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The Harvard men's and women's fencing teams are hosting the 2013 Ivy League Championships March 2-3 in the Gordon Track.
The championships were originally slated for Feb. 9-10, but were postponed because of winter storm Nemo.
Ticket Information
Adult: $8 (event pass); $5 (one-day ticket)
Children (under 12) & Students (with valid ID): $5 (event pass); $3 (one-day ticket)
Harvard's Schedule
Saturday, Mar. 2: 1:15 pm: Harvard vs. Yale
Saturday, Mar. 2: 2:45 pm: Cornell vs. Harvard
Saturday, Mar. 2: 4:15 pm: Columbia vs. Harvard
Sunday, Mar. 3: 10:00 am: Harvard vs. Brown
Sunday, Mar. 3: 11:30 am: Harvard vs. Princeton
Sunday, Mar. 3: 1:45 pm: Penn vs. Harvard
Rank and File
The fencing coaches poll released on Feb. 23 have the Harvard men ranked as the No. 6 team in the country and the women ranked as the No. 9 team. The men are one of four Ivy League schools to be ranked, with Princeton being voted No. 4, Pennsylvania being voted No. 7, and Yale being voted No. 10 . However, Brown also received votes to be ranked and provide stiff competition for the Crimson in the leagues upcoming tournament. The women's squad is also one of four Ivy League schools to be ranked, as Princeton is voted No. 3, Columbia has been voted the No. 6 team, and Pennsylvania is ranked No. 2 team. Cornell, Brown, and Yale's women's fencing teams all received votes and will look to prove that they deserve to be ranked by performing well in this weekend's Ivy League Championship.
Kolasa and Company
Senior leader Thomas Kolasa was one of the Crimson's more impressive fencers in the St. John's Invitational and Beanpot. Sharing the team's lead with ten victories in the sabre, he looks for help from a talented cast of fencers to improve on the teams second place finish at the Ivy League Championship last February.
Kiefer Rolling
Junior co-captain Alexandra Kiefer led Harvard with a 13-2 record in the women's foil, going 3-0 in three matches at the St. John's Invitational. Kiefer also posted a perfect 9-0 record at the Beanpot in the foil. At the St. John's Invitational the team overall lost five close matches, as it faced some of the top competition in the country, but responded quickly by sweeping the Beanpot. With the help of Nina van Loon and Emma Vaggo in the women's epee, as well as Aliya Itzkowitz in the women's sabre, the Crimson look to make a run at winning the Ivy league Fencing Championship this weekend.
About Harvard
The No. 6 men's fencing team and the No. 8 women's fencing team both enter the Ivy League Championship with the men being 8-5 and the women having a record of 8-6.
After a hard fought second place finish last year at the Ivy League Championship, the Harvard men's fencing team looks to capture its second Ivy League title in three years. The Crimson began the season by defeating Vassar (11-15), North Carolina (4-6), NYU (7-16), Sacred Heart, and No. 7 Columbia (11-5). The Crimson then struggled, losing four consecutive and five out of their next seven contests. The team rebounded well by beating MIT (14-10), Brandeis (14-9), and Boston College (0-7) to claim the Beanpot Championship. To continue their winning ways the team will look to Thomas Kolasa and Alexander Ryjik to maintain their dominance with the sabre. Also, underclassmen Brian Kaneshige and Jerry Chang will both have to continue their successful seasons with the foil. With some of the toughest competition they will face all season, Harvard's men fencing team looks to make a statement in the upcoming Ivy League Fencing Championships.
The women fencers began the 2012-2013 season by defeating talented opponents which included North Carolina (5-7), NYU (9-16), Sacred Heart, Vassar (10-18), and Tufts (4-3). However, after the impressive start, the team began to falter losing five straight close matches at the St. John's Invitational. The team showed great resilience by beating MIT (15-12), Brandeis (16-11), and Boston College (3-5) to earn the Beanpot Championship. Harvard has had outstanding play from both upperclassmen and freshmen. Co-captains Katherine Chou and Alexandra Kiefer have both had exceptional performances in the foil and look to continue to display good leadership for their fellow teammates. Freshmen Nina van Loon, who competes with the epee, and Aliya Itskowitz, with the sabre, look to continue their winning ways after both had impressive showings at the St. John's Invitational and Beanpot.
Brown's men's fencing team enters the tournament coming off of a dominant performance where it defeated Haverford, Yeshiva, Stevens, Hunter, NYU and Duke.
Brown's women's squad fencing most recently defeated Haverford, Yeshiva, Stevens, Hunter, NYU and Duke, in which many of the contests were decided by a wide margin. The team will look to senior Avery Nackman, who competes with the foil, for senior leadership and to improve on their fifth place finish from last year.
Columbia has been won 34 titles in the 74 years the championship has been played. The Lions will rely heavily on a talented freshman class that has made big contributions throughout the season.
The women's fencing team is 15-2 record and ranked the No. 3 team in the country.
Penn's men's fencing team currently has a 17-1 record and beat No. 9 ranked Duke.
Coming off four straight victories at the Eric Sollee Invitational, the Penn's women's fencing team looks to continue their dominant ways against their rivals in the Ivy League.
Reigning Ivy League champion, the Tigers of Princeton look to repeat as victors and win their third title in four years.
The Princeton women's fencing team currently hold the No. 1 ranking in the country.
The Yale Bulldogs men fencing team has had strong performances by junior epee Peter Cohen as well as from senior leader Nate Benzimra, who competes with the saber.
The Yale women's fencing has won three of its four matches.
Cornell's women's fencing team enter the tournament with a 16-3 record and a four game winning streak.


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Three-year grant totaling $450,000 will expand STEM education
CHICAGO - The Exelon Foundation today announced a grant of $450,000 to ASPIRA, Inc., of Pennsylvania to expand educational programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at five Philadelphia-area charter schools. The schools, which are operated by ASPIRA, will receive $150,000 per year over three years to fund growth in STEM programs that will reach approximately 4,090 students.
ASPIRA's STEM programs engage students through lessons in robotics and rocketry, as well as other technological challenges. The organization also enhances learning through a partnership with NASA, a district-wide science fair and STEM internships that provide students opportunities to apply their knowledge in the community.
The five schools benefiting from the grant are the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School, Antonia Pantoja Charter School, ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School, Olney Charter High School and John B. Stetson Charter School.
"ASPIRA has created an expansive STEM educational program to prepare students for high-demand careers of the future, many of which will be in the competitive fields of math, science and engineering," said Steve Solomon, president of the Exelon Foundation. "We're proud to partner with an organization that is helping students acquire the skills they will need to succeed, while also learning to be leaders in their communities."
The Exelon Foundation grant will help fund additional robotics and rocket kits, new technology, equipment, infrastructure improvements and STEM faculty salaries and benefits. Program activities will be integrated into classroom and after-school programs.
The Exelon Foundation grant builds on ASPIRA's existing partnership with PECO, an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. PECO will provide employee volunteer support, board service and project management for ASPIRA's STEM programs.
"ASPIRA of Pennsylvania is sincerely grateful for the Exelon Foundation's support of our local schools and PECO's continued partnership to consistently advance STEM education," said Alfredo B. Calderón, president and chief executive officer of ASPIRA, Inc., of Pennsylvania. "These relationships are vital to the advancement of our community and have a lasting, positive impact on our families and children."
