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Touch is the first sense to develop in a newborn.
As an infant takes her first breath, she reaches out to learn what her new world is all about. Sensory receptors located in the skin start picking up enormous quantities of information and sending them to the brain. Pressure, temperature, pleasure, pain—each stimulus carries a message about the environment. Each one adds another tidbit to the infant's store of experience.
For a baby to develop normally, it is essential that she be touched, physically handled. When touching is denied or severely restricted, an infant may actually die. Thousands of children in U.S. foundling homes (orphanages for the very young) died until, in the late 1920s, this connection between touch and life was understood and remedied. Adults who were deprived of physical stroking in childhood often adopt compulsive, destructive habits such as nailbiting, overeating, or smoking. There is some speculation that violent behavior may also be a result of touch deprivation in early childhood. Cross-cultural and laboratory research both reveal a strong association between early child-care practices and later violent behavior. The child who receives a great deal of attention, whose every need is promptly met, becomes a gentle, cooperative, nonaggressive adult. The child who receives intermittent attention often becomes a selfish, uncooperative, depressed, or aggressive adult.
Yet few adults appreciate how valuable touch can be. Many adults actually avoid bodily contact. If they weren't touched with care and nurturance as children, they may view touching with suspicion and fear. Many people even fear their own bodies and are reluctant to touch or massage themselves. They are not comfortable with their own skin. Others were taught long ago that touching themselves was sinful, and that vestige of fear remains, especially in sexual expression. Because of the cultural connection between touch and sex, some people are loath to touch others except in formal handshakes, not wanting their actions to be misjudged. Those who are afraid to touch or be touched deprive themselves of a powerful source of nurturance and healing. In fact, when they are depressed or
anxious, they may show an even greater tendency to withdraw from the very things that would help them feel better—a reassuring touch, a sympathetic hug, a healing massage.
There is a growing acceptance of therapeutic massage within the medical profession. In the 1970s, at the New York University Medical Center, Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, conducted a study to determine the value of what she called "therapeutic touch." One group of patients received regular care; another group received a simple form of touch from their nurses, similar to the laying on of hands, twice a day. Within one day, significant results were realized. The patients who were touched had increased blood hemoglobin levels (hemoglobin, which is found in the red blood cells, carries oxygen from the lungs to the other body tissues), which aided their recovery. The control group of patients showed no change in this aspect. In other test cases, Krieger verified the value of therapeutic touch in accelerating the healing process. Patients suffering stress-related diseases who experienced this form of touch consistently report feeling profound relaxation and an alleviation of pain and other symptoms, such as nausea, poor circulation, and tachycardia (excessively rapid heartbeat).

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League Honors Yale Forward who Fought Inspirational Battle with Cancer
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – ECAC Hockey has renamed its Student-Athlete of the Year Award in memory of Mandi Schwartz '10 (1988-2011), the Yale women's ice hockey forward whose battle with cancer inspired people in the hockey world and beyond to help save lives in her name. The announcement was made Friday, on what would have been Mandi's 24th birthday.
Mandi, who passed away Apr. 3, 2011 after battling acute myeloid leukemia for more than two years, was a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection whose gentle nature and selfless approach to life endeared her to everyone she met. She attended Athol Murray College of Notre Dame prior to Yale.
On Dec. 8, 2008 -- just four days after extending her streak of consecutive games played to 73, picking up an assist in Yale's 4-1 win over Brown at Ingalls Rink -- Mandi was diagnosed with cancer. She returned home to Saskatchewan for treatment, and on Jan. 8, 2010, after five rounds of strong chemotherapy and 130 days in the hospital put her in remission, she returned to Yale for the spring semester. She was planning to return to playing hockey in the 2010-11 season, but in April of 2010 she learned that the cancer had returned. She would need a stem cell transplant -- essentially, a new immune system -- to have any hope of long-term survival.
Even while she was sick, Mandi took the time to follow the progress of the teams she played for. At one point she wrote to her high school team, Athol Murray College of Notre Dame:
"I encourage you to enjoy every time that you step on the ice. Don't forget to play for the fun of the game. Every time you go for a skate is a chance to make yourself better. Do what you love most and have the time of your life."
