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Affordable, Multiculturally-Competent Psychological Assessment Services
CSPP Psychological Assessment Clinic provides affordable psychological testing and assessment services to infants and preschoolers, school-age children, adolescents, and adults from diverse cultural backgrounds in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our goal is to serve disadvantaged and low income individuals who might otherwise not be able to receive these services. Services are provided both at our clinic office at One Beach Street on the San Francisco campus of Alliant as well as on site at various schools, clinics, hospitals, and home settings. Assessment services are provided by advanced graduate students in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology under the supervision of its faculty and supervisory staff of licensed psychologists.
Types of Assessments We Provide
Cognitive Assessments
Intellectual Assessments, Assessment of Intellectual Disability, Assessment of Academic Achievement. Assessment of adaptive behavior and the capacity for independent living. These assessments may be used for school placement decisions, disability evaluations, evaluating the capacity for independent living and adaptive behavior, and employment decisions.
Psychoeducational Assessments
Assessment of learning disabilities in children and adults. Assessment of the Impact of trauma and emotional factors on the learning process. These assessments may be used for special education assessments and the IEP process.
Assessment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Full assessment of children's ADHD and related co-occurring behavioral and emotional problems, including oppositional and defiant behavior and conduct problems. Assessment of ADHD in adolescents and young adults. Assessments of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Assessment of behavioral adjustment problems including oppositional-defiant behavior and conduct disorder. Strength and competency based behavioral assessment.
Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Assessment of the full range of autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents. Consultation for planning appropriate interventions at home, at school, and in the community.
Neuropsychological Assessments
Assessment of the cognitive effects of head trauma. Assessment of cognitive loss from dementia. Memory assessment. Assessment of executive functions.
Personality and Emotional Assessments
Assessment of depression, anxiety, and emotional regulation. Assessment of the impact of trauma on psychological functioning. Assessment of self-concept. Assessment of coping skills and stress management.
Assessment of Interpersonal Relations
Assessment of family relationships. Assessment of bonding and attachment. Assessment of social problems including bullying, aggression and violent behavior. Assessment of the impact of drug and alcohol use on interpersonal functioning.
Assessments of Attachment, Bonding, and Parenting
Assessment of the parent-child attachment relationship. Assessment of adjustment in foster care settings. Assessment for Permanency, Reunification, and Adoption decisions.
Forensic Assessments
Assessments of adolescents' mental health needs for probation and for juvenile court. Assessment of bonding and attachment for Permanency, Reunification, and Adoption proceedings. Assessment of parenting skills in custody-related disputes.
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Faculty Supervisors
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Additional licensed psychologists with expertise in particular areas of assessment and language serve as consultants and supervisors for the clinic.
Fees for services are on a sliding scale based on need. Our clinic also contracts with social service and community agencies as well as schools, to provide services at low cost.
Make a Referral
Call us at 415-955-2106.
One Beach Street, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA 94133-1221
Arrangements can be made to provide assessments off-site at schools, clinics, hospitals, homes, or other settings.


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That would be a high-pressure question--but unlike many speakers, I don't fear time limits. If you really had just five minutes before you were about to speak, you'd want to get down to basics. Your speech or slides are prepared, you know your content, you've anticipated questions. So the last-minute prep belongs to the intangibles: How do you feel? How do you look? Are you confident? Here are a few quick ways to use your precious five minutes before you speak:
- Breathe deeply: Excuse yourself to the restroom or a nearby stairwell or just stand backstage and take 10 deep, slow breaths. By doing so, you'll help your body release chemicals that will help calm you, and that will get you physically relaxed.
- Smile: A smile is the fastest fix of all. Smiling helps relax your face and also releases the chemicals that relax your body--and smiling helps counteract the natural slight downward turn of most mouths, making sure you don't look sad or serious when you don't want to do so. And smiling makes you look confident and welcoming, an easy way to connect with your audience.
- Stretch or shake: To relax and rev up your body, you may need to stretch (again, find that handy stairwell) so you feel limber and alert; stretching also can help you counteract the physical fatigue that comes with sitting, if you've been sitting and waiting to speak. Easy stretches include stretching your arms out to the sides and up to the sky; touching your toes; or loosening your neck by "drawing" circles with your nose in the air. Are you shaking with nervousness? Try shaking out your shakes, advises Glasgow speaking coach Cordelia "Dilly" Ditton in this useful video. It seems counterintuitive, but will counteract those trembles.
Related post: The sushi of speaking: Seven bite-sized ideas to get you speech-ready

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MILPITAS, Calif., December 21, 2015 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, announced today that it will release its fiscal fourth quarter financial results for the quarter ending January 3, 2016 via Business Wire after the close of the NASDAQ market on January 27, 2016. In light of the pending acquisition by Western Digital Corporation, SanDisk will not hold a conference call to discuss its financial results. SanDisk will publish prepared remarks and earnings presentation materials on its website at www.sandisk.com/ir along with releasing the financial results.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 25 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk's quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smart phones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk's consumer products are available at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.
© 2015 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
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All statements included or incorporated by reference in this press release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on SanDisk's current expectations, estimates and projections about its business and industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by SanDisk, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," "pending," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. Examples of such forward-looking statements include references to the pending acquisition by Western Digital Corporation ("Western Digital"). These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.
Important risk factors that may cause such a difference in connection with the proposed merger with Western Digital include, but are not limited to, the following factors: (1) the inability to complete the merger due to the failure to obtain stockholder approval for the merger or the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the merger, including the receipt of all regulatory approvals related to the merger; (2) uncertainties as to the timing of the consummation of the merger and the ability of each party to consummate the merger; (3) risks that the proposed merger disrupts the current plans and operations of Western Digital or SanDisk; (4) the ability of Western Digital and SanDisk to retain and hire key personnel; (5) competitive responses to the proposed merger; (6) unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the merger; (7) the outcome of any legal proceedings that could be instituted against Western Digital, SanDisk or their respective directors related to the merger; (8) potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the merger; (9) the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, cost savings and synergies from the merger; (10) delays, challenges and expenses associated with integrating the combined companies' existing businesses and the indebtedness planned to be incurred in connection with the merger; and (11) legislative, regulatory and economic developments. These risks, as well as other risks associated with the proposed merger, are more fully discussed in the joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Western Digital with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger on December 14, 2015. In addition, actual results are subject to other risks and uncertainties that relate more broadly to SanDisk's overall business, including those more fully described in SanDisk's filings with the SEC including its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2014 and its quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q for the current fiscal year, and Western Digital's overall business and financial condition, including those more fully described in Western Digital's filings with the SEC including its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2015 and its quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q for the current fiscal year. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of this date. SanDisk does not undertake any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or circumstances.
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"American Meat" Screening
Event Date:March 10, 2011 - 3:22pm
Location:Museum of Science, Boston
Join Nourishing the Planet and the Museum of Science, Boston for a screening of the new documentary "American Meat." As part of the its Let's Talk About Food initiative, the museum is producing a small series devoted to sustainable meat agriculture, its impact on public health and environment, and its ability to feed a growing population. Nourishing the Planet will participate in a panel discussion following the documentary screening. The screening is free and open to the public.


