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text: ARMONK, N.Y., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new technologies designed to help companies and governments tackle Big Data by making it simpler, faster and more economical to analyze massive amounts of data. New data acceleration innovation results in as much as 25 times faster reporting and analytics. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130403/NY88061-INFO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) As organizations grapple with a flood of structured and unstructured data generated by computers, mobile devices, sensors and social networks, they're under unprecedented pressure to analyze much more data at faster speeds and at lower costs to help deepen customer relationships, prevent threat and fraud, and identify new revenue opportunities. Today's announcement, which represents the work of hundreds of IBM developers and researchers in labs around the world, includes an industry-first innovation called "BLU Acceleration," which combines a number of techniques to dramatically improve analytical performance and simplify administration. Also announced is the new IBM PureData System for Hadoop, designed to make it easier and faster to deploy Hadoop in the enterprise. Hadoop is the game-changing open-source software used to organize and analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data, such as posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, online transaction records, and cell phone location data. The new system can reduce from weeks to minutes the ramp-up time organizations need to adopt enterprise-class Hadoop technology with powerful, easy-to-use analytic tools and visualization for both business analysts and data scientists. In addition, it provides enhanced Big Data tools for monitoring, development and integration with many more enterprise systems. "Big data is about using all data in context at the point of impact," said Bob Picciano, general manager, IBM Information Management. "With the innovations we are delivering, now every organization can realize value quickly by leveraging existing skills as well as adopt new capabilities for speed and exploration to improve business outcomes." BLU Acceleration enables users to have much faster access to key information, leading to better decision-making. The software extends the capabilities of traditional in-memory systems -- which allows data to be loaded into Random Access Memory instead of hard disks for faster performance -- by providing in-memory performance even when data sets exceed the size of the memory. During testing, some queries in a typical analytics workload were more than 1000 times faster when using the combined innovations of BLU Acceleration. 1 Innovations in BLU Acceleration include "data skipping," which allows the ability to skip over data that doesn't need to be analyzed, such as duplicate information; the ability to analyze data in parallel across different processors; and greater ability to analyze data transparently to the application, without the need to develop a separate layer of data modeling. Another industry-first advance in BLU Acceleration is called "actionable compression," where data no longer has to be decompressed to be analyzed.


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Tufts Department of Physics and Astronomy has close ties with the Physics community and utilizes collaborations to enable students and staff to experience research opportunities on as well as off-campus. Some of our current collaborators include:
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.
The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before they are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions.
Founded in 1954, the CERN Laboratory sits astride the Franco–Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe's first joint ventures and now has 20 Member States.
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionize our understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the vastness of the Universe.
ATLAS is one of two general-purpose detectors at the LHC. It will investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. ATLAS will record sets of measurements on the particles created in collisions – their paths, energies, and their identities. This is accomplished in ATLAS through six different detecting subsystems that identify particles and measure their momentum and energy.
Another vital element of ATLAS is the huge magnet system that bends the paths of charged particles for momentum measurement. The interactions in the ATLAS detectors will create an enormous dataflow. To digest these data, ATLAS needs a very advanced trigger and data acquisition system, and a large computing system.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy physics and related disciplines.
At Fermilab, a robust scientific program pushes forward on three interrelated frontiers: energy, intensity and cosmic. Each frontier has a unique approach to making discoveries, and all three are essential to answering key questions about the laws of nature and the cosmos. Some questions can only be addressed by experiments at one frontier, but others require investigation on multiple fronts to create a complete picture.
These scientific frontiers form an interlocking framework that addresses fundamental questions about the laws of nature and the cosmos.
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Tufts University is a member of the Boston Muon Consortium that was formed in the 1990s and includes Boston University, Brandeis, Harvard, MIT and UMass-Amherst. This collaboration designed and built monitored drift tubes for the ATLAS muon detector, which was used for study of the four-lepton final state decays of the new particle.


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Perhaps in a fancy neighborhood with well-spaced trees. Doesn't do any good if you are surrounded by a woods full of big trees - more cover for the bad guys.
I do like trees though, less they can see of my property in aerial photos!
Trees are beautiful, but I don't need all of the leaves in the Fall! Besides, they mess up my field of fire!


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Whether you're a country mouse, or a city mouse, privacy is always a concern. One major trend I see sweeping across the UK and into America lately is chic frosted film – decals that are as stylish as they are functional. Sure, frosted glass has been around for ages, but the ability to create your own on a budget – brilliant!
Brume in the UK produces the coolest patterns too – you can get your frost on in style! Easy to fit, Brume window film gives you the privacy you crave while allowing natural light into the room, and since the film laminates the glass, it makes it nearly impossible to smash. Get creative and apply it to cabinet doors and interior doors, too.
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11:15 a.m ET Start For Game Three Between Suns and Lookouts
By Jason Patterson / Jacksonville Suns | April 16, 2014 3:28 AM ET
The Suns will play only their third day game of the season in on Wednesday in Chattanooga. It is also easily their earliest start time to date. Game three of the club's second road series of the year is scheduled to get underway with the Lookouts in the morning hours. The first pitch is slated for 11:15 a.m. ET.
At least the morning sun will be a part of the equation, with temperatures again expected to be very chilly in central Tennessee. The weather did little to cool the visiting bats on Tuesday. The Suns offense instead seemed to finally heat up as the temperatures dropped last night.
