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Fox News reporter Jana Winter (shown) is so committed to keeping secret the identity of her sources of information in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings that she is willing to face jail time rather than expose the unnamed persons. Though both a Colorado judge and a New York judge have ordered her to turn over her notes related to the killings — that likely contain the names of her law-enforcement sources — Winter has so far refused.
On July 20, 2012, James Holmes opened fire on unsuspecting patrons in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70. Fox News sent Jana Winter to cover the aftermath. Just five days later, Winter broke her exclusive story that Holmes had forwarded a notebook to a University of Colorado psychiatrist "filled with details about how he was going to kill people." Her story was based on information she had received from law-enforcement sources who were not to discuss the case because of a gag order issued by County Judge William Sylvester.
Forbes reported,
As one might expect, the defense attorneys were not happy with the revelation, claiming that the failure of the unnamed sources to honor the gag order — and Winter's reporting of what she had learned — violated Holmes' right to receive a fair trial.
The defense team began an investigation into the violation of the gag order, and called a number of law-enforcement officers to the stand, all of whom denied having leaked the information. It was at that point that the defense team persuaded Colorado Judge Sylvester to issue an order forcing Winter to turn over her notes on the story. But because Winter lives in New York, she could not be forced to comply with the order.
Manhattan Judge Larry Stephen then stepped in to offer his assistance and signed off on a subpoena requiring Winter to turn over all her materials associated with the Holmes case, as per the Colorado judge's order.
Winter is holding her ground, however. In an affadavit filed with the court, she stated,
In all of the time that I have worked as a journalist, I have always maintained my commitments to sources to keep the identities of confidential sources safe from disclosure. As a result, I enjoy an excellent reputation as an investigative journalist among my peers, and, as importantly, among the sources upon whom I rely to obtain information for my reporting. If this reputation were tarnished, it would severely compromise my ability to gather news, and would assuredly result in critical reports on public issues never seeing the light of day.
Winter's stance is not simply on behalf of herself but for all reporters, who know that one's sources are an absolute necessity, guaranteeing the public's right to information.
Though Colorado's Shield Law is supposed to protect any reporter from having to reveal a source, it does include provisions that allow a judge to circumvent it and compel a reporter to provide the ordered information to the court. Forbes explained:
Should the court determine that the reporter's information is directly relevant to a substantial element in the case; that the information cannot be obtained by any other reasonable means; and that the interests of the party seeking disclosure (in this case Mr. Holmes) outweighs the First Amendment rights of the reporter, along with the public's right to receive the news, the court can ignore the Shield Law and force the reporter to provide all requested information.
According to Winter's attorneys, her testimony is not "directly relevant" to Holmes' crime, and forcing her to reveal her sources would destroy her career.
The judge "has said that he recognized that a resolution of Holmes's motion here could result in Jana facing what he described as a Hobson's Choice between burning her sources, and thus destroying her career, or facing punishment for contempt of court," said Dori Ann Hanswirth, one of Winter's attorneys.
On April 10, the Colorado court is set to determine whether the exceptions to the Shield Law apply, and in turn, whether Winter will be forced to reveal her sources or face a jail sentence of up to six months.
However, as of Monday evening, District Court Judge Carlos Samour, Jr. ruled that he must decide whether Holmes' notebook is admissible as evidence in Holmes' trial before ruling on whether Winter will be forced to testify.
Forbes noted that despite the implications of such a situation on the media, very few outlets are even reporting on this story, most likely because Winter is employed by a conservative news outlet. It asked,
Were this happening to a Washington Post or New York Times reporter, does anyone believe that there would be a virtual blackout on a story where the reporter is threatened with jail time for protecting a source?
"I think this is something that journalists, regardless of the outlet you work for, should be concerned about," wrote conservative blogger Matt K. Lewis. "I certainly hope that the fact that she is from Fox News isn't impacting the coverage you see from other outlets. I would hope that we would see more journalists stepping forward."
First Amendment rights advocates have recognized the significant implications of this issue.
For instance, First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams asserted,
In most cases involving a journalist trying to protect their confidential sources, an argument can at least be made that the testimony of the journalist is needed for some reason, like when a journalist interviews a defendant.
But here Jana had no information and no knowledge at all relating to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, or whether he should get capital punishment if he is convicted, or the like.
Is it worth the time, effort, and harm done to First Amendment and free press principles to go after a reporter who has done nothing more than obtain information of a highly newsworthy nature?
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas and Rutgers lit up the scoreboard in Razorback Stadium last season, combining for 816 passing yards and eight touchdowns – all through the air — in the Scarlet Knight's 35-26 win.
But plenty has changed in both programs since that late September shootout.
Arkansas (3-0) and Rutgers (2-1) are bracing for what is expected to be a rough, rugged and run-oriented rematch in Piscataway, N.J., today at 2:30 p.m. Both teams bring physical offenses built around a power ground game and will highlight three of the nation's top seven rushers. Both defenses have had success against the run as well, with Rutgers entering the game ranked fifth in the nation in run defense and (59.3 yards a game) and Arkansas not too far behind at 20th (105.3 yards a game).
So it's hard to find anyone predicting similar fireworks through the air today.
"They play hard and we play hard," Arkansas running back Jonathan Williams said. "We're a run-dominated team. We play physical. We play somewhat of the same type of football. So we're going to see who comes out victorious."
The other important element to consider: Both teams bring quarterback questions into the game because of injuries to their starters last week.
Arkansas' Brandon Allen is doubtful after suffering a shoulder injury in the first quarter of the Southern Miss win, although coach Bret Bielema said the sophomore remains a "game-time decision." Rutgers' Gary Nova was limited earlier in the week after suffering a concussion, but coach Kyle Flood said he was "very optimistic" Nova would be back under center against Arkansas after improving late in the week.
The uncertainty likely makes the ground games and defenses even more critical.
"I do think that a lot of it is going to come down to who can stop the run," Bielema said Thursday. "I know they threw for all kinds of yards last year. It was a different defense. And it's definitely a different offensive scheme on their part."
Running back Paul James, a former walk-on, has been key to Rutgers' success with and without Nova on the field this season. He has rushed for an NCAA-high 493 yards with six touchdowns in three games, helping an offense ranked 40th in the nation in rushing yards (217.7 yards a game).
Williams and Alex Collins have been the SEC's most productive backs, meanwhile, forming a one-two punch that has produced multiple 100-yard rushers in three straight weeks for the first time in school history. Collins (418 yards) ranks fourth in the NCAA in rushing yards, while Williams is seventh (393).
Rutgers coach Kyle Flood said they're clearly the key to Arkansas' offensive plans.
"I don't think it's any secret that Coach Bielema philosophically believes in the same things we believe in here," Flood said. "He wants to run the football and he wants to stop the run and they have done a very good job of it so far, and that's exactly what we want to do. So it is going to be a very physical football game on Saturday with two teams that are going to give it their best attempt at running the football."
Arkansas is traveling to the northeast for a game for the first time since the 1940, when the Razorbacks lost at Fordham. It's also the first time an SEC school will play on Rutgers' campus at High Point Solutions Stadium. And the first time since 2010 the Scarlet Knights have played a home game televised by ESPN.
Fittingly, it also has been dubbed as Rutgers' "blackout" game this season. The team will don black uniforms, while fans will be encouraged to wear the color as well.
So Arkansas expects an energetic atmosphere and did their best to prepare, practicing indoors Tuesday with crowd noise blaring. But the Razorbacks said they're eager for the trip, traveling to an area of the country many haven't played.
"It's going to be great, because a lot of our players have never really gone up north like that," Arkansas safety Eric Bennett said. "This is the farthest north I ever went up and played. It's going to be a new environment, a new experience for us."
The Razorbacks want to make sure the experience is better than last year's game.
Arkansas' defense rarely put a finger on Nova as he carved up the secondary, throwing for 397 yards and 5 touchdowns. On the other side, Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson completed 10 of his passes to receiver Cobi Hamilton, who set the SEC's single-game receiving record with 303 yards and three touchdowns.
