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What is the greatest challenge facing Easton in the next year and how will you address it if you are elected?
We are looking at large scale apartment complexes that would help get us to our affordable housing goals, but potentially put a great strain on our schools, our budget and may not fit with the culture of our town. There is discussion about changing our form of government. That change, if done correctly, will shift more power and influence back into the hands of our citizens. We have the issue of the forever shrinking amounts of local aid.
This past year the selectmen extended Town Administrator David Colton�s contract and increased his salary after hearing he was being considered for a job in another community. Was this a good decision and why or why not?
The amended contract that was made with the town administrator and selectmen was to negotiate away a promised zero percent increase and change it to a 5 percent increase for the upcoming fiscal year. Several years ago, during very difficult financial times, we asked our town employees to take a zero percent increase for one year. Shared sacrifice was needed to keep our town whole, minimize cuts in service and loss of jobs.
Large-scale affordable housing projects, or 40Bs, have made headlines over the past year. Selectmen are now reviewing three as Local Initiative Projects. Do you support LIPs in general and why and how would you determine what project is good for the community?
I think it is fantastic to be in a position of being able to accept or reject 40B projects. The Shovel Works was recently finished and there are several more 40B proposals in the works. As of the end of February, the Shovel Works project was only 25 percent rented with 85 units still vacant. It seems unwise to rush into adding two, large scale apartment complexes without stepping back and accessing the successes and shortfalls of those recently completed.
Do you support changing Easton�s structure from an open town meeting to a town council/town manager form of government?
Yes I do support a change in town government. We have a nice framework that we should use as a starting point. The proposed form of government would give the citizens more power and influence by having a councilor that lives in each precinct. That councilor will be more in tune with the needs of his constituents.
How do you rate the town�s infrastructure?
A recent review by Dore & Whittier rated the upkeep of our municipal buildings as excellent. We invest every year in capital needs based on clearly defined rules and objectives. While not perfect or overfunded, we have systems in place to do routine maintenance and invest in new assets. A committee exists to prioritize the needed investments. The state had made promises of increasing funding for roads but then changed its mind, decreasing expected funding by over 30 percent.
How well do you think the town is using its community preservation funds and are all three areas of use - historical, open space and affordable housing - being funded adequately?
I think the CPC does a fine job of allocating and spending these funds. Each year they are presented with several opportunities to spend this money on projects the people of Easton truly value. I do feel when there are available funds, they should be used in lieu of bonding. Over the 10 years of the $500,000 bond for the Governor Ames Estate, we will pay in excess of $85,000 in interest charges.
What are your goals for the next year, if elected?
In addition to learning the ropes and the normal activity of the board, I would work towards changing the form of government; changing the culture of town government to one that is more open to discussion and debate, more respectful to its citizens and volunteers and more willing to acknowledge the work and listen to recommendations of other boards; and focusing on fiscal sustainability to ensure sufficient funding without undue burden on the taxpayer.
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The Knicks recently attempted to make a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love, offering forward Amar'e Stoudemire and his enormous expiring contract, second-year guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. and swingman Iman Shumpert, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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OW Holmes wrote:Brooke, welcome to the forum. It is a very friendly place, with lots of very knowledgeable, and very friendly and helpful people. I guess with all these knowledgeable people chiming in, I am going to have to give Chilean Cabs another try. I have in the past, including the curmudgeon's (that's BobH) recommended Montes Alpha.
Bob, you may recall you suggested that as we were walking around either Sam's Club or Costco in AA a year or so ago. I don't remember that bottle specifically, but virtually every Chilean Cab I have tried has a "greenness" about it that I don't find particularly appealing. But then again, I probably haven't tried more than a couple dozen, and none for the last year or so.
Not meaning to hijack the thread here. Again, Brooke, welcome to the party.
Bill, IIRC, you may be more of a fan of Italian red than of cabernet wines from South America. Having said that I would be happy to stop off in GR and sample your Italians! Hey, Do you ever get down to Cincinnati? There is an offline planned there on the 25 of this month at Mike H's golf club. I could be enticed to offer a good bottle or three.


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April 16, 2013 — In light of yesterday's events at the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, our hearts and thoughts at Catalyst go out to those spectators and runners impacted by this horrible tragedy. I have run this marathon three times, and I have been struggling to make sense of this event.
I won a 24-hour race last November by running 104.87 miles in 24 hours.
Wait, scratch that. I was the number one woman. I came in second overall. I don't have the privilege of saying, "I won." Even though I placed first in the women's division, the only person who ran more mileage than me, a man, was the big winner.
At the recent BUS 3-Hour, Operation Endurance 24, JW Corbett 50-Miler, the Hinson Lake 24-Hour, and the Cajun Coyote 100-Miler, where I also came in first among the women, I can't say I "won" either.
We know that men can reach higher rates of VO2 Max (maximum oxygen consumption) than women, men generally have lower percentages of body fat than women, and men have higher rates of muscular mass than women—all key advantages for athletes. Yes, women do have two big advantages: higher pain tolerance and greater endurance. But a simple look at women's Olympic athletic records—and then a look at men's—will reinforce the argument that men have certain natural advantages.
Still, the fact that men may be biologically stronger doesn't mean women should be considered second-class citizens in the world of sports. Yet so often we are.
While Title IX greatly expanded opportunities for women athletes, it did not ensure equality:
- More than half of students at NCAA colleges are women—yet they receive only 44 percent of athletic participation opportunities.
- Even worse, women athletes at Division I-FBS schools receive just 28 percent of the total money spent on athletics, 31 percent of recruiting funds, and 42 percent of total athletic scholarship dollars.
- The average salaries of head coaches at NCAA Division I-A for women's teams are $932,700 less than the average salaries of head coaches at NCAA Division I-A men's teams.
- The total prize money awarded by the LPGA is five times less than that awarded by the PGA.
- In 2005, WNBA players were paid a minimum of $31,200 (versus $385,277 for NBA players) and a maximum of $89,000 (versus over $15 million). Their total team salaries were capped at $673,000 (versus $46 million for NBA teams).
- In the UK, women received just 0.5 percent of all sponsorship funds, compared to 61 percent for men's sports (the remainder went to mixed sports).
Do these gaps persist because women are still considered "the weaker sex?" We now know enough about biology to realize that if a woman runs a marathon, her uterus won't fall out. But even today, men athletes are "legends" and women athletes are "ladies."
Currently, women tennis players only play best out of three sets, as opposed to men's best of five. When I ran track in high school in Nassau County, girls ran the 1,500 meters (versus the boys' 1,600 meters) and the 3,000 meters (versus the boys' 3,200 meters). As a college cross-country runner in the Northeast United States, I raced the 5k (3.1 miles), while my male counterparts ran the 5-miler.
Women make tough athletes, and we should be afforded equal opportunities to demonstrate our skills. We can play that extra set and run those extra 100 meters. I think raising standards for women in these small ways will help ensure that women get the respect they deserve in the sports world—and help close the gaps in salary and opportunities.
So how can we help make this happen?
First off, I would urge you to support women in sports—watch a women's game, live or on TV. Encourage your daughters, nieces, and friends to get involved with sports. Demand equal pay and equal treatment for all athletes.
Because men and women are built differently, I don't believe that women athletes should be measured directly against men. But that doesn't mean we should be given fewer opportunities to play and/or paid less when we do.
Ultrarunning magazine listed 18 ultra-marathons which women won outright in 2011. That number will continue to climb as more and more women enter the world of ultra-marathons. As a serious runner and the director of the Black Rock City 50k, I hope that I will someday be as lauded for my achievements in my field as men are for their achievements in theirs.


