owners and managers take advantage of these savings, DOE offers a suite of tools for evaluating and identifying steam system improvements in industrial facilities. The Steam System Tool Suite consists of three online software tools used to analyze energy use and savings opportunities in industrial steam systems: The Steam System Scoping Tool, the Steam System Assessment Tool, and 3E Plus, a program which calculates the most economical thickness of industrial insulation for user input operating conditions.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Project Profiles Database
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has compiled a searchable database of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facilities throughout the United States. Searchable variables include location, technology/prime mover, fuel type, market sector, thermal energy use, NAICS code, and year installed.
PV plant is showcase of sustainable design
"Pushing the Envelope," published in the Spring 2011 issue of High Performance Buildings, provides a case study of a PV manufacturing company headquarters/production facility. The plant, whose features include a green roof, daylighting, and an on-site CHP system, is the culmination of a comprehensive and ambitious planning effort to create a showcase in sustainable design.
Commentary weighs in on ethanol
In "Industrial Scale Ethanol," energy consultant Geoffrey Styles discusses the present and future of large scale ethanol production from both biomass and non-renewable materials such as coal. His investigations reveal that even with corn-derived ethanol, the line between "renewable" and "non-renewable" is blurry. In addition, Styles speculates that ethanol production may prove to be a cleaner use of coal than direct electricity generation, because of the benefits of gasification.
"University Improves Sustainability of HVAC Motors," by staff, is a case study showing the effectiveness of a preventative maintenance program for motors applied on a New England campus of over 300 buildings. A testing program on HVAC motors with variable frequency drive controllers was employed. Problems found and resolved are described in useful detail. This article was published in the March 2011 issue of Environmental Design + Construction.
Hydrological models to improve drying efficiency
"Reducing Drying Energy Costs by Process Alterations at Aggregate Stockpiles," published in the May 2011 issue of Energy Efficiency, shows how energy-saving process adjustments for aggregate pile drying can be formulated with the help of hydrological models. The asphalt industry was used as a model, but the concepts could be applied to other industrial processes which involve the drying of bulk materials.
"Insulating Firebrick – Maximizing Energy Savings Through Product Selection" is a feature article published in the April 2011 issue of Industrial Heating. The authors tested and analyzed kiln energy usage incorporating different types of cast and cement insulating firebrick, and found differences between them as large as 37%. It was found that cast firebrick is generally more insulating than plain cement, and that low thermal conductivity ratings correlate with high insulation values.
New approach for footprint management
An April 2011 White Paper by IFS (an environmental tools software provider), "ERP and Environmental Footprint Management for Manufacturers," offers suggestions for those seeking a solution for energy management planning and accounting. While the paper is published by a private company marketing its own product, it nonetheless provides a useful checklist of what to look for when selecting an environmental management tool.
Final rules for boilers and incinerators published; some aspects being reconsidered
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air toxics standards for industrial boilers and incinerators were published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2011. Of note is that process heaters are covered under the Major Sources Final Rules (for facilities already emitting more than 10 tons per year of a specific hazardous air pollutant, or 25 tons per year of a combination of hazardous air pollutants). The new rules carry new reporting requirements, burner tuning requirements, and efficiency assessment requirements which will likely be new to many facilities. Comments on certain aspects of the new rules, including major source boiler subcategories, are being accepted until May 21, 2011 under a reconsideration notice, published at the same time as the new rules. The reconsideration process may change the final rule implementation.
Industry groups call for stay on new boiler and incinerator rules
Industry groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have requested a stay on the new boiler and incinerator rules published on March 21, 2011, in the Federal Register. The groups are requesting the delay because certain aspects of the rules are being reconsidered (see above), and the rule implementation may change significantly. For information, read "U.S. Chamber, Manufacturers Ask EPA to Halt Boiler Rules," published April 27, 2011, in Bloomberg.
EIA data and analysis funding slashed
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has been reduced 14% from 2010 levels, necessitating a reduction in data collection, analysis, and forecasting in the areas of natural gas and oil, efficiency, consumption, and energy capacity. In addition, live telephone support has been cut. For more information, read the press release.
Progress at Clean Energy Ministerial
Representatives of 23 countries met to collaborate on global energy efficiency strategies at the second annual Clean Energy Ministerial, held on April 6-7 in Abu Dabhi, UAE. Global Superior Energy Performance, an initiative to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in large commercial and industrial facilities, gained two new member countries, and new working groups were formed for cool roofs and pavement, cement, and combined heat and power (CHP). Other topics addressed include sustainable hydropower, appliance and equipment efficiency, and the importance of smart grids. A complete summary is available on the Clean Energy Ministerial website.
