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Skip to comments.A third way on immigration
Posted on 12/15/2012 5:20:52 PM PST by moonshinner_09
The debate over U.S. immigration policy has been rebooted. There now appears to be bipartisan support for what's generally called comprehensive reform. But a stumbling block remains: What to do about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants among us. Deportation? Complete amnesty? A "path" to citizenship?
There is a way forward, and it can be best summarized by "none of the above." It lies, instead, between these choices. It's legalization without citizenship .
With as few conditions and as broadly as possible, we should offer undocumented immigrants status as "permanent noncitizen residents." Unlike current green card holders, these individuals would never have the option of naturalizing and becoming U.S. citizens. The only exception would be for minors who arrived here with their parents. Provided they have not committed any serious crimes, such individuals should be immediately eligible for citizenship.
Simplicity is one distinct virtue of this approach. The prospect of mass deportations (or the hope of mass self-deportations) is both unpalatable and impractical. And establishing and implementing a complicated pathway to citizenship or even to a lesser legal status requires more faith than most Americans have in our government's ability to administer programs effectively and fairly.
For example, one proposal has called for the undocumented to return to their native countries for some period of time and then apply for a visa and "get in line" to return to the U.S. legally. But how would the return trip be monitored? And after that, how effectively would the visa quotas and readmission processes be administered? What would happen when an aging grandmother is returned to a "home" she left 30 years ago, or when illegal parents and their U.S.-born teenagers find themselves on different sides of the divide?
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
A Republican state senator from Seminole says he'll reintroduce a proposal to allow illegal immigrants to work in Oklahoma http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/oklahoma-senator-proposes-bill-allow-illegal-immig/nTXDh/
Let me see so far ,Obama dreamact free college educations, check,work permits check, social security cards check, drivers licenses in almost all the states except what 3 or 4 states, Check. Shield and protected from our laws... Check.. Except for Hotel Joe, sanctuary cities,check.
This will never fly. The Democrats and the professional ethnic grievance groups would demagogue this too, and accuse proponents of wanting to make 'undocumented' immigrants into a second class group.
Still, it would be preferable to a path to citizenship of course, but only if these permanent, legal, non-citizen residents were not allowed to sponsor any legal immigrants through extended family chain migration. Couple that with restricting family immigration to spouses and dependent minor children, and at least such a move wouldn't expand the pipeline of future legal immigration.
"estimated 11 million illegal immigrants among us."
11 Mil. my you know what. More like 30 mil. or more.
Who ever gave this estimate needs to get their
cabeza out of their coulo.
But the undermining of our culture and destruction of our nation is both tolerable and desirable.
Virtually all the illegals have access to a car ~ if not their own a friend's.
Deportation of the whole crowd is quite practical and inexpensive.
They can cross off that citizenship BS. They are proud of their Mexican heritage. They're only here for the money and freebies.
That noncitizens vote illegally is simply a fact that will persist in all jurisdictions without adequate citizen checks for voter registration and voter ID requirements to back it up.
It's interesting that the LATimes is giving support to what is basically Newt Gingrich's idea on the subject (the catchy "Red Card" being the name he gave to permanent no-path-to-citizenship residency).
I think a combination of the following (*not* in order of importance, all of them are needed together) — a "Red Card" program, significantly heightened border enforcement, a guest-worker program, tighter sanctions against knowingly hiring persons in the country illegally, larger immigration quotas for Latin America, harsher penalties for identity-theft, blanket prohibitions on paying social benefits to persons in the country illegally, and a "DREAM act" style amnesty for folks brought here illegally by their parents (into "Red Card" status) — would actually be a comprehensive immigration reform worth adopting.
I think I'd even support "Red Card" residents being able to gain citizenship by serving honorably in the U.S. military.
Deportation? Complete amnesty? A "path" to citizenship? ...instead, between these choices. It's legalization without citizenship. With as few conditions and as broadly as possible, we should offer undocumented immigrants status as "permanent noncitizen residents." Unlike current green card holders, these individuals would never have the option of naturalizing and becoming U.S. citizens. The only exception would be for minors who arrived here with their parents. Provided they have not committed any serious crimes, such individuals should be immediately eligible for citizenship.
Guaranteed, they'll do this, then get a SCOTUS decision that denying these immigrants to opportunity to become citizens is a violation of their rights under the Constitution.
"Unlike current green card holders, these individuals would never have the option of naturalizing and becoming U.S. citizens."
BRILLIANT!!! A permanent underclass of hostile, exploited helots living in ethnic enclaves throughout America, funneling American dollars overseas and having no interest in America's success r future!
A permanent underclass of hostile, exploited helots living in ethnic enclaves throughout America, funneling American dollars overseas and having no interest in Americas success r[sic] future!
So what's so different than what we have now?
"The big lie."
You got that right.
Whats fun is to get around a group of illegals and
yell "Chupacabra". For a second you can here a pin drop.
Used too you could yell la migra and they would scatter
but now they know they are safe. Hay you know why
Santa Anna only brought 5000 soldiers to the Alamo?
He only had one station wagon and a pickup.
Look the issue isn't immigration.
The issue is what kind of people we allow into the country.
Who would benefit this country.....
A guy from India, just graduated from MIT with a PhD in electrical engineering, who want to start up his own IT company in Silicon Valley.
Or a guy from Mexico, who can't speak English and is barely literate in Spanish, working as a dishwasher.
And quite honestly, the Indian guy would make a better member of our society, then some of countrymen who just sit on their asses all day waiting for "ObamaMoney".
My neighbor, who legally immigrated from Mexico, will be severely P.O.'ed with this 'solution'. He worked his arse off to get here legally.
Besides, that 11 million illegal aliens number hasn't changed over the past ten years - isn't it time we considered the actual threat?
Once upon a time, around fall of 2007, I was at 7000 ft in the mountains of New Mexico. The sun was almost up, and I had a crew up in the mountain cutting trees for firewood. We had stopped for coffee and to sharpen saw blades when a love sick elk bugled off in the distance.
I looked around, and saw confused faces... I simply nodded and said "Chupacabra" and started up the chain saw.
We were scheduled to come off the mountain at 1400. We were done by 1100. One of my better days. ;)
This clown parrots a ton of BS and then expects us to take him seriously? What an ass.
Right? I just love it when debate begins on immigration reform, the media starts downplaying the numbers of illegals in this country.
Reports coming out a few years ago put the number from 18 to 20 million. It is common knowledge these numbers increase dramatically when talk of amnesty begins.
Besides, the immigration reform package Bush, Graham, McCain, Kennedy and I believe Schumer attempted to shove down our throats several years back would have allowed illegals the ability to bring up to four of their family members after a period.
Also buried deep in the bill, illegals would have been able to claim the earned income tax credit if under a certain income level, giving them the ability to reap up to four thousand bucks from Uncle Sugar w/o paying a dime into the tax system.
Wow, just to think, republicans supported this.
