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Shaun Chaudhuri's win at No. 2 singles clinched the match for the Crimson Sunday (Gil Talbot).
EVANSTON, Ill. – A day removed from a dramatic 4-3 win over Northwestern, the Harvard men's tennis team completed the weekend sweep, knocking off Vanderbilt by a similar 4-3 score Sunday at Northwestern University. The win moves Harvard above .500 at 4-3 on the season.
After a closely contested doubles competition against the Wildcats Saturday, the Crimson took control of the play Sunday, breezing to the doubles point. Andy Nguyen and Nicky Hu, Harvard's No. 2 pair, made short work of Gonzalez Austin and Suresh Eswaran, rolling in an 8-3 victory. The top pair of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen was just off the pace, closing out an 8-4 victory over Ryan Lipman and Rhys Johnson to lock down the doubles point for the Crimson.
Singles play saw Alex Steinroeder shine in the third position, giving Harvard a 2-0 cushion in the match with a 6-1, 6-2 final over Johnson. Andy Nguyen relinquished even fewer games than Steinroeder at fourth singles, besting Jeff Offerdahl, 6-1, 6-1, to put Harvard a point away from the match victory.
With its back against the wall, Vanderbilt rallied for a pair of singles wins to close the gap in the overall match score. Ryan Lipman took down Denis Nguyen, 6-2, 6-3, in the top singles spot and the rookie Hu fell, 7-5, 6-4, at fifth singles to Marc van der Merwe. After splitting sets at No. 2, Shaun Chaudhuri shut the door on Austin in the third, polishing off the match with a 7-6, 2-6, 6-0 final, giving Harvard the victory. MacMaster was the last Crimson player to finish, relinquishing a hard-fought three set decision (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) to Kris Yee at sixth singles.
The ECAC Division I Indoor Team Championship is next up for Harvard, as the Crimson will travel to Ithaca, N.Y., Feb 15-18 for the event.
Harvard 4, Vanderbilt 3
1. Casey MacMaster/Denis Nguyen (HU) def. Ryan Lipman/Rhys Johnson (VU) 8-4
2. Andy Nguyen/Nicky Hu (HU) def. Gonzales Austin/Suresh Eswaran (VU) 8-3
3. Alex Steinroeder/Shaun Chaudhuri (HU) vs. Jeff Offerdahl/Marc van der Merwe (VU), abandoned
1. Ryan Lipman (VU) def. Denis Nguyen (HU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Shaun Chaudhuri (HU) def. Gonzales Austin (VU) 7-6, 2-6, 6-0
3. Alex Steinroeder (HU) def. Rhys Johnson (VU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Andy Nguyen (HU) def. Jeff Offerdahl (VU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Marc van der Merwe (VU) def. Nicky Hu (HU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Kris Yee (VU) def. Casey MacMaster (HU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5


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I do not know how to correctly interpret Hilbert's Irreducibility theorem with Galois group as my aim.
Here $K$ is a number field (or simply $\mathbf{Q}$).
Scenario 1: Take a field $L$ that is a finite Galois extension of $K(t)$ ($t$ an indeterminate) with Galois group $G$. Writing $L=K(t)[X]/(f(t,X))$ for an irreducible polynomial $f(t,X)\in K(t)[X]$, and taking a specialization $t=a\in K$ guaranteed by Hilbert we can see the Galois group descends and we get a $G$-Galois extension over the number field $K$ as $K[X]/(f(a,X))$.
I understand this situation well.
Scenario 2: Instead of a $G$-Galois extension we are merely provided with an irreducible polynomial whose SPLITTING FIELD has $G$ as Galois group, so the {\it degree of the polynomial can be less than the order of $G$.}
I took the following example from Malle and Matzat's book on Inverse Galois Theory. (Page 88, attributed to Beckman). (Instead of a general degree $n$ I take $n=3)$.
He claims $f(t,X) = X^3-3tX +2t \in \mathbf{Q}(t)[X]$ is irreducible with $S_3$ as Galois group. (of its splitting field).
For the special value $t=4$ we get the irreducible polynomial $X^3-12X+8$, but the discriminant is a square (of 72) and we get a cubic number field as splitting field and not the expected $S_3$ extension of $\mathbf Q$.
What mistake am I making in this scenario?
Instead of giving a degree $n$-polynomial in $K(t)[X]$ with $S_n$ as Galois group I would be more comfortable with an irreducible polynomial of degree $n!$ with $S_n$ as Galois group so that I can specialize that polynomial. Perhaps it is expecting too much.

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Meet the Cast of E!'s Playing with Fire
Mar 15, 2013 9:20 AM EDT
E! is serving up a new reality show, and for a change this one won't be following anyone named Kardashian. Playing with Fire (premiering Sunday at 10/9c) is keeping up in the kitchen with a five of NYC's finest foodies, and their drama-filled lives.… Read more


