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New Enrico Fermi DVD Now Available from AAPT
Rare Footage Highlights Famous Physicist and His Colleagues
College Park, Maryland, United States, September 13, 2007
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT; http://www.aapt.org) is pleased to announce that it has obtained exclusive distribution rights to a DVD containing two prize-winning physics films. The World of Enrico Fermi features rare views of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi and his work as he moves from Rome to Chicago to Los Alamos, and as he interacts with such great 20th century scientists as Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and Robert Oppenheimer in making fundamental contributions to both theoretical and applied physics. People and Particles follows a group of Harvard University professors and graduate students for more than two years as they design an experiment, construct the needed apparatus, and begin taking data. This is the first time that these two films have become available on DVD since they were made by Project Physics at Harvard University in the 1960's.
Through the generosity of Dr. F. James Rutherford, Chief Education Officer Emeritus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), AAPT is able to offer this documentary DVD to special sectors of its membership. As of July 1, 2007, individuals who contribute to AAPT at the Bohr-Rutherford level (a contribution of $500-$999), will receive a Collector's Edition of the DVD, and all high school teachers, undergraduate teachers, and students who become members for the first time will be offered an educational version as a gift. A limited quantity the DVDs are now available through AAPT's online store for $15.99 for AAPT members and $19.99 for non-members. All proceeds will benefit the F. James Rutherford Endowment, which will support an initiative—now being developed in collaboration with Rutherford—for advancing physics education.
"I am delighted that thanks to AAPT this important product of Project Physics will now become widely available to teachers and students of physics," said Dr. Rutherford, "and all the more so to the degree it will contribute to an increase of AAPT membership and member contributions."
"For its part, AAPT is very pleased to share these rare and informative documentaries as a gift for our newest members and we are pleased to offer them for sale to the public as well," said Toufic Hakim, AAPT Executive Officer. "They offer a fantastic educational tool for educators and a wonderful opportunity for everyone to experience these terrific films. We welcome the establishment of the F. James Rutherford Endowment through this project and hope this effort sets a new model for others leading educators to consider."
About Enrico Fermi
The Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) is most noted for his theoretical contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics, and statistical mechanics, and for his central role in the development of the first experimental nuclear reactor. In 1938, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on induced radioactivity.
About Project Physics
With funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Office of Education, and private foundations, Project Physics was established at Harvard University in 1964 under the leadership of professors Gerald Holton, F. James Rutherford, and the late Fletcher G. Watson. Involving high school and college physics teachers from all over the country, historians and philosophers of science, curriculum specialists, graphic artists, film makers, and educational researchers, in six years the project developed and field tested an interconnected set of print, visual, and laboratory instructional materials. The World of Enrico Fermi and People and Particles were among them.
About F. James Rutherford
In his long career, Dr. Rutherford has served as a high school teacher of physics, an associate professor of education at Harvard University, a professor and head of science and mathematics education at New York University, as assistant director of the National Science Foundation, as the first assistant secretary for research at the U.S. Department of Education, and as chief education officer and originator of Project 2061 at AAAS. Among his honors is the distinguished service medal of AAPT.
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AAPT is the leading organization for physics educators—with more than 11,500 members worldwide. Our mission is to advance the greater good through physics education. We provide our members with many opportunities for professional development, communication, and student enrichment. We serve the larger community through a variety of programs and publications. AAPT was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
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The formula sounds simple: Product + Pitch + Pizazz = Infomercial. But it's really a combination of science and skill, and yes, the requisite amount of silliness, that goes into creating an ad that will make you get up and buy. CNBC Originals takes you inside the world of the infomercials.
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Couscous with Pan-Seared Vegetables
Makes about 3 cups
1¼ cups water
1 cup couscous
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons light brown sugar
4 teaspoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Vegetable Magic®
1 reaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Seasoning Salt®
½ cup grape tomatoes, cut in half
½ cup golden raisins
½ cup small broccoli florets
¼ cup pine nuts
¼ cup almonds, roasted & sliced
¼ cup green onions, thinly sliced
¼ cup red cabbage, shredded
¼ cup carrots, shredded
how to prepare
For the couscous: Mix all the ingredients except the couscous in a saucepan and stir well until combined. Bring to a boil over high heat and stir in the couscous. Remove the pan from the heat, cover and let sit until couscous is cooked, about 5 minutes. Fluff the couscous with a fork and cool to room temperature.
For the pan-seared vegetables: Spray a nonstick skillet lightly with vegetable spray. Heat the skillet over very high heat until the oil just begins to smoke. Sauté the vegetables until browned in spots, stirring frequently. (Note: this step is essential to the final flavor). Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
Mix the cooled vegetables with 2 cups of the prepared couscous.
Copyright © 2006 by Paul Prudhomme


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SAO PAULO (AP) — Pressure is growing for prosecutors to open an investigation into popular former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid new accusations he knew about a cash-for-votes in Congress scheme that has seen convictions of 25 people, including his one-time chief of staff.
Silva, who left office in 2010 with an 87 percent approval rating and was once called "the most popular politician on Earth" by President Barack Obama, has so far dodged accusations against him. He denies any wrongdoing in what is seen as the biggest corruption case in Brazil's history.
But now newspaper editorials, opposition politicians and some average Brazilian voters are saying they want to see the Attorney General's Office order an investigation into allegations made by a top figure in the corruption case that Silva approved of the scheme and used cash from it while in office.
"He's such a powerful figure in Brazil — you're telling me all this happened under his nose and he didn't know?" said Debora Barreto, a 30-year-old banker doing some window shopping in central Sao Paulo. "It's important this be investigated, there is too much money and power involved."
Working in Silva's favor is his popularity — polls indicate he could win if he ran again for the presidency in 2014. And he benefits from the low credibility of his accuser, businessman Marcos Valerio, who has been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison and fined $1.3 million for being what the Supreme Court called the "operator" of the scheme that put cash into the pockets of legislators in return for their support of Silva's policies after he took office in 2003.
"What most impresses me is how a person who has been convicted and sentenced ... all of a sudden, and in an act of desperation to lower his sentence, becomes a credible person," said Gilberto Carvalho, secretary to current President Dilma Rousseff, a Silva protege. "What this man has revealed concerning former President Lula is impressively false."
Any investigation into Silva would need to be opened by federal prosecutors.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office said no statements on the new accusations against Silva would be made until the Supreme Court entirely closes its corruption trial that included 37 defendants, which may happen this week.
The scandal is known in Brazil as the "mensalao," or big monthly allowance, for the sums of up to $10,000 handed over to politicians. It came to light in 2005 while Silva was in office. The case has done little to tarnish the reputation enjoyed by Silva, who left office after two 4-year terms on Jan. 1, 2011, with the near-mythical status of Brazil's first working class president whose policies lifted millions out of poverty.
Along with Valerio, the Supreme Court last month convicted Silva's once powerful former chief of staff, Jose Dirceu, of racketeering and of leading the vote-buying scheme in Congress. He was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. Twenty-two other figures, including politicians, aides, and bankers, were convicted on various charges. Twelve other defendants in the case were absolved of committing any crimes.
The new accusations against Silva represent the first time one of the defendants in the landmark corruption trial broke ranks and told prosecutors the former leader was involved.
Those accusations, however, were made by Valerio only after he was already found guilty for his own part in the case.
The timing of the accusations led Silva and his supporters, including Rousseff, to label as "lies" the testimony Valerio offered to federal prosecutors in September and which was first reported this week by the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo after it obtained a copy of the testimony.
Alexandre Barros, with the Early Warning political risk group in Brasilia, said the impact of the latest accusations "will be very small and of short duration" because Silva's accuser Valerio "has been the big bandit with no credibility whatsoever."
"It is all a matter of Valerio's credibility versus Lula's credibility, and Lula comes out ahead," Barros said, using the nickname Silva is universally known by. "For the average supporter of Lula — the Brazilian equivalent of Joe six pack in the United States — this whole thing means little if anything at all. Lula will come out of all this unscathed."
But the charges have led many in Brazil's aggressive press to call for a prompt investigation.
"The latest accusations could be summed up as the desperation of a condemned man," the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo said in a Wednesday editorial. "There is no doubt, however, that they should be investigated with the utmost attention."
For political columnist Merval Pereira, popularity should not shield Silva from an investigation.
"It's dangerous for a democracy, this thesis that one cannot speak of Lula. Anything that's said of him turns into a coup attempt to demoralize the steelworker who came to power to help his people," Pereira wrote. "What's not possible is to assume that Lula is untouchable and shielded forever."
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These days we associate Airships with football matches as the smooth flight of the ship enables camera crews to take long and steady overhead shots of stadiums.
But there was a time in the 1930s when they were state of the art travel ships. If you wanted to get from Europe to the Americas you could either get a boat or go there twice as fast cruising in on a liner-esque Zeppelin.
Sadly, the Airship's stint as the poster boys of inter continental travel didn't last very long. The Hindenburg disaster put the public off travelling in the skies and then WW2 came and any remaining ships were put to good use chasing U-Boats.
For me though there is something wonderfully romantic and beautiful about the airships. They were the Art Deco fleet of the skies – graceful, modern and, like many things from that era – doomed.
Here then are a series of stunning images from the Airship's golden age, along with a story or two about how they came to be.
Incidentally if you want to travel by Airship, you still can here.
USS Akron over Manhattan
One of the most dramatic (and IMO beautiful) pics of an airship ever, this features the US flagship USS Akron over Manhattan in the early 30s. Akron was only in service for eighteen months, but in that time had a career as an aircraft carrier - launching F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters - as well as a surveillance ship. Unfortunately the Helium filled ship (which was unusual as the German ships of the time mainly used Hydrogen) was also extraordinarily accident prone. It had a trio of accidents - one of which saw crew members falling to their deaths - before finally going down in the Atlantic in April 1933. The accident left 73 dead, and only three survivors.


