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Associate VP of Student & Enrollment Strategy - Saichi Oba
Phone: 907.450.8146 Fax: 907.450.8141
Student & Enrollment Strategy
University of Alaska
Butrovich Building
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Saichi T. Oba, a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, became the Associate Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services in December 2005. Oba has served at all levels of Student and Enrollment Strategy starting at Eastern Oregon University as an Admissions Counselor in 1985. He arrived in Alaska in fall 1990 to work at UAF for Registrar Emeritus Ann Tremarello in the Office of Admissions and Records. Tapped to head the Office of Admissions, Saichi was appointed the Interim Director of Admissions at UAF in 1996.
Oba left Alaska and landed in Klamath Falls, Oregon as the Director of Admissions at the Oregon Institute of Technology in 1998. His return to Alaska in 2000 saw the beginning of the IT phase of his career as the Program Manager for Banner Student. Promoted to the Director of Enrollment Services in 2002 he returned to his passion: working on strategic enrollment management and helping students find success at UA.
When not working, Oba relishes time with his family. Outdoors enthusiasts, Oba and his wife Connie continue to introduce their three children, Elizabeth, Kekuewa and Lupua to the joys of hiking, camping, exploring and fishing throughout the west, literally from Alaska to Hawaii.


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by Dr. Yaacov Hasis
Translated by Amy Samin
In 1917, one of the young women of Kovel, a teacher, returned to the city from Russia. Her name was Klara Davidovna-Erlich. Working together with a veteran teacher named Shebtzov, who was the principal of the Russian gymnasia before the First World War, that year she opened a gymnasia in which the languages of instruction were Russian and Ukrainian. The gymnasia was opened on Karoliova Boneh Street, where the state gymnasia for girls was once located.
Aside from Klara, all of the teachers were Christians, and a number of Christian students, boys and girls, also studied there. One of the first teachers, Mrs. Miller, who taught German, is worth mentioning. She was a musician by profession, and when the Bolsheviks entered the city she was active in the field of music. Gabriel Nikiporovich taught painting and technical drawing, Iben Vasilivich taught mathematics, Serafima Victorovna Ositskia taught French (she was the only anti-Semite amongst the teachers. She was the daughter of Polkovnik, a Russian from the era of Nicholas), Yevgenya Nicholivna history, Lisenko taught the Ukrainian language, and Nicholai Piodorovich physics.
When the Polish government was established it became necessary to abandon the Russian language, and in 1921 the gymnasia stopped being Russian-Jewish and became Polish-Jewish. This change brought about the need for adjustments in the teaching staff, because neither Klara nor the rest of the teachers knew the Polish language. Furthermore, not a single teacher in Kovel could be found who had a Polish education. With no other choice, Klara brought in teachers from Galicia, who spoke Polish fluently. Those teachers saw it as their duty to promote Polish culture in the school.
The first teacher to arrive was Dr. Flack, a mathematician by profession. He also served as the principal of the gymnasia, because the authorities deprived Klara of the right to hold that position because she did not speak Polish.
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Mr. Horvitz, a science teacher, also arrived with Dr. Flack. He was one of the most talented and notable teachers for a considerable period of time, and he left an impression on many of the children of Kovel.
A German teacher also arrived, whose name I cannot recall; the Latin teacher Turnheim, Crome Polish literature, Dr. Mazelas the Hebrew, religious studies and history teacher. A. Ratt, German language, Dr. Shafroch physical education, M. Zeidenzeig drawing, M. Reis physics and mathematics, the principal Klara Erlich taught science, and Dr. Ziskind may his blood be avenged served as the school's physician.
They were joined by a Galician who came to the city with the Austrian army, settled there and married a Kovel girl. His name was Fesler. He taught general history. He was a talented educator, magnanimous and very well loved in Kovel. Later he settled in Robna and worked as an attorney.
Until 1927 the gymnasia was not recognized by the authorities, and they refused to grant it any rights. This meant that the graduates of the gymnasia found the doors of the universities in Poland closed to them, and anyone who dreamed of obtaining higher education would leave the gymnasia by the sixth or seventh grade and go to Brisk or Vilna. The gymnasia in those cities were recognized by the government. In fact, there was a recognized Polish gymnasia in Kovel with full rights, but there prevailed there the infamous numerus clausus [methods used to limit the number of students], and only a few Jewish students were accepted there.
Various cultural activities developed in the gymnasia. There were various groups such as the drama club, a club about the geography of the Holy Land, a literature club, a football [soccer] team called Lagia, along with an academic journal which was published in three languages Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish very precisely edited.
In 1927 the gymnasia was granted rights by the government, and many of those who had left in earlier years returned in order to receive their diplomas, which would allow them to continue their studies.
The first class to receive a diploma with full rights graduated from the gymnasia in 1928.
A common expression in the city was: the Hebrew gymnasia creates pioneers, and Klara's gymnasia creates educated, knowledgeable people. There is a little bit of truth in the saying, because a few of the students of the Jewish-Polish gymnasia studied medicine in the universities of France, Prague and Italy, and became known as important doctors in the city. I will mention their names: Tania Neimdack finished his studies at Warsaw College and worked as a physician in Kovel; Moshe Wisberg pursued his studies abroad, returned to the city and worked as a doctor; Grisha Verba studied medicine in Prague
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and Yosef Melamed also studied medicine in Prague and later in Italy, and then worked in Kovel as a surgeon. During the war he worked as the head of the surgery department in a military hospital in Russia.
Two other figures in the gymnasia worth noting are: Eliezar Hodorov, organizer of the Tzofim [scouts] in Kovel and who is currently one of the outstanding captains in the state [Israel], and Ruth Deshbeski of blessed memory, who studied veterinary medicine, an unusual profession amongst Jews in general, and especially Jewish women. During the war she went to Asia where she worked as a veterinarian, where her reputation preceded her on the steppes of Kazakhstan. She would ride on horseback in order to make her rounds amongst the communes and farms in the area. She became a living legend among the Kazakhstani people in the region.
The gymnasia prepared an entire generation of free-thinking intellectuals and professionals. When the war broke out, Mrs. Klara Erlich left the city and went to Russia to live with her sister in Moscow. The gymnasia building became a pile of rubble and no sign of it remains.
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Back Row, from right to left - Moshe Gelman, Yeshayahu Skolnik, Mika Gelman, Esther Sass, Bennick Petrakovski, Selah Mendel, Moshe Gelman, Meirom (Meir) Rosenblatt, Eli-Yitzhak Verbe.
Second Row Velvel Lipshitz, Nina Ladrahandler, Chaike Glazer, Shapira…Damav, Roizya (Ruth) Deshbeski, Esther Flott, Chaike Erlich, Brunia Beronzpat.
Third row Nunia Oppelind, Grisha Shemstein, Yisrael Geller, Satran, Rosa Bonn, teacher Dr. Fesler, Jania Burstein, Yisrael Fuchs, Yagodnik, Leah Pogtash, Stinberg.
Seated on the ground Sheindel Roisen, Regina Friedman, Y. Rosensveig, Yoske Gurtenstein, Tzippa Bayerach, Hina Asiok, Yagodnik.
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I dont remember the old singer or the song, but the line was
If it werent for bad luck, Id have no luck at all. Other towns often say Durango seems to have a lot of luck.
Actually, luck has more to do with preparation, persistence and tenacity.
In a span of just 30 days, Durango will have assembled 9,000 people to hold hands to celebrate the completion of a seven-mile river trail, hosted campaign stops by first lady Michele Obama and vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan and will celebrate a visit by the Capitol Christmas Tree on its 26-city tour to Washington, DC.
Luck? No, things happen when somebody picks up the phone and makes it happen. I salute Jack Turner for his perseverance in organizing the Durango Connect project. He doggedly pursued his vision and convinced his city, the school district and his community that a brief timeout from a world filled with conflict was worth the effort. Turner recalled from his boyhood years the Animas River corridor being an unpleasant, unsafe, undesirable place and wanted everyone to fully appreciate the scope of accomplishment we all now enjoy. Thanks, Jack. Please visit durangoconnect.com.
I applaud Fort Lewis College President Dene Thomas, the FLC staff members and local political parties for the unlikely effort to invite the presidential candidates to come to Durango. (Sure, like that was going to happen.) When it was determined that Air Force One could not land at Durango-La Plata County Airport, Dene responded, Well just put him on a smaller plane, or send the first lady. FLCs persistence and commitment to host well-organized visits by leading political figures paid off because somebody picked up the phone and made it happen.
On Friday evening, Nov. 9, the Capitol Christmas Tree will arrive in Durango because of persistent work done by the Campbell family. A stop in Durango was not scheduled, until persistence and tenacity persuaded organizers that when called upon Durango steps up to the plate. The tree will arrive with police escort on a 110-foot, specially designed Mack truck, and be parked on Eight Street facing Main Avenue from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be a welcoming ceremony, hot chocolate and cider booths, tree saplings for children, ornament making, visits by Smokey Bear and Santa and Mrs. Claus, a choral group and more. This will be a rare occasion for Durango and a wonderful evening for families. More information can be found by visiting at capitolchristmastree2012.com.
