text: Speed 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29286993 Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits Unemployed workers outraged over charges to inquire on benefits First, Arthur Santa-Maria called Bank of America to ask how to check the balance of his new unemployment benefits debit card. The bank charged him 50 cents. He chose not to complain. That would have cost another 50 cents. So he took out some of the money and then decided to pull out the rest. But that made two withdrawals on the same day, and that was $1.50. For hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs during the recession, there's a new twist to their financial pain: Even when they're collecting unemployment benefits, they're paying the bank just to get the money — or even to call customer service to complain about it. Thirty states have struck such deals with banks that include Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., JP Morgan Chase and US Bancorp, an Associated Press review of the agreements found. All the programs carry fees, and in several states the unemployed have no choice but to use the debit cards. Some banks even charge overdraft fees of up to $20 — even though they could decline charges for more than what's on the card. "They're trying to use my money to make money," said Santa-Maria, a laid-off engineer who lives just outside Albuquerque, N.M. "I just see banks trying to make that 50 cents or a buck and a half when I should be given the service for free." The banks say their programs offer convenience. They also provide at least one way to tap the money at no charge, such as using a single free withdrawal to get all the cash at once from a bank teller. But the banks benefit from human nature, as people end up treating the cards like all the other plastic in their wallets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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2004 Softball
Weekly Recap 3-30
Softball 12-2 for year, Lange HCAC Player of the Week
By Ben Risinger, SID
softball team (12-2, 2-0 HCAC) find themselves on a seven game win streak and currently
lead the Heartland Conference. After a week off due to bad weather the Beavers came
back last week with two doubleheader sweeps against
5-0, 5-1 and Hanover 3-2, 4-1. Junior
Lange currently leads the team in hitting with a .513 batting average. She leads
the Beavers in runs (15), hits (20), doubles (4), a single triple, two home runs and
RBI's with nine for the season.
Junior Mandy Snider (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) posts a .308 batting average and sophomore Kate Barringer (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) is hitting .300 to round off the offensive leaders for Bluffton.
Sophomore pitcher Sarah Betts (Bryan/Bryan) leads the Beavers pitching corps with a 0.37 ERA and a 11-1 record
from the mound for the season. Betts pitched her third no-hitter of the year in the
first game against
. For the season she has struck out 107 batters in 76.2 innings pitched, giving up
only 26 hits, 12 walks and nine runs. She leads the Heartland Conference in ERA, opposing
batting average, innings pitched, strikeouts, strikeouts looking and total wins.
As a team, the Beavers post a .247 batting average and .310 slugging percentage. Bluffton posts 28 errors defensively for a .926 fielding percentage.

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With the acclaimed novel Penumbra, Carolyn Haines branched out from the cozy Southern mysteries that made her name and moved into more ominous, more literary territory. She continues that exploration of the darker side of the South with Fever Moon. Set in New Iberia, Louisiana, during World War II, Fever Moon begins when Deputy Raymond Thibodeaux discovers Adele Hebert covered in blood and hovering over the brutally eviscerated body of Henri Bastion, a wealthy plantation owner. In the aftermath of the murder, Adele claims to be the loup-garou, a legendary Cajun shape-shifter that traditionally takes the shape of a wolf, and panic ensues in this small town that already has been livingunder the pressures of wartime rationing and poverty. Raymond is determined to restore order, but to do so he'll have to prove that Adele isn't a murderer or a monster.
In this dark and swirling literary thriller, Carolyn Haines tells the story of a town that is caught up in the frenzy of a murder and a killer who feeds its terror to suit his own purposes.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Without question. I've already recommended it to several friends, even those who don't particularly like mysteries. The narrator shifts focus between four protagonists. The two women protagonists are smart, strong, financially independent women who are holding out for love interests who will treat them as equals. The story gives each character nice depth and background, and the ancillary characters are equally fascinating and well-developed. Haines deals compassionately and earnestly with PTSD from both sexual violence and war.
This is a gorgeous period piece that emphasizes the experiences of strong women and compassionate men. There's also a gorgeous bit of north American history woven throughout, alongside the riveting period details of the deep, rural South during WWII.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot was paced perfectly and both the mystery and interpersonal storylines were gripping. By the middle of the book, I was deeply emotionally invested.
Which character – as performed by Elisa Carlson – was your favorite?
Elisa Carlson was a good narrator, but the recording quality left a lot to be desired.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Any additional comments?
Finally, a book that can discuss rape, war, and gender dynamics easily, honestly, and respectfully. Haines deftly weaves her characters' survival histories into their interactions. Even better, we get happy endings for our beloved protagonists. Haines proves that you can tell the truth without derailing a story or bringing down the mood. She just showed whole, complex characters who had realistic life stories. I'm so impressed.
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Submission + - Microsoft's Cooperation With NSA Either Voluntary, Or Reveals New Legal Tactic (technologyreview.com)
holy_calamity writes: When Microsoft re-engineered its online services to assist NSA surveillance programs, the company was either acting voluntarily, or under a new kind of court order, reports MIT Technology Review. Existing laws were believed to shelter companies from being forced to modify their systems to aid surveillance, but experts say the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court may now have a new interpretation. Microsoft's statement about its cooperation with NSA surveillance doesn't make it clear whether it acted under legal duress, or simply decided that to helping out voluntarily was in its best interest.


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Including the change in gas prices in Texas during the past week, prices yesterday were 1.4 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 26.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 28.4 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 7.0 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
"Even with Hurricane Sandy causing havoc on refineries and infrastructure in the Northeast, gasoline prices nationally have continued to trend lower," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "It goes to show how much more significant the Gulf Coast is to this nation's energy backbone when such a massive storm causes no major rise in the national average. The good news is that average prices will likely continue to decline, perhaps to $3.35/gal nationally by Thanksgiving. For those in Sandy's wake, fuel availability remains difficult, and is the reason GasBuddy has implemented an emergency fuel availability service," DeHaan said. The Hurricane Sandy fuel availability site can be found by navigating to http://www.gasbuddy.com/sandy/.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
Weekend Reading List
The first comes from Kyle King over at DawgSports. Kyle explains in very reasoned detail why this subject is so important and, more imporantly, why it's not a left or right issue but a corporate interests vs. Freedom of Speech issue.
The second piece was sent to us by MZone reader FP. It's the testimony of Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation during their hearing on "network neutrality" last February.
Again, we understand this stuff isn't as funny as an MZone Caption Contest, but it's 10x more important.
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The House passed the damn act. Word is it should be even easier to pass through the Senate. Not good.
- June 12, 2006 1:20 AM
It is unclear to me whether the Senate is likely to pass the House version of the bill; obviously, I hope the Senate rejects it.
Regarding the reading list, I agree with Lessig. Content providers should not be charged more to access the end user, but there is nothing wrong with the end user being charged more to access the content provider faster. In other words, the MZone should not be discriminated against relative to CNN because it has inferior resources, but there is nothing wrong with my neighbor having a faster connection speed than I do provided he is willing to pay for it. More succinctly, tiered pricing should occur at the level of the content consumer, not the content provider.
- June 13, 2006 1:02 AM
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Well said, Allaha.
- June 13, 2006 1:05 AM
It already happens on both sides, provider and consumer.
If you decide to host your own content using a Cable Modem or DSL for your service, your upload speed is limited. But hey, since you already have DSL or Cable Modem for access, it doesn't cost you anything.
Okay, so now you want better access, you go and pay someone to host your website, and that's great for a small site.
But now your site becomes popular. You have a lot of people using your site, they're downloading a ton of great stuff off your site, and guess what? You're now using more of the host's bandwidth, and once you get to that level, the host ends up charging you more.
So, as you need more access, you end up having to go to hosting your own, bringing in T1's and T3's to handle the demand.
The final piece to it all is everyone's so worried about their blogs disappearing because of this stuff. Most of these blogs are on Blogger, which is owned by Google. Google can afford to pay that premium. And hey, do you think they're giving all this blog space away cuz they're nice guys? It's all about marketing, it's all about bringing people in and the people are flocking in, and they're spending big money on Google stuff.
In a market economy, there are way too many small websites out there, with too many users and that affect too many people, that if the telcos do something that suddenly means you can't get thruogh to a site, the market WILL revolt, and the telco's crumble as a result. When enough people are dissatisfied, there's enough financial incentive for a competitor to come in and take the business away from the big guys.
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OUYA consoles have been shipping to Kickstarter backers, giving tech fans a chance to try it out for themselves. And what's one of the first things people do with new gadgets? Benchmarks, of course. Pitted against other Android devices, it came in strong for the price but finished behind some existing phones and tablets.
FutureMark (via GI.biz) rated various Android devices, including smartphones, tablets, and the OUYA console. Of the 258 devices it rated, the OUYA came in at 73rd. That puts it behind many newer devices like the HTC One, LG Nexus 4, some Samsung Galaxy, and Sony Xperia devices. However, do note that the device is only $99, while most phones go for more than six times as much when unlocked and unsubsidized. With its ARM A9 chip, it's on par with the similarly equipped HTC One X+.
The console recently met with some criticism upon reaching Kickstarter backers. It is set to launch formally on June 4.


