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However, only if it helps Santana prepare for the season, Collins has no problem with Santana pitching in the tournament.
"He told me he wanted me to pitch," Collins explained. "I said 'listen, I want you to understand one thing: April 1, I want you standing on the mound at Citi Field. This is a big year for us, and we need you to give us what you can. If you feel pitching in the WBC will help you get ready, then go pitch in the WBC. I'd prefer him not to, if it was up to me. ... He's a huge piece of our puzzle."
The World Baseball Classic disqualifies a player if he was on the disabled list for 60 or more days or was on the disabled list after August 31, 2012.
Santana was shutdown on August 17 and placed on the disabled list on August 22 with what the team characterized as lower back stiffness. However, Sandy Alderson said last month Santana was suffering more from general fatigue due to his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery he underwent in September, 2010.
A committee could allow a previously disqualified player to play through a certification process.
In listening to everyone talk about this situation at camp, it doesn't sound like anyone is enamored by the idea of Santana pitching in the WBC, even if Santana does get certified to participate. I don't blame him – despite his accomplishments last year, Santana has a lot to prove in terms of his ability to stay strong and healthy in 2013. But as Alderson said, it is encouraging Santana feels strong enough to be able to pitch competitively so early in the year.
At the end of the day, Santana hasn't given the Mets a full season since 2009, and he's owed Santana $31 million this year; they need to maximize that investment as much as they can. I have to wonder what kind of impact pitching competitively in the WBC – as opposed to pitching on a regular Spring routine – might have on that ability to contribute over a 162-game season.
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Stats: Santana went 6-9 with a 4.85 ERA in 21 starts in 2012.
After his no-hitter on June 1, Santana went 3-7 with a 8.27 ERA over his final ten starts, and averaged just under five innings per start over that span. He lost his last five starts and had a 15.63 ERA in only 19 innings over that span.
He was placed on the disabled list and ended his season on August 22 after an MRI showed inflammation in his lower back.
Contract: Santana is entering the final year of a six-year, $137.5 million contract he signed with the Mets before the 2008 season. Santana will earn $25.5 million in 2013 and the team holds a $25 million option on Santana for 2014 – they can opt to buy the option out for $5.5 million and make Santana a free agent after next season.

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The decision means that some 76, 000 students will not start the school year on time.
The school board thinks it is the best decision to close school Tuesday. No buildings will be open except for the Administration Building. That closing is indefinite. More than 320 support staff members will hit the strike line 7 a.m. in front of their schools.
The night started with a taste of what the picket line is going to be like. Monday night support staff picketed in front of the Administration building. Inside the building things heated up. Support staff crowded in to sweat out the boards decision. School Board President Jim Wood pointed out that the district will end the year with a $1.2 million deficit. Supt. Pas DeLuca says the budget was the deciding factor.
Here is where the union and the board stands with contract negotiations. Discipline procedures and seniority issues have been resolved. Mediators have also agreed on increased life insurance and vacation for the support staff. The major issue is a one-year salary freeze along with health insurance premiums. The union says a freeze isn't fair since no one else in the district has had to settle for that offer.


