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Santa Barbara, Calif. -
UC Santa Barbara's potent offense was quiet for three innings in Friday's Big West series opener with Long Beach State.
The 49ers led the Gauchos 2-0 entering the bottom half of the fourth, and starting pitcher Matt Paz had retired all nine batters he had faced through three innings of play. Then, the UCSB offense started getting a bit noisier.
UCSB used a leadoff double by Skip Schumaker and a pair of groundouts by Mike Kolbach and Chad Peshke to cut the lead in half at 2-1 after four. In the bottom of the fifth, they knotted the score on a solo home run to left field by shortstop Jeff Bannon, his fifth.
The fourth and fifth innings were just the tip of the iceberg.
In the sixth and seventh inning, the Gauchos pounded Paz and relievers Russel Rohlicek and Joey Pace, scoring nine runs and breaking open a game that seemed to have the makings of a classic pitchers battle.
The Gaucho sixth started quietly enough with Kolbach fouling out to third baseman Edgar Varela. Peshke and third baseman Dave Molidor followed with back-to-back singles, putting runners on first and second. After first baseman Tyler Von Schell popped out to second, Bannon struck again, bouncing one off the glove of second baseman Kaulana Kuhaulua and into right field. Peshke, who was running with two outs, came around to score, breaking the tie and giving UCSB a 3-2 lead.
While the Gauchos scored the tiebreaker with some seeing-eye basehits, the one that broke it open was anything but. Left fielder Jed Stringham belted a Paz curveball over the fence in right center field, a three run shot, giving UCSB a comfortable 6-2 lead. The roundtripper was Stringham's 12th of the year.
In the seventh inning, the comfortable lead became luxurious. Rolicek relieved Paz to start the inning and he was plagued with control problems. He walked right fielder Ryan Spilborghs to open the inning and then wild pitched him to second base. Spilborghs then advanced to third when catcher Bryan Kennedy threw the ball into center field. Schumaker walked to put runners on first and third. Another wild pitch scored Spilborghs and moved Schumaker to second. One pitch later, Schumaker was going to third on the third wild pitch of the inning. When Kolbach was walked to put two runners on, 49er head coach Dave Snow had seen enough, and Pace was summoned.
Pace immediately walked Peshke to load the bases. Molidor hit a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Schumaker to make the score 8-2. Von Schell then collected the first and only hit of the inning, a three run home run to right field, making it 11-2 Gauchos. For Von Schell, the home run was his 17th of the season, tying the school record first set by Greg Vella in 1986.
UCSB went scoreless the rest of the way, but there was reason for some excitement in the eighth when Spilborghs led off with a line drive single to right field. The base hit by the Santa Barbara High School graduate extended his hitting streak to a school record 24 straight games. Spilborghs broke the previous record of 22 (Jeff Antoon in 1991) in a non-conference win over the 49ers on Tuesday.
Long Beach tallied its final two runs in the top of the ninth when right fielder Paul Macaluso followed a two-out error by belting a two-run home run. Both runs were unearned.
UCSB starter James Garcia overcame a shaky start and settled down in a big way. After allowing a pair of runs in the top of the second, he allowed no runs and just three hits over the next five innings. He wound up going the distance to improve to 9-1 with a 2.62 ERA on the season. The win was Garcia's eighth in a row and he is now 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in Big West play.
Offensively, UCSB was paced by Molidor, Bannon and Stringham who each had a pair of hits. With his double in the fourth, Schumaker has now collected at least one hit in 42 out of 45 games this season. The 49ers were led by shortstop Bobby Crosby who had a pair of hits, including a double. No other Long Beach player had more than one hit.
The win improves the Gauchos to 34-11 overall and 8-2 in the Big West. They have won six in a row and eight out of nine. The 49ers drop to 29-17 overall and 6-4 in league.
Santa Barbara and Long Beach play the second game of their three game series on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1:00 p.m. at UCSB's Caesar Uyesaka Stadium The teams meet in the finale on Sunday, also at 1:00 p.m.


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In June 2008, twin conferences were held in Baltimore, Maryland:
• The 6th International Conference on HHV-6 & 7
• And the "satellite" International Symposium on Viruses in CFS & Post-viral Fatigue.
In all, the twin conferences featured 72 presentations, allowing more than 230 attending scientists and physicians from all over the world to share the latest findings and theories in one venue. Each presentation was videotaped so as to capture both the presentations and the accompanying text and graphic slides.
Ensuring the Widest Possible Access to New Information
In addition to packaging the presentations in DVD format, the HHV-6 Foundation has made them all available online for free viewing at http://www.scivee.tv/user/5257/video.
Additionally, Dr. Anthony Komaroff, MD, of Harvard University has prepared a brief "lay summary" of each conference suitable for patients. These are available for download at the HHV-6 Foundation website (http://www.hhv-6foundation.org/). Scientific summaries of the presentations are also planned.
The linked directory of presentations occupies 8 pages, including 31 presentations from the Viruses in CFS and Post-viral Fatigue symposium, starting on page 5.
A small sampling of the Viruses in CFS presentations includes, for example:
• Dr. Daniel Peterson, speaking on "Antiviral treatment of patients with HHV-6, EBV & enterovirus: Case reports."
• Dr. Kazuhiro Kondo, on "Identification of novel HHV-6 latent protein associated with mood disorders in CFS, depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and HHV-6 encephalopathy."
• Dr. Kenny De Meirleir, on "Antiviral treatment strategies in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
• Dr. Jose Montoya, on "Role of elevated antibody titers against human herpesvirus-6 and Epstein-Barr virus in predicting response to Valganciclovir in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
• Dr. John Chia, on "The role of enteroviruses in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome."
• Dr. Mariko Seishima, on "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome following human parvovirus B-19 infection."

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I actually took a short nap this afternoon, well at least short to me, it was only an hour and a half. This meant I could spend more time working on the games before the Winter Olympics come on TV tonight. I am focusing on my strong point during the games and that is organizing. Here is a recap of the category.
Organize Your Research!
So you have plenty of research – that's okay if you can find what you need when you need it, right? Take time to review your collection of documents and photos, both hard copy and digital, and work to organize those items for easy access.
- Task A: Organize at least 20 hard files or ancestral items (books, fabrics, inherited items) into file folders, boxes, envelopes, containers, etc.; archival-quality where appropriate.
- Task B: Organize at least 20 digital files into folders, label, add metadata, add descriptions, add tags, etc.
- Task C: Organize at least 20 photos into photo albums, scrapbooks, collages, protective holders, boxes, etc.
- Task D: Organize at least 20 digital photos into folders, label, add metadata, add descriptions, add tags, etc.
- Task E: Create at least 20 data entries in your database, or scan 20 photos, or scan 20 documents.
- Task F: Create a master list of your files and notify your family members of where it is stored.
* Complete any one task – Bronze Medal
* Complete any two tasks – Silver Medal
* Complete any three tasks – Gold Medal
* Complete any four tasks – Diamond Medal
* Complete five or more tasks – Platinum Medal
My Tasks Completed:
1. Task E: I scanned a total of 62 birth, death, marriage certificates and obituaries. I was a over-achiever here but I was on a roll and the task just needed to get done.
2. Task A: After scanning I placed the documents into sheet protectors and into their appropriate binders to protect them. That should fit for completing Task A. I did inherit some of these documents from my mother after-all. I don't have any other ancestral items unorganized to count otherwise.
I could get more done if I didn't have to work, take naps and watch the Olympic games at night. I am also doing some tedious genealogy research for someone else while watching TV at night. If you're curious that means I a checking to see if LDS ordinances are done for their relatives. It's an easy project to do between commercials and not very interesting Olympic sports sections.
My Medal Standings:
Backup Your Data - Gold Medal
Organize Your Research - Silver Medal
See ya tomorrow, for tomorrow is always another genealogy day!


