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This team is in year 3 and really, the first year was complete roster turnover and a lot of unknowns and the team still had a pretty solid season, despite the 7-9 record and defeating the saints in that magical game in the playoffs. during last season, there were a lot of crazy moments, and despite a lot of very inconsistent quarterback play...the hawks were a much more competitive team, for the most part....this season the potential to run through all comers is starting to show.
As of right now the Seahawks are averaging 17.5 points per game
their opponents are averaging only 16.75 so far....
With the way the Offense is progressing, and even with the loss last week...I have all the faith in the world that this offense will continue to trend upwards and will look like a completely different animal from what it has been at the end of the season.
I know there are many on here that are not happy with what they are seeing and maybe don't feel as strongly as myself and some of the other .netters that this team is on the brink of being very special. This team may not sniff that kind of potential this season, but when Carroll and Schnieder first got here, even though there was massive roster turnover...the primary focus for getting bodies in was to start setting up the defense and the run game. There were a couple of measures taken at the quarterback position, ie whitehurst and jackson...but that was only because there was not a quarterback available that our coach and gm felt they could throw all their chips on the table for.
Pete and John really wanted to make sure that power running attack and defense were taken care of instead of just grabbing some quarterbacks and high profile skill players all over the place right off the bat. Marshawn Lynch and all of the movement with Gallery/draft picks were a concerted effort to ke in on developing a good rushing attack and this same approach was taken to the defensive side of the ball. Naturally, with the way this FO combs through the players available, a lot of resistance was forthcoming from many of us Seahawks fans because a lot of the high profile kind of moves that other teams would generally go for were not there.
The depth on this team was not very good at all before the current regime came into town. Even though a lot of the players brought in durung the massive roster churn, the competition aspect of Carroll's philosophy allowed him to marginally improve the roster in the very first year. Even if a lot of the players were no names, a lot of them found homes because even if another player brought in is only marginally better than the one being replaced...that is still progress, and that collective approach to filling in the roster from year one helped light a fire in plenty of players. It also showed that even though there wasn't much talent available, there would be no stone unturned in the continuous quest to get better, more competitive, and push players into performing better.
The trades to aquire Lynch, Clemons, and Washington showed shrewd evaluation of talent even in the beginning. Moves to help the Offense, Defense and Special Teams that have worked really well, and didn't require breaking the bank to get done. Sidney Rice was a bit of a gamble with the injuries, but he seems to really be coming into his own here...while not spectacular, he has been pretty solid for this team and from everything I have seen, the effort is definately there. The offensive line was addressed....even if not in the way a lot of us would have liked...they even hired one of the best o-line coaches in the league and due to circumstances out of their control, they lost that presence and the next year got Cable and Gallery. I know this only touches the surface on roster moves, but the main point is that this current regime has constantly done everything it can to improve the roster, and continues to evaluate the roster at all times in case opportunities arise to improve it.
Currently the Seahawks have one of the nastiest defenses in the league, and is looking to be downright dominant if it gels together the way a lot of us hope it will. The running attack has been doing pretty well for most of the year...and probably by the end of this year both of those aspects of this team will be as awesome as we have all imagined they can be...
as for quarterback this season......Many have been dissappointed by the production at this position. In every game it has been close, except for the blowout win against the cowboys. This team is set up to be able to win games like this all season long. This team is still pretty young across the board and is still playing at a pretty high level. It sucks to be on the other side of those close, nailbiting losses...for sure...but the experience this team is gaining, gaining from the types of games being played this year...they have already closed out some of those types of games this season, so they know how to make that happen...with a young nucleus of players the consistency needed to win those type of games regularly will come with experience. On offense we can see a progression there, and even though this last road game was a loss, the play of Wilson should have been enough to win the Hawks the game....but the young and still learning defense had an off week.
No team has scored over 30 points against the Seahawks this year...Only one has gotten over 25.
I once again bring us back to this.
Seahawks points per game. 17.5
Opponents points per game 16.75
With a majority of the games coming at home the second half of the season, and with the continuous evolution of the offense, and in particular the growth of Wilson. I suspect that the former will increase and the latter will get even lower. Mistakes at key moments have lead to a .500 record at this point, but I believe that some of the issues plaguing this team..ie third down conversions by opposing offenses, and the ability of the offense to sustain drives will improve...penalties have already improved a lot in the last 3-4 weeks. even if all the deficiencies we all see are not solved this season. I believe enough will be to showcase a truly impressive team at the end of the season, and next year for sure...oh boy....
can't wait to see how the game goes with the Vikes this sunday and the Jets next sunday and then during the bye I hope that they can get everybody back healthy and really make a strong push into the post season. I am as excited as I have ever been to be a Seahawks fan in dusty ol' Odessa, TX.


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schwit1 writes: "With a drive of 157 feet on Sunday, the Mars rover Opportunity broke the Soviet record, set by Lunokhod 2 in 1973, for the longest distance traveled by a vehicle on another planet. "If the rover can continue to operate the distance of a marathon — 26.2 miles (about 42.2 kilometers) — it will approach the next major investigation site mission scientists have dubbed "Marathon Valley." Observations from spacecraft orbiting Mars suggest several clay minerals are exposed close together at this valley site, surrounded by steep slopes where the relationships among different layers may be evident. The Russian Lunokhod 2 rover, a successor to the first Lunokhod mission in 1970, landed on Earth's moon on Jan. 15, 1973, where it drove about 24.2 miles (39 kilometers) in less than five months, according to calculations recently made using images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) cameras that reveal Lunokhod 2's tracks."


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What security?
If you have a shop that has a very large compute farm that runs exclusively, batch jobs, then you can clearly understand where cloud computing can be a tremendous advantage. A lot of users of batch compute resources find creative ways to serialize and/or parallelize their overall process using scripts, multiple hosts, dependencies, etc. With cloud computing, all of this can be implemented automatically.
That's a huge time and cost saver right there alone. Additionally, with our cloud computing solution (Electric Cloud), we get an additional advantage with the built in virtualization that comes along with the system. In the old days, we were forced to manage multiple development build stacks to satisfy the needs of multiple business units or departments. Now, we manage a cloud of hosts that are baseline installs, with bare minimal configurations, and the submit host's environment is replicated to the cloud nodes when a build is kicked off. This saves money on hardware resources, hardware resources, engineering resources, etc.
You may think, well, most developers use the same build stack or tool stack - but that's an assumption that has been proven incorrect time and time again where I work. We work with embedded device developers and they have a very specific tool stack requirement, with specific versions, or may need a pristine build environment without the possibility of conflicts from various packages that may be installed on the build host.
You're right if you mean to say that most companies don't do security properly. You're wrong if you mean to say that most companies can't or won't make moves to do security properly in this new world.
The fact is that hackers will have access to the power of massive parallelization in the cloud just as companies will. The difference is that hackers will have to find a way to continuously monetize the cycles and bandwidth they use if they're going to attack on a massive scale using the cloud. Either that,
The best part is that the Gartner reports I've seen ususally cost about $400 and probably average 8-10 pages. Not worth it in my opinion but then again for corporations who believe Gartner reports are prophecy I guesz $400 for a multi-billion dollar company isn't a big deal.
Most of the rest were so obvious that it really wasn't worth mentioning, an up to speed person would have known that. Wireless will be big in the future (published 2005ish)? No way!
The best part is that the Gartner reports I've seen ususally cost about $400 and probably average 8-10 pages. Not worth it in my opinion but then again for corporations who believe Gartner reports are prophecy I guesz $400 for a multi-billion dollar company isn't a big deal.
Right, in a large corporation, when a new tool or application is brought in, it usually has to go through an architectural review, a readiness review, and various other reviews. One thing corporations like to know is whether or not the company that they are about to dump $10k per seat (much, much more in a lot of cases, I'm just throwing that number out there) license on is going to be around in 5 years when the corporation is neck deep in the implementation of that product. This is where the Gartner group
Well who'd have guessed - it doesn't contain unicorn feathers or mermaid toes either.without supporting those statements with any information from Gartner.
You've just summed up most Gartner reports. =)
Not everything they say is completely obvious. Remember when they told people to delay linux deployments until the SCO case was settled [slashdot.org]. Of course, that turned out to be terrible advice, but it was non-obvious.You've just summed up most Gartner reports. =)
on the fly reconfigurable FPGA
I've often thought that was the eventual course for making computers more like the human brain. We give up speed in specific, pre-defined problems for flexibility and higher speed for general problems with the ability to adapt to new ones (at least theoretically). With scripting languages, you could swap out, in real time, the most used functions into FPGAs. Need a fast string analyzer for the next ten minutes? Done. Need some fast array sorting for an hour? Done.
Of course, I'm a software guy, so I can
It looks to me a solution with the same problems as microprogramming : looks good in theory, but too many strings attached in practice.
