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Gillon, who averaged 10.6 points per game as a freshman in 2012-13 at UALR, said he chose to spend his final three years of eligibility at CSU over Texas A&M, Tennessee-Chattanooga and Stephen F. Austin. The Rams' recent success, which includes back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances, was a big reason why.
"I liked the school a lot. I liked the coaches, I liked what they stand for. I like the success of their past players," said Gillon, who shot 39.4 percent from the 3-point line and 81.7 percent from the free-throw line this past season. "I haven't heard anything negative about the way Coach Eustachy coaches. All the players love him. I was like, that has to be a great place. It has to be the place for me. I'm just honored that a school like that would want me."
Gillon, who fills out the team's final scholarship spot, will sit out the 2013-14 season per NCAA transfers rules, along recently added forwards Dantiel Daniels (Southern Illinois) and Stanton Kidd (North Carolina Central).
When he is able to play in 2014-15, he'll compete for time in a crowded backcourt alongside current freshmen David Cohn and Carlton Hurst, sophomore Joe De Ciman and juniors Jon Octeus and Daniel Bejarano. Likely added to that mix will be Rangeview High School senior guard Jeremiah Paige, who committed to CSU last month.
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Months ago, the organization set up stations in the lobby of its Beverly Hills headquarters where members could register to vote electronically and also receive answers to questions about the process.
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Still, Robertson admits that not every AMPAS voter has embraced moving into the online age.
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If you have the resources to do a full, soup to nuts QA run through at every step of the development process, then, in my opinion, you're either overstaffed or some people need reassignment.
In my opinion, you need to do a development build when you've completed a significant piece of code and need to 'draw the line' somewhere; that's at the discretion of the development team. About the only QA that happens on that build is something like a) check that all the files are there; b) check that all the tests pass; c) check that it installs and runs through a few basic user acceptance tests and is usable for further development.
A milestone build is the next level up, and requires an actual collection of features and bug fixes that may end up being a release. That's probably triggered by the project manager. All of the development testing is performed, as well as more rigorous testing of the new features and bug fixes by an internal QA person.
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Dear Lamar Smith & House Judiciary: Have You Learned Nothing From SOPA?
from the ridiculous deptI've been hearing for a few months now that the staffers on the House Judiciary Committee, who were the main supporters of SOPA, haven't been able to let go of what happened (or even understand it). That's been pretty obvious from the few public statements they've made since SOPA failed. And now it's been made doubly clear. On Monday, we wrote about how Lamar Smith and the House Judiciary Committee that he chairs were looking to rush through a piece of SOPA embedded in another bill. It wasn't one of the most controversial bits, but it was an issue we had raised with SOPA, even if it took a back seat to some of the bigger problems.
What was stunning was that the SOPA protests were largely about process -- backroom deals, without public input or scrutiny -- and in this case, with this new bill (officially dubbed the Intellectual Property Attache Act) they not only did the same thing, but were trying to rush it through on a fast track significantly more extreme than SOPA. That is, they only shared the draft on Saturday and announced that there would be a markup on the bill (which they never even introduced) on Tuesday morning. That's rare. Normally, you officially introduce the bill, hold various hearings that involve experts, make some adjustments, and then hold a markup hearing to allow for additional amendments. In this case, they jumped right to that last step -- completely skipping over some rather major steps that would allow for public input and scrutiny.
In other words, they did the exact opposite of what the SOPA experience told them they should do.
However, because we and a few other sites pointed out the issues here, some of the original supporters of the bill began expressing doubts. Some others on the HJC offered up amendments -- including one that would say that the IP attaches couldn't just focus on enforcement, but also on limitations and exceptions like fair use (you know, actually focusing on what US law is, rather than what Hollywood wishes it would be). But apparently there is resistance to those amendments. However, because lots of people did speak up and let the HJC and Lamar Smith know that they would not accept them rushing through a piece of SOPA without public discussion, the bill has been (temporarily) delayed.
Of course, still not getting it, the HJC issued a petulant statement, effectively blaming us for this turn of events:
"This week, the House Judiciary Committee released a discussion draft of a bill that streamlines the IP attache program to help safeguard American intellectual property abroad. Unfortunately, some groups and blogs have misreported that this is a follow up to the Stop Online Piracy Act. That is not the case. The bill that the Committee currently is working on is a narrow piece of legislation to ensure better use of Patent and Trademark Office funds. The current draft increases organizational efficiency at the PTO and moves the IP attache program squarely within the PTO to ensure direct accountability of the IP attaches.The statement is partially misleading and partially false. First of all, the language is quite similar to a portion of SOPA -- so claiming that it's not a "followup" to SOPA is clearly false. This was a part of SOPA, and now it's a part of a new bill -- but ignoring the fact that it was in SOPA is simply wrong. Second, the statement is incredibly misleading, in that they suggest that they were always seeking feedback. That's not true at all. It was on the markup schedule for Tuesday morning -- and that was published on the HJC website for anyone to see (though it's since been taken down). Finally, no one else saw a draft until Saturday and no one in the press got it until Monday morning -- about 24 hours before the markup (despite HJC staffers promising some members that it would release the draft at least a week before any effort to move it forward). Basically, the HJC staffers who put out this statement are creating a misinformation campaign, claiming (incorrectly) that we and a few other blogs who wrote about this were the ones spreading the misinformation.
"Since releasing that draft, for which there is bipartisan and industry support, we are making some changes based on feedback from outside groups and Members. We plan to circulate a new draft based off those changes to ensure that the development of this bill continues to be an open and transparent process."
They can't even own up to their own attempt to rush this bill through. It's shameful.
As Ernesto Falcon at Public Knowledge has written, if you want to "shake the ghost of SOPA," perhaps try to not rush through a bill that you kept secret without allowing the normal process of public comment and feedback.
The latest controversy with the Intellectual Property Attache Act, formerly a provision within the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), is entirely self-inflicted by its lead sponsors.At this point, we've heard that some Judiciary Committee staffers view sites like Techdirt as "the enemy." That's completely wrong. We'd just like them to not try to sneak bad bills through -- and to actually do their job and let the public weigh in on things. Is that so difficult to comprehend? This isn't political. We have nothing against the House Judiciary Committee as a whole. We'd just like them to actually acknowledge the public's role in the process. If they did so, perhaps people wouldn't complain and speak out. If they really are being "open" about this, then there wouldn't the this sudden surprise. There wouldn't be this attempt to rush things through... and there wouldn't be a public outcry. So it's in their own best interests to actually admit that the public exists and should be a part of the process, rather than snubbing them.