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Well, I'm a little slow at posting, but Luke just had his 3rd birthday. I can't believe he's already 3 years old, it just goes by so fast. Well, for Luke's B-day we ended up having his cake the Sunday before, because my family was up that weekend. It was nice to be able to celebrate a part of his birthday with them. I love making their cakes for them (even though they aren't the best), but I feel like it's more special that way, and that I'm giving them something just for them. Anyways, I let Luke pick out what he wanted on his cake, and he wanted red spiderman. My friend told me you can make fondant(?) out of marshmallows, so I decided to try it. I thought it turned out pretty good considering I've never tried it before. It was fun to make, but not the tastiest thing I've ever had. Luke loved it though, and that's what really matters. He got some pretty fun stuff for his birthday including a recorder (aka flute), a harmonica, and of course some cars. He was such a cutie, and got super shy whenever we sang "happy birthday" to him. He also does his "happy eyes" when ever I tell him to smile. I love it!
Luke is quite the helper lately too. He loves to help with the dishes, and can often be found wiping things off with diaper wipes. He loves to play with his brothers (when they're not fighting), and loves anything that has to do with Disney's Cars, Spiderman, and Batman. He still climbs on EVERYTHING, and nothing is too high for Luke. We sure love our little guy!
Everyone else is doing great! Seth is loving pre-school, and Ethan is getting big. He is also a climber. Ethan loves his baths, and thinks it's the funniest thing ever to hide in the shower curtain. Oh the cuteness!


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Pity the poor "supercommittee." Congress' special task force on the deficit already had a mission that looked nearly impossible: producing a plan to reduce the federal government's fiscal gap by $1.2 trillion over 10 years. And then the job got harder.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, planted a partisan flag and said he wouldn't accept any proposal from the committee that included tax increases. President Barack Obama responded last week with a partisan flag of his own, saying he wouldn't support a proposal that did not raise taxes on the wealthy.
Meanwhile, a bunch of senators and fiscal experts said the committee shouldn't stop at $1.2 trillion; rather it should "go big" and try for a $4 trillion "grand bargain." And all this has to happen in the next six weeks in order for the task force to produce legislation by its deadline of Nov. 23.
A mission that once appeared merely impossible now looks inconceivable.
The committee might have a better chance if its members would commit themselves to bipartisanship in action, not just in words. But that's unlikely. Four of them (two Democrats and two Republicans) also served on Obama's debt commission, which was chaired by former Sen. Alan Simpson (a Republican) and former Bill Clinton aide Erskine Bowles (a Democrat). But all four voted against the compromise that Simpson and Bowles proposed.
The committee's co-chairs, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., had never even met each other before the panel was named. They're smart and serious people, but they're also party loyalists, chosen in part because they would be reliable proxies for their leaders, Boehner in the House and Harry Reid, D-Nev., in the Senate.
My prediction? Over the next six weeks, we'll see the committee toil, and we'll hear its members express a heartening determination to get the job done. But their deliberations will end in yet another deadlock.
Democrats will continue to demand tax increases and Republicans will continue to refuse them. Each side will say the logjam is evidence of the other's intransigence. Then, theoretically, automatic spending cuts will kick in — terrible, deep cuts in domestic and defense spending. Except they won't.
Congress has, characteristically, given itself an escape hatch. Under the deal that established the supercommittee, automatic budget cuts wouldn't take effect for a year. If no compromise is reached, the trigger gets pulled at the end of 2011, but the bullet doesn't strike until January 2013.
In other words, even after Nov. 23, the legislators have another year to fix the problem (or delay the cuts). Congress exempts itself from most federal laws, but it seems perfectly happy to accept Parkinson's Law: Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
That doesn't mean the trigger would have no consequences. If "uncertainty" is one of the factors stifling the economy, imagine the uncertainty that defense industries, say, will face if $600 billion in Pentagon cuts are hovering on the horizon as a possibility but not a certainty.
Congress also gave itself a second escape route: a partial fix. If the committee comes up with only $1 trillion in cuts, for example, it can recommend those and leave only the remaining $200 billion for the automatic cuts.
Members of the committee still say they're determined to fashion a different ending, and there's no doubt they'd like to. The panel's members all have a vivid memory of how the collapse of deficit-reduction talks this summer drove Congress' approval ratings into the cellar and the financial markets into a tailspin. They'd love to deliver an outcome that boosted both economic confidence and their own standing.
One other factor might help too: Expectations are low. Any agreement, even a small one, will make Congress look better than it does now.
Still, it isn't realistic to expect a committee to produce a grand bargain in six weeks; they don't have the authority to do it. (Even Boehner and Reid, if they stepped in, don't appear to have the authority to do it.)
But what the committee might be able to do is lay the groundwork for a "better-than-nothing bargain" that acknowledges a few hard truths each side must accept.
Both sides already agree that tax reform should be part of the package. But more Republicans need to agree that tax reform should be designed to produce more revenue by making the tax code fairer — for example, by eliminating the undeserved tax break that hedge-fund managers now enjoy.
Both sides already agree that domestic spending cuts will be part of the package. But more Democrats need to find a way to embrace controls on the growth of Medicare spending instead of denouncing every proposal as an assault on the elderly.
The supercommittee almost certainly won't achieve the ambitious goals that others have set for it. But compared to Congress' recent performance, even a minimal deal — a better-than-nothing bargain — would look almost super.