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Mr. Amana: "I'm doing fine."
Mrs. Amana: "You're NOT doing fine! Last night you couldn't even remember how to work the microwave!"
Mr. Amana: "So what? It's the most complex damn thing in the house."
Mrs. Amana: "That's beside the point. I have no trouble working it."
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In this video Sargonas turns a table-filling pile of Mega Blocks into StarCraft Battlecruiser in one minute and 40 seconds.
The time-lapse video actually compresses six and a half hours of work with snaps every three seconds.
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Participation, Collaboration, Community
Key to the development of effective public sector strategies for resilience, innovation, and productivity is the ability to navigate at unprecedented scale and speed, complex and distributed communities (networks) of information, people, and things. By tapping the power of these networks, communities can effectively share ideas, expertise, and knowledge, encouraging richer levels of participation.
Smart City development and services through partnerships, collaboration, and community was a major theme at the London Policy Conference (#lonconf) on December 12-13, 2011. Jointly hosted by IPPR, a leading UK think tank, and London's new think tank, The Centre for London (incubated by Demos), the conference was a platform and network for all those with an interest in London's future. Sponsored by Cisco alongside other private and public organizations, senior leaders from the public, NGO, and private sectors convened to discuss the major policy challenges facing London and how its future might be best shaped.
To address resilience in a world of complex and distributed risk, governments must redefine the relationship between the center, where power and authority often reside, and the edge, where creativity and innovation ignite and flourish. Increased use of pervasive, distributed information systems and, more importantly, the practice of co-development and co-production, are changing the rules within government and beyond traditional state policies and governance boundaries. Collaboration, knowledge, and decision-making is becoming democratized, as technology augments social reach; increases social inclusion; and improves government transparency.
Cisco IBSG believes that six key trends are reshaping citizen participation and democracy. Governments and communities can explore them to design, develop, and deliver better policies, regulations, and services:
- Open data and the use of information for innovation and transparency
- "Big data"—heterogeneous data sets and better methods for analyzing big data for major social, economic, and environmental challenges
- Open innovation and peer production
- User-centered design thinking
- Value of networked place-making
- Investments in trust through better engagement and participation among citizens and communities
The ability to connect highly distributed networks of people, expertise, and assets for common and shared action is becoming critical in a world of transitions and turbulence. Socio-networked resilience is key to a new organizing principle for how the network intermediates, facilitates, and increasingly leads human interactions.
Innovation and community participation are enabled through public-private vehicles, providing an experimentation "sandbox" for new models of collaboration. Networks and related IT systems—including sensors, data centers, and IP-connected devices—provide a solid, secure, and reliable infrastructure over which individuals, businesses, and governments can deliver innovative, scalable solutions (applications, services, and new business models) that address challenges and help form resilient communities. In this way, government and enterprise become enablers of public value creation through multi-stakeholder public-private partnerships. Furthermore, network investments through public and private means provide the foundation for civic operations, service delivery platforms, citizen applications, and open innovation.
There are three key actions public and private sector leaders and individuals can take to achieve economic, social, and resilient outcomes:
- Design, build, and test new systems, platforms, practices, and provisioning processes so that governments and communities can learn the practice of "connectedness."
- Grow and nurture communities of influence and practice (thinkers, practitioners, senior public leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs) to encourage discussions on and the practice of open and connected governance models.
- Monitor and measure the transition to multi-stakeholder, participatory innovation and understand how governments and public sector institutions are performing as they combine innovation and productivity in the search for resilience.
Turning the networked society concept into practical initiatives that governments and communities can adopt relies on 1) new business and organizational models for innovation and productivity, and 2) new approaches to analyzing the interactions among data connections, applications, and communities to achieve resilient outcomes.
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Scrapbook Using Memory Books
Many people are discovering that memory books are a fun and creative way to scrapbook about the topics they're passionate about. If you are looking for a unique way to record and highlight the important things in your life, consider using the ideas below to record your memories.
Scrapbook Using a Memory Book
Think of it this way: A memory book, like the one below, is a no stress, easy way to look at scrapbooking. This approach is a quick and creative way to mishmash your photos, thoughts, and all of the wonderful things you want to remember without any of the design rules that may hinder your creativity. Simply compile items like favorite photos, memorabilia, and handwritten notes within the pages of your book, in no particular order. And feel free to go back and add items to an already finished page just because you can.
Wine Country mini album by Antonia Krajicek, as see in Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks: Summer Fun & Travel from Creating Keepsakes magazine.
Incorporate bits of memorabilia throughout the pages of your album as decoration. Consider items like
* airline ticket stubs,
* wine labels,
* smashed pennies,
* brochures, or
* maps.
Baseball sleeves are a fantastic photo protector option to use in mini albums. You can cut them down to fit a variety of different album sizes. And in addition to holding photos, you can fill them with patterned paper, journaling blocks or flat memorabilia. Remember that you can embellish the outside of the sleeves too.
If you include envelopes in your mini album to hold extra photos and memorabilia, remember that you can decorate the outside of the envelope and use it as an extra page in your album, complete with journaling, photos, titles, and more.
For additional ideas on how you can use memory books to scrapbook your life, check out the October 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine.
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Lily appeared in 85 sets as a junior and finished the season with 139 kills ... She was fifth on the team with 185 points ... Also finished fifth with 1.64 kills per set ... She had 63 total blocks (11 solo) and averaged 0.74 per set ... Lily hit .217 on the season ... She twice posted an attack percentage of at least .500, once against Manhattan College and again vs. UC Davis... Lily finished with 12 kills in that game against UC Davis, her second-best kill total as a member of the Gauchos ... She also ended the year with nine aces and 41 digs ... In conference matches Lily swung at a .254 clip while averaging 1.64 kills per set ... Averaged 0.75 blocks per game in Big West play.
Was one of five players to see time in all 30 matches and as a sophomore, missed just one set ... Had 212 total kills, fourth on the team ... Averaged 1.80 kills per set and swung at a .270 clip ... Led the Gauchos with 94 total blocks, including a team-best 14 solo blocks ... Averaged 0.80 blocks per set ... In Big West action, Lily averaged 1.71 kills per set and had 41 of her blocks in conference play ... Posted a career-high 15 kills on Sept. 5 at San Diego ... Had five matches with double-digit kills, three of those coming in victories ... In opening match vs. Portland State had two solo blocks and four block assists ... That was one of eight matches on the season in which she had at least five total blocks ... On Sept. 24 vs. San Diego State had 12 kills, seven digs and six blocks ... Thirteen times Lily posted at least a .300 hitting percentage in a match ... Hit a season-high .545 on Nov. 21 vs. Cal State Northridge ... Had three service aces on the season ... On 24 occasions she had at least five kills, including a stretch of 16 in 17 matches.
2008 Big West All-Freshman Team
An All-Big West Freshman Team selection, Lopez played in all but one of UCSB's 98 sets in her rookie campaign ... Lopez became the 14th Gaucho in the last 10 years to be named to the Big West All-Freshman Team ... Finished with 100 kills, which was fourth on the team ... Her 66 total blocks were second on the Gauchos, as were her five solo blocks ... Saving her best for last, Lopez tied her career-high with seven kills in UCSB's final two matches of the season ... Had five blocks twice during her freshman season - Sept. 5 at San Francisco and again on Oct. 4 vs. UC Davis ... Had four of her 14 service aces on Sept. 26 at Cal State Northridge ... Also had two service aces on three separate occasions ... Totaled 61 digs, with six marking her season-high ... Had six digs in two different matches - Oct. 11 at Long Beach State and again on Nov. 22 vs. UC Riverside ... Had 67 kills in Big West play to go with 45 digs, 50 total blocks and 11 service aces ... The 11 aces were third-most in conference matches while the 50 blocks were second ... Averaged 0.81 blocks per set in Big West matches ... Overall, Lopez averaged 1.02 kills per set, 0.67 blocks per set and 0.62 digs per set, which accounted for an average of 1.53 points per set.
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Played at Mater Dei High School under head coach Jimmy Munoz...Was named to the All-Trinity League First Team as a senior and also earned the honor of being named her varsity team captain and Most Valuable Player...In 2006, she earned Second Team All-Trinity League honors and earned Most Improved Player and Best Offensive Player honors...An academic standout, she was a member of the National Honors Society, California Scholarship Federation, and earned Second Academic Honors...Was a member of the Campus Ministry and also participated in the Race for the Cure.
Played for Goldenwest Volleyball Club...Earned a silver medal at the 2007 Junior Olympics.
Lillian Ruth Lopez was born on Aug. 28, 1990 in Orange County, Calif....Parents are Susan and Bernard Lopez...Has two younger siblings: Phillip and Grace...Off the court, she enjoys hanging out with her friends, sleeping, and eating...Favorite movie is "Pretty Woman" while her favorite musician is John Mayer..."To Kill a Mockingbird" is her favorite read...Names her mother as her personal hero.