Jacksonville bounced back nicely from Monday's loss in the opener, thanks to a one-hit performance by the pitching staff, including six strong innings from left-handed starter Andrew Heaney (2-0, 1.56). The result was a 4-0 shutout victory. Suns hitters were also far more dominant than the score would indicate, pounding out 12 hits in the contest.
With the series tied 1-1, the Suns will attempt to seize control by accomplishing a feat which has been difficult in recent history. Jacksonville will head into the morning tilt seeking to claim back to back victories over Chattanooga in the Lookouts home ballpark.
The clubs played two five game series at each team's home yard a year ago, nearly splitting the contests right down the middle. Chattanooga held a slim 10-9 advantage in nineteen games played (a twentieth game was on the schedule, but was ultimately cancelled due to weather). Both teams fared well at home, with the Lookouts winning seven of the nine games played at AT&T park.
You can listen to today's game live on the Suns Baseball Network, with the "Voice of the Suns" Roger Hoover providing play by play. Hoover is now in his third season as Jacksonville's Director of Broadcasting. He is assisted by Michael West and Jason Patterson. West and Patterson will host the Memorial Hospital Suns Pregame Show beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET on the Suns Baseball Network.
Starters: JAX : RHP Angel Sanchez (0,-2, 5.00) CHT: LHP Chris Reed (0-1, 1.54)
Series: Tied 1-1
Who's Hot: 3B Ryan Fisher (had 3 hits and drove in 2 of Jacksonville's 4 runs on Tuesday)
Sun Spots: Here are few notes to consider heading into tonight's game, direct from the official Suns game notes compiled by Michael West:
-Andrew Heaney is 3-0 with a 0.70 ERA in four career Southern League road starts (25.2 IP, 2 ER, 22 K/6 BB). -Jacksonville improved to 4-0 when leading after six innings (0-8 when trailing after six innings).
-The Suns have scored first in six of their seven road games (3-3 in those contests).
-Outfielder Angel Morales was promoted to Jacksonville from Jupiter on Tuesday (.306 average, 1 HR, 6 RBI in 10 games with Jupiter - spent 2007-2013 in Minnesota Twins organization).
-Four Jacksonville Suns had multi-hit effots in Tuesday's ballgame, with Danny Black and Isaac Galloway finishing with two hits apiece, while Ryan Fisher and J.T. Realmuto had their first three-hit games of 2014.
Today's broadcast will air on the Suns Baseball Network's flagship station 94.1 Classic Rock WSOS-FM. It can also be found via the Suns' mobile app. Click the link below to listen online.
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Last Friday Computerworld published the only article I've seen that contributed something both new and useful to the foggy, pointless discussion about whether cell phones cause cancer, and the World Health Organization's tentative, maybe-yes, maybe-no, better-to-be-cautious non-decisive analysis of the question.
(The discussion is pointless because, even with proof cell phones did cause cancer, would you give them up? Or would you do something stupid like put it in a lead box and try to use it anyway, by jamming in the wires for a headset and makeshift antenna? Forget it. The phone still won't get a signal and the lead box will ruin your clothes.)
The medical community hasn't actually reversed itself on the question of whether cell phones cause brain cancer, but the subtleties of interpretation are lost on (or at least really boring to) those who listened to the overwrought debate over cell-phone radiation dangers a few years ago.
The bottom line is that any kind of radiation could affect your brain and cause it cells to grow or behave abnormally. The type and amount of radiation coming from a cell phone is unlikely to cause problems for the overwhelming majority. (They put out radio waves and electromagnetic radiation; so does the radio in your car. The monitor you're looking at right now probably puts out more of both than your cell phone does. Put it out of your mind except when it becomes useful as a way to torture those who don't understand the interaction of matter and energy and believe you do.)
That doesn't mean cell phones won't kill you. Text while driving; talk too loud for a long time in an elevator, airplane or subway car; chirpily tell co-workers every 30 seconds about the cool little thing your cool little app on your cool little phone just did. All those things will get you dead much faster than radiation from even the most unregulated, hulk-mutating, plutonium-skinned phone manufactured in the secret factories under Chernobyl.
Still, some people worry. Some have reason to worry, some just worry.
Others (this is a site for IT people) have to answer obsessive questions from those who just worry.
Computerworld's Sharon Machlis did a nice little summary of the debate, with lots of links to more detailed info and a very useful little app that lets you type in your phone model and get the amount of radiation the phone puts out. (Less fun but possibly faster is the chart on page 2 with much the same information.)
The information for both comes from an environmentalist-but-scientifically balanced research organization called the Environmental Working Group that provides a lot of hype-busting, calm-inducing information on cell-phones and how to survive the hellish radiation they put out. There's a list of tips to limit exposure, the ten least radioactive phones, and a quick guide on how to escape the giant carnivorous monsters that were your pet turtles until cell-phone radiation mutated them.
Oddly, the headline on the text portion of the EWG's guide is "EWG's Guide to Reduce Cell Phone Radiation Exposure," which couldn't be less expletively overwrought if it tried.
The heading on the page itself is "Is My Cell Phone Dangerous," which just means even the EWG understands SEO.
The answer is No. Except that texting while driving thing. That'll kill you.


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I have had both Restalyn, and Juvederm in the folds by my mouth, and Rest. on my lip line and Juvederm on line and in my lips. I perfer Juvederm. I experienced no bumps at all with the Juvederm, but did noticed bumps with the Rest.
I did bruise a bit, but it was gone in a week. I could cover it with cover-up though and not severe. I think it makes a big difference if you prepare for this, with not taking aspirin, Advil, or vitamins, and no drinking, (nothing that thins the blood) Just check the list on what not to take before injections, or any cosmetic surgery.
