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300 lb (2070 KPa) pressure tested approved polish chrome valve. Heavy Duty 1-1/2" (38 mm) pressure restricting polish chrome angle hose and hydrolator valve. Automatically drains and vents, safeguarding against hose deterioration. O-ring packing and red cast handle. Forgeline Bonnett and Seat Assembly. Water pressure is controlled by adjustable flow restriction. If full flow is required, the restriction may be overridden. Furnished with field setting chart. UL/ULC listed and FM Approved.
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Session framework improvements
The following tickets call for improvements in session logic: #5549:comment:5, #2548, #3304, #1180, #6791, #6941.
Some of the tickets are interrelated, some of them pose security risks.
Additionally, sessions are not thread-safe (see http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_frm/thread/a7d42475b66530bd) and are missing a single method to destroy the session (ad-hoc workaround: iterate through all session keys and delete them one by one).
Also, the relationship between
request.user and sessions should be clearly defined to avoid overwriting the user key in session.
See also the discussion at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/fbcfa88c997d1bb3 .
Other projects to draw inspiration from: Beaker.
A coherent solution should be provided to all these issues by refactoring
django.contrib.session should be a secure session framework that
- will not be re-used under any circumstances (#6941), is protected against key collisions (#1180) and session hijacking (#6941),
- supports concurrency by using locking throughout (as Beaker does, think mod_wsgi with threads and AJAX),
- supports destroying sessions (no dangling data nor session ID should remain),
- supports controlling session lifetime (#2548:comment:8 describes the use case),
- has a well-defined relationship to request.user. I haven't checked the code, but as far as I know, the user is stored in session. This is of course entirely reasonable, but the relationship should be documented to avoid overwriting the user key in session. The session should remain to be tied to browser (re: jacobkm: Also, there's the question of whether the session is tied to the browser or to the user -- we're a bit muddled there currently), there should perhaps be a user-specific data bucket to store additional user-specific attributes if required that will represent a 'user session' -- something in the lines of

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The Republican establishment had a good night Tuesday. North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis won the nomination to oppose Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, overcoming tea-party rivals. And in Indiana, GOP Rep. Susan Brooks easily fended off a challenge from the right. The Associated Press has more about Tuesday's contests, which tested the strength of the tea-party movement.
Maybe there won't be a Keystone-pipeline vote in the Senate after all. The Hill reports an impasse over amendments is threatening to scuttle a vote on legislation to build the pipeline, despite Sen. Mary Landrieu's insistence she is within two or three votes of a filibuster-proof majority. The Louisiana Democrat is one of the key Senate supporters of the project.
Coming soon to a TV near you: more ads funded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Politico reports the Chamber is poised to unveil an onslaught of general-election advertising this week, launching TV spots in almost a dozen of the most competitive House districts in this year's midterm elections. The Republican-friendly group has also reserved airtime in the Kentucky and Colorado Senate races.
Veto threat! President Barack Obama supports extending a research-and-development tax credit, but the White House says he'd reject a House Republican bill that would permanently do just that. Why? He wants to offset the cost by ending other corporate tax breaks. The Republican bill, which the House will vote on this week, is not paid for and adds to the deficit. Read more from Roll Call.
Immigration reform ain't dead yet, and there are three reasons it could pass in 2014. The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib writes about those reasons, including House Speaker John Boehner's going out of his way to show he wants to try to get something done on the issue this year. The business community is another reason, and he advises looking for business leaders to start reaching out to House members in coming weeks.
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We have a need to pass a constant along with a vector (mux'd array of scalars) to a C function. Our prototype would be something like this: foo(unsigned int, unsigned char*);
Is there a way to do this? In your C function call, all input ports have to have the same size. So, I can't see a way to pass both a constant and a vector to the function.
Thanks for your help, as always!
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Pick's disease is a rare and permanent form of dementia that is similar to Alzheimer's disease, except that it tends to affect only certain areas of the brain.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
People with Pick's disease have abnormal substances (called Pick bodies and Pick cells) inside nerve cells in the damaged areas of the brain.
Pick bodies and Pick cells contain an abnormal form of a protein called tau. This protein is found in all nerve cells. But some people with Pick's disease have an abnormal amount or type of this protein.
The exact cause of the abnormal form of the protein is unknown. Many different abnormal genes have been found that can cause Pick's disease. Many cases of Pick's disease are passed down through families.
Pick's disease is rare. It can occur in people as young as 20, but usually begins between ages 40 and 60. The average age at which it begins is 54.
The disease gets worse slowly. Tissues in the temporal and frontal lobes of the brain start to shrink over time. Symptoms such as behavior changes, speech difficulty, and impaired thinking occur slowly, but continue to get worse.
The early personality changes can help doctors tell Pick's disease apart from Alzheimer's. (Memory loss is often the main, and earliest, symptom of Alzheimer's.)
People with Pick's disease tend to behave the wrong way in different social settings. The changes in behavior continue to get worse and are often one of the most disturbing symptoms of the disease. Some patients will have more prominent difficulty with decision making, complex tasks, or language (trouble finding or understanding words or writing).
General symptoms are listed below.
Behavioral changes:
- Can't keep a job
- Compulsive behaviors
- Inappropriate behavior
- Inability to function or interact in social or personal situations
- Problems with personal hygiene
- Repetitive behavior
- Withdrawal from social interaction
Emotional changes:
- Abrupt mood changes
- Decreased interest in daily living activities
- Failure to recognize changes in behavior
- Failure to show emotional warmth, concern, empathy, sympathy
- Inappropriate mood
- Not caring about events or environment
Language changes:
- Can't speak (mutism)
- Decreased ability to read or write
- Difficulty finding a word
- Difficulty speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)
- Repeat anything spoken to them (echolalia)
- Shrinking vocabulary
- Weak, uncoordinated speech sounds
Neurological problems:
- Increased muscle tone (rigidity)
- Memory loss that gets worse
- Movement/coordination difficulties (apraxia)
- Weakness
Other problems:
Signs and tests
The doctor will ask you about your medical history and symptoms.
Your health care provider might order tests to help rule out other causes of dementia, including dementia due to metabolic causes. Pick's disease is tentatively diagnosed based on symptoms and results of tests, including:
- Assessment of the mind and behavior (neuropsychological assessment)
- Brain MRI
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Examination of the brain and nervous system (neurological exam)
- Examination of the fluid around the central nervous system (cerebrospinal fluid) after a lumbar puncture
- Head CT scan
- Tests of sensation, thinking and reasoning (cognitive function), and motor function
A brain biopsy is the only test that can confirm the diagnosis.
There is no specific treatment for Pick's disease. Certain antidepressants and antipsychotics may help manage mood swings related to Pick's disease, but further research is needed.
Sometimes patients with Pick's take the same medications used to treat other types of dementia, such as medications that decrease the breakdown of the chemical messenger, acetylcholine (anticholinesterase inhibitors), and memantine. However, there is no conclusive evidence that these help.
In some cases, stopping or changing medications that worsen confusion or that are not essential can improve thinking and other cognitive functions. This may include medications such as:
- Analgesics
- Anticholinergics
- Central nervous system depressants
- Cimetidine
- Lidocaine
It's important to treat any disorders that contribute to confusion. These may include:
- Anemia
- Decreased oxygen (hypoxia) levels
- Heart failure
- High carbon dioxide levels
- Infections
- Kidney failure
- Liver failure
- Nutritional disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Psychiatric conditions such as depression
Treating any medical and psychiatric disorders often helps improve mental function.
Medications may be needed to control aggressive, dangerous, or agitated behaviors.
Some patients may benefit from hearing aids, glasses, cataract surgery, or other treatments.
Behavior modification can help some people control unacceptable or dangerous behaviors. This consists of rewarding appropriate or positive behaviors and ignoring inappropriate behaviors (when it's safe to do so).
Formal psychotherapy treatment doesn't always work, because it can cause further confusion or disorientation.
Reality orientation, which reinforces environmental and other cues, may help reduce disorientation.
