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coral, small, sedentary marine animal, related to the sea anemone but characterized by a skeleton of horny or calcareous material. The skeleton itself is also called coral. Although most corals form colonies by budding, there are some solitary corals; in both types the individual animals, called polyps, resemble the sea anemone in form.
Corals grow in warm and temperate climates and in the cold water found at greater depths, but they are most abundant in warm, shallow water; over 200 coral species are found in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. In many shallow-water species the polyps contain unicellular plants, which may provide the high oxygen concentration required by such corals.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Soft Corals
- Classification
- Stony Corals
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If you've raised a child, you know that as they're learning to speak, they make a lot of really cute mistakes. It could be a grammatical error, or a word misunderstood and used inappropriately, but for someone like me who adores everything about linguistics, it's one of my very favorite things about childhood. (Raising bilingual children means one gets a double dose of these sweet slip-ups!)
At some point though, your children get older and their language abilities improve. The mistakes become few and far between so when they make one, maybe, just maybe, you don't correct them. You can't stop them from growing up, but you can selfishly make it last a little longer.
I still remember years ago at the table. My younger son asked what we were having for dinner.
"Enchiladas," I said.
"Lavas? I hate lavas," he responded, crossing his little arms over his chest.
My older son, ever the know-it-all, corrected him, "Not LAVAS! EnchiLADAS!… Geez, if it was lavas you'd burn your mouth all up!"
But that was about eight years ago. At thirteen and ten years old, my boys are growing up and those days are fading fast. Fortunately, I still have Carlos.
Don't get me wrong – Carlos's English is fantastically proficient these days, but there are still a few words and phrases that I haven't really corrected over all these years. Here are a few I wrote down the past couple weeks. (It took me a couple weeks to listen to him in daily conversation and compile the list because at this point, some of this phrasing is starting to sound normal to me!)
Wings – Carlos never uses the word "underarm" or "armpit" – instead he uses, "wings." … In Spanish, it is accepted slang to refer to them as such. (At least in El Salvador.) And so he's just directly translated "alas" – the Spanish word for "wings." This one has even caught on with my Anglo parents. When they heard him use it with our first son as a baby, they couldn't resist adopting its use into their own lexicon.
Example: [Said to one of our sons before they shower] – "Don't forget to clean your wings! You smell a little stinky."
Pass the vacuum – This is another direct translation. In Spanish there isn't a verb for vacuum. You say "Pasar la aspiradora" (or more common in the United States, the Spanglish version, "Pasar el vacuum.") Because of Carlos, the kids actually say "pass the vacuum" in English and think it's totally normal.
Example: "I'm going to pass the vacuum. The boys got dirt on the carpet."
Joke hard – I'm not even totally sure about this one because I've started to use it over the years, too. What is meant by 'joke hard' is to joke around with someone and tease them in such a way that you're almost crossing the line into making them angry.
Example: "That guy likes to joke hard with people, but he doesn't like it when others make fun of him."
You passed me your insert illness! – This might be acceptable in English although I would say we only use it to refer to cold/flu germs. Whenever Carlos falls sick or has any sort of injury though, you can be sure he will be blaming family members left and right, telling them that they 'passed' their illness onto him, whatever that illness might be.
Example: "My back hurts. You passed me your back problems!"
They exaggerate too much! – In Spanish, it's common to say "los precios son exagerados" – (the prices are exaggerated) – so I think that's where he got this one from.
Example: "Are they kidding? Ten dollars for that?! They exaggerate too much!"
Your shirt looks like a cow chewed on it. – Carlos has no patience for wrinkled clothing. Wrinkled clothing is totally unacceptable. This weird phrasing is the direct translation of "Parece que la vaca masticó tu camisa" – which apparently is a perfectly normal way to make fun of someone's wrinkled shirt in El Salvador.
Example: "You can't wear that to school! Look at it! It looks like a cow chewed your shirt!"
Respect the table! – If the boys are being rude at the dinner table, it's not tolerated. Like Carlos, I expect good manners, but when Carlos shouts, "Respect the table!" – it is terribly difficult to keep a straight face. The boys also want to giggle, but they don't dare. "Respeta la mesa" is a normal request in Spanish but in English it would be better to say, "Mind your manners!"
Example: Hey. HEY! Respect the table! I don't think you want me to take off my chancla.

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Madoff Remains Free, Judge Rules
Government will appeal, meanwhile alleged fraudster remains in penthouse.