You do not have to be a political strategist to figure out that trying to pass a piece of SOPA might in fact inflame the wide array of opposition to SOPA. You also can not cry foul when you secretly develop the legislation, hold no legislative hearing on its merits, and attempt (and thankfully fail) to move the legislation through the Committee almost 24 hours after it was leaked to the press. Each of these steps flies in the face of the request made by opponents to SOPA for more openness, inclusion, and transparency for intellectual property policy decisions. It is as if the some believe that the business of copyright legislating can proceed as usual and that the Internet Black Out never occurred.
If the House Judiciary Committee wants to shake off the ghost of SOPA and avoid having legislation blow up in their collective faces, they need to rethink how they move intellectual property bills. The Committee must proactively work at justifying to the public why a bill is necessary and win their support for its passage before voting it out. It should stop trying to move bills first and put the burden on the public to stop them from blindly moving forward.
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Publications: Raphael, Carlos
Journal Article
Brennan, R.F., Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755, Raphael, C. and Eslick, H. (2010) Sources of sulfur for dry matter, seed yield, and oil concentration of canola grown in sulfur deficient soils of south-western Australia. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 33 (8). pp. 1180-1194.
Conference Paper
Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755, Mann, S. and Raphael, C. (2008) Salt-affected soils of south-west Australia: implications for deep drainage. In: 2nd International Salinity Forum: Salinity, Water and Society – Global issues, local action, 31 March - 3 April, Adelaide, Australia
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Mann, S., Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755, Raphael, C. and Schoknecht, N. (2011) Salt-affected soils of south-west Australia: Implications for deep drainage. In: WA Soil Science Conference, 23 - 24 September, Busselton, Western Australia.
Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755, Raphael, C., Mann, S., Gebrewahid, T., van Dongen, R. and Sharma, R. (2010) Assessing the change in soil quality as a result of drainage intervention and finding ways of mitigating the adverse affects. Report to the Department of Water for the Engineering Evaluation Initiative. School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University
Bell, R.W.ORCID: 0000-0002-7756-3755, Raphael, C., Pal, Y. and Eslick, H. (2005) Evaluation of Canola Gold as a fertiliser for canola. Final report to Iluka Resources


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Dan Rather
Acceptance Speech
November 22, 2011
And, We've Gotten Used to It
One of Bud Benjamin's dreams was to expand the CBS Evening News to a full hour. And Bud wasn't thinking of filling it with helicopter shots, celebrity gossip, and punditry.
He imagined an entire hour brimming with investigative reporting, exposés and dispatches from around the world.
It was a different time in journalism. A time when professional duty was patriotic and the freedom of the press motivated and inspired newsrooms.
I know it is hard to believe--but it's true--newsrooms were not supposed to turn a profit. Frankly, news was considered an acceptable loss leader on the balance sheet, a brand builder and most of all a public service.
To keep our FCC license and the public trust, we had to use the public's airwaves in the public interest some of the time.
Yes, that's a whole lot of "public."
But that's the way it was. It's the way it should be again.
Today, how we look and how we "present" information has become far more important than how we gather it.
It's upside down and backwards. And the worst part is...we have gotten used to it.
The caretakers of the Fourth Estate have, at times, left the building unattended. Public interest be damned.
It was Thomas Jefferson who noted in 1799 that "Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light."
Jefferson trusted the press--not to stir up heat, but to deliver insight.
Of course freedom of the press and of speech both come with pitfalls. People can peddle opinions as if they were facts. Those armed with the big, expensive megaphones drown out those blowing whistles.
But now, we see our fellow citizens taking to the streets.
And, that my friends, is our cue to get back to work.... As the People of our nation begin rising up, they expect the business of news to be about inquiry and accountability.
And, luckily for us, we can still do that...but, it will not often be within the confines of big corporate media.
As you know, we are living in an age when big money owns everything...including the news. That cash bought a lot of silence for a long time. Enough time for unchecked power to get this country tangled into messes all around the world. We all know that money talks. But, so do the people.
They tire of conflicts at home and abroad...conflicts that avert our eyes from the corruption and callowness that does little more than spill our blood and misspend our treasure.
"We had fed the heart on fantasies," wrote William Butler Yeats, "the heart's grown brutal from the fare."
In other words, we have gotten used to it.
What happens to a country when the press helps divide people into Us and Them? When it fans the flames of conflict and calls it reporting?
We need to restore, at some point, the teaching of the craft of journalism. The best way to protect journalists is to teach them how to do journalism and, therefore, protect themselves from becoming irrelevant.
I am reminded of the finest speech ever made on the subject of television journalism. It was given by Ed Murrow in 1958. Murrow said,
"This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But, it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends...otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box."
Dear friends, from both the journalist and corporate worlds we must untangle the wires from the lights. We must halt the steady decline of broadcast journalism and the endless compromises to the boardroom.
Some say it is too late. That Congress wrote our epitaph in 1996 when they all came together and passed the Telecommunications Deregulation Act. Since then, the lights in a box have gotten brighter and flashier...but the truth dimmer and dimmer.
And...we have gotten used to it.
The late great Molly Ivins used to tell a story about what happens when fear grips a country.
Molly liked to tell the story
about her late friend, the celebrated
As Molly would tell the story, the two boys, ran out of the henhouse so fast they nearly tore off the henhouse door...not to mention doing damage to themselves in the process.
When Faulk's mother reminded the boys that chicken snakes are not dangerous, Boots Cooper responded, "Yes, ma'am, but some things will scare you so bad, you'll hurt yourself."
That is what we have been subject to as a country. We have been so afraid; so hell bent on destroying enemies...both real and imagined...both foreign and domestic...we have hurt ourselves, and we have diminished out freedom and damaged our democracy.
You are probably asking yourself now what you should do.
There are so many wrongs to make right, it is going to get messier before it gets better.
We have to begin asking the hard questions once again.
We have to demand and earn back the respect that gave us the right to ask them.
We must protect whistleblowers by using our megaphones to make their risky admissions even louder.