Anyway I was very thrilled with the results of the Juvederm, such a smooth look, and I absolutely love it. Didn't notice any lumps, but did with Rest. but I still liked the results in my folds by my mouth. Could only feel the lumps with the Rest. in those folds if I pressed down on my skin, but did notice with the lip line some lumps, so didn't want to do Rest. in that area again, and was very, very pleased with the Juvederm around my lips, in my lips, mouth folds, and crows feet area.
My whole face looked so much smoother. She did a before and after picture, and it was immediate, and only got better in the weeks that followed. I do think it depends who does this procedure, and I think anyone wanting to have it done should ask for before and after pictures, so you will know what kind of results this person gets.
So go to a free consultation first and look at pictures. A little bruising I think is normal, but hey, it is well worth it. Just take precautious 2 weeks before, and don't take anything that thins the blood.
Do your homework first. It's your face so shop around, and know what kind of results you will get, by looking at their portfolio of before and after pictures.


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Name of man struck by vehicle released
WOOSTER -- Jack Richwine, 81, Wooster, was the victim who died Tuesday morning on the Dix Expressway when he was hit by a car, Police Chief Matt Fisher said Thursday.
Additional details surrounding the crash were not disclosed. The case has been sent to the Prosecutor's Office for consideration of charges.
Richwine was struck by a vehicle after he exited his car to help a driver in another vehicle who lost control of her vehicle, which then struck a concrete median. The name of the driver whose vehicle hit Richwine has not been released.
Hillsdale sets conference dates
HILLSDALE DISTRICT -- Hillsdale High School parent-teacher conferences will be held Wednesday from 2-5 p.m. and Thursday from 2-5 and 6-8 p.m. Conferences will break for the supper hour from 5-6 p.m. Conferences are on a first come, first serve basis.
Students will be dismissed early at 2 p.m. both days. There will be no school Feb. 15 or 18. For more information call the high school at 419-368-6841 or middle school at 419-368-4911.
Professor to present philosophy lecture
WOOSTER -- Nathaniel Goldberg, associate professor of philosophy at Washington and Lee University, will present "Out-Huming David Hume" at the Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy) Honor Society Lecture at The College of Wooster on Thursday. The free public lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall, 303 E. University St. A reception in the lobby will precede the presentation.
Goldberg's research interests are in epistemology, modern philosophy and the philosophy of language, and their implications for metaphysics.
For more information, contact Patrice Reeder at 330-263-2380 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Oak Grove plans annual meeting
SHREVE -- The Oak Grove Cemetery annual meeting will be Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at Schlabach Funeral Home. All lot owners are eligible to attend. Christmas wreaths are to be removed by March 15. No artificial or plastic flowers, hooks, stones, wires, glass, etc., are permitted. Live plants only are permitted at the cemetery.
Mom's Morning rescheduled
MILLERSBURG -- Mom's Morning Out, which was canceled Feb. 6 because of inclement weather, will be held March 13 from 9-10 a.m. at Charm School.
In order to prepare children for school, the Holmes County General Health District and East Holmes Local Schools have teamed up with early intervention specialists from the Holmes County Training Center to improve the well-being of children through Help Me Grow, an early intervention program and a home visiting program to help families coordinate and maximize opportunities for children who have delays, medical diagnosis or have suspected delays.
The Mom's Morning Out event will provide an introduction to the program and a time for representatives from Help Me Grow to answer questions and share developmental information for parents who may have concerns that their children are not meeting developmental milestones upon entry into kindergarten.
The program offers parents another resource to assist with developmental questions and needs, such as expert screenings for children under the age of three.
For more information, contact Becky Smith at 330-674-5035.
Hall named ONLA Legislator of Year
COLUMBUS -- State Rep. Dave Hall, R-Millersburg, was named the 2013 Legislator of the Year by the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association. The ONLA is a nonprofit trade association that promotes the growth of green industry businesses.
"Running his committee with the greatest efficiency and civility, Chairman Hall does an outstanding job of making all witnesses before his committee feel heard and appreciated and all members of his committee, whether Democrat or Republican, feel valued," said Belinda Jones, a legislative consultant who presented the award on behalf of the ONLA.
"It's a pleasure to work with the ONLA, and I'm honored to receive this prestigious award. As a former Park District director, I have enormous respect for Ohioans in the nursery and landscaping industries," said Rep. Hall. "Looking forward, the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will continue to help these industries grow strong roots in Ohio."
Rep. Hall is serving his third term in the Ohio House of Representatives, serving the 70th House District, which includes all of Ashland County, as well as portions of Holmes and Medina counties.


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I'm A Celebrity: David Haye takes a break from showering naked to face Bushtucker Trial
David Haye
As a former heavyweight boxing champ, David Haye is still staggeringly buff - an achievement he's been showing off with his daily naked showers in the I'm A Celebrity jungle.
And he's clearly no stranger to displaying his toned abs and and rippling biceps, as he previously got his kit off to raise awareness of male cancers for the Everyman charity - check out Cosmopolitan's pic!
But the 32-year-old is set to take a break from stripping off and lathering up and instead will be getting dirty in the latest Bushtucker Trial, in which he's set to "Wingwalk" along a plane suspended high above the jungle floor.
The I'm a Celebrity Scare Plane challenge will involve the competitive sportsman sitting in a cockroach-filled cockpit and then balancing on the wings of the aircraft as he goes on the hunt for stars located in and around the aircraft.