Depending on the symptoms and severity of the disease, the patient may need monitoring and help with personal hygiene and self-care. Eventually, there may be a need for 24-hour care and monitoring at home or in a special facility. Family counseling can help the person cope with the changes needed for home care.
Care may include:
- Adult protective services
- Community resources
- Homemakers
- Visiting nurses or aides
- Volunteer services
People may need legal advice early in the course of the disorder. Advance directives, power of attorney, and other legal actions can make it easier to make ethical decisions regarding the care of the person with Pick's disease.
Expectations (prognosis)
The disorder quickly and steadily becomes worse. Patients become totally disabled early in the course of the disease.
Pick's disease commonly causes death within 2 – 10 years, usually from infection but sometimes from general failure of the body systems.
- Abuse by an over-stressed caregiver
- Infection
- Loss of ability to care for self or perform normal activities
- Loss of ability to interact with others
- Progressive loss of ability to function
- Side effects of medications used to treat the disorder
- Reduced life span
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of Pick's disease.
Call your health care provider or go to the emergency room if mental function gets worse (which may mean that another disorder has developed).
There is no known prevention.
- Knopman DS. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 425.
- Review Date: 2/16/2012.
Reviewed by: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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The Last Holdout: Buying Cars Online
You can buy everything online now, from food to jeans. What about a new car? General Motors is trying to get ahead of the trend to sell what might be the last product to be sold online. Christina Rogers reports. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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#1: Cordarrelle Patterson will go earlier in the draft than people think.
He'll go top 15 at worst, and top 5 would not shock me. I realize that he is not a perfect prospect, but his upside is enormous and during draft season GMs tend to disproportionately focus on upside, especially in the top 10 picks. He's a bit like this year's version of Trent Richardson (albeit for different reasons). Richardson had enormous upside but most people did not project Richardson as a super high pick due his positional value. However, as the draft neared, it became clear the NFL GMs viewed Richardson as a very high draft pick- his total upside was just too great to ignore. Von Miller was a similar case the year before. And a few years before that, Aaron Curry (blech). Dontari Poe did not go in the top 10, but he still went much much higher than he deserved simply because his upside was so high.
Patterson still has some developing to do, but you almost never see players with his size that have moves like he does. That plus he just looks like a future NFL-pro-bowler. I like Patterson and I think he makes some sense for the Seahawks, but I'm not even bothering to get my hopes up for him. Seattle is probably going to make the playoffs, and Patterson is going to leave the board long before Seattle's first pick.
#2: Despite cooling off somewhat in the hype department, both Matt Barkley and Geno Smith will be top 5 picks.
The Chiefs will almost certainly clean house this offseason. New GM, new coach, new QB, and they have a very real shot at picking in the top 5. The Raiders are playing better than expected, but could still finish in the top 5, and they desperately need a good young QB. I don't think Dallas will pick in the top 5, but Jerry Jones might start thinking about life after Romo and he's shown no hesitancy in the past to move up for a player he likes. The Eagles might clean house this offseason- though the 2012 preseason performance of Nick Foles might prevent them from going QB. The slumping Cardinals could finish in the top 5 picks, and also end up cleaning house. QB is their obvious #1 need.
In my own personal opinion, disagree if you want, I think Barkley is roughly on par with Andrew Luck as an NFL prospect. Luck is the superior athlete, but Barkley handles pressure better and is more cerebral. I see Luck as being Big Ben 2.0, and I see Barkley as being Matt Stafford 2.0 (with less of an arm). Both are worthy of being top 5 draft picks. Geno Smith has made big strides this year and has become a legit top 15 caliber QB prospect. Due to a potential feeding frenzy at the top, I could see Smith going top five in a QB class that's thin at the top, similar to Mark Sanchez a few years back.
I've said for a while that I thought Barkley could slide, but I've changed my tune. Teams with big needs at QB are emerging, and the top of the 2013 QB class isn't as crowded as it could have been. It's still a good QB class top to bottom, but it's pretty clear that Barkley/Smith stand tall over the rest, in terms of draft stock.
People are down on Barkley right now, but I think that's really just a case of a sugar low coming off of an over-hyped offseason, very similar to Jake Locker a couple years ago. Barkley is a FAR better prospect than Locker, albeit with less maximum upside.
#3: Kenjon Barner could be a 1st round pick.
Oregon is known for having deadly college RBs, even more so during the Chip Kelly era. What separates Barner from his peers like Thomas and James is that he's actually living in an NFL sized body. At 5'11", 195 pounds, Barner is very close to prototypical size for an NFL running back. Barner is putting up huge performances at just the right time, and I seriously doubt his current hand injury will have any impact on his draft stock. Barner is a complete back that not only has speed but can break an arm tackle. Teams often make a run at RBs in the late 1st round and Barner will enter the 2013 draft as one of the best options. He's a far better prospect than David Wilson was, and Wilson was a 1st rounder last season (32nd overall).
#4: Tyler Wilson will still be a 1st round QB.
It was strongly inferred to Rob and I by a source that Seattle had their eye on a QB other than Barkley in 2013 (this was before they drafted Wilson) and had hopes of drafting him. The clues he gave us seemed to strongly imply Tyler Wilson. Wilson has had a tough season, but in terms of tools and smarts he's actually pretty comparable to Matt Barkley. There has been a gravitational effect in the last few drafts where QBs like Tannehill, Locker, and Ponder were all drafted much higher than their projections because QBs tend to be over-drafted. Wilson has everything you need to be a solid starting QB, and if a team like Dallas or even the Jets (recent history of drafting 1st round QBs) is sitting in the 10-15 range it wouldn't surprise me if they took him there.


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|1798 Marriage Bond for
Sarah Reeves and William Holton
It had previously been believed that the James Reeves who settled in Wayne County, Tennessee was the son of Isaac Reeves of Wilkes County because a few years after James arrived there, Isaac's son Peter migrated to Wayne County. But based upon the data from the 1790 census, it is unlikely that the James Reeves of Wayne County, with wife Rachel was the son of Isaac and Margery Reeves. James Reeves of Wayne County would have been born after 1776 according to the 1820 census and far too young to have been the father of the 1790 Wilkes County household. That Wayne County census lists James Reeves' household as 1 male ‹10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females ‹10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 26-44. In the 1830 census Rachel's age is given as 40-49 or born 1781 to 1790 indicating she could not have been the mother of the children listed in the 1790 census when she would have been approximately 9 years old. Rachel's household in the 1830 census of 1 male ‹5, 2 males 5-9, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 40-49 and 2 slaves is far more consistent with the household of the younger James Reeves of the 1820 census.
No marriage record has been found for James Reeves and Sarah Holton, but recently in the Kentucky County Marriage records at Family Search, I found a 1798 Madison County marriage bond for Sarah Reeves and William Holton with James Reeves as bondsman. When I initially found the document, my first thought was that it pertained to the marriage of James Reeves and Sarah Holton, but then realized that James Reeves was bondsman, not the groom. In comparing the signature of the James Reeves from this marriage bond to that of James of Wilkes County on the marriage bond of his sister, Bettie, to John Wilson in 1784 for which he was bondsman, the signatures are very similar. The signature from the Wilkes County document is not as clear as that of the Kentucky document because the pen or quill was making large ink smudges which makes a comparison of the name "Reeves" more difficult, but the given name "James" is very much like the Madison County signature. There were several unidentified daughters listed in Isaac Reeves, Sr.'s household in the 1790 census of Wilkes County. Could this Sarah Reeves who married William Holton be James' sister? And William Holton possibly be the brother of Sarah Holton?
Another curious bit of information found regarding this family pertains to Lazarus Reeve, son of Isaac B. Reeve, who left Wilkes County around 1815 and by 1820 had settled in Morgan County, Illinois. In every census from 1850 to 1880, Lazarus Reeve gives his place of birth as Kentucky, yet his father is recorded in the 1800 census of Wilkes County, North Carolina. One undocumented reference to Lazarus Reeve online gave his place of birth as Madison County, Kentucky. This raises a question as to whether Isaac B. Reeve may have moved to Kentucky in the late 1790's when his brother James did but returned to Wilkes County before 1800 and did not permanently leave there until after 1815 when he migrated to Morgan County, Illinois.
