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White House Department of Scheduling and Advance
This department coordinates President Obama's travel and event itineraries, as well as the planning and preparation that go into supporting the President at events around the country and world. This charge includes the consideration and selection of President Obama's scheduling commitments, the planning and preparation in the weeks and days preceding travel and events, and the successful execution of Presidential events. The Department of Scheduling and Advance works closely with the Secret Service and the White House Communications Agency to coordinate logistics for the President, but preparing the President's schedule and ensuring a successful Presidential visit also requires frequent interaction with a variety of federal agencies and state and local entities.
The Office of Cabinet Affairs
This office is the primary liaison between the President and his Cabinet. The office coordinates communications and logistics between the White House and the Cabinet and manages issues that affect multiple federal agencies. Staff in the Cabinet Affairs office are in daily communication with senior staff at each agency and within the White House coordinating activities that include special events, communications strategy and policy dissemination. The staff includes the Cabinet Secretary, the Deputy Cabinet Secretary, three Deputy Directors and a special assistant. Interns will work with staff to facilitate office operations and implement all activities.
The White House Communications Department
The Communications Department crafts the message that the President delivers to the country. Through speeches, web videos and even newspaper articles in your hometown paper, the Communications Department keeps the country informed. You will learn about and work with different areas of the media – speechwriting, new media, regional press, surrogate press and message/event planning. The work in the department is fast-paced, challenging, and diverse and an exciting place to learn!
The White House Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs
This office is responsible for building relationships with advocacy groups, NGO's, and all currently elected state officials. The Office of Public Liaison is also the primary channel through which the general public relates to the White House. Staffers in OPL/IGA consistently work with elected officials and advocates to ensure the President's agenda is supported and continually pushed not only inside the Beltway, but in all areas of the country. Interns with this office will work alongside staff members to build new and maintain current relationships with state elected officials and national advocacy leaders, prepare for presidential trips around the country, prepare for elected and advocacy group briefings in the White House, and assist in all other facets of advancing the President's agenda.
The Office of the First Lady
The Office of the First Lady aids Mrs. Obama in all aspects of her public life. The staff is split up into six departments: Chief of Staff, Policy, Communications, Scheduling, Correspondence, and the Social Office. As an intern you could work with staff to develop Mrs. Obama's role in important policy issues, help manage the First Lady's hectic schedule, respond to the many letters she receives, or assist in planning the many events hosted by the First Lady, ranging from musical events to State Dinners.
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The Office of Management and Administration
White House Management and Administration offers important operational and administrative support for the President of the United States and the White House Office. It also provides administrative oversight to all components of the Executive Office of the President. Interns in this department will have the unique opportunity to perform a function or supporting role that touches a wide range of offices and staff in the Executive Branch. Possible office assignments include: White House Operations, White House Personnel, Visitors Office, Photo Office, Office of Administration, and the Management and Administration Front Office. An internship in White House Management and Administration presents unique insights and learning opportunity for future public service executives.
The Office of White House Counsel
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The Domestic Policy Council
The Domestic Policy Council supervises the development, coordination and execution of domestic policy in the White House. The DPC also offers advice to the President and represents his priorities to Congress. Melody Barnes is the President's Domestic Policy Adviser and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
The White House Office of Presidential Personnel
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Office of the Vice President
Each of the departments housed within the Office of the Vice President supports the Vice President's work as an advisor to the President, diplomat and the President of the Senate. The Office of the Vice President maintains solid relationships with the members of the United States Congress to promote the Administration's legislative priorities on Capitol Hill. The Office of the Vice President also develops policy options on a wide range of issues ranging from foreign policy and national security to economic recovery and housing. Additionally, the Office of the Vice President handles all of the Vice President's correspondences, speechwriting, events, scheduling and travel.
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If you want to benefit from cellulosic ethanol production, it is not too early to evaluate where your operation might fit into the picture.
Over the next four years, the Department of Energy (DOE) will invest up to $385 million in six biorefineries. Between the DOE funding and industry cost share, more than $1.2 billion will be invested in these biorefineries. What's more, the DOE recently announced another $23 million in funding for five projects that are developing efficient fermentation organisms to convert biomass to ethanol.
Given these recent developments, the time may be right to talk with cellulosic ethanol technology companies about growing suitable feedstocks.
"From our perspective, it's never too early to start talking about cellulosic feedstocks with farmers because they are going to be such a critical piece of this process," says Jeff Broin, president and CEO of Poet (previously known as Broin Companies), Sioux Falls, SD.
A leader in biorefining technologies, Poet plans to commercialize a process that will efficiently produce ethanol from corn fiber and cobs. With DOE funding of up to $80 million, Poet has a $200 million expansion project under way in Emmetsburg, IA. It is developing a biorefinery that will use corn fractionation and lignocellulosic conversion technologies to produce cellulosic ethanol.
After the expansion, the Emmetsburg plant will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol per year, a quarter of which will be cellulosic ethanol. "While there are challenges in developing the process, we see only positive results from the addition of cellulosic ethanol production," Broin says. "By adding it to an existing grain ethanol plant, we will be able to produce 11% more ethanol from a bushel of corn and 27% more from an acre of corn, while almost eliminating our fossil fuel consumption and decreasing our water usage by 24%.
"We have included several farmers in our planning for cellulosic ethanol, and their feedback has been extremely valuable," Broin continues. "As we get closer to production of cellulosic ethanol, we will engage a wider audience of farmers to collaborate on feedstock production, collection and delivery."
A time to learn
"The next three to four years will be a time of learning for the industry," Broin says. "Farmers should keep abreast of collection and storage developments during this time so that they can make informed decisions if a cellulosic plant is built in their area."
Growers near a pilot plant might find it worthwhile to visit with plant management about their interest in feedstock supplies. Other farmers should wait and watch developments in cellulosic ethanol technology, says Robert Wisner, agricultural economist, Iowa State University.