David will have to be light-footed and keep his normal composed attitude as he fends off the creepy crawlies and resists the urge to move too abruptly, because one false move will see him fall off of the plane!
If the Bushtucker Trial wasn't already complicated and difficult enough, Ant and Dec will inform The Hayemaker that he then has to unleash more bugs, which are hiding in plastic tubes along the wings.
Ordinarily a wingwalk stroll with such beautiful views would be quite pleasant, but David won't have any time to soak up the peaceful atmosphere away from the camp, as his fellow contestants are desperate for meals.
They all seem to be struggling with the lack of food and David admitted before going on the show that hunger was one of the things he was dreading most about the jungle.
He confessed: "I do eat a lot and I eat at set times. My diet is very regimented in the kinds of foods I eat and when I eat.
"This will be tough for me and it will be a challenge. It remains to be seen how grumpy I do get!
"I don't, however, want to drop too much weight in the jungle. It is a concern because it is not so much to do with the actual weight, but how much lean muscle I have. I need to maintain my muscle weight and I will try to exercise when I can."
David's buff body has already proved somewhat of a highlight on the show and viewers have looked on admirably as the athlete has engaged in regular jungle workouts.
Hopefully he will pass the Bushtucker Trial with 'flying' colours...
David posed naked for Cosmopolitan magazine to raise awareness of male cancer for the Everyman Charity.


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My battery light indicator light is on and on my DIC panel shows check charging system. Does this mean my battery is going bad?
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Could either be a bad battery or your alternator is going bad, or both. I wouldn't prolong getting it fixed, because if the battery is bad, you are straining the alternator to keep up.
Or, could possibly be something as a loose ground, just get it checked. A simple load tester and a voltage meter can detect either problem.
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Loose ground wire on the battery. Remove the negative side and re attach it. Happened to me 3 weeks ago. Problem solved


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Open Letter To The Today Show From Arthur Murray Student
Arthur Murray Sherman Oaks shared a fantastic letter written by Goldie Levenstein, an 89 year old ballroom dance student, to the producers of the Today show. We couldn't improve on the content whatsoever, so here is the letter in its entirety.
Dear Hoda Kotb & Kathie Lee Gifford
c/o The Today Show, NBC
I've watched your show for many years and enjoyed it very much. However, a few months ago, you had a segment featuring five women in different age groups (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s). The five women were talking about going after one's dreams and passions at any age. I thought: how about after the 60s? I took exception to this. It was as if you were saying that no one past their 60s was worth knowing or listening to.
I am an 89 year old woman who has taken up ballroom dancing at ARTHUR MURRAYa little over a year ago and it has really become my passion. I'm striving to become a good dancer without making allowances for my age. Dancing has given me a new lease on life. I'd hate to think what I would be doing now if I hadn't gone after my new passion. I know I would not feel as if I were getting younger all the time.
I am sending you a DVD [see clip in this article] showing my Solo Dance featuring my instructor, JOSH BECKET (28 years old) and myself dancing. The music is titled "Sugar Mama" to show you I have a sense of humor. The audience, as you'll see/hear, went crazy.
Thank you for listening to me.
Goldie Levenstein
Valley Village, CA
Go get 'em, Goldie!!
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So I managed to get my rogue to level 90 today, so have the first set of results on the delayed leveling route. This involves staying in the earlier zones a few bars longer than you otherwise would before skipping to the next zone. So I stayed in Jade Forest until about 6 bars into 86, stayed in Valley of the Four Winds / Krasarang until just a few bars from 88, stayed in Kun Lai until half way to 89, and stayed in Townlong until 7 bars into 89.
For my previous 6 toons, not counting the character I started on launch day (always slower), my leveling times have ranged from 21 hours to 25 hours played time from 85 to 90.
For this character with the slightly delayed leveling approach, his total played time to 90 was 20 hours. Imagine my surprise to find that doing it the "long way" actually resulted in a faster leveling time.
I'm now somewhat curious as to what the speed would be to totally play out each of the early zones.


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Poet, editor, and translator Daryl Hine was born in 1936 in British Columbia and grew up in New Westminster. His mother's death while he was still a teenager had a profound influence on him. He studied Classics and philosophy at McGill University, and he earned his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Chicago. The editor of Poetry from 1968-78, Hine was also a highly regarded translator of Classical writers such as Homer, Hesiod, and Ovid, among others; Hine's translation of Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns (2005) won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. His numerous other honors and awards included fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, as well as a medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also received three Canada Council Grants, and his &: A Serial Poem (2010) was short-listed for the Governor General's Award for Poetry. The award's judges described the book as "a reflection on civilization as a whole," declaring it "the summing up of a life in particular weighed against eternity."
All of Hine's poetry is known for its interest in philosophy, history, art, and literature, as well as its carefully formulated moments of autobiography. In early books such as The Carnal and the Crane (1957) and The Devil's Picture Book (1960), Hine's classical education took center stage and his reputation as a "poet's poet" was confirmed. Writing in complicated formal structures—including anapestic trimeter, rime riche, and Sapphics, as well as sestinas, villanelles, and alexandrines—Hine's verse was frequently described as "flawless"—almost to a fault. "In Daryl Hine," wrote critic Louis Dudek, "we have an amazingly capable poet for whom poetry is not a mimetic art, whose eye is not in a fine frenzy rolling, who does not overflow with powerful emotion… but a poet from whom poetry is a series of extremely recherche, abstract, contrived word forms, containing oblique and ambiguous philosophical essays and meditations."