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MasterChef Season 4 Open Casting Call – Boston
Why don't they just save everybody a whole lot of time and aggravation, skip the Open Casting and Sign Sista Felicia to a Multi-Year Deal?
I mean really?
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Two Baltimore City roadways were blocked by disabled vehicles during Wednesday morning's accident-filled commute, according to the state Department of Transportation.
All northbound lanes of Interstate 83 northbound in the city were closed due to an accident just south of the 41st Street bridge on Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
The impact of the closure on traffic was severe, the department said.
Two other Baltimore City roadways were also blocked by disabled vehicles during Wednesday morning's incident-filled commute, according to the state Department of Transportation.
A two vehicle collision in Baltimore City on the outer loop of I-695 prior to the MD 173 (Hawkins Point Road) closed all outer loop lanes and one inner loop lane and involved injuries, DOT said. The accident followed an earlier problem in the area caused by a disabled vehicle.
A disabled vehicle in Baltimore City on I-95 North at Bore 3 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel closed one of four northbound tunnel lanes at 8:27 a.m., DOT said.
In other incidents, southbound MD 170 traffic in Anne Arundel County has been blocked due to emergency roadwork at 8:49 a.m., according to DOT, which added that the northbound traffic lane and shoulder are bi-directional.
A single-vehicle crash in Baltimore County on the inner loop of I-695 at the MD 158 (Bethlehem Boulevard) exit has closed one of two inner loop traffic lanes and one of two inner loop shoulders at 8:49 a.m., DOT said.
A single-vehicle crash, in Harford County on Interstate 95 North prior to the MD 152 (Mountain Road) exit, has closed one of two northbound traffic lanes and one of two northbound shoulders at 7:36 a.m., according to DOT.
And an incident in Howard County on MD 100 West at I-85 has closed one of two westbound traffic lanes and one of two westbound shoulders at 8:46 a.m., DOT said.
The Maryland Transportation Authority reported that the I-695 Curtis Creek Drawbridge is scheduled to open today at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for U.S. Coast Guard water traffic.
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If we just plug up the volcanos, everything will be fine!
The article shows a correlation between volcanoes and dips in climate. Also they attribute all climate rise to mostly CO2 and say that solar/urbanization/etc has not caused noticeable climate change. They attribute CO2 increase to both humans and volcanoes.
See correlation here: http://berkeleyearth.org/volcanoes/ [berkeleyearth.org] The theory is that the recent (1956+) rise is mostly AGW.
If we just plug up the volcanos, everything will be fine!
Humans emit 100 times more CO2 than volcanoes. The ash clouds of volcanoes typically cause a temporary cooling.
Queue the military-industrial complex lobbying for money for volcano-nuking projects.
"Queue the military-industrial complex lobbying for money for volcano-nuking projects."
The study is funded by the Koch brothers and the Charles Koch foundation.
http://berkeleyearth.org/faq/#funding [berkeleyearth.org]
I rest my case.
If we just plug up the volcanos, everything will be fine!
Actually, that's a brilliant idea! Because, what would we use to plug them with? Lots of concrete which would have to be manufactured - so that way we could solve the climate problems AND start the global economy again.
A few million tons of concrete would just make a bigger bang when it goes off...
Nuke them!
Apparently Russia nuked out of control oil and gas wells [npr.org] and suggested the same for the Deepwater Horizon spill (nuking the gulf of mexico couldn't possibly have gone wrong, could it?) and we have all these nuclear weapons that no-one really wants to use lying about...
As a bonus, the lava should mean that the radioactives are less of a problem. Or you'll now have radioactive eruptions of lava which is sure to lead to superheroes, right?
I know it is a joke, but cement manufacture has very high CO2 emissions. It is something like 5%-7% of global human carbon emissions.
The summary makes it sound like volcanoes are the explanation for greenhouse gases, which is completely false. It doesn't say that at all. Actually, it's the opposite.
RTFA and you learn (as quoted from the
I pretty sure no serious (by which I mean logically sound) skeptical arguments deny that CO2 contributes to warming.
The actual controversy is over how we can expect the warming to be exacerbated or alleviated by feedback loops.
"Alarmists" tend to claim runaway positive feedback loops will cause a dramatic rise in temperature in the near future, while "denialists" tend to argue that these positive feedback loops are counteracted by negative feedback loops that tend to keep the temperature within a reasonable range.
Measurements on the great barrier reef have shown a temperature increase of 2 degrees since the 60's, and they are expecting another 2 by 2050, which is largely regarded as the temperature needed to kill it off. Already outside a reasonable range for the fauna that live in the area, which are migrating down the coast. If this were to happen over millennia the reef would probably migrate south, but at this rate of change it can't propagate quickly enough.
See http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-18/warming-to-put-oceans-and-reefs-in-hot-water/4470104 [abc.net.au]
"Alarmists" are often climate scientists. "Denialists" seem frequently to be corporate funded loons with no expertise in the area. But even if both sides were equally populated by people of the same calibre I would still think it was worth trying to switch to alternatives ASAP to avoid the risk.
Think about it - if someone said "do this, or there is a 50% chance your house will burn down" you would do 'this', even if 'this' was quite expensive. After all, most people do exactly 'this' when they buy home insurance, and the chance is way lower than 50%.
Here is a guy claiming that Global Warming doesn't exist: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3395415&cid=42645177 [slashdot.org]
Here is a guy claiming that it is real but probably a good thing, he can't wait for more of it: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3395415&cid=42645015 [slashdot.org]
Read any denialist website and you'll soon see that they hold several contradictory assertions to be simultaneously true. Why then, would we accept that any of these assertions are true?
So what is your definition of "logically sound"? It sounds like it's equivalent to "the most plausible at any given time that doesn't involve admitting that we must take action to mitigate climate change" Qualifying what is allowed to be real doesn't sound like accepting reality - reality is not negotiating with us for a mutually acceptable outcome.
Oh, and one final thing. If you want to know whether or not feedbacks are negative, neutral or positive, read just about any denialist website. They'll tell you that in the climate record, there are instances where CO2 has lagged a climate change. What does this mean? What it really means is that climate sensitivity is positive. These people are disproving themselves and they don't even realise it. Ironic, no?
It's been a while now that I've been hoping for a slashdot poll on this subject. For example...
My views on AGW are:
1) It doesn't exist
2) It does exist, but it's not caused by us so why get all worked up about it?
3) It does exist, but I think that change is a good thing (or the change will be neutral)
4) It does exist, and it's going to kill off millions of plant and animal species
5) It does exist, and it's going to kill off millions of humans
I'm guessing that it's a few loudspoken people on slashdot he
while "denialists" tend to argue that these positive feedback loops are counteracted by negative feedback loops that tend to keep the temperature within a reasonable range.
Well, then these "denialists" should come with a sound proof for that statement, I would say. The "alarmists" have done their work.
Maybe you're right. I should have made it more clear that volcanic eruptions were responsible for temporary dips in temperatures in their findings and they said nothing about volcanoes having anything to do with the increase in GHGs.
Uh-huh, big whoop. We've had heaps of models that fit the historical data - that's the easy part. It's all there, you can tweak your model as you like until it fits the historicals just right. The value of a model isn't in how well it fits the historical data, but how well it predicts future data.
So crank a prediction or two out of this puppy and get back to us in a decade.
The point of this was that it wouldn't use complex models where they tweak to fit expectations. Instead it plots atmospheric CO2 against global temperature, specifically accounting for denier favorites like urban heat islands, volcanoes, poor station condition, data selection bias, and transparency. All the data is available at the site so anyone can run the numbers themselves. According to them, and by the looks of their graphs, it's a shockingly close match.
The conclusion is that the temperature rise is from human greenhouse emissions. As always, everyone is free to try to come up with more convincing evidence to the contrary.
Exactly. Look at global temperature for the last 250 years plotted with CO2+volcanos and a simple fit:
http://berkeleyearth.org/images/annual-with-forcing-small.png [berkeleyearth.org]
There's almost no modelling there, it's just plotting two sets of measurements together.
If you think CO2 is not the cause, you need to find two things: another warming effect that fits the data at least as well as CO2 (and it has to be a huge warming effect that no one's noticed before), plus an equally large cooling effect to cancel out all the heat that we know the CO2 will have added to the atmosphere. This is possible, of course, but not very likely.
Models that have been in use for more than a decade were actually conservative about the level of warming we've seen so far, but got it pretty much right.
Please pull your head out of your ass and look at the facts. Or just shut the fuck up and quit interfering with adult conversations.
BEST doesn't do a climate model or try to predict the future, they're just reporting on historical data.
Hey, you have a model that says we are cycling towards a cliff, and are already gaining momentum. Prove to me that there is a cliff there before I think about putting on the breaks.
How did you ever make it to adulthood.
Uh-huh, big whoop. We've had heaps of models that fit the historical data - that's the easy part. It's all there, you can tweak your model as you like until it fits the historicals just right. The value of a model isn't in how well it fits the historical data, but how well it predicts future data.
So crank a prediction or two out of this puppy and get back to us in a decade.
They don't have to wait for a decade, they can just crop out the last decade of data and ask the model minus 10 years of data to predict it. Since they already have the answer, they'll know if it fits.
The is routinely done with large timescale models like the atmosphere and the ocean.
It's all there, you can tweak your model as you like until it fits the historicals just right.
The parameters of a climate model - a good climate model, that is - is constrained by physics. All parameters have experimental, physical estimates - the question isn't how well the model can be fitted to the past, but how well it can remain nicely in the middle of these estimates.
Yep, "peer reviewed". This is apparently volume 1, issue 1 of a new series of journals started by an Indian publisher that decided to simultaneously launch 53 new journals [scholarlyoa.com]. In order to fill them, they took pretty much anything that anyone wanted to publish.
Taking a larger set of stations would seem to mean that this study includes stations that other studies eliminated as poor-quality. For example, stations with siting issues, stations that have moved over time between rural/urban locations, stations suffering UHI in unknown amounts.
Given the need to work in corrections for all of these quality issues, and given a pre-stated conclusion, it is very easy to make the corrections in a way that supports your desired conclusion.
In short: not credible.
So, you have no specific critiques of their methods? I see only a vague assumption that a larger set of data in one aspect of the study "would seem to mean" the whole study is worthless. You've clearly decided to ignore their conclusions without even bothering to read the paper, let alone understanding their methods.
I find even SciTechnol's peer review to be more credible than yours.
The Berkeley Earth team is making these preliminary results public, together with the analysis programs and data set in order to invite additional scrutiny as part of the peer review process.
Phew. For a moment I thought global warming was my fault.