Jan. 12, 2009 -- Bernard Madoff, the man who allegedly committed the largest financial crime in history, will not go to jail while he awaits trial. Instead he will remain under house arrest, in the comfort of his posh penthouse apartment in Manhattan, despite prosecutors' somewhat belated efforts to put him behind bars.
In a written decision handed down at noon Monday, Federal Magistrate Ronald Ellis rebuffed the argument prosecutors made last week that charged circumstances warranted that the alleged $50 billion fraudster's bail be revoked. Late Monday, the US attorney sent a letter to Ellis saying the government intends to appeal the decision.
Ellis said that the government's arguments that Madoff was a danger to the community - an economic danger in that he might further dissipate assets that could be used to pay back the allegedly defrauded investors and an increased flight risk now that the case against him is more substantial - did not warrant any changes.
The federal magistrate imposed some additional, minor conditions to the current terms of Madoff's bail. They included additional restrictions on the transfer of any assets and the requirement that Madoff provide the court a list of all valuable in his Manhattan home and that a security company search "all outgoing physical mail to ensure that no property has been transferred."
"The issue at this stage of the criminal proceedings is not whether Madoff has been charged in perhaps the largest Ponzi scheme ever, nor whether Madoff's alleged actions should result in his widespread disapprobation by the public, nor even what is appropriate punishment after conviction. The legal issue before the Court is whether the Government has carried its burden of demonstrating that no condition or combination of conditions can be set that will reasonably assure Madoff's appearance and protect the community from danger." The government had not, the judge decided.
Click here to read Judge Ellis' decision.
The government's bail revocation argument was made orally last Monday and a written brief was submitted last Tuesday. In each case, prosecutors argued that a million dollars worth of heirloom jewelry and watches that Madoff and his wife, Ruth, shipped through the mail during the holidays was an effort to circumvent restrictions on dissipating assets that might need be returned to allegedly defrauded investors. Madoff had shipped the items to his sons and to a friend who allegedly was also a victim of his fraud.
The government said that the economic danger plus flight risk required detention - this after initially structuring remarkably lenient bail terms for Madoff and suffering public outcry and derision on cable television business news outlets.
Madoff's lawyers conceded that on Christmas Eve, Madoff and his wife sent a number of packages to friends and family.
"Mr. Madoff gathered a number of watches that he collected over the course of years, knowing that, due to the sudden change in his circumstances, he would never have an occasion to wear these watches again," according to a brief filed by Madoff's attorneys, who say packages were sent to the Madoffs' sons, a daughter in-law, Madoff's brother and sister in-law, Mrs. Madoff's sister and a married couple who are close friends.
Madoff, say his attorneys, "simply did not realize" that the SEC order he consented to "pertained to these personal items". The jewelry has all since been recovered, according to Madoff's lawyers.
Madoff was arrested on December 11th and his intitial bail conditions left him free to come and go as he wished during daytime hours, with restriction to his home only at night. Within a week those conditions were changed and on December 18th, Madoff was restricted to his home on a 24 hour basis.
In another development in the case, the prosecution and defense agreed this past weekend to extend the time within which the prosecution could continue developing its case without either seeking an indictment or submitting to a preliminary hearing. Madoff was charged in a federal complaint, and under the court guidelines, the government had 20 days in which to make a case. That time frame has expired, but as is often the case, the two parties agreed to give the government more time. The preliminary hearing rule would have required the government to present its case today. It now has until mid-February. And the judge has the right to grant additional extensions.
Prosecutors Wanted Madoff Behind Bars
Last week prosecutors argued that Madoff should be put in jail immediately saying that when Madoff's desk was searched following his arrest, investigators found approximately 100 signed checks totaling more than $173 million "ready to be sent out".
"The only thing that prevented the defendant from executing his plan to dissipate those assets was his arrest by the FBI," prosecutors said. "The defendant's recent distribution of jewelry and watches demonstrates a continuing intention to benefit those close to him to the detriment of his victims."
An earlier court order barred Madoff from "dissipating, concealing, or disposing of any money" or "personal property".
Was Madoff Running a Ponzi Scheme?
Madoff made headlines last month when an unsealed criminal complaint in federal court in New York charged that he has been running a decades long Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $50 billion dollars.
A former chairman of NASDAQ, Madoff was an investment advisor who catered to a handful of high net worth clients, one of whom told ABC News that Madoff was so sought after that, as recently as two months ago, he was turning down potential new business. His handful of clients routinely expected -- and received -- double digit returns, up market or down.
