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D-backs win on Campana's first career walk-off
PHOENIX -- It's probably a safe bet that Tony Campana wasn't anyone's pick to deliver the game-winning hit for the D-backs on Wednesday night.
Campana entered the game with just one hit in his last 39 big league at-bats, and through the first eight innings, he was 0-for-3 despite two decently hit fly balls.View Full Game Coverage
PHOENIX -- It's probably a safe bet that Tony Campana wasn't anyone's pick to deliver the game-winning hit for the D-backs on Wednesday night.
Campana entered the game with just one hit in his last 39 big league at-bats, and through the first eight innings, he was 0-for-3 despite two decently hit fly balls.View Full Game Coverage
Yet with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, it was Campana's single up the middle that sent home Martin Prado with the game-winning run, and the D-backs walked off with a 4-3 win over the Brewers.
The win snapped the D-backs' two-game losing streak and gives them a chance to split the series with the Brewers.
"I think that was the softest ball [Campana] hit all night," starter Wade Miley said. "He hit the ball hard all night and couldn't get a hit, and hits a nubber through the middle and wins the game."
Prado started the winning rally with a one-out double to left-center and moved to third when David Peralta grounded out to first.
That brought up Campana.
"Martin's at third, so I knew all I had to do was find a way to put a ball in play and beat it to first," the speedy Campana said. "So just getting a ball in play, hitting it on the ground [was key], because hitting it in the air pretty good wasn't working."
Campana grounded a Brandon Kintzler pitch to the right of second base and just out of the reach of a diving Rickie Weeks as Prado crossed the plate.
"It actually couldn't have worked out better to have him up there, just because we had a guy on third base who [with] just his wheels kind of pressures [the other team], makes them come in and cheat in," manager Kirk Gibson said. "One of the things we encourage [Campana] to do is try to get the ball on the ground. They all play in so far on him, if he puts the ball on the ground, he's got a great opportunity to have success, get on base. He hit a couple of balls to center field in the air. It just can't be his game. So it was good to see him do that. Obviously, it's big for us to get the win."
After watching leads evaporate in the first two games of the series, the D-backs had to feel like this one was déjà vu.
Arizona built a three-run lead against Milwaukee starter Matt Garza, capitalizing on some sloppy defense to score a pair of runs in the first inning and adding one in the third on an RBI single by Paul Goldschmidt.
The lead, though, would not last long.
Miley cruised through the first few innings before hitting a speed bump in the fourth.
Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Gomez led off the fourth with singles, and after Miley fanned Aramis Ramirez, Khris Davis hit a first-pitch fastball over the wall in right-center to tie the score at 3.
"I felt like I made a pretty good pitch [on the Davis homer]," Miley said. "I've just got to be a little smarter in that situation with a guy like that. I felt like I located the ball well, moved it in and out and was able to throw sliders down and for strikes."
Miley was trying to go down and in with Davis in order to get him to hit the ball on the ground for a double play, but the mistake he made was throwing a pitch in the strike zone to a batter the D-backs know is aggressive.
"He's got a nice slider that he buried, and we chased it some," said Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, who watched his team strike out eight times against Miley. "But he locates well, and as long as you can get those pitches inside, you're going to be tough to hit."
After the homer, Miley settled in once again, but he ran out of gas after striking out the first two batters in the eighth, walking Lucroy and Gomez.
Gibson brought in Brad Ziegler, who the previous night had given up a game-winning grand slam to Lucroy. This time Ziegler fanned three of the four hitters he faced to keep the score tied until Campana's heroics in the ninth.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @dbackswriter.


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As summer draws to a close, not only is it the time to harvest seeds, it is also the ideal time to sow seeds as the soil is beautifully warm. By sowing now, either direct into a prepared space in the garden or into a pot, which is positioned against south facing wall or in a cold green house, you will have herbs that you can harvest throughout the winter months that will help you transform a meal into a feast .
One of the best is Parsley, both Curly, Petroselinum crispum and Flat leaved French, Petroselinum cripsum French.
By sowing now it will germinate in approximately 10-14 days. The seedlings will not be hassled by carrot fly and, once established, the plants will withstand frosts. After a frost they do look rather sad, but very quickly they perk back ready for use in the kitchen.
Another indispensable herb is Winter Purslane, Miner's Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata. This is a wonderful cut and come again herb that adds fresh succulent leaves to salads throughout the winter months.
September is also an ideal month for sowing Chervil, Anthriscus cerefolium. This will also produce an abundant crop for use through the winter months. In temperatures below -8c it is advisable to cover in a cloche.
Some seeds are far better sown fresh because, if delayed until the spring, they will need 'stratification', frost, or putting in the fridge to trigger germination. Angleica, Angleica archangelica, is one of these herbs.
If the fresh seed is sown now, into a seed tray or pots, it will take only 14-21 days to germinate and the seedlings will withstand all the vagaries of the weather, but will need protecting from 'Denis', our blackbird, and the pesky mice.
'If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.' Confucius
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There are *so* many posts I've written in my head in the shower the last month, and you can tell that very few of them have made it to the page. For that, I'm sorry. Let's blame it on transition issues, and I promise to get everything back in gear after the new year.
I had heard a few weeks ago about the Life photo archive being hosted by Google, and didn't have much of a chance to look it over until a post on Jezebel sent me there yesterday. I spent some time poking around, and fell in love. It's an unbelievable resource, with images from all over the world, about every conceivable topic, and dating back to 1750 (looks like photos go back to the 1860s, and lazy librarian just checked Wikipedia, and learned that daguerreotypes came about ~1837, and photographs in 1839, so perhaps Life has photos to the 1840s, who knows…).
So, yes, excellent resource, go play, have fun! But that's not the point of the post. That's not what has been eating away at my attention these past hours, distracting me and driving me a little crazy.
Are these images under copyright?
Can I show undergrads the Life archive in the workshop I'm developing about using online images responsibly?
How can two massive companies put an image archive online in 2008 and have no clear copyright statement? Make no statement about usage of the images? Is ti possible that Life opened up and exposed its archives without knowing their copyright status? Do they not care? Do they violate any copyright they might hold by being so ridiculously stupid as to assume normal mortals are going to spend time determining the legal uses of the images? Can we embrace this last comment as force of law?
I've been discussing this with some friends and we have many many opinions, but no definitive solution. (I also posted the question to LibNews, but that is a list moderated by batches, and I am beyond frustrated with that kind of list). So I bring this to you and ask the questions: are these images under copyright? Is it possible that some are and some aren't? Are users of the images responsible for making that determination themselves? Is there any way to declare this acceptable behavior in this day and age?


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Horton Awarded Daniel F. Evans Professorshipby Jim Amidon • September 17, 2008 Share:
Wabash President Patrick White and Dean of the College Gary Phillips have announced that Robert S. "Bobby" Horton has been awarded the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professorship in the Social Sciences.
The faculty chair was established by Trustees of the College in honor of their friend and colleague, Daniel F. Evans '43, who was a longtime Trustee and Treasurer, and served as interim CEO of the College in 1992-93.
The Evans Chair, which is presented every three years, "recognizes an individual whose teaching and scholarship are admirable and effective, and whose intellectual leadership promises to affect the quality of instruction in his or her discipline and across the College." The Chair honors Evans' lifetime devotion to Wabash and his commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.
"Psychology Professor Bobby Horton is such a distinguished person," said Dean Phillips. "Acclaimed teacher, respected scholar, and energetic campus leader, Bobby exemplifies the values the Evans chair seeks to honor and make public."
Horton earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond, where he was a varsity soccer player. He earned his master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He joined the College in 2001 and was granted tenure in 2006.
Horton teaches all levels of social psychology, as well as research methods and statistics. His research interests include parenting and child narcissism, similarity and attraction, and the academic performance of student-athletes. He has also been involved in an extensive study of the first-year experience at Wabash.
"Bobby's work as Freshman Tutorial co-chair, his leadership in investigating and strengthening the student first-year experience, and his on-going engagement with students in the classroom, the laboratory, and at professional conferences singles him out," added Dean Phillips. "Wabash is fortunate to have faculty of Bobby Horton's caliber and to acknowledge him in this special way."
Prior recipients of the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professorship in the Social Sciences include: Economics Professor Humberto Barreto (1994-97), History Professor Stephen Morillo (1997-99), Psychology Professor Charles Blaich (1999-2002), Economics Professor Kealoha Widdows (2002-2004), and Economics Professor Joyce Burnette (2004-2006).
Daniel F. Evans served as an active member of the Wabash College Board of Trustees from 1964 to 1993, was Vice President of the Board from 1984 through 1993, and was Treasurer of the College from 1975 through 1988. He was given an Honorary Degree from Wabash in 1976.


