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Science fair is learning experience

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Pasco Tribune

NEW PORT RICHEY Pasco County students got a chance to show off their skills to the community last weekend at the Pasco Regional Science and Engineering Fair at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge.

More than 260 students presented research projects in categories ranging from biochemistry and behavioral science to environmental studies and Earth and planetary science.

Their day began early Saturday with a public viewing and several rounds of judging and ended with trophies and plaques awarded.

The level of the experiments is so much greater than it was last year, said Amelia Van Name Larson, assistant superintendent for student achievement.

Many of our students today will hold jobs not yet invented with skills not yet defined, Larson said during the awards ceremony. We must teach them to ask the right questions to shape what is to come.

The fair showed that innovation is not limited by age and that many of the projects filled a practical need of society.

One project studied the solar efficiency of roofing materials. Another focused on finding new ways to clean up oil spills. Raj Warman, a 10th-grade student at Academy on the Lakes, created an original mathematical equation to aid in the early detection of diseases such as cancer.

Winners will be in Lakeland on April 8 through 10 to compete in the 59th State Science and Engineering Fair for a chance to compete at the national and international levels.

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2014 Muskogee Regional Science & Engineering Fair

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Awards

Junior Division 1, Alex Hsieh, St. Josephs; 2, London Woods, Hilldale Middle School; 3, Talana Holland, Hilldale Middle School.

Senior Division 1, Ashlee Fletcher and Makenna Hukill, Muskogee High School; 2, Amber Roberts, Westville High School; 3, Hayden Jacobs, Bailey Speake, Muskogee High School.

Advisor/Sponsor of Best of Fair winner, Junior Division Neil Workman.

Best of Fair Ashlee Fletcher and Makenna Hukill, Muskogee High School.

Office of Naval Research, Junior Division Talana Holland, Hilldale Middle School; James Harper, Hilldale Middle School.

Office of Naval Research, Senior Division Hayden Jacobs, Muskogee High School; Bailey Speake, Muskogee High School.

Judges Award in Memory of Dr. C.L. Oglesbee (Most Promising Project), Junior Division Jackson Teegarden, Twin Hills.

Judges Award in Memory of Dr. C.L. Oglesbee (Most Promising Project), Senior Division Brandon Aphonexay, Muldrow High School.

Connors State College Senior Scholarships ($500) Ashley Mayle, Muskogee High School; Michelle Perkins, Muskogee High School; Paige Ennis, Westville High School.

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Comets rally past Braves

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FULTON Castons boys basketball team rallied for a big win over Class 3A Maconaquah on Thursday night.

Dustin Offenberger knocked down the game-winning shot with 17 seconds left to go to lift the Comets to a 53-52 win over the Braves.

The Comets improved to 10-7 and they are 9-1 on their home court. The Braves dropped to 4-10.

With the Comets trailing by one, Quentin Douglass drove and found Offenberger open from 16 feet for the game-winner.

Quentin made a great pass and I was just feeling it and shot it and it went in, said Offenberger, who scored a game-high 22 points in the win. Its definitely a key victory for us because we havent played a lot of great teams. Theyre a really good team and that was just a big win for us.

Following Offenbergers basket, Wyatt Hughes, the Braves 6-foot-6 freshman center, got the ball on the right block but his shot attempt went halfway down before bouncing out. Douglass got the rebound and was fouled with 1.7 seconds left. He missed the front end of a 1-and-1. K.J. Walton rebounded and called timeout with 0.8 seconds left for the Braves. Walton caught an inbounds pass near the top of the key and his turnaround 3-point attempt bounced off the backboard and rim as time expired.

The Braves led throughout the entire first three quarters but never by more than nine points. They led 31-25 at halftime before Caston cut the lead to 42-41 after three.

The Comets took their first lead, 47-44, on Offenbergers fourth 3 of the game with 5:50 remaining. The rest of the game was back and forth until Offenbergers game-winner.

Brayton Jellison had 15 points and five rebounds, and Douglass added nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

None of Douglass assists were bigger than on the game-winning shot.

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Sandy Creek eliminates volleyball team

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Seven months after ending Cooperstowns softball season, the Comets have done it again, this time to the CCS volleyball team.

Cooperstown took the first game, 25-23, in a Class C-2 quarterfinal match, but the Hawkeyes fell, 3-1, to fifth seeded Sandy Creek. Katie Franck finished with four kills, one ace, and 15 assists and Caroline Leonard added 11 kills, but it wasnt enough to beat the Comets.

They were good, said Cooperstown coach Rich Jantzi. They started all seniors and they were tough.

It seemed as if it would be a close match after the first game, which featured seven ties and ended with an ace by Katie Franck to give the Hawkeyes a 25-23 victory.

The Comets came out strong in the second game though, never trailing after a 3-3 tie, and taking the game 25-13.

Sandy Creek was very disciplined in their play, generating few errors after the first game. They continued this play in the third game, jumping to an early 4-0 lead and winning, 25-10.

They were a lot cleaner than us tonight, said Jantzi. We had 23 hitting errors and 11 serving errors, thats 34 points right there.

The Comets were led by Kylee Martin, who had 24 assists, 10 digs, and four aces and Kylie Hanni, who finished with 11 kills, eight digs, and three blocks. McKenna Guarasce also added 12 kills and four blocks.

They were very good last year, Jantzi said of Sandy Creek. We hadnt played them in five years and I honestly had no idea what to expect. They had the experience.

Sandy Creek looked as if they would take the fourth game as easily as the previous two. The Comets came out and held a 14-9 lead, which prompted Cooperstown to call a timeout.

