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Pascal's Fire Burns Bute and Earns Him Montreal Bragging Rights/
by Kieran Mulvaney
Photo: Will Hart
During the build up to their Saturday clash in Montreal's Bell Centre, Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal had been a study in contrasts. Bute, as is so often the case, was reserved, understated, confident yet quiet; Pascal was a constant bundle of nervous energy wrapped inside a coating of seething contempt for his foe. When the time came for words to cease and punches to fly, the two men approached their battle for Quebec supremacy in similarly divergent styles: Pascal all coiled aggression and Bute, the would-be matador, seeking to spear a dangerous and onrushing bull.
At the end of 12 rounds, there was no doubt which approach prevailed. Pascal's fire melted Bute's ice, securing the Haiti-born fighter a deserved unanimous points victory in front of over 20,000 wildly enthusiastic fans.
The tone, if not the result, was set in the early going, as Bute jerked his southpaw lead right in and out, seemingly slightly confusing Pascal, who stood on the outside, looking for an angle and an opportunity to be the attacker. In the second round, that desired assault erupted into a spell of highly effective aggression, as Pascal responded to a short Bute left hand by landing a flurry of hard lefts and rights; they didn't appear to hurt his foe unduly, but they sent the spray flying and clearly scored points.
Bute appeared more composed in the third, and enjoyed some success in landing sharp deterrent punches as a crouching Pascal eyed his putative prey. In the fourth, Pascal exploded into action again, straightening up his punches and landing a sharp right hand, followed by a left and another right. Bute, wobbled, waved Pascal in, and Pascal duly obliged with another flurry until a round-ending bell that was drowned out by the cacophony that filled the arena.
As if over-enthused by his success, Pascal became sloppier in his approach for a couple of rounds, allowing Bute to gain a little confidence and snap a southpaw jab while dancing on his toes. At times, Pascal gave the impression of falling asleep and then waking up with a start that was marked by a series of wild rushes; but when he was fully alert, he was focused, dangerous and confident, and the next five rounds were the most dominant of the fight.
Demonstrating elements of technique and showmanship characteristic of Roy Jones, Jr., who worked with him in camp, Pascal crouched low and sprang into action whenever an opening presented itself, appearing to drop Bute in the eighth with a left hook followed by a right, although the fact that the second punch caught Bute on the back of the head caused it to be ruled a push.
Push or punch, the effect was much the same: Bute looked ragged and busted up, and it would have been no surprise if at any stage in the ninth, tenth, or eleventh Pascal had managed to finish him off. In the event, however, feeling correctly that he was clearly dominating, he moved into cruise control, even to the extent of playing possum somewhat in the eleventh, allowing Bute to jab at him in the corner before erupting into another fierce flurry that rocked Bute backward.
When Bute opened up the twelfth again pinning Pascal into a corner, and again landing with jabs and now straight lefts as well, the first thought was that Pascal was again leading him on. But Bute kept landing, and memories returned to Pascal's fatigue issues in previous fights. A dramatic collapse and a sudden turnaround seemed possible, until Pascal fought back hard enough to keep a weary Bute at bay, and although the Romanian-born fighter summoned up one last effort, Pascal again responded in kind, the two men exchanging blows as the crowd roared in lusty approval.
At the beginning of the evening, Bute was the clear crowd favorite, and it remained that way at the end. But although Pascal's victory was greeted with some boos, there were also cheers for both men, in recognition of an effort befitting of the Super Bowl of Canadian Boxing.
In the co-main event, heavyweights Mike Perez and Carlos Takam battled to a majority draw in what was, candidly, a strange fight. For several rounds, Cameroon's Takam circled away from the southpaw left hand of Perez – whose trunks bore the name of Magomed Abdusalamov, who is continuing a slow recovery from brain injuries suffered in a November bout with the Cuban. But beyond the occasional overhand right, Takam did little early on to assert himself in the contest. Perez seemed content to allow Takam to play keep-away, but at least demonstrated a degree of intent and an element of desire to cut off the ring.
It briefly appeared as if the contest might end prematurely when a clash of heads opened a deep gash on the right eyebrow of Perez. But the two men carried on, circling each other, until suddenly in the sixth round, a fight broke out.
As if tiring of constantly retreating and circling, Takam stood his ground, and the two men spent the rest of the fight leaning on each other and ripping each other with hooks and uppercuts to body and head. Takam got the better of the change in strategy and pace, rocking Perez on several occasions while the Cuban's efforts to land counters between his foe's punches had little effect.
Had the bout been 12 rounds, the Takam juggernaut would surely have ultimately run its way downhill to victory, but although he clearly swept the second half of the contest, it was too little, too late to gain the win, even if it was enough to avoid defeat.


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Williams Signs Five To Golf Program
Nov. 16, 2004
PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University Head Golf Coach Walt Williams announced the signing of five golfers to National Letters of Intent, Wednesday, Nov. 16.
The quintet features four women - Amy Eneroth, Jessica Black and sisters Haley and Amanda Parsons - and one man, Max Reinland.
'All of these players come from great families,' Williams said. 'They are all very good students and they are all going to make a positive contribution to Washington State University.'
Eneroth comes to WSU from Mead High School at Spokane, Wash. The Colbert, Wash. resident is ranked 18th on the National Junior Scoreboard and has been named to the All-Greater Spokane League team in each of her first three seasons. She was also voted team Most Valuable Player all three years. Her sophomore year she was named GSL Player of the Year. In 2004 she was named Washington Junior Golf Association Player of the Year. She was also named the Puetz Most Valuable Player for the Girls Junior Americas Cup where she finished in second place.
'I think Amy is the best player in the state and we are very excited to have her,' Williams said. 'She is going to make an immediate impact for the Cougs.'
Black, who attends Summit High School in Bend, Ore., played in the Junior Americas Cup the past three years. She led her high school to the State championship in each of the past three seasons, finishing seventh individually last year and being named to the All-State team the past two years.
'Jessica Black is a very strong player and has a whole lot of potential to be a very good player down the road for us,' Williams said.
As a freshman, Black, earned medalist honors at the Oregon State Junior Match-Play Championships and won the Oregon Junior Stroke-Play Championships. The next year, Black repeated her title at the Oregon State Junior Match-Play Championships and the Peter Jacobsen Junior Championships. She also finished runner-up at the PNGA Junior Girls Championship where she was nominated for PNGA Player of the Year. As a junior, Black was co-captain of the North Pacific Junior Ladies Team that captured a victory over Canada.
The Parson sisters come to Pullman from University High School at Spokane, Wash. Haley has qualified for state as well as being named to the All-Greater Spokane League's first team in each of the past two seasons. As a junior, she finished third in the GSL. In addition, Haley has been awarded the team's Most Valuable Player each of the past two seasons.
Mandy has been named to the All-Greater Spokane League team each of the past two seasons and qualified for state this past season. She has earned the school's Coaches Award in all three of her varsity seasons.
'I am really excited to have Haley and Mandy,' Williams said. 'They have tremendous talent and potential that is going to pay off for us down the road.'
Reinland, a senior at Walla Walla High School at Walla Walla, Wash., has been named to the All-Big-9 team each of his first three seasons. He averaged 73.6 this past season en route to making the All-Big-9 First Team. Reinland won all four central Washington WJGA tournaments this past summer, and the Walla Walla City Men's Championship.
'Max has dominated central Washington border to border,' Williams said. 'He has beaten guys from Tri-Cities and Yakima and everywhere in that area.'


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According to President Barack Obama, he and the pardoned turkeys have something in common: All of them got a second chance this November.
"You know, they say that life is all about second chances. And this November, I could not agree more. So in the spirit of the season, I have one more gift to give. And it goes to a pair of turkeys named Cobbler and Gobbler. The American people have spoken, and these birds are moving forward."
Obama is not the first president to mark Thanksgiving with a presidential pardon for a pair of turkey and likely won't be the last.
"It is often stated that President Lincoln's clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin for the pardoning ceremony," states the White House website.
Sasha and Malia Obama joined their father as he pardoned Cobbler and Gobbler on Wednesday.
The president was in a good mood and even cracked a joke on Nate Silver's account, saying, "Now, I joke, but — but for the first time in our history, the winners of the White House turkey pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote. And once again, Nate Silver completely nailed it. The guy's amazing. He predicted these guys would win."


