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Marie O. Draper
Marie O. Draper
Marie was born in Sunnyside on March 25, 1923, to Henning B. and Minnie C. Olsen. She was the sixth child and the baby of her family of three brothers and two sisters. Zelila Morley, Arlene McCrae, John, Lloyd and Forrest Olsen all who preceded her in death.
On June 11, 1941, she married Boyd A. McKinnon and he passed away on Dec. 21, 1957. They had one daughter, Connie M. Gragg, Mesquite, Nev; two grandchildren, Sandra M. (Steve) Alderson, Mesquite, Nev., Damon R. (Lisa) Gragg, Livermore, Calif; four great-grandchildren, Michael Millring, Matthew Gragg, Morgan Millring and Scott Gragg; and their son-in-law, Damon R. Gragg who preceded her in death.
After Boyd's death, Marie moved from the ranch and began a career in banking. She retired from Zions Bank in Price. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an active member of the community. She loved to play bridge, belonged to several clubs and loved her bridge friends.
Marie met and married Alvin Swasey on July 16, 1960. They were married for 15 years when Al passed away. They loved to camp and enjoy many outings in their camper.
Just before her retirement, she met and married a wonderful man, Thomas J. Draper. Tom and Marie had six years together and enjoyed traveling before Tom's passing. Through that union Marie gained a step-son, James (Marie) Draper, Silver Springs, Md; and three grandchildren, Julie, Lori and Mike. She loved them as her own and until her death they were an important part of her life.
She has many nieces and nephews whom she loved and was always available to help with what ever they needed.
In 1995, Marie was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and since then it's been a long journey. During this time she lived at the Heirloom Inn in Price and the Beehive Home in St. George. Her family is so grateful for all the loving care that she received.
It has been a long goodbye, but now we know you are at peace and in the arms of those family members who were waiting for you.
Funeral service, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, 11 a.m., Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will be at Mitchell's Friday evening from 6 - 7 p.m. and Saturday one hour prior to service. Interment, Price City Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home of Price where friends are welcome to share memories of Marie online at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.


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All we need is a web browser. Users need the flexibility to choose their own mail program. Besides, webmail is today's king. This is why "Seamonkey" is often forgotten.
WYSIWYG was a new feature in the word processors in the early 90s but in HTML is has never been true.
That said, the Composer is a great and very useful feature for copying and pasting text from an HTML page.
make WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get, HTML files.
As a ex-professional web developer, I have to say: You're doin' it wrong!
HTML has nothing, I repeat, NOTHING to do with looks. If you so much as THINK about looks while writing HTML, you completely and utterly fail. ^^
(Yeah. Really.
CSS is for the looks. HTML is about structuring your code, by adding markup that explains what it is you have there. So software can make sense out of it. RDF or other ontologic languages would be an extension of that idea.
That's the best way, to test if the webdev you want to
SeaMonkey Composer is the best way to make WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get, HTML files.
From what I read, no one even merged the Nvu code improvements back into the Composer source tree, much less the improvements to Nvu that now form KompoZer [kompozer.net]. Besides, there are other up-to-date and free WYSIWYG editors for HTML. Do SeaMonkey Composer for example even support modern HTML standards and cross-browser validation?
I don't see the benefit of using webmail instead of a client and IMAP? A client can give me notifications, and search faster. I can use it offline. And I can integrate all my mail accounts together.
There are plenty of very good mail programs out there, just choose the one that sucks the least (Sylpheed/Claws for me).
I thought I liked having my email & web browsing integrated, but apparently I've had it forced upon me without realising it...
Some people enjoy using Outlook even if webmail is king.
However, until Lightning and Thunderbird get a better overhaul, Seamonkey will never catch on. The calendar and mail interface is mediocre at best compared to Outlook 2007.
Its sad that we use Open Office at the nonprofit I work at, but still use Outlook.
Users need the flexibility to choose their own mail program.
They have that flexibility. They can use Firefox.
Besides, webmail is today's king.
I don't know about you, but I can't stand webmail.
If Mozilla organization had some vision and asked themselves "why does companies choose MS/IBM (Lotus) based solutions instead of us?".
Yea, all uses a browser now and check their gmail/hotmail, that is how companies etc. work these days right?
one crash every couple of hours is where we're setting the bar now?
if this was a Microsoft product you'd be outraged and laughing about the ridiculous uptime.
Seriously, I was going to say the same thing. Crashing once with a few hours of use is pretty iffy...
Of course, it depends on what crashed it. But still. The bias towards liking it is obvious, too.. "but only once."
That's like saying that I got a virus in Windows - but only once. So Windows is actually really secure!
I am a software tester. If the software I test crashes and I am inclined to think it was a problem with the software, I actually am paid to try to reproduce the problem... not pass it o
here's reproducability for you
1. install adobe flash player
2. browse the web with any browser, especially visit sites with flash content. For extra daring attempts, open multiple tabs with flash content at the same time.
3. the crashes!!!
That being said youtube doesn't normally cause crashes for me, so it is probably shitty flash applications from shitty websites.
i hope to god something has replaced flash in 10 years.
Time to give SeaMonkey another shot!
No thanks. I tried it when I was a kid. They are just brine shrimp. Nothing special, definitely not monkeys, and don't waste your money by giving them another shot.
it's crashed once -- but only once -- in several hours of use
As "several" could (potentially) refer to any number more than two, then it could (potentially) "only" crash 8 times a day, or 56 times a week, or 2912 times a year.
Not a terribly positive endorsement to be honest.
Even giving the benefit of the doubt and calling it 8 hours, that's still once a (working) day, or 5 times a (working) week. Still not acceptable.
Of course, extrapolating a statistic out of such a small sample size (2 or even 8 hours) is somewhat premature. That may have been the only crash in 10,000 hours, just so happens it was at the beginning. Or it normally would crash 5,000 times in a year, and he just went to "safe" sites. Neither extreme seems likely, but merely possible given the low sample siz
I'm browsing with SeaMonkey 1.1.17 right now, I prefer they way it handles tabs over firefox.
Hope they didn't change that!
Seems to be the same. The new-tab button is still in its fixed position on the left-hand side.
The interface looks the same, except for a few differences
- The classic theme button icons look more firefox-like and less netscape 3-like (bad thing, in my books). A theme can solve that.
- There is now an rss icon w/ drop-down list on the right hand side of the address bar. So far its been unobtrusive.
- The url-guessing algorithm has been changed; it's now supposed to guess based on URL and page title. Not sure ho
The Javascript is much faster over the 1.x series. For instance, loading slashdot.org no longer brings up the dialog 'the javascript on this page is too convoluted and is taking too long. we're going to make you click okay just for the hell of it'.
Hopefully it doesn't crash as much as Seamonkey 1.x. I never figured out what was causing the crashes, possibly the gcc version I was using or maybe Flash. In any case, I will gladly make Seamonkey my backup browser to Chrome (goodbye, Firefox, I won't miss yo
it's crashed once -- but only once -- in several hours of use.
flash ?
Interestingly, I noticed Firefox no longer crashes because of flash. I don't know who fixed it (Mozilla or Adobe) but the last crash must have been more than 6 months ago.
I've been getting a lot of Flash crashes on AMD64 Karmic the last couple weeks.
On linux platforms it is unstable because Flash and Pulse Audio do no play well. Firefox would be doing everyone a favor if they allowed users to block flash from sites the same way you can block images from specific servers.
I've used Seamonkey as my default browser for a long time now, mainly because I like the user interface better. Seamonkey 2.0 now uses Firefox's printing system, though, and this is one of the main things I don't like about Firefox. I use lpr for printing, not cups, and I liked the fact that earlier versions of Seamonkey (and "Mozilla" before it) remembered any changes I made to the "lpr command" in the print dialog. Firefox uses gtk-print, which reverts back to the default lpr command every time you click print, even in the same session. I've reported this as a bug in the Seamonkey bugzilla.
Regarding crashes, I've seen another report of this at LWN [lwn.net].
I use lpr for printing, not cups
Well, I can see another way of solving your problem...
You should probably file a bug on gtk-print instead.
I use SeaMonkey as my main browser, and the only time I have crash problems is during the alpha phase, and even then it usually isn't bad.
Maybe there is a global setting for Gnome that allows you to set the default print command. I agree that this is not acceptable interface design. State is a very useful concept. Especially for printing setup.
This is just brine gecko...don't be fooled!
This is just brine gecko...don't be fooled!
Mmmmm . . . Brined gecko . . .
"Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application"
Because a lot of people like having that integration.
You don't? Then use something else and quit whining.
Because some people want it that way?
There are a lot of alturnatives. If you're a Mozilla fan boy, just use FF if that's all you want. And of course there are always Safari, Chrome, Opera, and even IE...
SeaMonkey might not be for you - don't use it. But it does have a feature set that clearly some people want. Just because it's Open Source, don't feel that you are *required* to use it.
I've been running the Betas & RCs of SM 2.0 for the last couple of months on Windows 7 x64, Ubuntu 9.04 & Windows XP SP3, and while I got regular crashes on closing the browser if I'd been using Flash (Seems to be fixed in the final so far) I didn't have any non-Flash related crashes.
I don't know why Timothy felt the need to make the comment other than to put a negative spin on the release;
It crashed once on his computer; without any context it's just a dig.
I can guarantee you for *any* release of software that at least one person will have had it crash on them within a few hours.
Every single final version of browser out there even including IE has some feature like "tab recovery". Guess the reason for it?
I have filed a bug under Debian where I am offering $250 if someone can get a
If you are not already aware, the Firefux/Thunderturd/Seamonkey art licensing prohibits it's use under Debian/Ubuntu. As such, the packages must be renamed Iceweasle/Icedove/Iceape with new art.
Maybe Debian, but Ubuntu uses Firefox.
I love their attitude of being a purist, totally free, politically free distro... Oh wait! They allowed Mono junk to their distro for a simple note taking app right?
Overall it's pretty nice. Takes a while to load on older hardware, though. Maybe they could release just the browser as a separate component?
When it asks you to import profiles, it will ONLY work if you select a profile that comes with Seamonkey i.e. default. This is not intuitive and counter to all previous upgrades.
You have to manual crate a new profile with the profile name you want, and then use the command line to import that ONE profile.
c:\%APPATH%\mozilla\seamonkey -P -migration
The profile name is case sensitive and MUST be in dbl quotes.
This was a pain in the ass for people like me that have a profile for each person in their home. It's LAZY DEVELOPMENT and the should be ashamed of themselves.
I know, you're thinking 'So you have to got o the command line, so what?" well that's a deal killer for a lot of people. There is NO GOOD REASON why this is a manual process.
The documentation that explains this comes across as hubris and with a too damn bad attitude. People want to know why OS hasn't defeated MS? it's because of shit like this, I actually considered loading outlook.
No, this is NOT a troll or flame bait, it's facts.
Well, I certainly remember it well and fire it up from time to time. It was what I used before Firefox and Thunderbird came along. Now that 2.0 has gone gold, hopefully some new users will find it and be intrigued.
As we (at PortableApps.com) do with Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird, we've packaged it as a portable app so you can use it on your flash drive/portable hard drive or try it out without installing it locally. 10 languages are available.
SeaMonkey, Portable Edition 2.0 at PortableApps.com [portableapps.com]
"I'm using the new release right now; it's crashed once but only once in several hours of use"
When did crashes stop being an embarrassing programming mistake and become a metric?
Since Adobe invented the Flash plugin and Sun invented the Java plugin.
Been using it since way back around M8, when it was still the Mozilla Suite. Thanks to the Seamonkey crew for keeping it alive. Firefox hasn't been faster in a long time, and the menus and configurability of Seamonkey offer far more configuration options. I deny cookies as my default, and allowing session cookies for a given site is a PITA on Firefox that requires diving through the preferences. In Seamonkey, it's right there in a menu, takes under a second. At the risk of starting a flamewar, Firefox remin
It still has the Book of Mozilla (I think it's part of Gecko, as Firefox has it too), but about:kitchensink hasn't been included for a long time. You can install an extension to have that back, though! Here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/742 [mozilla.org]
The single most annoying misfeature to me with Seamonkey is that someone thought that editing pages in the web browser was such a heavily used feature that it deserved to be bound to a command key. Yeaaaah, no. Many times I have hit that stupid command-E by accident and had to interrupt my concentration to close it.
I'm providing these instructions for those of you who agree that this is not only a pointless feature, but worse than pointless because it's annoying. So open up a Terminal window and get cracki
Seriously dude, if you think seamonkey is "small" then send me some of what you've been smoking (likewise for firefox). These browsers are some of the largest programs on Linux. It is difficult to even get firefox started (using "ulimit -Sv") in less than 100MB of memory (seamonkey presumably requires more). I routinely run firefox/seamonkey sessions that range from 300-800 MB (lots of windows/tabs). (And limiting the amount of memory is also likely to produce inelegant terminations or outright core dum
I tried it on Mac OS X.
1) You can't move the mailbox list to the right side. (I know, that's "standard" for GUI mail programs nowadays, but I hate that interface.. the other two choices available aren't any more usable, IMHO.)
2) When I bring up the Preferences, the menubar except for the Apple menu & app name went away -- not disabled, went away. What the heck?
3) I can't change the toolbar style (icons, icons & text, text only) via normal means -- control-click in the toolbar, nor go into Customiz
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March 9, 2012 > "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain
You had to go, so you did - kicking and screaming.Really, you must admit that it was nice of the boss to host the holiday party. In these tough economic times, she didn't have to do it. She paid for food, a band, even door prizes. Everybody seemed to have a good time.Everybody but you.If you'd had your druthers, you'd have stayed home, feet up, with a good book. But no, you went to the party, and in the new book "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain, you'll find out why you hated every minute of it.From the moment you were born, your life was shaped not only by your gender and ethnicity but also by the personality you inherited: scientists know that 40-50% of who you are came from nature rather than nurture. They also know that by the time infants are four months old, they can tell which babies will grow up to be introverts and which will become gregarious adults.Though we all fall on an introvert-extrovert spectrum with varying degrees of either (and an odd mix of both), the lifestyle of a full extrovert is "enormously appealing." Cain says that there is an "extrovert ideal" in our society that's not found in many cultures. We're pushed to be outgoing and bold, both in school and at work.But will it make us more successful, or healthier?Not necessarily - and maybe.Studies show that we believe loud, fast talkers to be smarter, but Cain says that introverts who are allowed to perform in sync with their personalities can be better leaders with deeper ideas and more creativity. As for health, many introverts are more sensitive than most to sight, sound, smells, and pain. They're hyper-alert, physically, but that could lead to anxiety.So, since we all need to learn to get along, what can you do?If you're an introvert, practice being more open, but don't overdo it. Learn to tap into your strengths but heed your inner-self, and don't hesitate to seek out "down-time" if you need it.If you share workspace with an introvert, take advantage of his or her tendencies, talents, thoughts, and creativity. After all, the new Einstein, Proust, Seuss, Gandhi, or Newton might be sitting in the next cube over...Tired of feeling nervous, overwhelmed, weird? Or are you on the verge of firing a non-team-player? Either way, stop what you're doing now and read "Quiet."As a "closet introvert" from way back, I was absolutely delighted at the things author Susan Cain unearthed. Not only does she give us a basic history of introversion and a round-up of scientific knowledge about it, but she also offers help and advice for introverts, their loved ones, and their supervisors.Baffled limelight lovers will learn a lot from this book, but the real appeal of it will come to people who are happier backstage. If you're reticent, retiring, and rejoiceful over it, "Quiet" is a book you'll shout about.c.2012, Crown$26.00 / $28.00 Canada333 pages, includes index


