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This past June Brothers Truck Parts hosted its annual Truck Show & Shine. This year's event was again held at Featherly Regional Park in Anaheim, California, just a stone's throw from Brothers' state of the art Corona showroom and distribution center (which has recently been replaced with an even larger and more modern facility located at 801 Parkridge Ave. in Corona, California). As has become the norm, the show was open to 1947-72 Chevrolet and GMC pickups only, and drew hundreds of awesome classic trucks from all over SoCal and beyond. The choice of Featherly Park as the show's venue is a superb one as the park's grassy meadows and multitude of trees provided both an extremely picturesque setting and a comfortable escape from the blazing June sun. The event was scheduled to run from 9a.m.- 3p.m. But when we arrived at about 8:30, we were pleasantly surprised by at least 80 classic truckers and their families who in their excitement decided the sooner they arrived, the better. From then on it seemed as though a steady stream of classic Chevy and GMC pickups poured through the gates all morning long.
This being our second visit to the annual Brothers show, it really reinforced our thoughts of why it's become a SoCal favorite. It is readily apparent that the crew from Brothers are as enthusiastic (or even more so) about the gathering as the attendees, and they again tackled every chore with zeal knowing that the smoother things went, the more fun everyone would have. And, just like last year–have fun we did!
Aside from checking out the huge array of cool classic pickups (and visiting with their owners who shared plenty of tips, tricks, and ideas) attendees could (and did) enjoy Brothers' hourly "scavenger hunt." Adding to the excitement were the day's nearly constant raffle drawings, and the opportunity to wander the vendor area shopping for some more of those "must have" parts and accessories. A DJ provided great background music during the course of the event, and there were plenty of food and drink vendors on hand to provide all with a wide variety of refreshment. Aside from just hosting a fun-filled get-together, Brothers also organized a bit of friendly competition. There were 13 categories in which participants could register to win trophies. Classes for everything from the best of certain year groupings to best paint, engine, and interior. Adding to those were categories for the lowest, the most unusual, under construction, Brothers' choice, and best of show, as well.
Though there was a healthy spectator turnout, one of the things we thought made the show so enjoyable was the fact that it was primarily a participant focused event. Classic Chevy and GMC truck owners by the hundreds were able to visit and enjoy a day of camaraderie with fellow classic truckers and industry experts, giving the gathering the feel of an almost exclusive affair.
Brothers' Truck Show & Shine is a must for those that are looking for a really fun classic truck gathering, and as we've witnessed in just one season to the next, one that's sure to grow every year! So, for those that still didn't make it this year, get on the horn and get the scoop on the date for 2002's gathering (you can call 'em at 909-808-9790 for details) and join the rest for another day of fun in the sun with Brothers!