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Photo Challenge: People in Animal Costumes
Inspired by our Creatures theme and photos we've spotted on the JPG site, this week's photo challenge is People in Animal Costumes. Whether at an amusement park, on Halloween, at kid's birthday party, or somewhere completely random, you may have shot a great picture of someone dressed as an animal (As much as we love wiener dogs dressed as darth vader, please note this theme is NOT for pictures of animals in people costumes). Submit that photo, and I hope you guys have as much fun with this theme as I will!
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* Nonfarm payrolls rose 114,000 in September
* Unemployment rate falls to 7.8 percent, lowest since 2009
* Average hourly earnings gain 7 cents
* Report is second last before Nov. 6 elections
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to a near four-year low of 7.8 percent in September, a potential boost to President Barack Obama's re-election bid.
The Labor Department said on Friday the unemployment rate, a key focus in the race for the White House, dropped by 0.3 percentage point to its lowest point since January 2009.
A survey of households from which the jobless rate is derived showed 873,000 job gains last month, the most since June 1983. The drop in unemployment came even as Americans come back into the labor force to resume the hunt for work. The workforce had shrank in the prior two months.
The household survey is volatile. A survey of business establishments showed employers added 114,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, a touch above economists' expectations for 113,000 jobs. Employment for July and August was revised to show 86,000 more jobs created than previous reported.
It was the second last report before the Nov. 6 election that pits Obama against Republican Mitt Romney.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday after Wednesday's first presidential debate showed Romney gained ground and is now viewed positively by 51 percent of voters. Obama's favorability rating remained unchanged at 56 percent.
Economists blame the so-called fiscal cliff for the slowdown in business hiring, which has left millions of Americans working either part-time or unemployed and too discouraged to look for jobs.
The Congressional Budget Office has warned that a failure by Congress to avoid the automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts that will suck about $600 billion out of the economy next year would knock the economy back into recession.
"Businesses are not hiring people, they want to wait and see how the election evolves and how the political landscape shapes up," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California.
"Everyone has kind of battened down the hatches," Sohn said before the release of the report.
Persistently poor labor market conditions led the Federal Reserve in September to announce a plan to buy $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities each month until it sees a sustained turnaround in employment.
The central bank, which also pledged to keep overnight lending rates near zero until at least mid-2015, hopes the purchases drive down long-term borrowing costs and spur the recovery.
The Fed's ultra-easy stance has started to free up credit, giving a lift to consumers, economists said. That, in turn, helped lift retail hiring in September.
Temporary help jobs, which are often seen as a harbinger for permanent hiring, fell 2,000 after being almost flat in August.
Manufacturing payrolls fell for a second straight month.
Construction employment rose 5,000, benefiting from the rise in home construction, as demand for housing rises against the backdrop of record low mortgage rates
Government payrolls rose 10,000 after increasing 45,000 in August. Average hourly earnings rose 7 cents last month, which could support spending.
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If you have a Solaris Volume Manager mirrored root (/) file system in which the file system does not start on cylinder 0, all submirrors you attach must also not start on cylinder 0.
If you attempt to attach a submirror starting on cylinder 0 to a mirror in which the original submirror does not start on cylinder 0, the following error message is displayed:
can't attach labeled submirror to an unlabeled mirror
Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:
Ensure that both the root file system and the volume for the other submirror start on cylinder 0.
Ensure that both the root file system and the volume for the other submirror do not start on cylinder 0.
By default, the JumpStart installation process starts swap at cylinder 0 and the root (/) file system somewhere else on the disk. Common system administration practice is to start slice 0 at cylinder 0. Mirroring a default JumpStart installation with root on slice 0, but not cylinder 0, to a typical secondary disk with slice 0 that starts at cylinder 0, can cause problems. This mirroring results in an error message when you attempt to attach the second submirror. For more information about the default behavior of Solaris installation programs, see the Solaris 10 Installation Guides.


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Joseph Ellsworth Smith, a longtime auto mechanic and a Baltimore County school bus driver for 35 years, died Wednesday at HeartFields Assisted Living at Bowie.
He had suffered from dementia and kidney failure. He was 87.
Mr. Smith had worked at several Towson-area businesses repairing cars. For decades he drove students to school in the morning, went to work as an auto mechanic and was back on the school bus in the afternoon driving children home from school, said family members.
"He drove to Ridgely Junior High and Cockeysville Elementary. It was always those two schools as far as I can remember," recalled his daughter, Tracey Franklin of Bowie.
He was born in 1925 in Cockeysville to James Robert Smith and Elsie Johnson Smith, the last surviving of the couple's six children. His parents had a farm where his father sheared sheep.
Mr. Smith attended Gough United Methodist Church School in Cockeysville, then followed in his father's footsteps, working on farms in the area. Later, he worked on vehicles in the family's garage.
He served in the Army from 1944 to 1946. He served with the 836th Port Company and the 4003rd Quartermaster Truck Company, and was stationed in Munich, Germany, for about six months. He was in the Transportation Corps before becoming a longshoreman and auto mechanic. He was a technician, fifth grade, equivalent to a corporal, when he was honorably discharged.
After his military service, he worked as an automobile mechanic for several businesses in Towson — George F. Anderson, Star Motors in Towson, Keckner Motors and Gray's Auto Service —and drove the school bus until the mid-1980s.
After fully retiring around 1990, he still operated a small auto repair shop at home, cutting back on the work as he grew older, family members said. He maintained the family's vehicles for decades, then added working on his children's cars until about five years ago.
"He enjoyed it. It was a passion," his daughter said.
He married Betty Ann Thomas of Hereford in 1957. The couple settled on Cuba Road in Cockeysville, and raised a daughter and son there. Mrs. Thomas worked as a housekeeper but stayed home while the couple's daughter and son were young, returning to work after they reached middle school. The couple was married 54 years, until her death in September 2011. After that, Mr. Smith stayed in Bowie with his children briefly before moving into assisted living in December.
As a new resident at HeartFields, he was voted Valentine's Day king in February 2012. "He was such a gentleman," said his son, Tim Smith of Bowie, describing his father as shy but friendly.
A lifelong member of Gough United Methodist Church, he served as its treasurer for many years.
On Christmas mornings, he routinely took his daughter and sometimes his son with him to wish neighbors a merry Christmas, his daughter recalled. He volunteered with his son's Boy Scout troop for many years. "He was the designated bus driver taking us on trips," Tim Smith said.
He spent many Sunday afternoons taking his children duckpin bowling, teaching them and encouraging them to compete in local tournaments.
He enjoyed gardening and tending to his yard. He also enjoyed trips to horse racing tracks with friends. "He did enjoy numerous winnings. It was relaxation, that was his pleasure — to get away with some friends," Tim Smith said.
He was a fan of Willys Jeeps — the vehicles he knew from his military service — and enjoyed working on them, his son said. At the time of his death, he owned a 1948 and a 1950 Willys as well as two later Jeeps.
A funeral service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday — which would have been his 56th wedding anniversary — at Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley, 10 W. Padonia Road, Timonium. Visiting hours will begin at 11 a.m.
In addition to his children, he is survived by two grandsons, Kyle and Jordan Smith of Bowie.


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The Things They Carried: A Literature to Life Community Workshop
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In honor of ONE BOOK STEAMBOAT's community reading of The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien's' unparalleled Vietnam testament and classic work of American literature,....
Bud Werner Memorial Library presents
A Literature to Life® Community Workshop and
an excerpt of The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life® stage presentation of
The Things They Carried
By Tim O'Brien
Performed by Billy Lyons
Directed by Wynn Handman
Join the ultimate community book club conversation! Seasoned theater professionals from The American Place Theatre will lead participants through interactive drama-in-education techniques to help them gain new access to The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, a unique and important piece of American literature that fictionalizes his experiences surrounding the Vietnam War. O'Brien presents a blurred line between truth and reality, fact and fiction, that makes his journey unforgettable.
By exploring characters, settings and themes from the book in an active and kinesthetic way participants will develop insights into the process of writing and will connect personally with the world of the literature. After seeing a brief excerpt of the stage presentation, participants will use the frame of the Literature to Life theatrical adaptation of The Things They Carried through which to view and explore a particularly provocative theme from the book. The theme of this workshop will center around Vietnam and the military draft.
The workshop is FREE, and it is limited to 40 participants.
Want to participate in the Literature to Life® Community Workshop? Register online or contact the Adult Programs Coordinator, Jennie Lay at (970) 367-4917.
About the Workshop Teaching Artist
Erin Ronder received her M.A. in Educational Theatre and NYS Teaching Certificate in Theatre for Grades K-12 from New York University. She is currently a Theatre Teaching Artist at The American Place Theatre, The Center for Arts Education, Disney Theatrical Group, The DreamYard Project, TDF- Theatre Development Fund, and Manhattan New Music Project. In addition, Ronder is an Adjunct Instructor in City College of New York's Graduate Program in Educational Theatre. She proudly sits on the Teaching Artist Affairs Committee of The Arts in Education Roundtable, the Support Committee for The Arts in Special Education Consortium, and is an Associate of Teaching Artist Group (TAG). Ronder is also a regular presenter and attendee at local and national conferences focusing on arts in education. Ronder is dedicated to creating connections between students with disabilities and the performing arts and making the arts accessible to everyone. Ronder is also a guest lecturer at NYU, CCNY and for The Career Development Program at The Center for Arts Education.
About the Actor
Billy Lyons, New York, NY, is a graduate of Ithaca College (B.F.A. Acting). Credits include The Things They Carried (dir. Wynn Handman, The American Place Theatre, NYC). The Laramie Project, Die Fledermaus, The Cherry Orchard (Ithaca College), and The American Dream (Icarus Theatre Ensemble, Ithaca, NY). Lyons currently studies at the Wynn Handman Studio and is Mr. Handman's studio assistant.
About American Place Theatre & Literature to Life
The American Place Theatre is committed to producing high quality new work by diverse American writers and to pursuing pluralism and diversity in all its endeavors. We strive to respond to the needs of our time with work that is relevant and cuts deeply into the fabric of American society. LITERATURE TO LIFE, The American Place Theatre's performance-based literacy program, presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of significant American literary works. This educational program gives students a new form of access to literature by bringing to life the world of books with performances that create an atmosphere of discovery and spark the imagination. Literature to Life has already provided a catalyst for learning and self-expression for over 400,000 students nation-wide. The Theatre, having received over 30 Obies and 16 Audelcos, is critically acclaimed as a birthing place for artistic endeavors at the crossroad of literature and live performance for now 48 years.


