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Gov. Rick Perry stopped the execution of Frances Newton on Wednesday, agreeing with a rare recommendation from the parole board that she should be temporarily spared from lethal injection for the slayings of her husband and two children.
The decision came a day after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a 5-1 vote, endorsed a plea from Newton and her lawyers that the punishment be put off for 120 days and about two hours before she was scheduled to be put to death.
Newton, 39, would have been the first black woman and only the fourth female put to death in Texas since the Civil War. She denied any involvement in the fatal shootings more than 17 years ago at her family's Houston-area apartment.
Perry could have agreed with the panel or ignored the recommendation.
"After a lengthy review of the trial transcript, appellate court rulings, and clemency proceedings, I see no evidence of innocence," Perry said in a statement. "However, I am granting the additional time to allow the courts the opportunity to order a retesting of gunpowder residue on the skirt the defendant wore at the time of the murders and of the gun used in the murders.
"Although this evidence was evaluated by the jury and appellate courts, new technology is available for testing gunpowder residue."
Every death penalty case is unique and his decision was based on the issues in Newton's case, Perry said.
"Justice delayed in this case is not justice denied," Perry said. "The courts are the ultimate arbiters of evidence, and this case is now back in the hands of the courts."
Newton's lawyers said if the governor had refused their request for a delay, they would have made a last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the punishment.
"It was disappointing," said Roe Wilson, a Harris County assistant district attorney who handles capital case appeals and opposed the parole board's recommendation. "Obviously, our office did not think it was necessary to have a 120-day reprieve. But we will go forward with the case just as any other."
Prosecutors said her claims to the parole board and in late appeals rejected this week by state and federal courts offered nothing new.
The former tax accounting clerk may be innocent, her lawyers said, and additional scientific testing needed to be conducted on the murder weapon and on the clothing she was wearing the night of the slayings.
The .25-caliber pistol and blue dress prosecutors said had traces of gunpowder residue were introduced as evidence at her trial, where appeals attorneys insisted her legal representation was shoddy.
The board historically has turned aside such requests from condemned prisoners. In May, the panel recommended the life of a mentally ill convicted murderer be spared. Perry, however, rejected the vote of the board, whose members he appoints, and the inmate was executed.
Perry's decision then marked the first time a Texas governor rejected a parole board's clemency recommendation for a condemned killer since executions resumed in the state in 1982. During that period, 336 inmates received lethal injection, two of them women: Karla Faye Tucker in 1998 and Betty Lou Beets two years later. Before them, it was 1863 when a woman executed, hanged for the ax slaying of a South Texas rancher.
The Texas governor is empowered to issue a one-time 30-day stay of execution, but beyond that, any pardon, commutation or clemency first must be recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Prosecutors said Newton hoped to collect $100,000 in life insurance benefits on policies she recently had purchased, including one where she forged her the signature of her husband, Adrian, 23, who was killed along with their son Alton, 7, and daughter Farrah, 20 months.
Newton acknowledged hiding the existence of the policy from her husband but said from death row she didn't want him to know she had been saving money to purchase the insurance.
"With my husband, if he knew we had any extra money at all, it would be gone," she said told The Associated Press in a recent interview.
Newton maintained a drug dealer she knew only as Charlie, whom Adrian Newton owed $500, was likely responsible for the 1987 slayings.
"Somebody murdered my family and they haven't had to account for that," Newton said.
Newton would have been the 24th Texas inmate executed this year, equaling the total number of executions in the state last year. A record 40 were injected in 2000.
Nationally, she'd have been the 11th woman executed and the first since Florida injected a woman in 2002.


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Evolution Hoax
The human soul is created in a way that takes pleasure in beauty, cleanness, order and aesthetic. Allah will predestine all of these beauties to His servants whom He is pleased with in the Garden where an incredible perfection and magnificence will prevail.
When we think about the perfection of the Garden, we imagine the most beautiful sceneries and the most spectacular places of the world in our minds. But there is no doubt that even the most beautiful places of the world have flaws and even the most beautiful city is very ordinary when compared to the upmost aesthetic and glorious cities of the Garden. However, perfection is a trait common to the Garden only.
The Garden is the perfect place that we don't feel any of the weaknesses, flaws and helplessness felt and known to this world. People will not feel the need to sleep or to clean and renews themselves, they will not feel tiredness even though they play sports or do other things, they won't feel hunger or fullness after eating the things they like as much as they can, or they won't feel any discomfort as a result of what they have eaten, they won't hear any kind of disturbing voice or behavior from anyone. There will be place where there is no ugliness or lie and where there is beauty, blessing, comfort and restfulness in wherever they look.
The Garden described by our Lord with the verse, "Seeing them, you see delight and a great kingdom." (Surat al-Insan, 20) is composed of very beautiful cities decorated with mansions and palaces engraved with precious stones, and greeneries as well as gardens full of flowers, arcs and river-shaped waters. Our Prophet (saas) pointed this out in one of his hadiths:
In the Garden there is a gold pillar with cities of beryl [a bright, green precious stone resembling emerald] on it, and these shine like stars in the Garden… (Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith, vol. 1, p. 125/6)
But some people think that the Garden is composed of never-ending greeneries, slowly floating waterfalls or rivers. But the beauties in the Garden are not limited with these. In the Qur'an and the hadiths of our Prophet (saas), it is revealed that the Garden is a place of infinite beauty beyond our imagination. As it is understood from these descriptions, the Garden will be a place where technology, magnificence and many more blessings will exist abundantly. As it is revealed in the verse the Garden "as wide as the heavens and the earth…" (Surat Al'Imran, 133) is a place, which has a ground and a sky, streets, bazaars, malls and a normal course of life as stated in the hadiths just like the earth but, differently from the earth, which is created on the basis of perfection.
In the Garden, there will be blessings that resemble those in this world; however they will be so flawless and perfect in such a manner that they cannot be compared with the ones in this world. For example, the food and drinks of the Garden are so delicious, marvelous and satisfactory such that they cannot be compared with those of this world. In addition, there are no weaknesses like hunger or thirst, and the people of the Garden will be rewarded with incredibly delicious food and very tasty drinks that cause no drunkenness and that will appeal to their lower selves whenever they wish. The food and drinks of the Garden will never end and there will great abundance and prosperity till eternity.
The people of the Garden will be able to eat and drink these food and drinks without any discomfort and as much as they like, as another blessing from our Lord, Allah. Furthermore, earthly flaws such as waiting for a food to be cooked or a fruit to ripen, or having to wash fruits and vegetables before eating them, do not exist in the Garden. In the Garden, a person who wants to eat a food will find it ready in front of him or her just as he or she imagines it, will take and eat the fruits right from the branch and see that it has been replaced with a new one immediately.
The clothes of the Garden will be so beautiful in a way that they cannot be compared with the most beautiful clothes in this world. As Allah reveals in the verse, "They will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade..." (Surat al-Insan, 21) the clothes of the people of the Garden will be made up of the most quality fabrics such as silk and atlas in different colors. The hadith of our Prophet (saas) where he describes the features of the clothes of the Garden is as follows:
... None of them is lacking in anything, so nobody will be distressed by the fine clothing they see on others. They wear finer clothes, which it would take an eternity to describe... [Ash-Sharani, Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 325-326/563]
Almighty Allah reveals that there will be an abundance of jewelry and precious stones in the Garden, with the verse, "They will enter Gardens of Eden where they will be adorned with gold bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk." (Surah Fatir, 33).
One of the hadith that mentions pearls as a blessing in the Garden is as follows:
… Those who dwell in the Garden of Eternity will wear crowns encrusted with pearls, the radiance of the smallest of which will illuminate the space separating the east from the west! (At-Tirmidhi) [Ahmad Diya ad-Din al-Kamushkhanawi, Ramuz al-Ahadith -1, p. 99/8]
No doubt those mentioned here are only a small part of the blessings in the Garden. In the Holy Qur'an, Allah reveales many verses about the Garden and Hell and commands believers to compete for the Garden:
Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the people who guard against evil: (Surah al 'Imran, 133)

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...and as a result my screen displays at unacceptably low resolution.
The primary thing that the NVidia drivers give you is 3D acceleration, otherwise the nv driver should be suitable. It can run at at least 1600x1200, I know because I just swapped in a new Geforce and I switched back to the nv driver briefly before installing the new NVidia drivers.
Just curious, but what is noteworthy about Libranet? Is it an especially well balenced linux distro?
As others have said here Libranet was a polished Debian with a very nice system administration utility. I came in right about Libranet 2.7, and purchased 2.7, 2.8, 2.8.1 and finally 3.0. 2.7 through 2.8.1 were ROCK SOLID.. but with 3.0 some bugs were creeping in, repositories acting wonky, etc. Libranet always had (has?) a tight community and Libranet Inc. was very responsive. When Jon passed away I had a fee
FreeBSD is _NOT_ Linux. Just so you know. But you had trouble getting FreeBSD going? Odd.
(Back ontopic) Otherwise I sympathise. I once installed Libranet, and the adminmenu certainly is impressive. It's sad to see this one go.