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Baum's Landing
Close to the intersection of Old State Route 25 and IN-39,
southwest of downtown Delphi along Delphi Historic Trails (behind the Arby's)
Cost: Free
A public archaeology dig will take place in Delphi, IN, sponsored by the University of Indianapolis and the Wabash & Erie Canal Association. Come and watch archaeologists at work as they investigate.
This event is part of Indiana Archaeology Month. Throughout the month of September, the DHPA and other local organizations highlight archaeology around the state. To learn more about Archaeology Month, please visit http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/3674.htm. #INArchaeoMonth


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multiDock is a further development of dockDoubler, added features are:
- No limit in the Docks number
- Dock menu for easy switching
- Multi language: english, italian and french
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- This version differs from the previous (1.2.1 released in april 2002) because it's rewritten from scratch and compiled with RealBasic version 4.5.2 to assure compatibility with Mac OS 10.2.x.
- Added backup and restore af all the multiDock's files.
- Now can set some of the Dock settings.
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1) I have a Storm I for my work phone with a Otter Box Commuter Case
2) I use it to take pictures of machines/problems/workers/crazy people
3) Email takes forever at my company
4) I usually find an adapter from a coworker and upload pics to the server.
5) I just got and adapter but I don't want to carry it and/or lose it.
6) So I did this:
7) So now it is with my phone when I need it and I can't lose it.