These bits of information provide more questions than answers to the mystery of the origins of James Reeves of Mason County, Kentucky. As we continue to search the extant records of Wilkes County, North Carolina in addition to Kentucky and Illinois, hopefully we will eventually find answers.


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Down puffer jacket with a high neck, adjustable hood with drawstrings and long sleeves. Features two zip fly pockets on the sides, lining with an inside pocket, elastic cuffs with snap buttons, and a zip-up front.
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Well, I haven't been around here much lately other than to occasionally read other's blogs. I have been doing some quilting, I made a baby quilt for a friend and I am in the process of making one for our church group "Squares of Hope" to be donated to someone who needs comfort from illness or loss of a loved one.
I haven't lost a good deal of weight. In fact I was not really giving Weight Watchers my all. It wasn't until a friend said to me the other day " You aren't following the program or you would be losing weight. Are you drinking all the water you should be? " That was the best thing she could have said to me. Because she was right, I was only fooling myself. I kept saying I am following the program and not losing weight but I really wasn't being quite honest about what I was doing. I would be good for one or two meals a day but the dinner meal or between lunch and dinner I was eating more than I should have so I was basically maintaining my weight. When she said that to me I looked inside and had to be honest with myself. I wasn't doing the right thing. I was only hurting and fooling myself. From that moment on I have faithfully written down every morsel of food I've eaten and I've been drinking the water that I should be. The good thing is I was already doing the exercise I should have been. I expect to be showing some pounds drop now.
Have any of you heard of Pinterest? It's a new site where you have numerous boards and you pin different things that you like in different catagories that you choose. You follow other people and they can follow you if they want and you see new items to pin yourself all day long. Some of the things people are pinning are recipes, household hints, clothing, homes, decorating ideas, inspirational things. It's lots of fun and quite addicting I think. Go to pinterest.com and check it out if you want.
Today was a lazy day for me. I slept in this morning until about 8:30 (I am usually up much earlier) and I didn't get showered and dressed until around one in the afternoon. I am usually out to the gym early Monday thru Friday and Sunday it's early to church. So Saturday is the only day I can just take my time in getting anything done. It sure felt good today. Hope you all have a good weekend.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Well, I haven't been around here much lately other than to occasionally read other's blogs. I have been doing some quilting, I made a baby quilt for a friend and I am in the process of making one for our church group "Squares of Hope" to be donated to someone who needs comfort from illness or loss of a loved one.
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5 comments:
- I'm mostly known as 'MA' said...
It is great to see your post this morning. In the winter time I often have days like yours where I'm not dressed till around noon. It's cold and snowy here so there is usually no hurry. Hope your Sunday is a wonderful one!
- February 12, 2012 at 4:21 AM
- Susan said...
Following a diet is the hardest thing to do. I need to lose some weight, but have not reached that inner push yet. Love your husband's quilt. Do you do the quilting on the machine free-form or is it a long arm machine. Hi to the Bichon. Love those sweet, affectionate puppies.
- February 12, 2012 at 6:01 AM
- Jacquie said...
Good to see you posting Kathy and good for your friend calling you out on weight watchers! It is a gret plan and if you follow it and continue to exercise you should do great!
- February 12, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- Barb said...
Hi hon. Wish you luck with your diet. I think now that you've been honest with yourself you'll do a lot better. I'm proud of you, proud of what you have accomplished so far.
Love the quilt. It's beautiful. It is sunny here, a bit chilly though, and I enjoyed having the first morning hour to myself. I do better when I have an hour alone before Johnny stirs or the phone starts ringing. Enjoy the day.
- February 12, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- Jody V said...
So good to hear from you!!!! I'm in the same boat with the "honesty" with WW! I've been making those pillow cases you sent me the link to and donating them to the shelters and also making them for friends. They are a huge hit! My sons even love them.
Please post again soon. I miss you!
- February 12, 2012 at 1:26 PM


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6 of 10 universities can't figure out 1st Amendment
Report says majority of schools have policies that 'seriously infringe' on Constitution
More than six of 10 colleges and universities across the United States have yet to figure out the First Amendment, because their "speech codes" conflict with the Constitution, according to a new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
"FIRE surveyed 409 schools for this report and found that over 62 percent maintain severely restrictive, 'red-light' speech codes – policies that clearly and substantially prohibit protected speech," said the executive summary.
"That this figure is so large is deeply troubling, but there is good news: for the fifth year in a row, the percentage of schools maintaining such policies has declined."
The report said "progress continues to be threatened by new federal and state regulations on harassment and bullying."
"A number of universities have adopted more restrictive harassment policies threatening protected speech in response to the April 4, 2011, 'Dear Colleague' letter issued by the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, the agency responsible for enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws on campus."
FIRE said the Education Department's letter "backed away from OCR's previously robust support for students' expressive rights, and a number of universities have followed suit."
The report said of the 409 schools reviewed, 254 were given a red light for their restrictions, 131 got a yellow light rating and 15 got a green-light rating.
"For the fifth year in a row, this represents a decline in the percentage of schools maintaining red-light speech codes, down from 75 percent five years ago. Additionally, the number of green-light institutions has risen from just eight schools five years ago (2 percent) to 15 schools this year (3.6 percent)."
The report continued, "The percentage of public schools with a red-light rating also fell for a fifth consecutive year. Five years ago, 79 percent of public schools received a red-light rating. This year, 61.6 percent of public schools did – a dramatic change."
Other major findings include that the number of schools that do not maintain "speech codes" has nearly doubled in five years from eight to 15. Virginia was the best state, with 37.5 percent of schools earning a green light and only 25 percent given a red light.
"In Mississippi, both the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University eliminated all of their speech codes this past year, earning green-light ratings from FIRE."
But there remain problem areas: Harvard "prohibits actions that 'demean' others based on a variety of personal characteristics, as well as 'behavior evidently intended to dishonor such characteristics as race, gender, ethnic group, religious belief, or sexual orientation.'"
And Princeton "prohibits verbal behavior 'which demeans … or injures another because of personal characteristics or beliefs or their expression,'" FIRE reported.
Likewise, Columbia, "prohibits 'belittling remarks about a person's gender or belittling remarks about a person's sexual orientation based in gender-stereotyping,' and 'inappropriate sexual innuendos or humor,' including over 'email, the Internet, or other forms of digital media.'"
"FIRE is happy that speech codes have again declined, but it is hard to feel too good when so many students are still living with censorship," said Samantha Harris, the group's director of speech code research.
"We will continue our work until campus censorship is a thing of the past."
FIRE is a nonprofit educational foundation that unites civil rights and civil liberties leaders, scholars, journalists and public intellectuals from across the political and ideological spectrum on behalf of individual rights, freedom of expression, academic freedom, due process and rights of conscience at the nation's colleges and universities.
The report said the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, for Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, "has the strongest record in the nation of striking down university and even secondary-school speech codes on constitutional grounds.
FIRE said speech codes – restrictions on speech that is constitutionally protected off campus – became popular during the 1980s and 1990s, and apparently were based on worry that people would be "offended."
The report noted that the private universities, which have greater latitude in restricting speech of their students, often mislabel their own activities.
"Georgetown University's 'Speech and Expression Policy,' for example, asserts: 'All members of the Georgetown University academic community … enjoy the right to freedom of speech and expression. This freedom includes the right to express points of view on the widest range of public and private concerns and to engage in the robust expression of ideas.'"
However, that's "false advertising," FIRE said, because the school prohibits "a great deal of speech that the First Amendment would protect at a public university."
"Students may freely choose to enroll at a private institution where they knowingly give up some of their free speech rights in exchange for membership in the university community. But universities may not engage in a bait-and-switch where they advertise themselves as bastions of freedom and instead deliver censorship and repression," the FIRE report said.