The grant to ASPIRA is part of a larger effort by Exelon Foundation and PECO to support the development of STEM education programs at schools in the region. Earlier this year, the Exelon Foundation and PECO provided a $1 million grant to Widener University for the development of a STEM education program at Widener Partnership Charter School in Chester, PA. PECO also provided a $1 million grant to Drexel University in 2011 for the development of STEM education programs at two West Philadelphia elementary schools.


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There's a funny moment in tonight's episode where Sheldon gets stuck on a rock-climbing wall and remarks, "What part of an inverse tangent function approaching an asymptote don't you understand?" I thought it'd be helpful to take a moment and examine that joke. A linear asymptote is essentially a straight line to which a graphed curve moves closer and closer but does not reach. In other words, given a function y=fn(x) with asymptote A, A represents a number that, no matter how big (or, given the function, small) you make x, y will never make it to A. The particular example Sheldon quotes is the inverse Tangent function, or Arctangent, which has two asymptotes. If you graph it, it sort of looks like a horizontal S:
No matter how big you make x (that is, how far you move to the right), the function is never going to hit that top line (π/2), and no matter how small x gets (moving to the left), y is never going to be smaller than - π/2.
The more you know, the funnier it gets.
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Honestly, with the side that was picked I'd be very surprised if Australia got anywhere near the semis.
Warner - Tends to get bogged down and gets himself out after quick starts
Watson - best player in the side but injury concerns
Ponting - Has never done anything in the format. Not sure he cares too much.
Clarke - the less said the better. Starting to see why no IPL clubs were prepared to pay very much for him
M Hussey - I think he'll do well.
Symonds - massive form questions
Haddin - Depends on the day really, can be a big hitter but also gets bogged down. I recall a few situations in the last WC where he looked absolutely lost. Better up the order.
Lee - coming back from injury, if he can't get his pace up could be a very easy target
Johnson - all class
Siddle - will do well
Bracken - little form, hasn't really adapted to the format
D Hussey - great T20 player but has become a rabbit in the headlights in int. level.
Hopes - One of the worst T20 players in the world. Offers nothing with bat or ball.
Hilfenhaus - crap limited overs bowler. How he got the nod over Nannes continues to astounds me.
Hauritz - Hasn't played very many T20s, can see him going for plenty.
Bit of an extreme rant, but if we do well it'll be because of one or two batsmen having amazing runs, not a team effort. Compare it to India who have a team full of batting superstars. The thing that really makes it frustrating is we have so many players ripping it up over the past two years in the IPL yet because of selection philosophy/injury/retirements we're left with this.
Wondering if anyone else that has watched a substantial amount of these players in Twenty20s has any opposing thoughts?


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Ashley Furniture
Job Description Summary The Retail Sales Associate (RSA) is responsible for building the guest experiences that are the foundation of the Company"s retail success.
This position will provide world-class service to guests by using the Company"s sales approach to sell the full suite of Company products and services tailored to meet the guests" wants and needs and from that, delivering an exceptional in-store experience for every guest that results in increased store sales, profitability and guest loyalty.
Primary Job Functions This section describes the primary /essential responsibilities that this job performs.
Welcome and professionally engage every guest to ensure guest expectations are met and the Company"s brand image is properly represented.
Follow the Company"s sales approach with each guest to maximize average sales per guest and ensure above-minimum category sales goals.
Ask questions and listen to guest needs; provide options and advice on meeting those needs.
Perform product presentations, attempt to close each sales opportunity and add on additional items and extended warranties to the sale.
Contact customers after product delivery to ensure total satisfaction and establish next steps to continue to serve the guest in their home furnishing needs.
Complete post-sales order entry and administration processes.
Complete showroom floor recovery processes throughout the day.
Continuously improve sales performance by using available learning tools and sales programs.
Develop and maintain high levels of knowledge of Company products, promotions and store sales functions.
Demonstrate the Company"s Core and Growth Values in the performance of all job functions.
Secondary Job Functions This section describes the secondary responsibilities that this job performs.
Learn the home furnishings industry to establish a strong understanding of the Company"s products and their positioning in the marketplace.
Maintain reliable attendance.
Actively participate in departmental meetings, training and education.
Assist with training other employees and providing backup.
Complete other assignments and special projects as requested.
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Multi-color knit gloves
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- Straight stockinette stitch knit
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- Line dry in shade
- Delicate iron at maximum temperature of 110°C. without steam, which could damage the garment
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Sun Labs Medium
Sun Laboratories Tan Overnight Self Tanning Lotion 4 oz
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5 out of 5
Very good, realistic color from a self-tanner from Ipswich, MA Verified Purchaser
The best quality of this Sun Labs Medium self-tanner is that it contains a color guide that actually stains your skin (some of it washes off, but part of the color guide remains and is long lasting) and so the color guard tint adds to the DHA self-tanner color...this makes the resulting "tan" more realistic than a DHA self-tan alone would be. Normally I avoid self-tanners with color guides as they tend to be messy, to stain clothing and look dirty, but this Sun Labs Medium product's color guide actually has a purpose in that it improves the final tan color. That usually isn't the case, especially with most drugstore self-tanners. Also, this product has very little of that unattractive self-tanner scent. Lastly, because the concentration of DHA is quite high, you use less (one or two coats) to get a dark color, but you avoid being orange because of the residual stain of the color guide. The end result is a reddish brown tan color. This is pricey, but will last a long time and a worthwhile investment if you tend to turn orange with self-tanners. Good product!
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I was weary of trying out this product at first...however I am glad I did. Sun Labs Medium smells AMAZING. Dries very quickly. It WILL stain your hands, but you can scrub your palms with pumice after if not wearing gloves. It's a nice even application with minimal streaking after day 2 and 3 (like most products)
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As part of the IWM's First World War Centenary Programme, photographs from the Museum's 'Bond of of Sacrifice' are being uploaded to the photo-sharing site Flickr in a set called 'Faces of the First World War'.
On Armistice Day 11.11.11, IWM made 100 previously unseen portraits of those who served in the First World War publically available for the first time on Flickr Commons.
IWM will continue to upload photographs to Flickr Commons every weekday until August 2014, the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.
The Bond of Sacrifice is an archive of photographs collected by the IWM between 1917 and 1920. All of the photos tell a story. The men shown in them fought – and often died – for Britain and the Commonwealth during the First World War.
Related articles
- Faces of Great War published online (mirror.co.uk)


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Palissade Bar Stool
Availability: Delivery time 4-6 weeks
Palissade Bar Stool is part of HAY's Palissade outdoor furniture collection. The collection is designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and was designed to fit a wide variety of environments: cafés, restaurants, gardens, terraces and balconies. The furniture collection is strong without being bulky, elegant without being fragile.
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(AP) — These days, Jack Harbaugh stays away from game-planning chatter or strategy sessions with his Super Bowl-bound coaching sons.
Baltimore's John Harbaugh and little brother, Jim, of the San Francisco 49ers, have been doing this long enough now to no longer need dad's input.
Yet, the father does offer one basic mantra: "Get ahead, stay ahead." And the boys still call home regularly to check in with the man who turned both on to the coaching profession years ago, and the mother who has handled everything behind the scenes for decades in a highly competitive, sports-crazed family — with all the routine sports clichés to show for it. 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh hopes the players can be the focus, not the coaches...
The Harbaugh brothers will become the first siblings to square off from opposite sidelines when their teams play for the NFL championship Feb. 3 at the New Orleans Superdome.
(AP) — Jarrett Jack had 18 points and 10 assists, Stephen (STEH'-fihn) Curry made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and Golden State rallied from seven points down in the final 11 minutes to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-99 on Monday.