In the Midwest, corn stover will likely be the first feedstock used in cellulosic ethanol production. Switchgrass will be another. In other regions, wood chips, municipal wastes and wheat straw have been considered.
Although commercialization of cellulosic ethanol is a few years away, farmers might find near-term opportunities in producing biomass for non-fuel energy production — heating, for example, says Nathanael Greene, senior energy analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York. "They should check what's going on in their neighborhoods," he says.
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Wisner suggests that, as commercialization gets closer to becoming reality, a producer who wants to grow cellulosic ethanol feedstocks should consider the following questions:
How will you harvest corn stover without slowing down related fieldwork? How will you store feedstock to protect it from dirt, molds, rodents, etc.?
How will you transport it?
What will be the costs of each of these operations?
Who will pay for storing feedstocks?
How much additional fertilizer will be needed to replace plant nutrients normally returned to the soil in the form of stover?
How much stover can be removed without creating serious erosion problems?
How will the cellulosic ethanol plant price stover?
Will the plant offer forward contracts or long-term production contracts?
What specific quality requirements will the plant use in buying feedstocks?
The plant will need a steady flow of feedstocks. Will it develop a shipping schedule for individual farmers?
"Plan what makes the most sense for the profitability of your farm," advises Martha Schlicher, vice president of operations and engineering, Renewable Agricultural Energy (RAE), St. Louis, MO. "As a grower, I'd always err on production of a crop that has multiple uses versus a single use. Switchgrass, for example, is largely a single-purpose crop — only for use as a fuel — so it's difficult to understand why I'd consider this for any acres that have a food or feed application alternative."
Growers should demand that cellulosic ethanol plant developers provide data they will need to support a financial decision on their farms, Schlicher says. This includes information related to yields, profits, impacts on soil, demonstrated agronomic practices and risks.
At the same time, farmers need to be mindful that cellulosic ethanol projects, because they will be so new, will require time, a great deal of capital investment from their developers, and a good management team, Greene says.
In their own operations, farmers will need to get a good handle on what it would cost them to produce, harvest, store and deliver (if required in the contract) feedstocks, says Wally Tyner, agricultural economist, Purdue University.
Farmers need to ask themselves whether they can make a profit harvesting some of the corn stover, Tyner says. "Be sure and consider the cost of replacing the nutrients removed when the corn stover is harvested," he says.
Corn stover
The impact of harvesting corn stover on the quality of farmland (nutrients, compaction, subsequent grain yield) is not yet fully understood, Schlicher says. Farmers will need to think about erosion as they remove stover from the field.
They also must understand that feedstocks need to be very clean going into the process, explains Mike Duffy, agricultural economist, Iowa State University (ISU). "Otherwise, it will interfere with the enzymatic process," he says.
Farmers will have a narrow window in which to first harvest grain and then harvest stover, although some work is being done to develop one-pass systems. Researchers at ISU, for example, are developing a single-pass harvesting system that will gather corn into the hopper while blowing stover into a wagon following behind.
Without such a one-pass system, farmers will need to harvest grain, then windrow and bale stover. "We will need to learn more about what kinds of bales work best," Tyner says.
Corn cobs
Poet is working with several major equipment manufacturers, especially major combine manufacturers, to give farmers several options for collecting and transporting corn cobs to its ethanol production facilities.
"Corn cobs are a natural raw material for us to focus on due to our leadership position in grain ethanol," Broin says. "We believe farmers will be able to supply cobs in addition to grain with minimal additional effort. With many companies working on a variety of cellulosic feedstocks, it's difficult to say which will be the first, but we are very focused on corn cobs."
As with stover, much needs to be learned about switchgrass, including yield, agronomic needs of the crop, agronomic practices, pests and diseases, as well as its economics, storage and transport.
With University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension assistance, farmers in the state's Henry and Benton Counties are growing close to 100 acres of switchgrass this year. The experiment is expected to answer some key agronomic questions.
The cost of growing switchgrass will vary by state or region, says Burton English, agricultural economist, University of Tennessee. He notes that, in Tennessee, yields of 8 to 10 tons/acre would not be uncommon, whereas in Iowa, for example, switchgrass might yield just 5 tons/acre. This warm-season grass performs better in warmer climates, English explains.
The University of Tennessee also will learn more about switchgrass now that the state legislature has approved funding for a $41 million pilot cellulosic ethanol plant. Under the Tennessee Biofuel Initiative, the university plans to build a pilot biorefinery in eastern Tennessee that will produce 5 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year when it becomes operational. Both switchgrass and wood chips will be used as feedstocks.
Farmers will need to see economic benefits to raising this perennial crop before they will grow it, says NRDC's Greene, adding that supplying switchgrass biomass for a small heating project would be one way to gain familiarity with the crop.
Growers will want to understand the logistics of storing and transporting the biomass. It would not be practical for most farmers to store the biomass, waiting for a cellulosic ethanol plant to take delivery, Greene adds.
"The biggest drawback to any of the cellulosic approaches is the volume of the material needed," Duffy says. "Storage and transportation of switchgrass adds considerably to the cost. This issue will have to be resolved or new technologies will need to come along that will significantly improve the conversion before we see really widespread use of cellulose."
The volume problem will affect the amount of land needed for storage and the amount of truck traffic on the roads. It raises the issue of who will own the material throughout the year, Duffy says. "A big issue is the type of storage," he explains. "In studies, ISU researchers found that total enclosure for switchgrass was the most expensive. But it resulted in the least dry matter loss."
Part of the plan
"The biggest role that farmers can play is to participate in defining the practical aspects of feedstock production, harvest, transport and storage to ensure an economically viable approach can be developed," says RAE's Schlicher. "Farmers can be a part of determining what works and what doesn't and can help identify what else needs to be resolved." At the same time, farmers should be compensated for being a part of the analysis, she suggests.
