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NEA President Reg Weaver to deliver Spring Commencement address
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SC State to host the 5th Annual "White Cane Day"
"White Cane Day" promotes awareness about the lives of the blind and visually impaired.
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160 High School Seniors to gather at SC State for College Summit Peer Leadership Conference
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SC State and Francis Marion Universities Win Award for I-95 Corridor Research
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Charlotte Hamilton Addresses Psychological Distress Factors Among College Students
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Food drive serves as single largest event for The Food Bank
Letter carriers across the nation will be making an extra drop-off in mailboxes of blue bags this week ahead of the national "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive, the most productive single event for The Food Bank.
Local letter carriers will be partnering with the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri to collect food on Saturday.
"Stamp Out Hunger," the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual food drive, brings in more food each year than any other event. Local letter carriers ask the community to leave food donations by their mailboxes on Saturday.
Donations are picked up as letter carriers cover their regular mail routes.
To participate, check your mailbox for blue "Stamp Out Hunger" shopping bags and fill it, or any other bag, with non-perishable food items.
Leave bags or donations at your mail box Saturday by 9 a.m., to be picked up by your mail carrier. Donations can also be made through mail carriers or through the local Food Bank
All food and donations stay in the community where they are collected and are distributed to local hunger-relief programs.
Last year's food drive locally raised over 151,000 pounds of food in the northeast and central Missouri service area and nearly $33,000.
Nationwide, donors gave over 70 million pounds of food during the 2012 Stamp Out Hunger drive.


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In addition to events surrounding the European Commission Green Paper, this year has already seen Denmark open its online gambling market with the German state of Schleswig-Holstein move in a similar direction with the recent awarding of licences, while the remaining German states are seeking to implement an alternate licensing system. Spain at the federal level and also at the autonomous community level is also moving online. Moreover, Greece, Ireland, Cyprus and Portugal are all in the process of changing their current regulatory models.
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Police officers rescued a woman from an apartment complex that caught fire Thursday afternoon in Jackson Township.
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JACKSON TWP. Two police officers crawled through a smoke-filled apartment on Thackeray Avenue NW on Thursday afternoon and pulled a woman to safety, investigators said.
Police and firefighters were called about 3 p.m. to 2830 Thackeray Ave. Other occupants of the apartment complex were evacuated, according to a news release from the township police department.
Eight people were in the three-story building at the time of the fire, said acting police Chief Ty Bissler. The woman who was rescued suffered minor injuries and was taken to Aultman Hospital for treatment.
Police officers Jason Coppock and Dan Kunkel rescued the woman, finding her on the kitchen floor, Bissler said.
The smoke was "really heavy in the kitchen," he said. "They had to back out, I believe, two to three times to get fresh air."
Neither officer was injured, Bissler said. "If she would have remained, she would have been in grave danger," he said of the woman. The police and fire departments did not release her name Thursday night.
The fire was contained to the woman's apartment, Bissler said. The other tenants were able to return to their units sometime later Thursday, he said.
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Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
February 5, 2013
Lachlan Taylor
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The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
Announces the 2013 Young Worker Leadership Academy in Northern California
OAKLAND -- The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) is pleased to announce that the annual Northern California Young Worker Leadership Academy will be held in Berkeley, February 7, 8 and 9, 2013.
The Academy will provide a leadership development opportunity for teams of high school students, with their adult sponsors, from different communities statewide to focus on young worker health and safety. The goals of the Academy are to:
- Teach youth about workplace health and safety and help them promote health and safety in the workplace and prevent workplace injuries.
- Provide participating youth an opportunity to develop specific action plans to promote young worker health and safety in their own communities, especially during Safe Jobs for Youth Month in May each year, as well as participate as alumni and youth mentors in future Academies and in developing a statewide network of young health and safety promoters.
The Young Worker Leadership Academy has been jointly developed by the University at California, Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) and the University of California, Los Angeles' Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program. The Academy is part of the statewide Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP), administered by CHSWC in the Department of Industrial Relations.
The 2013 Academy has received funding from the California Federation of Teachers, Laborers International Union of North America, the California Teachers Association, the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, the Pacific Compensation Insurance Company, and the Gordon, Edelstein, & Krepack (GEK) law firm.
CHSWC is charged with examining the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation. The Commission was established to conduct a continuing examination of the workers' compensation system and of the state's activities to prevent industrial injuries and occupational illnesses and to examine those programs in other states.
Information about The Young Worker Leadership Academy is available online as is information about CHSWC. Information may also be obtained by writing to CHSWC at 1515 Clay Street, 17th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612; by calling (510) 622-3959; by faxing a request to (510) 622-3265; or by emailing email@example.com.
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MEXICO CITY – When the tall, gangly former Stuttgart defender Francisco "Maza" Rodriguez managed to tunnel New Zealand's Chris Wood with less than 50 minutes gone, you knew things were going well for Mexico on Wednesday in Estadio Azteca.
It was an afternoon in which the little things finally came off for Mexico, aided by a lackluster New Zealand which badly missed captain Winston Reid at the heart of its defense.
Whether it was the afternoon kick-off, the change in formation or the effect of Miguel Herrera's bold decision to back domestic Liga MX players and ditch the Europe-based ones, El Tri's 5-1 victory over New Zealand's felt like a cleansing of sorts.
It also means Mexico taking its place at Brazil is almost a formality ahead of next week's second leg of the World Cup playoff in Wellington, which is a relief for Mexico economically, but also for the pride of Mexican soccer in general.
Gone were the nerves, replaced by wave after wave of incessant attack, aided by a 5-3-2 formation that saw Paul Aguilar and Miguel Layun pushing high up, suffocating New Zealand and giving the Kiwis very little room to keep the ball long when they got it.
It was a performance that swept aside any notion that this was a game in which Mexico was under intense pressure to perform.
"The important thing was to not to despair, not to go crazy," said Herrera in the postgame press conference. "I said we were going to win beforehand because of the attitude I saw in the team."
The Mexico coach added that El Tri will go out to win the second leg in Wellington as if the game was 0-0, looking to take the game to New Zealand once again.
Herrera's high-risk decision to start with seven players from Club America – as well as three from Leon - was fully vindicated.
