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DELAND, Fla. – Unable to take advantage of near perfect playing conditions, the Lipscomb women's golf team opened the first day of the Holiday Inn Express/Hatter Classic at the Victoria Hills Golf Club in DeLand, Fla., in eighth place in a nine-team field.
Mackenzy Carter leads the Lady Bisons after a first round 75 and second round 82 placing her in 13th place after 36 holes.
Danielle Grace improved play from a round one 83 to a round two 80. Sami Khan really shaved off the strokes from a first round 86 to a second round 80. Sabrina Ferreri carded an 84 and an 85 while Savanna Schubert finished with an 89 and an 86.
Daytona State College leads the event heading into Tuesday's final day of competition with a three-shot lead over host Stetson.


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Mickey Mouse (25/4/1930)
Win Smith, an artist from Phoenix, Arizona, worked as a newspaper cartoonist and illustrator in the 1920s. In January 1930, he inked the first 'Mickey Mouse' daily strips that were pencilled by Ub Iwerks, and scripted by Walt Disney himself. From February to May of that same year, he did both pencils and inks. Apparently not content to draw the entire strip on his own, he resigned and handed the daily over to Floyd Gottfredson, who continued it for several decades.
Mickey Mouse (3/5/1930)
Smith's next comic strip work was for Ub Iwerks' 'Flip the Frog' around 1931. In 1934, he did artwork for the newspaper version of the Harman-Ising animated character 'Bosko'. For Western Publishing, he illustrated the first comics with Tex Avery's 'Bugs Bunny' in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. He also worked as a storyman on 'Oswald the Rabbit' for Walter Lantz in 1938. At the time of his death, he was working as a drawing teacher at Phoenix High School.


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Western European Workshop on Research in Cryptology
WEWoRC 2007
July 4-6, 2007
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
WEWoRC is a research meeting in the field of cryptology with a specific focus on young researchers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following
Important Dates:
SubmissionThere are two types of submissions:
Submission is closed by now.
As WEWoRC targets specifically young researchers, invitation to submit an article for the proceedings
will be given in particular to Ph.D. and M.Sc. students. Submission to the conference records (as outlined above)
is free to everybody and we would welcome a wide varity of submissions here.
Note that the registration fees above are by payment via bank transfer. Keep in mind that euro payments within the European Union can be done for the same fees as within your own country. We also offer payment via credit card. However, in this case the fees increase by 5.5% to cover the additional external handling costs we have.
You can register using the following link.[1] budget includes conference records but not the proceedings. Moreover, it does not include the conference dinner or other meals. It is only available for students.
Travel / Venue
Here you find travel information for reaching Bochum and its university. For arriving in Bochum by plane, the city tourist information provides a good starting point.
Registration on July 3 is in Room IC 4 / 146, the reception on July 3 in Room IC 4 / 39-41. IC is the building, 4 indicates the floor, 39, 41, and 146 are the room numbers. See the map of the university to find the IC building (upper right part, blue building).
From July 4 - 6 we will move venue and be in the "Veranstaltungszentrum" (event centre) close to the student restaurant (Mensa - marked CASPO on the university map, see bottom of the orange building in the bottom-centre). Both the later registration and the talks will take place in the event centre.
We are honoured to have George Danezis (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and David Naccache (ENS Paris, France) as invited speakers during WEWoRC 2007.
You can download the accepted papers (2.9 MB) here.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007:
17:00 19:00
Welcome Reception (IC 4 / 39 + 41)
Registration (IC 4 / 146)
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007:
8:30 9:00
Registration (Information Desk near Room 1)
8:50 9:00 Welcome (Room 1) Ahmad Sadeghi
9:00 10:40 Session 1 (Room 1) Roberto Avanzi
A Privacy Protection Scheme for a Scalable Control Method in
Context-Dependent Services
Rei Yoshida, Rie Shigetomi, Kazuki Yoshizoe, Akira Otsuka, and Hideki Imai
The GPS identification Scheme Using Frobenius Expansions
Waldyr Benits and Steven Galbraith
Efficient Assembly Implementation of Dragon, LEX, Salsa20 and
Sosemanuk on 8-bit AVR Microcontrollers
Gordon Meiser, Thomas Eisenbarth, Kerstin Lemke-Rust, Christof Paar
MPSoC-Coupled Hardware Accelerator for
Elliptic Curve Cryptography in Network Application Domain
Christoph Puttmann and Jamshid Shokrollahi
10:40 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 12:25 Session 2 (Room 1) Ralph Wernsdorf
Finding Message Pairs Conforming to Simple SHA-256 Characteristics:
Work in Progress
Marko Hölbl, Christian Rechberger, Tatjana Welzer
XOR-Hash : A Hash Function Based on XOR
Stéphane Manuel and Nicolas Sendrier
Efficient Hash Collision Search Strategies on Special-Purpose Hardware
Tim Güneysu, Christof Paar, Sven Schäge
12:25 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 15:30 Invited Talk (Room 1) Stefan Lucks
Cryptography in Anonymous Communications
George Danezis
15:30 16:20 Session 3 (Room 1)
Group Signatures with Observers Revisited
Thomas Schwarzpaul
Modified HB Authentication Protocol
Selwyn Piramuthu, Yu-Ju Tu
16:20 16:50 Coffee Break
16:50 18:40 Session 4 (Room 1) Alexander May
Cryptography Based on Quadratic Forms: Complexity Considerations
Rupert J. Hartung
Lattice-Based Computationally-Efficient Private Information Retrieval
Carlos Aguilar-Melchor and Philippe Gaborit
A McEliece-like Symmetric-Key Cryptosystem Based on Quasi-Cyclic
Low-Density Parity-Check Codes1
Ali Akbar Sobhi Afshar, Taraneh Eghlidos, Mohammad Reza Aref
A Three Based Chaotic Maps Block Cipher
Mabrouka Hagui, Hedi Khammari and Bechir Ayeb
Thursday, July, 5th, 2007
9:00 9:30 Session 5A (Room 1) Jörg Schwenk
Toward a Concrete Security Proof of Courtois, Finiasz and Sendrier Signature Scheme
Léonard Dallot
HFE - solved or saved?