I never used it, but it was a shock to me that one could recompile the kernel as easily as clicking on a button.
Why not, most of the trouble people have compiling the kernel is to make it small, add some weard functionality and making sure it works before completely switching. You know, doing usefull stuf.
If you just want to recompile it, yes, I can create a script for that on much less than a day.
Libranet is a great distro for the non geek to get up and running with a debian box.
So is Xandros [xandros.com]. And although the previous edition costed around $40, it was still less than half the price of the last edition of Libranet, which if I'm not mistaken, is $90. But now the Xandros OCE is free: OCE = Open Circulation Edition. The business edition is for exactly that, businesses, and just a lot of extra megs on the hard disk for a home user (unless you really, really prefer Sun's Star Office over OpenOffice. o
I use Ubuntu on my notebook, and coming from a RedHat/Fedora background, sometimes
apt-get install <package name>
apt-get remove <package name>
apt-get remove --purge <package name>
You can get the package name from the Ubuntu website. You can also update your database of known packages with
apt-get update
though you might want to edit your
With a commercial, Free Software, distribution, at worse you can support yourself too.
With a commercial, proprietary, distribution, at worse you can... erm, jump ship. You don't have the option of supporting yourself. So if you can't jump ship because you're tied to whatever platform it is, you're screwed.
You know how the suits always tell you that they purchase IBM/Microsoft/Sun/Oracle because when the shiznat hits the fan, they want someone they can call 24/7/365?
Well what are they gonna do when Herr Kernelmeister Torvalds up and kicks the bucket? Call Alan Cox? I mean good grief - does Richard Stallman even own a telephone?
200+ Linux distros creates confusion enough. But Linux can't go on if users must chose between competing and incompatible Linux kernels.
Maybe you've been out since 1996, but the Linux kernel isn't and hasn't been a "one-man show" for quite a while. If Linus were to bite it, Linux would still continue on with teams and teams of other people.
The kernel would break for political reasons rather than technical reasons. The way I see it, Linus is the guy with enough prestige to hold the kernel together, maintaining a semblance of compatibility between the various distros. If Linus were to "bite it", you'd have at least Novell and RedHat forki
Unlikely - linux users are much bigger on mooching off other poeples work than actually doing it themselves, oh yeah and boasting about what radical open source freedom warriors they are.
You nailed it with the selfish word.
Given his age and his personal circumstances who can blame in?/blockquote
Yes, who can blame in? Umm, who is this "in" person again?
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.


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On Amazon's Public Cloud Silo
"We fundamentally believe that the hybrid cloud approach is the best way to run your infrastructure in the future. It is not private. It is not public only. Public only is Amazon. It is another silo. We think a hybrid cloud approach with a common underlying platform architecture is the way to go. And what our customers are telling us: 'Today in our data center our enterprise runs on VMware in VMware virtual machines. I have come to know them as the secure, reliable, scalable, automated infrastructure for the private cloud. I want that exact same architecture and protection that I have in the enterprise -- I want it in the public cloud.' That is why VMware's hybrid cloud of the future will effectively compete against a siloed approach of an Amazon public cloud offering only."


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They'll make their revenue with Google Play and Chrome Web Store store revenue, since Glass has functions that require pairing with an Android device, and Glass apps are basically (by device features) limited to being auxiliary interfaces to web services for which the primary interface will almost certainly be either a traditional web or mobile app.
It's important to note that only third-party developers are prohibited from placing ads; Google isn't bound by the same rules. My tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory says they want to get people used to Glass first, and then start slowly implementing ads until they feel commonplace and accepted. If Glass is plastered with ads from the beginning, no one will use it, and Google knows this.
That said, it would be great if it never has ads. I would be willing to pay more (were I in the market for Glass) for no ads on a device such as this.
It's not about active ads. I'm sure they'll get revenue for passive advertising. You're wearing glass, you search for a restaurant, you get a list of local restaurants with directions... I can see pretty easy ways to embed ads into that whole process, and display USEFUL ads.
Most folks don't have problems with advertising that helps them find what they're looking for.
Reminds me of watching commercial- and float-free youtube before google's acquisition.
It's not a phone, it's a Bluetooth accessory. And the price hasn't been set at $1500. We have no idea what they will be selling this for when it gets released, but over $1000 seems incredibly unlikely.
I think you're totally correct,
While apple has been about the walled garden, google has been about the green valley with large high hills surrounding that discourage you to leave(but you can). Google is into building devices and products that make you use their other services that generate more value through advertisement and data collection. Google doesn't need to get your money from google glass after you buy it, because chances are you are going to use google.com, gmail and probably other services as well from them. These as we all know already track the information they are banning on glass anyways. The device is made to drive users to the other advertisement revenue streams and the larger the adoption of it(like the android phones) the larger their market share is for other services.
Most of the people I know that use an android phone use gmail and google search built in as well as their play store and some of the other apps. This is the driving force behind android and glass.
I have a hard time believing that they will make all their revenue on hardware alone.
That was an unsupported assumption being made by the submitter.
Google isn't allowing third-party app developers to display ads. That's completely different from stating that THEY won't display ads or incorporate paid partners into whatever "services" they offer on the devices. Heck, for all we know they'll require a Google+ membership before a company will be included in their listing of nearby entities.
I have a hard time believing that they will make all their revenue on hardware alone. They will have access to search and activity data combined with a feed that shows people's whereabouts and habits. This marketing data will be worth way more than any direct advertising.
No, Google is not using Glass to sell the OWNERS of Glass ads. That might happen eventually, but a more valuable service is being performed by Glass owners for Google. Namely the gather of information on other people THROUGH your glass. Se
> Seems like Google is going for hardware-only revenue on this one
Or, you know, collecting user data such as location, what the user is looking at and browsing, and so on. Which then in turn can be used to target advertising.
They say this now but after Microsoft or Apple sell an ad supported product for cheaper they'll change their minds quickly.
That is the opposite to Apple's way, so they won't do it. And Microsoft launching new hardware isn't much of a threat to anyone.
Google Glass will fail on it's own (lack of) merits.
My point is that if it is successful as a product competitors will attempt to recreate a similar experience and may not see any issue with having ads. If ads become 'workable' into the product it will likely be used to subsidize the cost of the competing product hence making a lower priced product with similar or the same functionality. For Google to stay competitive in the long road they would likely need to implement ads. Turning on intrusive ads now would be awful if they want consumer adoption of the product.
when I go to google.com with those?
and surely they would be taking a cut of the app sales, so no hw only vector there.
moreover.. they don't yet have a profit vector for it.
but don't worry, there's a very thin line between "information" and "advert" when your app exists solely for the purpose of finding nearest mcdonalds.
The next step is to pull all slashvertisements for Google Glass.
That's a thought. By that or the use of CSS media, one should be able to block Google glass users from accessing a site just as easily as optimising a site for Google glass. Another fine way of boycotting it.
Contrary to widespread thought, Google Glass will not be an advertising platform... yet!
But "sponsored notices" I am sure will be fully supported.
Remember how Cable TV started out with no advertisements, to give people a good reason to plunk down big wads of cash every month for stuff like what they got free over the airwaves? Remember how short that lasted, once cable acceptance picked up? This no-ads/tracking thing is just a phase to get Google Glasses in front of everyone's eyeballs; then we'll get ads full blast.
I think I agree with that. Google are probably worried that initial sales would be hampered by the preconceived notion that it would be used for major eyespam.
Remember how I canceled cable and switched to netflix? If you were not aware that stopped the advertising right quick. It's cheaper too.
I suggest you do the same.
Glass is just a front end for the smartphone, you can block the adds there.
Remember how Netflix took a couple decades to arrive after cable was already fully ad-ridden? Remember how the general public today still doesn't know how to fully ad-proof their browsers and root their cellphones, so even if a few uber-nerds slip through the cracks, Google will still have succeeded at further pushing omnipresent privacy invasion on the general public? gGlass is "just a front end for the smartphone" that gives them direct "push" capability straight to your eyeballs, and constant recording f
Adblock plugins are generally the most popular plugin for browsers. No need to root a cellphone to install a web browser plugin.
It is not constantly recording. The battery could never do that. It even has a warning light that lets people know when you are recording as well.
Before netflix you could rent these round shiny disks that had videos on them without advertising. Before that they had these cartridge looking things with magnetic tape spooled up inside. Again all of this was available for those decades
Battery life is only a minor technical hurdle, being steadily surmounted. Whatever can record for a couple hours today will be able to record all day in a few years. Anyway, Google probably doesn't need/want continuous video (yet); a frame grab every few seconds will give them a perfectly good sampling --- where you are, what brands and products you look at, what things you own, who you talk to --- on a highly granular few second basis; capturing 24FPS probably wouldn't add much more. Oh, and all those rent
Lots of app developers create a "free" version of their app that is supported through advertising. It's this particular aspect of advertising that Google is trying to prevent from happening.
And yet at the same time they are preventing developers for charging for software. It's like a developer magnet... pointing the wrong way.
