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What they might not know of is the existence of survey papers, review papers/articles etc which are often peer reviewed articles but contain no original research beyond a review and perhaps critique of the state of art research in a certain area.
Somewhat related are bibliographies, meta-analysis and systematic reviews. The last two, in particular systematic reviews are well known in the medical field of course. But let's leave out the medical field for now.
The question is how does one find such papers? Besides looking at publications like Annual Reviews Publications, there are generally two approaches to searching for them.
1. By Facet/Subject heading control
Firstly, some databases have facets that allow you to select for them. So do a search for the keyword then refine down into them. Some examples
i) Document type : Reviews - in Web of Science
ii) Document type : Review - in Scopus
iii) Document type : Literature Review - in Ebscohost
iv) Publication type : Meta-analysis/reviews/systematic reviews - in Pubmed (but more on this later)
It is unclear to me how good using these facets are in terms of precision and recall for finding such articles but I suppose it depends on the quality of indexing and also I assume this is a controlled term.
This approach is available also for Summon, but a lot less effective. You occasionally see the subject terms facet appear with values like
- literature review
- meta-analysis
- metaanalysis
- review
- reviews
- bibliographie
- bibliography
- systematic review
You can get around such a problem by forcing a search in Summon with field searching in subject terms and the keyword you want. In Summon syntax you need to do subjectterms:("xxxxx") where xxxxx is the subject term to match a item with that subject term.
So for example you could do
"Class size" AND (subjectterms:("literature review") OR subjectterms:("bibliographie") OR subjectterms:("bibliography") OR subjectterms:("meta-analysis") OR subjectterms:("metaanalysis") OR subjectterms:("review") OR subjectterms:("reviews") OR subjectterms:("systematic review") OR subjectterms:("bibliographic literature") OR subjectterms:("bibliographical literature"))
and find articles with the phrase "class size" (or perhaps restricting this just to title might be even more relevant) and which had any of the subject terms listed. Try example search using Princeton's Summon.
A minor weakness with this search is that you will notice items with "book review" subject terms appearing but this can be easily excluded after search using the facet.
The main weakness of this approach was already hinted by the fact that you had to search for subject terms such as both meta-analysis and metaanalysis. The reason is the subject term facet is not controlled as it comes from items from varying sources which different standards, I have even seen examples where journal articles do not have any subject terms.
EDIT : It seems in Summon if you do subjectterms:("library"), it doesn't give you an exact search for items with the subject terms that is exactly library but you can get items with subject terms like say Science library or library & librarians. This is different from using the widget builder from Serialssolutions which gives you exact matches. But unfortunately the widget builder only lists a small subset of possible subject terms.
That said at least Summon has a subject term facet, you can't do this for Google Scholar even if you wanted to. So what can you do instead if such an option is not possible and/or you don't trust the meta-data that allows you to refine on?
2. Matching phrases in titles, abstracts, and other important parts of the journal article
If you look through many review articles you will notice a pattern, they tend to have very similar titles. Something along the lines of
- XXXX, a review of the literature
- A survey of the literature on XXXX
- XXXX, a survey of the literature
and many more.
The obvious idea here is to generate a complicated search strategy to match as many such titles as possible.
For example here's a fairly complicated string I am toying with to match in the title field in Summon or Google Scholar.
((literature AND (survey OR review)) OR (systematic review) OR meta-analysis OR meta-analytical OR "a review" OR "a survey" OR a mini review OR a brief review OR
Bibliography OR Bibliographic)
|To match
|literature review (no quotes)
|a literature review, a review of the literature
|Probably most accurate
|"Systematic review"
|systematic review
|Not needed for non-medical ?
|meta-analysis OR meta-analytical
|meta-analytical analysis
|hyperhens may make a difference, use * if it works
|"A review"
|A review
|May lead to false positives of the nature A review of
|"A survey"
|A survey
|May lead to false positives of a real survey not survey of literature
|literature survey (no quotes)
|survey of literature
|"A brief review" or "A mini review"
|bibliography OR bibliographic
|bibliographic survey,
a select bibliography
Here's a sample search in Summon
And some search results
The phrase meta-analysis is carrying a lot of the load due to nature of this topic but further down you can see other matches
I tried it with other topics and it seemed to be reasonably robust and in my subjective view outperformed similar searches by facet refinement. In fact the equalvant search strategy in Scopus , in my view gave better results in terms of recall than using the facet document type: review in Scopus. More testing needed of course.
A similar search in Google scholar using intitle:(xxxx) to match phrases in the title works well also.
I was feeling somewhat pleased with myself until while working through a Pubmed tutorial, I coincidentally stumbled upon the fact that such strategies are old hat in Medical community,
Correct me if I am wrong, any medical librarians reading this but while Pubmed has publication types for meta-analysis and reviews it doesn't actually assign a Publication type to systematic reviews.
This is very counter-intuitive for many reasons, one of which is because you see one of the filters under Article types is indeed systematic reviews , so if the rest are publication types, shouldn't that be as well?
But a close reading shows that while almost all the values in the Article Type filter is a publication type ,systematic review itself is not.
Here's what it says about Article Types.
To be fair my search strategy is a lot simpler than PubMed's because it was designed for Summon and Google Scholar.
The Pubmed search above has the advantage of matching on very fine grained fields not just the title [ti] including
- Title/Abstract [TIAB]
- Publication Type [PT]
- Text Words [TW]
- Limit search to specific journals [Ta]
This allows all kinds of sophisticated search strategies to maximize recall and precision. With Google Scholar all you can do is match on title.
Summon is a little better, you can match on subject terms (already seen above or you can combine ORing that with the matches in title) and increase precision by exclude facet content such as book reviews in content type (that tend to appear as false positives) etc.
But you can't restrict matches to just abstract for example, so there is less room for sophisticated searches.
I wonder if it is worth doing such complicated searches as Summon and Google Scholar really isn't meant for such complicated logic searches as weird results may occur.
It is also unlikely users will bother with such complicated searches.
