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s.sciame wrote:However, wouldn't we also benefit from a burst of speed sometimes to get behind some swimmers to draft, or at the starts to quickly pass slower swimmers in front of us?
It's a good rationale - as is "IM effort" or "race pace" - but rarely do I find someone who actually knows what this pace is and thus simply over-estimates the pace they can truly sustain. Training a lot like this only makes you race like this. Not knowing where that red-line is and how long you can step over it at the start of a race can be disastrous. In the words of double-Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee:
s.sciame wrote:Gerry Rodrigues often recommends, ie practicing some (not much, but some) fast swimming in every session
...we certainly do that in every session also - usually the build set and also some fun open water drills we do will feature some more up-tempo work
s.sciame wrote:- the swimmer has only 3 to 4 times per week available to swim and has to get the most from those sessions.
...all the more reason to focus on what will specifically make the difference. Our CSS Development and Red Mist endurance sessions are what will give you the biggest bang for your buck when you're time limited.
s.sciame wrote:Wouldn't I benefit from some speed development even if I'm distance oriented?
...your perception might be that you're more distance orientated - in fact the reality might be so - but unless you've truly tested this with the 400 / 200 CSS Test you're never truly sure.
s.sciame wrote:As far as I know you currently don't do any speed development training, but you have a swimming background and have always been fast enough, no?
I do speed development work in the same way I highlighted above - build set / OW drills - but it is not a key part of my own program. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s I recall us doing sets of 8 x 100 f/s from a dive on an 8 minute cycle with every one under 58 seconds. Pure speed work with some of the best triathletes on the planet in the lead-up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Did I go better then as a early-20 yo over 1500+ than I do now? Not at all. I'm quicker now. The thought (then) was that this burst of speed would get me on the feet of the really fast guys. The reality was it just made me BRILLIANT at producing masses of lactate but ATROCIOUS at dealing with it. I was never a brilliant sprinter (I'm still poor, relatively), but this methodology - especially when it detracted from the really good work developing sustainable pace - was totally detrimental for my swimming, never mind the knock-on effect on my biking and running.
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First Community Fair a Huge Successby Jim Amidon • August 28, 2006 Share:
More than 60 Crawfordsville businesses, agencies, churches, and volunteer groups turned out Monday for Wabash's first Community Fair. Organized by the staff of the Schroeder Career Center, the Community Fair gave Wabash students, faculty, and staff a chance to better know what Crawfordsville has to offer.
"I'm very excited by the turnout," said Schroeder Career Center Director Scott Crawford, while passing out meal coupons good for Hawg Wild's grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. "I've wanted to do this ever since I came to Wabash. We ask students on the freshman survey what they know about Crawfordsville and we discovered they don't know much.
"This is an excellent way to introduce them to Crawfordsville, its businesses, and its people," added Crawford (pictured with Toni McKinney and Thunder 103.9's Jill Sheridan).
The well-prepared student arrived early, at 11:00 a.m. when the event started. By doing so, giveaways were in great supply. Junior Earl Rooks (left) came by the fieldhouse to shoot some baskets during his lunch hour. When he arrived, the Community Fair was just getting started.
"People just kept giving us free stuff," Rooks said, pointing to his overflowing bag. Many students were carrying anti-tobacco bags bearing the "white lies" ad campaign. As many as six businesses, including National City Bank and Eagle Embroidery, gave away free t-shirts. Applebee's had notepads and certificates for free appetizers.
John Crumpacker, a Wabash alumnus and manager of the soon-to-open Steak-N-Shake franchise near Home Depot, was pleased to be giving away discount and free milk shake coupons. And he's hoping Wabash students will turn out in force when the restaurant opens on September 5.
"I went to Wabash and nearly everything in town closes by midnight so there really wasn't anyplace to go," said Crumpacker (at right).
Becky Hurt, who is a board member of Crawfordsville Main Street and the owner of the Homestead and Whatever stores downtown, hopes to build on the momentum generated at the Community Fair. "I'd like to see us offer discounts to Wabash students on 'Wabash Wednesdays,'" she said. Both of her stores had booths at the fair.
Headliner's, a close-to-campus salon, had free shampoo and conditioner samples plus a bean bag toss with winners getting full-sized bottles of designer hair care products.
In addition to area businesses and stores, volunteer and civic agencies were also involved in the Community Fair. The Friends of Sugar Creek, Habitat for Humanity, and Character Counts! were also on hand to look for volunteers and raise awareness of their programs.
On Saturday, nearly a dozen Wabash students helped work on a Habitat for Humanity home near campus. Former librarian Larry Frye, representing Habitat, was pleased with the initial turnout. "If we can send out an email and get 12 guys to come out, that's great!"
The bowling alley, Turner Lanes, and the movie theater, Capri Cinemas, also came out to demonstrate some of the community's entertainment options.
"We had no idea what to expect, but we're very pleased with the turnout," added Crawford. "We haven't done this before, so for the first time you really don't know what's going to be the response."
National City Bank and Kroger helped underwrite the costs of the lunch, which was free to all members of the Wabash community.


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I know this is the part when I am supposed to write about the content in this article. But I am rendered speechless after reading this. I don't even have a witty and/or snarky comment for this picture. Has the education system truly failed this hard?
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WSJ Analysis: Janet Yellen Most Prescient Forecaster
A WSJ analysis of more than 700 economic predictions between 2009 and 2012 by Fed policymakers shows doves, particularly Janet Yellen, have been the most prescient, while inflation hawks lagged the pack. Jon Hilsenrath explains. Photo: AP.