If they're not going to blast these glasses with ads then it's because they've found a better way to exploit you. Probably selling your movements, then letting local merchants spam you.
Lol. It's hilarious to see people's paranoid rantings.
FYI - Google would be utterly stupid to allow merchants to spam users. Or even sell their data to them.
"FYI - Google would be utterly stupid to allow merchants to spam users. Or even sell their data to them."
Of course they would. That's what Google does to make money.
Google keeps its data for itself. It doesn't give its most valuable assets to anyone no matter how high the price. It would be absurdly stupid to do that. Not to mention against their very obvious privacy policies.
But even without the policy in place, it's just a bad business decision. Google's entire business model is based on trust. If users feel they can't trust Google with the information they give them, they'll stop using their services.
Wake me up when they start giving my information to third parties.
Probably selling your movements
Google doesn't sell any user data.
Probably selling your movements
Google doesn't sell any user data.
Actually, slight correction, I believe the Google privacy policy does allow selling of aggregated data. I should have said Google doesn't sell any individual user data.
Also, disclaimer: I work for Google but don't have any inside information about this. My comments are based on the published privacy policy.
Google has nothing except user data to sell.
They may not disclose individual data.
But they definitely sell it.
Google got their approach backward.
If they'd stayed with search, they could've charged companies by how successfully, quickly, easily, and uniquely people -found- the company's products when they wanted to solve a problem or fill a need and went searching for good answers.
Make what you sell good, and well and accurately and easily described, in a way that explains what need it satisfies -- and searc
Seems like Google is going for hardware-only revenue on this one.
That conclusion is not supported by the fact that Google does not allow advertising on Google Glass. Google Glass is not exclusively an output device, it is also a sensor array. The data collected by the sensor array would be very valuable to Google's surveillance and analytics programs. Whether Google will store, use, or distribute any of the data collected by the Google Glass sensors has not, as far as I know, been addressed.
Generally speaking, Google seems to have a very solid understanding that it is inexpensive to store data and a significant opportunity cost to discard it.
The internet company has explicitly and openly said that the Glass platform should and must be clean and clear of any ads whatsoever...
Really? When? Where? I cannot find any reference whatsoever to Google making that statement, only references, like this one, to an anonymous source claiming it. I feel confident that if Google had "explicitly and openly" said any such thing that I would have been able to well, you know, google it
Unmentioned here is the fact that Google is also forbidding developers to charge for their software, leaving developers with no revenue model at all. I imagine this is intended as an exploratory phase, and there is intent to in the future allow some revenue model for developers, but not giving any clue as to how developers might be allowed to make some money seems like a really good way to stifle development right from the outset.
It's in the developer guidelines if you'd take five minutes to look at them.
The internet company has explicitly and openly said that the Glass platform should and must be clean and clear of any ads whatsoever, because the technology is designed to facilitate internet browsing and other related activities, therefore, the featured podium cannot be used to advertise products as it will cause the user experience to diminish
So it's designed for internet browsing and stuff...like smartphones???
I'm so sick of ads taking up my tiny screen space, my pathetic battery life, and my worthless monthly bandwidth. This is the worst in apps made by every random developer who thinks he's entitled to make a constant revenue stream from throwing together a piddly app to do something basic like a kitchen timer. I even had an app that was supposed to be an app-store release of the ICS camera app...and it had an ad on the screen when you were using the camera! All he did was release the ICS camera app!
How about standing up to these developers, Google? Huh?
In the EU it is not legal to try and forbid anyone to resell items acquired by any means whatsoever. You buy it, you become the owner, you can do with it what you want: resell it, destroy it, lend it, rent it out, give it away. Google's gonna have a hard time with Euro Commissary iron Nellie ( Neelie Smit-Kroes, who already severely flogged them ).
I wonder if there aren't any exceptions for limited-access preview items. This first generation of Google Glass isn't available for sale to the public, and buyers of the Explorer edition have to agree to some things before they can purchase them.
Also, I don't believe people from outside the United States were eligible to apply for the Explorers program. Perhaps the EU law you mention doesn't include any exceptions allowing Google to impose these restrictions, and that's why it was limited to US residents.
Google isn't forbidding advertising on Glass. They're forbidding non-Google advertising.
http://www.inquisitr.com/256025/steve-wozniak-says-apple-ruined-siri-technology-after-acquisition/ [inquisitr.com] Here is Steve Wozniak showing how siri was destroyed by Apple advertising "What are the five largest lakes in California?" and "What are the prime numbers greater than 87?" (91). To which Wozniak replied, "It's incredible. It's like it understands 'greater than.'"
Wozniak also notes that his former question about California Lakes now brings up lakefront properties while his question about prime numbers now displays information about prime ribs
Let's see:
5 largest notable lakes by surface area in California (US State)
1 Salton Sea 950 km^2
2 Lake Tahoe 499 km^2
3 Goose Lake 380 km^2
4 Honey Lake 190 km^2
5 Mono Lake 180 km^2
"89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167 173, 179, 181, 191... (infinity primes)"
Looks like they fixed it.
I think I have figured out the appeal of Google Glass. People saw Terminator 2 and remember all the information the terminator had at his 'eyeballs' and thought it was really, really cool. Google glass is an attempt to make this happen, next up Google Robot.
They already have to the OS of course, it will be simple to port 'droid' to it's next version that we'll call 'robot'. It's a small and light weight OS that can run on a variety of hardware platforms and was meant for one shape but adapted to another. It
Google Inc has lately told app developers that they are not allowed to present ads to Google Glass users and they are also not permitted to sell users' personal and private information for the fulfillment of advertising needs.
Decisions like this should, by law, be in the hands of the users.
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Lincoln Land Community College volleyball coach Jim Dietz is headed to Las Vegas even though he doesn�t drink or gamble and doesn�t �really care for shows.�
And that�s quite all right. His trip has a greater purpose.
Dietz is traveling west to work with the top youth players in the country. USA Volleyball has chosen him as an apprentice coach for its High Performance Tryout. Dietz is one of four coaches who will put on the USA Girls Future Select National Skills Program July 29-Aug. 1 at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
�I am running a camp for 32 kids who are considered to be basically among the best fifth- and sixth-graders in the country that they think have the potential to develop into national team players,� Dietz said.
Important function
It�s a big deal for players and coaches.
The function of the High Performance Program is to bridge the gap between USA national teams (including the Olympic team) and youth programs. It is also a way of bringing coaches into the organization�s pipeline. Like athletes, coaches must apply and get accepted.
�I am responsible for evaluating each of the coaches,� Dietz said. �I also have to get evaluated by them.
�If I get good evaluations, next year they will move me up in some fashion.�
Dietz has previous involvement with USA Volleyball. He served as an evaluator at events in Chicago and St. Louis this year. In 1999, he was a volunteer coach for the USA women�s volleyball squad that competed at the World University Games in Spain.
�That was so long ago that some of the players that were in that are now coaches in the national program,� Dietz said.
This time around, he�ll work with younger talent.
�I like coaching 11- and 12-year olds,� he said. �They are sincere. They do something for the first time, they don�t hide they�re excited about it. By the time you get to high school kids, they may think it�s cool but they�re not going to show it. The 11- and 12-year olds do something cool, they get excited and they can�t help it. It is the purest coaching from an emotional standpoint.�
No vacation
It�s been a hectic few weeks for Dietz. He put on a camp last week for young players. LLCC is hosting a high school tournament this week. Once that ends, he�s immediately off to Las Vegas.
In preparation for his duties, Dietz is studying a 112-page manual. In addition to providing on-court instruction and drills, coaches must teach seminars, for example, on nutrition, sportsmanship and bullying prevention.
Dietz has lots to share. He was an assistant coach at Ohio State, Iowa State and Illinois. LLCC is 268-102 under Dietz. Last November, LLCC fell a win short of a repeat trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II national tournament. The Loggers finished with a 33-8 record and No. 17 ranking in the final national poll.
�We are going to have to delay the start of our practice for me to do this,� he said. �We are starting three days later than normal.�
Working with the best of the best is an opportunity Dietz couldn�t pass on.
�In anybody�s profession, how often do you really get to help kids at the top of the profession?,� he said.
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SHERWOOD TOWNSHIP � Two Wheatfield Drive residents died Friday morning when they pulled their Dodge van in front of a truck at the deadly intersection of M-60 and M-66 just south of Athens. It occurred just before 10 a.m.
Dead at the scene were the van driver,�Kenneth Waychoff, 45, of Sherwood,�and the passenger, his nephew Joshua Waychoff, 17, of Sherwood.
Witnesses outside the John Deere dealership at the northeast corner of the rural intersection said the northbound van had stopped at the sign but then pulled in front of a the black Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck, which was headed west in the 55 mph speed zone.
One witness said the driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, came partially out of the driver's side window as the van rolled over him. He was then ejected from the van and found several feet away.
The front of the truck hit the passenger�s side door, in turn�knocking the belted-in passenger into the back seat. He survived the initial crash but died as a rescue worker was administering aid.