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CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) positions Lieutenant General (Retired) Joseph M. Cosumano at the helm to spearhead efforts for building bridges with our government and industrial partners for more effective transition and adoption of its new technologies. CFDRC has a 26-year legacy of successful development and commercialization of state-of-the-art technologies for Aerospace, Biomedical, Energy, Materials and Cyber Security markets. Mr. Cosumano will lead CFDRC as its President effective February 1, 2013.
Dr. Ashok Singhal, Co-founder and Chairman of CFDRC, said "General Cosumano is a highly-accomplished and energetic leader, a perfect fit for this extraordinary challenge and for taking CFDRC to the next levels." Over the last 8 years, Mr. Cosumano has grown three private companies/divisions significantly. Prior to that his 35-year career in US Army started with systems engineering position in Huntsville, and included increasing responsibilities for Missile Defense programs, Pentagon/OSD Task Force for Army modernization for 21st century, Defining Future Combat Systems, and finally as the Commanding General of the Strategic Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Huntsville.
Mr. Cosumano noted that "with the increasing global competition and shrinking federal budget, small high-tech businesses such as CFDRC have a unique opportunity for partnering with large businesses and government labs, providing much needed greater impetus for the continued success of our nation. I am happy and proud to be entrusted with this worthy challenge (a new mission), and with the enthusiasm and support of CFDRC leadership and employees."
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman are too busy trying to win the Champions Tour finale to get caught up in points title scenarios.
''I do know this, if I win, I win,'' Lehman said about the Charles Schwab Cup points race. ''I know there are 30 really super players here. So, winning is not easy.''
The player topping the Champions Tour points list at the end of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship will receive a $1 million annuity.
Langer leads the standings for the $1 million annuity, 211 points ahead of Lehman. Roger Chapman is third, 657 behind Langer.
''I haven't really looked at the numbers to figure out what I have to do,'' Langer said. ''What I am trying to do is play a great four rounds of golf, and hopefully win the tournament. If I can play great this week, then hopefully I can win the Charles Schwab Cup. If I play rubbish, then I'm going to depend on help from others.''
The winner of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, set to open Thursday at Desert Mountain's Cochise Course, will get 880 points, with players receiving two points for every $1,000 they earn in the $2.5 million event.
Langer and Lehman would win the season title with a victory, while Chapman needs a victory and some help to top the standings.
Langer could finish last and win if Lehman finishes in a two-way tie for fifth or worse and Chapman fails to win, while Lehman could finish as low as fifth and win if Langer finishes 22nd or worse and Chapman doesn't win.
For Chapman to win, the Englishman needs to win the tournament and have Langer finish in a two-way tie for sixth or worse and Lehman finish third or worse.
The tournament is the 50-and-over tour's first in Arizona since the 2002 Tradition at Superstition Mountain. The Tradition, a Champions Tour major, was played on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Cochise Course from 1989-2001.
''I think it's a second-shot course, so putting yourself in position will be very important,'' said Lehman, a Scottsdale resident who has two victories this year. ''Any time you play at home it's nice. Sleeping in my own bed is really nice.''
Langer also has two victories this season and leads the money list with $2,023,296. The German star is coming off a playoff loss to David Frost last week in AT&T Championship in San Antonio.
''If Tom should win and I finish whatever, second or third, my hat is off to him because he's played great golf under pressure and deserves to win,'' Langer said. ''He's had a great year and so has Roger Chapman. It's exciting that there are several players that have a chance and it comes down to the last tournament.''
Chapman has two major victories this year, winning the Senior PGA Championship in May and the U.S. Senior Open in July.
Fred Couples is making his first start since a back injury forced him to withdraw during the first round of the Boeing Classic in August in Washington. He won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic in March and the Senior British Open in July.
''I practiced yesterday for the first time since Seattle,'' Couples said. ''I don't even know think I gripped a club since then. I didn't really want to play golf and I thought the rest would help, and then I decided I would come here. The weather is perfect. ... I actually played pretty well today, which was surprising.''
Last year, Jay Don Blake won at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.


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Colorado Wheeling - Die TryingPosted in Events on May 1, 2009
As magazine guys, we hear it all the time, Twirling Lilies or Devil's Tap Shoes or
We had heard that Die Trying in Montrose, Colorado was the hardest trail around. We were told that this trail ate Dana 44s for breakfast, and that a rig with 35-inch tires wouldn't make it. We'd heard it all before, and while any day wheeling is better than a day at work (oh, wait) when we left Die Trying, it was definitely in the top 5 toughest trails we'd tackled. Not only does Die Trying live up to the hype, we'd definitely drive out there to run it again and if you are a serious rock crawler, you should add it to your bucket list too.


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According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), falls are one of the leading causes of traumatic occupational death, accounting for 8% of all occupational fatalities from trauma. Fall protection must be provided at 4 feet in general industry, 5 feet in maritime, and 6 feet in construction. Although the construction industry has made great strides in increasing the need for fall protection awareness and implementation, falls continue to occur. Citing the latest national research, of the 835 fatal falls documented in 2007, more than one-third involved falls from roofs or ladders (see chart).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2008
$397 billion
Total amount of residential construction expected in 2008, which makes up 37% of all U.S. construction. In 2005, this number swelled to nearly $618 billion, accounting for 56% of all U.S. construction.
Source: FMI Corp.
Percent decline in the nonfatal workplace injuries and illness rate over the past six years. The number of incidents reported by private industry employers declined from 4.4 cases per 100 workers in 2006 to 4.2 cases in 2007.
Source: OSHA
The percentage that construction starts as a whole is expected to decline in 2009. This is following the 12% decline predicted for 2008.
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction
$1.3 billion
Approximate amount of money spent on new wind farm construction this year in the states of Oregon and Washington.
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Functional bath-tubs, the earliest known in the West, have been found at Bronze Age palaces such as Knossos (portable) and Pylos (built in). The Linear B tablets from Pylos also give us the ancient name: re-wo-te-re-jo. The decoration outside is probably a stylised version of octopus tentacles, which, together with the fish inside (bream) are obvious choices for aquatic contexts. The wavy double line on the floor represents water draining out through the plug; the semi-circles below the rim perhaps sea-urchins or anemones.
Water in Greece is precious. Even for the elite, a bath would have been a great and occasional luxury. Homer's description of Circe's servants preparing a bath for Odysseus underlines the ritual and formality: "the fourth maid fetched water and lit up a great fire under the big cauldron so that the water grew warm. When the bright copper was boiling, she sat me down in a bath and washed me with water from the great cauldron mixed with cold to a comfortable heat, sluicing my head and my shoulders until all the painful weariness was gone from my limbs. My bath done, she rubbed me with olive oil, clothed me in a tunic and a splendid robe and conducted me to the hall, where she seated me in a beautiful chair with silver decorations and a footstool below". To the Greeks, the Underworld was entered by water. As with many other Minoan bath-tubs, this one was probably later used as a coffin to convey the deceased across the sea, where marine imagery would be equally appropriate. The two functions of bath-tubs, bathing and burial, combine in the story of Agamemnon who, on return from Troy, was murdered by his wife and her lover in a silver bath.