So why do some communities seem luckier than others? Ill submit that luck has little to do with it. Because as the saying goes: The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get.
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|By Tatsuya Ishida
July 1, 2018
Take The Long Way Home
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
January 8, 2018
This Is My Winter Song To You
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
June 1, 2014
I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
Hi. New design.
February 7, 2011
Someday we'll get it together and we'll get it undone
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
The Resistance Lives!
February 23, 2009
All we hear is radio ga ga, radio goo goo
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
My first summer job ever was working the concession stand at Universal Studios. I worked at the tram rest stop, where all the folks on the tour would take a break and eat sandwiches and frozen yogurt. And let me tell you, I hated those yogurt dispensing machines. For the life of me I could never get it to swirl right. I'd end up making a huge mess every time. Whenever a customer would order the frozen yogurt, I'd have to ask someone else to make it. It was pathetic. One time it was real busy, a mass of hungry patrons lining up for treats. When I got an order for frozen yogurt, I looked around but no one was available to pinch hit for me. Crestfallen, I trudged over to the yogurt machine, took a deep breath, and told myself that this was it. I must face my fears. I will master this yogurt contraption if it kills me. Yes. To the death! Thusly armed with a new sense of mission, I commenced with the swirlage. It just slopped all over the place. I grabbed another cup and tried again. Fail. I just made ugly piles of sludge. After three aborted attempts, a fellow employee finally intervened and produced a competent looking yogurt for me. God, what a humiliating ordeal. Not even capable of serving fast food. To add insult to injury, I would later get exiled to the churro cart. I can hear middle management's rationale for this: "The rookie is ill equipped to handle the high pressure situation of the yogurt machine. Relocate him to the churro stand. If the idiot can't manage the task of sprinkling cinnamon on donuts, send him into webcomics."
June 23, 2008
It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to run and hide away
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
Whenever I peel an orange, I save the stem end for last. There's something about pulling out the spine that is very satisfying. Texture-wise, visually, the little plucky squirty sensation, it's a fun little operation to cap the peeling process. That's sorta my modus operandi when it comes to food. I leave the best for last. When I have a chicken pot pie, for example, I eat all the carrots and peas first, and leave a stash of chicken for the big finish. When I have a sandwich I work my way around the crust to the middle. I have this shit down to a science. Sometimes, though, it's not so smooth. Things can get complicated. Like, when I'm eating a pancake breakfast with hash browns, bacon, and eggs, I can't decide what my favorite thing is. I panic a little in my heart because I don't know how it's gonna end. But that's what life is all about. Thrills, man. Thrills. I start out all confident that I'll end with a bite of bacon but then, the sweet syrupy pancakes start to win me over. Then the hash browns, that unassuming dark horse, makes a comeback. And then the eggs are like, "Hey, we're the pure unblemished souls of chicken! Recognize!" At that point, all bets are off. It's anybody's game. I might go with bacon. I might not. Nothing's set in stone. Anything can happen. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Tat, You crazy fool! You HAVE to have the last bite planned out AT ALL TIMES!" But I like to live on the edge, Jack. I take chances. I flirt with danger. That's how I roll.
May 12, 2008
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
Resistance back on the air!
September 7, 2007
I'm so hot for you and you're so cold
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
Like most pampered primadonnas I was shocked to learn that not everyone in the world was there for my benefit and edification. Apparently, vast segments of the human population, possibly even a majority, don't give a flying bugfuck what I do or what happens to me. Highly alarming revelation, this, as I've always assumed I occupied the very center of the cosmos, and the very structure and integrity of the space-time continuum hinged on my well-being. Should anything untoward befall me, I was sure the universe would collapse and all God's Creation would cease to be. But as I grow older and less full of myself, I'm finding what an inconsequential gnatfart I am in the Great Scheme of Things. I could die tomorrow and humanity will go chugging along its merry way. It'll continue junking up the earth, attempt a wild and crazy escape to Mars or something, die out by its own poisonous effluvium or blow itself up, thus ending the Rule of Mammals and ushering in The Age of Insects, who will use all our plastic and styrofoam and non-biodegradable radioactive waste as fuel for their little bug cars and build fantastic little bug cities and little bug kids will read about the giant prehistoric humans with awe and delight. Secular Ants will dig up our bones, Fundamentalist Bees will deny we ever existed, and Dragonflies will just chill cuz they're cool like that. Maybe they'll enshrine my memory and make me an honorary insect. Tatsuya Ishida, the Inconsenquential GnatFart, He Who Predicted The Next Phase of Earth Evolution.
July 16, 2007
I've been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
I have discovered a way to live life in a state of perpetual orgasmic ecstasy, unbothered by the cruel vagaries of life. It's perfectly legal, no drugs involved, no crazy meditation regimen, no change in diet or beliefs or lifestyle. It's healthy, no side effects, no hangover, just pure bliss round the clock, 24/7. Problem is, I can't articulate the secret method in words. There's no verbal way to demonstrate how I've achieved this state. As much as I'd like to disclose the mystery to you all it resists all known forms of communication. Except one. The comic strip. I can transmit my esoteric knowledge through my comic strip and through my comic strip alone. There's no other way. So you must keep reading, every day, all the time, forever. Buy all the books at least four times. Reminisce on particular strips in your free time, learn punchlines by heart, impress your friends with your knowledge of Sinfest. Whatever you do, you must keep reading. But now for a limited time eligible women can receive my wisdom through special tantric exercises with me as their personal guru. After only ten, twenty sessions of intense hands-on nude full-contact sensual massage therapy you too can experience The Super Duper Tatsuya Joy. Act now! Operators are standing by.
June 6, 2007
If only I could make a deal with God and I'd get him to swap our places
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
So I'm cruising in my '91 Daihatsu blasting Vanessa Carlton's rockin' smash hit "A Thousand Miles," when it suddenly occurs to me: "Am I too gangsta? Am I too hardcore and menacing for this world?" I just might be. So I decide to tone it down a bit. I bust out the Lionel Ritchie, mellow out the vibe and siesta, fiesta, foreva, togetha, all night long. So anyway, I'm driving along, right, and I approach this tunnel and whenever I drive under tunnels I pretend it's a gigantic vagina and all the cars are little sperm cells swimming into it. Millions and millions of little sperm cars desperately searching for the mother ship. The S.S. Ovary. One day I'm gonna buy me one of them monster semi trucks with a huge state of the art, futuristic trailer with lights on it, and I'll rendezvous with it on the highway, see, and its back doors will fly open and lower a ramp for me to climb into. I'll be like Knight Rider, man. Imagine the envy of the other motorists as I ride off, safely docked inside my own personal headquarters on wheels, my mobile mechanical womb, spiriting me away deep into the night to some secret sanctuary far away from civilization--a thousand miles away, you might say...
May 28, 2007
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
On knowledge. When I was a kid I wanted to know everything. My reasoning was, if I knew everything, then I could make bets with other kids that I knew everything, and when they'd throw a curveball at me like What's their mom's maiden name or some bullshit like that, I'd know it and I'd take their money. Even at a young age it was clear I was no good, what with my fondness for gambling, forbidden knowledge, and hucksterism. Knowledge for me, apparently, was a useful way to cheat others of their money. As a youth I would also spend hours pondering how I would bargain with a genie if he were to grant me one wish. The wish for a thousand more wishes, a popular idea circulating among my grade school colleagues at the time, would, in my thinking, violate some pre-established genie wish ordinance. I mean, genies aren't idiots. They know they're dealing with a bunch of avaricious, devious little fuckers. And anything we can come up with, they surely can too. There must be all sorts of limitations and stipulations and contingencies you have to keep in mind when finalizing your official wish. They probably give you a whole booklet on it and it must take several meetings of long negotiations between your attorney and the genie's attorney to iron out the details. I suspect this is why it doesn't seem to happen so much these days. Most people get sick of the paperwork and bureaucratic legalese and they give up. Not me, Jack. I'll be in there with a fine-tooth comb picking over the most obscure statutes to find some loophole, some precedent, to make the Faustian deal of a lifetime: To know everything. Cuz you see, if I knew everything, I could make bets with...
March 12, 2007
She moves in mysterious ways
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
So I've decided to become sexy. I've deprived the world for far too long of my erotic energy and it's time to let my mad sexiness shine on through. It'll be like Picasso's "blue" period, only instead of painting it's my life and instead of "blue" it's "sexy." I've been practicing my come hither look and my pimp strut, I've sat through several viewings of Zoolander, honing my moves, perfecting my craft of sexy. I've even taken courses on dirty dancing, which many of you know, was my first true love before I got caught up in all this cartooning stuff. Also, I've grown my hair out, because you need long locks if you're serious about bringing sexy back--or, in my case, bringing sexy anywhere for the first time ever. Problem is, I don't have silky smooth wavy hair like Fabio. I've got more of a coarse, wiry Yoko Ono thing going on that looks like a kabuki doll that got electrocuted. In dim light I look like that spooky kid from The Grudge on a really bad day. So perhaps sexy is not my thing. Maybe I'm bringing silly back. It ain't exactly Futuresex we're dealing with here. More like Retrosad. But whatever it is I'm sure as shit bringing it, so watch out, ladies!