In an effort to save her life and the lives of others facing similar illnesses, Mandi's Yale teammates rallied behind her cause. Starting in 2009, they helped organize annual marrow donor registration drives to help patients in need of genetic matches for stem cell transplants. They campaigned to raise awareness of the value of donating umbilical cord blood, which can also be used to help patients in need. And they held numerous fundraisers, centered around the annual "White Out for Mandi" game at Ingalls Rink. Yale senior captain Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.), who organized many of Yale's efforts, has also started the Mandi Schwartz Foundation to continue honoring Mandi's memory by helping others.
Mandi received a stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood in September 2010 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. But a biopsy in December 2010 revealed that the cancer had returned. She passed away on Apr. 3, 2011 at the age of 23.
Just prior to that, Yale had named it annual marrow donor registration drive in Mandi's memory. These drives continue to be led by the field hockey, football and women's ice hockey teams. To date, the drives have added approximately 2,500 people to the Be The Match registry, including a record 921 in 2010. At least six life-saving matches for patients in need have been located through these efforts. One donor was a fellow Yale student-athlete, field hockey player Lexy Adams (Lancaster, Pa.). The date of the 2012 drive will be announced shortly.
ECAC Hockey's Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Award goes to a student-athlete who excels in the classroom, participates in fifty percent of the team's games, and demonstrates leadership on and off the ice. Each head coach nominates a student-athlete, and a committee made up of school administrators has the task of selecting the recipient.
The Student-Athlete of the Year Award was first presented in 2007. Yale has had one player win the award -- Jackee Snikeris '11 last season -- and three other finalists (Kelsey Johnson '07 and Danielle Kozlowski '09 twice).
On the last home weekend of women's play at each ECAC Hockey school, the Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year finalists will be recognized on the ice as part of each program's senior weekend. This will begin this weekend as Clarkson and St. Lawrence cap off their regular-season home schedules. The winner of the award will be announced on Mar. 1 at the ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship Banquet.
For more on Mandi's story, visit http://www.yalebulldogs.com/mandi
Visit the "Be The Match" website at http://www.bethematch.com for information on how you can be the match for a patient in need
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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In my search for a Mid-range ( 600 yd. ) load , I finally arrived at a real "Tack-driver" load for those with a good .308 barrel .
Brass : S&B - OAL 2.110
Bullet : 155gr. Palma Match - Sierra #2156
Powder : 51.5gr A-4350 ...52gr of A-4350 will achieve 2760fps. Chrono'ed by a Magneto speed Chrono . Avg. of ten rounds.
OAL : 3.365 Base to Ogive. Or if you use a Hornady OAL gauge , set it .020 off the throat . Round may have to be single-loaded as it may be to long for magazine . But it is accurate ; if you have a good barrel .
DO NOT JAM THIS LOAD ! Meaning : Do NOT stuff the bullet into the lands .


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New Zealand too strong for Ireland women
The White Ferns have opened the 50-over leg of their winter tour with a commanding 159 run win over Ireland at Kibworth Cricket Club in Leicestershire.
Liz Perry struck 70 and Maria Fahey 59 as the White Ferns line up plundered 296 for eight after being put into bat and then restricted Ireland to 137.
Wicketkeeper batsmen Rachel Priest finished the innings off with a hard hit 36 not out.
The Irish batsmen struggled against the spin of Lucy Doolan and Aimee Watkins who took three for seven and three for 16 respectively.
Amy Satterthwaite, who captained the team, said after the match: "It was good batting by Fahey in her 50th ODI and Perry on debut.
"Ireland tried hard but there was plenty of loose bowling and a lightning fast outfield.
"We mixed up our bowlers making sure our spinners, Watkins and Doolan, got plenty of overs and Perry had a good workout as she is a good all-round option for us.
"It was very windy conditions so out bowlers stuck to it and it was pleasing to bowl Ireland out."


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How do I boot Windows 8 in Safe Mode?