Jintai Ding, Dieter Schmidt and Fabian Werner
9:00 9:30 Session 5B (Room 3) Ulrich Kühn
AES Cache-Timing Attacks Verified
Joris Plessers, Ingrid Verbauwhede
A Lightweight Hardware Implementation of the Stream Cipher VEST-4
Timo Gendrullis, Timo Kasper, and Christof Paar
9:30 9:35 Synchronisation Break
9:35 10:05 Session 6A (Room 1) Jörg Schwenk
Cryptanalysis of the MOR System (extended abstract)
Anja Korsten
On the Permutations of KHAZAD
Ralph Wernsdorf
9:35 10:05 Session 6B (Room 3) Bodo Möller
Exploring Trade-offs Between Area, Performance and Security
in HW/SW Co-design of ECC
Caroline Vanderheyden, Junfeng Fan, Kazuo Sakiyama, and Ingrid Verbauwhede
Low-Weight Joint Window Nonadjacent Form
Wei-Hua He and Fei-Ming Juan
10:05 10:10 Synchronisation Break
10:10 10:40 Session 7A (Room 1) Ulrich Kühn
BDD-based Cryptanalysis of Hardware-oriented Stream Ciphers
Dirk Stegemann
Preimages for Reduced-Round Tiger
Sebastiaan Indesteege and Bart Preneel
10:10 10:40 Session 7B (Room 3) Bodo Möller
Algebraic Attacks on Block Ciphers with Several Plaintext-Ciphertext Pairs
Nicolas T.Courtois and Blandine Debraize
Lattice-based partial key exposure attacks on signature schemes
Paul Kubwalo
10:40 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 12:00 Session 8 (Room 1) - Jamshid Shokrollahi
Template Attacks On Masking: An Interpretation
Benedikt Gierlichs and Kare Janussen
Wibree Security Towards Better Energy Efficiency
Jan-Erik Ekberg
12:00 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 22:45 Social Programme (including bus transfer)
Friday, July 6th, 2007
9:00 10:40 Session 9 (Room 1) Frederik Armknecht
A new Security Model and a Generic Construction for CCA2-Secure Certificateless Cryptosystems
Ewan Fleischmann
Encryption Based Trust Negotiation
Dalia Khader
A Threshold Scheme with Disenrollment (extended abstract)
Michael Beiter
A New Threshold Audio Secret Sharing Scheme
Mohammad Ehdaie, Taraneh Eghlidos, Mohammad Reza Aref
10:40 11.10 Coffee Break
11:10 12:25 Session 10 (Room 1) Mark Manulis
Attacks on the Stream Ciphers TPy6 and Py6 and Design of New Ciphers TPy6-A and TPy6-B
Gautham Sekar, Souradyuti Paul and Bart Preneel
The Impact of Entropy Loss Caused by Random Functions
Andrea Röck
Cryptanalysis of Achterbahn-128/80 with a new Keystream Limitation
Mara Naya-Plasencia
12:25 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 15:30 Invited Talk (Room 1) Christopher Wolf
Products of small primes in cryptography and error-correction
David Naccache
15:30 16:20 Session 11 (Room 1) Ahmad Sadeghi
Using Two-Steps Hash Function to Support Trustworthy Signing in XML
Sebastian Gajek, Lijun Liao and Jörg Schwenk
Browser-based Authentication Protocols for Naive Users
Sebastian Gajek, Mark Manulis, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi and Jörg Schwenk
16:20 Final Coffee Break
OrganisationWEWoRC 2007 is co-chaired by Stefan Lucks (Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany), Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany), and Christopher Wolf (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany). It is organised by the German Special Interest Group on Cryptology (FG Krypto) and the Horst-Görtz-Institute on Computer Security Bochum.
Academic Partners
SponsorsWe thank our sponsors for their support.
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Programme Committee
HotelsWe have compiled this list of hotels to the best of our knowledge. However, prices may change without us being informed. Hence: please check yourself with the hotel before making a definite booking. Please contact us in case you notice any discrepancies.
Hotels in the City Center of Bochum:Hotel rooms with a demand contingent; please quote contingent code "WEWoRC 2007" in your booking.
Kolpinghaus Gaststätte GmbH Bochum
3-bed rooms for 23.00 euro with bathroom on the floor p.pers./night incl. breakfast
2-bed rooms for 23.00 euro with bathroom on the floor p.pers./night incl. breakfast
single rooms with bathroom on the floor for 28.00 euro /night incl. breakfast
2-bed rooms for 32.00 euro p.pers /night incl. breakfast
single rooms for 44.00 euro /night incl. breakfast
Maximilian-Kolbe-Str. 14-18
DE-44793 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/60190
Fax: (+49)234/65852
hotel-kolpinghaus-bochum (at) arcor.de
Hotel Ibis Am Hauptbahnhof
single 55.76 euro, double 65.26 euro incl. breakfast
Kurt- Schumacher- Platz 13-15
DE-44787 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/91430
Fax: (+49)234/680778
Hotel Ibis Bochum Zentrum
single 55.76 euro, double 65.26 euro incl. breakfast
Universitätsstrasse 3
DE-44789 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/33311
Fax: (+49)234/3331867
Other hotels in the city of Bochum:Park Inn Bochum
single 89 euro, double 102.50 - incl. breakfast
Massenbergstr. 19-21
DE-44787 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/969-1221
Fax: (+49)234/969-2222
bochum (at) eventhotels.com
Acora Hotel und Wohnen
single 71 euro, double 89 euro - incl. breakfast
Nordring 44-50
DE-44787 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/6896-985
Fax: (+49)234/6896-700
Hotel Renaissance
single 93 euro, double 93 euro without breakfast
Stadionring 20
DE-44791 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/6101-0
Fax: (+49)234/6101-111
Hotel Courtyard by Mariott
single 107 euro, double 121 euro incl. breakfast
Stadtpark (City Park)
Klinikstr. 43-45
DE-44791 Bochum
Phone: (+49)234/6100-0
Fax: (+49)234/6100-444
Hotel near to the Ruhr-University:Wald- und Golfhotel GmbH
single 70 euro, double 100 euro incl. breakfast
Im Lottental
Grimbergstrasse 52a
44797 Bochum
Tel. (+49)234/97 96 0
Fax (+49)234/97 96 293
buchung (at) wald-und-golfhotel.de
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As an Azerbaijani playing in the third tier of German football, Dmitri Nazarov is not used to seeing his name in the headlines. That all changed recently, however, after the Preussen Munster forward was called up by Azerbaijan's German head coach, Berti Vogts, for the country's 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifier against Russia on 16 October.
Nazarov's call-up is just one manifestation of the footballing bond that exists between Azerbaijan and Germany at present. Indeed, five Germany-based players – Suheyla Iltar, Melis Sarialtin, Leila Solmaz, Sabrina Ronaghi and Hulya Cin – represented Azerbaijan at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, while Vogts and his compatriot Sissy Raith manage the men's senior national team and the women's U-17s respectively.
