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Fairy Books
Each of these four books contains a collection of over thirty unabridged fairytales edited by Andrew Lang. The stories are presented in "clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous," and they are generally considered to be the "best English versions of standard stories."Recommended in The Well-Trained Mind, these books will become a treasured addition to your home library. Please note that these are complete and unabridged versions of first editions from the late 1890s and early 1900s and there may be instances in which the language is considered outdated or offensive today. ~ Enh


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ICT in the Primary Classroom MOOC
I've just joined the Coursera MOOC ICT in the Primary Classroom: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum and am going to use this blog to reflect on the content as I follow the course.
The lead tutor on the course is Diana Laurillard, who I saw give an excellent plenary at the IATEFL Conference in Glasgow in 2012 on 'Supporting the Teacher as Innovative Learning Designer' (see video recording of her plenary below).
It's the first week of the course, and people are introducing themselves in the forum - already I've come across some familiar faces and have reconnected with some people from the past as well as making some interesting new connections. There's been a lot of criticism of MOOCs (e.g. here and here and here) by many people who point to the fact that few people who sign up for them actually finish the course and get the certificate. I think this is missing the point - I am not taking the course to necessarily complete it, and if I don't get to the end of it, then I won't consider this a failure of the MOOC or a failure on my behalf. I am the kind of person who enjoys dipping into these courses, although I suspect this is one MOOC I'll be trying to follow until the end as it is a subject that I am particularly interested in and will make time for, just as I did for the Gamification MOOC.

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Lynn Billman
President CWIS
Do you want to get acquainted with other Christian Women in Science in your area? Would you like to connect with other ASA-CWIS supporters in your state? Would you like to connect with other Christian women chemists, astronomers, or physicists?
As a professor at a Christian college, would you like to know other Christian women professors near you? Well, you can do all that and more by searching the ASA Membership Directory at the ASA website.
The ASA Membership Directory is for members only and only appears when you sign in. It is not public information and this is the membership data the search engine depends on. So, if you are not receiving information from ASA or CWIS it may be that your addresses are not current. Check out the Membership Directory and update your ASA profile.
The search fields I find most useful are:
Name – to find one person
Location (i.e., State) – to find who is in my state
Profession – to find someone in the clergy, medical, government research, and other professions.
Discipline – to find people in biology, astronomy, engineering, or other areas
After you decide how these search elements may be helpful to you, you have a choice of searching the entire ASA membership list, or you may search "Affiliate: Christian Women in Science." Checking CWIS will help you find others who have signed up as members of our ASA group, thereby demonstrating their interest and commitment to the challenges faced by Christian women in STEM.
While you're at it, check out the ASA website in general. You'll find a lot of interesting information – major science headlines, God and Nature magazine, information on the upcoming ASA annual conference (July 2014 in Ontario), and loads of great articles, blog posts, news feeds, etc., on science and Christianity. Check it out today! And use the ASA Membership Directory to find other CWIS members in your area.
Related reading: CWIS Charter, CWIS Board, CWIS is Here for You!


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Four Penn State cheerleaders are off the squad because the university says they violated unspecified team rules.
The Centre Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/10BPSuJ ) the school would not say when the violations occurred or when the students were taken off the team. University spokeswoman Lisa Powers would confirm only that the school took disciplinary action against the four students.
It wasn't clear if the discipline was connected to the investigation of an incident in October in which a cheerleader was badly injured after falling about 40 feet from the window of an apartment building.
State College police have said foul play is not suspected, but that alcohol was apparently being served to minors at a party in the room from which 19-year-old freshman Paige Raque (RAH'-kee) fell.
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Is there statute of limitations on spoilers?
NEW YORKRosebud is a sled.
So goes the ending of the 1941 Orson Welles classic "Citizen Kane," spoilers be damned!
Revealing secret endings and plot twists has brought on wrath since the dawn of cinema, straight through VCRS to today's DVR-fueled delays that led to much nail-biting over The Ending That Shall Not Be Spoiled on "Breaking Bad."
But exactly what is the magic formula for spoiler grace? When do calls of SPOILER ALERT (insert index fingers in the ears here) expire so we can, maybe, not feel so constipated when discussing our favorite fare in real time?
Does the 13-episode Netflix dump of "Orange is the New Black" in July equal two months of polite spoiler-free behavior? Are bets off when a show concludes, or does that depend on how many seasons late adopters would have to slowly, slowly slog through – say Dexter's eight to Breaking Bad's five?
Or is it up to the unspoiled viewer to avoid social media or catch up? Get it done, people!
"I think asking people not to spoil for some reasonable amount of time is fine, although anyone who actually takes it seriously, i.e. gets mad or upset in the event someone does, is an idiot," said technology analyst Melanie Turek in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
"But that 'reasonable' amount of time is, in my mind, about 48 hours after a live broadcast," she explained. "And once a series is off the air and the hype has died down, asking people not to spoil is just silly."
Others think keeping some things quiet – or at least warning our Facebook friends about potential spoilers – is what 21st-century etiquette might advise. At least that's what the ragers who decry spoilers on social media hope for.
Marketer Kim Puckett in Indianapolis thinks "we're all social media-level entertainment reviewers now" so should respect our written-word audiences on newsfeeds like Twitter or in status updates on Facebook that aren't easy to escape.
"Unfortunately, specific status updates on key plot points might be banned forever," she said.
But in other contexts, Puckett said, "as soon as the show ends, office and social talk should be allowed about the show. How can we enjoy shows at a social level if we're always worried that someone is still on Season 1 of 'The Killing' or halfway through 'Sons of Anarchy?'"
Justice is on the side of those who want to blab on Twitter or Facebook, according to Paul Levinson, a professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University and author of the book "New New, Media."
The idea that "people have a right to be free of spoilers is absurd, and it's an absurd misuse of the term 'right,'" he said.
"You have a right to communicate," Levinson assured. "I don't think anyone is entitled to that kind of grace. If you feel like writing something you're entitled to write it as long it's not slanderous or libelous or breaking the law in some way. Why anyone would get into a rage about entertainment is beyond me."
He harkened back to buzz over "The Crying Game" and Dil's reveal as a transgender woman, along with "The Sixth Sense" and the Bruce Willis character being dead.
And there was grumbling over spoiling the purgatory at the end of "Lost," at a time when social media was well on its way to engulfing us, he said.
"If the ending is really atrocious, like 'Lost,' then you're probably doing people a favor by letting them know," Levinson said.
Etiquette expert Lizzie Post of the Emily Post Institute sees no value in people "posting a million times, 'Don't spoil anything for me, don't spoil anything for me.'"
Walk away from Facebook, shut down Twitter if you have to, she said.
"If you're not living in the current season you have no claim. It's fine if you have a friend who's really into it and you want to say, 'Don't spoil it for me.' But you can't ask the world around you to completely bend."
Has the quality of conversation been damaged by the call for spoiler-free discourse?
"What we've lost is the ability to step back and assess what we've just seen," said Danny Groner, who like Puckett is in marketing and pays close attention to social media.
"I think overall the live conversation is valuable."
Judith Martin, who writes the Miss Manners columns and books, also believes the burden falls mostly on the person holding out for the surprise.
"But if the story is really good, it shouldn't make that much difference," she said. "I still enjoy re-reading 'Moby-Dick' and 'The Golden Bowl,' even though I know perfectly well what is going to happen."


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Divine Women: Handmaids of the Gods : BBC Documentary
Historian Bettany Hughes continues her journey into the hidden and controversial history of women's place in religion as she uncovers the lost era of the priestess. She delves into the ancient Greek worship of the goddess of sex, Aphrodite, and finds out what this practice meant for women. She also heads to ancient Rome, where the fate of the civilisation lay in the hands of six sacred virgins. Returning to the crucial early years of Christianity, she finds evidence that overturns centuries of Church teaching and challenges the belief that women should not be priests.