It wasn't enough for the Razorbacks to win, watching Rutgers improve to 4-0. This time, Arkansas is the one trying to go 4-0 before moving into SEC play with a four-game stretch against ranked teams (Texas A&M, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina).
"I want to get them back for last year still, but I'm not looking at it as a revenge game," Arkansas receiver Julian Horton. "I still want to win just as bad as any other game. … We want to win very bad and we want to keep taking steps forward each and every day and go undefeated until Texas A&M."
Arkansas will have to prove its ground game, run defense and physical approach is up to the Rutgers test to accomplish it in a game expected to take on a much different identity than last season's pass-happy shootout between the teams.
"I like this type of game," Arkansas linebacker Otha Peters said. "Just a physical game. … We're going to see who's stronger up front — us or them."

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Structuralism in psychology refers to the theory founded by Edward B. Titchener, with the goal to describe the structure of the mind in terms of the most primitive elements of mental experience.[1] This theory focused on three things: the individual elements of consciousness, how they organized into more complex experiences, and how these mental phenomena correlated with physical events.[2] The mental elements structure themselves in such a way to allow conscious experience.
Titchener and StructuralismEdit
Edward B. Titchener is the founder of the theory of structuralism. Because he was student of Wilhelm Wundt at the University of Leipzig, Titchener's ideas on how the mind worked were heavily influenced by Wundt's theory of voluntarism and his ideas of Association and Apperception (the passive and active combinations of elements of consciousness respectively). Titchener attempted to classify the structures of the mind, not unlike chemists classify the elements of nature into the periodic table.
Titchener argued that only observable events constituted science and that any speculation concerning unobservable events has no place in society (this view was similar to the one expressed by Ernst Mach). In his book, Systematic Psychology, Titchener wrote:
It is true, nevertheless, that observation is the single and proprietary method of science, and that experiment, regarded as scientific method, is nothing else than observation safeguarded and assisted.—[3]
Mind and ConsciousnessEdit
Titchener believed that the goal of psychology was to study mind and consciousness. He defined consciousness as the sum total of mental experience at any given moment, and the mind as the accumulated experience of a lifetime. He believed that if the basic components of the mind could be defined and categorized, then the structure of mental processes and higher thinking could be determined. What each element of the mind is (what), how those elements interact with each other (how), and why they interact in the ways that they do (why) was the basis of reasoning that Titchener used in trying to find structure to the mind.
The main tool that Titchener used to try and determine the different components of consciousness was introspection. Titchener writes in his Systematic Psychology:
"The state of consciousness which is to be the matter of psychology…can become an object of immediate knowledge only by way of introspection or self-awareness." [4]
and in his book An Outline of Psychology:
"…within the sphere of psychology, introspection is the final and only court of appeal, that psychological evidence cannot be other than introspective evidence." [5]
Unlike Wundt's method of introspection, Titchener had very strict guidelines for the reporting of an introspective analysis. The subject would be presented with an object, such as a pencil. The subject would then report the characteristics of that pencil (color, length, etc.). The subject would be instructed not to report the name of the object (pencil) because that did not describe the raw data of what the subject was experiencing. Titchener referred to this as stimulus error.
In his translation of Wundt's work, Titchener illustrates Wundt has a supporter of introspection as a method through which to observe consciousness. However, introspection only fits Wundt's theories if the term is taken to refer to psychophysical methods.
Elements of the MindEdit
Titchener's theory began with the question of what each element of the mind is. He concluded from his research that there were three types of mental elements constituting conscious experience: Sensations (elements of perceptions), Images (elements of ideas), and Affections (elements of emotions). These elements could be broken down into their respective properties, which he determined were quality, intensity,
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duration, clearness, and extensity. Both sensations and images contained all of these qualities; however, affections were lacking in both clearness and extensity.
Interaction of ElementsEdit
The second issue in Titchener's theory of structuralism was the question of how the mental elements combined and interacted with each other to form conscious experience. His conclusions were largely based on ideas of associationism. In particular, Titchener focuses on the law of contiguity, which is the idea that the thought of something will tend to cause thoughts of things that are usually experience along with it.
Titchener rejected Wundt's notions of apperception and creative synthesis (voluntary action), which were the basis of Wundt's voluntarism. Titchener argued that attention was simply a manifestation of the "clearness" property within sensation.
Physical and Mental RelationshipEdit
Once Titchener identified the elements of mind and their interaction, his theory then asked the question of why the elements interact in the way they do. In particular, Titchener was interested in the relationship between the conscious experience and the physical processes. Titchener believed that physiological processes provide a continuous substratum that give psychological processes a continuity they otherwise would not have. Therefore, the nervous system does not cause conscious experience, but can be used to explain some characteristics of mental events.
Wundt and StructuralismEdit
Wilhelm Wundt instructed Titchener, the founder of structuralism, at the University of Leipzig. Wundt is often associated in past literature with structuralism and the use of similar introspective methods. However, this is not the case. Wundt makes a clear distinction between pure introspection, which is the relatively unstructured self-observation used by earlier philosophers, and experimental introspection. Wundt believes this type of introspection to be acceptable since it uses laboratory instruments to vary conditions and make results of internal perceptions more precise.
The reason for this confusion lies in the translation of Wundt's writings. When Titchener brought his theory to America, he also brought with him the Wundt's work. Titchener translated these works for the American audience, and in so doing misinterpreted Wundt's meaning. He then used this translation to show that Wundt supported Titchener's own theories. In fact, Wundt's main theory was that of voluntarism.
Structuralism has faced a large amount of criticism, particularly from the behaviorist school of psychology. The main critique of structuralism was its focus on introspection as the method by which to gain an understanding of conscious experience. Critics argue that self-analysis was not feasible, since introspective students cannot appreciate the processes or mechanisms of their own mental processes. Introspection, therefore, yielded different results depending on who was using it and what they were seeking. Some critics also pointed out that introspective techniques actually resulted in retrospection – the memory of a sensation rather than the sensation itself.
Behaviorists fully rejected even the idea of the conscious experience as a worthy topic in psychology, since they believed that the subject matter of scientific psychology should be strictly operationalized in an objective and measurable way. Because the notion of a mind could not be objectively measured, it was not worth further inquiry. Structuralism also believes that the mind could be dissected into its individual parts, which then formed conscious experience. This also received criticism from the Gestalt school of psychology, which argues that the mind cannot be broken down into individual elements.
Besides theoretical attacks, structuralism was criticized for excluding and ignoring important developments happening outside of structuralism. For instance, structuralism did not concern itself with the study of animal behavior, abnormal behavior, and personality. In addition, structuralism denied adopting the theory of evolution into its theory, which is arguably its biggest downfall. Ironically, in a critique of functional psychology, Titchener writes in his Systematic Psychology:
"[Functional psychology] was born of the enthusiasm of the post-Darwinian days, when evolution seemed to answer all the riddles of the universe; it has been nourished on analogies drawn from a loose and popular biology; it will pass as other fashions pass." [6]
Titchener himself was criticized for not using his psychology to help answer practical problems. Instead, Titchener was interested in seeking pure knowledge that to him was more important that commonplace issues.
Contemporary StructuralismEdit
Today, the theory of structuralism has become virtually extinct. While researchers are still working to offer objective experimental approaches to measuring conscious experience, in particular within the field of cognitive psychology, the use of Titchener's form of introspection is no longer used. Today, any introspective methodologies are done under highly controlled situations and are understood to be subjective and retrospective. Proponents argue that psychology can still gain useful information from using introspection in this case.