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The large segment of the Haitian population that is unable to read or write inhabits an oral history culture, which produces, when looking into the past, a curious foreshortening. First comes the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, the only successful slave revolution in history and an event with whose fundamentals practically all Haitians are reasonably conversant. Then there's a compressed, indeterminate period of confused and repetitious instability, ending with President Woodrow Wilson's decision in 1915 to use the collection of outstanding American and French loans as a pretext for installing Marines in Haiti to prevent the election of an anti-American president. Following the close of the US occupation in 1934 is another indeterminate period of confusion, ending with the erection of the Duvalier dictatorship, a père et fils monolith that, in its iron duration from 1957 to 1986, still stands taller than anything else on the Haitian historical horizon except for the founding revolution. (Jean-Claude Duvalier assumed power upon the death of his father, François, in 1971.) This foreshortening effect is not without certain advantages; ordinary Haitians tend to feel much more immediately connected to the events of their nation's origin than we in the United States do to ours. Yet how Haiti got from the radicalism of the revolution to the corrupt and bloody Duvalier regime, and thence to the ever more desperate conditions of the present, still tends to be a matter of mystery, both to Haitians and also to outside observers.
In recent years, in large part because of the vogue for postcolonial studies, many more Anglophone historians of Haiti have been drawn to the Haitian Revolution. The American occupation has also been reasonably well examined, as has the Duvalier regime, while the cyclical rises and falls, from 1990 to 2004, of the once and future President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have been practically drowned in ink. But with the exception of the Duvalier period, these well-studied eras all involve Haiti's critical and sometimes violent interactions with foreign powers; the nation's politics get far less attention from non-Haitian analysts. With Red and Black in Haiti, Matthew Smith intends to remedy that neglect, in part, with a minutely detailed examination of the period from 1934 to 1957, when Haiti emerged from the years of US occupation and moved, inexorably or not, toward the Duvalier dictatorship.
In the Haitian context, black often stands for African and red for milat, the Haitian word for people of mixed European and African blood. This color symbolism dates to the declaration of independence in Gonaïves on January 1, 1804, when Haiti's first head of state, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, ordered the white band to be removed ceremoniously from the tricolor of the vanquished French and the red and blue bands to be sewn back together to create a new and uniquely Haitian flag. The flag alteration represented the eradication of the white race as a concept and suggested a new, firmer unity of the black African and milat populations. Indeed, the Constitution issued by Dessalines in 1805 stated, "The national colors shall be black and red." (Smith uses the statement as the epigraph to his introduction.) Under Dessalines, the Haitian flag was modified accordingly, but subsequent rulers restored the red and the blue. Duvalier père, who inhaled a great gust of inspiration from Dessalines's remarkable ruthlessness, brought back the black-and-red flag after seven years of rule, as Smith reminds us in his conclusion.
The postoccupation period lacks the clarity of such symbolism. Viewed in extreme close-up, it can be a bewildering welter of evanescent mini-movements, groupuscules, political parties and publications mutating almost too rapidly for the eye to follow. Smith tries to order the confusion by devoting a chapter to each presidency of the period: Sténio Vincent (1934-41), Élie Lescot (1941-45), Dumarais Estimé (1946-50) and Paul Magloire (1950-56). He also traces persistent trends across these four successively collapsing administrations and follows the longer trajectories of certain significant political actors, notably the populist labor leader Daniel Fignolé, in whom Smith finds a considerable but limited resemblance to the latter-day Aristide. The silhouette of François Duvalier drifts deep in these turbulent waters, like the shadow of a shark whose fin only rarely breaks the surface of events.


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Viola Jean "Bobbie" Martin died April 4, 2014
Viola Jean "Bobbie" Martin, age 80, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014, at Southridge Assisted Living in Heber Springs. Born in Rose Bud on October 22, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Helen Viola (McIntire) Chandler.
A longtime resident of Heber Springs, Mrs. Martin retired from Wal-Mart after working as an associate for many years. She was a member of the Heber Springs First General Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Wayne Martin, who passed away September 30, 2013, and by five brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Martin is survived by three sons, Charles E. Martin, Ronald W. Martin, and Danny J. Martin and his wife, Shannon; one daughter, Glenda Burton and her husband, Buzz, all of Heber Springs; seven grandchildren, Jeannie May, Skyler Craig, David Burton, Charles W. Martin, II, Haley Parker, Makenzie Martin, and Adam Martin; four great grandchildren; and one great, great grandchild.
Mrs. Martin is also survived by other relatives and her many friends.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 12, at 2:00 p.m. in the Heber Springs First General Baptist Church .
Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home. www.olmstead.cc


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Old Fort Niagara named Arthur and Judith Hannah of Youngstown as the historic site's volunteers of the year at OFN's recent volunteer recognition breakfast. Art and Judy have contributed thousands of hours to the fort's educational programs, including costumed interpretation, foodways programs and planning and cultivation of the fort's historic gardens.
During 2012, volunteers donated some 25,000 hours of service to Old Fort Niagara, undertaking such tasks as costumed interpretation, site maintenance, exhibit preparation and assistance with special events.
Each year, OFN recognizes the contributions of volunteers at a special breakfast held the first Saturday of February. In addition to thanking volunteers for past service, the breakfast serves as a way to inform existing and prospective volunteers about upcoming events and initiatives.