Farmers should consider investing in collection and storage equipment to create a new income stream for their operations when the time is right, Broin says. "As we draw nearer to producing cellulosic ethanol, we will work with farmers so that they can make informed decisions," he says. "But that's still a ways away. Commercial cellulosic facilities beyond our Emmetsburg plant won't begin construction until 2011 at the earliest so farmers have some time to observe and plan for the future."
Federal funding
IN FEBRUARY, The Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will invest up to $385 million for six biorefinery projects over the next four years. When fully operational, the biorefineries are expected to produce more than 130 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year. The department selected the following projects:
Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC, Chesterfield, MO, up to $76 million. The proposed plant will be located in Kansas and will produce 11.4 million gallons of ethanol annually and enough energy to power the facility. Any excess energy will be used to power an adjacent corn dry grind mill. The plant will use 700 tons/day of corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble, switchgrass and other feedstocks.
ALICO Inc., LaBelle, FL, up to $33 million. The proposed plant will be in LaBelle, FL, and will produce 13.9 million gallons of ethanol a year and 6,255 kW of electric power, as well as 8.8 tons of hydrogen and 50 tons of ammonia per day. The plant will use 770 tons/day of yard, wood and vegetative wastes, and eventually energycane.
BlueFire Ethanol Inc., Irvine, CA, up to $40 million. The proposed plant will be in southern California on an existing landfill and will produce about 19 million gallons of ethanol a year. The plant will use 700 tons/day of sorted green waste and wood waste from landfills.
Poet (formerly Broin Companies), Sioux Falls, SD, up to $80 million. After expansion, the Emmetsburg, IA, plant will produce 125 million gallons of ethanol a year. The plant expects to use 842 tons/day of corn fiber and cobs.
Iogen Biorefinery Partners LLC, Arlington, VA, up to $80 million. The proposed plant will be built in Shelley, ID, and will produce 18 million gallons of ethanol annually. The plant will use 700 tons/day of agricultural residues, including wheat straw, barley straw, corn stover, switchgrass and rice straw.
Range Fuels (formerly Kergy Inc.), Broomfield, CO, up to $76 million. The proposed plant will be constructed in Soperton, GA, and will produce about 40 million gallons of ethanol per year and 9 million gallons per year of methanol. The plant will use 1,200 tons/day of wood residues and wood-based energy crops.
In March, the DOE announced more than $23 million in federal funding will be available, subject to negotiation of final project plans and funding, for five projects focused on developing highly efficient fermentative organisms to convert biomass material to ethanol. The projects and the amounts they may receive are as follows:
- Cargill Inc., up to $4.4 million
- Celunol Corporation, up to $5.3 million
- E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, up to $3.7 million
- Mascoma Corporation, up to $4.9 million
- Purdue University, up to $5.0 million

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Taylor Swift & Chord Overstreet: New Couple Alert?
Taylor Swift and Glee's Chord Overstreet attend a hockey game between the Minnesota Wild and the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center on Thursday (February 24) in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old country cutie just arrived back in the US earlier this week after completing the leg of her Speak Now tour in Asia.
Earlier this month, Chord described his perfect girl and Taylor definitely fits the type!
"A girl who's funny, sweet, likes to laugh, and is a good girl," he said. "She needs to have somewhat of a taste for country music. And she has to be from the South. She doesn't have to be, but there's nothing like Southern food."
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Andrew Yen, PhD
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Research in Dr. Yen's laboratory is in the area of cell cycle regulation and cell differentiation. They study in particular a myeloblastic hematological tumor cell line, HL-60, which retains the capability to undergo GO arrest and differentiation along either the myeloid or the monocytic lineages. For example, retinoic acid causes GO arrest and myeloid differentiation, whereas 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, a ligand for another member of the same steriod thyroid hormone receptor superfamily, causes arrest and monocytic differentiation. This established cell line has been one of the archtypical models for studies of myelo-monopoiesis and hematopoietic differentiation. Because it is derived from a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia, a disease where retinoic acid has now been found to induce temporary remissions while conventional chemotherapy has not been effective, there is significant motivation for understanding its mechanism of action. The current work focuses on what retinoid receptors are implicated in initiating the metabolic cascade culminating in GO arrest and cell differentiation, how that process is modulated by cell surface receptors such as c-FMS (the CSF-1 receptor) that use MAPK signaling, and how the RB (retinoblastoma tumor suppressor) protein may function as a downstream effector of these signals to regulate cell cycle and cell differentiation. One of the central scientific questions addressed in the laboratory is the cellular molecular mechanisms of myeloid and monocytic cell differentiation.
The application of basic principles elucidated in these in vitro studies is directed toward understanding the mechanism of teratogenic agents and also toward the rational design of differentiation induction therapy of cancer. Whereas conventional chemotherapy seeks to expunge the tumor stem cell population, this alternative seeks to nullify the proliferative activity and differetiatively immature hallmarks of the tumor by inducing terminal differentiation. The host can thus be relieved of the tumor burden. The hope is that this potential form of therapy will spare the host of the severely toxicity inherent in conventional chemotherapy. Significantly certain dietary factors and environmental pollutants can induce terminal differentiation of neoplastic cells. The molecular mechanism by which they act is being studied by the above.