Prosperity Partnership to develop energy efficiency demonstration network
Prosperity Partnership, a multi-sector coalition representing four Puget Sound metropolitan area counties, is collaborating with the Brookings Institution to develop a Building Energy-Efficiency Testing and Integration (BETI) Center and Demonstration Network. Participating businesses, residences, and industrial facilities will provide testing and demonstration grounds for researchers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and service providers to demonstrate energy-efficient technologies, products, services, and software. To learn more, read "Regional Plan for Energy-Efficiency Cluster to be Unveiled," published April 8, 2011, in Puget Sound Business Journal.
Proctor & Gamble launch mandatory sustainability scorecard for suppliers
Proctor & Gamble (P&G) recently announced the results of its first Supplier Environmental Sustainability Scorecard, a tool designed to track and encourage improvement on key environmental sustainability measures in P&G's supply chain. The tool, which assesses and rates energy efficiency, water use, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, will now be mandatory for all P&G suppliers. To learn more, read "How Nyquil, Old Spice, and Duracell Are All About to Become More Energy Efficient," published April 11, 2011, in Fast Company.
International standard for energy management systems now up for vote
Standard ISO 50001, Energy management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use, is in its final draft and ready for a vote by ISO members. The standard will "specify requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system, whose purpose is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, energy use and consumption."
Future Energy Conference materials now available online
Presentation materials from the 2011 Future Energy Conference, held in Portland, Oregon on April 12-13, are now available for download on the conference website. Topics include energy management, project financing, smart grid, renewable power, regional energy planning, and more.
Materials available from NEEA Strategic Energy Management Conference
The Strategic Energy Management Conference, sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) on March 29, 2011, presented valuable information on how utilities can use SEM to help achieve industrial energy efficiency goals and increase customer satisfaction. Conference materials are now available on the NEEA website.
ITP portfolio of data center and information technology projects
Information and Communication Technology Portfolio: Improving Energy Efficiency and Productivity in America's Telecommunication Systems and Data Centers, published in March 2011 by U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), describes 14 projects seeking to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon pollution across the information and communication technology sector. The portfolio is the result of a cooperative effort between ITP, industrial partners, and academic institutions to develop innovative, energy-saving technologies which have a high potential for commercialization.
New funding round from ARPA-E announced
On April 20, 2011, The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $130 million in funding through ARPA-E to support innovative projects in rare earth alternatives, biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. The funding area titles (and their clever acronyms) are as follows: Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO), High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage (HEATS), Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies (REACT), Green Electricity Network Integration (GENI), Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (Solar ADEPT). To learn more, read the press release.
Rural energy funds announced by USDA
Agricultural producers and rural small business are invited to submit applications for grants and loans under the Rural Energy for America (REAP) program. The funds are being provided to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses develop renewable energy systems, make energy efficiency improvements, and conduct studies to determine the feasibility of renewable energy systems. Applications are due on June 15 or June 30, 2011, depending on the type of project. To learn more, read the April 15, 2011, press release.
Pacific Northwest
Steam Systems Assessment TrainingTuesday, June 07, 2011, 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM PSTPort Angeles, WashingtonThe Steam System Improvement Workshop covers the operation of typical steam systems and discusses methods of system efficiency improvement. The one-day workshop is designed for end users – at the energy manager, steam system supervisor, engineer, and operations level – who have steam system responsibilities in industrial and institutional plants. The workshop is divided into three major categories: Steam Generation Efficiency, Resource Utilization Effectiveness, and Steam Distribution System Losses. For more information, contact Julie Nurse at email@example.com.
AIRMaster+ Specialist Qualification Training May 10-13, 2011 Portland, Oregon This 3 1/2 day intensive training session will introduce the AIRMaster+ software and AIRMaster+ curriculum. AIRMaster+, developed by DOE and the Compressed Air Challenge (CAC), is a system assessment tool that allows a skilled user to model existing and future system upgrades, and evaluate the savings and effectiveness of energy efficiency measures. Prerequisite: Level 2 Advanced Management of Compressed Air Systems training.
Energy/Facilities Connections Conference May 11-13, Leavenworth, Washington The event brings together facility professionals from schools, universities, municipalities, state and provincial agencies, tribes, non-profits and utilities. Attendees benefit from a focused environment to share best practices, learn innovative technologies, and learn from top-of-the line facility experts. Presented by the WSU Extension Energy Program's Plant Operations Support Consortium, the conference theme is "Now…More than Ever!" and stresses creative "out-of-the-box" thinking.