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7th Anniversary-Saying Goodbye To Jenny, Saying Hello To Dori & Dodger
Jenny defined "low maintenance", she never acted negatively, never once bit, clawed or hiss at me.
Dori & Dodger, while adorable, are also vexing, aggravating and frustrating, so I can't picture my life without them, even though much time is spent keeping them from attacking each other. Unlike antagonistic relationships where one cat is usually the aggressor, the other the usually the victim, Dori & Dodger regularly trade off those roles, usually just as I'm grabbing a bite, or feeling sick/weak.
To go from one low-maintenance kitty to two high-maintenance critters is a drastic change in living arrangements, but as stated above, I can't imagine life without Dori & Dodger, vexatious kitty angels, no matter how aggravating or blood-pressure-spiking they get. They share the same quality that made Jenny so wonderful, the ability to make rough/aggravating/stressful days easier to deal with, and so many goofy escapades I'm lucky enough to witness on a constant basis.
For other D & D pics from their younger days, go HERE
But, there's also light, in the forms of my two little monsters, Dodger & Dori, and their stories are worth telling as well.
So thanks to all who indulge me and read this, as I can't talk or write about Jenny enough, she's as close to a soulmate as I've ever had.
Saying Goodbye To Jenny
My cat Jenny's struggle has come to a sad, but necessary end.
I just came back from the last visit to Jenny's vet she'll ever make, she's now at peace and her pain is gone.
She was seemingly healthy until a severe asthma attack two weeks ago, and even though she looked great when I picked her up after getting past the asthma attack, I started steeling myself for the moment that happened today.
I'm glad the last image I had of her wasn't when she was gasping for air at the emergency center.
She weighed in at about 5 lbs when examined by her regular vet 12 days ago, but from that point on, she just went downhill, even though I was feeding her solid foods and chicken broth 5-6 times a day, to where she weighed just over 3 lbs today.
She had a struggle trying to chew solid food, she started drooling and urinating, even though she wasn't aware of it, and, I found out today, her liver was starting to break down as well. In addition, she started losing her equilibrium, stumbling a little more each day, and even more wrenchingly, at times couldn't make the jump from the floor to the couch.
And it was like Jenny knew it was her time to go, as it took the vet three tries to find a vein for the injection, and she didn't complain or flinch once. Even the vet was crying as she administered the shot.
And showing just how weak she was, her heart stopped before the injection was over.
It was agonizing, but there was no way I was going to let her slip into that good night alone, for all the joy she brought me, the least I could do was be there for her death.
There's just no way to fully describe just how important she was to me, and how much I miss her already
When I had very bad days that left me frustrated or anxious, Jenny had the wonderful ability to take all that negative emotion and when petted, calm me down enormously with her complete calm nature.
I've lived a lonely life, that's just the way things worked out, so Jenny was the only one there for the few triumphs in my life, like when I went back to school in 1994, and started making the Dean's list. When I got kudos in a script-writing class, from a bunch of theater majors no less, it was Jenny who greeted me that afternoon I walked through the door.
It's those little things I really cherish now, like how I could hold the bratbeast upside down, and she'd just look around with a contented look on her face. I could also drape her over my shoulder and let go, and she wouldn't even dig in with her claws.
One of my favorite things was to hold her like she was Super Jenny, flying through the air like Superman, and for which she'd reward me with a very baleful look.
I knew she was special when I ended up getting her from the Humane Society.
I was going through a tough week emotionally, and decided, on the spur of the moment, that I was going to adopt a cat, and I did it then because I knew I'd talk myself out of it if I waited around.
And so I went, and immediately ruled out adopting any cat sharing it's cage with another cat, as I didn't want to break them up. When I checked out the cages with one cat only, other than a quick sniff of my finger, they'd turn away.
But the little black & white cat was different, she started rubbing around my finger and purring loud enough to hear.
And that was how I knew Jenny was the right cat, she was so incredibly sweet, which meant whoever had her for the first 2 1/2 years did an excellent job in raising her to be so mellow and happy.
I remember the way Jenny would be the scourge of the most evil thing she encountered, rubber bands.
I remember how incredibly fast she was, even towards the end of her life.
I remember watching Jenny's astonishing sense of balance when she walked on a box edge.
I remember how, when sitting at this computer, I'd feel a nudge on my chair, and it was Jenny rubbing her little head against it, wanting to sit in my lap.
I remember how, a few years after adopting Jenny, I thought she escaped from the apt I was at, in the middle of the night.
It tore me up, and trying to find her in a residential neighborhood in the middle on the night was a futile task.
I was sure she was gone.
I was in anguish wondering how I could have let such a thing happen, as I never let Jenny outside, way too paranoid for that.
And right when I was hurting and anguished, I heard a faint noise in the living room closet, and sure enough, when I opened the door, there was little Jenny, wondering just which idiot locked her accidentally in the closet-where she was quite comfortable actually.
The joy I felt then can't be described other than overwhelming and instant.
Jenny was the type of cat liked by people who don't otherwise like cats, as that's the case with some of my friends, and they weren't just bs-ing for my benefit, they genuinely liked the little beast.
And now she's gone, a living creature to being replaced by ashes, pictures and 16 years of memories so full of fondness and warm wishes, none of which would have happened without her, the one physical presence in my life for all its ups and downs.
Thankfully, Jenny fought hard enough two weeks back so I could prepare myself to say goodbye, thankfully my last image of her wasn't gasping for air.
I'm getting another cat or kitten at some point, I cannot picture my life without one, but this just hurts so much, as if there was any creature entitled to live forever, in perfect health, and surrounded by nothing but people who would worship and adore her, it was my Precious Little Horrid Bratbeast Jenny.
Goodbye Jenny, I'll never forget you or stop loving you, and even though my pain and anguish are going to be continue for some time, at least your pain is over, and your dignity intact.
I'm picking up Jenny's ashes on Tuesday, and to help deal with this grief, I'm planning on making a small donation every month, in Jenny's name, to some good cause, like the local Animal Rescue League-the only group that tries to place strays in good homes, or the Battered Womens Shelter, or Child Crisis Center.
I've found that when I'm down, trying to do good for others is one way to undercut that depression or grief.
I haven't been able to live up to that pledge as often as I'd like, but I do have two more monsters in my life now.
When Jenny died, I was still at the apts, with six months left on the lease, so the plan was to wait until I moved out before getting another kitty.
But, after one week of a silent, and SO empty, apartment, the grief over Jenny was driving me mad, I couldn't take the nonstop depression, so one week later, I went to Pet Smart to see if there were any kitties for adoption from Animal Rescue League.
I've actually rescued a few ragamuffins thanks to ARL, they're the only group here in El Paso that works with strays, and I wanted to give a home to a kitten that needed one.
And it was there that I saw, and adopted, Dori, a smart kitty with a splash of white right between her eyes.
And another cute pic
How smart?
When I adopted her, the people from ARL told me that they'd lock up their critters for the night, and that when they'd get there in the morning, Dori would have unlocked her cage, sitting on top of it, waiting to be fed when the ARL saints arrived in the morning.
She also has a laser-like focus, no short term memory only for Dori, as one night, she got hold of a tamale shuck. Even though I tossed it immediately, she'd keep running back to the spot it dropped on the floor. So I locked her in my bedroom for a "time out", hoping it would calm her a bit, but every time I let her out, she ran back to the same spot the shuck hit the ground, and this was in spite of about three "time outs", lasting about an hour altogether.
One thing I noticed right away, was that while Jenny was a VERY low-maintenance kitty (I never had to get after her for anything, she was a very calm, placid cat), Dori, only about three months, was a very high-maintenance cat, something that could cause problems with the landlords and other tenants at my apts.
One perfect example, Dori likes to bounce off the walls. That's not just hyperbole or overheated rhetoric, she really does like to run, jump as high as she can, and bounce off the walls when she's really wound up.
It was never fun having to try and stop her when Dori was playing, but at the time, I couldn't let her bounce around, as the apts. walls were thin, and every time she bounced off the pantry door it made a hell of a racket.
Of course, Dori only bounced off the walls and doors starting at about 11:00 pm.
But we slowly got used to each other, and one memory really stands out about our early days together.
About a month after I lost Jenny, I started crying.
Dori came up and nudged me with her paw, cocking her head to the side at the same time, as if asking if she could help.
Which just made me cry even harder, resulting in one major hug for Dori.
But since she was such a little hellraiser as a kitten, I started having to sleep with my boots on, as Dori would attack my feet otherwise, and soon after I got her, her claws and bites went from being so cute and ticklish to really painful.
Dori's been a real wild-child since I got her, first openly-defiant critter I've ever been involved with. A high-maintenance cat in terms of having to watch her every move-she's not just smart, she's scary smart-applying the knowledge she learns, usually just to exasperate me.
Dori also likes to burrow into empty boxes, with discarded twelve-packs being her favorite (pics on that later).
What I love most about Dori, though, is that after about a year, she started wanting to sit, lay & sleep in my lap on a constant basis.
Thankfully, I was able to move out of the apt, raising Dori in a new place, one where she could bounce off the walls & doors and not bother anyone.
About 5 months after moving into the new digs, fate threw another surprise my way.
One day in May 2008, I went outside to put down my car's windows, so it wouldn't be scorching inside, and the instant the screen door closed behind me, I saw a gray blur bolt my way, and before I could react in any fashion, there was a kitten rubbing against my legs, purring loud enough to hear without stooping or bending.
He was only about three months old, slightly scrawny, a stray.
I fed the little guy some chicken in the fridge, at which point he plopped down on his side and purred even louder than before.
I figured he'd be moving on his merry way fairly soon after his meal.
But he didn't, he stuck around.
I started worrying about him, as I live right next to two busy streets, one of them a major artery for getting around.
What held me back from letting him in was that I didn't know if he had any illnesses that he could pass on to Dori.
But since Dori's immunizations were still current-for Rabies and Feline Leukemia-I let the little guy in. And I mean little, he was only about three pounds, while Dori was in the 12-15 lb range, mainly muscle.
Right away, she hissed and growled at the intruder, even though she'd been playing with him in the spaces under the screen door-spaces because the rubber molding at the bottom has split off from the door.
I put Dori in the bedroom to cool off, while the gray usurper checked things out.
I figured I'd be able to place him with Animal Rescue League, an organization that takes in strays, gets them fixed and immunized, then places them for adoptions at a reasonable price.
I was able to place a kitten with ARL a few years before, and that's where I adopted Dori from, although they can't help if the cat's tests come back positive for something like Feline Leukemia.
Well, they couldn't take this guy at the time, they were swamped with stray dogs & cats, while no other group was taking strays.
And Animal Control would keep him for three days, then euthanize him.
I just couldn't bear the thought of this little guy getting put to sleep before he'd had any kind of chance to live, so I decided I'd get him his shots and get him fixed-at low cost or free with help from other animal-rescue groups, figuring it would make him easier to place.
Eventually, Dori calmed down enough to let her out. She and the kitten were wary of each other.
Until the little bastard started playing with Dori by stalking and attacking her whenever he had a chance. But within a few hours, Dori was starting to lighten up and play with the little guy, even though she'd still hiss at him at the same time.
As the week went by, I started getting thinking the little guy would be sticking around, so he needed a name, something other than "little guy", "little bastard" or "hey you".
I was nervous about his tests, if any came back positive, ARL wouldn't take him, only critters with negative tests which get spayed/neutered, which is mandatory before ARL will take strays and place them for adoption.
So when his tests-like for feline leukemia-all came back negative, (meaning if a cat doesn't have the disease, it can be prevented with an immunization), I didn't have anything to worry about Dori getting any nasty bug or virus from the kitten.
Which brings us to the name.
Since he'd managed to stay away from all the traffic, larger cats, dogs, predators and sick humans who like to hurt cats, I thought the name "Dodger" was particularly appropriate.
Here, he's a very cute, non-fuzzy kitten.
Dodger's fur is really interesting, depending on how the light hits it, it's either black, grey, white-in places-or silver, as this pic shows.
Dodger's even more of a psycho kitty than Dori ever was, although, since there's only about a year's difference in their ages, and their similarity in size, they're a pretty good fit.
So now that she's about two years old, Dori's considered an adult cat, while Dodger, even though he's more insane than Dori was at the same age, keeps his claws in when he plays with me, something it took longer for Dori to control.
History has repeated itself in an amusing way with both Dori and Dodger. When I first got Dori, since she was so unpredictable, and had sharp claws & teeth, I actually had to sleep with my boots on, because she'd attack my feet whenever she could.
I'll be damned if I didn't have to do the same thing again all over again with the grey usurper, sleep with my boots on because rowdy kitty Dodger likes to play.
But for all their exasperating stunts-like running around and playing-and sometimes fighting-when I'm about to go to bed, Dori & Dodger are a blast to watch and play with, they are the perfect tonic for when I get aggravated by the stupidity which politics draws out far too often, or when I get sad about my little ray of sunshine, Jenny.
Jenny's death is what directly led to Dori & Dodger being here now. I still grieve her passing, I also rejoice over the new lives in my life.
Dori, refined
Finally, my favorite, even though Psycho Monster Dodger is now larger-over 20 lbs, and it's pure muscle-than Pretty Monster Dori, such a sweet pic.

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The artistry of the moundbuilders, perhaps reaching a zenith in 1000-1500 A.D., is especially apparent in luxury goods for the wealthy, many of which they took to the grave.
These objects were used as gifts to enhance one's social and political status, as ceremonial or religious symbols, as a means to represent social values, and as a way for political leaders to signify their position or bestow position on others.
The era's pottery blossomed with new ideas: long-necked water jugs, round-bottomed pots, and other forms suggesting Mexican influence. Painted vessels, rare for this period in the east, sometimes appear in sites from late in the era.
Pottery Jug found at a mound site on private property in Arkansas by C.B. Moore, a wealthy Philadelphia socialite and physician who abandoned medicine and traversed the southeast in a steamboat, conducting some of the most significant excavations of the time. Journal of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1909.