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... the the ... Federal Reserve dollars have been better predictors of the economy lately ... played by none other than Janet Yellen the Fed's vice chair who is on the shortlist to replace Ben burn Anqi ... that's according to an extensive Journal study which our own John Hills unwrapped is here to explain John good morning ... the morning seven explain explain the site to us what it looked at ... okay well so ... there's been a lot of infighting at the Fed over the last two years that the economy that when inflation is that a cop ... that is easy money policy so we set our right ... let's go through what these officials have actually said that ... and grade them let's see who's been right and who's been wrong ... so we went through hundreds of speeches we ... checks at more than seven hundred individual comments that they've made forecasting inflation growth in unemployment ... and we ranked them we graded them ... and doubt what we found was that Janet Yellen God made the best calls in this recovery ... I she's started out very early on into thousandnine singers can be a disappointing recovery ... and she started out very early on saying inflation was not to be a problem if anything was going to come in under the Fed's two percent target ... she was right ... to sign some of the Fed's talks ... I didn't do as well they were too optimistic about growth in the Mesa mornings bad inflation it didn't bear out wide and Janet Yellen the dry town ... well so that's a good question you know so ... you could argue that she's been lucky ... you could argue that you know she had used on this mentality she's kind of ... that ... is part of her major ... doesn't see much inflation on the horizon ... and as a result the economy played out the way she expects it to play out ... but it could also just a good judgment that year she had a model ... that worked in this case the ice tea and a model that says when there's a lot of slack in the economy when there's a lot of unemployment ... when there's a lot of idle factories you don't get inflation and that model ... more this time around ... you know her fancy water to become the next Fed chair would also say ... she's been right before the end ... she was issuing some warnings in two thousandsix about the housing bubble ... she was talking ... in the air in the nineteen nineties ... you know when you go through transcripts of Fed meetings ... about fraud in financial markets so ... she's made some pretty good calls before ... okay that's that's interesting because the study were talking about here you just look at ... his speeches and protections mainly ... been in the two thousandnine in twenty twelve ... right right okay said we have just we just wanted to do for this study we just wanted to say ... Tuesday to figure out ... who's right who's been wrong ... on the recovery the recovery has been disappointing to a lot of people the Fed ... as an institution is Mason good call so we said ... let's figure out who's been right has been wrong ... we actually started this project months and months ago before this whole ... the succession battle heated up it's not coincidental ... that we finished a project around the time when the succession battle he it how bout that he had gone on for months I was in asking it's been going on down so you obviously probably could include he's not a Fed governor ... Larry Summers but ... to get any sales overall eleven were only looking at that officials have been part of the decision-making process ... Larry Summers and frighten Larry Summers hasn't said much about monetary policy the last few years so ... would be almost impossible to re ... do we have a sense for ... just your opinion John about ... leading up to the financial crisis you mention Janet Yellen she made sense impression calls about housing bubble ... and also some smart commentary in the nineties ... ITE thing in in in you were initial reporting on Larry Summers to ... compare against others it is it too soon ... well you know were to work I'm at work trying to figure out his record ... the eight he has spoken much it's mostly been behind closed doors ... IPO in these private audience is that he's been paid to go speak to ... and where we're truck still trying to figure out I mean I think ... he's seen it ... in a lot of circles is been more skeptical of the Fed's easy money policies ... but I really can't say that at this point okay what the director shows how will be


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AN ASSOCIATION that works to improve Welsh-medium education for pupils has criticised one of the UK's largest examining bodies as it looks to get pupils work translated from Welsh to English for marking.
Parents for Welsh Medium Education, RhAG, has criticised the examining body, Edexcel, which is looking for people to translate Welsh pupils' exam papers from Welsh into English so that they can be marked by non-Welsh speaking examiners.
Further criticism has come as an English company has been awarded the contract.
RhAG Development Officer, Ceri Owen, said: "This is a scandal, in what other country would it be deemed acceptable that translated work is examined rather than the original?
"They should have the same conditions as their contemporaries who study through the medium of English, where there is no interference in the original work."
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Hope has been in short supply lately — the murder of a diplomat in Libya, the ongoing savagery in Syria, Iran's apparent march toward nuclear weaponry, Midwest drought, climate change, the pain of the unemployed — the list is long.
In the midst of my melancholy over these and other troubles, I had decided — with very mixed feelings — to remove my yellow "Support a cure" bracelet. Lance Armstrong's decision not to contest doping allegations had been a downer for a cancer survivor like me, and I'm sure for others.
But then I noticed another bracelet I'd been wearing for years but pretty much forgotten about: a purple one with the word "Hope." The word hit me like a lightening flash. There was, in fact, much to be hopeful about, for me personally and the rest of humanity.
Freedom and democracy are advancing on the globe, albeit gradually. Scourges such as AIDS and malaria are being checked. Aung San Suu Kyi sits freely in Myanmar's parliament, American students do millions of hours of volunteer work at home and abroad. Curiosity is exploring Mars.
Yes, you can either sing Louis Armstrong's "It's a Wonderful World" or "Me and my shadow, all alone and feeling blue." The glass of life will always be either half empty or half full. But hope has transformative power to make the darks and lights of life — the sol y sombre — always more lightsome.
A few years ago, after giving a lecture on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I was discussing the issue with a sensitive, idealistic student. I told her I might not live to see a peace agreement between the two peoples. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes and I was struck by the power of my momentary pessimism. I am, in fact, optimistic that peace will come, though we have miles to go before it arrives.
The Jewish community is in the midst of the "Days of Awe," the 10-day period between the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, which began Sunday evening, and the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, beginning Tuesday at sundown. Rosh Hashanah marks "the birth of the world," a time when the Jewish community celebrates creation in all its wondrous grandeur and renews its optimism for a good and sweet year ahead. It also begins a period of introspection when Jews like myself assess how well they've lived during the past year. That examination should include asking yourself how much hope you've generated.
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Trace Evidence Recovery Guidelines by SWGMAT Evidence Committee (FSC, October 1999)
October 1999 - Volume 1 - Number 3
Trace Evidence Recovery Guidelines
Scientific Working Group on Materials Analysis
Evidence Committee
January 1998 Revision
1.0. Scope
2.0. Significance and Use
3.0. Documentation
4.0. Contamination and Loss
5.0. Detection, Collection, and Preservation Techniques
6.0. Site and Special Collection Considerations
7.0. Evidence Security
8.0. Training Requirements for Trace Evidence Collection Personnel
9.0. Referenced Documents
10.0. Bibliography
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1.0. Scope
This guide describes procedures and techniques for the documentation, detection, collection, and preservation of trace evidence from crime scenes, individuals, and items submitted to the laboratory for examination.
2.0. Significance and Use
Locard's Exchange Principle states that whenever two objects come into contact, a transfer of material will occur (1). Trace evidence that is transferred can be used to associate objects, individuals, or locations.
2.1. The integrity and significance of trace material as associative evidence relies on proper detection, collection, and preservation.
2.2. An understanding of the transfer and persistence of trace evidence will assist the examiner in interpreting the significance of the analytical results.
3.0. Documentation
3.1. When a case is initiated, a file specific for that case must be created to contain the case documentation for the length of time required by the prevailing laws and nonconflicting agency policy.
3.2. Documentation of questioned and known trace evidence collection, whether done in a laboratory or at a scene, must include permanent notes about
a. date (and time, when appropriate) of the collection,
b. name of person or persons collecting the evidence,
c. a descriptive listing of item or items collected,
d. a unique identifier for each item collected such as an item number and case number, and
e. location of each item (documented by notes, sketches, measurements, photographs, or a combination of these).
3.3. The chain of custody for each item must be initiated upon collection and maintained until final disposition.
3.4. Recommended procedures for documenting and labeling physical evidence are outlined in ASTM Standard E 1459-92, Standard Guide for Physical Evidence Labeling and Related Documentation (9.2), and Standard E 1492-92, Standard Practice for Receiving, Documenting, Storing, and Retrieving Evidence in a Forensic Science Laboratory (3).
3.5. The principles of record initiation, maintenance, storage, and security are fundamentally the same for evidence collections within the laboratory and collections that may begin at a site remote from the laboratory.
4.0. Contamination and Loss
4.1. When collecting or examining items, care must be taken to prevent contamination and loss of trace materials.
4.2. If a case involves disciplines other than trace evidence, the involved examiners should confer before any work is undertaken. Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, the trace evidence should be collected and preserved prior to other examinations.
4.3. General principles and practices to avoid evidence contamination and loss, applicable to both laboratory and nonlaboratory settings, include the following:
4.3.1. Contact between items and personnel before the appropriate trace evidence has been secured should be restricted.
4.3.2. Appropriate protective apparel, such as laboratory coats and disposable gloves, must be worn to prevent contamination from the clothing of the examiner. The apparel must be changed as necessary to avoid contamination or transfer between evidentiary items, locations, and personnel.