One of the biggest obstacles I see is the fact that this FPGA does not run on its own : you need several interfaces (hard and soft) to the chip.
Anyone who's been watching computers for the past year could have compiled that list.
Duh. Gartner's target readers are not people who've been watching computers for the past year. Gartner's targets are the people who pay other people to watch computers, so that those people can pretend to know what they are talking about when they discuss new technologies with their minions.
That's for generic articles like this one; Gartner does some targeted research and analysis that's better, particularly if you pay a
Gartner is mainly known for two things:
So are we now to believe that a "truckers and longshoremen" skills shortage shows need for an increase of the 85,000 H-1B visas already available?
The summary says, "the need for a centralized IT department will go away. Firms will no longer need to own/maintain the boxes that they use to run their firm's apps. With no need to touch a box, there will be no need to have the IT staff co-located with the boxes."
This is similar to what Manos
Why yes! It is trolling.
as always : out-sourcing or off-shoring ? Our IT department consists of only a couple of in-house people, the rest is out-sourced. However, these out-sourced people are always on-site, so this does nor make a difference in head count, only in bookkeeping strategy.
My experience with IT at my job is that the people who do SAP have the knowledge (they come from the mainframe era), but the people who do the PCs don't (they are people that think they know about computers because they can find the on switch and know how to reboot using Ctrl-Alt-Del).
Some/most of these things exist already, some of them are in use and relevant. Others are just excuses for avoiding work.
Yes, they are a reply to the article. I presume that when you posted, you had not actually read it.
The purpose of the links in the
Most of the enthusiasm for "software as a service" comes from companies selling the services. The problem they face is that most companies have already purchased the hardware and applications they need, and they don't need to buy them again. This is Microsoft's big problem. Really, once you made it to Windows 2000 and Word 97, office applications worked pretty well. So why buy them again? Most of the additions since then benefited Microsoft more than the user.
The trouble with "cloud computing" (otherwi
Really, the items on this list are so old they smell bad.
Multicore processors - not exactly novel, plus it's just another way of packaging multi-processor systems that have been around for decades. The only new attribute is that they're coming down in price.
Social networks? what planet have these guys been on for the last 5 years?
Even better "user interface" at number 6.
Frankly I'm surprised that Web 2 didn't make it. Maybe they disguised that as #5, web
This IT function is going to leave the IT department as we know it today and will migrate into the business unit itself. What this means to you is that you need to know what your firm does, and even more importantly, how it does it.
Yes! At last some people with common sense. I'd hire them straight away.
And no, I'm not joking. I will always prefer a moderately skilled IT guy who has a sense of what the firm needs to achieve and how he can contribute to it, over the most brilliant IT mind that's only interested in maintaining his servers in all their glorious gleaming perfection.
I need the first person. On-site, for direct support and face-to-face discussion of how we can best achieve our goals. If I ever need the second, I'll con
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Assured Azzurri stun off-key French
ROME: Fly-half Luciano Orquera kicked 10 points and Kris Burton dropped a match-winning goal as Italy belied their status as Six Nations also-rans to stun tournament co-favourites France 23-18 at the Olympic Stadium here on Sunday.
France came into their opener buoyed by three morale-boosting wins over Australia, Argentina and Samoa in November, but under pressure to make a solid start, having finished a mediocre fourth in last year's edition.
Adding to coach Philippe Saint-Andre's task was knowing that on their last outing in Italy, in March 2011, they suffered a 22-21 defeat.
With Italy showing progress in their own November test campaign, notably against New Zealand and Australia, France came to the capital ready for a physical encounter.
Instead, the hosts eschewed the errors for which they have become known and added their own brand of expansive, flowing rugby to frustrate France throughout a thrilling encounter.
"You have to says hat's off to Italy," said Saint-Andre. "They're 10th in the (world) rankings, they're improving all the time and today they simply deserved to win.
"We were lacking in terms of precision, we gave the ball away too often and didn't use the opportunities we created to pull ahead when we could have."
Italy coach Jacques Brunel was made to sweat for the remainder after Burton, a 64th minute replacement for Orquera, gave Italy a 23-18 lead in the 68th minute.
But the Azzurri, showing discipline in defence as France threatened in the final 10 minutes, held them off to secure a second consecutive Six Nations win almost a year after beating Scotland.
With the Scots up next for Italy at Murrayfield, Brunel said it will soon be time to keep the emotions in check.
"The team has made a lot of progress in recent years and today we gave a good image of our rugby, and showed we can play with character," he said.
"We've worked a lot on our team and a lot on our game and I liked a lot of what I seen today.
"But now we have to look forward. Everyone says Scotland are not a great team at the moment but they are a hard team to play against, especially at Murrayfield, and last year they gave a lot of teams problems."
Orquera set up Italy's opening try when he darted through the French defence to off-load to skipper Sergio Parisse who touched down on five minutes, and converted to put Italy 7-0 up inside seven minutes.
France replied with a scrambled Louis Picamoles try on 11 minutes, however the first of several errors that would prove costly for France came when Michalak missed the conversion.
Orquera, first with a drop goal then a penalty for offside, took Italy's lead to 13-5 inside the 19th minute.
France began to find their stride although full-back Andrea Masi did well to stop Benjamin Fall in his tracks with a fine tackle on the left byline.
Michalak reduced arrears to 13-8 with a penalty on the half hour and five minutes later France pulled level in emphatic style when Fall touched down as the Italian defence struggled to contain the power and movement of full back Yoann Huget and Wesley Fofana on the right wing.
Michalak converted to give France the lead but the visitors spurned the chance to add another five points when Fofana's off-load to the unmarked Fulgence Ouedraogo on the right went into touch.
Italy fell further behind to a superb Michalak penalty from 40 metres out shortly after the restart, although an even longer attempt from the fly-half slipped under the posts minutes later.
France also lost out when Maxime Machenaud's promising run to the tryline was kept in check.
Minutes later Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni touched down for Italy from Orquera's superb ground pass. The conversion gave Italy a 20-18 lead and minutes later the stadium erupted when Burton sent the decisive drop goal through the posts from 25 metres.
ITALY 23 (Sergio Parisse, Martin Castrogiovanni tries; Luciano Orquera 2 con, pen: Kris Burton, Orquera drop goals) def FRANCE 18 (Louis Picamoles, Benjamin Fall tries; Frederic Michalak con, 2 pens)
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Monkey HTTP Daemon is a very fast and lightweight Web server for Linux. It uses a hybrid networking model based on asynchronous calls (event-driven) and fixed threads, which makes it scalable and capable of attending thousands of clients per second. It provides a powerful API for C and is ideal for embedded devices, thanks to its small core and plugin architecture.
ZXTune is a set of portable cross-platform applications (GUI/CLI) intended to play chiptunes. It features advanced ripping possibilities that let you search for music in big data sets. Supported ZX Spectrum chiptunes formats include AY, AS0/ASC, FTC, GTR, PSC, PSG, PSM, PT1, PT2, PT3, SQT, ST1, ST3, STC, STP, TXT, TurboSound, VTX, YM, CHI, DMM, DST, PDT, SQD, STR, TF0/TFE, TFC, TFD, and COP. The Commodore64 SID format is supported. Supported PC chiptunes formats include 669, AMF, DMF, FAR, FNK, GDM, IMF, IT, LIQ, PSM, MDL, MTM, PTM, RTM, S3M, STIM, STM, STX, ULT, XM. Supported Amiga chiptune formats include DBM, EMOD, MOD, MTN, IMS, MED, OKT, PT36, SFX. Supported Atari chiptune formats include DTM, GTK, TCB. The Acorn chiptune format DTT is supported. Supported compressed formats include CHARPRES, CC3, CC4, CC4PLUS, DSQ, ESV, GAM, GAMPLUS, HRUM, HRUST1, HRUST2, LZH1, LZH2, LZS, MSP, PACK2, PCD61, PCD62, TLZ, TLZP, TRUSH. Supported archived/container formats include FDI, HOBETA, HRIP, LHA, RAW, SCL, TD0, TRD, ZXZIP, ZIP, RAR, SNA128, and Z80.
Tenable Nessus is a world-leader in active vulnerability scanners. It features high-speed discovery, configuration auditing, asset profiling, sensitive data discovery, and vulnerability analysis of your security posture. Nessus scanners may be distributed throughout an entire enterprise, inside DMZs, and across physically separate networks. It is free of charge for personal use in a non-enterprise environment.
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I didnt see this posted but thought eveyone would get a kick out this. For some reason my embed isnt showing up?? But its on http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yBNBzIdfhs4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyBNBzIdfhs4
I didnt see this posted but thought eveyone would get a kick out this. For some reason my embed isnt showing up?? But its on http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yBNBzIdfhs4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyBNBzIdfhs4
One vowel makes this topic a lot different. Just saying...