Curry finished with 28 points, Klay Thompson added 18 and David Lee had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Warriors, who have beaten the Pacific Division-leading Clippers three out of the four games between the two teams this season.
There were five lead changes in the fourth quarter, but Los Angeles managed only two baskets over the final 3:40 while Golden State closed on a 14-4 run.
Blake Griffin had 26 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers.
Jamal Crawford added 24 points off the bench.
(AP) — Ryan Anderson scored 27 points and the New Orleans Hornets survived a second half without Anthony Davis in a 114-105 victory over Sacramento on Monday.
Anderson scored 17 points in the second quarter, making 5 of 8 3-point attempts, when the Hornets raced to a 64-39 halftime lead.
Greivis Vasquez added 19 points and Eric Gordon had 16 points for the Hornets, who have won three of four.
Davis sat out the second half with a left ankle sprain. It is the same ankle he injured earlier in the year that sidelined him for 11 games.
DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 29 points and 13 rebounds. Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points, and Tyreke (ty-REEK') Evans had 16 on the day the NBA announced the team's owners had a deal to potentially move the franchise to Seattle.
The Chico State women continued their amazing run through the CCAA with a couple of big road wins in Southern California. The Wildcat women gutted out a 73-67 win over second-place Cal State Los Angeles on Friday night. The Cats got 16 points from Hannah Womack, including four three-pointers as the Cats beat their closest pursuers in the CCAA.
The Wildcats made several hustle plays that led to victory including this sequence late in the game....
This three-pointer from Womack on an in-bounds play underneath the Chico bucket would be the dagger Chico needed....
Chico would bounce back the next night and take on a solid and improving Cal State Dominguez Hills program. Former Chico State coach Molly Goodenbauer had her freshman laden team coming at Chico. The Wildcats led by 17 in the first half but saw the Toros whittle that lead to one late in the game. Chico got this big bucket from Jazmine Miller to go up three with under three minutes to play....
Chico would beat the Toros 70-63 and now sit at 13-1 overall and 9-1 in the CCAA. Wildcat senior Monnie Davidson-Mays would be named the CCAA Player of the Week after her strong offensive and defensive efforts for the Cats. The Cats have a two-game lead in the CCAA over Cal State Los Angeles and Cal Poly Pomona. The Cats will play Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay coming up this weekend at Acker Gym. The women will play at 5:30 on both nights with our pre-game on Newstalk 1290 KPAY at 5:06pm both nights.
It was not a great weekend for the Chico State men as they dropped a pair of road games in tough venues in LA. The Cats suffered their most debilitating loss both physically and mentally on Friday night losing to Cal State Los Angeles 54-53. The Cats not only lost the game, but they lost two starters in the final 5-plus minutes. Jason Conrad was hit hard going for a dunk and suffered a concussion and Amir Carraway pulled his hamstring.
The Cats got off to a great start jumping out to a 13-0 lead on LA. This Rashad Parker three made it look like it might be an easy night for the Cats.....
Defense led to some offense for the Cats late in the first half as the Wildcats would grab a nine-point lead right before the break...
But, Cal State LA would clamp down as it turned into the defensive struggle one would expect from two of the best defensive teams in the country. The Wildcats would have the lead, but seven missed free throws in the second half doomed the Wildcats as they found themselves in a tie game in the waning moments....
Chico had one last chance, but couldn't take advantage of it as the clock expired.....
On Saturday the Wildcats would be missing three starters and it showed as they scored 3 points in the first 10 minutes of the game and were routed by Dominguez Hills 67-41. With the losses the Cats fall to 8-6 overall and 5-5 in the CCAA and fell into sixth place. The Cats welcome Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State East Bay to Acker Gym this weekend. Game time for the men is 7:30 on both Friday and Saturday nights.
The Butte College men were victorious on Saturday with a 61-59 win over College of the Redwoods. Kenny McMillan led the way with 23 points including 15 points from the free-throw line. The Roadrunner men are now 8-10 overall and 2-1 in the Golden Valley Conference.
The Butte College women were 55-43 winners over College of the Redwoods. Amyah Clark led the Runners with 14 points as Butte used a 14-1 break before halftime to put the game away. Butte is now 5-12 overall and 1-2 in the GVC. Both the men and women will take on College of Siskiyous at Cowan Gym on Thursday night with the women at 5:30 and the men at 7:30pm
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Finally got around to watching the trailer for Gus Van Sant's upcoming Restless which, now that I've seen it, I can't wait to really see. I love Mia Wasikowska. I love her voice. She has this delicate, curious, so expressive small little voice. It's so delightful to listen to. Full Story


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Niagara University has announced that two of its students were presented with awards for presentations they made at the Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication, held April 18 at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Seniors Lauren Merrick and Molliann Zahm were recognized for posters that resulted from research they conducted as part of their communication studies classes at Niagara. Merrick's presentation was titled "Magazine Cover Images as Social Representations for Male and Female Business Leaders" while Zahm focused on "Conducting International Investigative Journalism for Project Censored."
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Other Niagara University students who attended the conference were Kaitlyn Bayne, Shawna Cordon, Alex DiVirgilio, Amy Harvey, Tiffany Hyman, Scott Reilly, Matthew Riley and Amy Young.
The Conference for Undergraduate Research in Communication, which began in 2004 as a small gathering of communication students from Western New York, has grown into a vibrant regional conference. Sponsored by RIT's department of communication, the conference has drawn nearly 250 undergraduate scholars from colleges and universities in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia.
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Sacramento is abuzz with conversation about whether the "action fund" political arm of California Forward, the foundation-backed good government group, will go forward with a ballot initiative that makes a number of changes to the budget process and to local government.
Opponents of the complicated initiative, especially on the left, see it as restraining spending and giving new powers to local communities that could make it easier to work around state laws (which, by your blogger's lights, is one of the most important and intriguing parts of the initiative).
They want California Forward not to turn in the signatures it has gathered to qualify the measure.
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Instead, they are working on a compromise that could be passed by the legislature. That compromise, since it would likely alter the constitution, would have to go to voters.
California Forward is a big-tent organization, with lots of interests and ideologies represented among its backers (one notable contributor is billionaire Nicolas Berggruen who gave $1.2 million to the initiative drive and former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg is a co-chair).
Which means that a retreat, and a compromise, are likely.
That's not a bad thing.
Critics of the measure are overstating what the initiative would do -- most of the changes are technocratic and none alter the basic governing and budget systems of the state (which badly need a redo).
But the measure is so complicated, and the changes so numerous, that it's very hard for anyone to know exactly what would change as a result of such an initiative.
That uncertainty breeds fear. And the California Forward should take this moment to maximize its leverage. If it's going to drop the measure (after spending millions to qualify it), it needs to get something more than a watered-down alternative to its not-exactly-game-changing initiative. It should demand something big.
If I were negotiating for Cal Forward, I'd demand nothing less than a constitutional revision commission.
That suggestion will seem wild and laughable to some, but it's actually a quite reasonable request. The state needs big integrated changes, a position that California Forward has slowly been moving in the direction of (after spending years pursuing narrow one-off changes).
If California is ever going to get out of its mess, it needs a redesign. And a commission is one way -- probably the most politically feasible way -- to do it.
Such a commission would have representatives from a wide variety of interests -- to assuage those arguing.
But it would have to have the power to put on the ballot directly its entire package of reforms. No legislature or governor would be able to block it. And it would have to have power to change or eliminate anything in the constitution; its jurisdiction shouldn't be limited to particular subjects or articles of the constitution.