We must demand access to all those taking risks to challenge power.
We must refuse to simply read press releases and rely on official sources.
And we must begin to enforce our own professional code of ethics. Refuse to compromise. Going along to get along is getting us nowhere.
Tonight, if I can convince you of anything, it is to buck the current system. Remember anew that you are a public servant and your business is protecting the public from harm. Even if those doing harm also pay your salary.
To once again quote Ed Murrow, there is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference...this weapon of television could be useful.
And wouldn't it be great if our country could get used to that.
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Selecting a mere 10 covers from the more than 2,000 issues that graced LIFE magazine through the years might seem like an impossible task. Foolhardy, even. But we trust that no one in his or her right mind would quibble with the Yousuf Karsh cover of Churchill in 1945 (slide 3), or the inclusion of Leonard McCombe's "Marlboro Man" from 1949. Is anyone going to seriously argue that the 1969 classic, "To the Moon and Back," does not belong in any list of the most iconic LIFE covers — or a list of the most iconic magazine covers, period?
Could Lennart Nilsson's landmark photo of a human fetus in utero for the April 1965 "Drama of Life Before Birth" issue possibly be left off such a list?
And then there's the April 1945 cover featuring W. Eugene Smith's photo from Iwo Jima, as Marines take cover on a hillside amid the burned-out remains of a banyan jungle at the very instant that a Japanese bunker is obliterated. It is a picture, a great picture, that captures the violence inherent in war perhaps more graphically than any other ever published in LIFE.
[MORE: "World War II: Pictures We Remember"]
The photographers represented here, meanwhile — those on staff (Ralph Morse, Margaret Bourke-White, Larry Burrows) and those who worked on contract (Philippe Halsman, Karsh) — are among the very best who ever picked up a camera. That there are literally scores of others who shot for LIFE who just as aptly fit that description speaks volumes about the magazine itself, and about the quality of photojournalism that was practiced by dedicated men and women in those years when LIFE was still a weekly to be reckoned with.
Not everyone will agree with all the choices in this gallery. And that's all right. But from our perspective, these covers provide as strong and as varied a sampling as one is likely to find of 10 pictures that capture the very best of LIFE through the years.


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NASD Fines Morgan Stanley $2 Million for Prohibited Mutual Fund Sales Contests
Washington, DC — NASD announced today that it had censured and fined Morgan Stanley DW Inc. $2 million for conducting prohibited sales contests for its brokers and managers to promote the sale of Morgan Stanley mutual funds and a selected few variable annuities. Between October 1999 and December 2002, the firm conducted 29 contests, and offered or awarded various forms of non-cash compensation to the winners, including tickets to Britney Spears and Rolling Stones concerts, tickets to the NBA finals, tuition for a high-performance automobile racing school, and trips to resorts.
Morgan Stanley conducted at least two national contests, 10 regional contests and 17 branch contests that violated NASD conduct rules. The 29 contests violated NASD rules because they favored Morgan Stanley's own proprietary mutual funds. The estimated value of the contest rewards totaled $1 million.
NASD also charged Morgan Stanley and the head of its retail sales division, Bruce F. Alonso, with supervisory violations. Morgan Stanley failed to have any supervisory systems or procedures in place to detect and prevent this widespread misconduct. In fact, NASD found that the firm did not have any systems or monitoring procedures in place until January of this year. Alonso, who led the effort to promote MSDW proprietary mutual funds, failed to supervise the sales force to prevent the sales contest violations in question. He was censured and fined $250,000.
"It is not acceptable for NASD-regulated firms to hold contests for prizes that promote the sale of one fund, especially their own, over other mutual fund products," said Mary L. Schapiro, NASD's Vice Chairman and President of Regulatory Policy and Oversight. "NASD rules are designed to prevent brokers from placing their interest in receiving lucrative rewards over the investment needs of their customers.
"NASD also requires firms to establish supervisory systems and procedures to achieve proper compliance. Morgan Stanley's failure to have any related systems or procedures in place allowed this misconduct to occur."
In enacting the non-cash compensation rules, the SEC and NASD recognized that the types of sales contests seen in this case increased the potential for investors to be steered into investments that are less suitable than some alternatives. These rules were designed to prevent the conflicts of interest that might arise for the broker when faced with such a choice.
NASD's investigation found that national managers at Morgan Stanley pressured regional managers to meet sales goals, and regional managers, in turn, pressured branch managers to meet these goals. The prohibited sales contests were a by-product of that pressure.
For example, in July 2002 the firm initiated a sales campaign called "Finding the Right Fit." The goal of that campaign was to achieve sales of $5 billion of Morgan Stanley funds for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002. As part of that campaign, national managers encouraged regional managers to meet specific sales goals. To achieve these national sales goals, four regions each held prohibited sales contests.
In one case, the Southeast Region sponsored a contest in which the top-producing branch managers could win a trip to New York City. This contest, which was held on a monthly basis, set a goal of $100,000 per financial advisor in sales of Morgan Stanley mutual funds.
In June 2002, Morgan Stanley conducted a national sales campaign focusing on one of its new mutual funds, the Morgan Stanley Small-Mid Special Value Fund. As part of that campaign, national management set a sales goal of $500 million within the first month of the campaign. The national managers also required 100 percent participation in the campaign by all regions and branches of the firm. The firm offered rewards including dinner hosted by senior national management in New York City or travel and entertainment expense reimbursements to the managers of the top producing regions.
Regional managers held contests to meet the sales goals. For instance, the Regional Director of the Southeast Region set a sales target of $75 million in total sales of the Small-Mid Special Value Fund, consisting of $50,000 for each financial advisor in each branch office in the region. To help achieve that sales target, the Southeast Regional Director offered the top three branch managers a trip to Sea Island, Georgia, for dinner and golf school. In another contest, the Southern California Regional Director offered tickets to a 2002 NBA finals game involving the Los Angeles Lakers, and attendance at a due diligence meeting at a Four Seasons resort.
The branch managers, in turn, created their own contests in order to meet their offices' sales goals. They provided rewards to the top-producing financial advisors in their branches. The branch manager of the Alexandria, VA, office offered all-expenses paid vacations to Hawaii and the Caribbean. However, these rewards ultimately were cancelled. The branch manager of the Santa Ana, CA office offered Britney Spears concert tickets, retail gift certificates and travel and entertainment expense reimbursements.
