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06 July 2013 , 5:48 AM by Rob Minshull
The popularity of hand-held digital devices could lead to increasing numbers of people experiencing sleep disorders. Experts say that the light emitted from digital screens can have a disturbing effect on the body clock.
But so many people sleep surrounded by artificial light sources. Bright street lights, digital clock radios or even a TV in the bedroom have the ability to disrupt sleep patterns.
Warren Boland is talking to Dr Andrew Scott, a Thoracic and Sleep Physician at the Wesley Hosiptal in Brisbane and Director of Queensland's Thoracic and Sleep Group.
You can read the ABC News article on artificial light and sleep disorders by clicking here.
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I find quite the opposite to be true. The light from my iPad actually makes me sleepy. Ten minutes' reading of an ebook in bed and I'm out for the rest of the night. I do dislike streetlights however, but that's what curtains are for.
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|Wow thank you! These explanations sounds great and am excited to try it out now! I guess its time to go out there and learn some more this weekend! I will try to keep all the info in mind and put it to work and try it out. Thank you again, really appreciate the time and help from everyone!
I rode a fair bit of slush this year soon discovered that carving hard = edge sinking = fail. Depending on the slushiness you'll probably need to do skidded turns. With mounds of mini slush moguls you'll need to be quite dynamic. Someone with more knowledge will probably enlighten you. If it gets too tiring just bomb straight over a few moguls picking up a fair bit of speed come to a stop rinse repeat . Also second that suspension anology. Worked for me. Just keep real loose and flexed and feel like your legs dont weigh anything if that makes any sense ha.
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My first thought is that you need to bend your knees and use your legs like shocks. With this type of surface too, you have to be a bit more diligent in watching ahead... preparing for what is in front of you (really in any case) is really important.
Over rough patches, you're going to want to avoid carving and try to point it a bit more while again, being sure to bend the knees and use them as shocks. When I say use them as shocks, I mean that the lower half of your body will be moving with the direction of the terrain. For instance, when you are going over one small bump, you will approach the bump with your knees bent and as you go over the hill, your head will not get any higher, because only your lower half will be moving... is this making sense?
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Hello, I am in between a beginner/intermediate and wanted to know if there are certain techniques or boards I should use in such a bumpy terrain out on the mountains this spring. I went out to Northstar resort about 2 weeks about and the whole mountain was really bumpy, icy, slushy and not flat and smooth. I was having a hard time getting down getting my carves down and getting down the mountain each time because of it. Maybe because of fear? However, It was like mini moguls all over the runs even on the groomed green runs . So I was wondering what might help me get better and improve my riding in such conditions. Should I just be more dynamic and ride over the bumps? Also, while I was riding, I was always trying to avoid the bumps and go at a slow speed when going down a pretty steep slope cutting my way through to get down and pass the steep sections of the runs. I saw many other that did not seem to have any trouble at all zooming down the mountain with ease and that's how I want to ride Is there something I'm doing wrong? Maybe my board being a FK reverse cambered? I was riding my horrorscope at the time. Would it make a difference riding a original cambered board? I can take one of my camber boards out if it would be better. I'm going out again this weekend so I'm hoping to obtain as much info as I can so I can shred away and have fun on probably my last time this season. And thanks in advance!
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life [(Pretty) Girls and Lasers Remix]
(Pretty) Girls & Lasers have one of the more unique DJ names in the game right now....frankly, it's a pill to type out every time (thank god for copy and paste!) but what is of no discourse and discomfort whatsoever, is the fact that Jack and Levi are two of the raddest dudes around, they make mad ace mixes, and they also host a new-ish NYC party that everyone should probably check out.
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Below, you're getting a pretty sweet mix of a song that hosts the lyrics "the beast that I lie beneath is coming in". Right on.
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What can I expect out of a "crappie rod" with 8 lb test when I hook into a 4 lb largemouth or 7 lb channel cat? Are they going to snap the rod?
We (myself and family) generally panfish over 8-16 ft of water from a boat, casting into the shoreline dropoffs with 1/64 - 1/32 oz jigs tipped with piece of worm, up to a full nightcrawler when targeting bass. A good bass or catfish, or even a carp, might take even a small piece at any time, but 90% of the bites will be bluegills, crappie, and white perch.
The regular spinning gear we use (5'6" up to 7') is not ideal for casting such small weights, and frankly a lot of our gear is old junk as well with minimal feel to it. I am looking to upgrade.
I had never heard of a "crappie rod" until recently, and I have been considering getting a few in the 8'-10' range (2 pc), light to medium action but sensitive with a "fast tip". They seem perfectly suited to our needs, as long as they are not going to snap with a heavy fish on or a snag. Assuming the big fish would be netted, and not lifted into the boat, would a rod like this work? Can these rods cast a good distance as well, or are they designed only for vertical jigging or spider rigging?
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Smart Start South Central has begun a fundraising campaign to help keep Dolly Parton's Imagination Library alive in Pontotoc County.
As is the case with most state-supported agencies, said Trish Little, SSSC community coordinator, Smart Start South Central's funding has taken a big hit this year, leaving very few funds to keep the Imagination Library program in operation. The program sends a free, age-appropriate book to any Pontotoc County child who registers, up to age 5. It costs $28 per year to fund each child enrolled in DPIL.
Posted on: 01 September, 2011While waiting at the Pontotoc County Health Department, Bennett and Bliss Henson look over some of the books Smart Start South Central donated for the waiting area. Smart Start has donated numerous books to area pediatricians so that young children may look at quality reading materials while they spend time in waiting rooms. Smart Start South Central, which is based at East Central University, focuses on family support, health, child care and school readiness.
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A free, two-day training at East Central University on "Essentials of Healthy Housing" will identify home improvement and building techniques that can promote safe and sanitary housing as a way to prevent disease and injury.
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Dr. Santa G. Velez of Norman, a nationally certified school psychologist, has joined the faculty of East Central University in Ada as an assistant professor of psychology.
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September is Yoga Month, and East Central University participates by starting its fall beginning and gentle yoga classes this week. Sessions for beginners start on Wednesday [SEPT. 7] from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on the ECU campus. The hour-long gentle class starts at 7 p.m.
Instructor Rebecca Gatz teaches the beginner's class, but says that most people are beginners for years.
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Soloists from East Central University's music faculty will perform a Faculty Showcase concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday [SEPT. 1] at the Ada Arts and Heritage Center. The concert will feature works by Rossini, Stravinsky, Massenet, Ginastera, Schultz and Garcia. Admission is free.
Faculty members who will perform are Mark Hollingsworth, clarinet; Starla Hibler, piano; Alan Marshall, baritone; W.T. Skye Garcia, piano; Becky Morrison, soprano; Bart Morrison, piano; Melody Baggech, soprano; and Susanne Woolley, violin.


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Senior director of research and development at Underwriters Laboratories Workplace Health and Safety, William Senn earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, summa cum laude, from Excelsior College in 2007.
Dr. Senn is responsible for the direction of a globally distributed, talented, and diverse group of architects, software engineers, user experience designers and developers in the development of advanced software platforms and products for the Workplace Health and Safety business unit of Underwriters Laboratories. He is a participant in the local and national technical communities both professionally and as a hobbyist. In addition, he teaches courses at the University of North Texas in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery for graduate and undergraduate levels.
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In March 2008, staff at the non-profit Fabretto Children's Foundation asked the SJSU Writing Center for assistance in developing an English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) curriculum at its educational centers in Nicaragua. The Writing Center agreed, and a team of six faculty members and graduate students began work this project. On April 21, 2008, Congressman Mike Honda announced the launch of the new initiative to support Fabretto's schools and teachers in Nicaragua. This initiative has become the Fabretto/Puerta San Jose Partnership. The Fabretto Children's Foundation and Puerta San Jose are committed to improving education for disadvantaged children in Nicaragua.
Through the partnership, Puerta San Jose is committed to facilitating the development and sustainability of Fabretto's English language teaching program. The goals are to
- assist Fabretto leaders in establishing an EFL curriculum that specifically addresses the needs of Fabretto students, both primary and secondary;
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- establish a professional network within Nicaragua to exchange resources and offer support to help Nicaragua's poorest children. The network will include the Fabretto Centers, US Embassy, Peace Corps, NICA-TESOL, and universities;
- secure funding that will allow the partnership to reach and expand the above goals.