But the German connection does not end there. The men's U-20 side is also coached by former Eintracht Frankfurt assistant Bernhard Lippert, while the U-15 and U-16 sides are both led by Nicolai Adam. "There is a collaboration between the German Football Federation (DFB) and the Azerbaijan football association (AFFA), which is why four German coaches hold those posts," Raith explained, adding: "The quality of German coaches is known around the world."
"In 2008, a protocol agreement was signed between the AFFA and the DFB which included the involvement of German coaches," said Elkhan Mammadov, Secretary General of the AFFA. "The development of refereeing, youth training and the development of women's football are some of the areas in which we are working together closely."
"Many things have changed," Mammadov continued. "Most of our national coaches have taken courses and obtained the UEFA licence. The quality of refereeing has improved. And, thanks to Silvia Raith, we have been able to 'launch' women's football in our country. We are very proud that there are now two leagues – an U-15 and an U-17 – both of which include 16 teams." Proof, then, that the country's efforts are starting to bear fruit.
Raith's U-17 side suffered a first-round exit at Azerbaijan 2012 but showed great enthusiasm and fighting spirit throughout group phase, bowing out with a narrow 1-0 defeat by women's football giants Canada. "We didn't put all that work in for two years just to come away with three defeats, so obviously I'm not happy," said the coach. "But we've laid the foundations now, and all we need to do is keep going."
Sights set on 2016
It is a similar story for the senior men's side, which, having long been set up to avoid defeat at all costs, is now focused on trying to win games. Vogts has presided over some notable victories, including a 1-0 defeat of Czech Republic in November 2009 and a 1-0 away win against Albania, and the team is now altogether more consistent and robust. And while Azerbaijan have made a less than ideal start to their Brazil 2014 qualifying campaign, drawing 1-1 with Israel and losing 3-0 to Portugal, the AFFA are more concerned with securing a place at UEFA EURO 2016.
"Football is the future in Azerbaijan," Vogts told FIFA.com. "The government and the AFFA are investing huge amounts of money in the sport. Football's importance here is growing by the day. Azerbaijan is a small country, but its inhabitants have a big heart – one that beats for football." Indeed, in a country where weightlifting, wrestling and chess have long reigned supreme, football is now officially the sport of choice.
The effects of football's new-found status are clear to see, with the country's top clubs now attracting more star names and getting better results on the pitch. English coach Tony Adams, for instance, spent 18-months in charge of top-flight side Gabala, and took with him the Jamaican international striker Deon Burton.
The 57-cap Belgian international Emile M'Penza, meanwhile, spent two seasons in the black-and-white shirt of Neftchi Baku, who recently became the first Azerbaijani team to reach the group stage of a European competition by qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. But, as far as Vogts is concerned, that is still not enough.
"The AFFA is making progress, but the clubs and their coaches are still not doing enough," he said. "You can't train for just three days a week and expect to see improvements. You have to do more. Professional clubs must invest more time and money, not only in player recruitment but also in infrastructure, academies and so on," he added, before concluding: "We're starting from the bottom but we're aiming for the top."


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Berry Syrups
Along with rainbows, berries are one of the great pleasures of summer, with a short but intense season, but luckily, one fruit tends to come in after another. One of the easiest and most satisfying ways to take advantage of the bounty is to make syrups. Berry syrups are simply berry juice combined with sugar, and all kinds of berries can be used, like blueberries, cherries (okay, cherries are not berries but they still make great syrup), grapes, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. Syrups are made using a formula of 1 cup of juice to 1 1/4 cup sugar. The differences between the berry varieties occur when you are cooking them down: some berries are very juicy, like grapes, others are pulpier, like blueberries. Still others, like wild berries, may take a bit longer to release their juice and so you need to add a bit more water to the pot to avoid scorching in the early stages of heating.
Some berries, like blueberries, have more pectin than others. (Pectin is a heteropolysaccharide present in plants that makes juice jell–if you make syrup with a high pectin fruit like apples, you will probably end up with a loose jelly.) This can lead to a thicker end product—you may want to heat the syrup up to loosen it, or add water. So expect some minor variability in preparing syrups, depending on the kind of berry you use. There's one thing all berry syrups do have in common, though: they stain counters, so protect your surfaces with plastic mats.
You're best off purchasing a jelly bag, which is ideal for preparing all kinds of hot fruit juice extractions, and necessary if you make jellies. Though you can use a couple of layers of cheesecloth to strain the juice, nothing beats a jelly bag and stand.
For variation you can add interesting flavors to your syrups. Try adding powdered cinnamon or grated orange or lemon zest to your blueberry syrup (stir into finished hot syrup), almond extract to your cherry syrup (stir into finished hot syrup), fresh mint to your raspberry syrup or fresh thyme to your blackberry syrup (add sprigs and crush with berries, remove before canning—although you don't have to), balsamic vinegar to your strawberry syrup (stir into finished hot syrup)—anything, really, that strikes you as delicious. You can also combine syrups, like grape with raspberry or strawberry.
Berry syrups are terrific on pancakes and ice cream. Hmm…we do coffee ice cream, raspberry syrup, hazelnuts, and whipped cream, and vanilla ice cream with strawberry syrup and crushed chocolate wafer cookies. I add berry syrup to bread pudding and rice pudding, on crepes and in a puddle under a poached pear. Berry syrups also make wonderful homemade sodas. Add 1 part syrup to 2 parts soda water, chill, and pour over ice to serve.
Berry Syrup
Makes 2 half-pints
I often make just 1 half-pint, which I process in my asparagus steamer. It's very simple and fast, and I do it at the same time as I am making dinner anyway. It's just one more burner being used on the stove.
3 cups berries, washed, capped and stemmed (frozen fruit is okay)
1 1/4 cups sugar
Crush the berries in a medium sized, heavy bottomed saucepan. Add ¼ cup water. If the berries look dry, add up to ½ cup water. Bring to a boil over a medium high heat, then lower the heat to medium low and simmer for about 5 minutes, until the pulp is very soft and juicy.
Pour the pulp into a wet jelly bag over a bowl, or make a homemade jelly bag by draping two layers of wet cheesecloth over a colander and place over a bowl. Allow the juice to drip through. It's okay to squeeze the jelly bag or press the pulp with a spatula, but your syrup will be clearer if you don't.
Measure the juice. Generally 3 cups of fruit will produce about 1 cup of juice, but if you have 1 ½ cups of juice you will need 1 ¼ plus 2 tablespoons of sugar, and so on. Pour the juice in a saucepan and add the sugar. Bring to a boil over a medium heat, stirring to be sure the sugar doesn't scorch, then lower heat to a simmer for a minute or so. The syrup will be viscous, but still runny. Remove the foam and pour into sterilized jars (jars you have boiled for 10 minutes, plus 1 minute for every 1,000 feet altitude).