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Q&A: ACSM Hosts 2010 World Heart Games for Cardiac Rehab Athletes
The ACSM World Heart Games are helping patients at high risk for or with diagnoses of cardiovascular diseases "reclaim the joy of sports." The event is an Olympic-style competition symbolizing that these patients can engage in and enjoy appropriate and invigorating sports competition like any other athletes. To appreciate the exhilaration experienced in these Games, just watch
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These Games had their beginnings nearly 20 years ago in Georgia with efforts involving F. Stuart Sanders, M.D., FACSM, and his healthcare colleagues in cardiac rehabilitation. Sanders and several ACSM Fellows and other national leaders in cardiac rehabilitation have diligently planned the upcoming event, which is scheduled for May 14-15, 2010, at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga.
Q: What exactly are the ACSM World Heart Games?
The Games are a two-day Olympic-style competition for patients at either high risk for or with diagnoses for various cardiovascular diseases. The competition is an excellent opportunity for these special athletes to engage in a range of sports events that are consistent with their health status and capabilities.
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ACSM Holds Thinktank, Reception for Athletics and Youth Sports Leaders
Former Major League Baseball player Mike Pagliarulo, prominent ACSM members, and athletics leaders from around Indianapolis visited the ACSM National Center last week.
Pagliarulo and fellow MLB alumni Chris Martin and Willie Fraser joined William Roberts, M.D., FACSM, Michael Bergeron, Ph.D., FACSM, and John DiFiori, M.D., FACSM, for a two-day "thinktank" meeting that focused on baseball and youth sports safety. The group will help guide ACSM programs and statements on youth sports, forming a cohesive, streamlined approach to maximizing safety and education for young athletes and those who work with them.
Following the Nov. 19 session, ACSM welcomed Indianapolis-area athletic organizations, youth sports leaders, journalists and ACSM members to a networking reception and meet-and-greet with Pagliarulo, Fraser and Martin.
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Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which is the nonpartisan entity charged with analyzing the cost of proposed legislation, estimated that the proposal would reduce the federal deficit by $127 billion over the next 10 years and by more than $600 billion in the following decade. ACSM was pleased to learn that the bill includes prevention and wellness provisions that are supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, including establishing a Prevention and Public Health fund, which would be funded at nearly $5 billion over five years and authorizes the creation of community-based prevention and wellness programs to promote healthy lifestyles, including increased physical activity levels.
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Obesity Weighs Down Health Care
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NFL to Shift in Its Handling of Concussions
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(Daily Bulletin) God created government.
So preached Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in the days leading up to the presidential election.
Hibbs has joined with nearly 1,600 pastors across the country and about 140 in California in the Pulpit Initiative, a legal effort aimed at protecting the free-speech rights of pastors in the pulpit.
Hibbs` sermons in a series called "Politics and Faith" may have been enough to let the church know which candidate he supported.
Or at least who he didn`t.
He preached about politics and Israel. And politics and defending the pre-born.
Hibbs was emphatic during an Oct. 10 sermon titled "Politics And Your Faith: Why Traditional Marriage Matters":
"One platform says save babies. The other platform says kill babies. One platform says God. One platform does not say God. One platform says Israel. The other one says no Israel."
Some say Hibbs broke the law. Others say he didn`t.
Johnson v. Jesus?
Congress in 1954 passed the Johnson Amendment.
Named after then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-Texas, the law was based on the premise that tax-exempt organizations should not publicly endorse or oppose political candidates.
"Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes," the law says.
Those who support the Johnson Amendment say churches like Calvary Chapel Chino Hills should lose their tax-exempt status.
Steven Baines, director of religious outreach at the Washington, D.C.-based Americans United, a group that says it is dedicated to preserving church-state separation, said Hibbs` comments about political platforms were a violation of the IRS law.
"What that minister did was link it to one particular candidate or one office and that`s where he crossed the line," Baines said.
Ordained as a Southern Baptist minister and now a part of the Disciples of Christ, Baines said pastors using the pulpit to endorse candidates is bad public policy. And bad for religious freedom in the United States.
"As a minister myself, I can think of nothing worse than turning our pulpits into super (political action committees) for one party or the other," Baines said.
Baines said his group received more than 100 complaints leading up to the election.
"I would say the majority of the complaints did come in from congregations that were opposed to President Obama or emphatically endorsed Mitt Romney," he said.
"What we`re asking is that houses of worship should follow the law, (and) the IRS should prosecute them for defying the law," he said.
But some scholars suggest that pastors simply got caught in the cross-hairs of the Johnson Amendment.
They say it wasn`t intended to muzzle ministers.
James D. Davidson, emeritus professor of sociology at Purdue University, said Johnson aimed the provision at political opponents trying to get him out of office.
"And the way he found to deal with them was to pull the plug on their tax-exempt status," Davidson said. "It was nothing to do with religion at all. It`s one of those unintended consequences."
Freedom to preach
The Pulpit Initiative every year holds Pulpit Freedom Sunday, when pastors focus on political issues.
Backed by the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Defending Freedom, the event marked its fifth anniversary on Oct. 7.
"Since 1954 and the Johnson Amendment, the IRS has set itself up as the pulpit police," said Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for Alliance, which has about 2,200 lawyers assisting with the initiative.
Stanley said his group supports the free-speech rights of pastors on both sides of the political aisle.
"Pulpit Freedom Sunday is really all about protecting a pastor`s right to speak freely from the pulpit and not be intimidated or censored by the government for doing so," he said.
His group at some point wants to generate a "test case" in hopes of having the Johnson Amendment declared unconstitutional.
Alliance may indeed have a case.
The Supreme Court in 2010 ruled in favor of the nonprofit conservative group Citizens United, which produced a 2008 movie attacking Hillary Clinton and sought to advertise it on broadcast TV.
Opponents say the court eased campaign spending restrictions on corporations and labor unions.
Dean Broyles, president of the Escondido-based National Center for Law and Policy, which has defended the rights of families to hold church services in their homes, said the Citizens United case could be a precursor to the Supreme Court killing the Johnson Amendment.
He said the issue is whether corporations are considered people, because if so, they have First Amendment rights. Most churches form as nonprofit corporations.
"With the current court makeup, my prediction will be if they follow the analysis of the Citizens United case, the Johnson Amendment will be struck down," Broyles said.
He said the other option is that a groundswell of pastors causes lawmakers to take notice and overturn the Johnson Amendment.
Political preaching
American pulpits since the founding of the country have been filled with pastors dedicated to political reform.
Scholars point to the Congregationalist church and Presbyterians in New England as having a profound impact on the shaping of the nation.
"There has been a long history of preaching in this country that was political and quite divisive," said James E. Bradley, the Geoffrey W. Bromiley professor of church history at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.
"The pulpit was pretty critical to the success in the revolt against England and King George III," Bradley said. "Some referred to the revolution as a Presbyterian rebellion."
Bradley also noted that Baptists and Presbyterians were instrumental in stopping the effort to impose a religious tax paid to Anglican Church ministers in Virginia.
The cord between government and religion in that state was cut when a bill passed in 1785 defeated religious taxes, and Thomas Jefferson in 1786 passed the Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom.
"Against a lot of contemporary popular opinion, it`s the case that some religious groups were quite instrumental in the beginning of religious freedom," Bradley said.
The pulpit also was prominent on both sides of the Civil War, as northern Baptists preached abolition and Southern Baptists supported slavery, he said.
And the civil rights movement saw black preachers and those like Martin Luther King Jr. use the pulpit to rally the nation.
Bradley said the American revolution, the Civil War and the civil rights movement "are just three of the most obvious illustrations of how public and outspoken protestant preachers have been in this country."
`Draw the IRS out`
The IRS has warned several churches about possibly losing their tax-exempt status for endorsing candidates.
In 2004, a presidential election year, the IRS warned 42 churches for "prohibited political campaign intervention."
Raphael Tulino, an IRS spokesman, said "we don`t go anywhere near commenting on specific taxpayer cases."
After the 1992 presidential election, the IRS revoked the tax-exempt status of the Church at Pierce in Vestal, N.Y.
The congregation had published anti-Clinton advertisements in newspapers.
In 2007, the IRS dropped its investigation into All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena.
An anti-war sermon had been preached at the liberal church two days before the 2004 presidential election.
The Rev. Susan Russell said the IRS fight was a watershed moment for the church, which has a deep history of preaching on issues such as anti-war policy, poverty, torture and marriage equality.
"Our challenge with the IRS helped us understand how critically important it is for patriotic people of faith to stand firmly on the right side of the line in advocating on issues and taking partisan positions," Russell said.
She said it`s important for Alliance Episcopal to preach values while not endorsing a candidate, so that it is free to criticize what it perceives as bad policies from either side of the aisle.
David Hernandez of San Dimas has been regularly attending Calvary Chapel Chino Hills for about three years.
He said Hibbs doesn`t tell the flock which way to vote.
"I think sometimes there are people that are uninformed or under-educated about a certain item or proposition, and Pastor Jack brings it up and looks at it from a biblical point of view," Hernandez said.
Hibbs remains steadfast in his commitment to preaching in the face of the Johnson Amendment and IRS auditors.
Hibbs sent a DVD copy of his sermons, along with a letter to the IRS saying "I am confident that you will agree with the church/state protections established by our forefathers that allows pastors to apply Scripture to all issues in life without fear of government censorship."
As for Baines` comment that he crossed the line and broke the law in his sermon series on politics, Hibbs said it made him smile. He welcomes an IRS case because he believes it will help get the Johnson Amendment overturned.
"That`s the whole point, to cross the line, to draw fire," Hibbs said. "We want to draw the IRS out."