Bernard Madoff Investment Securities and the SEC
According to a SEC document filed in Jan. 2008, and cited in the complaint, the firm had between 11 and 25 clients for the fiscal year ending Oct. 2007 and managed about $17 billion in assets in 23 different accounts.
Bernard Madoff Investment Securities, in addition to that private client practice, is also a market maker that trades with other dealers in bonds, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, according to Bloomberg News.
The firm was the 23rd largest market maker on NASDAQ in October, handling a daily average of about 50 million shares a day. The firm specialized in handling orders from online brokers in some of the largest U.S. companies, including General Electric Co. and Citigroup Inc., Bloomberg News reported.
But on Dec. 10, Madoff allegedly told senior employees at his firm that his entire business was a fraud. According to the federal complaint, Madoff told those employees that he was "finished" and that "it's all one big lie." Madoff estimated "the losses from the fraud to be at least approximately $50 billion," the complaint states.
At that time Madoff also told those employees that he intended to surrender to authorities, but before he did he planned to use $200-300 million he had left to make payments to "selected employees, family and friends," the complaint states.
Madoff started his business in 1960 with $5000 in savings. He resides in New York City and, according to clients, also maintains a posh waterfront home. Known to his clients as Bernie, he has a long and significant history on Wall Street and has been a chairman of the board of the NASDAQ and was a founding member of the board of the International Securities Clearing Corp. in London.
The Web site for Madoff's firm, in its company profile, says, "Clients know that Bernard Madoff has a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm's hallmark."
Madoff was arrested last month by FBI agents and charged with criminal securities fraud by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The complaint states that he used "manipulative and deceptive practices." The complaint cites two senior employees in describing how Madoff kept his client records "under lock and key" and how he left them in the dark about how he managed the private client funds. One of those employees, in interviews with the FBI, said that Madoff was "cryptic" in his statements. This, according to clients, is in keeping with the aura that Madoff cultivated among his clients, some of whom have kept funds under management with him for generations.
Madoff Struggled to Obtain Liquidity in December, Complaint Says
But by the first week of December, when clients began clamoring for redemptions -- to the tune of $7 billion -- the complaint states that Madoff began a struggle to obtain the necessary liquidity. The stress began to show, the employees said.
In a meeting at their boss's Manhattan apartment -- held there following a confrontation in the office because Madoff wasn't sure "he would be able to "hold it together" if the conversation took place in the office -- the employees came away believing that Madoff was "saying, in substance that he had for years been paying returns to certain investors out of the principal received from other, different investors."
The next day, Dec. 11, Madoff spoke with FBI agent Theodore Cacioppi and invited the agent and another agent to his apartment. Cacioppo stated in the complaint that he told Madoff he came by to see if "there's an innocent explanation."
"There is no innocent explanation," Madoff replied, according to the sworn complaint.
Madoff's lawyer, Dan Horwitz, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro in New York, has said his client is cooperating fully with the federal investigation.
"Bernie Madoff is a long-standing leader in the financial services industry and he is cooperating fully with the government investigation into this unfortunate set of events," Horwitz said.


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As I peeled myself off the linoleum floor, sucked down the last few drops of last night's Bitburger beer and licked the crusted schnitzel off my fingertips, the memories of last night's NBA Finals celebration reignited in my mind. Dirk is a champion. Kidd is a champion. Marion is a champion. Stojakovic is a champion. It's like a decade of old guys from past glorious also-ran teams finally got theirs. The '06 Mavs. The '03 Nets. The '05 Suns. The '02 Kings.
And although I may have had Kraftwerk and '99 Luftbaloons' on repeat immediately following Dirk's coffin nail layup with 30 seconds left to go in the fourth Sunday night, I didn't really have a dog in the race, which is to say, I would have celebrated one way or the other. I had my Miami Sound Machine queued up on the ol' iPod and a big bowl full of cocaine awaiting my face had the Heat acted like they wanted it this year. They didn't. Strudel it is! No need for me to go on and on about Miami (that's what the summer offseason is for!) I believe most of the Heat players feel there's a decade's worth of championships to be grabbed and if it didn't happen this year, it'll happen next year. Dallas felt it had to be this year and that's why they won this thing in six. LeBron James has played remarkably well for most of the season. He's the best player in the league (by far, I think) and the only thing stopping him from eradicating every record this league has to offer is his unwillingness to put his foot on the throats of his opponent. It explains his willingness to join his enemies on the Heat. It explains any shrinking he may or may not do in late game situations. It explains how a guy can get a triple-double and look terrible doing it and it explains the fourth quarter of Game 6. The Heat ebb and flow with LeBron James. Sorry Wade, they do. Any team in this league would. James ebbed through the second half and so Dallas blitzed every last member of the Heat.