4.3.3. Items being collected for trace evidence examination must be handled as little as possible to minimize loss of the trace evidence and to limit exposure of the items to contaminants.
4.3.4. Collect, package, and seal items individually in appropriate packaging. Keep items in a secure, sealed package until the item is processed in a controlled environment.
4.3.5. Equipment and work surfaces used during collection and examination must be cleaned in an appropriate manner before processing begins and as often as necessary during processing to prevent contamination.
4.3.6. Adhesive lift materials (used for collection, storage, or both) must be maintained in a manner to avoid contamination. Caution should be used to prevent tape edges from contacting any uncleaned surfaces.
4.3.7. Evidence examination areas should have adequate lighting, easily cleaned surfaces, and a physical environment designed to restrict excessive air currents, static electricity, and general foot traffic.
4.3.8. The examination of questioned and known items for trace evidence must be conducted separately in different locations, at different times, or both, to prevent contamination. It is recommended that questioned items with the most probative value be examined first.
4.3.9. Any contact, condition, or situation that could cause contamination or otherwise compromise the trace evidence examination must be documented and communicated between the laboratory analyst or analysts and the submitter.
5.0. Detection, Collection, and Preservation Techniques
5.1. When selecting detection, collection, and preservation methods and the processing sequence, consider the circumstances of the case, ambient conditions, the discriminatory power of the different techniques, and the need to preserve or collect other types of evidence.
5.2. Record the techniques used for detection, collection, and preservation of the evidentiary items and the location from which they are removed.
5.3. Methods used for detecting trace evidence include but are not limited to general visual searches; visual searches assisted by different types of illumination, such as oblique lighting and alternate light sources (UV, laser, high intensity); and visual searches assisted by magnification.
5.4. Trace evidence recovery or collection techniques used should be the most direct and least intrusive technique or techniques practical. Collection techniques include picking, lifting, scraping, vacuum sweeping, combing, and clipping.
5.4.1. Picking. Trace evidence may be separated from an item by using clean forceps or other implements. The collected samples should be immediately protected against loss or contamination.
5.4.2. Lifting. An adhesive-bearing substrate such as tape is repeatedly and firmly patted or rolled over the item causing loosely adhering trace evidence to stick to the tape. Do not overload the tape. The collected lifts are typically placed on a transparent backing (e.g., clear plastic sheeting, glass slides, and clear plastic or glass petri dishes). This protects against contamination and permits samples to be easily viewed and removed for further comparison.
5.4.3. Scraping. A clean spatula or similar tool is used to dislodge trace evidence from an item onto a collection surface such as clean paper. The collected debris is immediately packaged in a manner to avoid sample loss. This technique is most often conducted within the laboratory in a controlled environment that reduces the risk of contamination or loss of the trace evidence.
5.4.4. Vacuum Sweeping. A vacuum cleaner equipped with a filter trap is used to recover trace evidence from an item or area. The filter and its contents should be immediately packaged to avoid sample loss. The appropriate vacuum parts, filter, and trap must be changed and rigorously cleaned between each vacuuming to avoid contamination. Consider using this method subsequent to other collection techniques as it is indiscriminate and may result in the collection of a large amount of extraneous material.
5.4.5. Combing. A clean comb or brush is used to recover trace evidence from the hair of an individual. The combing device and collected debris from the hair should be packaged together.
5.4.6. Clipping. Trace evidence can be recovered from fingernails by nail clipping, scraping, or both. Fingernails may be clipped with clean scissors or clippers and packaged in clean paper. Fingernails may be scraped with a clean implement to collect debris from under the fingernails. Package the collected debris and the scraping device as one unit, typically in clean paper. Commonly, fingernails from the right and left hands are packaged separately. This does not preclude the collection of each or any nail separately from all others, such as a nail with obvious damage.
5.5. Appropriate preservation and packaging of trace evidence and items to be examined for trace evidence will vary. Appropriate packaging must prevent loss or contamination of the trace evidence.
5.5.1. All evidence packages must be properly sealed in a manner to prevent tampering and eliminate loss or contamination of the trace evidence through open edges.
5.5.2. Small or loose trace evidence must be secured in clean, unused primary containers such as paper packets or petri dishes. The primary container should then be appropriately secured in an envelope or paper bag.
5.5.3. Large items, such as whole garments, should preferably be sealed individually in clean, unused packaging.
5.5.4. Clothing and other items that are wet must be air dried as soon as possible, without exposure to heat or sunlight, in a secured area in a manner that will prevent loss or contamination of trace evidence. An arrangement to collect any trace evidence that may fall from the item during drying should be used.
5.5.5. Small or manageable items at a crime scene that bear visible, firmly attached trace evidence should be documented, packaged intact, and transported to the laboratory for examination.
5.5.6. Items at a crime scene that bear visible but easily lost trace evidence or items that are impractical to transport should be documented and the trace evidence collected by an appropriate technique.
6.0. Site and Special Collection Considerations
6.1. Personnel responsible for the detection and collection of trace evidence should be aware of the applicable laws governing search warrants, searches, and seizures within their jurisdiction.
6.2. Personnel should be aware that various types of evidence will be present during the processing of a crime scene or the examination of items submitted to the laboratory. Some types of evidence other than trace evidence may be more significant to a particular case and therefore should be given higher priority.
6.3. Representative known samples of an item, sufficient to represent all variations that may be present within that item, should be collected for comparison with the questioned trace evidence. The areas from which these samples are collected must be documented.
6.4. Patterned marks or impressions may be encountered and may require additional documentation and collection procedures such as 1:1 scale photography. Enhancement techniques such as oblique lighting or powder dusting and preservation techniques such as adhesive lifting or casting should be considered.
6.5. The possibility of physically matching a fractured, broken, torn, or cut portion of an object to its source should always be considered. The entire questioned item and possible source item should be collected, protecting the edges from further deformation. When the possibility of a physical match exists, one should not overlook the necessity of maintaining all items separately to prevent contamination.
7.0. Evidence Security
7.1. Trace evidence shall remain in secure, controlled-access areas, protected from loss, damage, or contamination. It must have a documented and continuous chain of custody from the time of evidence collection until the time the evidence is admitted into court or the case has been disposed and the evidence is no longer needed.
7.2. The security and integrity of evidence is the responsibility of all persons who may identify, collect, package, store, transport, or examine evidentiary items.
7.3. Procedures and techniques for the identification, storage, and retrieval of evidence in a forensic science laboratory are outlined in ASTM Standard Practice E 1492-92, Standard Practice for Receiving, Documenting, Storing, and Retrieving Evidence in a Forensic Science Laboratory.
8.0. Training Requirements for Trace Evidence Collection Personnel
8.1. The responsibility of trace evidence collection may be assigned to personnel of varying occupations and levels of expertise such as crime scene technicians, law enforcement personnel, and medical personnel. These personnel must be trained in trace evidence detection, collection, and preservation techniques.