The Fabretto/Puerta San Jose team includes Mayra S. Cerda, Fabio Coelho, Janet Hagemann, Dr. Rosemary Henze, Katie Masters, and Dr. Linda C. Mitchell.
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The Utah House voted Friday to join a call to name the new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City after George Sutherland, the only Utahn who ever served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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"He did some amazing things in his career and was always a humble public servant," said Rep. Johnny Anderson, R-Taylorsville, the sponsor of the resolution.
Sutherland was appointed by President Warren G. Harding to the Supreme Court in 1922 and served there until 1938. Anderson noted that Sutherland also represented Utah in both the U.S. House and Senate, and also served in the state Senate.
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I would like to do an art experiment, I will be purchasing a journal and I will start the journal off my addng my own art&collages to the pages, but then what i'd like to do is postit to another person who will add 1-3 pages of their own art work and then post it to the next person. I'm looking for a group of people maybe 5-15 people who would like to be added to my mailing list and who would like to participate in adding to my art journal. At the end of my experiment i would like the journal sent back to me and i will photograph the pages and post them on here.
I'm thinking of even re-producing thr journal and i can send it to people who would like a copy.
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The Star Model B is now listed as going for from $100 to $300, depending upon condition. So the average is around $200 for Good Condition guns.
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Posted by Eveline Oehrlich on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on March 9, 2017
If you already belong to a high-performing DevOps organization and you are working on leveraging opensource for monitoring to drive feedback loops, or delivering better security with DevSecOps, or making sure you are understanding continuous testing then you don't need to read the following – you can stop now.
However, if you are facing the challenges that your app dev team is developing faster than you can deliver or you realize that ITIL does not help you in increasing your speed and quality of deployment or your manual deployment capability do not scale or human error has caused some outage…don't delay your shift your operating model towards DevOps. Our DevOps vision report gives I&O leader's guidance on how to modify the operating model to focus on velocity and quality to deliver "great" customer experiences.
The first transition is one of focusing on products not functional IT silos. Developers, operations, QA teams and release teams should be merged into a single team around the product. This team is accountable for the complete pipeline from ideation to delivery and depending on the culture, support as well.
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on December 22, 2013
I'm sitting on my sofa at home (Yes! Home!) on Sunday morning just before Christmas. I'm "shut down" for the holidays now, but of course, I'm watching Twitter and now listening to my brilliant friends Chris Dancy and Troy DuMoulin discussing CMDB (configuration management database) on the Practitioner Radio podcast. It's a marvelous episode, covering the topic of CMDB in with impressive clarity! I highly recommend you listen to their conversation. It's full of beautiful gems of wisdom from two people who have a lot of experience here – and it's pretty entertaining too!
I agree with everything these guys discussed. In particular, I love the part where they cover systems thinking and context as the key to linking everything conceptually. I only have one nit about this podcast, and the greater community discussion about CMDB, though. Let's stop calling this "thing" a CMDB!
I coauthored a book with the great Carlos Casanova (his real name!) called The CMDB Imperative, but we both hate this CMDB term. This isn't hypocritical. In fact, we make this point clear in the book. Like the vendors, we used CMDB to hit a nerve. We actually struggled with this decision, but we realized we needed to hit those exposed nerves if we were going to sell any books. Our goal is not to fund a new Aston Martin with book proceeds. If so, we failed miserably! We just wanted to get the word out to as many as possible. I hope we've been able to make even a small difference!
Posted by Eveline Oehrlich on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on November 20, 2013
Engaging All Service Engineering Folks: Help Forrester Define "Service Engineering" As A New Role Within Infrastructure & Operations (Or Beyond)! A variety of technology trends such as mobility and clouds are empowering consumers and connects employees who all are interacting and collaborating through apps and devices which are changing the way business is conducted. In response, organizations are forced to accelerate business changes which require the need for agility innovating new technology choices, implementation options, and delivery approaches. In this new pace of change the business demands more of IT to help deliver services which enable and support the age of the customer. Some Infrastructure & Operations teams have made the transformation to manage and support BT services which consist of technology, systems, and processes to win, serve and retain customers. Other organizations still manage and support components which range from operating systems, middleware, general purpose components, applications and custom components built all for specific purposes. I&O teams have become good at building components, but it often lacks the engineering discipline to assemble these components into services that meet specific business needs and are relevant in the age of the customer. To stay relevant and transform Infrastructure & Operations in the age of the customer, I&O needs a new role – service engineering. Service engineers mainly "do" three things:
1. Think and act from the outside-in – this means establishing, managing and continually improving services which are critical and essential for business enablement and business success.
2. Participate and support the DevOps journey – business agility in large parts depends on technology today. The DevOps team plays a large role in the quality and speed of technology delivery.
Posted by Tim Sheedy on the CIOs Blog on July 11, 2013
In August this year I am heading down to our nation's capital to take part in the annual itSMF Australia event – LEADit. I have taken part in this event to a greater or lesser extent over the past few years across Australia – Sydney, Perth, the Gold Coast and now Canberra. As an analyst who broadly covers the Service Management space (as well as a previously ITIL qualified practitioner), this event is the mecca for those interested in service management in Australia.
Year after year at this event, I see a fair amount of change in the content and focus, but little change in the thinking, and little real movement in the implementation or improvement of the processes – a recent survey between itSMF-USA and Forrester displays the current maturity levels of processes in organisations:
Here we are – years (decades?) after the first ITIL books were written, and demand management is STILL immature. Even financial management has barely shifted in maturity over the past few years. Why is this the case?
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on February 7, 2013
Given the recent news about Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, my title may surprise you. Please read on.
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on October 19, 2011
There is growing evidence of a harmonic convergence of Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) with Security and it is hardly an accident. We often view them as separate worlds, but it's obvious that they have more in common than they have differences. I live in the I&O team here at Forrester, but I get pulled into many discussions that would be classified as "security" topics. Examples include compliance analysis of configuration data and process discipline to prevent mistakes. Similarly, our Security analysts get pulled into process discussions and other topics that encroach into Operations territory. This is as it should be.
Some examples of where common DNA between I&O and Security can benefit you and your organization are:
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on September 14, 2011
On 22-Nov-2010, Attachmate Corporation announced it was acquiring the assets of Novell, Inc. Once on top of the IT world, Novell's glory had clearly faded. Along the way, however, it acquired several attractive assets of its own (e.g., PlateSpin, Managed Objects). Towards the end of its independence, the future certainly looked bleak for Novell and especially its management software businesses.
The immediate reaction to the Attachmate acquisition was skepticism among most industry watchers, including yours truly. My reaction was similar when Attachmate acquired NetIQ. After all, what rationale is there to a legacy mainframe software company buying either NetIQ or Novell? The perception was that all of these product families would be milked for their maintenance revenue and innovation, and other development would be killed. It now appears these fears were largely unfounded, though I stand by my original skepticism. Veterans like me have seen such things unravel before.
The various Novell assets have been redistributed across four companies in the Attachmate Group, with the management assets being assimilated under the NetIQ brand. While a full merger of the NetIQ and Novell assets will take at least a year, the (now) NetIQ team has moved with impressive speed to launch its initial consolidated families.
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on March 29, 2011
Cisco announced today its intent to acquire NewScale, a small, but well-respected automation software vendor. The financial terms were not disclosed, but it is a small deal in terms of money spent. It is big in the sense that Cisco needed the kind of capabilities offered by NewScale, and NewScale has proven to be one of the most innovative and visible players in that market segment.
The market segment in question is what has been described as "the tip of the iceberg" for the advanced automation suites needed to create and operate cloud computing services. The "tip" refers to the part of the overall suite that is exposed to customers, while the majority of the "magic" of cloud automation is hidden from view – as it should be. The main capabilities offered by NewScale deal with building and managing the service catalog and providing a self-service front end that allows cloud consumers to request their own services based on this catalog of available services. Forrester has been bullish on these capabilities because they are the customer-facing side of cloud – the most important aspect – whereas most of the cloud focus has been directed at the "back end" technologies such as virtual server deployment and workload migration. These are certainly important, but a cloud is not a cloud unless the consumers of those services can trigger their deployment on their own. This is the true power of NewScale, one of the best in this sub-segment.