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Nearly three years after Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. acquired rural cellphone carrier Alltel for $200 million, the Beverly-based company is cashing in, selling Alltel to wireless giant AT&T Inc. for $780 million in cash.
"We are pleased with today's outcome, which represents a strong return on our investment," said Atlantic chief executive Michael Prior.
Alltel was once the nation's fifth-largest cellular carrier with about 13 million subscribers. In 2009, the company was acquired by Verizon Wireless for $28.1 billion. But as a condition for approving the deal, federal regulators ordered Alltel to spin off some assets. Atlantic Tele-Network acquired its wireless operations in Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina, and continued to operate them under the Alltel name.
Atlantic invested about $85 million to upgrade the network. Alltel generated revenue of $350 million, or 63 percent of Atlantic Tele-Network's total revenue, during the first three months of 2012.
But Alltel also saw its subscriber count decline from about 800,000 in 2009 to about 580,000 today.
Prior said that the deal reflects the increasing consolidation of the US wireless phone market. "The dispersed, all-rural, multistate geography of the Alltel customer base and network has become increasingly challenging to operate in this era of rapidly growing mobile data usage," he said. "We believe Alltel is best suited to be part of a national network with the scale and resources of a national provider like AT&T going forward."
An AT&T spokeswoman said that the acquisition would supplement the company's existing network by improving service in rural areas. However, AT&T must first overhaul the entire Alltel network, because it's based on a cellular technology called CDMA. That makes it incompatible with the AT&T network, which uses an alternative system called GSM.
The AT&T spokeswoman said that the upgrade would include 4G wireless data service, but she declined to comment on whether AT&T would give the network the fastest available cellular data service, known as 4G LTE.
AT&T is rapidly deploying 4G LTE throughout the United States, in response to consumer demand for high-speed wireless data service. The company offers the service in 135 markets, and said it expects to make 4G LTE available to 300 million US residents by the end of 2014.
John Byrne, research director for wireless network infrastructure at IDC Corp. in Framingham, called the deal "a nice little turnaround" for Atlantic, because it got a good price for a fading business.
"The underlying industry isn't getting any better for them," Byrne said. "They're still losing customers. I don't think they saw that changing any time soon. . . . I think they see the end of the ride coming."
Byrne added that AT&T mainly wants the radio frequencies controlled by Alltel. Nearly all of the radio spectrum that's suitable for cellphone use has been taken, but wireless usage continues to surge.
"Spectrum is more valuable now than it was three or four years ago," Byrne said, which is why AT&T is paying nearly four times what Atlantic paid for the Alltel assets.
Atlantic will continue to operate wired and wireless telephone services in several US states and the Caribbean. These include Sovernet Communications, which serves Vermont and other parts of northern New England, as well as Commnet Wireless in the Southwestern United States and the primary provider of telephone service in the small South American nation of Guyana.
Shares of Atlantic Tele-Network closed up $4.83, or 12 percent, at $44.20 on the Nasdaq stock market; AT&T rose 17 cents, or half a percent, to $33.61 on the New York Stock Exchange.Hiawatha Bray can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Adam Lyon has landed the role of a lifetime, a lead character in the much-hyped new musical King Kong.
Most impressively, it will be Lyon's first ever professional production.
The former Bendigo man will play Carl Denham, a film director who goes in search of the legendary giant gorilla. Lyon, a singing teacher, said it was mind-blowing to be offered the role.
He originally thought he was auditioning as cover, "the back-up for the back-up".
But after wowing the casting director and producers at a reading in Sydney, then at the three-week workshop, the coveted lead role was his.
Lyon will star opposite some of Australia's musical theatre stars and circus performers, plus an eight-metre-high gorilla puppet created by Global Creatures, the team behind Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular.
"The stuff I have seen so far is beyond anything I can conceive, it's just remarkable," Lyon said.
"It's going to be something else; there's a pool of geniuses with the lights, the sound and the design." Lyon said Carl Denham was a "very compelling" character.
"He drags them all to Skull Island, captures Kong and brings him back to New York as an attraction," he said.
"At the start the audience, I hope, is rooting for Carl, but then when you see how beautiful Kong is I think you care for Carl less."
Lyon said he was relishing the chance to originate the role, an opportunity most actors never got.
"It's sort of more exciting than daunting, truth be told," he said.
"I don't know anything that could be cooler than that."
Lyon grew up in Bendigo and was heavily involved in the Bendigo Theatre Company until he left in his early 20s.
Coming from a musical family – his grandmother Pat Lyon was a stalwart of the BTC and was involved in more than 50 productions, and her four daughters performed together as the Lyon Sisters – Lyon always loved being on stage.
"I would listen to Rent and Les Mis' endlessly and I loved going to rehearsals more than anything else, but I don't know I could work in theatre," Lyon said.
"Even now it feels weird that this can be my job."
The Regent Theatre is a far cry from choir performances at Catholic College Bendigo, but Lyon said his formative years taught him a lot.
"I would love to mention Cathy Moore – she taught me music and she was the only person I did well in class with," Lyon said.
"She got me in the choir and was a big part of me getting to where I am now."
But now Lyon has hit the big time, it's not all champagne and celebrity parties.
A gruelling six months of rehearsals start in February in preparation for the world premiere of King Kong in June.


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AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Batman star Christian Bale is in Colorado visiting victims of the shooting at a theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises."
A Warner Bros. spokeswoman told The Denver Post on Tuesday that Bale was representing himself, not the movie studio.
Carey Rottman, one of the 58 people injured in Friday's shooting, posted two photos of himself with Bale on his Facebook page.
There's been an online campaign urging Bale to visit the victims of the shooting, which also killed 12 people.


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American Mobility: Movers,Stayers, Places and Reasons
Americans are settling down: Only 13% of the U.S. population changed residences between 2006 and 2007, the lowest share since the 1940s. A new Pew Research Center survey looks at the reasons people move and stay put, and explains why 23% of adults aren't living in the place they consider home. Also, an interactive set of maps with detailed regional and state data shows that Texas is the nation's "stickiest" state and Nevada is the most "magnetic." Visit the maps to find stats on all 50 states.
Americans Claim to Like Diverse Communities but Do They Really?
People express pro-diversity attitudes to pollsters but U.S. neighborhoods have grown more politically and economically homogenous in recent decades, according to analyses of election returns and U.S. Census data.
Women Call the Shots at Home; Public Mixed on Gender Roles in Jobs
They say it's a man's world, but in the typical American family, it's the woman who wears the pantsuit. Still, Americans retain strong traditional gender preferences with respect to some job roles. To find out where you fit, take our Couples Quiz, then read the report on the findings of the national survey.
Revisiting the Mommy Wars After Palin: Politics, Gender and Parenthood
A new Pew survey, like others before it, found Republicans far more troubled than Democrats by the long term trend toward mothers of young children working outside the home. But these surveys were conducted before Sarah Palin entered the political scene. The especially enthusiatic initial reponse to her vice presidential candidacy contrasts sharply with these findings.
Men or Women: Who's the Better Leader?
Americans believe women have the right stuff to be political leaders. When it comes to honesty, intelligence and other traits they value highly in leaders, the public rates women superior to men. But only 6% say women make better political leaders than men. A new Pew survey explores this paradox.
Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life
A new Pew Social Trends study finds that fewer Americans now than at any time in the past half century believe they're moving forward in life. But at the same time, two-thirds say they have a higher standard of living than their parents had.
U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050
If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005, and 82% of the increase will be due to immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their U.S.-born descendants, according to new projections developed by the Pew Research Center.