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In our January issue of Game Informer we examined the current co-op condition, asking vocal gamers what they want to see in future cooperative titles. And what they don't. We surveyed nearly 8,000 readers to find out if social or solo gaming is paramount, if split-screen play is DOA or if there is hope for multi-gamer households. We even asked if they would be willing to pay a premium to play single-player franchises with their buddies. Co-op God of War perhaps? The results of our poll were interesting, to say the least. Utilizing the infinite space the online format affords us, we now expand upon our print feature, offering up insight into the industry from key staffers of influential co-op development houses. These experts present their definitions of cooperative play, expand upon the co-op pipeline for their particular products and attempt to explain away some of our co-op qualms. They've got reasons as to why split screen is such a technological burden or why couch co-op doesn't play nice with the web. Read on for an insider's look into the current state of co-op affairs, interspersed with results from our recent reader poll. The ExpertsWith cooperative play increasing in popularity, development houses worldwide are starting to embrace the trend. But where many have thrown their hat in the ring, few have excelled. Notable co-op franchises such as Halo, Gears of War, Left 4 Dead and Army of Two are joined by new contenders like Gearbox's Borderlands. Traditionally single-player IPs are even starting to take note, with Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2 both adding sizable co-op segments to their titles. Representatives from these co-op powerhouses weigh in below. [Our Experts] On What Qualifies As Co-op…Cooperative gameplay means many things to many people. For some it harkens back to shared screen play in the arcades. For other it signals sitting side by side with a friend throughout an entire cooperative campaign. And for some, cooperative doesn't require being helpful – griefing your way to a common goal can be just as fun. It turns out developers are just as divided by their definitions of co-op play. "I think a co-op experience is one where you can team up with a buddy and have an awesome time. Obviously depth is a factor, but each team needs to make a choice about what they will build. In terms of scope it's tough to compare what we do on Army of Two (vs. COD for example). In AO2, our focus always has always been to make the experience 100 percent co-op from start to finish. We see a lot of games doing it as a mode, and those are definitely fun as well, however for our audience we really want to deliver a completely integrated game where it's all co-op all the time." Reid Schneider, executive producer, Army of Two: The 40th Day"This largely depends on what gamers want out of their experience. I can mention from firsthand experience that pulling off story-based, integrated co-op for the duration of a full length campaign (8+ hours minimum, on average) is a lot of work not only from a level design standpoint but also from code and writing. You always have to account for the players' locations, ammo balancing, scripted moments, cinematics triggering, etc. Development-wise it is sometimes seen as an easier win to simply have custom scenarios for co-op, however if you're not careful it can balloon into more work, simply more contained in its own 'bucket.' At the end of the day I'm just happy to play games with others in a non-competitive manner." Cliff Bleszinski, design director, Epic Games"We'd define a co-op experience as one where people are working together in a game toward the same goal. There are a lot of execution details that you have get to right to be successful just like any other product, but the difference with a co-op game from others is that you're not trying to craft a narrative in the player's mind, you're giving the players the tools to craft it with each other." Erik Johnson, project manager, Valve

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World Cup 2014: Rickie Lambert would not shirk penalty shoot-out duties
Rickie Lambert would have no qualms about putting his near-perfect penalty record to the test at the World Cup.
Last Updated: 02/06/14 12:04pm
England have one of the worst penalty shoot-out records in world football.
The Three Lions have gone out of six of the last 10 major tournaments via the test of nerve from 12 yards and their only victory came against Spain in Euro 96.
If England end up in a penalty shoot-out this summer, they will at least have one man who is supremely confident of finding the net.
Lambert has scored all 34 of his penalty kicks for Southampton. He has only missed two in his entire career, and the last one of those came for Bristol Rovers five years ago.
The pressure in a World Cup shoot-out would be much bigger than Lambert is used to, but he would not hesitate in putting his hand up.
"I would take one, of course I would. I am confident in my ability," the England striker said.
"If the chance comes up I am confident I would score."
Steven Gerrard, Leighton Baines, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard have all proved to be proficient from the penalty spot throughout their careers.
But their record is nowhere near as good as Lambert's.
Unfortunately for the rest of the squad, Lambert believes he would be unable to teach them how to reach his standard.
"I have my own technique and sometimes my technique wouldn't be beneficial to someone else," the 32-year-old said.
"Penalty taking is about mentality.
"I have a certain way of approaching it and it has worked well for me."
Lambert was way down the England pecking order at the start of the 2012-13 season, but he has worked his way into the 23 following two successful years which have yielded 29 goals for Saints.
It is remarkable to think that four years ago he was watching the South Africa World Cup on television a few weeks after failing to make the League One play-offs with Southampton.
The main achievement Lambert could be proud of that year was his Johnstone's Paint Trophy winner's medal.
"I was watching the last World Cup on TV in the New Forest," Lambert said.
"My career was just starting to pick up. I was in League One and had just joined Southampton.
"We just missed out on getting in the play-offs but we won the Johnstone's Paint Trophy so it was a good season.
"Obviously, it was a million miles away from where I am now.
"If someone had told me then I would be at the next World Cup I would have laughed at them.
"But I would like to think I am here on merit. I think I have proved over two years that I am good enough.
"A lot has been written but I think I have proved my worth."
Lambert started proving his worth to Hodgson by scoring England's winning goal with his first touch against Scotland in August.
Three more caps and another international goal against Moldova followed. He is still likely to be a peripheral figure at the World Cup, due to the fact that he has Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck for competition.
Lambert is determined that his trip to Brazil will not turn into a holiday though.
"It is dangerous if you go there with the mentality you are just going to be on the bench," he said.
"You definitely don't want to be thinking your role is just coming on."


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Karin A. Kraus, 64, of rural Hudson, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2013 in Waterloo. A memorial gathering will be held at Overton Funeral Home in Traer from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 19, 2013 with burial occuring at a later date in Buckingham Cemetery.
Karin Ann Kraus was born September 25, 1948 in Waterloo, IA, the daughter of William and Johanna Bellinger Boss. She received her education in Waterloo where she graduated from West High School in 1966. She continued her education at Gates Business College in Waterloo and then began working in the banking industry. On June 5, 1976 she was united in marriage to David Kraus at the Central Christian Church in Waterloo. They made their home in Cedar Falls for a time and later moved to rural Hudson, IA. Karin worked in the Evansdale Bank and later the National Bank of Waterloo which later became Union Planters. She worked in the Traer branch for 9 years. Her death came on Friday, September 13, 2013 in Waterloo at the age of 64 years. In free time she enjoyed reading and going to garage sales. She is survived by her husband David of Hudson, two daughters Stephanie Adams of La Porte City, IA and Michelle Kraus of Ames, IA, her parents William and Johanna Boss of Waterloo three grandchildren DJ, Preston and Piper and two brothers.


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The ideal one-two punch of strong pitching and timely hitting pushed the Pella baseball team to a pair of wins in a Varsity doubleheader at Pella Christian Monday night, 7-5, 4-1.
Schyler Kane took the win in the opener, throwing all seven innings and allowing ten hits, walking two and striking out seven. He got plenty of support at the plate, as Paul Anderson went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, and helped his own cause by going 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. The surprise of the night, though, came from sophomore Ethan Butler, who was called up to play on short notice and went 2-for-3 with a triple, a double, an RBI and scored a run. For Pella Christian, Will VandeVoort pitched a solid game in the loss, striking out seven and walking three, while giving up 13 hits.
Pitching stole the show in the nightcap, as the Eagles' Andrew VanderHart pitched for all but one out of an eight-inning game, allowing just five hits and striking out ten Pella High batters; but gave up five walks and sent five runners to first base on a hit-by-pitch. That impressive showing was upstaged by Pella's Jacob Gleason, who went all eight innings for the win, allowing just four hits and two walks, and striking out a staggering 16 Eagle batters. Anderson was big at the plate for the Little Dutch again in the late game, as he went 2-for-4 with a double.
Pella High is now 9-6 overall and 4-3 in the Little Hawkeye Conference, while Pella Christian is 5-9 on the season and 1-7 in league play.


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I received today a copy of "Dog on the Roof! On the Road with Mitt & The Mutt," a political satire novelty picture book by Bruce Kluger and David Slavin.
The small book lampoons Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's now infamous family vacation, a cross-country road-trip for which they put their dog, Seamus, in a carrier on the roof of the car.
The book follows the Romneys through various American cities, with heavily doctored photo illustrations accompanied by verse. As we're a Bay Area news organization, I thought I might share the San Francisco section:
(from Romney)
Now, boys, close your eyes,
for we've hit rock bottom –
a city that's ruled
by Gomorrah and Sodom.
A village of sinners
who clamor for booty,
and bow at the altar
of Liza and Judy.
Don't mean to be prissy,
don't want to disparage –
they're free to cut hair,
but they'll never have marriage!
(and, from Seamus)
These people love Broadway,
so how 'bout a spoof?
Instead of a fiddler –
a dog on the roof!
I'm am not anticipating that this will be a National Book Award recipient.


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Given the impressive partnership that has developed between Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny in the last year, it is no surprise that Thomas Vermaelen has found his playing time limited.
However, considering the recent struggles for balance in the Arsenal midfield, is it time to consider utilising the Belgian as a holding-midfielder?
With Mathieu Flamini frequently suspended and new signing Kim Kallstrom injured along with Abou Diaby and Aaron Ramsey, Arsenal are short of options to play in their midfield double-pivot.