That is what I thought I saw before I read the title again.
Nice to know I'm not the only one who thought that.
But Purplestuff could have ran with this thread.
Why did they make the video so short?
before you enter the embed code. Result:
I'm not tech savvy enough to know for sure, but perhaps the post from youtube mobile mixed it up?
This is amazing! Almost makes me wish we had gotten The Mad Hatter back in '08 just for the pure entertainment value.
The best part is watching the players and coach go at it in the background while Les makes white boys across America proud.
...and for whatever reason it had me cracking up. Must have been the saxophone. But...
What the hell is actually going on? Were the LSU players practicing being bros and getting into almost fights?
they just released
10 minutes well spent.
I am really not sure whats going on, but it does make me like Les Miles more. I love Hoke, but the stoic tight lipped coach can get boring after awhile, I appreciate some eccentricness now and again.
Also is it just me or at one point does the guy in green 17 do a little slide move? Or is that just video editing?
Didn't he have epic sax with a student?
Can't... stop... watching...
Les is more.
Les Miles still epic sux
I've decided that this is what Brian dreams of when he's on medication
I now demand that somebody hire Sexy Sax Man to buzz an LSU practice.
If I just watch the first minute, is there going to be anything different in the next 9?
It gets hilarious at around the 8:35 mark.
& I've been playing this loop since 7pm.
I'll have to turn off the speakers, but it's gunno go all night & make me breakfast in the morning.
Plays the sax and has been alleged to having an affair with a coed. Is Clinton coaching LSU?
Okay he doesn't play it. Never mind. Should watch the video before I comment.
So who is going to make the 10 hour version?
This guy......
...Oliver Stone.
I also envy the guy, he obviously gets more love from life in ten straight minutes than most do in days.
Hold me closer tiny dancer.
I can't believe I just watched this in its entirety.
...I were more tech savvy then I could put this video to "Harlem Shake."
Throwin' the request out there.
It's actually taken from the LSU version of the Harlem Shake where Les danced.
Daffy : Bugs
...made me suspicious, but the subsequent second and third viewings crystalized it for me: EPIC!
Now I know what I'll be doing for the remainder of the day.
But i'm at work, and I'm nervous a co-worker will walk behind me and give me the "what the heck are you watching? look.
in the "Touchdown Jesus" pose the entire time?
It's . . . it's . . . just . . . kind of . . . magical.
Talk about a trance . . .


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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. And Thanksgiving means family, turkey, maybe a stint on the couch and, of course, some football. Last year, the NFL's three Thanksgiving games averaged 25 million viewers and this year, millions are expected to tune in again. NPR's Mike Pesca is with us to talk about this three-course feast. Hey there, Mike.
MIKE PESCA, BYLINE: Hello.
CORNISH: So let's start with one of the big traditional games, right, the Detroit Lions. This year they face the Green Bay Packers and the Packers quarterback Aaron Rogers is going to sit out his fourth game due to injury. That's got to hurt, right? But how much?
PESCA: And that is, in fact, why he's sitting out. They're a great team. They're on their way to the playoffs. The Packers are one of these teams in the last few years no one is writing them as a Super Bowl favorite, but they very well could be. But that's when Aaron Rogers is there and without him, they've really crumbled and they show that I think he's the most important guy to any team.
I mean, you'd hate to take away Tom Brady. You'd hate to take away Peyton Manning. And those are the great quarterbacks. That was the conversation since those two quarterbacks played last week. But if you look at the numbers, Aaron Rogers, since he came into the league, is every bit, probably better, than those two guys.
I mean, my favorite stat about Aaron Rogers is he's the only quarterback in NFL history, who, with the requisite number of throws, has thrown less than 2 percent of his passes for interceptions. And since he is a go-for-it guy, a big play guy and he's not just dinking and dunking, it shows how great he is. Okay. Let's get past that Aaron Rogers thing. Let's talk about the Lions.
They're 6 and 5. They're coming off a loss, too, a pretty bad team in Tampa Bay, but still, without Rogers, you'd have to think the Lions are the favorite. With him, and it very much looks like he won't play, you'd have to favor the Packers.
CORNISH: Now the other team that plays everything Thanksgiving is the Dallas Cowboys and they're going to host the Oakland Raiders. What do we need to know about this matchup?
PESCA: It's not the Raiders aren't very good, that the Cowboys are really great at home, that Tony Romo only has one loss on Thanksgiving at home and the Raiders are a 4 and 7 team coming into a tough situation because they're on the road. They're travelling east. They have a short week. It looks like the Cowboys have the advantage in this one. By the way, we should say, I think the Lions and the Cowboys have a great advantage always playing on Thanksgiving.
They know how to do it. They're used to it and they always host the game. So if I was a team, I would always want to host a Thanksgiving game, too.
CORNISH: And Mike, Thursday night features a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens. This is at night, in Baltimore, in the cold. I don't really understand this. Couldn't they play during the day, you know, when it's a little bit warmer?
PESCA: Well, it's to get ratings and the NFL thinks more people will want to watch this game than any other game so they put it in prime time. And it's logical. These two teams, they always are slug fests. You know, you could give them a helium football and let them play on Venus, the score will be 13 to 10 going into the fourth quarter. In fact, of the last eight regular season games between these two teams, five have been decided by just a field goal.
And the weird thing is, even though this is the most highly anticipated game, these are the two teams that don't have a winning record, but that's just how strong the Raven-Steelers rivalry is. That's just how strong football is on Thanksgiving. In fact, I'm going to throw a stat at you. You know, you said 25 million, on average, watched last year, but we can't strip out those stats to find out how many different individuals watched some part of a football game.
And when you add in the high school games, when you add in the college games, it's quite likely that more than 50 million Americans will be watching some football game and only 45 or 46 million turkeys are served. So if you compare watching football to number of turkeys served, football is winning on Thanksgiving.
CORNISH: Okay. Mike, skeptical of your math, but not your enthusiasm. NPR sports correspondent Mike Pesca. Thanks so much.
PESCA: The math is sound, Audie. It's sound.
CORNISH: Bye.
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Fall 2010 Distinguished Speakers
The Distinguished Speaker Series brings prominent leaders in business, finance, and government to the school to share their perspectives. Lectures are open to the public from 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. in the Security Pacific Dining Room, Athenaeum. In order to place a reservation for one of these events, please visit the Athenaeum website.
|Kirby Daley - September 23, 2010
Kirby Daley is senior strategist with Newedge Prime Brokerage, Newedge Group (Hong Kong). As senior strategist and head of capital introductions (Asia) for Newedge Prime Brokerage, he services hedge fund managers and investors all over the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Daley is featured prominently in the media for his views on the global economy, markets, and politics, having had a regular Monday morning weekly spot on CNBC Asia (Asia Squawk Box) since early 2003. During his presentation, Mr. Daley will discuss changes in the global economic environment and careers that might ensue in the coming years.
|Scott Cook P'11 - October 4, 2010
Scott Cook co-founded Intuit Inc. in 1983 and now serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. He is also the company's former president and chief executive officer and is a member of the board of directors of eBay; Procter & Gamble; the Asia Foundation; the Harvard Business School Dean's Advisory Board; the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin; and the Intuit Scholarship Foundation.
|Doug Peterson '80 P'14 - October 29, 2010
Doug Peterson is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank, N.A., Citigroup's principal banking entity that operates in over 100 countries. Doug has been with Citigroup for 25 years and developed solid expertise in leadership and management across all aspects of the financial services industry.
Until the beginning of 2010, Doug was the CEO of Citigroup, Japan where he oversaw the entire franchise covering Capital Markets, Corporate & Investment Banking, Global Transaction Services and Retail Banking, managing over 15,000 employees. Doug had previously been the Chief Auditor of Citigroup from 2001 to 2004 where he had led the enterprise-wide integration of the Internal Audit teams after the merger of Citicorp and Travelers. In prior roles, he served as country manager in Costa Rica and Uruguay and as a Corporate Banker in Argentina and New York.
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In 1868, John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11 directing its members to decorate the graves of Union veterans on May 30, 1868.
This act consolidated the North's established, independent Memorial Day [then known as Decoration Day] observations into a national holiday.
Who is John A. Logan? Biographer Gary Ecelbarger believes he is perhaps "the most noteworthy 19th-century American to escape notice in the 20th and 21st centuries."
John A. Logan, born in 1826 in Murphysboro, Ill., was a Democrat and in 1861 a congressman from Egypt, as Southern Illinois was called. He despised Lincoln and abolitionists. Col. Logan joined the Union Army not to free the slaves but to save the Union.
By 1864, Maj. Gen. Logan supported emancipation and campaigned for Lincoln's second term.