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The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with Grutle Kjellson, bassist/vocalist of Norwegian progressive/psychedelic black metallers ENSLAVED. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below.
Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on ENSLAVED's twelfth studio album, "RIITIIR", an be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The CD wil be released in North America on October 9 via Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing for the "RIITIIR" European and North American digipak is as follows:
01. Thoughts Like Hammers
02. Death In The Eyes Of Dawn
03. Veilburner
04. Roots Of The Mountain
05. Riitiir
06. Materal
07. Storm Of Memories
08. Forsaken
The track listing for the "RIITIIR" 2LP double-gatefold is as follows:
Side A:
01. Thoughts Like Hammers
02. Death In The Eyes Of Dawn
Side B:
01. Veilburner
02. Roots Of The Mountain
Side C:
01. Riitiir
02. Materal
Side D:
01. Storm Of Memories
02. Forsaken
A track-by-track review of "RIITIIR" is available at Terrorizer.com.
"It has been only two years since we last released an album [2010's award-winning 'Axioma Ethica Odini'], and we've been touring Europe and North America several times since then," reflects ENSLAVED guitarist, songwriter, and founding member Ivar Bjørnson. "Some might think that this schedule, and the fact that we celebrated our 20th anniversary last year, should result in some time off in the end. Nah. Like a space vessel that gains momentum by entering slingshot-orbits on its way through space, we seem to gain speed, direction, and strength on our journeys, through new releases and subsequent tours.
"Describing the sound on the new album is both easy and hard," Bjørnson continues. "It is easy because it sounds like ENSLAVED, whatever that means. It is hard because there are so many layers and different focal points. I have a feeling that it has a deeper complexity than our previous efforts, but at the same time, I do find it more catchy and moving. Then again, I am the opposite of objective in this, so again I'll leave it up to the people outside the band to make up their mind."
ENSLAVED's last two CDs — "Vertebrae" (2008) and "Axioma Ethica Odini" (2010) — were released via Indie Recordings in Europe and Nuclear Blast in North America.


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City Hosts Dairy Cow College
"What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beats also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth also befalls the sons of the earth."
The words were written by a North American Indian and posted on the gate of a large beef ranch. Dr. Gerald Stokka, veterinarian and North Dakota State University Extension livestock stewardship expert, used it as an example of why dairy farmers need to practice good stewardship during the regional Dairy Cow College.
About 20 area dairy farmers attended the event held at Ag Country Farm Credit Services and sponsored by the Barnes County office of the NDSU Extension Service.
Stokka engaged the crowd while speaking about how important caring for cattle, both dairy and beef as well as the land was important to raising healthy animals as well as making a profit.
Stokka placed an emphasis on animal husbandry as it applied to caring for calves in the first few hours after birth, particularly how to ensure calf health by providing enough colostrum immediately after birth. By providing sufficient colostrum, farmers and ranchers can ward off illnesses such as scours and pneumonia in the early years of life, according to Stokka.
While Stokka focused on stewardship, NDSU Extension dairy specialist J.W. Schroder discussed nutrition with farmers, explaining how to get the best in nutrition, particularly protein, to ensure maximum milk production. Schroder also taught farmers how to reduce feed waste and how to effectively manage employees.
The Dairy Cow College, a joint effort by NDSU Extension and the Midwest Dairy Association also gave MDA representatives an opportunity to update members on how their checkoff dollars were being used to promote dairy and how MDA programs were being used to promote dairy consumption.
The Dairy Checkoff is a dairy program in which producers put money into a fund, and the checkoff, in turn, pays for market research and promotional campaigns that focus on dairy products that include yogurt, cheese, and fluid milk.
Programs such as "Got Milk?," "Play 360" and the "Got Milk? Breakfast Blitz" are just a few of the checkoff's promotions.
The Breakfast Blitz is a program that encourages kids to have a milk rich breakfast and offers incentives, including money for schools, for buying milk. Currently the Valley City Public Schools is participating in the Breakfast Blitz. Until Feb. 17, when consumers buy milk, they can vote online to help the school win a $1,000 Fuel Up to Play 60 grant. Participants can log on to www.MilkMoustashe.com for a chance to win prizes including a trip to the 2014 Super Bowl.
Midwest Dairy representatives also described how companies like McDonalds and Domino's Pizza have helped keep milk sales high.
McDonalds is estimated to purchase an additional 1.7 billion pounds of milk in the next three years for their new chocolate milk, which can be included in Happy Meals, and for their coffee drinks, many of which are milk rich.
And, thanks to companies like Dominoes, cheese sales have increased almost 700 million pounds since 2009, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. About 25 percent of all cheese produced by U.S. dairy farmers ends up on cheese, according to one representative who pointed out that it takes 10 lbs. of fluid milk to make one pound of cheese.
Dairy Cow Colleges were held throughout the state last week, and included regional meetings of the Midwest Dairy Association and Milk Producers Association District meetings.


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ARIES: Social functions are likely to come your way during the month from January 20 and you are more likely to achieve your objectives. The taste of success is sweet.
TAURUS: The right balance of career and domestic matters will propel you along the path of success in the month from January 20, with January 24-27, 30, 31, February 1, 10 stimulating these events.
GEMINI: Your mind will be stimulated in new directions during the month from January 20, whether it has to do with the start of the school year or business agendas.
CANCER: This is the time of year when you should always look to the appropriate management of taxation matters, loans and joint finances. This is also a time to review insurance and wills.
LEO: Between January 20 and February 18, you will be more involved with other people on a personal level. This is also an active period for business partnerships and legal matters.
VIRGO: You will place greater emphasis on your work during the month from January 20 and will prefer to work alone. Work or health problems may need investigation.
LIBRA: The coming month will have many pleasant aspects as you have the opportunity to expand your social activities and creative talents, especially on January 24-27, February 10.
SCORPIO: We all need a stable home life to act successfully in the outside world. This coming month throws the focus on your home, so it's a time to put things in order.
SAGITTARIUS: The month from January 20 is a particularly active time for Sagittarius, as you work your way through more reading and audio-visual material than usual. Schedules must be well planned.
CAPRICORN: During the month from January 20, financial matters must be balanced. This can be a good time for earning money. The dates of January 24-27, 30, 31, February 1, 10 highlight potential.
AQUARIUS: An important relationship or a legal matter will be on your mind between January 20 and February 18, with trends activated on January 24-27, 30, 31, February 1, 10.
PISCES: It will be important to examine various aspects of your work routines in the month from January 20. Problems will emerge if you don't invest a greater personal effort.
LUCKY NUMBERS: Aries: 1, 3, 4, 9; Taurus: 5, 8; Gemini: 6, 7; Cancer: 3, 4, 7, 9; Leo: 1, 3, 4, 9; Virgo: 6, 8; Libra: 5, 7; Scorpio: 2, 3, 7, 9; Sagittarius: 1, 3, 4, 9; Capricorn: 5, 6; Aquarius: 5, 6; Pisces: 2, 4, 7.