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Lee Hutchinson is the senior reviews editor for Ars Technica. He lives in Houston, and if you're a techie, you wish you had his job. He gets to play with cutting edge gadgetry every day, and gets paid for it.
And living in Houston, he's also a Texan. He likes to shoot guns. So, when a press release arrived in his inbox offering him a smartphone screen protector made out of bulletproof glass, he did what any right-thinking, enterprising, Texas-based tech reviewer would do.
He received two samples of the Sir Lancelot's Army Holy Grail screen protector, put one on an iPhone 4, then shot it with a gun.
First, though, he attacked the screen protector with slightly more conventional implements – keys, a hammer, a screwdriver … and his car.
The screen protector applied to an iPhone 3GS did a good job of protecting the device's screen:
The Holy Grail's tempered bulletproof glass didn't stand up very long to my screwdriver attack, and further abuse led to further damage. However, there is one extremely important thing to note in the above video: for all the cracking and brokenness of the screen protector, the iPhone's screen itself is fine. The screen protector absorbs the punishment and fractures, but it saves the iPhone from damage.
Hutchinson then put the second sample on a friend's iPhone 4 and headed out to a nearby gun range. There, he put the product to the ultimate test with his 9mm Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol. In the video below and at the Ars story, you can see the results.
Clearly, this is not something a tech reviewer living in, say, Maryland might do. But in Texas, this is how we roll.


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Show love, keep folks in your life
We all have experienced the loss of a friend or a relative. And while those instances are truly sad, there might come a time in our lives when we have to say "Goodbye," "I'm sorry" or "I will miss you" and move on to ensure our lives and our family's lives are safe.
The Word of God forewarns us that there will be some "who will not listen to sound doctrine" or good advice, and who must be banished from lives. The term "shaking the dust off of our feet" means to move on and get on with our lives. We cannot let one or two deranged souls control our being. That would be unwise and unhealthy, and though very sad, here I am referring to people who make a mistake, get under our skin, aggravate us for some reason, or who have said something unkind.
Only you can be the judge of who you will or will not allow in your life. Almost every family I know has at least one relative that is nearly impossible to please or to associate with because of unkind things or unpleasant deeds. What is really sad is that this type of man or woman, most often seeking approval and love, goes about it in such a way that they put off more people than they can ever please. And the truly sad thing is that, in order for their immediate family to get along with them, they have to more or less agree to go along with these antics, and so the entire group is punished.
If we will take the time to sit and think for a moment, we will likely remember someone that at one time was in our life, was important to us, and that we considered a friend or a loved one. What happened? Where are they now? Was it us or was it them that stopped the communication? Was the act or deed too bad to be overlooked? Can we remedy that matter? Will it be healthy for us to try to re-establish contact and build again on the foundation of friendship and trust?
While researching this subject, I have remembered two people in my own life that I need to re-connect with and try to bridge a gap of time and circumstances. You might say, "Oh, you're older now. You are trying to right things in your life before you die." That might be true, but if that is my reasoning, it is still a good idea. It is much more important that younger people think of this matter and rectify bad situations while there is time to enjoy these people.Because of my life's work in ministry and writing, I have had the joy of meeting many different types of people. Most I have liked, some I have loved, and others have become life-long friends that I thank God for every day. It hurts my heart to think of losing many of them because of some careless deed, unkind words, misunderstandings, or the evil doings of others.
This simple point of not having people you love in your life came home to roost last night for my husband, Ted, and myself. He has a dear sister-in-law, Aquila Freeman of Houston, who served many long and tireless years as a faithful pastor's wife. She has a large circle of friends, and I remember her welcoming me into this family with open arms when I met and married Ted. She did not have to meet me more than half way. She could have distrusted my motives, questioned my love for her brother-in-law, or sought not to make me welcome. Instead, I never left her home without a small gift, a tight and meaningful hug, and the words, "I love you and I am so happy for Ted and you."
When she visited our home, she always said, "I'm so glad you two found each other," and she meant those words. Last night we got the message that Aquila had gone to visit her son near Corpus Christi and was not feeling well. They took her to the doctor for an examination and she was immediately admitted to the hospital's ICU there. She has cancer all throughout her body, in her bones, and they found so many fractures that no one knew about that she cannot be relocated to a hospital near her home in Houston. Her daughter told me this morning that she will likely not live through the weekend. Ted is brokenhearted. She is not lucid and cannot hear a telephone conversation.
The last time we saw her, she waved gaily from her door where she had shown us her lovely flowers and plants. She had a big smile on her face and thanked us for coming to take her out to lunch at one of her favorite Houston restaurants. She had given me some of her late husband's books from his study because she knew I loved them. No one, including her, knew that the horrible disease was rampaging through her body.
I have learned once again the hard lesson of life — If you truly love someone, take the time to show it now. We might not have tomorrow. The hope that is sustaining for every Christian is that we will see them again in eternity, but that does not keep their passing from hurting here on earth.
Bite that ugly bullet, forget past hurts, call, write or visit someone you don't want to lose. Thank God our relationship with Aquila was one of love and respect. "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peacefully with all men" (Romans 12:18).
Brenda Cannon Henley is an award-winning journalist and writer living on the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast. Having enjoyed more than four decades in ministry, Brenda shares her columns with our readers and works with churches and faith-based programs nationwide. She can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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Research Opportunities:
CSB and SJU students participate in Mayo Innovation Scholars Program
April 9, 2012
By Michael Hemmesch
Four students at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University recently concluded their participation in the Mayo Innovation Scholars Program (MISP), an experiential learning program offered through four different areas of Mayo Clinic.
The interdisciplinary program provides research opportunities to teams of undergraduates from Minnesota private colleges, under the guidance of select graduate students.
The CSB and SJU students worked on their assigned project on campus throughout the 2011-12 academic year, and presented their findings in March at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and in a written report.
SJU senior management major Joe Smith (Bloomington, Minn.), CSB junior nursing major Ariel Reischl (Sartell, Minn.), SJU senior biology major Dalton Buysse (Marshall, Minn.) and SJU senior biology and Hispanic studies double major Chris Hagen (Blacksburg, Va.) presented research on virtual pre-natal care. The students worked on the project with the Center for Innovation at Mayo Clinic.
They were supported by Trent Miller, SJU class of 2009 and a current MBA student at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul. Lisa Lindgren, associate professor of management at CSB and SJU, and Barb May, assistant professor of biology at CSB and SJU, served as project advisers.
"The program is unique because it allows business students and science students to come together and work on a project for Mayo Clinic," Miller said. "I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the program because not only would it be a great experience, it would also allow me to connect with current Johnnies and Bennies. We were all able to learn from each other throughout the project and the team should be proud of what they accomplished."
"Our team was so knowledgeable and their presentation was very polished," Lindgren said. "John Meslow, the founder of the program, congratulated me on the quality of the team's work. The sponsor [Dan O'Neil] of the team's project expressed gratitude for the team's great research and insights."
MISP aims to assist Mayo Clinic in the assessment of new product submissions by Mayo researchers, provide research opportunities for undergraduate science and business students, and provide leadership development and research opportunities for MBA students.
The program was designed in 2006 by Meslow, a retired Medtronic executive. Together with Mayo's Office of Intellectual Property and the Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC), Meslow created a unique program to place students from a variety of disciplines at the interface of innovations in science and medicine and the fields of intellectual property, marketing and business development. Research projects are submitted by Mayo Clinic professionals through Mayo Clinic Ventures, the College of Medicine, Global Products and Services and the Center for Innovation.
After the presentation, the students described their experience and its benefits.
"The MISP program offered a unique opportunity to work with fellow students from other disciplines to tackle a real problem," Hagen said. "I plan to pursue a career in health after graduation. I believe that the knowledge I gained regarding business aspects of clinical research and project development will be invaluable in my future endeavors."
"I would say that the MISP program was a way to put the material we learn in classes toward a project with real world implications," Buysse said. "As a science student, it was nice to have some experience with the business side of health care. I can't think of a better organization to have the opportunity to work with than Mayo Clinic."
The students spoke highly of the program's interdisciplinary approach.
"MISP has been an amazing experience in part because the team is comprised of two business and two science students," Smith said. "This program gives students the project management skills to succeed in a real world project that Mayo Clinic is currently working on. As an added bonus, many employers that I have been interviewing with are impressed by MISP on my resume and regard the program highly."
"MISP is a great way of culminating the education at CSB and SJU," Reischl said. "I could not have picked a better project to bring a variety of disciplines together for an endeavor that will bring results. It made the lessons learned in the classroom and textbooks develop into a real-life situation."
In total, there were 10 presentations over two days by MPCC member institutions.
Now in its sixth year, MISP continues to be an innovative model for student experiential learning. Funding for MISP is provided by the Medtronic Foundation. Additional funding and support comes from Mayo Clinic and MPCC.