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Tax season is just around the corner, and local volunteers are gearing up to provide free tax help to seniors starting in February.
The AARP Tax-Aide program provides free tax help with filling out state and federal income-tax returns to seniors, as well as low- and moderate-income taxpayers.
New volunteers who have signed up to help will receive six days of training in January on how to gather information for tax returns and work with a computer software program used to fill out returns. After receiving the required training, the volunteers take a test to become IRS-certified tax counselors.
Mike Callahan is a 74-year-old retired software professional and Clayton resident who has been a Tax-Aide volunteer for 18 years.
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Dr. Ralph C. Merkle is celebrated as an inventor of the encryption technology that allows secure transactions over the Internet. But that was a long time ago. These days, he is better known as a leading theorist of molecular nanotechnology, the still unperfected art of building machines that are little bigger than atoms.
On a recent morning in a hotel auditorium in Palo Alto, Calif., in the heart of Silicon Valley, Dr. Merkle addressed a singular mixture of scientists and engineers, venture capitalists, economists, students of policy and even a poet or two.
All were members of the Foresight Institute, an organization founded on the belief that nanotechnology will transform almost every facet of human existence by giving people mastery over matter.
Nanofactories will churn out everything from rocking chairs to rocket ships, superior to any ever made, at ''the cost of potatoes and wood,'' in Dr. Merkle's words. Nanocomputers will interface directly with the brain, vastly increasing human intelligence. And nanobots will cruise through bloodstreams, banishing disease and debility.
Many in the audience said they believed all that -- and believed that it would happen in their lifetimes. As a consequence, their lives would never end -- at least, not until the universe itself winds down or recollapses in a big crunch. So when Dr. Merkle asked, ''How many of you take a personal interest in cosmology and the heat death of the universe?'' many hands shot up.
Nanotechnology is a very active field, pursued by researchers around the world in government, corporate and academic laboratories.
The National Science Foundation's National Nanotechnology Initiative has spent more than $600 million in the last year, though most of that is not for research on the technologies envisioned by the Foresight group but for studying the basic science of matter at the atomic level and discovering how to trick simple molecules into assembling themselves into useful structures.
The first fruits of these efforts are emerging in products like pants woven from nanofibers that resist stains, tennis balls that keep their bounce and more efficient light-emitting diodes.
On the horizon are faster, smaller computers built from atomic-scaled carbon tubes, ultrastrong cables that could be used to build an elevator into space, better drug-delivery systems and much more.
The Foresighters applaud such work. But they have a far more expansive vision of the future, based on atomic-scaled machines called assemblers. The assemblers would have tiny arms that could pick up individual atoms and stick them together like Tinkertoys. In this way an assembler could build virtually anything, atom by atom, including a copy of itself. One microbe-sized assembler could become two, then four, then eight, and before long a vast colony. A signal would then turn them from cloning themselves to making, say, dining-room furniture or supercomputers.
If this sounds far-fetched, the proponents say, consider the lilies of the field. They toil not, nor do they spin, yet molecular machinery in their cells transforms air, water and soil into all their glorious garments.
The term nanotechnology was introduced in the early 1980's by K. Eric Drexler, then a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his 1986 book, ''Engines of Creation,'' Dr. Drexler popularized his ideas by presenting a vision of the future of material plenty and physical well-being made possible by armies of invisible machines. He also laid out the dangers inherent in this technology, envisioning a nightmare of self-reproducing nanobots run amok, a ''gray goo'' that would consume everything.
Dr. Drexler and many scientists and engineers who have read his work say they believe such technology is not only possible but more or less inevitable. And once it occurs, they say, it will spread with incredible rapidity. In 1989 Dr. Drexler founded the Foresight Institute to ''help prepare society for anticipated advanced technologies.''
Every year the institute's senior associates (as members call themselves) gather for a weekend of prognostication, planning and hand-wringing over the future. It is a diverse group of smart and articulate people, many of whom have made their fortunes in the computer industry and have the leisure to think about the future.
Transcending the human body -- fallible, feeble and finite -- seems to be most on their minds. Around the wrists of many of the hands that shot up when Dr. Merkle asked his cosmological question were silver bracelets with instructions on what to do if the wearer is found dead.
After they die (if they do), many senior associates plan to have their bodies or heads frozen in liquid nitrogen until the day they can be resurrected, either into flesh or silicon, by a herd of nanobots. (Dr. Merkle is a member of the board of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., the organization that is freezing the body of the baseball slugger Ted Williams at the request of his son.)
For those who manage to avoid death for long enough, there is the hope of having nanobots circulate in their bloodstreams to fight disease.
Chris Phoenix, a software developer and would-be nanotechnologist, has drawn up intricate plans for a system of nanobots that would make blood circulation obsolete. Tiny robot tankers containing oxygen, nutrients and wastes would replace all the functions of the circulatory system. The heart, that great, clunky pump, would no longer beat. Mr. Phoenix would not miss it. ''Personally, I'd rather not have a heartbeat,'' he said. ''The noise in my ears keeps me up when I try to go to sleep.''
Ray Kurzweil, the enormously successful inventor of reading machines for the blind, electronic pianos and many other useful gadgets, does not expect to die. A member of Foresight's board, Mr. Kurzweil presented the conference with graph after graph that he said demonstrated that the rate of technological progress was exploding.
''The 21st century will see 20,000 years of progress at today's rate,'' he said, adding that computers and humans will merge, producing a being of almost unlimited intelligence.
Dr. Gregory Stock, director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at the University of California at Los Angeles, presented a very different vision of the future of humanity. Dr. Stock does not believe that the merging of humans and machines will be easy, and he doubts that most people will go for it.
''I'm the conservative, because I think we're going to remain largely biological,'' he said. ''I'm not going to go through a brain operation to install the moral equivalent of a programmable toaster.''
The world view of the Foresight Institute, Dr. Stock says, reflects an unexpected spiritual longing -- a ''strange urge in us to transcend our biology.''
''If you can't buy Christianity,'' he said, ''there is a strong desire to create those same visions of heaven and transcendence through our technologies.''


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Tiger the orange tabby cat has been the resident blood donor at Mid-Atlantic Animal Specialty Hospital in Huntingtown for the past five years, saving hundreds of animal lives with his blood. At the age of seven and too old to continue in the job, he's retiring. Now the cat that gave so much needs a home.
Tiger wants to spend his retirement in a home with room to run around and chase toys, and he'd like a sunbathing window. He gets along with other animals and children who understand kitty moods. He loves to sit on your lap and may perch on your shoulder like a parrot.
Are you already in love with Tiger?
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Researchers in Germany and Austria have successfully demonstrated how micro-infections promote social vaccination in ant societies. Presented in the journal PLoS Biology, the study was supported in part by two EU-funded projects: SOCIALVACCINES and LATENTCAUSES.
Both SOCIALVACCINES ('Social vaccination in ant colonies: from individual mechanisms to society effects') and LATENTCAUSES ('Modelling latent causes in molecular networks') were funded under the European Research Council (ERC) of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to the tune of EUR 1.3 million and EUR 1.24 million, respectively.
Researchers led by the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) investigated the potential of disease outbreaks in ant colonies. Experts say the ants' social immune system works at helping ensure such outbreaks are kept at bay. The system in question is a set of collective hygienic behaviours and adaptive changes in interaction frequencies that acts together with the physiological, innate immune system of colony members.
The results generated by Professor Sylvia Cremer and her team will give researchers the information they need to understand how taking care of sick ants leads to better disease protection within their society. Contrary to what humans do, ants do not stay away from colony members that are ill. Instead, they go to them, licking them to remove the pathogen from the exposed ant's body. Because of this social grooming behaviour, the sick ants have a much better chance of surviving compared to those who are not treated. The downside, however, is that the helper ants increase their risk of being inflicted with the disease.
The researchers applied fluorescence-labelled fungal spores to some ants and allowed them to interact with healthy colony members. The labelled spores spread throughout the colony. But the team observed that spore transfer occurs at very low levels, triggering just sublethal micro-infections in the previously healthy colony members.
According to the researchers, these low-level infections stimulate the expression of a specific set of immune genes and intensify the ants' ability to fight the fungal pathogen. This social immunisation increases a colony's ability to recover more quickly from an infection. The team said the social low-level spread of infectious particles plays a fundamental role, representing the underlying mechanism of social immunisation against fungal infections in ant societies.
'We found that these low-level infections per se, even in the absence of social contact, are necessary and sufficient to explain the increased antifungal activity of nestmates. We found no evidence for visual or volatile chemical cues acting as additional trigger signals for the immune stimulation of the nestmates. Furthermore, neither ant behaviour nor physiology gave an indication for passive nestmate immunisation via transfer of antimicrobials from either exposed ants or their nestmates to the other group members. Finally, experimental elimination of the active route resulted in the absence of protective antifungal activity in nestmates.'
Experts from the Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology of the German Research Center for Environmental Health, and the Institute of Evolution, Behaviour and Genetics of Universität Regensburg in Germany contributed to this study.