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Strong retail sales in the last three months of 2012 added to evidence the economy had hauled itself out of a soft patch by the end of the year and was doing a lot better than last week's grim jobs figures implied.
The volume of goods sold by retailers jumped 2.1 per cent in the December quarter, the strongest quarterly growth for six years.
Adjusted for population growth, however, real retail sales are still 2.5 per cent per head weaker than they were back then.
In dollar terms, the pick-up in sales was a bit less spectacular: 1.7 per cent (the best for two years) overall or 1 per cent (the best for a year) when petrol stations and car yards are excluded.
This follows other recent indicators the economy has more momentum than the 22,000 drop in jobs in the last quarter suggests.
Consumer confidence is at a 32-month high, the PAYE tax take is up nearly 7 per cent on a year ago and the housing market is growing apace.
That strength has the financial markets betting the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates before the year is out, and the dollar has been pushed to new highs on a trade-weighted basis.
But Deutsche Bank chief economist Darren Gibbs thinks the markets are underestimating chances the Reserve Bank will follow its Swiss counterpart, which this week used new regulatory tools to slow the housing market rather than the blunt instrument of the official cash rate.
As it is, the positive side of a high dollar is evident in yesterday's retail numbers, which show prices falling in 12 of the 15 store types covered, including a 3.3 per cent drop in prices for electrical and electronic goods, making 10.6 per cent for the year.
Westpac economist Michael Gordon said the impact of the high dollar came on top of the general downward trend in world prices for some goods, particularly electronics.
"Constant innovation means that prices, in quality-adjusted terms, have been falling at double-digit annual rates," he said.
Vehicle sales rose 2 per cent in the last quarter to be 14.7 per cent higher than a year earlier. "This has been the fastest-growing retail sector in the last year, but it was also the hardest hit in the recession; sales remain about 5 per cent below their 2007 peaks."
• Tax income through PAYE up 7%
• Vehicle sales up 2% but remain 5% below 2005 peak
• Prices fell in 12 out of 15 store types due to strong dollar
• Retail sales up 2.1% but still 2.5% per capita below 2006 levels
• Consumer confidence at 32-month high
• Employment 22,000 fewer people in jobs


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10 Ways to Date a Coworker Without Being Creepy
You're ugly, awkward and weird but you really like Alex from accounting. While you don't intend on sexually harassing anyone, you know you've got to figure out a surefire way to show your true feelings without complicating your career. What if Alex is the one? What if your boss finds out? What if someone catches you naked in the bathroom stall?
Here's how you can date a coworker without being creepy, losing your job, or getting sued.


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I have been using magma for a while now for a sequence of BLAS/LAPACK calls from a matlab mex file. Today I reconfigured my system to allow for a 2nd graphics card. The idea was to use a GT 440 as a desktop GPU (1st PCIE slot) and use the GTX 480 as a pure compute device (2nd PCIE). Alas, I find that matlab crashes - following the code through, it seems that the crash occurs with my single call to magma_sgesv_gpu. There are calls to other magma routines before and after this call.
I've run the routine using CULA, which runs fine - this routine is essentially identical, but uses CULA routines rather than magma. I conclude that there is something amiss with magma_sgesv_gpu when 2 GPUs are used.
I gather it is normal behavior for CUDA to automatically select the GTX 480 as the primary device in a configuration like this - at least the device queries have the GTX 480 as compute device 0, and the GT 440 as compute device 1. Insofar as the computer hardware and linux are concerned, it is the other way around.
I'll use CULA for the time being.
I see that CUDA 4.0 is out now. Looking into this latest version, it looks as if MAGMA does not support this as yet - there are enough new features in the new release that I think I will postpone attempting MAGMA on Cuda 4.0. Happy to hear a comment on this situation.


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A Florida woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for doing nothing to intervene when her husband fatally stabbed one of their sons and wounded another.
Deanna Beauchamp De Jesus, 38, of Port Orange, pleaded guilty in her aggravated manslaughter case as part of an agreement struck with the Broward State Attorney's Office. Her prison sentence will be followed by five years of probation.
Prosecutors faulted De Jesus for failing to act as a protector and intervene earlier this year, when her husband, William De Jesus, stabbed 9-year-old Josiah to death and tried to kill their other son, now 8, inside an RV in Deerfield Beach.
William De Jesus killed himself along with Josiah and Ovila Plante, 76, one of the owners of the RV that the killer randomly chose.
Broward Assistant State Attorney Gregg Rossman said he thinks De Jesus' sentence was a "fair and just result."
"I don't think life in prison for her part of the crime, quite honestly, was appropriate," Rossman said in an interview after Friday's hearing.
De Jesus' defense lawyer, Terrence Moons, said his client understood the terms of the sentencing agreement.
"She's OK, all things considered," Moons said. "And she can move on with her life."
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With Friday's 10-year sentence, De Jesus will receive credit for the time she served in jail.
At the time of his slaying, Josiah still required diapers and didn't speak, prosecutors said. The other son managed to survive by fighting back in a way his older brother could not.
The name of the younger son is being withheld at the request of the state Department of Children & Families, which placed him in foster care.
Anne Alper, an attorney for the boy who survived, on Friday said that Deanna De Jesus won't be allowed to see the boy again. Alper said the boy was expected to be adopted by "a loving family."
"This child has gone through horrific events, as we know from the trial," Alper said. "He is able to redeem his childhood now, and that is what's important."