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Researchers Connect Volcanic Activity to Mini-earthquakes
By Dennis Walikainen | Published
The ash from the recent eruptions of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle in Chile disrupted airplane schedules, and the ash even circled the globe a second time, causing more delays. A Michigan Technological University researcher and his graduate students are studying how volcanoes like this erupt and what their relation is to earthquakes. They hope to resolve much bigger issues than airplane inconveniences.
Greg Waite, assistant professor of geological and mining engineering and sciences, is focusing on "mini-earthquakes" within or beneath the nearby and also troublesome Villarrica volcano. These earthquakes reveal details about the shape of the conduit and dynamics of the magmatic system.
"In Chile, we are very fortunate that we can look down into a volcano that is bubbling all the time," he says. "Like that spaghetti sauce on your stove, once in awhile a bubble bursts and splatters lava. We are measuring the mini-earthquakes from these bubble bursts.."
The relative safety of the volcano makes it a great place to study, he says. "We can get instruments above and below the elevation of the lava surface, which is somewhat unusual."
This allows the researchers to look at the "conduit," a magma pathway up to the surface, where earthquakes happen as bubbles find a path upwards. Waite knows the top of the conduit is somewhat circular, but believes it turns flatter below the surface.
"The seismic data suggest the conduit becomes a planar dike at a relatively shallow depth," he says.
Graduate student Josh Richardson has studied those "spaghetti splatters": the mini-earthquakes at Villarrica.
"He recorded some 19,000 mini-quakes over the course of about a week on a recent field trip," Waite says. These events are very subtle and cannot be simply identified without careful analysis. "We think they are from the small expansions and contractions in the conduit."
Waite and his students' conduit-model work has produced another interesting result at Fuego volcano in Guatemala. Recent PhD graduate John Lyons has discovered that, instead of the magma simply moving vertically up the conduit from a deeper magma chamber, there is a kink, an "elbow in the conduit--a corner in the geometry"--a couple of hundred meters below the surface.
"If lava were to break through to the surface where the corner is, instead of continuing up to the summit, it could have dangerous consequences for the people living on that side of the volcano," Waite says.
The people living near volcanoes are the ultimate beneficiaries of the volcanic/earthquake research: local populations who need to be informed and warned of impending eruptions.
"People get into this research for the science, sometimes removed from application," Waite continues. "But the more you learn, the more you can apply to people living there."
Waite is continuing a long tradition of Michigan Tech researchers using their knowledge for hazard mitigation, including geological and mining engineering and sciences professor Bill Rose's three decades of work.
"We work with government agencies there," Waite explains, "and have done so for years in Guatemala, Chile and elsewhere. You can't stop the earthquakes and eruptions, but before they are unleashed, some hazards can be averted."
Additionally, Waite would like to make his conduit modeling more accessible.
"There are only a few people doing this type of research," he says, "some in Japan, the U.S., Ireland and Italy. We want more people to accept and use this type of modeling, to see the potential in it."
Adoption of his methods, he believes, will lead to better understanding of volcano hazards and their mitigation, and that can help many people around the globe, including those delayed and diverted airline passengers.
Waite's research is funded in part by a $415,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. He was named this year to receive a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. These awards recognize faculty members early in their careers who are effectively integrating research and teaching.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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CINCINNATI (AP) - The Bengals have chosen center T.J. Johnson from South Carolina with their final pick in the NFL draft.
They got Johnson with their second compensatory pick in the seventh round. They took Ohio State offensive tackle Reid Fragel with another compensatory pick earlier in the round.
It wrapped up a draft that had the Bengals taking seven players on offense - tight end, tackle, guard, center, receiver and two running backs - and three on defense, including a defensive end, linebacker and strong safety.
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"Go to All the Good Movies You Can"
Roger Ebert's letter to a young Dana Stevens.
I'm not sure how old I was when I wrote Roger Ebert a letter asking for his advice on how to become a film critic, but judging from the other documents in the manila envelope where I've kept his response ever since, I must have been somewhere between 11 and 13. Ebert's prompt and kind answer, typed on Chicago Sun-Times stationery using a typewriter with a wonky T key, took my query more seriously than it deserved, suggesting colleges with strong film programs I might consider, advising me to "see all the good movies you can," and most of all encouraging me to "write-write-write for anyplace that will print your stuff."
I'm in the midst of writing a longer reflection on Ebert's life—not an easy task to carry out while refreshing Twitter and crying—but since so many people are exchanging stories about how he touched their lives, I thought I'd share a copy of his warm and generous note to a preteen movie geek in Texas. Thank you for writing back, Roger.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Paramedics attended to a man who was bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, then left him to be taken to the morgue, saying his injuries were "not compatible with life," according to police documents.
They were called back to the scene more than an hour later, and this time they took the victim to a hospital.
Another eight hours passed before 32-year-old Antonio Foster was pronounced dead. Eight firefighters and paramedics who responded were placed on leave while the Nashville Fire Department investigates.
Fire Department Medical Director Corey Slovis said Thursday that paramedics used the wrong procedure for evaluating the victim.
According to a police report and other documents, the response Wednesday unfolded like this:
— 3:02 a.m.: The victim's roommate called 911, saying Foster had shot himself. Paramedics arrived at the town house 6 minutes later and began resuscitation efforts.
— 3:48 a.m.: Paramedics were filling out paperwork stating that the man's injuries were "not compatible with life." Vanderbilt University Medical Center had instructed paramedics not to transport the victim, and paramedics left while police remained on the scene. The medical examiner was paged, but didn't arrive before paramedics were called again.
— 5:06 a.m.: Paramedics responded again and took the victim to the university hospital. He arrived at 5:38 a.m., two and a half hours after paramedics had first been contacted. The man died at 1:51 p.m.
Slovis said he wrote the protocol that the paramedics used in accordance with national guidelines, and it has been in use for a number of years. Slovis said he intended to rewrite it immediately to make clear that it should only be used when there is "no pulse, no respirations, no movement."
"This has not happened before, to my knowledge, and it won't happen again," Slovis said.
Slovis said the reason for not rushing all dying patients to the hospital is that Emergency Medical Services workers and firefighters have been killed while transporting patients who have "already succumbed" or are "unsalvageable."
Interim Fire Department Director Chief Rick White said the leave is not a punishment. He said Nashville's Emergency Medical Services was "one of the best EMS divisions in the whole county. Until proven otherwise, I intend to stand by them on that."
The hospital was also reviewing the situation.
"We will take all steps necessary to refine and clarify our internal processes involving the transport of critically injured patients to Vanderbilt," Vanderbilt spokesman John Howser said in a statement.


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A Salafi preacher in Egypt is promoting the idea of an anti-vice religious police force like in Saudi Arabia and says even Christian women should be veiled when they are outdoors, unless they "want to get raped on the streets."
Reuters profiled the Muslim cleric, Hisham el-Ashry, who — while obscure — is finding sympathy for his opinions under Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood-led regime. Reuters reports:
"I was once asked: If I came to power, would I let Christian women remain unveiled? And I said: If they want to get raped on the streets, then they can," Ashry told Nahar TV last week.
Introducing a Saudi-style anti-vice police force to enforce Islamic law was "not a bad thing", he said, and added: "In order for Egypt to become fully Islamic, alcohol must be banned and all women must be covered."
Reuters explains that Al Azhar, Sunni Islam's top authority, and Dar al Ifta, the central authority on religious rulings, say religious practices should not be policed.
Even Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa rejects Hisham el-Ashry's position. In a statement, he said: "This sort of idiotic thinking is one that seeks to further destabilize what is already a tense situation…Egypt's religious scholars have long guided the people to act in ways that conform to their religious commitments, but have never thought this required any type of invasive policing."
While the Muslim Brotherhood rejects individuals getting involved in imposing sharia rules, it won't rule out the government taking on that task. Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan told Reuters: "The case of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice is within the jurisdiction of the authorities and not individuals or groups…It is not anyone's right to intervene."
Like Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the radical preacher warning Christian women to veil themselves lived for years in the United States, an experience that clearly did not moderate his views. El-Ashry moved to New York in the 1990s where he dedicated his spare time to converting Christians to Islam. Reuters explains:
"I went there with a dream to get a blonde girl and a big car," he said in one of his televised interviews. "(But) I was advised on the plane to cherish my religion and not get taken by the USA or risk being spoiled and losing my faith."
His religious convictions grew stronger over the next 15 years in the United States, he said.
"I had, thanks to God, guided many Christians to Islam. I can't tell how many as I stopped counting when their number exceeded 100," he said.
It was when he was working at a men's clothing factory in New York that he became convinced that Egypt needed a Saudi-style anti-vice force.
"(My goal was) to make all Egyptians love it," he said.
Now, el-Ashry is back in Egypt and continues his quest to convert new Muslims. In the fall, writer Graeme Wood described a series of meetings he held with el-Ashry over the course of a year in which the cleric instructed Wood on Salafism.
Wood wrote in The New Republic:
I NEVER ASKED MUCH of Hesham El Ashry, and Hesham never asked much of me. All I wanted was some conversation about religion and Egyptian politics with someone who had strong views on both. All Hesham wanted was one more chance to describe in grotesque detail the fate that awaited me and everybody I loved: Our skin would thicken, not with callouses but with soft, thin, tender layers, each more sensitive than the last. Eventually the accumulated layers would be miles deep. And then God—not my god, or the god of the vast majority of so-called Muslims, but the one true Allah, worshiped by Hesham's fellow Salafis—would burn off those layers individually, savoring the pain until he reached flesh. Then Allah would restore them again, like Prometheus's liver, so he could blister and rip them away for eternity.
"I hate you," Wood quoted el-Ashry as saying. "I hate all Jews and Christians, anyone who is not a Muslim."
Wood was introduced to el-Ashry by the son of the "Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel-Rahman, now serving a life sentence in the U.S. for his role in bombing the World Trade Center in 1993. Wood writes that el-Ashry considers Abdel-Rahman to be his religious guide. Earlier this week, President Morsi told CNN he would like President Barack Obama to free Abdel-Rahman from U.S. custody.
El-Ashry moved back to Egypt and joined the Blind Sheikh's movement. As a result, Egyptian authorities under deposed President Hosni Mubarak jailed and tortured him in 2000 and – according to Wood – told him he had to choose between exile or the death penalty.
Back in Brooklyn, el-Ashry worked as a tailor and continued searching for converts. In 2009, U.S. authorities expelled him for immigration violations. While waiting for his deportation back to Egypt, he claims he converted six detainees and one guard in a New York holding center.