Among instances of concern was a Colorado College situation in which two students were determined guilty of violating the policy on "violence" for a satirical flyer that mocked a publication of the college's "Feminist and Gender Studies Program."
Other First Amendment issues have developed with "anti-bullying policies," tolerance rules, Internet use policies, demonstration limits, security fee policies and free speech zones, where speech is allowed only in a restricted – usually out of the way – place.
The good news, the report said, is that unconstitutional policies can be changed by student activism or legal challenges.
The green light schools were identified as Arizona State, Black Hills State, Carnegie Mellon, Cleveland State, Dartmouth, James Madison, Mississippi State, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, College of William and Mary, Mississippi, Nebraska-Lincoln, Pennsylvania, Tennessee-Knoxville, Utah and Virginia.


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This collection of math problems is based on a weekly series of space and Earth science problems distributed to teachers during the 2013-2014 school year. The problems were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and... (View More) physical science curriculum and were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. Includes information for teachers and answer key. (View Less)
This is a collection of mathematics problems relating to the moons of the solar system. Learners will use simple proportional relationships and work with fractions to study the relative sizes of the larger moons in our solar system, and explore how... (View More) temperatures change from place to place using the Celsius and Kelvin scales. (View Less)
This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science mathematics problems distributed during the 2012-2013 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science... (View More) curriculum in grades 5 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a second page. (View Less)
This collection of 160 math problems covers the 20 science topic themes presented by the NASA/JPL Year of the Solar System (YOSS) website, covering the solar system, planets, the search for life, and robotics. Examples of topics included are: scale... (View More) of the solar system; asteroids; comets; moons and rings; volcanism in the solar system; ice in the solar system; water in the solar system; the Sun, transits and eclipses; astrobiology; magnetosphers and more. It is intended as a mathematics supplement for the science content presented at the YOSS website, and features grade-appropriate and Common Core State Standards-based math problems based on science content for grades 3-12. (View Less)
This simple exercise demonstrates how Maya numbers are written and how higher place values of numbers are calculated. This activity can also be used in informal education settings with people ages 9 through adult. Includes information for educators,... (View More) Maya numbers and place values chart, and worksheet. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Math are identified. (View Less)
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This book presents 49 space-related math problems published weekly on the SpaceMath@NASA site during the 2011-2012 academic year. The problems utilize information, imagery, and data from various NASA spacecraft missions that span a variety of math... (View More) skills in pre-algebra and algebra. (View Less)
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The lessons in this book focus on scale and proportion as mathematical topics, using the 5E instructional cycle. Students explore lunar images, and a number of hands-on activities are also provided to allow students to create and explore... (View More) scale-models for spacecraft and lunar craters. (View Less)
This is an activity about using solar arrays to provide power to the space station. Learners will solve a scenario-based problem by calculating surface areas and determining the amount of power or electricity the solar arrays can create. This is... (View More) mathematics activity 1 of 2 found in the ISS L.A.B.S. Educator Resource Guide. (View Less)
In this problem set, learners will become familiar with two measures of electricity: watts and kilowatt-Hours. They will calculate the electrical consumption of several household items, such as appliances, as well as its cost. Answer key is... (View More) provided. This is part of Earth Math: A Brief Mathematical Guide to Earth Science and Climate Change. (View Less)
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On Monday SSE's transmission arm, Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission, announced it had awarded four contracts with a cumulative value of around £600 million for new electricity substations in the north of Scotland.
The contracts were awarded to several joint ventures — ABB UK and Balfour Beatty Engineering Services; Alstom Grid UK and Enterprise and BAM Nutall and Siemens — and Miller Quatro, a consortium comprising Miller Construction and three Spanish companies – Sacyr Industrial, Isastur and Aditel, known collectively as Quatro T & D.
The BAM Nuttall and Siemens joint venture yesterday revealed that its contract for Moray and the West will total £200 million, representing a third of the capital expenditure in the framework.
The framework is part of £1.1 billion system reinforcement by SHE Transmission to accommodate further onshore wind, new offshore wind and emerging marine-generation developments, a key element of Scotland's low carbon ambition.
The framework is for five years with the facility to extend for an additional four years. The initial order value is up to £200 million.
BAM Nuttall and Siemens' award for Lot 3 (Moray and the West) includes five new substations. The joint venture is responsible for the entire scope including the design, manufacture, construction and commissioning of the new assets incorporating site access, platform construction, foundations and both gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substations.
The award builds on an already successful partnership between Siemens and BAM following the successful completion of the Britned Convertor Station in Kent in 2009.
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The Fairest Cape in all the World, whales, great white sharks and the Big5, the Cradle of Humanity, Nelson Mandela, gold, diamonds and platinum, Victoria Falls and the mighty Zambezi, the Kruger and Greater St Lucia Wetland Parks, Shaka Zulu and the Rain Queen, Mahatma Gandhi, the Great Karoo and the Kalahari and Namib deserts, the wildflowers of Namaqualand in Spring, vineyards, the Garden Route, tropical and sub-tropical beaches, high mountain passes, some of the most isolated places on earth, world-class roads and infrastructure, the 2010 Soccer World Cup (FIFA), the Anglo-Boer War and Apartheid -- Southern Africas astonishing diversity was best articulated by Alan Paton in Cry the Beloved Country
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|News Flash: "Spaniel saves tiny Terrier from drowning in Southards Pond." 'Tis a true Long Island tale with a Disney dash, but sorry to say, we won't be seeing footage on Animal Planet or News 12 because it happened 126 years ago.
Two accounts of this rescue have surfaced during our search for the site of the Babylon Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) clubhouse and the burial spot of Sensation, the logo Pointer. This near drowning involved other dogs belonging to WKC members, and happened five years before the famous Sensation came here to enjoy his retirement. We now know the basic boundaries of 64 acres overlooking Southards that Westminster owned from 1884 to 1904 but the exact location of the fancy clubhouse with Sensation's grave remains uncertain.
In his book- The Dog Show '125 Years of Westminster, William Stifel cites testimony from the sportsman's publication- Chicago Field June 11, 1881. The story of the save mentioned that Mr. Elliot Smith, owner of the Terrier, planned to present the Spaniel with a lifesaving medal, "a reward the Spaniel certainly merits for this display of almost or quite, human bravery and intelligence."
I wanted to see if the event made the local news too. It certainly did. found a different version of the heroics in Babylon's original weekly. Microfilm of the June 18, 1881 South Side Signal quotes another journal- Forest and Stream. Here's what Mr. Smith had to say: "An incident occurred at the Westminster Kennel Club's grounds in Babylon, L.I., last Thursday, an account whereof think worthy of your columns. My little Skye terrier bitch, Wasp, is a great swimmer and frequently follows the Superintendent about as he rows over the lake adjoining the Club grounds. She did so on Thursday last, accompanied by F.O.DeLuze's spaniel, Sankey After swimming some time, Wasp gave a little cry as if in fear, and sank to the bottom, probably having taken with a cramp.
Sankey heard the yelp, turned to where she had disappeared, and swam over to the spot several times, whining meanwhile. Presently he dived, came up again, and dived a second time. This was repeated six or seven times till finally he found her at the bottom and brought her up, swam with her to the shore, and had her drawn quite out of the water when the Superintendent reached him.
He seemed delighted with his success, rushing about and uttering joyful yelps. Wasp was nearly drowned, and it required active measures, rolling, rubbing, etc., to restore her. I think Sankey's intelligence and persistence were wonderful. The story I give as I heard it from John Read, the Superintendent of the WKC, who was an eyewitness of the performance. The water was, I believe, between five and six feet deep."
Footnote: For more on the hunt for the historic Westminster Kennel Club Babylon clubhouse, see these Beacon "Pets, Pets, Pets" links in the "Archives" online: 2/8/07; 3/15/07; 4/ 12/07. I'll be reporting more clues from 1938 aerial maps soon.