Scientists use a subset of temperature stations to exclude bad ones, denialists cry: "They ignored the other stations because it didn't fit their desired outcome".
Scientists use all available data. Denialists cry: "They didn't exclude the bad ones, so the results are unreliable".
Science cannot win against politics and that is all denial is - politics, it has no scientific basis or support, no evidence whatsoever in it's favour, all it has is a very large, well-funded and heavily-subsidized incumbent industry that is quite desperate to prevent the rise of any competition - especially competition that is far more efficient and cheaper to consumers over the medium term.
1. Temperarature rise for the last 250 years of 1.5 degree C is entirely because of increased CO2 emissions.
2. Vulcanic activity can seriously lower the earths temperature and affects the curve with downward spikes.
No other activity shows any significant colleration towards earth temperature. They have checked against solar flares and other activites and all they compared against has had no impact. CO2 rise looks to be the major cause behind it all.
Basically they are saying: Critics of AGW are wrong.
The data will be fully available on their webplacce form 30 july with abilities for visitors to test the data themselves and to toy with how the temperature rise has affected their local temperature.
This same research has been rejected by every other climate and atmospheric research journal, by the peer review process.
Key researchers are omitted from the paper - like Judith Curry, who I suspect will have something to say, since she was a key member of the BEST project.
Go figure.
No other activity shows any significant colleration towards earth temperature.
Now that is simply incorrect!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PiratesVsTemp(en).svg [wikipedia.org]
Every major industrial force on the planet will continue as they are so long as their quartlerly reports show 'growth.' It's a system we can't change or undo. The major industrial forces will not allow it to change. They can't see or don't believe in a future that exists beyond the next year. When was the last time you heard "5 year plan"? And they are playing chicken with the future of humanity whether they realize it or not. Whoever hesitates or turns back will 'lose' as market forces will crush anyone into insignificance who isn't pushing forward.
They don't "lead" the markets let alone control them. With such short vision, how can they? The market is still in the hands of the consumer... sheeple consumers mostly. If anyone has been paying attention to the increase in guns and ammo and especially the market effect the government's billions in ammunition purchases, then it should be pretty clear. This gun control talk and scarcity of supply isn't only causing a rise in prices, it's causing a rise in interest. People who had no interest in buying guns and ammo are now interested.
Consumers can shape the next quarter. And the quarters to follow. Keep buying green. Keep buying things that do as little harm as possible. *I* don't make a difference. *You* don't make a difference. But *we* do. Talk to people, but don't argue or preach. Short, simple statements and move on. They won't think you're a crazy person if you don't come off that way.
If you're thinking about moving, I would consider moving away from major weather areas... you know, like the coasts, or places where mountains have significant impact. That's what all this climate change is about anyway--the weather, the redistribution of water, the content of the air and what it does with the sun's energy. Take up a hobby like gardening. It could be useful. (Just don't grow things indoors too much... UV lamps attact cops.)
Australia still burned down in December. We've had more fires, worse droughts, bigger storms, worse heat waves, more floods and unheard of winter storms all predicted by climate change models. At what point do you finally concede? When the planet is the twin of Venus? Physical reality first, ideology second. You can nit pick all day long, but y'all are picking nits. You're complaining about issues that impact the 5th or 6th places after the decimal point in the analysis results, while ignoring the whole numbers. That would indicate y'all are less deniers and more in denial. Sorry that climate change is messing with your "Atlas Shrugged" world view but we need to come up with smarter answers. By the way, if the Germans make solar work, then from this day forward, we all get to call bull shit on those folks who've been stone walling renewables, just because Chevron can't figure out a way to create an artificial sun shortage to jack up prices.
Australia burns down every December. We always have fires, droughts, storms, heatwaves and floods, and most of them caused far less damage than comparable events in the past. Sorry to disappoint your shrill alarmism, but every storm, flood, tsunami or volcanic eruption (yes, I've seen tectonic events blamed on climate change) isn't a point in favour of AGW - not unless you can show how they significantly differ in degree or quantity from previous events. Climate change science has predicted everything from
The event in Australia broke more records than you could possible shake a stick at. Go here [climatecentral.org] for just the briefest scientific review of the incident. Here's a quote: "A relatively small change in the average temperature can easily double the frequency of extreme heat events. Australia has warmed steadily since the 1940s, and the probability of extreme heat has now increased almost five-fold compared with 50 years ago." What part of this do you not get. Globally, spring comes 3 weeks earlier than 50 years ago. The clear and unmistakable results of climate change measure in the ten of thousands of unique individual events and phenomena. Taken as a body of evidence you'd have a better chance of arguing against evolution (and the body of evidence doesn't stop ideologues from doing that either.) Why is it that I'm yelling "Hey, dummy your arse is burning!" and instead of putting it out and thanking me for saving your life, you choose instead get insulting and indignant.
I'm point at trends, when data point after data point in one direction you get a trend. The system is incredibly complex, melting in the arctic messes with the haline cycle (and recent changes in the Gulf Stream suggest global current changes may be imminent.) These changes would have profound effects on global climate particularly cutting warm currents to the extreme latitudes causing dramatically colder winters. So there are a number of possible outcomes, when you perturb a system as complex as global weather, it's like throwing dice, many possible things can happen because there are many competing feedback loops and we still can't produce predictive models with the subtlety to give us long term predictions of complex chaotic systems.
That said, we can look at more general possibilities and compare them against what has already happened, in other words if I create a model starting in 1850 and successfully predict general large scale climate features and event up until now, I have a reasonable probability of predicting some of the large scale events coming. As for pulling out a single anything, that's crap no single data point informs you of anything. Again, the only thing that matters are trends, and we have those, we have a whole bunch of trends.
And I wish for the love of Jebus you guys could have one of these conversation without blowing all kinds personal FUD, you can stick your presumptions where the sun don't shine. You haven't the foggiest idea what my political opinions are but its clear that if your as good at guessing politics as you are about noticing its getting hotter every year that it explains why you can't seem to make a cogent observation about physical reality. In the flagellating department I believe its better to give than to receive. Guilt is what nice people do to assuage their consciences for being irresponsible or committing unkind acts. I don't practice either, therefore no guilt. I never said the world was ending, not today or a week from Tuesday or in a thousand years. Humanity is extincting about a 1000 species a day now. Most are insects and various invertebrates. Still, in your and my lifetime, we'll see the last of all the big mammals in Africa, most in Asia, and nearly half of the world's rain forest will go away. The impact of the change we're perpetrating on the environment will come back to haunt us because our biology is intimately tied to the global biology... nature of ecosystems. Every human being is a river of biota, moving through us every moment are ten times as many cells without a human genome as with. Plow the ecosphere under and we're committing slow motion suicide. Life has ben here nearly 4 billion years and suffered far worse than us, it will get along fine without us. We're an apex predator, we'll be one of the first things to go. Or, we'll pull our collective heads out of our rear ends and design a global technology that supports human advance without turning the world into a toilet. Why is that
It currently reads "GHG Emissions and volcanoes".
However, the Slashdot Groupthink has clearly decided that what they meant to say was "GHG Emissions from volcanoes", because obviously anything published about climate must be assumed to be denialist propaganda from filthy big oil shills.
It's far easier simply 'correct' reality than to turn aside an ecowarrior in full battle frenzy, is what I'm saying. Why fight it?
AH BEST. The original paper was rejected by the journal JGR Atmospheres but finally they have passed "peer review". The BRAND NEW heretofore unheard of Journal Geoinformatics and Geostatistics [scitechnol.com] will now feature the BEST paper. Yes ladies and gentlemen, issue 1 volume 1 will have this study as its centrepiece.
In other earth shattering news - NOAA has discovered that the further away from the structures you put the thermometer, the recorded night time temperatures are colder. This is known as the "theory of duh" in physics circles, but required experimental verification [wattsupwiththat.com] by climate scientists.
There is still much science to be done and much politics to extricate from climate science
You can argue all you want about whether global warming is real or not, and if so, man-made or not. But those who believe it is real (and I am cautiously one of those) deploy a long array of data, scientific studies, models, peer-reviews and global consensus.
BUT, when it comes to deciding what action is needed, if any, then the solutions are based on nothing at all. Where are the scientific studies that prove that renewables, carbon capture and storage, fossil fuel phase-out or carbon taxation, etc. leave us globally with a better standard of living? There are other alternatives, but the hysterics only promote the ones that inflict maximum misery by returning us to caves. And the unintended consequences are rarely evaluated.
As Hippocrates would have it regarding a sick patient, "First, do no harm". I believe that doing nothing is the best strategy.
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Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with murdering 13 people in last month's deadly Fort Hood shootings, has been left permanently paralyzed, but has recovered enough from his own wounds to be moved out of the intensive care unit.
Defense lawyer John Galligan told ABC News on Wednesday that Maj. Hasan still has no sensation from the chest down, but has left the ICU at San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center, where he has been hospitalized since a day after the Nov. 6 shooting, for a private room in another ward. He was moved late Tuesday night.
"I guess you could call that improvement," said Galligan, "but he'll be suffering for the rest of his life. He'll have paralysis for the rest of his life."
"He's far from out of the woods," said Galligan.
According to Galligan, Hasan is conscious and able to converse, can move his arms, and has some use of his hands. "I've had him sign a few things, but use of his hands is so difficult," he said. Gilligan expects Hasan to remain hospitalized for another three months.
Armed guards keep watch over Hasan, who has no television and is not allowed to monitor the news.
Galligan said he has not yet heard whether he will be allowed to move Hasan to another facility closer to Fort Hood, and to Galligan's law office in nearby Belton, Texas. Fort Hood is 2.5 hours north of San Antonio.
"In the absence of any compelling medical reason that requires him to remain in BAMC, he should be able to continue his rehabilitative treatment at a facility closer to his defense team," Galligan said.
Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Could Face Death Penalty
Galligan is also waiting to hear when a "sanity board" will look into Hasan's competence, and whether he will be granted any additional military co-counsels. Hasan has been charged and will be tried in the military justice system. Galligan, Hasan's civilian attorney, already has one military cocounsel.
Hasan faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death.