8.2. Training should include but not be limited to the record-keeping protocol of the agency; crime scene search techniques; rules of evidence handling; safety concerns of evidence handling and detection techniques; legal aspects of search warrants, seizures, and evidence recovery; chain-of-custody requirements; storage of physical evidence; the detection, collection, and preservation methods used for trace evidence; contamination prevention; and the significance of trace evidence analysis results.
9.0. Referenced Documents
1. Locard, E. The analysis of dust traces. Part I. American Journal of Police Science (1930) 1:276-298.
2. ASTM E 1459-92: Standard Guide for Physical Evidence Labeling and Related Documentation. American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
3. ASTM E 1492-92: Standard Practice for Receiving, Documenting, Storing, and Retrieving Evidence in a Forensic Science Laboratory. American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
10.0. Bibliography
Ashcroft, C. M., Evans, S., and Tebbett, I. R. The persistence of fibres in head hair, Journal of the Forensic Science Society (1988) 28:289–293.
ASTM E 1610-94: Standard Guide for Forensic Paint Analysis and Comparison. American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Chable, J., Roux, C., and Lennard, C. Collection of fiber evidence using water-soluble cellophane tape, Journal of Forensic Sciences (1994) 39:1520–1527.
Choudhry, M. Y. A novel technique for the collection and recovery of foreign fibers in forensic case work, Journal of Forensic Sciences (1988) 33:249–253.
Committee of Forensic Hair Comparison. Preliminary report, Crime Laboratory Digest (1985) 12:50–59.
De Forest, P. R., Gaensslen, R. E., and Lee, H. C. Forensic Science: An Introduction to Criminalistics. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1983.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Handbook of Forensic Science. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1994, pp. 14–19, 65–66.
Fisher, B. A. J., Svensson, A., and Wendel, O. Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, 4th ed. Elsevier, New York, 1987.
Flinn, L. Collection of fiber evidence using a roller device and adhesive lifts, Journal of Forensic Sciences (1992) 37:106.
Fox, R. H. and Cunningham, C. L. Crime Scene Search and Physical Evidence Handbook. United States Department of Justice, 1973, pp. 14–46.
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 11, 1942, William Matthews earned a BA from Yale University and an MA from the University of North Carolina.
During his lifetime he published eleven books of poetry, including Time & Money (1996), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Selected Poems and Translations 1969-1991 (1992); Blues If You Want (1989); A Happy Childhood (1984); Rising and Falling (1979); Sticks and Stones (1975); and Ruining the New Road (1970). Collections published posthumously include Search Party: Collected Poems, edited by his son Sebastian Matthews and Stanley Plumly (Houghton Mifflin, 2004) and After All: Last Poems (1998). He was also the author of a book of essays entitled Curiosities (1989).
William Matthews served as president of Associated Writing Programs and of the Poetry Society of America, and as a member and chair of the Literature Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts. He received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Ingram Merrill foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, and in April 1997 he was awarded the Ruth Lilly Prize. He taught at several schools, including Wells College, Cornell University, the University of Colorado, and the University of Washington. At the time of his death he was a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at New York's City College. He died of a heart attack on November 12, 1997, the day after his fifty-fifth birthday.
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After All: Last Poems (1998)
Time & Money: New Poems (1995)
Selected Poems & Translations, 1969-1991 (1992)
Blues If You Want (1989)
Foreseeable Futures (1987)
A Happy Childhood (1984)
Flood (1982)
Rising and Falling (1979)
Stick and Stones (1975)
An Oar in the Old Water (1974)
Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems (1972)
The Cloud (1971)
Ruining the New Road (1970)
Broken Syllables (1969)
The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (1995)
A World Rich in Anniversaries: Prose Poems, (1979)
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Indiana's rapidly expanding voucher program, which
funnels millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools, now funds some
Christian schools that teach creationism or intelligent design.
Laws and court rulings limit what the state's public and charter schools can
teach in science classes based on separation of church and state challenges.
But the curricula of private schools that enroll voucher students haven't
reached the courtroom.
The rapid growth of the program opens the door to an unanswered question:
Can local private schools continue to teach intelligent design and
creationism with state-funded voucher money flowing into the schools?
Experts tell The Journal Gazette the issue will have to be addressed in
Data released by the Department of Education show a second year of growth
for the state's voucher program, which allows families to redirect tax
dollars from public schools to private schools.
Students attending private schools received $81 million of state-funded
vouchers for the 2013-14 school year, but it's unknown how much goes to
schools that teach creationism or similar doctrine.
Five Fort Wayne area Christian schools that confirmed students are taught
creationism or intelligent design, or included curriculum information on
their websites stating that they do not teach evolution, received a combined
$3.9 million in state-funded vouchers.
The Choice Scholarship Program - more commonly called the voucher program -
has grown from 3,911 students statewide in 2011-12, the first year of the
program, to 19,809 students for the 2013-14 school year, according to
Indiana Department of Education data.
Supporters of the program say the vouchers provide students an opportunity
to attend the school of their choice, rather than being restricted to the
neighborhood public school.
Opponents of the program argue vouchers unfairly direct money away from
public schools and into primarily religious institutions.
"If we allow private schools to receive taxpayer money and still use these
religious texts, are we then also changing the rules of the game?" Indiana
University professor Suzanne Eckes asked.
Department of Education officials did not respond to calls or emails asking
for a comment about vouchers and private schools teaching creationism.
Evolution is taught in public schools as "an explanation of the history of
life on Earth and the similarities among organisms that exist today,"
according to curriculum listed on the Indiana Department of Education's
Learning Connection website.
Several Indiana private schools are listed on CreationistVouchers.com, a
website opposing the teaching of creationism in schools that receive
taxpayer money.
Some schools continue to use creationism and intelligent design textbooks
for reading, history and science courses, according to curriculum and school
missions posted on school websites.
Curriculum for Central Christian School, a Fort Wayne private school that
received more than $328,000 in state-funded vouchers during the 2013-14
school year, includes several faith-based texts used by students in
kindergarten through eighth grade, according to the school's website.
Julie Smith, school administrator at Central Christian, said her staff works
hard to look at all aspects of a child's growth.
A Beka, a publisher of Christian curriculum, and Purposeful Design,
Christian textbooks for math and science classes, have been part of
students' education and continue to be, she said.
Smith said she has not heard any backlash from parents of voucher students
regarding the faith-based curriculum but said parents know what to expect
when sending their children to Central Christian School.
A second Fort Wayne school, Blackhawk Christian School, received more than
$874,000 in vouchers this year for students enrolled at the elementary and
junior-senior high school.
Mark Harmon, secondary principal at Blackhawk Christian, said the school
teaches concepts of evolution but not as the only truth.
Horizon Christian Academy leaders said students are taught both evolution
and creationism, but the school supports creationism.
Eckes, who teaches educational law and policy at Indiana University, said
there are many implications of the voucher program that have yet to be
challenged - including the curriculum of private schools. "We can't teach
(creationism) in a science class at a public school or a charter school, but
now we're giving money to voucher schools who are doing that? Is that how we
envisioned vouchers to work?" she asked.
State legislation concerning creationism in a public school has already been
addressed twice by the U.S. Supreme Court, Eckes said.