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It was announced today that Spike TV and K-1, the world's premier kickboxing organization, have agreed to a strategic partnership. The first fights to stream live on Spike.com will begin on Saturday, September 8, at the U.S. World Grand Prix Championships in Los Angeles.
The partnership has been set for 2012 and 2013, with four events set to stream live during 2012. In 2013, the K-1 events will move from Spike.com to Spike TV to coincide with the network's extensive coverage of Bellator Fighting Championships.
Here is what Spike TV, Senior Vice President, Jon Slusser had to say:
"We are thrilled to be in business with the world's pre-eminent kickboxing organization," he also said "Spike has the most passionate and knowledgeable fans of combat sports and we are confident that they will enjoy the high-action of K-1, which serves as the perfect complement to our Bellator coverage next year."
With the addition of Bellator and now K-1, Spike TV are positioning themselves as one of the premier television destinations for combat sports.
Here is what K-1, CEO, Doug Kaplan had to say:
"K-1 is excited to join forces with Spike TV, a powerful and highly experienced cable network known nationally for its combat sports programming, presenting our live K-1 events," Doug also said "Spike is the perfect television home and stage to introduce our K-1 warriors and the fast-paced, aggressive style of K-1 fighting to fight fans across America."
Spike.com's 2012 coverage will include unprecedented access to K-1 events, from live streaming of the weigh-ins the day before the bouts, locker room interviews, and live coverage of every fight on the card including all the prelims. The new partnership looks set to provide fight fans with some exciting action during 2012 and 2013.
Stay close to Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) for all the latest K-1 news.


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So some somewhere got his panties in a bunch. even more entertainingly the feds are claiming they have the right and authority to ban it and regulate it.
There are so many things I can comment about that piece. Such as "lets run to the airport and tell some pilots people are shooting skyward." Tell me, what the hell is trap and skeet shooting, there's a reason they use shotguns in the sport not rifles.
Moving forward we have the feds claiming their aircraft and creates a safety hazard while then having the following Charlie Foxtrot:
But the question here is not why the FAA considers hand-sized drones to be aircraft, regardless of their size or the altitude at which they're operated. But why it can't decide that an 1100 pound passenger-carrying Flying Hovercraft that looks like an aircraft – wings and all – and can fly at speeds of 70 miles per hour (and more) and at altitudes of 20 feet to more than 50 feet in the air, over water or land, is also an aircraft. These flying machines, called WIG craft or wing in ground effect craft, fly on the air cushion created by aerodynamic lift due to the ground effect between the craft and the surface, the same as occurs between any aircraft and the ground on landing.
Not to mention the complete destruction of the hobbyist activity of RC aircraft by reclassifying everything as a drone. Know why the FAA is now going that route to attack the activity? Because they keep losing their arguments on why they have the power.
So here's a set of rhetorical questions:
- If our elected officials are not held accountable to the same laws and regulations they create over us, why should anyone comply or care?
- If regulatory agencies are constantly modifying and changing the rules to grow their power, why should anyone comply or care about them any more?
- If regulatory agencies are using their power to stop activities which harm no one but the people in charge disagree with for political reasons, why should anyone comply or care?
America is a Republic, and what we're seeing is the destruction of law through bureaucratic fiat. Me thinks I need to build a couple just for lunch time destruction during Boomershoot. Hey if it's my own personal property, [email protected]#$ off! There isn't any commercial aspect involved.
Barron why do you want to shoot at drones?
Because [email protected]#$ YOU!!! That's WHY!
**Seriously I had no interest in doing such a thing until I saw they're trying to stop it. Now it's like owning a 100 round drum magazine that freezes after firing 10 rounds. I need one just because you said I can't have one!
Hat tip "The short lady with the grey hair" (Otherwise known as my mom.)
Barron is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he's merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms.
He has a BS in electrical engineering from Washington State University. Immediately after college he went into work on embedded software and hardware for use in critical infrastructure. This included cryptographic communications equipment as well as command and control devices that were using that communications equipment. Since then he's worked on just about everything ranging from toys, phones, other critical infrastructure, and even desktop applications. Doing everything from hardware system design, to software architecture, to actually writing software that makes your athletic band do its thing.


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Ultimate Experience
Member of the CSB club ultimate team set to play for Team USA in the World Junior Championships
August 2, 2012
By Pat McCabe
With the glow of the Olympics shining bright, College of Saint Benedict sophomore Erynn Schroeder has earned her own chance to represent the United States on the international stage. She was named to the roster of the USA women's Under-20 team at the 2012 World Junior Ultimate Championships, Aug. 12-18 in Dublin, Ireland.
"It's going to be awesome to play at this level. I'm really excited to go to Dublin and play with this team of amazing athletes," Schroeder said.
Her ultimate experience, though, almost didn't happen.
She went to the team's tryouts in March in Seattle, spending two grueling days with the best players from across the country. What was believed to be the final roster of 18 players was announced in April, with Schroeder listed as one of six alternates.
But her second chance came just a couple months later, one she took full advantage of.
"In June I went back out to Seattle for the team training camp. They told the alternates we could come too, and have a chance of making the team. I was one of two alternates that got moved up," Schroeder said, noting the traveling squad is now up to 20 players. "It was awesome to get a second chance to make the team, because it's hard to show all that you can do, in one weekend."
Ultimate is a growing sport played on a field similar to football, with two seven-player teams trying to score points by passing the Frisbee-like plastic disc into the opponent's end zone. Players in possession of the disc cannot run, but are only allowed 10 seconds to pass. Turnovers and quick transitions are common parts of the game, resulting in nearly non-stop movement. The most unique aspect of ultimate is that it is completely self-officiated by the players on the field. Without officials, players must know the rules and abide by the "spirit of the game" when a conflict arises. In this way, the players respect their teammates and opponents and learn to negotiate for their position without a referee's input.
On Aug. 5, Schroeder flew to Boston to meet with her teammates and train together for a week prior to the tournament. They haven't been able to work together since the final team was named in June. Schroeder has stayed busy, however, training three days a week while also continuing to play club ultimate in Minneapolis (she lives in Plymouth, Minn., during the summer months).
As for the team, expectations are high after third place finishes in each of the previous two tournaments, with narrow losses in the semifinals in 2008 and 2010. "I think that this year we have a strong team of people who really want to work together, and the team was chosen not by who are most talented, but by who will make the best teammates and work together well," she said.
Individually, Schroeder wants to make the experience worthwhile, and create friendships with her teammates. But she also knows she has a job to do.
"I am a handler on the team, meaning I mostly stay back and throw the passes, moving the disc and keeping possession," she said. "I'm focusing on making as few turnovers as possible, just being very focused and playing defense well. I will contribute all I can to the team, on the field and on the sidelines."
After the tournament is over, she hopes to bring what she learns back to St. Joseph, and expand the ultimate club team at CSB. The Blazer program is a young one, with many players experiencing the game for the first time.
"This year I'll be a captain," she said with excitement. "I'm going to try to help set up the practices to get the newer players up to speed as soon as possible. I think from this tournament I will see the game in a different way, being able to play with my peers and continue to love the sport and help it grow."
To learn more about ultimate, check www.USAUltimate.com. To see highlights of the World Junior Ultimate Championships, go to www.UltiVillage.com
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Facebook, Google, and Apple Ease Privacy Concerns of Senators
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2010 – Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are worried about unclear consumer online privacy policies and the negative effects of targeted advertising. Representatives from Apple, Facebook, Google, The Cato Institute, AT&T, and the Annenberg School for Communication overviewed their current privacy policies and tools, and outlined the future of their privacy controls. Keep Reading