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Submission + - Apple bans sale of comic book on all iOS app over explicit content (ign.com)
RicardoGCE writes: Apple has banned all iOS apps from carrying Saga #12, a comic book created by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, and published by Image Comics. The reason for the ban is the depiction of oral sex appearing on the computer monitor that serves as the head of one of the characters. The content has been deemed pornographic, and sale of the comic has been blocked. Comixology will allow users to sync their purchases, however, so users of their app will be able to read the book on their i-devices, but they will not be able to buy it through the iOS version of the app.


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Fast on the tail end of a long, hot, mostly pleasant and nearly rain-free summer, the rains finally arrived. However, it does not appear that the rain is here to stay.
A drenching downpour that visited the region last weekend provided little relief following the near drought conditions of the past two months. While the rain was certainly welcome, it simply did not last long enough to make a difference.
The heavy showers produced a quick runoff that raised river levels and kept the creeks swollen for a few hours. However, the forest floor remains as crispy as a bowl of cereal, the ground is dry and boaters are still banging on rocks between the buoys on the local lakes. What is needed now is a steady, three-day soaking rain.
However brief, the weekend storm served to alter the weather patterns somewhat, as it ushered in cooler, more autumn-like temperatures. The accompanying winds that howled in the valleys delivered a fresh carpet of leaves that disguised late summer's sorry looking lawns that were old, brown and matted from a lack of water.
Although it is still mostly summer, dreams of autumn's splendors have already begun to clutter my mind. Thoughts of big brook trout, wandering bucks and snow-sprinkled peaks have conjured up emotions that had remained buried deep in the hard, dark woods. And while the storm proved to be just a flash in the pan and the cool weather merely a harbinger of days to come, the system had a pronounced affect on my system. It got to me and I've been stirring ever since.
Before long, geese will be barking overhead and woodsmoke will again whisper from the woods. Packbaskets will be filled with woolies and the long, slow trudge to camp will begin again. Lord knows, I love the summer days, but like most sportsmen I can never get enough of the autumn months.
Brief news about briefs
Over the past few months, my desk has become cluttered with a collection of clippings, press releases and an assortment of outdoor news items that have never seen the light of day.
In an attempt to reclaim my keyboard from under the tall piles of papered debris, I have resolved to publish some of the notes and clipping that I've received over the last few months.
Annie, get your gun
One clipping involves a promising outdoor trend that may provide the balm necessary to save sport hunting. According to a new survey by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA), women's participation in hunting has increased by over 75 percent in just the last five years. It is estimated that three million women now hunt, and as many as five million regularly shoot. It appears that Barbie is rapidly replacing Bubba.
The overall number of licensed hunters in the country has dropped steadily, from 14.1 million in 1996 to 12.5 million today.
However, the fastest growing demographic in the industry is women, who now account for about 15 percent of the shooting, hunting and firearms marketplace.
Growth areas for women included muzzleloading (up 134.6 percent), bowhunting (up 30.7 percent) and hunting with firearms (up 3.5 percent).
"Shooting is one of the most fun and empowering things you can teach a young girl or a grown woman," explained Corey Cogdell, 23, a lifelong hunter and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in trap shooting.
It is also interesting to note that teenage girls are now the fastest growing market in sport shooting. According to research, 72 percent more women are hunting with firearms today than just five years ago, while 50 percent more women are now target shooting.
Data also shows that women outpaced men among net newcomers to target shooting with a rifle, where female participation grew by 4.1 percent.
Participation among women is no surprise to Steve Sanetti, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
"Over the past several years, our industry has worked hard to help build this segment of our market," he said. "We've developed shooting and hunting products especially for women, reached out and encouraged existing hunters and shooters to introduce their spouses, daughters and other newcomers to shooting sports and outdoor lifestyles."
In fact, several gun companies now manufacture firearms that feature pink stocks and smaller-sized pistol grips that are fashioned for a woman's hand.
Overall, women's hunting has jumped by 75 percent. The dramatic increase is attributed to the numerous programs intended to introduce women to hunting, such as the Becoming An Outdoors-Woman program, as well as more manufacturers producing clothing and gear designed for women.
It's still a guide's life
I'm not quite certain where it came from, but I found the note on a yellowed piece of paper under the stack. Entitled, "Times haven't changed the job!" this interesting quote was attributed to Joseph Bernier, who wrote "The Sportsman and his Guide" in 1924. Obviously, Mr. Bernier spent more than a few days on the Upper AuSable Lake.
"Guiding at Saint Huberts consists of a number of duties of which the following are a few: it is the duty of the guide to get the food ready, tote it along and be sure that there is enough; row all members of the party to and from wherever they wish to go; act as the cook, waiter, chambermaid and nurse; bough up the lean-tos; keep the fires burning in the evening and act as a storyteller. The remainder of the time is his own. If you doubt me, try it."
Ride of a lifetime
I don't know how it slipped by me, but I'm likely in much better health for the slight.
For many years, I have wondered why the Olympic Regional Development Authority had kept the Whiteface Mountain toll road closed to bicycles. With a 2,300 foot climb from the Toll House on the way up and a promising, and likely death-defying 3,500-foot descent on the way back, the Toll House Run has long been on my bucket list of Adirondack thrills.
Years ago, I organized a program for Camp Dudley's Counselor Training that incorporated elements of the ride. The event had one group of counselors paddling war canoes across Lake Placid to Whiteface Landing, followed by a climb up Whiteface and a thrilling, and surely chilling, bike ride down the big hill to the valley floor.
The other group arrived atop the peak in similar style, riding bikes up from Wilmington and continuing along the toll road to the summit castle. They then switched from pedaling to paddling, after a brisk downhill jaunt and later met up with their camp companions to complete the day with a grand Tyrolean Traverse of The Flume Pool.
I've always believed that the series of strenuous events would make a wonderful and entertaining endurance race, a sort of an Ironman of the woods and waters.
Yet, my feeble attempts to organize such an event were stubbornly denied by the masters of the mountain at the Olympic Authority, who steadfastly claimed that the real authority of the toll road rested with the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC would not permit bikes or any other non-motorized traffic on the highway. I couldn't believe my ears. DEC was denying non-motorized traffic on an Adirondack mountain? End of discussion.
Now, much to my chagrin, I have discovered that ORDA has reclaimed authority over the highway by ripping up the sacred old Conservation Department memo that had forever perplexed tourist and local bikers alike. They have finally opened the toll road to bikers. We no longer have to take our chances at sneaking a ride after the gates are closed.
The ride up and back will cost thrill-seeking enthusiasts a bit more than just a gallon of sweat, a million calories and a pair of burning thighs. It'll cost 'em five, bucks that is, which is cheaper than a car and slower than a speeding train.
For those of us over 50, the bikes ride uphill much more smoothly in the back of a pickup truck. And after the chill of a downhill thrill, our parts and pieces are much easier to assemble in the same pickup bed.
All that is required are safe brakes, a good helmet and a five-spot and you can rediscover the thrill of a teenager in full flight.
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Adirondack guide Dean Lavigne of Tupper Lake hauls a full load of supplies into camp rowing along a route that guides have traveled for over a century.