In Epperson v. Arkansas in 1968, the court invalidated a prohibition on
evolution instruction because it violated the Establishment Clause of the
First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Similarly, in Edwards v. Aguillard in 1987, the court struck down
legislation in Louisiana requiring that creationism and evolution receive
equal attention in a public school.
In 2005, a federal district court ruled in Kitzmiller v. Dover that
intelligent design is not scientific and teaching it in public schools is
therefore unconstitutional.
The judge concluded that introducing intelligent design was a route for
religious opponents of evolution to get their beliefs introduced into Dover,
Pa., schools and to have evolution removed, according to court documents.
Yet private schools, vouchers and issues of church and state remain so far
untouched, experts said.
In March 2013, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the state could expand the
voucher program because the money is going to families who can use the
vouchers as they wish, rather than directly to the schools. The state then
removed the cap on the number of slots available for the program.
, making it easier for low-income families to apply for - and receive -
As the program continued to expand, so too did the number of schools
accepting voucher students.
During 2011-12, the first year of the program, 241 schools statewide
participated. That number increased to 289 for the 2012-13 school year and
313 for the 2013-14 school year.
Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church
and State, said most people don't disapprove of vouchers on principle.
"But when you look at what's being taught . and what vouchers are supporting
through monies that would otherwise be going to public schools, it starts to
bother people who were neutral about the issue," he said.
Lynn said one example is private schools that continue to teach creationism,
despite having dozens, if not hundreds, of students enrolled with
state-funded vouchers.
"If this were a public school or a charter school that was teaching
creationism, I cannot imagine a court would allow it to continue," he said.
But bringing a case against private schools that continue to teach
creationism and intelligent design could be difficult, some experts say.
Charlie Russo, a University of Dayton law professor who has studied voucher
programs, said perhaps the greatest challenge could be getting the issue
into a courtroom. Russo said although it takes only one person to file a
lawsuit, the courts can be selective about who that person must be.
"It becomes an issue of standing, a question that courts go back and forth
on. Do I have standing as a taxpayer to challenge it?" Russo said. "That's
not a slam-dunk question. It depends on how it's framed to the court."
A parent of a student in one of the schools would have a good chance of
winning a court case, he said.
"I don't see this practice surviving a serious challenge," Russo said. "To
apply these relatively clear principles - can you use public money to
essentially pay for what is religious indoctrination - and the answer is
pretty clearly no."
However, parents willing to speak against the school where they have chosen
to send their child would be unusual, he added.
"It's a slippery slope, so now the question is, when and where does it
start?" Russo said.
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The Surfing Walk of Fame held its 18th annual induction ceremony last week during the U.S. Open of Surfing, welcoming six new members who made their mark in the surfing world.
They're still making a mark, and I'm not just talking about the granite squares embedded on the sidewalk in front of Jack's with their names on them.
I'm talking about the blood inductee Bill Fury left on the sidewalk.
Fury, the Local Hero inductee, was the first to step in front of the microphone Thursday morning to greet the crowd, which included basketball Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton, gathered at Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street.
Fury, known for his noseriding ability, drawn-out bottom turns and stylish cutbacks in the 1960s, regaled the crowd with stories from the past and promised more would be revealed when he completes his book, "It's a Secret."
When he finished, Fury, in his 70s and a victim of a stroke nearly 20 years ago, sat down in a flimsy folding chair on the edge of the stage. The chair's back legs slipped off the stage and sent Fury backward and onto the ground.
The glass trophy Fury was holding shattered and cut his arm. Fury was helped up, but this wasn't his first wipeout. Fury immediately climbed back on stage and grabbed the microphone from program director Peter Townend.
Apparently, the fall reminded Fury of a wipeout he had back in the day.
"I hit the pier and came down with the board under my arm," Fury said. "I hit the pilings like a pinball machine, but I came out a better surfer."
Such is the spirit of the surfers who were inducted, a class Townend called "one of the greatest we've ever had. It covers a wide depth of surf culture all the way back to the '50s."
Townend also paid tribute to Gordie Duane, a legendary Huntington Beach surfboard shaper and member of the Hole in the Wall Gang surf team, which was inducted into the Walk of Fame. Duane, 80, passed away July 27.
Following Fury on stage were Woman of the Year inductees Debbie Beacham and Kathy Kohner Zuckerman, who is better known by her nickname, "Gidget."
"I was in a Navy family and we moved around a lot," Beacham said. "I watched 'Gidget,' so I said to myself, when we move back to California, I'm going to surf. When I rode my first wave, I never looked back."
So true. Beacham was one of the best women's surfers throughout the 1970s and into the early '80s, winning a world title in 1982. After retiring from the tour in 1984, she made sure that girls and women could follow in her footsteps, working hard in the organizing and promoting of women's surfing.
Kohner's story is widely known, the little girl — girl midget = Gidget — who took to the waves with the boys in Malibu in 1956 and began journaling her experiences. Her writer father, Frederick Kohner, turned it into a best-selling novel, which became a movie starring Sandra Dee, and then the TV show starring Sally Field.
Interestingly, Kohner said she "quit surfing" at 18 before getting back in the water recently at the urging of some friends.
"And I was able to get up," she gleamed. "Once a surfer, always a surfer."
The Surfing Culture inductee was Dick Dale, a member of the Del-Tones and known as the "King of the Surf Guitar." Dale's first album, "Surfers' Choice," sold more than 80,000 copies, and the album cover featured a picture of Dale surfing.
"He was the real deal," Townend said when introducing Dale. "He wasn't like the Beach Boys; he surfed."
"In 1955, my buddy and I wanted to check out the gals, so we rode our motorcycles to Huntington Beach," Dale said. "I had a 1941 Harley Davidson Flathead. But we got kicked out. We came back again in a car, and we got kicked out again. The cop said we couldn't sleep in our car."
Dale, who said he lived on 13th Street in downtown Huntington, soon began playing his guitar in a roller rink in the spot where Duke's is now.
Skip Frye, inducted as the Surf Pioneer, was successful competing in contests and won the 1967 Laguna Masters. But he really made his mark as a shaper, coming to a revelation on a trip to Australia.
Frye noticed how the Aussies were maneuvering so well on smaller, 8-foot, wide-backed boards, and when he got back stateside, he became the first Californian to incorporate the Australian-invented V-bottom into his designs.
Now living in San Diego, Frye was amazed at what he saw in Huntington last week.
"I haven't been here since the '60s," he said. "Seeing what's happened, oh my goodness! What a spectacle!"
Now approaching 70, Frye still gets in the water, and in fact took a trip to Costa Rica not too long ago with Rob Machado, who was inducted as the Surf Champion.
Machado has won in Huntington Beach numerous times and been a force on the World Tour for years, yet expressed humility to be included in this year's class.
"I don't feel like I belong up here," Machado said. "It's quite the cast. To be included with this group is mindboggling."
Machado, who has a budding career as a musician, had a memory that involved Dale.
"I was in a punk band and we opened for you," Machado said as he looked at Dale. "We were in a back alley before the show when you pulled up and got on stage, and I was like, 'Yeah. All right.'"
Machado was eliminated from competition in the early rounds of this year's U.S. Open, but you could never tell by looking at him. He still got the chance to be among some of surfing's greats and got in the water throughout the week with the "Surf All-Stars."