In 1884, Sen. Logan's support of equality for America's former slaves gained the support of Frederick Douglass in a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
No matter how high Logan rose in rank, his soldiers were his "boys" and his responsibility. His concern meant, as Lt. John P. Reese, Company E, 81st Illinois Infantry, wrote, "[Logan was] the favorite with all of the troops."
Logan camped near the front, led his troops into battle, and, like many of his men, almost died from wounds and disease.
Logan did not establish Memorial Day for political advantage (as critics claimed) but because he knew firsthand what "his boys" had suffered. He established Memorial Day from the fear their sacrifices would soon be forgotten.
Logan believed the national holiday "was the proudest act" of his life. Bishop John P. Newman agreed. In his eulogy for Logan, he stated, "the spirits of 350,000 ... soldiers [will] gather around … Logan, and thank him that ... their graves are not forgotten."
Logan's Memorial Day has expanded to include America's dead from all wars and, for many, any deceased family members and is now a 3-day weekend observed on the last Monday in May.
Logan would accept many of these changes.
He would have no problem honoring not just Civil War but all of America's soldiers.
He would also consent to including all of America's dead (if the focus remained on veterans), for they, too, contributed to our nation's story.
Logan, however, would despise the concept of a 3-day weekend as a distraction. For Logan, Memorial Day was intended to show that "we have not forgotten … the cost of [a free nation]," not to picnic.
Many Americans today agree with Logan and want Memorial Day back on May 30.
Human nature being what it is (by the 1880s, the GAR was already complaining about picnics on Memorial Day), however, this goal is perhaps impossible.
This said, I hope that, in between opening pools, cooking brats, or taking advantage of those great sales, America's citizens take the time to attend a Memorial Day program, decorate graves, and give some thought to the sacrifices of our veterans. After all, they are the people who gave us the opportunity to have this 3-day holiday to enjoy.
Note to readers – P. Michael Jones is executive director of the Gen. John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro.


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(By Delegates Perry, Hartman, Moore, Reynolds,
Hall, Walters, Miller, Azinger and Ashley)
(Originating in the House Committee on Banking and Insurance)
[February 9, 2011]
A BILL to amend and reenact §31-17-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to imposition of a fine or penalty by the Commissioner of Banking on residential mortgage brokers and lenders for a violation of the West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act; increasing the maximum amount of a fine or penalty that may be imposed from $1000 to $2000 for each violation; removing the requirement of prior notification from the commissioner before a fine or penalty may be imposed upon an unlicensed person who engages in the business or holds himself or herself out to the public as a mortgage lender or mortgage broker; and clarifying that a fine or penalty may be imposed for a violation of the Act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §31-17-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§31-17-12. Grounds for suspension or revocation of license; suspension and revocation generally; reinstatement or new license; penalties and fines for violation of this article.
(a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke any broker or lender license issued hereunder if he or she finds that the licensee or any owner, director, officer, member, partner, stockholder, employee or agent of the licensee:
(1) Has knowingly violated any provision of this article or any order, decision or rule of the commissioner lawfully made pursuant to the authority of this article;
(2) Has knowingly made any material misstatement in the application for the license;
(3) Does not have available the net worth required by the provisions of section four of this article, if applicable;
(4) Has failed or refused to keep the bond required by this article in full force and effect, if applicable;
(5) In the case of a foreign corporation, does not remain qualified to do business in this state;
(6) Has committed any fraud or engaged in any dishonest activities with respect to any mortgage loan business in this state or failed to disclose any of the material particulars of any mortgage loan transaction in this state to anyone entitled to the information; or
(7) Has otherwise demonstrated bad faith, dishonesty or any other quality indicating that the business of the licensee in this state has not been or will not be conducted honestly or fairly within the purpose of this article. It shall be a demonstration of bad faith and an unfair or deceptive act or practice to engage in a pattern of making loans where the consumer has insufficient sources of income to timely repay the debt and the lender had the primary intent to acquire the property upon default rather than to derive profit from the loan. This section may not limit any right the consumer may have to bring an action for a violation of section one hundred four, article six, chapter forty-six-a of this code in an individual case.
The commissioner may also suspend or revoke the license of a licensee if he or she finds the existence of any ground upon which the license could have been refused or any ground which would be cause for refusing a license to the licensee were he or she then applying for the same. The commissioner may also suspend or revoke the license of a licensee pursuant to his or her authority under section thirteen, article two, chapter thirty-one-a of this code.
(b) The suspension or revocation of the license of any licensee does not impair or affect the obligation of any preexisting lawful mortgage loan between the licensee and any obligor.
(c) The commissioner may reinstate a suspended license, or issue a new license to a licensee whose license has been revoked, if the grounds upon which any license was suspended or revoked have been eliminated or corrected and the commissioner is satisfied that the grounds are not likely to recur.
(d) In addition to the authority conferred under this section, the commissioner may impose a fine or penalty not exceeding $1000 $2,000 upon any lender or broker required to be licensed under this chapter article who the commissioner determines has violated any of the provisions of this chapter article. For the purposes of this section, each separate violation is subject to the fine or penalty herein prescribed and provided in this section. Each day after the date of notification, excluding Sundays and holidays, that an unlicensed person engages in the business or holds himself or herself out to the general public as a mortgage lender or broker shall constitute is a separate violation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of a fine or penalty the Commissioner of Banking may impose on residential mortgage brokers and lenders for violations of this article.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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We really try to focus a lot on that position because it's so important. —Jordan coach Eric Kjar
SANDY — When top-ranked Jordan takes the field at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Friday in pursuit of its first state championship since 1994, it'll be decked head-to-toe in maroon. Although the Beetdiggers' apparel is officially sponsored by Russell Athletic, the student body painting the stands with a maroon-out will witness "Air Jordan" on the field.
Dating back to 2005, Jordan High has thrown for 233 passing touchdowns and accumulated enough passing yards (23,968) to stretch from Beetdigger Boulevard in Sandy to EnergySolutions Arena downtown, literally.
What exactly are they putting in the water?
"A lot of it is the reputations they get in practice," said Jordan coach Eric Kjar. "We really try to focus a lot on that position because it's so important, so there's a lot of meeting time and a lot of individual time that goes into it and they've all done a great job embracing it and trying to get better."
Kjar's resume at molding quarterbacks is extensive. In 2006, Sean Taylor threw for 2,805 yards and 32 touchdowns. In 2007, Chaun Cook tossed for 1,980 yards and 23 scores. In 2008 and 2009, Alex Hart flung the football for 7,623 yards and 72 scores, and in 2010 McCoy Hill heaved it for 3,464 yards and 29 TDs.
Taylor, Hart (twice) and Hill were all named Deseret News first team all-state and each quarterback completed over 50 percent of their pass attempts.
"Kjar is a really good quarterbacks coach and I feel like he can coach anybody to be a great quarterback," four-year starting center B.J. Cavendar said. "I think it's the fundamentals. He works (with them) at the beginning of practice, every practice. He gets mad at them if they're not doing it right — they stick to what they're taught. Kjar is just a great guy and a great coach."
Sophomore quarterback Austin Kafentzis, who was named National Freshman of the Year in 2011, has the opportunity to not only be the best signal-caller to ever wear the "Gold Dot" on the front of his helmet, but to potentially be the most sought-after recruit in the history of Utah high school football.
This season, Kafentzis has gunned for 2,623 yards and 28 touchdowns while scampering for 1,647 yards and 20 more scores on the ground. In two years, he's accounted for 8,835 yards of total offense and 92 touchdowns. The barely-old-enough-to-drive quarterback's success is derivative of the relationship with Kjar, a former quarterback at Wayne (Neb.) State.
On Monday, the two jogged out to the south end zone at Jordan High to warm up for practice. As they exchanged 20-yard passes, Kafentzis hassled Kjar for his elongated release and elbow placement.
"It's been like that with all of them. I think I'm close to all of them," Kjar explained of the quarterback-coach connection. "It's kind of how that position goes when you're around each other all the time. They know I'm going to be tough on them, but you also want to be able to have a relationship and they know you have their back and can have fun, too."
The common stigma attached to Jordan quarterbacks, with the lack of progression at the next level, is that their success is acquired through the system they run. Kjar refuted the claim and explained that the system changes yearly and that familiarity enhances production.
"Even from last year to this year with Austin, we're a little bit different offensively. Obviously, we run the ball a little bit more than last year," he said. "But I think that the system — they run it early on and they get an idea of it and get better and better at it. It's been here for quite a while now, so when our kids come up they're pretty used to running it."
The 'Diggers passing attack will operate at 2:30 p.m. on Friday against a Syracuse (12-0) defense that has held opponents to an average 9.2 points per game and only allows 120 passing yards per game.