February 21, 2007
There's definitely no logic to human behavior
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
I don't know if this is a universal thing or not, but when you eat a Cool Ranch Dorito chip, do you sometimes lick the flavoring off of them before you bite into it? I do that. I don't know why. It's just this compulsion to suck the zesty spicy stuff off the chip, then bite into wet flavorless tortilla strip. It's like a shot of flavor, followed by a bland but crunchy chaser. And the relative bulk and heft of a Dorito allows for this process of moisturization. You couldn't do this with, say, a Ruffles potato chip. The thing would disentegrate in your mouth. Plus, I get a perverse joy out of sucking the thing dry, like a vampire draining its lifeblood, then devouring the emaciated treat, once taut and proud with flavor. Same with nachos. Don't you kinda like the ones that are sorta squishy and softened by the cheese, but still a little bit crunchy? It's like a transitional state between the hard tortilla chip and the soft tortilla wrap. I suspect they did a focus group study on this and that's how Taco Bell came up with that gordita thing, with the hard and soft taco shell in one package. Those marketing guys do their homework. These, my friends, are the sort of things I'm thinking when I got that deep, philosophical look on my face.
December 31, 2006
I'll love with you all the madness in my soul
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
So I go to Little Tokyo in downtown and get me a $12 bag of green tea. First time ever I got the premium stash. The thing looks like a brick of weed and the cashier lady gave me this look like, "Ho HO, big spender! Woo woo." When I got home to try it out, I realized I had no strainer. I'd been slumming on Lipton style tea for so long I was ill equipped for the authentic shit. Green tea, as you all know, is hardcore ceremonial zen stuff for us Orientals. There's a whole ritual to it, gotta have the right mindset, the right posture, sound a gong, chant, shave your head, show humility and respect for the sacred herbal tea. So what do I do? I grab me one of them little plastic salsa containers from El Pollo Loco, punch some holes in it with a needle, and stick a fork through the side as a handle. I felt like MacGuyver. Surviving on my wits alone. But the holes were too small and too few so that when I poured the hot water it overflowed on me, spilling precious tea leaves into the cup. I was all, "Fuck! Shit! Goddamn holes!" So I go back to punching more holes, thinking, What the fuck am I doing? Why don't I just go buy a strainer? I just spent twelve damn dollars on tea, how expensive can a strainer be? But once I set my mind on something I just won't let go, so after several false starts, I perfect my makeshift homemade ghetto strainer, and have myself some piping hot gourmet ocha in what turned out to be an expletive-filled, profane, not at all sacred tea ceremony.
October 18, 2006
I can't really explain it, I'm so into it
Posted by Tatsuya Ishida
Back when I was a kid I could never figure out why my stomach hurt, not realizing that it was the jalapeno cheese nachos I had the day before. My attention span just wasn't developed enough to put those two things together. The peppers didn't even figure into my thinking--I mean, geez, it was yesterday, that's like forever ago, and as far as I knew the stomach ache was a brand new, completely separate development, a mysterious phenomenon that sprang spontaneously into being. It had the character of divine intervention, the pain taking on epic proportions, without beginning or end, and accordingly I'd get all moral about it. I thought I was being punished by some higher power for being bad. I'd be on the toilet doubled over in agony, apologizing to God for some unidentified transgression. I'd be there blubbering to myself, "Sorry, I won't do it again. Whatever it was I'm so sorry..." Now, decades later, having blossomed into a mature and magnificent powerhouse of rationality, when I get stomach aches, I'm like Sherlock Holmes, man. I break the shit down. What did I eat? Was it those falafels? Was the meat bad? Am I allergic to meat? Did the waiter spit in my food? Was he a terrorist unleashing a biological attack on my person? I'm like those forensic fuckers on CSI. Very methodical. Very analytical. Shit, now when I have religious experiences I immediately retrace my steps, try to track down what series of events led me to this euphoric spiritual illumination. I investigate, gather information, and hypothesize, in a cool and detached manner. It was probably those blueberry waffles. They were heavenly.
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A few months ago, for your site's Encounters section, I typed up a sighting of a ghost I saw on the bus from my neighborhood of Oakland, CA to San Francisco. It happened at the end of March and was of a little girl who appeared and disappeared from the seat beside a woman and a little boy. Since the bus was traveling the long Oakland Bay Bridge (speeding, with no stops), she couldn't have gotten off the bus and I walked to the back to be sure she hadn't changed her seat. IOW, this incident had no explanation other than that the girl was a real ghost.
It was really disappointing to have the Encounters entry turn up missing, since I'd sent friends and family to read it here. I've not had an encounter with a clearly visible ghost for decades and I was really glad to have found a place to share it...until it vanished. I hope you can figure out what went wrong so that it can be fixed and I can get my story up again.
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Posted 02 September 2012 - 10:49 AM
Not sure what you titled your post but did you try clicking the "View More Topics" at the bottom of the list? There are over 200 pages of topics indexed on "Encounters" going back several years. By default only the last 3 pages are shown when you open a topic so if yours is several months old it likely has slid back a few pages.
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Posted 02 September 2012 - 04:17 PM
Caverat is correct. If its older and has not had any replies recently, then its probably several pages back by now. If you remember the title you can search for it with the search feature at the top.
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Was it in the Personal Encounters board on the forums? Or was it on the Encounters section of the web site? Two very different areas that cover the same topic.
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For the second time this season, the University of South Carolina Beaufort softball team swept the weekly Sun Conference honors Monday when freshmen Kristy Cook and Taylor Triplett were named the league's pitcher and player of the week.
Cook was honored as the league's pitcher of the week for the second time after picking up three wins on the week to improve to 4-0. She followed a no-hitter in her collegiate debut with a perfect game Feb. 20 against Fisher (Mass.), tossed a two-hitter to shut out Edward Waters on Thursday and held Emmanuel (Ga.) to two runs (one earned) in a complete game for a 3-2 win Saturday. She struck out 30 batters in 17 innings over the three starts last week.
Triplett earned her first Sun Conference honors after emerging as a major run producer in the middle of the order. The first baseman from Murrieta, Calif., went 9-for-19 in eight games this week with a double, a triple and three home runs. She drove in 13 runs and scored 10 more and also stole two bases.
The Sand Sharks (9-1) are back in action at 2 p.m. Thursday, playing two games against Georgetown (Ky.) to begin the Smash Hit Spring Break Tournament at Richard Gray Sports Complex in Hardeeville.
SAVANNAH — Samantha Willcut and N'didi Doe provided the highlights Saturday for the University of South Carolina Beaufort women's track team, setting school records in field events at the Savannah State Eye Opener meet.
Willcutt broke her own mark in the javelin with a second-place throw of 90 feet, 2 inches, and Doe jumped 17 feet, 5 inches in the long jump to finish third and break Sarah Turrubiate's school mark.
Doe also added a fourth-place shooting in the 100-meter hurdles. Tychelle Freeman finished sixth in the shot put, Selena Hutson was seventh in the 5,000 meters, and Jessica Brown and Katie Mock came in eighth and ninth in the 800 meters to round out the individual top-10 finishes.
The 4x400 relay team of Brown, Becky Hayden, Meleah Powers and Doe was 10th.
"Overall, it was a good day," coach Rick Glenn said. "I'm pleased with the womens' progress."
USCB's women will next be in action March 16-17 at the Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach.
Saturday's results:
• 400 – 24. Becky Hayden, 1:06.88; 28. Meleah Powers, 1:08.12
• 800 – 8. Jessica Brown, 2:32.12; 9. Katie Mock, 2:32.38
• 1500 – 11. Katie Mock, 5:27.63
• 5000 – 7. Selena Hutson, 19:43.73
• 100 hurdles – 4. N'didi Doe, 16.50
• 4x400 relay – 10. Brown, Hayden, Powers, Doe, 4:33.93
• Long jump – 3. N'didi Doe, 5.36m
• Shot put – 6. Tychelle Freeman, 10.8m
• Javelin – 2. Samantha Wilcutt, 27.55m


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How to Construct a Point on an Object with the TI-84 Plus
You can use the GeoMaster DRAW menu on the TI-84 Plus to construct a point so that it is part of an existing object.
Then use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the location on the object where you wish to place a point and press [ENTER]. The point is constructed at the location of the cursor and the Point on Object tool remains active so that you can construct more points on the same object or another object. When you are finished constructing points on objects, press [CLEAR] to deactivate the Point on Object tool or select another menu item.
To select the Print on Object tool, press [GRAPH][WINDOW], repeatedly press
to highlight the Point on Object tool, and press [ENTER].
The Detach Point tool in the DRAW menu is used to detach a point that was constructed using the Point on Object tool. The detached point remains on the screen, but GeoMaster no longer considers it to be associated with the object to which it was previously attached.
So if you move or transform the object, though the object changes, the point will not change its location. When the Detach Point tool is active, you detach a point by placing the cursor on the point and pressing [ENTER].
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AirBnB now has an Android app -- just make sure to take your phone with you when you leave town.
The San Francisco-based startup allows users to rent homes while traveling or to rent their own space out to make money.
The site already gets about 10 percent of its reservation business from iPhone users.