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Motorola greenlights movie phone
Motorola will next week take the wraps off a phone capable of showing "full-motion" Hollywood movies, the company's chief said yesterday, though he went some way from promising a true personal media player experience.
Speaking in the US, Motorola CEO Ed Zander said next week's launch would include a Euro-centric 3G handset capable of playing video at 30fps. It will also feature a technology that can squeeze a full-length film onto a 2GB SD card.
The phone will be a "media monster", Zander said.
Of course, nothing he said isn't possible already. If you can compress a typical standard definition movie into the 4.7GB provided by a single-layer DVD, you can squeeze a lower resolution version onto a 2GB SD card. Equipping a handset with a decent LCD isn't exactly a breakthrough either.
Still, Zander's hyperbole points to a new push into mobile media, just as Nokia has been doing for some time and is stressing more and more with its N series of handsets. And as Apple has shown, consumers are willing to watch video on the (very) small screen.
Zander's comments come in a quarter O2 is expected to announce the now-confirmed XDA Flame, a Windows Mobile-based handset with a large, 480 x 640 display, Nvidia graphics chip, SRS Wow 3D sound, 2GB of Flash storage and a TV-out port. The Flame is likely to be pitched as a personal media player.
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ACerS Awards
New for 2018: ACerS GLOBAL DISTINGUISHED DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
Nomination Deadline: January 15, 2018
The purpose of this award is to recognize a distinguished doctoral dissertation in the ceramics and glass discipline. The awardee must have been a member of the Global Graduate Researcher Network (GGRN) and have completed a doctoral dissertation as well as all other graduation requirements set by their institution for a doctoral degree within 12 months prior to the application deadline. Read more…
Nominations for Society awards that will be presented at the annual awards banquet October 15, 2018 are now open. Additional information on each award, plus many Division and Class awards, is available below. Nomination deadline for all awards is January 15, 2018 unless otherwise noted. (Note that the 2018 Fellows deadline was August 25, 2017).
The deadline for the 2019 Class of Fellows is August 30, 2018.
W. David Kingery Award
The W. David Kingery Award recognizes distinguished lifelong achievements involving multidisciplinary and global contributions to ceramic technology, science, education and art. The award is open to all people worldwide. There are no limitations regarding nationality, gender or religion and membership in ACerS is not a requirement. A nominee must be living, but in the event of death subsequent to selection but prior to presentation, the award shall be made posthumously.Read More
W. David Kingery Award Winners 2017
Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture
The Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture is presented by the invited lecturer at the annual meeting/MS&T. The lecturer is to be noted for scholarly attainments in ceramics or related field. The Committee on the Orton Memorial Lecture shall select the Orton Lecturer.Read More
Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture Winners 2017
Ross Coffin Purdy Award
Ross Coffin Purdy, in whose honor this award is given, served The American Ceramic Society for 24 years as General Secretary and Editor of its publications. He was the recipient of many awards, a Fellow and Honorary Life Member, and President of the Society. Mr. Purdy was noted for his dynamic leadership, individualism, broad vision, and unswerving devotion to the Society and to the ceramic engineering profession.
The Purdy award shall be given to the author or authors who, in the judgment of the committee, made the most valuable contribution to ceramic technical literature published two years prior to the selection year. The 2017 Purdy award will be given to the author(s) of a paper published in 2015.
2017 Award Winners
"Readily Processed Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells with High Performance at Low Temperatures"
Science 2015 • VOL 349 Issue 6254
by Chuancheng Duan, Jianhua Tong, Meng Shang, Stefan Nikodemski, Michael Sanders, Sandrine Ricote, Ryan O'Hayre and Ali Almansoori
Ross Coffin Purdy Award Winners 2017
Frontiers of Science and Society – Rustum Roy Lecture
This annual lecture of The American Ceramic Society honors the late Professor Rustum Roy of The Pennsylvania State University and recognizes his contributions to science and technology and their interrelationship to society-at-large. The lecture is given each year by an internationally or nationally recognized individual in the area of science, industry or government.Read More
Frontiers of Science and Society – Rustum Roy Lecture Winners 2017
Karl Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award
The Karl Schwartzwalder – Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award is presented by The American Ceramic Society's Education and Professional Development Council (ACerS/EPDC). It honors this past president and Distinguished Life Member of ACerS. A nominee must be between 21 and 40 years of age; not becoming 41 during the award year, and must be a member of EPDC and ACerS.Read More
Karl Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award Winners 2017
Richard and Patricia Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award
The Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award shall be given to the author or authors who, in the judgment of the award committee, made the most valuable contribution to phase stability relationships in ceramic-based systems literature during the calendar year prior to the selection. For the purposes of this award, a phase equilibria article is defined as a paper, article, or report published in a technical or trade journal, or in a bulletin from a school, laboratory, technical bureau, or experimental station, or in a pamphlet or book form. It must be complete and readily available to the public.
2017 Award Winners
Maso Kita, Tomoaki Fukada, Sji Yamaguchi and Takahisa Omata
"High temperature phases with wurtzite-derived structure in Zn2LiGaO4–ZnO alloy system"
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 688, Part A 69-76 (2016)
Richard and Patricia Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award Winners 2017
Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures
The Frontiers of Glass Science and the Frontiers of Glass Technology lectures are designed to encourage scientific and technical dialog in glass topics of significance that define new horizons, highlight new research concepts, or demonstrate the potential to develop products and processes for the benefit of humankind. While the Frontiers of Glass Science lecture focuses on advances in the basic science of glass, the Frontiers of Glass Technology lecture concentrates on new breakthroughs in glass technology or new glass products or applications. The lectures are presented at the Glass and Optical Materials Division meeting. The Varshneya awards committee will select the lecturers. The choice of lecturers may be from within or outside of the Society. The award consists of a travel stipend of up to $2,500, a commemorative glass piece and a framed certificateRead More
Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures Winners 2017
Samuel Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award
The Geijsbeek PACRIM award recognizes individuals who are members of the Pacific Rim Conference (PACRIM) societies, for their contributions in the field of ceramics and glass technology that have resulted in significant industrial and/or academic impact, international advocacy, and visibility of the field. Industrial candidates will be evaluated based on the technology development and commercialization, and the development's current usefulness and importance, its uniqueness, and its economic significance.Read More
Samuel Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award Winners 2017
Global Ambassador Program
The Global Ambassador Program recognizes dedicated ACerS volunteers worldwide who demonstrate exceptional leadership and/or service that benefits the Society, its members, and the global ceramics and glass community.Read More
Global Ambassador Program Winners 2017
Basic Science Division: Ceramographic Competition and Roland B. Snow Award
The Snow award is presented to the Best of Show winner of the Ceramographic Competition, an annual poster exhibit to promote the use of microscopy and microanalysis as tools in the scientific investigation of ceramic materials. The competition is held during the Annual Meeting combined with MS&T.Read More
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For the music retailer that traces its history back to 1921 and to the second-floor Downtown studio Mil Averwater opened to give piano lessons, 2013 is a time of reflection, celebration and pride in a few impressive numbers.
C. J. Averwater and father, Chip Averwater, at Amro Music check over their line of violins. The business has been open for 92 years.
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The retailer is Amro Music, which has been in the music business for 92 years. And the numbers the store takes pride in are the tenures of its seasoned staff.
Most of Amro's current employees have been with the company for more than 12 years. Twelve employees have been with the store for more than 20 years, and five have been with the store for more than 30 years.
Experience like that essentially means the store's legacy walks through the front door every day to turn on the lights, step behind the counter, sell instruments to customers and teach budding musicians to play.
Rick Jefferies is the company's vice president who began in band sales and later became manager of the piano department.
"I'm now selling and renting pianos to parents who bought their first band instrument from me to start seventh grade band," he said.
Amro has a staff of a little more than 60. Many of them have made a second career out of working at Amro, some of whom retired from jobs in music education and others having been musicians who played with stars like James Brown and Isaac Hayes.
April 10 marked the store's 92nd anniversary.
In a statement about the milestone, Amro chairman Chip Averwater said the company was founded as a two-man operation by his grandfather and a business partner. Since then, the family has devoted four generations to Amro.
The store's humble beginnings date back to Averwater's studio originally at 166 S. Main St. It grew over time, starting with piano lessons and then the addition of lessons for saxophone, banjo and guitar.
The success of Amro Studios, as it was then known, was helped by the do-it-yourself way Averwater advertised: He opened the windows to let people hear the sound of the pianos being played.
When passersby stepped inside out of curiosity, the selling began.
Today, Amro operates from a storefront at 2918 Poplar Ave. under the name Amro Music, and it's a nationally recognized music retailer.