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Majid Majidi's Children Of Heaven comes down to earth in an endearing spiral of the spellbinding and the sensitive.
Let's not get unnecessarily and unjustly nostalgic about the original Iranian film. This remake, done up in shades of terrorism in the idyllic North-east (region unspecified) is so lyrically lush in its visuals and so gently evocative in treatment that the original material is forgotten ten minutes into the narrative.
A great deal of the credit for the film's immense intense but toned-down impact must go to the children, Darsheel Safary no longer the pouty buck-teethed moppet from Taare Zameen Par, and little Ziyah Vastani who's quite easily the most delightful new discovery of the year. Ziyah in fact steals many scenes from under her brilliant co-star's nose. If he minds it, he doesn't show it.
Darsheel and little Ziyah create an intangible and secret world of hushed wonderment and discovery that takes the narrative far beyond the precincts of the original fable about an impoverished pair of siblings's desperate but disarming attempt to share a pair of shoes.
Yup, Bumm Bumm Bole is quite a 'shoe' stopper. The fable is expanded to accommodate a world filled with pain pleasure and other emotions that emerge in the journey from innocence to awareness. Unlike Vishal Bhardwaj's The Blue Umbrella or Majid Majidi's Children Of Heaven, Bumm Bumm Bole doesn't try to be wise at the children's expense. Frequently you feel Priyadarshan allowed the children to instinctively empathize with if not fully understand the political complications underlining the social issues of poverty and socio-communal solidarity in times of stress and longing.
Unlike other recent parables on children, innocence and violence set in idyllic sports like Santosh Sivan's Tahaan and Piyush Jha's Sikandar, Bumm Bumm Bole doesn't forget to be an entertaining story. Priyadrashan, fresh from the triumph of his other socially relevant drama Kanchivaram imbues the pale but passionate dusky light of the mountainous locales with oodles of warmth and emotion.
The kids don't take over the show. They just slip into the proceedings like two scoops of ice cream into a ready steady cone. Darsheel shows a definite and reassuring progress as an actor since his debut. His rapport with his screen-sister jumps out of the screen and pervades our senses unconditionally. You just want to steal little Ziyah from the screen and take her home.
The two kids are amazingly good. The ever-dependable Atul Kulkarni puts in a supremely credible turn as the harried father who doesn't forget to smile when the kids are around.
Like other fabulous or farcical creations by Priyadarshan, this one too is shot on picture-postcard locations with the cinematographer (Selvi) and the art director (Sabu Cyril) adding that extra bit of lyricism to every frame without showing off.
Bumm Bumm Bole is a gentle but persuasive piece of work, not just for children though certainly about children who learn fast about the harsh realities of life.
The film follows their trail without getting bitter cynical or hysterical. The constantly even tone is a boon. The kids are a blessing. This film is a soft-spoken and delicate piece of cinema. Not to be missed.
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NEW DELHI — Indian police said Thursday that they were closing in on five homeless men in the gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi, a case that highlights the plague of sexual violence in the country and threatens to tarnish its tourism industry.
Three other suspects were earlier picked up and accused of taking part in Tuesday's attack, which lasted nearly three hours and happened near Connaught Place, a popular shopping area in the heart of New Delhi, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
"We have identified the culprits. All of them are vagabonds," a police official said, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
Violence against women in India has caused increasing alarm since the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old Indian physiotherapy student in New Delhi in December 2012. Several foreign tourists also have been targeted in attacks that have received international attention, although Indian women are assaulted far more frequently.
Tourism figures fell significantly in the three months following the 2012 gang rape, with visits by women dropping 35 percent, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India. Although the industry appears to have bounced back, recent attacks on foreign women could have another chilling effect.
Tourism accounted for 6.6 percent of India's GDP in 2012, the latest year for which figures are available.
Two Danish travel agencies said Thursday that they had not seen a decline in bookings to India since this week's gang rape. Niels Amstrup, manager of the Jysk Rejsebureau travel agency in Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, said his company was monitoring the Danish Foreign Ministry's website for advisories on travel to India, but that so far none had been issued.
Last week, an 18-year-old German charity worker said she was assaulted on a train in southern India by a fellow passenger. In March, a Swiss woman reported being gang-raped in central India as she and her husband camped out in a forest after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha. And in June, a 30-year-old American woman was gang-raped in the northern resort town of Manali as she was hitchhiking to her guest house after visiting a friend.
Police said the Danish tourist was raped at knifepoint Tuesday after she approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel. Instead of helping her, the men lured her to a secluded spot and raped her repeatedly, according to police.
One of the suspects in custody was found with the victim's glasses case and 1,000 rupees ($16) in cash, a police statement said.
Last year, India's Tourism Ministry launched an "I Respect Women" campaign to reassure travelers. Some hotels also have introduced new programs focused on safety. Anasuya Basu, director of marketing at Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, said the hotel has designated rooms for single women and recommends that women only take hotel taxis.
Public fury over the 2012 rape case has led to more stringent laws that doubled prison terms for rape to 20 years and criminalized voyeurism and stalking. But many women say daily indignities and abuse continue unabated and that the new laws have not made the streets any safer.
Still, there has been a surge in the number of rapes being reported recently, suggesting women are emboldened to speak up. Between January and October last year, 1,330 rapes were reported in Delhi and its suburbs, compared with 706 for all of 2012, according to government figures.
Associated Press writer Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.