Enough about Miami, one last Razzball look at both the Dallas Mavericks and the 2011 season:
Caron Butler – It always seems a little unfulfilling when the injured player gets a ring, but in Tuff Juice's case, he deserves a ring because he got injured. Marion and Barea filled a mighty portion of the minutes Butler would have played and both of those guys were huge in portions of the playoffs that I don't think Butler would have been huge in. Hang that, preposition!
Rodrigue Beaubois – Robo Bobo is still seen as the future of the Mavericks. That title sounded a lot better before there was nowhere to go but down.
Corey Brewer – Played 23 more minutes in the NBA Finals than you did. So there's that.
Brian Cardinal – Nicknamed "The Custodian," not the Janitor, not the Garbage Man. That's how white Brian Cardinal is, even when he draws charge after charge or commits prescient foul after prescient foul, and earns a sweet reputation, they stick him with a proper nickname. Why not just call him "The Porter?"
Ian Mahinmi – Pronounced "Yahn Mahini." Yawn. Wait, I take that yawn back (which gave me the hiccups after doing so) – Mahini did have a sweet scream in the pre-game huddle.
Brendan Haywood / DeShawn Stevenson – Cavs – 1, Wizards
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Peja Stojakovic – If I thought Peja had any idea why he was still in the league, I'd say he could peacefully retire now. But I don't, so I won't.
Tyson Chandler – Remember last season when Bobcat G.M. Michael Jordan nixed a deal that would send Chandler to Toronto? His nixin' (Nixon?) allowed perhaps Dallas' final piece to fit on the roster in the offseason. M.J. – 7, LeBron – 0.
J.J. Barea – He had the second-most assists on the team throughout the playoffs. Seventy-one dimes, one dime for every inch of his height.
Jason Kidd – The narrative for this championship has belonged to Nowitzki, but Kidd is probably more vindicated than Dirk here. He's been to the Finals one more time than Dirk, been surrounded by a worse cast than Dirk and is six years older than Dirk. He's well past his prime and not as likeable, but he's in the conversation as a top 3 point guard of all-time. You want to see guys like that win one. You just do.
Shawn Marion – If you pointed to the roster of the 2005 Suns and told me that one, but only one, of these guys would win a ring in the next six seasons, Marion would have been my fifth choice.
Jason Terry – Find a picture of Jason Terry's head. Measure the space from his eyes up. Then measure the space from his eyes down to his chin. The top half is way bigger. From this point henceforth, you'll never NOT think about that when you look at Jason Terry.
Dirk Nowitzki – From my girlfriend last night, "From his knees down, Dirk has legs like an old '80s player. All pale, with thick socks and big white shoes." And if that alone doesn't make you love the NBA Finals MVP and solidify him in your mind as one of the 30 greatest players of all-time, nothing will. Nothing. Nichts. Ninety-nine dreams Dallas has had / They dream of Dirk and let 'em goooooo


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While I greatly admire the wise and wonderful Marmee from Little Women , I must confess that my favorite mom is June Cleaver. A fellow mother of sons, June offered the perfect blend of intelligence, humor, assertiveness, skepticism, modesty, graciousness and spunk. During all those years when I watched faithfully every week as Mrs. Cleaver capably dealt with crisis after crisis, I had no idea I'd have a Beaver and Theodore of my own someday. Thankfully, my days as a mom never brought forth an Eddie Haskell or a baby alligator to deal with; even so, I feel certain my sons benefited from lessons my subconscious surely retained as I watched June carry out her role as Arbiter of Domestic Harmony without ever breaking a sweat.
In contrast, my own mother sweated a lot to keep me on the appropriate path to adulthood. Working in the yard was always her favorite way to reduce stress; let's just say our yard looked TERRIFIC during my teenage years! While our living room looked just like the Cleavers', our confrontations weren't nearly as polite--and occasionally involved a ruler, flyswatter, or switch to help focus my attention. Because I loathe confrontations and learned early the power of words, my favorite battle tactic was to leave a note on Mother's pillow detailing her horribly unfair assessment of my sin du jour, her ridiculous overreaction, and the depth to which her wrath had grievously wounded me. It's too bad she didn't save any of those notes; they would have made great reading all these years later.