Now owners of Android-powered phones can get in on the action and search for listings or post listings using a native mobile app for AirBnB.


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2014 NAIA Softball Players of the Week ? No. 7 (April 29)
Story by Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Catie Flaucher (top left) of Mount Mercy (Iowa) has been named the NAIA Softball National Pitcher of the Week and Janell Laront of Dickinson State (N.D.) has been selected as the National Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Flaucher and Laront were selected based on their performances from April 21 – 27 and were chosen out of a pool of conference, independent and unaffiliated group winners.
Flaucher, a 5-foot-7 senior pitcher from Independence, Iowa, became the first Mount Mercy pitcher in school history to toss three-straight no-hitters. In the 6-0, 7-inning win over AIB (Iowa) on April 22, Flaucher finished with 14 strikeouts. She followed that up with back-to-back 8-0 shutouts in five innings, one against Grand View (Iowa) on April 25 and the other over Clarke (Iowa) on April 26. For the week, she posted 28 strikeouts and just three walks in 17.0 innings in the circle.
Laront, a 5-foot-7 junior third baseman from San Jose, Calif., batted .733 (11-for-15) on the week and recorded totals of 10 RBIs, six extra-base hits and scored seven runs. One of her highlights came in the 11-1 victory over Mayville State (N.D.) on April 25 when Laront went 3-for-3 with one home run, two RBIs and two runs scored. She compiled at least one hit in each game and had four multi-hit games during the six-game stretch last week.
For a complete listing of national statistical leaders, click here.
The final NAIA National Softball Players of the Week will be announced May 6.
Player Nominees: Kacey Scharnhorst, William Woods (Mo.); Becca Zimmerman, Bryan (Tenn.); Brittany Lamar, William Jessup (Calif.); Kate Santos, Concordia (Ore.); Lindsey Krippel, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Olivia Winget, Grace (Ind.); Caitrin Debaun, Concordia (Calif.); Lindy Snook, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.); Cassidy Gillihan, Evangel (Mo.); Shelby Smith, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Lauren Szoboscan, Kansas Wesleyan; Shelby Lucas, Indiana Southeast; Amanda Trampe, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Augusta Ratliff, Bellevue (Neb.); Brittanee Grove, William Penn (Iowa); Emily Newman, Jamestown (N.D.); Amanda Hinojosa, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Annie Combs, Oklahoma Baptist; Allison Barbee, Southern Wesleyan (S.C.); Julia Cullinan, Thomas (Ga.); Sadie Stowell, Aquinas (Mich.).
Pitcher Nominees: Allie Reynolds, Park (Mo.); Madison Luck, Reinhardt (Ga.); Tricia Davidson, Menlo (Calif.); Rylee Carleton, Oregon Tech; Nicole Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Ashley Riffell, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Regan Lawrence, Dickinson State (N.D.); Brittani Mcgue, Concordia (Calif.); Sammy Hislop, Midland (Neb.); Megan Schwindler, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Michelle Pilster, Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.); Alicia Fikac, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Stephanie Minder, Bethany (Kan.); Jessica Leanhart, Indiana Southeast; Jordan Hood, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Taylor Mohler, Bellevue (Neb.); Samantha Nalley, Valley City State (N.D.); Katrisha Arocha, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Devon Frazier, St. Gregory's (Okla.); Caroline Sagrera, Spring Hill (Ala.); Lauren West, Southeastern (Fla.); Becca Shineldecker, Aquinas (Mich.).
2014 Softball Weekly Honors (Player, Pitcher):
Week 1 (March 18): Hannah Gardner, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Nicole Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Week 2 (March 25): Annette Merjano, Concordia (Calif.); Lucy Baldovino, Concordia (Ore.)
Week 3 (April 1): Abbey Wilmes, Grand View (Iowa); Bree Crampton, Madonna (Mich.)
Week 4 (April 8): Alyssa Miller, Ottawa (Kan.); MacKenzie Bowden, William Woods (Mo.)
Week 5 (April 15): Kamara Trice, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Virginia McAndrews, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Week 6 (April 22): Raeven Clark, Oklahoma Baptist; Megan Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Week 7 (April 29): Janell Laront, Dickinson State (N.D.); Catie Flaucher, Mount Mercy (Iowa)


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The Castros' national road show
In Washington, much of the Democratic Party is experiencing a "Back to the Future" moment, with a pair of white politicians pushing 70 — Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden — dominating the early politics of 2016.
Out in the states, it's another story. There, the rank and file of the Democratic coalition has spent 2013 getting to know a different, fresher pair of faces for the party: Joaquin and Julian Castro.
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The two brothers, who burst upon the national stage in 2012 after Julian — the mayor of San Antonio — keynoted the Democratic National Convention, have burned up the Democratic Party's national speaking circuit this year. By the end of October, the 38-year-old twins will have appeared at major functions in at least 11 states outside their native Texas, and also the sets of prominent national TV programs like NBC's "Meet the Press" and ABC's "This Week."
( PHOTOS: 10 key facts about Julian Castro)
In the process, they have filled a void within their party, which despite fashioning itself as the home for a younger and more diverse America, has elevated few politicians during the Age of Obama who actually look like that emerging electorate.
The Castro brothers' speeches are marquee engagements, often the most desirable invitations that any given state party has to hand out. Joaquin Castro, the first-term congressman, has already addressed the Indiana Democrats' Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, the New Jersey Democrats' state convention and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn's annual fish fry. He's scheduled this fall to visit the New Mexico and Maryland state parties and headline a Democratic dinner in California's upscale Orange County.
Julian, meanwhile, has spoken to Jefferson-Jackson dinners in the nation's top two swing states, Ohio and Florida, as well as Arizona, the traditional bastion of Sun Belt conservatism where Democrats are increasingly determined to compete. In September, he'll travel to Iowa to appear at Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's steak fry, a big-ticket event in the leadoff presidential caucus state; Joaquin Castro told POLITICO he'll join his brother there but doesn't plan to speak.
( PHOTOS: Julian and Joaquin Castro)
The two have also committed to campaigning in Virginia this fall for gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, Democratic sources said. The schedule hasn't been set, but the Castros are planning to do get-out-the-vote events for McAuliffe in the hotly contested race, in which the Democrat's prospects for victory hinge in no small part on minority turnout.
For a pair of junior Democrats who were relatively unknown at this time last year, it is an astonishingly ambitious itinerary — and a vivid illustration of how quickly a politician can advance in the present day when his biography and message line up with the political moment.
In separate interviews, Joaquin and Julian Castro both embraced the role into which they've been cast, not necessarily as ideological leaders or candidates for high office themselves, but as avatars of what Democrats hope their party and country are becoming.
( Also on POLITICO: Julian Castro's 2012 DNC speech transcript)
"The city I come from and the state I come from really represent the face of America in the coming decade," said Joaquin Castro, who invokes his family's story and the need for "an infrastructure of opportunity" in America as he tours the country.
Julian Castro put it even more plainly, suggesting that voters "see the future, oftentimes, in folks who are new to them and relatively young."
"What I hope they see is that I've lived a story that is like a lot of their families have, and that embodies the American dream," the mayor said. "I hope they expect to hear how we can continue to be a country that delivers American dream stories, like I've lived and Joaquin has lived."
( Also on POLITICO: Rick Perry seeks cash from Obamacare)
In some respects, the Castros' rapid arrival on the political scene is a testament to their individual talents, and their family's immigrant story of upward mobility through hard work and elite education. They are both gifted orators, and well-prepared from their background in conservative Texas to make the case for Democratic values in every time zone.
But as the brothers freely acknowledge, their position in the Democratic Party also reflects powerful underlying changes in the nature of American politics — changes that the Castros reflect almost perfectly:
At a moment when both parties are fixated on the country's generational and demographic changes, they are the nation's most prominent Hispanic politicians under 40. As Democrats dream of turning Texas into a swing state, they are two of the only Texas Democrats well-enough known to run statewide. Both Castros — and Julian, the San Antonio mayor, especially — can relate to a country and a Democratic Party that have grown increasingly urban. ("As a big-city mayor, there's something I offer that a lot of folks can't," Julian Castro said.)
Perhaps most importantly, after President Barack Obama's ascent to the White House, an ambitious official no longer needs to spend decades paying his dues in order to be treated as a serious voice on politics and policy.


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Singers Gather in Seattle for "Wagnerian Idol"
Second International Wagner Competition to be Held at McCaw Hall August 16
Competition Includes Audience-Voted Prize
Seattle – Eight singers from around the world will compete in Seattle Opera's second International Wagner Competition on Saturday, August 16. The first competition held in 2006 was dubbed "Wagnerian Idol", reflecting the audience-vote component to the competition. Seattle Opera is internationally well-known for its focus on the works of Richard Wagner, including the company's signature performances of Der Ring des Nibelungen. The company's next complete Ring cycle will be performed in August 2009.
Each of the finalists – aged between 25 and 39 – will perform two arias accompanied by the Seattle Opera Orchestra conducted by Asher Fisch, Seattle Opera's principal guest conductor. Full program details are listed below. The finalists were selected via a series of international auditions. They are competing for two cash prizes of $15,000. In addition to the two main prizes, there is an "Audience Choice" prize and an "Orchestra Choice" prize.
