Church preschool celebrates 50 years of success serving kids

What started in 1963 with about 10 students in a kindergarten class has now grown to about 85 kids from 3-5 years old at the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church daycare.

According to Pat Stewart , director of the daycare, in 1963, the program was started after there were two mothers who wanted their children to be able to attend classes before starting school.

?So they went to the church and asked if they could start a kindergarten program here, at Lexington Avenue,? Stewart said.

This year marks the 50-year anniversary of the school, which in the beginning served 5-year-olds. In the late ?60s and early ?70s, the center shifted to inlude 3- and 4-year-olds. After the public school system started kindergarten courses in the early 1970s, the kindergarten class at the church became known as the pre-school.

Not only are the roots of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church based in faith, the private, Christian preschool itself occupies the basement of the church.

?We are kind of unique in that,? Stewart said, explaining that the location, in the basement of the church, adds to the unsual element of the preschool.

The preschool has been able to attract students from surrounding counties.

Besides faith, there is another focus: ?to create a love of learning.?

?We try to make it fun to learn,? she said. As a retired kindergarten teacher, Stewart understands the value of learning and teaching young children the best ways to transition from preschool and daycare to the kindergarten classes.

For the fall term, the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church preschool will offer daily classes for 4- and 5- years-olds, a three-day program for 4-years-olds, and a two-day program for 3-year-olds.

Stewart said the organization will soon begin taking applications for fall classes. A new addition to the programs will be one that begins earier and ends a bit later, to help parents who? work and are unable to drop off or pick up their child during the earlier window.

?The reason we are doing that is to give more families the opportunity to take advantage of Lexington Avenue Baptist Church,? Stewart said.

For more information about the church, contact (859) 236-3565 or visit the webite at www.lexingtonavenue.org.

Source: http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/amn-church-preschool-celebrates-50-years-of-success-serving-kids-20130508,0,2880245.story?track=rss

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Some Disassembly Required: Exquisite Teardowns of Everyday Machines

There's an art to a good teardown. Todd McClellan, a Toronto photographer who?s disassembled everything from pianos to iPads, has perfected it.

McClellan is the son of a carpenter and an electrical technician, so he was born into a world of assembly drawings and spec diagrams. In his career as a commercial photographer, he works on campaigns for new cars and gadgets. But as an artist, he takes them apart. He works without user manuals, and often without special tools, figuring out how things are assembled as he goes. At the end of the process, he arranges the innards on a white canvas for documenting, like a naturalist archiving an interesting specimen.

That?s actually an apt metaphor, since McClellan is drawn to older, outmoded technologies?like vintage lawnmowers and typewriters?which he sees as more interesting than the gadgets we use today. ?I have a very keen interest in finding out how things work,? he said a few years back. ?I can just imagine the hands that put them together with such precision. We don't get the same thing out of current technologies and the product now don't last nearly as long.? Slowly but surely, he?s working his way up to bigger objects?his dream? To take apart a full street car.

A book of McClellan's photographs, called Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living, comes out at the end of the month. In the meantime, an exhibit of the same name is on view this month at Chicago?s Museum of Science and Industry?check it out until May 19. Can't make it in person? Here are some of our favorites:

[Things Come Apart via NPR and the Museum of Science and Industry]

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Is this a decent Gaming Computer? - Wiki Q&a

Would you guys take a little time to rate this Gaming pc from my wishlist (just to keep everything in one place) i will use it mainly for gaming but other things as well ? i expect to get 60fps on games like skyrim maxed out after reading reviews and benchmarks

Could you tell me are the parts compatible, good price, expected performance am i missing any parts,recommendations ect anything else you feel necessary

My wishlist

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Also i have left out a network card as i can use a cheap dongle for getting wireless connectivity

PS ? Do i need to but a sound card for this build and could someone explain to me what the sound card does and what happens to a computer without one.

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Woman who killed cop in '73 named most wanted terrorist

May 1 (Reuters) - Post position for Saturday's 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after Wednesday's draw (listed as barrier, HORSE, jockey, trainer) 1. BLACK ONYX, Joe Bravo, Kelly Breen 2. OXBOW, Gary Stevens, D. Wayne Lukas 3. REVOLUTIONARY, Calvin Borel, Todd Pletcher 4. GOLDEN SOUL, Robby Albarado, Dallas Stewart 5. NORMANDY INVASION, Javier Castellano, Chad Brown 6. MYLUTE, Rosie Napravnik, Tom Amoss 7. GIANT FINISH, Jose Espinoza, Tony Dutrow 8. GOLDENCENTS, Kevin Krigger, Doug O'Neill 9. OVERANALYZE, Rafael Bejarano, Todd Pletcher 10. PALACE MALICE, Mike Smith, Todd Pletcher 11. ...