See alsoEdit
- Edward B. Titchener
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Voluntarism
- Association of ideas
- Associationism
- Mentalism (psychology)
- Cognitive Psychology
- History of Psychology
Notes and ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Uttal (2000) The War Between Mentalism and Behaviorism, p. 9
- ↑ Hergenhahn (2009) An Introduction to the History of Psychology, p. 275
- ↑ Titchener (1929) Systematic Psychology: Progelomena, p. 43
- ↑ Titchener (1929) Systematic Psychology: Progelomena, p. 165
- ↑ Titchener (1906) A Textbook of Psychology, p. 358
- ↑ Titchener (1929) Systematic Psychology: Progelomena, p. 253
- Danziger, Kurt. "Wundt and the Two Traditions in Psychology." In Wilhelm Wundt and the Making of a Scientific Psychology, by R. W. Rieber, 73-88. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1980.
- Hergenhahn, B. R. An Introduction to the History of Psychology. 6th Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2009.
- Leahey, T.M. "The mistaken mirror: On Wundt's and Titchener's psychologies." Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, 17, (1981): 273-282.
- Robinson, Daniel N. Toward a Science of Human Nature. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1982.
- Uttal, William R. The War Between Mentalism and Behaviorism: On the Accessibility of Mental Processes. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2000.
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A <a href="Janne">dedicated Capcom fan has a copy of the Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition poster book. I swear I had a copy of this too, given away with a British Mega Drive magazine, and for the pre-internet Street Fighter fan, it was like gold.
I'm not sure about the more promotional images, like the poster, but the rest appear to be the work of Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, a Capcom legend and one of the key men responsible for the look of the Street Fighter series as we know it today.
Scans from the SFII Championship Edition art booklet reminds of awesome old-school Capcom art [Capcom]


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Washington Reads the 101st Psalm?
A recent discussion on the Revlist alerted me to a problematic passage in Edward G. Lengel's 2005 study General George Washington: A Military Life. It comes from page 105:
Six hot and dusty days later, on July 2nd, he [Washington] passed the first pickets around the American lines at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Just as he entered camp it began to rain, sending the troops that had been assembled to greet him scrambling for shelter. He had to wait until the following morning to meet his army on a muddy parade ground. The new commander-in-chief then delivered a short speech, read from the 101st Psalm, and reviewed the fidgety lines of paraded troops. "Joy was visible in every countenance," Brigadier Nathanael Greene later wrote, "and it seemed as if the spirit of conquest breathed through the whole army."Lengel's only citation for this paragraph is to the letters of Gen. Greene of Rhode Island. The quotation is accurate, but it did not describe any welcome ceremony on 3 July 1775. Greene was not even in Cambridge that day, having sent a detachment of his men instead, as his 4 July letter states. The quotation is from Greene's letter dated 14 July, after Washington had ridden round to other parts of the American lines, including where the Rhode Island troops were stationed.
As for Washington's "short speech" and psalm-reading, Lengel's book doesn't say where he read about those actions. But it's not hard to figure out. For a quote on the following page, Lengel cites Charles Martyn's Life of Artemas Ward. That biography, in a long footnote that covers most of his pages 152 and 153, quotes "Secomb's History of the Town of Amherst, N. H." about Washington's remarks. Lengel's list of sources did not include this local history, so he dug only as far as Martyn.
But here's the puzzle. Martyn's clear conclusion in that long footnote was that, contrary to traditions that sprang up in the mid-1800s, there was no grand ceremony on Cambridge Common to welcome the new commander from Virginia. Some troops turned out, but many more wrote "nothing remarkable" happened that day, as in the diary of Pvt. Samuel Haws, and none left a contemporaneous description of the encounter.
Furthermore, Martyn stated that he had found no "authentic sources" describing how Washington had addressed even part of the Continental Army in Cambridge. He called the story in Secomb's book an "alleged recollection." He printed it separate from his list of all the sources he considered reliable, after discussing how two previous historians had misrepresented other sources.
It's clear that Martyn did not consider the story of Washington reading the 101st Psalm to be reliable. Samuel F. Batchelder echoed that assessment in his own study of the local "Washington Elm" tradition, reprinted in Bits of Cambridge History: "This whole passage [about psalm-reading] is so odd and improbable that commentators like Martyn dismiss it as the maunderings of a nonagenarian."
Lengel must have missed Martyn's hints, or ignored them. And the lack of a citation for his book's statement about the commander's remarks leaves readers of General George Washington with no way to assess its reliability...
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We have a hard time labeling even the most educated enthusiasts as true "hot rodders" unless they have actually drag raced their cars. We're talking about heading to the local strip, "dialing in" with shoe polish on the windshield, and taking a crack at both consistency and sharp reactions to compete against the locals in a round by round dash for cash.
Nowhere is this exercise more impressive than in the B&M Racer Appreciation Series and its crown-jewel event, the B&M Millon Dollar Drag Race. Here you'll find the best racers in the world duking it out for the biggest potential prize in drag racing. This Memphis finale is more than just a bracket race, as multiple events and numerous prizes within the race have more than 445 racecars lining up at the gates days before things get going.
For the street machine set or those that drive cars similar to them, no event within "the Million" is bigger than the Mickey Thompson Footbrake Invitational, presented by Popular Hot Rodding. Mickey Thompson put up $2,000 to win, $1,000 for the runner up, $500 for a semi-final birth, and $250 for getting past first round, not to mention a 2 for 1 gift certificate toward a set of tires for all sixteen participants. To qualify for the Invitational, one had to finish in the Top 10 among Footbrake class points earners in the B&M Series or be among the selected six racers from around the drag racing community. This had the best "non-electronics" racers (bracket racers whom simply stall the converter against the brake pedal and swap feet at the light, rather than relying upon a transbrake and electronic delay box for performance and consistency) chasing the seven race series for a chance at facing off in an abbreviated ladder like you'd find in the Big Bud Shootout for the NHRA stars. The racers were more intense than NHRA pros, too!
They take this racing seriously and the staging lanes were filled with big-block and small-block doorslammers specifically prepped to run the number. Most cars ran the Memphis 1/8 mile in between 6 and 8 seconds, so by comparison you'd see 9 to 11 second runs from them at 1/4 mile tracks. More importantly, these guys are deadly on the .500 sportsman tree, with the majority of runs featuring sub-.550 second reaction times. If you don't think that's a big deal, try doing it consistently in your hot rod!
Among the other events on the grounds were Thursday's Simon Racing Products Gambler's race for a free entry into "the Million," $20,000 to win events on both Friday and Sunday named the "Barker Trailer Sales Twin 20s," the Jeg's "Clash for Cash" Shootout (for "electronics" race winners in the series), the K&R "Reaction Time Shootout" for quick leavers within the B&M Series, and the Goza "Tighten it Up" Challenge for index heroes. Make no mistake, however, all eyes were on Saturday night's giant prize, where Joel Reynolds took home more than $200,000 for his efforts! "The Million" name is a bit of a misnomer, as only after signing up 500 entries (215 cars actually entered) allows the final prize reach such heights, but even reaching a fifth of that makes it drag racing's biggest payday. Buybacks, sidebets, and deal making among opponents only add to the excitement. Series promoters paid out $520,000 that night!
Check the B&M Racer Appreciation Series schedule for 2003 at www.bracketnews.com, find a race near you, and take advantage of their "race for free" program where participating GM Performance Parts dealers can offer you a free tech card and shot at the True Street field. Collect enough points in the Footbrake class and you too could be participating in this year's Footbrake Invitational at "The Million" in Memphis, held September 25-28, 2003.


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Six Old Dominion Student-Athletes Recognized as Academic All-State Honorees
By ODU Athletics
June 20, 2006
NORFOLK, Va. -- Six Old Dominion student-athletes were among the 98 collegiate athletes throughout the state honored for their achievements both in athletic competition and in the classroom as the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced the 2005-06 Academic All-State Awards.
The VaSID All-State winners were nominated by their school and voted upon by sports information directors at all member institutions. The Academic All-State recognition is the only honor handed out by the organization that includes athletes from all NCAA institutions in Division I, II, and III as well as NAIA schools. In order to be eligible, the student-athlete must be a starter or key reserve who has reached sophomore eligibility status and has a 3.20 or better grade point average. The First, Second, and Third teams consist of the top 11 athletes, including ties.