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I feel there is a new cult religion on the rise, and it may be some sort of demented warped version of a disbelief made to fit an idea. I was reading this article, and many people had the same concerns as me
"What happens in a Atheist Church"
There is a concern among some non-believers that atheism is developing into a religion in its own right, with its own code of ethics and self-appointed high priest
"It will become an organised religion. It's inevitable. A belief system will set in. There will be a structure, an ethical outlook on life," says architect Robbie Harris.
I understand people like to come together in a common cause or value, but congregating and having sunday meetings is a completely different thing. Things like this really anger me, because this is exactly the opposite being a free rational thinker or skeptic. Other than being an Atheist, we are all independent of our actions and thoughts, we are all our own individual self. We are not connected in any eternal bondage or any of that other nonsensical ideologies.
This is exactly how cults and religion start. It may start out as a harmless thing, but eventually someone will come and try to brainwash and manipulate others to follow that individual as some sort of demi god leader. I just doon't understand why some Atheists or free thinkers or rational thinkers feel the need to give atheism religious characteristics
I would like to hear your opinions on this matter.
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Well said, sir. And welcome.. Nice to meet ya..
Welcome Matt
Great topic, and one close to my heart. I lead a service on Sunday mornings. It is structured as a conversation, a dialogue encompassing philosophical inquiries. From the welcome message:
"There is also nothing to believe or disbelieve. This is a creative service, without a creed or a code. Recognizing that believing or disbelieving may get in the way of living authentically, one of our practices is to suspend belief in favor of inquiries into the unknowable infinity of Being. Notice that I said suspend: you do not have to give up your beliefs. Your beliefs will still be available to you, if you want to take them up again. It is always your choice.
"Inquiring into the unknowable produces distinctions that make a difference in one's experience of life. We promise that an open inquiry will give you power over the matter in question."
Recent topics have included:
Phenomenological Reduction, Hermeneutics, Facticity (the truth about Truth), Politics in our Postmodern condition, Semiotics, What is Knowledge?, What is Thinking About?, Philosophies of Science and Technology, and so on.
It's not about a belief system, but rather a method of questioning the Phenomenal World. We find pretending that phenomena are either unquestionable realities or knowable externalities (or even absolutes from which one can postulate a rule), dangerous fallacies can follow on. Unexplainable phenomena are neither evidence of supernaturals nor the outcome of underlying absolutes.
Not everyone who participates is Atheist. Some are theists. All are welcome, and all claim to get value from the processes. Is this true? It makes no difference. What makes a difference is that we've been doing this for over five years, and they keep showing up, week after week, to participate in the ever-unfolding inquiry.
As for the danger of such a thing leading to cultist practices, manipulations, beliefs, following a demigod-like leader and so on, It is a concern. When Gautama Siddhartha was teaching about his enlightenment, he said something like "here are the four noble truths and the eightfold path. It worked for me; it might work for You, but hey, it's not like we're starting a religion." Less than eighty years after his death, Buddhism was a religion and they were mythologizing his birth, life and death and venerating the Buddha. Buddhism is often (perhaps rightly) called "the religion of no-religion," but it is a religion, nonetheless.
Is the value of these ongoing conversations and inquiries worth the risk? I think so. Besides, I've taken precautions. I've instructed my disciples, in the event that I ever ask them to believe something, to nail me to a wooden structure of some sort. ;-)
This is a good post on how to project the messages that are needed for everyone to make better life choices for themselves. If everyone was a pupil in school we learn what we're interested in. Some have proclivities here and there that drives them to be experts. Why do we have so many religious experts? Because of how the message is delivered. You are no longer just a pupil but you now have a higher calling. And you are being taught as if these are facts. Beliefs are not facts. We can bring facts to moral judgment. their gods are not the only dispensers of facts but in order for someone indoctrined into that thinking to hear the words of truth they must be spoken a language the pupil will understand. And the only higher power Atheism has are facts. So if you yell from on high and say I understand how the kingdom of heaven fits into a mustard seed and in just as much fervor as a hell fire and damnation preacher you explain a high level Quantum physics lesson or if you can a little string theory. But it has to be with the vitriol of certainty. We can always be flexible to allow for changes in theories in our personal lives but we need courage to really attempt teaching those who are ignorant. Even if they still choose the path of belief they can at least make those decisions with some facts. those of us who question constantly have knowledge most do not posses. Everyone can use these questions and answers to make life decisions. Without the required tools to do so leaves people to fill in the blanks with statement like "god said so dummy". I know that should be what the college years are for, but religion never stops. Why should reason take a back seat to that onslaught. Belief is still necessary, you have to believe something is true before you can prove it. but relgion screams at its followers to stop proving by stating it is proven by god. Why can't we constantly say, "its not proven until Stephen Hawkings mathmatically proves it." And even then we should always question it.
thanks everybody for the warm welcome:)
I think that the word church is a bad idea, although it does get the basic idea across quickly. But I don't think that the problem is congregating or curating idea and cultural artifacts I think you can have good organizations and bad organizations. And those groups can collect around good ideas or bad ideas, either way.
But the problem isn't going to a social club with a leadership and highlighted ideas and texts. The problem is that people can be manipulated by other people, and that is true inside of churches and outside of them.
That was cool, even without drugs!
It's the Electric Skychurch for me.
I don't particularly like the word church being used. I definitely do not like some of the pictures I have seen of these "churches" that have a choir in uniform, a pulpit, and pews. It looks exactly like church on Sunday.
If atheism is going to do something like this then it should bring back the salons of the enlightenment. It would be the perfect way for atheists and secularists to meet, share camaraderie, and exchange ideas without institutionalizing non-belief.


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Love your ideas! I'm a former PB employee who still couldn't ever afford their products 🙂 And so this is absolutely wonderful! I can't wait to try the sugared eggs! BTW, I found you from Dollar Store Crafts 🙂
If you live in the southeast, you can just yank the spanish moss right outta the trees there. Just make sure to put it in the microwave for a few seconds to rid it of any crittery buggaloos!
Brilliant, utterly brilliant! I found my way here from Dollar store crafts, but I am definitely subscribing!
LOVE IT! Your Spring/Easter decorations look wonderful too.
Cute! You are inspiring me to "get me Spring on!"
Lots of great ideas – thanks for sharing.
You are so very right about PB's staging and how you don't need to spend money on decorative tools nobody will notice. Brilliant girl! p.s. I giggled about the Scarlett O'Hara/Tara line. heh!
Great ideas, love the grape vine wreaths around the candle holders, fantastic!
LOVE this! And am using it tomorrow in my recap with link love! great work! Thanks for linking up to Thrifty Thursday this week!Hugs,LeighTales from Bloggeritaville http://www.lbratina.blogspot.com
I likey! I need these eggs to make the PB wreath on the kids catalog. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
I just found you and love the plethora of ideas!! The witty commentary doesn't hurt either. 😀
You're so right. It's all in the staging, but they do a great job, don't they? You did a beautiful job. I love finding things that don't look cheap at the dollar store.
I'm a new follower and think this Easter series is sheer genius!!! I love me some cheap good looking goodies! You did an amazing job, thanks for the info!
All of your ideas are so smart! Seriously, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between yours and PB :).
What a great project! You are a clever and crafty girl. Happy Spring!
Egggsellent!! hee hee, You smart girl, very crafty and it looks very nice!!
Cute crafts – I like the wreaths repurposed as nests.
Th wreaths around the candles looks great! Loving the glass jar!
PB eat your heart out!
What great ideas it makes me want to decorate my house but it's way to cluttered right now to add more to it. Maybe after I get my spring cleaning overhaul done.Found you from dollar store crafts blog