The most successful and balanced partnerships, were formed between Mikel Arteta and Ramsey and Flamini and Jack Wilshere, but for the upcoming game at the Emirates Stadium against Manchester United, neither will be available.
Arteta has been heavily criticised for the way in which he has been left exposed when playing without Ramsey.
While the Spaniard's ability to cover the pitch is dwindling, the Welshman's incredible stamina outbalances this, with Arteta's intelligence and exceptional reading of the game complimenting Ramsey's off-the-ball runs and wonderful ability on the ball.
Meanwhile, the partnership of Flamini and Wilshere has been used less often, but still to great effect. The positional discipline of the Frenchman allows Wilshere to make his trademark bursting runs from the midfield, and utilise his techinical ability and passing range.
However, when a midfield pairing other than these two has been used, there has been a lack of stability and balance to Arsenal's play - so why not give Vermaelen a try in midfield?
Yes, it is true that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Tomas Rosicky can also play in the middle-of-the-park, as demonstrated by Oxlade-Chamberlain's recent man-of-the-match display against Crystal Palace.
It would seem though, that for the time being atleast, these two are better off as attacking-midfielders, especially given the lack of pace in Arsenal's attack without Theo Walcott.
Vermaelen could potentially be a revelation in Arsenal's midfield - he has good ability on the ball, an eye for a pass and even finished the 2011/12 season as Arsenal's joint third top scorer, along with Yossi Benayoun and Arteta with six goals.
This, paired with his defensive qualities could really benefit Arsenal, even if only in the short-term.
The counter-argument would be however, that his main criticism as a defender is his positioning and discipline - he can often tend to stray forward in attack too much, while leaving gaps in the defence.
This could pose just as big an issue, if he were to be a defensive midfielder then.
Yet, considering Arsenal's system of a double-pivot in midfield, this may just be a non-issue. He could be given license to play a role similar to that of Ramsey alongside Arteta, providing cover but also having a license to attack - similar to Alex Song's role in the 2011/12 season.
What do you think of having Vermaelen play in midfield? Leave your opinions in the comments section down below.
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5-9-2012 Safeco Field
This game was the last day the Tigers were going to be in town so I had to make things count. I wanted to get a few autographs, which I thoroughly succeeded at that:
That's an authentic Brandon League autograph that I got on my ticket stub before yesterday's baseball game. If you notice, Hisashi Iwakuma is signing autographs in the background. After batting practice had ended today, I was able to get his autograph on my ticket stub as well:
Rewind to where I came into the ballpark. This was what I found on initial entry:
Already in the books! Today, I was attempting to beat my official time that it took me to snag my first baseball. But I realized that there is no way to beat that anymore because last year when the Anaheim Angels came to town, I snagged a baseball three hours before the gates were even scheduled to open! I'm pretty sure Mark Trumbo hit it,too. If you want to read all about that, you can by clicking this link.
After waiting around in the 'Pen for a few moments later, I decided to scout out the bullpens to see if I could try out my new glove-tricking rig. Yup, I fixed that puppy and got 'her up and running again. I stood near some youngsters decked out in Tigers swag and watched patiently. Finally, Shawn Kelley turned around and started tossing baseballs towards the kids. I held back and played the bounce in case the kids missed the balls (which they did) but the ball hit off the tip of my glove and rolled to another kid standing by. I think Shawn saw that and tried to hook up another kid with a baseball but that one fell short and ended up in the bullpen out of reach of my glove trick. The cool thing about Shawn is that he didn't give up. He actually walked into the bullpen shown here…
…and started hooking up fans with the remaining few baseballs in the bullpen. Since I was standing there I decided to accept the offer from Shawn. I mean, I really didn't have a choice. And I try really hard not to ask players for baseballs but it felt really good to finally be able to add Shawn Kelley to the long list of baseball players that have thrown me a ball. If you'd like to take a gander at that list, click here. Yeah, that's a lot of players, I know. And as I continue my quest to 1,000 baseballs and beyond, I can only assume the list will continue to grow.
Here's the baseball that Kelley tossed me:
It was pretty beat up and that's what made it unique. It had character. It had some Major League miles on it. Grass stains and plastic smudges from where i has hit off plastic seats in the bleachers…very cool.
From there, I wandered out into the centerfield stands and waited on home run balls. Barely anything made it out to me and the ones that were remotely close, Tom Wilhelmsen and Charlie Furbush were out shagging. I was hoping for a ground-rule double at some point and then a deep fly ball was lofted in my direction. I thought it had a chance to at least make it to the warning track. I lined up perfectly behind it and waited on the bounce and then out of no where Wilhelmsen came racing in to try to make the catch! The ball barely tipped off his glove but that gave it enough lift to force the ball up and over the fence and into the seats! I couldn't believe it! The ball clanked off a few seat backs and eventually rolled to my feet!
Theres a sweet little blue smudge on this one. Not sure how it got there but it's still pretty awesome.
After the Mariners trotted off the field, I stayed in the 'Pen for the remainder of batting practice. Not one baseball was tossed to the fans and nothing came close enough to catch. I thought Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder would send a few to center field or even into the bullpens but I guess they were saving their energy for the game.
Remember the pictures of the signs from yesterday's game? Well, another friend of mine, Joanna, made a sign for today's game. Here, take a look:
In addition to the awesome signs made up for this game, I snuck over to the Tigers side of the stadium and snagged a quick picture with Phil Coke:
If it looks like I'm taller than him, I'm really not. Coke was standing on the field and I had the security guard take the picture. How awesome is that, though? Another goal I'm striving for is to get a picture with one player per every team in the Major Leagues. I think this picture puts me at 13 or 14. I still have a long ways to go because it's not easy to get pictures with baseball players all the time. Sometimes when I'm chasing pictures with players, I have to make a decision on whether to get the picture, snag an autograph or go for a baseball. Decisions, decisions.
I'm snagging baseballs for puppies again this season for the Seattle Humane Society! If you want to check out my charity information, just click here!
Last season, with the help of all of you, we were able to raise over $250 dollars! This year I'd like to break $300!
Today's game snagging Highlights: Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners- attendance 16,655
Baseballs snagged: three (found one, Shawn Kelley toss-up, BP HR)
Total baseballs snagged this season: 36
Total baseballs snagged last season: 135
Total dollars raised at this game: $6.12
Total dollars raised for Snagging Baseballs for Puppies this season: $70.14
Total dollars raised for Snagging Baseballs for Puppies last season: $257.00
Total number of donors this season: 9
Total number of donors last season: 7
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The Academic All-Stars Luncheon
Sunset High students enjoy an honorary luncheon at the monthly Rotary Club meeting.
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At this month's Rotary luncheon, the members honored eight Sunset High students as Academic All-Stars for their scholastic achievements at the school. The eight honorees, each of whom was honored for a different high school subject, were seated at the head table, four to each side, with Rotary president Don Daniels at the head and club program chair Dan Donaldson at the foot of the table. Given the clues that follow, can you determine each student's full name and area of accomplishment and where each sat relative to President Daniels, i.e., in the first seat to his left or right, in the second seat to his left or right, etc.?
Erica wasn't seated next to President Daniels.
The history honoree's place wasn't next to either President Daniels or Mr. Donaldson.
Nick and the girl who was honored for her accomplishments in music had adjoining place settings.
During the luncheon, David and the boy who was honored for foreign language talked about the basketball game they had played the night before against archrival Morningside High.
Britney was seated between the Aiken boy and the boy who won for his excellence in learning foreign language.
Britney and the Petrino girl both liked the chocolate mousse that was served for dessert at the luncheon.
The Knox boy sat next to the computer science honoree, who was seated directly opposite the high-achiever in mathematics.
David listened attentively to the girl sitting directly opposite him, Miss Fields, who wasn't the music honoree.
The one honored as top phys. ed. student isn't the person who was seated to Mr. Donaldson's immediate right.
Randy sat directly across the table from the star history student.
The Hardy girl and the Evans boy were seated directly opposite each other at the table.
John enjoyed talking about the upcoming dance with the two girls who flanked him at the table--Miss Spahn and the girl who is tops in English at Sunset High.
Miss Petrino didn't sit across from either the Aiken boy or the boy with the most foreign language skills.
Kate sat next to the student honored for his work in biology.
Melissa and the Jarmon boy sat next to each other at the table.
