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Wabash came back from a two-touchdown deficit to knock off previously unbeaten Carnegie Mellon Saturday, 54-28. Senior quarterback Chase Belton had a record-setting day with four passing and three rushing touchdowns.
The seven touchdowns Belton accounted for is the most by in a player in a single game in Wabash College football history.
"Chase ran the ball great and did a great job finding the open guy and putting the ball on him," Coach Erik Raeburn said.
Belton turned in one of the best games of his career. He ran for 198 yards while throwing for 183. Belton accounted for 5 touchdowns in last year's homecoming game against Kenyon.
"Our offensive line came out really hard," Belton said. "I loved how they played. When Wabash is clicking on all cylinders, it is a pretty tough team."
The Little Giant offense clicked on all cylinders, and then a few extra. It totaled 566 yards in total offense and put up the most points it has scored all season.
After averaging slightly less than 100 yards per game, the Little Giant ground attack busted out for 383. Running backs Tyler Holmes, CP Porter, and Vann Hunt had 98, 58, and 43 yards rushing respectively.
"Obviously the blocking was great by everybody," Raeburn said. "The running backs ran really hard. They broke tackles and made guys miss which are things we haven't been doing. It was important we stayed committed to the run because they have excellent pass defense."
The zone running game worked all day. Belton either handed the ball to his back or decided to run it himself. He and the running backs consistently found gaping holes and green grass straight ahead. The 383 yards is the most rushing yards for Wabash since 2003 and is the fourth most in school history.
Carnegie Mellon scored a touchdown its first two series. Sam Thompson returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown to give the Tartans a quick 21-7 lead.
"I was pretty disappointed with the punt coverage, especially after we gave up a big return last week," Raeburn said. "Our guys aren't staying disciplined and they're running by their man. We have to get that cleaned up."
Belton and company responded again when the quarterback hit junior Sean Hildebrand for a touchdown on quick screen pass, 21-14. Hildebrand followed the downfield blocks as he knifed his way into the end zone. Hildebrand led the team in receiving with 5 catches for 49 yards and 2 touchdowns
The defense then came to life. Linebacker AJ Akinribade sacked Tartan quarterback Rob Kalkstein on a second and long during the team's first possession of the quarter. Akinribade snuffed out a screen pass on the very next play and forced the Tartans to punt.
"They adjusted to what our defense planned for them early," Akinribade said. "It caught us off guard but we were able to adjust to their chess move. That's all it was: a chess game. We made adjustments with the defensive linemen stunting different gaps and changed what reads the linebackers made. It allowed us to get to the ball better."
After Akinribade and the defense forced the punt, Belton marched the ball into the red zone again. A key play on the drive occurred from the Tartan 32 yard line. Facing third and 14, Belton found junior Andrew Gibson on a post route over the middle. Gibson jumped up for the ball and corralled it on the way down. The 26-yard completion set up a Belton touchdown run to tie the score at 21 and bring the homecoming crowd of more than 5,000 back into the game.
The Little Giants got the ball back at their own 20 with 1:53 to go in the half after the defense forced another punt. Belton and his receivers shined in the two-minute drill.
Belton was 4-4 on the drive for 34 yards. He scrambled for another 48 yards. The drive was capped by a touchdown throw to Hildebrand.
Carnegie Mellon got the ball back with 37 seconds and moved the ball into field goal range. The 38 yard field-goal attempt was blocked by freshman linebacker Tyler McCullen to keep the score 28-21 at the half. The blocked kick gave the home team a lot of momentum heading into the locker room while the visitors silently walked off the field.
The Little Giants maintained momentum starting the third quarter forcing a Tartan fumble. And then Wabash picked up a 31-yard Ian MacDougal field goal but the Tartans countered with Kalksteiin to Patrick Banks 38-yard score, 31,-28.
Wabash steamrolled the rest of the way. Andrew Gibson caught a 3-yard pass for a score then two minutes later Houston Hodges, playing both sides of the ball Saturday, notched a 30-yard TD – the first of his Wabash career, 44-28. That quick turnaround was made possible by a gutsy but unsuccessful fourth down run attempt.
MacDougal hit from 24 yards before Belton added his third rushing touchdown and the final, 54-28.
"I haven't scored since high school so I didn't know what to do at first," Houston Hodges said. "The change of pace from defense to offense is the biggest thing. Defense is slowed down to make sure you get it right to where the offense is constantly running plays."
Houston Hodges had 2 catches for 79 yards and a touchdown. He also had 5 tackles.
Justin Woods led all players with 10 tackles. McCullen and Akinribade eached chipped in with a sack for Wabash.


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Snow disrupts travel and schools
Commuters have been hit by snow, ice, flood water and cold temperatures as forecasters warned there would be more to come mid-week.
Snow showers caused disruption to travel in south east England before moving westwards throughout the morning, leaving a covering on the ground.
The AA said that by midday on Monday it had attended 6,800 breakdowns across the country, with more than 60 cars stuck in snow or flood water.
Across the Midlands, about a dozen schools were closed by the wintry weather.
Temperatures in the Welsh mountains, southern Pennines and at the top of the Cotswolds were just below freezing.