There was an understanding between the different zones of the team that hasn't been seen recently for Mexico. This was evidenced by the one-touch football that helped moved the New Zealand defense out of position and opened up spaces to exploit.
The best example was Oribe Peralta's second goal just after halftime, when Rafa Marquez launched an inch-perfect long pass for Miguel Layun to cross and set up the Santos Laguna striker.
But there were many other examples of Mexico's return to the kind of play that had many thinking El Tri was on an upward spiral that would see it ease through CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.
Carlos Pena was a revelation in driving El Tri forward and linking the midfield to strikers Peralta and Raul Jimenez and Mexico produced chance after chance. If it wasn't for New Zealand 'keeper Glen Moss, the margin could've been even wider.
Outside the stadium, the faces of star names like Javier Hernandez, Giovani Dos Santos and Guillermo Ochoa still adorn the advertising boards, but this was a day in which the best of the Liga MX more than staked their claim to become permanent fixtures in the national team.
So what now for El Tri, after the second leg?
Herrera was keen to stress after the game that the Europe-based players are still "important" for Mexico moving forward, but he was equally keen to stress that he is on a temporary contract with the Mexican federation.
"I'm coach for two games, that's the reality," he stated. "I've won one important game, nothing more."
Off the field, too, the fans played their part and gave Herrera a standing ovation even before the game. There is no doubt he is the popular choice for getting the job full time.
The Azteca was completely full, fans turning up well before the game, starting Mexican waves and creating a hostile atmosphere for New Zealand to come into.
In his postgame press conference, New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert was adamant that his side still has a glimmer of hope, but it is nothing more.
Mexico's World Cup dream, with a little help from the United States last month, is very still alive.


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"Tonight almost a week after the events we gather to do what a university community does best: to reflect on the meaning of these events and where they point us in the future. We remember each of the 33 young people and professors and mourn the suffering and the loss. We gather to honor them with our presence."
"Tonight we come together at the heart of this beautiful campus on this phenomenal evening with confidence and hope because we know the resilience of great communities as we have seen at Virginia Tech day after day. The Hokie community has exemplified courage, resolve, and compassion for all of us."
"It's not hard to talk about things you love. I am blessed to be a Hokie mom living in Bison country. I've had the love and support of the Bison community to build my bridge between the two 'burgs - Lewis and Blacksburg. It doesn't get much better than that. Welcome to the Hokie nation. We do connect."
"God bless our Hokies and all those in the extended communities who have reached out with love in their hearts to help us try to heal."
"As evidenced by your attendance tonight, there is strength in numbers. We may have come here as students, administrators, faculty, and community members, but our purpose is one: to support the Virginia Tech community. So, in fact, tonight, we are all Hokies."
"The only path to take from this Quad is forward. As a generation, we've witnessed Columbine, 9/11, and now Virginia Tech. We will always hold these tragedies in our mind, but we refuse to be defined by them. Instead, we continue to gain strength from them. Strength in ourselves. Strength to reach out to others. And strength to heal and hope."
"Students don't realize that as professors we learn a lot from our students. And I learned a valuable lesson from (a former student at Virginia Tech). I learned about the community among individuals and connections with community. But most important of all, I learned the power that each and every one of us can wield with three simple words: How are you?"
"What can I tell you about the events that have transpired? What meaning can there possibly be?"
"We must remember the beauty of the world or we will be overcome by ugliness. We must remember the love in the world or we will be overcome by hate. We must remember the joy in the world or we will be overcome by grief. We must laugh and love and take care of ourselves and each other even as we remember and say goodbye."
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Consumer Electronics Will Drive Next Semiconductor Growth Cycle Device, Equipment Markets to Peak in 2008, Say Analysts
Half Moon Bay, California, January 9, 2006 -- The semiconductor industry looks set for healthy growth over the next three years, largely driven by the consumer electronics market, according to speakers at SEMI ISS 2006, which opened today at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California.
Consumer electronics was the "next big thing" for the semiconductor industry, according to Drew Peck, an analyst with Crimson Ventures. Each U.S. household currently has an average of 25 consumer electronics products, but developing countries will be the most important consumer markets in the future, according to Peck. Silicon solutions have enabled aggregation of complex circuitry onto single chips, which in turn reduces product cost and drives up demand. "Silicon has really changed the way the consumer electronics market works", said Peck.
Rick Tsai, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, argued that the semiconductor industry needs to align its costs with the economics of the consumer electronics business, which means further improvements in manufacturing productivity. He noted that success in the consumer electronics market was dependent on three factors: product diversity, fast ramp and low cost.
A panel of industry analysts at the ISS 2006 press conference and webcast presented a number of scenarios for this year's semiconductor device market, ranging from about 7 percent growth to more than 17 percent. Estimates for the capital equipment market outlook this year ranged from flat to 12 percent growth.
Bill McClean, president of IC Insights, said he sees 21 points of device market growth spread out over the next two years, and a further 20 percent growth in 2008 when the market cycle will peak. "We think we have some very high growth days ahead of us," he said.
Klaus Dieter Rinnen, managing vice president at Gartner Dataquest, noted that wafer fab utilization has stabilized in the low 90 percent range for leading edge applications, which will result in controlled capacity increases through 2006. "Chip manufacturers will manage investments in new technology rather carefully, so we don't expect to see a return of the 'capacity-at-any-price' investment mood of the 1990s," he said.
During 2006 the device market should enjoy relative stability with no sharp declines in average selling prices (ASPs), according to Jim Feldhan, president of Semico Research. He is also bullish on consumer electronics as a driver for semiconductors, noting that multiple products are driving growth. "What's different between today and a few years ago is that now we have a whole slew of consumer applications and markets are not just relying on a couple of end markets", he said.
The outlook for the semiconductor materials market is bright over the next three years, according to Dan Tracy, senior director, industry research and statistics for SEMI. The materials market is forecasted to grow almost 10 percent this year, 7.5 percent next year and just over 10 percent in 2008. "The 300 mm ramp and advanced packaging technologies are key growth drivers", said Tracy.