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When: Thursday, March 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Advertising and promotion can be a major expense item for your company. Getting good results from your investment, though, requires a methodical approach to successfully develop your marketing strategies. Marketing today is part science, part art, a bit of logic and a passion for your business. It doesn?t have to be hard ? and it should be fun. Learn how to determine what to say, to whom it should be said, and the best vehicles to communicate those special messages about your business. This class will help you better understand advertising and promotional techniques, determine effective methods to promote your company, and how to regularly use those approaches to get the best return for your marketing dollars. more...
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Thinking about starting your own business, being your own boss and enjoying the life of an entrepreneur? Fantastic!Of course you have a business plan, have secured funding, and have hired an accountant and lawyer, right?Starting a Small Business: The First Steps & The basics of Writing a Business Plan is a 6-hour workshop series divided over 2 days created for those considering going into business for themselves. In just two evenings, you will…• Discover if you have what it takes to be an owner by assessing your strengths and weaknesses. • Learn the importance of having a business plan and what might go wrong if you don't!• Learn how to assess the industry, market and competition.• Focus on assembling a market plan/niche.• Find successful writing techniques that appeal to lenders/investor.
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Macy Williams scored 22 points and Taryn Williams 11 for the Fremont-Mills girls basketball team in a 60-25 victory over Heartland Christian last Tuesday.
The Knights dominated from the opening tip with a 20-2 run to start the game. Fremont-Mills also held a 41-22 rebounding edge and limited the Eagles to 27 percent shooting (10-of-37).
Macy Williams made 10-of-15 shots, dished out six assists and grabbed five steals.
MALVERN - The East Mills Community School District Board of Education has approved a renewal of the district's Instructional Support Levy (ISL) for an additional five years.
Glenwood resident Bob Fisher started a holiday hobby that has lasted for 10 years -because of his son's wedding.
Fisher's son, Christian, asked all the men in his wedding party to grow beards for the big day. Bob had never grown a beard , but eventually agreed.
Bob's wife, Jan, liked the sight of him with a beard and encouraged him to keep it after the wedding. At that point, she got an idea.
Seventy years ago today, on what started off as just another peaceful Sunday morning, news of an unimaginable event was relayed across America through a series of "special bulletin" radio broadcasts.
The Empire of Japan had carried out a surprise military attack on Pearl Harbor - a strategic U.S. naval base in Hawaii. The first reports indicated mass casualties and injuries, major destruction to U.S. battleships and aircraft, numerous buildings ablaze and a state of chaos in and around Pearl Harbor. War was imminent.
The Nishnabotna girls basketball team edged East Mills 33-26 in Corner Conference basketball Friday.
The Wolverines (0-4) got eight points from Devin Laughlin and six from Amanda Hatcher.
Katie Sowers chipped in with five points, six rebounds and three assists.
Underwood 47,
East Mills 22
The East Mills girls basketball team struggled shooting the ball in a 47-22 loss to Underwood on Thursday.
The East Mills boys basketball team won their second straight game in convincing fashion to open the season with a 65-41 victory over Nishnabotna on Friday.
Luke Schafer led a balanced scoring effort for the Wolverines (2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Corner Conference) with 14 points. Kaleb Richter and Pierre Bassich added 10 points each with Daniel Duysen and Colden Hillyer chipping in with nine and eight points each, respectively. Hillyer also pulled down seven rebounds.
The Glenwood girls sprinted out to a 26-0 first quarter lead and never looked back in a 71-29 Hawkeye 10 Conference victory over Atlantic on Friday.
Glenwood improved to 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in conference.
Jesse Bendt reached the finals and the Glenwood wrestling team placed eighth at the Dan Hill Invitational in Harlan Saturday.
On a night the Glenwood boys basketball team struggled shooting the ball, coach Curt Schulte agreed his team's best offense might have been the rebound.
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St. Marys schools earn Keystone awards
St. Marys Area School District principals were recently presented with Keystone Achievement Awards, signifying each school's achievement in reaching adequate yearly progress (AYP).South St. Marys Street, Fox Township and Bennetts Valley Elementary schools, along with St. Marys Area Middle and High schools, were among the state's schools receiving the awards. "Just as schools should proudly display trophies for athletic and extracurricular accomplishments, displaying a Keystone Achievement Award is a way to acknowledge the school's academic accomplishments," Kearney said. "These awards reinforce the hard work that our schools are doing and the success their students are achieving. Keystones reflect the commitment of students, families, teachers and the entire education community."This year's awards were given to public schools who achieved AYP during the 2008-09 and the 2009-10 school years.