Personally I like Pubmed's idea of using a saved search strategy as a filter/facet so perhaps Summon could implement a similar idea that if you click will apply the search strategy subset of results against the current search.
So perhaps a new content type or under "Refine" could be added that does this automatically.
The challenge of course is you need to do a lot of tests to come up with a robust search strategy that works reasonably well for all fields, a taller order than just for one field, but arguably even a half working one could be worth having.
Also this strategy works only if there are such articles to be found of course, pair it with too broad a keyword or too specific a keyword and you will end up with nothing relevant. The right granularity of detail needs to be searched where a survey/review article is likely to exist.
Beyond even that we can look at Primo's ScholarRank technology which is supposed to be able to tell the difference between broad and narrow topic searches and for the former tries to rank review articles higher, which makes sense since if you are new to the field you are likely to benefit from such articles.


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|2012-03-17, 22:19
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Personally, I like Darlian's "new" fate. It could adds another dynamic to Relena and Heero's relationship. There's no guarantee she sticks by him the way she did in the anime now. Even she did, her reasons could be different. And the Weridge connection(which was barely touched on in the anime) figures to be more important in the manga too.
It wasn't quite the same, but Otto still gave his life for Zechs and the Sanc Kingdom.
On another note, I loved the shot of Zechs looking at Daigo through the door was just beautiful.
|2012-03-18, 07:41
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The wonders of modern plastic surgery. Or what can go wrong, rather...
GAH, no way, I'll spend my sunday trying to unsee this XD
Also, I do agree about Darlian, this could potentially add an interesting touch to the series... or it could make it worse, really depends on how much faith we have in GoL's storytelling.
|2012-03-18, 16:32
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I don't know what's more shocking. That this is supposed to be Doktor S (no. effin. way.) or that this is the first truly original character design we get.
Ah, wait. There was Vingt. Well, first truly original character design of a woman then.
As for GoL, I didn't say it was bad. I just said that there are a few things that displease me. For sure, Une is still pretty badass when she fights Wu Fei and luckily she hasn't gotten any "damsel-in-distress" or "incompetent officer" treatment yet (and I hope it stays that way). It's just, well, I miss the redundancy of shooting a person through the head to ensure he dies while he's falling out of an airplane.
And twisting the circumstances of Darlian's death will certainly result in different relationship dynamics 'cause otherwise it would be just dumb. It's just that with those changes, I don't see several things happening anymore. Or at least not happening in the same way that they did in the series. For instance, "Party Night" might as well get cut from the manga, since Une has no reason to kill a non-existent witness. Likewise, Relena has no reason (as of yet) to go to Moscow to kill Une. The only thing that gets killed is the scene in the last episode when Une offers Relena a gun to exact revenge.
Of course, this might all still be added. I'm just a little befuddled at this point because there's a decent amount of character development based around those "deleted scenes". If they'll twist it in a way that it all makes sense, excellent, I won't complain. I'm just afraid that this might go in a direction I don't want it to (like a certain novel >_>).
Perhaps my current dislike also stems from the impression I had that GoL would be a complete retelling with all the details that weren't added in the series (most notably EZ). But hey, different doesn't mean bad. It just means different.
EDIT: Oh, for the love of... Something nagged me, so I checked and what do you know, they left the "HEERO! I'M RIGHT OVER HERE SO COME AND KILL MEEEE!" thing in there. They cut exploding makeup but include that? Who decides that? Honestly, here you have a golden opportunity to get rid of all that weird crap and you go and freaking include it? In what culture does that scene make sense anyway???
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|2012-03-20, 02:55
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hey guys.. why'd u stop the thread? im beggining to think that u ol gettin tired of the FT? im new here & ive been reading these threads for 2 days straight now.. literally.. wishing that FT will be as good as the series.. by the way is there a site where i can read the FT without downloading anything? coz u know dont know ho to upgrade on whatever..i just like reading not downloading.. dont know if there's a site for this.. pls help, looking forward to read the rest of FT.. thanks..
|2012-03-20, 03:03
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|2012-03-20, 06:50
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Shall we?
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Anything else was never downloadable to begin with. Though perhaps you're confusing the manga Glory of Losers with the novel Frozen Teardrop? Because, you know, FT is nowhere near the series... Anyway, should that be the case, I'm sorry but the scans don't seem to be available in an online gallery as of yet. You'll either have to wait or download. I hope that answers your questions.
There's one scene I really love, one I hope won't get omitted in the manga. It's when she threatens the colonies and Noin forwards Treize's message to her. Noin's smug face is so awesome when she tells her that Treize says to "be more elegant. More elegant, Lady."
By the way, I just noticed that there's a lot of slapping going on in GW. Une slaps Noin, Noin slaps random recruits, Rashid whacks Quatre, Catherine punches Trowa and even Relena gets to slap some sense into Mariemaia. The only one who doesn't do anything is Sally.
...No wait, she gets into a fight with those stupid soldiers. Gee, what violent women!
|2012-03-20, 07:32
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Because well... Noin, I'm happy for ya and imma let you finish. But Une has the best backhand of all time. Of ALL TIME. Yes.
(Runner up must be Catherine as Relena loses style points for having an opponent half her size- and Sally just doesn't count, silly woman should've knocked out Wufei for a chance to make history)
I am grading people on their slap-capability, because FT drives me crazy. This is how far we've come.
|2012-03-20, 16:24
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Mama there goes that man!
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There was definitely a good amount of character development in "Party Night" and "The Whereabouts of Happiness". But there's still so much time for Relena's character development. Really, I have no idea where the story will go for her or even when she'll start rebuilding the Sanc Kingdom.
As for that scene on the cliff, I've always felt it was her simply wanting to get an opportunity to see Heero again. Just my two cents.
Regarding the slap from Ep.10, I hope it makes GoL too. It should. The Tauruses and Siberia were mentioned two or three volumes back.
|2012-03-20, 22:59
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speaking about character development:
- we never saw about how Quatre dealed with the family business or his sisters after he returned to space(maybe someone or even his sisters thinked that he's dead).