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The North Miami Beach council voted early this morning against starting negotiations with Waste Pro, the company picked to privatize the city's garbage pickup.
Before the vote about 40 people, many of them city sanitation workers who don't want to lose their jobs, gathered outside City Hall to protest privatizing the city's garbage service (see video).
The privatization issue is dividing the city. Proponents of outsourcing garbage pickup, led by Mayor George Vallejo, said the move would save millions of dollars. Opponents, led by Councilwoman Marlen Martell, said the savings weren't real and a private company wouldn't provide the same level of service as the city workers.
The down vote doesn't mean it's over. The issue will come back to the council for more discussion.


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Illinois Watch, given to me by my Dad's WW1 Vet friend. I've had it put away for a long time, over 30 years. Serial # 5288397 If anyone is interested in this watch, please contact me. I want it to go to someone that is really interested in these type of watches.


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1 percent raise OK'd for Manchester school chiefBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 10. 2014 2:48PM
MANCHESTER — The Board of School Committee voted to give Superintendent Debra Livingston a 1 percent raise for the second year of her contract.
The board voted 10-4 at its meeting Monday to support the raise, following the recommendation of the Coordination Committee, which voted on the contract earlier in the day.
There was no debate on the raise at the full board meeting; the committee discussed the matter in non-public session.
The board had already voted to support renewing Livingston's contract in December, along with those of the district's other top three administrators. Any salary increases in the second year of the contracts were put off until the spring.
The modest raise for Livingston works out to $1,600; Livingston is paid $160,000 a year. Her predecessor, Tom Brennan, made $165,000 in his final year in the job.
Livingston is completing her first school year as superintendent, during which she has taken on several ambitious initiatives, including new academic standards, redistricting and rewriting the district's policy manual. Livingston has faced some criticism in recent weeks, including from Mayor Ted Gatsas, over her handling of a federal review of racial disparities in the district.
Her redistricting proposal, which would have converted Jewett Street School into a central preschool facility, was met with fierce resistance from parents.
After the committee meeting Monday, Gatsas said he remained supportive of the superintendent.
"I think she's doing a good job," Gatsas said. "I have all the confidence in the world" in her.
The board did not consider pay increases for Assistant Superintendents Dave Ryan and Karen Burkush or Business Administrator Karen DeFrancis, but they are expected to do so in the near future.


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The results are in, and Niagara University's ROTC program is still outstanding.
As part of the Second ROTC Brigade Senior Leader Conference held Jan. 7-10, the Purple Eagle Battalion was recognized for achieving the highest overall average ranking on the 2012 National Accessions Order of Merit List within the Second ROTC Brigade.
The Second ROTC Brigade consists of 41 senior ROTC programs located across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Scores for cadets are based on a formula that incorporates:
Cumulative grade-point average through the spring semester of the cadet's military science III year (typically the spring semester of junior year).
Physical fitness performance during the cadet's time in ROTC.
The cadet's leadership performance on campus.
Participation by the cadet in the ROTC program.
Evaluation of the cadet during a 29-day leadership development and assessment course that occurs in the summer of their military science III year.
"Our cadets' commitment to excellence, the professionalism of the Niagara University ROTC cadre and the overwhelming support of the university community has enabled the program to achieve this award as well as to continue to add chapters to the program's legacy," stated Lt. Col. Paul Dansereau, professor of military science.
Related to the achievement is that 46 of the 69 contracted/enrolled cadets of the Purple Eagle Battalion earned dean's list recognition during the fall 2012 semester.
"The prioritization of academic performance provides cadets with the greatest amount of future opportunities in a career as an Army officer," Dansereau said. "In the near term, their cumulative GPAs are directly related to their overall ranking on the National Accessions Order of Merit List, which determines selection to active duty and Army branch opportunities. In the long term, their grades may foster opportunities to compete for selection for U.S. Army's fully funded graduate school programs."
Niagara University's Army ROTC program is consistently ranked among the best in the country, garnering the No. 1 standing in the U.S. in 2004 for recruitment, retention and quality of training.
Military alumni of Niagara include two Medal of Honor recipients, Gen. William Donovan and Lt. John Bobo, and a humanitarian nominated for sainthood, Father Nelson Baker. Being in close proximity to Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station and the regional Military Entrance Processing Station, Niagara is responsive to the unique needs of military students, veterans and dependents.
Niagara University participates in the Department of Veterans Affairs GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
For more information on Niagara University's ROTC program, visit http://purple.niagara.edu/rotc. To learn more about services that NU offers for veterans, go to www.niagara.edu/veterans.


text: Not even 48 hours old, and Argus is already running circles around his mother! Yesterday, his specialty was hopping up and down and jumping backwards (the latter as he tried out his version of a two-legged donkey kick). Today, his past-time was running a short distance, turning on a dime, and returning. Repeated as often as possible. This clip shows one of his longer jaunts. This little guy is surely going to keep Molly on her toes.