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Aviva Stadium is the home of Irish Rugby
If you are travelling to the stadium on Match Day please take note of the following points:
- The entry points to the stadium for ticket holders will be colour coded - either red, green, orange, blue or purple - with each colour designating the route that needs to be taken to access the stadium.
- On matchdays there will be a cordon around the stadium and fans can only access this cordon via a route indicated on the ticket.
- Fans should also note that there is no parking around the stadium. There will, however, be enhanced DART services to the stadium.
- A vehicle exclusion zone will be in place two hours prior to an event for non residents. Click here to download a guide highlighting all public transport options
- Supporters are also requested to leave by the same colour coded route to ensure there is no congestion and are urged to work out their route in advance, to use public transport if possible and, above all, to arrive early to enjoy the facilities of the new stadium.
- The IRFU and the Aviva Stadium also want to make supporters aware that the entry turnstiles into the stadium use automated technology.
- All tickets will need to be swiped to open turnstiles and supporters are asked to keep their tickets safe and that they do not damage them to ensure they can gain admittance.
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Virginity Pledges Do Not Work, Yet Another Study Confirms
Teens who take "virginity pledges" are just as likely to have sex as those who do not, and they are less likely to use condoms or other forms of contraception when they become sexually active, according to an analysis in the January 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics. Because virginity pledge programs do not reduce the number of young people becoming sexually active, the number of pledgers they enlist should not be used to measure the effectiveness of abstinence-only sex education programs, the study concludes.
The findings could have an impact on the current debate over federal support for abstinence-only-until-marriage education and the Obama administration's support for comprehensive sex education. A wealth of evidence—including findings published in 2007 from a congressionally mandated study, conducted over nine years at a cost of almost $8 million—has demonstrated that abstinence-only programs have no beneficial effect on young people's sexual behavior. Nevertheless, the U.S. government allotted $176 million for FY 2008 to support programs that exclusively promote abstinence-only outside of marriage, including virginity-pledge programs.
For this new analysis, Janet E. Rosenbaum of Johns Hopkins University used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of middle and high school students who were interviewed in 1995, 1996 and 2001. Unlike previous evaluations of virginity pledges, this study matched a group of teens who had pledged to remain abstinent until marriage with adolescents who had not taken such a pledge but who had comparable characteristics, such as similar views about premarital sex and contraceptive use.
The study found that after five years, more than half of both pledgers and nonpledgers had engaged in sexual activity, and the two groups had similar rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Pledgers, however, were less likely to use contraceptives or to use them consistently. For example, 34% of nonpledgers who had had sex said they had always used condoms during the past year, compared with 24% of pledgers. In addition, 82% of pledgers denied having taken a pledge.
These findings underscore the need for young people, particularly virginity pledgers, to receive information about condoms and other forms of contraception, Dr. Rosenbaum concludes. She also comments that adolescents who have taken virginity pledges may be less likely than others to use contraceptives because abstinence-only programs foster negative attitudes about birth control. The importance of contraceptive use was highlighted in an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute that found that 86% of the decline in teen pregnancy between 1995 and 2002 was due to teens' increasing, and increasingly effective, use of contraceptives; only 14% was the result of teens' delaying sex.
Dr. Rosenbaum's findings build on past research showing that while virginity pledges may help some teens to delay sexual activity, most young people who take them break their pledge, and pledge breakers are less likely to use condoms, are less likely to get tested for STIs and may have STIs for longer periods of time than nonpledgers.
For more information:
Click here for Guttmacher data on teen sexual and reproductive health.
Click here for information on Congressional hearings on abstinence-only programs.
Click here for information on strategies that work.
Click here for information on the origins of and past findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 06092910 | Dated September 29, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2006
AILA Acknowledges Tenth Anniversary of IIRIRA
WASHINGTON, DC--- Saturday, September 30th marks the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), a vast and controversial law that has done little to reform our immigration system and much to create hardship and suffering for thousands of immigrants and their U.S. families.
"I find it both ironic and disturbing that just this week, we witnessed this Congress attempting to pass yet another set of harsh immigration laws," said Carlina Tapia-Ruano, President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. "Punitive, rights-stripping measures do nothing to enhance the quality of life in or the security of our great country."
"IIRIRA mandates detention and deportation of whole classes of immigrants, without regard for the hardships that it will cause," said Chicago-based immigration lawyer and activist Royal Berg. "It is anti-immigrant, anti-family, and anti-child. It must be revisited and repealed."
According to Mr. Berg, the law also blocks judicial review of many decisions that the federal government makes regarding immigrants, resulting in the impartial analysis of how the government treats this already powerless population.
Over its ten year history, IIRIRA has been responsible for more than 200,000 deportations, and tens of millions of dollars spent on the detention of immigrants. Many of the immigrants affected by the long reach of IIRIRA had built lives in the United States, complete with spouses, children and other family members that are American citizens. In one sweep of the law these families were separated and their lives destroyed.
In order to call attention to the ominous consequences of this law, Mr. Berg is calling for a National Fast for Immigrant Justice on Saturday, September 30. This date also marks the 44th anniversary of the creation of the United Farm Workers Union; therefore the Fast is being dedicated to Cesar Chavez. Delores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union with Cesar Chavez, is the Chairperson of the Fast.
Berg said that he decided to call for a fast because he sees the way that the marches and rallies are running into a brick wall. "AILA commends Roy for his efforts to raise awareness about these serious issues, and we too continue to strive for an improved immigration system that is founded upon just laws and more humane treatment of the individuals that it affects," concluded Tapia-Ruano.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members. For more information please contact George Tzamaras at 202-216-2410 or Brooke Hewson at 202-216-2435.
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Nov. 2, 2002
Riverside, Calif - For defending the conference champion Katie Appenrodt, it was, perhaps, a bittersweet moment. As she battled to the finish of the 2002 Big West Cross Country Championships, leading the Gauchos to an impressive runner-up performance, it was Idaho's Letjwe Marakurwa, a sophomore transfer from Zimbabwe who came out on top, leading the Vandal women to the team title with her 17:47 win. Appenrodt's 17:56 was good enough to hang on for second. Yet, for Appenrodt, the race with Marakurwa marks a return to the racing fitness that earned her an individual qualifying berth in the NCAA Championships.
On the men's side, senior J.T. Service led the Gauchos for the second meet in a row, as he battled with Utah State seniors Mitch Zundel and Mike Nielson. Zundel and Nielson finished 1st and 2nd respectively, leading Utah State to the team title. Service, tiring in the closing stages of the race managed to hang on for 4th (24:58), as Cal Poly's Sean Ricketts caught him in the last few meters. For Service, the 4th-place finish was an improvement from last year's championship at Cal Poly, where he finished 9th.
Behind Appenrodt, true sophomore Desiree Leek rebounded from a sub-par Pre-Nationals showing to earn all-conference honors with a 5th-place effort (18:13). Leek ran a typically conservative early race, before closing strong in the final mile to earn her first all-conference award. With the championship season at hand, the late-blooming Gauchos, behind Appenrodt and Leek will be looking to make a run at the NCAA Championships at Indiana State.
Other scorers for the Gaucho women included freshmen Stephanie Rothstein (18:39) and Lauren Christman (18:40), with junior Desiree DeJesus (18:42) all finishing together in 15th, 16th and 17th respectively.
For the men, team leader Brandon von Guenthner, endured a painful abdominal strain to finish second for the Gauchos in 16th place, with a time of 25:34.
Behind von Guenthner, junior Ramiro Guillen came in 18th in 25:39, continuing a strong first season at UCSB. Jeff Gardina (26:10) and Scott Brandos (26:15) completed the Gaucho scoring in 28th and 31st respectively.
On the horizon, the Gauchos will once again travel to Palo Alto for the NCAA Western Regional Championships, hosted by Stanford. The Regional Championships serve as a do-or-die qualifying meet for the NCAA championships in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 25th. The top 2 teams will automatically qualify, with the remaining teams waiting for an at-large announcement by the NCAA selection committee. A predetermined number of individual qualifiers are also selected from the meet.
Men's 8k (9 teams competing): (1) Utah State, 25 points, (2) Cal Poly, 40, (3) UCSB, 95 Individuals - (1) Mitch Zundel, Utah State, 24:46, (2) Mike Nielson, Utah State, 24:47, (3) Sean Ricketts, Cal Poly, 24:56
Gaucho Scorers: (4) J.T. Service, 24:58 (16) Brandon von Guenthner, 25:34 (18) Ramiro Guillen, 25:39 (28) Jeff Gardina, 26:10 (31) Scott Brandos, 26:15 (33) Pablo Gallegos, 26:17 (36) Chris White, 26:22 (48) Bryon Lamorandier, 26:48 (53) Art Avitia, 27:03
Women's 5k (10 teams competing): (1) Idaho, 48 points, (2) UCSB, 55 Individuals - (1) Letjwe Marakurwa, Idaho, 17:47, (2) Katie Appenrodt, UCSB, 17:56, (3) Tania Vander Meulon, Idaho, 18:03
Other Gaucho Scorers: (5) Desiree Leek, 18:13 (15) Stephanie Rothstein, 18:39 (16) Lauren Christman, 18:40 (17) Desiree DeJesus, 18:42 (22) Lisa Dunn, 18:50 (24) Lindsay Christman, 18:56 (51) Elizabeth Mallon, 19:45 (54) Seanna Martin, 19:54