Other Events, Trainings, and Webinars
Industrial Energy Technology Conference May 17-19, 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana The IETC, hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M University, is a one-of-a kind conference that focuses on a wide variety of topics of current importance to industrial energy managers, utility experts, government program managers, vendors and others. The latest technologies and expertise on combined heat and power, smart manufacturing, energy opportunity analysis, and case studies of successful, real-world industrial efficiency projects are presented.
WEBINAR: Fundamentals of Compressed Air (Level 1); Four-Part Series May 18 - June 8, 2011This Web-based version of the popular Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems training uses an interactive format that enables the instructor to diagram examples, give pop quizzes and answer students' questions in real time. The curriculum will be organized into four 2-hour sessions: Introduction, Why Care About Air and Study Your Supply Side; Understand Your Demands & Are You On Base; Controls; and Maintain Systems Efficiency, Get with the Plan and Summary- Evaluation. Special registration rates for Compressed Air Challenge sponsors and groups of 10 or more are available.
Motor Decisions Matter Webcast: Motor Management Truths and Consequences: Understanding Electric Motor Rewinds and EfficiencyMay 25, 2011, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PSTMotor repair is a critical component of sound motor management and planning, and much like motor purchases, it's important to understand associated energy efficiency opportunities. Appropriate for non-technical and technical audiences, this webcast will describe efficiency considerations involved in electric motor repair, with specific emphasis on motor rewinding.
Webinar: Fundamentals of Pumping System AssessmentsJune 19, 2011, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PSTPump users, especially those who specify, operate and maintain pumping systems are invited to attend a briefing by HI and Pump Systems Matter on "Fundamentals of Pumping Systems Assessments" and learn about the new ASME EA-2-2009 standard. The EA-2-2009 Standard sets the requirements for conducting and reporting the results of pumping system assessments. It considers the entire pumping system, from energy inputs to the work performed as the result of these inputs.
Steam End User Training – E-Learning Self-paced online workshopThis course covers the operation of typical steam systems and discusses methods of system efficiency improvement. A brief demonstration of the BestPractices Steam System Tool Suite software is highlighted to help identify and quantify savings from selected potential improvement examples. The training is designed for plant personnel, such as energy managers, steam system supervisors, engineers, and equipment operators, who have steam system responsibilities in industrial and institutional plants.
Steam Systems E-Learning Self-paced online workshopThis training course will provide an overview of the BestPractices Steam Tool Suite. The training course will begin with a navigational tutorial to guide you on how to move through the three modules. Each training module will demonstrate the capability of one tool and its interactions with the other tools. Interactive quizzes will be used to test your basic understanding of the tools after you complete the course.
For a listing of other upcoming industrial energy efficiency trainings, visit the following websites:
Energy Events Calendar
Northwest Regional Training Calendar
U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Best Practices Training Calendar
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Quite encouraging. Americans were instinctively skeptical of the uprisings as the numbers from the beginning as the March/April 2011 show--pluralities thought they would "not lead to lasting improvements" and would "be bad for the United States" and an outright majority, in defiance of neocons and the interventionist left, expressed a preference for stable governments over democratically formed ones in the Arab world. Since then, these "America First" positions have only become firmer.
Further, the Republican electorate appears to have lost some of the enthusiasm for preaching messianic democracy with the aim of remaking the rest of the world in our own image over the last decade:
The GOP has long way to go before it's the party of Rand Paul, but the country is inching in his direction. I'll gladly take evidence that the ratchet doesn't have to inexorably move in just one direction all the time where I can get it.
Welcome news as this may be, however, it's disheartening that most Americans don't have a presidential candidate from either of the major parties who shares their sentiments on our nation's relations with Muslim countries.


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Aripiprazole for Prevention of Relapse to Cocaine Use in Methadone-Maintenance Patients
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00780702
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 28, 2008
Last Update Posted : January 15, 2019
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- The effectiveness of methadone maintenance for treatment of heroin addiction has been well established. However, patients maintained on methadone may relapse to cocaine use, even when they are enrolled in a comprehensive treatment program. Relapse has been attributed to several factors, including drug-associated environmental stimuli.
- Aripiprazole is a drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but it may have other uses. Research has shown that aripiprazole can reduce cocaine-seeking behavior in rats, and it has been investigated for use in treating amphetamine dependence. More research is needed to determine whether aripiprazole can prevent relapse to cocaine use in patients being treated with methadone.