Posted by Glenn O'Donnell on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on April 21, 2010
Like many movements before it, IT is rapidly evolving to an industrial model. A process or profession becomes industrialized when it matures from an art form to a widespread, repeatable function with predictable result and accelerated by technology to achieve far higher levels of productivity. Results must be deterministic (trustworthy) and execution must be fast and nimble, two related but different qualities. Customer satisfaction need not be addressed directly because reliability and speed result in lower costs and higher satisfaction.
IT should learn from agriculture and manufacturing, which have perfected industrialization. In agriculture, productivity is orders of magnitude better. Genetic engineering made crops resistant to pests and environmental extremes such as droughts while simultaneously improving consistency. The industrialized evolution of farming means we can feed an expanding population with fewer farmers. It has benefits in nearly every facet of agricultural production.
Manufacturing process improvements like the assembly line and just-in-time manufacturing combined with automation and statistical quality control to ensure that we can make products faster and more consistently, at a lower cost. Most of the products we use could not exist without an industrialized model.


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That is great news. The Suomi's are going to make a great addition to the gun collection.
Gunco builders,
Mike at Prexis is gonna do a banner run with us for a year and I hope he gets a chance to come on a little, but we all know how busy these guys are.
Thanks for answering my stupid questions so far today.
That is great news. The Suomi's are going to make a great addition to the gun collection.
You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.I Like 1911's.
Welcome guy's!
Always consider potential Allies. Never dismiss that they may be the enemy until proven otherwise. Be careful how you hold both; You could turn one into the other. (63DH8)
There will always be a large group of people that will be preyed upon, consumed by predators just like in a school of fish.
Some fish don't venture out into the deep water, others do so only when they've developed big teeth, but most just swim along looking at how blue the water is.(GN Member)
welcome to you all.
I know nothing...........nothing !
That's great, He's got some pretty cool stuff.
It will be nice to find a way to build some of these different kits that are available.
Welcome Prexis! Keep up the good work on your receivers.
Buy your US made AK-47 compliance parts here.
Best price on US made AK parts! also $5 flat rate shipping .
Excellent , I used his MP38 tube on the FPB48 I did . Great work from him .
Will Hayden, RedJacket Firearms
Mike has been great today answering my questions and being an all around good guy. I hope he'll find a few minutes to post here and educate us AK knuckle draggin builders.
Two words:
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OK that was four words.
Thanks for the welcome everyone.
I am now back from my mother's funeral and getting everything geared up and going again.
I did bring back some new purchase opportunities for everyone once I re-open my website.
Here is a "teaser" of some new product.
Thanks again....


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Saira Araiza Major: Journalism
Main Educational Goal: To earn a BA in Journalism and a Minor in Public Relations. After that, pursue a master's degree.
Life Goal: I'd like to become an editor of a magazine. I want to buy a house for my mom. I believe in family, so I would like to have a family one day.
Significant Achievements:
• Vice President of ASTRA
• President's List for Academic Achievement
• Assistant Arts Editor at the Sun
(2 semesters)
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who didn't give up, and someone who always spoke with the truth.
Nominated by: Dr. Max Branscomb
Thomas Jose Barski Major: Exercise Science
Main Educational Goal: Accepted to Point Loma Nazarene.
Life Goals: Own my own business as a fitness instructor focusing on strength and conditioning for athletes.
Significant Achievements:
• Vice President's List (twice)
• 2013 ASO club of the year, Student Veterans Organization
• Student Veteran Organization member
• Helped in opening the Veterans Resource Center
• Volunteers with the Warrior Foundation, and helped raised money for the wounded warriors returning from oversees.
How would you like others to remember you? He's a go getter.
Thomas is also receiving the ASO Academic Excellence Scholarship.
Nominated by: Robert Valerio, Dr. Malia M. Flood, and Sherilyn Salahuddin
Consuelo Beltran Major: Sociology
Main Educational Goal: At this point in my life my main educational goal is to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and keep looking forward to achieving higher educational goals in the future. I am considering pursuing Family Therapy Certification.
Life Goal: I want to have the capacity to work at a public or private organization that helps others during difficult situations in their lives.
Significant Achievements:
• Spring 2013 President's List for academic achievement
• Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
• Volunteered at a variety of elementary schools and pre-schools for the past six years.
How would you like others to remember you? As a loving and resilient woman who made this world better.
Consuelo is also receiving the SWC Foundation Transfer & Vocational Scholarship.
Nominated by: Valentina Goldberg
Daniel Cordero Major: Animation Major
Main Educational Goal: To transfer and graduate from an art school with a degree in animation and a minor in sequential art.
Life Goal: To do my part to level the comic book and animation playing field, going the extra mile for all those out there who don't always get to see themselves represented positively or respectfully in these mediums as a whole. I want to see people pick up comics or watch films with fantastic stories and an array of diverse characters and have the privilege to say that my name is on that piece of art.
Significant Achievements:
• Vice President's Honor List for the fall 2013 semester
• Executive Vice President of Nighthood Comics
How would you like others to remember you? As a storyteller whose worlds and characters continue to instill imagination, hope, and wonder to all who explore them.
Daniel is also receiving the ASO Academic Excellence Scholarship and SWC Foundation John & Adeline Valenzuela Scholarship.
Nominated by: Professor Laura Ryan and Dr. Max Branscomb
Catherine Cruz Major: Nursing
Main Educational Goal: To finish college, earn a bachelor's degree and eventually a master's degree.
Life Goal: To become successful in the medical field, to support my family, to help children in poor countries get an education.
Significant Achievements:
• SWC President's List
• Angel Tree Foundation volunteer
• Bonita Learning Academy volunteer
How would you like others to remember you? As an altruist who is always willing to help those in need to restore people's faith in humanity.
Catherine is also receiving the George Weston Memorial Scholarship.
Nominated by: Ed Cosio
Jina P. Deutsch Major: Social Work
Main Educational Goal: To transfer to a four-year university to obtain both Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree in Social Work.
Life Goal: To become a State Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Significant Achievements:
• Volunteered weekly at the South Bay Glenner Memory Center
• CHOC Hospital Feeding Team support group member
• La Jolla Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Award recipient
• Soroptimist International Women's Opportunity Award District Honoree
• Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
How would you like others to remember you? I'd like others to remember me as a strong/resilient, hard worker and compassionate individual.
Jina is also receiving the ASO Higher Scholastic Scholarship and Doris Appel Memorial Scholarship.
Nominated by: Diana Avila
Gabriel Douglas Major: Business Management Economics
Main Educational Goal: To transfer to UC Santa Cruz, earn my Bachelor's Degree in Economics, and then an MBA.
Life Goals: To work in the non-profit sector, become an entrepreneur, and ultimately become a small business development director.
Significant Achievements:
• ASO Vice President of Club Affairs
• UCLA CCCP Scholar
• 2011–12 Puente Treasurer
• SSCCC Region X Treasurer
How would you like others to remember you? Hard worker, dedicated to his community and constituents. He inspired countless students to achieve their potential.
Gabriel is also receiving ASO Academic Excellence Scholarship and SWC Foundation–Walmart Stores Scholarship.
Nominated by: Larry Lambert
Juan Luis Espinoza Major: Sociology
Main Educational Goal: To obtain a Doctor of Education Leadership Degree from Harvard.
Life Goals: To become a college professor.
Significant Achievements:
• Graduating and making my family proud
• 2010–2011 Puente Club Co-President
• 2012 and 2013 Co-Leader/Coordinator for the "Pathway To Success Conference"
• 2012–2013 Associated Student Organization President/Student Trustee
• 2014 S.O.D.A. award recipient
How would you like others to remember you? As the student leader that had a vision to uplift others and made a positive impact for his peers at Southwestern College.
Nominated by: Sylvia Felan-Gonzales
Laura Estela Gonzalez Major: Psychology
Main Educational Goal: To transfer to the University of California, Los Angeles, graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, and attend medical school at the University of California, San Diego.
Life Goals: To become a psychiatrist who offers both counseling and psychiatric help. In my efforts, I hope my practice is with children and teenagers with mental challenges. To specialize in patients who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Significant Achievements:
• ASO Senator at Large
• Student Representative for the Counselors Hiring Committee
• A student researcher for Dr. Christopher Hayashi
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who believes in love and happy endings, believes that a smile changes the world, and believes that living in the moment is what makes life worth living, because longing for tomorrow is a lifetime away.