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|2011-09-12, 07:01
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Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
There is nothing wrong with presenting both sides of the coin. Indeed, one can make the argument that exposing kids to these events from a young age might make them more open minded.
However, by the same count there is also nothing wrong with not presenting both sides of the coin. Millions of books, movies and games don't have same sex romances. And they're hardly all bad because of it.
|2011-09-12, 07:07
|Link #423
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Hmm my hype levels for this game have gone down considerably.. really need a release date locked in to hype myself up again.. but I think Guild Wars 2 is the main reason my hype has gone down.. that shit looks awesome... Smuggler vid was pretty cool though, but I just don't see that cover mechanic working well in PVP... you need to be able to move....
|2011-09-12, 07:31
|Link #425
Adeptus Animus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 30
I'm going to play both games, twice the fun. But yeah, my hype levels have died down too. Probably will rise again come release, but three years is a long time.
As for the cover mechanic, word from the testers is that its something that requires an entirely different approach to PvP, but if you can find a good spot you can be nearly impossible to dislodge. Bioware CM's themselves have said that using your area to your advantage is not considered foul play in this game, citing an example where a lone smuggler was holding a bridge against ranged classes and just knocking all melee classes into the abyss below with the AoE knockback.
|2011-09-12, 07:35
|Link #426
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Well I'll be giving both games a fair crack, TOR first and than GW2 when it's out, the better game will get me playing it in the long run. But I really liked what I've seen of GW2, that personal story thing and your home/town instance thing really seems neat.. and I'm quite the PvP fan.. of course GW2 is free to play so maybe I can do both but I doubt I have the time.
|2011-09-12, 08:24
|Link #427
Join Date: May 2004
Location: New York City
|2011-09-12, 08:31
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
The video or Rutroh-ball has me thinking that some members of the Dev Team spent time playing an old tabletop game called Roborally
If I wasn't so burned out on George screwing his franchise around, I'd be a bit more excited. I'll wait for Secret World methinks.
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|2011-09-12, 09:48
|Link #429
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern VA
THAT is the part that's shooting BW in the foot - people do not understand why SGRA's have been excluded from THIS game, when they have been in other games.
But again, I dont' want to turn this thread into an SGRA discussion - the official forums've had a very long running thread discussing that, and it doesn't turn out pretty LOL
|2011-09-12, 20:38
|Link #430
Did someone call a doctor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 34
If it's possible I'll probably just end up ignoring any RA anyway. Since it isn't much of a concern for me - or my character - in the end (will it help with raiding? doubt it). Not having SGRA is kind of facepalm-ish to me though. Why? Because I highly doubt they'd have those 'raunchy sex scenes' like from the ME and DA series. So at the most you'll probably have a hug, maybe a kiss, a declaration of love or something and maybe a hilarious 'Noooooooooo' scene when they get killed. Generally pretty much a romance of dialogue. So really those that are too young to understand will probably just see it as 'real good friendship' - bromance and.. sismance(?). While the older folks that do get it will get a nod at their choice.
Really I'd say it's more Lucas Art's fault then Bioware's. Has there EVER been anything more then a Disney level relationship in SW movie or game? (seriously I can't remember any) Lucas is ultimately probably the one's that put a halt to any SGRA's.
Besides can't have this mushy crap get in the way of galactic genocide!
|2011-09-12, 21:00
|Link #431
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern VA
Actually, not that I'm a massive fan of the guy after the butchering he's done to the movies on dvd, etc, he's actually donated money to the No on Prop 8 funds and what not.
I do not think GL is against homosexuality, but I also know we will never find out the full reasoning for the lack of SGRA - there's just too many variables involved/hoops to go through for stuff, and one person nixing it is probably enough top kill it. Who knows where said wrench in the works is/was?
|2011-09-13, 12:27
|Link #432
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern VA
Official statement regarding Same Gender Romance Arcs:
|2011-09-13, 12:42
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: New York City
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|2011-09-13, 15:01
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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 29
Anything to see two girls kissin huh? :P theres the internet for THAT!
now if you're doin it for the actual F-in ROMANCE then sure. but if you're just doin it for a lesbian kiss scene... shame on you.
|2011-09-13, 22:16
|Link #435
Did someone call a doctor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 34
Heh, well that's interesting that they gave in to demand.
But a few things I thought of straight away on reading that. They say they are adding it at a later date, but what about romance your character gets in before then? Can you dump em? Or can you just jump from character to character like some randy teenager. Could you ignore a romance arc until they add the content then pursue it. I just say this because it might be the case that a 'romance arc' is an important feature in your characters development, that you cannot skip. Maybe you can, maybe you can't - I haven't seen it confirmed either way. What about the extra companions they add later on that you supposedly will be able to romance? Do these characters provide benefits over whatever you originally choose?
While it's good for those folks, they seem to be busting out the party hats too soon. One thing I've found with MMO's is that you never celebrate/deride a feature until you have it in your hands because Dev's change their minds for whatever reasons (player housing, dance thing, faction changes, character customisations). Can all be summed up as one word; Soon (TM).
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|2011-09-14, 00:21
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Did someone call a doctor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 34
Heh, yeah, I just edited for that too while you posted.
Soon, is a fairly common gripe.
Another I just read being, will it be applied to all current and future characters, or will it be just one or two token characters per class.
|2011-09-14, 07:06
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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 29
I smell bait.. bait to bring in a couple thousand who would have not bought it because of no samesex relationships, sure they say it will be added later... but hey, look at WoW... promissed new dances.. wheres that at hmm?
I don't buy it, suspicious to me..
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NY – King Kirby Ale Launch Party
August 21, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
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Ron Marz, Paul Harding, Tom Raney, Fred Van Lente, Crystal Skillman, and more appear at the Shmaltz Brewery on Thursday August 28th from 4:00 – 8:00 PM!
Press Release:
Shmaltz Brewery in Clifton Park, NY will host a fundraiser birthday party on Thursday, August 28th, 2014 to celebrate the late Jack "The King" Kirby's birthday. Kirby is considered by many to be the co-creator (along with Stan Lee) of the Marvel Comics Universe. Kirby co-created many of the superheroes being adored by fans of Marvel's recent blockbuster movies, including the Avengers, the Hulk, Captain America, Thor, the Fantastic Four and many more.
A group of local comic professionals approached Shmaltz about doing an event, with proceeds to be donated in Jack Kirby's honor to Hero Initiative, a non-profit organization that helps comic creators in need. Shmaltz stepped up in a big way, creating a limited-edition, Kirby-labeled ale exclusively for the party. King Kirby Ale will make its debut at the event, and a limited number of cases will be available for purchase. With a special edition label designed and drawn by Clifton Park artist Paul Harding, the ale will be available in both Pale and Dark varieties. Shmaltz is donating a percentage of ale sales to Hero Initiative.
"I tried to capture Kirby from an angle that few have seen before, in a way that people can actually look up to him and get a sense of his artistic power," said Harding, who has sculpted statues and action figures for DC Comics and many other comic-industry clients.
The Aug. 28 event will run from 4 to 8 p.m., and feature an impressive array of comic professionals, including Ron Marz, Paul Harding, Tom Raney, Fred Van Lente, Crystal Skillman and many others, who will be signing and sketching for donations to Hero Initiative. Van Lente and Skillman are the co-authors of the recent play "King Kirby," about Jack Kirby's life, which enjoyed a successful, well-reviewed run in New York City. Fans attending the party will be able to get autographs and sketches from the comic pros, and enjoy a beer tasting as well as a piece of special Jack Kirby birthday cake. Live music will be provided by Saratoga-based rock ensemble Sugar Pill, led by virtuoso John Stack on guitar and vocals. Party tickets are $20, with proceeds donated to Hero Initiative. Door prizes have been donated by Comic Depot of Saratoga Springs, and Excellent Adventures Comics of Ballston Spa.
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My neighbour's little dog, Snowey, died today. My neigbour and her little girl (my child's best friend) are devastated. They are one of the few families in the neighbourhood who treated their pet like one of the family.
The family had been away on a long awaited holiday to Disneyland Florida and just came back and got Snowey from a boarding kennel a couple days ago. She had gained some weight (or maybe bloated?). So they increased their walks since coming home. Her nose started bleeding while out walking this morning. They rushed her to the vet, she was limp and lifeless, the vet put her to sleep because her heart had burst a vessel. That was it. She was only 2 1/2 years old, same age as our Belle. Their little girl was so close to Snowey, and now she's got to deal with the loss of a much loved pet at 7 years of age. It makes me worry about our little ones.
Rest in Peace Snowey, we're gonna miss you.


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I spend $240 a month for my sons' piano lessons—$30 per lesson, per kid, per week. It's a competitive rate for our area, and I love our teacher's approach. Translation: Even when the $240 is a strain, it has value—for us.