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Visitors rarely venture off the stones and benches that Banff National Park puts down near the tea house. It is as if there's a red velvet rope they dare not approach. But if they did -- and they can, there are no rules against exploring beyond the beaten path -- they too could frolic in the secret grass meadow where Ms. Gillies-Smith played as a child and soaks up the calm as an adult.
In the clearing, a marmot stood stiff as a statue and issued a warning whistle to his kin as we approached. The trick to getting close to animals that are used to being prey, Ms. Gillies-Smith says, is to look at them, then look away. Look at them, look away.
(When Ms. Kimball bought the tea house, a pet marmot named Charlotte came with the package.)
The two caves near the top of the rock slide near the tea house also go largely unexplored. So do the mountains cuddling the tea house where Ms. Gillies-Smith and her sister chased goats and played hide-and-go-seek as kids.
That marmots, chipmunks, goats and, yes, even grizzlies, still share the mountains with us human interlopers is what makes Lake Louise so special -- and valuable, says Mr. Vincent, the guide.
"Wilderness is becoming a commodity."


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Ford Expanding Rear Seat Belt Air Bag Use
It all started when GM first experimented with airbags in the 1970s. By the early 1990s a driver's side airbag was mandated by the federal government. Before the decade was over a front passenger airbag was also required. Today airbag use has expanded to include side airbags mounted in the front seats to full-length curtain airbags mounted from the A-pillar…Read More


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Executive Committee disciplinary hearing held October 16, 2013
In attendance:
Tracey Story, Rob Johnson, Van Pelham, Charlie Nelson, Chuck Kranz, Dave Kiesling, Tom White.
The Executive Committee convened a special disciplinary hearing to discuss rule violations by 3 Fort Funston pilots. All 3 pilots waived their right to attend the hearing and to have witnesses present to speak on their behalf.
One pilot was suspended from flying Fort Funston for two months.
The second pilot was suspended from flying Fort Funston for six months.
The third pilot was suspended from flying Fort Funston for one year, followed by one year of probation. Any behavior by this pilot during the probationary year that violates club rules may result in a permanent suspension.
All seven Executive Committee members were unanimous in all three of the suspension decisions.


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What if a 10 years old little boy make a friendship with a giant dragon? Hmmm… And, what if they are live in the forest? This is the basic story which will been told in Pete's Dragon. Pete's Dragon actually is the remake of the film with the same title which has been made in […]


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Researchers at UCLA's Henry Samueli
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accompanying server platform that helps health care workers read diagnostic
The technology is designed for use with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), which
involve placing a small sample of blood or other bodily fluid on a test strip
and then looking for color changes on the test strip to indicate the presence of
diseases such as HIV, malaria or prostate cancer. Usually, health care workers
look at color changes in the test strips with the naked eye, but the results are
prone to human error. According to information from UCLA, this new technology
greatly improves the accuracy of RDT results.
To use the technology, medical workers wear a Google Glass device and use it
to capture pictures of the RDTs. The Google Glass app uploads the pictures to
the server platform, which returns its analysis in as little as eight seconds.
The server platform can evaluate test results coming from multiple devices
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time," according to information from UCLA.
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Capitol Chat It's time for Capitol Chat and this week is an oddly quiet one, not just because California's Legislature is in recess, but also because this summer is unusually calm in terms of election action. In the past, lots of candidates would be running hard more than a year out from the race. But not this year. Our Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler joins us from the bureau to explain a little more.
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Rising Energy Rates If you live in Sacramento you may soon be paying more for the same amount electricity. Why? Because more of that energy will come from renewable sources like wind or sunlight. A 2006 law –AB 32- requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to certain level by 2020 and utilities like SMUD are obligated to produce a specified amount of their electricity from renewable energy sources –a requirement known as Renewable Portfolio Standard. We're taking a moment to look at California's RPS and discuss the ups and downs of transitioning to cleaner energy. SMUD is holding a public hearing on July 18 at 9 a.m. about its proposed rate hikes.
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Kelly McEvers After years of covering turmoil in the Middle East, NPR foreign correspondent Kelly McEvers found herself questioning the purpose of being a war reporter as her colleagues were being killed and kidnapped. McEvers began recording her thoughts in an audio diary as she struggled to answer one question: "Why do otherwise intelligent people risk their lives when they don't have to?" "Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma" is a one-hour documentary chronicling McEvers' quest to answer that question and bring meaning to her presence in the Middle East. We'll speak with Kelly McEvers about the documentary and her time in Syria reporting on the war.
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Sound Advice: Nebraska Mondays Every Monday night, you can find live jazz from some of the most diverse modern players at Luna's Café in Sacramento. Founder and organizer – and jazz musician himself – Ross Hammond joins us for this week's Sound Advice to introduce us to some of the sounds regularly heard at Nebraska Mondays. We'll hear tracks from Sameer Gupta, Dwight Trible, Tony Passarell and Catherine Sikora.
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When most people ask Tim Hill, "What is the best coffee and why?" the buyer and quality manager for Counter Culture Coffee likes to respond with another question: "What do you think makes one wine better than another wine – or any agricultural product?"
When it's time to bundle up and seek refuge from the cold, a well-made cocktail can ease the bones and lift the spirit.
"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will." – George Bernard Shaw
In the hustle of the holiday season, too often our prime goal is to make a mad dash to the finish line of opening presents.
You'll no doubt attend your share of holiday parties over the next month – some rockin' around the Christmas tree, others more of an inescapable humbug.
It's not difficult to fill your calendar with events. But to have an experience is another thing entirely.
From fryers to three-compartment sinks, there are plenty of items you'd expect to see on any chef's must-have list for a new restaurant.
Rugged individualism. Trail-blazing pioneers. Revolutionaries and rebels.
Following a decade of touring and releasing six albums as a respected multi-genre singer-songwriter, Micah Dalton found himself feeling musically diluted – and realized a reinvention was in order.