Laura is also receiving the ASO Campus Involvement Scholarship
Nominated by: Dr. Christopher Hayashi
Wendy Gracia Major: Art and Liberal Arts (two Associates)
Main Educational Goal: To transfer in the fall to Laguna College of Art & Design and to complete a B.A. in Fine Arts. I hope to complete a Master's Degree in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley.
Life Goals: Write/illustrate a series of children's books, write and publish poetry collections, and work as a freelance artist. Establish food and shower trucks for poor and homeless people in Mexican poblados. Use my art to promote social justice.
Significant Achievements:
• Published poet
• Published writer and cartoonist
• Service Learning certificates (two)
• Assistant Campus Editor of the Sun
• President's List for Academic Achievement
How would you like others to remember you? I hope to have made a difference in the world by providing inspiration to others, through my art and other activities.
Nominated by: Dr. Max Branscomb
Caleb D. Henderson Major: Bioengineering
Main Educational Goal: To transfer to California Polytechnic University Pomona or Stanford University, graduate from an oriental medicine college, and earn a Bachelor's Degree in Biotech.
Life Goals: To become a holistic health therapist and health nutritionist. I plan to open my family business, where people can be educated about the option of natural homeopathic remedies and personal fitness and nutrition tips.
Significant Achievements:
• Black Student Union Secretary
• Global Studies Club (Club Officer)
• Worship Singer and Youth Ministry Leader at Reach International for Christ
• Grossmont Healthcare District Scholarship Award for Healthcare Education
How would you like others to remember you? As a person who is humble, motivating, coach-able, and happy spirited.
Caleb is also receiving the ASO Campus Involvement Scholarship, Garden of Giving: Roy Olson Biology Academic Excellence – SWC Foundation Scholarship, and the LIPP Foundation - Biology Academic Excellence Scholarship.
Nominated by: Dr. Nouna Bakhiet
Marco Hermosillo Major: Visual Arts
Main Educational Goal: Transfer to UCSD Visual Arts Program, and obtain a PhD in Psychology of Aesthetics.
Life Goals: To obtain a PhD in Psychology of Aesthetics in order to be able to conduct research that contributes to this area of study, and hopefully, become a part of the faculty staff at a prestigious university or at an important cultural institution that cultivates the role of art in our diverse community.
Significant Achievements:
• Volunteer at the San Diego Museum of Art
• Martin Luther King Scholarship Award recipient
• Phi Theta Kappa member of the International Honors Society
• Part of the official's committee at SWC Art Collective Club
• Volunteer at the New Children's Museum
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who challenged the limitations of our society by creating bridges of knowledge between the Hispanic community and the cultural life of our country.
Nominated by: Roger A. (Rusty) Nichols
Felipe Huicochea Major: Anthropology
Main Educational Goal: To obtain a PhD in Anthropology.
Life Goals: To become a college professor.
Significant Achievements:
• 2012 First Annual Research Symposium for Anthropology Scholar
• 2012–13 UCLA CCCP Scholar
• Co-Founder of the Pathway to Success Conference
• 2011–12 Senator at Large for the Associated Student Organization
• 2012 Crescenzo Memorial Scholarship
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who followed his ideals.
Felipe is also receiving the ASO Campus Involvement Scholarship.
Nominated by: Dr. Maria Jelaca-Tavakoli
Abel Meza Major: Business Major
Main Educational Goal: To be admitted to the HAAS School of Business at UC Berkeley or USC School of Business for fall 2014. I have a 3.9 GPA, and I am completing the SWC Honors Certificate to be listed on my Associate of Arts: Liberal Arts: Math and Science. Upon completion of my bachelor's degree I will pursue an MBA at Harvard University.
Life Goals: To become the CEO of a non-profit social justice agency in hopes of bridging the gap between third world countries and developed countries such as the U.S. My accomplishments and goals would not be possible without the unfaltering support of my parents to whom I love and give much thanks.
Significant Achievements:
• 2013 Union Tribune Latino Champions Finalist
• Puentista of the Year
• Senator at Large
• Puente Statewide Leadership member
• President's List for Academic Achievement
• Phi Theta Kappa
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who always did his best, and put others before himself.
Abel is also receiving the ASO Academic Excellence Scholarship, the Doug Tatreau Memorial Scholarship, and Robert Madden Memorial Scholarship.
Nominated by: Alexander G. Juden, Sylvia Felan-Gonzales, Noreen Maddox
Kimberly Ortiz Major: Communication
Main Educational Goal: Transfer to a university and earn a Master's Degree in Communication and a Minor in Broadcast Journalism.
Life Goals: Become a reporter and inform my community of things that matter. Create my own non-profit organization that helps Latino parents be better informed about their kid's education and the importance of school.
Significant Achievements:
• Miss San Diego Latina 2013 and Miss California Latina 2014 finalist
• Phi Theta Kappa member
• Online Multimedia Assistant Editor for the SWC Sun
• Broadcast News Writing Award - 2nd place, from Journalism Association of Community Colleges
• Got hired by Uniradio after an internship of five months
How would you like others to remember you? Human rights activist, a leader who made a change in my community and inspired others who come from nothing that anything is possible as long as you work hard for it.
Nominated by: Dr. Max Branscomb
Anna Pryor Major: Journalism
Main Educational Goal: To transfer to a university and eventually get a master's degree.
Life Goals: To start a home for abused children that leave home, and to create my own line of inexpensive and eco-friendly clothes for the underprivileged.
Significant Achievements:
• ASTRA Club president (volunteer)
• Southwestern College Sun, Viewpoints Editor
• Secretary of the Big Bang Planetarium Club
• Vice President's List
• First Place Advertisement from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC)
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who left this college and world a better place than when I found it.
Anna is also receiving the ASO Campus Involvement Scholarship, Altrusa Club - Foundation Scholarship, Nadia Smit Memorial Journalism Scholarship, and the SWC Book Club's Semester Quell Scholarship.
Nominated by: Dr. Max Branscomb
Jose Luis Roman Major: Computer Science
Main Educational Goal: Transfer with honors to UC Berkeley and obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.
Life Goals: To create a software company in order to fund my own non-profit organization.
Significant Achievements:
• President of the Computer Science & Engineering Club
• Senator for Associated Student Organization
• Student Representative of the School of Mathematics, Science & Engineering
• Chair of the Information & Technology Solutions ASO Ad Hoc Committee
• 500 hours of community service at "Hospital Infantil de las Californias" in Mexico
How would you like others to remember you? As a source of inspiration to achieve happiness and tolerance of each other.
Jose is also receiving the ASO Campus Involvement Scholarship, and SWC District Administrators' Association (SCCDAA) Scholarship.
Nominated by: Dr. Carl Scarbnick
Benjamin Schumacher Major: Biology
Main Educational Goal: Come September, I will be studying Human Biology at the University of California San Diego, Muir College.
Life Goals: To become an orthopedic surgeon with the U.S. Navy.
Significant Achievements:
• Southwest District Vice President of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
• President of Southwestern College Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Pi Epsilon
• Associate Justice and Chair Pro Tempore of Southwestern College's Student Judicial Review Board
• Served as both Secretary and Vice President of Southwestern College's Biology Club
• Math Science and Engineering Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Recipient
How would you like others to remember you? As a God-fearing individual that offered acts of kindness, compassion, inspiration, love, and help to anyone who needed it.
Nominated by: Dr. Nouna Bakhiet and Cynthia McDaniel
Andrea Janelle Shropshire Major: Accounting
Main Educational Goal: To earn a Master's Degree in
Life Goals: To complete my accounting degree and apply my knowledge to help others.
Significant Achievements:
• Vice Treasurer to the Business Club
• President's List for fall 2013
• Excellence in Prevention Award from the San Diego County Office of Education
• Accounting tutor at the Academic Success Center
How would you like others to remember you? As someone who paid it forward.
Nominated by: Elisabeth Shapiro, Sandra Sands, and Maria E. Martinez-Sanabria
Jessica A. Turner Major: Nursing
Main Educational Goal: Associate's Degree in Nursing from SWC and transfer to USC and become an RN.
Life Goals: Make enough money to take care of my family.
Significant Achievements:
• Teaching and tutoring for three years
• Assistant manager at work
How would you like others to remember you? As a hard worker with a kind heart.