The economic keynote speaker on the first day of ISS, Richard Iley, senior economist at BNP Paribas, forecasts a soft landing for the U.S., with GDP growth of 3 percent this year. "In 2006, 2007 we will see slower demand growth, but not a recession," he said. He credited strong consumer spending for the resilience of the U.S. economy over the past several years. However, risk factors ahead included a slowdown in the housing market, and continued hikes in oil prices.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors, displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia College women's soccer team was slotted seventh in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Preseason Coaches Poll, the conference office announced Monday.
Head coach Hope Clark's squad picked up two fifth place votes and five sixth-place choices en route to 58 total points, holding off Flagler College by just one.
The defending PBC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions Armstrong took all 11 possible first place votes to earn top honors, followed by Columbus State University and the University of North Georgia to round out the top three.
GC is coming off a sub-par 5-14 effort in 2011, going 2-6 in PBC play. The Bobcats return both goalkeepers, and three of their top four scorers from a year ago. The defensive-minded Bobcats held opponents scoreless in each of the team's five wins a year ago.
The squad will be led by four seniors in Jamie Colcord (Marietta, Ga.), Olivia Holden (Fishers, Ind.), Haley O'Hayer (Savannah, Ga.) and Dixie Robinson (Conyers, Ga.).
The Bobcats begin the 2012 campaign on the road at Lenoir-Rhyne University Friday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. The first home contest is the Bobcat Shootout, a week later against Nova Southeastern University Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Well they have kept him for two years so obviously someone sees something. You also have to figure that Munchak has gotten a good look at him along with the other off Linemen. I doubt they do this unless Munchak indicated he would fit into what he wanted to do.
Bottom line is I hope we never need to find out. If Wimper is playing, it means we are in bad OL shape again. I could live with a Beachum, Foster, Wallace, DD, who ever wins the RT spot OL. They would get the job done.
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At what point does someone become so desensitised to failure that it barely hurts at all anymore?
You could argue that we've all developed a callous when it come to Melbourne. Or maybe the nerve endings have gone the way of Port Adelaide's midfield and ceased functioning properly?
Back-to-back wooden spoons, draft disappointment after draft disappointment, Tom Scully's move to Blacktown, the deaths of Sean Wight, Dean Bailey and Jim Stynes, Mark Neeld and all that came with him, Liam Jurrah, ''non-tankinggate'', racist Facebook posts from major sponsors.
Is it any wonder that the princely Paul Roos, selling a sturdy, successful game plan built on defence would be able to lure the fans into believing?
The years 2012 and 2013 yielded no fewer than 18 defeats by more than 10 goals for the Demons. Their 2013 percentage of 54.1 was the seventh worst of any side since World War II. Included in the six teams ''ahead'' of them in that list were the first two offerings of the GWS Giants, and Fitzroy's tragic final season. The only way was up for Melbourne.
When a club emerges from an era as soul-destroying as that of Neeld, it will cop losses somewhere between honourable and disappointing, so long as it never materialises into the horridness experienced not long ago.
The figure of 54.1 has risen to 72.8, and the wins have doubled from two to four. Roos' outfit is a more challenging side to topple than the one which Neeld and later Neil Craig guided last year. The coach's pre-occupation with absorbing opposition forays has meant that Melbourne has conceded fewer points than top-eight aspirants Adelaide and the Gold Coast, and if you want to throw them in for good measure, Richmond.
Yet through 19 rounds of 2014, the Demons lie 17th on the ladder. Below the Blues, the Bulldogs, and the Giants. Also below the Brisbane Lions, an admittedly in-form unit, but one that fought back from a 14-point final stanza deficit to prevail by nearly four goals. The Lions' comeback was built upon the power forward pairing of Daniel McStay and Michael Close. Franklin and Tippett it was not.
In his coaching life, Roos has tended to be a winner. In eight completed seasons at Sydney, he steered the Swans into seven finals series. He has an aura about him, surpassed by few in the game. To preserve that aura he will need to conjure up something special.
"It's hard to know [with] each individual why, but I think there's clearly some that might not be able to get over what's happened here in the past," Roos said after the game, pondering whether some of his charges had developed an irrevocably defeatist mindset.
Just who are these players potentially incapable of ever getting their heads around the concept of winning consistently? Regrettably there are no shortage of contenders. Only those on the inside will know exactly what these players feel and think when an opening for four points emerges.
Of the group that sank to a 19th straight defeat at Docklands on Sunday (that's 3.7 kilometres or 10minutes' drive from the MCG without traffic for those Demons fans wondering), only two (Chris Dawes and Aidan Riley) have played in more victories than losses during their AFL careers.
There were 11 players in the Melbourne lineup that have both played more than 50 games, and won no more than 26 per cent of them. When half of a side could be described as an institutionalised loser, is it any wonder that the coach thinks that a fair few may never be able to break the tag.
Roos last week committed for 2016, meaning that he now has just over two years to reform the culture. His comments on Sunday suggest that it will be in his role as an amateur shrink that the success or failure of his tenure will turn.
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Like almost everything except air, Internet access costs too much. So I could not wait to get my hands on two new products that offer "free" online access.
The quote marks are there for a reason. The two offerings, FreedomPop and Karma, require up-front cash for hot spot hardware, and offer a limited amount of no-charge bandwidth. They do not deliver blazing speed, since both use an obsolete 4G wireless cellular network, but FreedomPop and Karma are decent options for basic Internet access on a tight budget.
FreedomPop is the more radical. The company offers 500 megabytes to one gigabyte of cellular data every month at no charge. To get more, you pay $10 per gigabyte. That is a lot cheaper than rivals like Verizon Wireless, which charges $60 for two gigs.
Karma gives users a one-time reward of one free gigabyte. After that, extra capacity costs $14 a gigabyte. But the companies do offer several ways to pick up additional megabytes without spending money.
Both get their Internet bandwidth from Clearwire, a wireless data carrier mostly owned by cellphone company Sprint Nextel Corp. Clearwire uses a 4G data technology called WiMax that works pretty well, but not nearly as fast as the latest 4G LTE systems.
To hook up with Clearwire, you first have to purchase some hardware. FreedomPop offers three options. The Photon is a pocket-sized Wi-Fi hot spot that costs $99 and can share the Internet connection with up to eight devices at a time. FreedomPop has got an attractive promotion for the Photon; return it within a year and get a full refund.