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It's what you might call "Digg-ing their own grave." This week saw what is being characterized in the tech community as the first real "cyber-riot." And like real riots in the real world, Tuesday's explosion on Digg.com over the release of copyright protection codes for HD-DVDs had all of the usual elements of irrationality, illegality, false bravado and cowardice. And, like many such events, it exposed some interesting, and perhaps dangerous, fault lines in the Web world.
In case you don't know, Digg.com is a hugely popular Web site, mostly for young people, in which users post news stories from a vast array of sources, and their brethren either vote to keep them on the site or remove them. Stories that stay on the site move up and down the queue based upon reader interest.
That's the simple explanation, but as with all Web 2.0 community sites, it has quickly grown much more complicated than that in the last year. For example, Digg was originally focused upon science and tech stories, but has grown to include everything from entertainment to politics. And that in turn has brought with it a whole host of problems. For example, there are reports of companies and politicians buying their stories onto Digg by secretly paying for votes.
Worse, users have learned to use the "bury" feature, originally designed to get rid of spam postings, to crush stories with political perspectives (usually conservative) that don't match their own. The most notable victim of this kind of burying is one of the blogosphere's most popular sites, Little Green Footballs.
But the biggest problem with Digg is not the business itself, which is an impressive creation, but its community. One of the things we're learning about the Web 2.0 world is that all communities aren't alike; when you let millions of anonymous users design your product, you also let them determine your fate. And Digg has put itself in the hands of an army of postadolescents with too much education and too much free time, the age cohort that gets its news from "The Colbert Report" and holds the anarchistic view that all information should be, in fact, "wants to be," free.
Nothing wrong with that. Indeed, been there, done that. But now, in my gray-haired middle-age I've come to realize that if you are going to create a venue for children to play, someone has to be the grown-up. And that is where Digg blew it.
The Secret Code
For those of you who haven't been tracking the story, it went like this: Two days ago someone anonymously posted on Digg the secret code numbers (more precisely, thirteen combinations of letters and numbers) that unlocked the copy protection on HD-DVDs. As Pajamas Media noted, "To the movie industry it is a number worth untold millions of dollars if people don't know it, and one that could cost the industry untold millions of dollars if people do know it."
Within minutes, the string of numbers began proliferating across Digg, as Diggers realized that they could destroy the barriers put up by the HD-DVD consortium to stop mass copying and sharing of its product. As copy protection is widely hated, and seen as a way for big business to gouge individuals, this blow against the suits was roundly cheered.
As is the case with the Web, the revolt quickly began to spread to other sites, notably Google, quickly becoming one of the most active links in the history of the blogosphere. Most of the big sites responded as you might expect: both Digg and Google, having received a cease and desist order from the consortium, quickly moved to block all postings of the secret code. At Digg, the hard-core Diggers howled in betrayal. Some even had the nerve -- especially in light of their consistent censorship of political viewpoints different from their own -- to wrap themselves in the mantle of the First Amendment. Within a few hours, the number of postings complaining about Digg's censorship approached that of the code-breakers.
And then the most extraordinary thing happened: at 9 p.m, Tuesday night, Digg founder Kevin Rose posted a message (headlined with the secret code!) saying the following:
"In building and shaping the site I've always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We've always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.
"But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you've made it clear. You'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won't delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
"If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying."
In other words, Digg was willing to block porn and hate sites, but was perfectly willing to violate trade secrets if its users said so.
It was a breathtaking abrogation of responsibility by a person in a position of authority. If you sign up to be sheriff, and are rewarded handsomely for doing so, then your job when the howling mob shows up outside the jail is defend the prisoner under attack, even if you despise him. At the very least, you run away and accept the shame of your cowardice. But the one thing you don't ever do is join the mob knocking down the jailhouse door.
And that is exactly what Kevin Rose did. Rather than maturely endure the momentary anger of his community, he instead caved in the most craven manner possible. With a certain justice, all that this gutless move managed to do was earn Rose even more contempt for being two-faced and spineless.
Not All Information Is Equal
And it may soon earn him even more. It is one thing for anonymous posters to violate the law and broadcast trade secrets to the general public. The venue on which this lawlessness occurred can always claim -- as Google and others will do -- that they made a good faith effort to stop the criminal activity. But Kevin Rose and Digg won't have that defense -- not when they abandoned any attempt to curb the behavior … and, in short order, actively embraced it.
Right now, the fate of Digg is in the hands of the HD-DVD consortium -- the very people the Diggers tried to destroy. And it will very likely return the favor. I see big civil suits in Digg's future (and likely its demise) as well as in Rose's, who was actually dumb enough to post that note with his name on it.
As for Diggers, like self-obsessed post-adolescents everywhere, they are justifying their deed as an act of liberation, arguing that copy protection is evil, and -- applying the same defense corporate crooks used 20 years ago with gullible juries -- that they really weren't stealing anything more than a bunch of numbers.
The great Web satirist Iowahawk has already punctured that argument by posting Kevin Rose's home address (after all, it's only numbers) and suggesting that every Digg user head over to his house for a giant party. So I'll make the more sober argument.
It is this: all information is not equal in value. Some of it was created with considerable investment in time and money that needs to be paid back. Other information is the product of creative minds that deserve to be rewarded for their contributions to humanity. And still more is vitally important to the ongoing employment of thousands of people and the families they support.
How appropriate that this scandal occurred on May Day, because only a utopian fantasist would argue that all information should be free. It was Abraham Lincoln who said that America's two greatest contributions to mankind were the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Patent (i.e., intellectual property) law. And while I empathize with the frustration of folks who find themselves impeded from the full use of the latest technologies, those morons who want to destroy private property (and that includes trade secrets) put at risk the very future of innovation itself -- not to mention that great creator of human freedom, entrepreneurship.
Can we expect the children of Digg to understand this? No, but they will in time. But what we can expect is that individuals in positions of responsibility -- especially founders/CEOs -- get it.
Tad's Tab: The latest from the teen tech trenches, by Malone's 15-year-old son, Tad Malone:
Wasn't the Web supposed to improve productivity? Not anymore. Not when you click on a Web site and the screen instantly fills with distracting advertising windows and banners. Now a cool new app, called Clutter Cloak (http://teleskiving.wordpress.com/clutter-cloak/ ), lets you focus on one window at a time as it blacks out everything on your screen except what is under your mouse pointer.
This work is the opinion of the columnist and in no way reflects the opinion of ABC News.
Michael S. Malone, once called the Boswell of Silicon Valley, is one of the nation's best-known technology writers. He has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than 25 years, beginning with the San Jose Mercury News, as the nation's first daily high-tech reporter. His articles and editorials have appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, the Economist and Fortune, and for two years he was a columnist for The New York Times. He was editor of Forbes ASAP, the world's largest-circulation business-tech magazine, at the height of the dot-com boom. Malone is best-known as the author or co-author of a dozen books, notably the best-selling "Virtual Corporation." Malone has also hosted three public television interview series, and most recently co-produced the celebrated PBS miniseries on social entrepreneurs, "The New Heroes." He has been the ABCNEWS.com "Silicon Insider" columnist since 2000.


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Penguins Face-Off Luncheon -9/30/09
Pittsburgh Penguins fans clad in black and gold gathered for the Pittsburgh Penguins Face-off Luncheon, sponsored by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, at the Omni William Penn Hotel to kick off the 2009-2010 season. The team filed down the grand staircase and then took their seats at a head table where they enjoyed lunch with 530 guests. Mike Lange, Penguins radio network play-by-play announcer, and Phil Bourque, Penguins radio network color analyst emceed the afternoon, where Penguins CEO Ken Sawyer, Pens executive VP and GM Ray Shero, and head coach Dan Bylsma spoke. Attendees cheered as highlights from the 2008-09 season were played, including clips of the last game and Stanley Cup ceremony.Photography by Megan WylieRead More
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Private Classes for Children - Fall 2018
Private lessons for children are available at all times and at a schedule and pace appropriate to the student. Format can be one on one, or small private-group classes. Private lesson pricing for children is $45/hr for one student, $25 per student for groups of 2-3, and $15 an hour for groups of 4 or more. Those rates are valid for blocks of a minimum of 5 lessons (5 hours), pre-paid. Call 503.223.8388 to discuss options or to schedule your sessions.
Alliance Française Class Enrollment Policies
- Registrations are accepted in the order received until the class is full (average class size is 5-8; maximum class size is 10-12).
- Membership: Currrent Alliance Française membership is required for all students. The membership fee is valid for 12 full months and carries these benefits: eligibility to register for classes; discounts at retailers and restaurants; access to the School's lending library of books and audio/video materials; and invitations and discounts to social and cultural events. Membership fees are not refundable.
- Special Discounts:
- Receive a 10% Earlybird discount when paying in full for full-term classes (10 weeks) by the designated 'earlybird' deadline, for group classes,
- 15% discount for Seniors (65 and older) who register, and pay in full, for group classes (the discount is not valid for private lessons). Note: only one special discount applies. The discounts apply to the course fee; discounts do not apply to books or membership fees.
- FlexPay Plan: Pay half the course fee ($155) to register (plus applicable books and membership) and then pay the balance at mid-term. Note: Earlybird or Senior discounts don't apply to FlexPay plans; applicable only to 10-week classes.
- Enrollment Quotas and Staffing: A minimum of four enrollments is required to open a class. If this quota is not met, the Alliance Française will use its discretion to open or cancel the class or offer alternatives.
- Trial Class: Students may attend one class on a try-out basis, at no charge, for evaluation purposes, as long as the class is not at maximum enrollment.
Alliance Française Refund Policy
The Alliance is a nonprofit organization that hires top-caliber teachers and which finalizes class schedules based on enrollments at the start of a session. Our refund policy is restricted as described below.
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- Missed classes are not refunded or pro-rated. Students are encouraged, however, to utilize makeup options which are complimentary. Note that makeups must take place prior to the following regularly scheduled group class.
- For Saisons 101-105 classes, students may attend the same class, held at a different day and time, as a makeup. All classes follow the same syllabus, so auditing another class will help you keep up. If attending another class is not possible, one private 30-minute makeup session per term for 100-level students can be scheduled with the office. Note that a scheduled makeup class that is missed cannot be rescheduled.
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Div. II Field Hockey Tournament: Cranney leads Souhegan past PortsmouthBy MARISA INGEMI
Special to the Union Leader
October 21. 2017 1:35AM
AMHERST — For the second straight season, the Souhegan field hockey team will compete in Division II final four. A 3-1 win over Portsmouth on Friday ensured that.
The difference this year, is expectations.
As the top seed, the Sabers (13-1) are the favorites in every round. Souhegan, which lost to Windham in the 2016 semifinals, face a new challenge against Hanover, a team they haven't faced, in the semifinals on Tuesday at Exeter High.
"This is our first year on top," said senior Abby Cranney, who scored twice. "Usually we're the underdogs, facing top teams. I think this year, staying composed not letting anything get to our heads is what's worked for us."
Cranney scored the first two goals of the game for the home team, upping her season total to 22 tallies. She scored just 57 seconds into the game to set the pace.
"I would have liked for it to have settled us a little bit more," said Sabers coach Kelli Braley. "Scoring quickly was a bonus. Typically with my team, what happens is once we get one, the floodgates kind of open."
It was 17 minutes later that she doubled the lead. McKenzie Robinson scored the third Souhegan goal two minutes into the second half to extend the lead to 3-0.
The ninth-seeded Clippers (7-6-1) didn't go down without a fight. With 7:47 remaining, Portsmouth's Ellie Hunkins scored, and the visitors pushed the pace down the stretch, but it wasn't enough.
Clippers goalie Kayleigh Vogel made eight saves and kept her team in it against a Souhegan attack that has totaled 76 goals this season.
"The difference of playing to win and playing to survive, which is what it's like in the playoffs, is really intense," said Braley. "Portsmouth, to their credit, did not quit, and the second half made it a lot more difficult."