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14 Nights | JOURNEYS - HAWAII
About Ensenada, Mexico
You will visit the following 6 places:
Kailua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States, in the North Kona District of the Island of Hawaiʻi. It is the center of commerce and of the tourist industry on West Hawaiʻi. Its post office is designated Kailua-Kona to differentiate it from the larger Kailua located on windward side of Oʻahu island, and it is sometimes referred to as Kona in everyday speech. The city is served by Kona International Airport, located just to the north in the adjacent Kalaoa CDP. Kailua-Kona was the closest major settlement to the epicenter of the 2006 Hawaiʻi Earthquake.
Honolulu, on Oahu's south shore, is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major gateway into the United States. The city is a major hub for international business, military defense, as well as famously being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific culture, cuisine, and traditions. The name Honolulu means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port".
Ensenada is a coastal city in Mexico, the third-largest in Baja California. Lying 125 kilometres (78 mi) south of San Diego on the Baja California Peninsula, it is locally referred to as La Cenicienta del Pacífico, "The Cinderellaof the Pacific''. One of the first settlements founded in the Californias, Ensenada has emerged as a cruise ship destination, aerospace center, and there is a nearby region to the north east where wine grapes are grown. Situated on the coastline of Bahía de Todos Santos—an inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the peninsula's Gold Coast—the Port of Ensenada is an important commercial, fishing, and tourist port. The city is home to a navy base, army base, and Ensenada Airport, a military airfield which doubles as an airport of entry into Mexico.
Hilo is the second-largest CDP in the State of Hawaiʻi and the largest settlement on the island of Hawaiʻi with a population of 43,263 during the 2010 census. Hilo is the county seat of Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, and is situated in the South Hilo District. The town overlooks Hilo Bay, and is near two shield volcanoes, Mauna Loa, considered active, and Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano upon which some of the best ground-based astronomical observatories are placed. Hilo is home to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi, as well as the Merrie Monarch Festival, a week-long celebration of ancient and modern hula, which takes place annually after Easter. It is also home to the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation, one of the world's leading producers of macadamia nuts. It is served by Hilo International Airport, inside the CDP. $$http://vimeo.com/8462409$$
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Long Beach is a city situated in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 38th-largest city in the nation and the sixth-largest in California. As of January 1, 2009, its estimated population was 492,682. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city within the Los Angeles metropolitan area and a principle city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area.


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NEW ORLEANS — People who buy federal flood insurance need to plan for big rate hikes because Congress has decided the program must at least pay for itself, a top federal official said Tuesday.
Some people now paying hundreds of dollars a year could wind up paying thousands, with the biggest increases for people who live in high-risk areas and who have not raised their houses, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate told about 1,500 people at the National Hurricane Conference.
After speaking at the conference's general session, Fugate appeared at a news conference with Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center. Fugate said the increases will be phased in over three to four years.
Newly elevated homes and those in areas that are part of FEMA's Community Rating System, in which local governments work to reduce vulnerability, can get rate reductions, Fugate said.
Of the 22,000 communities in the National Flood Insurance Program, about 1,000 participate in the rating system, FEMA structural engineer John Ingargiola said Monday.
Rates will go up this year for secondary homes, and later for peoples' main residences, Fugate said. "I don't know if that will be later this year or next fiscal year."
The basic message that emergency directors and other officials need to spread never changes, he said: "Get ready. What part don't you get?"
Getting that message to older residents can be the biggest problem, he said. "They'll tell you, 'I've lived here all my life. It's never as bad as they forecast.' Until you get it right. How many times have I heard the same refrain? — 'If only I knew it would be that bad, I would have done something.'"
For the hurricane season starting June 1, the hurricane center will give people three additional days of notice about where tropical systems are likely to develop, Knabb said. The tropical storm outlook has been covering two days; now it will be a five-day forecast.
"This is something we've been doing internally. ... It has pretty strong reliability. At least in the text product, we can say something beyond 48 hours — 'There's a high chance, 80 percent, of this becoming a tropical cyclone in the next five days.'"
The hurricane center is working on a graphic to go along with the text and hopes to have it available for this season, he said.
The center is also working on storm surge watches and warnings, with plans to use them first in 2015, and on maps to warn people of potential inland flooding, he said.
High winds and storm surge aren't necessarily simultaneous, making separate warnings a good idea, he said.
Hurricane Ike in 2008 was a good example. It was a large, slow storm, packed a lot of rain and pushed storm surge farther inland than usual, he said. "Try packaging that into one scale and slap one number on it," he said.
"We want to move toward handling each one of those hazards individually and calling out ... as best we can coastal or inland hazards," with graphics showing how far inland floods and high winds are likely to extend, Knabb said.
Many people ignore evacuation warnings for tropical storms or Category 1 hurricanes, he said, but last year's Hurricane Isaac also showed such storms can be dangerous: "It doesn't have to look really impressive on satellite to have really impressive impacts."
In some areas, he noted, Isaac's storm surges were higher than Hurricane Katrina had brought to the same areas in 2005. "Because of its size and slow motion, it was able to produce very significant storm surge."
The session's final speaker was Margaret Davidson, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Services Center in Charleston, S.C.
"Everybody wants to talk about what the Dutch have done" with their 5.6-mile-long storm surge barrier, she said. But, she said, after thousands of years of "trying to hold back the sea with concrete," officials in The Netherlands are now working to reinforce wetlands, create offshore berms to slow down waves, and get people out of the lowest areas.
"They can only afford to protect major economic centers. They can no longer afford to protect the whole country," she said, noting that The Netherlands doesn't have a big coastline.
The Netherlands' coastline is about 217 � miles long. Louisiana alone has nearly 400 miles.
"We have an enormous coastline with a lot of people, most of whom can't imagine living anywhere else," said Davidson.
The conference runs through Thursday.
National Hurricane Conference message: Plan ahead
NEW ORLEANS — People who buy federal flood insurance need to plan for big rate hikes because Congress has decided the program must at least pay for itself, a top federal official said Tuesday.