Among the VaSID Academic All-State First Team Honorees are a pair of field hockey standouts in Janelle Engle (Mt. Joy, Pa.) and Mary Cate Gordon (Oreland, Pa.), who add to a long list of academic and athletic accomplishments for the 2005-06 year after attaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages. Engle was named CAA Player of the Year, and earned first team All-American honors by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. She led ODU and the CAA in scoring with 20 goals. She was selected by the ODU Alumni Association as the Female Athlete of the Year, and the Norfolk Sports Club presented her with the Tom Scott award as the university's top senior athlete. In the classroom, Engle is a four-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Academic selection and was chosen to the USA TODAY All-USA College Academic team. She was also the CAA's Scholar Athlete of the Year. She and Gordon were co-winners of the prestigious Jack Wilkins/aJames Howard Female Scholar Athletes of the Year at ODU with the highest cumulative averages. A music major, Engle was first violinist in the Deihn String Quartet and concertmaster of the ODU Symphony. Gordon posted seven shutouts along with a .702 save percentage and a 1.47 goal against average in leading ODU to the CAA crown and its 16th appearance in the NCAA semi-finals. Gordon is a four-time NFHCA All-Academic selection and graduated with a degree in English. She was a Rhodes Scholar nominee and will be attending law school in the fall. Both were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Women's At-Large Team by CoSIDA. Engle was selected to the first team and Gordon to the second team.
Three student-athletes from Old Dominion landed on the Academic All-State Third Team in women's soccer's Laura Beeman (Chalfont, Pa.), men's basketball's Alex Loughton (Perth, Australia), and men's swimming Brian Julich (Sanford, N.C.). Beeman, a CAA Fall Scholar Athlete, was a counseling major who has been a constant on the ODU Dean's List and was a three-time recipient of the CAA Commissioner's Academic Award. She was selected as the CAA women's soccer Player of the Year in 2005 after leading the conference and ranking among the top 20 nationally with 16 goals and 35 points. Beeman was chosen to the NSCAA All Mid-Atlantic second team and the Soccer Buzz All-Region squad, and earned All-CAA accolades for the third year in a row. She finished her career ranked second in career goals and points at ODU. Loughton was a three-time First Team I-AAA Scholar Athlete Team member by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. He also earned third team Academic All-American honors by ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA. Loughton helped lead ODU to a 24-10 record as the team advanced to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament. The 6-9 Perth, Australian native completed his four-year career at ODU with 1,642 points, 952 rebounds, and 159 steals. Loughton ranks tenth all-time at ODU in points, sixth in rebounds and eighth in steals. Julich was selected to ESPN The Magazine's/CoSIDA Academic second team All-District men's at-large team. Graduating with a degree in biology/pre-med, Julich helped the Monarchs finish third at the CAA Swimming and Diving Championships. In late April he was the male recipient of the prestigious Jack Wilkins/James Howard Scholar Athlete of the Year award, which is presented to the male and female senior athletes with the highest cumulative grade point averages. He won two events in the season opener against Towson, winning the 50 free (21.89), and the 100 free (48.48) and also won the 100 butterfly (52.17) against Radford and VMI in addition to the 100 fly (52.25) in the CAA pod meet against Delaware and William and Mary. Julich placed first in the 500 free (21.74) against George Washington and swam on the second place 200 freestyle relay team (1:23.93) at the CAA Championships.
Earning Honorable Mention VaSID Academic All-State was junior women's basketball member Tish Lyons (Newport News, Va.). Lyons, a pre-med/biology major, was a starting member of the Lady Monarch team which brought home its 15th straight CAA title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 23rd time in school history. She averaged 9.6 points and 4.3 rebounds for the team, which finished the year with a 22-9 mark.


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The Big Wicked Online Pageant Rules: • Scan a photo from your Halloween past. (Ideally, the photos should be from your childhood but we'll take what you've got.) • Post it to your blog on Friday, October 29. • Once you post your photo, email me the URL to that specific post. • I'll post a link to every participant's blog by Saturday afternoon. I've also added a new wrinkle this year. Although the main goal of this pageant is to have some fun and get to know other bloggers, every pageant has to have a winner, right? At least that's what all the stage moms I know say. So, once you've seen all the participants' photos, come back and vote for your favorite. You can either cast your vote in the comments section or send it via email. Please don't be a monster and vote for yourself.
I don't have any pictures from when I was a kid, but here are some from late teen and early 20's. I used the same outfit a few times. My high school sweetheart and I had a couple of killer costume parties. This first pic is he and I and another friend. I was the devil, he was the nun.
I used to make this punch in a plastic witch's cauldron with sherbet and grain alcohol and dry ice. The dry ice wouldn't hurt you, but the grain alcohol might. Seriously, it was cool as hell because it smoked and bubbled. (btw, that was one of my best friends behind me - girl had BALLS dressing as a belly dancer while pregnant!)
This one the tail is between MY legs.
This one between someone else's. Good times!
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AutoMedon – A mechanical poet of renown not for his vast catalog of poetry, but for his complete lack of anything written or spoken, having had no output in his programmed profession. His creator is unknown or at least unaccredited, and there are those in great number in the artistic world who wonder and marvel at his inability to produce poetry, crediting that flaw to his creator who is unknown or at least un-credited. There is also a small faction of scholars who believe that when he finally, finally speaks, it will be the most beautiful or sorrowful verse ever spoke or will ever be spoken. Whether his creator is among either group or dead is unknown. AutoMedon sits alone under a tin roofed enclosure, upon a stone chair, with his gaze off in the distant as if thinking.
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CA Capacity Management enables higher service levels across high-volume physical, virtual and cloud environments while helping to reduce capital expenditures and operating expenditures associated with hardware, software, power and cooling. CA Services provides guidance and expertise to deploy powerful and comprehensive data collection management, capacity monitoring and reporting, and forecasting and modeling for intelligent demand prediction.
Business and IT leaders must provide efficient and effective computing resources and are constantly challenged to evaluate and predict future resource needs. These challenges must be balanced with budget and resource realities to ensure that future needs are met without compromising current performance in the data center or the bottom line.
Control costs by increasing asset utilization, avoiding over-provisioning of hardware and licenses, minimize operational and maintenance costs and reduce energy costs. Balance cost against capacity and supply against demand.
Monitoring and evaluating current demand is often complicated with multiple tools and multiple reports that fail to capture key data for making informed decisions.
Predicting future demand can be compromised if changes in computing environment or marketplace are not factored in to predictions.
Risk mitigation demands that cost-justifiable IT capacity is available to meet service level requirements, while minimizing capacity-related incidents that can result in lost business and impact on customer satisfaction.
Align business and IT to anticipate capacity requirements before the business is affected.
CA Capacity Management Implementation Services deploys a robust solution that supports planning and managing so that cost-effective IT resources can be available to meet current and future business requirements. Leverage reporting for performance and capacity of existing IT components and services, as well as forward-looking predictive "what if" scenarios and sensitivity analysis. This predictive capability enables users to evaluate technologies like virtualization and the cloud, optimize infrastructure and procure hardware just-in-time and evaluate the impact of changes to workload or infrastructure.
CA Capacity Management can be deployed with CA Express Install, which provides a future-ready framework that brings streamlined factory efficiency to your CA solution deployment and delivers consistency by eliminating many manual processes. Begin using your solution in less time required for traditional installs, and then build, deploy and extend future services and solutions faster by leveraging the less time framework. This approach requires fewer resources and less time and can be a quicker path to value. Ask your CA representative for more information.
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Integrate the solution with performance management and/or configuration management systems not directly supported by the OOTB product. This service identifies and validates your unique data collection requirements, designs data adapters to integrate infrastructure management systems to the solution and configures CA Data Manager to automatically extract, translate and load data from data sources. CA Data Manager is a data warehousing tool that collects and stores various kinds of data. It collects this data from system management tools from a variety of widely-used products. CA Data Manager connects to these data sources through various means to collect, normalize and store the data in the CA Data Manager database. its bundled with several data adapters, and it is possible to configure custom data adapters that gather data from sources other than those directly supported OOTB.