Refrigerate the syrup for up to two weeks, or water bath can it to store on the shelf for up to a year.
For canning syrup, half pint jars are more convenient because you are more likely to use up a smaller quantity of syrup quickly. Once the jar is opened you must refrigerate the syrup. It will hold in the fridge for about two weeks.
Have ready two glass half-pint jars with metal bands and new lids. Sterilize the jars and bands by boiling in water for 10 minutes (add 1 minute for every 1,000 feet altitude). Simmer new lids in hot water to soften the rubberized flange.
Pour the syrup in the jars leaving about 1 inch of headroom at the top of each jar. Wipe the rims clean of any spilled syrup, place on the lids and screw on the bands fingertip tight.
Place the jars in a pot with a rack and cover with two inches of water. Process for 10 minutes; 15 minutes for altitudes of 1,001 to 6,000 feet; and 20 minutes for altitudes over 6,000 ft.
Remove the jars and place on a rack. Allow them to cool. Check the seals. Store in a cool, dark place for up to a year.
If you wish to can leftover syrup that has been in the refrigerator less than two weeks, bring the syrup to a boil, strain, and pour into jelly jars. Process as described above.


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The world's biggest PC video game makers aren't very happy about Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 8. Speaking with one-time Microsoft Game Studios chief, Ed Fries, at a Casual Connect earlier this week, Valve's Gabe Newell described Microsoft's plans as a "catastrophe."
"Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space," said Newell, "I think that we're going to lose some of the top-tier PC [original equipment manufacturers]. They'll exit the market. I think margins are going to be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, it's going to be a good idea to have alternative to hedge against that eventuality."
Newell says this is why Valve is pushing hard to bring its games, its Source engine, and the Steam digital distribution platform to the Linux operating system.
Is he alone in thinking that Windows 8 will be a disaster for the PC gaming industry? Blizzard's Rob Pardo doesn't think so. The StarCraft designer and current vice president of game design at Diablo III studio Blizzard said that he believes Microsoft's new operating system will also be a thorn in his company's side.
Pardo Tweeted on Wednesday, "Nice interview with Gabe Newell—'I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space'—not awesome for Blizzard either."
The belief in the development community is that Microsoft will make Windows 8 a closed system, an operating system that seeks to more stringently control, much in the way that Apple does with Mac OS X and the iOS platform. This would allow Microsoft to better monitor the quality of applications running on its platform, but it will also wall off the most widely used operating system in the world from myriad developers. PC game makers use Windows because of the openness of the platform and its ubiquity. If Microsoft takes that openness away, what will developers do?
Windows 8 won't be released until October of this year, so Microsoft still has time to decide exactly how free game and application makers will be to use the system. Valve and Blizzard are, by sales and reputation, the biggest PC game makers in the world and their influence over Microsoft's platform isn't insignificant. If Blizzard and others follow Valve to Linux platforms, what will Microsoft do to lure them back? Will PC gaming become increasingly based on streaming and browser-based solutions?
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Why is "Trouble Maker," a K-pop song that's been around for a year, suddenly getting worldwide Twitter love? I blame end-of-year lists and an upcoming awards ceremony.
On a less global scale, residents along the East Coast continue to be curious about this weekend's weather, and Maryland residents are getting antsy about whether Congress will manage to avoid the fiscal cliff. Additionally, there's national attention focused on what lawmakers decide to do regarding guns.
Finally, a member of Australia's Janoskians has given opinions on his favorite foods. Gripping stuff.
Norman Schwarzkopf (George H W Bush)
(Google Trends)
Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78*. [Los Angeles Times]
*The elder Bush, under whom he fought the war, has been hospitalized for a month.
(Google Trends)
Clouds are expected to move in overnight, bringing snowfall by the wee hours of Saturday morning. The snow is expected to turn to rain and sleet in many areas by the afternoon, with 1-2 inches of snow possible through Saturday evening in Baltimore and points south and 2-4 inches to the north and west. [Baltimore Sun]
Feliz 2013, Happy New Year, NYE, Boxing Day
(International Twitter, National Twitter)
We're between Christmas and the new year right now, and there's plenty to do. [Top Baltimore-area New Year's Eve events]
(Google Trends)
Two fumbles inside the Bearcats' 6 spelled doom for the Blue Devils as Cincinnati scored twice during the final minute for a 48-34 victory over Duke in the Belk Bowl. [Wire service via Baltimore Sun]
Ned Rocknroll
(Google Trends)
The heart of Rocknroll officially belongs to Kate Winslet. The Oscar-winning actress wed Ned Rocknroll (born Ned Abel Smith) in a secret ceremony early this month. [Wire service via Baltimore Sun]
Avery Johnson
(Google Trends)
If Avery Johnson were coach of a team from New Jersey, where and when expectations were much lower, he wouldn't be out of a job. But Johnson was fired Thursday, a New York minute after being named NBA coach of the month in November. The Nets are just 14-14 after losing 10 of their last 13 games. [Wire service via Baltimore Sun]
Trouble Maker
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This form was in a packet of papers that my G-Aunt kept with her old family photos. She immigrated to the states from Romania with her mother, Maria (Rauner) Stosz, in Jan 1930. Amoung those immigration papers is this document of marriage between my Great-Grandparents,
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You are blessed. I have never been that lucky. I've always had to dig for everything I find. Treasure it and keep all those papers safe. Make sure you are protecting them.
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We've been working pretty much every weekend and a few weeknights on our downstairs bathroom renovation and it's ALMOST done. There are just a few more things to hang on the wall and the baseboard quarter round to install and paint. The hallway outside the bathroom could use some paint touchups as well. (Yes, the downstairs bathroom renovation turned into the downstairs bathroom and hallway just outside it renovation…)
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The conviction of former Chinese political leader Bo Xilai and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt calling China "the most dangerous superpower on earth" were among the most-read news for the WSJ's Chinese readers in 2013. Carlos Tejada tells Jake Lee what pushed these stories and others onto the list.
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Teach Me Tuesday: Sale Barns
So the last 2 weekends in our house have been spend at Chester Livestock Exchange for special sales. Really that isn't unusual for someone in our household to spend at least two days a week at the sale barn, since my husband is the barn manager there, however lil man & I don't typically hit up the sale barn during a normal week. Wyatt loves to go and watch his daddy sort cows, watch the auction and unfortunately try to bid on a few head while we are there. Since I know some of you may have never seen a sale barn at work I thought I would give you a little tour and explain something that you may or may not know.