The four men in the truck, from the Springport area of Jackson County, were pulling a trailer load of equipment to a weekend auction in St. Joseph County. None of them received serious injury. Three of the four men were treated at the scene by LifeCare Ambulance personnel and the driver was taken to Battle Creek Health Systems for treatment.
Branch County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) deputies were assisted by Calhoun County deputies, Michigan State Police and the Athens and Sherwood fire departments.
The traffic was rerouted around the crash site but the entire intersection was closed for a short time as�a Calhoun County Sheriff's Department�accident reconstruction expert�took measurements.
No charges�are expected to be filed, authorities said at the scene.
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I live in Australia now, and we have 2 sinks, but I've never used the second for rinsing. The few times I've tried it elsewhere, (A) it seemed like a waste of water, and (B) after the first few dishes, the second sink was full of suds, which rather negated the rinsing anyway.
Is the 'no rinse' method also the way it's done in non-US commercial kitchens? Apparently many of us Americans have a love affair with rinsing .
I dont have a mixer tap. But i do want one. sighh
We must live in the same city. Most of those things are now ingrained into me even though (some) restrictions have been lifted, with the exception of the showers. 4 minutes just ain't gonna cut it!And yes, seeing people running water in the manner of that TV show gives me the willies now! I don't even turn the water on to brush my teeth until the toothpaste is on the brush, and it gets turned off again as soon as the brush is wet, and in between needing to be rinsed.
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They're saying the right things. Hopefully that translates to the field.
Player Presser Notes 9-20-10
Darryl Stonum
First: Look at those glasses! He says they're not prescription.
When he made two big plays late in the first half "I just felt like it was the momentum changing." The offense started poorly, and he needed to provide a boost. "I don't know if 2 touchdowns in 45 seconds is quite the dream," it might be better. "I was always the big-play guy in high school, I was always the deep threat in high school. I've always wanted to get that transition over to Michigan."
In the third year of the offense with Denard throwing well, it's not just Stonum that's blossoming. Everybody knows stuff so can go out there and play fast.
"I try to lead by example most of the time. I'm not really a vocal screaming yeling in the huddle type of guy." He lets his work ethic speak for itself. Always works as hard as he can in weight room, in class, and on-field.
Patrick Omameh
Defenses play differently with Denard in the game. They'll contain instead of trying to sack Denard. He's making the right reads and is pretty dangerous. "We knew we didn't want him carrying the ball 30 times a game every game." They were able to get the ball to some RBs and establish something else on the ground.
"We've got some pretty athletic offensive linemen." They relish the opportunity to show off that athleticism by getting downfield and making plays. "I knew we had playmakers, it was just a matter of us getting the ball into the laymakers hands and setting up opportunities for them through our blocking."
The OL is coming together each week, as they have pretty good experience. Molk jumped back in where he left off with his injury last fall and spring. Taylor Lewan - "I watched the whole game yesterday, and he seemed to have a pretty good game." He and some others have been performing well in practice, even if they haven't seen the field much.
"There's absolutely more [offensive improvement] to come. The offense is clicking but we're still not performing to our full potential and capability."
Craig Roh
UMass was a "mini wakeup call." Seniors have been good at getting them pumped, but they need to do better than last week. "I'm frustrated now and I was frustrated then. You just can't do anything about it now." The defense needs to prepare better and be more hungry going forward.
The first two games were good for the defense. Against UMass "looking at the tape, we just didn't tackle well." Were surprised by a few schemes as well. Have to have a certain persona to tackle well. "I really did think every guy came in with that" and it just didn't work out for some reason. They'd hit guys in the backfield, or allow 5 yards to be stretched into 10. Don't want to let guys get more than they should.
"With our training from Mike Barwis, we don't get very tired ever." The fourth quarter points for UMass were not a result of that.
Taylor Lewan played well. Proud of him because they've been buddies for a couple years. "He's finding a happy medium between being aggressive and holding a lot." That style will work well in the Big Ten.
Mike Martin "he is the strongest person I' ve ever seen in the weight room, and it's really showing on the field." Beat a double team to sack the QB.
It won't be tough to get up for BGSU. "From our performance this Saturday, this team is definitely going to get up for this game."
"The offense really helped us out this past Saturday, and that's why it's a team." One side will have to rely on the other from time to time.
Craig doesn't listen to music before games to get pumped up - reads a bit of the Bible.
Jordan Kovacs
Being a hometown guy, it'll be a different experience to play BG. He doesn't know anybody on the team though, outside of Bryan Wright. "It's gonna be weird" being on opposite sidelines. Knows him well, good kicker. They keep in touch a little bit, but haven't been trash talking yet.
Defense mindset - "Obviously we aren't satisfied with the way that we played defensively." It's much nicer to get that out of the way early in the season, and with a win. "I expect it to be a 1-game slip-up. I'm sure we'll make our corrections today."
Feels different than last year's struggles. They'll move forward. "I think they're pretty simple things." Technical errors and a couple missed assignments. Players might have been hesitant after giving up big plays to Notre Dame "maybe guys are just inexperienced and aren't feeling comfortable in their zones yet."
Obi and Jonas are the senior leaders on D. Each said a few things after the game in the locker room, as did Craig Roh.
"If you can control the ball, you can wear out a defense." The D didn't do their job to get themselves off the field.
Cameron Gordon
Interception - "The first thing I was thinking is 'yes I finally got one.' Sometimes, you don't want to do too much." He should have tucked the ball better.
The team will be very focused after a letdown against UMass. "Last game was a reality check for many games to come. Of course, it's a good thing that we still got the win." There's a small margin for error at this level. The other teams prepare, too. "You have to prepare even better. It's not like high school."
The defense wants to do their part like the offense has been doing. "We're still not as good as we need to be or want to be." Both sides of the ball can improve, but there's only been three games.
Going against Michigan receivers in practice helps prepare for other teams' best receivers.
Transition to safety is good. Still room for improvement. "What's the best room in the house? That's room for improvement."
Choosing Michigan - "I love it here." Everyone will face adversity growing up, and he's learning at Michigan that working hard and staying in the fight will help you through.
I gotta say, I feel pretty good about the defense (and the locker room) being led by Craig Roh the next couple of years. I'm also encouraged by Gordon despite the coverage problems. He just needs experience and he's added an intimidating presence that the secondary has lacked for quite some time. Adding Carvin Johnson, Brandon Herron and Marvin Robinson back to the mix over the next couple weeks may prove significant.
that we'd be saying we can't wait until two true freshman get back to help our defense. I totally agree with you, but like whoa.
Darryl looks like LBJ from Entourage last season
You can stop resizing it. It looks fine.
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"What's the best room in the house? That's room for improvement." - + 1 to Cam.
I know its hard to be optimistic after saturday, but i like the attitudes of these players (mostly Gordon), especially after you know they got chewed out after the game. I think they are giving their honest opinions, and if any happiness is to be derived in the aftermath of UMASS, the positive yet humble attitudes of the athletes involved go a long way in that regard.
we expect from this team. And for which they will be long-remembered.
Which will, alas, also be long remembered.
I'm hopeful for this "sophomore leadership" but even moreso for next year's junior leadership.
I really like Cam Gordon's attitude. The kid is a hart hitter that is only going to get better as his career progresses. Sometimes people forget that he's a converted WR. I can't wait to see how Michigan comes out this coming Saturday against BGSU. I expect that Denard and company will be much crisper offensively and on defense I expect to see a lot of guys flying around, very excited that it appears Marvin Robinson will be back on the field ready to tear people's heads off. UMass was a great wake up call for this team and should help them as the season moves forward.
that can only happen with a victory. Still expect this defensive unit to show some improvement against BG - a few 3 & outs should motivate them.
BTW - are we using any nickel or dime packages with substitution ? or do we just ask Roh to drop into coverage. If it is substitution, which DB's are we adding ? When I'm at the games I haven't noticed changing coverage packages. Thanks & Go Blue !
Here's the cool part for the future: The 5 guys interviewed are, in the order on the post: junior, sophomore, sophomore, sophomore, freshman. That's not great for the present, but really good for the years to come.
Roh reads the bible to get pumped for games, then smites the opposing offense...
I hope it's Old Testament.
Can someone please photoshop some "jaws" into Roh's picture above? I don't have the skills necessary...
Not quite, but more similar hair and man wouldn't it be nice if Stonum was a killer like Bro. Mouzone?
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Feb. 18, 2014 - 07:31PM |
By Ed Kemp
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American staff writer
Former Veteran of the Year Col. (Ret.) George Robert Hall salutes the POW flag with a tear in his eye during the 30th Annual Veterans Day Service at the Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center. Moore died Sunday at age 83. (Ryan Moore / Hattiesburg American)
A Vietnam War veteran, who endured one of the longest captivities as a prisoner of war in American history, has died.
Retired Air Force Col. George Robert Hall succumbed Sunday to his 20-year battle with Parkinsons Disease. He was 83.
He was just a great American. He was just a strong, strong individual, said his brother Sam Hall of Hattiesburg, a retired golfer. You couldnt survive seven and one-half years as a prisoner of war and 20 years with that disease and not be a strong person.