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Iowa Vietnam veterans were honored at the regimental ball for the 185th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School, Iowa Army National Guard on March 1, 2014, in Des Moines.
Photo courtesy of Specialist Zach Zuber
JOHNSTON, Iowa - The 59th Officer Candidate School class of the 185th Regimental Training Institute, Iowa Army National Guard, held its annual OCS Regimental Ball March 1, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa.
As part of this timeless military tradition, officer candidates recognized and honored Iowa Vietnam veterans as part of the Department of Defense's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
The event fulfilled the wish of previous classes to become more involved in community service projects.
"A recurring topic of discussion is helping OCS students and cadre appreciate our history and honor those who served," said Maj. Philip Turner, the OCS program commander. "The need for community service projects and commemorative partnerships will likely last for years to come."
Thanks in part to the efforts of the OCS class, the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum will construct a new Vietnam War exhibit at the Camp Dodge museum.
"To a lot of people, especially young people, the Vietnam War was something that occurred someplace else and was fought by someone else," said Michael Vogt, the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum curator. "We seek to honor those Iowa veterans who answered their country's call, in a respectful and appropriate manner."
As borne out by history, Vietnam veterans haven't always received the support today's service members enjoy. However, events like the DOD initiative and the Regimental Ball help foster a connection between two distinctly different periods of history.
One of the Vietnam veterans honored was guest speaker retired Lt. Gen. Roger Schultz, a native of Le Mars, Iowa, and a graduate of the 185th RTI OCS program. Schultz spoke primarily of his experiences as an officer candidate at the RTI and of his subsequent time serving as a platoon leader during Vietnam.
He emphasized the value of understanding and respecting our past.
"We, not just as a military, but as a nation, have to take pause and reflect on the experiences and the lessons provided to us in all of our past wars," said Schultz.
Schultz feels those lessons are vital to the future of our nation and to the soldiers who will guide the Army through future campaigns and challenges.
Most importantly, he wants people to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
"Never take any engagement for granted as a nation," said Schultz. "The stakes are high, and not just in dollars and cents, but with human lives."
Also honored was David Haywood, a former U.S. Army soldier and father of current OCS candidate Demetria Haywood. He believes events like this are necessary to help bridge the generation gap.
"I think it's a step in the right direction, to let them know what we [went through], not just physically but also mentally," said Haywood. "It's something that should be re-evaluated because of the stigma that is placed on the Vietnam veteran."
Haywood also believes fixing those misconceptions isn't just important for helping yesterday's veterans; he feels a better connection will allow those soldiers to pass on their experiences, as well as create opportunities for new soldiers.
"My daughter has a lot of opportunities in her career that weren't there before, and the veterans of the past helped create those opportunities," said Haywood. "We have to stick with them now (the officer candidates) to let them know they aren't in this by themselves."
The 185th RTI plans to continue these partnerships, which adds considerable value to students' experiences and training. For the Vietnam veterans, it's the opportunity to help provide a brighter future for tomorrow's military leaders.
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The Philharmonia Orchestra's Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, introduces Mahler's Sixth Symphony, a deeply personal work rich in narrative and contrasts.
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A couple posts ago I wrote about buying fabric. At the time, I hadn't bought any fabric in a several months, and I asked for your recommendations. After reading lots and lots of emails (thanks so much, you crazy fabric lovers!!!), I did some shopping. Quite a bit of shopping actually. And a little bit of swapping.
Here are some of the newest members in my fabric family.
Freebird by Momo - Ovals in grass, melon, sky, and geranium
Farmdale by Alexander Henry
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The Learning Centre provides resources for students to build and extend the skills they need for study and research at university.
The Learning Centre's services include a wide range of workshops throughout the year on academic writing, research and other skills, as well as individual consultations, discipline-specific support programs within some faculties, and both online and print resources for students.
We are located on the Camperdown and Cumberland campuses, and are committed to helping both undergraduate and postgraduate students achieve their academic goals.


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Banner ads, those benighted rectangles and boxes, have been the primary way publishers make money online since a digital offshoot of Wired magazine ran the first one 18 years ago.
But the industry is ripe for disruption, and many feel it won't be long before banners are replaced by a better, more attractive advertising solution.
One industry source went so far as to say that we'd one day look back on 2012 and deem it the "defining year in the death of the banner ad."
"The traditional standard media model is challenging," this person said. "There's a lot of pressing need for innovation around the approaches people are taking [to make money online]. I see a lot of people refusing to acknowledge the trend lines here ... 2012 is really the defining year in death of the banner ad.
John Battelle, an advertising visionary and the founder of Federated Media, who was present for the invention of the banner ad at Wired, agrees. He told us recently that, as an industry, "we messed up when we decided banner ads would be how we make money on the Web."
"We shoved them up in the corners and tried to ignore them, and advertisers have had to scream from the sidelines," he says. "There's a way to make web advertising a better experience, like an ad in between every pageview that you can simply flick away if you don't want to see it. I'm a big fan of full-page ads, especially on tablets."
Banner ads achieved mass scale because they're easy to implement on Web pages. Increasingly, their placement is standardized and automated by computers, though big banner-ad deals are still negotiated the old-fashioned way, human to human.
They're also supported by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a trade organization whose standards apply to 80 percent of banner ads sold. Battelle, who is on the IAB's board, says he's trying to push the group to rethink Web advertising and come up with a widely implemented solution that makes advertisers look and feel more welcome on Web pages.
The transformation away from banner ads will take a long time. Battelle thinks it could take ten years before the online advertising industry is thoroughly disrupted. In the meantime, more and more companies are steadily working at more engaging banner-ad alternatives.
Foursquare, for example, offers businesses a way to deliver updates to users who use its mobile app to check in to their locations. Facebook and Tumblr offer ad formats that promote specific posts to more users. BuzzFeed tries to create viral stories that feature advertisers. And Twitter's promoted tweets are working well, particularly on mobile devices.
These are so-called native ads that play off user behavior and enhance the experience rather than interrupt it.
Arguably, banner ads tried to do something like that 18 years ago, when every Web page felt fresh and new and the notion of multimedia-rich pages mixing graphics and text were novel.
But the Web has moved on since then. It's time banners did, too.


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Primary Objective: To provide Omaha area writers of all genre and form the opportunity to come together for mutual support, artistic growth and non-credit learning at NO CHARGE.
Secondary Objective: To teach writers of any genre or form how to objectively assess the art and craft of their own work, thus growing in confidence and eventually getting published or produced.
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* Professional or amateur writers seeking skill-knowledge and support of fellow artists
* Teens: Age 14 to HS grad, Adults: HS grad & above (No children at meetings, please)
* No copy expense or fees required ($1 per meeting optional donation to Baright Library)
* Commitment to actively write (Writers helping writers, not lurkers)
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* Willingness to accept and evaluate feedback.
* Year-round weekly meetings per website Calendar (with holiday breaks as noted)
* Sharing on Writing Life/Professional topics
* Calendar of Poetry, Scripting, Fiction Topics posted on this website
* Weather cancellations to coincide with Ralston Public Schools (Noting street conditions)
After earning her 1985 BFA in creative writing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Sally J. Walker founded the Nebraska Writers Workshop under the sponsorship of the Ralston Public Library. Interested people began meeting weekly on Wednesday evenings to discuss topics of interest in various areas of writing and to read from works-in-progress. Over the next three years the regular attendees chose to have brief, researched presentations by members in the areas of Poetry, Scripting for Stage and Film, and Fiction. Since it was a matter of "writers helping writers," no fee has ever been charged, but a minimal, weekly good will offering is collected to pay for the group's small expenses (like this website and the holiday party) with the balance donated to thank the library for their meeting space and support. A variety of writing professionals have added programming spice including an Oscar-winning film editor, a small publisher, a theatrical director, an actor, and a variety of topical experts.
From an irregular attendance of 3-5 writers, the around-the-calendar meetings grew to a minimum of 14 out of a roster of over 50. People attend as jobs, life and their writing allow. Members range in age from 14 in the teen group to 70's & 80's among the adults. Education levels are from high school grads to Master's in English. Over half of the membership is published or produced, yet every member comes to the table as EQUALS because each piece of writing is recognized as HARD WORK. For some, weekly attendance is an commitment to self-improvement, for others a habit of necessary motivation and peer camaraderie. Writing is a solitary endeavor, after all. NWW is a gathering of people who understand the trials and the joys of what we do. All come understanding they are there for incremental continuing education, industry updates and to help one another attain specific goals. Once committed to active membership (after the third visit), new people are invited to join the closed e-mail list serve for more regular, in-depth connections.
A cycle of social events provide variety to the gatherings including a party in April to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday and works, a June picnic with readings at the Ralston Park, the annual Fall weekend writing retreat, and a Holiday party in December where everyone reviews their year's writing accomplishments and sets goals for the coming year.
Other writing organizations represented in the membership include the Nebraska Writers Guild, Romance Writers of America (RWA), Western Writers of America (WWA), the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), the local Theater Arts Guild and the Omaha Film Festival. We also have members working toward membership in the Dramatist's Guild (playwriting), Writers Guild of America (screenwriting), Mystery Writers of America, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association. Most of the poets are actively publishing and involved in readings in the area.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. — For months Bubba Watson didn't reveal, even in the slightest, what he would serve at the Masters Club Dinner as the defending champion.
It wouldn't have taken him that long to divulge the menu, it turned out.
TIGER: He's in a comfortable place
MORNING WIN: Watson's legend grows
While many past champions have served up plenty of appetizers and three types of salads and three or more entrees to choose, plus a plethora of deserts, Watson went plain and simple Tuesday night at the dinner of champions. The starter was a traditional Caesar salad. The entrée was a grilled chicken breast, served with green beans, mashed potatoes, corn, and macaroni and cheese. But it was served with cornbread. The dessert was confetti cake with a side of vanilla ice cream.
No mention of a wine list (maybe water was the only option).
So there you have it – Bubba being Bubba as a host.