Machado, who has been in numerous surf films and on magazine covers, summed it up perfectly in closing.
"It's about the glide," he said. "It's all about the glide."
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NEW ORLEANS - Though "An Evening with Jim Ross" is billed as a one-man show, anyone who caught his shows in New Orleans on Thursday night were treated to the appearance by some very special guests. At the early show, legendary manager Jim Cornette made an appearance. And at the second, Good Ol' JR was joined by no less than Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Ross has been touring the show for the past year (a show in Toronto has been announced for May 9, the day before Ring of Honor's upcoming date), which is his personal reflections of a life spent in the wrestling business.
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His time in WCW was quickly recapped, as was his 20+ year stint in WWE. For those, he kept his stories to a minimum during his prepared comments, and rather touched on most of those times during the last 90 minutes, which was an open Q&A session.
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JOHNSON CITY (July 16, 2012) – ETSU men's basketball head coach Murry Bartow announced Monday that the Buccaneers have completed their 2012-13 recruiting class.
Bartow said Providence College transfer Ron Giplaye (Lowell, Mass.) and true freshman Yunio Barrueta (Miami, Fla.) have both signed scholarship papers with the Bucs, and the pair represent the final two additions to the team's roster for next season. Barrueta is already on campus and taking part in team workouts, while Giplaye will arrive in Johnson City for the start of the fall semester.
Barrueta will be eligible to play this season, while Giplaye must sit out a year after transferring from Providence, a Big East Conference school. The Bucs were in need of signing two additional players after junior college transfer Charles Hammork (New Orleans) was unable to meet the NCAA's academic eligibility requirements.
"We are very pleased with the way we are wrapping up this recruiting class," Bartow said. "With Charles not working out for us, we were left with two open spots. We think both Ron and Yunio will be able to help us."
During his sophomore season at Providence, Giplaye – a 6-foot-6, 230-pound forward – played in 26 games and started in 12 contests for the Friars. He averaged 1.3 points and 2.0 rebounds a game, while shooting 46 percent from the floor. During his prep career, Giplaye averaged 18 points and 13 rebounds at Notre Dame Prep, where his team finished as the fifth-ranked squad in the nation in 2009-10.
"He's a big body and should definitely help us on the interior," Bartow said. "He played in the Big East, so he obviously has high major talent. His greatest strength is his ability to rebound and defend the post."
Barrueta, a 6-foot-4, 213-pound swingman, was born in Cuba but moved to the United States with his family at the age of five. He proceeded to develop into a talented high school player, averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds during his senior season while leading Hialeah Gardens to the Florida 8A state championship.
"Yunio played 8A basketball in Florida, which is the highest level in that state, and his team won the state title," Bartow said of the first-team All-Dade County selection. "That says something to put up the numbers he did as a senior at that level. He's very athletic and can score the basketball. In many ways he reminds us of a Mike Smith-type player with a lot of grit and tenacity on both ends of the floor."
Giplaye and Barrueta join junior college transfers Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard (Georgetown, S.C.) and Hunter Harris (Nashville), as well as high school guards Mario Stramaglia (Birmingham, Ala.) and Lorenzo "Petey" McClain (Mobile, Ala.) as the six players comprising the team's 2012-13 recruiting class.
For more on ETSU men's basketball throughout the summer months and during the off season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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Catholic peacemaker Jim Harney, who promoted justice for the world's poor through photography, lectures and retreats throughout the U.S. and Canada, died Dec. 26 after a protracted bout with brain cancer.
The 68-year-old former Catholic priest first gained notoriety as one of the Milwaukee 14, a group of priests and faith-based peace activists who burned some 10,000 Selective Service records with homemade napalm in a Sept. 24, 1968, protest against the Vietnam War.
Beginning in the 1980s, Harney lived and visited much of Latin America, the Caribbean and Iraq to document photographically the impact of economic globalization and war on the world's poor. He also has led retreats for people seeking to tie together the work for justice and their faith life.
Most recently he was an artist in residence at Posibilidad in Bangor, Maine, a nonprofit center which seeks to engage people in conversation about those excluded from society.
Harney is being remembered by justice advocates as a wise elder whose concern for the struggles of poor people will continue to serve as an inspiration in their work.


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- 2006
- Moral Orel, Shadow Machine Films, Williams Street
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- Moral Orel Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Orel Puppington, Coach Stopframe, Sal Figurelli, Principal Fakey, Miss Censorda1ll, Bloberta Puppington, Nurse Blinkless, Miss Sculptham, Billy Figurelli, Shapey Puppington, Block Posabule, Reverend Putty, Clay Puppington, Doughy, Tommy, Joe, Mrs. Littler, Mr. Littler, Special Ed Student.
- Vocal Talent: Carolyn Lawrence (Orel Puppington), Jay Johnston (Coach Stopframe, Sal Figurelli, Principal Fakey, Miss Censordall, Joe), Britta Phillips (Bloberta Puppington, Nurse Blinkless, Miss Sculptham, Tommy), Dino Stamatopoulos (Billy Figurelli, Special Ed Student), Tigger Stamatopoulos (Shapey Puppington, Block Posabule), William Salyers (Reverend Putty, Mr. Littler), Scott Adsit (Clay Puppington, Doughy, Mrs. Littler).
- Directed By Chris McKay & Dino Stamatopoulos.
- Produced By Corey Campodonico.
Executive Producer: Dino Stamatopoulos.
Co-Executive Producers: Scott Adsit, Jay Johnston.
Associate Producer: Eric Blyler.
Line Producers: Victoria L. Howard, Jeanine Rohn.
- Animated By Cameron Baity, Christopher Calvi, Melissa Goodwin, John Harvatine IV, Liz Harvatine, Josh Jennings, Martin Jimenez, Pete Levin, Matthew Manning, Ethan Marek, Kelly Mazurowski, Sarah E. Meyer, Tennessee Reid Norton, Thomas R. Smith, Eric Towner, Michael Wolfe.
Stop-Motion Animators: Eileen K. Kohlhepp, Tennessee Reid Norton.
- Written By Dino Stamatopoulos.
- Music By Mark Rivers.
Assistant Editor: Shaun Paul Piccinino.
- Edited By Chris McKay.
- Director of Photography: Jeff Gardner.
- Production Design: Jed Hathaway.
- Property Designer: Joe Schmidt.
- Production Illustrator: Brad Vancata.
- Additional Scenic: Tim Geisen, Clark James, Kurt Zendler.
- Visual Effects: Chris McKay.
- Lighting Technician: Drex Reed.
- Puppet Costumer: Amy Wulfing.
- Post-Production Coordinator: Jason Lassen.
- Additional Carpenter: Ronny Wormser.
- Puppet Fabricators: Thomas Smith, Rebecca Stillman, Amy Wulfing.
- Production Associate: Mike Fasolo.
- Additional Production Assistants: Ryan Colston, Feldo Nartapura.
- Interns: Eric Dubrae, Christine Sandoval, Michael Stiles.
- Insurance: Marc E. Spivey.