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Issue 17 - 05 | The Personal MBA: Mastering Business Without Spending a FortuneBy Josh Kaufman
Published Sept. 7, 2005 11:59 p.m.
This manifesto has been expanded and updated. Please head over to the The Personal MBA, Updated & Expanded: Mastering Business Without Spending a Fortune for the latest version.
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Chicago, Ill. – President Barack Obama, who wrapped up his last arguments for the election in Iowa, is planning a busy Election Day here in his hometown — including his traditional game of pickup basketball with friends and staffers, his campaign says.
The president in Chicago Tuesday will also try to get his message out to the last minute, doing a dozen satellite interviews in battleground states. Later in the day, the First Family will have dinner at their home in Hyde Park.
And he's not the only one working it here in Chicago on Election Day.
First Lady Michelle Obama will be doing a crowd of several regional satellite and radio interviews on Tuesday, aiming to work until the polls close "to encourage supporters to vote and to volunteer to help get out the vote in their communities," the campaign says.
"She will emphasize that every vote counts in this election, and urge eligible voters with questions to visit Vote.BarackObama.Com to find out when and where to vote, as well as what to bring with them to the polls," according to his campaign.
Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will also be here in Chicago, after they vote in Delaware.
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Being a Diligent Parent
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My years with four teenagers in the house were definitely the toughest of my life. My heart broke into a million pieces as I shared my kids' many pains during those wild and turbulent times.
It set me to praying — every day. I asked God to make those six teenage years golden years. I prayed that my kids would have godly hearts. I prayed for their sexual purity, for their ability to stand alone against peer pressure, for their self-images, for their desire to honor and obey us, for wisdom, for their friends and teammates and teachers and coaches and future mates. I prayed that the example of my life would be more consistently godly.
I made many mistakes with my kids, but I didn't quit. I tried to be diligent in doing what I thought was right, adjusting my tactics with each situation and each kid, and adjusting again when my methods didn't work.
In the process, I discovered some tips you might find useful. They're the kind of thing you might be tempted to forget in the heat of the parenting moment — the kind of thing that takes daily diligence.
1. Allow choices whenever possible
When we're rushed, or when our teens have disappointed us, it's easy to step in and make the decisions ourselves. But kids learn to make good choices ... by making choices. If good choices lead to pleasant results and poor choices produce painful consequences (which they often will if you don't "rescue" your teen), you'll probably find your son or daughter making more of the former than the latter.
2. Remember the power of saying, "No"
It's part of a parent's job, so don't be timid! "Everybody" may be doing it, going to it, watching it, listening to it, drinking it and using it, but "In this home, we're not!" Don't just issue declarations, though; keep working on the relationship and explain the reasons behind the boundaries.
3. Follow through with appropriate consequences
If your teen comes home before curfew, praise her. If she ignores the limits you've set, withdraw an allowance or privilege (driving, phone use, going out at night, etc.). In the interest of fairness, let your teen know ahead of time what the limits and penalties are. For example, coming home 15 minutes late means coming home 15 minutes early next time. Write it down so no one forgets!
George Callahan is one dad who discovered the value of appropriate consequences. He and his daughter Miriam spent way too much time bashing heads — especially over getting the girl to school on time. Finally George decided to lay out what he was going to do: "The car is leaving for work at 7:30 a.m. If you're ready, I'll take you to school." If Miriam wasn't ready for school then, she had to find another way to get there.
George says, "It changed everything to just get out of the power struggle and say, 'We don't have to struggle. I simply present the consequences. Those aren't negotiable.'"
4. Re-evaluate your habits occasionally
Every so often, honestly assess where you are and how you're doing as a parent. Give yourself credit in the areas where you're doing well, and thank God for His help. In other areas, create a simple, step-by-step plan for improvement. Be firm with yourself, but not harsh.
5. Be consistent
Some parents find this the toughest task of all. But teens like to know where they stand and what's expected of them. When rules change and they get in trouble, they withdraw or lash out. Some families find it helps to draw up agreements, even in the small things, so there's no confusion about what's expected.
One teen boy said, "I've never had a set curfew. One night it will be 12 and the next night, even if I haven't done anything wrong, they'll be like, 'Oh, come home at 11 tonight.' It was very confusing."
6. Be patient
Give yourself — and your teen — a break. You're going through a time of upheaval and delicate wire-walking. Allow yourself some slack when it comes to measuring progress.
One wise parent puts it this way: "We had to take on a different perspective and realize that all things weren't going to be fixed or worked out. There would still be conflicts. That relationship didn't have to suddenly be right for us to be happy or content."
7. Keep up with your teen's world
Even in the midst of chaos — or because of it — you need to know about the culture that's pressuring and misinforming your son or daughter. Bookmark PluggedIn.com.
8. Enjoy your teen
Being a parent to a teen is not all hard work. There can be a lot of fun, too. Teens are daring, willing to play and explore life; they're often enthused, outrageous, crazy, insightful. They can be great companions when you're running a quick errand. Think of your teen as a new friend you'd really like to get to know. Try not to lose sight of that, even when you don't think you could love this kid one more second.
9. Meet apparent rejection with acceptance
"No matter how sullen they were, we hugged them," one parent said of her teens. "[We] said we loved them. It didn't matter if they responded. We did it anyway. Now there isn't a conversation that doesn't end with, 'Love you, Mom!' 'Love you, Dad!' They open their arms and hug freely."
10. Make encouragement a habit
One teen says his mother posts a new Bible verse every day on his mirror. This young man is honest enough to say he doesn't always read them. But he loves that his mom is consistent and caring enough to do it, even though she knows he doesn't always read them. Her diligence shouts love to him.


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What is your vision for the future workforce in mining?
I believe it will be one with highly connected workers who use digital technologies—such as connected devices, automation, real-time analytics and wearables—to optimize mining processes both at mine sites and via remote operation centers.
Mining companies that take steps to realize this vision will build a more productive and safer workforce with point-of-need knowledge. They will invite innovation through social collaboration and employee empowerment. And they will improve the employee value proposition in an industry that faces a talent shortage. The workforce of the future is an exciting proposition, but it will require miners to modify how work is organized, performed and managed.
What are some examples of how the change is impacting the mining industry?
I see change occurring in multiple areas; however, I'll focus on two that affect the way in which miners manage, develop and attract talent.
Greater use of extended workforce—In some cases, contractors could represent 60 percent of the mining workforce, and this percentage will increase steadily. But the irony is that mining companies typically don't apply the same management and development practices to this extended workforce, many of whom are completing critical processes right alongside employees. For example, most miners conduct extensive training for employees. Including contractors in this training can improve productivity and engagement and reduce safety issues while improving cost effectiveness.
Management of existing and future workforce—Mining companies will need to rethink how they utilize their employees. Tomorrow's approach will be much more fluid between roles and projects. Instead of having the same job for several years, for instance, miners will source internal employees from across the organization into ad-hoc projects, or what I call "Task-forces." The change in worker demographics will also bring opportunities to blend wisdom from the generations already employed with smarts from the generations coming in.
Speaking of new generations, how will they impact the corporate culture of mining companies?
Based on analysis of some of our largest clients, Millennial and Generation Z employees will comprise 50 percent of the workforce by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025. These "digital natives" have different expectations for their employee experience. They are looking for organizations with ethical brands and flexible policies. They seek interactive, team-based work along with a variety of career paths. Accustomed to being connected 24/7, they expect continuous access to resources (people, technology), as well as ongoing informal feedback and learning opportunities.
How can improving employee experiences benefit mining companies?
Delivering a great employee experience can be a magnet for talent. The objective is to engage employees in ways that they actually want: meaningful work, customized rewards, fair compensation based on performance and relevant perks.
How are digital technology advancements enabling the workforce of the future?
Outside of work, people rely on mobile devices, collaborate on social networks and use voice-activated personal assistants (powered by artificial intelligence). These same technologies can be applied throughout the employee lifecycle to enable smart workers.
What are some possible outcomes from digitizing the workplace?
The best way to convey the benefits is through examples:
Connected—Equipping the workforce with wearables makes it possible to easily monitor employees and contractors during a shutdown. Using head-mounted displays enables the workforce to request "over the shoulder" coaching while repairing equipment.
Rapid—Putting analytics in the hands of managers helps them make preventive maintenance decisions more quickly. For example, instead of reviewing tire truck pressures on a weekly basis, team leads can view real-time sensor data to understand the pressure of every tire on every piece of equipment at any time.
Scalable—Using intelligent machines to conduct mining processes and managing multiple operations remotely enables miners to achieve faster growth and the ability to scale.
You are originally from Argentina so how did you end up working in Australia?
I've actually lived and worked in 17 countries so far. My most recent move was eight years ago when I transferred to Australia in order to develop experience in Asia Pacific. I enjoy learning about people and culture, and I think of myself as a citizen of the world. One of the best ways I've found to hang out with the locals is through sports. My newest passion is surfing and Australia offers plenty of waves to practice.
Speaking of lifelong learning, you just completed a Global Executive MBA through London Business School, Columbia Business School and the University of Hong Kong. What motivated you to seek out this educational opportunity?
I recognize that the world is changing rapidly and globally, and I want to learn and develop my leadership and business skills. I especially enjoyed meeting senior-level colleagues from around the globe and contributing to discussions about current and future business topics that are directly relevant to my client work.
1Ellie Hensley, "The year of the millennials." Atlanta Business Chronicle, 8 January 2016. Factiva, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Dramatic rescue saves trapped teenager on glacier
Some say lack of attendant delayed response time to tragedy
Rescuers from the Valdez Fire Dept. performed what Dr. John Cullen said was a "a truly heroic rescue this weekend," after a 16-year old tourist from Connecticut fell into a crevasse near the top of Worthington Glacier early Saturday afternoon.
The victim, Kurt Shenher, is said to be in guarded condition at Providence Alaska hospital in Anchorage after he was medivaced from Providence Valdez Medical Center early the next morning, suffering from hypothermia and other unspecified injuries.
Shenher fell into the crevasse after he and his 15-year old brother, Troy , took a leisurely climb up the face of the glacier wearing street clothes.
"They walked up," the hikers' grandmother said at the scene shortly after the first team of rescuers, consisting of Josh Larsen, Mike Weber, and Jennifer Weber – and Shenher's grandfather - found the victim.
Shenher had fallen at least 50 feet down a crevasse where his six foot, five inch frame wedged between the walls of ice. During the fall, much of the victim's inadequate clothing was ripped from his body, leaving him with what was described as "skin on ice" for nearly five hours.
"This young man could have lost his life quite easily on a fall like this," Jennifer Weber said in an interview Monday afternoon.
Weber said the first team used cell phone cameras to take pictures of the area the brother believed the fall had taken place and began the climb up the glacier.
"As we got higher up on the glacier we could see footprints in the snow," she said, which the team followed until it reached a crevasse field. "At one point we couldn't see anything."
When the tracks disappeared, the team simply began calling out to the victim. Fortunately, the victim was conscious and able to respond, helping the team pinpoint his location down one of many crevasses.
"We rigged up a rope system," Weber said "We lowered in Capt. (Mike) Weber into the crevasse."
Shenher was wedged in tight and it took a bit of manipulating before rescuers were able to pull him out of the crevasse.
"It was very cold and wet down there," Weber said, but it still proved difficult to extract Shenher, who was in obvious distress. "We moved him a bit but he was pretty stuck."
Meanwhile, a second team of Valdez responders were scaling the glacier while an Alyeska helicopter from the Copper Basin waited near the scene of the rescue as was safe.
The two rescue teams, made up of employees and volunteers of the Valdez Fire Dept. and its specialized rescue squad, rigged a series of ropes totaling 800 feet to lower the victim who was strapped into a rescue sled.
"We lowered him approximately 2,400 feet to the waiting helicopter," Weber said, noting the team could not move their patient down in a straight line due to the geography of the glacier.
Weather in Valdez prevented the helicopter from transporting Shenher directly to Valdez so the patient was transferred to an ambulance waiting at the base of the glacier, where he was driven to the hospital.
Shenher, suffering from severe hypothermia, was later medivaced to Anchorage.
"I'm very proud of our efforts because for a while there is was daunting," Weber said.
While the rescue was successful, there are some that are questioning if the incident could have been avoided completely or if the rescue would have happened sooner if an attendant had been present.
Last May, the Valdez City Council passed a resolution urging Alaska State Parks to restore funding to pay for an attendant at the glacier, which is outside the city limits of Valdez. The council's resolution carried no legal authority but acted as a political message to state officials.
Valdez woman Nell Clayton ran a small bookstore and visitor center at the glacier for 11 years at a cost of less than $10,000.
"She knows what resources we have down here," George Keeney, Valdez fire chief said after the rescue.
She also had access to a working landline telephone. Clayton also urged visitors that are inexperienced and ill-equipped for a climb to avoid actually climbing on the glacier.
There was no cell phone coverage on the glacier and the first call for help came from a satellite phone serviced by Matcom, which is based in the Mat-Su Valley.
"They do the dispatching for the Glennallen troopers," Sgt. Bart Hinkle of the Valdez Police Dept. said in a phone interview Monday.
After a time delay, Matcom did contact the emergency dispatch in Valdez. A Good Samaritan with a cell phone called in the emergency closer to Valdez once service was available.
Rescue service from Valdez was delayed by a half hour or more due to the lack of a direct call for help.
Critics of the budget cut that left the glacier unattended also point to the fact the young hikers may not have made the trek up the glacier while ill-prepared in the first place if an attendant had been on hand to discourage such a trek.
Weber did not address the issue but described the lower condition of the glacier as fairly easy going for an ice surface and said she could see how inexperienced glacier hikers might think it was safe to take a walk to the top of the glacier.
"It was a pretty easy walking surface for ice," Weber said. "It wasn't glare ice."
She advised visitors to the glacier – or any other wild place – to hire experienced guides rather than striking out alone or even in groups.