And if the groups opposing the initiative won't make the deal, California Forward Action Fund should go ahead, turn in its signatures, and fight.
I suspect that by going forward, Cal Forward would be calling the bluff of opponents. Are the critics on the left -- who already have to fight for more taxes and against restrictiosn on union dues on the November ballot -- going to have the money and energy to launch a big campaign against the initiative?
Doubtful. Which is why now is the moment for those who want to fix California's deep problem to make their demands bigger.
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Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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COLUMBUS - Four wins and 34 2/3 innings. That's what Georgia Southwestern pitcher Frank Ambrosino has delivered in his last four starts, all Peach Belt Conference games, including Saturday afternoon's 4-1 victory in Game 1 of the Hurricanes' doubleheader at Columbus State. The Cougars went on to a 6-4 win in the nightcap to earn a split of the twin bill.
GSW snapped a three-game losing streak with its win in the day's opener and is now 10-32 overall this spring and 7-19 in PBC play. CSU stands at 27-16 overall and 13-11 in the the PBC.
The Georgia Soutwestern bullpen has seen little action when Frank Ambrosino has toed the rubber lately. Over his last four starts, Ambrosino has pitched 34 2/3 of a possible 36 innings with two complete-game efforts, the last coming Saturday in GSW's 4-1 over Columbus State.
Ambrosino took care of the pitching against CSU while John Duran took care of driving in the necessary runs. Duran went 3-for-4 with three RBIs.
Duran helped GSW take a 2-0 lead in the second inning with an RBI single to center field to bring in Beau Parker.
Brett Teschner made it a one-run game in the sixth for CSU with a two-out RBI single up the middle to score Navarro Hall.
Duran struck again in the eighth, giving Ambrosino a couple extra insurance runs with a single up the middle that scored Parker and Jarrod Taylor.
Duran was one of five Hurricane batters with multiple hits in Saturday's opener. Parker, Randall Sheffield, Chase Young and Corey Benson added two hits apiece.
Cameron Scott went 2-for-4 with a double to lead the Cougars.
Ambrosino (4-2) scattered six hits while walking two and striking out five.
Brodie Leibrandt (6-5) was the tough-luck loser for CSU. Leibrandt threw seven innings and surrendered two runs, although both were unearned. He walked two and struck out six. Bronson Gagner walked the only two batters he faced before making way for Chase Gilreath.
The Georgia Southwestern offense scored four runs for the second-straight game, but it wasn't enough in Saturday's nightcap as Columbus State took the series finale, 6-4.
After CSU pushed a run across in the first inning, GSW capitalized on a Cougar fielding error in the second to even the score at 1-1.
The tie didn't last long as CSU scored four runs over the second and third innings to open a 5-1 advantage.
The Hurricanes made it a one-run game in the fifth as a John Duran RBI double down the left-field line sparked a three-run frame.
Eric Weiss gave the Cougars a little breathing room when he led off the home-half of the fifth with a home run to right field.
GSW put the tying run on in the sixth, eighth and ninth innings but was unable to advance the runner past first base.
Duran and Michel Coffey led GSW batters at the plate with two hits apiece.
Weiss and J.D. Pullen collected two hits apiece for CSU.
Matt Weaver (1-8) threw 3 2/3 innings for GSW and allowed five runs (three earned). Tyler Daniel provided 3 1/3 innings of relief with his only blemish being the solo home run to Weiss. Gray Carden pitched a scoreless eighth.
CSU starter Will Casey (6-2) tossed eight innings and surrendered four runs (one earned). He did not walk a batter while striking out nine. Chase Gilreath earned his fifth save by throwing a scoreless ninth.
Southwestern travels to Thomas (Ga.) on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. non-conference game. The contest in Thomasville will mark GSW's 2,000th game in program history.


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The Department of Energy has dumped a controversial physicist and self-described "proud homophobe" from the panel of "extraordinarily intelligent" scientists appointed to solve the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Jonathan I. Katz, a physics professor at Washington University in St. Louis, was sacked after his anti-gay writings surfaced over the weekend and became a "distraction."
"According to a Department of Energy spokesperson, Jonathan I. Katz is no longer a member of the scientific team tasked with finding solutions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The team was put together by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Stephanie Mueller told OutQ News: 'Dr. Chu has spoken with dozens of scientists and engineers as part of his work to help find solutions to stop the oil spill. Some of Professor Katz's controversial writings have become a distraction from the critical work of addressing the oil spill. Professor Katz will no longer be involved in the Department's efforts.'"
Katz is the author of several polemical blog posts, such as "In Defense of Homophobia" where he calls himself a "proud homophobe." AMERICABlog noted that one of the "best scientific minds" in the country blamed 'sodomites" for the deaths of "innocent people" who became HIV positive and wrote:
"Unfortunately, the victims are not only those whose reckless behavior brought death on themselves. There are many completely innocent victims, too: hemophiliacs (a substantial fraction died as a result of contaminated clotting factor), recipients of contaminated transfusions, and their spouses and children, for AIDS can be transmitted heterosexually (in America, only infrequently) and congenitally. The icy road was lined with unsuspecting innocents, who never chose to ride a motorcycle. Guilt for their deaths is on the hands of the homosexuals and intravenous drug abusers who poisoned the blood supply. These people died so the sodomites could feel good about themselves."
The anti-gay professor—who also mocks the developmentally disabled—is a climate change denialist and once said "global warming is probably good for humanity." Probably not the best appointment for an Administration that wants to pass a climate change bill. BP is probably sorry to lose this "extraordinarily intelligent" mind, tho.
Much more at AMERICABlog, which also posted a petition calling for Katz's resignation ...


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To Cox Business customers - the Acceptable use Policy for Business Internet Services is available to you.
CoxCom, LLC and its affiliates and/or distribution partners (collectively "Cox") are pleased that you have chosen Cox® High Speed InternetSM service (the "Service"). Our goal is to provide you and our other subscribers with an enriched, high quality Internet experience. This Acceptable Use Policy (the "AUP") has been designed to protect our Service, our subscribers, and the Internet community from inappropriate, illegal or otherwise objectionable activities. Please read this policy prior to accessing the Service. All users of the Service must abide by this AUP. Violation of any term of this AUP may result in the immediate suspension or termination of either your access to the Service and/or your Cox account. This AUP should be read in conjunction with the Cox High Speed Internet Subscriber Agreement, Privacy Policies, and other applicable policies.
By using the Service, you agree to abide by, and require others using the Service via your account to abide by the terms of this AUP. The AUP will be updated from time to time, so you should consult this document regularly to ensure that your activities conform to the most recent version. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND NOTIFY THE COX CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE CLOSED.
1. Prohibited Activities. You may not use the Service in a manner that violates any applicable local, state, federal or international law, order or regulation. Additionally, you may not use the Service to:
Harm to Minors. You may not use the Service to harm or attempt to harm a minor, including, but not limited to, hosting, possessing, distributing, or transmitting child pornography or other material that is unlawful.
Conduct, participate in, or otherwise facilitate, pyramid or other illegal soliciting schemes.
Take part in any fraudulent activities, including impersonating any person or entity or forging anyone else's digital or manual signature.
Invade another person's privacy, stalk, harass, or otherwise violate the rights of others.
Post, transmit, or distribute content that is illegal, threatening, abusive, libelous, slanderous, defamatory, promotes violence, or is otherwise offensive or objectionable in Cox's sole discretion.