I worry about the moms girls are watching on TV and movies today. Are they learning how to instill behavior such as honesty, compassion, and integrity? Do the Real Housewives of Wherever even know those words? And if Mom doesn't teach basic values, who does? It's scary to think of a society peopled by "Girls Gone Wild" rather than Girls Helping Girls, but sometimes, it sure seems that's where we're headed.
Be proactive this month: tell a good mom she's worth a lot more than she realizes. And next time you vacuum, put on your pearls; maybe June knew something we don't.


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Rye bread is made by combining rye flour with wheat flour.
Rye bread is a type of bread made with various proportions of flour from rye grain. It can be light or dark in color, depending on the type of flour used and the addition of coloring agents, and is typically denser than bread made from wheat flour. It is higher in fiber than white bread and is often darker in color and stronger in flavor.


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Construction of the Housing Development Project, pictured here from the roof of Scott Quad, is one of many sites under construction this fall. Motorists are urged to use caution and follow the posted detours.
Photographer: Todd Anderson/Ohio University
The northern portion of Park Place near Alden Library is closed to traffic for utility tunnel repairs. Motorists are being detoured along the southern portion of Park Place past Baker University Center and onto South Court Street.
Photographer: Gretchen Gregory/Ohio University
This sign marks the detour route along Park Place.
Photographer: Gretchen Gregory/Ohio University
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By Gretchen Gregory
Several construction projects which started this summer have been completed, but others will continue well into fall semester after students return. Motorists should use caution when navigating campus and be sure to follow posted detour signs to help ensure a smooth traffic pattern.
When students return to campus this year, they'll see that Mulberry Street is closed to both motorists and pedestrian traffic as improvements to the utility tunnel are made. The northern part of Park Place in front of Alden Library also has a utility tunnel under construction and is closed to motorists.
Park Place detour
Traffic in front of Alden Library is being detoured to the southern section of Park Place in front of Gordy Hall, continuing in front of Baker University Center and South Court Street. This project is expected to be completed in December.
South Green Drive extension
A new roadway extension project that connects South Green Drive to Mill Street on the northeast end of campus near the University's recreation fields started on July 28 and will tentatively be completed in late December.
The access road from Mill Street to Stimson Avenue beside Mill Street Apartments is closed to through traffic, which is being detoured via Elliott Street. Access to the Mill Street Apartments parking lot is being maintained, but no through traffic is permitted.
"Motorists should avoid the intersection at the end of the existing South Green Drive and the New Life Assembly Church located adjacent to River Park Towers," said Richard Shultz, interim associate vice president for architecture, design and construction at Ohio University.
Summer construction has included a complex array of work that consists of multiple road closures, rerouting traffic and electrical outages.
"Campuses go through periods every 10 to 15 years when there is a high level of construction," added Shultz. "The growth period we have entered has a balance of new construction and major building renovations according to the six-year capital improvement plan. I think this construction period is more noticeable because of the necessary improvements and expansion to the University's infrastructure system."
Significant construction projects taking place on campus include the following:
Housing Development: Construction started more than a year and half ago on the five-building complex on the former site of Wolfe Street Apartments and its adjacent lots. The complex will include four residence halls and a learning commons, and is scheduled to open in fall 2015. There have been various one-lane road closures near South Green Drive and Race Street to accommodate construction.
"There could be an occasional street shut down, but the majority of the utility infrastructure was installed this summer with planned scheduled street closures," Shultz said.
Tupper Hall: Construction on this year-long project on the east side of College Green started in spring. The building has been vacant for more than 10 years and is being renovated as a classroom building with a new elevator and new utility systems. The building's window air conditioners are being removed with the addition of central air. A section of University Terrace and East Union Street at Jeff Hill was closed this summer while chilled water lines were extended to the building. University Terrace from East Union to the northern part of Ellis Hall also was closed, but reopened Friday, Aug. 15.
Lindley Hall: Construction on this project on the east side of College Green started in spring and is expected to take one year. Renovations are being made to the building's system infrastructure, including heating and air conditioning, fire alarm, sprinkler and electrical systems. The building also is receiving extensive ADA upgrades, including floor-by-floor connecting corridors to two new elevators. All office doors also have been widened to ADA standards. When completed in spring 2015, the swing-space building will house offices and classrooms.
Schoonover Center for Communication: The first phase of the project was completed in fall 2013. Phase II of the project is underway, although there's minimal interruption to motorists since construction is located inside the building.