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Six Lake County communities are working to transition from local groundwater to Lake Michigan water.
Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Volo, Wauconda and unincorporated Lake County including Grandwood Park and Fox Lake Hills, all part of the North-West Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group, plan to join the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency.
These communities now use water from deep wells, which are drying up, according to Lake County Public Works officials. Overpumping the wells is decreasing water quality.
Steve Carlson, Lake County board member from District 7, said that at first he was reluctant to support the project because the wells could last for some time, but he became convinced after noticing climate change.
"People will be upset, but the change is necessary," Carlson said. District 7 includes Gurnee, Grandwood Park and portions of Third Lake.
A 22-mile water piping extension will bring treated Lake Michigan water from the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency to the newly joined communities. The project will cost $40 million.
Lake Villa Mayor Frank Loffredo said after the communities considered all options, from digging more wells to building their own water treatment plants, they settled on the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency because it was the most cost-effective and expedient plan.
Now the villages are in the financing phase of the project. For the communities involved, the construction cost will come from special service area bonds funded by property taxes, Loffredo said.
The share each community will pay for the project is based on population size, Loffredo said. The average household will pay $40 more a month for water. That number includes any additional property tax.
"Costs will be phased in over a number of years. It won't hit everyone all at once," he said.
Richard Hill, chairman of the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency and mayor of Round Lake Beach, said the new agency members still are being finalized and that the individual communities would pay for the main line to the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency as well as connecting their water towers to the main line.
"Fresh water will continue to be a scarcer commodity and this will provide those communities with water from one of the top quality water plants in the world," Hill said.
Loffredo said Antioch and Fox Lake dropped out of the project because the agency did not have the capacity for them. Hill said Antioch may have options with other agencies in Waukegan and that the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency may reevaluate their capacity after the project is completed.
Right now, each community treats its own water from deep wells. As the deep wells run out, radium concentration gets higher, and the water needs to be treated before it goes into the pipe.
Loffredo said, "In a do-nothing scenario, if we continue as we are, the costs of treating radium and creating additional deep wells is substantially greater than if we do this [Lake Michigan water] project right now."
"The water from CLCJAWA will be the highest quality water you can receive from state-of-the-art technology," Loffredo said. "If all deadlines are met, Lake Michigan water will be coming out of the faucet by 2017."
The Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency includes the communities of Grayslake, Gurnee, Lake Bluff, Libertyville, Mundelein, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach and unincorporated parts of Lake County. Hill said the project will not cost anything to those communities.
"For many years, CLCJAWA was not admitting new customers," he said. "With new technology changes such as toilets and shower heads that use less water, we were able to lower our projections for water use and realized we had the resources to add new members."


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From what I can tell, some/all of the spelling changes ease what could otherwise be an awkward pronunciation. I have been memorizing these shifts as if they are (basically) regular for any form that has a e- prefix, or a labial/dental/palatal+s. I have NOT been associating the shifts specifically with these tenses, as much as with the spelling change that's can occur when coupled with the ending. I also understand when a verb has a prefix like apo, there will be different changes.
This is an example of the flashcards I'm making:
FRONT: consonant changes with stem s:
labial stops [pi, b, phi] usually become ___
BACK: consonant changes with stem ___:
labial stops [pi, b, phi] usually become psi
1) Are these shifts particular to -w verbs, or do -mi verbs (usually) show these shifts?
2) Presumably other verb forms will use an e- prefix, or an -s augment. Are these shifts (usually) true for the other verb forms.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 27, 1908
Yesterday and last night's rain accompanied by the thaw has made the dirt roads on the island almost impassable.
A number of robins and several small flocks of blackbirds have been reported on the island.
From the Newport Daily News, March 3, 1908
The rain last evening affected the attendance at the roller skating at the Gardner House, only a few having the hardihood to go out in bad weather.
The local trawl fishermen are making better catches of cod than at any time during the winter.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 25, 1933
Two strokes of the fire alarm at midnight Friday night called the apparatus to a grass fire near the oil wells on the west shore at Conanicut Park. After a half hour's work, the return trip was made and another alarm was sent in, as the fire had broken out again, and at 1:30 A. M. the apparatus returned home.
From the Newport Daily News, February 27, 1933
Establishing a standard and precedent that will surely exact repetition the Jamestown Choral society, which was organized in October, and conducted by Carroll W. J. Ball of Newport, with Miss Alice Louise Power of Newport, pianist, gave a concert Sunday afternoon in the Grange hall, before a good-sized audience, which numbered many from Newport.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 25, 1958
Jamestown, the only community in the state still holding annual town elections, last night moved to join its sister communities in holding biennial elections.
Governor Dennis J. Roberts, in a letter to the Council, expressed the hope "with the Town Council, that unwarranted delay of construction of the oil refinery on the island will not continue." Roberts said in his letter, "As unemployment increases throughout the nation I am more impressed than ever in the need for basic industry in Rhode Island which will provide steady jobs for our people, which are urgently needed."
The U.S. Army Engineers will hold a public hearing on March 18 at the Jamestown Community Center on navigation improvements at Dutch Island Harbor, Jamestown. The hearing is designed to hear arguments on navigation needs at the site.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, February 28, 1983
The social committee of Jamestown's Youth Fellowship has planned activities for March and April. … The first event is a record hop at St. Mark's Church, this Friday from 8 to 11 p.m.
The Solid Waste Committee of Jamestown Thursday night reviewed the plans of the South Kingstown solid waster transfer station. … The town's sanitary landfill site is fast filling up with refuse, and the town must either purchase additional land or use off-island means to dispose of its trash.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, February 25, 1993
This year, for what may well be the first time in Jamestown's history, department heads will enter into contracts or "employment agreements" with the town.
Voters next Monday night will have the final say on a combined town and school budget of around $7.3 million for 1993-93.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, February 26, 1998
The Town Council Monday authorized parents calling themselves Friends of Jamestown Skaters to go before the Zoning Board of review to seek whatever relief they need to create a skate park next to the school ball fields.
Threatening weather the beginning of the week has delayed yet again repair work on East Ferry's steel pier, making this week four of work-stoppage.
After four years, the Town Council turned some $82,000 over to the Ambulance Association to renovate their Knowles Court barn and told them not to come back for more money.