The judges for Seattle Opera's second International Wagner Competition are an international group of authorities in all aspects of opera production – Hans-Joachim Frey, general director and chief executive officer of the Theater Bremen, which includes Oper Bremen; tenor Ben Heppner, well known for his acclaimed performances of the Wagnerian repertoire; stage director Peter Kazaras, a Seattle Opera Artistic Director of the company's Young Artists Program; Pamela Rosenberg, administrative director of the Berlin Philharmonic and former general director of San Francisco Opera; Stephen Wadsworth, frequent director of Seattle Opera productions, including its highly praised 2001 and 2005 Ring cycles and upcoming 2009 Ring; and Eva Wagner-Pasquier, the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner and an artistic advisor to the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
The second International Wagner Competition is once again made possible by a generous contribution from the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences.
The first International Wagner Competition, held in August 2006, was created by Seattle Opera's General Director Speight Jenkins to identify and recognize qualified, emerging opera singers who demonstrate clear promise of an important career in the Wagnerian repertoire. The winners of the 2006 competition were soprano Miriam Murphy from Dublin,
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It's my anniversary this month! On the 23rd of January I will have been married for two years and I'm pleased to say that we still don't go to bed angry – we prefer to stay up and fight! Oh, just joking, I'm still mad about the boy and am prone to getting a bit misty-eyed when I think about my beautiful wedding day and honeymoon.
After giving an emphatic "YES!" to my sweetheart's impromptu proposal – in Venice under a star-filled sky – my bambino and I organised our wedding at lightning speed and married just four months later in beautiful Lake Garda. Anxiety-ridden brides-to-be are always amazed when I tell them that I just turned up with my dress and shoes but that's pretty much the truth. My husband-to-be was living in Italy at the time so it was down to him to organise the Big Day. I didn't see where I was getting married until I arrived outside the beautiful Baroque town hall of Arco del Garda with my bouquet in one hand and my Dad holding the other, and I didn't know where the reception was being held until my new husband and I were winding our way up the side of the Rochetta mountain to the Il Ristorante Belvedere al Bastione, an extraordinary eatery located in a sixteenth-century fortification overlooking the lakeside town of Riva del
I always dreamed my wedding pictures would grace the (web) pages of HELLO!
The whole day bloomed with romance. The food, the wine, the scenery, the culture, the look in his eyes – everything was perfetto. Anyway, the point of my romantic remembrances is not only so that I can swim happily in the still clear waters of my memory but also to tell you about three exquisite European hotels that celebrity couples love to nest away in – and one of which I was lucky enough to spend my honeymoon in.
Where: Rome Cavalieri
This hotel is top of my romantic hot spots, partly because it is the gloriously beautiful hotel that I honeymooned in but also because it has been attracting celebrity clientele for decades. Located in the hills overlooking Rome, the Cavalieri was built in the 1960s to attract the elegant cocktail set of La Dolce Vita and still tingles with that magical A-list allure. Every inch of the Cavalieri positively exudes beauty, romance and lashings of luxury from its impressive art collection, to its decadent Grand Spa, three Michelin star restaurant, La Pergola, and its luxurious rooms and suites.
The Cavalieri's rooftop restaurant, La Pergola
As neither my husband or I have a film deal, trust fund, or are major shareholders in Apple we couldn't quite afford the $20,000 a night Penthouse suite but our Imperial room still exceeded all of our expectations and was the perfect little pleasure palace for our honeymoon. Awaiting us in our mahogany-filled, richly-draped room was an enormous bed fitted out with sheets any pharaoh would be happy with, a travertine marble bathroom stocked with Hermès toiletries, and a view over the city that was so spectacular that, when we stepped onto the balcony for the first time, I actually cried a little bit!
Who: Amongst an illustrious guest list that includes heads of state, diplomats, and foreign royalty, George Clooney, and girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, are rumoured to be regular guests. John Travolta and Kelly Preston are also thought to be big fans of the Cavalieri's charms. Queen of the love song, Celine Dion, and unashamed king of
the ballad, Gary Barlow have also checked in to the Cavalieri for some Roman-style romancing. And Julia Roberts checked in for a whole month while filming Eat, Pray, Love.
Why: The saying goes that "You've never lived until you've loved in Rome" and the Eternal City certainly doesn't disappoint. Whether you are lounging amongst the lovers on the Spanish Steps, ambling around ancient ruins, shopping along the Via del Corso, having a tipple in Trastevere, or watching the sun come up over the Trevi Fountain the sound of lovers footsteps from centuries past resonate everywhere. Kissing and cuddling seem almost to be obligatory in this city and even celebrities get caught up in the city's unrelenting passion – Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were caught smooching in the street, as were Julia Roberts and husband, Danny Moder.
Where: Buddha-Bar Hotel Prague
The last few years have seen an ever-increasing list of celebrity visitors flocking to the cultural capital of the Czech Republic, with many of them making their way to one of the very desirable rooms at the Buddha-Bar Hotel. The hotel is located along a charming wee street near the Charles Bridge and Old Town and is considered to be one of the best boutique hotels in Europe. Like the sultry restaurant chain of the same name, Buddha-Bar Hotel is a grand homage to oriental splendour. All of the rooms are decked out in the style of a luxurious opium den, some come with private terraces or Japanese gardens, all come with baths big enough for two and the three show-stopping suites are a heaven-sent for hedonists. This hotel is for all about pleasure seeking and is packed with hot young things and beautiful people. And if they're not checking in, then they can be found enjoying the "Eatmosphere" at the sophisticated Siddharta Cafe.
Who: They were never going to give me their guest list – they're far too cool for that – but my sources tell me that, since its opening in 2009, Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, have been regular guests at the Buddha-Bar. Other star couples that have been spotted in the area include Kanye West and girlfriend, Amber Rose, Brangelina, Gwen Stefani and husband, Gavin Rossdale, and Kylie Minogue and Spanish sweetheart, Andres Velencoso.
Why: If you're looking for old-fashioned fairy tale romance then you really can't do much better than picture-perfect Prague. Take a wander through the city's cobblestone streets and admire its wedding cake architecture, magical gardens and magnificent Charles Bridge. The Rooneys chose this destination for last year's make-it or break-it holiday. Bill and Hillary Clinton apparently adore the city and have been spotted more than once having a romantic meal at the gorgeous Kampa Park restaurant, that overlooks the river.
Where: Paris Park Hyatt Vendôme
No romantic getaway list would be complete without including the world's capital of romance, Paris. When celebrity couples are in the mood for love they head to the City of Lights and celebrity couples in need of a measure of red-hot Parisian passion can more often than not be found at the lush Park Hyatt Vendôme. Located just a (precious) stone's throw from the Place Vendôme, the Place de L'Opera and the city's exquisite jewellery stores, this beautiful Haussman period building is all about luxury, seduction, and style. The Imperial Suite at the PH is one of the most expensive hotel rooms in the world, with multiple rooms for eating, sleeping and entertaining including an in-room spa, and is mainly reserved for celebrities and visiting dignitaries. Mere mortals however can stay in one of the Rue de la Paix facing lux rooms to enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the heart of Paris.
Gorgeous guest rooms at the Park Hyatt Vendôme
Who: It might not have worked out for Eva Longoria and soon-to-be ex-husband Tony Parker, who were regular guests at the PH, and lodged their wedding guests here, but plenty other celebrities like the lovely Lily Allen and Sam Cooper, Rihanna and latest beau, Matt Kemp, and power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones swear by the Park Hyatt's amorous atmosphere. And Sting and wife, Trudi, who are, of course, well known for their sizzling sex life apparently check in for weeks at a time!
Why: For nearly a millennium Paris has been famed as a city of lovers and it's easy to see why. Whether it's walking hand in hand along the Seine like Demi and Ashton, sauntering around the fabulous shops (Dior in Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr's case), or just soaking up the sights; lovers of all ages, and celebrity statuses can immerse themselves in the same romantic Parisian atmosphere that has inspired centuries of literature, painting and poetry.


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YAHOO! AND CBS TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION TEAM UP TO BRING "omg! Insider" TO TV
Syndicated Newsmagazine THE INSIDER Will Be Renamed omg! Insider in January 2013 to Bring Users High-Quality Entertainment News Content Across TV and Web
LOS ANGELES - OCTOBER 23, 2012 - CBS Television Distribution and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced a deal that combines the broadcasting power of THE INSIDER with the online reach of Yahoo!. As part of the deal, CTD's syndicated entertainment newsmagazine THE INSIDER will be renamed omg! Insider in January 2013 to create a multiplatform entertainment news series.
Kevin Frazier and Brooke Anderson will continue to host the TV show, as well as draw on Yahoo! talent such as Kristen Aldridge (omg! NOW) and Michael Yo (The Yo Show on Yahoo!). In addition, Yahoo!'s popular omg! entertainment news site, visited by nearly 30 million users each month, will be the exclusive home to video provided by the TV show.
omg! Insider will be a true web and on-air collaboration that aims to reinvent how consumers access entertainment news across screens. Online, Yahoo!'s omg! will provide continually updated coverage, including video clips, celebrity interviews, photo galleries, engaging editorial and a number of interactive social features. On air each evening, the TV show will offer a unique mix of informal in-studio conversations with celebrities and personality-driven discussions around the day's hottest topics and trends.