Though he suffered some criticism for seeming to privilege form over content, many readers praised Hine's ability to marry the two in grand fashion. Eric Ormsby commented that, "Hine is a poet in whom an almost irresistible exuberance of language brims to the utmost; a fierce jollity, a luxuriance in the elemental stuff of words, propels his verse. At certain moments, in reading him, one has the startled sense that language has arrived at a kind of impasse which only a quick scintillation of wit—in the form of a sly rhyme, a subtle pun or an extravagant rhetorical flourish—can grace, if not elude. As a result, Hine's poems, unlike the brittle pirouettes of the formalist, seem to take shape, in all their glistening eloquence, hot from some secret forge." In books such as In and Out (1989), a long narrative poem that explores Hine's emerging homosexuality and brief interest in the Catholic church, and Postscripts (1991), a collection of lyrics, Hine explored personal content while displaying his characteristically dazzling form. In Contemporary Poetry Review, Bill Coyle called Hine "simply one of the best poets of Eros and of the wonder, touched with fear that it can provoke."
The publication of Recollected Poems: 1951-2004 (2009) showed the very real achievements of Hine. Arranged according to subject rather than chronology the work offered readers a chance to observe the remarkable consistency of Hine's career. According to Ormsby, "it would be hard to guess, without the dates provided, which [poems] are early and which late. To judge from the work 'recollected' here, Hine seems to have sprung fully formed from Apollo's head. There are few hesitations and almost no false starts. Even more impressive, his sheer technical virtuosity aside, Hine's distinctive voice is recognizable from the first." &: A Serial Poem (2010) was also written under strict formal constraints—303 stanzas of ten lines each, with an intricate rhyme scheme and accentual meter. In The Critical Flame, Alexander Lewis describe the book as an almost-diary: "Too oblique and plotless to be called autobiographical, but with too many recognizable allusions to the life and works of Daryl Hine to seem anything other than confessional, & exists somewhere between both."
A forerunner in late 20th century American poetry, Daryl Hine's work both explored conventional styles and charted new territory. Though abstract, lofty, formal, and glittering, Hine's work is also tender, honest, and rigorous. Arguing for Hine's importance to contemporary poetry, Coyle alleged: "honestly, Hine is able to work miracles. Recollected Poems concludes with imitations of parts of Ovid's Tristia that Hine has cast entirely—and I would have thought foolhardily—in rime riche couplets, even, at one point, rhyming Narcissi with sissy. Damned if he doesn't make this work, though."
Hine lived in Illinois with his partner of more than 30 years, Samuel Todes, a philosophy professor at Northwestern University. After Todes's death in 1994, Hine became increasingly reclusive. Hine died of a blood disorder in 2012, at the age of 76.
- Five Poems, Emblem Books, 1955.
- The Carnal and the Crane, Contact Press, 1957.
- The Devil's Picture Book, Abelard, 1960.
- Heroics: Five Poems, Grosswiller (France), 1961.
- The Wooden Horse, Atheneum, 1965.
- Minutes, Atheneum, 1968.
- Resident Alien, Atheneum, 1975.
- In and Out, privately printed, 1975, revised edition, 1989.
- Daylight Saving, Atheneum, 1978.
- Selected Poems, Oxford University Press (Toronto), 1980, Atheneum, 1981.
- Academic Festival Overtures, Atheneum, 1985.
- In and Out: A Confessional Poem, Knopf, 1989.
- Arrondissements, Porcupine's Quill (Erin, ON), 1989.
- Postscripts, Random House, 1990, Knopf, 1991.
- Recollected Poems: 1951-2004, Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Markham, ON), 2009.
- &: A Serial Poem, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2010.
- A Mutual Flame (radio play), BBC, 1961.
- The Death of Seneca, produced in Chicago, 1968.
- Alcestis (radio play), BBC, 1972.
- The Homeric Hymns and the Battle of the Frogs and Mice, Atheneum, 1972.
- (And author of commentary) Theocritus: Idylls and Epigrams, Atheneum, 1982.
- Ovid's Heroines: A Verse Translation of the Heroides, Yale University Press, 1991.
- Puerilities: Erotic Epigrams of The Greek Anthology, Princeton University Press, 2001.
- Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns, University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- The Prince of Darkness & Co. (novel), Abelard-Schuman, 1961.
- Polish Subtitles: Impressions from a Journey (nonfiction), Abelard-Schuman, 1962.
- (Editor with Joseph Parisi) The "Poetry" Anthology, 1912-1977, Houghton, 1978.
Contributor of poems to the New Yorker and other magazines. Editor, Poetry, 1968-78.
Further Readings
- Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 15, Gale, 1980.
- Dudek, Louis, Selected Essays and Criticism, Tecumseh, 1978.
- Howard, Richard, Alone with America: Essays on the Art of Poetry in the United States since 1950, Atheneum, 1969.
- Booklist, January, 1991, p. 108; February 15, 1991, p. 1174.
- Canadian Literature, summer, 1988, pp. 173-74.
- Chicago Tribune, March 5, 1989, section 14, p. 3.
- Chicago Tribune Book World, September 13, 1981.
- Library Journal, January, 1991, p. 108.
- New Leader, September 7, 1981; March 6, 1989, p. 15.
- New Republic, May 15, 1989, p. 46-48.
- New York Review of Books, March 31, 1966.