Nominated by: Lillian Leopold
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Gale & Josh
July 27
Los Osos, California
From the photographer: "Having met Josh and Gale at another wedding I captured last year, I knew the fun celebration that was in store. Gale found the Bay Back Inn online while searching for a wedding venue, and it was perfect. Guests could stay right on the property where the intimate ceremony and reception was held. The grounds resembled that of Hawaii with the vibrant colors, gardens and oceanfront view. Old row boats were scattered throughout the venue, and it offered some great props for pictures. The soft cloud covering lasted the entire day but truly made everything pop off the page.


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By Richard Clarke
The real Nicklas Bendtner is back, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Danish striker is not only fit for the first time this season and set to be named in the squad for Birmingham on Saturday but his manager believes he is back to his best shape since last November.
Kieran Gibbs is also fit after a calf injury while Theo Walcott (ankle) could be involved if he comes through Friday's training session.
Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) and Manuel Almunia (elbow) are nearing returns while Thomas Vermaelen (Achilles) and Bacary Sagna (thigh) are estimated as "ten days" away.
Robin van Persie (ankle) and Aaron Ramsey (leg) will not figure until next month. However, overall, Wenger's mood was upbeat when he updated Arsenal TV Online on Thursday afternoon.
"We have some good news because for a while we've had only bad news," he said. "Nicklas Bendtner is back in the squad and Kieran Gibbs is back too.
"Let's not forget that since last November Nicklas has produced here and there but never had a consistent presence because of his injuries.
"Apart from the fact he went to the World Cup we have not seen the real Nicklas Bendtner for a long, long time. He is the closest he has been to his best for a while. He was really, really handicapped by groin problems but they have gone now.
"Theo might be involved on Saturday as well. He has normal training tomorrow. I might put him in the squad. I will see how he is but he looks very, very sharp. The only uncertainty is his ankle but he might be involved.
"Cesc is very, very short and unlikely to be involved [on Saturday]. He has a little chance for Tuesday.
"Sagna is ten days, Vermaelen is ten days, Almunia is a question of days but Van Persie looks to be a bit longer."
TV Online subscribers can see the full interview on Friday morning. In it Wenger talks about:
- the fall-out from the Chelsea defeat
- Robert Pires training at Arsenal
- the lessons from losing to WBA last time at Emirates
- why Birmingham might approach it differently
- the return of Alexander Hleb
- his thoughts on the takeover saga at Liverpool


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Football Hosts UC Davis
Quickly: Southern Utah will look to get off to its best start since the team moved to NCAA Division I competition when the Thunderbirds host UC Davis in a Big Sky Conference game at Eccles Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
Southern Utah (4-1/1-0 Big Sky) held off Northern Colorado 27-21 last week to spoil the Bears' homecoming and equal the best record after five games since the 1997 Thunderbird squad started 4-1. The win gave the Thunderbirds back-to-back road wins and victories in three of four road games this season. SUU has also begun its Big Sky season with wins in the two seasons it has been a member of the conference.
UC Davis (1-4/1-0 Big Sky) broke into the winning column for the first time last week but the win was a big one, a 30-13 home victory over Idaho State in both teams' Big Sky opener. The Aggies began the season with a pair of road losses, 10-7 at South Dakota and 36-7 at Nevada, then lost a pair of home non-conference decisions to Northern Arizona (21-10) and Portland State (41-10).
The Game: UC Davis (1-4/1-0) at Southern Utah (4-1/1-0), Saturday at 1:05 p.m. (MDT) at Eccles Coliseum (8,500/Hellas MatrixTurf).
Radio: All of Southern Utah's 2013 football games will be available over the Thunderbird Sports Network. SUU flagship station KSUU (91.1 FM) will carry every game live as well as on the worldwide web at www.suu.edu/ksuu. Dr. Art Challis, who is in his 40th season as the Voice of the Thunderbirds provides the play-by-play.
Video Highlights: High definition video highlights of ALL of the Thunderbirds' home and road games will be available to accredited media outlets via SUU's FTP site. For information on obtaining those highlights contact SUU Director of Athletic Media Relations Neil Gardner.
Live Internet Video on WatchBigSky.com: Internet telecasts of all of SUU's home games as well as its Big Sky road games are available through WatchBigSky.com (formerly BigSkyTV). The broadcasts are free of charge but a subscription is necessary and viewers need to download the latest versions of Adobe Flash and Octoshape if they do not already have them (the downloads are available on WatchBigSky.com). Viewers who had an account with BigSkyTV will be able to use that account to access WatchBigSky.com.
TV: Saturday's game will not be televised.
Media Availability: Players and coaches are available for interviews on Tuesdays following practice, at approximately 7:00 p.m. To contact a player or coach on another day or time, or to arrange telephone interviews, contact Neil Gardner at firstname.lastname@example.com or 435-586-7753.
Thunderbird Practice Schedule: The players are off on Mondays, with daily practices Tuesday through Friday. Tuesday practices are scheduled to begin at 5:35 p.m., Wednesday practices will begin at 5:30, while Thursday and Friday practices will start at 4:45 p.m.
The Series: Saturday's game will mark the 17th meeting between the two teams. UC Davis holds a 10-6 edge in the series, but the Thunderbirds are 5-3 at home and have won three in a row in the series, including a 34-3 victory the last time the two met, in 2011 in Cedar City. SUU's only win at Davis came in 2010 when the T-Birds won 55-24 in the game that clinched the Thunderbirds' Great West conference championship.
Big Sky Teleconference: The Big Sky Conference holds a weekly coaches teleconference, Wednesdays beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain). For information on accessing the teleconference, contact SUU Director of Athletic Media Relations Neil Gardner. The schedule follows:
Thunderbird Club Luncheons: The Thunderbird Club's weekly no-host luncheon is held Mondays at noon at the Cedar City Crystal Inn. The public is invited to attend the luncheons where Southern Utah's in-season coaches talk about their upcoming contests and review the past week's action.
Next Up/Remaining Schedule:
The Thunderbirds play two straight at home for the first time this season as they host Portland State in the annual Homecoming contest next week.
Following a road trip to Eastern Washington on Oct. 19, the 'Birds return home for a game against Idaho State on Oct. 26 before a bye the week of Nov. 2. The final two road games of the season, at Weber State (Nov. 9) and Montana State (Nov. 16) follow.
The regular season wraps up with a home game against Northern Arizona (Nov. 23).
The Coaches:
A 2010 Eddie Robinson Award nominee, SUU's Ed Lamb (BYU, 1996) has a record of 30-30 in his sixth season as the Thunderbird head coach and his sixth season as a head coach overall. Last year Lamb guided the Thunderbirds to a 5-6 record, including a 4-4 mark in SUU's first season in the Big Sky Conference. In 2011 he led the T-Birds to their second straight winning season and their first win over an FBS-level opponent (UNLV) since 1997. He led the team to a Great West Conference championship in 2010 when the Thunderbirds went undefeated in GWC play and finished the season with a 6-5 overall mark. Prior to taking over at SUU, Lamb spent three seasons at the University of San Diego where he coordinated the special teams and recruiting and was the Toreros' defensive backs coach. Lamb also spent two seasons as defensive coordinator at Idaho, a season at BYU as a linebackers coach and four seasons at the University of Redlands, three as defensive coordinator and one as defensive line coach. Coach Lamb is 3-1 vs. the Aggies.
UC Davis's Ron Gould (Oregon, 1988) is 1-4 in his first season at the helm of the Aggie program and in his first season as a head coach. Coach Gould is 0-0 vs. the Thunderbirds.
Affiliations: Southern Utah is a member of the Big Sky Conference in the majority of its sports, including football (gymnastics is an independent while men's golf will compete in the American Sky Conference this season). UC Davis is also a member of the Big Sky Conference for football and a member of the Big West Conference in its other sports.
Notes from the Northern Colorado Game:
• SUU equalled the team's best start during its NCAA Division I era at 4-1, matching the mark the team got out to under Coach C. Ray Gregory in 1997 when SUU competed as an independent. SUU has started off 5-1 just twice since moving to 4-year status in 1963, in 1986, the team's first season in the Division II Western Football Conference, and in 1978 when the team competed at the NAIA level in the Rocky Mountain Conference; both of those teams were coached by Jack Bishop.