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Intel names current COO Brian Krzanich as new CEO, starts May 16th

We've known when current Intel CEO Paul Otellini would be stepping down for some time now, and we now finally know who will be replacing him. The chipmaker announced today that Brian Krzanich, an Intel veteran of nearly 30 years, will assume the top job at the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 16th. That tenure has included a range of technical and executive jobs over the years, most recently being Chief Operating Officer, a position he was just appointed to in January of 2012. Renée James has also been elected president by Intel's board of directors, and will take on her new role on May 16th as well. You can find the company's official announcement after the break.

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Weigh more than 260 pounds? NYC says you?re too heavy for bike-share program

People weighing more than 260 pounds are banned from NYC's bike-share program. (Wikicommons)New York City has made international headlines with its efforts to curb obesity through proposals such as an attempted ban on large soda drinks.

And the city has launched another effort that's also been enacted by several other U.S. cities, a bike-share program. But if you?re hoping to peddle away the pounds, there?s one catch: The city says you have to weigh less than 260 pounds to sign up.

As the New York Post reports, the city says it placed the weight limits based on a recommendation from the bicycle manufacturer. And Department of Transportation policy director Jon Orcutt tells the Post that the city won?t really enforce the rule, anyway.

?I think people will be self-selecting, practical and safe,? he said.

A number of cyclists and bike shop owners told the Post that the hefty frames on the bikes used in the program should be adequate to support someone who weighs 260 pounds. And the specific weight raises the question, what exactly is obese? The USDA links to a page from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which says, ?The terms 'overweight' and 'obesity' refer to body weight that?s greater than what is considered healthy for a certain height.? Which leaves open the possibility that a healthy individual who happens to weigh more than 260 pounds could still be banned from the bike-share program.

When the program is fully implemented, it will offer more than 10,000 bikes at 600 locations throughout the city, the largest in America.

The bike-share program works by letting individuals pick up a bike from a set location and then either return it to the same spot or drop it off at any one of the company?s stations in the same city.

Still, the restriction is sure to draw more negative attention to the city?s health program efforts. Before people can take part in the program, which costs $98 per month, or $25 per week, they must sign a contract stating that they meet the weight requirement.

But isn?t getting some of the city?s heaviest residents into a healthy exercise program just what the city is going for? After all, a moderate- to fast-paced cycling routine can burn hundreds of calories and provide many people with a safer alternative to running or other more demanding physical activities.

The Post notes that New York City is not alone in setting the weight limits. Bicycle manufacturer Alta Bicycle Share has launched similar programs in other places, including Portland, Ore.; Boston; and Washington, D.C., with the same requirement. The company says it plans to start similar programs in other U.S. cities including Columbus, Ohio; San Francisco; and Chicago, home of the deep-dish pizza.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/overweight-riders-banned-nyc-bike-share-program-221002948.html

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Judge gives onetime 'King of Biotech' 4 years in prison

By Nate Raymond

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A once prominent biotechnology investor was handed four years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to stock manipulation, the second time he has run afoul of U.S. securities laws.

David Blech, 57, pleaded guilty in May 2012 to securities fraud charges stemming from improper trades in biopharmaceutical companies Pluristem Therapeutics Inc and Intellect Neurosciences Inc.

Blech pleaded guilty in 1998 to similar charges of illegal trading, getting five years of probation rather than jail time. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan expressed anger at his repeat offense and rejected his lawyer's request for leniency.

"No, not this time," McMahon said. "No mercy. This time, punishment."

Blech was once dubbed the "King of Biotech" as a founder of companies and a major investor in the biotechnology sector.

The latest case stemmed from his sale of 50 million shares of Pluristem over several months in 2007. Rather than just selling the stock, he used several accounts held in other people's names to buy another 100 million shares and sell 150 million shares, the government said in court papers.

The result was that Blech was able to sell the 50 million shares for $1.2 million while propping up the price of Pluristem, which is lightly traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board, prosecutors said.

Blech committed a similar fraud in 2008, prosecutors said, when he sold shares in Intellect Neurosciences, a company he co-founded.

He had faced a maximum 40 years in prison. Prosecutors had sought 41 to 51 months in prison.

McMahon also ordered Blech to forfeit almost $1.34 million and sentenced him to a maximum three years of supervision after his jail term.

"I am ashamed to again be before a court pleading for its mercy," Blech said.

Blech still faces a separate civil lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the case.

The case is USA v David Blech, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-cr-00372.

(The third paragraph of the story has been corrected to say Thursday instead of Wednesday)

(Editing by Matthew Lewis)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-judge-gives-onetime-king-biotech-four-years-212843032.html

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