- To determine whether aripiprazole prevents relapse to cocaine use more effectively than placebo in cocaine-abstinent patients maintained on methadone.
- Individuals between 18 and 60 years of age who are current cocaine users seeking methadone treatment.
- The study will last up to 41 weeks, with four phases of treatment and a follow-up evaluation. Three times a week, participants will be asked to report illicit drug use and provide urine and breath samples. Throughout the study, participants will receive individual counseling in weekly 40 60 minute sessions. Other samples and tests will be scheduled as required by the study researchers.
- Patients will be stabilized on daily methadone over the first 14 days of the study.
- Weeks 1 14: Participants will receive vouchers for regular cocaine-free urine samples. Those who successfully complete this phase will continue to the next part of the study.
- Weeks 13 27: Participants will receive either aripiprazole or placebo along with their methadone. During this part of the study, participants will keep electronic diaries to record cocaine use or craving and to record data on mood and activity.
- Weeks 28 33: Participants will stop taking the aripiprazole or placebo, but will continue the methadone treatment. Participants will continue to use the electronic diaries.
- Weeks 34 41: Participants will have the choice of transferring to a community clinic or gradually reducing doses of methadone to end the study.
- Participants will return for a follow-up visit and urine sample 6 months after the end of the study....
|Condition or disease
|Cocaine Dependence Cocaine-Related Disorders Opioid-Related Disorders
|Drug: Airipiprazole Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1
Background. Though methadone effectively treats opioid dependence in polydrug users, some abstinent patients relapse to maladaptive use of cocaine during treatment. Relapse may be triggered by cocaine-associated cues. Work in a rodent relapse model has demonstrated that the atypical neuroleptic drug aripiprazole (Abilify), a partial agonist at dopamine D2 receptors, can block relapse to cocaine use induced by cocaine-associated environmental stimuli or by priming doses of cocaine.
Scientific goals. To determine whether aripiprazole prevents relapse to cocaine use more effectively than placebo in cocaine-abstinent patients maintained on methadone.
Participant population. A total of up to 275 opioid-dependent outpatients abusing cocaine and opioids (110 evaluable) will be enrolled. Target enrollment will include 40% women and 60% minorities (mostly African-American).
Experimental design and methods. The study will be a randomized double-blind clinical trial with two treatment groups (55 per group): aripiprazole (15 mg oral daily) and placebo. All patients will receive standard treatment (methadone daily and individual counseling weekly) for 39 weeks. To establish abstinence prior to aripiprazole induction, contingent vouchers will be given for each cocaine-negative urine specimen during the first 12 weeks (weeks 1-12). Participants who are abstinent from cocaine during weeks 11 and 12 will be randomized to receive aripiprazole or aripiprazole placebo in weeks 13 through 27 (induction, weeks 13 and 14; taper, week 27). From weeks 28-33, participants will receive methadone and counseling only, and then will be offered assistance to transfer to another program; those who do not transfer will undergo an 8-week methadone detoxification. The primary outcome measures will be time to relapse and longest duration of cocaine abstinence. Secondary objectives include evaluating whether the treatment groups differ in self-reported changes in drug use and proportion of drug-negative urine specimens. In addition, drug use, drug craving, stress, and HIV-risk behaviors such as injection practices will be assessed via electronic diaries (ecological momentary assessment, EMA).
Benefits to participants and/or society. Participants will receive methadone, drug counseling, and contingency-management therapy. The methadone, counseling, and voucher interventions are likely to reduce participants use of heroin and cocaine and HIV risk behaviors. Aripiprazole may reduce the incidence of relapse to cocaine use.
Risks to participants. Participants may experience side effects from aripiprazole and methadone and discomfort during withdrawal from methadone and aripiprazole. Methadone could raise serum levels of aripiprazole via inhibition of CYP2D6 metabolic pathways. The EMA component of the study may generate some assessment burden.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|41 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
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|Official Title:
|Aripiprazole for Prevention of Relapse to Cocaine Use in Methadone-Maintenance Patients
|Study Start Date :
|May 8, 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 16, 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 16, 2013
|Experimental: Arm 1
Drug: Airipiprazole
Participants receive aripiprazole (orally, up to 15 mg/day) plus standard methadone maintenance (daily oral methadone and weekly individual counseling).
|Placebo Comparator: Arm 2
Drug: Placebo
Participants receive identical capsules containing no active medication plus standard methadone maintenance (daily oral methadone and weekly individual counseling).