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An insulated windproof balaclava for ultimate head, neck, and face protection. Unisex, one size fits all.
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This is the first pattern I have ever written so I really hope it is ok. I have tested it successfully but if there are any errors I apologise in advance!
Edited to add(8/6/13): Continue for the basic written pattern or go to the full photo tutorial here!
This makes one pair of sandals sized 0-6 months, approx. 11cm from toe to heel.
The pattern beginning to end makes one sandal, so work it through twice for the pair!
It has recently come to my attention that some people have been trying to sell my patterns… please do not do this. You may sell any sandals you crochet using my pattern with design credit given but the pattern is not to be reposted or sold….. it is available for FREE here! 🙂 Thankyou.
2 colours aran weight cotton yarn, I used Rico Creative Cotton Aran in shades #44 & #13
3mm hook
I'm using UK terminology, these are the stitches and abbreviations being used.
st(s) = stitch(es)
ch = chain
ss = slip stitch
dc = double crochet (single crochet U.S)
htr = half treble (half double U.S)
tr = treble (double crochet U.S)
RS = right side
Using first colour, make initial 14ch.
R1: 2dc in the second chain from hook, 1dc in the next 5ch, 1htr in each of the next 5ch, 2htr in next ch, 3htr in last ch.
Working back along the other side of the chains – 2htr in next ch, 1htr in next 5ch, 1dc in each of the next 5ch, 2dc in last ch, join with ss in top of first dc. (31sts)
R2: Turn work. 3ch, 2tr in base of ss, 1tr in next st, 2tr in next st, 1tr in next 9 sts, *3tr in next st, 1tr in next st*; repeat between ** 3 more times (4 in total), 1tr in next 9 sts, 2tr in next st, 1tr in last st, join with ss in top of first ch-3. (43 sts)
R3: Turn, 3ch, 1tr in base of ss, 1tr in next 17 sts, *2tr in next st, 1tr in next st,*; repeat between ** 2 more times, 2tr in next st, 1tr in next 16sts, 2tr in nx st, 1tr in last st, join with ss in top of first ch-3. (49 sts)
Fasten off.
R4: RS facing, from centre tr count 9sts to the right around the edge towards the middle.
Join yarn, ch1 [does not count as stitch], 1dc in next 19sts. (19sts)
R5: Turn. 3ch, 1tr in next 18sts. (19 sts)
R6: Turn. 1ch, 1tr in next 2sts, ss in next st, *1tr in next 2sts, ss in next st*; repeat between ** until the end, (this will be a ss in last st). (19 sts) Fasten off.
R7: With the outside of the heel facing you – join second colour yarn, 1ch, *1dc in next 2st, ss in next st*; repeat between ** until the end, (this will be a ss in last st). (19 sts) Fasten Off.
Using first colour yarn, 20ch, ss into 7th ch from hook, ss in each ch to the end. Fasten Off.
Leave long tails for sewing. Sew strap to one edge of the heel, sew to opposite side on second sandal.
Bobble Button
Using second colour yarn, 5ch (acts as 3ch + ch-2), 1htr in third ch from hook, 1htr in next ch, 1htr in last ch, slide loop off of hook, insert hook into top of ch-2 and back into original loop, pull through to form ss. Fasten Off. (Essentially a small single popcorn stitch!) Leave long tails for sewing on. Sew buttons onto opposite side to ankle strap, line up with button hole.
Toe Straps
Using first yarn colour, make 15ch. Fasten off. Repeat to make two.
Count 4sts along the sole from the edge of the heel, sew one end of the first strap here and in the same place on the opposite side. Count a further 5sts and sew the second strap here on both sides.
R1: Using first yarn make a magic circle, 2ch, 6dc into magic circle. Pull circle tightly closed and leave a long tail for sewing.
R2: Join second colour, 4ch, ss in same st, *ss in next st, 4ch, ss in same st*; repeat between ** 4 more times, ss in next st, 4ch, ss into first ch to close the round. Fasten Off.
Sew flower securely to the centre of the two toe straps.
Et Voila!
Please leave me some feedback if you try this pattern out, I'd love to hear from you!
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May 24th, 2010
Most kids under 4 should learn to swim, pediatricians say
By Sabriya Rice
Parents should consider swimming lessons for most children between ages 1 and 4, the American Academy of Pediatrics urges in new guidelines on drowning prevention and water safety. The guidance is a change from previous recommendations.
"In light of new research that has revealed that swim instruction for children 1 to 4 years of age may decrease drowning, it is reasonable for the AAP to relax its policy regarding the age at which children should start learning water-survival skills," the authors say in the report.
Previously, the AAP discouraged swimming lessons for this age group, noting a lack of evidence on whether these children were developmentally ready. The new guidelines, however, do not extend to all children under 4. The AAP still does not recommend swimming lessons before age 1, and says children with motor or cognitive disabilities may not be not be ready for swimming lessons until a later age.
Drowning is the second-leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 19, according to the AAP report. New data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissions finds children between the ages of 1 and 2 represent 47 percent of submersion injuries and 53 percent of fatalities for children younger than 15. In light of those statistics, the CPSC launched Poolsafety.gov as as an educational resource for parents, providing pool safety videos and links to resources on drowning prevention.
"Children need to learn to swim," say the authors of the Pediatrics report. But they also warn parents not to equate swimming lessons with "drown proofing." They recommend a multilayered safety approach because, as they note, even children with advanced swimming skills can still drown. Beside swimming lessons, here are three additional things parents can do:
Fence in your pool: Many parents do not consider putting fencing around large inflatable pools,the AAP says, and because these pools are considered to be portable, they fall outside of many state regulations. The AAP recommends parents install a four-sided fence that is at least 4 feet high if you have any kind of pool in your back yard. The American Red Cross also offers a home pool maintenance class online to help you ensure your pool is set up properly. The two-hour class costs $19.95 and you receive a manual to keep at your home.
Learn CPR: According to the NIH, "all parents and those who take care of children should learn infant and child CPR if they haven't already." But note that CPR recommendations vary by age group. You can find a CPR training class near you through the American Heart Association, and the National Institutes of Health has guidelines for performing CPR on children between the ages of 1 and 8.
Purchase the proper gear: The AAP warns against using inflatable swimming aids because they can easily lose air and they "are not designed to keep swimmers safe." On the academy's website, parents can view a list of the types of personal flotation devices approved by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Elements to Consider When Searching for Luxury Car to Rent
There is that one time in your life that you will be forced to rent a luxury car even if you have a car. When hiring a luxury car make sure that you will select one that makes you comfortable and one that is unique. You have to know the kind of luxury car that you are going to choose will come with different amenities and features that's why you have to be cautious when selecting a luxury car. Nowadays there are different luxury cars that people can use for different occasions. If you are having a wedding the best luxury car is a limo In many cases, luxury cars are of different sizes, that's why you need to know the number of people who will be using the car before you choose a certain luxury car. If you do not want to have a hard time when selecting a luxurious vehicle, you need to consider some tips. Here are things to look at when searching for a luxurious vehicle.
You need to look at the needs that you have before you hire a luxurious vehicle. You must have the needs that you want to be satisfied before you choose a luxurious vehicle. There are various reasons that may lead you to hire a luxurious car such as a business appointment, weddings or even going for a trip with your family. When you have well-outlined reasons why you want to hire a luxurious car, you will be in a good position to know the size and type of car that you will hire.
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Barbara Langhenry has represented the City of Cleveland as a lawyer in the Law Department since 1990. She started in the Real Estate and Development Section, and then served as Chief of the Code Enforcement Section from 1994 to 1998 and Chief of the Contracts, Legislation, and Municipal Law Section from 1998 to 2006.
She was the Chief Counsel from 2006 through the fall of 2011 when she was named Law Director.
Prior to working for the City, Langhenry worked in private practice as a litigator. Langhenry earned her law degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1987 and an A.B. in Government and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1979. She moved from Chicago to the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland after college and taught fifth grade in the Glenville neighborhood. She then worked as a community organizer in Tremont with Merrick House and the Tremont West Development Corporation. She continues to live in Ohio City with her husband Rick Werner and their two daughters.