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The secret to a mantis shrimp's ultraviolet vision is, oddly enough, UV-blocking sunscreen.
The mantis shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii sees its watery world via 16 kinds of light-detecting photoreceptor cells. Six kinds see only ultraviolet, each photoreceptor especially sensitive to a different wavelength. Yet five photoreceptor types have identical light-detecting pigments, says Michael Bok of Lund University in Sweden.
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI, on his first full day in Africa, encouraged Cameroon's bishops to be strong preachers of the Gospel and vigilant shepherds on matters of priestly formation and behavior, liturgical dignity and Christian marriage.
Emphasizing the church's missionary task, the pope said bishops must first of all be religious educators and men of prayer in order to lead the way of evangelization. He met with Cameroon's 31 bishops March 18 in the Church of Christ the King in the Tsinga quarter of Yaounde, the capital of the country on Africa's west coast.


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Monday, November 24, 2008
So I Had Planned This Lesson But A Child Ask to Present Her Lesson Instead and So I Just Sat Back and Took Photos
Not often, but every now and then, I get bumped in the que of lesson giving. Today, was one of those times. First, Patti gave a wonderful presentation on Turkeys. She asked the students to guess how many types of turkeys there are. The answer was eight. She made in advance a wonderful set of matching cards using images of the eight types of turkeys. She did a great job making the cards and presenting them to the children. They were immediately used after her lesson.
I had planned on presenting a lesson to the older children on making potholders using a metal frame, cloth loops and a small hook. When I placed the materials on the floor in front of me, Zoe, a kindergarten student, declared she was familiar with the materials but used them not for making potholders but to finger knit scarves and other items.
I told her that I had planned a lesson on making potholders and that when I was finished giving my lesson she could give one of her own on finger knitting. She answered stating, "Miss Dyer, you always present lessons first. Can't I go first this time." I immediately felt a calmness come over me as I knew what I had to do. "I invite you to present your lesson first, Zoe. I will do mine after." She grinned at me from ear to ear and began demonstrating and teaching the other children how to use the cloth loops to finger knit. Soon, Meaghan got the hang of it and before I knew it had the beginnings of a scarf stretched across her hand.
Zoe was patiently attempting to assist all of the children learn her lesson. She was so patient and so good at verbally describing which steps to do next. I heard her say, "Don'think about making a scarf today. Think about learning the steps, teaching your hand." Wow!
By the time the morning bell rang, all of the cloth loops were used.
The head of my school bought some more later on in the day. By tomorrow at least two children - Meaghan and Zoe, will leave my class with homemade scarves wrapped around them.
Today Patti and I saw a small, independent group of children share knowledge and abilites. It was a pretty impressive sight. My only question is whether or not Zoe or Meaghan will find time to teach me how to finger knit. "May I have a lesson, please."
Posted by Susan Slocum Dyer at 8:54 PM
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- N from the Learning Ark said...
I love it when things like that happen in class. Thanks for sharing that lovely experience. Is there anyway you can tell us how she did the finger knitting?
- January 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- Susan Y. Dyer said...
I am still hoping for a lesson...lol
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Well it's not really kitty world but the home of a very nice lady that I met who is a FOSMAS foster. Her husband is great at building things and so far he's built what people are calling "The Golden Gate Bridge 2", an outdoor cat run, a Koi pond, and he's still finishing up a catio where their concrete patio used to be. She invited me over on Thurs. evening and I made sure to bring my camera. They have four cats Cooper their only male cat, Cali, and Kit, and Kaboodle. The lady is also fostering 4 kittens and she thinks that at least 3 of them have already found their homes. Here are some pictures that I took. Enjoy!!!:)
Here's "The Golden Gate Bridge 2". As you can see a bridge was built between the two cat trees. Just beyond this is where the new catio will be. They are still waiting for new windows to arrive. Then new tile floors will be put in as well as at least one sky light. Then they still have to paint and decorate it. They are thinking of going with a beach or a light house theme or maybe both. The lady's husband has already put in two ceiling fans.
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The anti-nuclear group will always come up with something to deter nuclear plants from taking off.
Sure, but there are detractors for almost all ideas, good and bad. There are people who hate animal testing. We're still going to continue making sure medicines are safe though. Animal testing is one of the only real ways to do that, like it or not. Furthermore, good ideas don't implement themselves even when there's not vague misgivings about them, as there is with nuclear power. Most people don't know why chernobyl happened, they think it's inherent to nuclear power. That could be changed, it would
Most people do not hate animal testing, just unnecessary cruelty and waste. Destroying animals that are no danger to others and would make suitable pets is one example. Another is not sharing data properly so many different labs conduct the same tests on similar animals. Even worse are tests that seem to serve no purpose, for instance dripping known irritants into the eyes of rabbits. When animal testing is done in a rational and ethical manner few would oppose it.
Destroying animals that are no danger to others and would make suitable pets is one example.
It's a liability issue. My S.O. is taking a biotech course, and has learned that most animals in studies are euthanized as a matter of course. The reason is apparently the fear of lawsuits should the animal ever do anything and it being blamed on whatever treatments they gave it. This made her very sad. It sounds retarded and lazy to me. Is it not possible to sign a waiver that says "This animal was once treated
Pardon me if I wait for a few non-Texas sources on scientific topics.
Educating, not sensationalizing, is what the nuclear industry needs. Or at least not exclamation marks.
Alas, I can can guarantee you that 1: it will take another decade minimum of legal wrangling to get large-scale stuff like this in the works
2: This type of research in general is old news. It's still viable, but from reading the summary (I'm lazy) it doesn't seem to be anything new that I haven't heard of before.
P.S. I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to be one who does the educating. (Oh wait, I don't need credentials to educate on the internet, do I?
Planned Nuclear Reactors Will Destroy Atomic Waste
Destroy as in convert matter to energy?
a nuclear reactor that burns up actinides