• SUU held UNC to four rushing yards, the fewest ever by a Division I opponent (the previous low was 10 by Idaho State in 2000 ... The four rushing yards by the Bears were the sixth fewest allowed overall by the Thunderbirds since 1963.
• The Thunderbirds had four sacks, equalling their 2013 total going into the game, and a season-high nine tackles for loss against the Bears. Robert Torgerson, Andrew Eide and James Cowser each had a solo sack while Zak Browning and Toi Taufa combined on the other. Torgerson finished with a career-best 2.5 TFLs while Eide had two. Matt Holley and Chad Hanson each had a TFL as well.
• Quarterback Aaron Cantu posted career-highs with 28 completions in 38 attempts for 269 yards; he also threw a pair of TD passes.
• Linebacker Zak Browning tallied a game-high 13 tackles including four solo stops and a half sack.
• Tyree Mills, who was playing in his first game this season, had two interceptions, tying the SUU single-game record (held by many); it was the first time an individual T-Bird had picked off two passes in a game since Nick DiPadova did it in 2003 at St. Mary's
• Colton Cook set the SUU career field goals record with a season-long 48-yarder for the Thunderbirds' first points at UNC. His second field goal, a 36-yarder, extended the SUU career record to 40. Cook was a perfect 3-for-3 on PATs and 2-for-2 on field goals in the win.
• SUU lost its first fumble of the season when Raysean Martin was stripped of the ball midway through the second quarter and Cantu was intercepted after a tipped ball but the T-Birds still came out on top of the turnover battle as they got Mills' two interceptions and also recovered a fumble.
SUU In The FCS National Ranks:
SUU has seven players ranked among the FCS top-50 in 12 statistical categories, while the team figures among the top-30 programs in 17 categories.
Defense: DE James Cowser ranks eighth in tackles per loss with 1.9 per game, while LB Matt Holley ranks 23rd in TFLs with 1.5 per game. Holley also ranks 49th in fumbles recovered with 0.4 per game while Tommy Collet Jr.'s average of 0.4 interceptions per game is just outside the top-50 at 57th.
Offense: On the offensive side of the ball QB Aaron Cantu ranks among the top-50 in five categories, including sixth in completion percentage at .707. Cantu is also 39th in passing touchdowns with seven, 40th in completions per game with 18.8, 44th in passing efficiency with a rating of 135.5 and 50th in total passing yards with 870. RB Raysean Martin ranks 23rd with five rushing touchdowns and TE Anthony Norris ranks 39th with three receiving TDs. WR Fatu Moala is also just outside the top-50 in receptions per game, in 51st, with 5.2.
Special Teams: Kicker Colton Cook is 13th in field goals with 1.4 per game and 26th in field goal percentage at .875 while punter Brock Miller ranks 19th in the nation with a 43.1 yards per punt average.
Team: In the team categories, SUU is tied for first in fourth down conversion percentage (100 percent), is fourth in time of possession (34:40), fifth in completion percentage (.704), sixth in fumbles lost (one) and eighth in fumbles recovered (six) and red zone offense (95 percent conversion rate). The Thunderbirds are 10th in rushing defense (98 ypg), 11th in both net punting (39.75 ypp) and red zone defense (.647 conversion rate), are 12th in turnovers gained (12) and are 15th in turnover margin (plus-1.2). SUU is also 20th in fewest penalties per game (5.0), 23rd in passes intercepted (six), 26th in both third down defense (32.8 percent) and fewest penalty yards per game (43.4), is 38th in total defense (337.6 ypg) and 29th in turnovers lost (six).
T-Birds Receiving Votes In Polls: Southern Utah was listed among the others receiving votes in the Sports Network's top-25 poll this week but inexplicably did not receive any votes in the coaches poll despite winning last week and receiving votes each week this season until now. SUU received 180 points in the Sports Network poll this week, which works out to 29th place.
GPI Ranks T-Birds 15th: College Sports Network's Gridiron Power Index has Southern Utah ranked 15th heading into this weekend's game. The Thunderbirds take a power rating of 17.71 into the weekend to sit just behind Northern Arizona at 16.71. Eastern Washington is the top-ranked team in the Big Sky, in seventh at 10.71 and two-time defending national champion North Dakota State is atop the list with a rating of 1.0.
ROOT Sports Players of the Week:
Colton Cook was named this week's ROOT Sports Big Sky Conference co-Player of the Week for special teams. Cook was perfect in helping lift the Thunderbirds to a 27-21 win at Northern Colorado on Saturday. He was 3-for-3 on extra point attempts, 2-for-2 on field goal attempts and all of his kickoffs went for touchbacks. Cook's season-long 48-yard field goal gave the Thunderbirds a 3-0 lead and set the SUU career field goals record at 39. His 36-yard field goal in the fourth quarter gave the T-Birds a 27-14 advantage and extended the career record.
College Football Performance Awards:
Colton Cook earned his second National Placekicker of the Week award from the CFPA following his performance at Northern Colorado. His accomplishments are listed in the ROOT Sports Players of the Week section. Tyree Mills also earned honorable mention honors for his performance at UNC where he intercepted a pair of passes and tallied three tackles.
Records Watch:
• Senior PK Colton Cook's 38-yard game-winning field goal against Sacramento State put him into a tie atop SUU's career-field goals list with Herkey Marxen at, appropriately, 38, and he nailed two more at Northern Colorado, a season-long 48-yarder and one from 36 yards out, to give him sole possession of the record then push it to 40. His nine points against the Bears give him 190 career points, which is eighth on the SUU list (nine behind seventh place Kelvin Minefee, 1988-89) and his two extra points at UNC give Cook 69 and move him past Joe Wells' 68 (1978-80) and into fourth place on SUU's career PATs list.
• Senior WR Fatu Moala moved into fifth place on a pair of career lists at Northern Colorado. With seven receptions for 120 yards at UNC he has 117 career catches for 1,483 yards. Last week he moved past former teammate Jared Ursua (2008-11) on the receptions list; next up on the list is A.J. Smith who had 143 receptions in 2003 and '04. On the receiving yards list he moved past Tex Anthony (1,383 yards, 1969-71) and Jerry Spackman (1,388 yards, 1966-67). Moala is also knocking on the door of another list as he needs just two touchdowns to move into a tie for ninth in SUU's career receiving TDs list (he is currently 11th with nine).
• Senior punter Brock Miller's seven punts for 294 yards at Sac State dropped his career average from 42.79 yards to 42.74 yards per kick but it is still the highest career average in SUU history. Trevor Ward, who last played in 2009, is second at 42.3 ypp.
Scouting the Aggies:
UC Davis said goodbye to long-time Coach Bob Biggs following last season and the Aggies are in their first year under Coach Ron Gould. This won't be the first time Gould has coached against SUU, however, as he was on the opposite sideline once last season when he was associate head coach and run game coordinator on the California Golden Bears staff.
The Aggies, whose roster is made up of 99 players from the state of California and one from Oregon, have averaged 12.8 points and 304.2 yards of total offense so far this season while giving up 24.2 points and 387.8 yards of offense.
UC Davis has been fairly balanced on offense, running the ball 179 times for an average of 133.6 yards per game and completing 80-of-145 passes for 170.6 yards per outing. Aggie opponents have averaged 213.4 rushing and 174.4 passing yards per game.
Two quarterbacks, Jimmy Laughrea and Randy Wright, have started for the Aggies this season. Wright started the opener at South Dakota but didn't finish the game and Laughrea has started every subsequent contest after finishing at USD. Wright has come off the bench in the last three after missing the Nevada game and he completed 14-of-22 passes for 201 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win last week over Idaho State.
On the season Laughrea has completed 59-of-109 passes for 592 yards and a touchdown with four interceptions while Wright has completed 21-of-36 passes for 261 yards and two scores with no interceptions.
The Aggies' top receivers have been WRs Tom Hemmingsen and Cory Galindo. Hemmingsen has 25 receptions for 277 yards and two TDs while Galindo has 15 receptions for 113 yards. The Aggies have spread the ball around, however, as 14 players have at least one reception.
Running back Gabe Manzanares has carried the bulk of the load when it comes to rushing the football. Manzanares has carried 80 times for 371 yards and three touchdowns in two starts, while Tavior Mowry has carried 38 times for 130 yards with two starts as well.