Morgan Stanley paid regional and branch managers a significant portion of their compensation as bonuses, consisting of "Management Incentive Compensation" and "Challenge Goal" bonuses. These were based, in part, on regional and branch managers' ability to promote sales of Morgan Stanley mutual funds and meet their sales goals, as set by senior management, including Alonso.
Branch managers' compensation was tied directly to the profitability of their branches. Branches retained a significantly greater percentage of revenue on sales of Morgan Stanley mutual funds than other funds.
Morgan Stanley apparently attempted to shield this focus on sales of its own mutual funds from the public as much as possible to avoid public relations ramifications. This is evidenced from electronic mail messages by a regional manager directing branch managers and other employees to refrain from putting in writing details regarding contests promoting Morgan Stanley mutual funds. Former branch managers corroborated this policy.
In settling these charges, Morgan Stanley and Alonso neither admitted nor denied the charges.
Investors can obtain more information and the disciplinary record of any NASD-registered broker or brokerage firm by calling (800) 289-9999 or by sending an e-mail through NASD's Web site at www.nasd.com.
NASD is the leading private-sector provider of financial regulatory services, dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. NASD touches virtually every aspect of the securities business - from registering and educating all industry participants, to examining securities firms, enforcing both NASD rules and the federal securities laws, and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and member firms. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.nasd.com.


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Welcome to the Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project
The GVSU Veterans History Project was established in 2006 to collect, record and archive oral history interviews and other materials relating to the experiences of military veterans of all eras, as well as of civilians and foreign nationals with stories relating to the American experience in wartime. We work in partnership with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, and are one of a small number of archiving partners across the country. As an archiving partner, we post our interview videos and other materials on a website that is part of the Special Collections of the GVSU Library.
View interviews in our archive.
In addition to conducting and archiving oral history interviews, the Project also produces documentary films and public access cable television programs, develops book projects and gives, live presentations around West Michigan and across the country. Dr. James Smither of the GVSU History Department serves as Project Director, and Prof. Frank Boring of the GVSU School of Communications is our resident filmmaker.


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A new wheel design and larger cross-drilled brake rotors are available on the Corvette's base and Grand Sport models. Magnetic Ride Control becomes available on Grand Sport. The automatic now allows paddle use to override the gear selection in "Drive." New options are contrasting-color headlamps and interior custom color stitching. A USB port and input jack are included with the navigation radio.
The new Z06 Carbon limited-edition model comes with a raised carbon fiber hood, black carbon fiber splitter and rocker panels, black wheels, mirrors and headlamps and a leather and suede interior with body color stitching.
Recently added upgrades, like the custom color stitching option and the Z06 Carbon's interior trim reflects Chevrolet's attempt to quell criticism that the Corvette's interior quality isn't quite up to the rest of the car.
How about a 3.3-second 0-to-60 mph time and an 11.2-second quarter-mile at 130.5 mph? How about 1.1g of lateral grip? Those are ZR1 numbers, of course, but the halo of that $100,000 Chevrolet shines brightly on the more modest LS3- and LS7-powered models, too. Handling has improved with the C6. There's now better balance to go with the grip.
Anti-lock brakes and front and side airbags, with a front passenger sensing system are standard across the Corvette line. Active handling system with stability control is standard. Optional Magnetic Ride Control includes larger cross-drilled brake rotors.
Corvette/Grand Sport: 16 mpg city/26 mpg highway (manual); 15 mpg city/25 mpg highway (automatic)
Z06: 15 mpg city/24 mpg highway
ZR1: 14 mpg city/20 mpg highway
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text: I Want To Tell You song I want to tell you, My head is filled with things to say, When you're here, All those words they seem to slip away. When I get near you, The games begin to drag me down, It's alright, I'll make you maybe next time around. But if I seem to act unkind, It's only me, it's not my mind, That is confusing things. I want to tell you, I feel hung up and I don't know why, I don't mind, I could wait for ever, I've got time. Sometimes I wish I knew you well, Then I could speak my mind and tell you Maybe you'd understand. I want to tell you, I feel hung up and I don't know why, I don't mind, I could wait for ever, I've got time. I've got time. "I Want to Tell You" Song by the Beatles from the album Revolver Released 5 August 1966 Recorded 2 June 1966EMI Studios Genre Rock Length 2:29 Label Parlophone Writer George Harrison Producer George Martin Revolver track listing 14 tracks Side one "Taxman" "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Yellow Submarine" "She Said She Said" Side two "Good Day Sunshine" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "For No One" "Doctor Robert" "I Want to Tell You" "Got to Get You into My Life" "Tomorrow Never Knows" "I Want to Tell You" is a song written by George Harrison and originally released by the Beatles on their 1966 album Revolver. Working titles, originating from Harrison's inability to name his songs, were "Laxton's Superb" (a breed of apple, following on from "Granny Smith") and "I Don't Know". Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. I Want To Tell You (Revolver) ©1966 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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MIAMI, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A porn star told a radio interview she slept with at least 10 baseball players, including former Florida Marlin Dan Uggla, while helping an agent sign clients.
Bibi Jones, aka Britney Beth, told WBZ-FM, Boston, that an Arizona-based agent, identified by Maury Brown of the Business of Sports Network and Business Insider as Gaylord Sports agent Terry Bross, would "kind of use me to get baseball players to sign him as an agent," the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Friday.
Jones said she had sex with "definitely over 10" of the players, including Uggla, who signed with Bross in July 2010, before he was traded to the Atlanta Braves.
New England Patriots second-year tight end Rob Gronkowski has apologized for posing for pictures with Jones that were posted on Twitter, saying he didn't mean to bring shame on the team.
Jones, who said she has not had contact with Bross in more than a year, said her arrangement with the agent did not require her to have sex with the players.


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House of the Mole
- "He found a press of the Mole-folk about his door, and these were the grimmest and least good-hearted of folk that Maeglin might get in that city."
- ― The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, The Fall of Gondolin
The House of the Mole was one of the main Houses of the Gondothlim, lead by Maeglin. They bore black armor, without any emblem or design, but their round caps of steel were covered with moleskin. Most of its folk were quarrymen and ore delvers. In battle they wielded two-handed axes.