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Extend the Foundation Service by configuring reports and dashboards to satisfy reporting requirements not met by OOTB product features. CA Services reviews client requirements to identify and define report views needed to supplement Foundationlevel reporting capabilities and then works with clients to design, implement, test and document the extended reporting capability.
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Associated learning goals• Students should be able to
explain how mechanisms of evolution cause variation within a population. {A}• Students should be able
to distinguish between random and nonrandom evolutionary processes. {B}• Students should be able to demonstrate their
understanding of the mechanisms of evolution to relevant issues, such as
antibiotic resistance, the occurrence of genetic disorders or cancer
therapeutics. {C}3. Natural selection is a key evolutionary mechanismEvolution
by natural selection results from differential reproductive success, where
individuals with certain heritable traits are more successful. The fitness of an
individual and its genotype is directly determined by its relative reproductive
success. The fittest individuals will pass their genes to more offspring, driving
the evolution of the population. In this way, the population becomes
better-suited (adapted) to its environment. Multiple lines of evidence support evolution
by natural selection, including the fossil record, homologies and direct
observation in laboratory and field studies.
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distinguish between individual fitness and adaptation of populations. {B}• Students
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transmission. {B}• Students should
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natural selection. {C}4. The molecular basis of evolutionOrganismal
traits are determined at the genetic and epigenetic level. Molecular
modifications at these levels may determine the RNA and protein expression
patterns in a cell, influencing the phenotype of the organism. Genetic
modifications can also arise from the acquisition of new genetic material via
processes such as horizontal gene transfer, endosymbiosis and viral vector
transfer. Transmission of these heritable alterations may lead to changes in
the genetic composition of a population, thereby driving evolution.
learning goals• Students should be able to
explain how cells can acquire new genetic material. {A}• Students should be able to explain
how mutations and epigenetic changes influence gene expression, structure and
function of gene products and the fitness of an organism. {B}• Using
genetic information, students should be able to categorize organisms and
establish phylogenetic relationships. {C}
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Washington and Boston - Politics plays a part in hiring decisions throughout Washington. But by law, internal rules, and tradition, the selection of career officials at the Justice Department is supposed to be blind to matters of party.
That's because the application of federal justice is intended to be nonpartisan. Citizens have a right to expect equal treatment under the law, without regard to their political beliefs, registration, or yard signs.
Thus, by letting politics dictate the appointment of career prosecutors, immigration officials, and other government lawyers, senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may have crossed a red line, say some legal experts. And if the details in a just-released internal report are true, these aides crossed that line by a lot.
"Both Democratic and Republican administrations in the past have operated with the understanding that the Department of Justice in its career hiring process should not be politicized," says Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, in Virginia.
This issue will be in the congressional spotlight Wednesday, when the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing focusing on the new report, produced jointly by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General and its Office of Professional Responsibility.
According to the report, released July 28, for nearly two years top advisers to then-Attorney General Gonzales discriminated against applicants for jobs who weren't Republican or conservative.
Monica Goodling, at the time the Justice Department's liaison to the White House, asked at least some applicants questions such as, "What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?" says the report.
In researching the background of applicants for career prosecutor jobs, top Justice aides used Internet searches on such keywords as "Bush," "Gore," "Democrat," "spotted owl," "abortion," "gun," and "Florida recount," according to the report.
Ms. Goodling objected to hiring at least one prosecutor because she felt he was a Democrat, the report alleges. Others allegedly were hired because they were "solid Americans" on the GOP's core issues.
Goodling has acknowledged in sworn congressional testimony that she improperly took political considerations into account in hiring, but said this occurred in only a small number of cases.
Gonzales appeared unaware of the political nature of the hiring process in his department, according to investigators. In a statement Tuesday he said political considerations "should play no part in the hiring of career officials at the Department of Justice."
Of course, on one level political considerations are a main driver of hiring decisions in Washington. Presidents generally hire Cabinet secretaries and White House staff from their own party. The post of attorney general is political.
Under these top jobs, a small number of senior aides are also political hires. These allow chief executives to attempt to implement their policies and steer large bureaucratic government organizations.
But the vast majority of government workers serve in civil service posts where hiring is intended to be exempt from political influence. This prevents a wholesale disruption of government services when administrations change and is intended to guard against graft and cronyism.
With the Justice Department in particular, it is intended to help ensure that the scales of justice do not tip to left or right, politically speaking.
"When you're talking about the Justice Department, a group that's charged with upholding the law, it's particularly disturbing to hear allegations that they're violating the law," says Maureen O'Rourke, dean of Boston University School of Law.
Previous investigations have alleged that politics played a role in appointments to Justice honors and intern programs. The nearly simultaneous firing of eight US attorneys also remains a live issue. While these top regional jobs are political appointments, critics allege that the mass US attorney firing was driven by improperly political reasons, such as an attempt to sway particular prosecutions.
"Some worry that too much politics has crept into the professional, get-the-job-done level," says Ms. O'Rourke. "That's not a glamorous issue that would make it to the forefront of the election campaign, but I think it's an issue that the next president will have to deal with."
As to Justice, the question of who knew what remains relevant. Justice investigators concluded that the White House political affairs office recommended a majority of the immigration judge candidates that Goodling and Kyle Sampson, former chief of staff to Gonzales, considered hiring.
Then there is the issue of whether, and how, the improper hiring might be undone. "Can you purge the people hired improperly?" says Professor Tobias.
Current Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he was "of course disturbed" by the new report's allegations. He said he would make sure "that the conduct described in this report does not occur again at the department."


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff says the club has reached a 10-year lease agreement with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to stay at the Oakland Coliseum.
The deal is subject to approval by the JPA, city of Oakland and Alameda County Board of Supervisors.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig commended both sides for reaching a deal on a lease extension, while offering, "I continue to believe that the Athletics need a new facility and am fully supportive of the club's view that the best site in Oakland is the Coliseum site."
The two-time AL West champion Athletics are still hoping for a new stadium, but Wolff said a proposed site near Oakland's popular Jack London Square neighborhood has proved not to be a feasible option.
"Howard Terminal as a potential ballpark site has been and is totally rejected by MLB and the A's," Wolff said in an email to The Associated Press.
Selig reiterated that in a statement Wednesday. He has long supported Wolff's efforts to build a stadium, but hasn't ruled whether the A's can move into the San Francisco Giants' territory in technology-rich Silicon Valley and San Jose.
The rundown Coliseum has had multiple sewage problems in the past year and an outage affecting the outfield lights against the New York Yankees on June 14.
"I continue to believe that the Athletics need a new facility and am fully supportive of the club's view that the best site in Oakland is the Coliseum site," Selig said. "Contrary to what some have suggested, the committee that has studied this issue did not determine that the Howard Terminal site was the best location for a new facility in Oakland."
AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley contributed.