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This, this is pretty crazy if you ask me. It would appear that many men (sometimes a more than 50 percent increase) opt to get a vasectomy in March in order to cash in on the couple days off it affords in order to watch the NCAA Tournament.
"It's really the best of both worlds," said Dr. Y. Mark Hong, a urological surgeon with Affiliated Urologists in Phoenix, Ariz. "One of the biggest things for me as a surgeon is to make sure my guys are just taking it easy afterwards."
Some clinics have embraced it to such an extent that they use the days off as a sales pitch and run promotions such as "Vasectomy Madness." "Virginia Urologists promote uninterrupted couch time as a major plus to having a piece of your vas deferens snipped. 'Spend 3 days on the couch watching hoops with your wife's approval!' the site proclaims."
Those damn women. Always up your ass about something, right fellas? Go get your nuts sliced open and get away from it all.
h/t Wayne
March Madness indeed: Spike in vasectomies tied to NCAA tournament [Thestar.com]


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Border Patrol tells agents to retreat from rock throwers, not shoot
The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol instructed his agents Friday to seek cover from rock throwers along the southern border rather than shoot at them, and to take other steps to curb a spate of killings of migrants.
Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher, under scrutiny from the Mexican government and U.S. civil rights groups over the killings, also ordered agents not to put themselves in the paths of moving vehicles as a pretext for shooting at them.
Fisher's directive came as the Department of Homeland Security made public its overarching policy on the use of deadly force after a decade of secrecy. The policy is intended to guide the actions of 21,700 Border Patrol agents, who constitute one of the largest U.S. law enforcement agencies.
What difference the Border Patrol directive would make in the killings along the U.S. Southwest border – where Border Patrol agents have slain 21 people since 2010 – is not clear. In essence, the order tells agents not to put themselves in perilous circumstances where they'd be forced to draw guns.
Fisher denied, however, that his agents have been too quick to fire.
"Border Patrol agents continue to show exemplary restraint and professionalism," Fisher wrote in a four-page memorandum for the agency's personnel.
He said rock throwers had pelted agents 1,713 times since 2010, causing them to fire their service weapons 43 times, killing 10 people. He didn't say how many agents had suffered injuries from tossed rocks, noting only that three agents have died in the line of duty since 2007. One of them was killed in the dark by gunfire from another agent.
Shawn Moran, the spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, which acts as a union for Border Patrol agents, said his group was happy that the new rules didn't restrict an agent's ability to use force. He also said it was often difficult for Border Patrol agents to seek cover from rock throwers because supervisors sometimes posted the agents between the fence that marked the border and one several yards inside the United States.
"They often don't have any recourse to seek cover," he said, describing the agents as "stuck between the border fence and the secondary fence, and they have no ready means of escape."
Fisher's memo made no reference to the advisability of placing agents in a location where they, in Moran's words, "have no choice but to defend themselves."
The American Civil Liberties Union, which has been critical of Border Patrol policies, said Fisher's memo didn't go far enough and it called on the agency to release a study undertaken by an independent law enforcement consulting agency known as the Police Executive Research Forum. That report is thought to have been highly critical of Border Patrol practices.
"Fisher's new guidance . . . is largely a restatement of existing policy, which is a shame because clearly existing policy isn't working," Chris Rickerd, the ACLU's policy counsel in its Washington office, said in a statement. He called on the Obama administration to "initiate an independent inquiry into all cases" of deadly force in the last five years "so the public can understand why the nation's largest law enforcement agency has been failing to follow best law enforcement practices in tactics, equipment, accountability and training, with dozens of tragically fatal results."
In the memo, Fisher said agents were authorized to use lethal force against rock throwers if they thought that "based on the totality of the circumstances, to include the size and nature of the projectiles, that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious injury."
But he added that agents should "obtain a tactical advantage in these situations, such as seeking cover or distancing themselves from the immediate area of danger."
Asked how many agents in recent years have been disciplined for exceeding use-of-force regulations, Fisher said, "I don't have the answer to that right now."
Nor could Fisher say how many times Border Patrol agents have sought to block a moving vehicle as a reason to fire on its occupants.
The new directive tells agents that they "should not place themselves in the path of a moving vehicle or use their body to block a vehicle's path."
Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Relations issued statements after each of two killings of Mexican migrants this year that said it was "profoundly concerned" about what it saw as a disproportionate use of force by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
In one case, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed an unarmed 31-year-old Mexican man, Gabriel Sanchez, on Jan. 16 in southeast Arizona. The agent told authorities the migrant was trying to seize his service revolver, forcing the agent to shoot.
In another case Feb. 18, a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a migrant along a mountain trail in Otay Mesa, Calif., who he said had pelted him with rocks, one of which reportedly hit him in the face.
No witnesses have emerged to corroborate either agent's claims.
Previous cases that have drawn attention involved Border Patrol agents who'd slain teenagers who were tossing rocks while standing on Mexican soil.
In January 2011, a Border Patrol agent shot across the fence and killed 17-year-old Ramses Barron-Torres in Nogales, Mexico. In October 2012, an agent shot 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez repeatedly in the back while he was on a street in the same city. U.S. investigators declined to prosecute the agents involved, saying in part that they lacked jurisdiction because the victims had died on foreign soil.
Meanwhile, the Senate confirmed White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske on Thursday as the next commissioner for the umbrella agency over the Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection. Kerlikowske becomes the first Senate-confirmed commissioner since 2009.
Kerlikowske reports to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who's been in his own job less than three months. Johnson said in a statement Friday that he was pleased that two agencies within DHS – Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement – were releasing their use-of-force policies after years of silence.
Johnson said the new Border Patrol directive would "lessen the likelihood of deadly force situations as we meet our dual goals of ensuring the safety and security of our dedicated agents as well as the public that they serve."