Fast forward to 2007: Beware of the bay. We needed the spunky spirit of Sankey at Gardiner Park one March morning while we watched helplessly as a yellow Lab swam far from the shore in pursuit of some swans. Her owner was in absolute terror. The more she screamed; the further she scared the swans away with her oblivious Lab right behind them. She was sure her dog would tire and drown. So were we.
My husband tried to calm the owner and lure the Lab with our dogs, but her dog wasn't impressed by an Afghan or Cavalier. The Lab was doing what she's genetically hard wired to do. She HAD to retrieve waterfowl. In desperation, the woman plunged into the icy water. The silly Lab ignored her, too focused on the swans heading toward Fire Island Lighthouse. We feared for both lady and Lab until the owner blurted out the magic words- "Wanna cookie?" The dog forgot about her quarry and paddled eagerly to her Mom.
.... the same shivering, adrenaline pumping Mom discovered when they got back to the parking lot that her car keys were sitting on the bottom of Great South Bay. We drove the soaked duo home to get a spare set. The silly Lab, oblivious to the panic she caused, walked right into her crate and took a nap. She never did get that cookie.
For adoption at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Pl. Syosset: "Ruby" #332 is a docile Shihtzuabout 4 years old while "Slippers" #341 is an adorable longhaired kitten. These gals would love to click their heels and go home with someone nice. See more photos on the shelter's Petfinder site.
More Dogs: "Fiona" #258- the Beagle/Basset; "Blue" #325- a Rottie/Husky with blue eyes; "Sonata"# 314- a young male Husky; "Beauford" #287- the Coonhound mix pup.
Cats: "Heckle & Jeckle"- #173/174- declawed cinnamon brothers; "Foo" #116- gray & white tabby.


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Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan from Nebraska hasn't been shy about her ambitions to go to college, law school, be a Supreme court judge, and then finally, president. After being home schooled from age six on, the NY-magazine described "extremely sensitive, shy, self-scrutinizing" youth quickly matured, as did her dreams of making it in politics.
Her best qualities have been noted as "her attractiveness, quotability, toughness, faith, and ambition," the very aspects that set her apart from the other 2011 pageant contestants, according to NY Mag. On the exterior, they're all quite similar. Scanlan must appear perfect at all time, wearing the same amount of Barbiedoll-like makeup whenever she's out in public, as did the other contestants during the pageant. Yet in the competition that many deemed "boring," Scanlan performances were simply not. In her piano performance in particular, she's described as being aggressive and lively on the piano while attempting to convey a bit of her personality across the at-times sterile and dry program.
Even after the show, Scanlan continues to display her hard working and every pleasing personality behind the scenes. Describing Scanlan while writing thank-you notes and other backstage tasks, NY Mag expressed, "Watching her work in the limousine, I find it easy to imagine Scanlan marching from the womb with a firm handshake, unimpeachable hair, and talking points. "
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With the grand prize money from the Miss America pageant - it's $50,000 - she plans on going to Patrick Henry College, a small, liberal-arts school in Virginia founded only in 2000. The school attracts mainly Christian, previously home-schooled teens (over 80% of the students); although it is non-denominational, students are kept to a strictly religious social standard. Dancing and relationships without parental consent are strictly forbidden.
Yet, Scanlan told NY mag that she never once doubted her choice of school. One reason could be because she's not the only one there interested in getting a career on Capitol Hill "in just its first five years," according to NY Mag, "the school came to rival Georgetown in the number of internships its students earned in the White House."
However, Scanlan was quite vague when asked of her political stances, although she didn't forget to include the ever-present "Miss America is a nonpartisan position." She doesn't really express any of her political concerns, citing that her possible presidential reign would be "a long way from now, so we'll see what comes up and what there is." Her platform for the Miss American Pageant was focused on eating disorders, "PROMOTING POSITIVE BODY IMAGE AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE, ONE PERSON AT A TIME," according to her blog.
While at the moment she doesn't seem too concerned with engineering her platform for presidency, she is very much aware of the growing role of women in American politics. She said, "I admire really any women in politics, because it's very difficult, and there's a huge discrepancy between the number of women and men, and so it's been great to see more women come up in those positions, and I think that's great, that we're moving toward that."
Despite the beauty queen's impressive aspirations, people haven't been so supportive of her goals. One commentor posted, "Her goal is basically to become the smart, successful version of Sarah Palin. That is, unnervingly, the reason she is so far-sighted and non-committal on the reporter's political questions."
But according to NY Mag, it seems as though Scanlan withholding of such points that could earn her more unpopularity is strategic and not simply dumb-witted. "Asking Scanlan about politics, it turns out, is like watching somebody fool around with a yo-yo: The game is not interactive; it's vaguely frustrating and boring to watch, but you have to admire the skill involved. If most teenagers fling opinions around willy-nilly and with a minimum number of words, Scanlan's facility runs along opposite lines. Her withholding is strategic, not airheaded."
Thus, it seems as though America will be expecting a lot from the home schooled, Nebraskan girl. NY Mag also noted, "...she [Scanlan] tells me that she can see herself as president. It doesn't sound like an unreasonable plan."


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How to Explain Complex SEO to Clients
It's not easy explaining somewhat complex SEO to anyone. Most of all clients who simply want to understand what's going on and why you're doing what you're doing. In some cases, it's about as difficult as explaining modern genetics to a five year old: Gregor Mendel, DNA, gene receptors. Foreign concepts. And, when you try to explain why it's meaningful and how to correct it, it only brings more confusion. In most cases, people furrow their eyebrows and stare at a spot behind your head, as if they are concentrating hard on processing the information. Sound familiar?
Building Small Chunks, Deconstructing Small Chunks
Knowing how to take difficult, complex concepts and break them down into easily accessible ideas is key to creating better relationships with clients. I think of it in this way: SEO is like a giant, multi-thousand piece puzzle. You start at the edges to build a frame. Then you reconstruct small chunks at time to create a whole picture. Once an SEO can create the whole picture, you can deconstruct small chunks. The more you deconstruct, and rebuild, the better you'll be at finding connections and explanations. 10,000 hours of de/constructing, and you'll be right there (starts the stopwatch).
10,000 Hour Cheat Sheet
In an effort to help you build better client relationships faster, I'm going to provide some easy, accessible explanations that I've found work really well over the years. In essence, I'm going to try to give you 10,000 hours of practice and work in about 20 minutes.
Explaining How Authority Flows Through Websites
This one always seems to trip up clients. They have a hard visualizing how an intangible thing like authority can flow through a website. And how internal linking plays a part in that. I came up with this breakdown when the Page Sculpting craze took hold, to explain how PageRank/Authority flowed through internal links.
The premise is a glass of water. Inside the glass, the water is PageRank. And, there's only a finite amount. And, because I usually have a glass of water in front of me, it makes this demonstration all that more tangible for clients. Then I begin to "poke holes" in the glass of water. For every hole I poke in the glass, it releases that PageRank/Authority to another page. Too many holes, authority of that page gets spread too thin. Not enough holes, and you hoard the authority to that page, not helping other pages lower in the architecture become stronger.
Explaining How and Why Inbound Links are Important
Most clients know that linking is important, but don't really understand why it's important or how it works. This seems to be the one area that clients are most comfortable addressing, and have no problem telling you, "We need to get links." And, while every SEO/SEM will completely agree with that statement, it's the strategy of linking that loses the clients and just how it affects a website. It's best to take them through a very high-level premise of what linking really means to a website.
I use the concept of ego to explain linking. I equate the client to their website, that is to say, the client is their website. The client says certain things about themselves, through content on the website, describing who they are and what they do. In order to affirm what the client says about themselves, they need the others to confirm that those things are true. And on the web, people do that through linking.
Simply put: your website is what you say about yourself, and links are what world say about you. And, what they say about specifically is called anchor text. Naturally, we want everyone saying good things, and we'd also want to say roughly the same thing: "YOU ROCK." However, everyone says that in different way, and that's called anchor text variation. Because, after all, if someone was to see "you rock" ten-thousand times over, it would seemed forced and not completely genuine.