Windows 8 makes it a bit more complicated to start in safe mode compared to previous versions. Several additional steps are now necessary:
Press Shift-F8 during the boot process until the start manager appears. This might be difficult at times, since the time frame for hitting F8 is very limited.
Alternatively, if Windows is running already, you can bring up the PC settings by swiping across the right screen board or by pressing the Win+I key.
Then, click on Change PC Settings.
Select General from the left panel and scroll down to the bottom at the right panel and click on Restart now under Advanced startup.
Once you have reached the Advanced Boot Options, go to Troubleshoot.
Then, select Advanced Options.
Followed by Startup Settings.
Click on the Restart button.
The computer then reboots. Before it starts the normal Windows 8 system, it will display the Startup Settings instead. You will see 3 Safe Mode options listed here.
- Press F4 to Enable Safe Mode
- Press F5 to Enable Safe Mode with Networking
- Press F6 to Enable Safe Mode with Command Prompt
- Once one of the 3 options is chosen, the system continues to reboot and then goes into the mode you expected.
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The Audit API has more uses that you may think! When a statement is executed in the server, the notification function in this API will be called, and we can use that do some interesting things!
Like: Ever wanted to know what the most executed query in your running system is? I mean the information is in there somewhere, right, it's just q question of how to get at it? And frankly, I don't think the queries:
SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE user_id = 57;
SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE user_id = 113;
Should count as different queries? I mean, hey, the issue is that the application may be issuing the same query too many times, with different arguments mostly, but still the query:
SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE user_id = <somevalue>
Is executed too often? And if so, how can I figure it out? Well, using MySQL 5.5 with a combination of the Audit Plugin API and the INFORMATION_SCHEMA API, you can do this. The principle is simple:
The logging of queries
This is handled by the notification function in the Audit API. In the plugin, we have a an array of queries, and for every query we see, we "normalize it", in the sense that all literals are replaced by question marks, i.e. the query above would be represented as:
SELECT * FROM user_data WHERE user_id = ?
Then we look for this query among the queries I already know about. If the query is found, I just increment teh execution cound for it, and if it is not found, I add it. I keep track of X number of queries, and I log the time each query is added, so when I add a new query, and there already are X queries logged, I get rid of the one that was executed longest ago. And LRU list in short.
In the sample I code I prove evetually, I also log some other data, but this is the basics. And the list is stored in memory by the way.
Seeing the latest queries
For viewing the queries, I use an INFORMATION_SCHEMA plugin, that is part of the same plugin library as the one above. although this is a different type of plugin. This is again pretty simple. The plugin will expose an INFORMATION_SCHEMA table that contains the list of the queries above, and when I select from that table, I materialize the list as a table. As this will then look like any normal table, you can use just about any SQL operation on it, like ordering, filtering specific queries etc. And all this with a simple SELECT!
The issues
Will this affect performance? Yes, sure, but I don't really know to what extent right now, I havent gotten around to test that. And then there is one more issue: You need MySQL 5.5 m3 or above, which currently means you need to get it from Launchpad, there are still (March 29) only m2 binaries to be found at http://dev.mysql.com.
Example code
Now it's time for some sample code. Lets first have a look at how it works. There is an information_schema table introduced by the plugin called my_is_proclist, and this is the one we are interested in. I have a table in the test database that I issue queries on. And it looks like this then:
MySQL [test]> select last_executed, num_executes, statement from information_schema.my_is_proclist where statement like '%from t1%';
| last_executed | num_executes | statement |
| 2010-02-28 15:12:26 | 4 | select * from t1 |
| 2010-02-28 15:34:07 | 6 | select * from t1 where c1 < ? |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL [test]> select * from t1 where c1 <>
| c1 | c2 |
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 16 |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL [test]> select last_executed, num_executes, statement from information_schema.my_is_proclist where statement like '%from t1%';
| last_executed | num_executes | statement |
| 2010-02-28 15:12:26 | 4 | select * from t1 |
| 2010-02-28 15:34:12 | 7 | select * from t1 where c1 < ? |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
As you can see, the counter goes of what I execute the query in question. Nothing complicated, and as you can see, I can do all sorts of filtering on the INFORMATION_SCHEMA table.