FreedomPop also makes the Rocket, a $99 sleeve that fits around Apple Inc.'s iPod Touch multimedia players and gives them 4G access. The unit I tested, the Burst, goes on sale in March for $89. It is a large, boxy device that resembles a home Wi-Fi router, because that is what it is. While buyers of the Rocket or Photon get 500 megabytes of free bandwidth, Burst owners get a full gigabyte every month.
Karma has just one hardware option, a small Wi-Fi hot spot similar to FreedomPop's Photon and priced at $79. It automatically connects to Clearwire and starts beaming a Wi-Fi signal. Just find FreedomPop on your device's listing of available Wi-Fi routers and log in with a password you can set up through the company's Internet site.
Karma is battery-powered and does not ship with an AC adapter. Instead, you plug it into a computer's USB port to charge. Switch it on and it works much like the Burst. But when you connect to the Karma's Wi-Fi signal, you are ordered to log on via the social network Facebook. Don't have a Facebook account? Better get one — Karma doesn't work any other way, though a spokesman told me the company is planning other log-in options.
To their credit, neither FreedomPop nor Karma bombard users with unwanted ads, but they deliver broadband service in only a narrow sense.
Using a speed test program on the Federal Communications Commission website, I consistently got downloads of around 1 to 1.5 megabits per second, though Karma once got up to 2.2 megabits. That is good enough for e-mail and basic Web page reading. To my surprise, it was also adequate for streaming a Netflix movie to my laptop, with decent resolution. Both companies say they will eventually offer Sprint's much faster 4G LTE service.
But slow has benefits when you are dealing with a limited pool of free data. Karma estimates that a gigabyte is the equivalent of viewing a thousand Web pages, or downloading 500 e-mails, each with a two-megabyte attachment. Used that way, the free bandwidth provided by Karma could last some people a few months. After that, they can buy more. But every time a new user signs onto a Karma hot spot, its owner gets another 100 megabytes for free.
Spend enough time in airports and train stations, and you could build up a stockpile.
FreedomPop also gives out free bandwidth for encouraging others to sign up. In addition, visit its website and earn megabytes by signing up for offers from companies such as GoDaddy.com, LoJack Corp., and even Google Inc.
There is a lot of free Internet these days, at Starbucks coffee shops, McDonald's restaurants, and thousands of other hangouts.
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I have PCLinuxOS installed on a machine which I run as a printer server using an Epson SX435W printer/scanner. This works fine for printing over the network and for scanning with iscan on the server. However I am unable to get the scanner working from another machine.
My problem is not actually with iscan but in getting root access on the server to make changes to files to make it work.
If I try to log-in as root I get a message that I am not allowed root log-in. I tried to sudo kwrite to edit files but didn't have sudo installed. I installed sudo and now I can run sudo and it asks for a password then says I don't have permission as I am not entered in sudoers file. I can't change the sudoers file as I don't have root access and I can't get root access because I'm not in the sudoers file - impasse!!
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Tonographer near the hills of Agri-Dag (Karssk region)
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Ruins of old castle near village Ol'ty
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Justin Roberts came out and welcomed everyone to the show, hyping a six-man tag match between The Shield and Team Hell No/Ryback and a cage match between John Cena and "Mr. Money in the Bank" Dolph Ziggler. Vickie Guerrero then came out and question Roberts for announcing matches on her show. She was quickly booed off the stage and told everyone, "you'll miss me on my show when I'm gone."
First match of the night was a six-man tag team match between Brodus Clay/The Usos against the Primetime Players and Jack Swagger. It was a pretty good match, with some back and forth action between Darren Young and Jey Uso. Titus came in and had Jey set up to hit a football tackle from a three-point stance, but got distracted by the Funkadactyls. This allowed Jimmy Uso to get a hot tag. The match ended with the Usos hitting tandem super kicks on both of the Primetime Players and Brodus Clay hitting a big splash on Swagger for the pin.
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The next match was The Shield versus Team Hell No and Ryback. Daniel Bryan came out first to a huge pop, but then The Shield's music hit and they descended from the crowd to begin attacking Bryan. Kane ran out (with no entrance music) to help his partner. The Shield was still in control when Ryback's music hit. He came running down to the ring and cleaned house. The bell finally rang to start the match and Daniel Bryan flew outside the ring to hit The Shield. The action was very good in this match; never a dull moment. All members of The Shield looked good, notably Roman Reigns, who continues to get better. Rollins and Kane fought most of the match, with Ambrose and Bryan getting in a few good exchanges as well. Eventually, Ryback got the hot tag and cleared the ring. As he got Ambrose up for Shellshocked, Reigns hit him with a chair, resulting in a disqualification. Kane and Bryan hit the ring to throw Rollins and Reigns out, allowing Ryback to hit his finisher on Ambrose. Afterward, Kane and Bryan argued before hugging it out at the behest of the crowd. Bryan then grabbed the microphone and asked Ryback to "Feed Me Hugs" and "Hug Me More". There was an awkward hug between Bryan and Ryback before Ryback's music hit and they left the ring.
After a 15-minute intermission, Zack Ryder came out to fight Tensai. The stipulation for this match was that the loser would have to sing either "Jingle Bells" or "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" after the match. Ryder won a surprisingly quick match with a roll-up on a distracted Tensai. The match couldn't have lasted 5 minutes. Vickie Guerrero then came out again and told Tensai he'd have to sing "Rudolph". Tensai stalled for a bit, even telling Vickie he'd take her on that date she'd been asking him for if she'd allow him to not sing. She said no, so Tensai sang the song. It was as bad as it sounds.
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Pun intended. I truly feel like FIT is a second home. Every morning, my parents drop me off at 28th and Broadway, and I walk two anticipating blocks. As soon as I cross the street, officially onto the FIT campus, I take a big whiff of the originality in the air, as well as the distinguishing scent of Starbuck's coffee in eager caffeine addicts' hands. I'm greeted with a crowd of different characters and identities. It's such an unfamiliar environment to me, coming from a town in Long Island where everyone has, or pretends to have, the same taste in clothes, music and basically anything else. Here, I look at it as everyone having their own little world. And at FIT, everyone, or most people, respect/admire each other's worlds. Individuality is an art.