Wait, so it's a chemical reaction (rapid oxidation)?
Or is this fission, where they convert the actinides into other less-dangerous elements via fission?
Destroy as in convert matter to energy?
That is, broadly speaking, the way that nuclear fission works. Got it in one.
That is, broadly speaking, the way that nuclear fission works.
That's also (speaking just as broadly) how combustion works. What a coincidence.
The terms burn, burning, ignite, etc., are frequently used in the nuclear community for nuclear reactions as an analogy to chemical reactions.
It's fission. They are fissioning minor actinides which normally do not completely fission. This needs a reactor with improved neutron economy (such as a fast reactor), because these MAs will need more than one neutron per atom to fission (usually they will first capture one more neutrons (transmuting in the process) before fissioning).
Or is this fission, where they convert the actinides into other less-dangerous elements via fission?
It's not really so much induced fission as in a normal reactor, it's that you push the isotopes past the point where they are long term active into really unstable ones. It's like a fast breeder reactor in reverse. Since they are French, they are probably talking about using a magnetic confined fusion reactor [wikipedia.org] as the neutron source.
The 'burn up' analogy isn't bad really. Partially burnt products of normal combustion like soot and carbon monoxide are toxic. Add more oxygen and heat, and the problem goes away
After reprocessing you don't just pour the waste into storage tanks, you want to stabilize it first. There's two ways to do this. You either mix it with glass and cast it into a stable solid, or you separate it into noble metals and other waste products, the latter of which is usually turned into a ceramic.
Because the amount of material you need to add to the waste to stabilize it can vary depending on the wastes' exact composition ( in particular how much heat it generates ) it's not really possible to accurately know the final waste volume before you've worked out the entire process.
French Scientists?
A university in Texas?
I think you tried a little too hard on that one. Less is more.
shrugs, they elected a gay mayor in Houston. Sometimes people can surprise you.
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Watch this [ted.com]
You might not like Gates because of Windows, but if you're a fan of nuclear power this might stop your assassination attempt.
After 99% of the waste is eliminated, the 1% left is the pure blood of Cthulhu ready to make mankind wilt in horror??
After 99% of the waste is eliminated, the 1% left is the pure blood of Cthulhu ready to make mankind wilt in horror??
Not quite. Nuclear waste is mostly made up of un-burnt uranium. The long-lived stuff is mainly even heavier elements than uranium, such as plutonium, americium and neptunium. What these new processes do is to recycle the heavy elements like uranium and plutonium from the waste so that it is all burnt. Thus while you still get the same amount of fission fragments per kilowatt hour of electricity, you don't get any of the heavier stuff mixed into it.
There are three huge benefits to this.
a) The waste fits in a much smaller volume
b) You can get almost 100 times as much energy from the same amount of uranium
c) The resulting waste decays to safe levels within a few hundred years as opposed to many thousands of years.
Since we can easily construct structures that can last a few hundred years, and because the waste volume is so much smaller, this technology would essentially solve the nuclear waste problem. The improved utilization of uranium also makes sure that the fuel will last for any foreseeable future.
The snag is that so far all reactors of this type has been prohibitively expensive compared to existing technology, and there are concerns about how to implement the recycling step in a manner that makes it possible for inspectors to monitor the process to ensure no plutonium is diverted for weapons use.
Burnt? No argument with the rest of what you said, but "burnt?!?" As a geek, I deeply resent this dumbing down of the science.
My main complaint about nuclear power has always been that people weren't willing to spend the money to do it right. This would be a step in the right direction, but there are so many other necessary steps...
I'd like to see complete studies of this before jumping on the bandwagon.
For example, all the neutrons don't nicely run into uranium atoms and make the bad stuff disappear - there will be fallout from this process (so to speak), there will be other bad byproducts created, and there will be byproducts of the normal fission process that are not "made to dissappear" by this new magic (as portrayed) process.
Does anyone have a link to a study conducted over several weeks/months/years analyzing all the products o
Do a google search on LFTR, a Liquid Fluoridic Thorium Reactor. A LFTR does the same thing as described: It consumes 99 percent of its waste or, even better, you can feed it existing nuclear waste and it will happily consume most of it while generating electrical energy. Check this Youtube video out (16 minutes) Thorium LFTR described in 16 minutes [youtube.com]
Also this forum is, in a sense, developing the "open source reactor" by its forum members Click Here [energyfromthorium.com]
Some argue that typical waste contains way to much Plutonium 240 along with the Plutonium 239 (Pu-239 is what Plutonium bombs use) for making bombs out of it. Pu-240 causes the would-be bomb to pre-detonate. So yes, it explodes, but only in a small area. It's the so-called fizzle. And Pu-239, being chemically identical to Pu-240 presents a problem of separation, in the same way that it's hard to enrich uranium without gas diffusion or centrifuge techniques.
Clean nuclear is far more realistic than the fantasy that is clean coal.
Anyone remember this article?
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/02/1330245/Thorium-the-Next-Nuclear-Fuel [slashdot.org]
I searched for thorium in the comments and found only your post. So that's two people.
Right, the fantasy of the extractive industries. Nobody who's interested in clean energy thinks that clean coal is anything other than a fantasy. Unfortunately, they have bigger PR machines than we do.
A nuclear reactor consuming atomic waste? How perverse!
http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/0016.html [northernsun.com]
Mutants for Nuclear Power!
Time to go upstairs and find the nearest Greenpeace doom-sayer (I work on a Uni campus, there's usually 2-3 around trying to snag them some suckers) and hand them a print out of this. Lately they've been deriding Obama's nuclear power policy.
Of course they'd probably call me a tree killer, you can't ever win with them.
Some of us have been saying for decades that another way to say "nuclear waste" is "nuclear fuel." The current view of "spent" fuel is akin to refining crude oil to make gasoline and then having to store all the waste diesel, fuel oil and other petroleum byproducts until the end of time.
The current view of "spent" fuel is akin to refining crude oil to make gasoline and then having to store all the waste diesel, fuel oil and other petroleum byproducts until the end of time.
So to make sure I have this car analogy right... you're saying that these new reactors are like a Volkswagen Jetta?