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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I can taste it already. Can you?
No, I'm not talking about the mounds of savory stuffing and tender turkey smothered in grandma's gravy (how's that for some Thanksgiving alliteration). I'm talking about the sweet taste of accomplishment after tracking down a coveted Black Friday deal.
But how exactly do you hunt down that perfect deal among the herds of bargain shoppers?
You can do things the old-fashioned way and start clipping coupons, or you can put that smartphone to good use. To be cliché for a second: Black Friday–there's an app for that.
So, without further ado, here are the 5 must-have mobile apps for a successful Black Friday this year.
Note: In the spirit of Black Friday, all of these apps are free–it wouldn't be right otherwise.
TGI Black Friday
The TGI Black Friday app serves as a hub for all Black Friday deals. Through this app, you can search thousands of up-to-date deals across different stores and categories. You can also compare prices to make sure you're getting the absolute best Black Friday deal. Available for iPhone and Android.
Think you deserve a reward for diving into the trenches and conquering Black Friday? Well so does Shopkick. With this app, you can unlock deals and points ("kicks") by opening the app in certain major retail stores–Target, Best Buy, Macy's, etc. You can also receive "kicks" by scanning featured products on your phone. Rewards include gift cards, movie tickets, and more. Oh, and did I mention these points are nearly doubled on Black Friday? In other words, you'll be saving while saving. Available for iPhone and Android.
Can't remember which side of the mall Old Navy is on? Suffering from shopping fatigue and need to refuel at the food court? Need to locate the closest bathroom? FastMall has you covered. It serves as an interactive map of the mall on your phone, complete with turn-by-turn directions to stores and restaurants, as well as current store deals. Available for iPhone and Android.
Once you're in the mall, it's easy to start justifying your spending. That $75 pair of jeans suddenly sounds reasonable once you're holding them in front of you. Let Mint keep you in check. This app allows you to set budgets and monitor your balances and transactions right from your phone. Available for iPhone and Android.
Black Friday Deals 2012
Like the TGI Black Friday app, the Black Friday Deals 2012 app supplies ads from all the major retail stores. However, it includes one additional feature that's worth mentioning. You can access Twitter and Facebook directly from the app, allowing you to get up-to-the-second updates from stores and fellow shoppers. Currently only available on Android devices.
Now, as cool and helpful as these apps may be, they (unfortunately) won't do the shopping for you. With that said, I wish you the best of luck, bargain shoppers.


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Royals stop Atlanta's 10-game winning streak 1-0 behind Davis, Francoeur
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ATLANTA – Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single, and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta's 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday.
The Braves were seeking their first 13-1 start since 1994, but the powerful Atlanta offense — which homered five times off the Royals the previous night — finally was stifled.
Davis (2-0) didn't walk anyone and struck out seven, and the Braves couldn't get a runner past first base until Jason Heyward's two-out double in the sixth. Their only serious scoring chance came in the seventh, when Juan Francisco was thrown out trying to score from first on a pop down the right-field line.
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Because pre-dental education emphasizes course work in science, many dental school applicants major in a science such as biology or chemistry, while other applicants major in another subject and take many science courses as well.
Our pre-dentistry program will prepare you for early or regular entry. Early entry is considered after only three years of undergraduate work; and you must have outstanding qualifications to be eligible. About dental school Dental schools require a minimum of two years of college-level pre-dental education, regardless of major. Most dental students have at least a bachelor's degree. Some applicants are accepted to dental school after three years of college and complete their bachelor's degree while attending dental school.
Dental school usually lasts four academic years. Studies begin with classroom instruction and laboratory work in basic sciences, including anatomy, microbiology, biochemistry, and physiology. Beginning courses in clinical sciences, including laboratory techniques, also are provided at this time. During the last two years, students treat patients, usually in dental clinics, under the supervision of licensed dentists.
Most dental schools award the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS). The rest award an equivalent degree, Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD). About dentistsDentists diagnose, prevent, and treat problems with teeth or mouth tissue. They remove decay, fill cavities, examine X-rays, place protective plastic sealants on children's teeth, straighten teeth, and repair fractured teeth. They also perform corrective surgery on gums and supporting bones to treat gum diseases. Dentists extract teeth and make models and measurements for dentures to replace missing teeth. They provide instruction on diet, brushing, flossing, the use of fluorides, and other aspects of dental care. They also administer anesthetics and write prescriptions for antibiotics and other medications.
Most dentists are general practitioners, handling a variety of dental needs. Other dentists practice in any of nine specialty areas. To practice dentistry in the U.S. you must be licensed. To qualify for a license in most states, you must graduate from one of the 55 dental schools accredited by the American Dental Association's (ADA) Commission on Dental Accreditation and also must pass written and practical examinations. You may fulfill the written part of the state licensing requirements by passing the National Board Dental Examinations. Individual states or regional testing agencies administer the written or practical examinations.


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Los Angeles-based Ed Ruscha is one of the most influential artists of the last forty years, known for his pioneering use of language and for imagery drawn from popular culture.His name is synonymous with the Californian landscape: highways, gas stations, parking lots, street signs, palm trees, apartment blocks, billboards and the false glitz of Hollywood are referred to repeatedly in his art.
LACMA's collection includes more than 300 works by Ruscha. This exhibition highlights generous donations of the artist's work over the years, and coincides with LACMA's Fall 2012 Art + Film gala, honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick.


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At age 15, Lila Rose founded LIVE ACTION, a pro-life nonprofit organization that specializes in investigative journalism, media and youth education. LIVE ACTION works to expose abuses in the abortion industry and advocate for human rights for the pre-born. Rose currently serves as president of this organization, having led numerous undercover investigations exposing corruption and illegal activity at Planned Parenthood, the nation's biggest abortion chain. Her work has documented rampant sexual abuse cover-up, racism as in discrimination toward African-American babies, dispensing inaccurate medical misinformation, assistance to sex traffickers, and false statements made by PP officials.
"Over 50 million unborn babies have gone into eternity since Roe vs. Wade legitimized abortion."
And over those 40 years, approximately 600 million people have died of starvation, at a rate of about 15 million per year. http://www.statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/
Want to keep it closer to home? Here in the US, approximately a half a million children are currently homeless. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/20-facts-about-child-hunger-and-child-poverty-that-will-break-your-heart
Why is it, I wonder, that some insist on excising a specific aspect of life and demand that all decisions be made in relation to that isolated factor, rather than keeping the situation in context? A pregnant woman is pregnant within a setting that is specific to her situation, and the factors involved are not always wonderful and exciting and full of happy anticipation. When they are not, it helps to have choices to make rather than legislation to comply with. Especially when said legislation is unbearably restrictive.


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Fisk School students strike a pose for heroes past and present
SALEM -- After spending an entire month researching beloved historic figures and perfecting their costumes, second-graders at Fisk School were up to one final challenge Friday morning: staying silent for an entire hour.
Dressed as their respective characters, the 34 youngsters were locked in their poses for the third annual Biography Wax Museum.
"They're celebrating their learning with everyone," teacher Chelsea Ford said. "The kids have been very busy during the month of March with their biography projects and now they've created life-sized portraits of their chosen people."
Those stopping by on Friday were treated to close encounters with many familiar figures, both living and dead, including Rosa Parks, Michelle Obama, Harry Houdini, Florence Nightingale, Pocahontas, Babe Ruth, Helen Keller and Paul Revere.