So, my first week at FIT surpassed my expectations entirely! First of all, I'd like to warn anyone who's interested in taking Architectural Rendering in the future, that the class is more of a drawing/sketching class than the physics of architectural structure. Last week, we journeyed to the high line twice in the blistering heat, but the views were absolutely worth the trek. The atmosphere in the high line is so pleasant, with the refreshing breeze, the very interesting tourists, and the beautiful frequently-tended-to gardens. Being on the high line, you look at New York City from a whole different perspective. It felt as if I transformed from an inferior ant, to a behemoth King Kong. While above the exhausting five flights of stairs, I appreciated the architectural aspects of each building much more than I would from the sidewalk.
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As for Careers in Advertising and Marketing, I'm excited to say that this course has led me to decide that marketing is what I want to pursue. However, saying I want to go into marketing is too broad of a statement. We learned that there are many different branches in marketing, such as fashion marketing, television marketing, branding, advertising (the design aspect and the intellectual aspect), etc. That being said, I'm not positive in which section of marketing I want to follow, but I think I have some more time to go into that kind of detail later.
Today, after FIT, I met up with one of my best friends, Kaitlin. We walked a very short trip to the American Apparel outlet (which I HIGHLY recommend) and the good ol' thrift store, Buffalo Exchange. For those who aren't interested in spending the full $50 on a plain American Apparel sweatshirt or the costly $25 on a very lightweight, regular tee shirt, the American Apparel outlet is for you! Their stuff was on huge discounts! I was able to get my hands on this great denim vest that was brought down to $27 from the retail price of $70! They have daily deals where, for example, on Monday's there's an extra 15% off all skirts, shorts, and sleeveless tops. Every day of the week has their own extra savings on specific items. After that, we took a 5 minute cab ride to Bleecker street, where I stopped at the Marc Jacobs Men's store and picked up a nicely priced tee shirt at $28 (this one). I brought my camera today, so here's a little miscellaneous/street photography:
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in other news a flash mob recovered all the rights that have been stolen from the people by their governments over the last few years
Wow, that comment was both powerful and funny at the same time.
It was probably structured like a lot of the stolen credit-card number sites: a high-reputation user announces an opportunity, then many other users pay up-front to participate. At the given time, the critical info is released to all, and it's then every man for himself trying to grab as much money as possible.
I went and RTFA. Given 130+ ATMs in 50 cities, definitely looks like the sell-it model, not a massive criminal organization: very high fan-out (50 cities) and low leaf count (about 3 ATMs per second level node.) That shape is never seen in ongoing organized businesses - they should have a much more uniform hierarchical structure (e.g. 50 cities = 2500 ATMs.)
Two excellent analogies. I've been looking at corporations (in the broad sense) for 30 years, and it took me a long time to realize that you might as well ignore what people say about how they organize, and just look at what the organization actually is. That tells you almost everything you need to know.
This honestly sounds more like terrorism than anything Bill O'Reilly spouts off about.
Think of it this way. Say you want to fund the Mumbai attacks ver. 2.0, but are short on cash. This sounds like a great plan straight from the terrorist handbook. All you need is a few willing or even unknowning smurfs and a decent hacker connection. How do you hide the four million dollars you just stole? Have people you don't know steal another five million on top of it. The FBI won't be inundated with false leads to chase, they'll be loaded with dozens of real suspects to chase down.
The article mentions the cards were cloned then cracked, so a lot of the math can go out the window. I wonder if any of the money was just wire transfered directly to the cards themselves, for later withdrawl or even use a a normal debit card? It doesn't say how much could be taken out at one time, only that there is normally a $500 dollar limit. Though it wouldn't surprise me to hear that the FBI is playing coy with the numbers. They've apparently been sitting on the story for three+ months.
This money will probably find its way back to the hands of the genuinely bad people of the world.
They don't look like someone who just won a lottery to me.
They look more like homeless people.
Which brings up the question - why aren't there more homeless people robbing banks out there?
I mean... they are in a clear advantage.
They are invisible AND they have nothing to lose.
Worst case scenario - they get sent to a jail. HA!
3 meals a day, clothing, housing and health-care at the cost of the society.
It's okay. Many homeless are mentally ill, possibly from the PTSD they got from Vietnam. They got so screwed up in our nation's defense that they couldn't come up with such an elaborate scheme. So we really have nothing to worry about! All is as it should be in America.
Of course they were caught jsut like about everyone else.(sic)
Bank robbery is one of the major crimes with the fewest perpetrators caught. It's a well-kept secret but nowhere near "jsut about every" bankrobber gets caught.
Which brings up the question - why aren't there more homeless people robbing banks out there?
Because robbing banks requires at least a modicum of ability, some organizational skill, and a bit of motivation. If you've got all of the above, you're unlikely to be homeless in the first place.
A getaway car helps too.
And weapons... big fuck off shiny ones...
Which brings up the question - why aren't there more homeless people robbing banks out there?
Because robbing banks requires at least a modicum of ability, some organizational skill, and a bit of motivation. If you've got all of the above, you're unlikely to be homeless in the first place.
Gotta disagree. Homelessness doesn't correlate well with a lack of ability or organizational skill, or even lack of motivation. It does, however, correlate well with heavy addiction and mental illness, both of which make it pretty damn hard to use one's ability or organizational skills.
It does, however, correlate well with heavy addiction and mental illness
Did it ever occur to you that it's possible that being homeless contributes to one's becoming an addict or mentally ill? Correlation doesn't indicate causation, you know.
I have met more than one homeless person who was not addicted or mentally ill, but certainly at risk for becoming so as long as they stayed on the street. Funny, I started volunteering at a local shelter, where I raised the money to set up a tiny computer lab (since l
Reminds me of a news story...
Sounds like a Snopes candidate to me.
Reminds me of a story a friend told me. Someone I knew from high school was hitchhiking across Canada, again... and in case you are not in the know, that's a long way.