Installing the plugin
The plugins are contained within one library. I have the sourcecode and a simple makefile downloadable here: http://www.papablues.com/src/my_proclist.tar.gz
Modify the supplied Makefile appropriately and run:
make install
Note that you must have rights to write to the MySQL Server plugin directory for the install to work! Once this is done, you must tell the MySQL server about the plugins:
install plugin my_proclist soname 'my_proclist.so';
install plugin my_is_proclist soname 'my_proclist.so';
And that's it! Note that there is also a status variable that shows how many statement I currently keep track of. Currently, the max number of statement I track is 30, but there is a simple
#define NUM_STMTS 30
in my_proclist.cc that you may edit to fix that.


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The original palette:
Matte Chaos Palette:
Storm Palette:
All of these palettes are absolutely gorgeous. The colours, especially in STORM and in the Original are wearable and very pigmented and soft. They are far superior to MAC, I tell you. The chaos palette is drier than the other two because it is a largely matte palette.
Each palette is £3.99 which is amazing value.
Then there are the gel eyeliners. These are on offer, two for £6.99 each.
I bought the four brightest colours I could find:
I wouldn't call these gel liners. They are a bit too dry and cream like to qualify. Nevertheless here is my bright eye look with Clarins new LE wondermint mascara:


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January 31, 2014
Super Bowl Pick
Two Weeks Ago: 2-0
Playoffs: 6-2-2
Season total: 133-123-10
Two Weeks Ago: 0-2
Playoffs: 3-5-2
Season Total: 126-130-10
Denver (-2.5) vs. Seattle
Ryan: Some personal anecdotes that have been simmering inside my brain during the playoffs because there's not a regular outlet for my hot life takes:
1) I feel irrationally proud of myself when I actually do my laundry. It's like that old Chris Rock sketch when people brag about taking care of their kids or never having been to jail. I'm SUPPOSED to do my laundry, and the extent to which I let it linger is irresponsible considering I'm now 27 years old. Getting it done isn't an accomplishment, and I need to stop treating it as such inside my head.
2) Last week, the Wi-Fi router in my apartment abruptly decided to not work, and I'm truly embarrassed about how much anxiety this gave me. I have no idea how people lived for thousands of years without internet when I can't endure several minutes. After going through the unplug/reset cycle several times and getting nowhere, I had to trudge to Starbucks and that was terrible.
One of my first posts on this blog was about how it's an OUTRAGE that Starbucks has such abominably slow internet. Who the hell do they think they are? Why even have it in the first place if stuff isn't going to load? Did we lose a war? I get that people would sit there for an eternity if their free internet were worth a damn, so they should just charge for good access instead of trying to pass off their 1997 bullshit like it's some sort of service.
3) I just noticed I also talked about this in the old Starbucks post but it's amazing how much of a difference making or missing the bus in the morning can make in my day. Earlier this week, I missed saw the thing pull away while I was across the street and had to stand there in the cold for 15 minutes despising life. Today, I had to run to catch it, got in AT THE BUZZER and I've been euphoric ever since.
4) I don't wanna be that guy but the winter in Chicago has been BRUTAL this year. It's been far colder and snowier than the four past ones, and it's been sucking the life out of me. There's a very real danger that it's going to stick around until late-May at this rate. It feels like we're being punished for something.
5) Here's the bacon cheeseburger basket at the Anchor Bar in Superior, WI. Inflation clearly hasn't reached northern Wisconsin.
Anyways, if you couldn't tell, I've been stalling because I have very little to say about the actual football in the Super Bowl. What really is there? These have been the two best teams all year, and I hope they give us a close game before the sport goes away forever until September. Seahawks cover, but I really have no idea.
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Sunday, May 27
Good morning, TexMessagers! Today in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic.