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The US has taken its first real swipe at China following accusations that the Beijing government is behind a widespread and systemic hacking campaign targeting US businesses.
Buried in a spending bill signed by US President Barack Obama on Tuesday is a provision that effectively bars much of the US government from buying information technology made by companies linked to the Chinese government.
It is unclear what impact the legislation will have, or whether it will turn out to be a symbolic gesture.
The provision only affects certain non-defense government agency budgets between now and Sept. 30, when the fiscal year ends.
It also allows for exceptions if an agency head determines that buying the technology is "in the national interest of the United States."
Still, the rule could upset US allies whose businesses rely on Chinese manufacturers for parts and pave the way for broader, more permanent changes in how the US government buys technology.
"This is a change of direction," said former US Homeland Security Department official Stewart Baker, now with the legal firm Steptoe and Johnson in Washington.
"My guess is we're going to keep going in this direction for a while," he said.
Earlier this month, the US computer security firm Mandiant released details on what it said was an aggressive hacking campaign on US businesses by a Chinese military unit.
Since then, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has used high-level meetings with Beijing officials to press the matter. Beijing has denied the allegations.
Congressional leaders have promised to push legislation that would make it easier for industry to share threat data with the government. However, those efforts have been bogged down amid concerns that too much of US citizens' private information could end up in the hands of the federal government.
As Congress and privacy advocates debate a way ahead, lawmakers tucked "section 516" into the latest budget resolution, which enables the government to pay for day-to day operations for the rest of the fiscal year.
The provision specifically prohibits the US Commerce and Justice departments, NASA and the National Science Foundation from buying an information technology system that is "produced, manufactured or assembled" by any entity that is "owned, operated or subsidized" by the People's Republic of China.
The agencies can only acquire the technology if, in consulting with the FBI, they determine that there is no risk of "cyberespionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of the system," according to the legislation.
Last year, Ruppersberger and US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, a Republican, released a report urging US companies and government agencies to drop any business with Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei Technologies Ltd and ZTE Corp because of the security risks they pose.
However, a blanket prohibition on technology linked to the Chinese government may be easier said than done. Information systems are often a complicated assembly of parts manufactured by different companies around the globe. Investigating where each part came from, and if that part is made by a company that could have ties to the Chinese government could be difficult.
Huawei, the third-largest maker of smartphones, says it is owned by its employees and rejects claims that it is controlled by the Chinese government or military.
Depending on how the Obama administration interprets the law, Baker said it also could cause problems for the US with the WTO, whose members include US allies like Germany and Britain that might rely on Chinese technology to build computers or handsets.
However, in the end, Baker says it could make the US government safer and wiser.