High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire was the worst affected by the snow with 13cm, while levels elsewhere remained at 1-3cm.
Julian Mayes, a forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "The snow is fizzling out.
"Wiltshire and Hampshire have seen some in the last few hours as snow which had been in the south east England moved west. We will have another cold, cloudy and damp day tomorrow but hopefully no more snow.
"On Wednesday we have a band of rain coming in from the west which will have snow on its forward edge, affecting northern England, high ground in Wales and across Scotland."
The Met Office issued yellow weather warnings overnight affecting much of England, Scotland and Wales, because of the danger of ice following the snow.
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Merry belated Christmas and Happy early New Year, friends, family, and readers!
Many of you may be looking for ways to help others in a tangible way in the New Year. Let me present a way for you to do so. I have a wonderful friend here in Haiti named Fritz who is the manager of our ministry. I have known him since I started coming to visit and work with Maison de Lumiere. In 2004, right when our boys' home started, Fritz moved in and began overseeing the care of the first twelve boys. Fritz's parents died when he was young. He was raised in one of the roughest, most violent areas in Port au Prince, called Cite Soleil. Fritz worked hard doing many different jobs to put himself through school. He now has a lovely wife, Magolie, and two beautiful daughters, Sienna and Tassia. Magolie is also pregnant right now. Fritz is the oldest of eight siblings.Right after the earthquake Fritz took in all of his extended family members who had lost their homes. At least, if not more than, twenty people moved into his home and into his yard in tents. For months they remained there while they searched for new places to live. A few months after the earthquake one of Fritz's sisters who still lived in Cite Soleil suffered what appeared to be a stroke. She was hospitalized for a time then Fritz began to pay for her housing and care when she moved in with another of their sisters. She continues to require full care and cannot speak. Over a year ago two visiting nurses and I paid a visit to her home. You can read about that visit here. Fritz took in this sister's two daughters, Jennifer and Ruby. This last spring other family members decided to move Jennifer and Ruby and their mom into another relative's home further away from our neighborhood. Fritz was heartbroken and worried for their health and safety. Eventually he learned that whoever they were staying with was abusing the girls, as well as their mother when she attempted to cry out against them. In order for Jennifer and Ruby to move back in with his family, Fritz needs extra financial support for them. As the oldest child in his family, he financially and emotionally supports each of his younger siblings and their families. In addition to working for our ministry, he has a business out of his home where he sells water, food, and dry goods. Yet taking in these two girls again is an extra expense he cannot afford at this time. If you would like more information about Fritz and these girls and/or would like to sponsor the girls, please leave me a comment on the blog sharing your interest and a way for me to contact you. Mesi Anpil (Thank you very much!) for all the ways you have supported those I care about here in Haiti!


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Saks Fifth Avenue and Chanel are celebrating the launch of the new Chanel N˚5 campaign today in an extravagant way that would make Coco proud. The most iconic of Avenues – 5th Avenue – is being renamed Avenue N˚5 from May 2 – 10.
When Chanel N˚5 was first released, it made its debut on May 5th (5.5). I thought that Mlle. was so clever to have the date match her signature fragrance. Today, not only is Chanel N˚5 launched on the same day (eighty-eight years to the day), but renaming 5th Avenue – a street synonymous with fashion, luxury and elegance – is too clever!
"In our celebration of Chanel N˚5's newest camapaign, we wanted to recognize Chanel's longstanding relationship with Saks and engage our customer in the fragrance with a complete visual fantasy. We are even more delighted that the city is joining us in recognizing Chanel." says Ron Frasch, President and Chief Merchandising Officer, Saks Fifth Avenue.
This is not just a marketing scheme – it's official. The City of New York has officially declared May 5, 2009, Chanel N˚5 Day. To show their gratitude, Chanel and Saks Fifth Avenue and have partnered to create a new arts program P.S.5, the Ellen Lurie Elementary School. The funds will be used to create after school programs & supplies and fund field trips to museums and cultural institutions. This too, is completely true to Coco Chanel's philosophy as she was an avid supporter of the arts.
"We are honored to partner with the city of New York and Saks Fifth Avenue to name May 5th 'Chanel N˚5 Day,'" says John Galantic, President and COO of Chanel, Inc. "We are pleased to share the excitement of this iconic product with New York on this symbolic day in our brand's history."
If you're in NYC you must check out the Saks Fifth Avenue – the windows and the interiors are getting a lots of visual treatment. The 17 windows along Avenue N˚5 will feature still shots from the Chanel N˚5 film Train de Nuit (starting Audrey Tautou) along with pieces from the current Chanel ready-to-wear collection. If I were in NY I would definitely take a stroll down Avenue N˚5 - while wearing Chanel N˚5 on Chanel N˚5 day.
I now have a new favorite holiday – HAPPY CHANEL N˚5 DAY!!


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last time I let my Ubuntu 11.04 to upgrade all its packages, I think a new kernel was also downloaded. Since then keyboard stopped working so that I can press Enter button on the login screen, but after I get the desktop ready I cannot type. The kernel version is 2.6.38 but if I boot with 2.6.35 nothing changes. I can start Ubuntu in recovery mode, keyboard is working there, but I don't know what to do there.