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No. There are no ads in the suite of G Suite core services. Outside of the G Suite Core Services, additional Google services may show ads, as described in the G Suite Privacy Notice. For G Suite users in Primary/Secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not use any user personal information (or any information associated with a Google Account) to target ads.Read our G Suite agreement (Google's contract with schools covering G Suite core services)
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How does Google keep data secure?
We are fully committed to the security and privacy of your data and protecting you and your school from attempts to compromise it. Our systems are among the industry's most secure and we vigorously resist any unlawful attempt to access our customers' data.
Google's data centers use custom hardware running a custom hardened operating system and file system. Each of these systems has been optimized for security and performance. Because Google controls the entire hardware stack, we are able to quickly respond to any threats or weaknesses that may emerge.
Google encrypts Gmail (including attachments) and Drive data while on the move. This ensures that your messages are safe not only when they move between you and Google's servers, but also as they move between Google's data centers.More about security
How does Google ensure its tools are reliable?
Our proven infrastructure handles more than 100 billion search queries each month and scales services such as Gmail to hundreds of millions of users with 99.978% availability and no scheduled downtime. We have more than 450 full-time engineers, the world's foremost experts in security, working to protect your information.More about reliability
Which third parties have reviewed Google's security practices?
We connect with independent auditors to review our data protection practices. Ernst & Young, an independent auditor, has verified that our practices and contractual commitments for G Suite comply with ISO/IEC 27018:2014. G Suite and our data centers are also SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 Type II SOC 2-audited and have achieved ISO 27001 certification.More about compliance
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How do I know that other customers sharing the same servers can't access my data?
Your data is logically protected as if it were on its own server. Unauthorized parties cannot access your data. Other customers cannot access your data, and you can't access theirs. In fact, all user accounts are protected by this secure architecture that ensures that one user cannot see another user's data. This is similar to how customer data is segmented in other shared infrastructures, such as online banking applications.
How do you know we're keeping our word?
We make contractual commitments in our G Suite agreement and commit to comply with privacy and security standards here. And whether it's real time dashboards to verify system performance, our ongoing auditing of our processes or sharing the location of our data centers, we're committed to providing all our users utmost transparency. It's your data, and we want you to know what happens with it so that you can always make informed choices.More about transparency
Has Google signed the Student Privacy Pledge?
Yes. In order to to reaffirm the commitments we've made to schools, Google has signed the Student Privacy Pledge. This pledge, introduced by the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), is intended to reflect our commitment to safeguard student personal information in our services designed for use in schools.Read the Student Privacy Pledge
Does Google encrypt my data?
Yes. Data is encrypted at several levels. Google forces HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) for all transmissions between users and G Suite services and uses Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) for all its services. Google also encrypts message transmissions with other mail servers using 256-bit Transport Layer Security (TLS) and utilizes 2048 RSA encryption keys for the validation and key exchange phases. This protects message communications when users send and receive emails with external parties also using TLS.
How do Google services collect and use information with G Suite for Education accounts?
The G Suite for Education Privacy Notice can help schools, students, and parents understand what information Google services collect when used with G Suite for Education accounts, and what they do with that information.Read our G Suite Privacy Notice
What kind of scanning or indexing of user data is done on G Suite for Education accounts?
G Suite services don't collect or use information in those services for advertising purposes or to create ads profiles.
Gmail for consumers and G Suite users runs on the same infrastructure, which helps us deliver high performance, reliability, and security to all of our users. However, G Suite is a separate offering that provides additional security, administrative and archiving controls for education, work and government customers.
Like many email providers, we do scanning in Gmail to keep our customers secure and to improve their product experience. In Gmail for G Suite, this includes virus and spam protection, spell check, relevant search results and features like Priority Inbox and auto-detection of calendar events. Scanning to provide product features is done on all incoming emails and is 100% automated. We do NOT scan G Suite emails for advertising purposes.Read our G Suite Privacy Notice
Can G Suite for Education be used in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)?
Yes. G Suite core services comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and our commitment to do so is included in our agreements.Learn more about FERPA
Given changes around the U.S-E.U. Safe Harbor Agreement, what options does G Suite for Education offer for meeting E.U. Data Protection Directive requirements?
Schools can opt into our data processing amendment and model contract clauses. These are an additional means of meeting the adequacy and security requirements of the E.U. Data Protection Directive. Model contract clauses were created specifically by the European Commission to permit the transfer of personal data from Europe.
If you have not already done so, we'd like to remind our G Suite customers to consider opting-in to the data-processing amendment and model contract clauses.See opt-in instructions
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Can G Suite for Education be used in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)?
Yes. We contractually require that schools using G Suite get the parental consent required by COPPA. Our services can be used in compliance with COPPA as long as a school has parental consent.Read COPPA
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Who uses Chromebooks for Education?
Millions of students use Chromebooks for learning. Privacy and security features helped make Chromebooks the top selling device to US K-12 schools for the past two years. Administrators can manage settings to give students as much or as little access as the school desires.
Although Chromebooks are not a core service, we ensure they comply with the Student Privacy Pledge so that schools can use these in compliance with COPPA and FERPA. Specifically we ensure that no data entered into a Chromebook is used to target advertisements to students. Learn more below.
Are Chromebooks secure for my students?
Yes. Chromebooks are designed with multiple layers of security to keep them safe from viruses and malware without any additional security software. A full 10% of boot time is dedicated to re-verifying that the device has not been tampered with, so every time you power on a Chromebook, your security is checked. And because they can be managed from the web, Chromebooks make it easy for school administrators to configure policies and settings, like enabling safe browsing or blocking malicious sites.More about Chromebook security
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Read the Chrome Privacy Whitepaper
Are Chromebooks compatible with online testing?
Chromebooks are a secure platform for administering student assessments, and when setup properly, these devices meet K-12 education testing standards. With Chromebooks, you can disable students' access to browse the web during an exam in addition to disabling external storage, screenshots, and the ability to print. Both PARCC (see TestNav) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment consortia have verified that Chromebooks meet hardware and operating system requirements for online student.Configure Chromebooks for testing
How is data used and protected for students on Chromebooks for Education?
Chrome Sync enables Google Account holders to log into any Chromebook or Chrome browser and find all their apps, extensions, bookmarks and frequently visited web pages. For students, this means that they can get to work right away. That's one of the reasons Chromebooks have become so popular in classrooms, especially for schools that can't afford a device for every child. With Chromebooks and Chrome Sync, students can have a personalized experience on any device they share with their classmates.
Personally-identifiable Chrome Sync data in G Suite accounts is only used to power features in Chrome for that person, for example allowing students to access their own browsing data and settings, securely, across devices. In addition, our systems compile data aggregated from millions of users of Chrome Sync and, after completely removing information about individual users, we use this data to holistically improve the services we provide. For example if data shows that millions of people are visiting a webpage that is broken, that site would be moved lower in the search results. This is not connected to any specific person nor is it used to analyze student behaviors. If they choose to, administrators can disable Chrome Sync and users can choose what information to sync. G Suite users' Chrome Sync data is not used to target ads to individual students.Learn more about Chrome Sync
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How can families keep their kids safe online?
Along with this page, which provides detail on the services we offer to schools, you can find guidance for keeping your kids safe online outside of school. We worked with many partners to create the Google Family Safety Center.Visit the Google Family Safety Center
Where can I get more details?
Additional services
Schools can control whether students or teachers can use additional Google consumer services with their G Suite accounts. We are committed to ensuring that K-12 student personal information is not used to target ads in these services, and in some cases we show no ads at all. Most Additional Services are governed by the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and some services may also have service-specific terms. We allow school leaders to decide whether to turn these services on or off for certain groups of teachers and students. Every organization and community is different and so we give schools the power to configure tools as they wish to meet the unique needs of students and educators.Learn more about G Suite core and additional services