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THUMBS UP: It's supposed to get really cold this weekend, so cold that just thinking about it can give you an ice-cream headache. With the coldest weather in at least a decade predicted for Sunday night through Wednesday, we're glad Gov. Mark Dayton made the call to cancel all K-12 public school classes in the state for Monday.
It's hard to study when you're frostbitten, and that can happen pretty quick when it's 20-below zero. We know many school districts were already planning to cancel classes for Monday, but it's good to keep the kids safe.
And for the rest of us, don't venture out if you don't have to, dress warm and keep an emergency kit in your car if you are traveling.
Baby New Year
THUMBS UP: Congratulations to Maci Boyda, the first baby of the new year born on Wednesday at New Ulm Medical Center. Her parents are Danielle Tharalson and Tyler Boyda of Lamberton.
And congratulations to another New Ulm baby who was the first child born in Mankato on Wednesday – Izaya Gonzalez, born at the Mayo Clinic Health System on Wednesday morning. He is the son of Thelma Ramos and Antonio Gonzalez of New Ulm.
A healthy and happy 2014 to the new babies of the new year.
Those who respond
THUMBS UP: At times (and temperatures) like this we truly are thankful for those who go out into this kind of weather to respond to emergencies.
Firefighters, from those in Minneapolis who responded to the Cedar Avenue apartment fire on a frigid New Years day to the New Ulm firefighters called out on an equally frigid morning on Friday deserve credit for dealing with dangerous situations in challenging weather. Police officers and ambulance crews are also there in all weather when they are needed.
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TRIPOLI, Libya — A Libyan security official says gunmen have stolen over $50 million after attacking a van belonging to the country's Central Bank on a road along the Mediterranean coast.
The official says the van, which had no guards accompanying it, was ambushed near the city of Sirte late Monday. The money was a mix of foreign currency and Libyan dinars. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
In the eastern city of Benghazi, attackers opened fire on a five-men sit-in, killing two and wounding three.
The five were protesting the 2011 assassination of former army chief Abdel-Fatah Younis.
Younis was Moammar Gadhafi's interior minister before defecting to the rebel side to help command the uprising against Libya's longtime ruler.


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Stocks at Loftiest Levels in Years Compared With Profits
Some investors warn that the air is getting thinner for U.S. stocks, which head into the fourth quarter up 18% for the year and at their loftiest levels in years compared with corporate profits.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 1.5% during the third quarter even as economic growth remained uneven. The resiliency of the stock market's rally prompted several Wall Street strategists to throw in the towel on negative forecasts....


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From the very beginning, Carrier has been a natural leader. With the invention of modern air conditioning, Carrier set the standard for the industry it created. We aim just as high in setting the standard for sustainability.
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Dear HIV,
I AM a daughter, niece, grand-daughter, cousin, sister, church parishioner ...
My first memory of you was 1991 when I was a preteen of 12. Magic Johnson disclosed his diagnosis publicly. In 1992 before I turned 13 he did a special on Nickelodeon talking to kids about you. Later that same year my best friend's uncle passed from you.
Then in 1993 you popped up in the movie Philadelphia and And the Band Played On.Then I watched Pedro living & dying with you in the Real World San Francisco in 1994.
Followed by MY uncle suddenly being taken by you in 1995.That same year A Mothers Prayer, KIDS were released and "Waterfalls" by TLC ...
1996-1998 I married, became a mother twice to 3 daughters ... divorced.
You were quiet in my world until 2003 with Angels in America then Rent in 2005.
By this time two 3 year relationships had ended, but I'd put myself through technical school was working full time moved my girls & I into a house. They did dance lessons, basketball, horseback riding, Girl Scouts, summer camp, mountain retreats, beach and took their First Communion/Reconciliation. I had still been holding onto the dream of remarrying. I looked for a man again instead of looking within me. I found a man. We traveled, got scuba certified, wined & dined, attended parties & weddings, fireworks, local & amusement parks, putt-putt, aquarium, museum, state fair, movies, festivals, sports games, live music, comedy show, endearing gifts, rides on his sport bike, hosted cookouts with family, yard work, holiday & home decor. Along the way I fell in love with and trusted and believed in him ...
In 2007 you stopped just being something I watched in a movie. All that time you were living in him. It didn't matter if he had acknowledged you. You almost took his life regardless. Seeing you in him scared me. You turned my world upside down days before my 28th birthday. You coming into my blood stream left me no choice but to acknowledge you. My seroconversion was undeniable. I had to have my daughters tested for you, who had recently started shaving just in case they had borrowed a razor. Their tests were negative for you. As I processed and grieved your presence, I almost allowed you to destroy me. Realizing simple things like never being able to donate blood again or having to take organ donor removed off my driver's license. Having a tubal ligation suggested to me.
Every time I turned around I had to go to the doctor. That is up until I started to take my meds to combat you. I rode the rollercoaster of some not so proud moments for a brief time with my daughters and family/friends, his and my own. You helped me to let go of other people's living and dying. To redirect my focus back to self. Since then it has been a provider visit every 3 months. Co-payments for meds monthly. Girl Positive came on Lifetime & Life Support on HBO that same year. It was different watching them now living with you.
I could've stayed silent about you living inside of me after he and I went our separate ways. But instead I began my volunteerism. I felt empowered to dispel stigma, to encourage people to test, respect & educate themselves. To feel supported. To know courage, integrity, dignity & adherence. I have added advocate to who I AM. I have disclosed to many including my daughters. I have met those I would have never met. One who gave me another beautiful daughter. Who you DO NOT run through. Who I was unable to nurse because you were there in my breastmilk. But I bonded yet still.
With her was rebirth. Firsts, community, gym again & yoga again, bible study, support groups, patience, smiles of elated joy, head nuzzled, entwined hands. I know me & love me now and I know what I want. What I can change and what I cannot.
I bought us a home without fear of if I will still be alive in 30 years. I have learned to cherish chalk, bubbles, ice cream trucks, sand, ocean, and holidays lights like never before. I STILL travel, enjoy live music, wine & dine, movies, state fair, sports games, festivals, attend parties, mountain retreats, the girls still go to summer camp, cookouts with family, yard work and holiday & home decorating. But I do so now, despite you, with those that reciprocate unconditionally.
In 2009 Precious was released, For Colored Girls in 2010 and We Were Here in 2011. I realized while watching how far I've come. Truth has been a priceless gift I have gotten.
2012, is our first 5 year milestone, our 5th year poziversary!
Melissa Baker


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When there are no easy options, some women and couples ask: Could adoption be right for me and my baby?
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We can help you consider the facts about adoption, as you decide if it may be a fit for your situation. We are not connected with any adoption agency and never profit from your decision.