Their lord Maeglin had previously betrayed Turgon and Gondolin. Thus during the Fall of Gondolin they fought on Morgoth's side, facing those from the House of the Wing, led by Tuor, who dueled Maeglin and killed him. Loyal to their lord, those from the House of the Mole turned upon his killer, but though they were numerous, they could not stand against Tuor's wrath. Most of them were "smitten and driven to fly into what dark holes they might" in that battle.[1]
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- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin"
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BA Handbook Performance Opportunities/Requirements
BA students will have performing opportunities in the Dance Program. Students may perform as early as the first semester, freshman year, in any of the student concerts. All students in Choreography classes will participate in choreography showings at least two times each semester. At the end of Choreography II, students will perform a solo choreographic study. At the end of Choreography III for those who opt to continue, students will choreograph and perform in the "Student Concert". In addition, students may perform in the "Images" and "Portfolio" concerts. BA students are required to complete 2 units in performance. Students who are performing will register for DANC 194 for each piece they perform.
No audition is required to perform in student concerts. Casting is determined by the student choreographers. Dancers interested in performing should sign up in the Dancers' Lounge and include contact information. Students may perform in as many as two pieces. Sophomores, juniors and seniors may petition to perform in a third piece. Criteria for being allowed the extra performance opportunity includes maintaining a 3.0 overall grade point average and successful participation in past performances.
Performance contracts
All student choreographers and performers must sign a performance contract prior to rehearsals beginning. Student choreographers are responsible for their dancers complying with contractual obligations (including attendance of all showings, technical rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances). Failure to meet the contractual obligations may result in begin dropped from the concert.
The Dance Program has two student performing companies; The University Dance Theater and Company One. Each is a two semester commitment and requires audition in the previous spring. These ensembles rehearse 8-10 hours weekly.
University Dance Theatre is the Dance Program's contemporary dance ensemble performing in the distinctive tradition of the American Modern Dance. It is the training ground for the advanced dance major who desires a career in the professional arena. UDT has had the honor to perform with the Internationally Acclaimed Limon Dance Company and as part of San Jose Dance Theater's 'Meritage" program. The ensemble has performed works by Jose Limon and American Modern Dance Pioneers Hanya Holm and Doris Humphrey. It also fosters today's emerging and developing Bay Area choreographers and members of UDT Company. Recent guests include Scott Wells, ben Levy, Kara Davis and Mike Esperanza. In addition to annual performances at SJSU, the ensemble has toured California and given informal performances and lecture demonstrations on campus and in the community. UDT participates annually in Dancin' Downtown- South Bay celebrates national Dance Week and attends the American College Dance Festival/Conference. Auditions are held every spring. For more information, contact the Artistic Director, Professor Gary Masters, 408-924-5042 or online at email@example.com.
Company One is currently in its 22th year under the direction of Professor Janie Scott is a unique musical theater performing ensemble in the Dance Program at SJSU. Dance, music and theater students as well as students from other disciplines come to this company to train to become "triple threats"; to prepare for multi disciplinary performing. Teaching or directing careers. Rehearsals are daily and the students receive units toward their dance major, minor, Musical Theater Minor, or for university electives. Productions are original and highly diverse in their style of dance, vocal and theatrical work. Company One tours throughout the Bay Area during the fall and spring semesters. Additionally, in the fall semester a fully produced one act is presented on campus and in the spring a full two act production is mounted. Over the years many members of Company One have gone on to successfully pursue their professional performing careers in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Auditions for Company one are held every April. For further information please contact Professor Janie Scott at 408-925-5043 or online at email@example.com.
sjDANCEco is a professional company in residence at SJSU. As a resident dance company, the members of sjDANCEco serve as mentors, role models and dance instructors to the aspiring dance professional. SJSU dance majors have the rare opportunity to be trained by three of the founding artists of the company; Gary Masters, Maria Basile and Heather Cooper. Students take class alongside company members and are in the midst of creativity on a professional level. With many graduates from the Dance Program in the company, sjDANCEco offers the possibility of employment in a professional company after graduation and is a stepping stone to further professional experience.


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Sex Pistols Bio:
Rock and roll was never the same after the Sex Pistols. They ignited the punk-rock revolution in Britain, and the reverberations carried to all corners of the rock and roll world. Expressing the cynical, restive mood of youthful Britons, the Sex Pistols restored a sense of danger to rock music. This wasn't the theatrical danger of Alice Cooper's onstage guillotine but the very real possibility of injury to the body and a jolt to the senses. At Sex Pistols concerts during their two-year British heyday - from their first show on November 6, 1975, through the end of 1977 - there was gobbing (spitting), fistfights, flying bottles and insults hurled in both directions.
There was also gloriously loud, venomous rock and roll that took dead aim at whatever subjects incited vocalist Johnny Rotten's ire, from British royalty ("God Save the Queen") to record companies ("EMI"). They also unleashed the splenetic rock and roll anthem "Anarchy in the U.K." The anarchy commenced in 1975, when Rotten hooked up with guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock and drummer Paul Cook at an outré London clothing shop called Sex. It was run by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, who became the Sex Pistols' manager and would-be Svengali, plotting their conquest of recession-era Britain using controversy and confrontation.
Even without McLaren's machinations, Johnny Rotten was a one-man publicity department who stated his views plainly and defiantly. Early in their career, Rotten had this to say about the Sex Pistols and the mainstream audience: "The great ignorant public don't know why we're in a band. It's because we're bored with all that old crap. Like every decent human being should be."
"Actually, we're not into music, we're into chaos," opined guitarist Jones.
The Sex Pistols were signed and quickly dropped by two major labels, EMI and A&M, with only the brief release of "Anarchy" emerging from either. (The group got to keep their enormous advances, however.) They wound up on Virgin Records, where they issued a viscerally powerful and stunning series of singles that rank among the most noteworthy events in rock history. In certain quarters, they were comparable in reach and impact to Elvis Presley's Sun singles of the Fifties. These earth-shaking 45s were, in order: "Anarchy in the U.K.," "God Save the Queen," "Pretty Vacant" and "Holidays in the Sun."