Defensively, safeties Aaryn Jones and Charles Boyett and end Nick King have led the Aggies. Jones has a team-high 34 tackles while King has 32 and Boyett has notched 31 stops. Jones has two and Boyett has a third of the team's four interceptions, while King leads the team with four sacks and is an Aggie co-leader with 4.5 tackles for loss. Jones has also broken up a team-high four passes and Boyett has two PBUs.


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Robin van Persie's ability to reinvent himself as a striker shows what a great player he is, according to Dennis Bergkamp.
Arsenal's original Dutch master has been watching his compatriot from afar while fulfilling his duties as a first-team coach at Ajax. And he admits it's been impossible to ignore Van Persie in the wake of his incredible scoring run.
Bergkamp's successor as Arsenal's No 10 scored a club record 35 top-flight goals in 2011 and has plundered 29 in all competitions this season. It's easy to forget that Van Persie has completed just two campaigns as a centre forward and Bergkamp has been hugely impressed by his ability to adapt.
"He has been playing in a role which is very difficult," Bergkamp told the Official Arsenal Magazine.
"I think it's easier for a guy like Robin or me to play behind the striker, and feed the main striker and sometimes get the space to do your own thing. But basically he is the one up front who has to make a difference, which puts a lot of pressure on him, but it seems like he can deal with it.
"It seems he can make the difference time after time and in my opinion that describes a great player. It's fantastic how he has developed himself, and players like that deserve trophies. So I honestly hope that comes soon, because his character and style of play is fantastic."
Bergkamp was something of a mentor for Van Persie while the younger Dutchman was finding his feet at Highbury following his move to London in 2004. And he always expected the 28-year-old to become a major player - because he took advice on board.
"As soon as he trained with us you could see his potential," recalled Bergkamp. "He seemed free, he played with a lot of freedom. You could see immediately he was a very talented player.
"I got to know him a bit, obviously with us both being Dutch, so I tried to help him with a few things. You could really tell that he's a good person, a good lad, and totally the opposite to the stories that were coming out of Holland at the time about him.
"They said he was a difficult character, wouldn't listen to experienced players and so on, but he was a great example of a player making the right move at the right time. He joined a settled team with a lot of big players, and from day one he respected those players and listened to them, and I think that helped him a lot."
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Actually, I think the part that is cracked is the tubular receiver. The barrel screws into the receiver (really tight!), but technically it is a separate part. Unfortunately, in the Ruger .22 pistol design, that tube is the serial numbered part; "the gun" as the Feds might put it. That means you'll have to have ask Ruger to replace it, and depending on how they handle such things, you may end up with a different serial number once it is repaired. In my experience, Ruger is pretty good about warranty stuff.
I always thought that the receiver tube on Ruger pistols was fairly soft, having seen a few that were battered or peened over the years. To get the loaded chamber indicator to work correctly, maybe they had to harden that area on the tube, and that made it more susceptible to cracking.
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Brett, the simple matter of fact is that DX10 (and 11... and 12 and 23) won't ever justify a exclusive operating system version until one of two things happen:
DirectX defines an HAL, contrary to what you seem to think. That's an API that stands between the graphics hardware and your operating system software. DirectX includes an HAL layer. Just like madmat demonstrated above DirectX10 had no code, nothing at all, that couldn't make it compatible to XP. Once and for all lets put an end to that myth propagated by Microsoft marketing syndicate.
Windows Vista introduced a new drivers model and moved sound rendering to software. These are the only two technical differences that had any effect on DirectX support. Because DirectX 10 needed to be backwards compatible, DirectX includes in fact support for DirectX 9. Because of this, there is absolutely no reason at all for DirectX 10 to not have supported its new effects under Windows XP.
Microsoft could have supported XP. It chose not to exactly to force a rapid adoption of the new operating system model introduced with Vista. Ironically... to just dump it a few years later when they introduced Windows 8.
FWIW, there are DX10 ports for XP out there in the wild but since M$ won't acknowledge that it actually does work on XP there are no drivers for DX10 in XP so it's pointless to bother with it.
|Brett Thomas
No other reason than "other than Microsoft made it so"? Marfig, I'm surprised at you.
DX10 was MS's opportunity to completely break the old DX models, which had been in existence since before the very concept of shader cores and about 90% of the other things that a graphics card has on it today. Windows Vista radically redefined the HAL, and was a good time to implement such a drastic change. Re-coding it to go back to the way XP interacted would hardly be a trivial undertaking and wasting that effort supporting a nearly 10 year old OS at that point simply because people didn't want to move would be a waste of resources.
You act like the move to Vista was a simple step from XP (Win7-Win8 is much, much more streamlined, and Vista-Win7 was as well - the HAL has not substantially changed) when in reality part of why it was such a bear was that it was truly a new design for MS from the ground up...they got a lot wrong, but the heart was in the right place, and Win7 was proof of that.
Forcing users to upgrade to win8 from win7 would require a product obsolescence that would put MS in the doghouse for a ridiculous timespan. It's true that many people will probably give this version a pass, but I'm tired of hearing people say "Look what they did with DX10 to try and sell Vista!" You're a programmer, you know better!!!!
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Fortunately for all of us DirectX 10 got a rather lukewarm reception by developers and never amounted to much anything. Still, a few games shipped with it that sported new effects that couldn't be fully duplicated when the game reverted back to 9.0c on XP machines.
The point is, Microsoft could nudge everyone into Windows 8 by simply developing new versions of their frameworks as exclusives of the new operating system. I don't think the situation with Windows 7 demands such drastic actions, thank goodness. Windows XP was a massive achievement by Microsoft. Probably their most popular operating system to date and loved by everyone. They had to try anything to get rid of it. They failed too. That's in fact the operating system we will be seeing everywhere for many many years to come.
|Rob Williams
Cheers for the info!
Second, I totally agree with some of your points. As mentioned in the article, I've obviously come to a point where I can take the good with the bad, and ultimately end up preferring the OS, but I can totally understand why some wouldn't bother.
Windows 8 for Ages 8-12 (May contain choking hazard!)
Seriously, Microsoft? In order to rope in the non-technical and semi-literate youth of today, the rest of us are supposed to turn off our brains and blindly accept an O.S. that has fewer configuration options than it's predecessor, and forces several bad choices on the poor schmuck who was foolish enough to "upgrade". Is this an effort to tap into those markets (those too stupid to run a PC) by disguising it as a cell phone or tablet? And if so, who really cares? We still have Win 7 - it's not like they're taking that away - and enthusiast desktop components are getting better and cheaper every day. Those of us who build our own systems are not affected at all, and development of Win 7 applications and drivers will continue for years, probably way past the demise of Windows H8 (typographical pun intended). So fellow haters (and fanboys too), let the jokes and anecdotes begin, because Win 8 should be a rich source of humor for years, just as we ridiculed Vista losers in years past. Me, I got along fine with XP, fell in love with 7, and so far abhor Windows 8, so I have nothing against MSFT per se. I understand why they have to diversify and pick a direction for their main push (to stay alive), and I'm not mad at all about it. But I will continue to poke fun and talk s**t about them because it's fun and top dogs should expect to be challenged.
Hey Rob. Been using and testing win8 for quite a while @ my company and pretty much agree with all your points.
However for your section
"Start Screen: Killing Modern UI apps is unintuitive"
The fastest way to kill a metro app is to bring your mouse to the very top, a hand will appear and then drag it down to the very bottom.
To view what apps may still be running you can point to the top left while on desktop, right click and close them as well. Or you can also use the snap as you mentioned.
But yeah the main issue is that I did not know these from the get go which is a failure on MS' part in making things intuitive.
I didn't say outdated, I said dated. It essentially looks like Vista which is a 6 year old OS. Compared to newer Linux builds and OS-X versions which are slicker. The UI on those are still practical, just a bit more polished.
8 just looks like a lazy OS, everything all over the screen when you're in the metro start menu just looks sloppy. If I wanted crap all over my desktop I'd just enable desktop icons and have shortcuts on there. I just don't like having to switch from the desktop to a clumsy looking pile of icons that I have to decipher. The traditional start menu is organized more efficiently.
There's nothing outdated about Windows 7. Unless we want to start believing the Microsoft marketing pitch that says an Operating System launched 3 years ago and hailed as the best yet, is today a piece of crap incapable of dealing with current software and after all that was said is in fact very difficult to use by kids and grannies.