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This section discusses configuring security for your web service and web service client using the WSIT security mechanisms. Some of these mechanisms require some configuration outside of NetBeans IDE. Depending upon which security mechanism you plan to use, some of the following tasks will need to be completed:
If you are using the GlassFish container and message security, you must update the GlassFish keystore and truststore by importing v3 certificates. The procedure for updating the certificates is described in To Update GlassFish Certificates.
If you are using a security mechanism that requires a user to enter a user name and password, create authorized users for your container. Steps for creating an authorized user for the GlassFish container are described in Adding Users to GlassFish.
To use a mechanism that uses secure transport (SSL), you must configure the system to point to the client and server keystore and truststore files. Steps for doing this are described in Configuring SSL For Your Applications.
This section covers the following topics:
This section describes adding the steps to configure your application for SSL. These steps will need to be accomplished for any application that uses one of the mechanisms:
Transport Security (SSL) (see Example: Transport Security (SSL))
SAML Authorization over SSL (see Example: SAML Authorization over SSL (SA))
The following steps are generic to any application, but have example configurations that will work with the tutorial examples, in particular, Example: SAML Authorization over SSL (SA) and Example: Transport Security (SSL).
To configure SSL for your application, follow these steps.
Select one of the mechanisms that require SSL.
These include Transport Security (SSL), Message Authentication over SSL, and SAML Authorization over SSL.
Server Configuration
GlassFish is already configured for SSL. No further SSL configuration is necessary if you are using Transport Security. However, if you are using one of the Message Security mechanisms with SSL, you must update the GlassFish certificates as described in To Update GlassFish Certificates.
Configure a user on GlassFish as described in Adding Users to GlassFish.
Client Configuration
For configuring your system for SSL in order to work through the examples in this tutorial, the same keystore and truststore files are used for both the client and the service. This makes it unnecessary to set system properties to point to the client stores, as both GlassFish and NetBeans IDE are aware of these certificates and point to them by default.
In general, for the client side of SSL you will not be using the same certificates for the client and the service. In that case, you need to define the client certificate stores by setting the system properties -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore, -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore, -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword, and -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword in the application client container.
You can specify the environment variables for keystore and truststore by setting the environment variable VMARGS through the shell environment or inside an Ant script, or by passing them in when you start NetBeans IDE from the command line. For example, in the latter case, you would specify the property settings as follows:
netbeans-install/bin/netbeans.exe -J-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=as-install/domains/domain1/config/cacerts.jks -J-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=as-install/domains/domain1/config/keystore.jks -J-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit -J-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=changeit
Use the hard-coded path to the keystore and truststore files, not variables.
For the SSL mechanism, The browser will prompt you to accept the server alias s1as.
On the client side, for the Transport Security (SSL) mechanism, you must either use the fully-qualified hostname in the URL for the service WSDL when you are creating the web sercie client, or else you must follow the steps in Transport Security (SSL) Workaround.
Service Configuration
To require the service to use the HTTPS protocol, you have to specify the security requirements in the service's application deployment descriptor. This file is ejb-jar.xml for a web service that is implemented as an EJB endpoint, and web.xml for a web service implemented as a servlet. To specify the security information, follow these steps:
From your web service application, expand Web Pages->WEB-INF.
Double-click web.xml (or ejb-jar.xml) to open it in the editor.
Select the Security tab.
On the Security Constraints line, click Add Security Constraint.
Under Web Resource Collection, click Add.
Type a Name for the Resource (for example, CalcWebResource), and type the URL Pattern to be protected (for example, /*). Select which HTTP Methods to protect, for example, POST. Click OK to close this dialog.
Check the Enable User Data Constraint box. Select CONFIDENTIAL for the Transport Guarantee to specify that the application uses SSL because the application requires that data be transmitted so as to prevent other entities from observing the contents of the transmission.
The IDE appears as shown in Figure 7–4.
Click the XML tab to display the additions to web.xml. The security constraint looks like this:
<security-constraint> <display-name>Constraint1</display-name> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>CalcWebResource</web-resource-name> <description/> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> <http-method>POST</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <user-data-constraint> <description/> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint>
When you run this project (right-click, select Run Project), the browser will ask you to accept the server certificate of s1as. Accept this certificate. The WSDL appears in the browser.
Creating a Client
When creating your client application, use the fully-qualified hostname to specify the secure WSDL location (use https://fully_qualified_hostname:8181/CalculatorApplication/CalculatorWSService?wsdl, for example, in place of http://localhost:8080/CalculatorApplication/CalculatorWSService?wsdl).
In some cases, you might get an error dialog telling you that the URL https://fully_qualified_hostname:8181/CalculatorApplication/CalculatorWSService?wsdl couldn't be downloaded. However, this is the correct URL, and it does load when you run the service. So, when this error occurs, repeat the steps that create the Web Service Client using the secure WSDL. The second time, the web service reference is created and you can continue creating the client.
This section describes the following tasks:
To add users to GlassFish using the Admin Console, follow these steps.
Start GlassFish if you haven't already done so.
Start the Admin Console if you haven't already done so.
You can start the Admin Console by starting a web browser and specifying the URL http://localhost:4848/asadmin. If you changed the default Admin port during installation, type the correct port number in place of 4848.
To log in to the Admin Console, type the user name and password of a user in the admin-realm who belongs to the asadmin group.
The name and password entered during installation will work, as will any users added to this realm and group subsequent to installation.
Expand the Configuration node in the Admin Console tree.
Expand the Security node in the Admin Console tree.
Expand the Realms node, then select the file realm.
Click the Manage Users button.
Click New to add a new user to the realm.
Type the correct information into the User ID, Password, and Group(s) fields.
The example applications reference a user with the following attributes:
User ID = wsitUser
Group List = wsit
New Password = changeit
Confirm New Password = changeit
Click OK to add this user to the list of users in the realm.
Click Logout when you have completed this task.


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The Dime-a-Dog Night crowd of 12,088 that overflowed Huntington Park on Monday again fostered questions about whether how often the Clippers could have 10-cent hot dog nights and continue to draw those huge crowds.
The Dime-a-Dog Night crowd of 12,088 that overflowed Huntington Park on Monday again fostered questions about whether how often the Clippers could have 10-cent hot dog nights and continue to draw those huge crowds.
If they sold hot dogs for that price every game would the ball park always be sold out?
�I only do it on Mondays,� Clippers general manager Ken Schnacke said. �It�s kind of become a cult tradition, kind of like the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I think there�s a limit where we could do it too much. We�ve noticed that in April and May when the weather isn�t as good they don�t come out as well. They�re waiting for perfect baseball weather.�& lt; /span>
Besides, the Triple-A club has come up with other promotions for other nights that complement it.
�I think we have a nice mix with what we do with (Dime-a-Dog) and what we do with Buck-a-Bone Night with Big City Barbeque and 50-cent wings with Roosers on Wednesdays. I think nine or 10 (Dime-a-Dog Nights) is about the limit. I don�t think the fans could take too much more.�
Ryan Madson�s season with the Los Angeles Angels looks a hauntingly like his 2012 season with the Reds.
Madson signed a one year $8.5 million dollar contract with Cincinnati last season and tore a ligament in his right elbow during spring training. After he underwent Tommy John surgery, he never pitched an inning during the regular season. He declined his option on October 31 and became a free agent.
Madson signed with the Angeles, but his recovery has been slower than expected. Although the team still is holding out hope that he might return, manager Mike Scioscia admitted this week that he might not pitch an inning this season.
"As the calendar turns, it becomes more of a possibility," Scioscia said. "I know Ryan's frustrated. It's definitely frustrating for us, especially since he was virtually ready -- so close. One more tune-up rehab start and he never got to that rehab start; he was shut down."
Madson left the club for Arizona for extended spring camp and will continue to play catch off of flat ground.
Safety Will Allen, a former Ohio State player coming off three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, hopes to take the Steelers mindset to the Dallas Cowboys.
�The first thing Ryan Clark and Troy Polamalu and Ike Taylor and those guys said to me, when I walked into the defensive back room, was if you don�t stick your face in the thing, you can�t be on this defense,� Allen told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. �If you aren�t ready to hit � we don�t care about interceptions � if you aren�t ready to hit, we don�t need you. That�s a mentality. If you aren�t trying to hit, you can forget about it.�
Allen started seven games for the Steelers last season, but they didn't re-sign him and drafted safety Shamarko Thomas in the fourth round.
�Those Pittsburgh guys are mean on the field ... to everybody,� Allen said. �It�s not just taboo. It�s not something you just say. You really believe it. You really mean it. It�s your mindset because everybody�s accountable to each other.�& amp; amp; lt; /span>
Allen was a fourth round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004.
Former Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh gushed about the team�s future on Sirius Radio.
"The Bengals got it going," Houshmandzadeh said, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer. "They are probably going to be one of the best teams for the next five to six years. All of their core players are young. All of their players are ballers. Marvin (Lewis) is a hard coach but a cool coach at the same time. He's not going to let you get away with nothing but he's not going to grind you out either. The sky is the limit. If you look at the AFC with core pieces and young talent, you have to put them at the top."