- we never saw Duo's Odd Jobs as a Merc, and the time that he stayed with Hilde(at least how she fell in love with him and how she started to live with him, she doesn't need to be that temporary action girl).
- thus how Trowa deals with the Circus or what happened to him during the time that he lost his memory(we saw only him going to the circus and being helped by Kat and later Duo speaks with him, and no more), or at least katherine's view about Trowa(she could tell him that she's is his sister and that he had a family, and how her version about the war changed).
|2012-03-21, 07:40
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|2012-03-21, 09:52
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Shall we?
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Uh, I think susyia is talking about FT, guys.
By the way, I remember people wanting for a full shot of Tallgeese. You know, there was one. Haven't you guys seen this concierge pic yet?
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|2012-03-21, 13:24
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And before trent find him with Zero, we saw only him living with her, but not how their relationship started, i mean maybe he saw hilde as a new chance to forget that he attracts death and destruction to everyone who likes him, and in FT when she died All of that "everyone stay back, im death incarnate, i attract only death and and destruction, leave me alone" returned.
|2012-03-21, 13:34
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|2012-03-21, 14:08
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[QUOTE=IkuzeMinna;4064168]Uh, I think susyia is talking about FT, guys.
You mean after EW or before? During the series he said that his sisters managed the assets while he was officially "missing." After that he simply resurfaced again and took over most if not all of the business. In BT he's referred to as the head of the Winner family, same in Preventer 5 (at least he's sitting at a desk looking every bit like it). How he ended up on Mars is a different story though.
Is that i want to know what hell he's doing there????
|2012-03-21, 14:19
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please duo is not gay get over it.... maybe in the begining he see her just as a friend ..but as we can see changed..... in battlefield of pacifist too we can see that there's something between those two....
and even if her was not in the anime .. duo cleary of all the gundam pilots is the ladys lover
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September 30 2011 12:36PM
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It's not every team that could lose three NHL centremen and still dress four more, even in a preseason game. Okay, so three out of four are marginal NHLers, but I'm not overly concerned. First, this is a preseason game, and the Leafs have nothing to lose by giving extra time to the likes of Philippe Dupuis, as he skates between Joffrey Lupul and Phil Kessel. With the injury to Nazem Kadri, the forward corps is all but set, aside from some competition for fourth line spots, so it makes sense to focus on these players, anyway.
The Leafs will likely look to the hot hands of the MGK line, each member of which had a multi-point game against Ottawa. Get used to this being a theme during the regular season. Noteworthy is that Grabovski's mentor and workout partner, Pavel Datsyuk, has the night off.
Matt Frattin and Colby Armstrong will be centred by Darry Boyce, and can hopefully still provide some scoring help from the third line. Lord knows, their 3rd line counterpart, Abdelkader-Helm-Bertuzzi is going to cause problems for Leafs defenders all evening. Bertuzzi, although older and slower than he's ever been, still has size, a nose for the net, and decent vision on the ice, whlie Helm can skate like the wind.
Leafs goaltender Jonas Gustavsson is expected to play the full game, and will look to outduel Jimmy Howard at the other end. Gustavsson's numbers have looked solid so far in this preseason, even if his lateral movement has left him out of position at times. I doubt he'll always be able to make such scrambly saves come time for the regular season, but for now, we'll take what good we can find, and hope for the best.
Mike Commodore and Dan Cleary are injured, and will not be dressing for Detroit.
Other Wings players to keep an eye on:
Valtteri Filppula: Despite a lack of size, he is very strong on his skates, and isn't afraid of puck battles along the boards. He's perhaps not as offensively gifted as Kulemin, but their games aren't altogether that different.
Gustav Nyquist: He looks like a solid, late-round pick for the Wings. Check out his numbers at HockeyDB.
Ian White and Garnet Exelby: White's fortunes have changed for the better, and I'm happy to see it. He was becoming something of a journeyman, but has been playing alongside Nicklas Lidstrom for most of the preseason. Lucky duck. Garnet Exelby, I shouldn't have to remind you, makes a better door than defenseman.
Here are the Leafs' and Red Wings' lineups from mapleleafs.com:
Clarke MacArthur - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Joffrey Lupul - Philippe Dupuis - Phil Kessel
Matt Frattin - Darryl Boyce - Colby Armstrong
Mike Brown - Mike Zigomanis - Colton Orr
Keith Aulie - Luke Schenn
Jake Gardiner - Mike Komisarek
Carl Gunnarsson - Cody Franson
Goalies: Jonas Gustavsson, Ben Scrivens
Justin Abdelkader - Darren Helm - Todd Bertuzzi
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Johan Franzen
Gustav Nyquist - Cory Emmerton - Tomas Holmstrom
Chris Conner - Joakim Andersson - Landon Ferraro
Nicklas Lidstrom - Ian White
Niklas Kronwall - Brad Stuart/Brian Lashoff
Garnet Exelby - Doug Janik
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September 30 2011, 01:01PM
Exelby will score a goal tonight. Also it's Dupuis not Paradis.
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September 30 2011, 01:16PM
Bertuzzi is all those things you describe. On the other hand, he doesn't have the sense that god gave a mule. He'll provide as many chances for the Leafs as the Wings.
September 30 2011, 02:58PM
Looking forward to seeing what Filppula can do on a line with Franze and Zetterberg.
September 30 2011, 03:29PM
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Seriously. He's terrible. Backhand pass cross ice from your own blueline? Check. Spin-a-rama backhand pass through two defenders? Sure. He loves, loves, LOVES to give the puck up in bad areas on the ice.