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How to Find a Service Provider on LinkedIn
When you need to hire someone to do a job, LinkedIn has a way for you to search your network of first-, second-, and third-degree contacts, or the greater LinkedIn network, to find qualified professionals referred by other LinkedIn members.
To search for a service provider on LinkedIn, just follow these steps:
Roll your mouse over the Companies link from the top navigation bar and select Find Companies from the menu that appears.
On the Companies page, click the Service Providers link (on the right side of the screen).
The Service Provider Recommendations home page appears.
LinkedIn automatically picks providers based on recent recommendations. If you scroll down the page, you see some of the Top people in different categories, like Top Real Estate Agents and Top Child Care Providers. ("Top" is defined as providers that have received the most recommendations from other LinkedIn users so far.)
In the Categories pane, click the category that matches the type of service provider for your search.
After you reach a page loaded with recommended service providers, use the following tricks to find the one that's just right for you:
Sort based on date or top results. By default, the list that's returned is sorted based on the date of the most recent recommendation. You can change the sort by clicking the Top Results link.
Sort by recommendations from your network. Click the icon marked 1st or 2nd to get a list of service provider recommendations based on the first- or second-degree connections in your network.
Sort based on location. Click the Change Location link to get a targeted search list close to where you live.
When you click the Change Location link, you're asked to input your country and postal code. After you do so, you return to the search results page, but with a target list now sorted by the proximity to your new location setting. After all, if you're looking for a dentist or gardener, you probably want one close to home.
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Glenn uses the chalkboard to describe the eight categories he believes will be instrumental in the coming New Year — rather than the categories and taglines being reported in the mainstream media. Today Glenn discusses two of those categories with TheBlaze's Jason Buttrill: civility and chaos, and the politics of meaning.
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It's been a work in progress for years, but there are a few more years to go yet before the next version of Hypertext Markup Language is finalized.
Specifically, the World Wide Web Consortium's HTML Working Group is set to announce today that it expects to anoint HTML5 as an officially recommended standard in the second quarter of 2014. That drawn-out schedule contrasts with another effort to make HTML a more fluidly updated "living standard."
"We started working [on HTML5] in 2007," Philippe Le Hegaret, the HTML activity leader for the W3C, told CNET. "We're targeting seven years for completing HTML5."
HTML5 will become the first new revision since HTML 4.01 was released in 1999. Among the features in the next-generation Web page description language: built-in video and audio, a "canvas" element for two-dimensional graphics, new structural labels such as "article" to smooth programming, and a codified process to consistently interpret the hodgepodge styles of real-world Web pages, even when improperly coded.
That doesn't mean interested parties won't be able to employ the new technology until 2014, though. On the contrary, key phases of the coming years' development involve getting feedback from real-world use that's already well under way and ironing out wrinkles that may arise implementing the standard in Web browsers.
At the same time, work continues on a broad range of HTML standards--geolocation, offline data storage, background processing, a direct browser-server communication conduit, and more--that aren't strictly speaking part of HTML5. And after the W3C releases the first "last call" draft of the standard in May--the point at which the W3C thinks the standard's features are set--the W3C plans to begin tackling the early stages of what it's calling HTML.next for now.
Clearly, then, the W3C isn't idling while browser makers and Web developers aggressively push ahead. But the W3C's schedule contrasts sharply with the speed at which the Web is developing today, growing beyond its role as a medium for static documents into a foundation for sophisticated applications. But the schedule also is not a great surprise given the complexity of HTML, the technological and political wrangling among the 55 organizations in the group, and an interest in HTML that's broadening beyond browser makers and Web programmers.
"When you want interoperability at a global scale across a broader industry, it takes time [and] more investment than single-platform stability," said Ian Jacobs, head of W3C marketing. For example, although the Web began as a phenomenon on personal computers, it's becoming a reality on mobile devices and another domain, TV, is coming, as exemplified by a recent W3C workshop dedicated to the subject.
"The key thing here is that there are lots of stakeholders, some of whom may not move at the same speed. One of the pieces of feedback from the TV and Web workshop is that TV manufacturers expect a shelf life of 7 years," Jacobs said. "Because the W3C has as its mission to make the Web available to everybody, we always have to take into account the multiple needs of multiple audiences."
The WHATWG's living document
Even as the W3C proceeds methodically, though, another group involved in developing HTML is changing its philosophy to an even more fluid arrangement. The WHATWG--Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group--began work on what became HTML5 in 2004 when the W3C declared that the 1999 update to HTML4 was the final version and that the future lay with an incompatible standard called XHTML 2.0. That proved to be largely a dead end, however, and the W3C resumed HTML work in 2007 and now has phased out work on XHTML 2.0.
The WHATWG got its start as an open mailing list, but its founders and decision-makers all came from browser makers--Opera and Mozilla to start, with Apple joining later. HTML governance now essentially involves both the W3C and the WHATWG. One key figure is Ian Hickson, a former Opera and now Google employee who serves as an editor of the somewhat divergent versions of HTML maintained at both the W3C and the WHATWG.
In January, Hickson declared that at the WHATWG, HTML has now become a "living document," a specification that is constantly updated according to need. Abandoning version numbers that no longer are needed, Hickson ditched the term "HTML5" in favor of just "HTML." And he said he'd like to see the W3C follow suit.
Don't expect the standards group to do so, though.
The W3C has always revised its standards, Jacobs said. "That doesn't mean everybody wants the nightly build of a specification," he said, referring to the software development practice of building a new test version of software every night to include programmers' latest patches. "We also have stable versions of standards, because there are some communities who need those for the level of interoperability they require...We think both innovation and stability are valuable, and they are not mutually exclusive."