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Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius yo͞o´lyo͝os shnôr fən kä´rôlsfĕlt [key], 1794–1872, German religious and historical painter and draftsman. He studied with his father, Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1764–1841), a painter and engraver, and in Vienna. In 1817 he went to Rome and joined the Nazarenes; with them he worked on the frescoes of the Villa Massimo, contributing his Orlando Furioso. In 1827 he was summoned by King Louis I of Bavaria to Munich, where he was professor and later director of the academy and decorated the palace with his Nibelungen frescoes. Schnorr is best known, however, for his vigorous drawings for the illustrated Bible, Bibel in Bildern (1851–60).
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In Memoriam: Patton (2003-2012)
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"Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry…I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you." – Charlie Brown to Snoopy, Peanuts
Patton is gone.
I wasn't sure whether to write about that sad fact or not.
On the one hand, I'm not one of those people who puts dogs on the same level as human beings. But, I thought of Patton almost like a little brother and he was also part of Right Wing News. I've written articles about Patton, I've put up pictures of him, and I even did a video with him once.
It was inevitable that people would ask what happened to him and I thought he deserved a little more than, "He's not with us anymore."
When I lived in Charlotte, my roommate at the time walked in one day and said, "Hey, guess what? We've got a dog now!" His parents bred pure blood Jack Russells and Patton was an accidental product of one of their dogs that bred out of turn with a Husky/Corgi mix (Yes, really). They weren't a big fan of Patton, but my roommate's little sister adored him and wanted him somewhere she could still see him. So, my roomie agreed to take him in.
Unfortunately, Patton had a few issues. For one thing, he was supposed to be housebroken — but it turned out he was only housebroken as long as he had access to a doggie door. So, our "housebroken" dog was peeing and pooping all over the apartment. He also had a ferocious case of separation anxiety. He shredded pillows, tore up the blinds, and believe it or not, even chewed a hole in the side of the couch. He was a holy terror.
After a few weeks of that, my roommate decided he didn't want Patton anymore. I, however, had already gotten attached to him and decided he was going to be my first dog. This was not the best of fits since I knew squat about dogs and a hyped up little Jack Terrier mix who tore up everything around him when he wasn't pooping on it was not exactly the ideal pet for a novice.
Still, I did get Patton housebroken and convinced him to stop chewing on things around the house by splattering everything with a mixture of vinegar and red pepper. He quickly became attached as well and when I returned from my day job, I'd often see Patton pushing the blinds down with his little nose and looking out across the parking lot, hoping to catch sight of me arriving home.
Eventually we moved to the beach and Patton grew up to be an energetic, playful dog who loved cats — chasing cats mainly, despite this picture…
…Getting his belly rubbed…
…playing with toys…
….and of course, that perennial doggie favorite, sleeping.
I have all of these amazing memories of Patton.
When we lived at the apartment complex in Charlotte, he knew when another dog he liked was walking around outside, in a field behind the complex, which must have been 300-400 yards away. That seemed too far even for a dog's sharp ears, so how he knew, I don't know, but he just knew.
He also had an extraordinary spirit. I can still remember once when a much bigger dog attacked him by surprise, pinned him to the ground, and tried to bite him. The owner and I immediately jumped in and pulled the other dog off and Patton's reaction was to tear himself out of my hands and go hellbound for leather after a dog that was literally more than twice his size. He was a little dog, but he always had a big heart.
He was also fanatically loyal. Of course, I remember his little celebrations when I'd arrive home, even if I was just gone for an hour or two. But, I also remember being wiped out a couple of times with the Norwalk Virus. I was so sick that I was spending 20 hours a day in bed, sleeping. Patton stayed right there beside of me in the bed, back-to-back, the whole time. I took care of him and when I was so sick that I hardly knew where I was, he did his best to take care of me.
Several weeks ago, Patton started having a little trouble breathing. I thought it was just allergies at first, but then he had a massive nose bleed that prompted a vet visit where I found out that proboscis trouble is much more serious for dogs than it is for us. The early diagnosis was cancer.
Still, they put him on a steroid and amoxycillin and he immediately began to improve — so much so that I thought he was going to prove the vets wrong and be around for another few years. In fact, he was almost back to normal. Almost, but not quite. Eventually, Patton started getting sicker again. He didn't seem to be in pain, but he was having more and more trouble breathing. The problem seemed to entirely be in his nose and throat. Multiple vet visits didn't provide any new help or answers.
Things kept slowly but surely getting worse and then, Patton starting going downhill rapidly over the last few days. Again, he didn't seem to be in pain, but it was getting to the point where he spent half his day standing up as much as possible, because when he laid down, he had to struggle to catch his breath. The worst thing was that even when he fell asleep, he'd wake up and try to get his breath within a few minutes. Having read other stories of dogs with cancer online, I knew that it was all downhill from here and I didn't want that for Patton.
That meant I had to decide whether to put him down. It was a hard call because Patton's life was in my hands and I couldn't ask how he felt or what he wanted. Someone told me that if Patton could talk, he'd tell me that he didn't want to live any more like that. I'm not so sure about that. From what I've seen of dogs in general and Patton in particular, there's no quit in them. No matter how sick or in agony a dog is, my belief is that it isn't in their nature to give in. Still, the only realistic way forward for Patton was surgery and/or radiation. Even IF the treatment worked, it would have made Patton utterly miserable for several months in order to extend his life for 12-18 months unless we got extremely lucky. Those are depressing numbers and having seen the sickness and despair that radiation treatments inflict on human beings with cancer, I just didn't want to put Patton through that.
There is no absolute standard as to when to end a dog's life. Some people say, "You'll just know," other people go with "when the dog stops eating," and still others believe in euthanasia "before he experiences an unnecessary day of pain." My personal belief is that most people wait too long and let the dog suffer too much because they're hoping for a last minute miracle. Patton was already getting weaker. I didn't want him to get to the point where life was nothing but suffering for him before I decided to make a move.
So, I made the decision on Saturday to put him down. On Sunday he got to experience Doggie Disneyland and he still had enough vitality left to enjoy it. We went on a nice long walk, where he got to chase some squirrels and cats, my parents came to visit him, we played with his favorite toy, he got his belly rubbed and his ears scratched, and he had the best food he'd ever eaten in a day. After that, he had a long hard night where he struggled to breathe and sleep. I put him in the bed beside of me where he sounded like he was snoring even when he was awake. I may have gotten 3 hours rest and I'd be surprised if he got half of that. That extremely difficult night after such a wonderful day helped convince me that the timing was right.
The next morning, I took Patton in to have him put down. We sat in a nice, quiet room. The vet came in and gave him a little shot which he endured bravely as always. Within a minute or so, I helped ease Patton down on his side where he drifted off to sleep with me lying beside of him, rubbing his stomach, and telling him he was a good dog. A few minutes later, the vet came in and gave him another shot that stopped his heart and he was gone.
He WAS a good dog and a loyal friend. I'll miss him, I'll always remember him, and God willing, Patton is just a little ahead of me on the road both of us will one day go down before we meet again in a better place.
"I think God will have prepared everything for our perfect happiness. If it takes my dog being there [in Heaven], I believe he'll be there." — Rev. Billy Graham
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Middlebury's Virtual Sports Museum
Jan 3rd, 2013 by Holly Allen
Welcome to Middlebury's Virtual Sports Museum.
The exhibits on this site were generated by students in a Winter term course, "Designing a Field House Museum," in collaboration with faculty, archivists, athletic administrators, and representatives of Sasaki Associates, the architectural firm charged with designing the new Field House. Each exhibit offers a thematic approach to Middlebury sports history. A separate exhibit features interviews with Middlebury coaches and administrators. Finally, we have created a timeline of Middlebury athletics. Please feel free to comment on any of the exhibits, or contact us directly.
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QUEENS — With memories of downed trees and flooded basements still fresh in their minds from a series of summer rainstorms, Forest Hills residents are opening their hearts to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
People, businesses and groups from around the neighborhood have been giving gifts of baby supplies, food, money, clothing and shoes in the wake of last week's deadly storm.
The goodwill is literally stopping local politicians in their tracks. On her way to Nov. 5 kick-off event for a clothing drive that her office is holding, city Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz said that she was repeatedly halted by residents looking to help.
"It took much longer to walk here because people were stopping me on the street asking where they could donate," said Koslowitz, who added that her office has already received a donation of $1,000 worth of diapers.
Assemblywoman Grace Meng, attending the press event along with State Senator Toby Stavisky, said that her office and those of other city officials are receiving similar outpourings. "We're getting requests that they have items to donate, where should they bring it, how should they bring it," said Meng.
Forest Hills residents are familiar with the damage that nature can cause; the area was hit hard by a tornado in 2010, and severe rainstorms flooded homes and businesses in the neighborhood this summer. Forest Hills escaped the brunt of last week's hurricane, but residents realize that they are lucky.
"We were fine," said Kitti Fisher-Borgatti, president of the Parent-Teacher Association at P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway School, which held a bake sale for storm victims on Election Day. "The worst we had was just a couple of glitches on our TV. That was nothing; it certainly was nothing like the micro burst we had two years ago."
The bake sale was a giant success. While returns are meager on most non-election years—Fisher-Borgatti said that the PTA raised $88 last year—this year's bake sale raised over $2,550.
"One woman wrote a check for $100 and another person handed the children a hundred-dollar bill and told them to keep it," Fisher-Borgatti said via email. The proceeds of the sale will be donated to P.S. 104 in Far Rockaway; with half of the money going to the school and the other half going to families.
Natasha Persaud, 29, owner of Unique Creations, a boutique on Austin Street that, along with nearby boutique Blue Elephant, is donating 100 pairs of shoes to storm victims. She said that the summer's flooding, which flooded her basement and damaged much of her inventory, made her expect the worst from Sandy.
"Forest Hills did get lucky. We're open for business and things are pretty normal here," she said. "I thought I would come back to store that wasn't here or that all of our merchandise would be lost. But we were really lucky because nothing happened to the store. It was like brand new when we came here."
The charity continues around the neighborhood.
Aimee Salon, located at 76-21 Austin St., is also holding a clothing drive. And Park Lane North, an apartment building on Union Turnpike, received a massive amount of food and clothing for their drive. Nick Pescetto, the building's superintendent, showed a room in the building's basement that was filled with bags of donated clothing.
"We have a lot of donations," said Pescetto as he showed off a room that was packed with bags of donated clothing. "One woman donated $500 in batteries."
Koslowitz said that her donation drive will continue for as long as needed, and Pescetto said that Park Lane North will continue to accept donations for as long as the neighborhood turns them in. Given the way that Forest Hills residents are familiar with destruction; it appears that will be a while.
"We know a lot of people have lost everything. It's cold out there," said Persaud. "I know that if I lost everything I'd want a warm coat and warm boots. We want people to get back to normal."