Explaining Canonical Issues to Clients
This seems to be one of the more difficult items to explain to clients. We use the term canonicalization a lot when talking to clients, but the term only serves to confuse them. Clients shake their heads and look at you as though you were speaking in Martian. Definitely not the best foot forward. When it comes down to it, canonicalization is really about duplication and choices. And, so what we really mean when we talk about canonicalization, is to erase duplicate content and create one option for that content, a single source.
Use an example from their site (a lot of clients don't have a canonical homepage), and then explain to them how search engines see the multiple/duplicate versions of the page as decision to decide which is more relevant to show users. Also, couple that with duplication and authority being split amongst the duplicates, that lessens the overall value of that page and the content. You can switch out the homepage to other things like products, services, or categories.
There you have it, 10,000 hours and three complex SEO tasks broken down into bite-size chunks. Hopefully these explanations and illustrations help you better breakdown SEO to your clients, help you keep them on the same page, and, most importantly, help you strengthen client relationships.
Oct 27 2011
Good stuff, Tony!
I've found that many clients have a hard time grasping the necessity of variance in anchor text, too. I've also had difficulty getting some to understand the concept of channeling their authority to just the pages that matter… they seem to think that all their pages should link to all the other pages.
Nov 2 2011
Love the Gladwell theory to put it into perspective. Three nice chunks, explained clearly. Time well spent, reading SEO by Silver Arc. Thanks Tony.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 26, 2013 / 02:06 pm ().- Archbishop Charles Chaput of held three catechetical sessions at World Youth Day, urging youth to follow Christ with humility, to share their faith with joy, and to serve the poor both in body and in soul.
"Everyone who wants to follow Jesus Christ is called to preach the Gospel to the world," the archbishop said.
"Your joyful witness touches and changes others, often in unforeseen ways. So don't be afraid; never be afraid. God is calling you and me and all of us here today to 'set the world on fire' with the love of Jesus Christ."
Archbishop Chaput's first catechesis, delivered in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday July 24, explored the thirst for God found in every human heart.
"We're here to begin a new and deeper kind of life. And we can only do that by meeting Jesus Christ," Archbishop Chaput said. World Youth Day, he stated, is meant to lead people to "the only thing that can really satisfy our thirst and our hope."
He compared the "noise and distractions in the world" to salt water on a hot day -- something that will not slake thirst but will make ill those who drink it. He criticized consumerism, selfishness, and a reductive view of humanity that ignores virtues such as love, heroism and self-sacrifice.
"God offers us something much greater. God made us not for mediocrity and failure, but for glory and joy. He created us to share in his love forever."
The archbishop added that living the Christian life is not easy, but demands "humility and patience."
"Don't sell yourself short. Follow Jesus Christ with all your energy and zeal. And there's no time to delay. Begin here, today – now."
Archbishop Chaput's second catechesis, held on Thursday, focused on how to be a disciple of Jesus Christ.
"Jesus went to the cross so that you and I could have the dignity of taking up our own crosses and joining him in the work of sanctifying the world. That may seem strange to you. But this loving, profoundly attractive man we call Jesus lived a hard life and died a miserable death."
"Many who claim to have accepted Jesus often lose their faith when challenges come into their lives. But real Christians know what it means to suffer and to suffer with others."
Archbishop Chaput said that love "always requires suffering," but is "always worth it." In the crucifixion, he said, Christ transformed suffering into "redeeming love."
As a concrete example of how Christians show this love, the archbishop pointed to a parish his archdiocese, whose families volunteered to babysit and cook for the family of a young widower who had to work to support his several children.
Archbishop Chaput added that faith in Christ is not an individual matter. Rather, it "comes alive for us most fully in the community of believers Christ himself founded to carry on his work," the Church.
Christians should have the "humility to be part of a community," despite its imperfections. He encouraged Catholics who find lukewarm parishes to "work unselfishly to bring it to life" rather than settling "for the status quo," and moving on to a more faith-filled community only if "nothing seems to work."
Archbishop Chaput also emphasized the importance of prayer. He stressed that Christ's strength came from "constant prayer to his Father." He forgave those who "came to him in humility," while having "no patience for sin and hypocrisy."
"He loved his friends even when they didn't deserve his love," the archbishop said. "Jesus was utterly real. There was nothing phony about him -- which is why people loved being in his presence."
In his third catechesis, held on Friday, the archbishop encouraged his audience to "go forth" as missionaries.
"The greatest way we can show love to other persons is by sharing Jesus Christ with them. And that means all of us are called to be missionaries."
He urged Catholics to realize that many people have "never even heard of the Gospel" while others have "heard and ignored it." Faith only grows through witnessing it to others, he added.
While some Catholics are called to be like St. Francis Xavier and spread the faith around the world, most Catholics must "work in the mission fields of our homes and schools, our sports teams, jobs, and friends."
Archbishop Chaput noted many Catholics' embarrassment in talking about their faith. In part this is because it is easier "not to make a big deal about our faith" and another portion is because of those who "sometimes give religion a bad name."
He said Catholics should overcome this reluctance.
"If your friends and family don't encounter a living Jesus Christ through your words and actions, then you're doing them a disservice," he said. "If you act out of genuine love for God and others, your patience and persistence will move hearts."
He urged Catholics to find those who are poor in their own communities, get to know them and help them both materially and spiritually.
"If we don't bring the poor to know and love Jesus Christ even as we provide for their material needs, then we're betraying our own baptism and not doing the poor any good. No matter what good things we give to people, if we don't also give them Jesus Christ, then we're selling them short."
The archbishop reminded pilgrims that their daily activities all have meaning. He promised that no act of sincere faith will "ever be wasted."
He encouraged pilgrims to act with humility and prayer to help allow the enthusiasm of World Youth Day to "put down roots in your heart, and grow into the kind of zeal and conviction that no one can ever take away from you."
Archbishop Chaput was one of more than 250 bishops delivering catechetical sessions for pilgrims in Rio this week. The catecheses are meant to help the pilgrims to understand, and to absorb Pope Francis' message into their lives.
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DELAND, Fla. – The Yale softball team did a number of things well on the second day of the Stetson Classic. The Bulldogs hit their first home run of the season and played excellent defense, including throwing two runners out at the plate. In the end, though, two big innings by their opponents proved too much to overcome. UConn scored four times in the first inning and hung on for a 5-3 win, and Stetson scored four runs in the second inning en route to an 8-1 victory.
Against UConn, Meg Johnson had two hits and an RBI, and freshman Christy Nelson belted her first career home run. In addition, Liz Tutino knocked in a run, and Kayla Kuretich had two hits.
Mariclaire Rebman, who made the start in the circle for the Bulldogs, settled down nicely after the rough first inning. She yielded only four hits and one run over the next four innings before being relieved by Kuretich, who tossed a scoreless sixth inning.
Yale got on the board in the third with a two-out rally. Ashley Sloan started it with a bunt single. After Jennifer Ong reached on an error, Johnson delivered a clutch, RBI single.
Leftfielder Virginia Waldrop helped thwart a UConn rally in the bottom of the third when she threw out Justyne Roy at the plate trying to score from second on Jessica Arremony's single. Catcher Lexi Peacock handled Waldrop's throw and applied the tag.
Trailing 5-1, the Bulldogs got one back in the sixth. Johnson led off with a double and scored when Tutino singled to right.
Nelson pulled Yale within 5-3 when she led off the seventh inning with a long homer to left field.
Tricia Sullivan pitched all seven innings for UConn, scattering seven hits and striking out six.
After beating Stetson later in the day, the Huskies are 6-9 overall.
Freshman Jackie Manzer drew the start in Yale's second game of the day against Stetson. She went four innings and allowed only one earned run. Manzer benefitted from some fine defense in the first inning when leftfielder Allie Canulli threw out Chelsey Tratto trying to score from second on Katie Lawrence's single. This time it was catcher McKynlee Westman who took the throw, blocked the plate and applied the tag.
The Bulldogs (0-4) scored their run in the third. Westman singled and moved to second on Chelsey Locarno's sacrifice bunt. Ong followed with a sharp single to right that scored Westman.