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- New leaner physique with a major reduction in weight and improved power delivery offer more precise control, lighter handling and better acceleration
Lightweight engine
- Camshafts are now made of SCM saving approximately 400g
- Lightweight magnesium engine covers are standard and save approximately 610g over aluminum units
- Revised top injector mounting plate saves approximately 80g
- Narrower transmission gears and revised gear dog shape provide a 170g weight savings, without compromising rigidity
- Oil pump and starter gears are machined to use less metal, shedding approximately 70g
- New inlet pressure pulse monitor enables deletion of the cam angle sensor, further contributing to engine weight reduction
- Coolant reservoir relocated and redesigned, the new shape and shorter tube save approximately 150g
- Revised and relocated heat pads contribute another 170g to weight savings
- Reshaped secondary air passages through the cylinder head contribute to more efficient cleaning of exhaust emissions
- Cassette-type transmission makes it easy to quickly swap gear ratios, reducing set-up time at the track
Increased mid-range performance
- New double bore velocity stacks feature inlets at two different heights, increasing performance in both the midand high-rpm ranges
- Increased durability from optimized cam nitriding and tappets enable high-load cam profiles, which improve overall performance
- Pistons have new profiles and improved crown finishing
- Molybdenum coated piston skirts reduce friction and help with engine break-in
- Piston rings with less tension reduce mechanical loss
- Revised cam chain guides stabilize chain motion, further reduce mechanical loss
- New exhaust collector layout contributes to improved low and mid-range performance while maintaining high-rpm performance
More precise throttle control
- Cylindrical guides added to the top of the air cleaner box ensure more accurately sprayed fuel mist from the secondary injectors into the intake funnels, improving combustion efficiency
- Longer throttle bodies increase the distance between oval sub-throttles and round main throttles 10mm, yielding a smoother transition, which reduces inlet turbulence and increases efficiency
- Revised cylinder porting delivers improved cylinder-filling and scavenging
- New ignition coils have 12% greater secondary coil current for improved combustion efficiency, adding to the improved performance
Lightweight chassis
- The sub-frame is a 2-piece aluminum die-casting consisting of a front and rear section
- The new lightweight sub-frame is very narrow, for a compact and slim rear end
- Intake resonator box and supports for the instrument panel and mirrors are unitized with the Ram Air duct, contributing to weight savings and increased rigidity
- Frame brackets revised to reduce overall number of parts, which also contributes weight savings.
- New throttle housing material saves approximately 30g
Revised chassis balance and mass centralization
- Revised frame stiffness around the swingarm pivot and the rear engine mounts optimizes front-rear rigidity balance
- Engine is mounted with a steeper cylinder bank angle. Rotated around the output shaft, the engine's CG is 16mm higher
- New exhaust layout with a short side muffler lowers weight previously located under the seat
- An exhaust pre-chamber further contributes to mass centralization
Ergonomics and chassis feedback
- Seat-pegs-bar relationship was adjusted slightly, with the handlebars moved closer to the rider and turned in slightly for a more intuitive riding position
- Fuel tank profile is more flared around its top, similar to the ZX-10R, providing a larger contact patch which contributes to improved rider feedback
- Slim, waist on fuel tank makes it easy for the rider to grip the tank with his knees or to hang off in turns
- Front to back, the new seat is shorter, allowing the rider to shift his body farther back on the rear seat step, helping to reduce rider fatigue
- Steeper rake angle quickens steering response and enhances communication from the front tire
- Relocating the rear brake master cylinder reservoir forward of the swingarm mount frees up space around the footpeg, enabling a reduction of parts and contributing to weight savings
Lower seat height
- New rear sub-frame is narrower, making it easier to reach the ground
- Front of seat is narrower and seat height is approximately 10mm lower, for a slimmer riding position and a shorter reach to the pavement
Advanced suspension
- ZX-6R features the first production-use of Showa's new Big Piston Front fork (BPF) design
- The BPF eliminates many of the internal components used in a cartridge-type fork, simplifying construction and resulting in lighter overall fork weight
- The large-diameter of the BPF's internal piston allows a reduction in damping pressure, for better feedback and smoother action
- The ZX-6R swingarm uses many of the same parts as the ZX-10R; both left and right inner plates, the left outer plate, rear stand bosses, brake caliper stopper, chain guard and swingarm pivot shaft
- Greatly improves braking and initial corner turn-in
- New 220mm rear petal disc is 10mm larger
- Revised rear brake lever is now mounted coaxially with the footpeg for increased mid-stroke braking efficiency and improved feeling
Race-quality steering damper
- A race quality adjustable Öhlins steering damper with relief valve and twin-tube design is fitted as standard equipment
Additional Features
- New fairing offers better wind protection and was designed to minimize the effects of cross winds
- Position lamps are now integral with the projector beam headlights; the new Ninja ZX-6R now features dual position lamps like the ZX-10R
- New one-piece fender (previously a three-piece construction) offers improved aerodynamics
- New inner fender above the swingarm helps to reduce turbulence and keep the undertail clean
- Revised front brake hose routing with a three-way joint at the lower triple-clamp facilitates bleeding air from the brake lines
- Similar in design to that of the ZX-10R, the new instrument panel gives at-a-glance information to the rider
- Engine Type: Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
- Displacement: 599 cc
- Bore x Stroke: 67.0 x 42.5mm
- Compression Ratio: 13.3:1
- Fuel Injection: DFI® with four 38mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles, two injectors per throttle body
- Ignition: TCBI with digital advance
- Transmission: 6-Speed
- Final Drive: X-Ring Chain
- Rake/Trail: 24 deg / 4.0 in.
- Frame type: Aluminum perimeter
- Front Tire Size: 120/70-ZR17
- Rear Tire Size: 180/55-ZR17
- Wheelbase: 55.1 in.
- Front Suspension / wheel travel: 41 mm inverted Showa Big Piston Front fork with top-out springs, stepless compression and rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload / 4.7 in.
- Rear Suspension / wheel travel: Bottom-Link Uni-Trak® with gas-charged shock, top-out spring and pillow ball upper mount, dual-range (high/low-speed) stepless compression damping, 25-way adjustable rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload / 5.2 in.
- Front Brake Type: Dual 300mm petal rotors with dual radial-mounted, four-piston, four-pad calipers
- Rear Brake Type: Single 220mm petal rotor with single-piston caliper
- Fuel Tank Capacity: 4.5 gal.
- Seat Height: 32.3 in.
- Curb Weight: 421.2 lbs.
- Color: Lime Green, Metallic Diablo Black / Flat Super Black, Candy Surf Blue / Flat Super Black
- Warranty: 12 months
- Good Times™ Protection Plan: 12, 24, 36 or 48 months
- Engine Type
- Four-stroke, liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, inline-four
- Displacement
- 599 cc
- Bore and Stroke
- 67.0 x 42.5 mm
- Cooling
- Liquid-cooled
- Compression Ratio
- 13.3:1
- Fuel System
- DFI® with four 38 mm Keihin throttle bodies, oval sub-throttles, two injectors per throttle body
- Ignition
- TCBI with digital advance
- Front Suspension
- 41 mm inverted Showa Big Piston Front fork with top-out springs, stepless compression and rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload; Travel: 4.7 in.
- Rear Suspension
- Bottom-Link Uni-Trak® with gas-charged shock, top-out spring and pillow ball upper mount, dual-range (high/low-speed) stepless compression damping, 25-way adjustable rebound damping, fully-adjustable spring preload; Travel: 5.2 in.
- Front Brakes
- Dual 300 mm petal rotors with dual radial-mounted, four-piston, four-pad calipers
- Rear Brakes
- Single 220 mm petal rotor with single-piston caliper
- Front Tire
- Rear Tire
- Wheelbase
- 55.1 in.
- Seat Height
- 32.3 in.
- Rake
- 24°
- Trail
- 4.0 in.
- Fuel Capacity
- 4.5 gal.
- Dry Weight
- 421.2 lbs
- Transmission
- 6-Speed
- Final Drive
- X-Ring Chain
- Colors
- Lime Green, Metallic Diablo Black / Flat Super Black, Candy Surf Blue / Flat Super Black
- Warranty
- Standard: 12 months; Optional: Good Times™ Protection Plan: 12, 24, 36 or 48 months


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Quality family fun with The Jensen Project (Giveaway)
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Did you catch The Jensen Project on NBC on July 16th? If not, you have a chance to win a DVD of the movie and the soundtrack to the movie - right here! (APPLAUSE)
A little info about The Jensen Project:
Following the overwhelming success "Secrets of the Mountain," Walmart and P&G bolster their commitment to delivering quality family programming once again with the action-packed made-for-TV movie "The Jensen Project", which aired on NBC Friday, July 16, 2010 at 8/7c.