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One day I hope to finish moving posts from my original site here. But I stalled out after copying and pasting 7 months of posts in February 2003, after a dozen posts that month. So as a stopgap, let me post to the undead archives of the gap months.
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Graduates (MA and PhDs) of the department are consistently placed in significant professional positions in academia as well as in the public and private spheres. Professional appointments recently obtained by our graduates include numerous tenure track appointments at colleges and universities across the United States and in several foreign countries. Among them are:
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Black Label Glitch Hop brings a wealth of new woofer-shaking, frenetic and funky inspiration to your DAW -- This samples/midi/presets pack is for all you creative sample choppers, funky beat lovers, frequency-splitters, digital crate-diggers, glitch freaks and re-sample-neuro-bass-heads!
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Where to Get Deep Dish Pizza in NYC? Not at L'asso
192 Mott Street New York, NY 10012; map); 212-219-2353; lassonyc.com/
Pizza Style: Neapolitan and Chicago deep dish
Oven Type: Wood for the Neo, Gas for Chi-Town
The Skinny: Two well-intentioned pies using quality ingredients fall short in execution.
Price: Margherita DOC, $16; Deep Dish Supreme, $16
I was eating a dainty Neapolitan pizza with Adam Kuban recently when I lamented the fact that there's no Chicago deep dish pizza available in NYC (putting aside the few remaining branches of awful chain Uno Chicago Grill, which is actually headquartered in Boston). Adam mentioned that there is a place in Astoria that reportedly sells deep dish pies, but a few days later Time Out announced that L'asso is now selling a deep dish pie much closer to my Manhattan home.
Since the deep dish pizza takes about half an hour to prepare, I ordered a Margherita DOC for the wait, expecting a classic Neapolitan-style pie. It sort of looked like that when it was delivered to the table, although the rather over-generous sprinkling of oregano would probably offend the purist.
Neapolitan pies are generally soft and supple with an airy cornicione, but the crust at L'asso was crisp throughout and a bit dense. This pizza spent too much time in the oven.
There was also far too much sauce on the pie. It obscured the mild flavor of the cheese and caused a watery, oily deluge to fill the plate. Fortunately the tomatoes themselves tasted delicious—sweet and vibrant with very low acidity. Which is just as well, since the large portion size could have been a recipe for severe heartburn.
The ingredients on the pie were beyond reproach, the wood fired oven certainly seems up to the task, but the execution of the pizza left something to be desired. This pie might have been considered decent five years ago but with so many excellent Neapolitan pizza joints around these days, L'asso's Neapolitan is behind the curve.
But the reason I was at L'asso was the deep dish pizza. As soon as it arrived, I noticed a problem: there were not enough toppings (or more correctly, fillings) in the pie.
Expecting the cheese, tomato, sausage, mushrooms and onions to reach the brim of the crust, I was disappointed that the pie looked a little deflated. In Chicago, a deep dish pie often has an entire layer of sausage, but this pizza was extraordinary in its stinginess. I had just a couple of bites of sausage in a pie that should have oozed porky goodness in every mouthful.
The crust was also problematic. It had the pleasing burnishing characteristic of the style, but it was so crisp and arid that it was hard to cut. I found myself sawing at it furiously to cut a slice. It appeared to be the same dough used in the regular pie, lacking the airiness and croissant-like flakiness that the best Chicago-style pies exhibit. Perhaps a little more oil in the dough would help.
As with the Margherita DOC, I can't complain about the quality of the ingredients in the deep-dish pie, although the quantity of the toppings should really be doubled. The pie cost $16, but I would gladly pay $20-24 for twice the fillings and a light, flaky crust.
L'asso has a lot of potential. The quality of the ingredients is quite high, the service is friendly and neighborly, and the restaurant has a relaxing Bohemian vibe. But after one pie with too much on top and one pie with not enough, I'd say the pizza at L'asso is a work in progress.
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29 Dec 2011
Dragonair has welcomed the positive response from members of the public in support of the building of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport in a recent independent survey conducted by the Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The airline believes results reflect the opinion that Hong Kong society understand the value of the diverse benefits brought by the building of the new runway.
Seventy three percent of the 24,242 responses received through the survey supported the third runway option, and eighty percent of the respondents also urged the Hong Kong Airport Authority (AAHK) to make an urgent decision on the expansion plan of the HKIA.
As a local airline, Dragonair fully supports the expansion of the HKIA and welcomes AAHK's submission and recommendation to the Hong Kong SAR Government in building the third runway. Despite the global economic downturn, the demand for air traffic remains high in the Asian region and neighbouring cities, such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou, have taken action to grow their airports and enhance facilities to absorb the increasing demand.
Dragonair Chief Executive Officer Patrick Yeung said: "The capacity of HKIA will be saturated in a decade or so. In order to sustain Hong Kong's hub status and enhance our airport's operational efficiency, it is essential to develop the third runway as per the master plan proposed by the Airport Authority.
"The survey result released by SSRC of HKU represents not only the stakeholders' views but those from the general public. It is gratifying to see that the majority of those who filled in the survey would like to see a third runway built at HKIA, along with a recommendation to proceed with the statutory Environment Impact Assessment process required to address the environmental concerns among members of the public." Mr Yeung added.