- Time to relapse [ Time Frame: 19 weeks ]
- Cocaine use [ Time Frame: 19 weeks ]
- HIV risk behaviors [ Time Frame: 19 weeks ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Age between 18 and 60
- Evidence of physical dependence on opioids (determined by self-report, urine screen, and physical exam)
- Evidence of (a) current cocaine use (determined by self-report and urine screen) or (b) cocaine dependence (DIS interview for DSM-IV criteria).
- Lifetime drug-use duration of at least 1 year and current cocaine use on at least 3 days of the last 30.
- Seeking treatment for opiate and cocaine use.
- Able to attend methadone clinic 7 days/week.
Any medical illness that in the view of the investigators would compromise participation in research (determined by Self-Reported Medical History; Physical Examination; Blood and Urine Laboratory tests; see details under Screening measures below), including, but not limited to:
- cardiovascular disease
- cerebrovascular disease
- unexplained history of syncope
- history of seizures, except for febrile seizures at childhood
- chronic renal failure, as estimated by Cr > 2.0
- diabetes mellitus
- hyperlipidemia
- Allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to either methadone or aripiprazole (determined by Self-Reported Medical History)
- AIDS, CD4 <200, or evidence of severely compromised immune system (determined by Blood Laboratory tests; see details under Screening measures below)
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding (Urine Pregnancy Test; self report)
- Orthostatic hypotension (i.e., upon standing for 3 minutes, a 20 mm Hg decrease in systolic blood pressure or a 10 mmHg decrease in diastolic blood pressure, accompanied by an increase by 20 bpm in heart rate) on two separate readings during physical examination.
- Marked, sustained high blood pressure (SBP >160 mm Hg, DBP >100 mm Hg) on two or more readings at a single visit and confirmed with two readings on a follow-up visit. If a participant is started on antihypertensive drugs at the start of the study, the participant may be cleared, but will not be started on aripiprazole until confirmation that the hypertension is well controlled (systolic blood pressure < 150, diastolic blood pressure < 100 mm Hg) on two readings at least 3 days apart.
- ECG abnormalities including QTc interval > 450 ms or changes suggesting acute ischemia, <TAB>second or third degree heart block, left bundle branch block, atrial fibrillation, or other <TAB>clinically important arrhythmias. ECGs may be sent to an outside cardiologist for manual <TAB>reading.
Contraindicated medications (Self-Reported Medical History):
- Alpha-1 receptor blockers (e.g., doxazin, terazosin)
- Anti-epileptic medications (e.g., carbamazepine)
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- SSRIs
- Neuroleptics
- Quinidine
- Antifungals (e.g., ketoconazole)
- Ranolazine
- CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers (other than methadone)
- CYP2D6 inhibitors or inducers (other than methadone)
Family history (Self-Reported Medical History):
- Family history of sudden death of unexplained causes
- Sudden cardiac death
- Aneurysm
- Myocardial infarction below the age 50 years
Psychiatric history:
A) Cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude informed consent or valid responses on questionnaires (Shipley Institute of Living scale estimated full-scale IQ less than 80)
B) History of schizophrenia or any other DSM-IV psychotic disorder (Self-Reported Medical History; Diagnostic Interview Schedule for the DSM-IV (DIS IV))
C) History of bipolar disorder (Self-Reported Medical History; DIS IV)
D) Current Major Depressive Disorder (Self-Reported Medical History; DIS IV)
E) Previous suicide attempts or ideation (Self-Reported Medical History; DIS-IV)
F) Dementia (DIS-IV; Clinical Interview; Shipley Institute of Living scale)
- Current physical dependence on alcohol or sedative-hypnotics, e.g. benzodiazepines (self-report; ASI; alcohol CAGE questions; and pattern of positive drug screens or BAL for alcohol)
- Body Mass Index (BMI) over 40
Failure to agree to use a medically effective form of contraception while in the study (in women who are sexually active with a male partner and able to get pregnant). Acceptable forms of contraception for this study include:
- hormonal contraceptives (birth control pills, injectable hormones, vaginal ring hormones),
- surgical sterility (tubal ligation or hysterectomy)
- Diaphragm with spermicide
- Condom with spermicide
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00780702
|United States, Maryland
|National Institute on Drug Abuse
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
|Principal Investigator:
|Kenzie Preston, Ph.D.
|National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00780702 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|October 28, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 15, 2019
|Last Verified:
|February 27, 2014
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA)
Contingency Management
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cocaine-Related Disorders
Opioid-Related Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Disease Attributes
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Antipsychotic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Anesthetics, Local
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Analgesics, Opioid


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CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) � The White Mountain National Forest say people interested in finding and cutting down their own Christmas tree need a permit, a sharp saw, some cocoa � and a little patience.