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By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press
A day after electing their first African-American president in a historic move that strives to erase its legacy of racism, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.
Thousands of delegates at the denomination's annual meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday were nearly unanimous in their support for the resolution that affirms their belief that marriage is "the exclusive union of one man and one woman" and that "all sexual behavior outside of marriage is sinful."
The nation's largest Protestant denomination is attempting to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional white Southern base. At the same time, leaders said they feel it is important to take a public stand on their opposition to same-sex marriage.
The resolution acknowledges that gays and lesbians sometimes experience "unique struggles" but declares that they lack the "distinguishing features of classes entitled to special protections."
"It is regrettable that homosexual rights activists and those who are promoting the recognition of 'same-sex marriage' have misappropriated the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement," the resolution states.
Another resolution passed on Wednesday is intended to protect religious liberty. It includes a call for the U.S. Justice Department to cease efforts to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act and for the Obama administration to ensure that military personnel and chaplains can freely express their religious convictions about homosexuality.
It also condemns the administration's mandate requiring religiously affiliated institutions, but not houses of worship, to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees.
Leaders of several other faiths and Christian denominations, especially Roman Catholics, have also organized and filed lawsuits against Obama administration policies that they see as threatening religious expression.
The Rev. Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, was one of the authors of the gay marriage resolution.
"It's important to sound the alarm again, because the culture is changing," he said in an interview after the vote.
McKissic, who is black, said it was "an unfair comparison" for gays to equate same-sex marriage with civil rights because there is not incontrovertible scientific evidence that homosexuality is an innate characteristic, like skin color.
"They're equating their sin with my skin," he said.
David W. Key Sr., director of Baptist Studies at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, said that as gays and lesbians become accepted in the larger American society, the Southern Baptist Convention is trying to separate itself from some of the more hateful rhetoric while still staying true to its beliefs.
The resolution includes a statement that the SBC stands against "any form or gay-bashing, whether disrespectful attitudes, hateful rhetoric, or hate-incited actions."
But even with those disclaimers, Key said statements like this could hurt evangelism because they are likely to be objectionable to many people who are "not necessarily affirming, but also not rejecting" of gay rights issues.
Key said the Southern Baptists have continued to be outspoken on issues regarding gays and lesbians where other denominations with similar beliefs have not made the same type of public statements. He noted the SBC's previous eight-year boycott of The Walt Disney Co. for its gay-friendly policies.
The civil rights resolution comes at the same time the 16-million strong Nashville-based denomination is taking stands in other areas that will help it reach out to new members.
The election of the Rev. Fred Luter Jr. on Tuesday as the first African American president of the SBC was hailed as historic by denomination leaders who see it as a sign that Southern Baptists have truly moved beyond a divisive racial past.
In a news conference after the vote, Luter said he doesn't think his election is some kind of token gesture.
"If we stop appointing African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics to leadership positions after this, we've failed," he said. "… I promise you I'm going to do all that I can to make sure this is not just a one-and-done deal."
Delegates to the annual meeting also voted to adopt an alternative name for churches that feel the "Southern Baptist" title could be a turn-off to potential believers.
Supporters of the optional name "Great Commission Baptists" argued it would help missionaries and church planters to reach more people for Christ.
And the Southern Baptists have been less provocative on gay issues than they once were. The denomination ended its Disney boycott in 2005 and this year, as outgoing President Bryant Wright passed the gavel to Luter, the new president asked about Wright's plans.
"I'm going to Disney World!" Wright said.


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Today's News: Our Take - Fox Picks Up Animated Comedy Murder Police
Fox has ordered 13 episodes of the new animated comedy Murder Police for next season, the network announced Tuesday. The series, from Family Guy's David A. Goodman and Jason Ruiz, follows a passionate but incompetent detective and his colorful colleagues at the city precinct.
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"David and Jason came to us with a really fresh take on law enforcement that we've never seen before," Kevin Reilly, Fox's chairman of Entertainment, said in a statement. "With Murder Police, these guys are taking a staple genre of television - the cop show - and turning it on its head by pushing the warped comedic boundaries that only animation can offer. It's the kind of show our Animation Domination fans will absolutely love, and I can't wait to introduce it next season."
Ruiz will voice the protagonist Manuel Sanchez, a good-hearted cop surrounded by inept detectives, including his "bad cop" partner Tommy Margaretti (Will Sasso). Other actors lending their voices to the pilot include Chi McBride, Horatio Sanz, Penny Marshall, Peter Atencio and Justina Machado.
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...... we still need to bring some humility and spending responsibility to Melvin Davis or "Mr. Chairman". Tom Leach may help with that endeavor.
August 14, 2008
Tom Leach to be Write-In Candidate opposing Melvin Davis in General Election
By Wendell Dawson, Editor, AVOC, Inc
AVOC has had several messages today that Tom Leach will file as a 'Write In" candidate against Melvin Davis in the Fall. He is garnering support from folks unhappy with the Beer & Wine Vote and with Melvin Davis in general.
As of Noon, today he had not officially filed his affidavit with the Board of Elections or run his ad in the newspaper. The Oconee Enterprise posted an announcement article online at 10:06 AM this morning.
I dealt with Mr. Leach some when I was BOC Chairman. He was often critical of me and often said he would run against me. He was active in the Bohlen Independent Candidacy against me in the summer of 2000. In my opinion, Leach lacks the qualifications and stability to handle the job.
All that being said, I think Melvin Davis is disliked enough to make the Leach candidacy more than just a quixotic act. It will attract Protest Votes. Who knows, I may write in his name.
Odds will favor Melvin Davis because the General Election will attract far more voters than the Primary. Many will vote a straight GOP ticket and that will help Davis as the official GOP nominee. Oconee has voted Republican in General Elections and I expect it to continue for the foreseeable future.
However, we still need to bring some humility and spending responsibility to Melvin Davis or "Mr. Chairman". Tom Leach may help with that endeavor.
The Oconee Enterprise
Tom Leach to oppose Davis
By Blake Giles
Tom Leach has announced that he will oppose Melvin Davis as a write-in candidate for county commission chairman during the November general election.."I am a Christian man," said Leach, and first and foremost I think Melvin sold us out when he broke the tie on liquor by the drink. I want to give the voters a choice.".Leach drives a concrete truck. He is the father of four children and has lived in Oconee County most of his adult life..As a write-in candidate, Leach is required only to notify the Board of Elections and place an ad in the legal organ, The Oconee Enterprise. He is not required to gather names on a petition since he will not be listed on the ballot………………….
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Story highlights
North Korea is verbally "firing back" at recent moves by the U.S., an analyst says
Pyongyang has expressed anger that the U.S. is flying B-52s over South Korea
The flights are part of annual military exercises
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have flared since the North's latest nuclear test
The North Korean military issued a fresh burst of ominous rhetoric Thursday, warning that U.S. bases in Guam and Japan are within its "striking range."
The statement from the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army, carried by the North's state-run news agency, follows the announcement by the United States this week that its B-52 bombers were making flights over South Korea as part of annual military exercises.
"The U.S. should not forget that the Andersen Air Force Base on Guam where the B-52s take off and naval bases in Japan proper and Okinawa where nuclear-powered submarines are launched are within the striking range of the DPRK's precision strike means," the North Korean military said Thursday.
Despite Pyongyang's rhetoric, no U.S. Navy submarines are based in Okinawa or anywhere else in Japan, although they may make calls at U.S. bases there. DPRK is short for Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
Interactive: Nuclear weapons: Who has what?
Citing what it called the United States' "nuclear blackmail and threat," the North said it that it, too, would "take corresponding military actions."
Pyongyang had already reacted angrily to the B-52 flights, warning Wednesday of "strong military counteraction" if the planes made more sorties over the Korean Peninsula.
Angry words after new sanctions
Tensions have spiked in the region since North Korea carried out its latest underground nuclear test last month, the first under its new young leader Kim Jong Un, prompting the United Nations Security Council to respond by toughening sanctions on the secretive regime.
The sanctions enraged the North further, and during the week when the Security Council was voting on them, it ratcheted up its threats, suggesting it could carry out a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States and South Korea.
Although analysts and American officials say Pyongyang is still a long way from being able to carry out such an attack on the U.S. mainland, the United States' bases in Japan and Guam appear to be within range of the North's conventional weapons.
In its comments Thursday, "the Kim Jong Un regime is just firing back" at its enemies in response to the B-52 flights and the military exercises of which they're a part, said Lee Jung-hoon, a professor of international relations at Yonsei University in Seoul.
He said that the U.N. sanctions were also likely to be fueling the North's ire, but that the regime's threats were largely driven by domestic concerns.
"They're doing all this to prop up the regime," Lee said.
The military first strategy
Since Kim took over from his father as the head of the North Korean government in late 2011, he appears to have maintained the pursuit of a stronger military deterrent rather than adopting a more conciliatory approach to relations with South Korea and the United States.
The result has been a major foreign policy headache for U.S. President Barack Obama, with Kim showing more interest in dialogue with the basketball star Dennis Rodman than U.S. diplomats.
As well as the nuclear test, his government has conducted two long-range rocket launches – one that failed and one that succeeded – both of which were widely viewed as tests of ballistic missile technology.
Kim has also revamped the military's leadership, ousting some generals and promoting others.
The nuclear test and rocket launches have shattered hopes of any new talks on the North's nuclear program in the near future.
Indeed, Pyongyang has said recently that the program is not up for negotiation and announced that previous nonaggression treaties with Seoul no longer apply.
A new North Korea
The regime's unabashed declarations about its nuclear weapons, which it had been much cagier about in the past, show that "it's not the same North Korea as 10 years ago," Lee said.
The United States and other global powers need to "formulate a whole new strategy" to address the changed situation, according to Lee.
"The way we've been dealing with it for the past two decades has failed," he said of the regime. "It has become close to being able to deploy nuclear weapons."
Although U.S. officials say they don't believe North Korea is in a position to strike the United States at the moment, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week announced plans to deploy additional ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast as part of efforts to enhance the nation's ability to defend itself from attack.
"The reason that we are doing what we are doing, and the reason we are advancing our program here for homeland security, is to not take any chances, is to stay ahead of the threat and to assure any contingency," Hagel said at the time.