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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Christmas Tree Compulsive
I can't remember why I started to do theme trees. I supposed I thought everybody did. My mother collected angels as far back as I can remember; over time our Christmas tree became completely filled with angel ornaments. In High School my best friend's family also did theme trees, but their theme changed from year to year, that intrigued me.
I would go into people's house and look at their trees and try to guess the theme only to discover that there was no theme. Their ornaments were either handed-down over the years or purchased on sale after the holiday. Apparently having theme trees is unusual. But I love them.
I have a theme every year. I have done glass candy, birds, Great North Woods, winter, fish, only red bows, fruit and vegetables, gardening, cookies, ice storm, flowers, colors, friendship, international, Victorian, WWII, handmade, etc. I collect ornaments over time as I see them or they are on sale. I hold on to them until I have enough to pull together a theme. As you can image I have tubs and tubs of ornaments.
This year I am re-using my Winter Wonderland theme. (white lights, crocheted snowflakes, little felt mittens, sweaters, hats, snowmen, sleighs, snowshoes, skates, a few polar bears, and the tree-topper is a toboggan hat I bought in Alaska.)
How do you decorate your tree?
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Love the red room! The tree looks nice there.
- December 1, 2007 at 10:27 AM
- Bevson said...
I struggled with where to put the tree this year. I wanted to be able to enjoy it, so it is upstairs in the library. I seem to be spending a lot of time there.
- December 1, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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|"Don't make me angry, Drew Sharp. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
Ed. Note: I somehow talked my old blogging cohort, Benny, into doing the 'Shop above. He assures me this is a onetime deal. But maybe if we push him...
Rants, comments, thoughts and funny - mostly funny - on all things Michigan and college football.
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i like how you thinned him up for the photoshop
Puhleeeeeeese BennyBennyBenny!
Puhleeeeeeese BennyBennyBenny!
(The Zoloft seemed to have kicked in a little early this morning - whoa --)
to follow up on conversations we had here a few weeks ago after Tressel made the 5 juniors choose between staying and the NFL before they were able to play in the Sugar Bowl - all 5 announced that they are staying and the deadline has now passed.
Greg is back at DC; well thankfully not "that" Greg.
Greg Mattison the DC of the Baltimore Ravens is leaving the NFL to join Hoke at Michigan.
ok this is awesome
you're going with the incredible Hoke theme....
Michigan's new special teams coach is named....Dan FERRIGNO
how is that not perfect?
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ivangv started the forum topic gPress group in the group Requests & Feedback: 6 years, 10 months ago
gPress group and forum access throws an unknown error. All the other groups or forums seems working fine, what is happening?
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I've found a javascript error with FF, in the edit location profile page (site.com/members/username/profile/location)
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I've tried to debug, but I am not familiar with the gmaps api. Hope you troubleshoot quick! 🙂
Thank you Mark
Mark, I've tried it with FF5.0, IE and Chrome, with the same result. The location edition on the profile does not show the map.
What can I do?
I should day I've disabled all plugins without luck and tried to use it on the twenty ten theme but it goes to home when using site.com/members/admin/profile url, probably it does not support buddypress
I am having the same problen. It seems to work fine in the registration form (appears the map and you can set up a location), but in the edit profile location the maps it not shown. Even if you enter a location and click on search it still does not appears. I've tried to enabling […]
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Slave role 'a privilege' for actor Ejiofor
Published 6:18 pm, Thursday, October 24, 2013
Chiwetel Ejiofor was already familiar with the slave trade through his own research before he signed on to play Solomon Northup, the beleaguered hero of Steve McQueen's harrowing drama "12 Years a Slave." Between that background, John Ridley's screenplay and Northup's eponymous memoir on which the film is based, the London-born actor had all the material he needed to create his character. Then a trip to Nigeria, his parents' homeland, to make the film "Half a Yellow Sun" proved invaluable, deepening Ejiofor's insight into the history he was about to re-enact.
"I was lucky enough to be in Calabar in Nigeria," he recalls during a conversation in Toronto, the afternoon after "12 Years a Slave" screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. "My last day in Calabar was spent at the slave museum there. My family is Igbo. Hundreds of thousands of Igbos were taken out of there to Louisiana, so I then was able to travel on the journey, that exact line. I spent a day eating okra in Nigeria. I turn up New Orleans and I have a plate of okra. You're there."
Northup never made that journey. He was born a free man in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was a husband, a father, a musician and a working man in 1841 when two men hired him to play violin for their circus troupe, a ruse to lure him to Washington, D.C., where he was shanghaied and sold into slavery.
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McQueen and Ridley were already at work on a script about a fictional character in similar circumstances when McQueen's wife, historian Bianca Stigter, found Northup's 1853 memoir, a book that created a sensation when it was published shortly after he regained his freedom but had since fallen into obscurity.
"When I read Solomon's story, that was it," McQueen says. "It's such an extraordinary story that I thought, 'Oh, wow, I need to make this.' Every time I turned a page of the book, I saw images."
"12 Years a Slave" is a huge production with a large ensemble cast that includes Paul Giamatti as a slave trader, Benedict Cumberbatch as a relatively benevolent slave owner and McQueen's "Hunger" and "Shame" star Michael Fassbender as Solomon's ruthless later master Edwin Epps. The director's most vital casting decision was who would play Northup, and as he read the man's memoir, Ejiofor was the only actor he envisioned.
Over nearly two decades, the actor, 36, has built an impressive career. He made his screen debut in Steven Spielberg's 1996 drama "Amistad," won a British Independent Film Awards best actor prize for his role in Stephen Frears' 2002 immigrant drama "Dirty Pretty Things," and captured an Independent Spirit Best Supporting Male award in 2008 for "Talk to Me." Other film roles have included "Love Actually," Spike Lee's "She Hate Me" and "Inside Man," Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda," "Kinky Boots" (in drag), "Children of Men," David Mamet's "Redbelt" and "Salt." A busy stage actor as well, Ejiofor won the 2008 Olivier Award for best actor for his title-role performance in a Donmar Warehouse production of "Othello."
"He was the man," McQueen says. "I needed someone with a certain kind of grace, a certain kind of decorum, a certain kind of stature in the same vein as, say, Harry Belafonte or Sidney Poitier. Chiwetel, he was the man."
The challenge for Ejiofor was how to approach a role that was going to be both emotionally and physically draining. Northup was a man who spent a dozen years being brutalized, dehumanized and degraded. When actor and director first met to discuss "12 Years a Slave," they talked about Northup's experience in terms of a fairy tale. McQueen referenced "Pinocchio" and "Alice in Wonderland." It was "Alice" that gave Ejiofor his key into getting under Solomon's skin.
"You slip down the rabbit hole," Ejiofor says. "I suddenly thought that's probably how he viewed it, as more of a kind of surreal science fiction. You feel like you're in one battle at the beginning, but actually you're in a completely different battle. You think you're in a battle for your freedom, but you're actually in a battle for your mind."
Summer heat
Adding to the verisimilitude of "12 Years a Slave" were the heat of a Louisiana summer and locations that included plantations with roots that stretch back to Northup's time.
"You go on those plantations and there are oaks that are over 300 years old and have witnessed slavery," says Ejiofor's co-star Lupita Nyong'o, a 2012 Yale School of Drama graduate who has a breakout role as Patsey, a slave favored by Epps but despised by his wife (Sarah Paulson). "They are the trees under which slaves took shade, and then they are also the trees that slaves hung from."
Among the things that Ejiofor did to prepare to play Northup was learn to play the violin, cut sugar cane and pick cotton. The part was physically taxing, even if the actor did not have to go through the real torture that Northup experienced.
"It was deeply uncomfortable," he says. "I think that was part of how to get inside this man. I felt like being uncomfortable or feeling pain was very advantageous in this film for me as an actor. Feeling pain in some of the beatings - obviously not to the extent that Solomon or anyone being hit by a paddle or whip - but feeling some pain, feeling some discomfort. Feeling those moments were important because they put you into contact with the experience in a way that is very, very valuable. And they informed a wider conversation about psychology.
"There is something cathartic about the physical energy engaged in cutting down trees or even sugar cane," he adds. "That is really hard. Sugar cane is tough. It's all around you, but there's something about that, whereas picking cotton, there's no catharsis. There's the boiling heat, 108 degrees on our first day of shooting, and you're fiddling with these buds and they're pricking your fingers and you're trying to get this thing and the only point of change is the crack of a whip or somebody passing out."
Northup's words provided Ejiofor his biggest inspiration in playing the role. When he read the memoir, Ejiofor came across a passage in which Northup recalls being tortured under the hot Louisiana sun. "But I would have given more years of servitude," he wrote, "if they only moved me a few feet into the shade."
'Different level'
"At that moment, that that's when I realized, 'OK, this guy's working on a completely different level,' " Ejiofor says. "He is operating on a level of survival that is so unique, that is so rare, that he is bound to get through this, instinctually. That was what was surprising to me. It wasn't an intellectual decision that 'if I think in this way about this then I have some kind of hope of getting out of this.' It was an instinct.
"His instinct told him, 'Life is too precious, life is too joyous, and there is a way back around.' That's why it's such a privilege to play Solomon Northup. It's amazing to play a man like that." {sbox}
12 Years a Slave (R) opens Friday at Bay Area theaters.
To watch a trailer, go to imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1693624601.
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The 2012 Chevrolet Performance catalog is out, with 300 pages of crate engines, retrofit engine and drivetrain packages and, of course, the COPO Camaro Stock Eliminator drag car package.
If you're a Chevy person, the section detailing the COPO and the availability of new Camaro bodies (part number 19243374), with floorpans and chassis rails for constructing your own drag car, are worth the price of admission alone as a keepsake. It'd make a nice stocking stuffer for somebody as well.
This catalog is somewhat of an anomaly also, because it's the first ever from the "Chevrolet Performance group." Previously, this would have been the GM Performance Parts catalog and presumably there won't be a separate issue from GMPP.
Anyway, in addition to the COPO, there's plenty of other high-performance eye candy in the book, including Connect and Cruise Crate Powertrain Systems, which are are factory-engineered engine-and-transmission combinations, matched with all the electronic control modules, wiring harnesses and other key components. The first two from Chevrolet Performance include a 556hp supercharged LSA engine/4L85-E transmission combo (part number CPSLSA4L85E) and the Corvette-based 430-hp LS3, which is matched with a 4L65-E automatic transmission (part number CPSLS34L65E). The engine controller is specially calibrated to run the engine without some of the production-vehicle features that aren't required in an older vehicle. That means no "theft" codes, no System OBDII codes and, therefore, no need for third-party tuning. And the systems' unique SuperMatic transmission controller is designed to work with the engine controller for a seamless, "plug and play" installation that is quick, easy and intuitive.
Other new crate engines and parts in the catalog include:
• The LSX454R drag-racing crate engine, which is now in production and available for ordering;
• The New E-ROD 5.3-liter engine, which now carries CARB EO number D-126-31;
• The LS376/525 crate engine – a new factory-engineered combination that matches the ASA camshaft with the LS3 V-8 for powerful street/strip engine;
• New LSA and 5.3L controller kits, which are specially designed for installation in older vehicles; and
• The ZL1 fuel pump kit – a high-flow system for higher-performance Camaros, straight from the new Camaro ZL1 production model.
Along with descriptions and part numbers for all the engines, parts and accessories, the Chevrolet Performance catalog offers information on selecting matching components for the best-performing combination, as well as detailed cylinder head and camshaft specs. There's also a special section for LS engine builders that provides an overview of the LS engine family and parts interchangeability.
You can download it for free at GMPerformanceParts.com (unfortunately, the pictures are low resolution) or purchase a copy at your local Chevrolet dealership. There's also a condensed crate engine brochure available for download.
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Is this Hemmings or a Hot Rod site?
Some car lovers have an interest in and appreciation for modified vehicles and late-model performance cars, as well as pristine vintage numbers-matching stockers.
If you don't care about it, skip the article. It's not like it's "wasting" limited page space in a physical medium such as a magazine. There's plenty of "pure" content here for you to enjoy.
I can't use any of these engines but I couldn't be happier to see this catalog and pictures! It's heartening to know that if you want a giant, fire breathing, bad-ass engine the USA is still the place to go! Love it!