Restrict, inhibit, or otherwise interfere with the ability of any other person to use or enjoy their equipment or the Service, including, without limitation, by posting or transmitting any information or software which contains a virus, lock, key, bomb, worm, Trojan botnet, cancelbot, or other harmful feature.
Access or use the Service with an IP address other than the dynamic Internet Protocol ("IP") address assigned to you which adheres to dynamic host configuration protocol ("DHCP"). You may not configure the Service or any related equipment to access or use a static IP address or use any protocol other than DHCP.
Modify any cable modem connected to the Cox network, regardless of whether the modem is owned by you or leased from Cox, in order to commit theft of the Service, fraudulently use the Service or provide the Service to a third party. Cox may work with law enforcement if any such theft or fraud occurs.
Modify the MAC address of any modem connected to the Cox network.
Collect or store personal data about other users.
Use an IP address not assigned to you by Cox.
Violate any other Cox policy or guideline.
Resell or redistribute the Service to any third party via any means including but not limited to wireless technology.
2. Intellectual Property Infringement. You may not use the Service to post, copy, transmit, or disseminate any content that infringes the patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademark, moral rights, or propriety rights of any party. Cox assumes no responsibility, and you assume all risk regarding the determination of whether material is in the public domain, or may otherwise be used by you for such purposes.
3. User Content. You are solely responsible for any information that is transmitted from your IP address or your account on the web or other Internet services. You must ensure that the recipient of the content is appropriate and must take appropriate precautions to prevent minors from receiving inappropriate content. Cox reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials from the Service, in whole or in part, that Cox deems, in its sole discretion, to be illegal, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.
4. Commercial Use. The Service is designed for personal, non-business related use of the Internet and may not be used for commercial purposes. You may not resell the Service or otherwise make the Service available for use to persons outside your dwelling (for example, through an open wireless home network). You agree not to use the Service for operation as a de facto Internet service provider, or for any other business enterprise (whether for profit or non-profit), including, without limitation, IP address translation or similar facilities intended to provide additional access. For commercial Internet service please contact Cox Business.
5. Servers. You may not operate, or allow others to operate, servers of any type or any other device, equipment, and/or software providing server-like functionality in connection with the Service, unless expressly authorized by Cox.
6. Misuse of Service. You may be held responsible for any misuse of the Service that occurs through your account or IP address, even if the misuse was inadvertent. You must therefore take precautions to ensure that others do not gain unauthorized access to the Service or misuse the Service, including conduct in violation of this AUP.
7. Hacking/Attempted Unauthorized Access. You may not use the Service to breach or attempt to breach the security of another user or attempt to gain access to any organization or person's computer, software, or data without the knowledge and consent of such person. The equipment and the Service may not be used in any attempt to circumvent the user authentication or security of any host, network or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for you, logging into or making use of a server or account you are not expressly authorized to access, or probing the security of other networks or computers for any reason. Use or distribution of tools for compromising security, such as password guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers or network probing tools, is prohibited.
8. Security. You are solely responsible for the security of any device connected to the Service, including any data stored on that device. You are responsible for implementing appropriate security precautions for all systems connected to the Service to protect against threats such as viruses, spam, Trojan botnets, and other malicious intrusions. You are responsible for enabling the security of any wireless (Wi-Fi) networks connected to the Service. Any wireless network installed by the customer or a Cox representative that is unsecured or "open" and connected to the Cox network is prohibited. You authorize Cox to use technology to detect unsecured wireless networks associated with your use of the Service. If Cox determines that you are using the Service via an unsecured wireless network, Cox will notify you to enable the Security on the Wi-Fi device.
9. Disruption of Service. You may not disrupt the Service in any manner. You shall not interfere with computer networking or telecommunications services to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, denial of service attacks, flooding of a network, overloading a service, improper seizing and abuse of operator privileges or attempts to "crash" a host.
10. Viruses, Trojan Horses, Worms and Denial of Service Attacks. Software or other content downloaded from the Service may contain viruses and it is your sole responsibility to take appropriate precautions to protect your computer from damage to its software, files and data. You are prohibited from posting, transmitting or disseminating any information or software that contains a virus, Trojan horse, spambot, worm or other harmful program or that generates levels of traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to send or retrieve information. Prohibited conduct of this type includes denial of service attacks or similarly disruptive transmissions, as well as transmissions containing other harmful or malicious features. We may suspend the Service without prior notice if we detect a harmful program such as a virus infection. Your service will be resumed once the harmful program is removed.
11. Email. You may not use the Service to send bulk, commercial or unsolicited ("spam") email messages. Any unsolicited email, originating from any source, must not direct recipients to any website that is part of our Service, such as personal web pages, or other resources that are part of the Service. The Service may not be used to collect responses from unsolicited email sent from accounts on other Internet hosts or email services that violate this Policy or the acceptable use policy of any other Internet service provider. In addition, "mail bombing," the sending of numerous copies of the same or substantially similar messages or very large messages or files with the intent to disrupt a server or account, is prohibited.
You may not reference Cox in the header or body of an unsolicited email, or list an IP address that belongs to the Cox network in any unsolicited email. Further, you may not take any action which implies that Cox is the sponsor of any unsolicited email even if that email is not sent through the Cox network. Further, forging, altering or removing electronic mail headers is prohibited.
If the Service is disconnected, whether voluntarily or by termination, all user names and associated electronic email addresses may be immediately released for reuse. Upon disconnection, any mailbox contents may be immediately deleted or held in a locked state. Addresses and email may be held until Cox deletes them as part of its normal policies and procedures. There is no obligation for Cox to retain or make any user name, email address or stored email retrievable once the Service is disconnected.
12. Data Usage, Data Storage and Other Limitations. Cox offers multiple packages of Service with varying speeds, features and data plans (not all packages are available in all areas). You must comply with the current data usage, data storage, email limits and other requirements associated with the package of Service you selected. Information on speeds, usage and other features can be found at Speeds and Data Plans Information. You must ensure that your activities do not improperly restrict, inhibit, or degrade any other user's use of the Service, nor represent (in Cox's sole judgment) an unusually great burden on the network itself. In addition, you must ensure that your use does not improperly restrict, inhibit, disrupt, degrade or impede Cox's ability to deliver the Service and monitor the Service, backbone, network nodes, and/or other network services. In some rare cases, Cox may suspend or terminate the Service if the issues in question have not been resolved after consultation with Cox.
13. Conflict. In the event of a conflict between the Subscriber Agreement and this AUP, the terms of the Subscriber Agreement will prevail.
14. How to Contact Cox. For any questions regarding this AUP, complaints of violations, or cancellation notices, please contact Cox at one of the following:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: See your invoice or visit our Contact web page
U.S. Mail: See your invoice or visit our Contact web page
View the following policies regarding the Cox 12-Month Service Agreement.
View the following policies regarding the Cox 24-Month Service Agreement.
Retired Policies:
Effective 4-1-2016 the Cox Price Lock Guarantee is no longer offered to new customers. Please see Service Agreement for current offers.
Retired Policies:
When you requested services from Cox Communications, you agreed to our obtaining a credit report from a consumer reporting agency. A credit report is a record of your credit history. It includes information about whether you pay your bills on time and how much you owe to creditors.
Based on the information we received from the credit reporting agency, and our assessment of the risk associated with that information, Cox Communications may require a deposit before providing services to you. The terms offered to you may be less favorable than the terms offered to consumers who have better credit histories.