Another factor is intellectual-property rights--specifically, patents. Those who participate in creating the W3C's specifications agree not to sue those implementing the specification for infringement of any patents those participants own. It's a bit of legal reassurance in a technology world that has plenty of patent risks, but technically that assurance only comes with the final version of a specification.
The final schedule
What exactly will happen between now and mid-2014 with HTML5? Several steps, according to Le Hegaret and Jacobs:
In May 2011 comes the first "last call" draft of HTML5. This version is feature-complete, meaning no new features will be added, but that existing features will be refined. The W3C expects to deal with thousands of comments through this phase, some of them likely to lead to "substantial" changes.
Likely by the end of 2011, the W3C will issue a second last-call version and begin a second round of refinements.
In the second quarter of 2012, a new phase begins, in which "implementors" of the specification--browser makers, essentially--provide feedback. During this phase, the W3C concentrates on a suite of thousands of tests to see if implementations of HTML5 really do get the same results when interpreting a Web page's code.
The culmination of this phase is a "candidate recommendation" of the HTML5 spec and at least two "interoperable implementations"--in other words, two different browsers that produce the same results on the test cases. The implementors' feedback is scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2014.
Last comes a final review period of about six weeks, then some time to get the promotional gears engaged.
Then, in the second quarter of 2014, HTML5 should be done.
"We're excited to be able to say we now have a time frame," Jacobs said.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stocks finished flat Friday, and ended with losses for the week, during which concerns about euro-zone growth were underscored.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.34% rose less than 1 point at 341.97. It fell by 1.8% for the week, the biggest weekly pullback since mid-April, according to FactSet data.
A run of lackluster data from the euro zone continued Friday with France's government saying growth in gross domestic product stalled in the first quarter and inflation in Spain was flat this month, highlighting worries about the risk of deflation.
Meanwhile, a European Commission survey found there was a decline in confidence in the region among businesses and households in June. The dampened sentiment prevailed even as the European Central Bank this month launched measures aimed at staving off sharply low levels of inflation and reviving economic growth. The commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator fell to 102.0 from 102.6 in May, falling short of the expected rise to 103.0 in a Wall Street Journal poll of economists.
The ECB will issue its next policy statement on Thursday.
Among movers, British housing stocks extended gains after the Bank of England on Thursday outlined measures aimed at cooling the U.K.'s housing boom. Developer Taylor Wimpey PLC UK:TW rose 3.6% and Barratt Developments PLC BDEV, +5.64% tacked on 3.2%. The U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.31% ended up 0.3% to 6,757.77.
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC UK:RR shares picked up 2.2% after a Reuters report that Airbus Group AIR, +0.54% is near a decision to upgrade its A330 aircraft with engines made by Rolls-Royce.
Ophir Energy UK:OPHR dropped 5.4% following a ratings downgrade to neutral from buy at UBS. The British oil exploration company on Thursday issued a disappointing update about a dry well in offshore Gabon.
Shares of Barclays PLC BARC, +5.33% BCS, +5.57% pared their gain to 0.5%. They dropped Thursday by 6.5% to a 19-month low on U.S. legal problems. Barclays Chief Executive Antony Jenkins said in a staff memo Thursday that the bank will conduct an internal probe following accusations of fraud in a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General, according to reports.
Late Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that major brokers are closing their connections to a dark pool run by Barclays in the wake of the lawsuit, according to people familiar with the matter.
In Paris, France's CAC 40 index PX1, +0.22% fell 0.1% to 4,436.98, and Germany's DAX 30 equity index DAX, +0.47% ended up 0.1% at 9,815.17.
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Take a Swing
This story appears in the September 2007 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Confidence is everything in selling--and your overall performance in any aspect of life. It gives you the power to act without worrying whether your actions will be effective.
Take Little League baseball, for example. I remember telling my young son to watch the pitcher on the other team as he warmed up. At one game, all the kids were standing in the dugout holding onto the fence with looks of dread on their faces as they watched the pitcher from the other team throw very fast, wild pitches. Now, here's the funny thing about confidence: Every kid from our team walked up to the plate like he was about to fight Mike Tyson. The pitcher had so much confidence, he had already struck them out in his mind. Since most of the kids stood 5 feet away from the plate, they would never hit the ball.
Baseball is 90 percent mental, and so is selling. Your belief, enthusiasm and confidence in your ability speak volumes to the customer. Here are three keys to building confidence:
1. Activity increases confidence. As soon as I took my son to the field and pitched him hundreds of balls over and over, his confidence increased and carried over into the game. Instead of standing away from the plate, he went right up to it with an attitude that screamed "Give me the ball!"
Activity in selling--cold calls, meetings, other phone activity and anything that will get you in front of decision-makers and closer to a sale--gives you an added edge of confidence that you're moving closer to success.
2. Success breeds success. After a successful cold call, presentation or sale, make more calls! Your enthusiasm and confidence are at their highest when you're on a roll, and they'll be contagious with the next group of people you call. You've started to create your own hitting streak. Let the success of one event immediately be poured into the action of others.
3. Push yourself out of your comfort zone. When we always try to play it safe, we are actually creating a dangerous situation. What really builds our confidence and unique, individual abilities is doing the things we thought we couldn't do--calling on the CEO or owner of a large company who has a reputation as a tough negotiator, asking for deal points that others think you will never get, or simply trying something you've never done before where there's a high risk but huge potential return. When we test ourselves, we come out better every time, even if we don't get what we want. At least we now know what it takes to get there.
Just the other day, my now-13-year-old son's baseball team played against 14- and 15-year-olds. At that age, one or two years makes a huge difference. My son's team didn't win, but I saw a noticeable difference in the focus and performance of each of the 13-year-olds. Stepping out of their comfort zone helped build their confidence, and it will no doubt show in the next game against kids their own age (without beards and goatees)! We will always play up or play down to the competition we encounter.
What it all comes down to is having the courage and confidence to step up to the plate and take action. As George Herman "Babe" Ruth said, "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."