But recently another mom said "Oh, that's expensive!" when I told her (on request) what we pay. But she's got two daughters taking more than one dance class each: lessons, shoes, recital tickets, costumes… it's got to run way more than $240 a month. (I have nieces. I know.)
So. We're back to value. When you're mulling over what other parents spend, it's easy to get judge-y.
You can drive yourself around the bend wondering things like, "What are they trying to prove with the mega lessons/over-the-top birthday party/designer kid duds?" (Or worse, you can fall into the keeping-up-with-other-parents trap.)
Here's what I tell myself: First, other parents spend on what they value. They can spend, overspend, or misguidedly spend, and you (or I) don't have to like it. Or even get it.
Second, you never know: Maybe those parents found buried treasure in the back yard. Or maybe they live on credit and don't care. Or maybe they think their kid really is the next Adele.
Either way, reaffirming everyone's mutual financial freedom reminds me to value what I do for my kids, with my money.
Gripe. What drives you crazy about other parents' spending habits?


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/07/bae_airbus/
UK jobs safe, company claims
Posted in Business, 7th April 2006 10:47 GMT
BAE systems is looking to offload its 20 per cent stake in European aircraft consortium Airbus for up to £3bn, the BBC reports. The move - prompted by a fall in profits in BAE's commercial aerospace division and a desire to focus on its burgeoning "core defence business" - will not affect the 13,000 Airbus workers in the UK, BAE confirmed.
BAE chief executive Mike Turner said: "We believe that now is the right time for us to divest our Airbus shareholding to allow us to concentrate on our core transatlantic defence and aerospace strategy."
Accordingly, BAE is in talks with Franco-German group EADS, which own the rest of Airbus. The company said: "Discussions are at an early stage and a further announcement will be made if and when appropriate."
BAE's UK Airbus operation comprises two plants at Broughton in North Wales and Filton, Bristol, both dedicated to the design and production of aircraft wings. The former recently announced the creation of 650 new jobs, taking the total workforce to 6,650.
The unions are, understandably, a little jittery at the announcement. The Amicus union's national officer, Ian Waddle, said: "We want to find out if production will remain in the UK or whether it will be shifted to countries where the new buyers are based."
Airbus has now taken 159 orders for the forthcoming A380 - a key component in its battle for domination of the civil aviation skies. It has to date delivered 4,198 aircraft of all types from 6,376 total orders. Its turnover in 2,005 was around €22.3bn. ®


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To the Editor: It's a path we have traveled before. From Seneca Falls to Birmingham, we as a nation have seen this scenario play out. But still, we run into the same problems facing earlier generations: the hatred, the stubbornness, the fear of change.
Because of this, a group of citizens in the U.S. are still denied civil rights: a group known as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender). As a nation, it is time to once again protect the rights of our citizens and proclaim "all men are created equal" regardless of sexual orientation.
For too long, people who like the same sex have been denied the basic rights available to everyone else in society. They have had to hide in fear of who they are because society deemed it unacceptable. This summer, there will be an opportunity to right the wrongs inflicted upon this community. The constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 may be reviewed by the Supreme Court, providing the golden opportunity to lay to rest the debates over gay rights.
Some religions believe it's a sin to love someone of the same gender, but I am unable to understand this. I am a Roman Catholic, go to Mass every Sunday, believe in the Resurrection, but I also listen. I listen to the Gospels and homilies, and hearing the Word of God tell me to love my neighbor as myself made me question how it can possibly be a sin to love someone.
Just pause for a second: Some people are called sinners because they love someone. Not because they hurt someone, not because they stole something, not because they lied, but they committed the act everyone searches for in life. And even if this still offends you, and you interpret the word of whomever you believe in differently than me, there is a beauty in the foundation of the U.S. – the separation of church and state.
This is crucial to the debate over gay rights because anyone who cites religious reasons for denying basic human rights is going against a founding tenant of this nation. Politicians must only be focused on preserving the rights of the people, rights the LGBT community is currently denied.
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will once again legalize civil rights for a group of citizens this summer and create a more equal society.
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Alessio Fasano, MD
After nearly two decades of providing clinical care for patients and conducting innovative research on celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders, the Center for Celiac Research has relocated from Baltimore to MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), as part of the MGHfC's newly renamed Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center.
Alessio Fasano, MD, who founded the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996 and the Mucosal Biology Research Center in 2003, is serving as director for both MGHfC research centers and also is the new chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.
Fasano and his team are international leaders in the research and treatment of gluten-related disorders. They launched a new era of awareness of the condition in North America in 2003 when they released results of an epidemiological study that placed the rate of celiac disease at one in 133 people in the U.S. Fasano went on to spearhead research that identified gluten sensitivity as a condition on the spectrum of gluten-related disorders.
"We're delighted to welcome Dr. Fasano and his team of research scientists and fellows to Boston," says Ronald E. Kleinman, MD, physician-in-chief at MGHfC. "He is an internationally recognized investigator, a superb clinician and inspiring teacher. He's just the right person to move our work forward as we expand our outreach to both children and adults with gluten-related disorders."
Moving the center to MGHfC allows Fasano's team to also partner with the Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital. The team will continue its work investigating potential links between gluten-related disorders and conditions such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder in certain subgroups of patients. They also are working to isolate a biomarker for gluten sensitivity.
"After 16 years of conducting groundbreaking research and treating children and adults for gluten-related disorders, we're looking forward to the next phase of discovery and treatment breakthroughs," says Fasano. "By joining forces with other celiac centers in the Boston area, we will become one of the largest and most advanced facilities in the world to care for people with gluten-related disorders."
The Center for Celiac Research's patient clinic is scheduled to open in February in the Yawkey Outpatient Clinic, Suite 6B. For more information, visit www.celiaccenter.org and www.massgeneralforchildren.org.
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Bank informs customers of reporting error
- Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio-based regional bank has notified some customers that it mistakenly told credit reporting agencies they had filed for bankruptcy.
Fifth Third Bancorp says what it calls "a limited number" of customers were affected by what it blames on a systems change late last year. WCPO TV (http://bit.ly/1m3sgiI ) in Cincinnati reports that one of its employees and several viewers said they recently received letters from Fifth Third informing them of the error.
Fifth Third says it moved quickly to notify credit agencies about the mistake. The bank pledges in a statement to "ensure that no customer will suffer a negative impact."
Fifth Third has banks in 12 states.


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December 09, 2008
Scott Budde is Managing Director of Global Social and Community Investing at TIAA-CREF
As head of TIAA-CREF's Global Social and Community Investing Department I often interact with TIAA-CREF clients interested in Socially Responsible Investing strategies. I wrote the book mainly to help people realize that there are multiple SRI strategies. I wanted to give clear outlines of how those strategies work-even for individuals- and show that it is possible to achieve competitive returns from various SRI strategies while also generating some positive social impact. In addition, it is helpful for investors to realize that their motivations for considering SRI strategies will likely affect strategies they use for their own investment portfolios. The main themes of the book are based on our three distinct yet complementary SRI strategies: socially screened investment options that enable investors to align their portfolios with their values; shareholder advocacy through the global promotion of sound corporate governance practices; and community investing to help meet specific local needs. We believe this integrated approach to SRI can produce positive investment results over the long term, helping us pursue a "double bottom line" of both competitive returns and social benefits.
The original puropose of Grameen was to help people help themselves. They did this by tiny loans and sound advice to individuals seeking to start a business. Even the tiniest start-ups, like a push cart, hot dog stand, barber or cleaning business was nurtured, allowing the proprietor to become ennobled by their independence and successful accomplishment.
Those at the bottom can lift themselves by their own bootstraps only if there is a free and open economic system in place. Most of the world's people are held back by oppressive regulatory burderns and a lack of good legal title to their property and the availability of credit. The best way to help those people is not by hand-outs, but by removing the obstacles standing in their way.
Hernando deSoto's books on this subject provide detailed evidence of the factors that prevent the world's poor from bettering themselves. The huge sums spent on foreign aid during the past 50 years has been largely wasted because it ignored the essentiality of an open upwardly mobile free economy. The Womens World Bank is another private agency that has pursued Grameen-like programs of micro-finance to enhance the lives of millions of individual entrepreneurs.
One of the lessons of history is that the mechanics of title to private property and a fair legal system was essential for capitalism to operate effectively fior the masses of citizens. Most poor nations are poor simply because their people's efforts are shackled by the restrictions and obstacles that prevent innovative and productive investment.
The most socially responsible action for individual Americans would be to call for the elimination of foreigh aid to countries that are not actively improving the opportunity of their people to buy, own, and operate their property and businesses. After all, progress comes from the efforts of the ordinary people at the bottom, never from the planned programs of the elites seeking to rule from on top.