- New York Times Book Review, September 4, 1966; November 24, 1968; March 2, 1986.
- Publishers Weekly, December 2, 1988, p. 40-41.
- Saturday Night, February, 1981.
- Saturday Review, March 15, 1969.
- Time, September 25, 1978.
- Times Literary Supplement, August 15, 1975; October 20, 1978.
- Washington Post, July 9, 1989, p. 3.
- Washington Post Book World, October 22, 1978; August 2, 1981.
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Poet, editor, and translator Daryl Hine was born in 1936 in British Columbia and grew up in New Westminster. His mother's death while he was still a teenager had a profound influence on him. He studied Classics and philosophy at McGill University, and he earned his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Chicago. The editor of Poetry from 1968-78, Hine was also a highly regarded translator of Classical writers such as Homer, Hesiod, and Ovid, among others; Hine's translation of Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns (2005) won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. His numerous other honors and awards included fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, as well as a medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also received three Canada Council Grants, and his &: A Serial Poem (2010) was short-listed for the...


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After limiting his minutes early on, coach George Karl and the Denver Nuggets are reaping the benefits from letting the "Manimal" loose. Kenneth Faried, who earned that nickname because of his physical and aggressive play, should be in for a tough interior battle Friday night when the Nuggets host a Utah Jazz team featuring two of the top eight rebounders in the Western Conference. Faried played less than 20 minutes in each of the first two games before receiving a boost in playing time Saturday. In his three contests since, the second-year forward has averaged 17.7 points, 12.0 rebounds and shot 64.1 percent in more than 31 minutes per game. Faried will try to keep that strong play going against Utah's formidable frontcourt. Al Jefferson is tied for sixth in the conference with 10.0 rebounds per game, while Paul Millsap is tied with Faried for eighth at 9.6. Jefferson posted his third double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Jazz (2-3) snapped a three-game skid with a 95-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. "He's really putting forth an effort to help us on the defensive end and doing a nice job of waiting for his offense to come," coach Tyrone Corbin said. "We're going to need him to continue that." The Nuggets (2-3) would like to see the same from Faried after he helped them to a second straight win Wednesday, 93-87 at Houston. Faried, who holds the NCAA record for career rebounds with 1,673, had 16 points and 16 boards against the Rockets. With the 6-foot-8 Faried leading the way, the Nuggets rank third in the NBA with 49.4 rebounds per game. "I think it has a lot to do with what we do in practice," Faried said. "Extra possessions are really important in this league." Point guard Ty Lawson, who leads Denver with 15.6 points per game, scored 21 and added eight assists Wednesday. Wilson Chandler, who has appeared in three games, isn't expected to play Friday as he continues to work his way back from hip surgery. The Nuggets could use Chandler's long-range scoring ability, as they've made just 29.2 percent of their 3-point attempts. The Jazz are allowing opponents to make 37.2 percent of their 3s, but they're coming off their best defensive effort of the young season. Utah held Los Angeles to 33.8 percent shooting - the Lakers' worst effort in a regular-season game since Feb. 27, 2009 - and 4 for 23 from long distance. "We were aggressive," Corbin said. "I thought for the most part we made them work for everything they got." Point guard Mo Williams, the team's leading scorer at 19.8 points per game, finished with 16 and seven assists. Randy Foye scored 17 off the bench while making five 3-pointers. Utah has won two of three in Denver after losing seven of eight visits, including the playoffs. "We have to continue to work hard and try to put a couple of wins together," Jefferson said. "Denver's a great team at home."
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Overview of the Conduct Process
This overview gives a general idea of how the University/College's campus conduct proceedings work, but it should be noted that not all situations are of the same severity or complexity. Thus, these procedures are flexible, and are not exactly the same in every situation, though consistency in similar situations is a priority. The campus conduct process and all applicable timelines commence with notice to an administrator of a potential violation of University rules.[1]
Possible violations of University policy and/or the Student Code of Conduct may be reported by any member of the University community. Reports should be submitted, in writing, on the University Student Conduct Referral form available online at http://www.una.edu/student-conduct/forms.html or via an e-mail that provides the information requested on the form. Forms are also available in the Office of Student Conduct, Room 209, Guillot University Center. The University recognizes that some violations are of a more sensitive nature than others. A student who believes he or she has been the victim of sexual misconduct committed by another University student may explore disciplinary options by contacting the Office of Student Conduct via phone, e-mail, or office visit. Sexual assault resources are also available on the University website at http://una.edu/assault.
Once a Referral Form/report is submitted, the following procedures will be followed:
- Based on the information in the report, the Director of Student Conduct determines whether a possible violation occurred.
- If determination is made in the affirmative, investigation begins and, where applicable, written statements will be requested from witnesses, and/or victim(s).
- The alleged student violator(s) is notified in writing of the possible violation and the date, time, and place of the student conduct conference. The conference is an informal, non-adversarial meeting between a student and a Conduct Officer or designee of the Student Conduct Office.
- During the conference, the Conduct Officer presents the information in the report, listens to the student, discusses circumstances regarding the incident, and hears student concerns.
- Based upon the discussion and the preponderance of evidence, the conference will ultimately result in the student deciding whether to accept responsibility for any violation(s) and/or sanction(s) assigned by the Conduct Officer, or to request an appeal the decision. A student may only appeal a sanction of Removal from University Housing and Suspension to Permanent Expulsion from the University.