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Short But Not Sweet
Hope we can live pacefully together!
Others | 4 September 2011
1.i would agree with some of your demands however if you dont get them all doesnt mean we are not equals. 2. for example removing religion from identification?? Wouldnt u wanna be sure of the religion of the person u are marrying also it wouldnt help as if i want to know your religion to discriminate against you your name could be enough would you change that too ?it is not about IDs it is about learning to coexist and love each other ... More
Something else behind this
Others | 7 August 2011
As of the terror attack in Norway, it says that a norwegian man did it. I have a feeling that Radical Islam is behind this, and they are using this man as a tool front of the world... More
Re article 4
Others | 31 July 2011
One of the principles of "Islamic" Shari'a is that women are not equal to men (for example in testimony, some jobs, divorce... to mention but a few". How can you solve this problem with regard to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights? .. More
Discriminated against
Others | 24 July 2011
I can understand that that Copts may have demands like any other group in Egypt. Also, they have the right to demand and demand big. They may get some and they may not get the rest of their demands. This normal and acceptable.Discriminated against.. More
Others | 17 July 2011
Whoever read this just agree with me in Jesus name,father God we thank u that u hear and answer prayers please God help those victims and their families,we cover all of them with the precious blood of your son we ask that your grace will surround them your healing,Holy spirit streams,to them and their families the intervention of you Holy spirit in their lives,and safe return to all of them in Jesus mighy name. amen ... More
Others | 10 July 2011
And i wonder why nobody speaks about the salafists in syria. there`s no word that the assad regime could be right with their statements about salafists.no. we blame the salafists in germany at the moment and support the "opposition" in egypt, syria and so on? i see no sense in it..but maybe someone has more information about it. at the moment some friends in syria fear the (part of the) demonstrants - not the military, they told me on the phone... More
Hijacking the unified law
Others | 3 July 2011
What national unity? In Egypt? There is no national unity since Islam invaded Egypt. To solve a problem one must tackle the source. The source of the problem is Islam... More
Marianna and CTV crew
Others | 26 June 2011
Our dear beloved Marianna and all CTVchannel crew. We are very sorry for what happened to you, we ask the lord Jesus Christ to protect you and help you in this difficult time.We admire the\\\' team work' of CTV crew to save Marianna .You are doing a very good job and without you,we are the people in Sydney,Austrlia would not be able to know any REAL news .Keep going and do not be discouraged .God bless all of you... More
Let them go
Others | 19 June 2011
I would like to comment on the issue of us Christians putting ourselves and the church in conflict with the Salafis and the Islamists specifically re: Christian women who convert and leave the church. I'd like to start by saying that we ought to defend and protect our people from the wolves out there, but if a Copt decides to convert, I do believe they do not deserve the protection and our attempts to convince them to stay true to their Coptic faith. If they have betrayed our faith and our history, then we ought to leave them to go and save our blood and that of the church. I can't recall the last case of Iman, I think that was her name, where it ended, but this was an example of her converting to avoid marital abuse. In my opinion she does not deserve the protection and support of the church, just let her go, they are losing all the way. I'm sorry but that is how I feel about it. .. More
Countries of Particular Concern
Others | 12 June 2011
If Egypt is listed as one of "Countries of Particular Concern", then why has the international community never intervened to protect copts from ongoing attacks by salafi extremists?.. More
Let them go
Others | 5 June 2011
I would like to comment on the issue of us Christians putting ourselves and the church in conflict with the Salafis and the Islamists specifically re: Christian women who convert and leave the church. I\'d like to start by saying that we ought to defend and protect our people from the wolves out there, but if a Copt decides to convert, I do believe they do not deserve the protection and our attempts to convince them to stay true to their Coptic faith. If they have betrayed our faith and our history, then we ought to leave them to go and save our blood and that of the church. I can\'t recall the last case of Iman, I think that was her name, where it ended, but this was an example of her converting to avoid marital abuse. In my opinion she does not deserve the protection and support of the church, just let her go, they are losing all the way. I\'m sorry but that is how I feel about it. .. More
Copts end Maspiro protest
Others | 29 May 2011
Until evidence of all AL Speaks at sixes (Nisa Surah Al-Kawthar Al-breeding every idea in the harem, adultery, Do you have the right to tell Ende Messenger of our Lord Bicol in Abasa if H.! And one blind to Atsaadh him away far from you Here's the text of the sura (Abs and assumed that he received the blind and Maederik perhaps reward for Aoivkr Vinfh anniversary either sacked him dost thou and You only reward for and either comes to seeking a fear you are with him distract) to blind the poor it distract means (for getting better him) Where is the mercy and charity Elly commanded us Behm Lord Look Muhammad false prophet facial and break all the commandments of our Lord, who told us they gave charity in secret and thy Father (God) who is in secret shall reward thee openly on the idea before I conclude I love to tell you that we Christians Annanabd one God and Christ is God and God in Christ and Read Qraik carefully and understand McCormack Qrank 1 - as the angels said: O Mary, that God Ibcrk word in its name Christ of Imran 45 * but Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of God and his word he gave to Mary and the spirit by women in 1412 - and peace on the day I was born and the day I die and the day raised alive"(Maryam / 19:32) .. More
There will be a day for the truth
Others | 22 May 2011
When A human being begins to spark accusations right and left without seeing and testing for himself He/ She is just sowing corruption in the earth, and nobody will never see his mistakes but will always point fingers at others blaming them for all the corruption in the world, and if Egypt was All christians and for some reason becomes two or three christian sects and they start fighting one another like what happened in some places , we will see the same people who are trying to gather the cross followers acros the world againt the muslims also doing the same thing against the other sects within christianity... More
Try to have Kind Heart
Others | 15 May 2011
Many Times we hear such kind of fighting between Muslim and Christian in Egypt. I really wonder why these people don't live peacefully together no matter their personal believe. come on to Ethiopia, which has Muslim, Christian,Jewish and other more religions. But they never get fighting each other based on religion. a Religion must not be a criteria to get fight to each other, no matter a religion or believe someone has, they live peacefully and respect each others holiday or religion at a general... More
Be independent
Others | 8 May 2011
America and israel will never friend of muslim and did not , that the brother of egypt has realized. its a good thing. help muslim. France, Britain and italy, what they doing in libeya. who gave the right to kill civilian.so stay with peoples openion,that will be good ,ok friends... More
Others | 1 May 2011
Oh famous land in Africa your pharonical influence are still influencing thy peoples of Caribbeans and Americas , its given us a new source of search and LIFe , so just maybe respect of all will give more zest oh u living ones . Not alowing religious freedon and governorship is the wrong foot foward so left foot forward to eternal life and it comes back to ret the sun shine oh Ra help us... More
Liberal Democracy
Others | 24 April 2011
Every Egyptian has the right to freedom of expression, opinions and ideas, and I believe that this party will reflect a great deals of Thoughts and Ideas for Egypt to advance and succeed... .. More
The Divel and the Devills
Others | 17 April 2011
The devill persuad Mohames to the the book of all evills (Quraan).Because in this book is nothing but killing all none Mozlems, All Jewish and all Christians and attaking our churches and put it in fire. But we the Christian people are very strong with The Lord is on our side so thst we always win all battels againest evell... More
Others | 10 April 2011
Whether this christian man had an affair with a muslim woman or not, no one has the right to apply Islamic Sharia Law, which is humiliating, oppresive and evil. Only, a Civil Law System is to be used, which exercises justice on all its citizens, regardless of religion, sex type (male or female) or culture, as in the western world. Islamic Sharia Law is un-acceptable by christians and moderate muslims alike. .. More
Secular Freedom
Others | 3 April 2011
EGYPT IS BLEEDING, MY FRIENDS...We are extremely concerned with the high potential of Islamic Sharia Law being enforced in the new governing authority of egypt. All christians & moderate muslims alike will suffer the consequences of their freedoms taken away, if they don't unite and oppose these un-democratic and inhumane policies being promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood. All women must be covered in burqua's or else face public flogging, if anyone steal's then their hand / foot is cut off, if a women commits a adultery she is buried neck high then stoned to death, if a non-muslim man is found guilty of having an affair with a muslim women, then his ear is cut off. Such practices are un-civilised in this 23rd Century. It's time for everyone to oppose Islamic Sharia Law, before it is too late...Egypt must be a Secular Democratic Nation, that respects the equal rights of christians as their muslim counterparts in all parts of life.We continaully Pray for Peace and God's Protection of Egypt and all its Citizens... More
About Mubarak And Obama
Others | 27 March 2011
As of Mubarak, the USA give him Aid in Billions to be spent on Military Arms, and also they gave him aid for Egypt for civil spending, however mubarak took all the civil fundings for himself; In his BELLY. Bottom line took it for himself. As of Obama, his ideaology is same as the Muslim Brotherhood. He is a man who can not be trusted... More