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As the second week of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) gets underway at the United Nations in New York you can catch up with all our reporting on our gender pages.
Echoing one of the priority themes of the CSW this year IPS reports from India and Bangladesh – Rural Women Are Leading the Way – Will the World Follow? An interview with Liane Schalatek, of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in North America looks at one dimension of this issue – Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity.
Gender budgeting is another focus of the meeting and IPS reports from Warsaw on Little Money to Promote Gender Equality in Eastern Europe.
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Tired of browsing through dating profiles chanting like Dorothy: Lions, tigers and bears, OH MY!
Disclaimer: This is written spil an informative, yet entertaining chunk. Please do not think for a 2nd that any of this content is scientific, educational, given by a trained professional or written by a verdadero comedian (hey, at least I attempt to be funny).
Bot hitting a wall with online dating? Seems like all of your "matches" look like they're compiled from America's Most Desired, or Lovemaking Maniacs Anonymous? Well, you're not alone. Personally, I'm tired of observing studs with sunglasses, and baseball caps using their cellphones to photograph themselves ter the car or ter their bathroom mirror. Ew. How about the rippled muscles with no T-shirt on? Ewww! How about the shirtless pics poolside ter Vegas with other women? EWWWWW! Dudes, you need to brush up on your dating profile etiquette. I'd help you, but I get paid.
One day spil I browsed my fresh matches, I wasgoed taken aback by how infantile and insipid most fellows were ter their profiles. And, I love you guys, but shoot, do you have to give away right off the bat how immature, bitter or boring you are? Geez, I'm a creative writer. I get paid by guys like you to write a "better" version of themselves to appeal to women. If you can spare $Ten vanaf pagina, I'll write you an outstanding description assured to bring rente from the ladies.
Here's my interpretation of what women see when they read dating profiles from (not so eloquent) dudes:
- "I'm just looking to see what's out there."I'm looking for a hookup. Not indeed serious (or mature enough) to be te a commitment right now. Or, I'm already ter one, just want to see if someone is worth cheating on hier for. Either way, I'm immature, emotionally unavailable, or not serious about dating. But at least I'm semi-honest about it.
- "No games!"I'm so bitter! I had a woman cheat on mij, or I cheated on hier, but I know that games are played, and I'm on high attent if you pull that sh*t with mij! Notice the exclamation points?! I've got issues!
- (Sends a message of) "Hi!"Um, I'll have a side of fries with the insecurity.
- "I get bored lightly."You are lightly replaceable, just like all the other things te my life I get bored with. NEXT!
- "Looking for a fresh commence."I should have seen a therapist about my unresolved childhood issues that bruised my prior relationship, but I like the 'sweep it under a rug' method of healing. Hope you don't mind getting the same bad behavior ter our possible relationship.
- "Looking for an easy-going lady."(Very first off, only females Eighteen and under are considered "women". ). I don't want to have to earn your love, so if you don't waterput out right away, I'm not going to waste my time on you.
- "You can look your fuckhole life."Enough said. (Note the spelling–Freudian slip).
- "Looking Four Joy."I'm too lazy for zindelijk English, so I'll use text. I'm just playing, are you spel?
- "Willing to lie about how wij met."I'm married. And a empaquetar. Do you need more temptations to want to meet mij?
- "U never kno"Indeed, that wasgoed on a Positivo profile.
- "Free dinner ensured. True love. "I buy love. But I don't know what love is because I'm incapable of feeling it. Who wants to meet up for a free dinner?
- "I'm just looking to meet some females."You 'females' are just an object. And I need to use you. So any of you ter heat– call mij!
- "If anyone asks, wij met at church."I'm a embalar, and a cheater. Please see #9.
- "Only fair, truthful, faithful need apply."I got burned or burned someone from cheating. I'm scarred, or will never trust anyone because I'm untrustworthy. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to mention this te my profile. Oops, see #Two and #Five.
- "Just looking for friends."With benefits. Otherwise, I'm a major loser who can't make friends on my own ter actual life.
- "Awesome teacher for you."I'm into S and M, and I will make sure you suffer for being a bad chick.
- "Would like to meet someone joy."I'm a narcissist who needs someone to make mij glad, voorstelling mij a good time, and entertain mij. If you can't feed mij 100% positive vibes, I'll reinstate my dating profile.
- "Are there any existente women out there?"I'm tired of dating thesis robots, and want to feel actual skin.
- "Are there any good women out there?"I'm looking to meet up with an underage female who isn't tainted by life. Please refer to #1, 8 and Eighteen.
- "I eat women like you for breakfast."What? See #16.
- "Don't read my profile."I think switch sides psychology is so cool. And yes, I'm stuck te the 80's.
- "No schouwspel queens!"I don't take responsibility for my deeds. Ter fact, I become aloof te all my relationships. Then, when the stuk queens lose their patience, I point my finger at them and say, 'see, you're the crazy one!'
- "I'm not your daddy, so be independent."I'm not going to pull my weight te the relationship, ie: do dishes, laundry, overeenkomst with kids or cook for you, but I expect you to bring te a paycheck.
- "I'm possibly the best catch on this dating webpagina."I'm a narcissist, and you better be the best woman there is, too!
- "I'll pack this out straks."Around the same time I'll have time for you after I've 'had you'. I'm the professional of lazies, so come get mij ladies!
I'm sure there's more stuff you've seen online that would make people's skin crawl, but this wasgoed material taken from just one night of browsing. Yes, ladies, the guys are this dense.
Good luck te your dating pursuits, and don't be fooled by what fellows write. Do a google search before you meet them, and if he doesn't call before your very first meeting, there's some crimson flags right there. Blessed dating.


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EngageMedia.org is the media and technology activism organisation based in the Asia-Pacific region, which initiated the Plumi video-sharing application in 2006. Plumi is currently maintained by EngageMedia in conjunction with Unweb.me, who have been the primary developers of Plumi since 2009. Unweb are also comrades from our days as part of the Indymedia network.
In the coming weeks EngageMedia is undertaking a re-design of our video-sharing website focused on social justice and environmental video in the Asia Pacific. We have been limited in terms of our design to something close to the look of an older version of the Plone content management framework on which Plumi, our free software video sharing application, is based. Changes we are working on now in Plumi are enabling us to separate the design from the content management system, and have a freer approach to create the kind of user-interface people expect from today's online video applications.
We're using Diazo to re-theme EngageMedia.org and Plumi. Diazo "allows you to apply a theme contained in a static HTML web page to a dynamic website created using any server-side technology. With Diazo, you can take an HTML wireframe created by a web designer and turn it into a theme for your favourite CMS, redesign the user interface of a legacy web application without even having access to the original source code, or build a unified user experience across multiple disparate systems..".
I'm currently in Athens with Unweb. It's very hot in Athens, but we're hiding inside from the heat, getting deeper into the new design and functionality required for our new look. I'm here working with Dimitris, Christos and Markos from Unweb. Yiannis, our designer and front-end developer has joined us in Athens, and is now working with us from the Netherlands. Mike from Unweb has come to work with us this week.
Unweb are not only great programmers, but excellent cooks! As is their housemate Nikos. We will have produced a lot of code and consumed a lot of food by the end of our sprint 😉
Why Athens, you may ask? Well, Unweb are based in Greece. Lucky for me!
Normally we work together online, but I happen to be here in Athens to work with them on another project based on the Plumi video-sharing app, called Critical Commons. This is an online cinema educational tool originally built by myself, Infinite Recursion and EngageMedia for theInstitute for Multimedia Literacy at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (a project developed by Steve Anderson and Erik Loyer). It's also a project designed to push the boundaries of fair use in an educational context, challenging the legal limitations copyright places on distributing film clips online. It also forms the multimedia backbone for Scalar, an open-source platform for media-rich scholarly publishing.
For the EngageMedia re-design, we're also looking at re-engineering the way video activists interact with the site, in terms of building better steps towards activism and advocacy into the user-interface. Basically we want to encourage users to take the next step after watching a video – whether that's finding out more info on the issue, taking part in discussions, finding others who are active around the issues and taking part in social movements, and/or taking direct action. This will all happen in the next stage of the re-design.
For now we're focusing on a new skin for EngageMedia.org, from which we will base a new Plumi skin, available for all to download, modify and use for their own video-sharing sites.
We'll keep you posted in the coming weeks…


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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Surname Saturday: Louis Koehl and Catherine Reuss
b. 22 Aug 1881, New York
& Catherine "Katie" Reuss
b. 1884, New York
m. 20 Apr 1904, Kings County, New York
|--Louis Koehl Jr.
|----b. 1 May 1905, New York
|--Peter Koehl
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This is the family of Louis Julius Koehl, the brother of my husband's great-grandfather Henry "Harry" Koehl and the son of Julius Koehl and Josephine Lochner, and Catherine "Katie" Reuss.
Louis worked as a butcher and later as a carpenter. By the 1920 census the family was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and on the 1930 census the family was shown living in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).
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Hi Greta, thank you for your recent visit to my blog. Although I've been blogging since 2006 (with a long hiatus in 2009/2010), I have only recently begun doing some genealogy blogging, so I'm enjoying connecting with those of you in the genealogy community.ReplyDelete
Your profile mentioned Find a Grave. That site is awesome!! Through it, I connected with a previously-unknown 3rd cousin, who provided me with a whole host of information I hadn't already known. (He had done up the pages for some of our common relatives.)
I've long been a cemetery-walker, so after seeing the huge benefit of Find a Grave in my own life, I decided to get involved myself. I've done a few memorial pages (most of those interred in the cemeteries I've visited are already on there.) Also, I've listed myself as being willing to take photos, as I have been blessed by those in Pittsburgh being willing to take photos for me.
Blessings to you,
Patti - Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment! I'm glad you are getting into genealogy blogging - it's a nice community of people. I love Findagrave, too, though lately I haven't been able to get out as much to take photos. Look forward to reading more of your blog.ReplyDelete


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In 2009, Dominic Moore went from Toronto to Buffalo for a second-round pick.
In 2010, Dominic Moore went from Florida to Montreal for a second-round pick.
Tonight, the Lightning traded Moore to the Sharks, in exchange for, say it with me now, a second-round pick.
Tampa Bay also sent along a seventh-rounder, but don't let that distract from some just remarkable consistency over the years. But when you think about it, Moore's leaguewide valuation is pretty logical. Would you be satisfied if your team's second-round pick had a career like Dominic Moore's? Absolutely. Would you hope it could be a little better? Of course.