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About Polish language - facts
Polish language belongs to the West Slavonic group of Indo-European languages. It took shape in the tenth century. Initially, languages such as German, Czech and Latin influenced the language. Then, it was influenced by French and English language.
Useful Polish expressions
For a foreigner it is useful to get know some Polish words and expressions. It will help you in a daily communication in Poland.
State certificate examinations in Polish
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Charles Dickens' classic and enduringly popular novella, "A Christmas Carol," was first published 180 years ago last week, and yet it maintains its urgent hold on our imaginations.
Sadly, it also seems in many ways more relevant today than it has in many years.
"A Christmas Carol" is one of those works whose characters, plot and message have become so much the season's common currency that many of us think we've read it even if we never have. At the very least, we've brushed up against one of the many stage, film or television adaptations. The novella's wonderful richness in that sense is further testament to its peculiar power.
What's less understood about the story's composition over six weeks in the cold winter of 1843 is its origins in what had become for Dickens his major social preoccupation at the time — child poverty. The author carried the life-long scars of his own sudden and humiliating descent into childhood deprivation after his bankrupt father was sent to a debtor's prison. The 11-year-old Dickens was forced to leave school, pawn his beloved books and take a menial and degrading factory job pasting the labels on bottles of boot blacking. Even after his father's release, he was forced to carry on working because the family needed the meager five schillings a week brought in by the job. One of literature's great social consciences was born in that experience.
By the spring of 1843, Dickens — by then a successful and celebrated author of fiction in the new and compelling genre we now know as social realism — had become intensely preoccupied with the question of child poverty. Earlier that year, he had toured the tin mines of Cornwall, where large numbers of children were employed in the most dangerous and brutal conditions. The year before, he had toured Massachusetts' institutions for the education and care of poor and working children — particularly the factory girls of newly industrialized Lowell — and had come away impressed by how poorly the Field Lane Ragged School, then London's only such institution, compared.
When a parliamentary committee of inquiry issued a searing report on the impact of British industrialization on the nation's children, the "Second Report of the Children's Employment Commission," Dickens resolved to publish a polemic political pamphlet of his own to be titled "An Appeal to the People of England On Behalf of the Poor Man's Child."
In the fall of that year, however, Dickens underwent a change of heart while in Manchester to give a speech on educational reform. During a three-day stay in that capital of the Industrial Revolution, he suddenly became convinced that a work of fiction on the topic would be much more effective than a political tract. By the time he returned to London, he had the plot of "A Christmas Carol" firmly in mind. Six weeks of furious composition followed, punctuated only by his solitary and nightly 10- to 20-mile walks through the streets of the British capital and its surrounding countryside. By the time it came to set down the novella's final chapter, Dickens noted in his journal that he wrote until 3 a.m. to finish.
As the backdrop for his ruminations on greed, the new economy of finance and industry and its glaring inequalities, Dickens chose the Christmas season, which was then going through a revival after many years of somber, essentially religious observance. Secular reformers, who had begun to set the focus of social ethics in the private lives lived in the family homes the Victorians idealized, saw Christmas as an occasion not only of concord between the classes, but also as a time in which the spirit of good will and generosity could be coaxed from those who enjoyed middle and upper incomes. (One of the notable things about "A Christmas Carol" — and perhaps a reason for its continuing popularity — is that while it's set against a Nativity festival, it makes only the most oblique references to the holiday's essentially religious character.)
All of this comes to mind this Christmas season with particular force because of the situation in which the nation and this region find themselves. The impact of economic dislocation and the Great Recession have fallen with particular force on the children of California and, especially, those of Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire.
This is America's most populous state and, were it an independent nation, its economy would be the world's eighth largest. Yet one-quarter of California's children now live in poverty. Even those affluent northern and coastal counties have appalling percentages of poor children — 23.4 percent in San Francisco and 19 percent in, of all places, Mill Valley. Fully 30 percent of the state's poverty-stricken children live in Los Angeles County. The Inland Empire ranks first among America's 25 largest urban areas in all forms of poverty. In the city of San Bernardino, 8 percent of all children will face this Christmas in what the U.S. Census defines as "extreme poverty" — that is, in a household whose annual income in less than half the official poverty rate of $22,350 a year.
Dig down into those numbers and some of the results aren't surprising: A majority of California's poor — 64.3 percent — are U.S.-born Latinos. In fact, 31 percent of California's Latino children and 33 percent of its African American children are poor. The consequences of deprivation this thoroughgoing and widespread ought to alarm us all, as it's well documented that children raised in poverty also are more likely to be deprived of the health care and education that make even a modicum of success in later life possible.
On a less utilitarian level, the implications of these numbers ought to affront and afflict every one of our consciences, especially in this holiday season. Even so, the recent budget debates in Washington ended without extending either the unemployment benefits and food stamp programs that are all that stand between our poor children and even greater want.
It's not hard to imagine the exchange between the bewildered businessmen who cluelessly seek the as-yet-unrepentant Scrooge's donation for their Christmas appeal read into our own Congressional Record: "Many thousands," they tell him, "are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
"Are there no prisons?"
"Plenty of prisons …"
"And the Union workhouses." demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?"
"Both very busy, sir …"
"Those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Dickens' miser would, of course, learn his lesson. Now the question is: When will we?
Tim Rutten is a columnist for the Los Angeles News Group. email@example.com.


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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- The Pfeiffer University men's volleyball team posted 15 blocks and a .314 hitting percentage en route to a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Lees-McRae College in Conference Carolinas play on Saturday afternoon in Williams Gymnasium.
Pfeiffer (7-1, 5-0 CC) won the match by scores of 25-20, 25-22, 21-25, and 25-22, staying unbeaten in conference play while limiting Lees-McRae (5-5, 2-1 CC) to a hitting percentage of .217 on the afternoon. The Falcons recorded 51 digs and 15 blocks, as Lees-McRae dug out 33 Pfeiffer attacks and posted 10 stuffs.
Jose Ribas (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) paced the Bobcats with a match-high 18 kills, recording a .293 hitting percentage, as John Lucas (Cincinnati, Ohio) chipped in 15 smashes and seven digs. Joshua Jones (Christmas, Fla.) added 10 kills and a .474 hitting percentage, as Randy Ramirez (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) posted a match-high 50 assists. National digs leader Efrain Negron (Caguas, Puerto Rico) dug out 14 Pfeiffer attacks, as Jones paced the Bobcats with six blocks (two solo, four assists).
Quentin Moore led the way for Pfeiffer with 15 kills and a .290 hitting percentage, as CJ Coatsworth added 11 smashes. Konstantin Weise posted eight kills and a match-high eight blocks (eight assists), as Mark Hess dug out a contest-best 16 Bobcat attacks. Micah Bortner also added 10 digs for the Falcons, while David Specian posted 41 assists.
Pfeiffer started off strong in the first set, taking a 16-11 lead on a block by Weise and Moore. After the Falcons pushed the margin to 18-12, the Bobcats responded with a 5-1 spurt to close the gap to 19-17 on a kill by Matt Harpenau (Cincinnati, Ohio). The Falcons would answer with a 5-2 run, widening the margin to 24-19 before closing out the set on a Specian block.
The Falcons carried the momentum into the second, taking an early 14-8 lead on a Specian kill. Lees-McRae answered with a 7-4 spurt, trimming the margin to 18-15 on back-to-back kills by Jones before launching a 7-5 run to cut the lead to 23-22 on a Ribas smash. Pfeiffer countered with back-to-back points, taking the set on a block by Coatsworth and Lance Johnson.
Lees-McRae fought back in the tightly-contested third set, taking a 16-14 lead on a Ribas kill before Pfeiffer evened the tally at 19-19 following a block by Weise and Bortner. The Bobcats would respond with a 6-2 surge, claiming the set on a Ribas kill to halve the Falcons' lead to 2-1.
The fourth set proved to be a battle of runs, with Lees-McRae responded to a 10-6 deficit with an 8-2 spurt, claiming a 14-12 advantage on a solo block by Harpenau. Pfeiffer would answer with a 6-1 run of its own, taking an 18-15 lead following a stuff by Weise and Coatsworth. After the Bobcats countered with a 6-3 spurt to even the tally at 21-21 on a Falcon miscue, Pfeiffer took the set and match with a 4-1 run, which was capped by a block by Johnson and Weise.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Thursday, February 23 when the Bobcats travel to Bristol, Tenn. to take on King College in conference play at 7 p.m.