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Shame: Cop In Philly Blames 2 Black Men Shot Him & Then Admits He Shot Himself Because There Were Too Many African Americans In His District & Wanted To Be Reassigned!
"Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said that 46-year-old Sgt. Robert Ralston reported he was shot by a suspect on April 5, but an investigation has revealed the sergeant actually shot himself. The 21-year veteran of the force has been suspended with intent to dismiss. In fact, Ramsey went so far as to say they're not only going to take his badge away but they're never going to re-issue that number again because Ralston "disgraced the badge." Police said Ralston's story fully unraveled overnight when he came in for four hours of questioning. Ralston – who had recently been transferred to the 19th District – was grazed in the shoulder in last month's incident." - 29 News
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MILPITAS, Calif., June 5, 2013 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday, June 12, at its corporate headquarters in Milpitas, CA, beginning at 8:00 a.m., Pacific. Attendance at the on-site meeting will be strictly limited to stockholders entitled to vote as of April 15, 2013, the record date for the meeting, and who have previously verified their ownership of common stock as of the record date (in the case of stockholders of record), or who are able to present proof of stock ownership as of the record date, such as a proxy control number, account statement or similar evidence of ownership (in the case of stockholders who hold shares through a bank, broker or other nominee holder). A valid photo I.D. will also be required for admittance. After adjournment of the annual stockholders meeting, a business overview will be provided A live webcast of the meeting will be available at http://www.sandisk.com/IR*. A replay of the webcast will also be available following the meeting.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for commercial and retail channels. Since 1988, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage system technologies have provided customers with new and transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market. SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise customers around the world.
SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.
© 2013 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder(s).
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Steve Buscemi is best man and the bride's sister Emily Blunt is a bridesmaid
After quietly and privately marrying weeks ago, Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt belatedly threw a big party this weekend with a formal – and star-studded – wedding in London.
With Steve Buscemi as best man and the bride's sister, actress Emily Blunt, as bridesmaid, the couple walked the aisle Saturday at Middle Temple Hall. The bride wore a Nanette Lepore dress and the groom had a Hugo Boss tux.
Oliver Platt was a groomsman and guests included Emily Blunt's husband John Krasinski, Meryl Streep, Patricia Clarkson, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth and Kenneth Cole.
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The reception for the Hunger Games star and his literary agent wife was held at L'Anima restaurant. As a surprise, the wedding cake was actually a stack of wheels of cheese.
This is Tucci's second marriage. His first wife, Kate, with whom he has three children, died in 2009 from breast cancer.


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The Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values exists to stimulate the growth and development of fraternity/sorority councils, chapters, and members by promoting leadership, educational, and values based experiences and resources for student leaders, their advisors, and the larger fraternal market.
Our mission is for all fraternity/sorority members to exemplify and live ethical values. We work toward our mission by educating and cultivating students and professionals through cutting edge events and services including conferences and institutes, service immersion experiences, leadership resources, and multiple venues for networking and connecting with peers and colleagues who support the advancement of the fraternal movement.


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Make your choice today and take your future into your own hands. We value skills and talents, and will support your development within our international teams.
We are a trusted partner to our clients helping them make better fact-based decisions to grow their businesses. We passionately focus on addressing our clients' needs and improving their knowledge through the best digital research solutions in the world. We do this by integrating data from all sources and by providing prescriptive analytics giving insightful answers to their key business questions. We call this Growth from Knowledge.
We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together and encourages an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. As a trusted leader in market research present in over 100 countries, we know what makes consumers' hearts beat - globally and locally. We work on projects for successful companies in virtually every major industry.
GfK was founded in 1934 as Germany's first market research organization. Today, we are among the world's leading market research companies, with a network of more than 13,400 experts working in more than 100 countries. Our long history of quality and innovation has driven this success. We shape the present and the future with our corporate values - Smart, Relevant, Trusted - powered by Passion. As part of our team, you will help advance our mission to help clients turn market insights into winning business opportunities.
We offer a great and inspiring work environment which enables our teams to deliver the best results for our clients:
Within and beyond market research, we offer a wide range of exciting career opportunities for students and graduates, as well as for experienced professionals. We look for self-motivated, collaborative and 'creative thinkers' who will thrive in a healthy performance culture. So if you share our drive to help shape markets and if you are looking to make a difference, GfK is the perfect place for you.
If you are starting your career with GfK, you can expect to be exposed to clients and challenging projects from your first day at work. It is also common that you would have the opportunity to interact with colleagues and teams in an international set up. If you are a more experienced professional, we will value the fresh perspective, knowledge and skills you bring to our team. You will be able to apply these at a local, regional and global level.
As a 'people company' investing in our most important asset, our people, is key. We are committed to providing you with opportunities to develop both professionally and personally through local, regional and global programs. This might include:
Depending on the position advertised, you can either use our online application form or send us an email containing your application. In both cases, please include a covering letter and your CV. If additional information is required, this is specified in the job posting.
Our recruiters will pre-screen all the CVs we receive and may call you to clarify any questions, or for a short phone interview. The time we need for this process depends on the number of applications we receive, however we will get back to you with a response as soon as possible.
Pre-selected candidates will be invited to one or, in some cases, two interviews. If possible these take place face-to-face, but may also take place online or over the phone. Our interviews are 'behavior based'. This means we will ask you questions about your experiences and evaluate your behavior in your responses, to help us determine if you're the right person for the job.
It is not only important for us to get to know you, but we will also to give you as many insights as possible into life at GfK. Please dare to ask us your questions - we are happy to answer them! In some cases, tests might be applied during the selection process. This depends on the position we're hiring for.
If both parties agree, we will finalize the contract and look forward to have you joining our team soon.
For us, recruiting does not end with the signature. Good 'onboarding' is important to us and from Day 1 at GfK we'll be there to support you!