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The Plaza Classic Film Festival in El Paso, Texas, comes to an end this weekend. If you haven't bitten the bullet and bought the gas to get down there yet, you might want to consider it this weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 14, legendary director Peter Bogdanovich will be there to introduce his 1971 film The Last Picture Show (based on the book by Larry McMurtry). Bogdanovich will give a free filmmaker's talk beginning at 6 p.m. at the Oasis Lounge (located inside downtown El Paso's historic Plaza Theatre). The screening itself will start at 7 p.m. at the Plaza's Kendle Kidd Performance Hall. Tickets for the screening are $8 and may be purchased through ticketmaster.com. Log on to plazaclassic.com for a complete list of films and events happening through Sunday.
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French fantasist gives us an abundance of shenanigans
Is there such a thing as oppressive whimsy?
A lighthearted style so heavy-handed that it threatens to overwhelm the senses? If such a thing is possible, French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet certainly embodies the oxymoron. That's not a criticism of the man, mind you, but a testament to his single-minded ability to create films that are simultaneously bright and dark, cheerful and cruel, ugly and gorgeous.
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Diving With Sharks
When it comes to bragging rights and a pure adrenaline rush, you can't beat going eye-to-eye (or better yet, eye-to-tooth) with a great white shark.
As the great white shark swims slowly past my cage, my heart feels as if it's up near my tonsils. My head is light, and my breathing is fast. Despite the regulator jammed in my mouth, I manage to yell "Wow!" (and a few less wholesome exclamations).
I've traveled 18 hours by boat to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, for just this moment. About 180 miles west of Baja California, Guadalupe is one of the best places in the world to see great whites. They migrate to the warm, clear water here after spending the summer feeding off the coast of California.
In his six years of organizing these trips, Paul "Doc" Anes says he's never had an expedition in which he didn't spot any sharks. Over a dinner of seared tuna and Land Shark Lager on his boat, he shares stories of seeing an 18-foot female great white that "looked like a school bus" and smaller, acrobatic males that caused huge splashes by leaping out of the water and landing on their backs or bellies. Indeed, the first shark that we see is a male--nicknamed Scar because of his mangled dorsal fin--who once jumped out of the water to bite off a boat's anchor.
I'm proof that anyone can go swimming with great whites, even if not everyone would. I've been scuba diving only once before, but participants don't need to be certified, because the cage doesn't descend much below the surface and the breathing apparatus is attached to an air tank that's on the boat instead of on the diver's back. I climb into the cage after just one short lesson.
Anes uses the heads and tails of the tuna we ate for dinner as shark bait. But the sharks don't devour the leftovers right away; they inspect them carefully first, as if they're foodies in a trendy restaurant. After determining that the bait is edible, the great whites attack it with explosive, slashing movements.
Though the length of the sharks is impressive, their girth astounds me even more. The great whites are as big around as minivans and look like submarines with teeth. But it's their eyes that leave the deepest impression. They aren't black, as they appear in photos and on TV. The irises are midnight blue, and the pupils glow orange like coals in a fire. As the mighty creatures cruise by, their eyes track you, watching you just as closely as you're watching them.
Where to see great whites
Neptune Islands, Australia
Champion spear fisherman Rodney Fox was attacked by a great white shark in the 1960s and spent the next 40 years taking folks to dive with sharks. His company, Great White Shark Expeditions, runs year-round boat tours from Port Lincoln, 175 miles west of Adelaide, to the Neptune Islands, about four hours away. Meals and diving gear are provided; wet suits can be rented. 011-61/8-8363-1788, rodneyfox.com.au, $1,750 per person (three days), $2,635 (five days). Shorter tours can be chartered.
Farallon Islands, California
The Farallon Islands, near San Francisco, have been a shark-diving destination since the late 1990s, when the BBC produced a documentary about great whites there. Incredible Adventures runs daylong shark-diving trips out of San Francisco on weekends from September through November. Meals and gear are provided. 800/644-7382, incredible-adventures.com/sharks_farallons.html, $875 per person (divers), $375 (topside watchers).
Cape Town, South Africa
Apex Predators, run by documentary filmmakers Chris and Monique Fallows, operates shark-diving trips from mid-April through mid-September. Tours depart from Simon's Town, just outside Cape Town, and range in length. Gear and meals are provided. 011-27/82-364-2738, apexpredators.com, $220 per person (one day), $1,100 (five days).
Guadalupe Island, Mexico
San Diego Shark Diving Expeditions runs tours from late August to November. Divers board the boat in Ensenada after a three-hour bus trip from San Diego. Meals are provided; gear must be rented. 619/299-8560, sdsharkdiving.com, $2,750 per person, double occupancy (five days), $3,150 (seven days).