A permit costs $5 and is available from forest service offices in Campton, Lincoln, Gorham and Conway.
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BALTIMORE, MD — Conexion's club management software will operate the new Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Conexion software is currently installed in the two other Healthy Living Center locations on the Rochester, MN, Mayo Clinic campus.
By the project's completion, Conexion will have managed the installation and configuration of more than two dozen work stations and trained the IT and fitness staff on the operation of the software. The collaboration also includes linking the Conexion software to other Mayo Clinic internal computer management systems. As a phase two initiative, Conexion will integrate TechnoGym's My Wellness System and Xpiron's BookNow online booking software into the software package.
Conexion software operates such commercial locations as the Dedham Athletic Center, Pike Creek Fitness, Work Out World!, Courthouse Athletic and multiple Gold's Gyms around the country.


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Last year, HBO ran a documentary called Magic and Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (I think they meant "courtship" as a basketball pun, not to imply that the two were dating, but I'm honestly not sure which would be gayer). Someone in the theater community apparently saw this and thought, "Hey, Magic had AIDS, maybe this could be a play!" You can never have too many AIDS musicals, I always say.
A play about the relationship between basketball Hall of Fame members Magic Johnson and Larry Bird is being created for Broadway.
"Magic/Bird" is being developed by the producers and writer of the current Broadway show "Lombardi," and is scheduled to debut in 2012, according to a news release.
The play "chronicles the intertwined life stories" of the two men, according to the release. It is being produced by Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo and written by Eric Simonson, who held the same roles in the making of "Lombardi."
"Lombardi," a one-act drama that opened in 2010 about the life of Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi, is the only new play from the first half of the 2010-11 Broadway season that's still running.
With the National Football League also credited as a "Lombardi" producer, it was staged with an investment of just over $3 million. Ponturo and Kirmser met on the producing team of the 2009 revival of the musical "Hair." "Magic/Bird" is being produced in association with the NBA as well as Johnson, 51, and Bird, 54. [Bloomberg via Drew]
I'm gonna go ahead and guess that a Broadway show about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird might look a liiiiittle something like this:
I hear five minutes after they put out a casting call, Nic Cage burst in the door wearing a leather trenchcoat. "Did somebody say something about magic birds?"


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Every weekday I post a set of poetry prompts on poetrywritinggroup.wordpress.com and a set of story prompts on the script, novel and short story blogs (and poems, script / novel extracts, stories at the weekends, when I get them). As you'll see by the headings, you've missed a few but they're listed on the relevant group's Exercises page so you can always find them there…
Poetry Writing Exercises 360: Friday 23rd May
Here are your four poetry exercises for today. Time yourself for 15 minutes for each one, then either have a break or move on to the next one.
- Keywords: wondering, days, journey, name, ways
- Random: can't stay home
- Picture: what does this inspire?
- One-word prompt: roam
Have fun, and if you would like to, do paste your writing in the comment boxes below so we can see how you got on! Remember though that it counts as being published so don't post anything that you would want to submit elsewhere (where they require unpublished material).
See below for explanations of the prompts, they do vary…
- Sentence starts = what it says on the tin. You can use it at the beginning of the poem or include it later, and being poetry it doesn't have to be exact – just be inspired by it.
- Keywords = the words have to appear in the poem but can be in any order and can be lengthened (e.g. clap to clapping).
- Single-word prompt = sometimes all it takes is one word to spawn an idea. Sometimes it easy, sometimes hard but invariably fun.
- Mixed bag = an object, a location, a colour.
- Picture prompts = nothing other than a picture. What does it conjure up?
- Title = The title for your piece.
- Haiku poem= 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
- Random = whatever takes my fancy!
Story Writing Exercises 364: Friday 23rd May
Here are your four story exercises for today.


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I love following bloggers and using their lesson plans that are paired with children's books! They have inspired me to create some of my own plans for my elementary aged clients. Over the winter break, I pulled out some of my seasonal books and created simple, functional lessons to pair with the stories. I also purchased and printed some great winter literacy plans from a couple other sites.
The first book, Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee, is a nice read for my 1st and 2nd grade clients. This year, much of my caseload is working on irregular past tense verbs, so I decided to use this short and sweet winter story to target verbs. I decided to create a list using sentences with present tense verbs from the story. Children will take turns changing the target verb into the past tense and earn an animal track card or tokens for correct responses. The person with the most tracks or tokens wins! You can grab your list here for Tracks in the Snow.
