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Snell pushes Lobos past UNLV for second straight MWC title
Las Vegas, NV – Tony Snell hit five 3-pointers en route to 21 points, 10 of which came in a pivotal second-half run, to help the 15th-ranked New Mexico Lobos beat UNLV, 63-56, in the Mountain West Conference title game.
Kendall Williams had 12 points and seven assists for top-seeded New Mexico (29-5), which captured its second straight tournament crown. Hugh Greenwood and Cameron Bairstow both logged nine points and seven rebounds.
"I think we deserve a No. 2 seed or higher (in the NCAA Tournament) 'cause we definitely proved ourselves all year. That's what I think," Snell said.
Bryce Dejean-Jones also drained five 3-pointers, pacing UNLV with 19 points.
Anthony Bennett posted a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds for the third-seeded Runnin' Rebels (25-9).
"Our program, our team, is bitterly disappointed with the result. We felt like we put ourselves in a great position," said UNLV head coach Dave Rice.
A back-and-forth opening half ended with New Mexico clinging to a 34-32 lead.
UNLV continued to hang around in the second half and trailed 46-45 after a Katin Reinhardt free throw midway through the frame. But Snell provided all the offense during a 10-2 surge that put the Lobos up 56-47 with just under four minutes to play.
Dejean-Jones responded with back-to-back threes before Snell knocked down a trey for a 59-53 New Mexico lead with about a minute left.
The Rebels then missed three straight shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, before Williams put the game away with two free throws and a spinning slam.
Game Notes
New Mexico held UNLV to 31 percent shooting in the second half ... The Lobos shot 46 percent for the game ... Reinhardt had 11 points.


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By Monte Mace, CFCA writer/editor
How do you remain positiveóeven joyfulóin the face of discouraging, overwhelming or dangerous circumstances?
Thatís what I wondered after I met Lourdes, a tranquil mother of seven in Legazpi, Philippines. I had asked the local CFCA staff to arrange interviews with single mothers so I could learn how they manage on their own.
The first mother I met was Lourdes. She came out of her bamboo house at the edge of the city when we drove up. Coconut and palm trees created a quiet, shady yard.
One of the first things I noticed was her missing left hand. She told us her husband had attacked her during an argument five years ago and cut off her hand. He was sent to prison.
Lourdes needs to support herself, her children, and her aging mother. But she isnít able to do much work with only one hand. Her eldest daughter sells food on the street in order to earn about $60 a month. That income, plus the assistance provided by CFCA sponsorship of 12-year-old Nika, allows the family to survive.
As I photographed her, she smiled easily. She seemed at peace.
As we were leaving, I asked:
ìWhat gives you the strength?î
ìI just gave it over to God,î Lourdes said. ìPlus, my mother is there for me and gives me moral support.î
During two weeks visiting CFCA projects in the Philippines and meeting many sponsored families, I found myself repeating this thought: ìWhat a joyful spirit they have.î
At one gathering, an elderly widow named Constancia stood up and said she no longer suffers from ìnagging fearî about how to obtain food, clothing and health care.
ìGod is merciful. He answered my prayers and gave me CFCA,î she said.
The audience laughed as she told how she had learned to eat new and unfamiliar strange food. She beamed as I asked to photograph her. As I sat next to her for group photos, she held my hand. Later Constancia gave me a thank-you gift, a book in English entitled, ìMore Stories of Life and Laughter,î a book of life lessons by a Filipino priest, Father Bel San Luis, SVD.
A younger woman also gave testimony. Maricel, 23 at the time, explained that the death of her father when she was 4 began her familyís spiral into ìchaos.î But her mother did not lose hope and supported her six children by working as a laundry woman.
ìIn the midst of crisis, God never abandoned us,î Maricel said. ìIn 1990, I was chosen for CFCA sponsorship. I came to realize that someone in a faraway place loves us in a very sincere way.î
Maricel said she was able to complete a college education and now works as ìa humble kindergarten teacher.î
The Filipinos I met exhibited humility, gratitude for their sponsors, a love of life whatever the circumstances, and trust in Godís willóin short, a joyful spirit.
Learn about the CFCA documentary filmed in the Philippines, "Zamboanga: Poverty, War, Music."

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text: Don't miss the Mystery Madness Sale this Saturday at Stuff To Scrap! Throughout the day, savings will mysteriously appear and disappear. What are you waiting for?!? Go browse the store now and get your cart filled up with all your favorites. On Saturday, keep your eye on the store and watch the savings appear. Once the savings seem irresistible, hurry and checkout before the savings mysteriously disappear again.


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Burton seal League Two title
Burton were crowned League Two champions after a thrilling 3-2 win at Cambridge on Saturday.
Last Updated: 02/05/15 5:51pm
Burton were crowned League Two champions after a thrilling 3-2 win at Cambridge on Saturday.
The visitors took the lead after 11 minutes when Stuart Beavon met Damien McCrory's cross and beat Cambridge goalkeeper Will Norris with a thumping header.
Cambridge drew level in the 25th minute when Tom Elliott headed home Sullay Kaikai's free-kick from the right.
Burton were denied a penalty immediately after half-time when Beavon looked to have been brought down by Josh Coulson but the referee awarded only a corner.
Cambridge were handed the initiative in the 67th minute when Harrison Dunk raced through on goal and was felled by goalkeeper Jon McLauglin.
McLaughlin was dismissed and Robbie Simpson powered the resulting penalty past replacement goalkeeper Scott Shearer.
Burton drew level again 13 minutes from the end through right-back Phil Edwards, who received a short free-kick and struck a magnificent effort into the top corner from 30 yards.
And Burton won the game with two minutes to play when Norris could only palm a cross into the path of substitute Kevin Stewart, who slotted home.