The eight honorees were seated so that no two boys sat next to each other and so that a girl and boy sat directly across from each other at all places at the table.


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Arsenal are being linked with a move for highly-rated Burnley defender Kieran Trippier.
The 22-year-old full-back has been earning rave reviews at Turf Moor, impressing under Eddie Howe and now Sean Dyche as the Clarets make a push for promotion back to the Premier League.
His form is understood to have put the Gunners on alert, with the Lancashire Telegraph claiming Arsene Wenger has set his sights on the player as a potential replacement for Bacary Sagna, who is linked with a move to Inter Milan.
However, the report goes on to claim that a lack of first team opportunities could work against Arsenal, who sent scouts to watch the player on Saturday during a 2-1 defeat to Ipswich.
Trippier left Manchester City for his current Lancashire home in January after a number of loan spells away from the Etihad Stadium, with limited chances under Roberto Mancini cited as one of the reasons for the switch in the report.
And, with Carl Jenkinson being offered a new long-term contract at the Emirates Stadium, the situation could well be the same at Arsenal if he moves to north London.
Trippier isn't the only young defender to be linked with Arsenal however, with The Daily Mail reporting last month that Dutch starlet Riechedly Bazoer is on the club's radar.
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History of the Survivor Series
The Survivor Series has a long and storied history and is the WWEs second longest running pay-per-view event. It was started in 1987 on the heels of the success of Wrestlemania III. The event started as a five on five tag team elimination match. When one person lost on a team, he was eliminated and had to leave. That left the team with a distinct disadvantage. The match would continue until all of the members of a team were eliminated.
It started on Thanksgiving night as a way to stop Jim Crockett Promotions from showing the Starrcade pay-per-view as Vince threatened cable companies with not allowing them to show the upcoming Wrestlemania IV if they showed the Starrcade pay-per-view.
Only a small number showed Starrcade and the following year, Jim Crockett sold his promotion to Ted Turner and NWA/WCW was born.
In 1991, the event was shown on the night before Thanksgiving and featured the first one on one bout at the event. By 1992, it was just like all of the other pay-per-views with only a couple of Survivor Series matches and the rest were regular singles and tag team matches.
The 1997 Survivor Series featured one of the most talked about matches of all time when the match dubbed The Montreal Screw Job saw Bret Hart lose his World Title to Shawn Michaels. Michaels put Hart in the sharpshooter leg lock and Vince McMahon ordered the bell to be rung and the decision was announced that Bret had submitted when in reality, he hadnt. Bret Hart had made public that he was going to WCW and Vince didnt want him to take the championship belt there with him. Now every time that Michaels appeared on a card in Montreal, he was basically booed out of the building. It is unclear if Michaels was a part of the decision to screw Bret Hart out of the title but the fans didnt care. He won the title and that is all that mattered to the angered fans of Montreal, Canada.
A couple of interesting facts about the Survivor Series:
They featured the debuts of the Undertaker, Kurt Angle and the Rock.
In 2002, it featured the debut of the Elimination Chamber match.
The WWE Title changed hands seven times with the first being the Undertaker pinning Hulk Hogan thanks to interference from Ric Flair.
The Survivor Series is still going strong as a pay-per-view and went from being a Thanksgiving night staple to just being a November staple and is just as anticipated as Wrestlemania and the Royal Rumble every year.


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|Close up of my improvised quinoa-kale pilaf. The pink hue comes from dried cranberries.
Thursday [below]: Pretty spartan today: I was in a rush to get out the door and this was the best I could do. Tossed salad, Peanut-Butter Chocolate Lärabar, banana and two clementines.
Friday [below]: You have to treat yourself once in awhile. My friend Deb and I noshed at Su Xing House. They offer a tremendous lunch special: soup. a side and an entree for about $7, plus plenty of jasmine tea to wash it down. They also serve brown rice, which we both prefer.
These are just snapshots from one particular week. My lunches also typically contain leftovers from the previous night's dinner, soups, nut butter and jelly sandwiches, gargantuan salads with chickpeas, artichoke hearts and peppers, etc.
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DOL Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
The U.S. Department of Labor has two key roles in the Recovery Act effort:
- providing worker training for these jobs; and
- easing the burden of the recession on workers and employers by providing extended and expanded unemployment benefits and assisting and educating them regarding expanded access to continued health benefits.
DOL Plans and Reports
- Major Communications Reports
- November 19, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
- October 22, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
- October 8, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
- October 1, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
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- July 2, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
- June 25, 2010 [MS Excel] [PDF]
- More Major Communications Reports...
- Funding Notification Reports
- Contracts Awarded using Recovery Act (ARRA) Funds
- Recovery Act (ARRA) Funding Maps
- Monthly Financial and Activity Reports
- Registered Lobbyist Contact Disclosure Forms
- U.S. Department of Labor Recovery Plan
- DOL Targets for the Second 100 Days of the Recovery Act [PDF]
- DOL Program-Specific Recovery Plans
- Preliminary Plans
- Initial Plans for Implementation of Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Funding
- State and Outlying Area Stimulus Allotments to Supplement FY 2008 Allotments for WIA and Wagner-Peyser
- Guidance for (1) Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and (2) State Planning Requirements for Program Year 2009
- Office of Inspector General Audit Work Plan for FY 2009 ARRA-related audits [PDF]
DOL Programs Related to the Recovery Act
- Memo to Funding Recipients: Compliance with Applicable Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Statutes, Regulations, and Executive Orders (PDF)
- Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) provides guidance for premium reductions and additional election opportunities for health benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
- Employment and Training Administration (ETA) provides policy guidance and direction for ARRA funding for activities authorized under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Subtitle D, Section 166, Native American Programs, National Emergency Grants (NEGs), the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), and the Wagner-Peyser Act.
- Wage-Hour Division (WHD) ensures that recipients of ARRA appropriations have information on prevailing wage labor standards applicable to construction projects funded under ARRA.
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ensures that worker protection laws are enforced as recovery infrastructure investments are carried out.
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) provides guidance through compliance evaluations and outreach activities to ensure that federal contractors are aware of their roles and responsibilities to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, gender, color, religion, national origin, disability or veterans' status under Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA).
Other Pages Related to the Recovery Act
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Grants.gov Find and apply for federal government grants.
- FedBizOpps.gov Find vendors or bid for contracts for federal government procurement opportunities.
- DOL Performance & Budget Planning Read the summary of DOL's program and financial performance reports.
- Competitively funded Recovery Act grants Review the Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGAs) for grant funds available through ARRA.
- DOL Office of Inspector General Oversight Website Review OIG's oversight plan and link to the OIG hotline for reporting suspicions of fraud and waste.
- ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces release of $205.1 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to North Carolina - 10-1524-ATL - [11/03/2010]
- ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces grant to help Virginians looking for work cover health insurance payments - 10-1455-PHI - [10/20/2010]
- ETA News Release: US Labor Department announces more than $1.3 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds to US Virgin Islands - 10-1447-NEW - [10/19/2010]
- OPA News Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on September employment numbers - 10-1433-NAT - [10/08/2010]
- ETA News Release: US Department of Labor announces more than $18 million in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds for District of Columbia - 10-1363-PHI - [09/30/2010]
- OPA News Release: Statement of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on August employment numbers - 10-1253-NAT - [09/03/2010]
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A young man died in a car accident early Tuesday morning in Norvell Township, Jackson County.
The crash occurred on Austin Road near Buss Road shortly after 6:00 am Tuesday, when a vehicle crossed the center line, and was struck by a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
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President and Mrs. George Bush and the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation will host a screening of the documentary film [i]The Wonder of it All[/i] on Thursday, October 16 at 5:30 pm. Part of the Kay and Britt Rice Lecture Series, the screening will be held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library Center, and a reception will follow. Astronauts from the Apollo space program and the film's director, Jeffrey Roth, will be available to answer questions following the screening. Astronauts currently scheduled to attend the event include Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Charles Duke, Joe Kerwin, Ken Mattingly, and John Young.
Honoring the men who walked on the moon and became heroes to a nation, [i]The Wonder of it All[/i] uses thoughtful and candid accounts from seven moonwalkers to focus on the rarely told human side of the Apollo missions. In the film, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Charles Duke, Edgar Mitchell, Harrison Schmitt, and John Young intimately reflect on the training, the tragedies, the camaraderie, and the effect their space travel has had on their families.