Anyhow I have been told by those that do this that apparently there are places called "dead zones" that can really suck if you get caught in them. Usually remote rural communities, that if you get dropped off there they are really hard to get out of. Oh and it is also cold up here.
Anyway my friend, hit one of these dead zones and got stuck. He
3 meals a day, clothing, housing and health-care at the cost of the society.
You sound like someone who's never spent any time in jail.
Good for you. Strangely, though, most homeless people don't think of jail as a preferable housing opportunity. That's just one more of the sad Republican fantasies: that jail is such a great place to be. Fortunately for us, many of them have gotten to experience it first hand in the last several years, and with luck, many more will have that opportunity, including the doped-up fatso who coined the term "Club Gitmo".
Where I grew up we had a homeless guy who threw a bottle through a window every year on the first snow. The judge put him in jail until the spring.
It is hard for homeless people to maintain the basic equipment for bank robbing. Even if they somehow get their hands on a gun, getting ammo can be hard.
Even more importantly, a vast number of the homeless are suffering from mental illness in moderate to large degrees. Other than people made homeless temporarily by circumstance (forclosure, etc) who are largely only homeless for short (months at a time) periods and never reach a "rob a bank" level of desperation (they have hope that they can get back on the
I thought flash mobs are groups of people in the same place at the same time. Not all over the world?
By the name, I suppose a flash mob suggests a mob of people doing something 'in a flash' (in a short period of time).
A mob doesn't necessarily have to be in the same spot, at least it doesn't have to be the way I understand it.
Perhaps in the past a mob would have to be in the same location, but due to the way the world is all interlinked nowadays someone can affect something on the otherside of the world, meaning the world has gotten a lot 'smaller' as such.
A flash mob is a phenomenon where people hear about something happening somewhere in the world (either through the "grapevine" or on the news) and all decide to use teleport booths to go there all at the same time. The mob "flashes' into existence and the people can and do often join in on any chaos, causing simple situations to often escalate into full blown riots in the space of a few minutes. Luckily, police recently figured out that they could redirect the teleportation booths into a riot control center
The world is a single place, it just depends what kind of scale you're on.
You're are right. And they make some people nervous. So not TPTB are working to associate flash mobs with crime so they can make them illegal.
I believe this is the flash mafia, not a flash mob.
The mob converged on the ATM network at roughly the same time. The place does not need to be a physical location.
$9 Million stolen from a bank? Peanuts compared to the next $900 Billion the banks are stealing back again - a hundred thousand times more.... I can't even get to grips with that scale of money....
$9 Million stolen from a bank? Peanuts compared to the next $900 Billion the banks are stealing back again - a hundred thousand times more.... I can't even get to grips with that scale of money....
There's a BIG difference. One group was a bunch of unimaginative, unethical, thieving liars and cowards. The other group had the imagination to do something and take advantage of a weak poorly designed system that gets the guys with the badges and guns after you.
It takes a REAL criminal mind to lobby the regulatory agencies and Congress with dirty money to make your thieving legal. And it's really a piece of work when those lying thieves walk away with tens of millions of dollars in bonuses for cheating.
There's a BIG difference. One group was a bunch of unimaginative, unethical, thieving liars and cowards. The other group wasn't made up of bank executives.
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It's not theft, it's enslavement.
My parents' generation just enslaved mine to the Chinese for several trillion dollars rather than face the prospect that they might have royally fucked themselves in their attempts to extract money from nothing.
The only way this kind of financial planning makes any sense is if you plan on being dead before the bills come due.
My parents' generation just enslaved mine to the Chinese for several trillion dollars rather than face the prospect that they might have royally fucked themselves in their attempts to extract money from nothing.
You just don't understand zero-point economics! We can extract money from the false vaccum!
And saying as Royal Bank of Scotland has been nationalised after going bust, it is my tax payer pounds that will be paying for this.
The article says over $9,000,000 was stolen using only 100 cards in 49 cities in a 30 minute period. That, boys and girls, is $90,000 per card. The article says the limits on the cards were overridden, using them to make withdrawals in multiple increments of $500 or so. $90,000 / $500 is 180 withdrawals in a 30 minute period, or 6 withdrawals per minute.
This article doesn't pass the basic sniff test. It reeks of either disinformation or seriously bad math.
The article says over $9,000,000 was stolen using only 100 cards in 49 cities in a 30 minute period. That, boys and girls, is $90,000 per card. The article says the limits on the cards were overridden, using them to make withdrawals in multiple increments of $500 or so. $90,000 / $500 is 180 withdrawals in a 30 minute period, or 6 withdrawals per minute.
This article doesn't pass the basic sniff test. It reeks of either disinformation or seriously bad math.
Yes, but it doesn't say how many copies of each card they made.
Let's look at it another way.
$9MM / ($500 / transaction) / 130 ATMs / 30 min = ~4.6 transactions/ATM/min
Still seems rather high. I suppose I've never timed it, but it always feels like it takes more than 13 seconds to get my money at an ATM...
Depends on the machine I guess, some can be pretty quick, but it still is quite a lot.
But whats with the $500 marker? Around here max is 9900 DKR = $2000 per transaction. Then we are talking 1 transaction a minute..
Depends on where you're at. In Europe it's not uncommon to be able to get your cash out in less than 15 seconds. Put your card in, select how much you want, pin and you get it right away. Here in the US for some or another reason it seems like all ATM's still need to dial in on 56k after you typed in your pin. It's also not uncommon to be able to get more than $500/atm. I've been able to get 2000 out of ATM's before.
Here is the amazing part: With these cashers ready to do their dirty work around the world, the hacker somehow had the ability to lift those limits we all have on our ATM cards. For example, I'm only allowed to take out $500 a day, but the cashers were able to cash once, twice, three times over and over again. When it was all over, they only used 100 cards but they ripped off $9 million.
Article DOES NOT say what their per-withdrawal limit was.
What if DOES SAY is that they were able to withdraw money multiple times, with the daily sum being over $500.
It also says that the writer of the article has a daily limit of $500 but that is besides the point.
I need more friends willing to say "Here's this ATM card. At midnight tonight, make as many $500 withdrawals as you can in 30 minutes and put them onto this card. You get to keep half of what's on the card."