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Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy last week handed down four felony counts and one misdemeanor count against Art Blackwell, former Highland Park Emergency Financial Manager (EFM). Blackwell, who served as EFM from 2005 to 2009, is accused of misusing his office by writing $264,000 in checks to himself after pledging to work as EFM for $1 annually.
In this exclusive interview with editor Bankole Thommpson, Blackwell, who was a campaign strategist for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, dismissed the charges which he called "political" and added that Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who appointed him, may have to testify, if necessary, at his trial.
Following are excerpts from that lengthy interview.
Michigan Chronicle: Are you surprised at these charges against you?
Art Blackwell: I'm surprised that the prosecutor was investigating this issue at all, since it had been investigated at the state. But once it was taken up by the people involved, I wasn't surprised.
MC: Why shouldn't the prosecutor have investigated?
Blackwell: Basically, we have a state that has very limited resources. The attorney general is the top prosecutor in the state and he investigated this for five months. I was a state contractor so he had all the facts. He's the lawyer for the governor and for all the departments.
MC: Attorney General Mike Cox sued you in court, right?
Blackwell: Well, actually, the loan board requested it. So the AG has two roles. Number one, he has to follow the direction of a particular board or department as their lawyer, or they can bring it on their own. Before they made this request, he had not brought anything and it was our understanding that criminal charges weren't ever going to come, based on the facts.
MC: Prosecutor Kym Worthy laid out a list of counts you have been charged with. When you were first hired as emergency financial manager, you were working for $1, right?
Blackwell: Yes.
MC: But you said at a meeting in Highland Park you were not going to work for $1 when you took that position. What happened?
Blackwell: I was expected to be paid but when I got in and the state gave me the books, there was no money. There was $8,000 in the city's checking account. It took them four months to hire me, and in that four-month period, people had paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars on the way out the door. Why was there never any real scrutiny of what went on before me?
And when I got in, I saw the condition because my contract — and you can get a copy that clearly says the previous EFM had accomplished everything assigned to her — that I was coming in with a specific focus on economic development and everything else pretty much in shape. Couldn't have been further from the truth. It was a very misleading thing that I assumed that basically I'm going to focused on trying to bring housing and development when these other things were horrendous: $16 million deficit; pension system was under-funded by $28 to $30 million; no money in the account; no economic development; roads were in disrepair.
It was the worst situation you could find. Based on what they tell me it ain't that bad, just focus on this. So we went in and I agreed. I'm from there, the governor's an ally, I want to help, I'll go the first year for a dollar.
MC: So you agreed to work for $1?
Blackwell: Yes. I suggested it. So everyone knows I was going to be offered a salary less than the previous EFM, but still a salary.


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Costa Verde (Marina di Arbus)
The Costa Verde, also known as Marina di Arbus, is located in the Province of Medio Campidano, in the south west of Sardinia, and it extends for about 50 km from Portixeddu and Capo Pecora, in the south, to Capo Frasca, in the north.
The Costa Verde lies between the Sea of Sardinia and various hills and mountains, and it includes all the coastline of the municipality of Arbus. In the north, the Costa Verde borders the Gulf of Oristano, in the south it reaches the area of Portixeddu, Fluminimaggiore and Buggerru. The Costa Verde includes several breathtaking beaches such as, from south to north, Portixeddu, Capo Pecora, Scivu, Piscinas, Portu Maga, Gutturu e'Flumini, Funtanazza, Babari, Porto Palma, Torre dei Corsari, Pistis and Capo Frasca.
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The beaches of Costa Verde (Marina di Arbus) can be reached by the town of Arbus, where hotels, bed & breakfast, restaurants and shops can be found.
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It is possible to get a train to S. Gavino from any of the main railway stations of Sardinia (such as Cagliari, Oristano, Sassari, Olbia). Get off at S. Gavino. From S.Gavino, take a bus to Arbus.
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If you are travelling from Cagliari or from Oristano, you can take a bus to Arbus. In Cagliari, the bus station is located next to the railway station, in piazza Matteotti (the big square between via Roma and the harbour area). The bus company which gets to Arbus and to the neighbouring cities is called ARST.
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Pistis is a small village by the sea on the Costa Verde with a long beach, which goes from Pistis to Torre dei Corsari. When you arrive from Oristano, you'll notice the beach starts with a rocky part, which has several little coves where if you're lucky or you arrive early you can enjoy the sun with some privacy. If you follow the coastline for about 400 metres, you can leave your car in the parking lot (for a small fee during the high season). The sandy beach starts from here and it is about one kilometre long, even on crowded days, if you keep walking you'll certainly find your own quiet spot where to relax. The scenery in quite lovely with the dunes at the back and the sandy and golden beach. The Costa Verde has been awarded the 5 flags of Legambiente many times, this certifies its unspoilt and unpolluted nature.
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In Arbus, like in other cities in Sardinia, there is an artisan production of knives. In Arbus you can get the arburesa
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The Masters Degree Program in Space Engineering is a one year program that provides advanced training in the areas of aeronautics or aerospace beyond that covered in a four year undergraduate program. The program consists of a set of five core courses (see details below). There is no research requirement nor is a thesis required to obtain the degree.
A student graduating with an M.S. in Space Engineering will
- Be skilled in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics and mathematics, as applied to advanced study in space engineering;
- Have an in-depth understanding of the foundations of analytical, computational and experimental techniques in this area;
- Be well qualified for a career in aerospace and related fields.
Students with a baccalaureate degree equivalent to that given by the Institute are eligible to seek admission to work toward the master's degree in aeronautics. Students are asked to submit course transcripts, letters of recommendation as well as GRE scores and evidence of English language proficiency as detailed in the graduate application. It should be noted that the graduate program at GALCIT is primarily focused on PhD level research and so priority in admission is given to those who plan to ultimately perform PhD level research.
Course Requirements
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The space engineering class project is currently focused on the AAReST space mission. Link to further details.
A program of study consists of courses totaling at least 138 units; of these, at least 84 units must be in the following subject areas:
- Fluid mechanics 27 units
- Solid/structural mechanics 27 units
- Mathematics or applied mathematics 27 units
- Aerospace engineering seminar 3 units
An additional 27 units are required as follows:
- a course in experimental techniques and laboratory work for the master's degree in aeronautics, or
- a course in space engineering for the master's degree in space engineering.
The remaining 27 units of electives are to be chosen from courses at Caltech that support the broader goals of the respective programs, subject to the approval of the option representative. Students must have a proposed program approved by their adviser prior to registration for the first term of work toward the degree.
Admission to More Advanced Degrees
Students who successfully complete the requirements for the masters degree and who wish to pursue the more advanced degrees of Aerospace Engineer or Ph.D. must file a petition to continue work toward the desired degree. All students working for the engineer's degree or the Ph.D. degree are expected to register for and attend one of the advanced seminars (Ae 208 abc or Ae/AM 209 abc).
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
A student graduating with a Ph.D. in Space Engineering will
- Have integrated formal course work into a mature understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, and demonstrated professional competence in applying these concepts to research problems in this area;
- Be able to communicate this engineering knowledge to scientists and the public;
- Be well qualified for a career in aerospace and related fields.
Students with a baccalaureate degree equivalent to that given by the Institute are eligible to seek admission to work toward the degree of doctor of philosophy (PhD) in aeronautics or space engineering. Students are asked to submit course transcripts, letters of recommendation as well as GRE scores and evidence of English language proficiency as detailed in the graduate application. The courses required for the masters degree must without exception be completed in one year.
Course Requirements
The course requirements for the first year of the PhD degree are identical to those of the Masters degree. All students admitted to graduate study for the PhD degree with a baccalaureate degree equivalent to that given by the institute must, without exception, undertake in their first year, a course of study that would qualify them for the Masters degree described above. The student may elect to receive the Masters degree at the end of their first year after completion of these courses.''
Research adviser
Students wishing to pursue studies leading to the Ph.D. must select and be accepted by a research adviser by the end of their first year of study and prior to taking the qualifying examination described below.
Qualifying Examination
After the first year of graduate study the student must pass a qualifying examination. The objective of the qualifying examination is to determine if the student is properly prepared and qualified to pursue problems typical of Ph.D. level research. The exam will cover the following subjects:
- Fluid mechanics (Ae/APh/CE/ME 101 abc)
- Solid mechanics (Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc)
- Mathematics (ACM 100abc)
The material covered in these examinations is at the same general level and breadth as covered in the corresponding first year courses. The examinations are offered during one week in the first half of the first term, in the second year of graduate residence at the Institute.
A student is examined orally on all three of these topics. In the event of an unsatisfactory performance, the examining faculty members may permit a repeat examination in the appropriate topics. The repeat examination must be scheduled prior to finals week of the second term and must be completed before the end of the third term of the same year.
To be recommended for candidacy for the Ph.D. in aerospace, the applicant must
- have satisfactorily completed at least 138 units of graduate work equivalent to the above Master of Science program
- must pass, with a grade of C or better, 27 units of graduate-level ACM courses beyond ACM 95/100, and
- complete (with a grade of C or better, or Pass) at least 45 units of aerospace courses numbered Ae 200 or higher, or Ae/ME 120 and Ae/Ge/ME 160, excluding research and seminars.
In addition to fulfilling these course requirements, the applicant must pass a candidacy examination in the second or third year of residence at the Institute but in any case no later than the third quarter of the third year of residency. This examination aims at determining whether the student is successful in integrating formal course work into a mature understanding of fundamental engineering concepts, and at demonstrating his or her professional competence in applying these concepts to the problems being addressed in the course of their PhD research.
No minor is required for the Ph.D. degree. Students are, however, encouraged to take advanced courses appropriate to their particular interests.
Foreign Languages
The student is encouraged to discuss with his or her adviser the desirability of studying foreign languages but there is no formal foreign language requirement for the PhD degree.
Thesis and Final Examination
Before graduation, each candidate is required to give a public seminar presenting the results of his or her thesis research. For final examination and thesis completion, see the general degree requirements and the section on Examinations, Committees, and Student Responsibilities regarding aerospace in the Caltech catalog.