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Ex-Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham recently confessed to TMZ that she made a sex tape with porn star James Deen. Abraham claims she effed Deen on screen for her own personal collection and is pissed he told the world. AS IF!
When asked why she made the tape, she said that she wanted to immortalize her hot young body. Her hopes are that when she's old, she'll have something that'll help her remember what she looked like. Apparently, taking pictures is so 2000-late.
Well, first. Let's get this straight. This is not a sex tape. This is a porno. Farrah, girl. You made a porno. With a porn star! And you claim it's only for you to look at, but yet you tell TMZ you're willing to sell it for millions? Oh. Okay. Most girls only make sex tapes with someone they are dating, not some dude who was paid to freak her on camera.
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Our problem with this whole Farrah Abraham porn vid sitch is her idea that she needed to make a porno to "immortalize" her 20-something figure. It serves as another perfect example of how women in their 20s might be overly and prematurely obsessed with looking younger—instead of just enjoying their actual youth. (Read: Women are getting Botox in their 20s and 30s.) Also, we call bullshit on this excuse. Farrah, if you're going to make a porno, at least own it.
That said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting old. It happens. Things will fall and change shape as you get older. It's called life. Who's to say Farrah won't still look fine in a bikini for decades to come? And why would you just let yourself go as you age? That's not healthy. If you want to maintain your figure as you get older, adopt a healthy lifestyle that involves eating right and staying active.
Bottom line: I think it's time we as women stop obsessing about what we'll look like in the future and focus on being happy and healthy in the present time.
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I haven't had a whole lot of time for creative projects with my kiddos in the last couple of days because of Jury Duty. But we did manage to squeeze in this easy and frugal activity—painting stickers from the stationery store (and then creating art with them).
We used cheap white hole reinforcement stickers, but you could use any white sticker from the stationery store. Circle or square price stickers. Address labels. Sticker sheets. Whatever.
These are the watercolors we used, in case you're curious. Cakes instead of liquid watercolors since I didn't think the stickers would hold up well to any excess moisture.
Now I realize I titled this "frugal art" and then showed you the most expensive set of watercolors I've ever bought for my kids. But the stickers themselves were under two dollars. And the watercolors could be. We're generally pretty happy with inexpensive watercolors. (Although this set is proving awfully nice.)
After painting stickers for a while, Maia realized that she could paint the stickers and use the sticker sheet as a stencil at the same time.
Which resulted in some interesting polka dotted artworks.
By the time Maia and Daphne tired of painting stickers, they had quite the pile of rainbow-colored hole reinforcement stickers as well as some rainbow address label stickers.
We let these dry overnight.
Their new stickers were first bought and sold a few times in their ongoing living room store before being used in any artmaking. Besides stickers, they were selling raisins, goldfish, and "cookies" (melted crayon rocks).
When they were ready for some art, both girls arranged their painted stickers onto white paper shapes.
Daphne usually stacks and layers her stickers (any stickers) into one generous pile, so I was surprised to see the line of stickers she made on the triangular paper. She added pen drawings and some watercolor to hers as well.
Maia used her stickers to create a couple of faces…
…as well as this colorful painted artwork. I don't know if she's planning on removing the stickers for a sticker resist (as we did with our Easter eggs) or if she's planning on leaving them on. Either way, I think it's pretty cool.
How about you? Do you have any stationery store stickers or address labels? Some watercolor paints? If so, you're all set for a frugal and fun creative activity! And if you're experiencing hot weather the way we are (it's supposed to reach 99 degrees this week!) then you'll probably be looking for some simple indoor activities like this one. Have fun!
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LaDene Morton - The Road to Waldo
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LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story: The Home of Friendly Merchants, traces the history of the district from the Civil War and the coming of the railroad to Waldo's role in the Kansas City housing boom. Throughout the years the ever-adaptable Waldo neighborhood always seems to find ways to stay modern and prosperous.
Morton is a former researcher and policy analyst at Midwest Research Institute, and past vice president of the Applied Urban Research Institute. She runs the consulting firm I/O & Company.


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In *Vanity Fair'*s first-ever comedy issue, writer, director, and producer Judd Apatow convened his most talented friends and idols to contribute, write, and pose for a 19-page Mark Seliger portfolio—as well as act incredibly dignified and businesslike in costume for three different covers. Included are the stars of Apatow's This Is 40, dressed as famous figures of 60s- and 70s-era variety shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, with Leslie Mann in a bikini and body paintà la Goldie Hawn and Melissa McCarthy dressed as Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann; Paul Rudd plays your oily show host, and Megan Fox is an alluring bellhop.
A second cover features Jim Carrey dressed up as Evel Knievel, Maya Rudolph doing an ancient Egyptian like Steve Martin in his King Tut days, Will Ferrell as a corny cowboy, and Amy Poehler as a 60s go-go girl. Finally, Kristen Wiig plays Cher to Ben Stiller's Sonny on a final cover alongside Chris Rock, doing a Nipsey Russell thing, and Jerry Seinfeld, decked out in a Nehru jacket.
Apatow is only the third guest editor—after Bono, who guest-edited the Africa issue in July 2007, and Tom Ford, who guest-edited the Hollywood Portfolio in March 2006—since Graydon Carter became editor of the magazine 20 years ago. Says Carter in his editor's letter this month, "It can reasonably be said that the comedy industry is booming these days, in movies, on television, and onstage. And who better to oversee an entire issue on the subject than one of the great impresarios of the business? . . . Judd was a terrific collaborator, brimming with suggestions and infectious energy—precisely the sort of high-wattage, Hollywood-style enthusiasm that can alternately excite you and drive you a bit crazy."
Conan O'Brien, Lena Dunham, Zach Galifianakis, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner are just some of the legends past, present, and future that Apatow corralled for the Comedy Portfolio. Louis C.K. answers the Proust Questionnaire, and Jimmy Fallon stars in our Out to Lunch column.
Also in the issue:**
Vanity Faircontributing editor Sam Kashner conducts an unprecedented joint interview with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, who recapture their pioneering improv act and wonder why they ever stopped.
Writer, director, and actor Albert Brooks talks about his neuroses, his marriage, his Twitter feed, John Lennon, death, and integrity with Apatow, who directed him in This Is 40. More than a decade after Freaks and Geeks got cancelled, the show's creator, Paul Feig, producer Judd Apatow, and the cast—including Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and James Franco—tell how they pulled off one of the finest failures in TV history.
Ned Zeman chronicles the making of The Blues Brothers, from Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's 1973 meeting in a Toronto bar to the madcap film that defied genre, studio execs, and sanity to become an epic hit.
David Kamp profiles Martin Short's eccentric brand of greatness and learns that nice guys don't have to finish last. Even in the wake of private tragedy, one of Hollywood's most beloved entertainers makes life funnier for everyone he knows, and millions he doesn't.