- In cases of accusation of violations of the Student Code of Conduct that could result in suspension from the University or removal from the residence halls, the Director of Student Conduct or his/her designee may appoint two Conduct Officers to investigate the student conduct case. All investigations will be thorough, reliable, impartial, prompt and fair. Investigations entail interviews with all relevant parties and witnesses, obtaining available evidence and identifying sources of expert information, as necessary.
- If a student respondent fails to appear for the conference, the meeting may be held without his/her presence or statements and/or the student may be charged with failing to comply and may be suspended until they do appear.
- At any point during the investigation, if it is determined there is no reasonable cause to believe that UNA policy has been violated, the Director of Student Conduct has the authority to terminate the investigation and end resolution proceedings. All investigations are conducted so as to provide the responding party with appropriate due process, including written notice of the allegations. The investigators will fully inform the responding party of all evidence obtained in the course of the investigation, and will offer the responding party a full and fair opportunity to respond to and rebut the allegations of misconduct. In this sense, interviews during the course of the investigation are conducted as administrative hearings.
- Witnesses (as distinguished from the parties) are expected to cooperate with and participate in UNA's investigation. Failure of a witness to cooperate with and/or participate in the investigation constitutes a violation of policy and may be subject to discipline. Witnesses may provide written statements in lieu of interviews during the investigation and may be interviewed remotely by phone, Skype (or similar technology), if they cannot be interviewed in person or if the investigators determine that timeliness or efficiency dictate a need for remote interviewing.
- In cases of sexual misconduct and/or other violations that fall under Title IX (sexual harrassment, sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence, relationship violence), the Title IX Coordinator or his/her designee does the initial inquiry and assigns investigators if the case moves forward. For more information on Title IX investigations, see https://www.una.edu/titleix/policies-and-procedures.html.
- If during a Title IX investigation it is determined that there is not a Title IX violation, there may still be a violation according to the University Student Code of Conduct or other University Policies and the individual may be sanctioned accordingly.
Disciplinary Procedure for Sexual Misconduct
The Office of Student Conduct administers the Disciplinary Procedure for Sexual Misconduct as outlined in the Student Conduct Process section of the UNA Student Handbook.
A student who believes he or she has been the victim of sexual misconduct committed by another University student may explore disciplinary options by contacting the Office of Student Conduct via phone, e-mail, or office visit. Sexual assault resources are also available on the University website at http://una.edu/assault. Once a report is received by the Office, an investigation must ensue. For completely confidential reporting that does not require a pursuant investigation, victims should report to medical or counseling services.
In order to initiate a formal complaint through the Office of Student Conduct, a student must submit a complaint. When a complaint is filed, a Conduct Officer will meet with the complainant and the respondent separately to explain the policy and procedure, and provide a written copy of the parties' rights and responsibilities.
Preponderance of evidence is the level of proof used in administrative hearings. This requires proof above probable cause, but less than that to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. In general terms, based on the evidence, Conduct Officers and University Student Conduct Board (USCB) members determine if it is more than likely than not (over 50%) that the person is responsible for a violation.
If a criminal investigation is under way or if the student has chosen to file a complaint with the police or the District Attorney's (DA) office, the University disciplinary procedure will continue unless the respondent chooses to opt for a Voluntary Disciplinary Withdrawal pending the outcome from the DA's office.
University complaints may only be brought against students who are currently enrolled or on leave, but eligible to return. To institute formal legal proceedings outside the University, the reporting student needs to file a written complaint with the University Police Department or other law enforcement within the jurisdiction where the incident occurred.
Student's Procedural Rights
When a student or student organization representative appears for a student conduct conference before the Director of Student Conduct or his/her designee or before a University Student Conduct Board, the following procedural rights will be accorded:
- To receive a letter of notification with the date, time, and place of the student conduct conference or USCB hearing.
- To have a student conduct hearing that shall be scheduled no earlier than three (3) business days* after the date of the notice except in extenuating circumstances with approval from the Director of Student Conduct.
- To have an advisor present during the student conduct conference or USCB hearing; however, the advisor may not participate in presenting the case, question witnesses, or make statements during the conference. The advisor may not act as legal counsel. An attorney may be present only if the student has been charged with a felony offense.
- To have the right to question all witnesses. Note: In cases of alleged sexual assault, provisions will be made for testimony via speaker phone, closed-circuit television, or other established technology to ensure that the parties are not required to be in the same room.
- To receive written notification of the decision of the student conduct conference or USCB hearing within ten (10) business days*, barring unforeseen circumstances. Note: In cases of sexual assault, victims are also notified of the results within ten (10) business days.
- To either accept responsibility for the violation(s) and the assigned sanction(s) or submit a written appeal to the Conduct Officer within three (3) business days from the date of receipt of the decision. A student may only appeal a sanction of Removal from University Housing or Suspension to Permanent Expulsion from the University.
In cases of alleged sexual misconduct, both the complainant and respondent may appeal the finding of an investigation.
Appeals (for more information, see Section 7(P)
A student found responsible for a Code of Conduct violation may only appeal a sanction of Removal from University Housing or Suspension to Permanent Expulsion from the University, with the exception of cases involving allegation of sexual misconduct.
Appeals shall be heard by the Vice President for Student Affairs or his/her designed Appeal Review Officer, or in cases of alleged sexual misconduct, an Appeal Board. A written request for an appeal by the student must be submitted to the Office of Student Conduct within three (3) business days* of notification of results of the original hearing or conference. The Office of Student Conduct may administer the notification of hearing results via students' official University email address.