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Natasha Anzik is 4-0 for the Crimson this year (Gil Talbot).
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The No. 1 Harvard women's squash team jumps back into Ivy League play with weekend matches against No. 5 Penn and No. 4 Princeton.
Last Time Out
Despite taking a month off between finals and the holidays, the Crimson displayed little signs of rust, cruising to a 9-0 victory over No. 13 Bates. Reigning College Squash Association individual national champion Amanda Sobhy made her season debut for the Crimson and allowed just six points in an 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 win over Cheri Ann Paris at the No. 1 position.
Related Article: Women's Squash Posts Fourth Shutout of the Season Against No. 13 Bates, 9-0
About No. 1 Harvard
The Crimson sit at 4-0 on the year after dominating the first four matches of the season, winning all four by 9-0 margins. The Crimson also has won all 27 games in two matches, winning each match 3-0 against Boston College and Bates. Megan Murray, Isabelle Dowling, Natasha Anzik and Eliza Calihan are tied for the team lead with four wins apiece, while Saumya Karki, Natasha Kingshott, Sarah Mumanachit and Haley Mendez are all 3-0.
Unbeaten Beginnings
With its win over Bates, Harvard is now 4-0 for the ninth straight season. By defeating both Penn and Princeton this weekend, Harvard would be 6-0 for the seventh consecutive year after dropping the fifth match of the 2005-06 season to Trinity. Harvard has also come out on the winning side in its season opener in all 38 years of its existence after blanking Boston College, 9-0, in this year's lid lifter. The team has also started 3-0 in 35 consecutive years after dropping its second match of the 1973-74 season to Wellsley, 4-3.
Zero Success
Harvard has shutout Boston College, Dartmouth, Williams and Bates to begin 2012-13, winning all 36 matches. It is the fourth time in program history that Harvard has started the year by blanking its first four opponents, and the program record for consecutive shutouts to start a season is six, accomplished by the 2010-11 squad. This year's team is also within striking distance of the program record for consecutive shutouts in a season (seven in 1992-93) and single season shutouts (10 in 2011-12).
Freshmen Phenoms
The four freshmen have made a significant impact through the first three matches of the 2012-13 season, as the quartet is a combined 10-0. Isabelle Dowling is 4-0, Saumya Karki sits at 3-0, Michelle Gemmell is 2-0 and Allie Sperry is 1-0.
Coach's View
Assistant coach Luke Hammond is now blogging to give fans an inside perspective of the Harvard men's and women's squash teams. The blog will be periodically updated throughout the season, recapping the latest results and highlighting other interesting tidbits about the squad.
Related Link: Harvard Squash Blog
Win Streaking
The Crimson has currently won 21 consecutive matches dating back to last season, which is now tied with a run from 2009-2011 for the fourth-longest streak in program annals. The current run now trails only a 23-match streak (1983-1986), a 26-match span (1986-89) and a 70-match run (1992-1998).
About No. 5 Penn (Team Page)
Like the Crimson, the Quakers have yet to lose a match all season, winning their first four contests against Williams, Drexel, George Washington and Bates. Penn returns everybody from last year's squad that finished fifth in the Howe Cup, including All-Americans Nabilla Ariffin, Rachael Goh, Pia Trikha and Yarden Odinak.
About No. 4 Princeton (Team Page)
Princeton enters the weekend at 3-0, beating Franklin & Marshall, Drexel and Williams by identical 9-0 scores. The Tigers lost only one player in the top nine from their 2011-12 squad that finished fourth in the Howe Cup. First team All-Americans Julie Cerullo and Libby Eyre lead the returnees on the team.
All-Time Series
Harvard has won the last six meetings with Penn, including a 7-2 win last year at the Murr Center. Overall, the Crimson lead the all-time series 36-6. Against the Tigers, Harvard has won the last three matchups and tops the all-time series 29-20.
Up Next
Harvard travels to Amherst, Mass. to face Hamilton, Amherst and Wesleyan Jan. 19 in the Pioneer Round Robin.
Happy Returns
Despite losing two All-Americans in Cece Cortes and Nirasha Guruge to graduation, the Crimson still returns three All-Americans from last year's team. Sophomore and defending national champion Amanda Sobhy is back for her second campaign after posting a 15-0 record last season. She is joined by 2010 national champion Laura Gemmell, who has been a first team All-America selection each of her three years in Cambridge, and team co-MVP and second team All-American Haley Mendez. Overall, the Crimson returns seven of its top nine for 2012-13.
New Kids on the Block
Four freshmen will join the Crimson in its attempt to repeat this year. Saumya Karki, Michelle Gemmell, Isabelle Dowling and Allie Sperry are all expected to make an immediate impact for Harvard. Karki and Gemmell are projected to play in the top six this season, while Dowling will compete for a spot in the lower third of the lineup. Sperry was a late addition to the squad, walking on just prior to the beginning of the season to pick up a win at BC.
Related Article: Three Newcomers Added to Women's Squash for 2012-13
Family Ties
Senior Laura Gemmell is joined on the squad this year by her younger sister, Michelle. Isabelle Dowling is the third member of her family to play squash at Harvard, as her mother, Diana Edge '88, and father, Joseph Dowling '87, both suited up for the Crimson. Senior co-captain Sarah Mumanachit's older sister, Sandra '10, was also a four-year member of the squad.
Still the One
In the CSA preseason rankings, the Crimson was selected as the favorite to repeat as national champions. Harvard is followed by archrival Yale and Trinity in the preseason projection, the teams it defeated in the finals and semifinals at last year's CSA Team Championships. In the subsequent polls, Harvard has remained atop the standings with the Bulldogs and Bantams still sitting at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Related Articles: CSA Tabs Women's Squash as Preseason Number One
The Captains
Seniors Natasha Kingshott and Sarah Mumanachit were both elected team captains prior to the start of the season. Kingshott posted a 13-4 mark last season, playing in the three through six spots in the lineup, while Mumanachit went 15-2 primarily out of the seven hole.
Leading the Way
Mike Way, The Gregory Lee '87 and Russell Ball '88 Endowed Coach for Squash at Harvard University, returns for his third season. In just over two years in Cambridge, his women's teams have gone a combined 30-2 (.938), including last year's 17-0 mark. Assistants Reg Schonborn and Luke Hammond return for the 2012-13 season.
Last Season
Harvard concluded a perfect 2011-12 season in impressive fashion, defeating No. 2 Yale, 8-1, in the College Squash Association Championship match to end the year with a 17-0 mark and capture the program's 13th national title. The Crimson swept six of the nine matches after narrowly beating the Bulldogs, 5-4, to claim the Ivy title earlier in the year.


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Move over, Mad Men. Sunday nights have even more must-see TV for foodies, thanks to the premiere of season 3 of The Next Iron Chef. Competitor Marc Forgione has signed on to help shepherd OpenTable diners through every episode this season, win, lose, or draw (and we're going to hold you to that, Chef!). We'll find out what's behind Chef Forgione's thinking as he takes on the world's best chefs, as well as get a look behind the scenes of this exciting, high-stakes competition.
Thanks for joining us, Chef Forgione! NYC has become the city of the sammie. And, you had to make one straight out of the gate. Do you have any fave sandwiches in NYC that you eat when you're not at your restaurant?
The Banh Mi from The Saigon Bakery on Grand Street.


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Taiwan's original punk rock crew, the Feirenbang or Useless Motherfuckers (廢人幫), coalesced out of a couple of Taichung high schools in the mid-1990s and invented themselves as a parody of a criminal gang, but instead of running full-service KTVs they played punk rock. There were about a dozen bands associated with the scene, the most famous of which was Anarchy (無政府), a mix of Rage Against the Machine and Greenday that managed to sell 5,000 CDs throughout Taiwan.
The gang's leader, Allen Liu (劉培倫), played bass in Anarchy and other bands. But somewhere around 2005 he switched gears from punk to reggae, moved to Taipei and organized a new crew called the Useless Brotherhood (無用兄弟). He's now bandleader of the dub ensemble Taimaica Soundsystem and promotes dance parties as DJ @llenblow. Having attained his mid-30s, naturally he feels it's time for a retrospective, so he and his cohort have put together an exhibition of event photos, party posters and other art works and artifacts. It's called Useless is Useful: Underground Culture Exhibition and unfortunately only focuses on the recent Useless Brotherhood years. The opening party is tonight at Revolver.
"The Feirenbang was actually like a gang, with initiations and stuff," said Liu. Initiations could mean being pushed down a hill in a shopping cart or stripped naked in the cold. "But now Useless Brotherhood is just a group of friends," he continues, noting that he is the only member common to both groups.
"Most of the guys from the Feirenbang are still playing music," says Liu, adding that some still play punk, like the Taichung band Damnkidz, which includes two former members. Others have moved to other genres, like Hsiao Hsin (小鑫), who once was a punk guitarist but is now part of the hip hop group Hardbeat Attack.
Useless is Useful is free and runs from tomorrow through Nov. 25 at the Zhongshan Creative Hub (中山創意基地), 21, Mingshan E Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市民生東路一段21號). Tonight at Revolver (1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號) from 10pm the lineup is Taimaica Soundsytem, Otaku3, Hardbeat Attack and DJs Point, Hulu, Leo37 and DJust. Admission is NT$300.
■ LTK Commune (濁水溪公社) will release a new album next month on Uloud Music (有料音樂) and the advance tour winds up in Taipei tomorrow night at The Wall. We still don't have an English name for the album, but it translates something like "Files from the Ghost Island Society" (鬼島社會檔案) and, as taike as ever, the cover is a collage of brothel advertisements and Apple Daily headlines. They also just released a music video for the song Guibanxian (鬼扮仙), a nakashi throwback which features band members dressed as politicians and setting off to kick the Japanese off the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), though in the end they all just have gay sex. The Wall, B1, 200, Sec 4 Roosevelt Rd (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Admission is NT$600, or NT$500 in advance through indievox.com.
■ Underworld continues to hang on. Bar owners have held meetings with city officials and will improve access to its fire exits in an attempt to avoid future fines and beat a Nov. 16 deadline to meet fire codes. Shidahood Self-Help Association chairman Jerry Liu (劉振偉) has meanwhile brought criminal charges of intimidation (恐嚇罪) against neighborhood resident Hsieh Chi-hong (謝志宏), who sent him a copy of the novel Le Voyeur by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet. The novel is about a depressed traveling salesman who may or may have not murdered a teenage girl — the novel is intentionally vague. Liu told the Apple Daily, "Once I started reading, I found it was a book about murder, and I felt I was being shadowed. I was worried that [the guy who gave me the book] would do something, and this was extremely frightening." I kid you not. This is Liu's claim. Let's hope the judge is not such a moron at literary interpretation.