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| Basics | Policies and More | Courts and More | CIPA | Internet Toolkit and More | News and More | Organizations Opposing Filtering | ALA Policies and Statements on Filtering | Especially for Young People and Their Parents; Further Information on Filtering |
"Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment." — ALA Library Bill of Rights
Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report (June 2006)
"This fully revised and updated report (PDF), written by the Brennan Cener for Justice at NYU School of Law Free Expression Policy Project, surveys tests and studies of Internet filtering products from the mid-1990s through 2006. It provides an essential resource for the ongoing debate. Or, for a free printed copy, e-mail email@example.com."
Study: Overzealous filters hinder research (October 2005)
"The internet-content filters most commonly used by schools block needed, legitimate content more often than not, according to a study by a university librarian. Her report was presented at the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference in Pittsburgh last week."
OpenNet Initiative
"The OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership between three leading academic institutions: the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, and the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge Security Programme, University of Cambridge. Our aim is to excavate, expose and analyze filtering and surveillance practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion. We intend to uncover the potential pitfalls and unintended consequences of these practices, and thus help to inform better public policy and advocacy work in this area. To achieve these aims, the ONI employs a unique multi-disciplinary approach that includes: Advanced Technical Means—using a suite of sophisticated network interrogation tools and metrics; and Local Knowledge Expertise—through a global network of regionally based researchers and experts. OpenNet Initiative research will be published on this website in a series of national and regional case studies, occasional papers, and bulletins. As part of its work, the OpenNet Initiative also operates a "clearinghouse" for circumvention technologies that assess and evaluate systems intended to let users bypass filtering and surveillance. We also actively develop circumvention technologies in-house as a means to explore the limitations of filtration and counter-filtration practices."
See also Control and Censorship of the Internet
"The American Library Association (ALA) today renewed its call for a greater focus on Internet safety education in light of a new study that demonstrates Internet filters fail to block 13 percent of pornography sites while denying access to important health information. The ALA made its remarks as part of panel gathered by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to discuss the results of their new Internet filtering study." — National Research Council, Education is the only way for children to safely navigate the Web
"Swimming pools can be dangerous for children. To protect them, one can install locks, put up fences, and deploy pool alarms. All these measures are helpful, but by far the most important thing that one can do for one's children is to teach them to swim." — National Research Council, Youth, Pornography, and the Internet
"As Justice Kennedy explained, if a librarian does not "unblock filtered material or disable the Internet software filter without significant delay," or "if it is shown that an adult user's election to view constitutionally protected Internet material is burdened in some other substantial way, that would be the subject for an as-applied challenge." Id. at 1 (Kennedy, concurring); see also id. at 5-6 (Breyer, J., concurring)."—CIPA Legal FAQs
"Consumer Reports' (CR) latest tests of filtering software (June 2005) show that while Internet blockers have gotten better at blocking pornography, the best also tend to block many sites they shouldn't. In addition, Consumer Reports found the software to be less effective at blocking sites promoting hatred, illegal drugs or violence. The June issue includes ratings of 11 popular filtering software products and advice for concerned parents who are trying to better protect their children online. . . . Filters kept out most, but not all, of the pornography. The worst performer blocked 88 percent, enough to serve as an obstacle, but not impervious to a persistent teen. — Information sites can be snubbed, too. The best porn blockers were heavy-handed against sites about health issues, sex education, civil rights and politics."
| First Amendment Basics | International Intellectual Freedom Basics | American Library Basics | International Library Basics | Censorship Basics | Internet Censorship | The IFLA Internet Manifesto | Lester Asheim in Cyberspace: A Tribute to Sound Reasoning | Why Filters Won't Protect Children or Adults | CPPA, COPA, CIPA: Which Is Which? |
| ALA Intellectual Freedom Policies and the First Amendment | Internet Filtering Statements of State Library Associations | Internet Use Policies | Internet Filtering in Public Libraries (Jenner & Block Memorandum) | Minors, Libraries, and the Internet | Checklist & Ideas for Library Staff Working with Community Leaders |
| Court Decisions Against Internet Filtering | CIPA Web Site | Pending Internet Legislation |
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) designates federal funding for libraries that install filters on all its computers. Libraries that do not accept federal funding do not have to install filters. That is, the Supreme Court's opinion has no effect on libraries that are not covered by CIPA (i.e., libraries that do not receive e-rate discounts or LSTA funds for the provision of public Internet access).
Potential Legal Challenges to the Application of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in Public Libraries: Strategies and Issues by Paul T. Jaeger and Charles R. McClure
For additional information on CIPA, see ALA's CIPA Web Site, Public Libraries and the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Legal Sources, CIPA Supreme Court Decision (PDF).
| ALA Libraries & the Internet Toolkit | Especially for Children and Their Parents | Statements and Papers Opposing Filtering | Youth, Pornography, and the Internet (2002) |
| Contacting Elected Officials about Issues/Legislation Related to Intellectual Freedom | News Sources for Information about the Internet, Filters, Filtering, Intellectual Freedom, and the First Amendment | Filtering the Future?: Software Filters, Porn, PICS, and the Internet Content Conundrum: A Doctoral Thesis by Christopher D. Hunter (PDF) |
| Organizations Opposing Filtering | Other Organizations Opposing Filtering |
Resolution on Opposition to Federally Mandated Internet Filtering (2001)Resolution on the Use of Filtering Software in Libraries (1997)
Statement on Library Use of Filtering Software (1997)
Especially for Young People and Their Parents
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Web Site
ALA Libraries & the Internet Toolkit
Guidelines and Considerations for Developing a Public Library Internet Use Policy
Internet Blocking & Censorware
Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report
The Internet Advocate
Internet Filtering in Public Libraries (Jenner & Block Memorandum)
Advice and Resources (from the ALA CIPA Web Site)
News and Articles (from the ALA CIPA Web Site)
The Internet Filter Assessment Project, an independent, informal project on the quality of filters
Final Report of the COPA Commission, Presented to Congress, October 20, 2000
Selected Testimonies to the Child Online Protection Act Commission
Blocking Software FAQ — Peacefire
'Tools' fail as strategies to keep kids away from Net sex at libraries
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The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2013/14 cap charge (including bonuses), then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called CHIP (Cap Hit of Injured Players).
This analysis covers every team up to its 30th game. (Amazingly, this follows on from my 20-game analysis.)
For a more regular snapshot, CHIP rankings are also being fed into Rob Vollman's Team Luck calculator on a weekly basis and if I find time after figuring out how to best to incorporate a reference to Derick Brassard's injured posterior in the next update, I'll do my best to put out the same info via Twitter (@LW3H).
Alternatively...Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.
A quick summary of the alternative metric:
- TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation
- For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]
- This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat,
but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie
is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a
much higher TOI/G figure
- Where a player hasn't played all year or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)
- For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (CMIP)
- Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at AMIP (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)
The table below shows:
- Total CHIP for each team over the first 30 games of the regular season, as well as the distribution of CHIP by position
- The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure
- The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)
- AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season) - for non-interesting reasons, average TOI figures aren't quite measured at the 30-game point this time around for a few teams, but of no great significance to the analysis
- Columbus (Horton, Gaborik, Dubinsky) and Tampa Bay (Stamkos and a bunch of not-Stamkoses) the most notable risers
- Ottawa's only significant losses remain on the scoreboard and in Eugene Melnyk's bank balance
- With only one game missed among the group, the health of the Rangers defense clearly benefitting from the shift away from the maniac Tortorella's shot-block-at-all-costs philosophy, with only Vancouver's blueline being healthier, clearly benefitting from the shift towards the maniac Tortorella's shot-block-at-all-costs philosophy (Staal and Edler injuries after Game 30 not yet showing up here)
- As you would expect, the lack of injuries in Buffalo over the 10-game period has contributed to the team's dramatic turnaround to elite status
- As you would expect, the lack of goaltender injuries in Calgary over the whole season has contributed to the team's stellar save percentage
The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:
As the video shows, Tim Gleason's absences have been of precisely the same value as Evgeni Nabokov's in terms of TOI, with the obvious flaw being that Gleason's save percentage is much, much better than Nabokov's.
Where does it hurt?
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I've just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on tsn.ca, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.
Finally, a look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.
A couple of rare lapses of disclosure in Carolina. Interestingly, the Flames have a regular injury update page on their official website, though it still doesn't preclude them from having one or two UBI/LBI cases, nor from Brian Burke firing the page so he can announce the injuries himself in a regular press conference (but not during his annual Christmas injury freeze).
- Figures
exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers (usually an
arbitrary judgement on my part) who had
been on the NHL club's IR since pre-season. Generally, if a
minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games
missed will then count towards the CHIP though. Minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a
period on IR might be included in the man-games lost figures (but can't guarantee I get
it right every time)
- For the avoidance of doubt, suspensions and absences due to "personal reasons" are not included in the figures. However, as per previous seasons, any "retired" player still under contract (Savard, Pronger, Ohlund) is still included.
- There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in
there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Corrections might well be picked up in subsequent updates
- The cap figure obviously doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid and/or were signed by Paul Holmgren
- Also, for any player traded where cap hit is retained by his old team, the cap hit used will only reflect that for his current team.
- I've once again stuck a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player on the web HERE
- Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of tsn.ca and nhl.com - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams
- Cap info courtesy of capgeek.com