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I took one for the team. Review & Summary will be done after Julia's bat schreeching squeals stop ringing in my head!!!! DO NOT WATCHReplyCancel
Since I love Sally, I watched. Sally is awesome. Julia is annoying. The end.ReplyCancel
I can see Julia being in her natural environment cursing….St. Sally/Gidget not so much.ReplyCancel
Ok. So Julia shrieks and fails the whole clip. All of the curse words are not even discernible as they are bleeped out. Julia is annoying as fuck start to end, one of her words (tea bagging) doesn't end register a bleep, oh wait, two round, but I appreciate that one of her few profanities is Rusty Trombone. So that's why she's been into the musicians lately. Then Julia completely bombed the last round, and the clear winner, Sally, is throned as the champ. Scroll to the last 25 seconds to see Sally awarded and confetti explode all over loser Julia. The end. PS- ears still traumatizedReplyCancel
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Its still morning where you are LadyH have a mimosa and tell the waiter to put it on my bill.ReplyCancel
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Emery's tennis team hosted Manti and Delta last week and lost both matches 4-1. Only Emery's first doubles team of Gabby Guymon and Melanie Frisbie defeated Manti 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4.
They then defeated Delta 6-2, 6-0.
The Manti team won the 2A state championship last season.
Emery's second doubles team of Marqui Moss and Anna Turner lost to Manti 6-3, 6-2 and to Delta 7-6, 6-2.
Emery's first singles player Stevie Feuers lost 6-1, 6-1 to Manti and 6-4, 6-2 to Delta. second singles player Tonya Higbee lost 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4, 6-3. Third singles player Shantelle Hansen lost 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-0.
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The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 establishes 21st century Congressional negotiating objectives and rules for the Administration to follow when engaged in trade talks, including strict requirements for Congressional consultations and access to information. Provided the Administration follows the rules, special procedures apply when moving a negotiated deal that satisfies the objectives through the Senate and House of Representatives.
"Every President since FDR has sought trade promotion authority from Congress because of the job-creating benefits of trade. Renewing TPA will help advance a robust trade agenda that will help American businesses, workers, farmers and ranchers by giving them greater access to overseas markets," said Hatch. "This bipartisan legislation helps meet the challenges of today's competitive global economy and will play a key role in getting our nation out of years of economic stagnation by spurring economic growth and greater opportunity. From increasing protections for digital trade and data flows to enforcing strong U.S. intellectual property rights, this legislation will be instrumental to ensuring that our country's current trade negotiations in Asia and Europe are a success and that these agreements meet the high-standards necessary for congressional approval."
"The TPA legislation that we are introducing today will make sure that these trade deals get done, and get done right. This is our opportunity to tell the Administration – and our trading partners – what Congress' negotiating priorities are," Baucus said. "TPA legislation is critical to a successful trade agenda. It is critical to boosting U.S. exports and creating jobs. And it's critical to fueling America's growing economy."
"The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act will give us the tools we need to move more job-creating trade agreements," Camp said. "This legislation will ensure that the Administration is following the rules and negotiating objectives that Congress has set out. In order to achieve the economic growth and job benefits that trade agreements can bring to the U.S., we must first pass strong, bipartisan TPA legislation. I look forward to working with the Administration and with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to enact this bill."
The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 confronts many of the trade challenges facing the U.S. in the global marketplace, including: competition from state-owned enterprises; localization barriers to trade; and restrictions on cross-border data flows. TPA-2014 updates labor and environment provisions to reflect recent trade agreements, as well as market access priorities for goods and services. It strengthens oversight by Congress and the public by adding consultation and reporting requirements. TPA-2014 also provides for tougher, enforceable rules against barriers to U.S. agriculture. And for the first time, TPA-2014 sets out a clear directive on currency manipulation.
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Karan grew up in Redmond, Washington, but his family is originally from Punjab, India. What he loves most about portraying the first ever regular Indian character on a Disney show is the ability to incorporate what he has learned from his own family, and from his visits to the country back into his role as Ravi.
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Egwene discovering the "flame of tar valon" weave was also awesome, but also seemed to suffer a bit from deus ex machina. How did she discover it? She just sort of... wanted to, and it happened.
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This quilt was made for J's sister C. It is made of bright colors to reflect her personality. The block is "puss-in-the-corner." I began with some left-over blocks from Bud's quilt and added greens, blues, and purples to the reds, oranges, and yellows. It is machine pieced and quilted. It measures 42 in X 54 in.
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Internationalization is a key initiative at Shoreline
Community College and James Jansen, the new Vice President for Academic and
Student Affairs, is fitting right in.
Jansen was a presenter on Feb. 20, 2013, at the Association
of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Annual Conference in New
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skills to both domestic and international students.
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Listening Tree Project club members during the "theater of teh oppressed' skit.
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Students in the winter-quarter class co-taught by Sarah Zale and drama instructor are scheduled to present their skits on from10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, in the PUB Quiet Dining Room. The event is free and open to the public, but seating may be limited.
Shoreline President Lee Lambert speaks Feb. 5, 2013 in New Delhi. More photos
Shoreline Community College is joining the world in helping India embark on perhaps the biggest expansion of education ever.
Shoreline President Lee Lambert and Ann Garnsey-Harter, Shoreline's virtual college director, are in New Delhi at the request of the Indian government and the U.S. State Department to present at an international conference on community colleges.
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India news articleWhy India? Because the government there has a goal of launching 300 new community colleges for 2013 academic year and adding thousands more in the coming years.
"India is taking serious the challenge that the demographic dividend poses for them," Lambert said from India. "As the youngest nation on the globe, with about 600 million individuals 25 and younger, the nation of India could have a positive global impact if they could educate more of their citizens."
The conference, titled "Mainstreaming Skills Education: Creating Relevant Human Resource," drew participants from the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
"The government of India recognizes that the development of a community college system would be advantageous," Lambert said. "They recognize a greater focus on skill development, student mobility, partnerships with business and industry, and a host of other factors will be essential."
Lambert addressed a room of more than 500 conference attendees from India and around the world. He focused on how community colleges are organized, sharing Shoreline's structure and how it allows the college to create partnerships and respond to the needs students, the community, business and industry and society.