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SF driver faces felonies in fatal crash
S.F. crime
A woman arrested after police said her car crashed into and killed a 56-year-old woman at the Twin Peaks Vista Point in San Francisco was charged Monday with hit-and-run driving, drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter, all felonies.
Gina Eunice, 23, of San Francisco was driving with three passengers around 9 p.m. Thursday on Christmas Tree Point Road when her car slammed into a group of four pedestrians, hitting three and knocking them down a hillside, police said. Eunice allegedly drove away from the scene and was found at a nearby parking lot.
One of the pedestrians, Yuee Yao, died at San Francisco General Hospital soon after the collision. Two of her companions were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Two of Eunice's passengers, San Francisco men ages 22 and 25, were also arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public, police said. A fourth passenger, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Eunice remains in custody and is to be arraigned Wednesday, said Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the San Francisco district attorney's office.
Eunice also faces two misdemeanor charges of endangering the health of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Ellen Huet is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @ellenhuet


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After struggling throughout the 2008 season, not to mention riding the longest winless streak of his Sprint Cup career (43 races), the Jeff Gordon of 2009 looked more like the Jeff Gordon of the mid-to-late 1990s this past Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
After struggling throughout the 2008 season, not to mention riding the longest winless streak of his Sprint Cup career (43 races), the Jeff Gordon of 2009 looked more like the Jeff Gordon of the mid-to-late 1990s this past Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
And we all know what the Jeff Gordon of the '90s accomplished – three Cup championships (plus a fourth in 2001) – and the majority of the 81 victories that he has earned in his career.
Gordon has been looking for a breakout and breakthrough race and this past Sunday he finally got it, finishing a close second to Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth, who won his second consecutive race this season.
The exciting finish this past Sunday promises another great race this coming Sunday in the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And Gordon's confidence is sky-high heading into that event.
"I'm so excited about this race team right now," Gordon said. "We're head and shoulders above where we were."
And the reason?
"It's called getting beat and not liking it," Gordon said with a big smile on his face.
Indeed, Gordon suffered through last season with constant questions and criticism of both himself and, even more, crew chief Steve Letarte. With each passing race that Gordon failed to reach victory lane, calls for Letarte's firing grew louder.
But Gordon and team owner Rick Hendrick never wavered in their support of Letarte.
"I'm so proud of Steve," Gordon said. "He got beat up so bad by a lot of people. It's tough being the crew chief of that Chevrolet; there's a lot of pressure and expectations.
"Over this off-season, he restructured his engineering group and went to work on the cars, the setups, listening to me and what I feel like I need. Those guys worked hard."
But they weren't the only ones who worked hard. Gordon took a long look inside himself during the off-season, wondering how much longer he'd race and thinking about his wife and young baby.
"I changed my routine, too," Gordon said. "I've worked harder over this off-season getting myself in shape than I have in a long time. I'm refocused. I'm a little bit more used to being a dad now. I'm just ready."
And being ready is bad news for his opponents, particularly with the way Gordon drove at Fontana. Had his car not tightened up in the closing laps, he may have been able to make a run at Kenseth.
While that never materialized, Gordon couldn't be happier, particularly about finally getting a handle on the new-style car that NASCAR adopted last season.
Throughout 2008, Gordon and Letarte tried everything they could to get the car to handle properly, especially to Gordon's liking. But it seems the harder they tried, the worst the car got.
Not so this season, though. Gordon began the season with a 13th-place finish in the Daytona 500 and then recorded his runner-up showing at Fontana.
"I felt like we had the car (to win)," Gordon said. "When I started running (Kenseth) down, I was like, 'We got him, we got him.' Then my car started getting tighter and tighter and tighter.
"As I got to him, I moved around, went to every groove I could possibly find, and the car just wouldn't turn. I kind of knew with about 20 (laps) to go that we probably, unless he made a mistake, weren't going to get him.
"I put a lot of heat on him. I drove as hard as I've driven in a long time. He didn't make any mistakes. Maybe one little slip up, but just wasn't enough for me to do anything with him. So, you know, I have to give those guys a lot of credit, too."
As he comes into Las Vegas, Gordon is second in the Sprint Cup points standings, just 81 points behind series leader Kenseth.
"I love the way the car was driving," Gordon said of his Fontana car. "To be able to battle and go to the front like that, have solid pit stops, I'm just really, really excited."
But, he admits, "I'm also really bummed out we didn't win the race. I ran as hard as I could and had a great race. I'm really proud of this team. It's a great start to the season."
Still, Gordon now knows that after Sunday's race at Fontana, he's ready to return to his winning ways. It may be a bit early to start thinking about winning a fifth championship, but he's ready for whatever comes his way.
"(The race at Fontana) was to me a sign of what we were going to see more of this season," Gordon said. "I feel better today going in and after the race than I felt in a long time.
"I just feel good when I get in the car. The car is driving good. It's just starting off right. I think we only have room for improvement."
Jerry Bonkowski can be reached at email@example.com.
Why he's in the news: Looked like the Jeff Gordon of old this past Sunday at Fontana, Calif. Almost won the race, which would have broken a winless streak that dates back to October 2007, finishing a close second to Matt Kenseth, who won his second consecutive race.
Quote from him: "You know, tonight was to me a sign of what we we're going to see more of this season. Those guys were incredible in the pits." – Jeff Gordon is invigorated about his team's chances after Sunday's near-win at Fontana, Calif.
Number to know: 43 – The number of races Gordon has gone without a Sprint Cup series win, the longest winless streak of his career. His last triumph was Oct. 13, 2007 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C., edging Clint Bowyer and former Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Busch.


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ICMA-RC Hires Industry Veteran Bruce Corcoran
June 21, 2018
ICMA-RC, which has served public sector retirement plans and employees since 1972, has hired Bruce Corcoran, an industry veteran with more than 25 years' experience in the public sector and financial services space.
Bruce joined the organization in June as Managing Vice President working on special projects. Bruce will be responsible for exploring new service offerings that closely align with ICMA-RC's focus of serving those who serve their local communities. As part of his responsibilities, Bruce will introduce retirement plan services to a new category of plan sponsors across a range of education, healthcare, religious, and other not-for-profit organizations.
"We believe that hiring someone with Bruce's experience and leadership ability positions ICMA-RC for continued success given our long history of effectively serving the defined contribution needs of the public sector," said ICMA-RC President and CEO Bob Schultze. "Bruce has a strong track record of new market launches, and his arrival aligns perfectly with our organization's unique mission of helping others build retirement security."
Bruce's extensive leadership experience includes business development, change management, and strategic planning in financial services and the government markets. He was instrumental in growing retirement plan businesses nationally at industry leaders Horace Mann, TIAA, and VALIC.
"We are incredibly pleased to have Bruce at the helm as we set out to provide leading retirement services in new categories that align with our mission," said Michael Guarasci, SVP, Chief Financial Officer and responsible for strategic planning at ICMA-RC. "Bruce brings a wealth of leadership experience, and combined with the strong resources we already have in place, we look forward to raising the bar for new plan sponsors and participants across the country."


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Sub-Regional Workshop on Young People's World Heritage Education Kit
Belize City, Belize, 14-16 October 1999
Both students and teachers acquired new skills to access information on World cultural and natural heritage as well as in other sectors of life. Students estimated that they gained self-esteem, ambition and improved their ability to think, reason and work together during the workshop.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre;
- Belize National Commission for UNESCO;
- Ministry if Education and Sports (Belize);
- Office of UNESCO sub-regional adviser for culture in the Caribbean;
- Office of UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)
Countries represented
Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), St. Kitts/Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Students and teachers from the countries represented and ASPnet and UNESCO experts from the educational sectors.