The new venture also will provide a substantial promotional platform for TV station partners - the web site will post breaking news throughout the day and continually promote the television broadcast later that night.
"We're excited to give our affiliate stations the opportunity to be associated with one of the largest entertainment news sites in the business," said Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales for CTD. "We're adding value to THE INSIDER by tapping into an online audience in the millions and taking advantage of Yahoo!'s omg! brand and its loyal following. Our stations will also get an unparalleled promotional opportunity online. This is the perfect example of what the convergence of broadcast and digital is all about."
"We're thrilled to bring together two of today's most popular entertainment news brands to create an 'always-on' content experience across TV, the Web and beyond," said Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!. "Yahoo! is focused on bringing the most personalized and relevant information to our users. Original video content and branded multi-screen programming help us to deliver on that promise. We're proud to collaborate with CBS Television Distribution to bring omg! Insider to millions of viewers in such a unique and exciting way."
THE INSIDER, a spinoff of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT and now in its 9th season, debuted on September 13, 2004, and averages 2.2 million viewers per night. Launching under Linda Bell Blue's leadership, THE INSIDER premiered as the highest-rated debut of any newsmagazine in syndication since 1996. Blue, who also executive produces the #1 entertainment newsmagazine ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, remains executive producer of the retitled show and has enlisted Brad Bessey as executive producer and day-to-day showrunner of omg! Insider. Bessey has served in various capacities at ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, including as co-executive producer, and was the executive producer who launched CBS's daytime hit THE TALK. The renamed TV show will continue to be produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! is focused on creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. Yahoo!'s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal (yodel.yahoo.com).
omg!, founded in June 2007, is a celebrity and entertainment news site that provides the inside scoop on all things trending. omg! NOW is omg!'s daily online video news program hosted by Kristen Aldridge.
About CBS Television Distribution
CBS Television Distribution is the preeminent company in television syndication. CTD produces or distributes 12 first-run series and holds the largest distributed television library at 70,000 hours strong. Among CTD's critically-acclaimed programs are the #1 syndicated series Judge Judy; talk leader Dr. Phil; the #1 and #2 rated game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!; the Emmy Award-winning talk shows Rachael Ray and The Doctors; the #1 newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight and its sister show The Insider; the #2 newsmagazine Inside Edition; court show Judge Joe Brown; reality dating show Excused; the new talk show The Jeff Probst Show; and popular off-network product, including the CSI and Star Trek franchises, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, NCIS, Criminal Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, Hot in Cleveland and Undercover Boss. In addition, CTD handles the domestic television distribution of CBS News, CBS Films and Showtime. CTD is a unit of CBS Corp.


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There is a video of an experiment from University of Mexico using corn syrup (highly viscous) and water. They are "mixed together" in a container by turning a crank but when the crank is turned in the opposite direction they neatly un-mix.
I understand that the two liquids actually do not blend, but how can the syrup droplets be returned to very close to their initial state. It looks as if the entropy is greatly reduced. Is the increase in temperate of the liquids (through the turning of the crank) the answer?


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A shop girl is mistaken for the mother of a foundling.
Just before Christmas at the Merlin and Son department store, millinery saleslady Polly Parrish expects a raise in honor of her high sales record. Instead, however, her bosses, Mr. Creely and Mr. Hargraves, plan to fire her for her overzealous selling techniques, which result in numerous returns. Meanwhile, store owner John B. Merlin sees to every detail of the store's administration, and worries that his son Dan will resent giving up his interest in music in order to join his father in business. After assuring his father that he is happy to run the store, Dan secretly sings in the employee lounge. After Polly turns down supply clerk Freddie Miller's invitation to a dance contest that night, she is called into Merlin's office and fired. Shocked and upset, Polly is forced to accept Freddie's invitation in order to compete for the $100 prize money. On her lunch break she searches for a new job, but finds none. Next to the employment office is an orphanage, outside which Polly spots a baby and picks him up. Orphanage manager Mr. Appleby immediately assumes she is the mother, and attempts to convince her to keep the child, but Polly flees. Appleby discovers her work address, however, and goes there to urge Dan to re-hire Polly so she can afford to care for her child. Dan calls Polly in and announces that she is getting a raise and a gift that will be delivered to her that night. Confused, Polly goes home to find Mr. Appleby and the baby, and although she tries to return the child, Appleby refuses to take him back. Freddie then arrives to pick Polly up for the dance, and upon seeing the baby, assumes with glee that Polly's morals are more lax than she has previously indicated. When they see the Merlins on television receiving an award, Polly decides to drop off the baby at their house. She leaves the child with Adams, the Merlins' butler, and when Dan learns of the ruse, he jumps into his car and follows Polly and Freddie to the dance contest. There, Dan is forced to take a partner on the floor in order to talk to Polly, but is disqualified before he can reach her. Freddie and Polly, to their disappointment, win a trophy instead of cash, and later, Polly finds Dan waiting in her apartment with the baby. Furious and disbelieving of her story that she found the baby, Dan fires Polly again. To gain his sympathy, she lies that her husband beat her and she cannot afford to keep the child, prompting Dan to once again offer her a raise. After he leaves, Polly's landlady, Mrs. Dugan, helps her to care for the baby. When Polly, who knows so little about children that she thinks the baby is a girl, names him Jean, Mrs. Dugan agrees that "John" is a good name. At work the next day, Polly is exhausted, but is pleased by Dan's continuing attention. Freddie, who assumes that Dan is the baby's father, urges Polly to "put in a good word" for him, and when he is coincidentally promoted soon after, believes she influenced Dan. Later, Dan visits Polly with gifts for John, and clumsily helps her sing the baby to sleep. On New Year's Eve, Polly is content to stay home with John, whom she has grown to love. However, Dan, whose date has cancelled on him for not calling her sooner, shows up at her door and announces that Mrs. Dugan will baby-sit while they attend a dance. Because Polly has no appropriate clothes, Dan brings her to the store and outfits her in sequins and furs. Her beauty stuns the other men at the dance, who monopolize her all evening, despite Dan's pretense that she is Swedish and knows no English. Just before midnight, Dan insists that they leave, and they are swept into the raucous revelry in the city streets. They are separated in the crowd but meet back at Polly's apartment, where Dan fires her in order to kiss her without breaking company rules. After a passionate embrace, he re-hires her. The next day, Polly is forced to turn down Dan's offer of a date because she has no one to watch John, and although she fears that he is losing interest, in reality he is arranging for her to receive another raise so she can hire a sitter. Meanwhile, Freddie is demoted for his incompetence, and extracts revenge by sending a note to Merlin stating that Dan has a son. Merlin receives the note while Dan and Polly are meeting in the park, and pursues them there. When Merlin sees John, he is overjoyed, and orders Dan to marry Polly and move the boy onto their estate. Dan tries to explain that he is not the father but Merlin, desperate for a grandchild, declares that he will get John one way or another. Dan races to Polly's to warn her that his father is summoning his lawyers, and Polly, who is determined to keep John, feels insulted by Dan's insistence that he will not allow his father to force him to marry her. She throws Dan out, then persuades Mrs. Dugan's college-aged nephew, Mike Clancy, to pose as her long-lost husband. She brings Mike to Merlin's, where the old man sadly accepts her tale that the child is theirs. Just then, however, Dan, who has had the same idea, brings in Freddie, claiming that he is the baby's father. Assuming that Mike is Polly's abusive ex-husband, Dan punches the young man, and in the ensuing chaos Polly runs home. She is packing her bags when Dan bursts in. Polly declares that she is leaving with the baby, but Dan declares that he is John's new father, and Polly realizes that he trying to propose. Together, they admire their "bundle of joy."
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Substantial and continued funding is required in order to offer the range of academic programs and associated student and faculty organizations that contribute to the richness and quality of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Sponsoring a wide variety of events for UIS and larger Springfield community members alike, the College's programming includes music and theater performances, science research symposia, verbal arts festivals, and the UIS Visual Arts Gallery, as well as scholarships that enable students to pursue interests in the areas of arts and sciences.
While activities are funed by student tuition, the College as well as the larger University relies on alumni donations to support its growing number of innovative programs and events. With the help of alumni and interested others, the College can continue to provide both state-of-the-art academic programs and co-curricular activities in the performing and visual arts, field-based research, humanities, and sciences.
Is your interest performing arts? Online learning and teaching? Science and research? To donate to these or other specific programs, please select the program from a list of CLAS department funds, and make a gift to the college.
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The MeshNet Wireless Temperature, MN-ENV-T, provides an intuitive way to reliably monitor and control temperature in indoor environments. Wireless transmissions utilize the 2.4GHz frequency range allowing for global usage. Each Temperature sensor can be tailored through the user defined parameters to provide the appropriate responsiveness & battery life. The wireless sensors provide highly accurate temperature readings; as well as a pulse counter, and a discrete input.