"I also shared the importance of developing programs premised on the notions of portability, stack-ability, third-party validation of industry recognized credentials," Lambert said. "I referred directly to our work with the National Association of Manufacturers skills-endorsed certification system and the National Coalition of Certification Systems."
Officials in India acknowledge that to reach their access goals, a significant portion of the education will have to be delivered online. A nationally recognized expert in online education, Garnsey-Harter was invited on the trip to share her experience.
The conference was opened by India's Minister of Human Resource Development HRD Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju. In his remarks, Raju stressed the need for more skill-based education and appealed to the educational institutions to tailor courses to the needs of industry. He said the new community colleges would offer short duration credit-based modules aligned with established education standards. The goal, he said, is to quickly move students into employment, but also help them accumulate credits that lead certificates and degrees.
Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, is leading the U.S. contingent.
"India and the United States have a long history of educational exchange and collaboration," Sonenshine said in her remarks." The Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, which has committed to $10 million over five years to institutional partnerships, is one example. So is the Fulbright-Nehru Program that has benefitted thousands of Indian and American students, scholars, and researchers for more than 60 years.
"Education is so critical to our relationship that we established the U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue as one pillar of our Strategic Dialogue."
Lambert, Garnsey-Harter and others in the U.S. delegation have met privately with Sonenshine to discuss possible collaborations and other items.
This is not the first time Shoreline officials have traveled to India. Just this past fall, International Education Director Samira Pardanani accompanied then-Gov. Chris Gregoire and others on an international trade mission to India. Both Gregoire and current Gov. Jay Inslee have identified education as an important export product for the state of Washington.
"We would love to collaborate with the government of India to help them reach their education goals," Lambert said.
School children in Bolivia line up to use their new to toothbrushes, part of a collaborative program between Shoreline Community College and Smiles Forever.
In Bolivia, dental care is rare and there is no school for hygienists.
At Shoreline Community College, the dental hygiene and study abroad programs are among the best in the state.
And for Rosie Bellert, Shoreline's dental hygiene program director, that's all she needed to create what is now award-winning opportunities to both ease suffering and educate.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has recognized Shoreline Community College with a 12th annual IIE Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education.
"We're very honored that IIE sees this effort and our program as one of the top 10 in the country," Shoreline President Lee Lambert said. "Director Bellert is passionate about helping patients and educating students. Combining her passion and Shoreline's commitment to bringing international experiences to our students is a winning combination."
That combination began by Bellert making a connection with non-profit group Smiles Forever. The organization is dedicated to providing opportunities for young women to break the cycle of poverty and improve health through education and training around dental care.
Bellert then worked with the Study Abroad office with Shoreline's International Education program to develop the opportunity for Shoreline dental hygiene students to travel to Bolivia and provide care and training while expanding their own skills and international experience.
"There is tremendous need in Bolivia for dental care," Bellert said. "But this is more than just an outreach effort because our students get as much out of this as do our Bolivian patients. Our students see in a very real way the impact of social, economic, political and environmental forces that determine the quality of life in other countries."
The Andrew Heiskell Award honors the most outstanding initiatives in international higher education among the member campuses of the IIENetwork, IIE's membership association of more than 1,100 higher education institutions.
Bellert, Lambert and International Education Executive Director Diana Sampson will present the program at the eighth annual Best Practices in Internationalization Conference and awards ceremony on March 22, 2013 in New York City. More than 150 campus leaders and international education professionals in the United States and around the world are expected to attend.
IIE's Heiskell Awards showcase the most innovative and successful models for internationalizing the campus, study abroad, and international partnership programs in practice today, with a particular emphasis on initiatives that remove institutional barriers and broaden the base of participation in international teaching and learning on campus.
Along with Shoreline, the winning campuses for 2013 are:
The IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards were named for the former chairman of Time Inc. and a long-time member of the Executive Committee of IIE's Board of Trustees. Heiskell was a renowned international and cultural philanthropist and a dedicated supporter of international education.


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Post-Booker Leniency in Child Pornography Sentencing
Carissa Byrne Hessick
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
October 21, 2011
Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol. 24, No. 2, December 2011
University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 36
As a number of commentators and courts have noted, the Guideline sentences for possession of child pornography are quite harsh. A number of district courts have used their post-Booker discretion to impose below-Guideline sentences on those who possess child pornography.
This short commentary explains how the state of federal sentencing after Booker is particularly hospitable to arguments for sentencing leniency for defendants convicted of possessing child pornography. One argument calls on a district court to use its sentencing policy discretion under Kimbrough v. United States to impose a lower sentence. Another argument rests on a distinct-facts-and-circumstances argument under Gall v. United States. Finally, on an appeal of a within-Guideline sentence, there is an argument that, drawing on the analysis in Rita v. United States, a presumption of reasonableness ought not apply to within-Guideline sentences for those who possess child pornography.
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Keywords: child pornography, sentencing, judicial discretion, sentencing guidelines, sex offenders
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I believe this shinobi will be Pein. After the current attack on Konoha comes to an end and Tsunade has died, the three members of team 7 will cross paths for the last time as allies against Pein. It is here that Pein will not be defeated but his secret will become known by Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura so they will be able to fight him without dieing, but at the same time will not be quite strong enough to fully defeat him. We've all seen how each of them has grown in the same way of their sensei. All that is left is for the three to have that defining moment that will make their names known throughout the entire shinobi world just as Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade. Pein will give them a name just as Salamander gave the name Sannin. At this point, Sasuke will go his own way once again, just as Orochimaru did, and Naruto and Sakura will return to Konoha.


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Skip to comments.Armadillo leprosy found in US patients: study
Posted on 04/27/2011 3:53:11 PM PDT by decimon
WASHINGTON (AFP) A strain of leprosy found in armadillos has been identified in dozens of people in the southern United States, indicating the skin disease can be transmitted directly from animals to humans.
The findings are the first to confirm a long-suspected link between the disease in armadillos and humans, but are not a sign that a new epidemic is underway, researchers said.