George Robert Hall, who graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1948, spent 7 ½ years (from 1965 to 1973) as a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese army, after his plane was shot down during a reconnaissance mission.
Andrew Wiest, director of the University of Southern Mississippis Center for the Study of War and Society, said Halls time trapped in and around Hanoi, including at the infamous Hanoi Hilton, ranks among the longest POW experiences in U.S. history.
His experience was about as prolonged and brutal as you can get, said Wiest, who has written several books about the Vietnam War.
Sam Hall said his brothers weight, normally 170 pounds, sunk to under 100 pounds as a result of the torture he endured.
George Robert Hall spent much of his captivity in solitary confinement, using a stealthy tap system on the prison walls to communicate with other prisoners.
He was one of those that I would compare to the World War II greatest generation, said Ted Tibbett, chairman of the Hattiesburg veterans committee.
He was a true officer. He served and came back. He was in tremendous pain and came back and went to work.
Tibbett said one of Halls biggest contributions to Hattiesburg was his fund-raising efforts for the Veterans Memorial Park downtown.
He raised thousands and thousands of dollars to build that park and he was chairman emeritus of that park to this day, said Tibbett.
Wiest, who grew up in Hattiesburg, remembers being about 12 when George Robert Hall was released from his captivity and returned to Hattiesburg.
An overflow crowd packed Southern Misss Bennett Auditorium to greet him.
That kind of thing resonated, Wiest said. You knew it was something very out of the ordinary and something very much to be appreciated and honored.
George Robert Hall is survived by his wife, Pat Hall, along with their three children. In 2005, the couple co-wrote Commitment to Honor, a memoir of his POW experience.


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By GEORGE O'GORMAN
PRINCETON TWP. — Sarah McNeilly didn't get to take the shot she was expecting to get with the final seconds ticking off last night.
A defensive switch by Northern Burlington from man-to-man to a 1-3-1 zone left McNeilly at the top of the key with only a 3-point attempt to take with 21 ticks left in the championship game of the Princeton Day School Holiday Tournament.
With tons of poise, West Windsor North junior McNeilly swished the trey to give her team its first lead and an eventual 34-31 upset of unbeaten Northern Burlington.
"We were suppopsed to run our Knight play which we haven't run yet this year, but since they were in a different defense we went to another option. I didn't really think about anything because those are the shots you practice for," said McNeilly, whose 3-pointer and two free throws with :05 to play capped a 12-1 closing run that enabled coach Bob Boyce's squad to get its first win over an undefeated team after having lost earlier to Trenton, Hopewell Valley and Allentown when they were unbeaten.
For all but the final quarter it looked like the 3-3 Knights would fall to another unbeaten as they shot miserably, threw the ball away repeatedly and kept missing shots from low in the paint that Northern was able to rebound and ignite a fastbreak.
"That's one thing about my team, they won't quit," said Boyce. "They may not be able to drop a stone in the ocean, but they won't quit.
"The shot we got was the second option, but it wasn't supposed to be a 3-pointer except that they changed their defens," explained Boyce. "We've had a tough road, and it doesn't get any easier with Notre Dame up next. But these girls keep fighting all the way."
In the consolation game Pinelands dropped Princeton Day's record to 4-4 as it led all the way for a 43-28 win as Mika Ryan's squad played better than it had in the opening loss to Northern Burlington but still went 0-2 in is tournament.
Dolan 2-0-5, M.Rivera 4-1-9, Funk 1-0-2, K.Rivera 0-0-0, Coit 3-7-13, Montalvo 1-0-2, TOTALS: 11-8-31
Sugar 1-3-5, Carson 3-2-9, McNeilly 2-4-9, Schwarzman 2-2-6, Foster 1-1-3, Tampellini 1-0-2, Magid 0-0-0, Tatulli 0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-12-34
Northern Burlington (5-1) 10 9 7 5 — 31
West Windsor North (3-3) 6 7 8 13 — 34
3-pt,. goals: NB-Dolan; WWN-McNeilly, Carson.
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Kidd 2-1-5, Kline 2-2-7, Macneil 2-0-4, Melo 4-6-16, Dewey 2-1-5, Herbert 1-0-2, Wilson 0-1-1, Hartman 2-0-4. TOTALS: 16-9-43
Goldman 1-1-3, Johnson 3-1-7, Kumar 0-0-0, Levitan 0-0-0, Levy 3-0-6, Murray 1-1-3, Okorodudu 3-0-6, VanLiew 1-1-3, Zahn 0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-4-28
Pinelands 11 17 8 7 — 43
Princeton Day (4-4) 7 9 2 10 — 28
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Centenary, 15
Hackettstown, N.J. - The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team improved to 4-1 overall, 1-1 in the Skyline with a 16-15 overtime victory over Centenary College (3-3, 0-2) on Tuesday afternoon in Hackettstown, N.J. Rams senior Natalie Budinich (East Northport, N.Y./Commack) scored the game-winner just 44 seconds into overtime and Farmingdale held on for the win through the next five minutes of play.
Centenary scored the first three goals, before Rams sophomore Nicole Brett (Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) connected on free-position opportunity to cut the Cyclones lead to 3-1. Both teams traded off the next six goals and Centenary was still ahead 6-4 before scoring three straight to push their lead to 9-4. Farmingdale scored two more goals by freshman Janelle Reif (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Herricks) and sophomore Theresa Rokee (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) for a 9-6 score and Centenary added one more with 53 seconds left to hold a 10-6 advantage at the half.
The Rams came out in the second with three quick goals, Centenary added another, and then Farmingdale saw five straight goals from Budinich and Rokee to go up 14-11. The Cyclones tied it up at 14 with 1:16 left before senior Gina Shore (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem) scored on a breakaway pass from freshman Ashley Fallon (Northport, N.Y./Northport) for the 15-14 lead. But Centenary's Nicole Becker tied it up on a free-position shot with 23 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.
Budinich's goal came in the first minute of play and the Rams were able to control the ball the rest of the way to push forward for their fourth victory of the season.
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Picking up trash, painting elderly residents' homes, planting trees and spending time with local children were all in a day's work for about 1,200 summer campers and adults who attended the 2013 M-FUGE camp at Palm Beach Atlantic University in June.
|M-FUGE participants paint a home in West Palm Beach.
M-FUGE, part of the LifeWay Christian Resources FUGE family of camps, is designed for rising seventh-graders through college-age students. In addition to participating in daily Bible study and church group devotion times, the campers traveled off-site to assist churches and community organizations with such activities as children's ministry, youth games and recreation and social ministry.
They also participated in painting, construction and yard work for local agencies, organizers said.
"Having that many young people volunteering with that much energy and that much good will has such a tremendous impact on the community," said Lela Jordan, director of Vickers House, a community resource center in West Palm Beach. "They make a big difference in people's lives."
With the help of Jordan and her vast network of community organizations, the campers volunteered at more than 20 churches, parks and nonprofits.
Groups typically attend camp for one week. The first camp was held June 10-14 and the fourth and final PBA camp ran from July 1-5.
The participants came from churches from across Florida and the Southeast, and some traveled from far away as Illinois, Ohio and Texas.
|The youth group from Pleasant Street Free Baptist Church in Springvale, Maine, takes a break during M-FUGE at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
One youth group journeyed more than 30 hours each way by van, train and bus from Springvale, Maine, to participate in M-FUGE. The 10 youth and three adults from Pleasant Street Free Baptist Church served with the camp's children's ministries as well as the games and recreation ministry, working with local youth at a park and a community center.
"We choose M-FUGE for the service and because I think it is a good match for junior high and high school mixed groups," said Kelley Jenkel, the church's youth director and a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic. "Also, they have a variety of choices for tracks or ministry sites."
She said she believes it also encourages students to start thinking about higher education by allowing them to experience life on a college campus.
In addition to volunteering, the students enjoyed attending worship services, joining in the mega relay activity and meeting new friends, she said.
Jenkel said her youth group has attended M-FUGE camps for nine of the past 10 years, three of them in West Palm Beach.
PBA served as the first M-FUGE location in 1995 before the camp expanded to other venues. M-FUGE remained at PBA through 2008 before returning this year.
This year's speakers were Stephen Dervan, campus pastor at Family Church at Abacoa in Jupiter, and Trey Smith, a student ministry veteran based in Fort Worth, Texas. Leading worship was the Christian band Mosaic.
Other 2013 M-FUGE camps were held in Ridgecrest, N.C., Glorieta, N.M., Mobile, Ala., Louisville, Ky., Williamsburg, Ky., New Orleans, La., Clinton, Miss., Philadelphia, Pa., Charleston, S.C., Greenville, S.C., Nashville, Tenn. and Houston, Texas.


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Live action trailers are all the rage these days. However, few are as effective as this short film for Metro: Last Light. Taking place before the nuclear apocalypse of Last Light, the film shows a panicked crowd trying to head towards the Moscow Metro, built to serve as a refuge in case of an atomic attack. It's a rather dramatic piece, one that should reflect the grim tone developer 4A Games is going for with its upcoming first-person shooter.