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Truly comprehending geologic time is an important step toward thinking like a geologist. This can be difficult to do because the earth is so old. If the entire history of the earth was laid out from the 50 yard line of a football field, the first "humans" (in the genus homo) would not be found until one inch before the goal line!
The geologic time scale can be thought of as the code to the tectonic and climatic history of the world. People as early as the ancient Greeks have made observations about geology. Philosophers and scientists from every century and many parts of the world have worked to put together the puzzle that is the earth's geologic history. This is still the overarching goal of geologic research today.
The current time scale formed with contributions from scientific discoveries in biology and chemistry, as well as from various disciplines of geology, including paleontology, paleomagnetism, and sedimentary stratigraphy. With future research, the time scale could continue to change. For instance, in 2009 the Tertiary period, a unit name that has been used since the 18th century, was split into the Neogene and Paleogene periods. This split was decided upon based on new research that showed some distinction between the two time periods.
What could be called the first geologic time scale was developed in the late 18th century and only had 4 geologic time (geochronologic) units. In the 18th and 19th centuries, European geologists started making detailed observations of fossils and rock similarities across areas of Europe. The locations where rocks were studied were often used to name new, geochronologic units that divided the time scale. Many of the names are still in use today, including: the Devonian, after the English county of Devon; Permian, after the state of Perm in Russia; and Jurassic, from the Jura Mountains in central Europe.
Today, the time scale is split into Eons (Phanerozoic and Precambrian) then Eras (Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic in the Phanerozoic Eon; and the Archean and Proterozoic in the Precambrian Eon). The geologic time scale figure shown here begins with the late Proterozoic Era. The earliest part of earth's history is lacking geochronologic detail compared to later time units. The Eras are split into Periods, each containing many Epochs, which are then split into Ages. This may seem like a lot of subdividing, but, Ages are often millions of years long.
Where do the names of the units come from? I mentioned that many periods are named after locations, but Eons and Eras have names that help to position them in time. The earliest Period in the Paleozoic is the Cambrian (the classical name for Wales is Cambria), so before this important time unit, we have the PREcambrian Eon.
The suffix -zoic means "relating to animals". So, the Protero-zoic is "before" or "early" animals. The Paleo-zoic represents an Era of "old" animals, the Meso-zoic is "middle" animals, and the Ceno-zoic is "recent" animals. The divisions between these Eras were determined with an obvious theme in mind.
Finding fossils in rocks is what initially lead to the creation of the geologic time scale. Certain fossils are found in the same rock units in many different parts of the world. This helps geologists correlate rock units across large distances based on the time periods in which these fossilized creatures would have been living. Even the earliest geologists have made observations on the types of fossils found in one rock unit versus the types in the rock units above or below it. This is the rock dating method called biostratigraphy. Fossils are often keys to finding out how much time passed between the deposition of some rock units and also in determining in what type of environment the rocks would have formed.
The division between the Precambrian and Paleozoic is marked by observations of an "explosion" of different fossil types found in the rocks of this age. During the Precambrian, important evolutionary events took place, including the evolution of multicellular organisms around 1 billion years ago, but not until 540 million years ago do rocks start to preserve diverse, hard-bodied fossils, such as trilobites. What caused this evolutionary diversification is constantly being studied and debated by scientists. Compared to the Precambrian, evolution since the Cambrian has been very rapid. This is reflected by the subdivisions in the geologic time scale. There are more subdivisions in the Phanerozoic than the Precambrian because younger rocks hold more age determining, such as biostratigraphic, information.
Many of the changes in geochronologic units correspond to mass extinctions. For instance, the infamous K-T boundary (the boundary between the Cretaceous and formerly named Tertiary Periods) is marked by an event that took place 66 million years ago. The currently accepted hypothesis for the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous is that a large asteroid hit the earth, drastically changing our global climate.
Another extinction event marks the boundary between the Paleozoic and the Mesozoic Eras. The Permian-Triassic boundary is defined by an extinction event that killed 83 percent of all living genera on earth. Many other time divisions are based on fossil assemblage changes due to extinctions or diversifications of species resulting from major climatic changes.
You may notice that the time scale not only has names for each Era, Period, and Age; it also has a time range, typically in millions of years. These ranges were determined using radiometric dating techniques. There are a number of different techniques used for this, but the basic principle is the same.
Rocks contain minerals that contain chemical elements such as Uranium and Potassium. Certain isotopes of these elements undergo radioactive decay, or change from one element species to another over time. When this happens, a "daughter" element is created. The radioactive decay rate determines how quickly daughter elements are produced. Knowing this rate and the amounts of daughter and "parent" elements allows us to determine when this rock/mineral/element first formed. More information on radiometric dating can be found at http://usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=954.
Radiometric dating of rocks helped determine that the earth is around 4.54 billion years old. Interestingly, this date came from meteorites and moon rocks. Based on research in the planetary sciences, the earth is the same age as the moon and other hard rock bodies in our solar system. The oldest rocks found on earth are found in Canada and are dated to be 3.96 billion years old. Unlike the moon, the earth's internal composition and chemical reactions cause plate tectonics on the earth's surface. With plate tectonics, our rocks are rarely left unaltered after they form. They are recycled, melted and reformed, many times. Therefore, finding a rock that formed on the surface of earth at the beginning of earth's history is practically impossible.
A lot of research and debate goes into refining the geologic time scale. A group of scientists called the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS website - stratigraphy.org) aims to unify the geology community on time scale names and dates. One way they are doing this is by identifying rock units that best constrain accepted divisions between geochronologic units. The ICS's Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP's) markers are placed on rock outcrops around the world in order to mark important rock unit boundaries.
We have one of these GSSP markers at the Pueblo State Recreation Area. It marks the best place in the world to see the transition from Cenomanian Age to the Turonian Age of the Cretaceous Period (Figure). This location is special because of the detailed work done by local paleontologist W.A. Cobban on the fossils of ammonite species in the Greenhorn Limestone. In addition to biostratigraphic age constraints, we also have nearby volcanic ash layers that have been dated using radiometric techniques. The ICS's goal is for each Age subdivision to have one GSSP marker location associated with it, and the Pueblo marker is one of only 7 in North America. There are 101 worldwide as of 2012.
Cañon City has both very, very old rocks and young, not-quite rocks. The Royal Gorge is cut through 1.8 billion year old rock (Precambrian). This rock is some of the oldest in Colorado and has been the root of mountains, at the bottom of seas, and exposed at the surface many different times. There are millions of years missing in our local geologic stratigraphy (rock layers), but we have rocks from all the Eras and many of the Periods, including the Ordovician Harding Sandstone, the Pennsylvanian Fountain Formation, and the Cretaceous Pierre Shale.
The youngest rocks are those that have formed in the Cenozoic. Specifically, we have river deposits that were deposited during the Quaternary. These deposits may one day become rocks, but many are still unconsolidated, or loose soils and gravel.
So, don't take geologic time for granite (it's just too easy). Understanding what happened in our geologic past, helps us understand our non-renewable resources (where should we find the coal and oil-containing rocks?) and the effect global changes in climate can have on our living resources.


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Paula Ruocco, 68, of Sanibel, died early Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Shell Point Hospice in South Fort Myers. She was born in Nutley, NJ, and later resided in Chester, NJ, before moving to Sanibel Island 12 years ago.
Paula earned her RN at Orange Memorial Nursing School, Orange, NJ, and later a bachelor's degree at Upsala College and a master's degree in Counseling and Human Services at Montclair State College.
She was an RN and former head nurse of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center at St. Clare's Hospital, Denville, NJ, for 24 years. Later professional endeavors included consulting hospital administration.
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Paula Ruocco
With Lorraine, Paula sought to enjoy life while she could still climb the mountains, hike, bike, and travel the world.
She leaves behind her life partner of 34 years, Lorraine Mazzucco, their son, Anthony Ruocco, his wife, Caro and grandchild, AJ, all of Tampa, their daughter, Tara Ruocco and grandson, Ethan, of Laurel, Md., and her sister, Ruth Sammon of Ormond Beach, Fla.
Friends of Paula and Lorraine are invited to a celebration of Paula's life at The Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11 a.m.
At a future date, a celebration of Paula's life will be planned in New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, donations to F.I.S.H. of Sanibel, 1630 Periwinkle Way # B, Sanibel, FL 33957 are suggested. Friends may sign the guest book at www.horizonfunerals.com.


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PS. The spare plate is in very good condition. The last time I pulled the engine on Red, I pre-ordered the clutch assy. I forgot that I had installed a new clutch assy, when I bought the car a couple of years prior. I could have sent the new kit back, but decided to install it and have the other for a spare.
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A blog visitor poses the above question, referring to one of the side panels which are incorporated below the equestrian statue of King which stands on the Esplanade, Durban.
You can see a close-up of the relevant panel here:
In 1842, when Captain Smith and his regiment were besieged in their camp at Port Natal, George Cato (later to be mayor of Durban) volunteered to ride to Grahamstown to alert the authorities and obtain relief for the British garrison. However, Captain Smith would not allow Cato to go, and it was decided Dick King should do so instead. Cato and his brother Joseph Cato woke King at midnight and rowed him and his African companion Ndongeni across the Bay, towing two horses.
Their names appear at the foot of the scene depicted; from left to right: Undongeni [sic], Joseph Cato, Dick King, George C Cato. Dick King's horse is swimming at the stern of the boat which is carrying King; Ndongeni's horse is alongside the second boat.
There are some discrepancies in historical sources regarding who was in which boat. For more on this and other controversial aspects of the statue, Google the Quick View of 'Negotiating Public Memory: the Dick King Memorial in Durban' by S Marschall.