You have a right to dispute any inaccurate information in your credit report, and we encourage you to do so. If you find mistakes on your credit report, contact Equifax which is the consumer reporting agency from which we obtained your credit report. Please note that Equifax did not make this decision and cannot explain to you why the decision was made. However, under Federal law, you have the right to obtain a copy of your credit report without charge for 60 days after you receive this notice. To obtain your free report, contact Equifax:
By mail:
PO Box 740241
Atlanta, GA 30371-0241
On the web: www.equifax.com
For more information about credit reports and your rights under Federal law, visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's website at www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.
By enrolling in Cox's EasyPay Service, you acknowledge that you are an authorized signer with the financial institution for the bank account, credit card or debit indicated and you understand this account will be charged/debited the total amount due automatically each month on the due date located on your bill. You agree that if this payment is returned or rejected by your financial institution for any reason, Cox may charge your account a returned payment fee up to the maximum allowed by law. You understand that Cox may cancel your enrollment at any time and you may revoke your consent by contacting Cox at the number indicated on your bill. Cox is required to provide you a written copy of your EasyPay authorization. By continuing with your enrollment, you acknowledge receipt of your EasyPay Authorization Agreement. Please print a copy of these terms for your records.
By enrolling in Cox's in Paperless Billing, you acknowledge that you will no longer receive paper bills in the mail and you will receive an e-mail notification informing you when you monthly bill is ready to view on Cox.com or CoxBusiness.com.
The Federal Communications Commission has asked phone service providers to share these important facts about E911:
Enhanced 911 allows emergency personnel to locate you in the event of an emergency. They will not be able to locate you if you move your modem to a new location. Please contact Cox if you need to relocate your telephone modem. It can take up to 2 business days for your new address to be updated. - The telephone modem does not include a backup battery but can support one if you wish to have home telephone service during a power outage for access to Enhanced 911 and other calling. Please contact Cox at 855-324-7700 or visit a Cox store to obtain a compatible battery. If you purchase a battery, or receive a battery as an eligible Lifeline customer, you are responsible for installing, monitoring battery health and contacting Cox when it needs to be replaced. - Telephone service, including access to e911 service will not be available during a power outage if the telephone modem does not have a battery or if the modem is moved or inoperable.
The FCC requires all telecommunications companies provide customers who subscribe to telephone service with toll-free, three digit dialing access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). TRS is a service available to all Cox Digital Telephone customers to facilitate telephone conversations with individuals who may have hearing or speech disabilities through TRS operators, called communications assistants (CAs).
A TRS call may be initiated by either a person with a hearing or speech disability, or a person without such disability. When a person with a hearing or speech disability initiates a TRS call, the person uses a teletypewriter (TTY) or other text input device to call the TRS relay center, and provides the CA with the telephone number of the party that he or she would like to call. The CA then places an outbound voice call to that number. The CA then serves as a link for the call, relaying the text of the calling party in voice to the called party, and converting to text what the called party voices back to the calling party. There is no cost to the TRS user.
Customers can conveniently dial 711 to reach a communications assistant at the TRS center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All calls are confidential. For more information about TRS, see the FCC's consumer fact sheet at https://www.fcc.gov/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
We would like to make you aware of important information on the backup battery that is needed to maintain your home phone service during power outages. If a backup battery for your Cox telephone equipment was not installed with your service, you may order backup batteries from Cox by calling (855) 324-7700 or visiting a Cox retail store. The cost for an 8-hour battery from Cox currently is $29.99. If you have a home alarm system, medical monitoring devices or other similar equipment that utilizes your telephone line to operate, you may need separate power supplies to operate those devices during a power outage in addition to backup batteries for each Cox telephone device located in your home. If you have any questions about this information or need our assistance, please contact Cox Customer Support or review the information at www.cox.com/battery.
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How to Maintain Telephone Service During a Power Outage
An Embedded Media Terminal Adaptor (also called a "telephone modem") has been installed to provide Cox Digital Telephone service within your home. Some customers whose homes are served directly by fiber optics may also have other Cox phone equipment at their home in addition to the telephone modem. The telephone modem and other Cox telephone equipment work on household power, but you may purchase a backup battery for each device to ensure continued service during a power outage. The backup battery for the Cox telephone modem provides up to 8 hours of standby service or up to approximately 4 hours of talk time using a corded phone connected directly to the telephone modem's jack. Please note that cordless phones require a power source separate from the backup battery for the telephone modem. Cox recommends that you keep a corded phone for use during any electrical power outage and that during such outages you keep non-emergency calls to a minimum to prolong the life of any battery needed for the operation of Cox's telephone equipment. If the power outage lasts beyond the capability of the batteries being use, you will not be able to place or receive calls (including 911) until power is restored. To avoid the loss of telephone service during prolonged outages, Cox recommends that you consider purchasing reserve backup batteries and rotate the batteries you have to help retain their charge.
It Is Your Responsibility to Purchase and Monitor the Battery and Order a Replacement
You are responsible for purchasing a battery for each telephone modem and any other Cox telephone equipment being used and for ordering replacement batteries when necessary. YOU ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE BATTERIES CONNECTED TO THE COX TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT BEING USED IN YOUR HOME, AND CONTACTING COX WHEN BATTERIES NEED TO BE REPLACED.
Your telephone modem has a battery indicator light on the front of the device, which displays the status of the battery.
The following table provides the status of your telephone modem battery.
Battery Light
Additional Information
Arris 502
Arris 602
Solid Green
Battery is Working
Troubleshoot Arris TM502G Modem
Flashing Green
Battery needs to be replaced
No Battery
Cisco DPQ3212
Cisco DPQ3925
Solid Green
Battery is charged
Battery charge is low
No Battery
Motorola 7220:
Solid Amber
Battery is Working
Troubleshoot Motorola MB7220 Modem
Flashing or Blinking
Battery not fully charged or power is off
Battery needs to be replaced or is not properly installed
Please visit www.cox.com/battery for more information on how to monitor the health of the batteries used for your telephone modem and other Cox equipment and to purchase any replacement batteries when needed. You may also contact Cox Customer Support for more information on monitoring procedures or on purchasing backup power for your telephone service.
Under normal operating conditions, most batteries will not need to be replaced for several years; however, factors such as age and temperature could impact battery performance. Therefore, Cox recommends that you check your battery on a regular basis. Similar to your fire alarm, you might consider checking your telephone modem battery at least twice a year. To protect the environment, Cox supports battery recycling and encourages you to consult www.cox.com/battery for instructions on recycling your used backup batteries.
Lifeline Customers
Lifeline customers may either have backup batteries installed with their service or receive free batteries by mail when their application for Lifeline is processed and they are determined to be eligible. If you purchase a battery before you are deemed eligible for Lifeline you will receive a bill credit for the cost of the battery after your eligibility is established. Lifeline customers are responsible for monitoring the health of any battery being used as discussed on this page, but will not be charged when they order replacement batteries. Backup batteries for other Cox telephone equipment may not be available for self-installation.
Other Information on Installing and Maintaining Your Service and Battery Installation
Your phone modem needs to be placed near a cable outlet in order to connect to Cox's network. Please discuss any special needs you have with the Field Service Representative installing your service. If you are installing services through our self-install process, please ensure that you place your telephone modem near a cable wall outlet and electrical outlet. If you have any questions about telephone modem placement, please contact Cox Customer Support. If you do not feel comfortable installing your own battery, please call us to make an appointment; please note, however, that there may be a charge for this service.