Walter Fieldhouse: Construction of the 89,000 square-foot Walter Fieldhouse that will house recreation and sports classes, practice space for athletics and the Marching 110, ROTC training and Student Affairs activities, was completed in June. The indoor multipurpose facility includes a full turf football practice field, four-lane track, long jump and pole vaulting pit for track, as well as storage facilities and support amenities, including administration offices, equipment room, and bathroom facilities.
College Green: Work on buildings located on the College Green includes roof replacement to Temple-Blackburn Memorial Auditorium, Chubb Hall, and Scripps Hall, which will continue well into the fall semester. Phased elevator upgrades within Alden Library and Ellis Hall are underway, as well as an air handler replacement in Alden Library.
Design work is complete for the replacement of the brick walkway leading from Class Gateway to Cutler Hall, and for the Class Gateway renovation project. Work schedules for both projects are under review by the OHIO Architecture, Design and Construction office because of unanticipated delays in the contracting process.
In summer 2015, additional improvements to the College Green will be made, including cleaning the Alumni Gate at the corner of Union and Court Street, and the nearby Civil War monument.
Throughout construction, the University has worked with the city of Athens and Event Services to ensure projects are conducted in the most efficient manner possible, with minimal disruption to events and activities taking place.
The city reviews the design and construction documents for city fire protection, including fire suppression systems inside the buildings, and the city provides direction connecting to city water, sanitary and storm water systems.
"The city of Athens and the University have always been strong partners in the development of University construction projects," Shultz said. "While the city was involved with the design and construction process when the University developed a new roadway system, OHIO Facilities Management and Risk Management also spent a lot of time coordinating emergency generators to use as backup power to the city's sanitary sewer system in the event of a power outage."
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About the Capital Improvement Plan
Construction is underway as part of a six-year, $970 million capital improvement plan which was approved in November 2013 and designed to invest in OHIO's future. Major construction projects include the Housing Development Plan, a new interdisciplinary science facility, energy infrastructure renewal and several major renovations to existing buildings.
Investment towards classrooms, safety, accessibility, technology and deferred maintenance projects which target reduction of the institution's backlog also are part of the plan. The investments are made possible through the use of state capital appropriations, gifts, grants, internal working capital and debt issuances.
"It is exciting to see the capital improvement plan being realized in many different ways, from community members who are employed by the projects, to maintenance and stewardship of our inherited beautiful place, to transformed spaces for our students, faculty, staff, and community," said Shawna Bolin, director of University planning and space management at OHIO.


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I was in bed sick for a few days and decided I would spend my time watching Leave it to Beaver. I used to watch the show a lot as a child - loving all the predicaments Beaver would get into. As a teenager I enjoyed watching the show because Wally was so cute! As an adult I am drawn to it because I love June Cleaver. After watching about 25 episodes in 2 days - I feel somewhat of an expert on her!! The pearls, the dresses, the linen table cloth, the home cooked dinners, the tray of sandwiches on Saturdays, the parties, and the propriety of it all. Don't you want to be her? As I was laying sick in bed with my hair in a messy bun, pjs on & Kleenex everywhere - I decided I would be more like her.
I visited an antique shop while visiting my parents & found these little items which reminds me of my new goal! I don't think they are all from June's kitchen in 1957, but they are old enough to remind me to have a little more class, patience, and simplicity!


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Charles Woodson has been cleared to play again, and the Green Bay Packers are counting on the defensive back to provide a lift in Saturday night's playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Woodson deferred to team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie and gave his broken collarbone as much time to heal as possible, sitting out Sunday's regular-season finale at Minnesota. He was injured on Oct. 21 and has missed nine consecutive games.
But now that the Packers are in win-or-go-home mode, Woodson is back.
``Charles has been a stud in this league for 15 years, so whenever he's on the field with us, he's always a huge threat,'' inside linebacker A.J. Hawk said after practice Tuesday evening. ``Not only is he a threat to make huge plays throughout the game, but quarterbacks, I think they know where he's at every single play. He seems to know what receivers are running before they do. And I think he has an intimidation factor as well.
``Every team we play has to respect him.''
Playing without Woodson each time, Green Bay split its two regular-season games against Minnesota. But Vikings star Adrian Peterson had two strong performances against the Packers, rushing for 210 yards in Green Bay's 23-14 victory on Dec. 2 and gaining 199 yards on the ground in Minnesota's 37-34 win on Sunday at the Metrodome.