For a spell, every move the Sex Pistols made resulted in headlines and controversy. As word spread about the group, shows were canceled and bans implemented. The negative publicity only enhanced their notoriety. A few words of televised profanity uttered by group members after goading by a disapproving tea-time talk-show host resulted in screaming front-page headlines in the British press: "The Filth and the Fury!" and "Punk? Call It Filthy Lucre."
The Sex Pistols shocked and scandalized the island nation, which was beleaguered by poverty, unemployment, workers' strikes and the death of empire. The punks' overt hostility, especially in the year of the Queen's Silver Jubilee (1977), offended a country that had always taken pride in its mannerly ways. In effect, the Sex Pistols announced that the niceties were over. "God Save the Queen" found Rotten excoriating the Queen ("She ain't no human being"). The song concluded with the chant "no future," a taunt that could just as easily apply to the monarchy as Britain's oppressed and unemployed. "God Save the Queen" went to #2 in Britain. By now, Matlock had been fired for "liking the Beatles" and replaced by John Simon Beverley (a.k.a. Sid Vicious), giving the group an even more menacing image.
Never Mind the Bollocks...Here's the Sex Pistols, was issued in Britain in October 1977, where it quickly hit Number One. It fared somewhat less well in the U.S., where it peaked at a lowly #107 and then dropped off after 12 weeks. The Sex Pistols came to America for a bizarrely plotted seven-date tour through the South and Southwest. Their very presence in the country incited excitement and protest, and their crazed juggernaut concluded at the Winterland in San Francisco, whereupon the group broke up. "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" were Rotten's last words from the stage as a Sex Pistol. He went on to form Public Image, Ltd. and reclaim his birth name (John Lydon).
Jones and Cook kept the Sex Pistols' name alive for several more singles, including one made in Brazil with an on-the-lam Ronnie Biggs, who was among the gang that carried out Britain's notorious Great Train Robbery. Sid Vicious took up residence in New York, where he attempted a solo career. It yielded the single "My Way," a punky, sarcastic remake of Frank Sinatra's hoary chestnut, and the album Sid Sings. He and his manager-girlfriend Nancy Spungeon lived out a tragic, drug-soaked pas de deux at the Chelsea Hotel that culminated in Spungeon's fatal stabbing. While out on bail for murder charges, Vicious himself died of a heroin overdose. (The biographical movie Sid and Nancy was made about their decline and fall.)
Malcolm McLaren oversaw a fictionalized Sex Pistols film biography, The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, directed by Julian Temple and released in 1980. Johnny Rotten was conspicuously uninvolved, having plunged himself into a new group, Public Image Ltd. The double-album soundtrack that came out in Britain featured several early Sex Pistols recordings, later singles and live cuts. While marred by the inclusion of novelty numbers, it served to complement Never Mind the Bollocks in telling the band's deliriously reckless story.
The tale of Sex Pistols might've ended there, except for the fact that the group's stature kept growing as the extent of their achievement sunk in. What these four penniless punks had done was shock and upend the music industry, reclaiming by force of will a place within it for those who were young, restless, bored and angry. Punk-rock has never gone away since the Sex Pistols threw down the gauntlet, surviving over the decades as rock's most combative and vital subgenre. It is hard to imagine Green Day's "American Idiot" without the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" having come before it, and that is true of countless punk-rock recordings.
Given the reverence for the Sex Pistols' legacy - Never Mind the Bollocks was judged the Number Two album of all time by the editors of Rolling Stone - it is perhaps not surprising that they reunited for a 20th anniversary tour. Still not lacking in black humor or pretending to conceal their motives, they dubbed this 1997 outing the "Filthy Lucre Tour," and the ensuing live recording was entitled Filthy Lucre Live. It featured the original lineup of Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock. They sounded (God forbid) musically tight and eager to please. If the very idea of a Sex Pistols cash-in tour motivated by punk-rock nostalgia went against the grain...well, isn't that exactly what the Sex Pistols had always done best? The band reunited to tour again in 2002 and 2007.


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Inner city kids with skin allergies or asthma appear to be far more likely to have food allergies than kids in the general population, finds a new study from New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Twenty-eight per cent of inner city children attending a New York City allergy clinic were found to have a food allergy – usually either to peanuts, egg or milk. The 228 were tested for food allergies because their symptoms to related allergic conditions of asthma or eczema were not improving with treatment.
The usual prevalence of food allergy among U.S. children is 6 to 8 percent in early childhood, dropping to 4 percent by the school years and into adulthood.
Some of the children had exhibited symptoms, such as breathing distress or hives shortly after eating – a significant clue that food allergy may be present. But a majority hadn't had symptoms that were obvious, according to the study published recently in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
Dr. Julie Wang, the study's lead author, cautions that these children were patients at an allergy clinic and therefore may not represent inner city communities as a whole. However, she told Reuters that the findings suggest that doctors who treat inner-city children with stubborn asthma or eczema "should have a high degree of suspicion for food allergy."


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Quickly becoming the go-to director for all things vampire, David Slade (30 Days of Night, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) is in talks to board The Last Voyage of the Demeter. The period horror film is based on a segment of Bram Stoker's Dracula which recounts the legend of the ship which transported the famous vampire from Transylvania to England. Demeter is said to be in the vein of Alien, wherein a ship's crew becomes tormented by a mysterious being who picks them off one-by-one.
Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace are already attached to star in the film as supporting characters. Producers (and, presumably, now Slade) are currently still looking for their lead actor. Heat Vision reports that Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch) wrote the script, which Phoenix Pictures is producing. The film is currently securing financing, but the addition of Slade, with his expertise in the genre and that blockbuster-level money Eclipse raked in, should make things easier. Hit the jump for a synopsis of The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
I thought Slade's 30 Days of Night was fantastic, so I see real promise here. If they stick to the "horror" portion of the genre, we could be in for a real treat. Here's a synopsis for The Last Voyage of the Demeter:
A Russian ship, the Demeter, having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby, England, during a fierce tempest. All of the crew are missing and presumed dead, and only one body is found, that of the captain tied to the ship's helm. The captain's log is recovered and tells of strange events that had taken place during the ship's journey. These events led to the gradual disappearance of the entire crew apparently owing to a malevolent presence on board the ill-fated ship [Wikipedia].