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First Public Health & Medicine Summit June 3-4, 2008
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
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The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) will host the Public Health and Medicine Summit on June 3-4, 2008, at the Indianapolis (Airport) Adam's Mark Hotel. The Public Health and Medicine Summit brings together the activities of the Public Health Nurses Conference and the Public Health and Medicine Day.
Designed to encourage collaboration and networking among public health professionals and health care providers, it is hoped this inaugural Summit, "Building Bridges", will provide the foundation for expanding and improving Indiana's public health infrastructure. Quick, professional collaboration and response are critical for mitigating public health events. This Summit is an effort to strengthen these roles in a common forum and to establish crucial relationships across Indiana.
The Summit begins on Tuesday, June 3, with five optional concurrent workshops from 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m. Participants who register for the conference may choose the specific workshop they would like to attend. Workshops include:
Disease Surveillance and Investigation: Targeted for public health nurses with up to five years of public health experience or those wanting a refresher, this workshop describes reportable disease surveillance, syndromic surveillance, outbreak investigation, and an update on I-NEDSS, the electronic reportable disease surveillance system currently under development. The workshop will also include a discussion of the proposed communicable disease reporting rule and will feature a panel of speakers.
Interviewing Skills for Sensitive Topics: In this interactive workshop, led by a disease intervention specialist from Bellflower Clinic in Indianapolis, participants will improve skills for asking questions about sensitive topics, such as sexual history, and learn how to create an open, non-threatening interviewing environment. Role-playing and discussion will be used throughout the workshop.
Viral Hepatitis A-E: Back by popular demand from the 2007 Public Health Nurse Conference, participants at this workshop will gain detailed information about clinical infection, laboratory testing and result interpretation, risk factors, prevention, and latest disease trends. Statistical information for incidence and prevalence for these infections in Indiana will also be included.
TB—Beginner and Advanced: Offered by the ISDH TB Elimination Program, this workshop will provide participants with information about clinical infection, laboratory testing and result interpretation, risk factors, and latest disease trends, including antibiotic resistance. Statistical information for incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis will also be included. The first two hours will cover basic, overview-type information; the second half will include more detailed information.
Leadership and Communication: The roles of public health and medical professionals have changed dramatically in the past few years, creating new challenges that demand leadership skills. In addition, as more professionals retire, new leaders must emerge to meet these challenges. In this workshop, offered by the team that created the Leadership At All Levels program at the ISDH, participants will learn the definition and principles of leadership and how to improve their personal leadership skills. Discussion and self-assessments will be included in this interactive workshop.
The program continues on Wednesday, June 4, at 8:00 a.m., with a welcome from State Health Commissioner Judy Monroe, MD, and a keynote plenary session by Assistant Surgeon General James M. Galloway, MD, on Public Health and Medicine Partnerships and Health Priorities. Three concurrent sessions will be offered, and participants may choose from 11 topics when they register. Topics include:
Pediatric Obesity: A Medical Perspective to a Public Health Issue: The alarming rise in obesity among Indiana's youth will be discussed from the medical model. The burden, complications, and management of obesity will also be discussed.
The Impact of Secondhand Smoke on Health - New Research from the Field: This session will discuss newly published research regarding the impact of secondhand smoke (SHS) on cardiovascular health. Indiana's public opinion about SHS policy and the links associated with air quality will also be discussed.
Communicable Disease Rule: What Has Changed?: This session will provide an update on the proposed changes to the communicable disease reporting rule and information about I-NEDSS, the electronic reporting system under development.
Climate Change and the Public Health Response: This presentation will outline the potential health consequences of climate change and propose a public health approach to climate change, based on the 10 essential public health services, that addresses both clinical and population health services.
Vector-Borne Diseases in Indiana: This presentation will describe the clinical presentation and current epidemiology of tick-borne and mosquito-borne diseases in Indiana.
Antimicrobial Resistance in Indiana and Best Practices to Minimize Disease Burden: The epidemiology and clinical features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in children will be discussed along with new antimicrobial regimens and preventive measures.
Food Safety: Everyone Has a Role: This workshop, presented by the ISDH Food Protection and Epidemiology staff, will provide an understanding of prevention measures, including food inspections, regarding food safety. Foodborne illness investigation, along with the roles of the inspector, investigation team, and the importance of health care provider testing, treatment, and reporting will also be described.
Immunizations: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated the recommended vaccination schedule. Recent changes and strategies for improving Indiana's current immunization rates will be proposed and discussed.
Medical Error Reporting: Reducing Errors in the Health Care Setting: In August 2007, the ISDH published its first annual Report on Medical Errors. This presentation will provide an overview of the medical error reporting system and discuss the events reported in 2006. The presentation will focus on the outcomes of the reporting system and the development of state health care quality initiatives to address patient safety issues.
Refugee Health: Health care needs of the refugee populations in Indiana will be discussed. The ISDH has recently revised the current domestic screening form and has updated guidelines for a more comprehensive public health assessment. Detailed discussion of the overseas medical screening process and the new domestic screening tool will also be included in the session.
Addressing Asthma in Indiana: The ISDH Asthma Program and the Asthma Alliance of Indianapolis will discuss strategies to promote and incorporate components of the newly updated National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR3) into public health practice to address the burden of asthma in Indiana.
In addition, a luncheon presentation by David McSwane, professor at the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs, on Emerging Issues in Food Safety will focus on emerging pathogens, imported foods, other contemporary food safety issues, and the steps that are being taken to protect the food supply. A closing plenary session on Hot Topics completes the day.
Registration is $25 for general attendees and $15 for students. CMEs will be available.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - This gorgeous gal recently came in to the Westchester SPCA as a stray. She is young and appears to be a pure bred Jack Russell terrier.
Maxi is very sweet and loves to run around and play. She always is smiling and happy to see you.
She'd do best in an active home with older kids. She is selective with dogs so she must meet any other dog in the household.
If you would like to give Maxi a home, visit the website or contact:
SPCA of Westchester 590 N. State Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
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WEC New Zealand highlights world energy issues
The World Energy Issues Monitor will be a hot topic in New Zealand's energy discussions this week as the BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC), the WEC member committee, launches the report nationally. John Carnegie, Secretary of the committee, talks about what's keeping New Zealand energy leaders awake at night.
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WEC Japan celebrates successful Congress in Tokyo
The Japan Energy Association (JEA), the WEC's Japanese member committee, brought the highlights of the 22nd World Energy Congress in a special gathering in Tokyo last month (6 December 2013). This was the latest such gathering that the Japanese committee holds after every World Energy Congress to update its members about the global energy sector […]
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Ricki Lake delivered the top tango on "Dancing With the Stars" to finish in first place during the show's semifinals.
Rob Kardashian was in second place Monday, followed by actor and Army veteran J.R. Martinez and soccer star Hope Solo, who landed at the bottom of the judges' leaderboard.
One of the celebrity dancers will be eliminated from the ABC ballroom competition Tuesday. The rest will compete for the show's mirrorball trophy next week.
"I'm not confident at all," Martinez's professional partner, Karina Smirnoff, said after the show. "We're praying. We're going to maybe vote for ourselves later."
Judges' scores combined with viewer votes determine which celebrity dancer is dismissed each week.
Each semifinalist performed two routines Monday in addition to competing in a "cha-cha relay," where all four couples danced to the same song.
Lake and partner Derek Hough finished second in the relay, adding eight points to the nearly perfect marks they earned for their samba and Argentine tango. They collected 67 points out of 70, good for first place.
Kardashian has his eyes on the mirrorball after finishing first in the relay and second overall with 65 points.
"It's my time to peak and just bring everything I've got," he said.
Martinez danced on an injured ankle Monday after twisting it during rehearsals over the weekend. He finished third in the relay and earned 23 points for a paso doble that one judge called "more zero than Zorro." He ended up with 56 points altogether.
Solo also danced through an injury: She needed injections to bolster her shoulder, which she'd previously injured and had surgery to repair. Judges liked her Argentine tango but said her paso doble "lacked artistry." Solo and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy also finished last in relay dance, but said they still hope to make next week's finals.
Three couples will compete in the final dance-off.
The stars already booted from the ballroom are TV personalities Nancy Grace and Carson Kressley, actor David Arquette, activist Chaz Bono, singer Chynna Phillips, actress Elisabetta Canalis, basketball player Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest) and reality star Kristin Cavallari.
AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/APSandy.


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The following is a Press Release from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office:
On June 12 at approximately 3:30 a.m., Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a gas station on Gulf Highway in Lake Charles in reference to a burglary alarm that had been triggered.
When deputies arrived, they discovered the back door of the store was open and had been damaged. After deputies checked for possible subjects inside the store, the store manager arrived and was able to access video surveillance footage. The video captured a man, later identified as Kolby W. Quinn, 17, of Liberty, Texas, drive up to the store on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, later discovered stolen by Quinn from San Jacinto County, Texas. Quinn then entered through the back door of the store, stole several miscellaneous items and fled on the motorcycle.
At 7:30 a.m., CPSO deputies responded to a report of a car being stolen from the parking lot of a collision repair shop on Gauthier Road in Lake Charles. While conducting their investigation, deputies recovered the stolen Harley Davidson motorcycle Quinn was driving, which had been abandoned on the business property.
An investigation revealed after stealing the car from the collision repair shop in Lake Charles, Quinn traveled to a Sweetlake home where he abandoned the stolen car, then stole another car from a nearby home.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., Quinn, who was driving the car stolen from the Sweetlake home, was stopped by a Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office deputy for a traffic violation. When questioned by deputies, Quinn confirmed he stole the motorcycle from San Jacinto County, Texas, burglarized the Lake Charles gas station, stole the car from the collision repair shop, and stole a 2nd car from the home in Sweetlake. Quinn was arrested and booked into the Cameron Parish Jail and charged with theft of a motor vehicle; theft; possession of marijuana; prohibited acts; max speed limit; and illegal possession of stolen things. His bond is still pending.
He is currently awaiting extradition to Calcasieu Parish where he will be booked into CCC and charged with simple burglary; criminal damage to property; theft; possession of stolen items (motorcycle); and theft of vehicle. Judge David Ritchie has set his bond on these charges at $85,000.
The two cars and the motorcycle have been recovered by deputies and returned to the victims.
Detective Sgt. Sconnie Granger with the Vehicle Crimes Unit is the lead investigator on this case.


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Rylan Clark set for Daybreak TV role
X FACTOR hate figure Rylan Clark has landed a role on ITV1's Daybreak.
I only left X Factor a week ago and now I'm joining Lorraine and Aled on the Daybreak sofa
The 24-year-old, who was axed from the talent show last week, will stand in for reporter Richard Arnold next week.
He will front the showbiz slot at 7.50am from Monday to Friday while Richard, 43, takes a holiday after his stint on Strictly.
Rylan said: "I only left X Factor a week ago and now I'm joining Lorraine and Aled on the Daybreak sofa.
"I'm a massive fan of the show and it's going to be so much fun sharing all the showbiz news and gossip with the nation.
"I'm looking forward to keeping Richard's seat warm while he's swanning off on holiday but I won't be asking for any dancing tips just yet!"
Richard added: "The wonderful thing about this hurly-burly business we call show is that you know ultimately you will one day be replaced by someone younger, thinner and in this case much taller than you. I wish Rylan all the best in his new role."