The Kay and Britt Rice Lecture Series is an endowed program designed to address emerging topics and current events of interest to members of our international, national, state and local communities. The purpose of the series is to bring to the Texas A&M University campus prominent experts and central figures in current issues of public interest.
[i]The Wonder of it All[/i] is presented in conjunction with the Beyond the Moon: NASA's Continuing Mission exhibit, which is now on display at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum through August 2009. A collaboration between the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, and Space Center Houston, the three-part exhibit examines America's exploration into the final frontier. The LBJ Library and Museum begins with man's fascination with the heavens through the first walk on the moon. The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum continues the story with the end of Apollo, Skylab, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station. Large scale models, original shuttle equipment, a shuttle simulator, and interactive programs are just a few of the spectacular items that are displayed. The third part of the story, which will explore the future of NASA, will take place at Space Center Houston.
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An increase in the number of copies of a gene in a cell, resulting in an elevation in the level of the RNA or protein encoded for by the gene and a corresponding amplification of the phenotype that the gene confers on the cell. Drug resistance in cancer cells is linked to amplification of the gene that prevents absorption of the chemotherapeutic agent by the cell.
A process in a cell by which a particular gene is replicated so that more copies are available to produce a protein for the cell's use. For example, the genes that code for proteins involved in ribosomes are amplified early in the process of cell development so that there are sufficient numbers of them to assemble the cell.
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Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday proposed a $2,500 across-the-board pay raise for all full-time Florida teachers next year, a proposal that he says would cost nearly half a billion dollars. That would consume at least part of a tentative projected budget surplus of $437 million.
"I can think of no better investment for our state," Scott said in prepared remarks released by his office.
Scott said his plan, which includes "related benefits," would cost $480 million statewide. He outlined the details for the first time at Ocoee Middle School near Orlando and emphasized that he also will propose an overall increase in education funding when he releases his detailed budget recommendations next week.
"I've traveled the state and I've talked to teachers," Scott told reporters before he flew to Orlando. "They're working tirelessly to make sure our students have achievement. I'm very appreciative of what our teachers do."
Scott said he remains supportive of a merit pay plan tied to student progress on standardized test scores. Merit pay became law two years ago but the state has provided no money for it and teachers are challenging it in court.
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The Sawatch Range unfolds in front of The Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, and beneath it, Vail Valley. This all-season resort affords views like no other. Those views also come with access: Three world-class golf courses grace the grounds, designed by Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and Tom Fazio respectively. Skiers can soar down choice powder at the resort's private mountain clubs in Vail and Beaver Creek, both less than a half hour away. The Eagle River hosts private Orvis-guided fly-fishing trips. And to aid in unwinding after a day of adventures, the spa, another frequent resident of Top 10 lists, fuels its facials with high-potency mountain herbs.
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What's with the black-and-white photos? Didn't Cassini have colour cameras?
Maybe the same reason moon shots are B&W.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0711/earthrise_kayuga.jpg [nasa.gov] Maybe it is in color.
Also, most color photos from NASA are gong to be in fake color and exaggerated contrast, made to highlight certain features (or impress congressmen), not to look accurate.
Personally, I think it's a shame that so many of the most famous pictures from space are heavily retouched and in false colours. The unprocessed imagery is jaw-dropping enough as is. I want to see a "color enhanced" Saturn about as much as I want to see a colour-enhanced Giaconda. You can usually still find the original pictures, but no
Also, most color photos from NASA are gong to be in fake color and exaggerated contrast, made to highlight certain features (or impress congressmen), not to look accurate.
Actually, they don't really have a real color view they can show us. Sensors on spacecraft see multi-band (read color) images as single bands representing intensity for each band. These black and white views are actually the view of a particular band filtered on the wavelength of the light it is looking for.
The false-color images derived by NASA generally use 3 bands to create a RGB style image with a single particular band standing in for Red, Green, and Blue. The reason these images are false-color is that often the Red band is all or in part filtering to find infrared light, and the blue is sometimes filtered more toward violet and UV.
They really often times can't make a true color image. Because there is more science value derived from being able to see values in bands that are tuned slightly away from the visible (especially wrt infrared).
You can usually still find the original pictures, but not always easily.
Here is a link to one of those original pictures:
http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/091127-BlackSquare256-revA.jpg [log24.com]
(What, your eyes can't see electromagnetic radiation outside the visible light range?)
(You actually have it completely the wrong way round; it isn't that 'false' color is 'added' - it's that in reality, there are trillions more 'colors' than our very limited human eyes can see.)
What's with the black-and-white photos? Didn't Cassini have colour cameras?
B&W film was on sale, with all the NASA cuts they had no choice.
From NASA's FAQ page [nasa.gov]:
Why are so few of the Cassini pictures in color?
Creating color images is a complex task requiring much more labor and computer time than black and white images. This is because all Cassini images are recorded in black and white. The camera records the amount of light (not the color of the light) coming through a filter in front of the sensor. It is the filters that come in color.
To create color images scientists take three black and white images of the same target with the red, green, and blue (RGB) filters. In other words, one image records the amount of red light (using a red filter), another records the amount of green and one the amount of blue light (using green and blue filters respectively). Color renditions of the scene are then constructed on the ground by combining images taken with the different filters.
Unfortunately, these three images are not taken simultaneously. Consequently, intricate fitting and geometric transformations are needed to construct the color image because the spacecraft, planet, rings and moons have all moved a little during the time it takes to record the images using the different filters.
What controls when a picture is taken?
The scientists determine this when they do the observation designs. The path of Cassini is known, as are the paths of the Saturn's moons, so it's a matter of looking at the varying geometry with time and selecting the camera pointing directions and shuttering times that will gather the most scientifically interesting images. These commands are then built into sequences that are sent to the spacecraft from days to weeks in advance of the observations.
Next question: why don't we just put cameras in space probes that are designed to take colour photos? Maybe it's a dumb question but we don't have any problem with colour digital colour cameras here on Earth...
Because ground cameras aren't designed to travel 1.2 billion km through space. But really I think it's more that the scientists are wanting to record science related data rather than human eye pleasing data and every gram of weight on the probe is precious. So they capture images that are "black and white" and instead use fancy combining techniques on the ground to create a few wowzer color images here and there to please the non-scientist public.
Because it all comes down to the resolution of the picture. They want as accurate ans as detailed a picture as they can get, and using a mosaic filter over the sensor firstly fixes you to a single set of colour filters, as it has to be precisely aligned with the image sensor elements, and you have to then interpolate image data (ie, guess at filling in missing colour information)
With a b&w sensor, you have more freedom in swapping out filters over the sensor and you aren't interpolating picture informat
Sure, but the bandwidth bill is coming to you, and it ain't pretty.
Remember the very first modems? Well, those would be an upgrade in comparison.
Not a dumb question at all, it's actually a very good question. The short answer is that an image taken by a standard digital camera would probably be pretty disappointing.
The first thing to realise is that your eyes aren't really like cameras at all. There's a complex series of interactions in your eyes and brain that take place before you perceive an image. When you take a colour image with a digital camera most people reasonably expect it to match what they see. So, your digital camera manipulates th
From the Cassini FAQ [nasa.gov] this time:
What are the camera filters?
To increase their scientific value, cameras on Cassini have two filter wheels in order to take images at specific wavelengths of light. Some filters only allow light of a certain color to reach the sensor. Combining three such images can produce a color image. Other filters pass light at a specific wavelength absorbed by an element such as hydrogen or methane. This allows scientists to measure where these elements are and at what abundances. Other filters, called polarizers, allow light oriented in a certain direction to reach the sensor. These filters are capable to see through a hazy atmosphere.
Why are there images of different sizes?
The Cassini cameras are 1-megapixel cameras. A normal image is 1024 x 1024 pixels. Using a technique called "summation" the cameras have the ability to combine pixels together to get smaller but less noisy images. This results in smaller images that take a lot less time to readout out and take up less data volume. Summation is very useful if a scientist needs to conserve both. In the 2 x 2 mode, the camera takes a 2 x 2 pixel square and averages those values into a single pixel. Images in this mode will be 512 x 512 pixels. In the 4 x 4 mode, the camera takes a 4 x 4 pixel square and makes that a single pixel. Images in this mode are 256 x 256 in size.