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When Orel's friend Tommy does poorly in Reverend Putty's science class, the boy is put into "special education."
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WHOI scientist Pat Lohmann removes a core drilled from a living coral during a recent field expedition to Palau, a remote coral reef archipelago in the far western Pacific. The core can be thought of as a biopsy that reveals how the coral is reacting to climate changes, in particular, ocean warming and acidification. Palau is a coral reef system currently studied by Anne Cohen's lab. (Photo by Anne Cohen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
The WHOI Scientific Diving Program: 60 Years of Excellence
Diving operations at the Woods Hole Oceanographic and aboard Institution vessels are governed by the WHOI Diving Program.
The WHOI Diving Program currently supports approximately 50 divers representing all major WHOI departments. This pool of divers, a source of diving assistance for a wide range of special projects, can be contacted through the WHOI Diving Safety Officer (DSO).
Area of Operations
Global. WHOI Divers utilize a multitude of diving techniques for their operations around the world.
- Archaeology in Greece
- Climate Change & Coral in Bermuda
- Oceanography in the Arctic
- Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory
WHOI diving supports Open-Circuit SCUBA, Closed Circuit Rebreathers and Surface Supplied diving systems to meet the requirements of approved scientific missions.
The Diving Program can supply high & low pressure compressed breathing air, nitrox, scuba cylinders, weight belts, and lead weights. While visiting scientists are expected to supply the rest of their gear, a limited amount of other equipment, such as regulators, buoyancy compensators, wetsuits, small high pressure air compressors, etc. may be available with prior notification. We have a modest scuba repair facility and can repair certain brands of regulators, buoyancy compensators, visually inspect cylinders, and calibrate depth gauges.
It should be noted that WHOI does not currently have a recompression chamber.
Certification is available in the following areas for persons who have a scientific need to dive: basic and advanced scuba (NAUI, AAUS), first aid (National Safety Council), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (American Heart Association), Oxygen Administration in Diving Accidents (Divers Alert Network), dry suit diving, computer diving, lightweight surface-supplied diving (Diving Systems International dive control system, Superlite helmet, KMB band mask), and open sea multiple tether diving ('bluewater'). Prospective divers are advised that the local environment is challenging, including limited visibility (normal range 3 feet to 12 feet, extremes from 0 feet to 25 feet), currents (normal maximum current off the Institution pier is 1.5 knots, may be >3.5 knots in Vineyard Sound), a wide seasonal temperature variation (ocean range 28 degrees F in winter to 77 degrees F in summer, air range -10 to 90 Fahrenheit), and seasonally heavy boat traffic.
Rules and regulations concerning diving policy are developed, interpreted, and reviewed by the Diving Control Board (DCB), which is comprised of the Institution Safety Officer, six experienced scientific divers, and the DSO. The DSO has operational authority for the Diving Program and is responsible for the enforcement of diving safety regulations, conduct of diver training, approval of dive plans and equipment, the compiling and storage of diving-related records and information, and the maintenance of Institution-owned diving gear.
Divers must be authorized by the Institution's DSO or DCB before commencing any diving operations under WHOI auspices. WHOI is an organizational member of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences. For information specific to diving operations from WHOI research vessels, see the Shipboard Diving section.
Ed O'Brien
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Phone: (508) 289-2239
Fax: (508) 457-2195
David Fisichella
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|JSC2006-E-43325 (October 2006) --- Computer-generated artist's rendering of the International Space Station following scheduled activities of Oct. 10, 2006. This angle shows the starboard side view of the orbiting complex. Soyuz 13 (TMA-9) relocates from the Zvezda Service Module aft port to the Zarya Module nadir port. Progress 22 resupply vehicle remains docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment.
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Master's thesis: Algae and Cyanobacteria of Selected Subaerial Habitats in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., and Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Bachelor's thesis: Microvegetation of the top of Roraima Tepui, with emphasis on the order Desmidiales.
Advisor: Jan "Hanys" Kaštovský [3]
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Johansen, J.R., K. Fučíková, M.H. Fitzpatrick, and R.L. Lowe. 2005. The red algal genus Rhodospora (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America. Journal of Phycology 41:1281-1283.
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The life and work of Jara Cimrman ("Cimrmanology") - I have attended numerous seminars given by the greatest authorities in the field and am familiar with most of the known materials about this Czech playwright, poet, composer, teacher, traveler, philosopher, inventor, detective and sportsman of the 19th and early 20th century. For some basic info, click on the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1ra_da_Cimrman
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Apple is being sued by a state-run animation studio in China over apps that contain unlicensed material from the studio. Shanghai Animation Film Studio is seeking total damages of 3.3 million yuan, or $530,000. The studio says that Apple violated the copyright of 110 of their films, which resulted in siginificant financial losses for the studio. According to M.I.C. Gadget:
The studio found Apple selling pirated copies of their works back in July last year, causing huge economic losses to the company while bringing profits to Apple as well as the application developers. Allegedly, a Chinese court has accepted the case, but there's no details on when the first hearing will be.
This is another in a recent string of legal problems for Apple in China. They previously lost a similar case regarding unauthorized distribution of a Chinese encyclopedia. Additionally, they have been sued by a company claiming that Siri violates one of their patents. Last year, they were ordered to pay Proview $60 million over the Chinese trademark for the iPad.
Source: Sina Tech, via M.I.C. Gadget


text: Divination with Incense by Katlyn Breene THE RITUAL ART OF INCENSE DIVINATION"LIBANOMANCY""BURNT SPICES FLASH, AND BURNT WINE HISSES,THE BREATHING FLAME'S MOUTH CURLS AND KISSESTHE SMALL DRIED ROWS OF FRANKINCENSE;ALL ROUND THE RED BLOSSOMS SMOLDER,FLOWERS COLORED LIKE FIRE, BUT COLDER, IN A SIGN OF THINGS TAKEN HENCE..."(From Swinburne's "Illicit")Libanomancy is the art of divination through incense. Signs are read in the flares, pops and crackling sounds as the incense burns upon the coals and also the shapes formed in the the rising smoke. Incense containing small seeds (corriander, jesamine, fennel, hemp) or vesta powder (salt peter) works well when asking a question of the oracle censer. As you ask your question aloud, listen for the answer in the popping of the seeds or the flashing of the powder. For example , one sign for "yes," two in quick secession for "no", silence for "the outcome is unclear". Signs can be read by scrying in the smoke, watching its direction. If drifts toward you it is a positive omen. From an old Grimoire:"IF YOU ARE AT ONE WITH ME, RISE TOWARDS ME O SMOKE.IF YOU ARE NOT AT ONE WITH ME,RISE ATHWART ME O SMOKE,EITHER TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT..."If the incense ceases to burn prematurely it means that "now is not the time to ask". The ashes can also be read when the burning is complete, finding shapes and symbols in the censer much like reading tea leaves in a cup. Magicians and seers of the 17th and 16th centuries used aromatic seeds in a rite of divination. The seeds were cast into a hot cauldron and the reading interpreted from the hissing , pops and crackling. The shapes assumed by the smoke also were read.Treasure seeking magicians used incense and fire worship to achieve their ends as observed in this old incantation:"FIRE, FIRE, BLESSED FIREUNTO FORTUNE I ASPIRE.SO I HOPE THAT I MAY SEEA FORTUNE THAT WILL COME TO ME."Dream Snake incense works well for these techniques. This article was published on Thursday 29 March, 2012.