Research conducted by the Association of National Advertisers' (ANA) Alliance for Family Entertainment that reveals that parents across America are seeking more family-oriented entertainment for the whole family to enjoy together. The most important finding was the clear desire for more options when it comes to quality entertainment for the family. More than 7.4 million households tuned in to "Secrets of the Mountain," reinforcing that there is a desire for more family-oriented programming.
"The Jensen Project" has a thrilling and fun science fiction plot that focuses on the Thompson family, who are reintroduced to The Jensen Project - a secret community of geniuses conducting advanced underground research to solve the world's most difficult problems. The family finds themselves forced into a frantic pursuit to keep a potentially dangerous technology from falling into the wrong hands. As the family races to stop the group's rogue faction, they rediscover the importance of honesty, courage and being there for one another.
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My thoughts:
I was originally supposed to head to NYC to participate in a screening of this movie and at the last minute, my daughter developed a high fever and it wouldn't break. I had to take her to the hospital the night before I was supposed to leave, therefore I had no sleep. I was so bummed! I had even picked out two cute dresses for the event! At least I still received the screener pack and I will also receive a copy of the DVD and the soundtrack for myself. I loved the show and so did my kids!
Check out the trailer to The Jensen Project:
One of you will win a copy of The Jensen Project on DVD and the movie soundtrack!
To enter, tell me another family movie that you love! (Required entry)
For extra entries, please view my Giveaway Rules, updated 5/12/10.
This giveaway will end on 8/22/10. Winners will be emailed so please leave your email address in your comment. Giveaway is open to US Residents aged 18 and older.
Disclaimer: I was sent the products named above to review from P&G and Walmart. The opinions expressed above are solely my own and yours may differ. Receiving a product will NEVER influence what I write in any review.


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Posted Feb 26, 2003
By DatabaseJournal.com Staff
Today the server hardware is so powerful that it is not unusual to
find standalone low cost SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing Machine) servers in
different clustered and non-clustered configurations. Data volume and the
number of concurrent database connections on those systems are rising higher
and higher. When we approach warning levels in our hardware utilization
we can simply expand the system with more hardware resources (disk space,
processors, memory) and new DB2 UDB EEE database partitions.
This article covers:
Database Instance is a database manager logical environment consisting of
several database engine processes and their memory allocations. A database is
created within a database instance.
Node is a physical or logical machine hosting one or more DB2
UDB EEE instances or partitions.
Database Partition is a logical database unit with private data and index
subsets, configuration files and transaction logs. Database partitions can be
configured to support Intra-partition (SQL query broken in smaller parts and
executed in parallel on single partition), and inter-partition parallelism (SQL
query executed in parallel on several partitions), or both of them.
group is a named
set of one or more database partitions that belong to the same database. Node
group provide logical layer between tablespaces and partitions.
DB2 Archives
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Treatment of cataract disease
One of the most common misperceptions of cataract disease is that it is non-progressive, which unfortunately may create a bias toward conservative treatment options. If left untreated, patients with cataract disease will undergo a continuous degeneration of the lens, and in the latest stages, sequelae such as chronic uveitis, secondary glaucoma and retinal detachment may develop. Complications from surgery are much less likely to develop if surgical treatment is performed early. Continue reading


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Major Section: EVENTS
Examples: (defconst *digits* '(0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)) (defconst *n-digits* (the unsigned-byte (length *digits*)))where
General Form: (defconst name term doc-string)
name is a symbol beginning and ending with the character
term is a variable-free term that is evaluated to determine the
value of the constant, and
doc-string is an optional documentation
string (see doc-string).
When a constant symbol is used as a term, ACL2 replaces it by its value; see term.
It may be of interest to note that
defconst is implemented at the
lisp level using
defparameter, as opposed to
(Implementation note: this is important for proper support of
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This is less bragging than it appears. More of an example of the exact situation when this game is at it's best.
I am doing Labyrinth with an Orc Rogue. I found endiswall like immediately and spent most of it being way over confident. I converted every single spell before finding the second boss. It's a wraith. I look at remaining resources and go "welp that's a wipe"(to use MMO vernacular). I decide to push it anyway. I blow a wad of potions on the wraith(whupaz, reflex, quicksilver). Still not enough. I had been avoiding deities because had determined them not useful. (I had GG, and JJ). It occured to me though that I may be able to get enough HP to take a hit from using GG and since I had already blown all my potions for trisword this wouldn't be terrible. I convert, gather hp by clearing popcorn(was not enough for a level up left anyway, I was playing terribly). Just eek over the hp threshold.. but.. now I need to heal. I have enough piety for a protection so I use that. Still need more hp.. I see a couple small unexplored spots and that puts me over the edge. Ok another hit in. But I need one more(so I can finish off with first strike). Despair is kicking in. But wait I left explorable tiles in a subdungeon.. and I have a transmute scroll.. that could get me enough gold to buy something to convert for more piety. Success. Wraith down. Rex is staring at me. Despair kicks in again. But wait! I have yet more resources. If the math works I might be able to pull it off! Up at a gallop I buy a mana pot! I use 2 last blocks of recovery. I blow one last endiswall.. and I still can't take a hit. Now this is where smart turns to luck but I still feel smart for trying. Lets go desecrate JJ for some piety. SUCCESS! Protection later I am punching the boss. One more hit. A shop has a hero's badge. And I can afford it! Hurrah, Rex is dead.
Ok so that was a long block of text with a whole ton of bad play during it and leading up to it. I was not monitoring resources well both in early game and apparently late game. However the sheer amount of things I could manipulate to get to my goal made me feel smart. Eeking out numbers at all corners. It's at these moments that the game is at it's best. It makes me want to do that again, if a little tired from exertion of my brain. I am not sure if the game needs more ways to create these situations or if they exist enough to be ok(the hard part is recognizing them and being persistent enough to see them through). Any way, that was my cool story bro.


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designTALK: Judith Miller and Mid-Century Modern book signing in shopAGO
October 30th, 2012
Join us Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. for an hour of fascinating conversation about Judith Miller's life with antiques and a glimpse into her latest book heralding design from the 1940s to 1960s.
Miller's Mid-Century Modern is a comprehensive and critical guide to one of the most exciting periods in design history and one of the hottest design trends of the moment. This invaluable book covers all of the most iconic designs and designers emanating from the 1940s to 1960s and explores the most desirable furniture, ceramics, glass, metalware, interiors and textiles from the period.
Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. In 1979 she co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Miller appears regularly on TV and radio. She is an expert on the Antiques Roadshow and co-hosts the popular BBC TV series The House Detectives, ITV's Antiques Trail, and UK Discovery Channel's It's Your Bid.


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Trade secrets exposed by 'stealthy' email typo attack
Australian organisations and individuals face losing thousands of private emails and trade secrets to hackers through a crafty new attack which takes advantage of typos.
Two researchers at San Francisco-based security firm Godai Group have released a white paper outlining how in six months they were able to intercept 120,000 emails - 20 gigabytes worth - that were meant for US Fortune 500 companies.
The emails scooped up included trade secrets, business invoices, employee's personally identifiable information, computer network diagrams, user names and passwords, according to the security firm's white paper which was published on September 6 in the US.
A person with malicious intent could register, for example, quantas.com. If a person then emailed email@example.com instead of firstname.lastname@example.com the email would end up with the impersonator.
Ty Miller, chief technology officer at the Australian Pure Hacking security firm, said companies here were just as vulnerable to being targeted and that the new type of attack technique was "very stealthy" and one which was "likely to slip under the radar".
"Australia is as susceptible to this type of attack as everyone else," Mr Miller said. He added that "anyone using email is vulnerable to this style of attack" and said banks would be prime targets.
"This research is likely to lead to an increase in this type of attack due to the stealthy nature and the effectiveness of capturing unauthorised data."
Paul Ducklin, expert at the Australian division of the security firm Sophos, said that email as a communications medium was "fundamentally insecure, so you should assume that all email might be read or at least scanned by someone else". He added that the sender of any electronic message should "bear the bulk of the blame" if they sent it to the wrong address.