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Few companies have been the target of as much criticism in the Linux community as Nvidia. Linus Torvalds himself last year called Nvidia the "single worst company" Linux developers have ever worked with, giving the company his middle finger in a public talk.
Nvidia is now trying to get on Linux developers' good side. Yesterday, Nvidia's Andy Ritger e-mailed developers of Nouveau, an open source driver for Nvidia cards that is built by reverse engineering Nvidia's proprietary drivers. Ritger wrote that "NVIDIA is releasing public documentation on certain aspects of our GPUs, with the intent to address areas that impact the out-of-the-box usability of NVIDIA GPUs with Nouveau. We intend to provide more documentation over time, and guidance in additional areas as we are able."
It wouldn't surprise me if this is related to the SteamOS announcement.
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Actually, Nouveau is a collaboration project by multiple volunteers, who review each others work. That means that it is extremely unlikely to successfully plant a Ken Thompson Bug into Nouveau without engaging most of the contributors into conspiracy. Quite unlikely for the project where collaborators don't know each other in person.
Even then quite likely there are some lurkers on source changes mailing list, who provide additional (albeit ineffective) mean of review.
Indeed, open source software with wider audience is really hard to subvert.


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Freeze causes water issues
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- Published on 10 January 2014
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More than a week long period of below freezing temperatures at night and several daytime high temperatures below freezing have begun to cause problems with public and private water pipes.
The City of Mount Vernon experienced the worst of the problems. A major water break was discovered around noon on Sunday. This caused a disruption of water services to all city water users of about 4-5 hours. For more details, see the Jan. 9 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Elgin senior guard Arie Williams and Wheaton Warrenville South junior guard Meghan Waldron have earned MVP honors for their recent outstanding basketball performances.
Williams scored 28 points with 7 3-pointers in a victory against Streamwood, then produced 26 points with 5 3-pointers in an overtime loss to Geneva.
Waldron produced 22 points as the Tigers beat previously unbeaten Naperville Central in OT, then had 19 points in a victory over Naperville North.
Arie Williams, Elgin: Elgin's senior guard had a weekend to remember, despite his team going 1-1. On Friday, he scored 20 points with 6 3-pointers in the second quarter alone, on his way to a 28-point performance and 7 3-pointers in a 55-44 win over Streamwood. The next night, in a 67-65 overtime loss at Geneva, Williams came back with 26 points and 5 more 3-pointers.
Connor Chapman, Geneva: After losing for the first time this season, 55-39 to St. Charles East, Chapman and the Vikings beat Elgin in overtime, 67-65. The quick-footed 6-foot-5 senior scored a career-high 31 points on 12-of-14 field goal shooting with 5 assists and 4 rebounds. Chapman had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists in the loss to St. Charles East.
Chino Ebube, Mundelein: Chino chimed in. Loudly. The highflying senior forward erupted for a career-high 27 points -- including three straight dunks during the fourth quarter -- as the Mustangs cooled off Warren 67-56. The Missouri Science and Technology recruit also had 9 rebounds and 8 blocked shots.
Robert Hudson, Conant: The senior guard had one of the most efficient performances you're likely to see, making 11 of 14 shots from the field -- including seven 3s -- to lift host Conant past Glenbrook North 46-31 in nonconference play. Hudson finished with a season-high 29 points without even attempting a free throw.
Nick Norton, Downers Grove North: With much of the team recovering from the flu, Norton led the Trojans to three victories. In wins over Glenbard South, Proviso West and Willowbrook the senior forward averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Norton had 24 points, 12 boards, 5 assists and 5 blocks against the Panthers.
Meghan Waldron, Wheaton Warrenville South: The Tigers junior guard had a huge hand in two conference wins. Waldron scored 22 points -- 10 in overtime -- with 22 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in a 64-59 come-from-behind win at previously unbeaten Naperville Central. She then had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals as WW South beat Naperville North 57-20.
Brittany Collins, Maine West: With her game-high 24 points in a 55-48 victory at Maine East, junior forward Brittany Collins reached 1,000 points in a career faster than any player Derril Kipp has coached in 32 seasons at Maine West. Collins did much more, too, grabbing 14 rebounds and 5 blocked shots in Park Ridge.
Sara Mickow, Crystal Lake South: The Gators' junior forward scored 13 points and had 13 rebounds in a 45-43 win over Cary-Grove, which was CL South's first win over the Trojans since 2009. She came back the next night with 17 points and 8 rebounds in a 43-33 win over crosstown rival Crystal Lake Central.
Carly Pottle, St. Charles East: Pottle provided just the spark St. Charles East needed in a thrilling 81-75 overtime win over Geneva, scoring 25 points, a total that included four 3-point baskets. That followed another team-high 17 points for this senior guard plus 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 assists in a 57-37 victory over West Chicago.
Sophia Way, Stevenson: She's been way good this season. The sophomore forward, a second-year varsity player, scored a career-high 18 points in the Patriots' 52-34 win over Lake Forest, stretching their winning streak to five. She netted 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to help the Patriots edge Libertyville 31-27.


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What do we talk about?
What your plans are to get hype in these next two days or post images and videos to get us HYPE.
I will watch the Tiger's head to the World Series today, then I will watch Football tonight and watch the begining of my fantasy team dominate as Vernon Davis scores two TD's. Then It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia will be on followed by The League. I will get hyped by going to work, wearing my bright highlighter yellow Michigan polo shirt to work in my downtown Lansing office tomorrow.
Then when we win on Saturday, I will head to work on Monday blasting hail to the victors as I drive on Grand River through State's ugly ass campus with that scrwed up art museum they are puting up.
Again, I'M VERY HYPED!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's pretty hype.
This is what I always think of when someone uses the phrase "dating myself."
Hey! I've got V. Davis too! Does that make us like eskimo brothers or something?
Nope, that makes us losers since we didn't get any points!
Drink a lot of beer!
That is all
Someone creating a kickoff hype thread in 24 hours. I suppose that this makes more sense though.
I am HYPE just to be able to watch this game. Certain selfish friends of mine chose to get married the last 2 Saturdays in a row and they WERE NOT flexible about rearranging the start time around kickoff. Geez, it was only a suggestion.
I am HYPE about beating STAEE. I am not HYPE that I have to work Saturday and won't be able to watch the game until I get home that night.
I am SO HYPE! I do not know what to do with myself!
and I want to see them lose so bad this week.
by alot.
This gets me fully torqued.
fuck staee and everything those fuckers stand for.
Go Motherfucking Blue
I hope we get to beat them while they're wearing these... some debate over whether it's real but multiple posters at the MSU board claim to have confirmed.
it will give a reflection of denards ass when they are trying to catch him
Of Colorado State
Obviously this is something they are trying to keep under wraps, as they have deleted multiple threads on this. Possible new jerseys to accompany the helmets.
Helmet pic link: http://i50.tinypic.com/1555u7q.jpg
I've been getting hyped this week by looking at the numerous images of past successes against MSU, and still, one of my favorite "get pumped" images for this rivalry is...
Let us get back to basics in this rivalry - Paul Bunyan has so much more fun in Ann Arbor anyway...
I am so HYPE! Just let it be gameday already.
I can not wait till be them to a pulp (score-wise)
don't care about how many or how pretty. I'm tired of their fans and their juvenile coach.