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Publications \ The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener \ Winter 2006-2007 \ Editorials
Self-Reliance on a Global Scale
By John Bunker
MOFGA President
Turin, Italy, October 28, 2006 – We in Maine are a part of a growing, worldwide movement to reclaim, defend and invigorate local communities, local economies and local agricultural systems. Nowhere is that more evident than here in this massive makeshift cafeteria. I'm sitting at a long picnic table, having just finished eating a delicious lunch of local Italian food with a few thousand farmers from around the world. I'm in Turin, Italy, and this is the third day of the Slow Food conference called Terra Madre. I am joined by 10 other Mainers, including MOFGA's executive director Russell Libby and several MOFGA members. I am also joined by 5,000 farmers, 1,000 chefs, 500 agricultural educators and 800 volunteers.
Everywhere I look, I see people of different races and nationalities, many wearing traditional regional clothing. As I sit and write, I hear chatter in several languages that I cannot understand. Together we hail from 150 countries. This is a "United Nations of local food." The atmosphere is excited, friendly and optimistic. I ate lunch a few minutes ago with a young fellow who taught himself English by playing video games and watching television. His English is nearly perfect. He works for a Portuguese nonprofit called Fair Trade and is assisting a group of Brazilian farmers at the conference. All 8,000 of us have been fed, housed and transported back and forth at no charge. The whole experience borders on miraculous.
Numerous workshops each day cover Market Access to Local Food for Education, Mobile Livestock Rearing, Tea Culture, GMOs, Cacao Production and so on. All talks are translated simultaneously into our headphones. It is amazing. In the center of the hall, attendees display their local crafts and foods. Everyone hands out samples. (I've eaten some really interesting stuff.) The convention center is humming with conversation. My head is packed with new insights, new handy tips and much inspiration. While the words 'sustainable' and 'organic' are everywhere, the word 'local' is the key.
When we planted our first garden in Palermo 35 summers ago, we had an assumption of what it meant to be organic. We made our first compost pile; we used our neighbor's cow manure; we employed no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. We used local inputs, local labor and local land. We were, after all, "back to the land." We even called our farm "the land." Our friends and family called it "the land." Although we did buy organic rice and preordered organic citrus for winter treats, 'organic' was really something we did ourselves on our land. It was local.
Now we live in what Wendell Berry has called "a total economy." A few people make decisions that affect billions of people worldwide. "A total economy is one in which everything – 'life forms,' for instance, or the 'right to pollute' – is 'private property' and has a price and is for sale. In a total economy significant and sometimes central choices that once belonged to individuals or communities become property of corporations." Now, even organic products are often grown far away, owned by huge corporations and travel thousands of miles to Maine. Is that kind of system sustainable? Can such food be fresh or healthy?
Terra Madre represents the flip side of the total economy coin, offering an emerging vision of a different kind of globalization and a different future for the earth. In this model people gather from all over the world to think together and to share information and stories in a collaborative effort of reclaim control over their own lives. This is self-reliance on a global scale. This is a cooperative support system of billions. This is not about going backwards. This is about creating a 21st century of local communities, local economies and local agriculture where fairness and justice and sustainability are key. This is truly about thinking globally and acting locally.
Farm-to-School-to-Community Fundraisers:
Better than Candy
Jean English
Editor of The MOF&G
When my kids were in elementary school, they invariably brought home fundraising catalogs full of junk during holiday seasons. Glitzy, plastic-coated wrapping paper; plastic doodads that nobody needs and are toxic to make and toxic to dispose of; candy; highly preserved and colored and artificial "food"; too many magazine subscriptions. Most parents, teachers and administrators balked at these sales. "I wouldn't feed this to my dog," one teacher told me about a particular "food."
Most of us reluctantly went along with these sales to help kids raise money for class trips or other events.
What were we thinking?
We should have done what the Central Lake Elementary School students in Kalkaska, Michigan, are doing, according to an article by Diane Conners in the Great Lakes Bulletin News Service. (The full story is on the Michigan Land Use Institute's Web site, www.mlui.org/growthmanagement/fullarticle.asp?fileid=17084.) These kids visit farms, learn how food is raised, harvested and processed into jams, bottled milk, maple syrup and more (or not processed, in the case of apples, for instance), then help sell that food through their fundraisers.
Conners writes that U.S. schools, churches and other nonprofits earn about $1.7 billion a year selling prepackaged products for fundraisers, while the fundraising companies earn another $2.1 billion.
One parent, Pepper Bromelmeier, who works for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, wanted to see more of that money staying in the community and wanted to get the Kalkaska fundraisers off the candy wagon. She proposed the farm-to-community fundraiser idea to farmers she knew, and they loved it. By marketing farm products through schools, farmers sell more of their goods locally, students learn entrepreneurial skills and values—and may even be attracted to farming as a career—and everyone is exposed to healthier foods.
The students now visit a few of the dozen or so farms involved in the project; learn entrepreneurial math; and write thank-you letters to farmers and sales letters to prospective buyers (usually family members and neighbors). Including math and writing in the program helped justify spending class time on the fundraisers.
The program sells some $4,000 worth of farm products over two weeks, and the Kalkaska students get about $1,400 in profit. Organizers believe that the program could have a significant economic impact if other schools picked up the idea. It's also good advertising for local farms.
In other school districts, parents have been the fundraisers, selling baskets of local farm goods each week, for example, which customers pick up at the schools; or kids have picked apples at an orchard and then resold them for a profit.
Maybe your local school is ripe for a homegrown fundraiser. Try it. You might even find some locally grown, gourmet dog treat
Are We Ready?
By Russell Libby
MOFGA Executive Director
For many years, organic farmers were the outsiders. Organic agriculture was considered either obsolete (how our grandfathers farmed) or unworkable. Growing food organically might work for the customers at the local food coop or the farmers' market, but it wouldn't meet the standards of the average consumer.
Now, after decades of slow growth and improving production systems, organics is everywhere – at the farmers' market and natural food store, but also at the restaurant, the supermarket, the college dining hall. Organic food is sold at Wal-Mart and at almost every other large chain store across the country.
Many MOFGA farmers are grappling with the scale issue right now. As markets grow, many of our farmers are adapting their production systems to continue to supply some of their traditional outlets as demand increases. This is a good problem, if we can solve it. But as we grow, we enter markets where we compete with producers from across the country and around the world.
At Grow Smart Maine's annual conference in Augusta in October, I was part of a discussion about how farming fit into the discussion of sprawl and changing land use patterns. It seems to me that if we keep our discussion that narrow, we are going to miss a huge opportunity to move all of Maine forward for decades to come.
Maine has a national reputation as a state that is still environmentally pure. Part of that is due to the size and extent of our forests and our coastline. We can, as a state, make a conscious effort to turn that perception into a permanent reality.
I proposed that we think about Maine as a national leader and innovator in the science, research and development, and practice of environmentally appropriate land use, technologies and businesses. Then we can use that goal to help shape our investments in the future.
We've already made some good starts. Much of the private forest has met at least some basic green certification requirements. We have the highest proportion of organic dairy farms of any state, and we are among the leaders in organic farming in general. The Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine, which MOFGA supports, is pushing for a green chemistry initiative that would replace harmful household chemicals with biologically based alternatives. The marine sector has some really good and insightful initiatives. Could we add to this a goal of building housing that will last for centuries, as opposed to cheap units that may last for just a few decades? Can we be national leaders in appropriate energy use?
The answer, to me, is an obvious yes. Maine is ready. The Common Ground Country Fair is a place where many thousands of people gather who are already trying to live these goals. The 5,600 members of MOFGA are working on these issues every day on their farms and in their gardens and households.
Now we have to engage in the hard work of moving these integrated visions forward, sector by sector, remembering always that more and more people are becoming involved. That will require some difficult discussions and decisions about scale and markets and how to maintain our values as we become a central part of what people expect to experience in their daily lives, and when they visit Maine. Let's make it happen!


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Steve Krauss, owner of the barbershop-by-day, music-venue-by-night American Barber Co., runs a barber shop unlike any other.
The ABC�s individuality begins with its appearance, from the vintage artwork, to the jukebox playing a mixture of classic hits and modern favorites.
Some customers credit the atmosphere as the reason they chose the ABC.
�I think that it�s got a really cool ambiance. It�s a very classic feel,� ABC customer Keenan McAuliffe said. �It really resembles a classic barbershop. It�s a great business that stands for solid values.�
The shop shines bright in the world of generic barbershops, McAuliffe added.
�Nobody really does a classic shop anymore,� he said. �There are a lot of cookie-cutter barber shops that are company-owned, and the American Barber Co. is a breath of fresh air from that. It�s a more personal feel, it�s conversational, and an overall great experience.�
According to Krauss, this welcoming and fun atmosphere is exactly what he was looking for he opened the shop.
�The goal when opening up the American Barber Co. was not only to give great haircuts, which is the bread and butter of the shop, but to create a place where people can come to hang out, relax, and enjoy music,� Krauss said. �We want everyone to feel welcome and be treated like they belong here.�
Once the cutting part of the day is done, the shop turns into a music venue, hosting open-mike nights every Monday and a live performance once a month.
�We feature acts ranging from full bands, including our own house band, Mr. Fuzzy and the Barbarian (featuring Krauss himself), to comedy, poetry and the like,� Krauss said. �We have a built-in stage in the back of the house, and a full PA system, which performers are welcome to use. Unlike a bar, we lack noisy patrons and clanking dishes. People come to watch and listen. It�s a great outlet for seasoned musicians or those just starting out. The crowd is always welcoming and supportive.�
McAuliffe, who has seen his brother perform on Monday nights, agreed with Krauss.
�It�s a really intimate environment. Kids can come and play,� he said. �They can see more experienced musicians and gain motivation and inspiration, it�s definitely something out of the ordinary.�
A shop with such versatility, while fun, does require long hours, however.
�It�s worth it when I see all the great things that come out of here,� Krauss said. �From the barber shop side of things, I love seeing customers leave with a cut that makes them feel and look good. They know that it was worth the wait, and they�ve found a barber they can trust, and when clients come back again and again, it lets me know that my work exceeds their expectations.
� As far as the music venue goes, the connections we�ve made and the fact that we�ve given people a place to play and enjoy music is worth far more than any hours we might spend setting up the shop, organizing, scheduling bands, advertising or shows, or practicing with our own band.�
Krauss always urges new customers to stop by.
�We always love to see new faces, whether you�re looking for a great haircut, out to hear some new music, looking for a cool spot to hang out, or all of the above, come by!�
The next live performance at the shop will take place on July 20.
The American Barber Co. is located at 323 East Main St., Collegeville, Pa.