The explanation: "To increase their scientific value" and "to get smaller but less noisy images" for "smaller images that take a lot less time to readout out and take up less data volume". Or in my words, regular cameras don't do good science and are inefficient.
Has all the images, none of the space.com ads
I've never understood this tendency to post some commercial source when there is a free one with better and more pictures.
Someone always pimps for Space.com when NASA give you a much better view [nasa.gov].
From the perspective of somebody who just wants to view some images...
The nasa site is a little better because the image gallery is less annoying. The main problem with it is the paging. This insistence of UI designers to put everything "above the fold" is ridiculous. Just put all the thumbnails on the page and let the list scroll vertically!
The space.com images are in a "Carousel" gallery that doesn't work well on large screens or on mobile. As usual it is a narrow fixed screen format that leaves most of t
Damn shame slashdot doesn't have editors.
Maybe we should consider some? I mean, it's no FARK of course.
I appreciate what you're trying to do, but honestly, modern NASA sites are as badly designed as any click-bait "news" site. JS that breaks normal browser functionality (like right-click or back). "Interactive" elements that serve only to hide what you're actually looking for.
Their image sites worked better when they just threw up forty thumbnails per page.
Also http://ciclops.org/ = site of the people who actually do most of the public release image work, as well as aim the cameras.
That one with Titan "floating" in front of Saturn closely reminds me of a work by Chesley Bonestell from the early 50's:
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Mimas_Bonestell.jpg [daviddarling.info]
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Beavers show improvement at Yellow Jacket Open
Bluffton competes at Yellow Jacket Open
By: Evan Miller, sports information assistant
March 30, 2009
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Cedarville University on March 28, 2009, for the Cedarville University Open. The women's team placed fourth of six and the men's team finished third out of six teams.
Bluffton's Kayla Pickering (Jamestown/Greenview) got the Beavers off to a quick start in the first event of the day. Pickering finished third in the women's shot put, with a throw of 34-09.50, which was also good for six points. In the pole vault, Grace Needler (Columbus Grove) took second place, reaching a height of 8-06.00. Britany Waidelich (Archbold/Pettisville) placed fifth in the long jump with a distance of 14-08.00.
Both Allison Trent (Orrville/Smithville) and Megan Neal (Arlington) scored points for Bluffton in the javelin throw. Trent finished fifth with a throw of 62-02 feet and Neal followed right behind in sixth place, with a throw of 55-11 feet. Bluffton also had two women place in the women's high jump. Kourtney Lewis (Arlington/Riverdale) was involved in a three-way tie for second place in the event, with a height of 4-11.00. Ashley Smith (Delta/Pike-Delta-York) placed in a two-way tie for seventh with a height of 4-05.00.
In the women's hammer, Karyn Davis (Liberty Center) took three points along with sixth place as she had a throw of 107-00. Finishing just behind Davis was Kayla Pickering, throwing a distance of 106-00, to put her in seventh place. Karyn Davis also had a strong performance in the discus, placing third with a throw of 92-05. Bluffton's Allison Trent also finished eighth in the same event, earning one point.
Bluffton's 4x100 team placed fourth, combining for a time of 54.87. The team was made up of Katy Wisby (Lancaster/Bloom Carroll), Kourtney Lewis, Donelle Parker (Painsville/Thomas W. Harvey) and Grace Needler. Heather Smith (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) ran a time of 5:26.89 in the women's 500 meter run, which was good for sixth place. In the 400 meter dash, Ashley Smith finished with a time of 1:02.70, which was good for fifth place. Ashley Smith also took second place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.06.
The 4x400 relay team, consisting of Sarah Binkley (Bluffton/Cory-Rawson), Heather Smith, Deb Davis (Seneca, Penn./Christian Life Academy) and Grace Needler placed fourth with a time of 4:58.48.
On the men's side, Jason Fisher (Rockford/Parkway) had a throw of 47-08.00 in the shot put, placing second. Robert Johnson (Columbus/Marion Franklin) had a long jump of 20-05.00, which placed him in fourth overall. Michael Timpe (Swanton) represented Bluffton in the triple jump, coming in fourth place and picking up six points with a jump of 35-02.00.
Jason Fisher also placed in two other throw events. Fisher took second place in the hammer, with a throw measuring 164-10. He also found success in the discus, finishing with a throw of 138-06, which was good for second. In both the hammer throw and the discus, Fisher finished second behind a Cedarville Alumnus who participated in the events, so Fisher captured 10 points and was the top collegiate athlete in both events.
In the men's 3000 meter steeplechase, Bluffton's Andrew Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) put in a time of 11:04.53 which was good for third place and six points. Bluffton's 4x100 meter relay team finished in third place with a time of 45.49. The participants included Brandon Kindell (Kenton), Michael Timpe, Kevin Hickman (Centerburg) and Robert Johnson.
Ben Althaus placed fifth in the men's 400 meter dash, running a time of 53.23. Brandon Kindell picked up two points for Bluffton in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.87. Robert Johnson placed fourth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.09. Ben Siebert (Celina), Andrew Chaffee, Kevin Hickman and Brandon Kindell combined to make up Bluffton's 4x400 meter relay team. The team took fourth with a time of 3:54.20.
Bluffton will next be in action on April 4, 2009, when the Beavers travel to Ohio Wesleyan for the Marv Frye Invitational.


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Phew, yeah what a day!
Im exhausted. Could you get the light, Barack?
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Police are searching for a masked gunman who robbed a Marathon gas station this morning around 10 o'clock.
The employees of the gas station at Southland Drive and Rosemont Garden told police that the man was armed with a handgun and demanded money. They opened the register, and police say the man cleaned it out.
The suspect is described as wearing a brown coat and blue jeans. The clerks reported that the man was wearing a flower mask to disguise his face during the robbery.
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I don't know about you, but I was completely blown away last night watching Texas' Josh Hamilton belt 28 home runs in the first round of the All-Star Game home run derby. It's probably one of the most amazing athletic feats I've seen in sports -- right up there with those amazing rounds Tiger Woods puts together or those nights when Michael Jordan just seemed unstoppable. It was total domination not for a brief moment or a run, but for an extended period of time. It's only a shame Hamilton didn't finish the job and win the crown (the New England Patriots come to mind).
Our Miami Hurricanes -- the football Canes you care most about -- are nowhere near that kind of excellence yet. They're about as far off as Hamilton's eye-opening 519-foot blast was from home plate when it landed in center field. As I make my return from vacation this week, the only reason I bring up Hamilton is because one of the guys he overshadowed last night was former Canes standout Ryan Braun (one of the few Canes currently in action during this college offseason break). As impressive as Hamilton was last night, you have to throw Braun (the 2007 NL Rookie of The Year) in the argument when it comes to the best young players in baseball today. Braun finished tied for third in last night's contest with 14 homers and he's currently hitting .286 with 23 homers and 66 RBI on the season and will start for the NL tonight in left field. And the bottomline is he's not getting enough love! So, here's to you Brauny, the first official winner of the new Eye On The U Bad-Ass Award, which will be given out once weekly this coming year here at Eye On The U. Nominees of course are always welcome for Canes past and present.
--> A DATE WITH THE GOLDEN DOMERS? If there was a runner-up award, new Hurricanes athletic director Kirby Hocutt would be the recipient. After hearing the complaints last week from Canes fans angry about possibly not having The U at midfield, Miami's new, young athletic director stepped up to the challenge and gave Canes fans what they wanted. Now, as our Barry Jackson reports, Hocutt is interested in approaching Notre Dame about scheduling a game in the future once it hires an athletic director. It's probably not going to happen, but if Hocutt can some how pull that one off Canes fans are at least in the early stages going to love this guy. I don't know about you, but I grew up loving every second watching the Canes destroy the Irish. And that would be the No. 1 game on my wish list... here's one for all you that remember those old Convicts vs. Cathlolic days.