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Greg Pratt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 385 diseños de 138 diseñadores freelance.
Dooit CV aims to be a market leader in the preparation of job-winning resumés. We need a logo that will position us as the premiere web-based resumé service.
Dooit CV
The logo will be used primarily on the web but may also be used for shop fronts, stationery and marketing collateral. We are looking for something clean and uncluttered with an edgy feel.
The broad target market is all job seekers but, more specifically, is primarily school-leavers to people in the mid/late 30s who want to stand out from the crowd.
A Dooit CV is not the traditional paper-based resumé… Times Roman, black on white, very conservative.
A Dooit CV will be exciting, incorporating professionally-shot full color photos, professional graphic design, background textures. It will incorporate video interviews which will be added to an online "resume bank" for prospective employers to search and browse.
In short, a Dooit CV is professional…
and innovative.
• Must incorporate the positioning statement/tagline "The resumé revolution".
• Must clearly convey the impression "this is not just another resumé preparation service… there is something special about this one".
• Must look professional – clean and understated… not loud and brash
• Try to restrict to 2 or 3 colours to assist with "clean" look (this is not mandatory… more of a suggestion)
• "Dooit CV" could well be the first of a range of services under the Dooit banner. The logo will need to be changeable for other "Dooit" services… i.e. we would want to be able to replace the "CV" with other words. For example we may have "Dooit Employment" or "Dooit Accounting". As such the logo needs to be easily adaptable.
• Similarly the "Dooit" part needs to be able to stand alone (for the umbrella group).
- the 'IT' part of Dooit is to represent the Information technology emphasis and should be distinguishable in the logo
Anything "tacky"… logos that scream out.
We don't want anything too colorful or gaudy.
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We're coming up on New York Comicon, the very first New York Comicon since New York Comicon happened last year. Much has changed for me since the last New York Comicon last year. (I'm just going to keep typing New York Comicon as many times as I can.) At NYCC (couldn't do it) last year, I was a guy a few of you had heard of, but most of you hadn't. I had a well-received Image series called 27 in 2010-2011, and prior to that I had a book come out through SLG called Strongman. While I had deals for two other creator-owned projects (Strange Attractors and Letter 44), neither had arrived yet. I knew a lot of creators (which remains one of the best things about being a comic book guy, and I suspect always will be), but I didn't have much of a foothold in the mainstream comics world. That was fine. I figured Strange Attractors and Letter 44 would come out, and maybe the next thing after that, and maybe by then my profile would be high enough that I would start having conversations about Big 2 work. No rush.
And then I was introduced to a DC editor who asked me to pitch on Swamp Thing. I ended up getting that job - it all locked into place around the beginning of December last year. Still, it feels to me like NYCC 2012 was where what I've been calling the "crazy year" started. As of the announcement yesterday that I'll be working on a relaunch of She-Hulk for Marvel with the incredibly talented Javier Pulido, I have six ongoing titles, five with the Big 2 and one creator-owned. SIX. I say that not in a "holy shit, look how awesome I am" sort of way but more of a "holy shit what is happening???" way. They are, listed in the order I began to work on them:
Letter 44 (Oni)
Swamp Thing (DC)
Red Lanterns (DC)
Thunderbolts (Marvel)
Superman / Wonder Woman (DC)
She-Hulk (Marvel)
That is a wide spread of material. Realistic sci-fi/political thriller; supernatural weirdness with strong horror overtones; aggressive space opera; street-level antihero super gang; superhero epic with a romantically involved lead couple; and a superhero legal drama.
None of those are like any of the others, and that is, frankly, one of the only reasons I am able to handle this workload. My Red Lanterns mindset doesn't take up the same headspace as my Superman / Wonder Woman mindset. So, ideas don't really bleed across books, and I can snap myself into whichever one I need to focus on at the time. I've also become a pretty lean, clean, writing machine. Not a lot of fat in my schedule right now. Part of that is, of course, my increasingly-mentioned day job, which I discuss in more detail here. In the abstract, it might sound a little intense and focused and miserable, but in truth it is only the first two things. Who wouldn't want to spend as much time as possible doing something they love?
It all seemed to happen very organically. I could draw you a road map on the way one gig led to the next, which you might find a little bit surprising. I can tell you that there's a LOT that goes on behind the scenes that never gets out there, which is as it should be. Still, the tricks to doing well in mainstream comics seem to be the same as doing well in life in general - be cool, do your best, do what you say you're going to do when you say you're going to do it, and help people out when you can.
Another tip - work with great people. The artists, editors, colorists, letterers I get to work with... holy goddamn. They are magicians, and yet they are mostly humble about their incredible powers. It's awe-inspiring.
Now I find myself in a strange position. I have the storytelling platform I have always wanted. It's not necessarily about going higher for me right now. It's about going deeper. Seeing if I can get better, seeing if I can find new angles. Navigating the weird waters of having a wide audience - especially one that feels very free to comment on my work to me directly (follow me on Twitter!) Figuring out how much of myself to put out in the world (or in the stories), and how much to hold back (you don't get to have everything!!) Thinking about things like the creative impulse, and where it comes from, and how in the world to sustain high-level work over a career. Thinking about the next round of stories I want to tell.
Strange Attractors came out in May, Letter 44 hits next month (and people seem pretty excited about it, which is awesome), and so I've been thinking a lot about the next stories of my own I'd like to tell. Here's what I'm mulling over right now:
--A battle of wits
--A common cause
--A story in the water, that will be very hard to draw
--The circus
--A terrifying Thanksgiving
Who knows if any of that will come together, but it's nice to think that it could.
So that's where things are these days. Amazing what a year can do. My next post will be all about New York Comicon (got one more New York Comicon in after all - no, two!), which is just a few weeks away. See you there!


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Between 1870 and 1890, the country's population increased from 40 million to 63 million people (nearly a third of these new residents were immigrants). The urban population grew much faster than the rural; by the year 1890, the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago all had populations exceeding one million. Railroads crisscrossed the continent, not only making a national economy and mass market possible, but also introducing residents in highly populated areas to the possibility of commuting to work. But what most people saw as progress also brought problems. With the Industrial Revolution came crowds, noise, foul air, and, in some people's minds, questionable morality to the city.
Reacting to these issues, many city dwellers embraced a back-to-nature movement which gained great strength at the end of the 19th century. Middle-class Americans turned to the country club, the dude ranch, and the summer retreat to escape the problems and pressures of the city.¹
Julian Alden Weir was part of that movement. Born in 1852 in West Point, New York, where his father taught drawing at the United States Military Academy, Weir studied painting in Europe and became a major figure in popularizing the style that became known as American Impressionism. His farm in Branchville, Connecticut, served as his retreat from his winter home in New York City. As early as 1877, Weir had written to his parents from Europe exclaiming, "Nature seems more rich than ever and full of charm, which one can only appreciate by being away from it. The city life, where one is imprisoned amongst walls, makes one's faculties more appreciative."² In 1882, after he had spent nearly five years in New York City, Weir traded 10 dollars and a painting for the deed to 153 acres in the Connecticut hills.
That farm became Weir's primary summer studio and was home to his family for the next four decades. What drew Weir to the farm was the inspiration he derived from the landscape. He believed the opportunity to "experience nature" helped him to grow in both mind and spirit. Weir built a painting studio, twice enlarged his house, and continuously rearranged the landscape to suit his highly discerning eye. The farm also became, in a sense, an extensive palette; its buildings, stone walls, and gardens were all elements in the painter's evolving composition. It provided subject matter for much of Weir's work as well as that of his friends, many of whom were also leading figures in American art.
By 1890 Weir and his colleagues were increasingly painting outdoors, focusing on landscapes as subject matter. Unlike earlier generations who sought to make their subjects look real, they used a technique characterized by laying pure unmixed color on the canvas with dabs and broken brushwork to create a senseor impressionof intense flickering light. Also, unlike American landscape painters of the previous generation (such as Moran or Bierstadt) who sought out the extraordinary, untamed and dramatic, the American Impressionists painted the familiar, cultivated landscapes located in their own backyards. Through their eyes, these ordinary domestic places in Connecticut and elsewhere in New England became part of everyone's sense of what was beautiful in the American landscape.
¹Peter J. Schmitt, Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth in Urban America, reprint (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990), x-xiii.