Some of us have been saying for decades that another way to say "nuclear waste" is "nuclear fuel."
But you've been completely wrong, it's exactly like calling what you excrete food. While there is plenty of energy that can be recovered from that it takes a lot of work or something else with a completely different digestive system.
The whole reason people have been saying for years that Uranium is running out is only because ore of very high purity was running out - there was a lot of other stuff but it was a lot more expensive to turn it into fuel.
One of the things about some newer designs is they are nowhere near as fussy about their fuel, so a shortage of high purity Uranium ore doesn't matter to them, or they can use retired or stockpiled weapon material, or even some kinds of waste. It's a lot better than the reprocessing attempts by the French over the last thirty years that resulted in fuel a lot more expensive than making new fuel from ore in the first place - use something that can use the waste without so much reprocessing instead.
They estimate that 'the volume of high-level nuclear waste produced by all of France's 58 reactors over the past 40 years could fit in one Olympic-size swimming pool.'
Why do the nuclear industry always trot out these cutesy metaphors? They're so easy to pick fun of that even people who are reasonably friendly toward the industry can't resist. I mean, yes, it would all fit into an Olympic swimming pool. For about a millisecond. Then it would go critical, and your swimming pool would be an area
Then it would go critical, and your swimming pool would be an area the size of texas covered in a very thin layer of radioactive waste, plus a big glass pit in the middle.
No, it wouldn't. However, well done for acting as a perfect example of the idiotic "OH GOD WONT SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN WE CAN'T HAVE TEH NUCULAR!" response. I hope that was your intention?
I mean, yes, it would all fit into an Olympic swimming pool. For about a millisecond. Then it would go critical, and your swimming pool would be an area the size of texas covered in a very thin layer of radioactive waste, plus a big glass pit in the middle.
But for that millisecond, you'd have the most awesomely radical Olympic swim meet in the history of mankind.
So we sell it to the Chinese who can make kids toys out of it, problem solved.
... WTF are these guys smoking?
Actinides aren't the big problem as far as nuclear waste is concerned - fission products are. Especially the long-lived ones that are very mobile in the environment, easy to incorporate (iodine, cesium, strontium) and basically impossible to separate from the rest of the waste chemically (unlike actinides). Heck, many actinides are actually nuclear fuel or could be turned into nuclear fuel. Fission products are just nasty, deadly poisons.
That's why I'd rather spend more on researching fusion power - you'll still end up with some radioactive waste, but you have some degree of control over its composition and you will not create any of the problematic isotopes mentioned above.
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Boys State leaders talk best practices
The American Legion's recent 14th annual National Combined Americanism Conference gave Boys State directors and staff members an opportunity to network and share best practices to solve issues that negatively impact the program nationwide.
One issue discussed was how to reduce no-shows, meaning young men who are sponsored to attend Boys State but absent without notice. A few problem-solving ideas brought forth by attendees included calling each delegate, sending out a reminder email or letter, conducting orientation statewide and sending alternates.
"Our staff puts on a series of orientations throughout the state prior to Boys State," said Robbie Robinson, assistant director of West Virginia American Legion Boys State, "and we have found that a percentage of our no-shows during Boys State are those boys who registered for orientation, but did not attend.
"Our orientation goes a long way to pique the interest of the citizens to get them to camp and to put the moms and dads at ease, knowing that their child will be taken care of. At our orientations we have former graduates talk, give a rundown of the week's events, show a summary video of West Virginia Boys State, let them know what to bring, and let the boys and parents ask questions."
Meanwhile, New Jersey American Legion Boys State, which has more than 970 delegates, reduces no-shows by encouraging its 21 representing counties to send their alternates. Each county has about one alternative for every two registered delegates.
"We tell them (alternates) that if you want to go to Boys State that badly, then come up to Rider University that morning with your gear and if we have a spot for you, you'll get in," said David Bagatelle, director of New Jersey American Legion Boys State. "It works very well.
"It's on a first-come, first-serve basis. We line the alternates up by their county, and we go county by county to fill any empty spots. For example, let's say Camden County has two no-shows — we do contact the delegates to verify if they're coming — and we have a couple of alternates from Camden County in line so we give them those spots. We don't like to send people home without having an empty spot, so it is a fine line that we try to balance."
Another topic of discussion was fundraising to help support Boys State programs at the state level. A few programs currently have or are starting alumni associations, while all Legion posts throughout Kentucky have raised their dues by $1. The amount collected gets distributed among Kentucky's Legion youth programs.
But South Carolina Palmetto American Legion Boys State came up with a different idea for raising funds. They hosted a 5K memorial run/walk that raised $7,000 for the program, which was used to sponsor 23 young men to the 2012 program.
The first annual run was in memory of U.S. Army Cpt. John "David" Hortman, a 1998 South Carolina Boys State and Boys Nation alum. Hortman, who had been on Palmetto Boys State staff since 2003, was killed Aug. 8, 2011, when his AH-6M Little Bird helicopter crashed during military training at Fort Benning, Ga. Click here to see how the 2012 Boys Nation senators honored Hortman while in Washington, D.C.
Palmetto Boys State staff organized and worked the event, which was sponsored by Friends of Boys State — a foundation comprised of Boys State alumni and other organizations. The staff, too, sold sponsorships to local businesses and featured their logo on the back of the race T-shirts. Visit http://davesrun.com to learn more about the race.
Additionally, a discussion on whether to allow non-U.S. citizens to attend Boys State was decided. It was unanimously agreed that if a non-U.S. citizen wants to learn about democracy, then they can be admitted and learn about our government and nation's history. Many programs swear the young men in as American Legion Boys State citizens.
And there were many ideas given to add "fun" to any Boys State program. New Jersey Boys State gives each of its 16 cities a camera. The cities elect a photographer who is responsible not only for the camera, but for taking pictures throughout the week-long program. At the end of the week, New Jersey Boys State staff collect the cameras and uploads all of the photos onto a DVD that the delegates receive on the last day of the program.