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Mark van Bommel bowed out of professional football at the weekend in ignominious, but not unexpected, circumstances as the Dutch veteran was sent off for a characteristically robust challenge (see above).
The 36-year-old had kept quiet his plans to lower the curtain on his illustrious career for club and country at the end of the season, but announced his decision to retire following his season-ending sending off against Twente.
"That's it, it's over. It's a shame that it ended with a red card, but it sums up what a difficult season it has been for the team," said the PSV Eindhoven captain.
"I have had many doubts. The support of the fans made the decision tough for me.
"Although I still feel good, I had to make a lot of efforts to stay fit. I wanted to make the decision to quit by myself."
Although it ended in circumstances he may have preferred to avoid, it was perhaps fitting that Van Bommel's career finished with a red card given his somewhat forceful playing style, which has graced the likes of Bayern Munich, Barcelona and AC Milan.
Van Bommel's cynical tendencies came under particular scrutiny as the Netherlands reached the final of the 2010 World Cup, and the midfielder appeared fortunate not to be given his marching orders in the defeat to Spain.
He may be criticised for penchant for snapping at the heels of opponents but, here at GMF, we say fair play to Mark van Bommel, and wish him the very best on his hastily announced retirement.
And, in tribute to the midfield commando, here is a run down of 10 of the dirtiest players football has ever seen…
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The Chesapeake Bayhawks announced today that their star face-off specialist Alex Smith successfully underwent Tommy John surgery after weeks of painful play in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse (MLL) season. The surgery replaced Smith's torn ligaments with a tendon in his forearm and is very common among professional and collegiate athletes.
Smith tore the collateral ligaments and the tendon in his elbow during the June 11
th game vs. the Denver Outlaws. Despite being warned by his doctor that continuing to play may lead to permanent damage, the veteran face-off specialist fought through the pain to help the Bayhawks secure a playoff berth.
"Every face-off was painful'" Smith stated. "I had severe numbness in my fingers and hand after the games and the pain was unbearable. Even through all that, I knew I had to play and I wanted to play for my teammates."
Smith will wear a brace for up to 6 weeks and endure 6-7 months of recovery through rehabilitation. Through all of this, Smith is optimistic about his ability to get back on the field in 2012. "I feel better – I have little to no pain and my range of motion is coming back. I'll be ready to play this summer."
Bayhawks 2012 season tickets can be purchased online at
www.thebayhawks.comor over the phone by calling the box office 866-99-HAWKS (42957). Reserve your seat before November 1st and be entered into a raffle to win one of five authentic, autographed Bayhawks jerseys! Don't miss out on seeing the Chesapeake Bayhawks battle at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium this summer.


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I just wanted to introduce my dogs.
I have 4 mutts named Sparky, Kona, Nolander && Tiki. Sparky is a yellow lab. I adopted him from the pound. Kona is a chocolate lab mix. He was also adopted from the pound. Tiki is a poodle mix, he is also a pound puppy. I love my dogs sooo much. Anyway just thought i would introduce my pups!!!


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Yes i am an idiot because i pressed enter thinking that it would take me from the subject line to the body of the paragraph. Sadly, as you can tell, i was mistaken.
Anyway, my question is with a RNG/WAR, would it be a better idea to use a dagger or a sword. I realize that rangers have poor skill with blade, which is why daggers are used mostly by rangers. But seeing as how my sub will be WAR then i should have better skill with swords. So, should i use dagger or sword with RNG/WAR and why?


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WHEN the Taliban blasted the famous Bamiyan Buddhas with artillery and dynamite in March 2001, leaders of many faiths and countries denounced the destruction as an act of cultural terrorism. But today, with the encouragement of the American government, Chinese engineers are preparing a similar act of desecration in Afghanistan: the demolition of a vast complex of richly decorated ancient Buddhist monasteries.
The offense of this Afghan monument is not idolatry. Its sin is to sit atop one of the world's largest copper deposits.
The copper at the Mes Aynak mine, just an hour's drive south of Kabul, is to be extracted under a roughly $3 billion deal signed in 2007 between Afghanistan and China's Metallurgical Group Corporation. The Afghan finance minister, Omar Zakhilwal, recently said the project could pump $300 million a year into government coffers by 2016. But the project has been plagued by rumors of corruption; there was widespread talk of a $30 million kickback involving the former minister of mines, who resigned.


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Simon Kuper
As we all climbed off the Eurostar on to the platform at the Gare du Nord the other evening, an electric luggage-truck rattled straight at us, hooting angrily. Welcome to Paris.
It's the eternal paradox of Paris: why is the world's most charming metropolis also the most unfriendly? As the universal phrase goes, "I love Paris. I just hate Parisians."
When I moved here in 2002, I rejected that view. I was determined to learn Parisian codes. I knew this city has a complex etiquette. I thought that once I'd learnt the importance of saying bonjour at every encounter, or of not walking into a restaurant demanding dinner at 6pm while wearing shorts, I would gradually break through Parisian rudeness.
It was my mission. More than a decade later, I can say: beneath the snooty unfriendly façade, Paris is a snooty, unfriendly city. I can even explain why.
A good chunk of Parisian service-worker rudeness – exemplified by the luggage-truck driver – comes from the French Revolution. The storming of the Bastille culminated in a national motto of liberté, égalité, fraternité, which is understood by many French service staff to mean that they should never be friendly to a customer lest that be fatally misinterpreted as submission.
Overcrowding must take some blame too. More than two million people live in Paris proper, the bit inside the périphérique ringroad. The abyss beyond the périph is vaguely imagined by haughty Parisians as either hell or the void or both, and dismissed as "the suburbs". Every day, hordes of suburbanites and tourists (Paris is on some measures the most visited city on earth) feed the throng inside the city proper. That was probably what the Parisian Jean-Paul Sartre meant by, "Hell is other people."
In Paris, the only response is to fight them. Neighbours here seldom regard you as potential members of their circle. You are just people who happen to live in their building, and therefore potential sources of noise and hassle.
But the strongest explanatory variable for Parisian rudeness (and I'm aghast it's taken me a decade to work this out) is Paris's very perfection. If you overlay an intellectual capital on an artistic and fashion capital in a former royal capital, all of it in the country that invented how to eat, there are so many codes governing so many behaviours that the demands of sophistication become all-encompassing. No other city makes so many requirements. Every moment of their lives, even at family breakfast or in bed, Parisians must observe the rules that govern eating, talking, thinking, dressing, making love et cetera. There's even a generally approved life-long pose: never seem surprised; bored is much better.
In Paris, Big Brother (often in the form of oneself or one's spouse) is always watching to see if you commit a faux pas. Whenever you do, he'll let you know – perhaps with a silence, or a pained glance away. There is no intimate Paris where you can slob out in old underpants. (Admittedly, Parisian dress codes are less strict than in, say, Italy. Most of the time here it's OK to look dowdy – though never weird.) In all, Paris is a nightmare of sophistication. Only in one field of local endeavour do no rules apply: driving.
Nor are Parisians allowed to laugh off their codes. My native informant Sophie-Caroline de Margerie – top civil servant, writer, fashionable Parisienne et cetera – says: "I've never met a bona fide French eccentric."
There is a right way to do everything in Paris, and it was probably decided before you were born. All the French provincials, Africans and romantics from everywhere who land here battle to adapt, sometimes forever. You try to be Parisian, to meet all the standards of perfection that mark this city, and so you sneer at anyone who falls short – for instance, by sitting down at the next restaurant table wearing the wrong jacket. Paris is a sneer. This attitude was summed up by the definitive Parisian film, Dîner de Cons ("Dinner of Fools", 1998): a bunch of stylish Parisians hold a weekly dinner to which they each invite an unknowing con, "a fool", in order to crow over their cons' appearance, tastes, conversation etc. Parisian life is like a dîner de cons except that nobody would ever really invite the poor cons to dinner.
Especially in this most miserable month, when everyone has flu and you walk the children to school in the dark, you think: well, where else to go? Every city I've spent longer periods in has drawbacks. In New York it's the battle for status that ceases only while you (briefly) sleep.
In Miami it's the near absence of sentient conversation. Boston's climate is uninhabitable. London is so big, grimy and unwieldy you often end the day feeling you have just paid a fortune to run a marathon in a coal mine. And so on. So I stay here (Paris has certain redeeming features), and every day I become older, ruder and more cantankerous.