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I thought this part was right on the money as well:
It's easy to tell the difference between the average football fan and the guy who grinds tape. The average fan behaves as if he's a football genius. The average tape grinder knows he's a football idiot. He also can explain why in great detail.
Part of adopting a student mindset is having the willingness to accept that you'll be wrong a lot. Learning requires the ability to accept your errors.
I recently wrote an article about this topic. The subject was an accounting professor whose award-winning research was recently cited in Forbes. Her study dealt with the concept of cognitive dissonance in investing.
What she discovered is that people tend to make emotional choices once they commit to a decision. Moreover, it doesn't matter if they are an expert in their field. If they've taken a stance, they defend that stance even if presented with evidence to the contrary.
In fact, they will seek analysis from sources that aren't even as credible as the information presented to them in order to get validation that they made a good choice, even if the result eventually says otherwise.
In essence, we stand by our decisions to placate our egos because it's often more important for us to be perceived as experts than behave like them. The sad, but comical thing about this is that we all do it if we make a decision before we fully weigh the evidence. I have no problem admitting I do it. The only real cure for this problem is having insight – and that's a topic for another time…
Hopefully this will help you shed your football-genius innocence and become a student of the game.
The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.
FWIW, I also had Gabbert #1 in 2011, and had Wilson #3 in 2012.


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Osteoporosis Risk After Cancer Treatment
Content Contributor: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Reviewed: January 26, 2012
My doctor told me I am at risk for osteoporosis because of my cancer treatment. Why is this and what should I do about it?
Nicole Ross, RN, MSN, OCN - Radiation Oncology Nurse at Penn Medicine, responds:
Cancer treatments can put you at risk for osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones, that can put you at risk for bone fractures. An adequate intake of calcium and Vitamin D are crucial. Also, exercise is helpful in treating osteoporosis. Speak with your doctor about the accurate dose.
Learn more about bone health and osteoporosis after cancer treatment on OncoLink.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire Focus on Gynecologic Cancers transcript.


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Just Imagine (Mass Market)
Avon, 9780380808304, 384pp.
Publication Date: September 4, 2001
The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but not for Kit Weston. Disguised as a boy, she's come to New York City to kill Baron Cain, the man who stands between her and Risen Glory, the South Carolina home she loves. But unknown to Kit, the Yankee war hero is more than her bitterest enemy—he's also her guardian. And he'll be a lot harder to kill than she's figured on . . .
Believing that Kit's a boy, Cain offers the grubby rapscallion a job in his stable. But he has no idea what he's in for, and it's not long before the hero of Missionary Ridge discovers the truth. His scamp of a stable boy is a strong-willed, violet-eyed beauty who's hell-bent on driving him crazy.
Two hard-headed, passionate people . . . Two stubborn opponents with tender souls . . . Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders.
About the Author
Susan Elizabeth Phillips soared onto the New York Times bestseller list with Dream a Little Dream. She's the only four-time recipient of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious Favorite Book of the Year Award. A resident of the Chicago suburbs, she is also a hiker, gardener, reader, wife, and mother of two grown sons.


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In Chicago, Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo will begin displaying calorie counts on vending machines as part of a new disclosure programme. The Calories Count Vending Programme will kick off in municipal buildings in Chicago and San Antonio beginning in 2013 and then expand nationwide, according to the American Beverage Association.
The beverage giants will work with vending operators to increase the availability of lower-calorie beverages in machines. The fronts of beverage
vending machines will display "Calories Count" signage, reminding consumers to consider calories in their beverage choices with such messages as "Check then choose" and "Try a low-calorie beverage." Each selection button will also display calorie counts per beverage container.
"Everyone who works in or visits a municipal building in Chicago and San Antonio will know exactly how many calories are in their favourite beverages before making a vending machine purchase," Susan Neely, president of the American Beverage Association said.
The programme builds upon previous voluntary beverage industry initiatives that removed full-calorie beverages from schools and placed new calorie labels on the front of beverage packaging.


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Washington, DC – Amid mounting evidence of the negative clinical and economic consequences of medication non-adherence, research featured on the cover of this month's Health Affairs breaks new ground by urging innovative approaches to improve medication adherence and to "achieve a higher-performing health system."
The researchers analyzed data for patients with diabetes, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who were enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Of the notable findings, the report showed that poor medication adherence was associated with additional medical and hospital visits resulting in otherwise avoidable spending for Medicare Part A and B services in the range of $49 to $840 per beneficiary per month.
In addition to gauging potential Medicare cost-savings by improving medication adherence, the study evaluated the criteria by which Medicare Part D beneficiaries are deemed eligible for medication therapy management (MTM) – a program in which a pharmacist or other qualified health professional reviews a patient's medication regimen and helps to optimize outcomes through improved medication use.
"By combining the two methods, we produce a new metric, 'potentially preventable future costs,' that can be used to target medication therapy management interventions to at-risk beneficiaries with the aim of both improving the quality of care and reducing unnecessary Medicare expenditures," the researchers wrote.
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which established the Part D benefit, requires plans to offer MTM services to beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions who are taking multiple different medications and have high annual drug spending. Under current eligibility criteria however, only a small share of beneficiaries qualify to receive these services.
"We believe that potential costs averted should be considered as a criterion for targeting [MTM] interventions and that attention therefore should be given to beneficiaries now excluded from review who display suboptimal adherence patterns associated with the highest Medicare costs," the researchers wrote.
They urged that improving medication adherence "offers one of those rare opportunities in health care to achieve multiple desirable endpoints from the same policy."
The publishing of the new research follows a significant action by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which evaluates the financial implications of proposed legislation. In 2012, CBO estimated that an increase in the number of prescriptions filled by Medicare beneficiaries "offsets" or reduces spending on other medical services. As a result, CBO will now credit policies that increase use of medicines with savings on other Medicare services.
The article was authored by Bruce Stuart, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research and director of the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; F. Ellen Loh, graduate research assistant at the University; Pamela Roberto, senior director, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA); and Laura M. Miller, senior economist, National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS).
The Health Affairs article abstract is available at the following web link: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/7/1212.abstract
The University of Maryland (UM) School of Pharmacy, the fourth oldest school of pharmacy in the United States, leads pharmacy education, scientific discovery, patient care, and community engagement in the state of Maryland and beyond. With an enrollment of nearly 700 doctor of pharmacy and graduate students, the highly ranked school conducts cutting edge research in drug delivery mechanisms, cost impact studies, basic drug discovery and development, and disease management, and engages in a wide variety of professional practice activities, partnering with over 200 community pharmacies, hospitals, assisted living facilities, and other agencies to provide services to citizens and practitioners around the State and across the nation.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested approximately $550 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $48.5 billion in 2012 alone.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) represents traditional drug stores, supermarkets, and mass merchants with pharmacies – from regional chains with four stores to national companies. Chains operate more than 41,000 pharmacies and employ more than 3.8 million employees, including 132,000 pharmacists. They fill over 2.7 billion prescriptions annually, which is more than 72 percent of annual prescriptions in the United States. The total economic impact of all retail stores with pharmacies transcends their over $1 trillion in annual sales. Every $1 spent in these stores creates a ripple effect of $1.81 in other industries, for a total economic impact of $1.81 trillion, equal to 12 percent of GDP. For more information about NACDS, visit www.nacds.org.