It is certainly a great effort by GF to eliminate poverty. I do believe also poverty is a curse to human development. GF seems always pointing social responsibilities of just the rich peoples. What are the social responsibilities of the poors? OK, just forget their social responsibility...what are their responsibilities to ownselves?? Unless..untill the poors helps themselves to reduce their unlimited population growth, habit of begging, looking for others to feed them, life without any effort to change their lives.....they will never come out of poverty...and unless God by Himself give them bounty from Haven, no one ..even GF can't solve the issue. It will remain a theory for ever.
Amjad, you are absolutely right! Ultimately, poverty is in the mind, and it is only when the mind becomes rich, and sheds the thoughts/habits of poverty, that an individual will move on to prosperity. This being said, Grameen Foundation is actually more about changing the way people think. Once they realize they can make a living on their own, then they being to dissolved poverty. This is why traditional charity does not work; in fact it creates more poverty because it has not changed the mind. A mind that does not perceive poverty will not create it. A mind that is rich and resourceful will always find the way to be prosperous.
Great insight Amjad. The following are souces which explain this point very well: "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles, and The Teachings of Abraham at www.abraham-hicks.com.
Dear Amjad Hag,
It is true the GF inspires the rich to take action against poverty.
I sincerely await answers to your questions:-
What are the Social Responsibilities for the poor?
What are the social responsibilities for ourselves?
I feel that our 2009 resolution should include:-
Training programs for the poor so that they can define their ambient causes of poverty, and find possible resolutions.
Some poverty is man made. I know many people who live as destitute having lost their employment to drug abuse.
Urban migration,over population, idleness,poor agricultural practices,irresponsible livelihood and unfair government policies can contribute to poverty.
The 2009 Resolution should include both our Social responsibilities, and the Poor Social Responsibility that address poverty.
Our responsibilities can include involving poor communities in training programs that cause them to understand the causes of their poverty status, and how to deal with factors that contribute to poverty.
We are living in a world of drastic change, and economic crisis. Our this years resolution can include innovative poverty eradication strategies.It is time to change our poverty eradication approaches.
I think e-learning and online training programs that are economical by nature can contribute to poverty resolutions. This can promote collaboration within diversity, and beyond borders,inspire broad poverty resolution . strategies for the 21st century challenges.


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Friday, February 19, 2010
Guardsman Uses Civilian Skills to Improve Convoy Routes
American Forces Press Service
Feb. 19, 2010 - An Oregon National Guard member, who is a line-haul driver for Federal Express in his civilian job, is helping to improve the convoy routes for military logisticians in Iraq. "I was asked to assist with developing new routes for soldiers in order to make their job more efficient," said Army Sgt. Maj. Ted Carlson, the brigade operations sergeant major for the Oregon National Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Col. Dan Hokanson, the 41st IBCT commander, asked Carlson to be a part of a 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) committee to restructure the convoy escort mission for the entire theater of Iraq.
"I was looking at the route system back in September and thought it didn't make any sense," said Hokanson. "I asked Sgt. Maj. Carlson what FedEx would do to deliver packages here and to implement that plan into a proposal to send to the 13th ESC."
Carlson, who has 17 years of experience driving long routes at his civilian job, traveled to different bases throughout Iraq and examined their dispatch systems for convoy missions, as well as the specific routes each unit was using.
Carlson also examined the current route structure and determined that doing it the FedEx way would be the most efficient course of action. Units in each area will only travel in a small hub and use a relay system to get equipment and supplies to their destinations.
"The smaller route loops will allow soldiers to become experts in their local areas," Carlson said. "They will know every pothole in the road, and it will be easier to detect changes and IED placements."
Carlson explained that since the biggest mission in Iraq today is convoy escort, streamlining the routes will pave the way for the drawdown of troops, as there will be less people needed to do the work.
"Changing the transportation structure to a civilian-based system also will benefit the Iraqis after we are gone," he said. "Whether they know it or not, soldiers are training the local national drivers during every single mission on how to run a transportation company."
Having smaller route hubs also allows soldiers to tailor their equipment sets, memorize the medevac call signs and frequencies for their area, and have more consistency in their missions.
"Feb. 4 was the first trial run," Carlson said. "We probably won't see this come to full fruition until this summer, so the unit that replaces those of us that are leaving should benefit from the work we put into this plan."
"Carlson's expertise is unmatched, and we needed his vision to improve how we operate," Hokanson said.
Carlson said he was happy to use his civilian skills during his Iraq deployment.
"This is what makes the National Guard special," he said. "Our civilian job expertise can help make the Army better."
(Story courtesy of 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.)
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Cloud computing perspectives and questions
From WikiContent
The World Economic Forum started a research project at Davos 2009 concerning cloud computing, which they broadly define to include all kinds of remote services, from Software as a Service to virtual machines.
Andy Oram was asked to provide some ideas on the implications of cloud computing for business as well as its future operating environment. This wiki is a discussion forum where anyone with relevant and valid ideas can suggest points for ongoing research into the social and economic issues (as well as relevant technical issues).
Definitions of cloud computing
- WEF definition is very broad
- Definitions tend to be complex and controversial
- Most observers agree on different approaches that define different relationships between client and provider:
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Most computing and often the data storage is performed by vendor. Access by client is through browser or other thin client software.
- A very old model, called Application Service Providers in the 1990s.
- Now encompasses:
- Well-established services such as Salesforce.com
- Popular storage and social networking services such as Google Docs and Flickr
- Services offered to cell phone users
- Infrastructure as a Service (Saas)
- Offers virtual environments where clients can build or load software representations of entire computer systems
- Also has long history, if one counts time-sharing
- Now covers platforms such as Amazon.com EC2
- It's notable that first service was by a large consumer of computing power (Amazon.com) instead of a computer vendor or software company
- Platform as a Service (Saas)
- Offers a programming interface where clients can build new applications. More flexible from client point of view than SaaS (which offers a single service, albeit often with plug-ins and APIs) but less flexible than IaaS (which offers the opportunity to run complete operating systems with multiple applications)
- Recent innovation
- Best-known example is Google App Engine
- APIs are central to all models and permit mash-ups, which may become much more pervasive and even dominate over stand-alone applications eventually
- Data can also be stored in the cloud
- Replication may be a substitute for back-ups
- Some services build in replication, often by partitioning data in such a way that a subset of replicas can rebuild the entire data
- The term "private cloud" refers to virtualization implemented within a single organization to support its own operations
- Can provide some of the same flexibility and culture change as use of an external cloud
- Peer-to-peer systems permit clients to coordinate storage
- Still at a young stage
- Relatively well-known examples include:
- Jesse Vincent's Prophet
Benefits and drawbacks for potential clients
- Organizations may be formed without cost of creating a systems and communications infrastructure
- Allows new organizations to be formed with minimal overhead
- Existing organizations can change personnel, move, experiment, and deploy new services rapidly
- Less reliance on a central IT group to provision servers
- May disrupt old centers of power and decision-making, somewhat as the desktop PC did in the 1980s
- Enables virtual organizations -- with no physical infrastructure, just shared data and processes
- Total reliance on a cloud service (virtual machine services or SaaS)
- May be valuable for start-ups and skunkworks
- For larger organizations, useful for some well-defined functions, particularly non-critical ones. (But note that many companies use services for customer relations management and for paying employees, which could be considered critical functions.)
- Requires a thorough understanding of the cloud service's operations, the risks involved, and management techniques to handle the service and its risks.
- SaaS allows vendor to change or remove features capriciously, and clients cannot choose to keep old version by rejecting the upgrade
- Use of cloud to supplement in-house operations
- Useful for:
- Capital-poor companies
- Companies with growth rates that they can't support
- Handling peaks and spikes
- Handling large variations in their normal business volume
- Handling growth that will eventually be moved in-house
- Offloading in-house systems for updating, testing and installing major changes
- Requires skills in both domains (in-house and cloud) as well as strategies for migrating and replicating between them.
- Best if the cloud supplier can offer strong service level guarantees (SLAs)
- If clients' system administrators are deskilled by outsourcing system administration, can reduce companies' competence to judge SLAs and negotiate safe contracts.