Behind the sales ring is a maze of alleyways and pens. Pens are numbers and cows are sorted based on a variety of traits. Depending on the sale it could be type i.e. a steer (castrated male) a heifer (a young female ) cow (a female that has had a calf and bull (intact male) or it could be by weight, color, or seller. During a typical sale during the week cows are weighed as they enter the ring this allows the buyers (most who are purchasing cows to use as beef) to know how much cow they are buying...its kinda important because you are buying by the pound. So $1 doesn't sound like a lot but if it's a 1,600 lb cow that equals $1600 which could make quite a dent in your pocketbook.
The pens are used to hold the cattle until the are ready to be sold. Cows have access to water and hay prior to sale time. In the picture above William is sorting cows and calves. The goal is to get all the cows in one pen and the calves in another.
This is done to make it easier to match up the correct cow and calf prior to entering the ring. It's important when you are selling pairs (cow and calf together) to make sure you have the right calf and cow.
This is the side of the barn most people see...the sales ring. Cows come in one side and leave on the other. Wyatt likes to be as close as he can to the sales ring. According to him it gets him a better view of the cows and the auctioneer can see him better when he wants to bid! (FYI he's not allowed to bid but try to tell him that).
This is the crowd from Saturday's special sale. This sale was a good many cow/calf pairs, bred cows and heifers and some open cows/heifers. Open means that the cow isn't going to have a calf in the next 9 months. Most of the time these cows are sold for hamburger meat.
You can barely see the cow and her calf in the ring in this picture. But they enter the ring together on the one side of the ring and exit on the opposite. The guys working the ring do their best to keep the cows calm. The auctioneer assist them in getting the cows out of the ring quickly. The sales ring is a new place for the cows and some become agitated quickly. It is safer for the cows and the people for them to remain as calm as possible. An auctioneer that requires an animal to stay in the ring too long risk causing injury to the ring workers and the animal. Most livestock auctioneers do a great job of only allowing the animal in the right for a minute or two.
Wyatt is being a spy!
Cows and calves waiting in pens out back for their turn in the ring. That yellow box looking thing in the back ground is an automatic waterer. This allows the cows and calves to always have access to clean, fresh water. You can also see that the cows are laying in the remainder of the hay that they were fed. Pens at a sale barn are cleaned often to ensure the health of all the animals who enter them.
The newest calf...this calf was actually born at the sale barn the night prior to the sale.
Wyatt has spotted the newborn calf and realizes that it doesn't know the rule of the game yet.
Note that as Wyatt goes to pet the calf the other calf gets out of the way...he knows the drill
Wyatt spent a good 10 minutes petting the calf
Its amazing at 4 he has learned that you have to be slow and gentle with a calf if you want to touch it. Hollering and running won't help you get close to a calf or a cow. Wyatt has learned this by watching our family work cows. My husband is one of the calmest, quietest people I know. He learned early in life to "read" a cow and knows how to approach them to make them move. This method is much better for the cows because they remain calm and much safer for William because calm cows rarely attack. And yes cows will attack you!
I think he has a new friend.
This was Wyatt's favorite cow of the day...please note that this cow has ear...which means there is some Brahman influence in her. All of these cows are open which means they aren't going to have a calf.
Most all sale barns I have ever been to have a catwalk which allows buyers to walk over the top of the pens to view the cattle. During the weekly sale this is much safer option that the alleys.
Santa Gerturdis Cow/calf pair in the ring
After the sale is complete the buyers bring their trucks to the loading area. The loading area has chutes and alleys to help move the cows calmly from pens to the trailers. The loading area also has a lift so that the cows walk up a gently incline to get on the trailer instead of having to jump up.
Loading alley
As each trailer pulls in the driver gives William a slip of paper called a load slip. This slip has information about who bought what cows. It is important that people get the cows they purchase. After all the cows are loaded on a trailer William compares the load slip to what's on the trailer just to double check everything is correct before letting the buyer leave.
I hope this gives you a better idea of what goes on behind the scenes at a livestock sale barn. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or leave them in the comment section.
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The headlines are dire, and the threat is imminent: We could run out of water in 80 to 100 days.
Car washes are shut down; everyone has a suggestion about how to shower smarter or wash clothes less often. But the biggest single household user of water is the toilet, accounting for 26.7 percent of household use, according to the city's website. Yet in all the water-saving tips sent out by the city, telling users to flush less is often buried or not mentioned at all.
Are officials squeamish about resurrecting the mantra from the frequently drought-stricken but trend-setting Golden State of California: "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down"?
"I hope they'd use something a little more tasteful," says Bill Brent, Albemarle County Service Authority executive director. "But the message needs to be the same."
"Signs asking people to conserve water are going up everywhere," says city spokesman Maurice Jones. They're just not of the mellow yellow variety.
The city has cut off water supplying sinks in government buildings, including schools, although hand washing uses a fraction of the amount of water that flushing toilets does.
A city ad asks, "What will you do when the water is gone?" and includes five water saving tips, among them, take shorter showers, fix leaky toilets, and reduce the amount of water used for flushing by placing a quart of water in the tank.
But no "Just say no to flushing."
On another city release, a three-page generic "water saving tips" list goes room by room, starting with the bathroom. There, "flush less frequently" is the number three suggestion, after "don't use the toilet as a wastebasket" and "put a plastic bottle in your tank."
The mellow yellow adage does appear on the city website under the H20use, a graphic showing how to save water in every room of the house. The first suggestion is to replace old toilets with new models that use only 1.6 gallons per flush, compared with the 3.5 to 8 gallons of older models.
Perhaps officials are not restricting flushes for one obvious reason how would it be enforced? One shudders to think about the potty police.
"That's a personal issue," confirms Jim Palmborg, public utilities manager for the City.
More indirectly, the City is encouraging fewer flushes by raising the rates 50 percent for water use above an amount calculated for a three-person average household. The new rates took effect September 17 and have already generated a flood of complaints.
"I should not be penalized for living in a house with nine other students on the water bill," UVA student Jay Rosenberger writes to the Cavalier Daily. People who live in duplexes or have large families have been calling with complaints, says the city's utility billing office.
The first 600 cubic feet costs $14.86; over that, the rate jumps to $37.16 per 1,000 cubic feet. Despite the complaints, the City has no plans to revisit the price hike.
"We had to draw the line somewhere," says Jones. "It was either charge everyone a surcharge or base it upon the three-person family. And we may end up with the surcharge anyway."
That would likely be a Phase 3 measure as water levels continue to drop, "maybe at 50 percent, maybe at 45 percent," says Jones. "We're still looking at it."
With the reservoirs at 54.6 percent of capacity on September 23, it's going to take a lot of rain or a lot of major conserving to forestall Phase 3 restrictions, although Jones was unable to specify what those would be when he spoke with The Hook on September 20. "We're still working on that."