- PhD, Biophysics, Cornell University, 1976
- MS, Physics, University of Washington, 1970
- BA, Physics/Mathematics, Haverford College, 1969
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Dr. Andrew Yen, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, is a member of several graduate fields. His undergraduate and graduate training at Haverford College (BA, physics/mathematics 1969), University of Washington (MS, physics 1970) and Cornell University (PhD, biophysics 1976) led to postdoctoral work at Harvard with A.B. Pardee and subsequent faculty appointments at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, the University of Iowa, and now Cornell University. Dr. Yen's research has focused on the cellular/molecular control mechanisms regulating cell growth and differentiation which may be pathologically aberrant in cancer. His work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, The American Institute for Cancer Research, The Council for Tobacco Research, The Children's Leukemia Research Foundation, The United States Department of Agriculture, and the March of Dimes Foundation. Dr. Yen is Director of Graduate Studies in Environmental Toxicology, Director of the Biomedical Sciences Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory, and Associate Director of the Institute for Comparative Environmental Toxicology.
1. Reiterer, G. and Yen, A.: Inhibition of the Janus Kinase Family Increases ERK1/2 Phosphorylation and Causes Endoreduplication. Cancer Res. 66:9083-9084, 2006.
2. Yen, A.: Retinoic Acid Therapy Served by Ligands Cross Linking and Masking CD38. Leukemia Res. 31:423-425, 2007.
3. Reiterer, G. and Yen, A.: Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Regulates Myeloid and Monocytic Differentiation of HL-60 Cells. Cancer Res. 67:7765-7772, 2007.
4. Wang, J.R. and Yen, A.: A MAPK positive feedback mechanism for BLR1 signaling propels retinoic acid triggered differentiation and cell cycle arrest. J Biol Chem. 283:4375-4386, 2008.
5. Reiterer, G., Bunaciu, P. B., Smith, J. L. and Yen, A.: Inhibiting the Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Increases Signs of Retinoic Acid syndrome in Myeloid Differentiated HL-60 Cells. FEBS Letters 582:2508-2514, 2008.
6. Kauss, M.A., Reiterer, G., Bunaciu, P. B. and Yen, A.: Human myeloblastic leukemia cells (HL-60) express a membrane receptor for estrogen that signals and modulates retinoic acid-induced cell differentiation. Exp. Cell Res. 314:2999-3006, 2008.
7. Shen, M. and Yen, A.: c-Cbl Interacts with CD38 and Promotes RA-induced Differentiation and G0 Arrest of Human Myeloblastic Leukemia Cells. Cancer Res. 68: 8761-8769, 2008.
8. Shen, M. and Yen, A. Nicotinamide cooperates with RA and D3 to regulated cell differentiation and cell cycle arrest of human myeloblastic leukemia cells. Oncology 76:91-100, 2009.
9. Tallini, Y. N., Greene, K. S., Craven, M., Spealman, A., Breitbach, M., Smith, J., Fisher, P. J., Steffey, M., Hesse, M., Doran, R. M., Woods, A., Singh, B., Yen, A., Fleischmann, B. K. and Kotlikoff, M. I.: c-kit expression identifies cardiovascular precursors in the neonatal heart. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., US 106: 1808-1813, 2009
10. Jiang, H., Congleton, J., Liu, Q., Merchant, P., Malavasi, F., Lee, H., Hao, Q., Yen, A., Lin, H. Mechanism-based small molecule probes for labeling CD38 on live cells. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. In Press, 2009
11. Smith, J. Buncaciu, R. P., Reiterer, G., Coder, D., George, T., Asaly, M., and Yen, A.: Retinoic acid induces nuclear accumulation of Raf1 during differentiation of HL-60 cells. Exp. Cell Res. In Press, 2009
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Sept. 29: Report writing and competence in forensic psychology
Want to hear from forensic leaders on new developments in the field, but don't have the time (or extra money) to travel to do so? No worries. On Sept. 29, the New York State Psychological Association's annual forensic conference -- featuring forensic leaders Tom Grisso and Randy Otto -- will be available as a live Webinar.
Thomas Grisso of the University of Massachusetts Medical School will provide guidance on forensic report writing based on his recent research project.
Later in the day, Randy Otto of the University of South Florida will address "Learning Needed to Become Competent as a Forensic Psychologist."
Although Webinar participants won't be able to imbibe at the wine social at St. John's University in Manhattan, they will get to listen in on the afternoon conversation hour between attendees and presenters. They will also hear one of the three mid-day breakout sessions (most likely the one on criminal court report writing, I am told).
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Sept. 30: Child custody moot court
The following day, Sept. 30, the Queens campus of St. Johns will feature a training designed for professionals interested in learning more about conducting child custody evaluations. As with the previous day's training, this one will also be available to remote listeners.
"The Court is in Session: Psychologists on the Stand" will address effective and ethical expert testimony in the child custody context. Forensic psychologists, attorneys and a judge will then enact a simulation experience, or moot court, followed by a postmortem panel discussion. This event is co-sponsored by the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychology Association and the Nassau County Psychological Association.
It's exciting to see forensic programs offering Webinar access, which will make trainings more accessible to professionals in distant locations or those who do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on airfare and lodging to attend a training.
Registration for Sept. 29 is HERE; registration for Sept. 30 is HERE.
A related article by Tom Grisso, Guidance for Improving Forensic Reports: A Review of Common Errors, is available for free from the Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology.


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More Musicians Who Get It: Give Customers What They Want
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We've been hearing more stories lately about musicians who absolutely understand what many of us have been discussing over the past few years about how the music business is changing (not how it should change, but how it is changing). The latest is the story of The String Cheese Incident, who has built a successful business by giving people what they want. They recognized, unlike many other musicians, that they don't have a right to make money just because they make music -- but that they had to work at it to set up a business. They talked with plenty of other successful musicians and looked at the industry and quickly realized the old models were going away. They also realized that the way to succeed was to do two things: (1) give customers what they want and (2) realize the music is an input, and not the end product. So, their route to financial success included lots of touring, but also setting up a travel agency specifically designed to help fans make trips to see them and other bands. They also heavily promote their music online. They sell downloads of their concerts, but don't put any copy protection on them, realizing that: "The more people are exposed to the music, the better it is for the band."