Rather, the report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the disease, most often found in India, can originate in the United States and infect humans who hunt armadillo and butcher the meat.
"I'm sure it is not new. I am sure it has been there for really quite some period of time. It does not change the risk," lead study author Richard Truman of Louisiana State University told AFP.
"What we are really doing right now is being able to recognize and prove it does occur."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
"humans who hunt armadillo and butcher the meat"
People in Louisiana swamps eat anything.
That's what I was wondering too, WHO eats armadillo meat? Sounds like a nasty illness too.
I was going to ask if journalists fact checked anymore, but that question is so stupid I smacked my own forehead.
BTW, armadillo is good eats. Not nearly as greasy as 'possum.
On Rigel 4, there is a race of armadillos that make matching suit case sets out of human skins...
"People in Louisiana swamps eat anything."
It is not just for Louisiana anymore.
I grew up, and spent almost 60 years in west Tennessee.
I had never seen an Armadillo outside of a zoo, until
about 1990, when they started turning up everywhere.
They were really bad about rooting up the yard, and
it became common to see dead ones all over the highways.
I remember those things from back when we lived in Louisiana. They tear up your lawn at night and seem to be attracted to highways
probly caus there aint no publix near bouts to grab sum berger!
Possum on the Half Shell
First thought-
Use a condom
imbedded armidilo,
I've heard that they're born dead by the road like possums.
If there is an eager market for armadillo all the while a concern over the safety of the meat, why not start an armadillo farm? Sounds like a unique business opportunity to me.
You beat me to it!!! Good eatin dat is...
Oh well, at least we still have crawdads and frog legs. and jambalaya... and po'boys... and gumbo... and etouffee...
(I gotta stop now, I'm making myself hungry and there ain't a decent restaurant in sight)
Interesting. Thanks.
It would be good to see 'leper colony' become some obscure term people have to research to understand.
I suspect that any such eager market is a small market.
"Hoover hogs."
It's odd, because while I was there, there were photos from a leprosarium in Hawaii, and that triggered long buried memories of my aunt, a retired Army nurse, who had talked about visiting the Hawaiian leprosarium when I was a little kid. After visiting I tried to find more stuff online to read about it, but it's a phenomenon for which there is very, very little info available out there.
Really bad news for your team NYT...
>> "WHO eats armadillo meat?" <<
People that eat Texas Chili.
Armadillos have a survival mechanism where when the see a shadow spread over them they jump as high as they can. This works for hawks but not so good when you try to straddle them on the roadway. Little known fact.
This has been an accepted wives tale for as long as I can remember.
Nothing new, move along, oh and have one for me. ;)
Look up Father Damien (Now St. Damien) of Kalaupapa on Molokai. This may be what you aunt talked about.
From the tone of the posts here, I think the concept of a Leper Colony is joining polio in the history books. Good place for them.
"They tear up your lawn at night and seem to be attracted to highways."
SSS works real well around my neck of the woods. They never make it to the highways.
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Dale Carlsen Receives Ernst & Young Award
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Sacramento, CA, June 5, 2012 – Ernst & Young LLP today announced that Dale Carlsen, Founder & CEO of Sleep Train, the number one mattress store on the West Coast, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Award in the Retail and Consumer Products category in Northern California. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Dale Carlsen was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a special gala on June 2nd at The Fairmont San Francisco.
"It's an honor to receive this prestigious award, and be recognized among the nation's top leaders for building a company that demonstrates continued growth and innovation and fosters strong relationships with our business partners and the greater community," said Dale Carlsen, founder and CEO of Sleep Train. "During the past 27 years, Sleep Train has grown from one store and few employees to a multi branded company with more than 255 stores and 1,250 employees. We've also created the Sleep Train Foster Kids program to have a significant impact on an important social cause. I am proud to share this tremendous recognition with my entire team whose support has been both vital and inspiring."
Now in its 26th year, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has honored the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Michael Dell of Dell Inc., Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, Fred Smith of FedEx, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Richard Schulze of Best Buy, Andrew Mason of Groupon, Mindy Grossman of HSN, Inc., Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, and many more.
As a Northern California award winner, Dale Carlsen is now eligible for consideration for the National Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Award. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the National Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 17, 2012. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announced the awarding of $34.8 million in grant funding to 150 tribal police departments in 28 states today.
The grants were awarded through COPS Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP), which provides funding to help tribal police departments hire officers, purchase basic equipment, procure crime fighting technology, and secure training & technical assistance. Since 1999, including grants awarded today, the program has provided more than $130 million to law enforcement agencies that serve sovereign Native American communities.
"Throughout the U.S., the demands on all law enforcement agencies are increasing. Tribal law enforcement agencies are no different. They are seeking more effective methods for safeguarding the communities they serve," said COPS Director Carl Peed. "These grants provide much need resources that ultimately translate into more effective law enforcement practices, better community policing, and safer neighborhoods."
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What's Next?
Thomas Drance
April 24 2012 09:52AM
On Tuesday morning, Mike Gillis will address the Vancouver media for his season ending press conference. It will mark the first time in his tenure as General Manager of the Canucks, and Team President (also Warden of the West, presumably) that he'll meet the media to discuss the demise of another Canucks season, this early in the Spring. Gillis will speak at 10am PST, the players will meet the press at 10:30am PST. Alain Vigneault, the coach on the hot seat, will notably not join the General Manager or the roster he put together to face the tough questions - that'll happen sometime later in the week. Read into that what you will.
Most Canucks fans, and certainly the team itself, expected Vancouver's club to contend this season. But five games into the postseason and the Canucks Stanley Cup "run" (stumble?) was already over. Fans are angry and want change, many in the media and in the fan-base are calling for Vigneault's head and indisputably, Mike Gillis' reputation has taken a serious hit.
Read past the jump!