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this morning i read about 35% of rachel hyman's liveblog-style review of my book while driving from philadelphia to baltimore
when i was around 25% complete i had the idea to liveblog a review of her review but didn't put my phone down until i saw a cop a few minutes later
rachel also thought to liveblog her review after she had started reading
here are things i remember thinking while reading the first 35% of rachel's review:
rachel writes for banango lit and at one point referred to her review as being written on 'her blog,' wasn't sure if she runs banango, i think a person named justin who has also reviewed my book runs banango
rachel was confused about my table of contents
rachel probably has a graduate degree or is working on one
rachel thought the person on the cover is maybe me, have wondered if people think it's me, it's luna miguel
rachel has seen me once on ustream, which means it was one of two times i've used ustream. if rachel saw me the first time, i was wearing a pink blazer/white blouse/black skirt, looking 'pretty good i guess.' if it was the second time, i was wearing a black blazer/pink blouse/black shorts, looking '10-20 pounds heavier,' due to a camera angle and being 13 pounds heavier
after reading how much i ate in a day, rachel felt like she ate a lot of food. the amount of food i listed in that entry seemed sparse and unhealthy. think i was mostly eating odwalla food bars and nibbling on things dipped in hummus at that point in my life
rachel said 'canon' in the same sentence as 'muumuu house'
rachel wondered if we've lived near each other in chicago and baltimore. i wonder that too. i have lived at these addresses in chicago:
910 w belden ave
1427 e 60th st
2345 n sheffield ave
2347 n kenmore ave
and these addresses in baltimore:
somewhere on the 1400-1500 block of park ave
3100 st paul st
327 birkwood pl
6 e read st
4404 keswick rd
rachel wanted me to expand on some things in 'everyone i've had sex with' and...something else...i'll do that in a few lines
in the parking lot of a grocery store i looked up 'rachel hyman' on facebook and saw we aren't friends but have something like 35 mutual friends
rachel is smiling in her picture and i think wearing a red shirt
people probably ask rachel to spell her last name for similar reasons they ask me to spell my last name
since reading 35% of rachel's review i've bought groceries, napped, talked with my mom, read, looked at the internet, eaten 'vegetable kabob,' watched a richard dreyfuss movie, printed a w9 form, talked with my boyfriend on the phone
unsure if liveblogging a review of a review will interest anyone
seems like...no...
just 'liked' rachel's review on muumuu house's facebook page
the first comment on the facebook review link is by jack fagan. he says 'megan boyle sux' and someone 'liked' his comment
rachel felt sad that alcohol was involved in a lot of my first sexual encounters because she thinks alcohol impedes mutual enthusiastic consent. i sort of agree. i've also had sober sex that wasn't enthusiastically consensual. i like that rachel said 'enthusiastic consent'
rachel wanted me to expand on this: 'everything feels heightened with him. there is an open line of communication during sex, which feels natural and genuine.'
what made sex feel heightened with that person was mostly that we were close friends and i wasn't sure how emotionally involved he was, so i spent a lot of time guessing. there seemed to be an emotional layer during sex caused by the thoughts i'd have about him when we weren't having sex. i was more alert and able to be surprised, even though we hooked up often enough for me to also feel a certain degree of comfort. the 'open line of communication' was just directive statements and encouraging comments. i like when people tell me what they want/like during sex. sometimes we made jokes, i think
rachel said: also wish she would have expanded on some of the feelings she listed at the end after completing the list: 'surprised at how passive i've been' and 'puzzled at why i've diverted to other people about my personal safety'
the thought 'what do i want right now' doesn't always occur to me while i'm having sex. i feel mostly focused on the other person. i get pleasure from doing that. i don't think i was actually surprised at my passivity. i think i was lying because i had some idea that people would judge me for behaving passively during sex, so if i pretended i was surprised maybe i'd get in people's 'good graces,' like people would read that and think 'now she will be an empowered woman because she knows she's acted like a not-empowered woman'
re personal safety: i don't remember feeling surprised at that, think i may have been lying about that too
rachel wanted to hear more of my thoughts about 'if i was never told there was something i needed called 'love' would i feel like i need to have it?'
if i was never told there was something called love and i needed it, i think i would still feel attracted to people and a desire to be connected to them, but probably less intensely than i do now. i would probably not feel pressure to stay in long-term relationships when they start becoming difficult. the statement 'i like you as a friend and i like having sex with you but i don't want to be committed to you' would not be relevant, ever. i might be happier and have a lot of vague relationships, but i wouldn't label them as 'vague relationships,' i would just be happy to be close to a person for an amount of time. i try to think of things in this way now, though it doesn't feel completely natural. i'm sensitive and romantic and like the security of monogamy. i like feeling like the most important person in the life of the person who's most important to me
rachel likes pizza
my mom has half of an amy's frozen pizza in her fridge
i have eaten probably 85% more pizza in march 2012 than i did in march 2011, but maybe only 15% more than i did in april 2009, when i wrote the entry that made rachel want to say she liked pizza
rachel has finished her summary and is now moving on to the liveblog portion of her review, which is also what i'm doing now
rachel says: 'haha...yeah...don't know if that's the story of my life or anything but that sure is a terrible feeling'
don't think i've read a review featuring 'haha...yeah...'
i like that
feel like i'm getting a sense of 'rachel'
now that this is the liveblog portion of rachel's review i feel more interested
this review could have a surprise ending
rachel says it would suck to feel embarrassment/shame at age 5, when i said i did in my book. reading that made me feel something complex. like a combination of surprise, hope, 'thing i feel when i exit a retirement home,' and 'thing i feel when i pet sad-looking animals'
it has just been revealed that rachel's dad is in the room
rachel didn't like it when i said 'everyone i know is processing information using an interpersonal equation based on their memories and preferences/it seems almost possible to graph that equation for each person'
rachel says 'humans are infinitely more complicated than that'
i also think humans are infinitely more complicated than that
sometimes it's scary for me to think of how little i understand about the way i function
for instance, i just recognize letters
what the hell is making me recognize the letter 'p' every time
where is the storage unit in my brain where are all my memories of what words and sounds are
there is something comforting to me about the idea that humans can be seen as simple, graphable things, but if that's all we were i probably never would've had the thought 'i want to graph an emotion'
rachel says something i agree with a lot: on: the cataloguing of minutiae that characterizes this book and much of alt lit
feel like i've heard people say 'that's lazy' 'it takes no talent' 'i could do that myself'
i don't like the idea that art's value is correlated to how much work went into it
that just seems pretty wrong
forming more of an idea of 'rachel' after reading 'that just seems pretty wrong.' maybe that's a phrase she uses in person, so much that she's known for saying it. maybe she says it in affectedly thoughtful voices at funny times when you wouldn't expect it, like after someone says 'i bought this t-shirt yesterday'
cataloging of minutiae...
nicholson baker...writes cool stuff about minutiae...
yesterday my boyfriend said: 'i could be close to [person] if i saw them once a week, but probably not every day, because [person] isn't someone i can talk about minutiae with'
minutiae is exciting to me
seems like everything is minutiae
wonder what rachel would say separates minutiae from [opposite of minutiae], like, how does a 'significant life event' not have properties of minutiae? when do we stop thinking of something as minutiae and call it something else? i wonder this...in general...curious about what a lot of people would say to that
rachel feels as though her parents buy significantly less snacks/food now since, i'm assuming, rachel and maybe her siblings no longer live at home
my parents live in different places now and buy less food
my mom cooks more often now than when i was growing up
my dad eats a lot of snack cakes and unhealthy smoothies
i just ate some bites of potato salad while standing in front of the fridge, remembering the scene in 'e.t.' where e.t. stands in front of the fridge, eats potato salad with his two fingers, throws it on the floor, drinks a 6-pack, spills milk everywhere
that scene seems seminal in my development as a human...somehow...
it is now 3:09AM
going to sleep
will i post this, i wonder
now it's 1:48PM
dreamed i peed out a baby and my job was to swim around the perimeter of a dock where there was very clear water and a giant black horse running under the water
mom just said 'meggie i'm fixing eggs, do you want some eggs? toast?'
it's been a long time since i've finished something i've started
rachel gives details about where she is when she's writing her review. i like that. i've also worked on things on my laptop while the sun is very bright and wondered about how that impacts what i'm writing
the sky is very grey in baltimore today
rachel says 'will keep you guys updated re: my position w/r/t sun'...lol
rachel relates to my description of my family dynamics and wonders if they are supportive of my writing. they seem very supportive, to me
rachel lives on a golf course
rachel lives near a golf course, i mean
picturing rachel's neighborhood as mostly mansions, lots of trees, flat land, senior citizens driving around in golf carts, and this going on for miles...like it's a labyrinth of mansions and golf carts and it's very easy to get lost on the way to the highway
there is probably a bike path that people in golf carts mistake for 'golf cart path'
rachel related to me expressing anxiety about the internet
have been thinking about adding rachel on facebook, but felt like i should at least message her about her review before that, or finish writing this
i am very neurotic about doing things in a certain order on the internet
sometimes rachel says she is changing the subject but sometimes the subject changes naturally. rachel wonders if what she's doing is obnoxious and irrelevant, then says the word 'petulant,' which i read in 'children of dune' twice yesterday but don't remember ever reading before that, though i'm sure i've read it because i know what it means
i think what rachel is doing is interesting and motivated me to do something too. i like how rachel structured her review. i'd like it if more reviews were casual and personal. i'd get excited to read reviews in the new york times if they were written like rachel's review
tao lin sent rachel a photo of a drawing of a banana ("banana jumping into swimming pool with 'bored'/'vaguely distracted' facial expression") with my book
happy tao has sent people 'goodies'
rachel adds the phrases 'i, also' and 'glad that' to my 'personal lexicon of short phrases that facilitate clearer, faster communication' ('seems like,' 'feels like,' 'i think,' others)
the first thing rachel's dad always asks her on the phone is 'is everything alright?'
seems annoying
times when i ask someone if they're alright: when they fall down, if they're expressing having a bad time on drugs, when it seems like they want to be asked that and will resent me for not asking that (**don't like these people**), when it's clear the person isn't alright and doesn't want to talk about it but i feel sensitive/insecure/alone (**usually happens when romantic relationships become less satisfying**)
sometimes my mom asks me if i'm alright and apologizes for things that don't seem to matter
she did something like that on thanksgiving
i said 'you're ruining thanksgiving mom, i can't believe you'd put the corn in the fridge like that without telling me, how did you ever think i would find it without you telling me you moved it, you should be very sorry'
but i said it in such a way...she laughed at me, i was joking...my dad said something like 'goddamnit pam'...good memory...
rachel feels like she's liveblogging in an echo chamber
me too
also i sometimes feel like my brain is an echo chamber and am not well-equipped to 'get out of it.' i used to 'get out of it' with writing but i haven't wanted to write lately
rachel seems to have retreated to the more interesting surroundings of her dad's phone conversation
i'm sort of doing that by writing about other things
we seem to be losing interest in our reviews but pressing onward anyway
or maybe in an 'echo chamber' nothing is more interesting than anything else
rachel says meticulously cataloging insignificant stuff results in an understanding of someone's inner world, and this is valuable to her
she closes with a detail about the thunder and 'i probably love you / goodbye'
probably will not rain in baltimore today
i just peed and the pee was really hot
like it when that happens
going to add rachel on facebook now