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LAS VEGAS — Boxing's pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather has been an easy target for criticism during his Hall of Fame career, and much of it has been deserved. He has not always been the most upstanding citizen and role model.
But the 37-year-old Mayweather, who survived a very difficult childhood in Grand Rapids, Mich., to become the world's highest-paid athlete, probably doesn't get enough credit for his philanthropy and soft spot for people in need. Much of it is done anonymously.
On Wednesday, during the final press conference for his welterweight title fight against Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand, it was announced that Mayweather (45-0, 29 KOs) had invited 46 women with breast cancer to the fight.
AFTER MAIDANA: Mayweather thinking retirement?
"This is my 46th fight, so I decided to bring 46 women with breast cancer to my fight and buy them all new wigs," Mayweather said. "So many females in my family had breast cancer. My aunt was the first person in my family to die of breast cancer."
Mayweather also donated $15,000 to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation.
"Giving back to the breast cancer survivors is a great feeling," he told several of the cancer survivors who came to accept the check. "It's a great feeling when you're in a position to give back. I'll give anything back to our women. Our women are our queens so we have to respect our women. I want to commend you ladies and tell you that you're beautiful."


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You almost have to feel bad for Journey Into Darkness author Michael Chiappetta. While a competent writer, he has the unenviable task of attempting to put WWE's horrible storylines involving the character Kane into something that makes sense. The end result is more of a comedy then the horror/tragedy it's intended to be.
The story of Glen Jacob Callaway begins with him awakening from a dream to discover his family funeral home on fire. He is unable to escape or wake his family, and passes out to burn, awakening in the hospital believing his entire family to be dead. We then learn of the curse that has plagued his family. His mother, Susanna Kane (her maiden name, and thus how Glen came up with his wrestling character) is under the belief that her family was cursed, and anyone they befriend, including James Dean, dies or is badly hurt due to the association. Early in the book we also learn the reason for Kane's imperviousness to pain -- a disease called Hereditary Sensory and Automatic Neuropathy. The future WWE superstar can be hurt -- broken bones, damaged ligaments -- but he won't feel it and thus is not receptive to the body's natural way of saying "enough is enough."
It is while in the hospital getting skin grafts that Glen meets social worker Melissa Vick, who brings her daughter Katie to try and break through to the sullen, damaged boy. While Glen would be shuffled around to different foster homes (with different, and at times tragic results) and lose touch with the Vicks, in high school the two would be reunited, resulting in Katie's fiery death that would be part of one of the worst angles in wrestling history.
After living in the mountains, Glen works on a dock and sees wrestling for the first time -- including the man he knew as Paul Grimm, now known as Paul Bearer, and Bearer's wrestler The Undertaker, who Glen recognizes as his brother Mark Callaway, long thought dead. Glen hunts down Grimm, who uses "chemicals" to build Glen in to a revenge-fuelled rage, donning the red and black death mask that was one of only two things that survived the funeral home fire and assaulting his brother, culminating in their Wrestlemania 14 showdown.
Some of the timing of events is off from the actual series of events in the-then WWF, and the story ends in 1998, which means things like Kane's storyline girlfriend Tori, why he wasn't as scarred as the story makes him out to be after the second fire he is in, his on again, off again relationship with his brother once Bearer is out of the picture, his unmasking and his marriage to Lita aren't included. Whether this is a blessing or a curse is up to you the reader to decide.
With the plethora of wrestling biographies to choose from, the 320-page paperback Journey into Darkness: The Unauthorized History of Kane is one that can easily be left off the "must read list." (Though the list price is only $6.99.) While I give Chiappetta credit for trying to create something out of what the WWE creative team has made, in the end it's a task that even the most talented writer would be unable to overcome.


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Nutella Nastygrams Restaurant Promoting Its Product, Opens The Door For Competitors
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Courts have long confronted this unauthorized-but-accurate use of another company's name. In a 1924 Supreme Court case the court considered a New York company that took a French company's cosmetic powder, blended it with a binding agent, and sold it as a compact including both the New York company's and French company's names on the packaging. The Supreme Court allowed the defendant to do this, provided that the defendant include a prominent disclaimer that the district court in the case initially imposed, informing the public that the two companies are not affiliated. Writing for the majority, Justice Holmes observed:In response, Boloco has decided to cave and is instead looking for alternatives to Nutella for their shake, even to the point of showing some of the other brands they're considering:[W]hat new rights does the trade-mark confer? It does not confer a right to prohibit the use of the word or words. It is not a copyright. . . . A trade-mark only gives the right to prohibit the use of it so far as to protect the owner's good will against the sale of another's product as his. . . . When the mark is used in a way that does not deceive the public we see no such sanctity in the word as to prevent its being used to tell the truth. It is not taboo.
Many courts have adopted this case's approach to this question: you can use the trademark so long as you are not misleading the public into there being an affiliation between you and the company, other than your use of the company's product in your product. For example, a 2004 case from the Southern District of New York allowed a company that makes tuna salad display on the lid of its container – in letters about as large as the company's own brand name – that the salad was "Made with Bumble Bee Tuna," over objections from the famous tuna company.
...when I was in Boloco today (field research!) I couldn't help but see the dozens of jars of Nutella in the back, and thinking about the dozen-or-so other locations around Boston with similar stacks of Nutella jars. Those will be replaced by a competitor's product, in a chain that seems to be growing with each passing month. Not to mention the thousands of Bostonians who have heard about this case and will naturally root for the local guy; you get the feeling that this whole experience is going to leave a bitter taste in [Nutella's] mouths.Perhaps, next time, they'll realize that bullying may be legal, but it's often not a particularly smart business strategy.


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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the federal government over a plan to expand and repair a backcountry airstrip in northern Idaho.