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Builder Child Air is a new foundational or starter child theme for iThemes Builder. Whether you're using the Builder Style Manager or writing your own CSS, we hope Air will be a great new place to start when creating your custom responsive-ready Builder child themes.
Builder child Air includes several convenient built-in features to help lay the groundwork for custom child theme creation.
Theme Demo
See Air in action on this live Demo
Builder Layout Export zip file - can be used to import the demo site's layout and settings.
Blog Announcement
Read the blog entry announcing the release of Air.
Air Features
- Built-in Mobile-Ready Menu Style
- Fully Optimized for Style Manager
- New Inset Module Styles
- Full Window Image Style
How to Change the Appearance of Search
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The Greenwich Time serves a daily audience in southern Connecticut with local news and information about Greenwich, Conn., and surrounding communities in Fairfield County. The paper shares its editor and publisher with its sister paper, The Advocate of nearby Stamford. The assets of both papers were acquired by Hearst in November 2007. Hearst assumed management control of the papers in August 2008.


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Perhaps one of the most decorated runners in the history of the Boston State track-and-field and cross-country programs, Mark Duggan '77 was the 1976 NCAA Division III champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Mark ended his career with the Warriors as a the only four-time All-American in Boston State history. Three of those All-American honors came in the steeplechase, while the fourth came as a member of the cross-country program.
Named the Boston State Most Outstanding Athlete in 1975, Duggan recorded a total of 12 varsity letters and held the program record in the two-, three-, and six-mile runs as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs. Among his many other accomplishments were a total of six MASCAC championships, four All-New England, and three All-East honors.
Duggan would eventually earn his Master's degree from Boston State in 1981 and would go on to spend 30 years as an executive at Nike, as Chief Executive Officer and President of Nike Bauer Hockey. During that time, Duggan could continue to compete at the highest level, as he was chosen to represent the United States of America as a member of its cross-country team at The European Championships in Liege, Belgium.
Today Duggan is the CEO of MS Duggan and Associates Consulting in Greenland, New Hampshire, where he resides with his wife Sharon and three children Jennifer, Katherine, and Michael. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the New Hampshire Special Olympics, in which Duggan and his wife have been involved with for many years.


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Commerce City CO- (Friday April 27 2007)- The Colorado Rapids announced today an enhanced partnership with the local USL club formerly known as the Boulder Rapids Reserve which as of today will be named the Rapids U-23.
"We are very happy to have the full support of a successful MLS team like the Rapids said Rapids U-23 Head Coach Peter Ambrose. "Being affiliated with our local professional club gives our players the opportunity to develop in a different environment and potentially be able to play one day for their first team."
The Rapids U-23's will serve as a farm team allowing the Rapids organization to gain in-depth insight into their potential future draft picks. The team will now wear the same uniforms as the Colorado Rapids matching the burgundy and blue of the new jerseys worn by the MLS side. Additionally they will share a similarly designed logo.
The Rapids U-23 will remain an organization independently operated from the Colorado Rapids.
One of the most unique characteristics of the Colorado Rapids' new partners is that starting this season the Rapids U-23's have become the first carbon neutral soccer team in the world. It is tied in with a system in which all the carbon emissions produced by the team (coaches players etc.) during their daily events (driving cooking etc.) are offset by modes of carbon reduction (reforestation solar power wind power etc.). The team's slogan for this season will be "Kick Global Warming."
The enhanced partnership between the clubs comes at a perfect time as the buzz surrounding both teams is at a peak. With the Rapids celebrating the opening of their new complex Dick's Sporting Goods Park and the Colorado Rapids U-23 kicking off their 2007 USL Season.


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Add funds to your PlayStation® Network wallet without the need for a credit card. Top up your PSN wallet to purchase thousands of exclusive games, add-on content, movies, music and more through PlayStation®Store and Sony Entertainment Network Store, accessible with your PS4, PS3 or PS Vita.
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- Sign in to PlayStation Network on your PS3, PS4, PSP or PC using Media Go.
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Described as "a museum springing to life," the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion saw several hundred classic race cars return to the track in August. But we have a different take. It was really like a 10-ring circus of Corvettes, with more vehicular acrobatics in glamorous attire than PT Barnum could have imagined. That's because Corvette was the featured marque for 2013, celebrating its sixth decade of existence. We can hardly do justice to all the activity that took place in the space of a few pages, but we'll do our best to spotlight the main attractions.
At center stage in the Corvette booth was the new '14 Stingray, with an adjacent naked chassis. This display drew a constant stream of spectators all weekend long, as did the surrounding race cars from the past. Chevrolet pulled out all the stops, emptying the Heritage Center of every vintage Vette it could lay its hands on.
Capping off this fond look back at Corvette competition was a peek at the future: A C7.R, disguised with checkered-flag camouflage, escaped from its pit garage for a few brief warm-up laps with factory driver Tommy Milner manning the wheel, only to disappear from view just as quickly as it emerged.
Milner is the 2012 ALMS GT champion and 2011 Le Mans winner who currently is the only American on the Corvette Racing team. Commenting on sharing the stage at the Rolex dinner with Sir Jackie Stewart, and recalling his last visit to Laguna Seca in 2003 at the tender age of 17, Milner noted, "I was just a kid; now it's twice as big -- the whole event is magnified from when I remember. To be asked here to do this, to participate in the Rolex dinner last night [with GM's Vice President for Global Design Ed Welburn], and then to be here with Sir Jackie, I keep having to pinch myself to make sure it is real."
We had a similar reaction when we went on the track in a Z51-equipped C7 with Bondurant driving instructor and COO Darren Law slicing through the corners at speed. (Besides serving as VP of Global Operations, Law has driven a Corvette Daytona Prototype during the last two seasons.)
"Exhilarating" and "delirious" are a couple words that barely do justice to the experience. Hurtling into the sharp bends at full throttle, it seemed as if we had bitten off way too much to make the turn -- the pucker factor. But those big binders on the Z51 package hauled down our speed so effectively, we just whipped right through the corkscrew, feeling virtually invincible. And the new seat design grabs your glutes like glue. Law had the traction control turned off so the C7's tail stepped out on the apex, but it never felt sloppy or loose -- just way too much fun!
Of course, those weren't the only Corvettes on the track. Some 50 or so old warhorses demonstrated decisively that they still have plenty of the right stuff, such as a '63 Grand Sport (the Miles Collier ex-Delmo Johnson Corvette that placed second at Nassau in 1962 and raced at Sebring in 1964 and 1965). Driven by Bruce Canapa, it fittingly bested James Farley's '65 Cobra on Saturday afternoon (Group 5A, 1963-1966 GT Cars over 2,500 cc). And nearly skinning this Cobra as well were a '65 and a '64 Corvette, driven by Tommy Steurer and Erickson Shirley, respectively, who came in Third and Fourth.
In Group 3A (1955 to 1962 GT Cars), Tony Garmley's '62 Vette took First, narrowly beating a '61 Ferrari 250 GT. And in 6A (1973 to 1982), Didier Andre's '77 Greenwood Corvette grabbed Third.
Some of the old-timers weren't available for track duty, but it was still a joy to check them out firsthand. Among the many historically significant cars on display were the '61 Mako Shark and Manta Ray, along with the '60 Cunningham Corvette that placed Eighth overall at Le Mans in 1960. Also on hand were the '67 Corvette Le Mans raced by Dick Guldstrand and Bob Bondurant, the '68 Owens Corning Corvette once driven by Tony DeLorenzo, an '01 Pratt & Miller C5-R, and an '11 C6.R.
Not to be outdone, a number of privately owned collectibles were spotted among the acres of Corvettes that showed up (a few of which we plan to feature separately later on). Ed Welburn, GM's Vice President of Global Design, summed up the experience nicely: "When you leave the Corvette display area and walk around the rest of the paddock, you see all these incredible race cars from the past. For me it is incredible, because I look around and see the cars that all my heroes drove; they're all here today. I feel today how I felt when I was an 11-year-old kid."
All of which means that whatever the year or background of these Corvettes, they all qualify as time machines, a way to turn back the clock to our heritage.