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AUGUSTA — The Governor's Energy Office say the average price for home heating oil has risen another 3 cents in Maine.
Officials said Tuesday that the weekly survey puts the average price for No. 2 heating oil at $3.64 per gallon. Prices for kerosene and propane also grew 8 cents per gallon.
Heating oil prices varied substantially, with a low of $3.45 recorded in southern Maine and a high of $3.95 in central Maine.
Officials say the average oil, propane and kerosene prices are higher than at any time last year, but still much lower than prices during the 2011-2012 heating season.
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CRESTVIEW � The option of having smoked ribs on barbecue-loving north Crestview families' dinner tables has returned with Possum Ridge BBQ's reopening.
CRESTVIEW � The option of having smoked ribs on barbecue-loving north Crestview families' dinner tables has returned with Possum Ridge BBQ's reopening.
"We've been having some excitement," co-owner Viola Plante said as she served a couple picking up a barbecue dinner after church. "Each week is better than the one before."
A familiar black trailer � in which she and her husband, pit master Rick Plante, started their Triple-B champion blue ribbon-winning business several years ago � is parked in front of theBJ Food Store on State Road 85 in the Auburn community.
"We're just two minutes north of Winn-Dixie," Viola Plante said. "All of our old customers from Kevin Lewis' location (their original set-up next to Lewis & Co. Jewelers) followed us to Ms. B's and then followed us up here."
The Plantes bought the former Ms. B's Bar-B-Que and Bakery from founder Belinda Gibbons last year, but the overhead of operating a sit-down restaurant proved overwhelming.
"With the economy, we had to leave the building," Viola said.
She and her husband sought locations to park the big black trailer with its "front porch" smoker before settling on three possibilities.
None worked out.
"They were either too expensive, or city regulations said only one business could operate per parcel, or the owner said, 'No, thank you,'" Viola said.
Then an old friend came to the rescue.
"We knew Bobby Helms for a long time. He's a great man," she said. "The invitation has always been to come here. After we got the county requirements together, we moved in."
Possum Ridge is concluding its fourth week at its new location.
Viola said she and Rick enjoyed a brief vacation, "just to get away," after closing Ms. B's after Thanksgiving, but returned to fresh challenges while resuming efforts to reopen the trailer.
"We came back to 3 inches of water in the house" from a burst pipe, she said.
"We've been working with the insurance company, living in a hotel and getting re-established," Viola said. "Creditors don't wait. We had to get to work."
The new Possum Ridge BBQ location is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
A recent large catering job at Davidson Middle School was a "welcome shot in the arm," she added.
"With the heartfelt, warm welcome from our friends and customers, we're excited to be back," she said.
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In October, a parent of a student in Spokane Public Schools sent me copies of his email to the district and the district's response. The parent was concerned that "the math District 81 is teaching will not prepare our students for entry into colleges both in WA and around our nation… Students are graduating from local high schools with A's in honors math and are having to take remedial math to get into college."
The district response to this parent came from Rick Biggerstaff, secondary mathematics coordinator and AP calculus teacher at Lewis & Clark High School. Biggerstaff reassured the worried parent, noting (in part) that Advanced Placement enrollments and "passing scores" are increasing. (Advanced Placement classes are college-level classes that are taken in high school. School districts often point to increasing AP enrollments and pass rates as indicators that mathematics achievement is improving.) Biggerstaff wrote:
Summary of AP Exam Results
|Number of students
|Number of exams
|Number of course areas
|Number of exams passed
|Percent passing
|Average grade
Average Passing Grade
|Western Region
According to the full table, numbers of exam-takers steadily increased from 2000 to 2008, while the percent passing and the average grades steadily decreased. In 2000, 368 students took AP exams; 81% achieved a score of 3 or greater ("3" has traditionally been considered a passing grade.) Their average grade was 3.45. In 2008, however, 1,093 students took exams; 54.2% achieved a 3 or greater. Their average grade was 2.72. This decline occurred despite the near doubling of course areas in which students took their exams – from 15 course areas in 2000 to 27 course areas in 2008. Meanwhile, since 2001, the full-time enrollment in District 81 dropped by about 2,000 students. Therefore, AP enrollment and AP exam-taking increased despite a decrease in overall student population.
In 2000, Spokane students scored better on their AP exams than students in certain other areas. In 2008, however, Spokane students did less well than students in those other areas.
Technically, Spokane administrators can say that the number of students passing AP exams has increased. In 2000, 81% of 636 student exams were passed, for a total of 515 exams passed. In 2008, 54.2% of 2,028 student exams were passed, for a total of 1,099 exams passed. In effect, 584 more exams were passed in 2008 than in 2000.
Technically, however, it can also be said that the number of students failing AP exams has increased. In 2000, 19% of student exams (121 total) were not passed, while in 2008, 45.8% of student exams (929 total) were not passed. In effect, 808 more exams were failed in 2008 than in 2000.
In 2008 in AP mathematics, 66% of the students achieved a 3 or better on their exams. At Lewis & Clark High School, just 24% achieved a 3 or better on the Calculus AB exam; in Calculus BC, 59% did. In 2007, just 36% of the Lewis & Clark students achieved a 3 or better on the Calculus AB exam; in Calculus BC, 53% did.
Do these numbers indicate district improvement in mathematics? Much depends on how important you think it is to achieve a score of at least 3. Last year, a school board member commented that students who failed to achieve a 3 or better on their AP exams "must have learned something while they were there." A district administrator told me today the College Board (which runs the AP program) says schools shouldn't "talk about pass rates" because colleges vary in what they'll accept. I asked her if schools should at least have a target in mind, and she said, "Not necessarily." AP courses are rigorous and accredited, she said, so "it's hard" to make pass rates "a concern."
Folks, if we aren't concerned with pass rates, if we don't even have a target, how do parents and students know when they've achieved what they want to achieve? How do the universities know? How do employers know? How does the district know when it's failed to do its job?
It turns out the universities do know. Whitworth University, Gonzaga University, Eastern Washington University, Washington State University and the University of Washington (Seattle) all indicate that - depending on the subject - they give credit for passing scores of 3, 4 or 5. For example, Gonzaga gives credit for AP calculus scores of 4 or 5. Spokane's community colleges also give credit for scores of 3, 4 or 5. The College Board probably knows, too. It says the 5-point scale represents the following:
4 – well qualified
3 – qualified
2 – possibly qualified
1 – no recommendation
School administrators know, too. Students in Washington must obtain at least a "3" on AP math exams in order to use the classes as alternatives to the 10th-grade math WASL.
So I worry about those 929 failed AP exams in 2008 and the drop in the average grade. I worry about students who are ushered into AP classes, who fail to achieve at least a 3 on the exams, and about whom we're supposed to say, "Well, they must have learned something while they were there." Sadly for them, some will have learned that achievement doesn't matter. It does, though. It always will. They'll find that out on their own – the hard way.
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (December, 2008). "District view of AP at odds with universities." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/
This article was also published December 18, 2008, in EducationNews.org at http://ednews.org/articles/32030/1/School-district039s-view-of-AP-at-odds-with-universities/Page1.html