Over at UVA, signage is the first priority. "We've made a sign that shows the Rotunda in a desert," says Cheryl Gomez, UVA's utilities director, and it will be posted in every one of the university's 400 or so buildings.
And the utilities staff is setting an example. "People here are not flushing every time if they urinate," observes Gomez. And while the mellow-yellow sign is not in UVA's plans at this time, "I guess we could consider that," says Gomez, ruling out no measure to conserve water.
At last Saturday's football game, the university trucked in 50 portable toilets as an optional measure. "They certainly were utilized," says Jason Bauman, associate athletic director. Perhaps the biggest appeal to the low-tech toilets: no lines. Bauman's trying to get even more for the October 12 Clemson game.


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Albany's First Support Group for Thyroid Cancer Survivors Begins Meeting03/2002
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The first support group for thyroid cancer survivors in the Albany, New York, area meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the fourth Thursday evenings of April and May and in June and the following months meets the third Thursday each month.
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Kirk Goldsberry is back with another graphical look at the unappreciated stats of basketball, and this is really, really fantastic. He's put together an interactive chart: hover your mouse from any spot on the court, and it'll show you where shots from that spot end up getting grabbed for rebounds.
It's fairly intuitive—most balls are rebounded on the opposite side of the basket from where the shot was taken. But it's interesting to note that threes and long shots have a higher chance of becoming offensive boards than do midrange jumpers.


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An easy-to-make, low-fat dish that is satisfying and filling.
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 35 mins
Yield: 8 x half potato servings
Wash potatoes, arrange on microwaveable dish and cook on HIGH 6 minutes, until cooked through. Cool slightly; cut in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mash tofu in a bowl with a fork. Mix in cheese, potato, salt, and basil. Heat oil in frying pan and sauté onion until soft. Mix into tofu mixture.
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Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life - and in death.
Many leaders lauded Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain's industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes and riots, and to stand beside the United States as the west triumphed in the Cold War versus the Soviet Union. Others saw a pitiless tyrant who preferred conflict to compromise.
Yet virtually all, friend and foe alike, could agree on one overarching point expressed Monday by British Prime Minister David Cameron: The Iron Lady, he said, was "a great Briton."
As flags at Buckingham Palace, Parliament and across the United Kingdom were lowered to half-staff, the palace said Queen Elizabeth II would send a private message of sympathy to the family of the 87-year-old conservative icon.
Government officials began preparations for a London funeral with military honors at St. Paul's Cathedral, though no date was fixed, followed by a private cremation.
"As our first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher succeeded against all the odds," Cameron said in Madrid. He cut short his trip to Spain and canceled a visit to France to return to London for the funeral preparations.
"The real thing about Margaret Thatcher is that she didn't just lead our country. She saved our country," Cameron said, "and I believe she'll go down as the greatest British peacetime prime minister."
In Washington, President Barack Obama said many Americans "will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President (Ronald) Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history. We can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will."
In Poland, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said his country should erect a statue of the British leader. In a tweet he praised Thatcher as "a fearless champion of liberty, stood up for captive nations, helped free world win the Cold War."
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who ousted the Conservative Party from power seven years after Thatcher's resignation, conceded that Thatcher had been right to challenge labor union power - the traditional bedrock for Blair's own Labour Party.
"Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast," said Blair, who credited Thatcher with being "immensely supportive" despite their opposing views on many issues.
"You could not disrespect her character or her contribution to Britain's national life," Blair said.
Discordant notes came from Northern Ireland and Argentina, where Thatcher's reputation for unbending determination received early tests - when breaking an Irish Republican Army prison hunger strike in 1981 that left 10 inmates dead, then leading Britain into a 1982 war to reclaim the Falkland Islands from Argentine invaders.
Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party that gained strength from Thatcher's confrontation with IRA prison demands, denounced her as a hypocrite who sanctioned secret talks with senior IRA figures yet refused any concessions in public.
"Here in Ireland her espousal of old draconian, militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering. She embraced censorship, collusion and the killing of citizens by covert operations," said Adams, whose party ultimately gained a share of power in Northern Ireland after the IRA ceased fire and Blair invited Sinn Fein to the negotiating table.
Many other Irish politicians countered that Thatcher talked tough, but was more pragmatic in private - and dramatically demonstrated this by signing the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 giving the Republic of Ireland a role in Northern Ireland for the first time. She struck the deal, infuriating the north's Protestant majority, barely a year after the IRA tried to assassinate her in a hotel bombing.
"She was presented as the Iron Lady, but she was open to change and she did change," said Noel Dorr, one of Ireland's senior diplomats in the 1980s who had close personal dealings with Thatcher.
Argentina's government offered no official reaction, but scores of Argentines posted criticisms of her on Twitter, blaming her for the deaths of 649 Argentine troops during the South Atlantic conflict. Some 255 British military personnel and three Falkland Islanders also died.
Falklands lawmaker Mike Summers said Thatcher was "one of very few political leaders who could have mounted the expedition she mounted in 1982 to restore our freedom, and from a Falkland Islands perspective she will be forever remembered for that."
Britain's pop culture icons past and present also sounded off about the woman who dominated the British political landscape through the 1980s. Many noted her inspirational role to women, even though Thatcher herself famously eschewed feminism and rarely promoted women herself.
"Thinking of our 1st Lady of girl power, Margaret Thatcher, a green grocer's daughter who taught me anything is possible," tweeted a former member of the Spice Girls band, Geri Halliwell.


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An Examination of the Status of Probability Sampling in the Courts
Boyd Randall
Brigham Young University
Paul Frishkoff
University of Oregon
Auditing researchers, staggering under an ever-increasing blizzard of pronouncements,
articles, and memoranda, might well be disposed to believe that complexity feeds on itself. For example, two themes which were of much concern—
perhaps even dominant—at the first two University of Kansas Auditing Symposia1 were the increase in litigation against auditors and the growing sophistication of statistical sampling techniques in auditing. This paper attempts to examine the interaction between the two.
Indeed, his paper arose directly as a result of the 1974 Symposium. At that conference, one of the present authors raised the question of whether statistical sampling (i.e., probability sampling) would be a better defense in the courts than judgment sampling. There appeared to be some division among practitioners
present at the conference.
Practitioner Opinions
Some felt that the use of probability sampling would ameliorate the position of the defense in a lawsuit, since probability sampling is viewed as more "scientific,"
as encompassing more up-to-date technology, and as more susceptible to mathematical "proof" of its validity.
Others were more skeptical or at least agnostic. They felt that expert witnesses
might debate the merits of a particular probability sampling plan to the ultimate utter confusion of jurors and jurists. Their contention was that the "expert judgment" of a highly trained professional, on the other hand, was less suspect and less susceptible to point-by-point rebuttal.