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Top Equity-Rating Changes for Friday
European stocks kicked off on a negative note Friday, as weaker-than-expected Chinese GDP figures reignited fears of a hard landing. Here are some of the best bits from today's big broker notes:
Software company Sage was the standout loser in London, after Jefferies downgraded the stock to hold from buy. "Despite the prospect of an exciting medium-term organic revenue growth contribution from the X3 upper mid-market product set, shorter-term traction here is trickier to decipher," said Jefferies.
Meanwhile, J.P. Morgan Cazenove highlighted Barclays as its preferred value pick within U.K. banks. It said that with earnings pressure receding, the impact of regulation is one of the key reasons why Barclays trades at a significant discount to the sector and comparable European peers. "We believe Barclays's valuations are more reflective of the downside risk to returns relative to other European banks and we see scope for continued improvement over the medium term through restructuring."


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"Absolute madness."
That was Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond's reaction in 2008 when he first heard of Great Britain's plans to field a unified soccer team -- Team GB -- with players from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Great Britain hadn't fielded an Olympic soccer team in more than 50 years, but with London hosting the Games, it seemed like a good time to get the band back together, so to speak.
The plan was to round up the 15 best footballers age 23 and under (plus three of any age) from the four home countries to compete as Great Britain, the one nation recognized by the International Olympic Committee, similar to the way Great Britain handles creating teams in other sports.
That was the plan, anyway. Turns out Salmond was right.
Nationalism, sports, politics and the European Championship have thus far proven too much. And this is one public spat that truly doesn't seem to be about money. But with the Games only a few months away, the only player who seems like a lock to make the team is David Beckham, who campaigned heavily for London to win the honor of hosting this year's Games.
What's the rumpus? Start with the fact that the first Football Association was founded in England in 1863, and a decade later the Scots followed suit with their own FA. The two teams are bitter rivals who have played against each other more than any other two international teams in the sport's history, with England holding a 45-41-24 edge.
Imagine if the Red Sox were told they could compete in the Olympics, but only if they wore Yankee pinstripes, and then you would only begin to understand the resistance to Team GB.
While the IOC, like the United Nations, considers the home countries to be a single entity, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) considers them to be four distinct nations, an opinion many of the natives share. The football associations from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland fear that if they play as one team for the Olympics, it will be only a matter of time before FIFA forces them to do the same for other international tourneys, despite assurances from FIFA's leaders that it won't happen.
One complication that's been cleared up for Team GB coach Stuart Pearce is the ruling that came down from FIFA requiring soccer teams to release under-23 players for the Olympics. In what looks to be an effort to keep the peace, Pearce has promised not to select any players who've just competed in the Euro Cup, which runs from June 8 to July 1.
Pearce sent letters to 191 soccer players inviting them to tryout for the team, and only seven wrote back to reject his offer--but he only asked for RSVPs from players who had no interest in playing, meaning there's no way of knowing how many are actually in favor of playing.
None of the home countries' football associations is barring their players from competing for Team GB, but it's been made clear that such a move would be frowned upon.
Simon Evans, a sports writer for Reuters and co-author of "The Rough Guide to European Football," says none of this should come as a shock.
"With the Olympics taking place in London, they wanted to have a team, and it's very tricky process. I'm not surprised it's ended up the way it has," says Evans. "They've always had this separate thing, and every Scotsman and every Welshman and every northern Irishmen and every Englishman has grown up with their nation having its own team, there's never been a British team."
Evans, an Englishman, acknowledges that players from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales playing for Team Great Britain, under the Union Jack, and standing for "God Save the Queen" lacks a certain appeal for many of their countryman.
"If you're Welsh and that's what you get, or Scottish and that's what you get or Northern Irish and that's what you get, you've lost something that's been part of your sporting identity since you were born, that you watched with your grandfather. I think it' simple as self-preservation."
No doubt making matters worse for the home countries is that Pearce, an Englishman known in his playing days as Psycho, was named coach, and the new uniforms recently unveiled by British designer Stella McCartney are essentially a big Union Jack wrap—everything about the team is British.
Having players from the home countries on the same pitch under one flag? Unthinkable, says Ian Thomson, founder and editor of The Soccer Observer.
"As a fan, purely as a fan of the Scottish national team, you have no interest in teaming up with your rival, it's the antithesis of what sport is about," declares Thomson, a Scotsman who's been in the states for more than five years. "It's purely a sporting rivalry, it's so ingrained as a fan, I would have no problem supporting an English athlete in any other sports—but with soccer, you just don't do it."
To understand just how deep resistance is to Team GB, consider for a moment the alternative for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: no soccer players at the Olympics.
Ironically, as much as Thomson dislikes the idea of a unified Olympic team, there's a part of him that doesn't care about the Summer Games. He's got bigger fish to fry.
"I think the other issue you have that is unique to soccer, as opposed to other sports in the Olympic games, where people would have no problem at all supporting an English athlete, or a Scottish athlete who's performing under the Great British banner," explained Thomson. "But in soccer you have the soccer World Cup, you have the European championships, you have the individual leagues in Scotland, England, elsewhere—European competitions. I don't the Olympic games are that big a deal that people are concerned about it."
Gareth Evans, director of the hit martial arts film "The Raid," is a Welshman born and raised, following Swansea and his home FA since he was a wee lad. But he's spent the last few years living and working in Indonesia, and he finds the whole Team GB controversy puzzling.
"What's this now?" a befuddled Evans asks when told of the issue. "In the Olympics, all the other sports are represented by Great Britain, right? It's not like the Wales running team, it's the Great Britain running team."
"If it gives other players an opportunity to go onto a world stage, then that's a good thing… If I could play football, and be selected for that? I'd be proud. I'd like to do that, to be able to go to that event. I don't really get the controversy about it to be honest. They should all f***ing grow up."
Ironically, whether they all grow up or not may be largely beside the point, as Scotland may be hard pressed to offer up (albeit reluctantly) a player good enough to make the squad.
"Probably not these days, because generally we're not that good at soccer," said Thomson with a laugh.


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Say hello to Filip, AT&T's new connected wearable device aimed at your kids. Looking a little like a children's Galaxy Gear, Filip is part smart locator, part phone and part watch, and the connected part helps parents keep a tab on where their kids are at all times and provide a means of communication.
FiLIP focuses only on the features that parents want - location, voice calling, and direct messaging to their child. The parent remains in control at all times through an app on their smartphone, including the designation of five trusted contacts with whom the child can communicate.
So, it looks fun, attaches to a child's wrist, and offers a little piece of mind. For example, a programmable safe zone can be set that will trigger an alert to your smartphone should your child leave that safe zone. It looks to be compatible with both Android and iOS, and will no doubt require some kind of additional payment to AT&T to activate it. There's no word on how much it'll cost yet, or when exactly Filip will be gracing the shelves of AT&T stores nationwide.
What do you guys think of this? Something you'd consider for your own kids?
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