Additional Battery Information
The Cox battery is warranted for one year. If the battery fails within one year, subject to manufacturers limitations, contact Cox by calling (855) 324-7700 or visiting a Cox retail store for a replacement. The battery offered by Cox is designed to fit directly into your specific telephone modem and may not be available at retail stores. Even if your telephone modem does not have multiple battery slots, you should consider purchasing additional backup batteries and rotate them to retain their charge.
If you are interested in obtaining an alternative power source for your Cox telephone modem or other Cox telephone equipment in use, or other electronics that may need to be used during an extended power outage, please contact your local electronics or battery retailer for other possible options for an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) capable of supporting 120 VAC. Such backup power devices may cost in excess of $100.00. Cox cannot guarantee that batteries purchased from sources other than Cox will be compatible with the telephone modem or other telephone equipment provided by Cox.
The batteries for the Cox telephone modem and other Cox telephone equipment cannot provide power to any external communications devices that require electricity. This means that during a power outage, cordless phones and adaptive telecommunications devices used by disabled customers (which require electricity) may not be available for use. If you have a cordless phone for your daily use, Cox encourages you to keep a corded phone available for use during a power outage. For adaptive devices, please consult the manufacturer for options.
It is important to keep the batteries connected to the telephone modem and other Cox telephone equipment, if any, in order for the batteries to remain charged. Removal of the battery from its proper place will cause it to lose its charge and you may be unable to place or receive calls during a power outage, including 911 calls. If you store a backup battery, we recommend that you store it in a room where the temperature is generally above 41°F and below 90°F. The telephone modem should be plugged directly into an electrical outlet and not connected to a power strip or an electrical outlet controlled by a wall switch. If you do remove the battery from the telephone equipment being used, please make sure you remove and replace it carefully and avoid bending the pins in the equipment's battery bay. If you bend the pins, the equipment, especially the telephone modem, may not work properly or consistently on battery power during a power outage. If this occurs, you must contact Cox to request new telephone equipment. If we find that your telephone equipment or batteries have been damaged through improper use, Cox may assess a charge to replace the equipment.
Important Liability Information
The telephone modem and any other equipment installed by Cox require power to operate properly. You have the obligation, among other things, to ensure that the telephone equipment being used is connected to electrical power at all times, that you have sufficient backup power supplies for electrical power outages, and that you regularly monitor the equipment's batteries' health. Except for potential service or billing credits that depend in part on the cause and severity of the service disruption, Cox is not liable to you if you experience an interruption of service due to power outages, including failure due to the absence or insufficiency of battery backup power or an outage affecting the Cox network.
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The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is currently conducting the five-year review of the list of Kansas species that are threatened, endangered, or species-in-need-of-
conservation (SINC). The five-year review is required by the Kansas Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1975. Any individual or group can petition KDWPT to propose an addition, deletion, or modification to the current lists by providing pertinent scientific information required within the petition.
KDWPT relies on the Threatened and Endangered Species Task Force to assist with the review process. The task force consists of members representing various disciplines, including state and federal agencies and state universities. To determine if a full review is warranted, the task force examines updated scientific information and research for currently listed species and those proposed for listing by petition. Species experts are consulted and all available data is evaluated during the full review. After a full review is completed, the task force makes recommendations to the KDWPT Secretary and the Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission at a public commission meeting. These recommendations and any amendments to them are published in the Kansas Register for public comment for at least 90 days. The secretary then submits to the commission the recommended changes, if any, that should be made to the list of threatened and endangered species or SINC.
At the last five-year review in 2008, three species were added to the state threatened list (shoal chub, plains minnow, and delta hydrobe snail) and two species were removed from the list (bald eagle and peregrine falcon). The current state threatened list includes six invertebrates, 13 fish, seven amphibians, seven reptiles, two birds and one mammal. The state endangered list includes 10 invertebrates, five fish, three amphibians, four birds and two mammals. The state species-in-need-of-
conservation (SINC) list includes 17 invertebrates, 31 fish, two amphibians, seven reptiles, 15 birds, and six mammals. Species on the SINC list are deemed to require conservation measures to prevent them from becoming threatened or endangered. Complete lists can be viewed on the KDWPT website,www.ksoutdoors.com. Go to Services, then click on Threatened and Endangered Wildlife.
A recent survey conducted by Responsive Management, an internationally recognized research firm specializing in natural resource and outdoor recreation issues, found that conservation of threatened and endangered wildlife remains important among Kansans. Some interesting findings include:
- A majority of Kansas residents (91 percent) agreed that the department should continue to identify and protect habitat critical to threatened and endangered species.
- A majority (73 percent) of residents agree with the statement, "Wildlife that is threatened and endangered in Kansas yet abundant in other states should still be protected in Kansas."
Petitions must be received by July 31, 2013 to be considered for the current five-year review. Petition forms can be downloaded at http://www.ksoutdoors.com/
news/Services/Threatened-and- Endangered-Wildlife and must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary, 1020 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327.


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According to a report from Bloomberg earlier today, Microsoft plans to finish up all work on Windows 8 by summer 2012 and release the new version of the operating system during October 2012. The official announcement of the release date as well as other information on scheduling will occur during April 2012 at an event for industry partners. The October timing of the release will coincide with the holiday shopping season allowing Microsoft to package Windows 8 with laptops, desktops and tablets from third party manufacturer such as Dell, HP, Gateway, Sony, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Acer.
If Microsoft misses the targeted October 2012 release, Apple may continue to dominate the tablet market with the new iPad. According to Gartner Inc. analyst Michael Gartenberg, he stated "If they (Microsoft) miss the September-October timeframe, they're going to be stuck without being able to ship anything in 2012. The last thing Microsoft wants to have is a situation where there are no compelling Windows tablets at a time when the new iPad looks like it's going to be a good seller for the holidays."
During early March, the same analyst firm predicted that PC shipments would be weak throughout 2012 and grow at a rate of 4.4 percent this year. The firm expects that ultrabooks will start to gain steam over the second half of the year and traditional desktops as well as laptops will continue to suffer due to the increased popularity of tablets. While the economy is a contributing factor to the weakness of PC market growth, Gartner also mentions the Thailand flooding issues as a contributing cause. The floods caused massive destruction and decreased the world's supply of hard drives and other computer components.
Microsoft recently released the consumer preview of Windows 8 during late February and is encouraging Windows users to take the new user interface for a test drive. The operating system has a greater integration with SkyDrive, Microsoft's answer to Apple's iCloud. While SkyDrive has been around for approximately five years, Microsoft is encouraging third party developers to utilize the sharing functions in upcoming applications to take advantage of cloud sharing. Microsoft also integrates the recent Xbox 360 dashboard redesign into Windows 8 and allows a user to log into their Xbox Live account. From the Windows 8 interface, the user can launch Xbox 360 console games in addition to stream content to the gaming console.
In addition to the release of Windows 8, Microsoft is prepping for the launch of Office 15. Similar to the new operating system, Office 15 adopts the Metro-style according to Paul Thurrott at Supersite for Windows. The Start screen of Office 15 is littered with the Metro-style blocks containing recently opened Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. Within Microsoft Word, there's a new full-screen mode that allows users to simply type a document without the toolbars at the top of the screen; ideal for the tablet where screen space is crucial. Office 15 includes Microsoft ID integration which logs the user into services like Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail. It also includes support for third party applications like Linkedin and Flickr.
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ROCKFORD — Rockford resident Susan Contrady recently joined First Rockford Group, a real estate development company, as an administrative assistant to the company's property management department.