When I looked around the settings on a certain menu point (Input settings or kind of) I got an error message that IBus daemon is not started. I was asked if I'd like to start it, but after starting nothing got better.
Do you have any idea how could I get my keyboard working again?
UPDATE: after a recovery mode package update keyboard is working, but I have to press each button for about 1 second to see the letter on the screen, fast typing is impossible. Key combinations, such as Alt-Shift-T are not working at all.


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In celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I thought it would be appropriate to honor the female icons of Network Marketing. I want to thank Beth Douglass Silcox and Barbara Seale of Direct Selling News, for this great report.
These amazing women blazed the trail and pointed the way for those wonder females who make network marketing their home today. Though we don't have space to record all of the hard-working and dedicated women who have widened the path we now walk, these are some of the most notable icons of our industry.
Mrs. P.F.E. Albee (1836-1914)
The very first "Avon Lady," Mrs. Persis Albee began selling perfumes for David McConnell in 1886.
The Historical Society of Chesire County, N.H., relates this story about Albee on their website (www.hsccnh.org):
"With her good business sense, the 50-year-old Persis welcomed the chance to sell perfume as a second career, earning income with which to raise her two children during a time when there were few employment options. The face-to-face direct selling approach relied on Persis' social skills and her reputation in the community, in addition to the quality and desirability of the products she promoted. Her stature in Winchester added respectability to her door-to-door sales approach. She could gain entry to her neighbors' households more easily and for longer periods of time than out-of-town peddlers. Attired as she was in her elegant clothing and with her friendly manner, Persis was a welcome sight. She was not considered a nuisance, but as a 'friendly neighbor come to call.' It was in this way that Persis pioneered the company's now famous direct selling."
Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)
Mary Kay Ash had written that in 1963, when a man she had trained was promoted above her and paid twice her salary, she quit her job and planned to write a book about the injustice of it all. The notes, however, became the foundation for her legendary beauty and cosmetics company. Ash's salesforce was made up of women—an uncommon situation in the 1960s—as she laid the groundwork for hundreds of companies to build upon. Recognition programs, ranging from sparkling tiaras to the famous pink Cadillacs, and compensation plans that included commissions for building teams of salespeople have become core parts of most direct selling companies operating today.
Doris Christopher
In 1980, Doris Christopher decided to start a business from her Chicago home selling high-quality and time-saving kitchen tools. She knew she wanted to utilize the direct-to-consumer model, so that her consultants could demonstrate the tools with real food and share tips through an in-home party that included the guests eating the end results of the demonstration. The company flourished so much that in 2003, investor Warren Buffet asked Christopher to meet with him and made her an offer to buy her company, saying in a press release, "Doris Christopher has created from scratch an absolutely wonderful business. We are delighted to add The Pampered Chef to the family."
Mary Crowley (1915-1987)
By 1957, Mary Crowley had experienced some of the difficulties that push individuals to achieve greater heights, including becoming a single parent of two small children in the 1930s and putting herself through night school. She discovered her talent for sales and briefly joined her friend Mary Kay Ash at Stanley Home Products. But when she began selling home accessories for a small company called World Gift, Crowley had discovered her place to shine, growing to have 500 salespeople underneath her. When the owner put a limit on the amount of commission the women sales staff could earn, Crowley knew it was time to quit and start her own home décor company that would never limit a woman's potential in that way. Home Interiors & Gifts became a direct selling powerhouse and by the early 1990s had surpassed $850 million in sales.
Jan Day (1920-1997)
1956 bore witness to the founding of yet another legendary company JAFRA, by Jan Day and her husband, Frank. The company name is a combination of their first names. Jan Day had represented Stanley Home Products as did her successful contemporaries Mary Kay Ash and Mary Crowley, where each had experienced success and seen the power of in-home selling. Remaining committed to the empowerment of women to become successful small business owners, Day started JAFRA from her Malibu, Calif. home with skincare products based on a natural substance produced by bees called Royal Jelly. Gillette bought the successful company in 1973; Vorwerk acquired it in 2004.
Jinger Heath
Joan Horner and her husband, Andy, spent 17 years working alongside their friend Mary Crowley encouraging the salesforce at Home Interiors & Gifts and working with regional groups. Though near retirement age themselves in 1985, the Horners decided to start their own direct selling company for four very specific reasons: to support women who wanted to stay home to raise children, to provide encouragement and extra income for single moms, to provide a way for those in full-time ministry to meet their financial needs, and to give financial support to the many various ministries they believed in. They had seen the power of equipping women to own and run their own businesses and decided that jewelry, as a high-selling gift item, would be their product choice. Premier Designs has fulfilled the Horner's mission for over 26 years and is still run by the family.
Cheryl Lightle and Rhonda Anderson
In 1987 Rhonda Anderson was a stay-at-home mom who made creative albums for her family out of the photos most people store in boxes under their beds. She gave a talk in her community on the processes she used and took 40 orders for the brand of album she used. When she discovered the company was no longer going to produce the albums, she called after hours again and again until then Marketing Vice President Cheryl Lightle finally picked up the phone. Intrigued that someone would want such a large order, Lightle started discussing a number of possibilities with Anderson, and they developed the vision for a new business. This phone call started what became the largest scrapbook company in the world, Creative Memories.