``I just think having Charles Woodson back on the field helps our football team,'' Packers coach Mike McCarthy said in announcing that Woodson had been cleared. ``I mean, just what he's meant to our defense, his playmaking ability, his ability to make plays at the line of scrimmage. He's extremely productive, so I'm just glad to have him back on the field.''
The 36-year-old Woodson was not in the Packers' locker room during the media access period on Tuesday night. But when he last spoke at length with reporters on Dec. 21, he acknowledged that he hasn't always agreed with McKenzie or McCarthy's recommendations. But if waiting allows him to make it through an entire playoff run - right through Super Bowl XLVII - without reinjuring his collarbone, he will be grateful, he said.
Before his injury at St. Louis, Woodson was playing strong safety in the Packers' base defense, then playing the nickel and dime slot positions in sub packages. After he went down, M.D. Jennings was his primary replacement at safety in the base defense, while rookies Casey Hayward (nickel) and Jerron McMillian (dime) covered opposing slot receivers.
It's unclear where Woodson will line up this weekend, but his defensive teammates believe he'll help against Peterson and Christian Ponder, who completed 16 of 28 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday.
``(Woodson) helps us in every aspect of the game, just his experience,'' cornerback Tramon Williams said. ``No doubt about it, obviously he's a great player from the start, but with that experience, we know he's going to be in the position he's supposed to be in, we know he's going to be looking to make a play. You can be aggressive yourself because you know you have a guy back there you can trust.''
Williams said Woodson also makes a difference because, while some of the team's young players have done well in his absence, his knowledge of the game allows him to do things that younger players aren't able to do, aren't comfortable doing or can't do as well as he does them.
``This defense is based off disguising and things like that, so Charles has been so experienced so he knows how long to hold a disguise, and he's not scared to do it,'' Williams said. ``It's definitely going to help us in the long run.''


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Send Yankee Yapping to the Media Game
The Yankees started and ended last night's game the same way they did Tuesday night's game: They let the Red Sox go ahead 3-0 in the first inning and Alex Rodriguez made the last out of the game. The Bronx Bombers once again lost to their hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, 11-6.
I could go on all day about the mistakes the Yankees made and the bad luck they were handed. Francisco Cervelli's throwing errors, Brett Gardner not running on the wild pitch, and Derek Jeter grounding into a 5-4-3 with the bases loaded and one out which did not just kill the rally, but beat it up it and then left it for dead.
Joba Chamberlain is going to the disabled list with a strained flexor in his right elbow and Russell Martin's back locked up, forcing him out of the lineup…it was horrible. I, like any other self-respecting Yankee fan, would rather just forget yesterday's game vs. Boston ever happened.
What I am writing about today is what happened before yesterday's loss.
Apparently every year the Yankee beat reporters play the Red Sox beat reporters in a game of baseball. The writers play two games every year: one at Yankee Stadium and the other at Fenway. Before the ugly 11-6 loss, the Yankee reporters played the Boston reporters, and I believe they won.
I'm unsure of the official scoring; I'm not sure if they keep records of such games.
From what I read, last year the Yankee writers and Boston writers split the series, with each team winning on the road – meaning the Yankee reporters lost at Yankee Stadium and the Red Sox writers lost at Fenway.
I am sad I missed this.
What I would like to do is propose an All-Star voting for the Yankees-Red Sox media game, and personally add Yankee Yapping as a write-in vote. I am ready to begin a campaign.
Slogan: If your team is crapping, send Yankee Yapping!
I know, it's a little cheesy, but it might win me the vote.
Technically, I am New York media – and I cover the Yankees with this blog. In fact, my blog was in the top 10 on MLBlogs for the month of May.
Although for work I only cover high school sports, I was issued a press pass, which is sanctioned by the New York Press Association. Yet, as I said, with this blog, I cover the Yankees, which (on a technicality) makes me New York Yankees media.
As far as my baseball skills go…well, I have blogged about that in the past. I played organized ball for five years, three of which were on the high school level, giving me experience when it comes to the game.
By trade I am a right fielder, but I can sure pick it at second base.
In order to send Yankee Yapping to the media game, re-tweet this blog post to the Yankee beat writers. Facebook it to the writers' accounts and the YES Network.
Help send me to the Yankees-Red Sox media game. Vote for Yapping!
My campaign promise is this:
If the Yankees can't beat the Red Sox, as a player on the Yankee media team, we will win by the mercy rule. My baseball skills can give us a huge win over the Boston press.