Our purpose in this paper is twofold. First, we will examine past court decisions to discover whether the courts have shown any preference for probability
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Just Keep Calling Him!…
Calling and praying fervently to Divine Mother WILL succeed for you. Divine Mother reaches down to pull us up – when we raise ourselves a little bit closer to her. (Divine Mother, Heavenly Father – whatever vision of God works for you.)
Ananda has a song we all love called "Keep Calling Him", from a Paramhansa Yogananda poem. The words include "even when there's no reply, keep calling Him." God's time is not our time. Whatever Divine Mother brings us is what we need. Our challenge and opportunity is how will we accept what comes. Pray to Divine Mother to know Her will, to accept what She sends, to ask to be a channel for Her light and love.
Have faith that God knows better than we do what is best for us. What is best may not, in this life, include bodily health, or wealth, or whatever else we want. We are here to work through our karma so we can move closer to God. Faith is trusting in God regardless of circumstances.
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Cameron University has a full slate of activities planned for new and returning students during its supersized Welcome Week, which kicks off on Wednesday, August 14, the first day of class. Welcome Week activities are open to all Cameron students at no charge and are sponsored by the Programming Activities Council (PAC), a student-led organization, unless otherwise noted.
"We want Cameron students to arrive on campus with a sense of excitement and anticipation," says Jennifer Holland, Vice President for Student Services. "By offering so many activities during the first week of class, we're providing students with numerous opportunities to relax and have fun. Welcome Week is a part of the complete college experience that we want our students to enjoy."
The Welcome Week schedule follows.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
- Free Breakfast, 7:30 – 10 a.m., between McMahon Centennial Complex (MCC) & Sciences Complex
Thursday, Aug. 15
- Poster Sale: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Buddy Green Room, MCC
- The Norman Magic Experience, 9 p.m., McCasland Ballroom, MCC
Saturday, Aug. 17
- Pep Rally and Block Party: 6:30 p.m. Aggie Gym
Sunday, Aug. 18
Welcome Week Olympics: 3:30 p.m., Aggie Rec Center lawn
Monday, Aug. 19
- Free Pizza: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. McCasland Ballroom, MCC
- PAC Meeting: 5:30 p.m., Buddy Green Room, MCC
Tuesday, Aug. 20
- Blood Drive: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. McCasland Ballroom
- Movie Night: Carmike Cinema, time and movie to be determined
Wednesday, Aug. 21
- Paint the Town Black and Gold Partner Fair: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., MCC
- Cosmic Zumba: 9 p.m., Aggie Rec Center
Thursday, Aug. 22
- Student Organization Fair & T-Shirt Swap: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., MCC lawn
- Root Beer Float Day: 6-7:30 p.m., Cynthia S. Ross Hall lawn, sponsored by the Cameron University Alumni Association
- Laser Tag: 7 – 10 p.m., Cynthia S. Ross Hall lawn
Prior to Welcome Week, incoming freshmen have the opportunity to participate in Aggie Escape, an overnight adventure designed to acquaint new students with Cameron traditions. Aggie Escape is scheduled for August 8-9.
Freshmen will also be attending Gold Rush, an orientation event, on Saturday, August 17.
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Welcome to 4 Pics 1 Word Answers, your home for all things 4 Pics 1 Word. On this site, you will find every level for the hit mobile app that proving to be one of the hottest picture puzzle games of the year. The objective of 4 Pics 1 Word is to look at the 4 pictures given and correctly guess the word it portrays. Some of the levels are obvious, while others prove to be more abstract in nature. As you advance through the levels, the words increase in difficulty. If you get stuck, visit us here at www.4pics1wordanswers.com for hints and cheats to get you past that tricky level.
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Item 1 in Boy Scout Requirements
(33216) does not match the version
in the Rowing Merit Badge pamphlet (33404B or 35943), as shown below.
In Boy Scout Requirements, the phrase "and how to prevent" was omitted.
- Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur while rowing, including cold and heat reactions, dehydration, contusions, lacerations, and blisters.
- Do the following:
- Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR on a person. Explain how such conditions are recognized.
- Demonstrate proper technique for performing CPR using a training device approved by your counselor.
- Before doing the following requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth. Level off and swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be completed in one swim without stops and must include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating.
- Review and discuss Safety Afloat and demonstrate the proper fit and use of personal flotation devices (PFDs).
- Do ONE of the following:
- Alone or with a passenger, do the following correctly in either
a fixed-seat or sliding-seat rowboat:
- Launch
- Row in a straight line for a quarter mile. Stop, make a pivot turn, and return to the starting point.
- Backwater in a straight line for 50 yards. Make a turn under way and return to the starting point.
- Land and moor or rack your craft.
- Tie the following mooring knots: - clove hitch, roundturn with two half hitches, bowline, Wellman's knot, and mooring hitch.
- Participate as a rowing team member in a competitive rowing meet. The team may be sponsored by a school, club, or Scout unit. The meet must include competition between two or more teams with different sponsors. Complete at least 10 hours of team practice prior to the meet.
- Alone or with a passenger, do the following correctly in either a fixed-seat or sliding-seat rowboat:
- Do ONE of the following:
- In a fixed-seat rowboat, come alongside a dock and help a passenger into the boat. Pull away from the dock, change positions with your passenger, and scull in good form over the stern for 10 yards, including at least one 180-degree turn. Resume your rowing position, return alongside the pier, and help your passenger out of the boat.
- In a sliding-seat rowboat, come alongside a pier and, with your buddy assisting you, get out onto the pier. Help your buddy into the boat. Reverse roles with your buddy and repeat the procedure.
- Participate in a swamped boat drill, including righting and stabilizing the craft, reboarding in deep water, and making headway. Tell why you should stay with a swamped boat.
- Alone in a rowboat, push off from the shore or a dock. Row 10 yards to a swimmer. While giving instructions to the swimmer, turn the boat so that the swimmer can hold onto the stern. Tow him to shore.
- Show or explain the proper use of anchors for rowboats.
- Describe the following:
- Types of crafts used in commercial, competitive, and recreational rowing.
- Four common boat building materials. Give some positive and negative points of each.
- Types of oarlocks used in competitive, and recreational rowing.
- Discuss the following:
- The advantage of feathering oars while rowing
- Precautions regarding strong winds and heavy waves, and boat-handling procedures in rough water and windstorms.