- Costs and potential savings
- Much disagreement over costs of system administration after move to a cloud -- many sysadmin tasks are just as complex and demanding as with stand-alone systems
- Sunk costs in existing hardware may slow move to cloud computing
Benefits and drawbacks for vendor of offering software as a service or using a development environment
- Benefits are extremely compelling
- Project start-up can be faster and cheaper
- Potential clients can use software simply by visiting a web page--no need to download anything, unless a plugin is desired
- Updates are immediate and do not require client action
- Testing can be simplified by simply cloning an instance of the software environment
- Reduced support costs because vendor doesn't have to deal with many divergent versions of software in the field (although differences in browsers and other aspects of the environment can still affect the service's behavior)
- Many free software developers already use a service such as SourceForge or Launchpad to develop and distribute software
- Drawbacks
- Main drawback, especially when using cloud service at a relatively high level (development environment or SaaS instead of virtual machines) is delivery through a web browser instead of running with native code
- Performance impacts (diminishing as technology improves)
- Lack of access to features of the operating system
- Restrictions on user interface (diminishing as technology improves)
- Other drawbacks are the same as for other organizations
- Administration may be more difficult, at least at current stages of the field's development
- Costs of using a virtual service may be higher than stand-alone servers for large projects
- Development tailored to a particular development environment such as Google AppServer or Windows Azure may limit portability
- The requirement that clients have network access makes cloud services inaccessible or difficult for:
- People without Internet access (much of the developing world)
- People with very slow Internet access (many areas in both the developing and developed world)
- People without continuous Internet access (dial-up, also still common in both the developing and developed world)
- On the other hand, services that are parsimonious in the use of bandwidth and client-side compute power can (through mobile devices) extend new services to previously cut-off populations.
- Low computing power requirements on the client side simultaneously lower the cost of the client (e.g. PC, laptop, etc.)
- SaaS application vendors are viewing mobile devices as an important part of their application stack
- What degree of geographic distribution offers sufficient safety for:
- Individuals or small companies
- Major corporations and organizations with reliability requirements
- Defense and other sensitive government functions
- Benefits of automatically distributing files, perhaps among multiple vendors (example; Cleversafe)
- Potential targets for attack in war or by terror
- Should there be resilience standards?
- Related to #Portability
- Related to #Resilience and #Software freedom
- Importance: Backups are recommended for persistent data to another system or service outside of the cloud.
- Feasibility: All APIs can be emulated, so in theory organizations can use the same scripts and procedures to replicate operations in multiple services
- Trends: There are calls for "open cloud computing," referring to standards that would facilitate portability.
- Standards could lead to automatic, instant migration between cloud vendors.
- As with all standardization, it's hard to:
- Get vendors to cooperate on advances that would reduce client lock-in
- Slow down innovation in an emerging technology enough to produce a standard
Environmental implications
- Energy trade-offs between concentrated megaservers and smaller systems distributed around the world.
- Impacts on localities where huge server farms are built.
Software freedom
- Related to #Portability
- Cloud eviscerates software freedom:
- New software and patches can be built on free software while still being hidden behind the cloud (except free software under the rarely used Affero GPL).
- (Mostly in regard to Saas) Even releasing the source code would have little to no effect, because the real lock-in for cloud services is its role as central repository: storing the data and (for sites with community aspects) providing connections among different visitors.
- Solutions:
- Open formats so clients can extract data and reuse it elsewhere
- Cost and time to develop new software has decreased so much that SaaS features are no longer such a big selling point (see article, Free software meets corporate needs, including Software as a Service
- As alternative to centralized services, promote radically distributed systems
- Individuals maintain control of their own data and data processing and peer with others to share data and processing.
- Requires heightened identity and validation technologies (see articles From P2P to Web Services: Addressing and Coordination and From P2P to Web Services: Trust
Government use
- Use of popular cloud services (such as Google Docs)
- Benefits
- Familiar to staff and public alike, and therefore easy to promote use
- Quick and cheap to set up
- Allows integration of government message and discussion with other popular forums
- Drawbacks
- Often have policies that run counter to government needs:
- Services may access visitor data in ways that treat privacy cavalierly.
- Services may force visitors to take on liability requirements that governments cannot do.
- Lack the reliability, and sometimes the security, that the public has a right to expect of government services.
- May not have features governments need.
- Should governments collaborate on producing public-domain or open-source social networks and cloud services tailored to their needs?
Cloud computing standards
- Much talk of "open cloud computing" that would facilitate moving instances of servers or applications between vendors
- Standards for cloud performance measurement and rating
- Attempt to support SLAs and permit vendors to compete on price/performance
- Compute-cycle measurement proposal by Reuven Cohen
Security in cloud computing
- Data and operations in the cloud can be as secure as they are on physical systems, and the basic building blocks of security are the same
- But the weights of different threats and solutions are different inside and outside the cloud
- To protect data from unscrupulous service vendors, from those who can potentially break in, and from government demands, encryption becomes more important (see #Legal and privacy considerations)
- Because systems are not on a local area network, administrators must create virtual LANs or forgo the use of protocols and services that rely on the cooperation of benevolent parties on a local area network (includes popular filesystem sharing protocols such as Microsoft's CIFS and Unix's NFS)
- Access is also controlled by password, not by IP address or other indications of physical location
- Firewalls, both on the IP and application levels, are still valuable, although the concept of a DMZ or of being "behind the firewall" is virtual, not tied to the architecture of a physical network
- Backups and replication are crucial because virtual servers often go down and all data can be lost
- Clouds might provide a recovery strategy for distributed denial-of-service attacks Cloudbursting proposal by Reuven Cohen
Legal and privacy considerations
- When data is stored on a vendor's server, the client must trust the vendor or encrypt all data (see #Security in Cloud Computing)
- Questions about ownership of data (particularly for Saas)
- When different clients' data has additional value when aggregated (such as in social networks), the vendor may claim ownership
- Clients can usually delete items of data, but bulk deletions may be difficult
- The vendor usually leaves copyright with the client, but claims certain rights to use
- The vendor may use information about the client for marketing and other purposes, depending on the terms of service and privacy policy
- Questions whether vendors can be held liable for illegal use of systems or illegal content stored on them
- In the United States, data stored by a third party is more easily demanded by governments than data on the client's own systems (which require a subpoena)
- Regulations (such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States) might rule out the use of a cloud or increase the difficulties of using one
- Jurisdiction about laws apply to the location where data the data is stored, not the location of the client
- For instance, European Union privacy laws require personal data to be stored in a jurisdiction that respects their privacy directive
- Some governments require services to pay local taxes for services rendered to clients in those jurisdictions (Luminotes case), adding complexity to transactions


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1: a toned down version of David H's suggestion. Ask her, directly and seriously, "Are you really telling me to leave my husband?" If she responds with anything resembling "No," then say something like "Then don't. say. that. again." Use an assertive tone of voice.
If she were to say that again, I would likely lean in and very quietly say to her, "You must never insult my husband like that again." Let her understand how far over the line she is.
Being validated here made it easier when finding out certain members of my family agree with this coworker. It sounds like these ideas are going to be getting *alot* of use.
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I started mountain biking with a pair of Shimano shoes like these...
They're comfortable, and fine when I'm riding...but they SUCK for hike-a-biking and scrambling over rocks and through the woods. They slip and slide like I'm on ice (even with the fearsome-looking toe cleats!)
So I'm looking for recommendations for a shoe that's better for hike-a-biking over rocks and scrambling through the woods...but isn't as heavy as a hiking boot. (I know it's a tradeoff.)
Any suggestions are appreciated!
EDIT: On scanning the rest of Shimano's lineup, I guess what I need are what Shimano calls "Mountain Touring" shoes, like this...
I don't know if all companies go by that same category name...and I have no idea if Shimanos are good?


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Mia Winterbottom toughed out a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory at No. 2 singles to give UNC Pembroke the deciding point over Georgia Southwestern in a grueling 5-4 match that lasted more than four hours at the UNCP Varsity Tennis Courts on Sunday afternoon.
The win improved UNCP to 5-8 overall and 1-4 in the Peach Belt Conference. GSW dropped its fourth-straight match to fall to 4-10 and 0-8 in PBC play. Southwestern led the match by a 4-1 count, but UNCP won each of the last four singles matches to steal the victory.
Doubles play was indicative as to the type of day it would be as the two teams split a pair of 8-5 outcomes on courts two and three, while Leady Cuellar and Lauren Grogan gave the Hurricanes the 2-1 lead heading into singles play with an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles over Jenna McGary and Janna Oxendine.
Cuellar topped McGary 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while Grogan bested Meredith Pierson 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles to give the visitors a seemingly insurmountable 4-1 lead, but that would be all the team points GSW would muster on the day. Janna Oxendine defeated Melinda Vansant 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5 singles and Christian Minnick ousted Katie Adamson 6-3,6-1 on court No. 6 to bring UNCP to within one and set the table for a pair of deciding marathon bouts.
Maricel Quintero-Prieto rebounded from a tough loss in the second set to win her No. 4 singles match with Monica Osam, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Winterbottom and her No. 2 singles opponent, Mollie McGowan, stayed on the court for more than three hours before the UNCP freshman exited with the win.
Southwestern is back in action on Friday hosting West Alabama at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex.
Special thanks to UNC Pembroke Sports Information