The optics here are short-sighted, but the thinking goes that in his four years as General Manager, Mike Gillis hasn't had much success at the draft or making deals on the trade market. Keith Ballard (brought in from Florida for Quinton Howden, Michael Grabner and "playoff hero" Steve Bernier) is a depth player, David Booth (acquired for Mikael Samuelsson and Marco Sturm) was punchless offensively in the postseason, and Sammy Pahlsson (stolen from Columbus for two fourth round picks) was not up to the task against the Kings top-players in the Canucks preliminary round series loss.
Those deals are nothing, however, compared to the short-term failure of the Cody Hodgson trade. The prized rookie and the receptacle for many a Canucks fan's wildest hopes and dreams, requested more ice-time and was subsequently exchanged alongside Alexander Sulzer for offensive defenseman Marc-Andre Gragnani and Zack Kassian from Buffalo. While the power-play (Hodgson's bread and butter) struggled to produce offense, Zack Kassian sat in the press box. As for Gragnani - the team may as well have had Alexander Sulzer on the roster against the Kings, as neither young defenseman skated a minute in the playoffs.
This line of thinking is somewhat unfair, one of Gillis' best and most under-rated moments came at the trade deadline last season - when he turned a pair of third roung picks and Evan Oberg into Maxim Lapierre and Chris Higgins. Both players performed well in top-9 roles on the team's deep run to the Cup Finals in 2011, and combined to score 27 regular season goals for less than three million against the cap this past regular season.
This year, however, Gillis' deadline moves just didn't pan out - at least not on this playoff stumble. Sure, the process of team building is too fluid to be judged on the basis of one season. Kassian may eventually become a capable enough player offensively to play with, while simultaneously "protecting" the Sedin twins. He may even be able to do that in the next two seasons, while he's still on an entry level deal. (Check out the going rate for NHL power-forwards over the last several years, and check out the list of upcoming unrestricted free agents this summer, and see if anyone even remotely matches that description. Here's a hint: no one does.) But in this recently concluded, and unsuccessful playoff series against the L.A. Kings, the Canucks would've been better off with Cody Hodgson (defensive deficiencies aside) playing on the top powerplay unit in Daniel's absence, than they were with Zack Kassian blowing zone-exits, and eating triple o's in the press box.
The mood among Canucks fans in Vancouver is grim; they want heads to roll (and Vigneault's in particular) and that's probably not entirely fair. The Kings were the better possession team all season, and where the Canucks offense stagnated over the balance of the season - the Kings caught fire, jettisoning the only defensive liability on the club in Jack Johnson, and bringing in Jeff Carter. Los Angeles also received Vezina quality goaltending from a netminder who has been banging on the door of "elite" status for several seasons now. Subtract Daniel from the equation, and that was the ball game.
This summer represents a critical juncture for the franchise, and there are big decisions to be made. What will happen with the goaltending situation? Luongo is presumably gone this offseason, but all options will need to be explored at the draft table. Will the club have a new head coach at the helm to open the 2012-13 season? Because, if Vigneault is going to stick around, presumably he'll need to be extended this summer. The team needs to add a top-six forward, and a top-four defenseman, they need to decide whether or not to commit to the talented, but occassionally daft Alex Edler, and god help us, they need to re-sign Aaron Rome.
Even Mike Gillis is entering the final year of his contract, and I find it difficult to imagine that he'll go into next season without an extension. Already there are rumblings, in multiple places no less, that Gillis may not want to continue down this path with Vancouver's hockey team. Gillis will meet with the Aquilinis next week, so figuring out what the future holds for Gillis and his relationship with the team will surely preceed any of the big decisions about upgrading the roster, moving a goaltender or the status of Alain Vigneault. There's an awful lot up in the air at the moment, but one thing we know for sure: Canucks Nation is in for a fascinating offseason.
April 24 2012, 10:22AM
I certainly hope the Canucks fire Av or Gillis...so the Flames can hire them.
Also, is Luongo tradeable with that huge contract?
The Aquilinis seem like rational businessmen to me. That's probably why they liked Gillis' approach in the first place. Would they not want the GM-coach combo that got them to within one game of a Cup last year, and has brought them two straight Presidents Trophies?
And once you start seeing the game as mitigating luck, and trying to leverage your cap dollars with some hopefully good bets, are you as disappointed when the bets don't turn out? Just look at the Oilers if you want to see what happens with the wrong people at the helm.
I can't imagine Gillis not being brought back, and it's possible, but I can't imagine Gillis not wanting AV for now. Unless there's some conflict we didn't hear about.
April 24 2012, 10:48AM
It's been the same story building for a couple of seasons that doesn't end with the Cup; - One corner has fans holding the axe, reading down the list of Management and players alike that they want gone. - The other corner is still supporting the 'Canucks' inless they lose, upon they brush off and leave it till next year. - Then you have people who don't care, casual/hockey fans of other teams who want the Canucks to disappear and take our 'Diving and Whining franchise to places where the sun don't shine." - And finally (going by a four corner system here) we have people who want to see where this current configuration of a team goes, albeit with minor changes.
With the shortest year we've had since, I'm pretty sure 07-08, the impression has been that we should've had better post-season success. I don't argue. What I don't want is for anyone to say anything without realizing that what's on our plate - the rise of long bed-ridden teams that now have the skill to put us in our place, and that what we've had is a result of a well run franchise.
After stating the obvious, my two bits is I'm thankful that CanucksArmy keeps a head on their blogging shoulders and gives us good topics and a clear(er) view.
April 24 2012, 10:55AM
@Kent Wilson
@Coach Alain Vinegault and GM Mike Gillis - to let out winningest coach leave so easily after what had arguably been the best/worst season and this follow up season, would be silly. And while Mike Gillis has given us good reasons to at least point fingers, he has on the other hand also given us components to point fingers in a good way at his hockey club. Like Drance said, he has one year on his contract left...if we let him stay and his moves look like he's dropped the ball...then I'll eat my words. Otherwise I say let him stay.
@Roberto Luongo and The Unforgivable Contract - cant deny the fact that almost...23ish other teams would love to have a Luongo.
April 24 2012, 11:03AM
"cant deny the fact that almost...23ish other teams would love to have a Luongo."