Wilderness Watch and the Friends of the Clearwater sent the notice Monday to the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and two other agencies. The groups tell the Lewiston Tribune that the expansion of Fish Lake Airstrip in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area will harm threatened bull trout.
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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
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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
5:30 am
Martha Speaks "Martha Plays Favorites/Martha and the Doggie Lover" Martha Plays Favorites - Truman is worried that his mom doesn't think he's special anymore. She's too busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. Martha knows just how he feels. D
6:00 am
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
7:00 am
Rick Steves' Europe "Andalucia, Gibraltar and Tangier" Exploring the quintessence of Spanish culture in Andalucia, Rick rolls down from whitewashed hill towns to the coast and takes in the windsurfing at Tarifa. He catches a bit of Britain on the Rock of Gibraltar and then sails to Africa for a Moroccan finale in Tangier.G
7:30 am
Rudy Maxa's World "Thailand, Golden Triangle" Rudy visits an elephant orphanage, takes mahout lessons, explores villages and meets Buddhist Monks.G
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The Desert Speaks "Boom and Bust in a Desert Town" The small town of Quartzsite, Arizona, located just 20 miles east of the Colorado River, has been a rock hound's paradise since the 1960s. These days, this former stagecoach town is also a mecca to well over a million visitors each year, most of whom converge on it in a wave of RV's during the months of January and February. Thousands of vendors of rocks, gems, minerals, fossils and everything else imaginable create one of the world's largest open-air flea markets. D
8:30 am
Ciao Italia "From Guy's Garden/Dell'orto Di Gaetano" With perfect, pristine peppers from Guy's Garden, Mary Ann goes nella cucina to make a vibrant, colorful Red Pepper Torte with Pepper Sauce. Then it's time to get creative with the perfect side dish: Sweet Peppers with Garlic and Mint. Need some heat? Stand back and get ready for Mary Ann's very own, spicy, hot, hot, hot Red Pepper Spread. D
9:00 am
Taste of History "Jamaica - The Market Basket" In this very special episode, Chef Walter takes us to Jamaica - the market basket of Colonial America. Chef Walter prepares classic Jamaican dishes, such as Mannish Water (made from goat's head), Akee and Saltfish, Curried Goat, and Festival - a cornmeal fritter. We also learn about pirates and are serenaded by a Mento band. D
9:30 am
Simply Ming "On The Road In San Antonio with Chef Elizabeth Kossick" San Antonio is home to one of the country's leading culinary schools - the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) where Ming teams up with the CIA's own Chef Elizabeth Kossick. Working in their unique Latin Kitchen, Ming and Elizabeth use ingredients fresh from Elizabeth's extensive pepper garden. The focus of the dishes will be Peruvian with Ming adding his own personal twist. D
10:00 am
The Jazzy Vegetarian "Company Is Coming" Host Laura Theodore prepares a delightful menu that is perfect to serve to guests. "Fancy Stuffed Peppers," is a delicious, lighter version of a classic recipe. "Velvety Carrot Soup," tastes rich and creamy without the use of any dairy products and "Sweet and Savory Kale" makes a crowd-pleasing side dish. D
10:30 am
Martha Bakes "Muffins and Popovers" Breakfasts and brunches call for homemade muffins or popovers. Martha makes her blueberry muffins two ways, flavored with a little spice or finished with a crumb topping. She then demonstrates how to make airy popovers, equally suited to serving with fresh blueberry preserves or savory creamed spinach. D
11:00 am
Austin City Limits "Gary Clark Jr./Alabama Shakes" Modern blues and soul are featured in the two performances. Clark showcases his major label debut, while Alabama Shakes spotlight their critically acclaimed Boys & Girls.G
12:00 pm
Sesame Street "Help-O-Bots" Telly, Rosita, and Elmo pretend to be robots to try and help Chris at Hooper's Store. Educational Objective: Cognitive Reasoning. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "The Egg Stealer?/To The Grandparents' Nest We Go!" Buddy and Don stumble upon a mystery when they find unhatched eggs on their beach, The mystery grows when some of the eggs are stolen. Don and Buddy become detectives and suspect that maybe Tiny, Shiny, or other friends may be stealing the eggs. They're not. D
1:30 pm
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
2:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Maps/Termite Towers" Maps - Nick and Sally are pretending to be pirates. The Cat takes them on a real pirate adventure by following a treasure map! They use landmarks to find their way to a real pirate treasure: parchment paper and ink pens to make their own pirate maps! Termite Towers - Sally and Nick just can't seem to keep their block tower from toppling over. The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet some expert tower builders: the termites! After shrinking down to bug-size, they learn from Terry termite how to build a tower that won't wiggle and wobble. D
2:30 pm
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
3:00 pm
Sara's Weeknight Meals "Mi Famiglia: Italian Family Style with Giuseppe Fanelli" Guiseppe Fanelli is the chef of one of Sara's favorite Italian restaurants, Tre Dici, and today he shares home-style Italian recipes like Bruschetta al Tonno - a simple and delicious tuna bruschetta. His Agnello Scottadito with Heirloom Tomato Salad mixes tender lamb with the freshness of a homegrown tomato salad. And of course, there's pasta. D
3:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands" Rick experiences Ireland in the extreme on its west coast in Gaeltachts, where people speak Gaelic and the rugged villages have changed little over the generations.G
4:00 pm
Song of the Mountains The SteelDrivers. D
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6:00 pm
My Hero "Brain Drain" George decides to electronically filter people?s minds of prejudice and bad thoughts, but the results are stranger than expected.G
6:30 pm
Storied Life of Millie Benson Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG
7:00 pm
As Time Goes By "You Must Remember This" Lionel and Jean meet by accident after not seeing each other for 38 years. Each has been married but is now alone. Much has changed in 38 years, including them.G
7:30 pm
The Cafe "Diminishing Returns" At Cyril's Cafe, Mary has evolved from knitting to tweeting. Stan has a ring for Carol and is looking for the right moment to pop the question. Sarah is still single, Kieran's depressed, and Chloe is seeing a married estate agent. They are all in for a surprise when Brenda books a photographer for her new tourist brochure.G
8:00 pm