We will win, and we will win big. That I can promise.


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Analysis could also affect liability of enterprises using cloud computing technologies.
Steinbach v. Village of Forest Park, No. 06-4215, 2009 WL 2605283 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2009)
Local elected official Steinbach had an email account that was issued by the municipality. Third party Hostway provided the technology for the account. Steinbach logged in to her Hostway webmail account and noticed eleven messages from constituents had been forwarded by someone else to her political rival.
Steinbach sued the municipality, her political rival and an IT professional employed by the municipality. She brought numerous claims, including violation of the Federal Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. She also brought a claim under Illinois common law for intrusion upon seclusion, and the court's treatment of this claim is of particular interest.
The defendant IT professional moved to dismiss the intrusion upon seclusion claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)(for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted). The court denied the motion.
The court looked to the case of Busse v. Motorola, Inc., 813 N.E.2d 1013 (Ill.App. 1st. Dist. 2004) for the elements of the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. These elements are:
- defendant committed an unauthorized prying into the plaintiff's seclusion;
- the intrusion would be highly offensive to the reasonable person;
- the matter intruded upon was private; and
- the intrusion caused the plaintiff to suffer.
The defendant presented three arguments as to why the claim should fail, but the court rejected each of these. First, the defendant argued that the facts allegedly intruded upon were not inherently private facts such as plaintiff's financial, medical or sexual life, or otherwise of an intimate personal nature. Whether the emails were actually private, the court held, was a matter of fact that could not be determined at the motion to dismiss stage. Plaintiff's claim that emails from her constituents were private was not unreasonable.
The defendant next argued that Steinbach had not kept the facts in the email messages private. But the court soundly rejected this argument, stating that the defendant failed to explain how Steinbach displayed anything openly. Plaintiff asserted that she had an expectation of privacy in her email, and defendant cited no authority to the contrary.
Finally, the defendant argued that the intrusion was authorized, looking to language in the Federal Wiretap Act and the Stored Communications Act that states there is no violation when the provider of an electronic communication services intercepts or accesses the information. The court rejected this argument, finding that even though the municipality provided the email address to Steinbach, Hostway was the actual provider. The alleged invasion, therefore, was not authorized by statute.
The court's analysis on this third point could have broader implications as more companies turn to cloud computing services rather than hosting those services in-house. In situations where an employer with an in-house provided system has no policy getting the employee's consent to employer access to electronic communications on the system, the employer – as provider of the system – could plausibly argue that such access would be authorized nonetheless. But with the job of providing the services being delegated to a third party, as in the case of a cloud-hosted technology, the scope of this exclusion from liability is narrowed.
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There are tons of articles and proposals out there that tout the benefits of using social media at work to enable communication and collaboration. Companies that are early adopters and embracers of social media for these purposes have learned lessons that can help the rest of us implement social media practices more effectively. These pioneers have help answer some of the questions and arguments against. All the answers are not there, but the dialogue for usage has begun.
If I were to propose social media usage to my own group or department, I would want to have a good picture of how it can be used to help the company meet its business goals. I started exploring this topic a year ago and recently spent the time to develop a brief informational presentation to outline my learning. You can view a .pdf by clicking the image below.
An obvious use for social media in the work place – communicating news
Hopefully the use of social media platforms at work will drive that monthly or quarterly newsletter into extinction. Use of social media platforms as a news delivery tool may provide an more timely effective news channel for employees. Those traditional newsletters that come via email often get shuffled into mail folders or are simply ignored or deleted. I'd like to be able to search for news, past & current, on certain company-wide initiatives via a search engine rather than having to spend 5-10 minutes scratching my head as I wonder where I saw that particular newsletter with the info I'm looking for.
Other uses for social media in an enterprise environment
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A small plane crashed into a Northglenn home Monday afternoon, causing a fire.
The crash happened before 4 p.m. at 11067 East Livingston Drive, authorities said. The pilot was able to walk away from the crash and call 911. The pilot was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, authorities said.
No one was home at the time of impact, North Metro Fire Rescue officials reported.
Neighbor Mike Papp said there was the sound of "buzzing and then a loud boom" when the plane hit the house. The plane flies frequently in that area, towing a banner for Geico insurance, Papp said.
Papp said he knew the family whose home was hit, but not well.
It is unclear what caused the crash.
The fire was extinguished by 4:15 p.m. The fire extended from the second story into the basement, a fire department spokeswoman told 7News.
The NTSB will investigate the crash.
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