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NORFOLK, Va. - The 11th episode of the ODU Football Show will air Friday night at 10:45 p.m. on Fox 43 TV.
Old Dominion Head Coach Bobby Wilder and host Bruce Rader will take a look at this week's opponent. The show will feature highlights and interviews of the Monarchs' football team.
The Monarchs travel to UNC on Saturday to take on the Tar Heels at noon. The game will be broadcast by ACC RSN and can be seen in the Hampton Roads area on ComCast SportsNet.


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Computacenter has launched a new "library" service which it hopes will help reduce costs for its client-base.
The Shared Services Factory (SSF) has been developed based on what Computacenter has described as "successful projects", allowing it to come up with a set of standards or best practice for "future initiatives".
It has pumped £30m into creating a library of re-usable tools; the idea being that services and resources are shared using Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), which should cut costs.
Computacenter provides independent IT infrastructure services to both private and public sectors and supports over 750,000 users across Europe.
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Hardy: Honors College Director
May 22, 2013
MACOMB/MOLINE, IL -- Rick Hardy, political science professor and interim director of the Centennial Honors College at Western Illinois University has been named the permanent director, effective July 1.
Hardy has served as the interim director of the Honors College since 2011. Previously, he served as the chair of the WIU political science department from 2006-2010. He is currently a professor in the department.
In 2007, he was the co-organizer of Western's first "The Road to the White House" Mock Presidential Election, and served as co-organizer again in 2011. Hardy has also served for three years on the University Honors Council and served as the pre-law adviser for the Honors College. Prior to joining Western's faculty, he was an associate professor of political science at the University of Missouri from 1985-2005, where he also served as assistant director of the Honors College from 1998-2006. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Leadership in Civic Education at Missouri.
"We have been fortunate to have had Dr. Hardy lead the Centennial Honors College for the past two years. During his tenure as interim director, Western for the first time in its history had students named as finalists to two prestigious scholarship opportunities, the Rhodes Scholarship and the Truman Fellowship," noted Provost Ken Hawkinson. "His dedication and commitment to the Centennial Honors College, and to this University, are to be commended."
Hardy received his doctorate from the University of Iowa; his master's degree from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; and his bachelor's degree from WIU.
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Texas A&M freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson was found safe in Dallas after he disappeared from campus three days ago.
Johnson's mother, Linda Hanks, said Texas A&M University police told her Thursday the 18-year-old is unharmed.
University police said they traveled to Dallas to look for Johnson on Wednesday. Johnson was found safe about 2:30 a.m. Thursday with the help of the Dallas police and the Texas Rangers.
Police said Wednesday that Johnson was last seen leaving his College Station residence around 5 p.m. Monday. He turned up 180 miles away in Dallas.
Hanks said Johnson didn't contact her and that she has no other information. Campus police said that they are not releasing further details.
Johnson has played in 10 games this season, with 30 catches for 339 yards and a touchdown.
Spirit of '98
Kansas State, No. 1 in the BCS standings, is off to its first 10-0 start since the ballyhooed 1998 team led by former Patriots quarterback Michael Bishop, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. The second-ranked Wildcats have another Heisman candidate in quarterback Collin Klein, and a coach in Bill Snyder who sees a lot of similarities in his current team and the one from 14 years ago that fell short of the national championship game.
''Michael was a quality leader for that team in a far different way than Collin is,'' Snyder said. ''Still, his teammates responded to him quite well in a positive way. People responded to him because he made plays.''
Klein can make plays, too.
The former wide receiver has put up pass efficiency numbers similar to Bishop, and he's proven to be more elusive on the ground. The result has been record-setting touchdown totals and front-runner status for the Heisman.
''Collin's leadership goes beyond that,'' Snyder said. ''They respond to him, not only by what he does, but also what he addresses them about in the areas other than just football, and Michael's thing was just on the football field.''
The Wildcats (7-0 in Big 12) play at Baylor on Saturday before a week off, and then a high-profile season finale against Texas.
''We're trying to set ourselves apart," said wide receiver Chris Harper. "We want to come out of the shadow of that '98 team.''
Tar Heels win
Bryn Renner threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter after a goal-line stand preserved North Carolina's lead and the Tar Heels (7-4, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended Virginia's postseason hopes with a 37-13 victory at Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers (4-7, 2-5) had won two in a row and were hoping to win two more to qualify for a bowl game. They shut down Bernard, the ACC's runaway rushing leader, but were picked apart by Renner, who was 29 for 36 passing for 315 yards and three touchdowns. Freshman Quinshad Davis caught 16 passes — tying the ACC record — for 178 yards . . . Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel will miss Saturday's game against Jacksonville State with an ankle injury. Jacoby Brissett will start. Gators coach Will Muschamp said he expects Driskel to return for the regular-season finale against Florida State . . . The Atlantic Coast Conference agreed to a 12-year deal with ESPN for the rights to televise the Orange Bowl, with the conference champion facing either Notre Dame or a team from the Big Ten or SEC. The deal begins in January 2015 and runs through 2026 . . . Missouri freshman wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham resolved an early-season marijuana arrest with a guilty plea to a reduced charge of trespassing.


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Big Brothers Big Sisters honors volunteers
• What: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga held its Mentor Appreciation party at The Chattanoogan. About 75 volunteers were thanked.
• Honorees: Each case manager nominated a "'Big' of the Year." Receiving awards were Johnnie Hoskins Jr., Azurae Johnson, Matthew Redmond, Dale Vander Woude, Mari Vander Woude and Josh Patton.
Old gowns out on the town at Moth Ball
• What: More than 600 women attended the second Moth Ball at Stratton Hall. The female-only fundraiser's dress code promotes pulling old prom gowns, wedding gowns, bridesmaids' dresses or any retro fashion out of mothballs to wear again.
• Benefits: The party raised about $20,000 for the Family Violence Center operated by the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults.
Singers support Boehm Center
• What: Members of the Choo Choo Chorus, Chattanooga's barbershop harmony affiliate, presented a check for $11,115to the Walter Boehm Birth Defects Center.


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Current Law Students / BUFFERS« on: April 08, 2012, 02:47:21 PM »
I researched a bit where does all this TMT thing comes from - it looks like from existential philosophers like Sartre, Camus and the like. Now, I have not read Sartre/Camus - I simply came upon a piece quoted by one of your fellow posters on this board. Take a look at it and draw your own judgment, as to whether such a piece deserves being printed (in book form) or not - maybe it's just me, but I find it very odd to read about a guy who "feels his mouth full of his tongue" - I am sure he's missing something - and truth-be-told, in the "hood" where I live, he'd get that right advice off-prompt, if yanno what I mean!Quote
Existence is undoubtedly problematic and disturbing. In one weekend strip, in Sartre's "Peanuts," Schulz succinctly describes the horror of discovering one's own existence in the world:QuoteLinus: I'm aware of my tongue ... It's an awful feeling! Every now and then I become aware that I have a tongue inside my mouth, and then it starts to feel lumped up ... I can't help it ... I can't put it out of my mind ... I keep thinking about where my tongue would be if I weren't thinking about it, and then I can feel it sort of pressing against my teeth ...
Sartre devoted an entire book to this experience his 1938 novel "Nausea" in which his character Roquentin is alarmed to discover his own actuality. But Linus sums the point up very well in a few frames.
malachovsky, I understand your approach and sense of practicality you're bringing here - but if you stay alone and do not socialize with other people - as it is the case with lonely people like philosophers - it's not surprising that similar thoughts will come to your mind.
Now, it's never occurred to me, but I am sure it has to other people - Sartre, being on the record, on this kind of thing.
Flatbush - you've got to be kidding me!
Lefka, I've heard about this kind of thing, the Buffers, the buffer against the death anxiety we deal with on a daily basis.
I'm kinda baffled by your double-post, les protagonistes, about the Buffers, what exactly did ya mean - never heard about such a @ # ! * i n g thing!!!


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What with my skin going crazy lately, it's been really nice to get back to basics and use some simple, but effective products I know work for me. So far anything too fancy, with too many 'anti ageing' ingredients sends my skin loopy so I am focusing on the plainer skincare items!
Bliss products are rather lovely but not necessarily that cheap so their new 'fabulous every day' range, consisting of a face lotion and eye cream seemed appealing.
The face lotion has a SPF15 and 'delivers a daily dose of essential vitamins, minerals and omegas'. The eye cream is lightweight and contains 'grapeseed oil and vitamin E' good for dark circles and puffiness. I am quite like the eye cream – I've said before I am lazy about eye cream but this is one of those super light, easy to use ones that sink in fast, leaves the eye area hydrated and does leave everything feeling 'fresher'. I wouldn't say my circles are lighter though.
The eye cream texture is lovely and light:
Now the fabulous face lotion I adore, it reminds me of the triple oxygen & vitamin c cream, which I liked a lot but it's dearer. This one, for me, worked just as well even in terms of hydration.
I've been using this for a few weeks, I like I like!!!! I'm not saying I'm looking 10 years younger, but it's one of those creams that hydrates well, smells good, feels nice and importantly doesn't irritate my sensitive skin.
The texture:
2 nice products from Bliss, the face lotion for me is the stronger product and the one I have kept using whereas the eye cream is nice but not as effective as I'd have liked when dealing with circles and wrinkles.
The lotion is 50ml and £25 the eye cream is 15ml for £24. See the products here.