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After 19 hours of travel, I'm finally in Bangkok, Thailand for the BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 developers conference. It was a long trip from Ottawa, Ontario, but thanks to the BlackBerry PlayBook, the time flew right by.
I figured since there are plenty of PlayBook owners crossing criss-crossing the world daily, they would appreciate a few tips on how to while away the hours on a plane.
I started off on my way from Ottawa to Toronto by learning a few simple Thai words with the ThaiVocab app. It was really nice in that it provided a full audio pronunciation guide and a phonetic pronunciation section for every word.
While in the air, I definitely used my PlayBook to snap a couple of pictures. For most of my trip, the DSLR is packed deep in my carry-on, but since the PlayBook is always in front on the tray table, it's perfect for those window-seat opportunities that pop up every once in awhile. If you've got the time, there are some pretty impressive sights to be captured at airports, too.
As you might have heard, Kevin wasn't able to make it to the show, which meant that I had to brush up in hurry on the presentation he was going to be giving on how developers should speak with bloggers. Docs to Go handled the PowerPoint for the most part, though there was one graphic in the .PPTX that didn't translate over. If I was really smart, I would have used TubeMate to download the YouTube video of Kevin's talk from BlackBerry Jam Americas so I could incorporate any of the talking points that weren't on the slides.
Of course, I couldn't go the full 24 hours of travel without my gaming fix. ShadowGun has been out for awhile now, but I never had much of a chance to sit down and finish it, so it was nice to have the opportunity to pour an hour or two into the richly-detailed 3D shooter. I'm thinking Dead Space may be what's on the menu for the trip back.
I was determined to get through the trip without zonking out on sleeping pills, so I loaded up some easy, slow music, put it on loop, and relied on that to put me to sleep well before my usual bedtime. The 13 hour time difference is still killing me, but hopefully everything will be made right before the show starts.
It was hard to come to Bangkok and not have everyone make Hangover 2 references at me. The worst part of all is that I hadn't seen it yet, so the flight over seemed like a good time to see just how horrible this city could possibly be to me. I used the relatively new PlayBook Video Store to pick up the movie for twenty bucks, but I definitely didn't give myself enough time to download it - airport Wi-Fi wasn't nearly good enough, and tethering during my one short, local layover didn't help. I could still watch what had been downloaded through the PlayBook's media app, and even though when I landed, I couldn't make any purchases, it would still wrap up the download for movies I had already bought. I'm thinking Tony Jaa's Ong-Bak for the return flight.
There were a few things that I just plum didn't have the opportunity to try out. My layovers were only about an hour each, but it would have been handy to have the PlayBook while shopping in airports abroad, if only to compare prices with what was available back home. The lack of any in-flight Wi-Fi also stopped me from bragging to friends about my first business class flight on Facebook. That's fine, they'd probably just sneer at me anyway. I would have liked to have some time to shop around on Kobo for e-books on Bangkok, Thailand, and muay thai before leaving, but I guess I'll just have to catch up on that stuff on the way home.
Overall, I found the PlayBook really indispensible for long flights. It's got a smaller footprint than most tablets and laptops, meaning more room on your tray table for meals or anything else. The local, built-in productivity tools ensured that the time wasn't a complete write-off, while a smattering of entertainment options kept me from going crazy in the flying skycan.
Enough about me - how do you guys spend your flights with a BlackBerry PlayBook?