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The Christmas Tree Express - Rheneas is very excited when he finds out that there are Christmas trees on Misty Island and wants to bring one back to the Blue Mountain Quarry before the other engines wake up. He asks Toby to take him to Misty Island. On Misty Island, Toby wants to travel slowly, but Rheneas is excited and in a hurry. He tells Toby to whirr his wheels faster and Toby does as Rheneas asks. Speeding along, Toby and Rheneas whoosh straight past some perfect Christmas trees. Rheneas realizes that he has been silly to rush. If they slow down, they can find the perfect tree. With the help of the Logging Locos, Toby and Rheneas take back the best tree of all to Rheneas' Narrow Gauge friends! Ho Ho Snowman - It's winter time in Sodor and Charlie wants to show Henry that snow is fun, so Charlie decides to hide behind a snowman. Each time Henry puffs past, Charlie pretends to be the snowman and tells Henry a joke. Henry is scared and steams quickly away back to Tidmouth Sheds. Charlie is sorry that he made Henry scared. He realizes that not everyone likes the snow. Charlie sees what it is that makes Henry happy in the snow: quiet, natural things. Then Charlie is thrilled when Henry asks him for a joke and they both laugh and laugh!
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Release Notes: Numerous DDF fixes and improved systemd integration.
Release Notes: This significant release included improved reshape support, improved DDF support, hot replace, and bad-block-log functionality. Array names can now have names (md_home) instead of just numbers (md0). There were several minor new features and many bugfixes.
Release Notes: This stability release adds a number of bugfixes to 3.2.5. There are no real standout fixes, just lots of little bits and pieces.
Release Notes: This release fixes a serious regression that caused adding a device with "--add" to sometimes fail when it should not. This did not cause any risk to data. The "--layout=preserve" option for "--grow" was fixed.
Release Notes: This is largely a bugfix release for the 3.2 series with many minor fixes with little or no impact. Some notable inclusions are: an --offroot argument to improve interactions between mdmon and initrd; a --prefer argument to select which /dev names to display in some circumstances; and relaxed restrictions on when "--add" will be allowed. A bug with adding write-intent-bitmap to an active array has been fixed. The default has been changed to use "/run/mdadm" for storing run-time files.
Release Notes: Stability fixes were made. IMSM metadata reshape (OnLine Capacity Expansion) is no longer experimental. The "--grow --size" options can have "--assume-clean" to suppress extra resync. RAID0 chunk size no longer has to be a power of 2.
Release Notes: This release is a stablizing update for 3.2. Version 3.2 provides a policy framework to allow hot-plugged devices to be immediately included in arrays and to provide fine control for migrating spares between arrays. Version 3.2 also includes OnLine Capacity Expansion and level migration for IMSM (Intel) format arrays.
Release Notes: Assorted bugs were fixed, particularly relating to management of DDF metadata. The handling of arrays in various unusual states of disrepair was improved.
Release Notes: Lots of bugs were fixed. Improvements were made for booting from Intel IMSM metadata arrays. The default metadata version was changed to 1.2.
Release Notes: "--create --auto=mdp" was made to work for non-standard device names. Restarting of a "reshape" if it was stopped in the middle was fixed. A segfault when using v1 superblock was fixed. --write-mostly was made effective when re-adding a device to an array. Various minor fixes were made.


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(BPT) - Need a bike to start getting into shape? Looking for a new job? Interested in renting a condo for that long-desired trip?
Every day, millions of Americans turn to Craigslist.org to buy and sell items, find jobs, meet other people or find a vacation property to rent. More than 60 million people use the website and view an estimated 100 million ads per month in the U.S. alone, according to the company.
As Craigslist has become one of the most well-known online marketplaces in the world, it's also become a destination for criminals, according to FindLaw.com, the nation's leading website for free legal information. Criminals use the site to scam individuals and conduct other criminal activity, ranging from armed robbery to prostitution.
Whether you've used Craigslist many times before or are a newbie to this online destination for trading and selling, here are some helpful tips from FindLaw.com to help you navigate Craigslist safely and responsibly:
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This is the No. 1 rule of Craigslist. Whether you're seeking an item to purchase, hunting for a new job or looking for a place to rent, if it sounds like it's too good of a deal, trust your instincts and avoid the seller.
Use a separate email account. Open up a free email account for Craigslist as a preventive measure to protect your privacy. Avoid using the email address you rely on for communicating with friends and family, or your work email.
Never share personal or financial information. If someone starts asking you personal questions about where you live and work, or your appearance, break off the communication, immediately. Don't advertise your home address and avoid meeting at your home or office.
Always meet in a public place. Remember, you're dealing with strangers. You don't know who they are or what their motives are. To complete your transaction, meet during daylight hours in a public place with a lot of traffic, like a fast-food restaurant or a shopping mall. If it involves the exchange of a very valuable item, bring a friend who can witness the exchange, and always have your cell phone with you.
Don't carry large amounts of cash. For purchases of $100 or more, it's best to use a cashier's check. If you're the seller, don't accept a personal check (in case of check forgery) and tell the buyer to come prepared with a cashier's check or money order from his or her bank. If you're the buyer, do not offer to go with the seller to an ATM or your bank to withdraw cash.
Avoid listings outside your local area. Craigslist was designed to facilitate local buying and selling. If you want to buy or sell something from someone in another state or country, it's best to use another online service. Requests from a seller to wire funds from your checking account or to pay for shipping are potential signs of mail fraud.
Assume you're buying "as is." In other words, you're purchasing the product or service in its current condition without refunds or returns. Because you're not dealing with an established merchant or business, your only recourse to challenge a product or service with which you're not happy is through small claims court. That's why you should be knowledgeable about what you're buying (or selling) and carefully inspect the product or service before exchanging money, or trading a product or service.
Keep current records. To a lot of people, buying and selling items on Craigslist seems a lot like a garage sale, only online. However, if you become a regular seller, then you should maintain records of your sales, expenses and profits. If your intention is to make a profit, then you should plan to report it.
To learn more about your legal rights and responsibilities, visit FindLaw.com.


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