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All these pictures were taken looking at, being inside or looking around from the Tower of Elahbel, the one tower in the Valley of the Tombs that is open to visitors. Inside you can climb four floors, each one containing rows of niches that would house a corps each, with a portrait of the deceased to close it off. For lots of such portraits see my Damascus National Museum pictures or - even better - switch to my Istanbul Archaeological Museum pictures.
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The dates of Oct. 7-13 are National 4-H Week, and Tama County is celebrating the 4-H youth who have made an impact on the communities by stepping up to the challenges of a complex and changing world.
4-H youth will connect with the community by inviting any youth and their family who are interested in 4H or curious about what 4H is to join current members for a 4H Find Out Night. This event will include free pork burgers provided by the Tama County Pork Producers, displays from local 4H clubs activities, and working exhibits which include make 'n' take activities for youth to participate in. Tama County 4Hers and leaders will be present to answer questions about their club.
Two events have been planned. The first event will be held on Monday, Oct. 8, at the South Tama Elementary Cafeteria.
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The second event will be held in Traer at the Traer Activity Center on Thursday Oct. 11.
Both Find Out Nights will be from 5-7 p.m. and are a come and go event. Plan on attending and find out how you can get involved.
Recent findings from Tufts University's 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development indicate that young people in 4-H are three times more likely to contribute to their communities than youth not participating in 4-H. Notably, the Tufts research discovered that the structured learning, encouragement and adult mentoring that 4-H'ers receive play a vital role in helping them actively contribute to their communities. In Tama County, more than 190 4-H members and 50 volunteers are involved in 4 H.
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4-H youth are a living breathing, culture-changing revolution for doing the right thing, breaking through obstacles and pushing our country forward by making a measurable difference right where they live.
Learn how you can Join the Revolution of Responsibility at 4-H.org/revolution, or contact Darla Thiessen, County Youth Coordinator, at Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, Tama at 641-484-2703 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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WHAT:?4H?Find Out Night
WHEN:Monday, Oct. 8- come & go - 5-7 p.m.
WHERE:?South Tama Elementary Cafeteria, 1611 Country Club Dr., Tama


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A 14 Year Old Has The Number One Most Downloaded App
Sometimes I worry about our future in this country. There is always talk of other countries kids being better educated and more ready to take hold of the future. Then I see a story that makes me think, America will always be at the top.


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With spring (mostly) here, you may be ready to get off cardio machines and head outside.
Here are a few tips on starting up a running program and staying with it from Jennifer Van Allen of Runner's World magazine, who has run 49 marathons and is the co-author of the new book "Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners."
• Do it your own way. There are some nonnegotiables when you first hit the road: Start slow and finish strong, never run through pain, and invest in running shoes and replace them before they wear out. (It's the cheapest and easiest way to get fit without getting hurt.)
But the rest -- and there is a lot -- is open to individual interpretation.
So don't be distracted by people who try to convince you that you're doing it wrong. Ignore anyone who tries to convince you that you must run a certain pace or number of miles to be a real runner.
• Don't undo your roadwork at the dinner table. It's easy to get into a cycle of entitlement eating, indulging in unhealthful treats and eating back the calories you burn running -- and then some.
Keep in mind that most people overestimate the number of calories they burn and lowball the number they consume. For any run of an hour or less, it's fine to run on empty.
Anything longer, or if it's been a long time since you've run, have a 100-to-200-calorie snack an hour before heading out. Make sure it's high in carbs (your body's favorite fuel) and low in fat and fiber (which can cause GI upset).
• Follow the 10-minute rule. The first 10 minutes of any run are going to feel tough. You'll probably feel stiff, achy, tired and ticked off. That's OK, and a natural part of transitioning from being sedentary to being in motion.
If you keep pushing your body forward -- even if you're walking -- your weariness will soon evolve into exhilaration. We promise.
After 10 minutes, you can call it quits with the satisfaction of knowing that your mission is accomplished. But more often than not, your muscles will feel warmed up, your heart rate will be elevated and you'll start to feel energized, even excited to exercise.
• Learn the difference between good and bad pain.
Running isn't going to feel comfortable or easy. Not in the first few weeks or even months. There will be muscle aches that go with pushing your legs and lungs farther and faster than they've gone before.
But any pain that persists or worsens as you run or after you're done is something that deserves at least two days of rest and possibly a call to the doctor.
Same goes for any pain that's sharp, makes you change your gait to compensate (which can cause more injury) or is located on one side of the body but not the other.
• Take your run like medicine. The hour before a run is tougher than anything you'll encounter out there.
Before you go, a flood of excuses will threaten to get between you and the road. You will always have emails to answer, dishes to wash, laundry to do, phone calls to return.
But if you don't take care of your body, it won't take care of you. Research has proved that regular exercise will help prevent diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease and cancer, among other conditions.
It can help improve the quality of your life, help stave off depression, help you stay sharp as you age and even help prevent age-related declines such as falling.
• Learn how to talk back to negative voices. At some point during a run of any distance you'll start hearing these voices:
I'm too slow.
I'm too tired.
I hate running.
I can't do this.
I don't want to do this.
I should be working instead.
I should be home instead.
You can't prevent these voices from haunting your run. But you can develop a strategy for vanquishing them. Make a list of reasons why you run. Fitting into your skinny jeans is perfectly acceptable.
Add up your miles each week, so when you hit the wall at mile 2 of a planned 3-miler, you'll know that final mile is nothing compared to all the miles you've already logged.
When someone passes you, don't take it personally; it's not a referendum on how fit you are. It's proof of what's possible.
Bart Yasso likes to say that what's important is not "how far you go, but how far you've come."
Stop thinking about it as a run and think about it as outside time, which studies have proved is medicine itself. Have a bank of mantras close to mind that feel meaningful. One of my favorites is "let the road rise to meet you."
• Go with the flow.
The state of your work, family and social life will have a huge impact on how much time, emotion, energy and interest you can bring to running, and what you need from it. If you tie yourself to goals that no longer fit, burnout and bitterness are all but assured. Keep setting new goals that work well with your lifestyle and your state of mind.


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Denard's keynote:
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Thanks for posting these Thorin.
Does anyone know when Denard will be making his speech, or did that happen yesterday and was I just not paying attention?
This afternoon.
Taylor Lewan is the fucking man. Such an out going personality and just an all around nice guy. You wouldn't think that under all that lies a hatred for donkeys that burns with the heat of a trillion suns
Not sure if thread worthy, but glad to see they are finally admitting Gardner will take snaps as a WR.
personally I wish the information never got out in the first place...would of loved to see sabans face when we roll out for the first series with a very tall and fast 12 lined up opposit 21......
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Anyone know?
This is killing me--like throwing fuel on the fire. CAN IT JUST BE FOOTBALL SEASON ALREADY