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Mike Krauss • http://www.phillyburbs.com • November 30, 2012
…While Americans view the economic contraction and recession as global, it isn't. It is highly localized to the economies of the United States and Europe, which are most closely tied to the central bank cartel of Wall Street and Federal Reserve private banking system. But in many other nations, where on the average 40 percent of the market is in public banks, economies are growing.
These are the so called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China), as well as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, South Africa and Japan; and the healthiest economy in Europe, Germany, where public banks have existed for decades and provided much of the credit and investment for West Germany's recovery from World War II. The public "Post Office Bank" in Japan played the same role there.
This is not to say that these nations have not felt the impact of declining exports to the sick economies of the U.S. and Europe. They have. But no one in China, or Brazil or India is talking austerity.
Just the failed central bankers and the 1 percent in the U.S. and Europe who caused the catastrophe….
Read the entire article here.
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-Encrypt a string of text using a Caesar Square: the string should be written along the rows of a square that is as small as possible, and then the encrypted string is read down the columns like so:
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" is first processed to remove case and space, to get alongtimeago,inagalaxyfar,faraway (33 characters long) and is then laid out on a square grid:
a l o n g t
i m e a g o
, i n a g a
l a x y f a
r , f a r a
w a y
The grid is 6 x 6 as 36 is the closest square number that is no less than the number of characters in the message.
Reading form top-to-bottom we get ai,lrwlmia,aoenxfynaayagggfrtoaaa - which is of course garbage
You also have to decrypt such strings which may contain white space that needs to be removed ...
I am struggling to understand how the shifting of elements works. I know decrypting is reading from left to right and encrypting is reading from top to bottom but I can't think of a way to code it. Also I considered that the question has to do with two dimensional arrays but then I didn't know how to determine the amount of rows and columns I needed and hence didn't know what to make each dimension.
So far I have just changed the cypherText(string) into an array called decryptArray, and each element of this array contains a letter within the string. I was up to shifting the elements and I thought of using a FOR loop to do that but there was not much point until I understand how the shifting works. To be honest, I am not even sure if I am on the right track.
public class CaesarBox { public static void main(String[] args) { if(args[0].equals("-decrypt")) { System.out.println(decrypt(args[1])); } } public static char decrypt (String cypherText) { char example = 'a'+'b'; //ignore this int length = cypherText.length(); //determining the length of the string char [] decryptArray = new char [length]; //created an array using the length of what was entered for(int i=0; i < length; i++) { decryptArray[i]=cypherText.charAt(i); //making each element of what as typed in to equal an element in the array System.out.print(decryptArray[i]); } return example; //just put this in as I am not up to this part and so I can compile the program } }


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for eman2611 in button or icon design - custom.
I need someone to create 3 web 2.0 vote buttons for myspace profiles.
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Desired Color Scheme:
web 2.0
Desired Style:
web 2.0
Accepted File Formats:
jpg, psd,gif
I need someone to create 3 web 2.0 vote buttons for myspace profiles. The buttons will be placed on myspace profiles so when users click it they will be directed to another site where they can vote for user in cetain categorys.
A bad example of the vote button is here: http://www.myspace.com/98089954
The designded buttons whould be web 2.0 and will be for the following categories
1. Hottest Chick
2. Biggest Flirt
3. Most Gangsta
The button should have the current month, the name of the site (VoteMyspace.com), the category for the button
Max size of vote button is 400 X 140
The winner will design more buttons and be paid for them.


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(So Im just strating out with Java, I've already read a book, and almost done a second). Anyway I'm trying to create a program that create word lists using the users input and then writing them to a file. I have most of the code done, im just the most important part! Below is the code, it has some annotations describing the problems. I have two main problems: A) How do I convert the user's String input into the value of my enum, right now i have it set to "{hi, hey, hello, yellow, yo, back}" but in order for the program to work outside of the IDE where i can change that value I need to be able to assign it any value on the fly. and B) How do I have to go about in order to also have numbers in the Symbol object (in order to allow numbers to be added to the combination). Any help is appreciated, and very much welcomed.
import static java.lang.System.in; import static java.lang.System.out; import java.util.Scanner; public class dic { enum Symbol {hi, hey, hello, yellow, yo, back}; // these are just values I used in order to demonstrate what the program is supposed to do, // I need to find a way to get the user to input public static void main(String args[]) { String choises = ""; //This line and the input line I want the user to use in order to get letters and words for the 'for' loops below Scanner input = new Scanner(in); out.print("Please type the words and/or letters you with to use, and sepparate each of them with a comman and a space."); out.println("i.e. 'apples, orange, pear, etc."); // I then need a way to that this imput and give it to my enum 'Symbol. choises = input.nextLine(); for (Symbol ONE: Symbol.values()) { for (Symbol TWO : Symbol.values()) { for (Symbol THREE : Symbol.values()) { for (Symbol FOUR : Symbol.values()) { for (Symbol FIVE : Symbol.values()) { for (Symbol SIX : Symbol.values()) { out.print(ONE); out.print(TWO); out.print(THREE); out.print(FOUR); out.print(FIVE); out.println(SIX); } } } } } } out.println(choises); } }


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Tiburon home boasts sweeping views from southern exposures
Life across the Bay Area unfolds before the great room of 465 Ridge Road in Tiburon. Blue and Gold fleet boats routinely pull into the marina, while massive cargo ships drift beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and vanish in the horizon. Across the water, sunlight shimmers off the windshields of cars on the sloped streets of San Francisco.
These views are afforded from a modern California ranch home with 21st century amenities priced at $6.85 million. The four-bedroom home boasts southern exposures, hand-stacked ledge stone walls, and automated ventilation and light systems, as well as Brazilian cherrywood floors and mahogany millwork.
"I can't stop marveling at how much time and precision it took to cut the stones and position them the way they did," said Bill Smith of Pacific Union Real Estate, who is co-listing the home with Scott Woods.
Designed by Ron Sutton of Sutton Suzuki Architects, the home constructed in 2004 took roughly 18 months to build.
"The way the house is laid out is based on the million-dollar views," said Sutton. "Unlike a traditional ranch, this house wanders on the site. It turns and moves."
From above, the home zig-zags like a lightning bolt, while the interior boasts a variety of ceiling types, walls of glass and multiple fireplaces.