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1. Re: Intel 520 ProblemsDooRules Feb 14, 2012 3:30 AM (in response to snaps11)
New irst for download on Intel site, not sure if that will update the smart data or not. Both of mine do this as well, but I don't really see it s much of a problem. If all the drives are doing it and it seems that may be the case for the 520 then I would think an update along the way will address this.
2. Re: Intel 520 Problemsshuffle7 Feb 14, 2012 10:19 AM (in response to snaps11)
I can confirm mine does the same ( SMART codes :unexpected power loss AE & Unsafe shutdown count CO), although wouldnt have noticed this unless I saw your post. 520, 120GB, SATA 2.
Everything seems to working fine, in fact exceeded expectations, from an HDD to an Intel SSD
Be nice to know why this is occuring though.
3. Re: Intel 520 Problemsparsec Feb 15, 2012 10:42 PM (in response to snaps11)
Yes, my 520 does this too. The only concern I would have is if this field was used as a warranty voiding criteria, but I highly doubt that would happen, and is not mentioned in the warranty information. It is a rather silly bug, but as a programmer, I can tell you that many times the "little stuff" gets ignored.
We should file support tickets or however Intel does that, just to make them aware that we are aware of this.
Do you have a concern about this that I am missing?
4. Re: Intel 520 Problemswsirko Feb 25, 2012 8:08 AM (in response to parsec)
I can confirm this (bug?) too. , but it happens only in Windows (in GNU/Linux it works correctly).
I'm almost sure that it happens also after booting/turning off GNU/Linux.
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5. Re: Intel 520 Problemsparsec Feb 24, 2012 1:49 PM (in response to wsirko)
Very interesting, thank for the info. What are you using to check SMART values in GNU/Linux?
6. Re: Intel 520 Problemswsirko Feb 24, 2012 2:02 PM (in response to parsec)
I'm using smartmontools: smartctl -A /dev/sdb, but there's also an app with gui called gsmartcontrol.
7. Re: Intel 520 Problemsparsec Feb 24, 2012 4:29 PM (in response to wsirko)
wsirko, Great, thanks. I also used smartmontools (on Windows 7), specifically smartctl, and the values it returned matched those shown in the Toolbox. This indicates (well, only two examples) that the Toolbox and smartctl, on the two different OSs, are reading (interpreting ?) the SMART data in the same way, so hopefully we can trust those results in trying to determine (in general) why these seemingly odd shutdown counts are happening.
All this info is important IMO, since it seems to show that it occurs with Windows 7, but not on Linux.
wsirko, just to review and be clear, you're saying that the Unsafe Shutdown and Unexpected Power Loss attributes on your 520's SMART data, are NOT incremented after a normal OS shutdown and reboot on Linux, correct?
8. Re: Intel 520 Problemswsirko Feb 25, 2012 8:07 AM (in response to parsec)
Heh, this is strange. When I initially tested this I was sure that those counters where incremented only after booting/turning off Windows, but not GNU/Linux (did a couple of reboots). But I noticed today that the counters increased by 1 since yesterday and the only OS I booted/turned off was a GNU/Linux distribution.
So the answer is: No, I can't confirm - I think it happens also in GNU/Linux...
9. Re: Intel 520 Problemsparsec Feb 25, 2012 5:49 PM (in response to wsirko)
That's Ok, much better for us to know what's actually happening than not. Thanks for posting that. Feel free to update that info if something changes, or you discover what happened, etc.
I've got one more interesting bit to add to this. When I first installed my new 520, I let it run for a few days, and just fooled around with it to check if it was fine. Before installing Win 7 on it, I deleted it's volume and Secure Erased it in the Toolbox. During the SE, a message appeared that the 520 was Security Locked, and needed to be power cycled before the SE could be done. That is normal and happened when I SE my 510 SSD, so I was prepared by having the side of the PC case off. I removed the SATA power plug from the 520, and put it back and clicked to continue. The SE completed fine, no need to reboot, etc. I then shutdown the PC and set up the PC and the 520 to install Win 7. The installation went fine, not a single glitch, and the 520 became an OS drive.
Later, I checked the 520's SMART data in the Toolbox. I noticed that the Power Cycle Count was now one greater than the Unexpected Power Loss and Unsafe Shutdown counts! You might think that power cycling the 520 like that would count as an Unexpected Power Loss or Unsafe Shutdown, but who knows what actually happens.
I read in the 520 spec document that Unexpected Power Loss and Unsafe Shutdown counts are incremented whenever the 520 loses power without the last command it receives being the SATA Standby Immediate command. So does that imply that the Toolbox sends the SI command to the 520 during the SE process, but when the PC is shutdown, Windows, IRST (the driver I use), or whatever is not sending the SI command to the 520?
Speculation is worthless since I really have no idea what is happening during any of these processes, but I think it's interesting.
10. Re: Intel 520 ProblemsDooRules Feb 26, 2012 2:54 AM (in response to parsec)
Parsec, I did much the same when I got my two 520's. Played with them before installing OS. I did one secure erase on both to setup install.
My counts are off by 1 also, like it did not count the SE. Werid.
11. Re: Intel 520 Problemsparsec Feb 27, 2012 9:38 PM (in response to DooRules)
Thanks DRules, nice to confirm what I saw with my 520. I'm not worried about it
IMO, the question remains, do we really understand what this data means and how it is created? Does the SF2281 controller's base firmware create this data (most likely) and do the users of the controllers (SSD manufactures) have control of that data?
I find myself once again at what I call the knowledge climb. I've reached the limit of my knowledge and before me is a mountain of learning that I need to conquer before I can get the answers. Most of the time, the answers are not as important as what I learn finding the answers.


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My name is Suzanne and I am a wife, a mother, and sex addict. My husband Rob doesn't know, and I'll never tell. I successfully hid my shameful secret from my daughter Justine until recently. The day she found out was the most humiliating day of my life. I've always loved giving blowjobs to other men


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Paul John Tagliabue (born November 24, 1940) is a former Commissioner of the National Football League. He took the position in 1989 and was succeeded by Roger Goodell, who was elected to the position on August 8, 2006. Tagliabue's retirement took effect on September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the NFL.
Tagliabue was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the third of four sons born to Charles and May Tagliabue. He received an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Georgetown University and was captain of the 1961-1962 team. He graduated in 1962 as president of his senior class, a Rhodes Scholar finalist and a Dean's List graduate.
Tagliabue graduated from New York University School of Law in 1965. He has received honorary degrees from Colgate University and Northeastern University.


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When I talk about my FarmTina project, I often hear the response, "I wish I could grow food but I just don't have any space!" To that I say, PHOOEY. Excuses, excuses.
Yes, lack of space is one of my biggest challenges in gardening in the city, but that has actually been a fun obstacle to overcome. As a reminder, I've had only a paved patio for the last 2 years, no ground soil at all, so everything I've grown has been in containers of some sort. I suppose I could've filled my yard with fancy terra cotta pots and structured grow beds, but that just seems wasteful and expensive. Instead, I got creative.
For example, I punched drainage holes in the bottom of found tall metal trash bins from Ikea to grow my potatoes. I also drilled drainage holes into large Rubbermaid storage tubs to grow corn. I used a long, flat under-the-bed plastic storage box as a lettuce bed, a box which I had used for storage for years and was going to throw away because it was cracked. I even created quite a bit of vertical grow space using an industrial pallet that my mom "found" (ok, maybe stole from) in front of a warehouse.
My most recent space-saving project was featured in an episode of GROW, a Whole Foods video series documenting urban farmers around the country. I simply needed more space, so I decided to build an outdoor-strength vertical grow bag that would hang on the fence surrounding my yard. And, of course, it would need to look cute.
Check out the video to see the grow bag in action, and then make your own! The "instructions" are more like beginner's guidance, and I'd love to hear your updates & improvements to my first-time experiment. Here's how to make my outdoor vertical planter (written instructions below the diagrams):


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Media mystified by Joe Biden's smile
While members of the media disagreed over who won the vice presidential debate — or whether it was a draw — there was one subject they couldn't stop talking about: Vice President Joe Biden's constant amusement.
Fox News's Brit Hume predicted that voters will pick a debate winner based on whether they liked Biden's smirking and laughing or thought it was disrespectful to GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's remarks.
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"What you saw while Paul Ryan was talking, was smirking, laughing, smiling, mugging by the vice president," Hume said. "And my sense about it was that it was so compelling that people probably couldn't take their eyes off of it. And so it'll come down to whether people thought that was attractive or not. Myself, I didn't. I thought it was unattractive, I thought it was rude and I have a feeling it will come across to an awful lot of people as rude. It looked like a cranky old man to some extent, debating a polite young man."
NBC News's David Gregory said supporters of Biden might be pleased with the performance, but it may have alienated other viewers.
( Also on POLITICO: 7 takeaways from the VP debate)
"The smile, the laugh, I think a lot of people may view that and think that he was a little too hot, too aggressive, maybe condescending," the "Meet the Press" host said. "I think supporters of the president and Joe Biden will say, 'Hey, this was refreshing.' He was feisty, he was aggressive, he was seeking in some ways to belittle Ryan as a challenger here in the arena and that was something we didn't see out of the president."
NBC News's Savannah Guthrie said she was "struck by how fiery and at times acrimonious this debate was," and also weighed in on Biden's reactions.
"With regard to Biden laughing, I'm starting to think how to react, what to do when you're not speaking, must be the most difficult task in these debates because we've seen time and time again candidates having such a hard time with it," Guthrie said. "I think the fundamental question here remains, though, is anything that was said here tonight persuasive at all to independent voters, those who haven't made up their minds. I think there were moments in this debate where it felt like the candidates were having this extended conversation with themselves and almost forgot the audience at home and that they are also supposed to be having a conversation with America."
( Also on POLITICO: Is Biden the new Gore?)