Greater transmission reliability is provided by each sensor (node) having the capability to both transmit and receive data packets. The receiving capability enables sensors to confirm the reception of data transmissions. If confirmations are not received additional transmissions are made on other 2.4GHz channels. All MeshNet devices report the strength of the transmissions they receive, allowing areas that may be susceptible to interference to be identified and addressed proactively (e.g. adding repeaters).
Each MeshNet sensor requires a physical connection to the Controller in the initial setup (linking). The linking process allows the sensor and controller to exchange necessary information for joining the unique Wireless network. Since each network has a unique identifier multiple wireless networks can operate in the same vicinity. Sensors can switch networks through repeating the linking process with the new wireless network's controller. The linking process is completed by following the straight forward steps:
User definable parameters allow each sensor to be configured to identify and react independently to the alarm conditions. These parameters include High Alarm, Low Alarm, LED Function, Relay Function, Read Period and Transmission Rate. The flexibility in alarm handling and energy consumption are indispensable for many monitoring and control applications.


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Carmichael Elementary School
Site visits for Erate YR17 will be as follows:
A per campus site visit is required to be scheduled with Blanca Pulido
24 hours before site visit. Only 2 site visits per campus will be
scheduled, and your company must be present at one of the two site
visits per campus to submit a proposal. Please note that no additional
site visits will be scheduled. Meeting place will be at first campus and
site visits will begin at 9am sharply. We cannot answer any questions
during the site visit. All questions must be submitted in writing.
Campus Site Visit Schedule
Attachment A
October 25th & November 1st
9:00am Aldine Middle
10:30am Stovall Middle
October 25th & November 1st
9:00am Lewis
10:30am Teague
October 29th & November 5th
9:00am Grantham
10:30am Hambrick
October 30th & November 6th
9:00am Drew
10:30am Hoffman
October 31st & November 7th
9:00am Shotwell
10:30am Plummer
IC-01-Y17 Aldine Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-02-Y17 Drew Academy School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-03-Y17 Grantham Academy School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-04-Y17 Hambrick Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-05-Y17 Hoffman Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-06-Y17 Lewis Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-07-Y17 Plummer Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-08-Y17 Shotwell Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-09-Y17 Stovall Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
IC-10-Y17 Teague Middle School Infrastructure Upgrade
A pre-proposal meeting will
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located at 14910 Aldine Westfield Rd., Houston, Texas 77032. Discussions
will begin at 10am. Attendance at the pre-proposal meeting is not
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RFP Release Date.................................. 10/18/13
Pre-Proposal Meeting (10am)…….......... 10/23/13
Application 170 Completion Date.......... 11/05/13
Site Visits............................. (See attachment A)
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Customizing Charts using XML – Part 1
Dynamics CRM 2011 provides a very useful feature called charts. Charts can be designed within charts designer provided out of box and they can also be customized using charts XML. In this post we will look into various customization options available to design charts using XML.
Charts are used to display and portrait information in a meaningful way so that chart's audience can quickly understand and analyse data trends. Some charts convey message more accurately than other. For example, a line chart conveys trending information better than a pie chart.
There are a handful of chart types available in charts designer such as:
- Column chart
- Bar chart
- Line chart
- Pie chart
- Funnel chart
- Multi-series chart
- Stacked charts
- Mixed chart
- Series chart
Dynamics CRM 2011 uses Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. This framework is rich in functionality and provides more chart types. Following chart types can be consumed within Dynamics CRM 2011.
Let's dig deep into Chart XML and Customize few of them to unleash their potential.
Selecting a Mail Merge Addon for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is an innovative product with limitless possibilities to extend and customize according to various industry requirements. In last few years, Microsoft has improved CRM product but there are still some features missing specially in the area of mail merge. These gaps have been beautifully covered by many ISV's by developing innovative add ons to support enterprise CRM deployments.
Today i will discuss selection of a mail merge addon for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. CRM 2011 provides comprehensive mail merge functionality but still some advanced features as below are missing from this version.
- Ability to display 1-M records
- Ability to display multi hop away entities records
- Ability to convert documents in PDF
- Ability to perform logical / conditional formatting
- Ability to display Query based records
- Import Export Templates
- Security Configuration for Templates
- Auto Merge
There are two major ISV's providding mail merge addons.
- MSCRMADDONs
- c360
Here is a feature comparison for both ISV's:
Ability to display 1-M records:
Both addons are very smart at handling 1: M relationships. Task Pane provides 360 degree view of all entities and their relationships as shown below:
In your templates, you will be able to create a 1: M (one to many) relationship in few clicks as shown below:
Ability to display multi hop away entities records
You can build complex relationship using FetchXML tool. Link entity section will provide you a way to attach entities in a relationship. This tool generated FetchXML as per you entity selection and you have an option to use your own FetchXML and build relationships on multi hop away entities as shown below.
Ability to convert documents in PDF
Both addons can convert generated document to PDF as shown below. Moreover, you can create an activity and attach generated document to it.
Ability to perform logical / conditional formatting
Both addons provides limited conditional formatting capabilities.
Ability to display Query based records
FetchXML is standard way to query Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 platform. Using FetchXML tool you can build any FetchXML query insert resultant fields to template as shown earlier. Both addons provides FETCHXML support,
Export/Import Mail Merge Templates
Both addons provide template import/export feature. Import tool provides possibility to deploy existing templates to a different organization.
Security Configuration for Mail Merge Templates
Both addons expose Template as a CRM record. In this way, user can benefit from CRM integrated security model to build various permissions on template depending on user security roles.
Auto Merge
Auto merge feature is not included in DocumentCorePack addon. A separate addon is available by MSCRMADDONs for generation of documents automatically from processes.
Solutions & Release Management – CRM 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 comes with a brand new concept of solutions. Solutions are how customizers and developers author, package, and maintain units of software that extend Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. In this post I will be focusing on development of enterprise CRM implementations and utilization of solutions.
In enterprise CRM implementations, many processes/iterations are running in parallel which result in many product releases in parallel. So development, testing and rollout of all releases in parallel with no interference with work in progress are massive challenges.
For example, your CRM implementation is comprised of N release as shown below and you want to utilize Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 solution concept to fulfil following goals:
- Development of releases in parallel
- Multiple teams working on multiple releases
- Testing of releases in parallel to development
- Release based rollout to production
- Install or uninstall releases from test or production
- Post production support (Patch/hotfix)
I am expecting that you are familiar with managed/unmanaged solution concepts. So in order to implement above scenario, you need to design your organization and solution structure for CRM 2011 accordingly as given below:
- Create a base organization and a base unmanaged solution in it
- This solution will carry generic customization i.e. account and contact entity customization
- Any generic plugins i.e. creation of counter/auto numbers on custom entities
- Configuration entities and plugins
- Add common security roles
- Add core JavaScript libraries
- Create another organization for each release with one unmanaged solution per release
- Install base solution as managed in this org i.e. very similar to solution library concept.
- Add all release 1 specific components to release 1 unmanaged solution
Similarly, for all other release, use rest of all released as managed solution (reference).
Now, if something is changed in release 1 or base solution, you can use managed solution update feature. Just export new version of base/release 1 solution as managed and install it to release 2 organization by using overwrite or merge option.
JavaScript Libraries in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4, it is a very tedious task for system customizers to manage and track JavaScript. System Customizers/Developers have to write JavaScript on every event handler on the form. But Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provides JavaScript libraries that can be utilized on events and forms across the solution. Now common JavaScript functions can be written at one centralized JavaScript file and utilized across solution.
Moreover, multiple JavaScript libraries can be created. For example, one common library for general CRM Service calls and one common library for UI manipulation and so on.
Let's create a very simple JavaScript library and create a function to hide/show a tab/section on the form. JavaScript libraries are added as web resources in solution as shown below:
Now let's create a JavaScript Common Library by adding a web resource in the solution. Then attach a JavaScript file this web resource.
Now let's open the file in Text Editor available in web resource to add a function to show/hide a section/tab on form.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provides new xrmPage model to access UI and data at client side. Here is a snapshot of the hierarchy.
Now let's go to the account form in solution and then go to form properties to set JavaScript library and function to execute on form load event handler as shown below:
Now let's add library from solution library.
You can see that Details tab is now hidden and alert.
Call Scripting in Microsoft CRM 2011 – Workflows Reborn
Microsoft CRM 4 lacks call scripting features and customer especially call center customer will have to buy 3rd party add-ons like TK Dialogues, custom ASPX pages etc. to fulfill this requirement.
However, Microsoft CRM 2011 provides call scripting out of the box using processes. Processes are now used in place of workflows. Microsoft has categorized processes in Workflows and Dialogs. Workflows are same old workflows but dialogs can be utilized in various ways i.e. Call Scripting, Approval Processes, User Feedback Process and many more as CRM 2011 gets introduced in various industry sectors.
In this post, we will discuss processes from two perspectives. One is related to designing a process and other is execution of processes. Processes are located in Settings -> Process Center in navigation pane as shown below:
Microsoft CRM 2011 provides a designer tool for designing processes and this designer tool is very much similar to workflow designer but much more capabilities as compared to workflow designer. Now you have the options to prompt and get user input into process.
For the sake of clarification, lets design a script for call center representative to ask first name and last name of customer whenever takes a call from customer.