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Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Bromeliads for novices and Addicts - Dec 2012, 1 by weed_woman
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Top of the morning to you! Its friday! Yaaaaaay!
got to do house work. Boooooooo! heh heh
its all good.
Jen, I will put your name down for a Billbergia 'Catherine Wilson'. It has a small pup now (mine) but when it gets another it will be yours. I did put a seed pod down, but it looks like only one seed has germinated. I don't like its chances of success!
I have a pup on my Aechmea phanerophlebia too, and its as red as my A. 'Red Bands' but both are so small. I will keep an eye on the latter to see if it retains the red or not.
I love your marmorata variegate too. The purple cane fire really sets it off. And congratulations on your V. 'Pink Sensation' pups, although I cant see the albo stripe Wendy mentioned.
Is the Wittrockia a very large plant? I think I might have seen one at Peters, but can't recall.
Shirley, we have had the heat here too. It makes it very hard to get motivated to go outside, so i have been doing the bulk of my work early in the morning or after 4pm, with a dip in the pool when it all gets too much. I've started cooking on the bbq too, to avoid heating the house any more than it is.
Today has begun quite windy, and overcast. Probably a good day to be inside cleaning. Ugh!
I love your little black brom. Just like Wendy said, it seems familair to me to, and I am leaning toward N. 'Little Black' or 'Tar Baby' I think one has pointed leaf tips and the other, rounded, but Ican't recall which. I just looked on the bromeliad photo index, and it looks as though N. 'Tar Baby' has the pointed leaves. So maybe N. 'Little black'? I also like N. 'Hazel Mac' is this a mini also?
Wendy, thats a long post for a short one! LOL. I'm glad your trip went well and you were able to stock up on some more plants. It sounds like Johnny was very productive while you were gone. Sometimes thats better than having to watch them hurt themselves! I hope you get some rain, when you need it, to fill those tanks. We have been lucky and had our tanks filled overnight a few weeks back, with 110mm of rainfall. We've only had one or two ml in each fall since then, but its keeping the tanks topped up
Anyway, it is getting light outside, so I might take a peep and see if the day lends itself to walking the dogs. Else I'll throw the ball awhile.
Photo one is a Billbergia from Jean, many years ago. I love how big and dark it is! I haven't anything to cross it with, as it needs pollen from a colourful one. I'd like to keep the size, which means it has to be the pod parent. next time a coloured one is blooming, I will freeze some pollen.
Photo two is a new orchid. Its a Miltoniana. I bought it for a friend for Xmas. $20 at big W
Photo three is Oncidium 'Sharry baby' a sweet smelling orchid.
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SOURCE: Q Therapeutics, Inc.
December 20, 2012 08:30 ET
President and CEO Deborah Eppstein, PhD, Comments on Key Accomplishments in 2012 and Primary Goals and Objectives for the Coming Year
President and CEO Deborah Eppstein, PhD, Comments on Key Accomplishments in 2012 and Primary Goals and Objectives for the Coming Year
SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - Dec 20, 2012) - Deborah Eppstein, PhD, President and CEO of Q Therapeutics, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company utilizing its proprietary innovative technology to develop breakthrough cell therapy products for the treatment of debilitating diseases of the central nervous system, today issued a formal update in the form of a CEO letter posted to the Company's web site at www.qthera.com.
In the letter, Dr. Eppstein comments on several key corporate and operational accomplishments achieved by Q Therapeutics in the past 12 months and on the Company's primary goals and objectives for the coming year. To view the CEO letter in its entirety, please go to http://ir.stockpr.com/qthera/ceo-letter.
About Q Therapeutics, Inc.
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Q Therapeutics, Inc. is a fully reporting, non-trading company, engaged in developing adult stem cell therapies to treat debilitating diseases of the central nervous system. The Company's first product, Q-Cells®, is a cell-based therapeutic intended to restore or preserve normal activity of neurons by providing essential support functions that occur in healthy central nervous system tissues. Q-Cells may be applicable to a wide range of central nervous system diseases, including demyelinating conditions such as multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, cerebral palsy and stroke; as well as other neurodegenerative diseases and injuries, such as ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Q Therapeutics' initial clinical target is ALS, with a first IND submission expected in 2013. For more information, visit www.qthera.com.
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Earnings: Is this the trough? Much is being made that third-quarter year-over-year earnings for the S&P 500 index will be negative.
The answer, of course, depends on whether there will be any kind of expansion in 2013. It's pretty simple: An expansion would favor cyclicals (financials, materials, energy, industrials), while a contraction would favor defensive names (consumer staples, health care, utilities, telecom). (Read More: Cramer Previews Earnings Season.)
The current predominant "trade" is that the U.S. will continue to outperform, because the U.S. consumer is slowly improving, so the strength will be in autos, housing, and consumer staples. (Play Home Depot.) The risks are with stocks that have more international exposure, such as materials and energy. In other words, defensive.
But wait a minute. This trade has been around for a couple months already. Admittedly, it's been a choppy year, but in the last couple of months cyclicals have outperformed consumer stocks. You can argue that this is the specter of a third round of quantitative easing, but, regardless, bank stocks have have also been strong.
The idea that earnings are slowing are not new. Since June, earnings and the market have been negatively correlated ... earnings are being cut, but stocks are up.
What about the fourth quarter? Earnings are expected to be up about 10 percent. True, these estimates typically come down, but if historic norms hold they will only come down about 5 percentage points; that would still leave a 5 percent gain for the fourth quarter and a 3 percent to 4 percent gain for the entire year.
Not great, but still growing.
As for stocks, I have no doubt that October will be choppy, but a 20 percent correction? I doubt it. I can see a five percent correction and then buyers come in. People look willing to buy at lower levels. (Read More: Beware the Coming 25 Percent Correction: Pro.)
And remember, much will depend on Europe. If Spain goes smoothly and asks for help (the bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, is operational today) as expected, Europe will be less of an issue in October.
Green Dot slides 23.4 percent — set to open at a two-month low — after American Express said it's moving forward with its Bluebird prepaid card launch at Wal-Mart Stores stores. Green Dot, which has relied heavily on Wal-Mart shoppers for its own business, has suffered since Amex announced its plans to enter the prepaid arena in March. Green Dot shares are down 67.7 percent this year and have fallen 72.6 percent since going public in 2010 at a price of $36 a share.
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text: Kosmor :: View topic - suggestion for a new type of ship Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile suggestion for a new type of ship Goto page 1, 2 Next Kosmor Forum Index -> Feedback / suggestions for improvement View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message MangoGuest Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 09:51 Post subject: suggestion for a new type of ship I was wondering if it could be possible to build some kind of explorer class ship. All ships in the game so far are for attack/defence. Maybe a ship which would have powerfull engines but little or no weapons. Or it could have only one weapon and that one being either torpedo or laser. Maybe it could have the ability to fly away from planets like a warplanet. This would be because when you are away from your own systems there is nowhere to go then. It would help in the strategic planning of the movement of the warplanet. Of course it should not be possible to conquer systems with this ship. Neither neutral nor occupied. My 5 cents Kind regards Mango Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 07:15 Post subject: In this game we can only see the surroundings of our own (and those of our subordinates') planets and ships. So sending a ship out there would not permanently let you see the space around you. But for reconnaissance it would do. It wouldn't give you too much 'updated' info either, as the ship can only see it's surroundings as I mentioned, and the ship would be on it's move. I would like to send out surveilance sattelites. These woudn't need to travel all to fast, but it should be possible to build them at the shipyard level 1. Also: a sattelite cannot conqure any planets, and are unarmed and would fall prey to even a H1. But I want them to be hard to spot. Back to top MerthosGuest Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 07:52 Post subject: We already had this in .de. The reason against spy satellites is that (even if you limit the number) a bigger house could build enough of them to cover at least one border completely. Back to top CatGuest Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 09:59 Post subject: Limit it so that each player can only have one at a time. Back to top alphabravoMajorJoined: 15 Feb 2004Posts: 827Location: UK Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:37 Post subject: or set upkeep cost of that of a warship this would make it a dilemna as to build one, and reduce the advantages_________________Major alphabravo in the house Thalgados-Sissyhood Back to top MerthosGuest Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 13:10 Post subject: Cat wrote: Limit it so that each player can only have one at a time. Then my house would have more than 50. Enough to cover one border. alphabravo wrote: or set upkeep cost of that of a warship this would make it a dilemna as to build one, and reduce the advantages Well, money isn't really the matter the later the game. Back to top LiamGuest Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 09:14 Post subject: Yes, Merthos is right. The ideas for Spy satellites we had are not good. We need better ones. C'mon, more ideas Back to top ImperatorGuest Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 05:25 Post subject: My post is not about spy satelites..what is enoying me is the way i`have to group my ships with the warpplanet or flying to a planet to another...I porpouse to be introduced a new type of ship something like an carrier how can carry all my ships from the producing planets to my warpplanet...when the ships are inside the carrier they are not operational(and upkeep at 50%) ..only if you deploy them at the wapplanet or to an solar sistem are operatonal again.The carrier must have some combat power and 60LY/day range(double then WP) becouse it travels every time alone and it have no other protection. P.S.It just a idea Back to top EmbrodakGuest Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 05:32 Post subject: I like this spy satellite idea. What if H1's were redesigned so that they can travel without stopping on a planet, but once they start moving they can't stop or change direction. After a certain period of time, they would run out of power and shut down (be destroyed). Back to top paveyjGuest Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:59 Post subject: Star Carrier Lets look at modern naval warefare: In addition to conventional warships with big guns we have Carriers, which are the dominent vessels on the sea. Perhaps a space version (a Star Carrier for example) could be implemented into the game. This ship would be fast with powerful shield but few weapons yet it can carry many dozen smaller ships, like interceptors. I suppose it would work like a WP, you can load ships onto it and then launch attacks from them. Another idea is to have a space version of the Nuclear Submarine, which would be a cloaked ship with little defensive power and a small drive but with significant firepower. Such a ship would be invisible until it is within firing distance from enemy ships. Back to top Templar_scumGuest Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:45 Post subject: Bomber This is completely of the track, but what about a bomber which could destroy population, mines and factories (possibly destroy ships in shipyard,? this would add hit and run tatics. They couldn't take planets but they would be good to criple an opponent. Because they carry bombs they wouldn't be able to have either torpes or lasers but should have fairly good shields Back to top ShadowmasterGuest Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 13:54 Post subject: i am in partial agreement with admrial_thrawn, but i am more for the ship carrier...that i think is a great idea...but should be able to trasport highter than h4 ships... Back to top Templar_scumGuest Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 15:58 Post subject: How come, when I ask people wether or not ships should be able to attack planets or not, they all say NO, yet everyone seems happy with this idea, which is effectivly the same? Back to top ShadowmasterGuest Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 17:54 Post subject: because people cant really make up their mind...lol... also again i just wanted to say that i like the idea of a ship transport, something along the lines of what admiral_thrawn stated, with little weapons, alot of sheilds, the abulity to capture it from an apponent instead of destroying it, and have it able to carry a cirtain number of ships, up to say h6 or h7 level ships..that would make the game alot more interesting and more fun i would think....ANYONE ELSE AGGREE? Back to top alphabravoMajorJoined: 15 Feb 2004Posts: 827Location: UK Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 18:43 Post subject: no when you say: "How come, when I ask people wether or not ships should be able to attack planets or not, they all say NO, yet everyone seems happy with this idea, which is effectivly the same?" everyone = 1 person noone else wants this idea afaik kosmor = kosmor thats how i see it anyway_________________Major alphabravo in the house Thalgados-Sissyhood Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Kosmor Forum Index -> Feedback / suggestions for improvement All times are GMT - 6 HoursGoto page 1, 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Information----------------NewsGalactic News Community----------------Kosmor TalkKosmor TradeKosmor TournamentsKosmor RPG Support/Feedback----------------Questions and AnswersFeedback / suggestions for improvementBug-Reports You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood to Share the AAPT 2014 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching
College Park, Maryland, United States, February 7, 2014 — The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced today that Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood will share the 2014 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching. This award is given in recognition of contributions to undergraduate physics teaching and awardees are chosen for their extraordinary accomplishments in communicating the excitement of physics to their students. John Wiley & Sons is the principal source of funding for this award, through its donation to the AAPT.
Chabay earned a Ph.D in physical chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University and recently was Weston Visiting Professor, Department of Science Teaching, at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. She has also taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carnegie Mellon University. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Sherwood's Ph.D is in experimental particle physics from the University of Chicago. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University. He has also taught at Caltech, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Both Chabay and Sherwood have made great contributions to the modernization of the introductory, calculus based Physics curriculum by authoring the Matter & Interactions textbook published by John Wiley & Sons, which integrates contemporary and classical physics by making macro-micro connections and emphasizing fundamental principles. They have played a major role in developing the VPython interactive 3D programming environment and integrating computational modeling into the introductory physics curriculum. Their goal has been to help students acquire the conceptual and computational skills to be able to apply fundamental physical principles to complex real-world systems.
Regarding their selection for this award they noted, "It's an honor to receive this award from AAPT, a community in which so many people think so deeply about teaching and learning physics. We especially value this community's willingness to take seriously nontraditional ideas about introductory physics, such as our conviction that introductory physics doesn't have to be about inclined planes, and that computational modeling can enable students to analyze complex systems, even at the introductory level."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jan 2012 13:54 UTC
"Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books - the 'GarageBand for e-books', so to speak - and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users." While the textbook industry needs some massive disruption, am I the only one who thinks a solution over which Apple has total editorial control and which is limited entirely to Apple PCs and iOS devices is a really stupid idea? That's like going from Scylla to Charybdis.