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ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUPN), a specialty pharmaceutical company, received positive topline results from its Phase IIb study on SPN-810 for the treatment of impulsive aggression in ADHD patients.
The study is a multicenter randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial in children 6 to 12 diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and characterized by impulsive aggression that is not controlled by optimal stimulant and psychosocial treatment. A total of 121 patients were randomized in the study across placebo and three doses of SPN-810.
The primary endpoints in the study were the effect in reducing impulsive aggression as measured with change in the score of the Retrospective - Modified Overt Aggression Scale "R-MOAS", and the rate of remission of aggression, after at least three weeks of treatment. Secondary endpoints included safety and tolerability of SPN-810 as well as the effect on the Clinical Global Impression and the Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP-IV) for ADHD. Patients who completed the study were offered the opportunity to continue into a six months open-label phase that is currently on-going. The study is a dose finding study with the primary objective of identifying effective doses in children of different weight groups.
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For all patients, low and medium doses of SPN-810 met the efficacy endpoint of rate of remission of aggression and showed statistical significance vs placebo with p-values of 0.009 and 0.043 and percent of patients with R-MOAS remission of 51.9% and 40.0%, respectively. The low and medium doses showed a reduction in score for the R-MOAS of 62.6% and 57.9%, respectively, with p-values of 0.071 and 0.115.
For patients of 30 kg or more in weight, the low and medium doses of SPN-810 showed statistical significance vs placebo on the change in R-MOAS primary endpoint with p-values of 0.024 and 0.049, and high percent reduction in the R-MOAS scores of 80.9% and 75.2%, respectively. In addition, both doses resulted in remission of aggression with statistical significance vs placebo with p-values of 0.004 and 0.021 with percent of patients with R-MOAS remission of 66.7% and 53.3%, respectively. The low dose also met the secondary endpoints of Clinical Global Impression for Severity and Improvement, and of the SNAP-IV rating for Oppositional Defiant Disorder with statistical significance vs placebo with p-values of 0.007, 0.017 and 0.039, respectively, and improvements of 41.3%, 34.5% and 49.3%. The high dose did not show statistically significant efficacy across any of these measures.
For patients under 30 kg in weight, while the low and medium doses showed improvements over placebo in the primary endpoints and the SNAP-IV rating for Oppositional Defiant Disorder, the studied doses did not show statistical significance vs placebo on efficacy measures. Coupled with the fact that the high dose did not show efficacy with statistical significance, this unexpected result leads us to believe that the most effective doses are those that achieve certain plasma concentrations (related to body weight) that do not exceed a level beyond which some sort of saturation threshold is reached.
Supernus will be conducting further analyses of the full dataset including analyzing the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) relationship from the PK data generated from the study at various doses for patients in different weight groups.
"We are very excited about the positive results exhibited by SPN-810 at lower doses. The study accomplished its objectives of establishing a dose range at which the drug is effective and confirmed the efficacy of SPN-810 (molindone hydrochloride extended release formulation) in the treatment of impulsive aggression in ADHD patients," said Jack Khattar, Supernus president and CEO. "Because we have seen clear and consistent efficacy demonstrated by the low and medium doses in this study across several measures we have decided to advance the program into later stage development. We will be analyzing the full dataset in depth, and subsequently planning on meeting with the FDA to discuss next steps in the development program and the design and protocol for Phase III clinical trials."
SPN-810 was well tolerated throughout the study across all doses. The two serious adverse events that occurred were not drug related. One patient in the low dose arm and two patients in the medium dose arm had severe adverse events that were considered either possibly or definitely related to the drug. Six patients in total discontinued the study because of adverse events in the active treatment arms: one in low dose; two in medium dose; and three in high dose. Analysis of all safety and clinical lab data has not yet been completed, though SPN-810 seemed to have a very good safety and tolerability profile with low incidence of adverse events, and no unexpected, life threatening, or limiting safety issues.
SPN-810 is a molecule that has been previously approved in the United States for treatment of other indications. It has a mechanism of action that Supernus believes is promising for the treatment of aggression and serious conduct problems. Approximately 25% of children with ADHD exhibit persistent conduct problems, such as impulsive aggression.
Currently there are no products approved for treating impulsive aggression in patients with ADHD and SPN-810 represents a novel approach to addressing this unmet medical need.
About Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system, or CNS, diseases. The company has one approved product for epilepsy, Oxtellar XR™ (extended-release oxcarbazepine), and one tentatively approved product for epilepsy, Trokendi XR™ (extended-release topiramate). The company is also developing several product candidates in psychiatry to address large market opportunities in ADHD, including ADHD patients with impulsive aggression. These product candidates include SPN-810 for impulsive aggression in ADHD and SPN-812 for ADHD.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements do not convey historical information, but relate to predicted or potential future events that are based upon management's current expectations. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. In addition to the factors mentioned in this press release, such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to achieve profitability; the Company's ability to raise sufficient capital to implement its corporate strategy; the implementation of the Company's corporate strategy; the Company's future financial performance and projected expenditures; the Company's ability to enter into future collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions or to obtain funding from government agencies; the Company's product research and development activities, including the timing and progress of the Company's clinical trials, and projected expenditures; the Company's ability to receive, and the timing of any receipt of, regulatory approvals to develop and commercialize the Company's product candidates; the Company's respective PDUFA dates for product candidates; the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property and operate its business without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's expectations regarding federal, state and foreign regulatory requirements; the therapeutic benefits, effectiveness and safety of the Company's product candidates; the accuracy of the Company's estimates of the size and characteristics of the markets that may be addressed by its product candidates; the Company's ability to increase its manufacturing capabilities for its product candidates; the Company's projected markets and growth in markets; the Company's product formulations and patient needs and potential funding sources; the Company's staffing needs; and other risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Jack Khattar, President & CEO Gregory S. Patrick, Vice President and CFO Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tel: (301) 838-2591Source:Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.


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By Staff Writer | February 1, 2009
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Avionics suppliers FreeFlight Systems has developed an entry-level Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) solution for budget-conscious pilots. Priced under $10,000, FreeFlight Systems "ADS-B Out System" combines a 978 MHz data radio with its TSO-certified 1201 or 1203 GPS/WAAS sensor, dual antennas, and a compact control head. It will be available in late 2009.
An aircraft equipped with Freelight Systems' ADS-B technology constantly monitors its location using GPS readings, then broadcasts this data via the 78 MHz band to ground-based air traffic controllers. ADS-B is central to the FAA's NextGen air traffic management system, which exploits advances in satellite-based navigation. The FAA is encouraging operators in high-traffic areas such as the Gulf of Mexico to adopt ADS-B technology early.
"Our ADS-B solution requires minimal changes to the existing cockpit making it efficient, effective, and economical for operators to implement," said FreFlight Systems President and CEO Tim Taylot. "We understand that cost and time implications are a real concern, especially for those flying in non-radar airspace where ADS-B promises greater efficiency and safety. We designed our solution with these considerations at the forefront." Note: ADS-B does not replace an aircraft's existing transponder, it merely supplements it.