This script will be designed to execute on phone call activity as shown in the category attribute.
Now we will add a page and then add two prompt and response steps for first name and last name and one prompt and response step for email.
We have almost designed are very simple Call script that will ask standardize our response when a call is received from customer. It will first ask for first name & last name. Then will ask for customer email address. Here we can specify as many steps as required to implement you call scripting needs and you can utilize the values gathered through this script to send emails. Create records as cases, contacts, activities, service activities etc.
Let's Activate [published/unpublished is renamed as activated/deactivated] this process and Execute from Phone call activity. You can see from below screen that there are no more clicks involved to create a phone call activity. It's pretty quick and easy. Thanks Microsoft for this consideration.
Now let's execute the Call Scripting from phone call start Dialog as shown below:
Select the specific Dialog and click OK.
Click Finish at end of the process to and an email will be created.
and sent to customer upon completion of the process.
Please comment or send your feedback and keep exploring Microsoft CRM 2011.
Enhanced: FTP Server as Document Store for CRM4
Microsoft CRM can store files as annotation but is not a document management system at all. There are many ways to integrate CRM with Document Management Systems. My approach in this article is pretty much utilization of CRM as xRM. So this xRM based solution is built on top of powerful Dynamics CRM platform.
The idea behind this post is a cost effective way to create, persist, and distribute documents. Since document size can increase to GB's so attaching documents as annotation is not a good idea and can clearly increase the size of database in days and degrade the system performance.
I am using FTP and FTPS protocol to manage documents. At CRM side i have created an entity representing document as a record and then associated this entity where ever required. So here is my entity.
I have document category and sub category (dependent picklist) to categorize and classify my document on FTP Server. I have a due date to trigger my document escalation/follow-up workflows. I have a status reason associated to a document (Draft/Approved/Pending/Rejected/On Hold/Reviewed). I have Upload and Download Button to save and retrieve document from FTP server. In the references section, I have the meta data attached to the document entity. The metadata could be a relationship to case/contact/account or any other custom entity. So in Case entity my document will appear as shown below:
I can instantly view the file without downloading it on local disk by just pressing download button and click open.
So now I can instantly Approve/Reject/On Hold/ Review in CRM by using ISV buttons depending on current user privileges.
I have a full log of actions on my document available with status, user performing action and dates.
I have a comprehensive log of correspondence on this document available as shown below:
I have configurable alerts regarding Pending document/document on hold or documents to be reviewed. They are available to me on daily/weekly/fortnightly/monthly etc. bases and they are right in my outlook with links to my document in CRM.
Also I can utilize these documents online in my customer portals (eService). My documents can be accessed online by using FTP/FTPs and utilized in various ways as below:
Support Portals
Online Product Catalogues
Online Newsletters
Online Product Notices
FTP Server as Document Store for CRM4
Microsoft CRM can store files as annotation but is not a document management system at all. There are many ways to integrate CRM with Document Management Systems. If you are looking for search within document, version control, and publishing workflow then this post is not for you.
The idea behind this post is to utilize CRM structural relationship model and build a Document Store to process documents and also a cost effective way create, persist, and distribute document. Since document size can increase to GB's so attaching documents as annotation is not a good idea and can clearly increase the size of database in days.
I am using FTP and FTPS protocol to manage documents. At CRM side i have created an entity representing document as a record and then associated this entity where ever required. So here is my entity.\
I have document category and sub category (dependent picklist) to categorize and classify my document on FTP Server. I have Upload and Download Button to save and retrieve document from FTP server. In the references section, I have the meta data attached to the document entity. The metadata could be a relationship to case/contact/account or any other custom entity. So in Case entity my document will appear as shown below:
So now I can apply approval workflows in CRM whenever a new document is created.
Also I can utilize these documents online in my customer portals (eService). My documents can be accessed online by using FTP and utilized in various ways as shown below:


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On 2 July over 300 people who have experience homelessness from around the world will come together for With One Voice, a one-night festival featuring choral singing, opera and theatre performances, as well as poetry and film.
The event, created by award-winning charity Streetwise Opera, is part of the London 2012 Festival and will be the first time a platform has been given to homeless people during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Acts that applied both nationally and internationally included Svetlana and Alina, a mother and daughter vocal duet from Romania, and Merger, a hip-hop collective from Bristol. Organisations such as Singers of the Street and Cardboard Citizens will also be represented.
Of the project, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House Tony Hall said:
We see very regularly, both here in the theatre and through our community work, the power that the arts have to uplift, inspire and transform people's lives, and it's wonderful to be able to celebrate the work of Streetwise Opera and the other partners in this way."
It's sure to be a moving and inspirational experience for participants and audience, and if performing at the Royal Opera House wasn't daunting enough, the production is going to be streamed live online to a world-wide audience at www.with1voice.org.uk. The live relay will be coordinated by Open Cinema, an organisation that works with homeless people through film.
A documentary about the production and the experiences of those involved will be shown online on The Space after the event. Details of this will be announced in due course.


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Change that you can believe. President Barack Obama has nominated a distinguished Black lesbian attorney to serve as a federal judge.
Staci Michelle Yandle was nominated yesterday to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. If confirmed by the Senate, Yandle would become the first Black judge "ever on that court and the first openly gay judge in the 7th Circuit, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin," notes Politico.
Yandle follows Deborah Batts, the groundbreaking Black lesbian jurist whom President Bill Clinton nominated to the Southern District of New York in 1994. Batts became the first ever openly LGBT federal judge.
Obama nominated Yandle on Thursday as part of a group of four nominees. The nomination packet also included Salvador Mendoza, Jr., currently a county judge in Washington state, as the Administration's choice for the Eastern District of that state. Mendoza would become the first Latino judge in that position.
Yandle has served as a solo practitioner focusing on civil litigation in southern Illinois since 2007, according to a biography provided by the White House. She received her law degree in 1987 from Vanderbilt University and her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1983. Yandle also previously served on the Illinois Gaming Board and on the Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
"Increasing diversity on the bench has been a legacy priority for Obama, and one that's become an emphasis for the White House over the past year under Denis McDonough's leadership as chief of staff," notes Politico.
This is not the first time that Obama has nominated a Black openly LGBT person to the federal judiciary. In November 2012, Obama nominated William Thomas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio initially recommended Thomas but later stalled the nomination. Thomas' nomination was not resubmitted this year.
Obama has nominated more Black, Latino and LGBT judges than any previous president, according to the White House. History was made when the Senate confirmed U. S. District Court Judge Pamela Chen to become the first openly gay, Asian-American judge on the federal bench in 2013. Chen serves on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Obama also nominated U. S. District Court Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro as the first out Latina on the federal bench in 2012. Quiñones was confirmed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2013.
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John Pierce
- Career Highlights
- Performances with Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Eddie Fisher, Toni Tenille, Tony Orlando, Jack Jones, and others
- Bandleader and trombonist for Carnival Cruise Lines
- Trombonist, arranger, and bandleader for White Heat Swing Orchestra, including soundtrack for Dick Tracy
- Education
- Alumnus, Berklee College of Music
In Their Own Words
"As an ensemble teacher I would say that my teaching is very performance-oriented. My goal is a successful performance at the end of the semester, greatly emphasizing memorization skills and repertoire. I put a very heavy emphasis on ensemble playing—playing with each other and prioritizing the group over the individual. Sometimes you find students with a very high level of skill who need to work on listening to one another and directing their energy into the best possible ensemble performance instead of the best possible solo."
"I continually point out the way that ear training relates to other classes. I feel that those correlations are an integral part of the education at Berklee—that the classes all fit together and complement each other. Success in an ear training class will make them far more successful as harmony students, as arranging students, and as performers. In general, ear training will make them a more a literate musician. It will enable them to hear what they see, write what they hear, and play what they hear."
"I play all the time. That's really where my perspective comes from. I usually do about four or five gigs a week, and I try to bring that experience to my students and tell them what's been useful to me. There are a lot of different types of work to do. Usually when you're performing with famous people, you're playing a part; it's very reading-oriented and it requires a high level of craft and skill. Whereas when you're playing with a trio it's a very different set of skills. It's more improvised, or you're drawing upon repertoire that you've learned. It's great to have experience in both of those areas."


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A Florida inmate is facing additional charges after authorities say he received a marijuana delivery while working on a roadside work crew.
Parell Seay, 22, was working with other prisoners just north of Fort Pierce Tuesday when someone drove by and tossed him a small bag of marijuana, the St. Lucie Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities say the driver of a black Dodge Charger drove by and tossed the packet, containing one gram of marijuana, which was picked up by Seay.
As officers approached Seay, he tried to toss the bag, but it hit a deputy, authorities said. It later tested positive for marijuana.
Seay, from Tampa, had been assigned to a Florida Department of Corrections work camp from Martin County.
Seay claimed he didn't know who tossed the drugs but admitted he was going to bring it back to the Martin County facility where he is being held, the sheriff's office said.
He called it "a D.O.C. thing," meaning that someone previously in state custody tossed the item to someone currently in state custody, the sheriff's office said.
Now Seay is facing charges of resisting an officer with violence, evidence tampering, smuggling contraband and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.