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Before you head out for that romantic dinner, bring your Valentine to the Volunteer Park Conservatory, 1400 E Galer St., on Thursday, February 14 for a wine and chocolate tasting!
The Friends of the Conservatory and Seattle Parks and Recreation are sponsoring the event, which will feature four varieties of Wilridge Wines matched with Theo Chocolates and Divine Chocolates at tasting stations throughout the Conservatory. Non-alcoholic beverages are available too. This event is for people 21 and older.
Entry times are at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. and tickets are $25 per person or $20 per member of the Friends of the Conservatory. Tickets are available at the Conservatory Gift Shop (http://www.volunteerparkconservatory.org/gift-shop/), which is open Tuesday – Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; at Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/324012); or at the door.
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Proceeds of the event support the Friends of the Conservatory, formed in 1980 to help sustain the Conservatory's legacy through financial, educational, and events support. The FOC is currently mounting a capital campaign for renovation of the east wing and the east production house, which are also supported by City funding.
The Conservatory is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it is also a City landmark and one of the few remaining original Victorian public glass houses in the country. It houses an outstanding tropical plant collection that is 100 years in the making, it hosts classes and day camps for school-age children, and it provides space for art classes, events and public gatherings. There is possibly no more beautiful place to visit on a rainy afternoon than the warm, quiet Conservatory.


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Gallery: Comfortable Shoes That Are Actually Cute
I have this thing with shoes. You know, like in the Liam Show's shoe video? But since I moved to New York and have been walking everywhere, I've destroyed my feet. Apparently cute shoes aren't comfortable. My feet are cut up, bruised, blistered, callused and in a gross amount of pain from even just wearing flats. But am I willing to sacrifice fashion for comfort? No. Especially not in the shoe department. The stock of "comfort shoes" that are actually cute is slim. Most comfort shoe brands make frumpy shoes that most nurses would wear. Comfort brands make shoes with heels as thick as my thighs and for some reason, tend to run a little more pricey than preferred. I guess it's all the supportive material that ups the cost and perhaps comfort shoes last longer too. Blisstree recently posted about how the French shoe brand, Arche, makes cute, wearable flats and boots. So maybe there is hope for us in pain. Maybe I should take the plunge and risk being fashion roadkill to save myself from actually being roadkill by not being able to cross the street in time because my feet are throbbing. I searched high and low across the Internet to find a good variety of comfort shoes (all for under $200) that could actually be mistaken for cute … or I'm just trying too hard.[ITPGallery]


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In celebration of Elvis recording "That's All Right" in 1954 and the 60th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll, Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. proudly present "ELVIS PRESLEY – ON STAGE" in Europe in 2014! See the complete list of venues, dates, and where to purchase tickets below.
The all new "ELVIS PRESLEY – ON STAGE" music experience will kick off their tour in Iceland starting in April 2014 and continue shows through out the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Germany, and Belgium. Featuring a hot studio band and backup singers, the 60th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll celebration will go on the road to Europe. Following the worldwide success of the stage production, Elvis Presley In Concert, which featured Elvis' original band and singers, this new show is designed for all Elvis fans past, present and future.
Using the latest technology, Elvis performs via state-of-the art video screens singing lead vocals backed by a live band, singers and an orchestra. Together, this multimedia creation puts the audience inside an Elvis Presley concert presented exactly like one of his classic live performances in a Las Vegas showroom. The contemporary staging and overall production create the illusion that Elvis is on stage for his finest concert performances.