Brownie Wise (1913-1992)
Another dynamic woman whose first experience in direct selling was at Stanley Home Products, Brownie Wise was responsible for steering Tupperware into the home-party arena by convincing the company founder, Earl Tupper, that it was the best place for understanding the functions of the containers' plastic seal. She was appointed Vice President of Tupperware Home Parties in 1951 and led the salesforce with her remarkable marketing intuition, especially concerning women and social selling in the home. Wise also pioneered the extravagant rewards and recognition system now common among direct selling companies, giving top sellers at Tupperware such items as speedboats and exotic trips. Her intuition about what marketing styles and recognition systems appealed to women led her to become the first woman featured on the cover of Business Week magazine in 1954.


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Our favorite music app ever to have been invented in a bowling alley is undoubtedly RoqBot, a social music game of sorts that lets the patrons pick the music that plays anywhere — within the guidelines of what the venue owner has in mind. Not only does that prevent ceaseless rickrolling, but it lets venue owners retain a certain tone, even as they grant DJ freedom to the crowd.
Roqbot started out as the winning idea at SXSW Accelerator 2011, then began experimenting with playing music in retail environments including The Gap.
Now, the Google Ventures-funded start-up has launched what it's calling "the world's first business music app for restaurants, bars, retail stores, gyms, events, and other businesses across the U.S." The previous version worked along the same lines, so what's different about this new version? We put that question to RoqBot co-founder and CEO Garrett Dodge by phone.
"We've had the app for consumers," said Dodge. "What we've really done here is create a whole new app for the businesses."
By that, he means that the new app allows a venue owner to register for the service on their phones (iOS or Android).
"Usually we work with small business, although we have customers of all different sizes, and typically those businesses are not sitting at their computer all day."
The new business app version lets the business owner (or bartender, or maitre d', or whoever) control the music box (or a computer) remotely, from their own phone, in case a customer plays an incredibly lame song, or it's time to shift manually from the "songs we play during our lunch shift" to the "songs we play for the afternoon coffee crowd" playlist. (Roqbot can also control those shifts automatically.)
The Roqbot concept makes lots of sense, as we have been saying all along, because why wouldn't any business want to make their clientele happier? People are happy when they get to play with a new toy, and also when they get to hear the music they like.
If you own a business and are thinking about getting it, there's only one major sticking point we can spot: Roqbot only has seven million songs. If you go with something like Spotify instead, you might not be able to let your customers control the music, but you'd have access to much more music. To that, Dodge answers that the point here isn't to pick any song you might want to hear, but to create an atmosphere for customers. But what if they want a song that's not in the catalog?
There's no way to weave songs from another source into the Roqbot system in case a customer wants something that's not in the system, but:
- Roqbot is currently ingesting new content and should have around 12.5 million songs in January, and will try to keep expanding beyond that.
- Dodge says Roqbot is cheaper for a business than playing whatever they want on Spotify etc. and then paying direct fees to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC — or waiting until a rep shows up to fine them for playing music in a business without a license.
- Other "business music" services exist, such as DMX or Sirius XM. However, neither of those lets customers vote on what plays next with their phones.


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ATLANTA – Former UMBC standout Raven Harris was named to the 2014 class that will travel to the Final Four this weekend to participate in the 12th annual Women's Basketball Coaches Association "So You Want To Be A Coach" program.
The program, which coincides with the Final Four in Nashville, is a three-day workshop held April 4-6 in conjunction with the WBCA National Convention.
"This is a great opportunity for Raven," head coach Phil Stern said. "I'm so excited for her to learn and network at the Final Four. She has a very high basketball IQ and will make an outstanding coach."
The objectives of the "So" program are to increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women's basketball, increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators, raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women's basketball.
"I look forward to learning more about this game that I love," Harris said. "Expanding my knowledge from a different perspective, coaching instead of playing, will be fun and hopefully helpful with my future endeavors."
Harris earned a bachelor's degree with a major in media and communication studies from UMBC in May 2012. She continued her studies, pursuing a master's degree in early childhood education and was one of two members of the 2013 Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Teams to post a perfect 4.0.
Harris had a breakout senior season on the court in 2012-13 for the Retrievers, setting a UMBC record for steals (109) and concluding the year ranked third in the country in steals per game. The Virginia Beach, Va., native earned America East All-Conference Second Team honors, as well as being named to the America East All-Defensive Team, after ending the season ranked first in the league in steals per game (3.8), second in assists per game (3.8) and fourth in scoring (12.4).


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Kosher Food at Mozart Cafe Boca Raton
The concept of Mozart Cafe is quality fresh ingredients, detailed hospitality in a contemporary artistic atmosphere.