The formal dining room features a domed ceiling and circular configuration. A series of windows looks out at the Marin Headlands and the Golden Gate Bridge. To complete the continuity of the room, a series of steps with rounded edges leads to the stately room.
In addition to breathtaking views and a fireplace with stone surround, the great room offers a designer eat-in kitchen and opens to a patio looking out at the bay and San Francisco.
In addition to a center island with seating for three, the kitchen offers a breakfast nook with a sitting window that's bathed by late-morning light.
The environment of the area played greatly into the blueprints, Sutton said, and a terraced garden designed by Paul Leffingwell blocks the rear of the home from stiff breezes.
A stone patio with stucco walls wraps behind the home, while shrubs and bushes dominate the landscape. The patio, which sits off the living room, allows for a seamless flow from indoors to out. A waterfall feature adds a trickling tranquillity to the luxurious space.
Also facing south is the home's opulent master suite, which offers the same dramatic lookouts as the great room, living room and dining room. The suite includes a jetted tub looking out at the Golden Gate and a separate water closet, as well as glass shower, dual vanities and a walk-in closet.
Though most of the home is set on one level, it includes a lower level with two-car garage, wine cellar, recreation room and spare room. The two-level construction is a modernization of the traditional ranch home, Sutton said, but the layout incorporates the public areas in one cohesive space. As a nod to classical stylings, columns are spaced sporadically throughout the interior and exterior.
For more information, visit 465ridgeroadretreat.com
Listing agent: Scott Woods, Pacific Union International, (415) 415-4510, email@example.com; Bill Smith, Pacific Union International, (415) 902-4456, email@example.com.
Address: 465 Ridge Road, Tiburon
Price: $6.85 million
Features: Four-bedroom, four-bathroom modern ranch home with southern exposures; mahogany, stone and Brazilian cherrywood finishes; expansive views of the bay, San Francisco and adjacent landmarks


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Dear Roland,
How often does one have the opportunity to say to another, "You have made a difference in my life" or "I am a better person for having known you?" But to you, my dear friend, I can honestly and whole-heartedly say both.
I know that I'm a better wife because of your example. For seventeen years, I've watched you be a loving and devoted husband to your best friend. I've watched you many times as you've answered your phone, heard Arlene's voice, leaned back in your chair with your hands behind your head with a special smile created only for her and simply said "Hi, Ar." I find myself striving to be the kind of wife that creates in Bill a lasting love like the one that you feel for Arlene.
I know that I'm a better mother because of your example. Remember when we held clinic in the Webb Building every Thursday? All the staff knew that you needed us to be present and at our best on Thursdays for you to have a most successful clinic. Se we worked through our flu symptoms, our headaches, or our stomach viruses because you needed us at work. Unless of course, one of our kids had a ballgame, cheerleading tryouts or a field trip that day. Well, that was different. We knew that you would excuse us from clinic then. How did we know? Because of your example. Many times, you asked us to reschedule your patient load because David, Steven or Nancy had a ballgame, or diving competition, or some other event. We knew that it was important for you to be there, as much for yourself as for them. Despite your uncompromising dedication to your patients, your students and your research, we all know and understand that everything at UAB, everything, takes a backseat to your children. Oh, you try so hard not to boast, but in your own humble way, we occasionally are privileged to hear some great accomplishment from one of your three. We are always touched by your love for them. And then came Lauren. The circle now seems complete.
I know that I'm a better employee because of your leadership. While other supervisors use their employees' job descriptions as a guide to daily task assignments you instead look at yesterday's achievements, bring those into today and say "OK. Let's go just a step further." Do you realize just how much confidence and motivation this produces in your employees? Do you know how puzzled I am every time you call me into your office and say "Tell me your thoughts about this idea" or "Tell me if I'm wrong but…?" After seventeen years, I'm still baffled. I look into your face, then look up at that Harvard degree hanging just above your head, look back at that sincere question and think "Why?" Why do you ever ask me or anyone our opinion about anything? You're the one who seems to know all the right answers. The rest of us are just simply trying to keep up as best we can.
I know I'm a better person in general because of your example. You've heard me say many times that God has blessed my life but are you even aware that you are one of those blessings? For reasons I may never understand, He gave me a front row seat to your life. I have watched your character, your highest of standards and uncompromising honesty and integrity. I have watched you treat people with such patience, such compassion, such attentiveness and such, in my opinion, sometimes, perhaps, undeserved dignity and respect. But, Roland, that's who you are. That's the great man that you are. Rather than treat someone the way we deserve to be treated, you instead threat us the way we need to be treated. You have an uncanny gift of knowing what a person needs on any given day and the caring compassion to be able to fulfill that need in such a perfect way that only you seem to be able to do.
Even though I may be a better wife, a better mother, a better employee, a better person in general for knowing you, I will never be able to master these roles the way you have. If I can just come close . . . well, that would be great.
So, let me close by saying that you, my dear friend, second only to my family, are the love, joy and happiness of my life. I thank God for knowing you and will forever and always remember your warmth, your kindness, your wisdom, your integrity, your sweetness and most of all, your friendship.
Your friend forever,
Love, Nancy


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Dirt and dust can reduce a solar panel's efficiency as much as 80%. The solution: solar panels that dust themselves, a trick they're picking up from their Mars-roving brethren.
At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, researchers introduced solar technology that knows when dirt is keeping it down—the panels first use sensors to determine when dust is rendering them inefficient and then send a charge across an electrically sensitive coating, bucking dust off the surface of the panels.
Malay Mazumder, the Boston University scientist who developed the technology, says that his panels can self-clean 90% of the dust covering them in just two minutes, and he believes that his is the only technology that can do so without water or mechanical parts.
He originally worked on the project in conjunction with NASA, creating solar-powered Mars rovers that wouldn't get bogged down during Martian dust storms. So, in a matter of speaking, these are Martian solar panels. Cool! Mazumder thinks that they'll be available commercially, here on Earth, sometime next year. [BBC]
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It's been quite a week for replacement referee Craig Ochoa. First, he headed up a crew that opened the NFL preseason at the Hall of Fame game, then dealt with a report that he was hired by the NFL after being fired by the Lingerie Football League.
He's working the Ravens-Falcons game from Atlanta tonight, though he seems a bit confused as to where he is. He's called Arizona's name at least twice now. [WGCL]