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County lake expanding pair of docks
Marion County Park and Lake will expand a pair of public docks for $6,271.
A dock by the lake's boat ramp will have an additional arm for loading and unloading. Spots at that dock generally rent for $10 a day, but loading will be free.
A dock in the swimming area will be expanded, increasing the space for sunbathing at the beach, superintendent Steve Hudson said. Cost of the two expansions will be $6,271.
Hudson also will purchase seven replacement buoys costing $2,214. He said several were cracked and others had lost reflective lettering.
Hudson will seek bids from Marion and Florence, as well as Waste Connections of Wichita, to empty trash bins at the lake. The county's contract with Florence expired earlier this year. Florence has been providing trash service without a contract since April.
Hardly any new campers arrived over the Independence Day holiday at the lake, Hudson said. He said he received several calls from people concerned about reports of toxic blue-green algae at Marion Reservoir.
The reservoir had several warnings this summer, but none have affected the lake.
Hudson said television reports often referred to the reservoir as Marion Lake, causing confusion.
Commissioner Dan Holub said he would ask Kansas Department of Health and Environment to more clearly distinguish between the reservoir and county lake.
KDHE releases already do distinguish between the two.


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Civil registration records are the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to vital events in a person's life.
Civil registration records [registri dello stato civile] are an excellent source for accurate information on names as well as dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. In addition, civil registration may include documents required for marriage, miscellaneous records (such as stillbirths), deaths occurring in other cities or countries, and legitimations or parental acknowledgments [ricognizioni].
Because they cover most of the population and because they are usually indexed and mostly accessible, civil registration records are one of the most important sources for genealogical research in Italy.
For birth, death, and marriage records before 1809 or 1820, see "Church Records".
In southern Italy, civil authorities began registering births, marriages, and deaths in 1809 (1820 in Sicily). In central and northern Italy, civil registration began in 1866 (1871 in Veneto). After this date, virtually all individuals who lived in Italy were recorded.
The earliest vital records in Italy were kept by the churches. In 1806 Napoleon, Emperor of France, annexed large parts of Italy, including Roma, Venice, and the Piemonte region. He also initiated civil record keeping at that time. As he gained control of most of Italy, he enforced new laws that required local civil registration.
Papal States. In the area formerly known as the Papal States (which included from what is now Lazio (Latium), Umbria, Marche, and estern Emilia-Romagna) Napoleonic records cover the period of 1810 to 1814.
Veneto and Lombardia. Napoleonic records began about 1806 and ended in 1814 or 1815.
Piemonte. Napoleonic records cover 1804 to 1814.
These records do not exist for areas that Napoleon never ruled such as Sardinia, South Tyrol, and Sicily.
After Napoleon's defeat in 1815, many areas discontinued civil registration.
Regno di Napoli (comprising most of southern Italy from Napoli and Campania down to Calabria and Puglia), Toscana, and the Abruzzo region. These areas continued to keep civil registration records after Napoleon's defeat.
Ducato di Savoia. This area in Piemonte began keeping records again in 1839.
In Trento- Alto-Adige parish priests took over the civil registration.
Sicilia. The island of Sicilia began civil registration in 1820 using a format nearly identical to the Napoleonic records.
Birth, marriage, and death records are the most important civil registration records for Italian research. Most of these records retained the basic format introduced by Napoleon in the early 1800s. The registers are divided into separate volumes for each year. Records kept in the south used standardized forms. Many records in the north are handwritten, although they contain basically the same information.
The records were almost always kept in Italian, except for records kept during the rule of foreign powers such as France and Austria.
In the northern regions, many records are in French and German, and given names were often written in the "ruling" language even though the person's name was Italian. For example, Giuseppina Bertaldo may have been recorded as Josephine Bertaldo.
Some church records were transcribed into civil registration records. This transcription usually happened to meet documentation requirements for marriages [processetti or allegati]. Transcribed church records are in Latin, and each volume is usually indexed.
Birth records generally give the child's name, sex, birth date, and birthplace, and the parents' names. Many of the early records and all of the later records provide additional details, including the parents' birthplaces, ages, and occupations and the mother's maiden name. The baptism date is usually included with the civil birth record.
Births were generally registered within a day or two of the child's birth, usually by the father of the family or by the attending midwife. Corrections to a birth record may have been added as a marginal note. In later records, marginal notes are frequently found, providing marriage and death information. See a translation of one of the printed forms.
After 1809 Napoleonic law required that the marriage ceremony be performed first by a civil authority and then, if desired, by a church authority. It was then recorded in the civil records. At first, some people resisted this law and had their marriages performed by church authority only. Later when it became legally necessary for their children to be recognized as legitimate, a civil ceremony was performed. In rare cases, you may find a marriage record for a couple in their 50s who were actually married 30 years earlier. In most cases you may find marriages recorded in both civil and church records.
Marriages were usually performed and recorded where the bride lived. In some provinces, these records date from 1809 or from 1820. The early civil marriage records may include more information than the church records. When available, search both the civil and church records of marriage.
If you believe a marriage took place but cannot find a record of the marriage, search records of intent to marry.
Marriage Banns [pubblicazioni, notificazioni, memorandum]. You may find records that show a couple's intent to marry in addition to or instead of actual marriage records. The following are various records that may have been created to show a couple's intent to marry.
Proclamation, allegations, or banns [notificazioni, pubblicazioni, memorandum].These notifications were made a few weeks before a couple planned to marry. The couple may have been required to announce their intended marriage to give other community members the opportunity to raise any objections to the marriage. If one member of the bridal party lived elsewhere, banns were posted in that community also. If you know that a marriage took place but cannot find it in the marriage records of the community, search the marriage banns. It may be posted there and lead you to the community where the marriage actually took place.
Supporting documents [processetti or allegati]. These documents were often filed by the bride and groom in support of their intent or "solemn promise" to marry. Records proving their births and their parents' births and deaths and sometimes documentation on earlier generations may be included. The names of former spouses and their death dates are also provided.
You may find the following records that document the legal completion of the marriage.
Certificates [certificati]. The individual who performed the ceremony or the civil office where the ceremony was recorded may have given the couple a certificate of marriage. This may be in the possession of the family, and the civil registrar may have copies. Usually, however, when writing for information and requesting a certificate, you will receive only a transcription of the most pertinent information. Extracts [estratti] will give you the complete information.