Our Kosher menu offers a variety of vegetarian dishes, delectable appetizers, pasta, brick oven gourmet pizzas, creative salads and epicurean fish entrees. Guests will enjoy an extraordinary dining experience. We value food presentation and plates design; our dishes are beautiful and seductive, and our portions are simply grand. We pride ourselves on our Kosher menu and outstanding selection. Our mission is to expand the boundaries of the Kosher dining experience, showcasing the casual gourmet creation and café bistro culture of the new Israeli cuisine. We serve Breakfast, Sunday brunch buffet, lunch, afternoon coffees and desserts, and dinner
Our Kosher menu fill you up? Make sure to leave room for dessert because we feature an outrageous selection of delectable desserts. We serve everything from hot chocolate cake, 3-color mousse cake, cheesecake, chocolate soufflé, to dessert pizzas and fruit salad.
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We had a blast Tuesday night at the GeekWire Meetup, listening to the pitches of four inspirational entrepreneurs and belting out some classic karaoke tunes (yes, we do have video of Jonathan Sposato's incredible rendition of Copa Cabana).
GeekWire contributor Jeff Dickey, the producer of the Nextcast video series, also was in the crowd with camera in hand. He spent a portion of the evening asking entrepreneurs to share advice on taking the startup plunge. From Phil Gordon at Jawfish Games to Andru Edwards at Gear Live Media to Mel Woodard at Portals the tips were flowing.
We especially liked the advice of iWitness founder Greg Heuss who told entrepreneurs to "surround yourself with people who are smarter than you." Good stuff.
Here are the responses from the nine entrepreneurs:
Thanks to our Meetup sponsors Microsoft Outlook, DLA Piper, Microsoft User Research, Silicon Valley Bank,Twilio and Turnstone.


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Amazon S3 supports data transfer over SSL and automatic encryption of your data once it is uploaded. You can also configure bucket policies to manage object permissions and control access to your data using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
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Amazon S3 provides highly durable and available storage for a variety of content. It allows you to offload your entire storage infrastructure into the cloud, where you can take advantage of Amazon S3's scalability and pay-as-you-go pricing to handle your growing storage needs. You can distribute your content directly from Amazon S3 or use Amazon S3 as an origin store for delivering content to your Amazon CloudFront edge locations.
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Amazon S3's highly durable, secure, global infrastructure offers a robust disaster recovery solution designed to provide superior data protection. Whether you're looking for disaster recovery in the cloud or from your corporate data center to Amazon S3, AWS has the right solution for you.


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SJ5847 : Llangollen Canal, west of Wrenbury
taken 5 years ago, near to Wrenbury, Cheshire, Great Britain
Llangollen Canal
The Llangollen canal is an arm of the Shropshire Union canal that runs from Hurleston Junction to Llangollen with a wide variety of scenery along its course. Its total length is 46 miles, but the last 1½ miles from Llangollen to Llantisilio is unnavigable by any boats over about 10' length.
The canal's vital statistics for craft are:
Length 72 '
Beam 6'10"
Headroom 7'
Draught 2'3" (Hurleston to Pontcysyllte) 2' (P. to Llangollen)
These are the maximum dimensions for any craft, based on the minimum dimensions of locks & bridges.
There are a total of 21 locks on the canal, but only two between Llangollen and Whitchurch (a distance of about 31 miles). One of the most notable things about the canal is the strong flow especially in the "narrows" near Llangollen and in the tunnels near Chirk. About 12 million gallons of water passes down this canal from the River Dee to the Shropshire Union every day.
The most famous feature of this canal is the superb feat of engineering that is the 200-year-old Pontcysyllte Aqueduct rising 126' above the River Dee and running for over 335 yds - for more information on this see the numerous photos for squares SJ2742 and SJ2741
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 08:49 AM
President Barack Obama must work with a deeply skeptical partner as he tries to undo painful spending cuts and set U.S. finances on a more sustainable course: the liberal wing of his own party.
While Republicans have dug in their heels against further tax increases, many of Obama's fellow Democrats have refused to consider cuts to popular health and retirement programs that are projected to eat up a growing slice of the nation's resources.
As a result, the lion's share of deficit-reduction efforts so far, apart from tax increases, have come from cuts to military and domestic programs, including the $85 billion in reductions that went into effect last week. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that those "sequestration" cuts will eliminate 750,000 jobs.
Obama has said lawmakers in both parties will have to give ground to put an end to the budget wars that have slowed economic growth and dominated Washington for the past two years.
But many of his fellow Democrats already have ruled out the relatively modest changes the president has proposed to "entitlement" benefits such as the Social Security pension program and the Medicare health plan for the elderly.
"I am a supporter of the president, but me being a supporter of the president doesn't mean I'm a servant of the president," said U.S. Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a leader of the party's liberal wing in the House. "He and I don't agree on this, and I'm going to fight him tooth and nail on it."
Ellison and other liberals are not eager to compromise after last year's election, in which Obama defeated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who called for further spending cuts and an overhaul of Medicare.
A majority of House Democrats signed a letter last month telling Obama they would not support cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits as part of a deal to help tame the U.S. government's debt, now more than $16 trillion. A majority of Senate Democrats signed a similar letter in December, rejecting cuts to Social Security.
Powerful labor unions and other outside liberal groups also are pushing Congress to leave benefits untouched.