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Sanibel Sea School will celebrate six years on the islands of Sanibel and Captiva with its annual Octifest on the Beach a fundraising tent party at 6:30 p.m. March 31 on Causeway Island A. Guests will be able to enjoy a gorgeous Southwest Florida sunset and music along with a gourmet local and sustainable dinner, all for a good cause.
"The Octifest is an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy the ocean," said Dr. James Bruce Neill, co-founder of Sanibel Sea School. "It brings the community together. This year's Octifest will integrate the ocean with fun and science."
Proceeds from Octifest benefit scholarships to Sanibel Sea School and help bridge the gap between tuition and the cost of the programs for all students who attend the school's programs. The sea school has been dedicated to teaching children and adults about marine ecosystems. Using the barrier islands' habitat, students gain an opportunity to touch, feel and understand their natural surroundings.
"We try to create programs for people to enjoy the ocean for a lifetime," said Neill.
Sanibel Sea School's programs cover all that encompasses marine ecosystems animals, people, plants, land, ocean and weather and foster a sense of wonder in regards to the marine world. Students are left eager to learn more and enthusiastic about practicing good ocean stewardship that will change the way they live.
Neill and his wife Evelyn founded Sanibel Sea School with the mission to improve the ocean's future one person at a time. After 20 years as a successful advertising writer, Evelyn turned her desire to communicate about nature and conservation into a calling. Bruce's fascination with birds in high school led him to obtain a degree in zoology, which was followed by master's degree in the biology of coral reefs and eventually his PhD from Montana State University. Together, Bruce and Evelyn, realized their dream of a school that teaches children about the ocean.
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"It's been a phenomenal six years," Neill said. "We've been fortunate to form a partnership with PACE Center for Girls (in Fort Myers) and to have watched our youngest students grow up. Some are going off to college."
Octifest principal sponsors, People United to Restore our Rivers and Estuaries (PURRE) and Lily & Co., will be the key ingredient of a grand prize adventure that involves floating coconuts, glow sticks and bobbing wishes cast into the ocean.
"We will be selling painted coconuts that will have a number. They will be released to help study the ocean's currents," explained Neill. "The first coconut found will be a grand prize winner."
Other live auction highlights include a two-hour floating cocktail party aboard the Sanibel Thriller; Doc Ford and Doc Bruce a boat trip with Neill to lunch with Sanibel author Randy Wayne White at Doc Ford's Rum Bar and Grille on the wharf at Fort Myers Beach; and The Sanibel Sea School Powerwashing Team: the scientist blasters will clean your house or dock.
Sanibel Sea School is a 501c3 dedicated to a world in which all people value, undertand and care for the ocean. There will be opportunities to contribute, as well as learn about the school. To find out more about Sanibel Sea School, visit sanibelseaschool.org and look at what is done each day.
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American Petro-Hunter announced that the 3rd Horizontal well to be drilled at the North Oklahoma Project Mississippi Lime Play is currently at a depth of about 4,200 feet and drilling ahead. The vertical section and curve into the Mississippi Lime formation has been finished with the horizontal lateral underway. The project operator reports that all phases are proceeding as planned and are on schedule.
The well has been designated NOM-3H and is in the same section of land as the two previously completed producers; the NOM-1H and NOW-2H. The lateral portion of the horizontal length within the 100 foot thick Mississippi pay zone has been engineered for 1,900 feet. Following drilling of the horizontal portion of the well, the NOM-3H will be completed and tied in to the existing gas line and production facilities. It is anticipated that drilling should be finished in approximately 10 days.
The NOM-3H is the inaugural well officially commencing the 2012 drilling program for American Petro-Hunter. The Company's plans include participation in the drilling of 4 to 5 additional horizontal wells in the North Oklahoma Mississippi Lime play as well as to begin activities at the South Oklahoma Play within approximately 60 days from the completion of the NOM-3H.
From a technical perspective, the NOM-3H well will be the first well in the program to undertake a completion procedure using a submersible pump immediately after the well is fracked. A similar completion technique on a neighboring well resulted in immediate outstanding production of both oil and gas. That particular well was drilled and completed using the same technology and procedures currently undertaken in the development of the liquid rich North Oklahoma Mississippi acreage owned by American Petro-Hunter.
Company president Robert McIntosh states, "Having the NOM-3H well reach the Mississippi reservoir on schedule has been an accomplished start to the 2012 program. We have plans for at least 8 more wells in Oklahoma in order to continue to build our production base in the area. Our engineering team continues to gain positive information as to the best way to complete these wells in the most cost effective manner while providing the maximum results. The introduction of submersible pump procedures into the well completion process is expected to greatly increase our daily rates as proven in nearby analog wells. If we achieve similar results, our BPD could potentially increase 10 fold. "
The company currently owns an interest in approximately 6,000 acres in one of the hottest horizontal oil plays in the continental United States. Approximately 20 horizontal wells have now been drilled in the immediate area of American Petro-Hunter's leases producing from both the Woodford Shale and the Mississippi Limestone. Both of these formations are oil producers with very high BTU wet natural gas.
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Beware of unsafe ways to cook turkey
Turkey is the base of many traditional holiday meals. If you enjoy trying something "new" or different, keep in mind that some of the "new" ways of preparing traditional meals may not be safe.
Brown paper bag method
This method involves placing a turkey in a large brown paper grocery bag and cooking the bird at a very low temperature. Brown paper bags were never intended for use as cooking utensils. The glue, ink, chemicals and other materials used in recycling the grocery bags are unsanitary and some bags may even contain tiny metal shavings. To make this method safe, replace the brown bag with a turkey-size oven-cooking bag. Cooking turkey at temperatures below 325° F is unsafe so be sure to the oven temperature to 325° F or higher. Use a food thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh and breast to check the internal temperature which should read 165 degrees or higher.
Trash bag method
This method is sometimes known as the "Mississippi Trash Bag Method." A whole turkey is placed in a large trash bag and marinated in salt brine, herbs and spices for several hours at room temperature. This is an unsafe method because of the use of trash bags and marinating at room temperature. Do not use non-food grade materials to hold food because chemicals and non-food colors may leach into the food. To make this method safe, replace the trash bag with a large oven-cooking bag. Refrigerate the turkey during the marinating process.
Slow-cooking overnight method
This method is unsafe because it involves cooking the turkey at 190 to 200° F overnight for 12 to 13 hours. A low oven temperature means the turkey will take longer to heat and will increase the risk of harmful bacteria growth and the chance that toxins will be produced and not be destroyed with further cooking. To make your turkey safe, do not cook it at temperatures lower than 325 degrees.
A turkducken is a partially boned turkey layered with a boned duck, then with a boned chicken and spread with layers of stuffing between each bird. The entire collection is rolled, tied and roasted at 190° F for 12 to 13 hours. Although this recipe has been around for many years, it can be very unsafe if not handled properly. To make this method safer, keep the birds chilled until ready to put together. While boning each bird, keep the others refrigerated. After all three birds have been boned and the stuffing prepared, assemble the turkducken ingredients and quickly get it into a preheated oven set at 325° F or higher. Use a food thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the bundle and make sure the stuffing and birds reach 165° F or higher. Be sure to check the temperature in several locations.
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Professors Luis Vivanco and Alec Ewald Selected to Attend Wye Faculty Seminar
- 04-10-2013
- By Lee Ann Cox
The Aspen Institute's Wye Faculty Seminar, which looks for a cross-disciplinary selection of faculty with strong commitments to scholarship, teaching and service, has selected anthropologist Luis Vivanco, who also directs the Global and Regional Studies Program, and political scientist Alec Ewald among just 20 participants who will take part in their summer program, "Citizenship in the American and Global Polity."
The seminar is an opportunity to both explore and experience the meaning of liberal education. Sessions are based on intellectually rigorous discussion and reflection of classic literature from antiquity to the present, exploring ideas that touch on fundamental issues of society that deepen and broaden the vision participants bring back to their campuses and classrooms.
Past readings, organized into sessions on topics such as "What is a Good Society?"; "Leadership" and "Globalization and Responsibility," have ranged from selections from John Winthrop, Aristotle, Confucius and Rousseau to Ralph Ellison, Tillie Olsen and the five pillars of faith in the Quran.
"The Wye Faculty Seminar is one of the nation's most prestigious professional development opportunities for liberal arts faculty," says Antonio Cepeda-Benito, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "I am delighted for Alec and Luis; their selection reflects extremely well not only on their accomplishments but also on the very high quality of the UVM faculty.
Vivanco, whose research focuses on understanding the cultural and political dimensions of environmental change and sustainability, is passionate about both teaching and liberal education. "I'm always thinking about the broader global context in which the things that I teach about are taking place," he says, "but I'm also looking for ways to enhance global citizenship for my students, get them involved in service learning projects and then tie that to the liberal arts." For Vivanco then, the seminar's combination of citizenship with a global outlook is a unique fit.