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Dr. Gabriel Marcella
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Dr. Gabriel Marcella retired in 2008 as Professor of Third World Studies and Director of the Americas Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. During his government career he served as International Affairs Advisor to the Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command. Dr. Marcella has written extensively on Latin American security issues and U.S. policy. Recent publications include the monograph American Grand Strategy for Latin America in the Age of Resentment, Security Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere: Resolving the Ecuador-Peru Conflict (coauthor/editor); and the coauthored Affairs of State: The Interagency and National Security. He has written a number of works on Colombia and Ecuador, including "The U.S. Engagement with Colombia: Legitimate State Authority and Human Rights" and "Wars Without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008." Dr. Marcella's current research focuses on the Colombian crisis and U.S. strategy, national security decisionmaking, and the teaching of strategy. He is the co-founder of the Teaching Strategy Group, an interuniversity association dedicated to improving the teaching of strategy. Dr. Marcella is a commentator on Latin American security and U.S. policy in the printed and electronic media in the United States and Latin America. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at the Army War College and consultant to the Project on National Security System Reform. Dr. Marcella holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Notre Dame, a diploma from the Inter-American Defense College, and was a Fulbright Fellow in Ecuador.
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SSI books and monographs by Dr. Gabriel Marcella
Teaching Strategy: Challenge and Response
March 31, 2010
Edited by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
No subject is more essential in the preparation of national security professionals and military leaders than the teaching of strategy, from grand to military strategy. Nor is there one that is more timeless and intellectually demanding. The questions dealing with teaching strategy—why we should study it, what we should teach, and how we should teach it—may bear most directly on the system of PME. However, the answers need to be applied much more broadly across a wider range of our society today. For only then can we expect to regain strategic competence, not just in the crisis of the moment but in a sustained manner well into the 21st century. The contributions to this edited volume will advance that society-wide discussion and debate. This book should stimulate discussion and introspection that will in time enhance the security of our nation.
Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Colombia
November 27, 2009
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
Colombia has experienced conflict for decades and, as the author observed, was a "paradigm for a failing state" in that it was replete with terrorism, kidnapping, murder, corruption, and general lawlessness. But today it is much safer through the imposition of the "Rule of Law."
Affairs of State: The Interagency and National Security
January 02, 2009
Edited by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
National security professionals need to understand how to work in the interagency process. This volume captures invaluable information and insights to assist students and practitioners.
War without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008
December 16, 2008
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
The concept of war without borders is used to analyze the strategic implications of the Colombian attack against a FARC camp inside Ecuadorean territory on March 1, 2008. Lessons learned apply directly to the policy of the United States and the hemispheric community.
American Grand Strategy for Latin America in the Age of Resentment
October 04, 2007
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
A healthy Latin America is of critical value to the United States as a global power. It is besieged by a powerful force of resentment engendered by a combination of weak states, social exclusion, criminal violence, and corruption. The United States needs a new grand strategy that addresses the causes rather than the symptoms of the malaise.
The United States and Colombia: The Journey from Ambiguity to Strategic Clarity
May 01, 2003
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
Paper identifies the strategic challenge to Colombia within the context of the weak state and ungoverned space, under attack from the violence and corruption generated bi international criminals, terrorists, and paramilitarism. Lessons learned will have powerful effects for the adaptation of American strategy to the conflict paradigm of 21st century.
Plan Colombia: Some Differing Perspectives
June 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella, GEN (RET) Charles E. Wilhelm, Colombian General Alvaro Valencia Tovar, Dr. Ricardo Arias Calderon, Mr. Chris Marquis.
Contains introduction and four papers present distinct perspectives on the potential effectiveness of Plan Colombia. Co-authors include former Commander of US Southern Command, former Vice-President of Panama, a noted Colombian military intellectual, and New York Times correspondent.
Plan Colombia: The Strategic and Operational Imperatives
April 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
Examines the strategic theory within Plan Colombia, the master plan which the government of Colombia developed to strengthen democracy through peace, security, and economic development. Recommends that the United States and the world community assist Colombia, but the sacrifices must be made collectively by Colombians.
Colombia's Three Wars: U.S. Strategy at the Crossroads
March 01, 1999
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella, Dr. Donald E. Schulz.
U.S. policy is at a critical juncture. Can a strategy based on counter-narcotics be enough and even be separated from counter-insurgency? Authors argue no, that a more robust and comprehensive level of support is necessary, given the gravity of Colombia's problems.
Strategic Implications for the United states and Latin America of the 1995 Ecuador-Peru War
November 01, 1995
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
The territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru broke out into war in 1995. Monograph explores historical dimensions and argues that unless the conflict is settled amicably and soon, it could well generate a more disastrous war in the future. Provides specific policy recommendations.
Haiti Strategy: Control, Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Rule of Law, Handoffs, and Exit
October 01, 1994
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella.
Author argues that the United States work to achieve limited objectives after entering Haiti with military force. The strategy should emphasize humanitarian assistance rather the open-ended goal of the restoration of democracy. This is the best hope fro success and dignified exit.
Reconciling the irreconcilable: The Troubled Outlook for U.S. Policy toward Haiti
March 01, 1994
Authored by Dr. Gabriel Marcella, Dr. Donald E. Schulz.
Paper analyzes the complex nature of Haiti's internal crisis and the nature of conflict within a culture of violence, the nation's difficult history, Haiti's relationship with the United States, and the difficult choices available to policy-makers. The United States must carefully balance doing too much and too little for Haiti's worsening situation.


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ATLANTA - Duke will need a better result in its second straight game against a Heisman Trophy winner if it is to come away with its first bowl victory in more than 50 years.
It already has been a memorable season for No. 22 Duke. The Blue Devils won 10 games for the first time and are coming off their first appearance in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
On Tuesday night, they play Johnny Manziel and No. 20 Texas A&M in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. This is the first time Duke will be in back-to-back bowl games.
Duke will be facing the 2012 Heisman winner in Manziel after falling to 2013 Heisman winner Jameis Winston and Florida State in the ACC title game.
Duke coach David Cutcliffe said Manziel poses a "very unique challenge, to say the least."
"They're extremely efficient offensively and well-coached," Cutcliffe said Saturday. "Then you throw in his ability to create. I've been doing this a long time. I don't think I've ever seen anybody ad-lib on the field better. So the things that concern you are giving up explosive plays when you seemingly have a play defended."
Duke's last postseason victory came against Arkansas in the 1961 Cotton Bowl.
According to STATS, Duke (10-3) is the first team to play Heisman winners in consecutive games in three years. In 2010, Louisiana State faced Alabama's Mark Ingram (2009) and Auburn's Cam Newton (2010) in two straight games.
The Blue Devils were overwhelmed in their 45-7 loss to Winston and Florida State on Dec. 7. Winston threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the runaway win.
Next up: Johnny Football.
The bowl game could be the end of Manziel's college career. The third-year sophomore could enter the NFL draft.
Manziel led the Southeastern Conference in total yards with 3,732 passing and 686 on the ground. He accounted for 41 touchdowns, including 33 through the air.
Manziel improved his completion percentage and passing yards from his Heisman-winning season, but the Aggies' 8-4 record helped push him down to fifth in this year's voting.
Manziel passed for 3,732 yards with 33 touchdowns and led Texas A&M with 686 yards rushing and eight TDs.
Duke cornerback Ross Cockrell said Manziel's mobility makes life difficult for defensive backs.
"Manziel and Winston are obviously two great quarterbacks," Cockrell said Saturday. "Winston is a much bigger quarterback, not nearly as quick and as fast, I think, but very mobile.
"The thing about Manziel that makes him tough is when he's back there scrambling around, you can't really tell which routes the receivers are going to run. They could run left, right, down the field, come back up the field. ... You have to cover for so long, and your technique and your eyes are going to have to be perfect."
Cutcliffe said Manziel's creativity and ability to extend plays puts an unusual strain on a defense.
"You're almost having to defend two plays in one snap," Cutcliffe said. "The one that may be drawn up, which is difficult enough to defend, and then the one when he starts ad-libbing and moving in and out of the pocket. That is extremely taxing to your defense."
Manziel overcame a shoulder injury early in the season and said this week he needed a break after the regular season to overcome other injuries.
"I feel good," Manziel said Friday. "I'm healthy. We had time off, which was nice, just to relax. Really, it was a grind this year. The SEC was a tough grind for us this year. It went a little different than we thought but I was a little banged up. It feels good to be healthy again and ready to go. I'm really, really eager and ready to play, I know that."
Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said the time off allowed Manziel time to recover after hitting his hand on a helmet.
"He battled through it," Sumlin said. "Giving him a chance to heal up, I think he feels really, really good right now. I liked practice (Friday). I think he's feeling better. He's got a bit more bounce."