Contrady received an associate degree from Rock Valley College. Previously, she worked as an account executive for Rockford Magazine and as a marketing coordinator for EnviroVac.
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Sophia Tolstoy, the daughter of a Moscow doctor, was 18 when she married the 35-year-old Leo Tolstoy, already a famous author. Sophia worshiped her husband, devoted herself to him, mothered him and their many children, became the publisher of his work, squabbled with his disciples, nursed him through illnesses and depressions, occasionally drove him up the wall, and, spurned by him in his last week of life in 1910, survived him and continued preserving his works and ancestral estate for the world.
The marvelous Helen Mirren played Sophia in the movie of Jay Parini's novel about Tolstoy's last year, "The Last Station," and I believe the real Sophia would've liked the portrayal of herself: bold, high-strung, efficiently busy, and attractive. Amid her duties and joys (she exulted in her importance as Tolstoy's sounding board and copier of his drafts of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"), she seemed never to tire, but often felt unappreciated for her constant service and domestic management.
"In our family, Lev Nikolaevich lived by personal choice; as for me," Sophia complained in her memoirs, "I only lived by necessity, while yearning for a spiritual and serene life." She became pregnant 16 times, with eight of them surviving to adulthood.
She was always on call for her family and always taking up or developing one personal hobby or another. She wrote, she painted, she documented her and her family's life with beautiful and idiosyncratic photographs. She outlived her husband by nine years: "And what good was my life with this celebrity? Work, work, and work."
It's possible to know more about the Tolstoy marriage than most of us know about our own. Do you and your spouse keep diaries? Does your spouse happen to be the world's greatest novelist who converts the daily occurrences of your life into unforgettable literary scenes? Do you have hordes of visitors who write down or recollect what you and your spouse say and do? Are future biographers analyzing your domestic dramas? Are several of your children going to write books about you?
Well, me neither. But here we are, unable to avert our eyes from anything connected to Tolstoy, drawn in to act as literary game-show Marriage Refs. (Leo's regret, after a honeymoon fight: "I was sad that we behave just the same as other people.")
Sophia Tolstoy, a new biography of the Countess Tolstoy by Alexandra Popoff, a native Russian living in Canada and writing in a clunky, uncomfortable English, often mistakes advocacy for understanding: Sophia's "selflessness was the bane of her life." Sophia's "selflessness" was her lifelong purpose, which she never tired of reminding her family. Sophia was a remarkable person – especially when she wasn't complaining about not being appreciated or worrying about how she would look in history: "I feel I am a total zero, everyone is against me, and everything I used to believe good, fair, and useful is now being destroyed."
When Tolstoy lost his way after "Anna Karenina," giving up his title belt of undisputed world champion novel-writer to assume the mantle of moral prophet, Sophia rued the literary loss. Popoff puts it well: "His literature gave her purpose and joy; without it, there was a void." For the next 30 years, she encouraged her husband's occasional flights back into fiction, but she lost a good portion of him when he denounced his own supreme art. No one was strong enough to curb Tolstoy's intellectual appetites and passions, and after he took up religion and do-gooding, Sophia became not only disappointed by but jealous of the emotional support he received from his weaselly disciple Vladimir Chertkov. (Chertkov was an aristocrat so oily he survived the Russian Revolution and found himself exactly where he'd wanted, in charge of the Tolstoy publishing industry that Sophia had worked all her married life to create and maintain.)
Once Popoff assembles enough quotations from the Tolstoys' letters, memoirs, and writings, we gain a reasonably accurate composite picture of Sophia. A better way to discover her, however, is through any fat biography of the author himself (apart from A.N. Wilson's contemptuous one) or the remarkable "Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy" by Leah Bendavid-Val.
Was Sophia a bit of a drama queen? Sure, but she loved her husband; she loved being the helpmate of the world's greatest novelist. ("She was ... the wife I needed," Tolstoy reflected after a fight with Sophia over his diaries.) Sometimes her husband appreciated her and sometimes she drove him nuts. "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," as Tolstoy reminds us in "Anna Karenina," where, after all, we can get to know young Sophia through following the self-conscious and busy Kitty. Being fictionally depicted by Tolstoy is even more illuminating than being played by Helen Mirren.
Bob Blaisdell edited "Tolstoy as Teacher: Leo Tolstoy's Writings on Education."


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No one's ever said corn doesn't have ears. After universal derision of the new Cy-Hawk Trophy, it has been decided that the silver-gilt monstrosity shall never again see the light of day. At a press conference this afternoon, the Iowa Corn Growers Association expressed their regrets, and announced that an "interim trophy" will be handed out to the rivalry game winner in 18 days.
"The farmer, family and corn is all wonderful," said former Iowa coach Hayden Fry. "But I don't really get the relationship to a football game."
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My whole perception of sandcastle building changed a year ago. A friend of ours invited us to participate in the Ocean Shores Sand and Sawdust Festival sandcastle competition. Although we knew nothing about building sandcastles, we decided last minute to join the team competing in the intermediate category and see what we could do to help. We had such an amazing time that we enthusiastically agreed to do it again this year.
Do you want to know what it takes to make a real sandcastle? Let me share the wet and grimy details with you.
First, you need a team of people who are all willing to work together. And when I say work, I mean seriously participate in manual labor together. You also need a good leader. Our good friend, Amos, was our great leader and a group of friends from church provided the willing team.
Here are a couple of the rules:
- Only 8 team members are allowed in the plot at a time. (We had 10, so we had to make sure that 2 were out of the plot at all times.)
- All of the sand used to build the sandcastle must come from within the 30x30 plot.
- You cannot start (enter the plot) until 9:00 a.m. and must finish by 3:00 p.m. (It kind of makes you feel like you are on some sort of reality TV show.)
As you can see from the picture, you also need many, many buckets full of water. And, yes, this is just plain old water directly from the ocean. As tempting as it may seem, no adhesives are added.
Next the guys added another part of the forms on the front.
Once the forms were finished and ready to go, the real work began. Time to
Once there was about 4 or so inches of sand, we began pouring buckets of water over it and "tamping" it down. Well, we used "tampers" but it was definitely more along the lines of pounding the sand.
By the way, building a sandcastle like this means you will get dirty. You will be covered in sand and salt water. Guaranteed.
At one point a man walked up who was apparently a radio program host. He interviewed Amos live and apparently really liked our team t-shirts. He also was very impressed by our teamwork and said that we were one of the most "team like" teams participating in the competition.
After what felt like hours of grueling manual labor (did I mention that those 5 gallon buckets had to be refilled over and over again?), we finally packed the sand up to our goal height. Time for the moment of truth. The guys whipped out the drills and began to remove the bracing for our forms. They removed the form from the right side.
Success! Our experimental (risky) form worked! With a boost of confidence, they removed the form from the left side.
Semi-success! So it was a little disappointing that the whole thing didn't hold, but the majority of it was solid and the area that fell was definitely scavengeable (I don't think that is a real word, but I like it anyway.). Now, the real fun began. Creative juices began to flow and the artistic sides emerged.
Look at the amazing transformation. This is the corner that appeared ruined when we removed the forms, Now, it is an amazing wave encompassing a swordfish!
Our goal was a forced perspective and in the back (supposed to appear far away) is our hill with pyramids.
Even our little Ayla participated by letting us borrow her feet to make small footprints.
Here is our finished product:
Exodus 14:21-22 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
In the end, we won first place in the intermediate category! This last picture is of our team after we found out that we won!


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