Luongo, yes....his contract, no thanks.
April 24 2012, 11:21AM
I'm all about maintaining high standards, but to fire a coach who has consistently made the playoffs (except '07 - '08), been first in his division, or has had the best season record two years in a row would be poor form. The issues that led to the Canucks early exit from the playoffs this year are not show stoppers. Learn, adjust and move on for next season.
I can't believe I even have to say this, but AV deserves better than that.
April 24 2012, 11:55AM
Well, the fact remains that the team did not play hockey very well during the second half of the season (Gillis even said that himself during the press conference just now). Unfortunately, the staff and players were somehow not able to overcome this. Now I am not saying fire one or the other, but I think this would be the most pressing matter that needs looking in to. Because if everybody can see something is wrong, it is important to identify what that is, analyze it and change it so the same does not happen in the future. And only then, you can decide about the personnel involved, and that should also include coaching staff, doctors etc.
April 24 2012, 12:10PM
@Carson Baerg
On Luongo - no doubt other teams would like to have him. he remains a great goalie. It's not an easy task to squeeze in a contract of that length though. His deal extends until 2020 and is a $5M+/year cap hit. He's also 32, meaning his new club would essentially be buying the down slope of his career.
That may not eliminate a market for Lou, but it will at least reduce it.
April 24 2012, 06:11PM
You give Gillis credit for the Higgins and Lappy trade, but have you thought about why he had to make those acquisitions in the first place?
For me, Gillis's tenor can be rapped up in 2 words: horrible drafting. There is a reason why Canucks prospects are ranked the worst in the league. In 4 years, we've yet to see 1 single 'Gillis drafted player' make the Canucks roster and play on it for an entire year. You kidding me? 4 years and we've yet to see a product? That's horrific stuff. And in 4 years of drafting/signings, there's only 1 (maybe 2 players) who are rated as 'good prospects' (Tanev/Jensen).
Gillis had to trade away draft pick (the future) for Lappy and Higgins. There was no one on the farm who could fill any role for the Canucks. He has to rely on the free agency market and trades cause there he's drafted absolutely no one who could fill any role. Yet he's made horrible trades and free agent signings (Hamhuis aside) in the process. Tell me, how can it get any worse? Answer: It can't, this is the bottom of the barrel.
He's traded away so many draft picks, made so many bad trades that have come with bad contracts, that he has a team that is old and has a short window to win - and yet they get booted in the 1st round. It's scary any way I look at it, current or future.


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Memorial services for Cortez resident Winston Henry "Hank" Larreau were held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 5, at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Military honors were conducted by Ute Mountain American Legion Post No. 75.
Hank was born in Cedaredge, Colo., on April 5, 1943, to Joseph Ephriam and Mary Elna (Daniels) Larreau. He passed away at his Cortez home on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, at the age of 70.
On Oct. 11, 1987, in Elko, Nev. Hank married Cherry Ann "Corky" Caldwell. He served in the U.S. Army and was a Vietnam veteran. Hank had a multitude of occupations all over the West. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gold panning, and was an avid historian of Spanish trails and treasures.
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Millwall v Aston Villa (1945 GMT)
This is definitely a game Aston Villa could do without right now.
Embarrassed earlier this week by League Two Bradford, they are also fighting a relegation battle and now the prospect of exiting another competition at the hands of lower-league opposition looms large.
Millwall are cosndiered by the layers to be more likely winners of this match than the visitors and frankly that looks correct.
Villa look bereft of confidence right now. Unable to turn possession into clear-cut chances in the first half against Bradford on Tuesday, they paid the price after the break when they were hindered by some bizarre tactical changes from boss Paul Lambert. Chasing the game, throwing on attacking players was hardly a surprise but the clear lack of organisation and formation once the likes of Darren Bent, Christian Benteke and Gabriel Abgonlahor were all on the pitch just looked amateurish.
Those are the sort of things that 'lose the dressing room' and recovering from that loss is unlikely to be easy.
''The disappointment in my body, I've never felt this before,'' said defender Ron Vlaar following that League Cup exit.
''It was a great opportunity. If you don't win over two legs against Bradford...
''Credit to them, they did very well, but we should have won.
''We have to pick ourselves up. It is going to be hard but we have to."
The comments give you some idea of how the Villa players will be feeling heading into this game - they will try to be positive but will find it very difficult.
Millwall are unlikely to make it easy for them and in many ways this tie reminds me of a third-round tie priced up very similarly, namely Brighton v Newcastle, which saw a Championship side take on a struggling one from the top flight.
Millwall sit ninth (a point behind Brighton) so remain very much in the promotion hunt.
Their problem of late has been the loss of leading scorer Chris Wood, sold to Leicester earlier this month.
Taking the New Zealander's goals (11) out of the side was always going to have an effect and it's no coincidence that the Lions have managed just four goals in five games without him.
This leads to my selection for this match - under 2.5 goals at odds-against.
That goal struggle for Millwall has resulted in four of their five games without Wood featuring under 2.5 goals. In home games, five out of seven meet the criteria.
They've also managed to keep a clean sheet in five of their last nine home games.
The stats on Villa's side aren't as positive but you have to think they will want to keep things as tight as possible at the New Den in a bid to build at least some confidence ahead of their midweek league clash with fellow strugglers Newcastle.
With that in mind, it could well be worth waiting for the team line-ups - if Villa rest Christian Benteke, their one player of true quality, then quotes around 6/4 will be well worth taking.
However, at time of writing it's the under 2.5 goals bet which appeals most at 21/20.
For those who disagree and perhaps want a bigger price, Liam Trotter is worth consideration in the goal markets.
The Millwall midfielder has netted six times this season and sometimes takes penalties. He's also an aerial threat which, given Villa's problems defending set-plays of late, is another plus.
He's 10/3 to score a any time, although if, like me, you fancy it to be a low-scoring contest, then the 10/1 in the first goalscorer market looks better.
Verdict: Millwall 1 Aston Villa 0