The Red Green Show "Van Go" The Possum Van is stolen. On Handyman Corner, Red burglar-proofs a car.G
8:30 pm
Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "The Fancy Dressball" Hyacinth is concerned that she has not yet received an invitation to the mayor's fancy dress ball. Richard is more concerned about what he might have to wear.G
9:00 pm
Old Guys "Hospital" When Sally goes into the hospital for a knee operation, Tom and Roy compete to be the best visitor.G
9:30 pm
My Family "Let's Not Be Heisty" Ben's attempt to pay money into his bank account is thwarted when someone else tries to take some out - with the aid of sawed-off shotguns. Ben and Susan, along with others, are held as hostages. Ben decides to act as a negotiator.G
10:00 pm
My Hero "Brain Drain" George decides to electronically filter people?s minds of prejudice and bad thoughts, but the results are stranger than expected.G
10:30 pm
Storied Life of Millie Benson Author, reporter and adventurer Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at the age of 96, is better known as Carolyn Keene, the ghostwriter of the first 23 Nancy Drew mysteriesG
11:00 pm
As Time Goes By "You Must Remember This" Lionel and Jean meet by accident after not seeing each other for 38 years. Each has been married but is now alone. Much has changed in 38 years, including them.G
11:30 pm
The Cafe "Diminishing Returns" At Cyril's Cafe, Mary has evolved from knitting to tweeting. Stan has a ring for Carol and is looking for the right moment to pop the question. Sarah is still single, Kieran's depressed, and Chloe is seeing a married estate agent. They are all in for a surprise when Brenda books a photographer for her new tourist brochure.G


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Last Friday, commuters at Rome's Tiburtina station witnessed the maiden voyage of the "Italo," a joint effort from French rail company SNCF and NTV (Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori — literally "New Passenger Transport") — a company founded by Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. The train, which can reach speeds of 350 kilometers per hour and seats up to 450 passengers, is an attempt at bringing the classic "Ferrari thrill" to the normally staid, dull world of traveling by train. Though an economical, efficient and environmentally responsible way of getting from Point A to Point B, no one can claim that the massive rail-based behemoths are sexy, and Ferrari intends to change that.
Yet sex appeal is not the only selling point for the Italo. According to Treehugger, the sleek, crimson train is outfitted with a wealth of amenities designed make high-speed trips on the thing as comfortable as they might be on a far less attractive machine. The Italo's leather seats feature "personal media centers, power supplies, and tunnel-proof wireless internet" and a a ticket to ride from Rome to Milan (a 360 mile trip that takes roughly two hours) will only set you back about $60. More luxurious accommodations are available, though even renting a full-sized "four-seat semi-private salon car," will only cost $480.
More crucially however, the Italo also features a host of environmental and technological advantages over older trains. "The high speed trains, based on the Alstom AGV technology, boast 98% recycled content in their construction," Treehugger reports. "Weighing 10 percent less than similar high speed trains will reduce energy demand 15 percent, saving 650,000 kWh on 500,000km of annual travel. Nonetheless, the Italo is the first very high speed train to meet European safety standards, protecting passenger safety in case of a train crash."
The train is scheduled to enter full service on April 28, ferrying passengers between Naples, Rome, Florence, Bologne and Milan, Italy. Its service route will then be expanded at an as yet undetermined date later this year. There is currently no word on whether the Italo will see service outside of Italy, though if successful it seems likely that the vehicle could also see stops in other European countries whose citizens are apt to use train travel instead of shelling out for the ludicrous cost of gas every time they feel like paying a visit to far-away relatives.
As for an American release, we aren't holding our collective breath. US citizens are far less likely to embrace train travel, even as our gas prices skyrocket, regardless of how sexy the train might be. Then again, the Ferrari aura has attracted an intensely devoted group of followers over the past half-century, and all those people who once adorned their bedrooms with just as many images of Ferrari's sleek cars during their teenage years as pictures of scantily-clad ladies might just see a trip aboard the Italo as a cost-effective way to achieve the sort of name-brand sex-appeal-by-proxy as actually owning a Cherry Red Ferrari 458. It's certainly a lot more appealing than anything currently taking up space in Amtrak's fleet.
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(Feb. 10, 2006) - Washington State combined a brilliant starting pitching performance with one explosive offensive inning, and cruised to an 8-2 win over ETSU in second day action at the Buccaneer Classic in Charleston, S.C.
The Cougars (1-0) broke the game open in the seventh inning, scoring six runs and chasing Buccaneer starter Tony Lombardi (
The Cougars extended their advantage in the sixth on first baseman Jim Murphy's RBI single past a drawn in Buccaneer infield. Miller scored n the play having earlier reached on a double to left and swiping third to move into position.
The Bucs' offense was anemic throughout the day, scratching out just five hits and not advancing a runner past second base until the ninth inning.
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Pets, Pets, Pets
Step back and view the "big picture" of Babylon history. During the late 19th century, Babylon was a recreational paradise, a playground for the wealthy referred to as the "Newport of Long Island." Purebred dogs and baseball played integral roles in this local snapshot of Americana.
On the west side of adjoining Babylon lakes, two majestic buildings straddled the railroad tracks. The Argyle Hotel, home to the Cuban Giants, the first black professional baseball team, stood less than a mile south of the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) clubhouse, host of what is still the most prestigious dog show in America. Both spots spawned sporting sensations, linking our tiny village to the world. Many historical parallels exist between the Argyle and WKC, starting with this list below:
•Same years: The Argyle Hotel, too big to appear so late into the resort boom, was often only half full. It opened in 1882 to huge fanfare, closed its doors in 1897 and was razed in 1904; while Westminster Kennel Club occupied a clubhouse alongside Southards Pond in 1880 but left in 1904 after NYS banned pigeon shoots. Their Victorian clubhouse/shooting house stood until 1918 when it burned to the ground during the time the new owner rented it out as a health farm.