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Due to a scheduling conflict the Novato High girls basketball team missed out on an opportunity to play its crosstown rival San Marin in the championship of the Beade-Meaney tournament last month. If Thursday's tilt was any indication, it would have been a dandy.
Instead the two teams took to the floor against each other for the first time this season during MCAL play and it was the Hornets that beat their inter-city foe in a wire-to-wire finish 42-37. It was Novato's first win against San Marin since the 2008-09 campaign.
"It's the San Marin game, we knew we had to come out hard," said Novato's Taylor Missin, who scored 12 points, eight of which came in the second quarter. "It's always a competitive game for us."
Trailing since halftime, San Marin battled back in the fourth quarter and re-took the lead 31-29 on a Paige McIntosh 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down with 5 minutes, 20 seconds left. Jill Weidner's putback evened things back up at 33-33 for Novato with 31/2 minutes to go.
Maddie Tomsky split a pair of free throws and Janea Early hit a bucket to put the Hornets (11-5, 3-1) up by three with 2:40 on the clock. San Marin answered with a Kaleah Williams jumper to cut the deficit to 34-33.
Early made a layup, but San Marin's Hayley Nicolini scored on an off-balance, baseline runner and the score stood at 36-35 in favor of Novato with just under 2 minutes left.
"I just had to realize what was working for me and other people and put it all on the floor," said Early, who scored 12 points, eight of which came in the final frame. "It's a crosstown rival, of course you want to beat 'em, so it's all or nothing on the floor."
Missin got to the free-throw line and sunk both shots. McIntosh also got to the charity stripe, but couldn't convert either foul shot and Novato kept its lead 38-35 with a minute left. Williams got a steal and Nicolini had a look from 3-point range, but her shot hit the back iron and Tomsky secured the rebound. Novato's Erin Nannery got fouled and hit both of her bonus foul shots to ice the game.
"My team knows that I always have their back, if somebody gets by them, they know that I'm there," said Tomsky, who led the team with 12 rebounds. "They know not to foul when their player is coming because they know that I'm there."
The Mustangs (11-5, 2-2) got off to a fast start, taking a 14-8 advantage after the first quarter, led by freshman point guard Williams, who scored a game-high 16 points while draining three 3-pointers. San Marin went cold in the second quarter — held without a field goal — as Novato adjusted its defense. The Hornets went into the locker room with a 20-18 edge.
"We made a couple adjustments between quarters," Novato coach Pete Knight said. "We keyed on Kaleah and Maya and held (San Marin) to just 10 points in the second and third quarters. That was the difference, it was huge."
"Novato picked up their defensive intensity and that took us out of what our normal offensive flow is," added San Marin coach Dan Lucia, whose team shot just 2 of 17 from the field in the middle quarters. "Credit to them, I don't think we went flat, I don't think we didn't compete in the second quarter. They just took us out of some of the things we did well in the first quarter."
The Mustangs hit just two field goals in the third quarter, but both of them were 3s by Williams to keep them in the game. Maya Stevens did her part with 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds for San Marin.
"Not all games go your way, you don't get all the calls, you miss a few shots," Stevens said. "We just gotta not dwell, we gotta keep playing. We'll go to the gym tomorrow and practice and see how that goes and play hard on Saturday."
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SCO has published a statement after the court ruling in their case against Novell: "The company is obviously disappointed with the ruling issued last Friday. However, the court clearly determined that SCO owns the copyrights to the technology developed or derived by SCO after Novell transferred the assets to SCO in 1995." And at the end: "Although the district judge ruled in Novell's favor on important issues, the case has not yet been fully vetted by the legal system and we will continue to explore our options with respect to how we move forward from here."
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RE: keep exploring
by Almafeta on Mon 13th Aug 2007 17:53 UTC in reply to "keep exploring"
RE[2]: keep exploring
by lemur2 on Tue 14th Aug 2007 04:13 in reply to "RE: keep exploring"
Oooh. I wonder how hard it would be to buy them out now...?
It would be very expensive.
There are a lot of counterclaims against SCO still "on the table". There are counterclaims of slander of title from Novel, counterclaims of copyright infringement from IBM, and any number of claims under the Lanham act from everyone and his dog, including RedHat.
Given that SCO do not have the UNIX copyrights, (let alone that Linux is not a copy of UNIX code), all of these claims against SCO are pretty much slam dunk.
Any buyer of SCO would have to answer to all these claims.
No-one is going to buy SCO.