By that account we should start immediately believing that Windows 8 is a piece of crap incapable of dealing with software and very difficult to use by kids and grannies. Because you know what they will say about Windows 9.
Unless someone reminds me of the fact, I don't seem to recall any software revolution happening in the meantime that completely changed the way programs look and behave. They are the same as they were. The Chrome browser is pretty much unchanged, games didn't take on a new dimension, Adobe still makes the same stuff.
Matter of fact Windows 7 is a capable operating system if there ever has one. And yet, here we are again discussing the non essential. Getting distracted by user interface changes is the best service we can make to Microsoft and its years of lack of technological innovation on fields that should be a whole lot more important to the advancement of how we use our computers. By pitching the UI as the most important aspect of an operating system, Microsoft is putting us all to sleep.
What's been Microsoft biggest Technological innovations of the past 20 years? NTFS and to some extent UAC/UIPI. The first a true innovation, the second a copy of the security measures designed by other operating systems some 30 years ago. I'm being dishonest? Try it. Find me something truly technologically revolutionary about Microsoft Windows since Windows NT.
And yet we have been promised many. None delivered. Anyone remembers WinFS during the development stages of Windows Vista?
Instead since Windows XP we have been constantly given a new face to the same technological backbone. And to makes us go silent over the lack of true advancement on the field of operating system technology, we are told its faster and easier to use.
Let's be clear about something here: Microsoft stock options have been on the flat for a good 4 or 5 years now (I think 5 should be about right). They complain people don't understand the great innovations to Microsoft products, while companies like Apple seem to skyrocket on the stock market. Well, Microsoft may fool the casual consumer, but can't fool those with the real money and who treat that money with care. True innovation is what moves a company price. Microsoft has been a beach stuck whale. No one feels that's a good place to put their money in.
|Rob Williams
The increased performance and other niceties make up for it. I am not sure I'd recommend it if you had to pay the full upgrade price, but for the $40 upgrade or whatever is, it's hella worth it. If you are REALLY hung up on the Start screen, you're going to avoid it even if it was $0, so there's no debate in that.
After reading your review of the cons I can't see how you could still like it. Yeah, it's faster than 7 and has a smaller footprint due to being designed to run on lower spec mobile machines but speed and light weight aren't everything. Look at the Lamborghini Countach. Insanely fast, extremely light (for it's day) but about as practical as a swimming pool filled with sharks with freaking lasers on their heads.
To me, 8 is the software version of the Countach. Only instead of it killing you if you're not careful, it'll make you want to kill your computer. 7 is more like a practical family sedan. It's a bit dated looking, a bit flabby and not the fastest thing out there but it gets the job done well and it's comfortable doing it. And at the end of the day you're not left feeling like you had to fight it to get what you needed to do done.
|Rob Williams
No comments all day, and then three within the span of one minute. Not bad!
I agree totally with you guys. Despite all of the "hate" I have in this article, I still prefer to stick with Windows 8. I do feel like I'm inching towards replacing the Start screen with the old-fashioned menu, though. But it's really hard to say. I haven't been going in there too often to begin with, as the apps I access most often are right on my taskbar. We'll see...
|Hmm... Interesting!
Can't wait to see what you found good that made you actually like Windows 8. Eagerly awaiting for that second article. Because unless you found a way for it to give money from the DVD tray, I don't know what can possible be there that nullifies what I just read.
However, as a non desktop operating system meant for non-productive environments like tablets or smartphones there's very little I read I didn't like. Windows 8 really seems like Microsoft finally came up with a credible alternative to current tablet operating systems.
The problem is however they only gave us that. Windows is dead, according to Microsoft. What's fundamentally wrong about that philosophy is that instead of making one operating system that can behave as two different operating systems, they made an operating system that only behaves as a tablet operating system. So, trusting that Microsoft executive words, Microsoft failed in their objectives.
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This recipe came from a friend at least 25 years ago. It is simple to make and keeps well in the refrigerator. It is a big hit with men and women as well as children.
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- 2 cups tomato juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon celery salt
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 6 whole cloves
- In a large saucepan, combine the first eight ingredients. Place cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag.
- Add spice bag to saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Discard spice bag. Stir before serving. Yield: 3 servings.
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Per Mertesacker returns to the heart of defence for Arsenal's trip to Norwich City this afternoon (12.45pm).
The centre-back will start alongside Thomas Vermaelen at the back for Arsène Wenger's side, with Laurent Koscielny set to feature at right-back for the first time this season.
The team is otherwise as you were from the impressive victory over West Brom two weeks ago at Emirates Stadium.
Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey continue in midfield, anchored in the middle by Alex Song.
Robin van Persie will be keen to continue his lethal scoring streak in the Premier League, flanked once more by Gervinho and Theo Walcott.
Team in full: Szczesny, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Andre Santos, Song, Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Gervinho, Van Persie.
Substitutes: Substitutes: Fabianski, Djourou, Rosicky, Coquelin, Benayoun, Arshavin, Chamakh.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Most of the microbes on our bodies and other surfaces are harmless, but some are pathogenic or disease-causing. For this reason, we want to control the number of microbes around us. The odds of becoming infected increase with the number of microbes on surrounding objects. But what can we do to affect the number of microbes on surfaces around us?
In this activity, you will test a chosen fomite for the presence of microbes and the effects of a disinfectant by growing colonies of bacteria in a medium on petri plates. A medium has food, vitamins and salts that help microbes grow. You usually don't see bacterial colonies like those that form on petri plates on everyday surfaces. That's because there is rarely such a perfect concentration of nutrients on fomites in nature.
Note: This is an activity that you will start on one day and finish on a different day.
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What To Do:
1. If you have long hair, tie it back to keep it from dangling into the petri plates as you're working. Wash your hands. Clean your work area by dabbing, not pouring, disinfectant solution onto a paper towel and swabbing your area. Set out your petri plates but DO NOT OPEN THE PLATES UNTIL YOU'RE TOLD.
2. Choose an object in the room (doorknob, picture frame, toy, kitchen counter, TV remote control, coin, etc.). Take one unopened petri plate and using your grease pencil or marker, divide the bottom of the plate into four equal sections. Write the object's name across the top and label the sections 1 through 4. Open the box of cotton swabs and select one being careful not to touch the tip. Swab your chosen object with all sides of the swab tip by turning and twisting the swab as you move it across the object's surface.
3. Now open the lid of the plate and GENTLY make four streaks on the plate's surface as shown in the illustration, starting in the section labeled "1" and continuing streaking in order of the sections, making your last streak in section
4. Use firm, but GENTLE pressure and do not retrace your previous streaks. Your streaks should make only very slight impressions in the agar—don't gouge. Close the plate and seal it shut with two pieces of tape placed along the side—don't cover over the top with tape or you won't be able to see the inside of it well.
5. Divide your third petri plate into 4 numbered sections and label it with the name of the disinfectant you've chosen (e.g. "Bleach"). Use your chosen disinfectant to clean the other half of the object you swabbed. Using another new cotton swab, swab the area for microbes. Repeat the process of streaking the plate. Close and seal the plate.
6. Soak the used cotton swabs in disinfectant and throw them away. Place your plates in an out of the way spot and let them incubate at room temperature for two days. Clean your work area with disinfectant solution. Wash your hands.
7. After two days have passed, look at your initial petri plate. Do not open it. Examine your other petri plates in turn without opening them. Create a table that compares the plates made before and after cleaning the object (see sample table below). Be sure to indicate whether microbes grew in each streak.
8. Note: An adult supervisor preferably should do this step. Very carefully open the petri plates in a sink and flood them with undiluted bleach or alcohol. Let stand for an hour and then rinse them out thoroughly, tie them in a plastic bag and throw them away. Be sure not to touch the plate surfaces when you open them and wash your hands thoroughly after handling the plates. Clean your work area with disinfectant solution.
Sample Table
Note: You can try variations of this activity to test different things. For example, you may want to test the sterilizing power of different types of soaps or cleansers. To do this, you would pick a large object, such as a kitchen counter, and divide it into 4 or more sections. Swab one section that you don't clean. Wipe each of the other sections with a different cleanser and swab each, using a different petri plate for each section. Compare the plates after a few days.
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