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LOS ANGELES - The U.S. porn industry's movers and shakers accused Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday of pandering to conservative voters when he vowed to crack down on their business if elected.
In a statement posted on his website, Santorum said the United States is "suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography," which he said has been shown to produce brain changes in children and adults, cause the destruction of marriages, and contribute to prostitution and violence against women.
Santorum offered no evidence to back up those assertions. Steven Hirsch, who runs the Vivid Entertainment Group, dismissed them as "ridiculous and just plain wrong."
"It just feels like another ridiculous attempt by Rick Santorum to appeal to the far right," said Hirsch, chief executive and co-founder of Vivid, one of the industry leaders in the marketing of sex films, books and other ventures.
Rape, teen pregnancy and sex crimes have all dropped since porn became widely available through the Internet in the early 1990s, Hirsch said.
He and others said they believe Santorum targeted the porn industry because he sees it as an easy target.
"But what he doesn't understand," Hirsch said, "is that in the age of the Internet, people are more comfortable with adult material than ever before. He thinks that this will appeal to his core base of voters, and that may be true, but it certainly won't appeal to the mainstream population."
The porn industry generates about $8 billion a year when films, Internet downloads, sex toys, dance clubs and other ventures are included, according to the industry trade publication Adult Video News.
The city of Los Angeles, where industry officials say almost all of the country's porn films are made, recently enacted an ordinance requiring that actors use condoms, But that provision only applies to films made on location and not in a studio.
Hirsch and Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt acknowledged that if Santorum is elected he could appoint an attorney general who would step up porn prosecutions. But they added that winning convictions would be another thing.
The public has gotten so much more tolerant of porn, Flynt said, that he routinely sees things on television now that he couldn't publish in his magazine 30 years ago, when he was fighting his own obscenity battles in court.
"While they may not be interested in certain practices themselves, people don't want to impose their values on other people," Flynt said.
"The reason why you don't see a rash of obscenity prosecutions in the country today is because they can't get a conviction," he said. "If they could convict these people they would be prosecuting them."


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Music is meaning a lot to me lately. I'm checking out My Bloody Valentine mostly, and some other bands. Loud is good.
Meanwhile, I just made some electronic music.
The last time I released some electronic music was 2004: Archive.org Audio and Instant Music
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WASHINGTON — Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is on the short list to be the next energy secretary.
Ritter, a one-term governor who is now leading Colorado State University's Center for the New Energy Economy, is among a small group of unofficial finalists to take over the Department, according to media reports.
Current Secretary Steven Chu has not made any formal announcement, but it has been broadly reported that he is expected to depart the administration in the next term.
Ritter told The Denver Post on Tuesday he was "flattered" to be among such distinguished names.
"It's a crucial time for the country to focus on energy policy among the other priorities," he said. "Energy has to be a priority going forward."
Ritter's push for a "new energy economy" became a top talking point in his four years as governor.
In his current job, he often talks about his balanced approach to boosting domestic energy production and jobs in Colorado, while being sensitive to Colorado's environment and producing oil and gas in a responsible way.
Ritter has said he is often asked to speak by energy companies who respected his work as governor.
The Western Energy Alliance, an industry trade group, refused to comment on Ritter's consideration.
As governor, Ritter also backed controversial legislation that could lead Xcel Energy to convert three of its coal-fired electric plants to use natural gas. The move won praise from environmentalists and the natural-gas industry — but scorn from coal backers.
Ritter also successfully boosted the state's renewable energy standard from 20 percent to 30 percent in 2020.
Leading the short list of Energy finalists is Tom Steyer, a Democratic donor who helped bankroll an effort to defeat a proposal in California that would have rolled back some of the state's renewable energy efforts. The Washington Post first reported the list of names, including Ritter, Tuesday morning.


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Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man doing 'ritualistic dance' with snake
Police in Torrance, California, have shot and killed a man they say charged at them with a knife.
The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Friday near a Planet Fitness gym on Hawthorne Boulevard.
Witnesses said the man was behaving erratically and threatening people with the knife before officers arrived.
Video shot by a bystander shows the shirtless man sitting in a parking lot next to a backpack and a terrarium.
Witnesses told CBS Los Angeles was holding a snake and doing some sort of "ritualistic dance" with it. He would occasionally take the snake out of the terrarium and wave it around.
Video then shows the man being struck by a non-lethal ammunition round, getting up and charging at officers.
Police opened fire and the man died at the scene. His name hasn't been released.
"He was threatening, he was deliberate, he was walking right toward them without any thought of stopping," witness Brandon Hallock told KABC.


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By William Reed
NNPA Columnist
"I'm on the grind, trying to make paper stack up
And if I slip and fall, then I get back up."
– "Trying to Get Paid." – Paul Wall
Blacks need to develop a mindset that "it's time to get paid!" If we decide to go after what is owed us, what better payer is there than the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)? When it comes to discrimination based on race, theft and appropriation of Blacks' land and outright illegalities toward a particular race of people, the USDA is the master culprit.
If the George Zimmerman verdict makes you feel violated, take a look at the decades of proven racism and discriminatory practices at USDA toward Black farmers. While Blacks' attention and concern have been placed elsewhere, an overall travesty has been occurring for Blacks across America. Years since President Obama signed a law compensating Black farmers for decades of discrimination by federal agriculture officials, the claims haven't been paid.
Racism and ethnic discrimination has been at the core of the American fabric from the beginning. Despite the political power Blacks have acquired, including that of the president of the United States, the case of the Black farmers tests Blacks' measure of political power and clout.
The latest voice in the matter, Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, says payments from a $1.2 billion discrimination settlement should start going out to Black farmers soon. The settlement resolved a lawsuit the farmers filed against the federal Department of Agriculture claiming officials denied them loans and other assistance because of their race. Congress approved the settlement in 2010. Farmers originally were told payments would arrive by late 2012. Thompson estimates about 18,000 to 20,000 farmers, mostly in Mississippi and Alabama, will be eligible to receive payments in the case known as "Pigford II.''
The settlement Obama signed marked the second round of payments for Black farmers. The first was a 1999 class-action settlement. The USDA denied Black farmers equal access to farm loans and assistance based solely on their race. The USDA settled the case brought by North Carolina farmer Timothy Pigford and 400 other Black farmers in "Pigford I" in 1999. The $2.3 billion settlement became the largest in history.
USDA is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing policy on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. The USDA represents centuries of racism toward Blacks and practices that have left them completely out of its loop of productive programs.
Black America's first entrepreneurs now need "some help from their friends." Black farmers have felt the heel of USDA officials for centuries. They tell stories of USDA officials – especially local loan authorities in all-White county committees in the South – spitting on them, throwing their loan applications in the trash and illegally denying them loans. But when the USDA's local offices did approve loans to Black farmers, they were often supervised, farmers couldn't spend the borrowed money without receiving item-by-item authorization from the USDA, or the agency paid them late.
It's time for America to "pay the Black farmers." There is a long train of evidence that the USDA participated in "systemic and planned and orchestrated discrimination." Although the U.S. government never followed through on its promise to freed slaves of "40 acres and a mule," African Americans were able to establish a foothold in Southern agriculture. Black land ownership peaked in 1910 when 218,000 African-American farmers had ownership in 15 million acres of land. But, by 1992, those numbers had dwindled to 2.3 million acres held by 18,000 Blacks.
The USDA played a lead role pushing Blacks off their land. In 1920, one out of seven U.S. farms was Black operated; by 1992, African-Americans operated one out of every 100 farms. It's time that we help the Black farmers get their due. Start with letters to the White House and your member of Congress demanding the USDA uphold the contractual terms of the Pigford I and II cases and pony up Black farmers' money.
William Reed is head of the Business Exchange Network and available for speaking/seminar projects through the Bailey Group.org.