Marriage registers [registri dei matrimoni]. Civil officials recorded the marriages they performed in registers, usually preprinted forms bound in a book and kept in the civil office.
Marriage registers give the date of the marriage and the names of the bride and groom. They also indicate whether the bride and groom were single or widowed and give the names of witnesses. They often include other information about the bride and groom, such as age, birthplace, residence, occupation, name of person giving consent, and names of parents. In cases of second and later marriages, the marriage registers may include the names of previous spouses and their death dates. The registers usually include the date of the church ceremony.
There are two types of printed forms found when researching Italian civiil marriages. The first is a "solemn promise" to marry - a document created when a couple appeared at the city offices and promised they would marry one another (the banns had already been posted by this time). This document is usually found in pre-unification records (1866-1871). The second is a post-unification record and is the actual marriage document. See translations of these pre-printed forms.
Before 1970 divorces were illegal in Italy. Divorce records are not open to the public. The Family History Library does not have any Italian divorce records.
Death records are especially helpful because they may provide important information about a person's birth, spouse, and parents. Civil death records often exist for individuals for whom there are no birth or marriage records.
Deaths were usually registered within a day of the death in the town or city where the person died. Early death records generally give the person's name and death date and place. After about 1815, death registers usually include the age, place of birth, residence or street address, occupation, burial information, and the informant's name (often a relative). They usually provide the names of spouses and parents and whether or not they were still living. Information about the deceased's parents, birth date, and birthplace may be inaccurate since the informant may not have had the correct information.
Stillbirths are recorded in separate registers entitled nato morto. In later records they are included in the allegati. They were not recorded in either the birth or death records. If an infant died within hours after birth, the birth and death records should both be found. See a translation of one pre-printed form.
A civil record unique to Italy is the stato di famiglia, or state of the family certificate. The comune keeps a record of each family and updates each change, including births, marriages, deaths, and emigration. All individuals in a household are included. Some households include more than one family.
Historical states of the family [stato di famiglia storico] are kept at the provincial archive [ufficio dello stato civile]. These records document past generations of families. Not all areas have kept this record, but where they exist, they are a valuable research tool.
Births, marriages, and deaths were written in the civil registration records as they occurred and thus are arranged chronologically. Where available, indexes can help you find your ancestor more easily.
Annual Indexes. Some years have an annual index. These indexes usually include dates, names of parents (including the mother's maiden name), and the page number or record number of the entry. Many times the record was an entire page and the page number corresponded with the record number. In some indexes no number appears at all and you must use the date that is provided to find the record.
In many areas during the earliest years of civil registration, records were indexed by the given names. Therefore, you must search every entry in the index to make sure you find every individual who had a certain surname.
Eventually, however, indexes were alphabetized by surname. Women are always found in the indexes under their maiden names.
Ten-year Indexes. Ten-year indexes [indici decennali] are common. They usually began the year when civil registration became the law and cover ten-year periods. Ten year indexes typically exist from 1866 to 1875, 1876 to 1885, 1886 to 1895, and 1896 to 1905. They include the date and register number but do not contain names of parents.
Ten-year indexes are kept at the town level and are not separate records in the FamilySearch Catalog. They will be included with the records of the town they index and a note will be in the catalog entry reflecting that fact.
Civil registration records were and are kept at the local registrar's office [anagrafe] in each town or city. Therefore, you must determine the town where your ancestor lived before you can find the records. Your ancestor may have lived in a village that belonged to a nearby, larger town. Large cities may have many civil registration districts.
A copy of each record is sent to the procura della repubblica—which is similar to a district court in the United States—in the provincial capital. Because the civil records are legal documents and needed for government purposes, such as military draft, the duplicate is held by the tribunale (district court).
You may need to use maps, gazetteers, and other geographic references to identify the place where your ancestor lived and the civil registration office that served that place. See Italy Maps and Italy Gazetteers for information on how to find civil registration offices.
In addition to the town, you need to know at least an approximate year in which the birth, marriage, or death occurred. Annual indexes are usually found in each town's civil registration.
The Family History Library has microfilmed the civil registration records of hundreds of towns and provinces up to 1866 and many towns up to 1910. Most of these records are from the central and southern area of Italy, but many records are also available from the northern regions.
To find out what records the library has, look in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog
The library also has many online collections listed in the catalog that are not microfilmed, but only available in digital form.
The library's collection continues to grow as new records are microfilmed and added to the collection. Do not give up if records are not yet available. The FamilySearch Catalog is updated regularly, so check it yearly for the records you need.
The Family History Library has records from many towns and provinces. However, the library does not have records that have been destroyed, were never kept, were not available in the registrar's office at the time of microfilming, were not microfilmed, or are restricted from public access by Italian law. The library does not issue certificates for living or deceased individuals.
The Family History Library has few provincial and statewide collections. The library does have one large regional record for Toscana. This collection includes approximately 250 communities and their frazioni (hamlets). The records are arranged by year and are, for the most part, in alphabetical order by the name of each town. Most records include the years from 1809 to 1865. To find this collection, look in the Author Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
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ITALY, TOSCANA - CIVIL REGISTRATION (Fill in the search boxes, "Toscana", part of "Italy")
If the records are not online or microfilmed, civil registration records in Italy can be obtained by writing to the local civil registry. This is also necessary for more recent records. Recent records are covered by privacy laws, so they are not released for microfilm or online. But relatives are allowed request them for genealogy. Civil officials will generally answer correspondence in Italian. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to the tribunale or the provincia.
Links to provinces and municipal ities
Format for address for local office: Use this address as a guide, replacing the information in parentheses:
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After you have determined what office has jurisdiction over the records you need, write a brief request to the proper office. Write your request in Italian whenever possible. For writing your letter in Italian, use the translated questions and phrases in this Italy Letter Writing Guide. Send the following:
If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records that may have been filed in other archives or search in church registers.