That stance could complicate Obama's efforts to build what he has called a "caucus of common sense" that could pair modest benefit cuts with reduced tax breaks for the wealthy to try to reduce the annual budget deficit and start to control the national debt.
Republicans have controlled the House since 2011, but they have needed Democrats' support to pass budget deals.
Democrats' reluctance to touch entitlement programs also means that their other priorities, from science to transportation programs, will bear the brunt of spending cuts.
According to the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, job losses from last week's "sequester" cuts will fall heaviest on scientists, engineers and construction workers, the type of workers whose labor is particularly important to boosting U.S. productivity.
"There is no doubt that to solve our budget problems more revenue is needed, but we cannot ignore that entitlements are also driving deficits and crushing investments in the next generation," Third Way policy adviser David Brown wrote in a report last week.
Social Security and Medicare are among the most popular services that the U.S. government provides.
As the automatic spending cuts loomed last month, the Pew Research Center found that only 10 percent of Americans would support scaling back Social Security and just 15 percent would back cuts to Medicare. By contrast, 48 percent said foreign aid should be cut.
But foreign aid and other programs that are funded annually by Congress are not the problem. Such "discretionary" spending is projected by the end of the decade to fall to its lowest level in 50 years as a share of the economy, because of spending caps put in place by a 2011 budget deal.
By contrast, Social Security, Medicare, and long-term care programs financed through Medicaid are projected to expand dramatically as the population ages in coming decades.
The Republican-controlled House twice has approved a budget plan that would try to rein in Medicare by offering participants a voucher to buy private coverage, but the measure failed to clear the Democrat-controlled Senate in 2011 and 2012.
The plan's author, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, is expected to unveil a new version on Wednesday aimed at achieving more dramatic savings.
Democrats, including Obama, have rejected Ryan's approach on the grounds that it would force retirees to shoulder more of their healthcare costs.
They argue that retirees on fixed incomes who depend on Social Security and Medicare should not be forced to bear the brunt of deficit reduction.
Obama has put other, more modest benefit cuts on the table.
He has proposed changing the way Social Security and other benefits are indexed to inflation to slow their growth over time, a concept known as "chained CPI" in Washington-speak.
The savings could be substantial: $340 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Obama has floated a modified version to shield the neediest beneficiaries that would save $130 billion over 10 years, but many of his fellow Democrats say they cannot support it because it would cut too deeply into retiree payments over time.
"I'm going to read anything that's sent over here, but it's a deal killer for me," said Ellison, the Democrat who co-chairs the House Progressive Caucus.
Obama also has proposed requiring wealthy retirees to pay more for their Medicare coverage, which would save about $35 billion over 10 years.
That may reflect the progressive notion that wealthier Americans should pay more for government services, but many liberal lawmakers and interest groups say it could undermine Medicare's financial health and political popularity if it leads affluent retirees to abandon the program.
They also say it would snare too many middle-income retirees in coming years because it would not be indexed to inflation.
"What we're really talking about ... is getting more money from middle-class people by asking them to pay higher premiums, and that's not progressive," said Kelly Ross, deputy policy director at the AFL-CIO federation of labor unions.
Analysts say Obama will have a hard enough time persuading Republicans to agree to any tax increases after he won $600 billion in more revenue in January.
If Obama is going to do so, he'll need to put entitlement cuts on the table, they say.
"It's astonishing that more people haven't pointed this out, that a balanced package would have to include something" on benefits, said Greg Valliere, an analyst with Potomac Research Group. "I think that's the only way we could break the logjam."
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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Nationally-ranked No. 18 Babson College used a 22-4 second-half run to break open a tight game en route to a 54-39 victory over MIT in NEWMAC women's basketball action on Wednesday night. Freshman Sabrina Drammis (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) compiled 13 points, seven steals, four rebounds, and two blocks for the Engineers whose ledger lowered to 9-12 on the year and 5-10 in conference play.
Freshman Maya Ramachandran (Fremont, Calif.) tallied six points, two blocks, and two steals while sophomore Michelle Battipaglia (Katonah, N.Y.) registered five points, five rebounds, and three blocks. Senior Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.) hauled in seven rebounds as sophomore Mari Kordell (Ijamsville, Md.) added six points. Sophomore Osheiza Otori (Metairie, La.) rounded out MIT with five points and two steals.
The first half featured four ties before the Engineers went on a 9-2 run to go up, 17-12, with 5:49 on the clock. Babson quickly knotted the game but a steal and layup by Otori put MIT in front, 19-17. The Beavers generated another five-point spurt for the slight edge; however, Drammis buried a three-pointer to even the score at 22 which would hold through halftime.
Both squads traded baskets to start the second stanza before Babson mounted its game-changing run that resulted in a 46-28 advantage at the 8:36 mark. Despite the deficit, MIT continued to attack and narrowed the gap to 12 (51-39) with 3:04 left to play. A defensive battle ensued down the stretch as the Beavers capped the game with a free throw and a layup to set up the final score.
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Orioles No. 3 prospect cruises to second Carolina League win
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | May 1, 2013 6:05 PM
Coming off his roughest outing of the season, Eduardo Rodriguez began going over his game plan a day early in an effort to change things up. Considering how quickly he came out of the blocks Wednesday evening, the new approach paid dividends.