--> TWO FORMER CANES IN ARENABOWL CHAMPIONSHIP: Baseball isn't the only sport going on during these boring sports months of summer. For those of you in need of a football fix and Canes action, two former Canes from the 2001 national championship team will meet this weekend in ArenaBowl XXII Sunday at 3 p.m. Receiver/linebacker Jason Geathers will represent the defending champion San Jose Sabercats and lineman Martin Bibla will start for the Philadelphia Soul. Geathers had two TD catches, a touchdown run and returned an INT for a score in last weekend's playoff game.
--> ANOTHER DEQUAN FAN: University of Miami coach Frank Haith told reporters on numerous occassions last year he's predicting big things for incoming 6-6 freshman swingman DeQuan Jones. After catching up with Julian Gamble last week for a story I'm doing on his trip with Athletes in Action to Africa, all reports say Jones has been tearing it up against his new teammates during the team's offseason pickup games twice a week. Gamble told me Jones knows how to get to the basket and score and was a bit surprised by how advanced Jones was. My question is if Jones is as good as everyone says he is, who goes to the bench for UM -- Lance Hurdle or James Dews? It's not a big deal and it's actually a nice problem to have... also according to Gamble, redshirt sophomore Adrian Thomas is showing great signs after coming back from his second season-ending injury in a row. He said Thomas has shown better shooting touch than he's ever seen from him and demonstrating consistency hitting three-pointers.... Jack McClinton, meanwhile, shined yet again at another basketball camp -- this time LeBron James' camp in Ohio. The All-ACC First Team selection was supposedly praised so much by All-Star Chris Paul earlier this summer at Paul's camp that Paul insisted on calling Haith afterward to tell him how impressed he was with McClinton's work ethic.
--> RECRUITING UPDATE: Among the many phone calls I fielded during my "vacation" last week was one from one of my buddies over at The U, who breathlessly told me to expect the news that the Canes had landed a commitment from Columbus defensive tackle Antwan Lowery (ranked fourth by the Herald among Dade recruits). The call never came and when I tried to reach Lowery later that night, his high school coach told me Lowery was going to wait until August 1st to decide between either UM or Rutgers. Lowery's older brother Antonio is a linebacker at Rutgers. But after interviewing Lowery last month, I got the sense he's going to be a Cane in the end. Miami, desperate for talented linemen (on offense or defense), could definitely use him... if Lowery commits, he'll likely be one of the few local players from Dade or Broward who end up at UM this year. Miami is no longer interested in Dade's No. 1 recruit, running back Lamar Miller and has only one Dade or Broward commitment in American defensive end Olivier Vernon (who is visiting other schools). The only other players who say UM is genuinely recruiting them are Pace defensive back Kayvon Webster, Plantation cornerback Brandon McGee and American Heritage offensive lineman Jared Wheeler. McGee has told our reporters he will announce August 11th and has the Canes in his top five.
* Alright, that's enough from me for now. I'll be back periodically this week as we in the media wait for football access. Coach Randy Shannon will speak this Thursday morning at the Florida Sports Writers Association meetings in Tampa. I'm still not sure if The Herald will be sending me or not, but Jeff Shain will be there to report for us.


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Space NK Apothecary is an upmarket beauty and skincare store in the UK. So why don't I live there? There are two stores in my city, easily accessible, yet I rarely step foot in the store – in fact its my last choice of shop to buy my goodies. Here are some reasons why;
Note – This is a real Apothecary.
When I was a teen, Space NK was one of those stores I used to peer through the glass windows at dreamily, wondering when I could afford to buy such fancy stuff. Even now, it stocks the high end brands, the creams that cost £100.
Whenever I go into Space NK, I'm not blown away by the layout. Everything is clean and clinical, I know it screams high end but there's not enough space for real make up aficionados to play. As soon as you walk in the shop assistants glare at you, or even worse, watch you wander round the shop yet chat away with their friends – you have to beg for their attention in order to get served.
Oh yes. In the 10 years I have been to Space NK, from being a snot nosed teenager in my baggy jeans to the (slightly) grown woman I am now, I still get the sales assistant glare when I go to this store. I'm not someone who is intimidated by SA's, I don't give a damn what people think of me – I'll go in there in my scruffy jeans and flip fops – my money is still good no matter what I wear…nevertheless this is still one of those shops that gives you chills as you walk in. Its one of those shops you don't go in if its empty because you know the SA's will give you the death stare for distubing their idle chit chat. This is the sense I get regardless of the branch I have been in, regardless of the time and date, regardless of how I am presented (not that that should matter).
Brands sold a Space NK are:
Some of the brands are hard to find are seem quite exclusive to Space NK, like Lipstick Queen and Terry. Other brands in any medium sized city is findable at another stores. Where I live we have Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, and between them they cover most of the brands you find at Space NK. Needless to say my preference is Selfridges. Selfridges always feels quite lively and has a nice balance between upmarket and approchable – well there are still beayatches in every high end store, but I find Selfridges the best high end store.
Back to Space NK. I have never been offered the chance to try a make up item in this store – I don't know if they are trained to be artists, however, maybe not. I know I have never been offered any indepth advice, other than "The tills over there".
Another thing I noticed is that they are always low on stock. Of the last five times I have popped in to buy something by Nars, the colour I want is never in. Like I mentioned before, its my back up choice of store. Infact let me list the last few items I wanted to buy which they didn't have in:
- Nars blusher in Sertao
- Nars lipstick in Mojave
- Nars nail poilsh in Schiap
- Nars eyeliner in Showgirl
- Nars lipstick in Hot Voodoo
- Yu-Be cream
- Talika Lash treatment
I am surprised by how crap their stock levels are. Also they never call you back when an item comes back in store even if they have your number.
So overall, I find Space NK a real meh store – in that, the atmophere is unplesant, the staff are either numb ot just not helpful, the range is small and they hardly have things in stock….see, I was thinking, why don't I love this store when I love all things beauty? I think the answer is quite simply that whilst it looks pretty, it doesn't quite provide what it says on the tin. It's an empty store and no passion or knowledge and I really think when you are selling a high end product you should know your stuff – or lie – just don't stand there glaring at me like I'm a moron…stop!…STOP!…I said STOP THAT!
Errr so Space NK is a do-do for me. Check out their new online store – surpirse suprise, they barely have anything on it, the navigation is so-so. How can it compete with say HQ Hair? or Strawberrynet?(Chantecaille is much cheaper from them by the way).
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Shares of developer tools vendor Progress Software (PRGS) are up
$1.16, or over 5%, at $23.21 up $2.45, or 11%, at $24.50, in late trading, after the company this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts' estimates, and said the sale of a business unit would return it to year-over-year revenue growth this quarter.
Revenue in the three months ended in May rose 10%, year over year, to $81.7 million, or 12% when excluding currency effects, yielding EPS of 27 cents, excluding some costs.
Analysts had been modeling $79 million and 22 cents.
CEO Phil Pead remarked that,
Our focus this year has been on improving the operating performance of the company and building a foundation for future revenue growth. We are pleased that we remain on track to achieve efficiencies previously outlined and that revenue growth is beginning to take hold. The second fiscal quarter results reflect our efforts to energize our customer and partner base through improved product functionality and targeted marketing activities. In addition, we benefited from closing a number of opportunities sooner than expected.
For the current quarter , the company sees revenue rising 2% to 4% from a year earlier. However, that excludes the results of the company's "Apama" line of software, which Progress announced it has arranged to sell next month.
The Street has been modeling a decline of 28%, year over year, in revenue, to $78.9 million.
Progress management will host a conference call with analysts at 5 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it on the company's investor relations Web site.
Update: In a separate release the company said it expects to repurchase $100 million of its shares sometime between July 1st and December 31st, out of a total remaining authorization of $360 million. The company had repurchased $250 million between October of last year and May, it said.


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Chelsea are being linked with a New Year move for FC Porto striker Jackson Martinez.
Metro cites Portuguese reports when claiming that the Blues have been alerted to the 26-year-old's availability in the January transfer window.
The paper goes on to report that Martinez is thought to favour a move to the Premier League over other European divisions, giving Chelsea an edge over their rivals for the signature – including Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Fenerbache.
Vitor Pereira is looking for an offer in the region of £20 million for the player, according to the report, with the Primeira Liga champions looking to re-invest the funds in three players.
Chelsea have been linked with a number of strikers in recent months, with Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao constantly mentioned alongside the Stamford Bridge outfit.