My next book, The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg is a funny story about a little girl who retraces her steps outside in search of a missing mitten. I found this book by Scholastic for a quarter at my local library sale! I needed a lesson for some 3rd graders that focused on simple comprehension questions following a short reading and this book fit the bill! If you can find this book at your local library or bookstore, then you can use these comprehension questions!
Another score at the library sale was, In the Snow: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George. I highly recommend borrowing or purchasing this book because each page gives clues about a winter animal that has crossed the trail in the woods just prior to the children's walk. Great for vocabulary building and answering who/what questions!!
If you have not seen the FREE templates at www.makelearningfun.com that go along with the stories, The Mitten and The Hat both by Jan Brett, then you should follow this link to take a look!
Finally, I recently found some great worksheets for the award winning story,Owl Moon by Jane Yolen at this blogger's TpT site.
I hope that you have found these resources to be helpful! If you have, then please take a moment to follow [my] blog and/or like my Facebook page, speech2me. I would LOVE to hear about some of your favorite winter literacy units, so feel free to comment below! Happy New Year!!
This post originally appeared on The Next Chapter in my Speech World.
Nanette Cote, MA, CCC-SLP works contractually for Staffing Options and Solutions and has her own practice, Naperville Therapediatrics. She is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist in Naperville, Illinois who was recently certified in Interactive Metronome Therapy. Her blog, speech2me, was named one of the top Speech-Language blogs for 2012. For more information about this practitioner, please visit the blog at www.speech2me.blogspot.com or the Facebook page.


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My name is Jonathan, and I'm looking for a hitting partner. My schedule is very flexible, and as referenced in the subject line above, I am looking for someone around 3.0 - 3.5 who can play as far north as N.Bethesda/Rockville and as far south as Friendship Heights.
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Hey I'm a 3-3.5 player. The courts I know are in Garrett Park/Chevy Chase. Two are off of beach drive and one is off of strathmore. Let me know if this works for you. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks, Philip! I live in Bethesda, near the metro.
I'll call later today (Friday) - do you have anytime to hit today or tomorrow?
From Rockville Pike, the Garrett Park area is just off Strathmore or Nichols Ln. I play with a mixed ability group of folk at Ken-Gar Palisades Park off of beach drive (could play at Cabin John or anywhere along Rockville Pike however). I'm not available today but will be most of next week; I'll call your number.
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com anytime you're available to hit--evenings after 5PM, preferred.
Hi - I'm a level 3.5 player looking for partners with whom to hit and play sets. I live in downtown Bethesda so I can play anywhere in and around the area. I am available most weekdays after 6:30pm. I typically play at the Norwood Park courts, or, if playing later in the evening, the courts at Cabin John. I am looking for someone to play with this coming Wednesday. Thanks!
Hey Shikha, I live right near Norwood Park and have been looking for someone to play with. I think I'm about a 3.5. Wednesdays are most convenient for me, but I'm available most weeknights. Let me know if you (or anyone else) wanna hit around/play some sets some time.
Hey Jonathan, all:
I'm a 3.5 and would love to play. Can play at Potomac Tennis Club (clay) or any hardcourts nearby. Can play most of the day almost any day of the week. Let me know! Thanks,
I am working in the Bethesda area on a temporary assignment for the next 3 weeks, and staying at a hotel near Friendship Heights station. I am a 3.0 to 3.5 player back in Atlanta, but haven't played in a few months. I am looking to play at courts near metro stations because I do not have a car. Please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you want to play or need a 4th for a doubles match.
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Orthodox Christian Network
The Orthodox Christian Network is a media agency of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) that uses modern media to raise the awareness of the Orthodox Christian faith in the minds of the general population in North America. OCN also designs media tools for local parishes. OCN is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
OCN produces a number of programs. These include "Come Receive the Light," a nationally syndicated Orthodox radio program; the "ARK," a twenty-four hour internet radio station of Orthodox themed music; and the "RUDDER," a twenty four hour internet radio station that features traditional Orthodox liturgical music and chant. OCN also produces many podcasts and customized internet radio stations that feature programming for local parishes.
In the words of Fr. Christopher Metropulos, the founder and Executive Director of OCN, "OCN's mission is to use modern media to communicate the timeless truth of Orthodoxy to the modern world."[1]


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The Conduit Committee of the Steel Tube Institute, Coral Gables, Fla., recently redesigned and expanded its Web site. The redesign includes new technical data and information, case studies, weight and dimension tables, a conduit installation guide, and GEMI (Grounding ElectroMagnetic Interference) analysis research and software developed by Georgia Tech.