The Orioles' No. 3 prospect took a perfect game into the fourth inning and a no-hitter into the sixth as the Class A Advanced Frederick Keys shut down the visiting Myrtle Beach Pelicans, 3-1.
"I was focused before the game," Rodriguez said through teammate Marcel Prado, who served as translator. "The last outing I had was pretty bad and I was thinking about it. I got focused the day before the game and as soon as I got to the ballpark I was thinking about the hitters and the way I would put them away."
Five days after yielding seven runs on six hits and five walks over four innings in a loss to Carolina, Rodriguez (2-2) retired the first 10 batters before Luis Sardinas reached on shortstop Sammie Starr's throwing error.
Designated hitter Trever Adams reached on a miscue by third baseman Travis Adair leading off the fifth, but Rodriguez set down the next six Pelicans to carry his no-hit bid into the seventh.
The 20-year-old native of Venezuela threw 60 pitches -- only 14 out of the strike zone -- through six innings, but Myrtle Beach chipped away for a run on three singles.
Sardinas legged out an infield single to start the seventh, Rougned Odor followed with a base hit to right field and Preston Wedd plated a run with another single to right.
Rodriguez retired the final two batters before turning things over to the bullpen in the eighth. He ended up throwing 63 of 85 pitches for strikes.
"This was the best outing of my career," Rodriguez said. "I felt good today, awesome. I was throwing inside with my fastball and then on the outside corner, and I was working ahead.
"This was the first time I was close to throwing a no-hitter. I didn't care about the infield hit, I was just trying to focus on the next hitter. The other hits were on good pitches, but I give credit to the hitters and the way they hit the ball. I was just upset I could not come go back out for the eighth.
Signed by the Orioles as a non-drafted free agent in 2010, Rodriguez is a month into his fourth year of pro ball. In 2012, his first full season, he went 5-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 22 starts with Class A Delmarva.
Trent Howard followed with innings of scoreless relief to earn his first professional save and lower his ERA to 0.66.
Pelicans starter Alec Asher (2-2) allowed three runs -- two earned -- on three hits and three walks while striking out five batters over six innings.
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serene mistwood wrote:Sasi wrote:Actually, Serene, I don't see anything which could make you state that some people here, on -this- forum, don't separate this OOC forum from IC RP.... Quotes, maybe?
I never specifically stated that people here, on -this- forum don't seperate OOC forum from IC RP? Guilty conscience pricking you Sasi? ( Although that doesn't of course mean I don't believe that, because I do, obviously )
I was responding to Tamar's old post on the thread revived.Tamar Luminos wrote:
Owner's apparently nursed a grudge against me for my posts on a previous thread about his previous incarnation of Ar and reminded me tonight by linking me to the offending thread:
http://www.goreanforums.net/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=8425&start=140 if anyone's curious.
I didn't think I said anything particularly offensive, and had pretty much forgotten about it but apparently he had not. Not sure why he had to tap dance around the issue instead of just IM'ing me to tell me my app was denied or even putting me on a ban list, but oh wells. Told me I could roleplay there but that I couldn't join the group.
What Tamar (or anyone) states on an OOC discussion forum here (or anywhere else) should not be used against them in an application to join a sim or OOC group inworld, at least not by mature, balanced, mentally stable adults able to seperate IC from OOC in general.
Next time you react to a post written a few months ago, Serene, quote it. And there is no reason for my conscience to prick me.
Second, this issue had nothing to do with the ability of someone not to mix IC and OOC since the action of filling an application is an OOC action, anyway. Tamar's character didn't suffer any IC consequence for her OOC comments on an OOC forum.
It was about personal feelings from the sim owner who decided he didn't want Tamar as a sim member (although he accepted she RPed in his sim), part of the OOC group. But I saw this sim owner mixing IC and OOC, I saw him directing the role play for it suits his OOC purposes, I saw him rping a non sense character who allowed him to keep control over the RP. So, definitely not someone able of separating IC and OOC, not someone, (I quote your own comments)"that shout loudest about IC/OOC separation".


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Zynga investors cashed in their shares Friday after the company said it was dropping its plans to pursue online casino-style games in the U.S.
THE SPARK: The San Francisco company said late Thursday that it was no longer seeking the U.S. gambling license it would need to move into casino-style games, which are played for real money. The company still plans to test a gambling product in the United Kingdom.
Zynga posted second-quarter earnings late Thursday and reported that it had trimmed its losses. The company has been cutting staff to reduce costs.
THE BIG PICTURE: Adding online gambling could have given Zynga a potentially large source of revenue that the company badly needs.
When Zynga went public late 2011, its games, such as "Farmville" and "Mafia Wars," were the most popular on Facebook. Things have changed since then. King.com, the maker of "Candy Crush Saga," has unseated Zynga as the top social games maker.
The second-quarter results were Zynga's last under the direction of founder and CEO Mark Pincus. The company brought aboard former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick as CEO , who ran the Xbox video game business.
THE ANALYSIS: Mattrick is well-regarded in tech circles and there is some optimism in his ability to turn Zynga's fortunes around.
Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter sees changes within Mattrick's first 180 days at the company. "We believe Mr. Mattrick will act swiftly to focus on a handful of new initiatives and to right-size Zynga's staffing levels," Pachter wrote.
Zynga did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
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Joanne Corless refused to back down until her son—and autistic kids like him—had a place of his own to learn.
When AJ Corless told his parents about his first grown-up kiss in the summer of 2008, they were so thrilled their eyes welled up. Ever since he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a toddler, Joanne and Allan feared their son might miss out on life's joys. Would he ever fall in love, hold a job or learn to take care of himself? "There was definitely a time when I thought my dreams for him were impossible," recalls Joanne, a 52-year-old mother of three. In fact, one of AJ's first doctors told Joanne to just accept the cards she'd been dealt and focus on the rest of her family—because her son would never amount to anything.
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A year into her research, in early 1993, Joanne came across an article about two autistic kids who had blossomed at UCLA through a rigorous therapeutic approach called Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Joanne called the head of the program in California and heard the good news: Instructors were being trained to bring individual ABA programs into people's homes. The bad news? The training wasn't yet available in Pennsylvania. But the more she read about ABA, the more determined she became to have AJ try the intensive therapy, in which an instructor develops a plan for a child and spends hours working one-on-one. After isolating a specific goal—mastering the alphabet, taking a shower—the teacher breaks it down into tiny steps. Every little achievement is rewarded, no matter how small it seems. ABA is slow, painstaking work that requires long hours, infinite patience and dedicated, well-trained tutors.
Then Joanne got a lucky break: A satellite program was about to launch an hour from her home at Bancroft, a nonprofit that offers support for children and adults with developmental disabilities. She contacted psychology departments at local colleges and worked with program heads to recruit students to train at her home. The colleges were eager to cooperate, since it meant that students could learn the groundbreaking technique and gain hands-on experience. Joanne found a rotating group of students who came over to work with AJ six hours a day.
He was almost 4 when the homeschooling started, and the progress was astounding: AJ went from speaking single words to completing full sentences in just six weeks. One of his first objectives was to simply sit still in a chair, Joanne recalls. "The instructors would say, 'Come sit,' and pat the chair. If he did, they'd reinforce him with candy and by saying, 'Good job, you sat!' He caught on quickly." Joanne was ecstatic and couldn't wait to share the good news with more families. Over the next five years, she worked tirelessly to create similar home programs.
Soon she and the other parents wondered why they had to pay out of pocket for these home lessons when they were already paying taxes (school districts are mandated to provide appropriate education services for students with disabilities). Could ABA techniques be taught in public schools? Joanne spent months convincing school board officials of that growing need. In 1997 she created the AJ Foundation for Children with Autism (AJFCA), which helped develop the area's first public-school ABA program for elementary-age students with autism. The demand was huge, but as kids flooded the school, budget constraints prevented the district from hiring enough staff to deliver one-on-one attention.
Worried that the kids' learning might be compromised, Joanne opened her own private school with an ABA-trained educator. Her husband Allan's experience as a civil engineer and partnership in a construction company came in handy; he renovated a mobile unit, which their church agreed to "host" rent-free in its parking lot.
Fortunately, the state approved a license for the school, and The Comprehensive Learning Center (CLC) opened in September 2000 with two instructors and three students. It was funded by students' tuition and money raised by the AJFCA. Over the next few years, the program expanded as more students and faculty came on board. Eventually it relocated to a permanent building.
Although CLC is a magnet for families with ADS kids, some of whom move to be closer to the school, Joanne emphasizes that ABA is not a cure for autism but a way of learning to deal with the condition. In addition to working longer school days and over an extended school year, the staff at CLC spend time teaching kids life skills, like how to sit quietly in church or at a movie, tolerate dental and medical appointments, and order and eat politely in restaurants—tasks that improve the entire family's quality of life.
Joanne acknowledges the program's hefty cost. CLC's yearly tuition, mostly covered by local school districts, is $82,250. She points out, however, that the price tag doesn't tell the full story. CLC aims to make these kids as independent as possible—and that pays off for everybody in the long run. The cost of a lifetime of care for one person with autism is $3.2 million, mostly in lost productivity and adult care, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. So a child who functions well enough to transition into regular school or a job saves taxpayers around $3 million. And for families whose kids can finally revel in self-expression, friendship and knowledge, the value is even greater.
Twenty-four students are now enrolled at CLC, which accepts kids from ages 3 to 21. In 2009 the school expanded to a second 6,000-square-foot building to accommodate its growing numbers. The next step is an adult life skills program, which is in its early development phase. But with so much expansion, tuition alone can't cover operating costs, so Joanne organizes major events like casino nights and golf outings. She raises as much as $230,000 annually. AJ helps her out. "I work as a bartender at the casino night," he says. In addition, Joanne arranges conferences and CLC visitor days to educate people about autism and ABA.
Joanne admits to a sense of wonder at how far AJ has come. But her gratitude goes beyond her son's success: "I'm proud to work with people who will stop at nothing to give their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends with autism a better life."
Originally published in the April 2012 issue of Family Circle magazine.
Read more about autism, including Joanne's story in her own words, at familycircle.com/autism.