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Person of Interest Review: Fairly LethalSean McKenna at . Comments
This was a wildly different episode of Person of Interest that attempted to bring a new important character to the mix, while digging deeper into the government affiliation with the machine and the secret programs connected.
Rather than follow Reese and Finch around, "Relevance" switched the point of view to follow Sam Shaw, an operative working for a secret government program that received numbers in order to prevent terrorist and/or bad guy plots around the globe. Something very similar to what Reese and Finch do in New York.
In a lot of ways, the whole concept of focusing on Shaw reminded me of The Bourne Legacy: creating a fresh character within the same world that's connected to the same people, but with different motives and a different direction. Except, here, the result was successful, in large part to the fact that all of the main characters were involved.
The story ultimately revoled around Shaw, but she was just a piece of the larger puzzle. Plus, Reese and Finch, who are the core of that bigger story, weren't absent.
The episode was directed by series creator Jonathan Nolan, and even written by Nolan and Amanda Segal, which meant right from the get-go, I knew it was going to be a hour full of crucial information and major story arc focus.
Similarly, an episode like this I don't think could have even been done back in Person of Interest Season 1. Rather, now that the central characters have been pretty well established, Nolan and company decided to go for a bold game changer.
I can certainly see people sticking up their noses to not really having Reese or Finch at work in the forefront, but this was ultimately the perfect way to introduce Shaw while garnering another perspective on one of the major enemies to Reese and Finch.
Sarah Shahi, who has worked on shows like Fairly Legal and Chicago Fire, was a wonderful spitfire addition as Shaw, with killer instincts, attitude and skills. She's certainly a lot darker and mistrusting of a character than Reese (at least for now), and she had no hesitancy in killing people. Heck, she even shot Reese!
I kind of was hoping her own Finch, Cole, would have survived - but it did lead her to start her own investigation that sort of rattled the government cages.
At the same time, it was fantastic that Root was involved as well, except on her own mission to find the Machine, something that Shaw hadn't really comprehended yet. Shaw still believed that the numbers she received were from a group called Research.
We all know where the numbers come from, though.
I was a bit confused with Root being Cole's contact and thought maybe she really was going to turn into a good guy, but after finding the real contact bound and gagged, I knew this was the same crazy character all along. She desperately wants to find that Machine, which it sounded might be housed in a new location?
I was so pleased when Reese came to save the day and it was fun seeing Shaw hear what Finch had to say about the numbers and her job. It was like finally letting her into the group and the dark empty room added to the cool factor and level of importance when it came to telling her what was going on. And yet, I was surprised that she turned Finch down.
Even still, I was shocked that she met up with the Washington official who has been running the show, but was apparently not the highest point of command. He also happened to be the one who hired the assassin (who happened to have trained Shaw) to take out Reese, as well as the person Root was pretending to be a secretary for.
The real kicker was that she handed over the information Cole had uncovered and simply wanted to get revenge on the guy who had put out the hit on them. Shaw wanted to protect the program, even though she didn't really know all the dirty details behind it.
Of course, it was no surprise that she got taken out after all was said and done.
In true Person of Interest fashion, however, the series gave a wonderful twist that included Fusco, Carter, and yes, Leon, scooping her up, reviving her and taking her back to Reese and Finch.
All the dots were connecting, the government connection to the Machine was becoming more and more riveting, and I was finally ready for Shaw to join the group. I mean, c'mon, Bear gave her the perfect welcome lick!
Except a fantastic final twist involved Shaw turning down Finch again, except this time at least taking his number. Fun fact, if you dial 917-285-7362, you'll get a voice recording from Harold's phone.
It was kind of nice that Shaw didn't jump right into their arms in true happy ending style. We all know she'll be back, but her introduction and her invitation to the show fell right in sync with the drama's ability to avoid the cliche and keep that fresh spark of creativity going.
It really was such a different direction for the show to go, but I'm already a fan of Shaw's kick-ass character, and the fact that the major story was expertly expanded upon made the episode that much more interesting.
Who knew that there were operatives running numbers all around the world? Who knew all these crazy connections existed bringing more of the mystery behind the Machine to light?
This was a well done episode that proved that Person of Interest really knows how to create interesting story and characters, stand alone episodes and one's that connect to the overarching plot, and a series that never settles for the same old, same old. I'm chomping at the bit for whatever's coming next.
Sean McKenna was a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. He retired in May of 2017. Follow him on Twitter.


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Friday, September 11, 2015
According to Mental Health America, over 19 million people are diagnosed with depression each year. But what exactly is depression? It is more than just feeling sad. In fact, it is a treatable medical condition that should not be dismissed.
There are three types of depressive disorders:
There are several causes of depression. First, depression is thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, which makes some more likely to develop depressive symptoms. There also seems to be genetic factor related to depression, since it appears to run in families. Finally, environmental factors can play a role in someone developing depression. Life changing events, such as the death of a loved one of losing a job, can trigger depression.
People who are depressed suffer from all or many of these symptoms:
Please visit your health care provider if you think you are suffering from depression. There are many treatments and support groups available for you. Please read the NetWellness article about the Treatment of Depression for more information about your options.
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NBC plans to use its Olympics coverage to promote the fall TV season, offering sneak peeks at two new comedies and launching the second season of "Grimm" when the Games end in mid-August.
The network has spread out its fall premieres over more than two months, with new comedies "Go On" and "Animal Practice" getting commercial-free sneaks during NBC's Olympics coverage in August while the new Friday comedy block of "Whitney" and "Community" doesn't debut until Oct. 19.
The complete schedule is listed below. I have sneak peeks at NBC's new shows here and here. (A revamped "Smash" won't return until midseason.)
NBC's FALL PREMIERE SCHEDULE
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Wednesday, Aug. 8
"GO ON" (sneak peek following Olympic Games coverage)
Sunday, Aug. 12
"ANIMAL PRACTICE" (sneak peek following Olympic Games Closing Ceremonies)
Monday, Aug. 13
7 p.m.: "STARS EARN STRIPES" (2-hour premiere)
9 p.m.: "Grimm"
Wednesday, Sept. 5
6:30 p.m.: "NFL Kickoff Special 2012" (regular season)
7:30 p.m.: "Sunday Night Football" (regular season)
Sunday, Sept. 9
6 p.m.: "Football Night in America" (regular day and time)
7:15 p.m.: "Sunday Night Football" (regular day and time)
Monday, Sept. 10
7 p.m.: "The Voice"
Tuesday, Sept. 11
8 p.m.: "GO ON" (time period premiere)
8:30 p.m.: "THE NEW NORMAL" (series premiere)
9 p.m.: "Parenthood"
Wednesday, Sept. 12
9 p.m.: "GUYS WITH KIDS" (sneak peek)
Friday, Sept. 14
8 p.m.: "Grimm" (time period premiere)
Monday, Sept. 17
9 p.m.: "REVOLUTION" (series premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 20
7:30 p.m.: "Up All Night"
8 p.m.: "The Office"
8:30 p.m.: "Parks and Recreation"
Wednesday, Sept. 26
7 p.m.: "ANIMAL PRACTICE" (time period premiere)
7:30 p.m.: "GUYS WITH KIDS" (time period premiere)
8 p.m.: "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2-hour premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 4
7 p.m.: "30 Rock"
Wednesday, Oct. 10
9 p.m.: "CHICAGO FIRE" (series premiere)
Friday, Oct. 19
7 p.m.: "Whitney"
7:30 p.m.: "Community"