•The LIRR Common Denominator: Both places are listed in 1890s LIRR guide books. Financier Austin Corbin owned the LI Railroad before coming up with a plan to build his palatial Argyle Hotel, casino, and cottage combo, trying to attract rich guests who would ride his trains here. Corbin scheduled a Sunday morning newspaper run for invited gentlemen. At the same time, C. DuBois Wagstaff, of Tahlulah Kennel in West Islip, also a charter member of the WKC, chose 64 pristine acres by Southards as their sportsmen's retreat, purchasing land to the north for himself (which I feel buffered WKC's kennels that housed up to 200 dogs). Proximity to the station was essential because WKC members would be commuting to the pigeon shoots/luncheons. A special train left Long Island City by 10 am and assured guests they would be back in NYC by 5:30 pm. The Brooklyn Eagle mentions that in 1895 two WKC Pointers triumphantly traveled by LIRR home to Babylon after the dog show at the Garden.
•Adding the Aura of Aristocracy: Our young nation may have won independence from the British King, but Anglophile Americans still emulated royalty. When Corbin bought the Litchfield estate, the lake was called "Blythebourne". After he convinced the son of the Duke of Argyle to invest in his project, Corbin christened the hotel, and thus, the lake, after Duke Jr. to give it more status. Meanwhile, the name "Westminster" has two origins. In the 1870s sporting men who eventually formed the club regularly met at their favorite hotel- the Westminster in Manhattan. WKC owned a Pointer named "Whisky" imported from the Duke of Westminster's kennels. Whisky had a litter by "Sensation" (the famous WKC logo Pointer). These parents and pups were on exhibit at the first WKC dog show at Madison Square Garden in 1877. Both Sensation and Whisky are buried in Babylon- Sensation under the flagpole; Whisky beneath the rock to the right. (WKC historian Mr. Stifel gave me copies of the only existing photo with an inscription identifying this important Pointer grave when we were trying to determine orientation of the clubhouse.)
•Moneyed Class Overlaps: WKC visitors didn't need to book rooms at the Argyle because their clubhouse had a dozen bedrooms and a dining room that could seat 50, but obviously, prominent locals traveled in the same social circles. TheBelmont family factors into both arenas. Their North Babylon estate once touched the WKC boundary. Besides raising race horses at his Nursery Farm, August Jr. entered his Setters (including "Robin" with a tombstone at Belmont Lake) and Fox Terriers in WKC shows. In 1888 he became president of the American Kennel Club which had been formed by WKC. His brother Perry, a WKC member, was a Congressman. In 1883 the NY Times reported a controversy over a cancelled dinner in Perry Belmont's honor at the Argyle Hotel. Political infighting meant to embarrass the congressman made others complain that the $12 dinner price was too high.
•Simultaneous Spectators: In 1884 the Argyle headwaiter organized some of his workers into the first black baseball team. Whether they were recruited because of talent or merely meant to entertain guests, through 1885 the Cuban Giants played on the Argyle grounds. During the recent marker ceremony, we looked at a 1902 map to try to determine where the field was- possibly by the casino or to the side of the circular driveway. Passersby must have seen the games, but I have yet to find scores recorded in newspapers. In contrast, townsfolk stood on Southards Lane to watch the WKC pigeon shoots and to take pot shots at stray birds. Though it seems ludicrous and inhumane now, LI papers, the NY Times and Brooklyn Eagle are filled with exact Babylon bird kill tallies.
•Score Three for History: More important, Babylon Town is the "triple play" birthplace of sporting milestones known around the globe. Decades before Jackie Robinson, the Cuban Giants forged ahead despite major obstacles to break the baseball color barrier. (Let's not forget Belmont gave us the Belmont Stakes and such legendary horses as Man O'War.)
Westminster Kennel Club is America's dog show and symbolic of all man's best friends. Begun in 1877, Westminster is the second oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S., just one year behind the Kentucky Derby. Westminster's roots plus Sensation's grave are right in our backyard.
•Sensational Site: It is time we urge local officials to plant a proper marker at Southards Pond. With 77.5 million owned dogs in the US [2009-10 National Pet Owners Survey], Long Island must be overflowing with dog lovers, yet I seem to be the only one barking about our canine heritage. Once the Southards site is marked, I have ideas about how to utilize our wonderful "Westminster Woods" to aid Babylon Shelter dogs. If you'd like to help to get a Westminster marker project rolling, please contact me at "Pets" via firstname.lastname@example.com. Put "Yes, Westminster" in the subject line.
•Paw Note: Documentation exists stating that packs of Westminster dogs tagged along when James Mortimer, their kennel superintendent shopped in the Village. Chances are, the human, canine and equine entourage stopped to take a drink at the Village Fountain, soon to be replicated. With such a pedigree, the provenance of the original fountain just increased many fold.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter 631-643-9270 Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Jinni" in Cage 48 may not have a fancy pedigree but she is a sweetie through and through. This mature mix always carries her bowl around in the cage. She ignores it outside so the bowl must be her security blanket. "Tiny" the tuxedo and "Mushy" the semilonghair tabby are affectionate cats in the lobby.
Male: "Marconi" Hound mix Cage 18; "Teddy" the Terrific Cage 6; "Stoli" declawed jumbo cat; "Wesley"- Cocker/ Cavalier; "Montana" Golden mix Cage 4.
Female: Min Pin; "Patrice" Bull Terrier mix Cage 36; "Star & Heather" patient Pits Cage 29 & 33.


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