"In my teaching and research," says Ewald, I've been interested in citizenship both as a formal category and as a more general question of civic belonging." He has written about voting rights and taught classes on race, criminal justice and constitutional law. He, like Vivanco, is a strong believer in the liberal arts model of education, in "sitting in a room together talking and listening and writing and thinking about hard questions and solving problems." But he knows there are genuine questions about the model that he hopes this seminar will help him address and articulate.
Ewald also sees a benefit in taking a role that's closer to that of a student, a reminder of having someone else run the discussion, having someone else say, "good job" and realizing it feels good. "Or being ignored when you had your hand up," he says. "Those experiences are often at least as valuable as some new thing I learned about John Locke."


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Just two days before the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law, Gov. Susana Martinez's administration in Santa Fe announced the creation of a task force charged with developing a state health insurance exchange.
One of the major features of that law, known as the Affordable Care Act, is that each state must institute health insurance exchanges by 2014 for the purpose of insuring a competitive insurance marketplace in the state, offering choices in health plans and assisting consumers in understanding the insurance options available to them.
The goal is to provide small businesses and private individuals greater leverage and information in selecting affordable health insurance policies appropriate to their needs and employees.
Many states embraced the idea of insurance exchanges, both to increase their number of insured residents and as a way to control spiraling health care costs.
A number of other states, notably those with hard-line Republican governors bent on undoing the president's health care measure, have refused even to consider health insurance exchange.
It's a shortsighted posture for Republican politicos who normally rail against any sort of federal intervention in state affairs. The fact is, should any state fail to institute its own insurance exchanges by 2014, the federal government is obligated by law do it for them.
It is shortsighted, as well, because in states where exchanges are already being used, they have helped many people and small businesses obtain affordable insurance which heretofore had been unavailable to them.
A case in point is Massachusetts, where polls consistently show that state's exchange (called The Connector) to be one of the most popular health insurance reforms pushed through by Mitt Romney during his term as governor. Indeed, the president has credited Romney's reforms as the model for of his own health law.
Nonetheless, a slew of Republican governors have pledged not to allow exchanges in their states, among them Chris Christie of New Jersey, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida, and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.
So you have to wonder, given the partisan vitriol to which top GOP politicians seem prone since the Supreme Court gave thumbs up to the president's health reform law, whether Gov. Martinez would have permitted her Health Department to buck her party's anti-Obamacare tide had it chosen to announce its insurance exchange task force two days after that decision rather than two days before.
In any case, a few Republican governors (darn few) are proceeding to create exchanges in their states, including Alabama where Gov. Robert Bentley issued an executive order moving forward with his state's exchange quite some time ago.
Poor states like Bentley's Alabama, Jindal's Louisiana and Susana Martinez's New Mexico only stand to gain from health insurance exchanges, since the power of numbers has historically impressed the insurance industry.
Giant corporations and large institutions will be the first to admit that the sheer size of their insurance pools routinely help to temper escalating premium costs for their employees enrolled in "group" policies.
There's no reason whatsoever for states not to use their collective clout to that end.
But this is a presidential election year and reason has long since flown the coop out there on the campaign trail where nonsense is proffered as truth and balderdash passes for brilliance.
It has created some seriously ill-informed voters.
Last week, the often sassy weekly newsmagazine, The Week, reported on a YouGov.com poll which found that "63 percent of Republicans still say they believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded in 2003."
And "among Republicans who say Iraq had WMDs, 64 percent believe President Obama was born in another country."
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How do you control what other people, "who it gets shared with", do with your own data?
And if you have the kinda of 'friends' that you can't trust to not re-share your data, then don't share with them in the first place.
Personally, I'll be implementing a 3 strikes policy - if a friend re-shares any of my personal data (not general public webstuff) 3 times, they will be blocked.
One big problem I had with Facebook is that friends from completely disparate groups can share information about you without your control.
This is an issue in the real world, always has been, and always will be. People talk about other people, often times behind their backs. Deal with it.
Is it really so hard to envision? On one side of the scale you have email. On the other side you have Twitter. Make a social networking site more like email in terms off privacy. Sure, emails can still get out but they require a beach of trust from a friend, and even then they are unlikely to get into the hands of someone damning like your boss.
People don't want privacy in the strictest sense of the word on a social networking site. They want control, and they want to trust that they can keep control easily
It has been around for a while.
Re: "practical enough that people would actually use it" -- define "people". The fact that you compared Diaspora to Freenet almost says enough about which people will go to the trouble of using it. For better or worse, most people do not care enough about privacy to use Freenet or Diaspora. Folks are pissed off at Facebook, yes, but not because Facebook is overly centralized, rather because Facebook has made dumb decisions re: what to do with all that centralized data. Theoretically, something like Dias
Work on Appleseed has also been progressing rapidly. In the past month, we've added internationalization, theming, and an MVC+plugin framework. You can see our revised roadmap in the svn:
http://svn.appleseedproject.org/trunk/_documentation/ROADMAP.TXT [appleseedproject.org]
Here's my public Appleseed profile using an early version of the new theme:
http://developer.appleseedproject.org/profile/michael.chisari [appleseedproject.org]
Remote logins, remote friends connections, remote messaging, journals, photos, discussion groups, sophisticated node control, ACL and privacy controls and more are all working, and will be refined in the coming releases, along with all new features like one-click server upgrades, search, micro-blogging, and more.
Michael Chisari
Appleseed - http://opensource.appleseedproject.org/ [appleseedproject.org]
It's a shame your project doesn't get more attention.
The Diaspora guys' only real talent seems to be marketing that allowed them to raise a boatload of cash on vaporware hype and a catchy name.
p.s. I hope you change the name. Diaspora is a LOT cooler name than Appleseed, so they don't have to be better to get your marketshare.
The Diaspora guys' only real talent seems to be marketing that allowed them to raise a boatload of cash on vaporware hype and a catchy name.
I think it's a little early to make that judgement. How fast are you expecting this to be developed?
Both names don't make a lot of sense to me. If I hadn't heard of either, I would have no clue what it is or what it does. Facebook is pretty damn clear. mySpace is pretty clear. Friendster is clear. Hopefully, for Diaspora, a few good hubs will emerge with better
How fast are you expecting this to be developed?
My expectation, have been there and back again, is around 12 months of full time work for four people. This is until something is stable and usable, not what can be considered a "Facebook Killer". To be feature complete with where Facebook is *right now* will take much longer. This is, of course, assuming that their project has a solid blueprint and plan, which won't require any major rewrites or result in any major fundamental design flaws (like being spammer friendly, for instance).
Appleseed is looking at around 9 months to a year to be (basically) feature complete with Facebook, but we have the advantage of a six year head start on Diaspora. A project like this is a massive undertaking, anyone who's released code can tell you that. It's unfortunate that supporters have gotten the idea that the product that will be out in September will be anything but Alpha quality. The interesting thing is to see how Diaspora deals with it's prospective users getting antsy.
Both names don't make a lot of sense to me.
The names of the project don't have to make sense to anyone except for people running servers, really. Can you tell me, off hand, what a Joomla or a Drupal is? Users of distributed social networking hubs only have to know that lolcatfans.tk and havardalumni.edu are compatible with the broader open social network.
Michael Chisari
The Appleseed Project - http://opensource.appleseedproject.org/ [appleseedproject.org]
From what I gather from the Appleseed site, they are different things (with some overlap), so I don't know why they'd need to "compete" with eachother.
In an ideal world, social networking would be what the diaspora guys are trying to do. In the real world (where not everyones cares or even wants to care about running some piece of software), I think Appleseed has a concept that would be much easier to take over facebook et-al.
They're both great concepts, and in the end I believe there's a place for both. Sp
Oh, and naturally, by also making the file formats interoperable so as to make migrating from one system to the other painless.
Michael, maybe you could try and get in contact with the diaspora guys (since they're just starting to code and all) so that you can make sure this future is possible (making much more likely for this idea of "open social network" to happen)
There's a summit coming up where all the open source projects focusing on distributed social networking will be getting together to discuss that. Appleseed and Diaspora will be there (along with a bunch more). Should be very interesting!
Michael Chisari
The Appleseed Project - http://opensource.appleseedproject.org/ [appleseedproject.org]
Oh. Great, then
Support this project, I did: http://www.indiegogo.com/The-Appleseed-Project [indiegogo.com]
Appleseed is a lot more near completion than Diaspora is. They are already working for 6 years on it, and currently have a working prototype running on test servers.
Diaspora is now saying how their demo is "pretty fast" with message passing. They do show 6 connected servers in the video, but there is only one active user. And they never talk about scaling up (to thousands/millions of users). Scalability should be a factor considered
The wiki article describes Diaspora as an open source personal web server, but for a lot of people their home machine, if they have one, is about the most insecure place to put things. For a lot of other people they have a work machine they never install stuff on, and an iphone, on which the userland belongs to Steve Jobs.
I have a personal web server. It serves http and rss. But I am not normal and I can't see myself installing this thing.