The Appeal Review Officer may sustain or modify the sanction set by the Office of Student Conduct when he/she determines that the sanction recommended was outside the University's sanction range for such violations and/or not justified by the nature of the offense. The person conducting the appeal will forward a written decision and rationale to the Director of Student Conduct within ten (10) business days of receiving the sanction review request.
*Note: Computation of time: When any period of time is referred to, such period in all cases are computed to exclude the first and include the last day of such period. Business days include normal University operating days and exclude holidays and weekends. The last business day ends at 4 p.m.


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By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog
SPRINGFIELD — Chicago's public schools are finally having to pay a more accurate pension bill, but some Illinois lawmakers
wonder if school leaders are learning their lesson.
Chicago's schools are tapping into previously off-limits reserve funds to patch a nearly $1 billion dollar budget gap this year.
CPS is going to spend $6.6 billion, but only has $5.5 billion on hand to pay its bills. That budget gap is projected to get worse next year, and the year after that, and all the way to 2020 according to a new report from the Chicago-based Civic Federation.
Why? Pensions.
The Civic Federation, a non-partisan group that advocates for better and smarter government, rips Chicago's schools for not having a plan to deal with an explosion in pension costs.
"CPS cannot afford its existing pension system," the Civic Federation report states. "The $404 million funding cliff created by the contribution holiday has damaged the already unstable fiscal health of CPS."
Chicago schools must find $404 million more for pensions this year because CPS has paid only a fraction of its true pension costs for the past three years.
Chicago schools shelled out pension payments of $187 million in 2011, $192 million in 2012 and $196 million last year. This year the payment skyrockets to $600 million.
Illinois lawmakers were asked to extend the pension payment holiday, but quickly said no back in May.
State Rep. Will Davis, D-Homewood, wrote Illinois' education budget. He said Chicago schools are likely to ask again for a pension holiday.
"I wouldn't say that we wouldn't consider it," Davis said. "An issue of that magnitude needs a little time. You need to work it a little
bit. I don't see why it wouldn't come back in (October's) veto session."
But Davis said Chicago schools must do more than just ask state lawmakers for a pension bailout.
"At some point they gotta say 'This is what we want, these are our reforms'," Davis said. "At some point CPS has to have an honest conversation about where they are, without doing anything else, and then let's work on the other things that they want to do."
David Miranda, a spokesman for Chicago's schools, said the district has always been honest with state lawmakers about what it needs.
"We will continue to rigorously push for pension reform as we did last session," Miranda said.
CPS wants an overhaul of its pension system, similar to the failed plan in Springfield that would have imposed cost of living adjustment changes, a higher retirement age, and had teachers pay more for their own retirement.
Davis said CPS needs to realize the state is going to ask all schools, including those in Chicago, to pay more of their own costs in the next few years.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said if Chicago schools are looking for pension tweaks, the district is not learning the right lesson.
"Defined benefit plans are unsustainable," Ives said Friday.
Ives is one of a handful of lawmakers that wants to end Illinois' five defined benefit pension plans
and replace them with a 401k style retirement plan.
"We have to have big (pension) reforms, or Chicago will be the next Detroit," Ives said.
She also noted some people understand that, and are looking to act.
"Kudos to Mayor (Rahm) Emaunel," Ives said of Chicago's Democratic leader. "He is right to say delay is not a strategy."
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Saints are hoping to make it a Good Saturday after a Bad Friday as Reading and West Ham piled on the pressure ahead of today's derby game against Portsmouth at St Mary's.
The Royals bagged two goals in the closing minutes of their match against Leeds to knock Saints off of top spot in the Championship for the first time in almost two months.
And, later in the day, West Ham closed the gap between themselves and Nigel Adkins, right, and his men to just three points by demolishing Barnsley 4-0.
Saints though have the opportunity to grab the division by the scruff of the neck again when they take on struggling arch rivals Pompey this lunchtime.
A victory against their near neighbours would take Saints back to the top of the table and in pole position for promotion with five games left.
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Critical literacies in place : teachers who work for just and sustainable communities
Comber, Barbara (2009) Critical literacies in place : teachers who work for just and sustainable communities. In Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Policy and Practice Decolonizing Community Context. Routledge (Taylor & Francis), New York and London, pp. 43-57.
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05/28/09 7:04AM By Susan Keese
(Host) State transportation officials are working on an application for more than $100 million in federal stimulus funds to improve rail service in Vermont.
Robert Ide is Vermont's Rail Program Manager. He says if the application is successful, most of the funds would be spent on the state's western rail corridor.
(Ide) We're showing $ 76. 4 million as activities within the Western Corridor that would help not only freight movement but would also provide the necessary infrastructure for passenger service.
(Host) Vermont currently has one Western Corridor passenger train, the Amtrak Ethan Allen Express from Rutland to New York City. For years, passenger service from Bennington to Burlington has been a goal for many people in the state.
Officials would also like to improve freight service to take the burden off the region's roadways and reduce greenhouse gases. But major improvements need to be made the aging track bed before either of those things can happen.
Ide says the Western Corridor is the top priority in the state's rail plan. He says the track from Rutland to Burlington will be addressed first, and after that the track from Rutland south.
Ide says federal stimulus funds would bring those goals much closer.
(Ide) We will need a minimum of two and perhaps three construction seasons in order to make all the necessary repairs. We probably will be offering the service into downtown Burlington at the end of the second year. But it may not be at the speed that we're able to attain after the third construction season. It's a very optimistic plan, but it is a plan that can be achieved with the proper resources being made available.
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