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Popular Photography announces its partnership with Ultimate PhotoGuide to launch the PhotoGuide+ Video Membership. The program offers original, new-to-the-Internet, instructional photography videos allowing members to stream content anywhere, at any time on their computer, tablet, smartphone or other mobile devices.
Popular Photography already works with Ultimate PhotoGuide to create its instructional photography DVDs, the Ultimate PhotoGuide Digital Photography Series. Recently, Popular Photography partnered with Ultimate PhotoGuide to expand the delivery of photography video instruction to an online platform called PhotoGuide+ Video Membership. The new membership program, available on Popular Photography's website (http://videostore.popphoto.com) provides photography enthusiasts with on demand video instruction. Ultimate PhotoGuide uses Brightcove's streaming technology to deliver video content to PhotoGuide+ members. The Brightcove technology optimizes the video content for the user's platform ensuring members receive the highest possible video experience regardless of whether the video is being watched on a computer, connected TV, smartphone, or any other mobile device.
The new PhotoGuide+ Video Membership gives members access to a variety of free instructional content as well as access to videos never before released on the Internet. The new PhotoGuide+ Video Membership expands the video content offerings available to include detailed photography courses, in addition to original video tips and techniques produced for exclusive distribution to PhotoGuide+ members. PhotoGuide+ members can choose between a monthly or annual membership, both of which provide unlimited access to free content, and member-only video content on the website as well as new video content delivered to them on a monthly basis.
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Fully-managed, accelerated data transfer SaaS platform will be presented at the AWS re: Invent Conference, November 27-29, in Las Vegas, NV
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 27, 2012 05:01 AM
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, November 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Attunity Ltd. (NASDAQ: ATTU), a leading provider of information availability software solutions, announced today the official launch and commercial availability of Attunity CloudBeam, a fully-managed data transfer SaaS platform for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3). With its beta successfully completed, the high-performance and secure data transfer solution will be unveiled and demonstrated live at the AWS re: Invent Customer and Partner Conference from November 27-29 in Las Vegas, NV.
Attunity CloudBeam is designed to move data to, from and between cloud environments quickly, reliably and affordably for AWS customers. Commercially-available services include:
In addition to the above commercially-available services, Attunity CloudBeam provides the following services in beta:
1. Upload to the Cloud - Enterprises can upload any type of file to AWS S3 using two solutions:
2. Replicate To and From the Cloud - This solution enables automatic and continuous replication of on-premises Big Data, files and folders - to and
"A few years ago, enterprises were skeptical about adopting cloud technology due to security concerns," explained Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies Inc., a cloud strategy consultancy, and founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace. "Since then, vendors have addressed concerns head-on by including state-of-the art security technology as part of the SaaS platform. There are now legions of successful enterprise cloud customers worldwide and the market continues to expand. Increasingly, companies are learning that platforms like Attunity CloudBeam can help extend and significantly scale their data center operations to meet Big Data demands more efficiently and affordably in the cloud."
"Attunity is honored to be a part of the Amazon Partner Network and we are excited to help customers deliver on the promise of Big Data," explained Matt Benati, VP Global Marketing at Attunity. "Attunity CloudBeam is designed to support many important initiatives including BI/analytics, content availability, disaster recovery, backup and archive. One of the most interesting use cases we have seen so far during beta is of a customer using our solution for content distribution. This content distributor has been testing Attunity CloudBeam to load videos multiple times per day on a global scale. Data volumes for this service are expected to reach 20 terabytes per month and are managed in combination with AWS S3 so the company's local offices can easily access and deliver it. Simply put, Attunity moves the data that moves today's business."
To register for any of the Attunity CloudBeam services, complete the registration form HERE and subscribe to the service(s) of your choice. For more information about these and additional Attunity CloudBeam services, click HERE.
About Attunity
Attunity is a leading provider of information availability software solutions that enable access, sharing and distribution of data, including Big Data, across heterogeneous enterprise platforms, organizations, and the cloud. Our software solutions include data replication, change data capture (CDC), data connectivity, enterprise file replication (EFR) and managed-file-transfer (MFT). Using Attunity's software solutions, our customers enjoy significant business benefits by enabling real-time access and availability of data and files where and when needed, across the maze of heterogeneous systems making up today's IT environment.
Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its enterprise-class customers for nearly 20 years and has successful deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity provides software directly and indirectly through a number of partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners. For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com or our In Tune blog and join our community on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other Federal Securities laws. Statements preceded by, followed by, or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. For example, when we say that we believe that customers will appreciate the information availability that Attunity CloudBeam provides, we are using a forward-looking statement. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from Attunity's current expectations.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the acquisition of RepliWeb, including costs and difficulties related to integration of acquired businesses, the combined companies' financial results and performance, and ability to repay debt and timing thereof; our liquidity challenges and the need to raise additional
For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Attunity, reference is made to Attunity's latest Annual Report on Form 20-F/A, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the other risk factors discussed from time to time by Attunity in reports filed or furnished to the SEC. Except as otherwise required by law, Attunity undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Breakthrough transplant procedure avoids lifelong dependence on drugs
When Massachusetts General Hospital gave Jennifer Searl the world's first non-HLA-matched combined kidney and bone marrow transplant in 2002, it was more than just a scientific breakthrough. For Searl, it was the beginning of a new life. Several months after the procedure, Searl stopped taking immunosuppressive drugs, which had caused viral warts on her feet that were so severe she could barely walk. Two years later, she ran her first half marathon.
Dr. David Sachs and Dr. Megan Sykes
For David H. Sachs, MD, and Megan Sykes, MD, both at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transplantation Biology Research Center, and for A. Benedict Cosimi, MD, and Tatsuo Kawai, MD, both in the Mass General Clinical Transplant Unit, Searl's success was a pivotal moment in their transplant research. Their unconventional approach – transplanting a donor's bone marrow along with the kidney – proved that the problem of organ rejection could be mitigated without using immunosuppressive drugs, sparing transplant recipients a lifetime of devastating side effects.
Overcoming the Biggest Organ Transplantation Challenges
Six years and five successful procedures later, the Mass General transplant team is beginning a new study in which 15 participants – five at Mass General, followed by 10 at Mass General and at two other centers – will receive kidneys from related or unrelated donors. Funded by the Immune Tolerance Network of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, the new grant expands upon the team's landmark 2008 study involving four Mass General patients who underwent successful combined kidney and bone marrow transplants from related donors.
"We want to extend this wonderful benefit to more patients with kidney disease and to patients with diseases of other organs, and hopefully be able to increase the number of organs that are available in the future," says Sachs, the principal investigator on the study. In fact, patients in need of kidney transplants have been contacting Sachs and his colleagues in hopes of being chosen to participate in the new study.
Learning How to "Trick" the Immune System
For more than three decades, Sachs and his colleagues have been working to induce immune tolerance of transplanted organs, tricking the recipient's immune system into thinking the new organ is part of its body. The key, says Sachs, is to prepare the body's immune system prior to surgery so it doesn't reject the organ.
Jennifer Searl with her Mass General transplant team
Based on their success with Jennifer Searl, Mass General physicians induced immune tolerance in four recipients from the 2008 study by transplanting bone marrow, along with the needed organ, from a related donor. This process produces a state called "mixed chimerism," an immune system that blends elements of both the donor and the recipient, allowing the donated organ to be accepted.
"What this innovation will do, hopefully, is make a major difference in how transplants are done," says Sachs. "Patients can stop taking immunosuppressive drugs and have a normal life."
Collaboration Fuels Scientific Innovations
Sachs stresses that the success of the new trial, as well as preceding and subsequent studies, relies on the nearly two dozen specialists across Mass General who worked together on this highly complex procedure. "This kind of approach could only be done in a center that has the research capacity and the clinical capacity to carry it out," says Sachs. "So the combination of a research team, a clinical transplant team, a bone marrow transplant team, and nephrologists, because these are kidney disease patients, has been really instrumental in making this possible. We have established a continuous process of refining, by which we've been going from the lab, to the bedside, and then back to the lab again to learn more things to take back to the bedside."
Mass General has long been recognized as a leader in turning leading-edge science into new clinical applications. The most difficult immunological barrier to kidney transplantation has been a mismatch of HLA (human leukocyte antigen) proteins. Sachs says of the 2008 breakthrough, "We are very encouraged by our initial success in inducing tolerance across the HLA barrier, something that has been a major goal of transplant immunology for years."
Successful Transplantation for More Patients
More patients could soon benefit from transplant advances underway at Mass General. Current studies are perfecting techniques by which patients who have already undergone a traditional transplant can receive a bone marrow transplant and eventually stop taking immunosuppressive drugs. Researchers also look forward to a day when the technique can be expanded to all transplantable organs and to organs from deceased donors.
The possibility of using this approach in the pediatric population will be explored once further success has been achieved in adults. "The lack of immunosuppressive drugs would be even more important for children because they have a longer life ahead of them," says Sachs.
With new scientific approaches leading directly to vastly improved quality of life for a new generation of transplantation patients, there will hopefully soon be more organ recipients like Jennifer Searl, who are not only living longer, but living better and stronger.
The Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center stays on the leading edge of medical firsts, offering patients a multidisciplinary approach to organ transplantation and unsurpassed clinical care.
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Friday Fun at Floyd: A Hula Hoop Contest
Terri Cavender, talent acquisition and development specialist in Human Resources, won Fridays hula hoop contest, which was held in the tower courtyard of the Floyd campus. The adults who participated Joan Ledbetter, Joanie Yarborough, Caroline McWhorter, Angela Wheelus and Cavender had all been ace hoopers as children. Adult bodies, however, dont accommodate themselves as readily to the movement necessary to keep the hoop spinning around the midsection. Or so it seems ..
Cavenders efforts improved as she practiced before the competition, resulting in her win. The hula hoop contest was the latest Friday event sponsored by the GHC Ambassadors to keep spirits high during the first summer in several years without a 10-4 work week. Seems to be working.


text: Already with a couple of practices, the 2014 UNCG womens soccer team is beginning preparations for the upcoming campaign. Courtesy: UNCGSpartans.com Women's Soccer Opens Preseason Camp for 2014 Season UNCGSpartans.com 08-08-2014 Related Links UNCG Women's Soccer Begins Preseason Play Sign Up For Free Email Updates GREENSBORO, N.C. – Already with a couple of practices, the 2014 UNCG women's soccer team is beginning preparations for the upcoming campaign that will start with an exhibition game on the road against Ohio on Thursday, Aug. 14 at noon. The Spartans are led by first-year head coach Michaell Coll, who has begun to implement his coaching strategy during the early stages of preseason. Coll inherits a squad that finished third in the Southern Conference last season after going 10-6-4 with a 5-2-3 SoCon record. The Blue and Gold return seven starters with three all-conference players returning in junior Chesney White (Franklin, Tenn./Franklin), sophomores Rebecca Burrows (Auckland, New Zealand/Mount Albert Grammer School) and Georgia Brown (Dunedin, New Zealand/St. Hilda's Collegiate). White made second team All-SoCon last season after leading the Spartans with six goals and one assist. Burrows also was a second team All-SoCon honoree after scoring two goals and helping UNCG's defense earn nine shutouts. Brown landed on the All-Freshman team after scoring three goals with two assists while playing outside back on the defense. The Blue and Gold officially open the 2014 season on Friday, Aug. 22 at home against in-state foe Charlotte at 7 p.m. at the UNCG Soccer Stadium. Two days later, UNCG takes on SEC opponent Georgia at 2 p.m. in Athens, Ga. Be sure to follow all updates about the 2014 UNCG women's soccer team on www.uncgspartans.com or on twitter @UNCGsports/@UNCGWSoccer. -UNCG-


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2003 Football
BC at Hiram preview
By Ben Risinger, SID
September 8, 2003
The Matchup
When: Saturday, September 13, 2003 at 1 p.m.
Where: Hiram, Ohio - Charles A. Henry field
On the Radio: Listen live to Bluffton College football on WDOH 107.1FM.
Bluffton College will open their 2003 campaign on the road against Hiram College. The Beavers finished 2002 with a 3-7 overall record, 1-5 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Beavers will look anew as former coach Carlin Carpenter is gone, being replaced by longtime offensive coordinator, Greg Brooks. Last season, Bluffton defeated Hiram in a shutout win 45-0. Hiram (0-1) was defeated last week by Grove City, 68-20. The Terriers finished the 2002 season at 0-10.
The Coaches
Bluffton coach Greg Brooks makes his head coaching debut. He took over the BC program after the retirement of former coach, Carlin Carpenter. Brooks is no stranger to the Bluffton program having been the offensive coordinator for the past 23 years. Brooks is a 1977 graduate of Ohio University where he was quarterback and a four-year letterman for the Bobcats.
Hiram is led by third year coach Mike Meyer. Meyer has a 3-18 overall record for the Terriers and in his head coaching career. Meyer was 11-year assistant coach at Ohio Northern University before his stop at Hiram.
Series History
Bluffton holds a 4-3 advantage over the Terriers in the series. Bluffton won last years meeting 45-0. The Beavers have won three out of the last five matchups with Hiram and own a 201-135 points advantage.
Last Year's Contest
Bluffton's shut-out win came as the first home game of the season last year. The Beavers racked up the yardage with 549 yards in total offense and set Salzman Stadium records with 396 yards rushing and six rushing touchdowns as the Beavers out-gained Hiram by 482 yards. The Bluffton also set three records by holding Hiram to 22 yards rushing, 45 yards passing and 67 yards in total offense.
Ben Dodds led the way offensively with 168 yards and a touchdown in his first collegiate start.
Last Week
The Beavers had the first week of the football season off with their bye of the season. Hiram was defeated by Grove City 68-20 in their season opener. Hiram had 231 total offensive yards, 224 passing and only seven rushing.
Last Season
Bluffton finished the 2002 campaign at 3-7 (1-5 HCAC). Hiram went 0-10 on the year. The Beavers will be looking for a win as they dropped four of their last six games in 2002 and their final two games overall.
Next up for the Beavers
Bluffton will be at home next Saturday for their home opener against Thiel. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.