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TEDx Rosslyn / Imagining the Future
The introduction of TEDxRosslyn to the city heralds an ambitious vision that embraces action, ideas, and people to develop the Rosslyn story for the 21st century. This is an explicit effort to align our hometown with the mission of "ideas worth spreading". TEDxRosslyn is a gathering of thought leaders and heads of industry that are using bold ideas and innovating methods to reshape our city and the rest of the world. Following the TED template, TEDxRosslyn fulfills its mission by creating dialogue and lasting connections. TEDxRosslyn will be a cumulation of in-person talks from amazing speakers, recorded videos from the official TED conference, and time and activities for the attendees to connect to each and hopefully create lasting relationships.
Theme: TEDx Rosslyn: Imagining the Future
Today, innovation and technology are reshaping our city and our world. New leaders and thinkers are using emerging technologies and radical ideas to transform humanity and earth to a very different future than we could ever imagine. To encourage an active role in designing our collective futures, our speakers will include visionaries who are designing the future of science, technology, health, education – and are excited to share their ideas with our community. The goal of TEDxRosslyn is to imagine the future possibilities of our city and of the world and what we can do to shape a bright and hopeful future.
Jenn Gustetic, Aland Holden, Aneri Patel, Carmen Medina, Dan Brown, Jacob Marshal, Joshua Haynes, Kara Shuler, Liz Norton, Patrick Tucker, Ryan Holladay, Sharon Terry, Steve Davis, Tim Cannon and Robert Engelman, President of the Worldwatch Institute.
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Are you willing to swallow a recycled pill?
The NHS needs to save £20bn, so making ends meet is going to be tricky and big changes will be needed.
In this week's Scrubbing Up, Dr David Pencheon, director of the national NHS Sustainable Development Unit, says recycling medicine could be part of the answer.
The cuts facing the NHS are like you or I losing around 20% of our salary over the next three years - while trying to lead the same sort of lifestyle.
We'd have to make some big changes. And that's exactly what the NHS will have to do, particularly if it wants to keep improving the quality of patient care.
So what can it do? One positive change is for the NHS to become more sustainable, not just financially but also environmentally.
It's not difficult to be sustainable. In fact, at home it's quite natural. We recycle, we don't leave the taps running needlessly, we don't leave the TV, radio and the lights on when we go to work, or even when we pop out to get the paper from the newsagents.
We also don't throw away a packet of headache pills just because they have been opened.
But yet, when we go to work it can be a different story, with lights left on, windows opened rather than thermostats turned down and medicines wasted and put in the bin.
Public interest
NHS staff are no more wasteful than anybody else. But working in a high-pressure environment where lives can be on the line often means that waste isn't always at the top of the agenda.
Recently,we commissioned researchlooking at ways of saving carbon, as well as money, across the NHS in England.
The results showed that energy efficiency with improved heating and lighting controls was one important way of saving cash, more than £7m a year.
However, the biggest financial and carbon savings came from reducing drugs wastage.
An estimated £300m of medicines are wasted each year in England, but around £89m could be saved by making a 2.5% reduction in medicines wastage.
That's a big saving. Of course we have to ensure the drugs are safe to be reused. But these problems can be solved.
The issue is not so much how we reuse drugs but rather whether the public want us to do it.
Are they willing to swallow the pill - in this instance a recycled pill?
When we polled 1,000 people, we found 52% would be likely to take pills that had been returned unused by other patients and checked for safety, while only 19% said they would be very unlikely to do so.
Carbon footprint
Combining financial sustainability with environmental sustainability is a win-win situation.
The carbon footprint of manufactured drugs, which are often shipped from the other side of the world, is huge - if these drugs can be recycled then so much the better.
In addition, medicines should be prescribed for shorter periods of times so people have fewer unused medicines in their cabinets, and we must put greater efforts into preventing illness rather than always worrying about curing it.
Most people prefer to be healthy and not have to go to hospital or see their GP.
So if the NHS spent more resources on illness prevention for diabetes, obesity, cancer and heart disease then less people would end up needing drugs.
That's better for the NHS and better for the public.
However, until we are in that position we need to consider other ways of making the NHS more sustainable.
The fact that the public are thinking more positively about recycling medicines should be welcomed. It shows that people have a great deal of faith in their health service, despite headlines to the contrary, and that they want to help the NHS become more cost effective and more sustainable.
Sustainability therefore must become core to the way the NHS operates and be part of every decision making process if it is to be truly fit for the future.


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Gaming on Windows 8 tablets (and the platform as a whole) just got a whole lot cooler with a demonstration of the Unreal Engine 3 running on an ASUS Windows RT tablet. Powered by NVIDIA's Tegra, the tablet was shown today running the engine flagship demo Epic Citadel at IFA Berlin.
NVIDIA quickly ran through the demo at the ASUS Vivo Tab RT press conference, which was the first public showing of an Unreal Engine 3 app (or game) on the Windows RT platform. As well as Windows 8 (and Pro), the engine has been optimised for Windows RT devices to ensure consumers have a wide choice of available titles from the Windows Store.
The joint effort by NVIDIA and Epic (the company behind the Unreal Engine 3) made porting the engine to Windows 8 and RT possible, which was made available to developers last week. Operating on 9 platforms, with more than 20 integrated technologies and licensed for more than 225 titles, the Unreal Engine 3 is certainly more than welcome on the new Windows.
Microsoft has the three-screen vision in mind, and the porting of the Unreal Engine 3 will ensure developers can easily launch titles on Windows 8, whether they are already established on the PC or Xbox. Integrating the Xbox Live service into games on Windows 8 would unleash a new way of gaming for PC users.
Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, had the following to add:
"The Unreal Engine 3-powered 'Epic Citadel' demonstration for Windows RT tablets implements the full DirectX 9 pipeline, with shaders and materials, all running beautifully on Tegra 3. By porting the full engine as opposed to a modified mobile version, NVIDIA and Epic have made it easy for UE3 developers around the world to bring their best content to Windows RT, Windows 8 and NVIDIA's Tegra 3 processor. Windows RT code is available to licensees from Epic now and we're excited to see the great games they develop with it."
Check out the Epic Citadel demonstration in the video below, running on an ASUS Windows RT tablet.
While all is good and dandy in the garden of Windows 8 and Windows RT, we're yet to see progress being made on the Windows Phone front to get the Unreal Engine 3 to consumers on Microsoft's mobile platform. Epic previously skipped Windows Phone due to the "closed environment" present, but with Windows Phone 8 around the corner, perhaps we'll see an opening for the studio to port the engine.
In fact, we've heard from our sources that Unreal has been involved in attending some meetings with Microsoft in this regard, so take that as you will.
Source: NVIDIA