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Feb. 17, 2007
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The No. 3 UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team won its fourth consecutive match with a 3-0 victory over No. 13 Long Beach State Saturday in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) action at Robertson Gymnasium. The Gauchos overcame large deficits in the first two games to pick up their second sweep of the 49ers this season.
Scores went 30-19, 30-28, and 30-19. UCSB upped its season record to 12-3 and is now 10-2 in MPSF play. Long Beach State dropped to 6-7 overall and 3-6 in the league. Santa Barbara has won four straight matches twice this season. The Gauchos remain in second place in the MPSF as No. 2 Pepperdine (9-1) retained the top spot by defeating No. 1 Brigham Young 3-0 Saturday afternoon. It was the eighth consecutive win for the Waves.
UCSB baffled Long Beach at the net, collecting 14.0 total blocks, eight of those coming from middle blocker David Kennedy. Opposite hitter Evan Patak, the AVCA National Player of the Week, finished with a match co-high 13 kills and added four service aces, three of those coming in the opening game. Middle Theo Brunner hit .714 with 11 kills, while outside Bryan Berman hit a career-high .727 with eight kills and no errors in 11 swings. Libero Ben Brockman amassed a match-high 13 digs. Setter Bart Kowalski had 42 assists.
Long Beach was led by Norm Hutton with 13 kills. Paul Lotman followed with 12 kills and Dustin Watten recorded five digs. Setter Michael Iandolo finished with 40 helpers.
The Gauchos, who are hitting .373 on the season, swung at a .462 clip for the match and hit .607 in game three. The 49ers hit .220.
Long Beach started strong and jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening game as Iandolo had a pair of kills in the run. A Hutton kill put the 49ers up 10-4 before the Gauchos reeled off four straight points of their own, helped by two consecutive blocks by Kennedy. A Berman kill tied the game for the first time at 11-11. Four plays later, a Patak kill sparked a 10-0 run that put the game out of reach for Long Beach.
UCSB led 3-2 early in the second frame, but the 49ers struck for six straight points to take an 8-3 advantage. They led by as much as six points at 14-8, but the Gauchos were again ignited by a Patak kill to go on a four-point spree and come within two at 14-12. Long Beach responded and took a seven-point lead at 27-20 on a Gaucho service miscue. Lotman put away a kill to bump the score to 28-22, but the Beach couldn't put the game away. UCSB pounded out eight unanswered points to win the game, stuffing Long Beach attacks on four of the final five plays of the set.
Game three was close early on, but UCSB opened it up and took an 11-6 lead following a kill by Brunner. Long Beach struggled offensively and hit .179, while the Santa Barbara offense was on fire, putting away 19 kills with just two errors in 28 attacks.
Gaucho head coach Ken Preston, now in his 29th season leading the program, earned his 498th career victory.
UCSB plays a key league match Feb. 21 as UC Irvine, also ranked No. 3, comes to town. First serve is slated for 7 p.m.


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As a digital projects librarian, Monica identifies and links digital images to information that makes them more searchable in a digital setting, which supports the Access and Innovation principle of the Compass strategic plan that focuses on the library leading in digitization practices. She works to catalog the more than 95,000 images on the BPL's Flickr site for all users to enjoy.
Do you have a favorite collection on Flickr?
We work with many collections, but I'd say my favorite is a collection by Leslie Jones, which has about 30,000 images. His sports photography from the 1930s and 1940s is amazing, and the collection itself is an archive of life as it was happening during that time period. He also gave many personal photos, which show his family on vacation, for example, and others that are beautifully created from a photography perspective.
What is the best part about working for the library?
I enjoy working with and digitizing older items from our collection that haven't seen the light of day in a long time; whether they are in the stacks or parts of the library that the general public doesn't get to see very often. We pull out things that our colleague curators find interesting and then get to expose them to the world, which is awesome. It helps cement the BPL presence as a research library and one that shares its treasures with everyone.
How do you interact with library users interested in the Flickr collection?
Flickr users can leave comments on pages or email the library with questions or potential corrections to descriptions. Our team acts as the mediator between the library user and our curators, who look into the subject matter closely. We also encourage library users to make recommendations on collections for digitization. The best email to to use is email@example.com.
How does technology and digital offerings enhance service to library users?
Researchers who are interested in certain collections may or may not have the chance to physically come to the library. We recently put up 3,000+ stereographs on Flickr, which could be of great use to someone researching the subject. Showing the digital images with good data really helps people understand the breadth our collections. And, it might persuade people to come in and visit. Having a digital presence is important because the library is so much more than just books; posters, architectural drawings, and manuscripts are just a few examples.


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Published: 2013/04/17
JJ Grey Joins Equifunk Lineup
JJ Grey & Mofro have joined Equifunk's lineup. They join a bill that already includes The New Mastersounds, Anders Osborne, Marco Benevento, The Nigel Hall Band, BoomBox, The Motet, The Main Squeeze and I'll Be John Brown.
The New Mastersounds will offer two sets while The Motet will perform both a set of original material and a P-Funk tribute set. The all-inclusive, summer camp-themed festival will return to Wayne County, PA's Camp Equinunk and Camp Blue Ridge from August 16-18. The festival will confirm another headliner next month.


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The country's second largest oil and gas producer Santos has cut 100 jobs from its South Australian operations.
Redundancies will begin in the first quarter of 2013.
Those affected are based in the company's Adelaide head office and its Moomba operations in the Cooper Basin.
Santos said the affected roles were not going to meet the needs of the business in the coming years.
Those needs include the next stage of its natural gas development in the Cooper Basin, based around in-fill drilling and shale gas.
Santos vice president James Baulderstone said the decision was made as part of a broader program to ensure the eastern Australia business remains cost competitive.
"In order to execute an ongoing successful natural gas development program in the Cooper Basin, we need to ensure that our practices are efficient, and our business model is a competitive one," he said in a statement.
The changes were necessary if Santos was to continue to be a competitive, global company that can benefit the local community, Mr Baulderstone said.
The company's South Australian workforce currently consists of 1,600 employees, out of a national workforce of 3,200 people.
The company's chief executive David Knox said in an interview last week that it would need to bring its cost base down.
Santos shares were up down 11 cents at $10.95 on Wednesday.


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The California State University Employee Update
Thursday, May 21, 2009
CSU Faces $410 Million Cut as Propositions Fail
With voters rejecting five propositions aimed at reforming Californias budget, the CSU will face a $410 million cut to its 2009-10 budget that will impact its ability to serve students and maintain its operations. Propositions 1A-1E were created to provide new revenues to help balance the states General Fund budget over the next several years. Their defeat by voters in the May 19 special election means the state will now face a revenue shortfall of $21.3 billion, a gap which Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed closing through a variety of cuts and other actions.
A $410 million reduction will severely impact our ability to provide student access to our universities, maintain our workforce, preserve services, and protect the quality of our institutions, said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. These are all hard decisions and there are no good options, said Reed. I will be meeting with the campus presidents to address these fiscal issues and to develop a plan of action in consultation with our Board of Trustees.
The CSU has implemented several cost-savings measures including a salary freeze for vice presidents and above, a hiring freeze, and travel and purchasing restrictions. In addition, the CSU took steps to limit the number of new students admitted in fall 2009 based on the states inability to fund enrollment growth and the CSUs operational needs. The CSUs budget is approximately $4.2 billion, with $2.7 billion from state General Funds and $1.5 billion in student fee revenue. The proposed $410 million reduction represents a 15 percent cut in General Fund support.
Chancellor Reed to Lobby Washington for Increases in Student Aid
CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed will be in Washington D.C. this week promoting ideas to increase student aid and improve college access and completion, particularly in underserved communities. Reed will testify at the House Committee on Education & Labors May 21 hearing on Increasing Student Aid Through Loan Reform. The hearing will examine the Obama Administrations proposals to restructure federal student loan programs and use projected savings to increase funding for Pell grants and other aid programs. Reed will review CSU campus experience with existing student loan programs and present several proposals to increase need-based aid. CSU is the largest recipient of Pell Grant awards in the country. A webcast of the hearing will be available live and archived through the committees web site.