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Tyr Throne, founder of Somalogy speaks about dance, healing, world travel and more – Video

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'Super computer' claims Champions League awaits Liverpool!

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Liverpool have been spoken about as Premier League winners, with players, former Reds and rival managers talking up their title credentials.

Jordan Henderson believes that if the club keep their impressive form up, then a 19th crown could be heading to Anfield. "Obviously we're quietly confident in every game we go into that we ca win and we've just got to keep doing that until the end of the season, and the see where we are," he said.

Well, thanks to the maths whizzes at Bloomberg, we don't have to wait. They've already shown us what the final Premier League table will look like, according to their 'super computer'.Liverpool may not top it, but what we do know is that the Reds will apparently make a triumphant return to the Champions League with the club most likely to finish on 76 points, enough to pip Tottenham to fourth place.

Looking at the graphic below which shows the likelihood of the Reds amassing various points totals we can see that there is an 8.1 per cent chance of Liverpool finishing with 76 points, though Bloomberg estimate that tricky games against Southampton, Man United, Man City and Chelsea await them.

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Below is the likelihood of Liverpool reaching the required points total that will either see them finish in the top four or force them to settle for a place in the Europa League.

They also calculated that Tottenham, Liverpool's main rivals for Champions League football, have less than a two per cent chance of edging them on points.

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Sherry Bauer, 57 – Lung Institute Testimonial (Second Treatment – 4 Month Follow-Up) – Video

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‘In Kony’s Shadow’ Spirituality and the Lord’s Resistance Army – Video

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An Introduction to Celtic Spirituality – Esther de Waal speaks at St Paul’s Cathedral – Video

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Which Are You (Look Up & Catch On Part 2) – Life, Personal Development, Spirituality, People – Video

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NCR eBook: Best Catholic Spirituality Writing 2013

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This eBook is a collection of 25 of the best spirituality essays published in the National Catholic Reporter during 2013. Since its founding in 1964, NCR has published many well-known authors of Catholic spiritual writing. From laughter to pain; dance and parenting to pets and selfies, NCR's Best Catholic Spirituality Writing 2013 takes you through the Catholic liturgical year with reflections from 21 authors.

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Contents: Introduction by NCR editor Dennis Coday 1. We hear God with the same ear God hears us (Michael Leach) 2. Beyond this time and this space, God has not abandoned us (Melissa Musick Nussbaum) 3. Cops, cons and grace (Brian Cahill) 4. Merton's letters a call for white atonement (Alex Mikulich) 5. The monastic ways of the 'wise little bee' (Angelo Stagnaro) 6. The truer sacrifices of Lenten fasting (Joseph R. Veneroso) 7. Aging and the paschal mystery (Edward Hays) 8. The mystery of the rolled-away stone (Joseph R. Veneroso) 9. Connection: a more environmental way (Donna Schaper) 10. No matter what Wills says, believers need priests (Brian Cahill) 11. The hands we hold are gifts (Ginny Kubitz Moyer) 12. Finding the mirth in the human condition as Jesus did (Michael Leach) 13. Dancers connect to faith in movement (Elosa Prez-Lozano) 14. Praying the news to avert despair (Heidi Schlumpf) 15. A foretaste of heaven in the love of a dog (Michael Sean Winters) 16. The journey from margin to center (Diane Pendola) 17. Questioning together: Young adults celebrate teaching liturgy on retreat (Loretta E. Johnson) 18. Becoming the person God wants us to be (Jeannine Gramick) 19. God is generous in blessing us with replacement parts (Patty McCarty) 20. @Pontifex and the #SabbathSelfies (John McCarthy) 21. Paying attention during the best part of your life (Peg Ekerdt) 22. The eternal pull of Assisi: A visitor takes on St. Francis' quest (Joshua J. McElwee) 23. Vocation is a day-to-day choice (Brian Harper) 24. Facing death and living life more fully (Eileen Reutzel Colianni) 25. The yearly Christmas letter demands a good editor (Melissa Musick Nussbaum)

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Spirituality in art lecture-tour series begins Feb. 19

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James Buchanan, Xavier University.

The Search for the Spiritual in Art, an interfaith, inter-museum collaboration that begin in 1995, picks up again this year with a five-week series of Wednesday lectures and tours around the theme Spiritual Pilgrimage in Art.

Whether to Graceland or the Holy Land, pilgrimage captures the imagination of people of all faiths, says Abby Schwartz,interim director of the Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Two years ago the series explored the theme of music, worship and faith.

Dates and sites for this years program:

Feb. 19: Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr. Evening begins at 6 p.m. with a tour of relevant collections, then at 7 p.m. a talk from James Buchanan, director of the Brueggeman Center at Xavier University.

Feb. 26: Skirball Museum, 3101 Clifton Ave., Clifton. Begins at 6 p.m. with a self-guided tour of the museum, then discussion led by David Gitlitz, professor emeritus of Hispanic Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

March 5: Hindu Temple of Cincinnati, 4920 Klatte Rd., Union Twp., Clermont County. The program begins with a lecture by Swami Ishatmandana at 6:30 p.m. before a tour of the temple.

March 12: Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike St., Downtown. Self-guided tour begins at 6 p.m. and a lecture by Caroline Hillard, part of the art history faculty of Wright State University, begins at 7 p.m.

March 19: Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, 8092 Plantation Drive, West Chester. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. Author and filmmaker Michael Wolfediscusses Depicting the Hajj in Images and Words and a guided tour begins at 7:45 p.m.

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