Yale had opportunities to get back in the game but left seven runners on base in the game.
Trotto knocked in four runs and Jill Semento and Amanda Lindsey homered for the Hatters (14-11).
Yale and Stetson will meet again in a single game on Monday at 5 p.m.
Photo of McKynlee Westman by Ken Yanagisawa
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2013-02-13 • Update from FreeAAinNC
Start: 12:02:01
vkn: good wednesday
Seventies: good morning good afternoon
vkn: too much news going on
Seventies: indeed. Sad about Christopher Dorner... what a horrible way to die.
vkn: most horrible. only charred remains
Seventies: I'm very unsatisfied with this incident.
vkn: obama in atlanta tomorrow
Daviss: hellooooooo vkn and Seventies!!
Seventies: yeah, hey Daviss...
vkn: it seems dorner and law enforcement outsmarted each other heyyyyyyyyyyyy daviss
Seventies: you know the way they came down on this guy and said that he should be murdered WHILE the police murder people on the street for no good reason is very hypocritical. Rekia Boyd of Chicago comes to mind.
vkn: i have not yet danced with bill payor this month sigh
Seventies: they even denied her medical assistance... Soon enough vkn.
Daviss: sheesh vkn you better hurry before the month is up
Seventies: As a matter of fact, let's drop the subject because I don't think I want to discuss right now. Tuesday night chat was pretty good. Don't you agree?
vkn: not familiar with rekia seventies
Daviss: was I there Seventies :?
vkn: not read log as yet i was with the prez so came late
Seventies: Well Daviss, you can read the transciption.. no worries. hi alt
Daviss: hi alt!
alt: hello Daviss, Daviss & vkn .. hope you ladies are feeling well today.
Seventies: We were discussing CW pension files and other records Daviss Yep. How are you feeling? All well I hope, alt.
vkn: resident of my community who enlisted me to do the genealogy class slept away sometime on sunday. a sad time for all of us in this facility
Seventies: condolences...
vkn: howdy alt and dcooke
Daviss: Oh so sorry to hear that vkn!!
vkn: yes a real bummer
alt: my condolences to you & your community vkn.
Seventies: alt, I don't know if I mentioned that I talked to the cousin in Cleveland, OH.. he gave me more insight to his father's family... very interesting convo on that. His family is from VA/OH...
vkn: thanx alt
Daviss: Art, I see that Kathleen sees you as a DNA Cousin Hello Selma!
alt: okay Seventies, you're related to this cousin thru your maternal families?
vkn: howdy selma
Seventies: yes alt.
alt: Hello Selma
Selma: Good Afternoon alt, Daviss (mornin to you) seventies and vkn So sorry to hear that vkn..
alt: yeah Daviss, I just read my email and saw the message form Kathleen... who would have thought it LOL
Seventies: alt, his mother and my great grandfather Will Washington were half-siblings.
vkn: thanx selma
Daviss: hello dcooke
dcooke: Hey gang!
Selma: Afternoon dcooke
alt: Hello dcooke
vkn: hold tight dcooke
Seventies: hi dcooke
Daviss: art I first hooked you two up on her search for someone else. I turned her on to your Tribal page lol
dcooke: I just figured out how to chat on my phone. LOL
Daviss: She was helping a young man
alt: is that right daviss!!!!!!!!!
Selma: Missed the chat last night..
vkn: congrats dcooke
Daviss: yes, it was more than a few months ago.. Then she had her grandson tested lol
alt: you're even MORE dangerous now dcooke LOL LOL ...
Selma: Ummm seventies..I notice you said VA and Ohio.. LOL
Daviss: wb dcooke
Seventies: oh lord... lol yes I did Selma. lol
Selma: Just mentioning.. LOL
Seventies: This is a cousin's father.. not my direct line.. lol
vkn: i was here for less than a minnit last night. overwhelmed by too many events
Selma: To tell you the truth..I fell asleep...and I had my TV and missed the Pres...
Seventies: oh you can watch on C-Span Selma..
Selma: I don't know if I need a longer nap in the day or what.. LOL
dcooke: I'm heading to TX tomorrow, and I'm hoping to see a few relatives and get pictures from my dad.
vkn: alonzo and company were in tuscon last weekend daviss
Seventies: great dcooke have a safe trip!
alt: Selma, the lady I was talking about on the DNA Forum.. turns out SHE is a 4th cousin of mine on 23andme.
Selma: Yes dcooke have a safe trip
Daviss: that's nice vkn, I am sure it was a wonderful show
Selma: See alt..gotta be careful who you talk about.. LOL
Seventies: Here you go Selma.. http://www.c-span.org/SOTU/
vkn: he said they were well recd daviss
Daviss: good to hear vkn
Selma: Thanks seventies..
Seventies: alt... lol
vkn: that cruise ship is a floating disaster wonder why no rescue ship was sent for passengers alt
Seventies: Someone was sent out there...
alt: I guess vkn, but how do you rescue 4,000 people????
Daviss: I have a cousin whose two sisters are on that ship...One of the sisters is slightly disabled
vkn: slowly
alt: oh my, that must be a nightmare Daviss
Daviss: 6 knots
Seventies: The cruise line has to pay for the rescues...
Selma: Wow free..long time no see
freeaainnc: hi
Seventies: Hey freeaainnc!
vkn: free howdy so glad to see ya long time
alt: well... HELLO freeaainnc !!!!!!!
Daviss: they are towing it
freeaainnc: I usually can't get in so glad I could today
Daviss: tugboats
Selma: Good to see you...
vkn: wassup free
freeaainnc: yes, it has been too long
Daviss: hello free!
vkn: yes java causes probs free
Seventies: Are you going to see the film Wilmington On Fire freeaainnc??
Selma: So what's up in the great state of North Carolina
freeaainnc: gave a talk with a coworker the other week about my research
alt: I've been 'seeing' you on Facebook freeaainnc
Seventies: oh great!
freeaainnc: have not heard of that seventies
Seventies: Its on facebook...
freeaainnc: I talked about how knowing the laws that regulated free blacks in antebellum NC can help lead to a better understanding of the the records that were left
Selma: That applies to all states free
freeaainnc: oh, the FILM Seventies, I thought you asked if I was going to Wilmington on fire and had no clue about that
Seventies: oh lol
freeaainnc: Yeah, I've heard of the film, but will have to wait until on DVD
vkn: yes delores williams posted info on freed slaves in nc records free and alt was glad
freeaainnc: yes it does Selma that is great
alt: for some reading similar to the FB records check out this link posted by Delores Williams... it is about NC blacks free & ensllaved ca 1862 http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/item.aspx?id=cob
Selma: Obama in NC now.. Think in AShville
Seventies: Did I miss his announcement of a 50 state tour?
alt: thanks vkn .. great minds ...... LOL LOL
vkn: lol
freeaainnc: alt - can you post the part of the address after .edu?
alt: freeaainnc, it's at the Eastern NC Digital Library
freeaainnc: alt, I got that, but I can't click on links here so I only understood that part about ECU.edu not the rest
alt: services rendered to free Blacks by the US Army
vkn: daviss thanx for the mention of the us slave blog it is quite good
Selma: Free just read her posting on the Genealogy and History Forum..the link is there
alt: thank you Selma LOL
Selma: Your welcome.. LOL
freeaainnc: ok, thanks
Selma: So anything new in NC records free that we should know about
vkn: how is work free many researchers
freeaainnc: oh yes, we have that book were I work
alt: Daviss, I see some looong conversations with Kathleen coming up in the future.
vkn: wupps and lol
alt: I didn't realizes she is a PhD in Anthropology and is located at Rutgers.