- How to properly fit out and maintain a boat in season, and how to prepare and store a boat for winter
- How to calculate the weight a boat can carry under normal conditions
- The differences between fixed-seat and sliding-seat rowing
- The different meanings of the term sculling in fixed- and sliding-seat rowing
- The health benefits from rowing for exercise
Note to the Merit Badge Counselor:
Section 22.214.171.124 Qualifications of Counselors, in the 2013 Guide to Advancement (BSA Publication 33088 - SKU 618673) has specific special qualifications or certifications for either the merit badge counselor or the supervisor of certain activities that may be involved with the Rowing Merit Badge, as follows:
Rowing. Those supervising rowing activities must have either BSA Aquatics Instructor certification or equivalent; OR local councils may approve individuals previously certified as such, or trained by an instructor so qualified.
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Requirements last updated in: 2007
Pamphlet Publication Number: 33404B or 35943
Pamphlet Stock (SKU) Number: 35943
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World and Olympic champion gymnast McKayla Maroney (U.S.) will make her acting debut Tuesday night on The CW's "Hart of Dixie." Maroney — whose awards stand scowl from London launched the infamous "McKayla's Not Impressed" Internet meme — will play a girl named Tonya on the show. The gymnast's performance was so good, the show's producers reportedly would like Tonya to become a recurring character. Click here to read more from the Associated Press.
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2 shrines set alight in Maqor district of Ghazni
2 shrines set alight in Maqor district of Ghazni
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen have torched at least two shrines in the Maqor district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.
Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor's spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the district late on Sunday night.
Without blaming any group, he said no one had been arrested so far in connection with the torching of the shrines of Mullah Wali Neeka and Bahaul Haq.
Naqubullah, a resident of the area, confirmed the incident. He urged relevant officials to protect historical site, including shrines.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Shrines have been burnt in various areas of the country in the past as well.
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Part of National Museums Liverpool
The Charles Bell Tibet collection of nearly 200 objects and photo albums is an important archive of the Anglo-Tibetan encounter of the early 20th century.
Sometimes, correcting mistakes found in the museum's records leads to new and completely unexpected connections.
Author: Bell, Charles Alfred
Description: A typed object catalogue from Bell's handwritten notes on a wide variety of objects from his personal collection. This information often contains, the date he obtained an object, its provenance (including where and who he acquired from) and the person responsible for giving him the information. The process of writing the inventory began in December 1912 and continued until the late 1930s.
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Cloud Clusters: The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
The image above shows a glimpse inside the state-of-the-art high performance computing center based in Holyoke, Massachusetts and built by a consortium of researchers at UMass Amherst, MIT, Boston University, Northeastern University, and Harvard University with support from NSF, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and industry partners EMC and Cisco. The new cluster or "academic cloud" will link thousands of servers and enable scientists to carry out high volume, extremely rapid calculations while storing vast amounts of data, essential for big data initiatives such as genomics research, computational engineering, and climate modeling. The computational infrastructure and innovative collaboration will be a key driver in the state's innovation economy and serve as a model as the first facility of its kind in the nation. Learn more.
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Clinton: Woman president would send 'historic signal'
More grist for the 2016 presidential mill: Video has surfaced of Hillary Rodham Clinton telling a Toronto audience that a female U.S. president would "send exactly the right historic signal."
No, it's not a statement of candidacy from the former secretary of State and possible 2016 White House contender. But the video of her responding to a question at a women's conference, apparently shot by an audience member at the Metro Toronto Convention Center on Thursday night, is interesting.
"Let me say hypothetically," Clinton says when asked whether the next president will be a woman, "I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime, whether it's the next time or next time after that."
A lot depends, she said, on women who "dare to compete" in the "very difficult" political process.
Clinton made the case in 2008 for breaking the ultimate political glass ceiling, but history was made in a different way with the election of Barack Obama — the first black president.
The Torontoist blog reports Clinton got a standing ovation from about 5,000 people who attended the Unique Lives & Experiences event, billed as North America's "foremost women's lecture series."


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Now there I was, arriving at Santi at 6:15 pm for the 6:30 pm dinner (tend to be on the early side) when this vista greeted me. I didn't come to gamble though – I just have SGD 300 (about RM 750) on me so I opened the door the Santi…except it didn't open. The lady came out and told me that they open their doors at 6:30 pm so I had 15 minutes to kill.
…where else can I go?
I strolled down to the casino and I AM SAD TO REPORT THAT NO ONE BOTHERED CHECKING MY AGE. Has my liver been ravaged by my years of abuse that I look my age again (which is 30, btw)?
Saddened by the fact that they only wanted to see the cover of my passport to verify that I was a foreigner (locals have to pay a fee to enter the casino) I morosely trudged down and went to the nearest Baccarat table.
This was a cold table (meaning it's empty, no punters playing and you're the first one to warm the seats and cut the deck) so I sat at the lucky Number 6 spot and exchanged SGD 200 for chips.
…now I'm REALLY BROKE this month (and the next) so this is the MAXIMUM I am willing to wager. I sat down on a minimum SGD 100 bet table so I had to bet with a black SGD 100 chip each time. However, that was the plan anyway, I would have bet that amount even on smaller buy in tables coz I really don't see the point in putting down SGD 25.
Well, since it was a cold table, the female dealer shuffled the cards while I played with my chips which is not something I'm used to back home. I wanted to bet on Tie since this baccarat table pays out 8-1 for a tie. However, I am also VERY attached to wagering on Player (a weakness that even 5 figure losses has not been able to remedy) so I put in on Player instead. T_T
Buy in: SGD 200
Dealer says: "Cards facing up or down?"
I say: "All face up, let's make this quick I need to be somewhere in 15 minutes."
Round 1:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws a natural 8
FML it was a Tie after all. >.<
Chips remaining: SGD 200 (no one wins or loses on straight bets if it's a tie)
Round 2:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws a natural 9
I didn't even have to look at the Banker
Chips remaining: SGD 300
Round 3:
SGD 100 on Player
Player draws King
Banker draws an Jack
Player draws a 3
Banker draws a 5
Player draws ANOTHER FACE CARD – QUEEN! (which means I'm still at 3)
Banker draws…a 6
Heh! Well, that was three straight wins in a row.
BTW, that makes Banker 1, lower than a 3.
Chips remaining: SGD 400 (nett win of SGD 200)
I didn't even want to bet anymore – three straight wins in a row (or at least no losses) is good enough for me. I wasn't even at the table for more than 3 minutes, all in all. The rest of the time was spent accidentally walking out and queuing in to come in again and going to the cashier and I was STILL early for dinner – had to wait about 2 minutes.
SGD 200 (around RM 500) is not that much but it covers some of my Singapore expenses and it'll help with groceries when I'm broke for the next two months. :D
Yes, this is the infamous toilet shot again, coz casinos generally frown upon cameras – you can bring it in but you probably can't take photos without getting kicked out. Except in Amsterdam.


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