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Bond god Jeff Gundlach is out with his first conference call/presentation of the year titled Year Of The Snake.
The presentation represents his markets outlook for 2013.
Gundlach used the snake imagery because everything is "coiled" and ready to strike.
The economy, European debt markets etc. are all ready for a bang.
Our full notes from his call are here. His key calls:
- Bonds aren't in a bubble.
- European debt isn't attractive.
- Japanese stocks are still attractive long term, but at the moment it's hard to be in love with them. Still there's another 1000-2000 points left in the Nikkei.
- The "fiscal crisis" is a bigger deal than the fiscal cliff.
- Gold is going to make a strong move one way or another, won't go sideways.
- Likes long Shanghai/short S&P.
- 30-year yield will be lower a year from now, but higher 3 years from now.
- Doesn't like homebuilding stocks.
- Apple is going to $425.
We have his full presentation which is really just a gorgeous chart bonanza that all investors will enjoy clicking through to see what's going on in markets in recent and long-term history.


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By Adam Hoge-
MOBILE, Ala. (CBS) — My time at the Senior Bowl is up, but after seeing four practices and having nearly 48 hours to talk to scouts, agents and team representatives, there are plenty of thoughts on my mind about the NFL prospects in Mobile.
Here are 10 takeaways from my two days at the Senior Bowl:
1. A.J. McCarron should have been there. The Mobile native controversially decided to skip the Senior Bowl, a decision made based on information given to him by his agent Todd France. And after seeing what I saw from the quarterbacks in Mobile, I think it was a mistake for the Alabama quarterback not to be there. I'm confident that McCarron would have stood out as the second-best quarterback at the Senior Bowl, behind only Fresno State's Derek Carr, who is looking like an early to mid first-round pick. Instead, Eastern Illinois' Jimmy Garoppolo has commanded most of the attention from scouts and media and established himself as the second-best quarterback talent in Mobile.
Remember, if McCarron had accepted his invite, Garoppolo wouldn't have even been at the Senior Bowl.
In my opinion, Garoppolo has passed McCarron on the quarterback depth chart and if NFL teams agree, that will cost the Alabama quarterback money.
Sure, it's possible Garoppolo would have passed McCarron by May anyway, but the Senior Bowl is the one place where NFL front-office executives, coaches and scouts gather in a large setting to watch these guys perform in actual practices against the top senior talent in college football. It's unique from the Combine and Pro Days in that manner and this week is where a handful of players stand out above the rest.
I believe McCarron would have been one of those players. Instead, the lasting image is still that poor performance against Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
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2. Some team will take Logan Thomas earlier than they should. I've been hard on the North quarterbacks this week, but for good reason — they don't look very good. Thomas clearly stands out from Tahj Boyd and Stephen Morris, mainly because he's 6-5 3/4, 250 pounds, with good speed and mobility. Scouts love that. He also has an above-average arm and his throwing motion is pretty fluid.
The problem is, Thomas isn't accurate and he never improved much during his time at Virginia Tech.
That said, I believe there will be at least one team that looks at the measurables and believes they can develop him. Personally, when in doubt, I trust the tape over measurables, but many NFL scouts tend to do the opposite. I always say, all you need is one. There will be one team willing to take a chance on Thomas, possibly in the third or fourth round.
3. Tahj Boyd shouldn't get drafted. He will, but he shouldn't. I didn't see him make a single NFL worthy throw on Monday or Tuesday. He's only 6-0 3/4, 222, isn't accurate and his arm is just average in my opinion. I'm good.
4. David Fales has a lot more work to do. I wish he could have been traded to the North team after Monday's practice so I could have seen him next to other quarterbacks besides Carr and Garoppolo. Throwing next to those guys, the San Jose State quarterback looked below-average as his arm wasn't as strong and his passes fluttered in the air. My guess is he's still the third-best quarterback in Mobile, but he'll need to impress in Saturday's game and down the road at the Combine.
5. Don't give up on Aaron Murray. I had a chance to talk to the Georgia quarterback Monday night and he remains upbeat and confident despite a poorly timed ACL tear in November. He's on track to perform at Georgia's pro day April 16 and should be good to go when NFL training camps open up this summer. Murray has always stood out to me on tape and I think he provides a ton of value if he slips to the middle rounds because of his injury. For teams looking to develop a starter in a year or two, Murray is still a good second-day draft option. I'd certainly take him over Thomas, Boyd or Stephen Morris.
6. The cornerbacks were fun to watch. From Utah's Keith McGill to Florida's Jaylen Watkins to Nebraska's Stan Jean-Baptiste, I really enjoyed watching the group of corners in Mobile. McGill and Jean-Baptiste are bigger corners who showed the ability to play press-man coverage, while Watkins' ball skills were impressive. Watkins is 5-11 3/8, 194, and showed good instincts and quickness.
7. Don't sleep on the B1G tight ends. Iowa's C.J. Fiedorowicz and Wisconsin's Jacob Pedersen didn't exactly blow me away in college, but both were solid blockers and reliable red zone targets. They don't compare to Texas Tech's Jace Amaro and North Carolina's Eric Ebron but both players can be good good, fundamentally sound tight ends at the next level.
8. Robert Herron might be the next NFL speedster. The Wyoming wide receiver won't climb as high as Tavon Austin did a year ago, but at 5-8 7/8, 193, Herron flashed top-end speed that a number of teams are going to covet. I'm not a fan of using early picks on players of that mold, but the "all it takes is one" rule applies here and it wouldn't surprise me if Herron ends up as a Day 2 pick.
9. Jared Abbrederis will make a team happy. The best receiver in the Big Ten the last two seasons flies under the radar a little bit at 6-0 7/8, but he possesses sneaky speed and might be the best route runner at the Senior Bowl. Vanderbilt's Jordan Matthews and Texas' Mike Davis might have higher ceilings, but Abbrederis is actually a pretty safe pick in the third or fourth round. He's in the Eric Decker mold and can put up similar numbers in the right situation. He comes with that former walk-on mentality and if you turn on the Ohio State tape this year, you'll see all he does is catch passes, even against top cornerbacks like Bradley Roby.
10. Princeton's Caraun Reid is a sleeper. The defensive tackle stood out in Mobile and is an intriguing prospect coming out of the Ivy League. He needed to show what he can do against better competition and he held his own. He looks like a 3-technique right now, but at 6-2 1/8, 301, has a little room to add some weight and possibly play as a 1-tech too. It will be interesting to see how he performs at the Combine.
A total of 110 players weighed-in at the Senior Bowl Monday morning, so if I didn't mention your guy over the last few days, I apologize. I can promise you he's been evaluated closely by NFL scouts though and there's still plenty of time to impress before the NFL Draft in May.
Adam Hoge covers the Bears for CBSChicago.com and is a frequent contributor to 670 The Score. Follow him on Twitter at @AdamHoge.


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DECATUR, Ill.—Archer Daniels Midland Co. has pervaded the economic life of this city for decades, much as the odor from its corn and soybean processing plants permeates the air.
But Decatur, which is 180 miles or more from the nearest major airport in Chicago, has become an increasingly awkward fit as the home of one of the nation's biggest corporations. The town has been down on its luck for years, with an unemployment rate nearly twice the national average, and some here were expecting more bad news....


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The first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in this area kicked off Tuesday, March 15, with an event at Forward Conference Center in West Branch. The event was designed to prepare participants for the event, which will be held May 7, at Irons Park in West Branch. The event serves the counties of Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw and Roscommon.
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