Where do you find friends like that?
The same friends that get you a 52" plasma TV that "fell off a truck" for $100.00.. he has 20 that fell of that truck.
If you lived in chicago I'd introduce you to a few if you're worthy.
P.S. if you talk too much, you dont just lose your card in the club.....
I hear that in NY there are these kinds of "friends" as well. not that I know any myself. I just heard of them. you know?
That's actually a very interesting point. With fractional reserve lending, the monetary system we currently use, an original $1,000 deposit into a bank balloons into [chrismartenson.com] $10,000 of real money. So they theoretically _could_ use the RIAA tactic as a $9M potential is essentially removed with the withdrawal of $900,000.
Going back to the OP, that would mean 18 withdrawals per card over a 30-minute period, or just under two minutes per transaction. We are now in the domain of the eminently plausible.
That's always bothered me too. It's like DNS (depending on usage on this word though).
Redundant Boy!
Also, since the N in PIN stands for Number, saying PIN number is redundant. TFA didn't make this mistake, but since they go together so often I though I'd point it out for completeness.
One time I heard a friend say "I want to get some cash out of the ATM Machine, but I can't remember my PIN Number."
He's dead now.
That's almost as much as John Thain (of Merrill Lynch) thought he should get for securing the bailout funds!
This is such an insightful comment.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. — Thomas Jefferson
and I still had mod points just yesterday...
Did they hack the ATM machines after stealing the PIN numbers?
I have to go work in some CSS style sheets for a web site that links ISBN numbers to UPC codes. I hope they don't make me redundant.
I wonder what the PIN Number was that they all used in those ATM Machines. Maybe they used a custom PCB Board to prototype the hack. Then they downloaded the plans onto a CD Disc. I'll bet they literally died after they got away with all the cash.
Anyways, I could care less.
and where are the cameras on these Atm's?
Interesting question.. I would guess the cameras got pictures of them, but they haven't been caught yet. I guess it's possible the participants were far from home, got pretty far within a few days, and didn't look suspicious to any law enforcement.
It's probable they'll eventually get caught in that case, as facial recognition technology becomes more widespread, they may be identified automatically in 3 or 4 years, when they eventually pass through a public place that's closely monitored
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That many people coordinating themselves, presumably using the intertubes. . ?
If even one person was caught on a security camera or ratted out for having $300,000 in cash under the bed. . , or has mental issues and throws a hissy-fit and decides to name names. Well that person could get everybody caught.
So that means the information security being used by the organizers will have to have been reliable. Lucky for them, they're hackers, so they're pretty smart. Unfortunately for them, they're hackers, whic
Anyone hoping to pocket a percentage of $9,000,000 by giving a bunch of passwords to a bunch of people you don't know, and then assuming you won't get grassed out to the cops is likely making a major mistake.
If the criminal is smart, a better strategy might be to "give" the information away to the right group of people. This might give someone a smug sense of "revenge" against a former employer. Someone could short the stock in the stock market, or the theft could cover up some insider funny business. The initial criminal act may be different than what it appears.
Alternatively, the actual "inside" mastermind may actually be a victim too. Maybe someone conned an insider for information, or access to a laptop, and just sold the information. Maybe someone got hold of the backup tapes. This might actually a fairly low-value theft for the original criminal.
Hang on a second: That works out to over $69000 per ATM. Do they really have that much cash loaded in each one? I'd be surprised if that's true.
The funniest ATM theft I've heard of took place in Saskatchewan, Canada. This took place on a long weekend in a sleepy little rural town.
4:00 AM sees our thieves breaking into the local gravel contractor. After breaking through the gate they steal a gravel truck and an oxy-acetelene torch. Next stop is the post treating plant about 1/2 mile (1 km) down the highway. They steal a loader. This is what is used to load poles and posts onto semi-trailors.
By now its about 4:15 or so. Did they make noise? Well - a diesel truck and 350 HP diesel loader will make some noise I suppose. It woke some of the locals up.
Around the corner from the bank about one (1) block away is the local police station which is manned 24x7. The police are at their desks thinking the gravel contractor must be getting an early start this morning.
So the thieves drive the loader over to the bank. The reach in through the roof totally demolishing the building and grab the ATM which is firmly bolted to the concrete floor and footings. Seems the concrete wasn't much of a match for the 350 HP loader because the ATM was cleanly plucked through the gapping hole and dropped into the back of the dump truck.
By now the cops were heading for their cars thinking there must have been a big accident on Main Street.
Our thieves meanwhile shut off the loader and hopped into the dump truck and took off.
A few miles south of town they stopped at an abandoned farm yard and took their time with the oxy-acetelene torch and chopped the ATM apart.
Having done this they took the money and casually left the scene of the crime. So far no one has been caught! So far apparently these thieves are keeping their mouths closed. Apparently there are no leads.
The best part of this story is the locals still laugh about their bank robbery! When you live in a sleepy Saskatchewan rural town then once in a while a little excitement spices up an otherwise dreary life.
This would have made a funny Corner Gas episode IMHO.
I've never used RBS Worldpay, but was notified several weeks ago that my financial records for the past 20 years, as well as SSN, were compromised.
What's incredibly distressing is that RBS Worldpay (part of Citizens Financial Group) shares data with other affiliates. I just have a basic checking account in one of their banks, that's it--no credit cards, no gift cards, no payroll cards.
However, they didn't go public with the news or notify any customers until the day before Xmas eve in December 2008: http [prnewswire.com]
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A man was sentenced to two years in prison for working as a straw buyer for a gun smuggling ring that was monitored in the federal government's bungled investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
Erick Avila Davila was sentenced Wednesday for the conspiracy charge to which he pleaded guilty last summer.
Davila admitted to being a straw buyer for the ring and claiming that about 12 guns he bought were for him when he was actually making the purchases on behalf of the ring.
Court records show that 15 people in the alleged 20-member ring have pleaded guilty so far.
Federal authorities faced criticism for allowing suspected straw gun buyers to walk away from gun shops with weapons, rather than arrest the suspects and seize the guns there.