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With patch 2.3 came Weapon Expertise to add yet another confusing stat to the mix for tanks. Don't get me wrong, I like a chance at deeper gameplay in any fashion and am very happy with the addition.
So let's first take a look at exactly what Weapon Expertise is.
One point of Expertise decreases the chance that melee attacks made by the player will be dodged or parried by 0.25%.
Items do not add Expertise directly, but add to Expertise Rating. At level 70, every 3.9 points of expertise rating grants one point of expertise.
For a tank, the importance of Weapon Expertise is two fold. One, it will directly increase your threat through more melee attacks that land, and two, it will directly increase your survivability due to Parry Mechanics.
Parry Mechanics
When a boss parries your attack, it reduces the default swing timer of the bosses next main hand attack. Based on the time during the bosses swing timer that the parry occurs, it can cause a boss to appear to attack in rapid succession, dealing burst damage to the tank, and is often the cause of those 'OMG WHAT HAPPENED?' type of insta gibs.
So how much Weapon Expertise is needed? It is commonly accepted that a bosses dodge rate against attacks is 5.6%. Parry rates are not precisely known, but believed to be around 11% (perhaps 5.6 x 2). In order to lower a bosses dodge and parry by the initial 5.6%, you will need 22.4 Weapon Expertise. However, since ratings are rounded down, you actually need 23 Weapon Expertise, or 91 Weapon Expertise Rating to prevent all dodges. In order to prevent all parries, you will need in the neighborhood of 44 weapon expertise, or 172 expertise rating.
So where is one to get all of the Weapon Expertise? Unfortunately there is not a ton of Weapon Expertise rating gear floating around.
[item]Shapeshifter's Signet[/item] (20) – Exalted with Lower City
[item]Bracers of the Ancient Phalanx[/item] (22) – 35 x [item]Badge of Justice[/item]
[item]Brooch of Deftness[/item] (21) – 35 x [item]Badge of Justice[/item]
[item]Gauntlets of Enforcement[/item] (21) – Teron Gorefiend – Black Temple
[item]Mallet of the Tides[/item] (14) – The Lurker Below – Serpentshrine Cavern
[item]Fang of Vashj[/item] (21) – Lady Vashj – Serpentshrine Cavern
[item]The Brutalizer[/item] (21) – Supremus – Black Temple
There are several other items, particularly leather and other weapons that have Weapon Expertise Rating, so take a look at this filtered list from WoWHead.
In addition, Orcs and Humans also gain Weapon Expertise Rating racial bonuses, axes for Orcs and swords and maces for Humans, which adds 5 Weapon Expertise Rating in each case