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Mayor Don Wesely today endorsed the recommendation of two city departments that the proposed middle route is the best one for the east beltway to follow. The City-County Planning Department and the City Public Works and Utilities Department evaluated three routes and recommended the middle route that runs for about 13 miles from Highway 2 to Interstate 80 halfway between 120th and 134th streets.
"The departments have done an excellent job of involving the public in a thorough evaluation of the three proposed routes," said Mayor Wesely. "I believe the middle route is the best choice for traffic, utilities, existing residences and trails and for protecting the natural environment and historic sites in the Stevens Creek area."
The Mayor also endorsed the recommendation for the south beltway route, which runs for about 8 miles from Highway 77 to Highway 2 about half a mile south of Saltillo Road.
The City-County Planning Commission will hold public hearings on the beltways at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 and 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 18. Both hearings are in the City Council Chambers. The Planning Commission is scheduled to vote at its meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 25. The beltway proposal then goes to the City Council and County Board, which will hold joint public hearings at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 15 at the Cornhusker Hotel and 3 p.m. Wednesday, August 22 in the City Council Chambers. The City Council and County Board are scheduled to take action on the proposal at a 7 p.m. meeting August 22nd.
No timetable has been set for construction of the beltways, although city officials recommend the south beltway be built first. The cost of completing both beltways is estimated at about $250 million.
"With approval by the local elected leaders, we will be in a position to seek federal funding for these very important projects, which will have a major impact on reducing the growth of traffic on our city streets," Wesely said.
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I'm into both music and the environment, but I'm often disappointed when musicians try to combine the two. To my mind, in too many songs with environmental themes, the message ends up eclipsing the music. The result, even when they are done by accomplished artists, is often something like this – a mawkish guilt-trip that makes me want to start a tire fire.
That said, there are some genuinely good eco-themed songs out there. Ones with smart lyrics. Ones that rock. The Bright Green Blog's Panel of Distinguished Experts (which consists of, well, me) has assembled a list of the best ones out there. And, in true rock fashion, it goes to 11. Links are to videos for the songs on YouTube.
11. Idioteque, by Radiohead I've listened to Kid-A more times than I can count, but I'll admit that I never actually paid any attention to the lyrics of this song until Wikipedia told me that it had an environmental theme. "Ice age coming/Ice age coming/Let me hear both sides/Let me hear both sides," croons Thom Yorke. Could this be anything other than an allusion to the fabricated controversy over the scientific basis of global warming?
10. Blackened, by Metallica "Death of mother earth/Never a rebirth/Evolutions end/Never will it mend." When it comes to singing about the apocalypse, nobody can touch these thrash metal hegemons.
9. Bicycle Race, by Queen "I want to ride my bicycle/I want to ride my bike/I want to ride my bicycle/I want to ride it where I like." This is clearly a call for expanding bike lanes throughout urban areas. Either that or Freddie Mercury couldn't come up with a better rhyme for "bike."
8. Dirty Water, by The Standells I don't know if anybody outside Massachusetts likes this 1966 proto-punk Boston anthem, but it's pretty popular where I come from. The song, whose title refers to the notoriously polluted Charles River, is played at every home game victory for the Sox, the Celtics, and the Bruins. The Charles has been cleaned up considerably since then, but still not enough to make me want to swim in it.
7. Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell I'm not going to argue that you can rock out to this song, only that it has become a standard, covered by everyone from Bob Dylan to Amy Grant to Counting Crows. My favorite line: "They took all the trees/Put 'em in a tree museum/And they charged the people/A dollar and a half just to see 'em." Apparently this is an allusion to Honolulu's Foster Botanical Garden, which now charges $5 for admission.
6. After the Gold Rush, by Neil Young The original lyrics go: "Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s." During the 80s, Neil Young updated it to "in the 20th century," and now he sings "in the 21st century." It's good that he keeps updating it, because this is the only line in the entire song that makes any sense.
5. Monkey Gone to Heaven, by The Pixies Rolling Stone's David Fricke called this song "a corrosive, compelling meditation on God and garbage." It begins: "There was a guy/an underwater guy who controlled the sea/got killed by ten million pounds of sludge/from New York and New Jersey." The song was released in 1989, a year after Congress enacted a ban on dumping sewage into the ocean.
4. Treat yo Mama, by The John Butler Trio Lest someone accuse me of being a classic rock snob, I need to have at least one song that came out in this decade."Treat yo Mama with respect," the song urges. "Mama" being Mother Nature. This Australian jam band tries to walk the walk, too: their 2007 tour was greened by Clif Bar's GreenNotes program, which seeks to cut CO2 emissions with a biodiesel tour bus, recycled paper, and offsets.
3. (Nothing but) Flowers, by Talking Heads Probably one of the first songs to anticipate peak oil, it describes a world whose factories, strip malls, and fast-food joints have been reclaimed by nature. "If this is paradise," the protagonist sings, "I wish I had a lawnmower."
2. My City Was Gone, by The Pretenders The catchy bass line to this song, which decries suburban sprawl and the hollowing out of the American downtown, serves as the intro to Rush Limbaugh's radio program. Songwriter Chrissie Hynde allows Limbaugh to use her song, provided that the conservative talk show host makes the royalty checks payable to PETA.
1. Godzilla, by Blue Öyster Cult I was going to put Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" in this slot, but I had a last-minute change of heart. After all, how can you go wrong with a song about a giant, radioactive lizard? "History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man." Words to live by.


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From the Desktop: Opening Up the Rest of Linux
Stretching the Bounds of "Open"
As a sort of "welcome to the new neighborhood" column, I was going to celebrate with a sneak peek at Red Hat 7.0. Alas, the people in the scarlet chapeaus have threatened me with severe punishment if I even breathe a word of what's under the hood. Since I really enjoy writing with all ten digits in perfect working order, I have opted out of discussing that topic.
But the very strictly enforced non-disclosure agreement from Red Hat raises an interesting question--when does a Linux company get so big that by virtue of its size it starts behaving like the company it and its peers swore it would never emulate? The last time I saw an NDA like this was from Redmond when I was testing Windows 95.
Face it, Red Hat and some of the other Linux companies, now flush with wealth, fame, and influence in the computer and business world, are starting to react in a perfectly human manner: they're trying like heck to keep it.
Human beings are very acquisitive creatures. To paraphrase George Carlin, we love our stuff. Are we honestly expected to believe that the Linux industry won't have its version of Microsoft any time in the future? Someone in this worthy pack of competitors wants to be number one and thanks to human nature, they want to stay there.
The question is: how will they get there and how will they stay there? Will it be a clean fight, or will it be Monday Night Nitro with the WCF?
Already companies are starting to change little bits and pieces of the GPL to suit their needs in a way that make them seem altruistic when they really aren't. For instance, a few weeks ago, Lucent Technologies announced it was partnering with British company Vita Nuova, which would be the sole licensor of Lucent's Inferno OS and API. Vita Nuova is planning on releasing the source code of Inferno as a way of providing its customers with the tools they need to customize the software to their liking.
Notice I said customers, not the general public. You see, unlike a real GPL, VN is opting to provide the entire Inferno source to just its customer base in a pay-per-seat arrangement. Lucent, it seems, had little luck selling the technology itself for the last 4 years and now it hopes that VN can do the job with this pseudo-open license arrangement.
When open source becomes a marketing strategy, and not a goal in and of itself, then something's not right.
The debate between proprietary and open formats rages every day. Here's another example: someone at Linux Today recently got a press announcement for a Linux product from a PR person. Nothing unusual there, Linux Today gets things like that all the time. But this attached file was a MSWord document. The editor at LT asked that the attachment be sent back as an ASCII text or HTML file--two formats a lot less proprietary than a .doc file.
At first, my reaction to this tale was bemusement, since the PR person obviously did not know her audience. Then it was puzzlement, since there are a myriad of tools out there that can read many different file formats. The editor could have opened the file with word2 or StarOffice or something like that.
Then, after a cajoling reminder from my friend who related this tale, I realized that proprietary file formats are barriers that just don't need to be anymore.
Some vendors have taken the anti-virus approach to dealing with file formats. If a file format exists, they reason, then we will provide the ability to read it and write to it. StarOffice is a classic example of this method, because it can open everything but the kitchen sink.
Don't get me wrong, I like StarOffice, and this particular ability is one of the reasons why. If we have to play in the multi-file format sandbox, then I want the biggest toys. But how much efficiency do users have to sacrifice to deal with alien formats?
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Mayor Don Wesely today implemented mandatory water restrictions due to decreased river flows and high levels of water use during the hot, dry weather. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday July 20, Lincoln residents are REQUIRED to follow an odd-even alternate day outdoor water use schedule until further notice. Properties with street addresses ending in an even number may only water their lawns and wash cars and other vehicles on even-numbered days. Those with addresses ending in odd numbers may only water on odd-numbered days. This is the first time since 1974 that mandatory water restrictions have been implemented in Lincoln.
"I want to thank Lincoln residents for their voluntary conservation efforts, but the continuing drought conditions now make mandatory measures necessary," said Mayor. "Limiting outdoor water use will have the biggest positive impact. Our priority is to make sure that water for drinking and for emergency use remain at adequate levels."
The City's last significant rain fell the weekend of July 5, and the official amount recorded so far this month is 1.23 inches. The official rainfall total for Lincoln was .17 inches for the month of June. The normal June rainfall is 3.54 inches..
Mayor Wesely initially asked for citizens to conserve water June 25. The Mayor institute a voluntary odd-even outdoor watering schedule July 6.
Those with questions about the restrictions can all the Lincoln Water System (LWS) at 441-7571. The City's Water Management plan calls for the following measures:
According to City ordinance, the LWS may turn off the water to those locations disregarding the restrictions. The water will not be turned on again until the costs of turning it off and on is paid to LWS and a $100 bond has been filed.
"It is critical that citizens comply with these restrictions," said Allan Abbott, Director of Public Works and Utilities. "We have limited staff to respond to calls on possible violations. If someone in your neighborhood is watering on the wrong day, they may not know about the restrictions and penalties. We ask people to be good neighbors in keeping their streets in compliance – contact the individual before you call us."
The city Parks and Recreation Department began taking water conservation measures July 2. The County-City Public Building Commission put all local government facilities on the odd-even watering system July 9.
In addition to following the odd-even system, the Lincoln Water System recommends:
City residents are also reminded that water fees are structured to encourage conservation. Information on water rates can be found on the City web site at under Public Works and Utilities.
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