How much control of the finances interim manager Rafa Benitez will be given is unclear at this stage, but former Jaguares star Martinez would certainly give the Spaniard more options in attack.
Fernando Torres is currently carrying the forward burden on his shoulders in west London, with Daniel Sturridge the only other senior option for Chelsea.
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Petersburg Parks and Recreation is hosting an EGGstravaganza on Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m., at the Lion's Club park located next to the Dollar General in Petersburg.
There will be games, an egg hunt, food and a visit by the Easter Bunny with lots of extras.
To ensure that organizers have plenty of eggs, please register your children by calling Bridgette Smith at (931) 625-0590 or by visiting the Facebook event page.
"Last year we had almost 100 children," Smith said. "We hope that we have even more this year."


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In my discussion of the Oppenheim conjecture in my recent post on Ratner's theorems, I mentioned in passing the simple but crucial fact that the (orthochronous) special orthogonal group of an indefinite quadratic form on can be generated by unipotent elements. This is not a difficult fact to prove, as one can simply diagonalise Q and then explicitly write down some unipotent elements (the magic words here are "null rotations"). But this is a purely algebraic approach; I thought it would also be instructive to show the geometric (or dynamic) reason for why unipotent elements appear in the orthogonal group of indefinite quadratic forms in three dimensions. (I'll give away the punch line right away: it's because the parabola is a conic section.) This is not a particularly deep or significant observation, and will not be surprising to the experts, but I would like to record it anyway, as it allows me to review some useful bits and pieces of elementary linear algebra.


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Brand-name reviews give iPhone the thumbs-up
First looks published
Apple's iPhone doesn't - or shouldn't - find its way into the hands of consumers until tomorrow evening US time, but that hasn't prevented units finding their way into the hands of the brand-name reviewers like the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg.
Walt is generally quite keen on Apple products, and the iPhone proves no exception: "Despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer," he cries, adding: "Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry."
The WSJ review team were impressed by the iPhone's big screen, its battery life and skinny casing. They like its Wi-Fi capability too, but would have also liked to have seen a faster cellular data transfer technology - 3G, in other words.
The New York Times' David Pogue was more scathing, describing transfers over the phone's AT&T Edge connection as "excruciatingly slow". He also mentioned a Consumer Reports survey which ranked AT&T network quality as last or second to last in 19 out of 20 major US cities.
Still, he too liked the iPhone's slender waistline and the battery life: David said he got five hours' video playback and 23 hours' music listening in, even with Wi-Fi activated. Web surfing and email browsing are major pluses for the iPhone, and all the reviewers highlighted these features for a thumbs-up.
Steven Levy, writing in Newsweek, reckons these activities feel more like working on a computer than on a phone: "The message content shows up vividly. It nicely manages JPEGs, HTML and PDFs. The iPhone can also open Word and Excel attachments, though you can't edit them."
He also found pockets packed with keyrings and coins had little effect in the iPhone's casing. Pogue, likewise, found his two-week-old iPhone unmarked, adding that smudges wipe off the glass front easily.
Pogue wasn't so happy with typing on the iPhone, noting "the BlackBerry won't be going away anytime soon". But Mossberg "was able to type on it as quickly and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years".
Levy's verdict: the iPhone "comes pretty close to justifying the bombast", he says before name-dropping the Apple CEO, who apparently called him up a couple of days ago.
So what else can we glean from all these favourable reviews?
- The two-megapixel camera's not bad but doesn't shoot video
- Around 700MB of the 4GB or 8GB on-board Flash memory is taken up with system software
- There's no memory expansion
- There's no mobile version of iChat
- You can't send MMS messages
- Typing works, but it takes some time to get the hang of
- Lack of 3G is a limiting factor
- Third-party apps will only work in the browser
- You can select songs as ringtones
Our take is that most of these issues are going to bother a younger audience much more than the older, well-heeled folk who'll be able to afford the iPhone. And there's little here that can't be fixed with a software update.
Obviously Register Hardware was hoping to have early access to the latest revolution in mobile computing, but given our relationship with Apple that was never going to happen...
The Register's Bill Ray contributed to this report
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Bluffton aims to regroup Saturday at Manchester
October 17, 2001
Setting the scene
Bluffton College hopes to jump back into the upper half of the Heartland Conference standings on Saturday as the Beavers travel to Manchester College. With four weeks remaining in the season, the 2001 HCAC title is still a long way from being decided, and a BC win on Saturday will keep Bluffton in the thick of things as to who will represent the HCAC in the playoffs.
The series
Bluffton leads the all-time series against Manchester 26-20 since their first meeting back in 1932. Bluffton has won the past three meetings against the Spartans, outscoring them 95-33. Their last meeting in Manchester's Carl W. Burt Memorial Stadium was in 1998, when the Beavers scored touchdowns on their first two offensive plays en route to a 42-23 win.
The coaches
BC Head Coach Carlin Carpenter is 97-117-1 in his 23rd season at Bluffton College. He is 10-9 against Manchester, who is led by Head Coach Dave Harms, who owns a 21-45 record in his 7th season with the Spartans.
Last meeting
October 21, 2000: Bluffton 27, Manchester 0. The BC defense intercepted four Manchester passes and allowed just 183 yards total offense in shutting out the Spartans 27-0 last season in Salzman Stadium. Senior tailback Tyson Goings scored all four Bluffton touchdowns, three coming on the ground and one through the air from quarterback Brad Moore, who was 8-19 passing for 128 yards.
Freshman linebacker Pat Craun tied a BC record with three interceptions in the game. He totaled 39 return yards and added a caused fumble and eight tackles. Junior Josh Slaughter also picked off a pass and Senior Greg Ditz led the BC defense with 12 tackles, while senior Greg Bruns and sophomore Matt Scholz both recorded two quarterback sacks. Manchester was just four of 13 on third-down conversions.
Last week
Bluffton suffered a 34-15 loss last Saturday to Hanover in a rematch of the last year's HCAC co-champs. Hanover passed for 410 yards and three touchdowns to put a damper on Bluffton's homecoming festivities. BC's Jovan Johnson rushed for 188 yards and a touchdown on 34 carries and Brad Moore completed 13 of 24 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown, but the Hanover defense kept the Beavers out of the endzone in the fourth quarter as BC attempted a comeback.
Manchester went on the road last Saturday and fell to HCAC leader Defiance College 38-20 for Spartans' fourth loss in a row. Manchester gave up 394 yards through the air to Defiance, who entered the game as the league's top rushing outfit.
Statistical matchups
These two teams bring solid rushing attacks into Saturday's game, with Bluffton ranked second in the league with 194.8 yards on the ground per game and Manchester ranked third with 133.8 yards per game. Bluffton looks to Jovan Johnson for most of those rushing yards, as the sophomore leads the conference in rushing with 633 yards. Manchester, meanwhile, gives the football to David Barrett, who has accumulated 402 yards so far this season, which ranks fifth in the HCAC.
If that facet of the game balances out, then the passing game could be where the winner is determined. Heading into last week's games, Defiance ranked last in the league in passing yardage but put up 394 yards through the air on the Manchester defense, which ranks last in the HCAC in that department, giving up 269.7 yards passing per game. Bluffton now enters this week's games with the fewest passing yards in the league, although quarterback Brad Moore does rank fifth among HCAC quarterbacks in efficiency.
Third down situations will also be a big factor in the game. The Bluffton offense is successful on over 45% of their third down opportunities, but Manchester is allowing their opponents to convert on only 33% of those chances, which ranks second in the league.
Other HCAC rankings
Bluffton's Jovan Johnson ranks second in the HCAC in kickoff return average (25.8 ypr), and Jon Spradling is tied for second in punt return average (9.6 ypr).
Bluffton kicker Adam Burgess leads the HCAC in kick scoring (5.3 ppg) and field goals made (7) and ranks third in PAT kick percentage (64%).
Bluffton has been penalized for the fewest amount of yards in the league (190).
Another homecoming
This will be the third straight week that Bluffton has participated in someone's homecoming. On October 6 Bluffton was the guest at Mount St. Joseph's homecoming, then last week Bluffton hosted their own homecoming. In both cases, the visiting team was victorious.


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