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Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis denied a motion by the Florida Legislature today to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the lawsuit challenging the state Senate redistricting plan.
Legislators argued that the trial court should not hear the case because it should be handled exclusively by the Florida Supreme Court. Lewis disagreed and concluded that argument "flies in the face of case law." Download 2013 01 17 Order Denying Motion to Dismiss
The lawyer for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Adam Schachter, released the following statement:
"Judge Lewis's order means that Floridians will have their day in court. This ruling gives our citizens the right to scrutinize the conduct and motives of those who drew the map."


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Festivals Galore!
Get festive this weekend at area festivals!
Head to Seger Park in Philadelphia for the 5th Annual Spring Festival featuring live music, a moonbounce, free tennis lessons for kids, face-painting, food & giveaways! Celebrate strawberries at the Strawberry Festival at Fifer Orchards in Camden-Wyoming, DE with fruit-picking, hayrides, music & strawberry treats. Or, play it safe at the Welcome Summer: Safety Day in the backyard of Sahara Sam's Oasis in West Berlin, NJ. Climb in a police cruiser, firetruck or ambulance, watch a helicopter land, and learn water safety & first aid lessons.
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Dusty Collins was scoreless and even in Northern Michigan's 4-1 loss to Ohio State. Collins' has now failed to register a point in 17 consecutive games. His last point came on an assist on Dec. 2, 2006 against Lake Superior. The Wildcats are off next weekend and will conclude the regular season at home against Miami Ohio on Feb. 23 and 24.
Mike Lundin [7] picked up an assist on #9 Maine's only goal in the Black Bears 1-0 win over #14 Vermont. The helper was Lundin's 10 assist of the season and 16th point. The defenseman finished the weekend series sweep over the Catamounts with two goals and an assist. The sweep helped move the Black Bears over Vermont in the HEast standings and into a tie for third with Boston College, who plays Boston University on Monday in the Beanpot championship. Vermont's Art Femenella [8] was scratched for the second straight game.
John Wessbecker [9] was scoreless and even in UMASS' 3-3 tie with Providence.


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TOKYO — The upgraded Leaf electric car can travel farther without recharging, comes in a cheaper model, and tells drivers how much battery life is left.
The changes were based on feedback from owners, whose chief worry was running out of juice, Nissan Motor Co. officials said.
Electric cars emit no pollution but need to be recharged. Owners have charging equipment at home. But the scarcity of recharging stations on the roads has limited electric vehicles' use.
The new model can travel 142 miles on a single charge, up from 124 miles, as long as you don't use air conditioning, according to Nissan.
It sells for less than $31,000 in Japan when stripped of fancy options and adding government green subsidies — more affordable than the cheapest previous model at just below $37,000. Nissan did not detail overseas sales plans but said similar upgrades were in the works.
The Leaf is the world's most popular electric vehicle, comprising more than half of all electric car sales. More than 17,000 Leaf cars have been sold in the United States. Among other changes:
■ Roomier luggage space after the recharging mechanism got smaller and was moved to the front.
■ A dashboard display tells how much battery life is left.
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Newark NJ – OSTEOPOROSIS: Essentials for Technologists
June 27, 2015 - June 28, 2015
Event Navigation
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Hotel Reservation Information
Hilton Newark Airport
1170 Spring Street, Elizabeth NJ 07201
+1 908.351.3900
ISCD Meeting rates guaranteed until: June 5, 2015
Single / Double: $119.00
Subject to applicable State and Local Taxes, Fees and Assessments
Course Schedule
Registration and Sign-In will begin at: 7:15 AM
Day 1 – 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM with 1 hour lunch break
Day 2 – 8:00 AM – 12:45 PM
* Please note food will not be provided at the course.
Fees for Osteoporosis Essentials for Technologists
Day 1 & 2
Course Description
Osteoporosis Essentials for Technologists / Schedule Day 1 / Schedule Day 2 / Policies
OSTEOPOROSIS: Essentials of Densitometry, Diagnosis and Management – An international course of the ISCD and IOF – Formerly the ISCD Bone Densitometry Course
The core elements of this program provide a set of standard practices and information to raise the quality of DXA exams and patient care. This is accomplished by increasing awareness of the technical expertise involved in bone densitometry and educating how to address the related challenges. The course focuses on the role a technologist plays in DXA exam acquisition and patient care.
Target Audience
This course is most appropriate for those involved in bone densitometry examination performance. It is open to any Technologist or Allied Health professional performing DXA scans.
After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:
- Design and implement quality control and assurance practices
- Understand the importance of precision assessments and how to conduct in a facility
- Identify lumbar spine, proximal femur and forearm anatomy and recognize abnormal or unusual anatomy and correct patient positioning for scan acquisition and analysis
- Recognize vertebral fracture significance in osteoporosis and techniques for acquiring VFA scans
- Critically evaluate DXA scans and identify acquisition and analysis errors as methods to resolve errors
- Recognize how technical errors impact clinical interpretation and patient care
Credit Designation
Day 1 has been approved by the ASRT for 9.5 continuing education credits. Day 2 has been approved by the ASRT for 5.0 continuing education credits.
Technologists must sign in and out each day to verify attendance and receive credit. Partial credit will not be given for either day.
Attestation of Achievement – Technologists (This is not a replacement for CBDT Certification.)
The Joint Entity of ISCD and IOF have developed an additional opportunity for those interested in demonstrating their competence in this subject matter. Individuals attending the two-day course are eligible to register for an online activity demonstrating competency in the specific content relayed in this course. Successful completion of the activity will provide the individual with an Attestation of Achievement that can be printed.
This is not an ISCD Certification.
Osteoporosis Essentials for Technologists
Day 1 Lectures 8:00am – 6:00pm
Lecture 1: Overview of Osteoporosis
Lecture 2: Bone Measurement Device Operating Principles
Lecture 3: X-Ray Science, Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance
Lecture 4: Principles of DXA Scan Interpretation
Lecture 5: Quality Assurance
Lecture 6: Role of the Technologist
Lecture 7: Anatomy, Positioning and Acquisition – Spine
Lecture 8: Anatomy, Positioning and Acquisition – Femur & Forearm
Lecture 9: Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA)
Osteoporosis Essentials for Technologists
Day 2 Lectures 8:00am – 12:45pm
Lecture 10: Scan Analysis
Lecture 11: Clinical Management of the Osteoporotic Patient
Lecture 12: DXA Assessment and Impact on Clinical Cares
Lecture 13: Case Review
Lecture 14: Cases
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The ISCD maintains a policy on the use of commercial support, which ensures that all educational activities sponsored by the ISCD provide in-depth presentations that are fair, balanced, independent, and scientifically rigorous. All faculty and planners are required to complete a Conflict of Interest form. This information will be made available through course syllabus materials.
The information and suggestions presented at the courses, seminars and other programs sponsored by ISCD and other collaborating societies are subject to change and therefore should serve only as a foundation for further investigation and study. Any forms presented at our seminars or programs are samples only and are not necessarily authoritative. All information, procedures and forms contained or used in such seminars or programs should serve only as a guide for use in specific situations.
Attendance Cancellation Policy
All changes in registration must be made in writing to firstname.lastname@example.com. Cancellations during regular registration are subject to a $75 administrative fee. Cancellations received during Late registration will not be refunded. Transfer to another course must be requested, in writing, at least 14 days before the course. The request is subject to space availability and a $25 administrative fee.
Course Changes or Cancellations
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates and/or meeting location. If a program is cancelled, all program fees will be refunded automatically unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
Travel Cancellations Disclaimer
ISCD does not assume responsibility for registrants' travel or hotel expenses. ISCD recommends that transportation arrangements be made no sooner than 21 days before the course date.
Disability Compliance
The ISCD fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special accommodations to participate fully in the ISCD program, please contact us as soon as possible so we can make appropriate accommodations. You can make accommodation requests by calling 860.259.1000 ext 101 or send via email to email@example.com.
Neither the Certified Clinical Densitometrist(CCD) nor the Certified Bone Densitometry Technologist(CBDT) Exam are offered immediately following the Bone Densitometry Course. Log onto the ISCD website (www.ISCD.org) for more information on how to submit an application to take either of these exams, as well as locations where the exams are offered throughout the year.


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Police: Teen fatally shoots dad to protect mom | Crime
Antioch, Florida -- Police say a teenager defending his mother fatally shot his father in Plant City.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says police received a call around 10:15 Saturday night about a shooting at a mobile home on Burnt Barn Avenue. When deputies arrived, they found 36-year-old Christopher Thorpe dead in the master bedroom.
Investigators say the shooting appears to be the result of a fight between Christopher and his wife, Jill.
A verbal argument reportedly turned physical as deputies say Thorpe began beating his wife in the master bedroom. As Thorpe strangled her, their 17-year-old son rushed in, armed with a handgun. He fired several shots, hitting Thorpe.
The mother was also shot in the thigh, and is being treated at a nearby hospital.
Police have not arrested the teen, who was left in the custody of his mother.
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