I've spoken to the devs, there will be hubs. Think wordpress.com vs wordpress. You can host it yourself, or at one of many locations. So they cater to both audiences, and you can always move your stuff off the hub onto your own box, or a server you have, whenever. Contrast with Facebook
Contrast with Facebook
1) Can I farm till 3am?
2) What about all them chickens that need feeding?
3) Treasure on Treasure Island does NOT find itself
4) Will I be able to fight and rob other people into submission while building a mafia empire?
5) Can I farm till 3am?
Contrast with Facebook
1) Can I farm till 3am?
People may think this is funny, but there's a metric *ssload of truth there.
While Diaspora may still be successful, Diaspora and all of the other social networking wannabe's will never, ever, be as successful as facebook if they don't have the equivalent mindcrack. IMO, a huge part of fb's success is not due to plain "social networking", but to the totally inane mindcrack games that sucks on peoples' souls: like farmville, castle age, mafia wars, etc., etc..
Note to Diaspora, Google Me, and all other so
1) Can I farm till 3am?
Yep, you're welcome to come to my small ranch any day of the week. Pigs, goats, vegetables, grapes, various fruits, tasty cheese - and you only farm from dawn to dusk, after dark we have a party by the fire, and, if it is clear, some abuse of my telescopes. You coming?
the vast majority of facebook users are not concerned with privacy
This is a point that seems lost on most Slashdotters: Most of the people that use Facebook are quite happy with its "privacy" rules. They willingly supply personal information, and have the expectation that it will be spread about. Thus, Facebook is mostly a problem for those that don't use it.
They willingly supply personal information, and have the expectation that it will be spread about.
They willingly supply inane shallow one liners, as that's the only thing they trust facebook with. The level of 'social networking' that I see there, at least, is about what you overhear if you sit down in the middle of a bus.
Most people are quite happy with the privacy expectations of a public space; you don't have any. On the other hand, that rather severely limits its utility as a communication medium.
Facebook is mostly a problem for those that don't use it.
Which is fine until clubs and organizations decide to organize via Facebook. Then you have to join if you want to stay involved. This is a trend that I've already started to notice.
The house phone will become a server, it will run asterisk, and it will host the family/indvidual website and bulletin board.
Diaspora appears to be the bulletin board part.
Phone companies really don't get it. What they should be developing is a backup system for individual servers, and default configurations for customers who prefer trusting the phone companies over trusting themselves.
The servers should be left to the community to develop, since the phone companies simly can't understand this kind of decentralization.
This is the future.
The house phone will become a server, it will run asterisk, and it will host the family/indvidual website and bulletin board.
If by "future" you mean "yesterday's future," then yes.
Home phone? Really? How many people own those things any more? More importantly, what are the trend lines? Why would you buy one, when cell phones are ubiquitous and work equally well inside houses? I single that out because you're describing the fabulous future of 1994.
While I like decentralization, because it means a greater ability for open standards and survivability, which in turn means better interoperability, and more innovation. What isn't
> Home phone? Really? How many people own those things any more?
> Why would you buy one, when cell phones are ubiquitous and work equally well inside houses?
Where I live the phone company still forces you to have and pay for a landline when you want a DSL plan. I don't even have the phone plugged in...
> More importantly, what are the trend lines?
Because as we all know, nothing is more important than being trendy.
Home phone? Really? How many people own those things any more? More importantly, what are the trend lines? Why would you buy one, when cell phones are ubiquitous and work equally well inside houses?
You mean a cell phone with a battery that craps out in a day? You mean a cell phone that costs more than $12/month? You mean a cell phone that doesn't work worth a crap in my house? I have to pay for it anyway for my DSL, so why wouldn't I use it?
I still haven't found a compelling reason to own a cell phone. I have one that is work supplied, and my experience with it is probably the main reason I don't have one.
Home server isn't required?
Cell phone? Great idea, two limitations. One, the airwaves are not infinitely compressible. (Although, if INTEL had not squelched the UWB solution that would have worked, we could have a lot more headroom.)
Portable phones will be part of the future, sure. But not the chained-to-the-floor portables we have now. Toys are easy to sell, but they drive the price below the floor after the first boom.
Tools make a real market. Cell phones that depend on the ISP never get beyond being a to
Home server isn't required?
From the faq [joindiaspora.com]:
Q: Where will the data of the users be hosted? On servers you buy/rent?
A: Short answer: Where ever you like.
We think most people will use some sort of hosting provider to host their seed. This could be a traditional web host, a cloud based host, an ISP, or a friend.
For the less technically inclined, we hope to provide a one-click hosting service like Wordpress.com to make creating a seed as easy as possible.
I don't know where your "chained-to-the-floor portables we have now" comment is coming
Asterisk is a joke in the home. The last time I checked I could get phone service for $9.95 a month and buy a cheap analog phone for $15.00. Do you really expect people to pay $830 for a 24 station analog card along with the computer and other crap they'll need to run Asterisk?
This Diaspora is nothing more than playing catch-up. Remember when you HAD to be on AOL then Craigslists was the poop, then MySpace, then Facebook and now Twitter? Its the idea and correct implementation and marketing that made those successful for the given period of time they were.
This is another project trying to collect the scraps from the tables of the big boys that will eventually be noted as, "Whatever happened to Diaspora? They haven't updated their logo contest in eight months!"
> Remember when you HAD to be on AOL
Thankfully...No. When others 'had' to be on AOL I was already using the Internet and thought the idea of a closed-up 'walled garden' system rather silly. I still do, but won't go into details so that certain fruit-fans won't go into collective seizures again...
640K is all the memory a user should ever need.
But, really, why a 24 station analog card? A lot of homes will have no analog phone terminals at all, unless you call a cell phone analog.
AOL? Nope. Did spend six months on Delphi sometime around '87. Craigslists? If I ever had got a user name, I've never used it. Etc.
The big boys are trying to ransom every seat at the table. Their greed is going to kill them.
Do you really expect people to pay $830 for a 24 station analog card along with the computer and other crap they'll need to run Asterisk?
Do you really expect the future of telephony ends with PSTN?
Asterisk quite happily talks to my home phone handset (which talks DECT on one side and SIP on the other) and my VoIP provider that I already had. I'm running it in the ample spare capacity on my Atom-based home server that I already had (which is my router, MythTV backend, web server, database server, NAS,
Nah, they get it. They also get that decentralization does not serve them. In order to gain power, you need to have a center so you can position yourself as the center (see the caveman days: society was very decentralized, and there was very little social inequality, once we got cities we started to get kings). The phone companies like power, so, much like the RIAA, they want to keep the old ways of doing things going for as long as possible.
I'd rather the phone companies came to their senses before Rome burns again.
Bottom row middle - my great, great, great, great grandfather or uncle or something. I've been told there's a family tree in New Mexico or something that shows we're direct descendants of him. The feds lost track of the family, according to the Wikipedia article he didn't have any sons that survived so I'm guessing I'm not a direct descendant since the last name is in tact - or he had a son post office/feds keeping track. Unless there was some cousin marrying or something.
Wow, never mind, the older history article I read on him must have been wrong.
... because it will never reach the critical mass necessary to unseat Facebook.
This will never catch on unless there are sites similar to Facebook (hubs) where less-knowledgeable users can sign up. The Facebook population (in my circle, at least) is getting older and many of them tend to learn as little as possible. Advising them to set up a personal web site -- or worse, a server -- especially with security concerns considered, would be a very bad idea.
A better idea would be standardization of social n
... though his invention worked superbly -- his theory was a crock of sewage from beginning to end. -- Vernor Vinge, "The Peace War"


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The Tallahassee shuffle…
Sources in Tallahassee tell Florida News Center of the latest comings, goings and changes in local TV.
WCTV morning anchor Shonda Knight leaves her duties on the "Good Morning Show." She leaves the moring time slot to become a Executive Producer in the newsroom. She will continue to anchor the noon show.
WTXL morning anchor Lenita Wesson has signed off from her duties on "Sunrise." She is leaving the station to focus on being a full time mother. She gave birth to her first child this past January. Abbey Phillips moves from her weekend anchoring duties to take over Wesson's seat on "Sunrise."
Mike Highsmith joins WTXL as the new weekend anchor/reporter. She comes from Toldeo, OH's WTOL-TV. She fills the vacantcy left open by Marco Villarreal, who left for Las Vegas earlier this year.
Greg Angel joins WTXL as a reporter. He comes from duopoly WPBN/WTOM in Traverse City, MI.


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University of Vermont
2012-2013 Catalogue
Integrated Studies (Post-Master's Certificate)
A Certificate of Advanced Study (sixth-year certificate), a 30- to 36-graduate credit program beyond the Master's degree, is offered in Integrated Studies.
The program is designed for students who have completed their Master's degree and are interested in exploring a self-designed, integrated program of study drawing upon graduate level experiences currently provided by the departments of Leadership and Developmental Sciences and Education of the College of Education and Social Services. The program does not lead to any type of state licensure.
- Colleges and Schools: College of Education and Social Services.
- Departments and Programs: Education Department. Leadership and Developmental Sciences Department.