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Azrog is an evil blue-skinned Humanoid from Trolla. He is well-known wizard and criminal on Trolla. He appeared to have a strong magical power of mind control. He has a small, winged pet named Karg, who can grow in size and become his flying steed. He uses a magic wand to amplify his magic powers. He has ties to the Eternian witch named Spydra.
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Captured and imprisoned by Montork of Trolla, Azrog used his evil magic along with his pet Karg, to escape his prison and travel to Eternia to join with his partner in evil, the sorceress Spydra. A brink in the dimensional gates sent Azrog to the palace of Eternia and Montork to Spydra's castle. Bringing chaos to the palace, Azrog retreats to Spydra's castle with He-Man, Teela, and Orko on his tail. Azrog captures Orko and converts him to evil leaving Montork to break the spell. Failing to stop He-Man, Azrog and Spydra were recaptured and taken back to Trolla.
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Glenn Clark's Rankings…
32. Jacksonville Jaguars (Last Week 32)
The good news? They won. The bad news? So did all of the other bad teams.
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (31)
Same issue.
30. Oakland Raiders (26)
Pick up Rashad Jennings, they said.
29. Houston Texans (27)
I picked them to go to the Super Bowl. No. Really.
28. Atlanta Falcons (24)
28th, y'all. 28th.
27. Washington Redskins (23)
I mean, that's just awful.
26. Minnesota Vikings (30)
So Jared Allen is still pretty good.
25. Buffalo Bills (21)
I'm sorry I ever got a good feeling about them.
24. St. Louis Rams (29)
I have no idea what to make of that. None.
23. New York Giants (28)
Totally in the NFC East mix.
22. Tennessee Titans (19)
So…does Jake Locker get another year?
21. Pittsburgh Steelers (25)
I think I'm going to say "Pittsburgher" out loud and giggle again.
20. Miami Dolphins (16)
But they might finish the season at Number 30.
19. San Diego Chargers (15)
Good news-Miami next.
18. Green Bay Packers (12)
J.R.R. Tolkien should make a hell of a quarterback.
17. Baltimore Ravens (22)
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Critical procedures must be followed to ensure accurate data collection. Discovery of the world's best fossil specimen becomes essentially worthless if the context of the fossil location isn't accurate. To begin the Porcupine Cave excavation in 1993, DMNS paleontologists and volunteers mapped passages and recorded cave geology, and then laid out a grid system on the floor inside the cave which allowed them to plot the stratigraphy for later understanding of exactly which layer each fossil came from for accurate dating. Every half inch to inch of sediment could cover a 200-1,000 year span of time.
Successive layers of the floor were strategically collected and labeled by the level and location within the cave as there were minimum of 7 rooms excavated. This matrix was then sifted through various sizes of screens using both wet and dry methods to sift out unwanted large items of dirt, wood, sand and floor debris. The leftover smaller-sized matrix was then laid out on plastic in a field to dry, where a strategically-placed volunteer would shoo away cows. It took a few curious cows to scatter those interesting trays of stuff before the workers learned this lesson.
Sorting of the fossil bones and teeth, seeds and leaves, from surrounding unwanted material, continues today by museum volunteers using microscopes and tweezers to work their way through trays of burlap-bagged cave matrix, carefully picking out the teeniest of vertebrae, ribs, limb bones, finger-nail sized rodent skulls, astragalus (ankle bones), calcanus (heel bones), teeth (some of them only 1/20 of an inch in size), and plant material from the grains of sand. These final fossils will be added to the already 58,000 collected specimens.
By following one animal, the sagebrush vole, scientists gained an unprecedented picture of how a species changes and evolves, and how its evolution is affected by climate change. This vole, 3-4" long excluding its tail, was a major food source for raptors and small carnivores. We have a snapshot of its very early history of between 1 million and 600,000 years ago, and because the cave was open again about 10,000 years ago and again in modern times, we can trace details of its evolution through time.
A major change in climate happened 800,000 years ago. Through analysis of the changes in the sagebrush vole's tooth surface, paleontologists can deduce climate change. As time passed, the vole added more triangular patterns off the main surface of its tooth; this allowed for more cutting surface, added presumably to deal with the increased grit and more abrasive substances in the plants due to more arid conditions. This change can be traced through the lower levels with 3 triangular extensions off the main tooth, up to the top layers, where we see up to 7 triangle extensions in today's vole, an adaptation to hot, dry conditions.
Research continues today with museum personnel studying cabinets filled with drawers of Porcupine Cave fossil bones looking for evidence of disease, predation (teeth bite marks, chewing patterns), tooth wear pattern (which can signal age of animal and diet), as well as the taphonomy, the study of what happens to fossils after death.
Further study of the fossils of Porcupine Cave will add to our existing knowledge of climate and evolutionary change, predator-prey relationships, and continental movement among animals.


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Is there anyway to give new grad students a general talk about about etiquette or how to handled unwanted advances in general. And when using examples simply say that it applies to everyone that tries it, no matter a co worker a professor or another .....
I'm going to echo gramma dishes here and say that you should pretend that you don't realize he's doing it on purpose. Smile at the person to whom you are being introduced and say, "Actually, it's Dr. Lotus. I'm pleased to meet you." Don't make a crack about senility or any of that. You'll want people to remember you as professional and pleasant, and show him that he isn't getting under your skin.
As to warning other women re the hugging - they aren't your children. They are adult women (who may not be as offended as you are by the hugging). They will handle it on their own, so I'd leave it alone unless someone else asks for your help directly.It's clear you don't like this man, and for good reason. But you don't work at Huge U, and his behavior is not your problem to manage or correct. If he introduces you incorrectly, simply re-introduce yourself and move on - don't give him the satisfaction of getting your goat.
Additionally, like it or not, grad students and new faculty who are not protected by tenure have to be more careful about how they handle situations like this. A "clumsy" spike heel to the instep is not the way for someone in a vulnerable position to go about handling this in my university's culture. It would, at this university, probably endanger their position, which I know it not what you want. It would reflect poorly on both people involved, in the best case scenario. Obviously the situation needs to be handled - no one should simply deal with unwanted touching - but it would be better to quietly have a word with one's mentor or the head of the department about how to handle the situation. This protects the student and brings the problem to the attention of the correct people without having to get even more physical.
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