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Obama taps Brennan, Hagel
President Barack Obama filled out his second term national security team Monday by tapping former Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Defense Department and John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The nominations, unveiled in a White House ceremony, came despite weeks of controversy surrounding Hagel's expected appointment.
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While the Nebraska Republican once served with many of the senators who will preside over his confirmation, his controversial views on the Middle East and apparent support for cutting the Pentagon's budget have already become issues for his confirmation. Assuming he makes it through the confirmation process, Hagel will immediately be drawn into a brutal fiscal battle over the automatic defense cuts known as the sequester, and a longer term political fights over the proper size of the Defense budget in the post Iraq and Afghanistan era.
Still, Obama isn't backing down from a political battle over Hagel, a friend and traveling companion during their Senate days and a first term administration adviser on foreign policy and defense issues. In rolling out the nomination at the White House, Obama cited Hagel's political independence and distinguished military service record as reasons why he should become the first Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient to lead the Pentagon.
( PHOTOS: The shortlist for Obama's top jobs)
"Chuck Hagel is the leader that our troops deserve. He is an American patriot. He enlisted in our Army, volunteered for Vietnam, and first as a private, then as a sergeant, he served with honor alongside his own brother," Obama said, his first public remarks since returning from his Hawaii family vacation this weekend.
Obama said Hagel's leadership would be "historic" as the first Vietnam vet and wounded former enlisted soldier to run the Defense Department, and would make him "a champion for our troops," praising his focus on "the guys at the bottom."
As for Brennan, Obama called him "one of our most skilled and respected intelligence professionals" and praised his "invaluable perspective" on "what drives so much of the changes in today's world." In praising Brennan's work ethic, Obama joked, "I'm not sure he's slept in four years."
Criticism of the Hagel appointment has only gotten louder since word surfaced in early December that he was a front-runner for the job to replace outgoing Secretary Leon Panetta. An unusual mix of pro-Israel groups, neo-conservatives and gay rights activists have slammed the former senator's voting record and past statements, including a 2006 reference to a "Jewish lobby" and disparaging remarks from 1998 about James Hormel, an openly gay nominee to be President Bill Clinton's U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.
While Hagel's allies have tried to explain his views about Israel and he issued an unusual apology last month to Hormel, full-page newspaper ads and cable TV commercials have been running for weeks arguing he's still the wrong pick for the Defense Department. Opponents even launched a new anti-Hagel website on Monday in ChuckHagel.com.
Hagel attempted to even the score through an unusual interview Monday in the Lincoln, Neb. Journal-Star newspaper, in which he called the preemptive criticism of his record "astounding," and said he looks forward to a full opportunity to respond in his upcoming confirmation hearings. Presidential nominees seldom speak publicly before they appear before Senate committees.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised Hagel will get a fair hearing, but some of his opponents are already promising to vote no. Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) told POLITICO before the nomination was official that Hagel's stance on Iran, Israel and Hamas "disqualify him for such an important job where America needs to lead and not just follow."
Senate Armed Services Committee member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said Monday that he's "strongly opposed" to Hagel's nomination because of his opposition to imposing sanctions on Iran and positions on the Middle East and Israel that are "contrary to the administration's own stated policies."


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Partner Highlight: ECHO and UVM
In 2008, Dennis Clougherty, a physics professor at the University of Vermont, called up nearby ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center to see if they'd be interested in working together to host a NanoDays event. In the three years since, ECHO and UVM have developed an ongoing partnership. I recently spoke with Linda Bowden at ECHO about their work together.
The partnership didn't get started in time for the official week of NanoDays that year. Instead, Linda, Dennis, and Dave Hammond, the scientific electronics technician in the physics department, organized a series of monthly Exploring the Nano World talks to get ECHO guests up to speed with what nanoscience was all about. The talks, part of ECHO's Meet the Scientist program, were geared toward children ten and up and included hands-on activities. Along with some of the NanoDays kit activities that the University acquired, Dennis brought equipment from the UVM physics department to explain the nanoscience topics, relating the program back to work happening in the lab. Linda and Dennis continued the collaboration that first year with a café scientifique titled Nanotechnology: Size Does Matter.
The next year they were ready to participate in the official NanoDays celebration. Linda, Dennis, and Dave organized a group of graduate students from the physics department to lead ECHO visitors through some hands-on activities from the NanoDays kit.
More recently, the team has worked to incorporate more of the research going on at UVM into NanoDays. This year, they mixed the lab equipment and activities with the NanoDays kit activities so visitors could explore the hands-on demos from the kit to pick up some basic nano concepts, learn about how those concepts are being applied in labs at UVM, and meet and talk to the local scientists.
These days, Linda says, "we're calling each other all the time" and the UVM/ECHO partnership continues beyond nano. In January, Dave Hammond and students from the UVM physics club developed and presented activities addressing the physical properties of the lake and water for ECHO's Lake Science program. Dennis is now part of ECHO's Science and Technology Committee, helping museum staff think about new kinds of adult science programming and exhibits. Finally, ECHO is working with several faculty members on the broader impacts requirements for NSF grants. In the words of Linda, "we have the expertise in delivering programs, plus the audience that is hungry for science, and they have the current scientific knowledge. It's a win-win."


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Transfer news: Bayern Munich confirm the signing of Thiago Alcantara
Bayern Munich have confirmed a deal to sign Spain international Thiago Alcantara from Barcelona.
Last Updated: 15/07/13 3:06pm
A fee of £21.6million has been agreed between the two clubs for the services of the 22-year-old midfielder and he will sign a four-year deal once a medical has been completed.
Thiago had reportedly been a target for Manchester United but has elected to team up with former Barca coach Pep Guardiola at the current champions of Europe.
Guardiola had made the acquisition one of his priorities this summer as he looks to build ahead of his debut season in charge of the Bavarian giants.
The transfer agreement also includes a commitment to hold a friendly game between the two clubs at some point by 2017.
A short statement from Barcelona read: "FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich have reached an agreement over the transfer of the player Thiago Alcantara to the German club for a total of 25 million (euros).
"This agreement also includes holding a friendly match between the two teams, which will be played in the next four years."


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