Selma: wow
freeaainnc: not a lot. so busy at work I haven't had much time to myself and my own research. I am working on a book though - tax records of Wake County 1802 which has a number of free blacks in the lists. I was hoping to finish by the end of this month, but we are short staffed and I can't take time off so I hope to finish now by the end of summer yeah, quite a few researchers. I'm glad it a way it's not as busy as last year around this time. gives me time to work on other things
vkn: ga voting on bill to arm school employees who are agreeable to such
alt: not me vkn ... too many 'unintended consequences' with that type of response.
vkn: alt is hanging with rutgers heavies lol
freeaainnc: lol
alt: just puttin my 'toe in the water' vkn..... they ain't gonna hang me LOL LOL
freeaainnc: lol
alt: she is trying to get me back to Tipperay & a Tribe of Galway ... along with Skip Gates LOL LOL LOL
Selma: Oh jeez
alt: yeah Selma,, oh jeez moving on LOL
vkn: i will follow at a far distance alt
alt: don't dessert me now vkn, I need ya!!
Selma: LOL
vkn: lol
freeaainnc: lol
Seventies: Anyone write to Dr. Gates lately to help resolve their brick walls?? meh.
Selma: No...
Seventies: I heard this is what his page on The Root was doing... poor readers...
vkn: not i said lil red hen
Selma: you mean "for readers?"
Seventies: nope.
freeaainnc: lol
Seventies: The Root is not one of my favorite sites... eh. Well let me get going. Have a good afternoon.
alt: so what else you doing besides speaking freeaainnc & and how was your trip back home for your vacation?
Selma: Sorry folks..time for me to run..good to see you Free
vkn: y'all be good
alt: Oops folks skipping out on us LOL
freeaainnc: lol sorry, I'm here
vkn: will talk at yall later
alt: okay vkn
freeaainnc: trip was good. I got to see my brother and SIL new house they are renting with lots of room, it was nice
alt: wonderful freeaainnc
freeaainnc: but they are moving again so I get to see a new place next year lol. The owner of the house decided to sell and they don't want to buy so got to go. been working a lot on the blog at work, trying to come up with new topics. working on a 3 part series right now. last installment is monday. this time is about apprentice bonds and since it really affects free blacks thought this was a good month to do it
alt: I saw where there is a 'new' book coming out here in Ohio about Solomon Day
freeaainnc: oh! what is the book?
alt: dunno, saw the news on a family website
freeaainnc: and then of course I'm also working on the book. it's slow going right now ok, cool well I should get going too. Lunch is just about over and unlike my last position I need to get back to work when lunch is over
alt: okay bye & good seeing you
freeaainnc: good seeing you oo


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The two day event brought together numerous practitioners, policy makers, donor organizations and private sector players. The event allowed colleagues to interact, network and share their rich experience and at the same time put on the table a number of challenges.
I think, it is safe to say that there was quite a bit of apprehension about the fact that some major donors have abandoned ICT4D sector. For those of us in the agriculture world, this is a déjà vu. But if there is one lesson to learn from our experience, that is under-investing in this sector – similar to under investing in agriculture - will have negative impact in the lives of poor rural people. We've learnt that ICTs are tools and for these to add value and improve the livelihoods of poor rural people, they need to be:
- Affordable
- Scalable
- Self-sustaining
- Sensible
- Appropriate
- Focus on PEOPLE and not technology
- Ensure ownership and appropriation
- Develop local content
- Ensure language and cultural pertinence
- Ensure participation
- Mainstream ICT4D activities as part of development projects
- Build local capacity and scout for local talent and local innovations
While recognizing that development agencies are competing for funds and funds are getting scarce, Kuesel made the case that this should not lead to abandoning ICT4D, because we've now have the evidence that ICTs can indeed make a difference in the lives of poor rural people.
Kuesel underscored the importance of public-private partnership and called on development world to:
- play a facilitation role in forging partnership
- build the capacity national governments, grass-root organization and poor rural people
- create an enabling environment so that ICT4D initiatives can be implemented and scaled up
- importance of working towards putting in place regulations to reach the goal of universal access
- challenges and opportunities of linking up and broadening cooperation with the private sector to develop a robust ICT sector
- importance of showing impact and showing how ICTs contribute to and add value to "hot development topics" such as rural development, food security, rural finance and more
Wow, what a concept….. During the course of the two days, I must admit, we focused primarily on technology and perhaps not enough on People. So thank you Dr Spio-Garbrah for putting PEOPLE in the forefront and for sharing your vision of intra-institutional cooperation.
Giacomo Rambaldi, Senior Programme Coordinator, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, CTA echoing Dr Spio-Garbrah reminded the audience of the need to involve the civil society. Rambaldi talked about the risks of ICTs and how ICTs could both help disseminate/preserve but also usurper indigenous knowledge.
He talked about how ICTs have provided access to information that previously was not readily available and how ICTs have democratized access to information, citing the examples of services such as YouTube or Google maps have given a voice to the previously voiceless segment of the population.
Rambaldi reminded us of the importance of generating localized and relevant content. He talked about how as development workers, we have to make sure that ICTs actually add value and contribute to knowledge generation and becoming a catalyst to disseminate locally generated knowledge.
After all we have to remember that ICTs are tools and if they are not used to generate and disseminate relevant and local content, they are nothing but a useless device which can end up gathering dust!!
David Grimshaw, Head of International Programme: New Technologies with Practical Action and Senior Research Fellow, DFID, made the case for mainstreaming ICT4D initiatives where we have solid evidence that these have improved the livelihoods of poor rural people. Grimshaw underscored that technology has no magic power and is not a silver bullet. It is what we do with technology and how we use it that will make the difference.
"We need to focus on the HOW and on the process to move to ICT for DEVELOPMENT", said Grimshaw.
Challenging the development world, he said: "You cannot work with logframes when you are doing a research project. These types of projects are different". Concluding his remarks, Grimshaw said: "We need to focus on the process and focus on people's need."
Anton Mangstl, Director of the Office of Knowledge Exchange, FAO, underscored the importance of conducting impact assessments and learning from existing activities and pilots. He urged us to work with governments and other key stakeholders to scale up those activities that have worked. He reminded the audience that similar to development projects, for ICT4D projects to succeed they too need be sustainable.
Given the key role that ICT4D activities play in rural development, Mangstl put his finger on a crucial challenge, namely why have bilateral development donors such as DFID and SDC stopped their ICT4D programmes and investments.
Mangstl echoing the other panellists made the case, that donor agencies – be it bilaterals or multilaterals – need to mainstream ICT4D activities in their core activities and integrate these more and more with their respective knowledge sharing and communication for development activities.
Ilari Lindy, Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland asked the fundamental question of whether ICT4D activities were well positioned to show impact in rural development and agriculture related activities.
He urged the participants to pay attention to policy and regulatory frameworks when designing and implementing ICT4D activities and repeated Mr Mangstl's call for action – that is the need to improve knowledge sharing on ICT4D activities and integrating ICT4D activities with organizational knowledge sharing activities.
Lindy pointed out that to innovate, there is a need to bring together and create bridges between development and scientific communities. He also talked about the importance of convergence between North-South networks and last but not last the fundamental prerequisite of responding to grass-root demands.
Our colleague Tobias Eigen from Kabissa, reminded the audience that Africa is the hot bed of innovation and made the case that we should have more African innovators in events such as these.
Madam Dorasil from BMZ in her closing remarks reiterated the following fundamental points:
- there are no silver bullets in development
- we need to listen to and cater to the needs of the people who we work with and work for
- we need to build local capacity and groom local talents
- we need to get better in documenting, sharing and capturing the impact of ICT4D projects and feed these back into the learning and development loop
- we need to have indicators that clearly demonstrate how ICTs are changing the lives of poor rural people
- as a development community, we need to join hands to make sure that developed and developing countries governments and decision makers understand the importance of ICT4D activities and assist them in putting in place an enabling environment so that these activities flourish and replicate
- we need to raise awareness about ICT4D and make a concerted effort to put this topic on the G20 agenda
- we need to adopt an integrated approach and mainstream ICT4D activities in rural development projects and programmes
- we need to show how ICTs are reaching those living in the "bottom of pyramid"
At this event I talked about "Development 2.0: Putting ICT4D Lessons into Action to Make M-Development a Reality"


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