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by Tom Utescher
Mount St. Joseph won a hard-fought 10-8 lacrosse victory at Gwynedd Mercy Academy back on April 12, but that wasn't the only reason that the two teams were looking forward to last Thursday's rematch at the Mount.
The game also served as a fundraiser for an organization started by three juniors on the MSJ squad, Laxers vs. Lung Cancer. The group began selling hair ties to benefit lung cancer research last year, and more recently they've come out with custom-designed T-shirts that were sold in school and at Thursday's game. Proceeds were donated to the Pennsylvania Lung Cancer Partnership (PLCP).
During the game, special versions of the shirts printed with individual uniform numbers were worn by the Mount team, and by Gwynedd, which participated in the worthy project.
The game itself was not as close as most onlookers expected, in light of the two-goal margin in the first meeting between the teams. Still smarting from a 18-14 league loss to Villa Maria two days earlier, the Magic responded with a masterful all-round effort against Gwynedd. They scored early and often, building up an 11-0 halftime lead and then remaining in control until they'd secured a 16-1 victory. At the start of the second half, sophomore Noelle Buscarino deposited the lone goal of the afternoon for the Monarchs, who saw their record in Catholic Academies play slip to 4-6.
For the Magic (9-3 AACA), junior Olivia Gannon broke the ice in the game and wound up with five goals, and the winners got two goals apiece from senior Laura Pacheco and juniors Emilee Ehret and Marley Breslin. Another 11th-grader, Alex Lista, made four saves in goal for Mount St. Joe.
The cause of lung cancer research hits close to home for several of Mount
players, including Lista.
"In 2006 my mom, Donna Lista, was diagnosed with lung cancer, and it was pretty traumatizing for me as a fifth-grader," the MSJ junior related. "My grandfather and Olivia's (Olivia Gannon) grandfather died of lung cancer.
"My mom is now a six-year survivor," she went on, "but while she was going through it I noticed that there were so many events about breast cancer awareness and almost none dealing with lung cancer. Lung cancer kills a lot more people, but the victims are sort of stigmatized. It's like, you must have lung cancer because you smoked a lot."
In fact, Donna Lista never smoked and neither did PLCP president Nancy Gatschet. A survivor of the disease herself, she was on hand to address the crowd before Thursday's game.
Gatschet pointed out that the number of daily lung cancer deaths in the U.S. could be represented as a 747 jet crashing with total fatalities. She said the affliction claims more lives each year than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney, and melanoma cancers combined, but proportionally, the research funding for lung cancer is quite low.
Interestingly, Gatschet played lacrosse at the College of William & Mary, where Alex Lista plans to continue her athletic career.
The Mount goalie explained "Olivia and I got the idea of combining our love of lacrosse with raising awareness about lung cancer. We asked Dom [junior classmate Dominique Nyzio, who attended Norwood Fontbonne Academy along with Gannon] to be a part of it, and she was very enthusiastic.
"We started with the hair ties, and of course that was a big hit at an all-girls school," she continued. "We also got wrist bands and magnets. Olivia's sister Caroline designed the "Attack for Air" T-shirt logo with the lacrosse sticks. Our new coach, Jen Duckenfield, got right on board with what we were doing, so this season we scheduled a game devoted to raising money for lung cancer research."
An usually large crowd turned out for the contest in the MSJ stadium, and the school's president, Sr. Kathleen Brabson, participated in the pre-game ceremony.
Lista noted, "We pretty much sold out of the shirts at school, and so many girls came out to the game today to support us. That means a lot."


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Onishenko made first career appearances during sophomore season, finishing with a 1-5 singles record and a 1-4 doubles record ... picked up first career singles win with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Kathleen Duran of Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 10 ... also defeated Titans in doubles on Feb. 10, teaming with Whitney Paluch for 8-4 victory at No. 3 doubles seed.
Onishenko did not play in any official singles or doubles matches in her freshman campaign, playing at #7 singles for some contests.
Dos Pueblos High School
Named most inspirational and most improved player on team following sophomore year ... Received First Team Channel League and MVP honors following freshman and junior campaigns.
Born on August 18, 1989 ... daughter of Lena and Sergei Onishenko ... chose Northridge because of Coach Gary Victor, the campus and because it is not that far from Santa Barbara ... lists some of her favorites as the NFL's Oakland Raiders, tennis player Rafael Nadal, the television show "Friends" and the movie "Wedding Crashers" ... would allow coaches to determine the amount of practice days if she were named President of the NCAA for a day ... can't imagine going a week without her make up ... majoring in business/real estate.