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NICU treatments linked to intellectual disabilities
NEW YORK - Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) interventions for babies born very small and early have drastically reduced infant deaths in the United States, but in doing so they've contributed to more intellectual disabilities, according to a n...
NEW YORK - Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) interventions for babies born very small and early have drastically reduced infant deaths in the United States, but in doing so they've contributed to more intellectual disabilities, according to a new study.
Past research has shown such disabilities have been reduced in recent years through vaccines and newborn screening, for example.
But disability rates may also be rising due to procedures that save the lives of children who go on to have limitations in social and practical skills, according to researchers led by Dr. Jeffrey Brosco.
"We actually through medical interventions, in some sense, cause a fair amount of intellectual disability as well (as preventing it)," said Brosco, from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Of course, that doesn't mean doctors should stop performing life-saving procedures in the NICU and elsewhere, Brosco told Reuters Health.
But the findings are part of a larger trend suggesting researchers and policymakers not focus all of their attention on new medical interventions as the best way to prevent disabilities, but start looking toward public health efforts, he added.
"There's a great debate regarding the value of medical versus public health and social interventions in improving child health," said Dr. Jeffrey Baker, a medical historian who studies medical technology, ethics and child health and the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham.
"What this study does is to show that medical intervention has been a two-edged sword," he said.
'Infatuated with medical technology'
For their report, Brosco and his colleagues reviewed studies published between 1950 and 2000 to look at what conditions contribute to intellectual disabilities and how or why the prevalence of those conditions may have changed over time.
They found babies being born at a low birth weight - less than 2,500 grams or 5 pounds, 8 ounces - and surviving is responsible for 10 to 15 percent of all intellectual disabilities. That could have to do with periods of lack of oxygen or blood flow in those newborns, for example.
However, the study team could not pinpoint any single specific medical intervention introduced during those 50 years that caused disabilities to increase, it wrote in JAMA Pediatrics.
Reductions in intellectual disabilities tied to vaccines and screening have been in the 10- to 15-percent range, according to Baker - meaning the negative effects of medical interventions at least partially cancel out the gains when it comes to disability.
"Americans in general, I think, are infatuated with the role of medical technology and almost tend to see it as synonymous with good health. It is really just part of a much bigger picture," he said.
"The lesson is not that specific interventions cannot be effective in reducing an important cause of child morbidity, such as intellectual disabilities," Baker, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.
And the study shouldn't make people "excessively worried" about care in the NICU, which has improved greatly over the past couple of decades, he said.
"Rather, the lesson is that we do go astray if we focus only on specific medical interventions."
Both Brosco and Baker said public health interventions - such as reducing lead in the environment, preventing substance abuse among teen moms and improving nutrition - may be an equal, if not better, way to boost overall health and reduce intellectual disabilities in particular.
"Health is much more than just what doctors do," Brosco said. "Health is related to what individuals do and also to how we construct our environments. We need to pay at least as much attention that."


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Gators-Hoyas game wiped out at halftime
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT — Florida's season opener against Georgetown wound up being a glorified one-half scrimmage.
But it also served as a tribute to the nation's troops during Veterans Day weekend.
The Navy-Marine Corps Classic between the schools was canceled before the start of the second half Friday due to condensation issues on the court.
The game won't count in the standings, according to an SEC official. Florida was leading 27-23 at halftime in the game played on the deck of the amphibious carrier USS Bataan at Naval Station Mayport.
"It came at us pretty quick," said Florida senior guard Kenny Boynton when asked about the condensation. "We tried to stretch on it and it appeared to be OK, but it was worse on Georgetown's side of the court."
Florida coach Billy Donovan and Georgetown coach John Thompson III addressed the crowd after the game was called.
"We certainly want to play, but the problem right now, we don't want to get anyone hurt," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "If you can understand how slippery it is down here, you would understand why we can't play."
Said Thompson III: "It's dangerous down here and we don't want our guys getting hurt."
The Ohio State-Marquette outdoor game in Charleston, S.C., on the deck of the carrier USS Yorktown on Friday night was also called off due to condensation problems.
There were little to no condensation problems in the first half. Florida senior guard Mike Rosario slipped on the floor during one play along the baseline, but it was quickly mopped and towel dried by officials.
But as both teams came out to start warm-ups in the second half, the conditions on the court became more slick. Coaches and staff members tried to towel off the court to no avail.
"Obviously it was their decision, they decided to call it," Florida senior Erik Murphy said. "They felt it was unsafe, and looking at it now, it was probably right. Obviously it was a little disappointing, but it also was a great experience and a lot of fun."
Game officials had tested the court Wednesday from 9-11 p.m. and found no condensation problems.
Florida put together a decent first-half effort against Georgetown. The Gators outrebounded Georgetown 16-14 and held the Hoyas to just 35.7 percent shooting in the first half.
"We had a good defensive effort," Boynton said. "I think we rebounded better than we have been doing in the past."
The lone problem for Florida in the first half was turnovers. The Gators, playing without suspended starting point guard Scottie Wilbekin, had eight first-half turnovers. Boynton had three assists and four turnovers in one half at point guard.
With Wilbekin out, Florida went with a bigger starting lineup, going with Will Yeguete at small forward, Murphy at power forward and Patric Young at center. Yeguete had a strong all-around floor game with eight points, four rebounds and a blocked shot.
"We played decently well, we guarded, we played some zone," Murphy said. "We turned it over a little bit too much, but it was the first game of the year."
Even though the game was called, players took time shortly afterward to get their pictures taken with troops and fans who attended the game.
"It's nice that we get to be around the troops," Boynton said. "We definitely look up to these guys. Definitely I would do it all again, just would have been nice to finish off the game."
Florida's season opener will now take place Sunday at the O'Connell Center against Alabama State. The Gators are looking to keep their string of 21 straight season-opening wins intact.
"We just have to regroup and get ready for Sunday," Boynton said.
FREE THROWS: Boynton and Young were named to the coaches All-SEC first team on Friday.


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Silver Spring, Md., lies just north of the District of Columbia in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S. In the last decade or so this community of 76,000 has seen its central business area undergo significant reconstruction and revitalization.
Completing a proper civic space to support the rapid growth of the business and shopping district was the last piece of the county's comprehensive redevelopment strategy for Silver Spring. The plan called for a community center that would accommodate a wide array of functions: meeting space for small business groups, an annual jazz festival with tens of thousands of attendees, facilities for the arts, and recreation opportunities.
The available site was an artificial-turf-covered open space used for Silver Spring's annual jazz festival, as well as by the community's skateboarding youth. The county wanted a venue that would accommodate the festival while also offering an open plaza for concerts and other public events, including wintertime recreation.
The solution: a 44,555-sf civic building that also provides space for arts groups, notably the local nonprofit Round House Theatre, and a partly covered 27,660-sf civic plaza for the festival and concerts, including an ice rink for use by recreational skaters and hockey teams.
Led by Columbia-based Costello Construction of Maryland, the Building Team—including Machado Silvetti Associates, Boston (architect); The Lukmire Partnership, Arlington, Va. (AOR); Richmond So Engineers, Watertown, Mass. (SE); and Setty & Associates, Fairfax, Va. (MEP)—put their heads together to solve a slew of technical problems:
• An acrylic roof originally specified for the pavilion was found to fall short of meeting the building code. The team replaced it with a manufactured glass roof that exceeded the building code and allowed the sprinkler system to be downsized, saving money for the county.
• Fiber cement cladding on the building's exterior was redesigned to provide the county with a single supplier—and a 10-year manufacturer's warranty—rather than a system comprised of many parts from multiple makers—and no warranties.
• When Fireslate for the project was damaged in a warehouse fire, the Costello-led team found a soapstone alternative that was installed at no additional cost and with no break in the schedule.
• BIM modeling was used to reduce the number of MEP systems conflicts, thereby presumably cutting the number of unneeded change orders and saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The most interesting innovation had to do with the pavilion columns. As originally designed, the MEP and sprinkler systems were to be contained within a hollow structural steel column wrapped in cast-in-place casing. Realizing that this would make it almost impossible for these systems to be inspected, the Building Team developed a way to move these systems outside of the column and encase them in a separate cast-in-place cladding to allow inspections to be performed and still conceal the piping to provide the desired aesthetic look.
The judges were impressed with the final result. "Getting good work out of a public project is sometimes a huge feat," said Timothy Brown, AIA, Studio Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. "There's a very high level of design with so many vectors to it. A remarkable achievement."
"It's more than a building: There's an integration of constructed public spaces both indoors and outdoors," said A. Aubrey Swift, AIA, CEM, LEED AP, Director of Design Integration at dbHMS, Chicago. "I like how animated the outdoor space is."
"It's accessible, approachable, and easy to use," said John (Jay) Frisco, AIA, NCARB, of RTKL Associates, Chicago. "The collaborative effort shows through."
Even more to the point, the client was happy. "The quality of workmanship is superior and [the] commitment to delivering a quality project to meet the County's schedule was unwavering," said David Dise, Director of the Montgomery County Department of General Services.
Civic center unifies a bustling downtown
Silver Spring, Md., lies just north of the District of Columbia in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S. In the last decade or so this community of 76,000 has seen its central business area undergo significant reconstruction and revitalization.