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Stockton, CA
Richard "Dick" Joseph Pratt
July 12, 1928 - February 18, 2013
Dick Pratt sailed into the sunset in the early hours of Monday, February 18th, 2013 sleeping near his
wife Jo of 62 years. Born to Emily and John Pratt on July 12, 1928 in Downey Idaho, he grew up a farm boy with two college educated parents who encouraged a love of music that lasted a lifetime.
California living called and he began his life on John Ford's yacht the Araner. He met movie stars and fell in love with sailing and the sea. His most memorable outing was sailing the Araner to celebrate John Wayne's honeymoon. Dick met his wife Jo Christian, "the most beautiful gal", in Catalina. They were married in her mother's home after he was suddenly drafted by the Army to serve in the Korean War.
After discharge he began his lifetime trucking dispatcher career in Bakersfield. He worked for Wattenbarger Lumber where he learned to drive a lumber truck. Oilfield's Trucking Company transferred him temporarily to Stockton during the building of the Los Banos Dam and I-5. He and his wife Jo loved Stockton and decided to stay. Dick worked for AW Hayes Trucking finishing his career as General Manager of Vito Trucking. When drivers called to say they had a flat tire he was heard to say, "Put on the hazards and bring it in slow". His directions always included landmarks that might of gone unnoticed but he knew the islands like the back of his hand.
Jo loved the theatre, introducing Dick to acting in Bakersfield Community Theatre as the handsome Texan in "Send Me No Flowers". He acted with Stockton Civic Theatre, Hunter Square Acting Company and Senior Showcase. Dick's favorite shows were Guys and Dolls, Artichoke and Bus Stop. The Stockton Symphony fulfilled his love of classical music.
Dick loved being a Dad to his children, Diane, Jean, and Jack. He took care of baths and dreaded fingernail cleaning. An avid reader, he read to his children every night. He was a Y-Indian Guides, Cub Scout Leader, served a decade as an umpire with Sundown Little League and chauffeur to countless Jobs Daughters meetings, dress rehearsals, and games. A favorite memory is Dad reading the funnies before work, laughing out-loud to Peanuts and The Far Side. His family loved his sense of humor and one-liners.
After losing most of his sight and hearing he fought to continue to enjoy books and crossword puzzles. Books on tape became a part of his daily life along with the newspaper crossword puzzles accomplished by using an enlarger, often reading the clue one letter at a time. A man of routine, he enjoyed his cocktail hour with a shot of gin and his dog receiving a treat.
Dick is survived by his beloved wife Jo, children Diane (Donovan) Vigil, Jean (Dave) Hatfield and devoted son Jack Pratt. Cherished sister Lili Flo Delyea. Grandchildren "not an ugly one in the bunch", Sarah (Jason) Jones,
Ramona (Nathan) Dellinger,
Rachel (Anthony) Sukurski,
Joshua Vigil, Katy and Kent Irwin, Meredith and John Pratt. Great-granddaughters, Emily, Alison,
Rowan and Audrey, with two more on the way.
A special thanks goes out to the staff at Dameron Hospital for the great care they gave Dick when he needed their care so badly.
Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013, Cherokee Memorial Park Evergreen Chapel, Harney Lane & Hwy. 99, 2:00 pm.


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text: Numerous recent papers on the phonological adaptation of loanwords have discussed the claim by Sharon Peperkamp that this adaptation is essentially just cross-language perception, of the same kind as is generally operative in second language acquisition. This talk will compare the adaptations evident in an extensive collection of English loanwords into Korean to a corpus of perceptual responses to English productions by Korean students of English in Korea. The analysis selects 10 obstruents situated in four prosodic contexts, initial, final, and pre- and post-stress intervocalic positions, and attempts to predict adaptation maps from the perceptual maps for these segments. It finds a strong logistic relationship between them, indicating a process of loanword adaptation as a regularization of the cross-language perception patterns. This conclusion is also supported by differences in the maps across the prosodic positions, wherein loanword differences are correlated with perceptual differences. Further, lexical variants are also more common in cases where consonants that do not have a very robust perceptual map, suggesting that the perceptual maps constrain the process of adaptation. All this indicates a pervasive and powerful role of perceptual assimilation in lexical adaptation. However, the data also exhibit strikingly exceptional cases that apparently indicate a number of aspects of adaption that make it diverge from perceptual mapping. These show especially that adaptation is a historical process with a long time-window, and that adaptations are directly subject to explicit socio-cultural effects. Thus, loanword adaptation in the Korean-English case, though largely indicative of a perceptual base, is much more than just synchronic perception.


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Gracie Phillips is a home-schooled sophomore. She is the youngest of four children. She has two sisters and one brother.
Gracie Phillips is a home-schooled sophomore. She is the youngest of four children. She has two sisters and one brother.
Have you always been home-schooled?
"Yes. We started home schooling when my oldest sister was in fourth grade, which was way before I was born, and have been home schooling ever since."
What do you like most about being home-schooled?
"Well, probably my favorite thing is the flexibility it gives you. Rather than spending my entire day in a classroom, I am able to have my own schedule, on my own time. Having that freedom gives me many more opportunities with dance, theater and other activities that are very important to me. Also, rather than having a certain amount of time for each subject, I can spend more time on the subjects that are of interest to me."
Do you feel as if you're deprived from the "real world"?
"As for being deprived, I don't think I am at all. I'm not sure that a structured classroom or home schooling in general will prepare us for the 'real world.' What does prepare us is learning good communication skills, learning how to interact with people of all ages, races and genders, and working to obtain a lifelong love of learning. I believe my home-school education is helping me achieve that."
What extracurricular activities are you involved in?
"I study voice and dance, I am a member of the High Point Ballet Co., and I am involved in Lexington Youth Theatre and several other theaters in the Triad. For the past two years, I have been a teacher at Cross Movement Dance Ministry, teaching children in grades K-9."
What are you favorite hobbies?
"Ballet and doing my own choreography, singing, playing the ukulele, cooking and baking, photography and, last but not least, sewing."


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With 2012 nearing its end, we wanted to share some of our favorite Instagram photos from throughout the year. We can't wait to see what 2013 has to offer, so be sure to follow us!
1. Beautiful Papaya color inspiration | 2. Our new Key Lime and Seaglass swatches | 3. In the workroom with one of our vintage presses | 4. Edge painting – now in 56 of our ink colors
5. Our foil suite, Stinson, on press | 6. Design inspiration for one of our favorite suites, Larkspur | 7. The sweetest thank you card from Austin Warnock | 8. Some lovely liner patterns
9. We're thrilled to be a part of the LAB Event 2013 | 10. Our Larkspur design was a big hit this year | 11. Foil stamped pendants for the National Stationery Show | 12. Festive letterpress and foil on our Hamilton save the date


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By Rose Donovan Feb 25, 2014 0
Roman Holiday
I have been on a bit of a Roman holiday, literally. I'm lucky enough to be able to accompany my husband on a business trip to Rome. Visiting the Trevi Fountain, the Colliseum and other touristy sites, I'm reminded of the movie, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. Though I'm no princess running away from her royal duties, it feels a bit like an escape from reality—from cold and snow and everyday life. Like Princess Anne in the movie, I know it will end, and I'll go back to what I was doing before this brief getaway.
I felt a bit guilty, because Reilly wanted to come home on the weekend we were to be gone to see a show that is only in town for a few days. But not so guilty that I couldn't tell him it just wasn't going to work out. He took the news in stride, seeming to understand that this was an opportunity I couldn't pass up.
Of course, our contact has been limited to Facebook on this trip, which is how I learned he was sick. It seems to just be a cold, and he's already feeling better. But there's nothing quite like the helpless feeling when one of your children is sick and away from home. Being on another continent just magnifies that feeling.
Me: Go see the nurse tomorrow.
Reilly: Mom, it's a holiday (Presidents' Day). She won't be there.
Me: Then go the next day.
Reilly: I have classes at OW (NYIT's other campus) the next day.
Me: Then go to the nurse before or after your OW classes.
Reilly: (Silence.)
I fretted about how he was feeling, if he needed to see a doctor, if he needed medicine. He complained for the next couple of days, via Facebook, about not being able to sleep because of his cold. I worried about him falling asleep in class, or being too sick to go to class.
A high school friend of his went to visit the NYIT program with his parents that week, and the mom emailed, asking me if they could do anything for Reilly while they were there. "Urge him to go see the nurse, if he still feels sick," I requested. She emailed back the next day that they had dinner with Reilly and some of his friends in the cafeteria and all seemed well. I relaxed.
It's encouraging to know that he can make it through a cold without my help. He seems to have soldiered on, going to class, living his life, like an adult. I remembered middle school and early high school, when he often pretended to be sick, to avoid school. It got so bad that I had to tell him he could only stay home if he had a fever or was vomiting. There were some rough days when I had to force him to go to school, not knowing if I was doing the right thing. We've come a long way.
After a couple days of Facebook complaining, Reilly seemed to be cheerful again. He followed our trip, saying he wished he could join us. He made witty comments on a few of our posts, making us laugh. He's looking forward to seeing us at spring break.
I think he deserves a Roman holiday.


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Energy Journal: High Pump Prices Are the New Normal
Will Wednesday's sharp correction in the price of crude oil filter through to the pump? Prices at U.S. gas stations climbed for 32 consecutive days to Monday, as refinery shutdowns worked to counter the glut of available crude, The Wall Street Journal's Alison Sider and Paul Rekoff report.
USA Today wonders whether gasoline prices could surpass the all-time high this year, and notes that prices in some metropolitan areas are already more than $5 a gallon.
The hard-pressed U.S. driver may have to get used to this.