Some of the information captured by Godai included passwords for an IT firm's computer routers, the details of the contents of a large oil company's oil tankers, an inspection report of a large restaurant chain and the access details for a system managing road tollways, according to the researchers.
The technique researched involved Godai purchasing 30 misspelt domain names for prominent US companies. Whenever an email was sent by a third-party to the misspelt company's email addresses the researchers - founder of Godai Group, Garrett Gee, and senior researcher, Peter Kim - were able to intercept it.
Dubbed a "Man-in-the-MailBox" attack, Mr Gee told Fairfax Media, publisher of this website, that he was surprised at the amount of emails that were vacuumed up in his research. All of 120,000 emails scooped up - and now deleted - were legitimate and not spam, he said. "If we counted spam then we would have a lot more."
The white paper also indicated how an attacker could pass on all emails received to the intended recipient, making it harder to detect as the email would still get to its correct destination.
Godai's Mr Gee said that after conducting the research and realising how vulnerable companies were, he began profiling all Fortune 500 companies that may be susceptible to an attack already.
His company's research found 30 per cent of Fortune 500 companies were susceptible, with website addresses misspelt and not owned by them already registered to others. In particular, the research found 15 misspelt domain names which were registered to locations in China.
"While it is unknown if these domains are used in a malicious fashion, it is apparent that some targeting is happening here," the white paper said. "If in six months we were able to collect 20 gigabytes of data, imagine what a malicious attacker could gain."
One of the ways to mitigate against a Man-in-the-MailBox attack was for companies to ensure they had purchased misspelt versions of their company's name online, Mr Gee's research said. Another was to file a dispute against organisations or individuals that had already purchased misspelt versions of a company or individual's domain name on the web.
There were also other measures any company could enforce, according to James Turner, Australian security analyst at Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS), such as scanning all outbound messages to ensure users were not sending emails to commonly misspelt email addresses. "But there are practical limits to how many incorrect domains it would be feasible to check," Mr Turner said.
He said the root of the entire issue was user error. "It's a user making a typo when the enter an email address. This happens to everyone, but I assert that it typically only happens when someone is sending an email to an address for the first time.
"The common email systems ( for example: Outlook, Gmail, Hotmail) all record the addresses a user sends to. So when a person goes to type in an email address, the email system prompts the user with the email address that is matching what the user it typing."
Mr Turner added that he thought the Man-in-the-MailBox issue was a "storm in a tea cup" because there were "more important things" for most security managers to focus on, such as preventing people from actively trying to hack into computer networks rather than preventing users from sending email to the wrong address.
"It's exactly the same as if I wrote [a letter] to the street address of the building next to yours or the same number but a different street," he said.
"It's just a technological manifestation of user carelessness."
Mr Gee hoped his company's research would raise awareness of how email could be easily intercepted.
According to Pure Hacking's Ty Miller, misspelt domain names were - and still are - traditionally used to infect internet users' computers with malware. This type of an attack is known as a "drive-by".
Misspelt domain names were also used within "phishing" attacks to capture victims' usernames and passwords, he said.
There had been "little visibility" of the Man-in-the-MailBox attack being performed in Australia, he added.
How you can protect yourself:
- encrypt sensitive email communications using technologies such as PGP
- purchase misspelt domains to prevent malicious users registering them
- investigate existing misspelt domains and have them shut down
- configure the company's email system to prevent internal emails being sent to the wrong recipient
- ensure that users are aware of this style of attack
Source: Pure Hacking
Know more? email@example.com
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I would think a simple limit on the amount of piety though life steal you can get per monster would help curve bonus. Something like 1 hit per monster for 1-2 piety a hit.
Additionally I would also limit life steal to never steal more than the amount of damage you do, while still allowing overkill damage to count, making it a valid strategy to leave low level monsters to help heal you a bit during the boss fight, much in the same way paladins recover 1/2 their health when killing undead.
Or, change life steal to grant 1 per character level.


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An event every month that begins at 7:00pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating indefinitely
Birth education for dads at the pub. A one night session where dads can learn how to give great birth support.
Where: Limerick arms hotel South Melbourne – Upstairs meeting room
The two-and-a-half-hour session covers what to say and what not to say during childbirth, tips on how to be an advocate for the birthing mother, practical tips on pain management as well as specific recommendations on how to support a woman through each stage of labour, including a caesarean. After our meal we hear from a guest dad who shares his personal experience of becoming a dad. It's the highlight of the night!
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Can food fight off Alzeimer's? Studies indicate that a diet rich in folate, found in leafy greens like spinach and kale; vitamin E, found in almonds and hazelnuts; and the Omega-3 fatty acids in salmon may lower your risk by more than 1/3. The power lies not only in eating these foods, but in eating them together. Try some of these flavorful combinations. To purchase your copy of YOU: On A Diet click here.
Hot Wild Salmon Ingredients 2 servings: 384 calories per serving 2 wild salmon fillets with skin (about 4 oz. each) or salmon steaks (preferably line-caught) 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger 1 tbsp wasabi paste 1/4 tsp turmeric Directions Prepare grill or preheat broiler. Brush skinless side of salmon with combined ginger, wasabi paste and turmeric. Grill or broil 4 to 6 inches from heat source for 10 to 12 minutes without turning, or until salmon is opaque in center. [pagebreak] Spinach-Walnut-Citrus Salad Ingredients Dressing: 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp honey Dash of cayenne pepper Salt and freshly ground black pepper (optional) Salad: 1 large bunch spinach, washed and trimmed 1/4 cup walnut halves, raw or pan-roasted 1/2 orange, cut into segments 1/2 grapefruit, cut into segments 2 green onions, chopped Directions Combine oil, vinegar, honey and cayenne pepper; mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired. Toss spinach with dressing and walnuts. Arrange orange and grapefruit sections on top and garnish with green onions. [pagebreak] Meal-Size Salad Ingredients Salad: 6 chopped walnuts Chopped veggies (your choice) Chopped mixed greens 4 oz. of salmon Dressing: 2 parts balsamic vinegar 1 part olive oil Mix. Toss. Serve.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Infant Cot Canopies Recalled by Ikea
Ikea is recalling millions of infant cot canopies that pose a strangulation risk.
The move comes after customer complained that canopy nets were being pulled into cots and getting tangled around infants' necks. The Swedish furniture retailer says it is not aware of any reports of "permanent injury," the Associated Press reported.
The recall covers canopies used to cover cots in the following models: Legendarisk, Minnen bed canopy set, Barnslig Boll, Minnen Brodyr, Himmel, Fabler, Tissla and Klammig. Ikea has sold about 2.7 million canopies worldwide since 1996.
The company said it would give customers full refunds when they returned the canopies to the retailer, the AP reported.
Stress-Linked Protein May Play Major Role in Alzheimer's
A problem in the brain's stress response system may be an important factor in the memory and thinking problems experienced by people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, new research says.
Harvard scientists found that when the system is working normally, it can protect the brain from Alzheimer's-related proteins. But if it malfunctions, important areas of the brain begin to deteriorate, The New York Times reported.
Specifically, a protein called REST helps protect brain cells in healthy seniors from aging-related stresses, but levels of the protein are much lower in important brain regions in people with Alzheimer's and other dementias.
The protein could offer a target for the development of new drugs for dementias, The Times reported.
The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
"This is an extremely important study," Li-Huei Tsai, director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told The Times.
"This is the first study that is really starting to provide a plausible pathway to explain why some people are more vulnerable to Alzheimer's than other people," said Tsai, who was not involved in the study but wrote an accompanying commentary.
Further studies are needed to determine if lower REST levels are caused by or the result of brain degeneration in Alzheimer's patients or whether focusing on the protein could lead to effective treatments.
"You're going to see a lot of papers now following up on it," Dr. Eric Reiman, executive director of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix, told The Times.
"While it's a preliminary finding, it raises an avenue that hasn't been considered before. And if this provides a handle on which to understand normal brain aging, that will be great, too," said Reiman, who was not involved in the research.