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There will be a motor show in Paris in September, 2013. Now let's take a preview of these cars.
The Continental GTC Convertible will arrive in March, just in time to escape the heat of summer. The open-air cruiser packs a 6.0-litre W12 that pumps out 423kW and 700Nm mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox.
July will see the introduction of the much-anticipated Continental GT V8. Designed to cut the company's CO2 emissions and fuel consumption figure, the new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 is shared with the Audi S6, S7 Sportback and S8.
The new engine is good for 373kW and 660Nm, so while it may cut fuel use it shouldn't be slow.
The new version of the gansta-style 300C sedan will be headlined by the new SRT8. Powered by a 6.4-litre Hemi V8 the range-topping 300C will have its sights set on snatching sales from HSV and FPV.
It'll only sell in small numbers but the Grand Cherokee SRT8 will give the Jeep brand a new hero model when it arrives in March.
It will use the same 347kW/630Nm 6.4-litre Hemi V8 found in the Chrysler 300C SRT8, making it a bahnstormer, at least in a straight line.
Mini will introduce a pair of new models in February. The Mini Coupe and Mini Convertible – not to be confused with the Mini Cooper and Mini Cabriolet – boast slightly more slippery styling and are aimed more at the performance-focused end of the market.
The "helmet-head" coupe will be priced at $42,990 in Cooper S guise, powered by a 1.6-litre turbo four-cylinder producing 135kW and 260Nm. A John Cooper Works version is also due to debut, expected to be priced about $50,000.
The hotly-awaited 86 coupe goes on sale in around June with an expected sub-$35,000 starting price.
The 86 marks the return of 'badge engineering' where car makers amortise development costs by jointly building one car that basically wear different badges. The sleek coupe is powered by a Subaru-sourced 147kW/205Nm 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder "boxer" engine.
The brand's performance car hero, the GT-R, will receive another yearly update around March. This time around, the GT-R will gain more power (again!), with the 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 now good for 405kW and 632Nm of torque (up from 390kW/612Nm).
A few interior updates will also appear, including an upgraded stereo and revised instrument cluster.
Suzuki will launch the Swift Sport early this year – a higher-powered hero version of its small city car.
When it arrives in March it will get rid of the low-out 1.4-cylinder engine seen in more civilised Swifts, replacing it with a 100kW 1.6-litre powerplant. A six-speed manual is already confirmed, but Suzuki has already hinted at a self-shifting version, too.


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ABC's new comedy, Better Off Ted, is centered around the antics of the research and development division of the only-slightly-fictional mega corporation Veridian Dynamics. It's a funny show — it doesn't have a stream of constant zingers, but the cast has chemistry and the characters are enjoyable.
Last night's episode was about a crash project to grow beef (or at least something beeflike) without the cow. Unfortunately, according to the company's long suffering food taster, their initial efforts tasted more like "despair."


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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Summer Jazz Camp
June 13 - 24, 2011 at Monterey Peninsula College
Camp Instructors Include 2011 Festival
Artist-In-Residence,Saxophonist Joshua Redman
13 Nationally-Renowned CliniciansTeach Over 150
Monterey County Music Students
Free Concerts and Jam Sessions Slated for June 20- 23
in Monterey and Pacific Grove
Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp
June 13 - 24, 9 am - 5 pm
Monterey Peninsula College
980 Fremont St, Monterey, CA 93940
Student Jam Session
Monday, June 20, 6 pm - 8 pm
Red Snapper Restaurant, 2nd Floor
30 Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, CA 93940
Vocal Solo Mic Night
Tuesday, June 21, 6 pm - 8 pm
Red Snapper Restaurant, 2nd Floor
30 Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, CA 93940
Combos Concert
Wednesday, June 22, 7 pm - 9 pm
Monterey Peninsula College Auditorium
980 Fremont St, Monterey, CA 93940
Vocal Ensemble & Big Bands Concert
Thursday June 23, 7 pm - 9:30 pm
Pacific Grove Middle School Auditorium
835 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
June 6, 2011; Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce its two-week Summer Jazz Camp for middle and high school students, taking place at Monterey Peninsula College, June 13 - 24, 2011. This year, 150 students from 30 schools from Monterey County and beyond will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in jazz study and performance with a star-studded line-up of professional musicians and educators. Through the generosity of its supporters, the Monterey Jazz Festival provides subsidies for students in need to make the camp financially accessible.
The Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp is an intensive immersion program for young jazz students to learn and develop music skills and knowledge, with classes including big bands, small ensembles, vocal performance, instrumental master classes, and daily workshops on different music subjects. The camp also includes special sessions for students to attend combo rehearsals and theory classes. Camp staff expect total enrollment of 150 young musicians to participate in this valuable music endeavor, keeping classes and ensembles to a small size. The students, ranging in age from twelve to eighteen years old, earn two units of credit from Monterey Peninsula College at the completion of camp.
Students will have the opportunity to show off their newly-honed skills in recital performances for fans, friends, and family with free performances by hand-selected combos at the Monterey Peninsula College Auditorium, and the Vocal Ensembles and Big Band Concert at the Pacific Grove Middle School Auditorium.
"In my opinion, this is the best two weeks of the summer," said Dr. Rob Klevan, Education Director of the Monterey Jazz Festival. "Without other distractions that occur in the school year, everyone at Camp can focus on improving his or her musical skills in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The energy at the Summer Jazz Camp is high, and the whole vibe is exciting. And, in addition to our outstanding staff of musicians and jazz educators we will be joined by another of our world-famous alumni, saxophonist Joshua Redman. I can't wait."
The Student Jam Session will take place at the Red Snapper Restaurant at 30 Fisherman's Wharf on Monday, June 20, at 6 pm, with an additional Vocal Mic Night on Tuesday, June 21, at 6 pm, also at the Red Snapper Restaurant. The Combos Concert will take place Wednesday, June 22, at 7 pm at the Monterey Peninsula College Auditorium, with the Vocal and Big Band Concert taking place on Thursday, June 23 at 7 pm at the Pacific Grove Middle School Auditorium in Pacific Grove.
This year's Summer Jazz Camp will be highlighted by the presence of the Monterey Jazz Festival's 2011 Artist-In-Residence, Joshua Redman, one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. Born in Berkeley, California, he is the son of legendary saxophonist Dewey Redman and dancer Renee Shedroff. He began playing clarinet at age nine before switching to the tenor saxophone, at age ten. Attending Berkeley High School, he performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1985 as a member of the Berkeley High School Big Band and as a member of the Festival's California High School All-Star Big Band in 1986. Redman issued his self-titled first album in 1993, which subsequently earned Redman his first of two GRAMMY nominations. From 2000-2007, Redman was the Artistic Director for the Spring Season for SFJAZZ and acted as the leader of the SFJAZZ Collective beginning in 2004. In recent years, Joshua has been performing with James Farm featuring Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, and Eric Harland, who will be one of the headliners of the 54th Monterey Jazz Festival in September.
In addition to Mr. Redman, the camp's roster of instructors continues to feature many of the finest jazz educators in the country. 2011 faculty include saxophonists Paul Contos, Paul Lucckesi, and Virginia Mayhew, trumpeters Peck Allmond and Michael Galisatus, trombonist Robynn Amy, drummer Vince Lateano, bassist Scott Steed, guitarist Bruce Forman, pianists Milton Fletcher and Eddie Mendenhall and renowned vocalists Julia Dollison and Kerry Marsh. Committed to training young instructors in the art of teaching, the camp also invites talented alumni of the Festival's Jazz Education Programs to mentor younger students. In 2011, the Summer Jazz Camp welcomes back trombonist Mark Stotzer, drummer Jesus Vega, violinist Noah Freedman, bassist Ryan Grech, and guitarist Tim Fischer to its faculty.
Major support for the 2011 Summer Jazz Camp comes from the AT&T Foundation, Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Robert & Audrey Talbott Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional contributions come from the William McCaskey Chapman & Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation, D'Addario Music Foundation, Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, Quest Foundation, and generous individuals.
The Monterey Jazz Festival is dedicated to perpetuating the uniquely American form of music known as jazz by producing performances that celebrate the legacy and expand the boundaries of jazz; and by presenting year-round local, regional, national, and international jazz education programs. The Monterey Jazz Festival is a nonprofit organization and has donated its proceeds to musical education since its inception in 1958.