News Quiz
1. Who was the clear frontrunner in the GOP Texas Senate Primary?
A. David Dewhurst
B. Glenn Addison
C. Lela Pittenger
2. What city did a 14-year old Texas boy correctly identify to win the National Geographic Bee?
A. London
B. Dublin
C. Boston
D. Regensburg
3. David Dewhurst is engaged in a heated contest with what Texas politician?
A. Jeb Hensarling
B. John Cornyn
C. Ted Cruz
D. Kay Bailey Hutchinson
4. What group spoke out against the Anti-Cruz 'amnesty' radio ad?
A. Republican Latinos
B. Democrats
C. Texas moderates
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★ Replacing Ron Paul: Thus far, the incumbent has not endorsed a candidate to succeed him
Reader Comment of the Day
In response to our Texas on the Potomac article "Dewhurst-Cruz contest rife with national implications, celebrity endorsements" reader "BarksintheCountry" wrote in the comments forum:
"Remember, Dewhurst doesn't think you should be represented by an attorney. Strange thought."
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Tomorrow and beyond:
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★ Tuesday, June 5. California primary
★ Tuesday, June 5. Montana primary
★ Tuesday, June 5. New Jersey primary
★ Tuesday, June 5. New Mexico primary
★ Tuesday, June 5. South Dakota primary
★ Tuesday, June 26. Utah primary
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The Government has offered an outline of the "strict safeguards" it intends to add to the controversial Draft Communications Data Bill announced as part of today's Queen's Speech.
"My Government intends to bring forward measures to maintain the ability of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access vital communications data under strict safeguards to protect the public, subject to scrutiny of draft clauses," announced the Queen on the Government's behalf.
Dubbed a "snooper's charter" by some of its many opponents, a Home Office follow-up to the announcement said the bill would set out a framework for the retention of certain data and access to it by police.
Restrictions would include a 12-month time limit on data retention by communication services providers (CSPs), and that the data cover only basic parameters such as time, date and duration of calls, emails and texts and not the actual content itself.
The circumstances under which the authorities will be able to access such data – and how this might diverge from today's already wide powers - has still to be clarified.
This would be governed by "establishing an updated framework to facilitate the lawful, efficient and effective obtaining of communications data by authorised public authorities including law enforcement and intelligence agencies," said the Home Office.
Meanwhile the Government would introduce more oversight, including by the Information Commissioner and the Interception Information Commissioner to "oversee the collection of communications data by communications service providers."
Complaints by members of the public who suspect unlawful monitoring of could be investigated by a senior judicial Independent Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Again, the process by which this avenue would be reached has still to be clarified.
Civil Liberties organisation Liberty said it remained unimpressed.
"A similar scheme was shelved by the Labour Government in 2009 following a fierce backlash and its fresh inclusion in the Queen's Speech represents a u-turn on the Coalition's May 2010 promise to "end the storage of internet and e-mail records without good reason," read a press statement.
"The proposals will dramatically increase the amount of information retained on the phone calls, emails, texts and web habits of the entire population. Access to this information is not limited to law enforcement but is instead granted to all local authorities and hundreds of other public bodies for a wide range of purposes that have nothing to do with crime fighting," said Liberty.
A statement put out by a spokesperson for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was non-committal.
"We are waiting to see the detail of what is proposed, including any role envisaged for the Information Commissioner. It remains our position that the case for this proposal still has to be made, and we shall expect to see strong and convincing safeguards and limitations to accompany the Bill," it said.


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Colts rookie receiver Donte Moncrief is the youngest player on the team at age 20, but if he had had the chance, he might have gone to the NFL a year ago.
Moncrief has a daughter, and his father has been unable to work for the last two years as he's been suffering from a bone disease, and Moncrief wanted to get to the NFL as fast as he could to begin supporting his family.
"It was just time," he told the Indianapolis Star. "I had some family [issues] that I needed to help with. I've got a daughter now, and that's the big thing. . . . My mom's been all alone working. I just wanted to be able to help my family and provide for my daughter."
The NFL rule requiring players to be at least three years out of high school before they enter the league is a bad deal for guys like Moncrief, who could have been earning money to support his family last year if only the league would have allowed it. Moncrief wasn't a college star on the level of Jadeveon Clowney, who would have been the first overall pick in last year's NFL draft if the rules hadn't required him to wait until this year, but he's talented enough that he would have been on an NFL roster last year if given the chance.
Now he's getting that chance, and with a $2.5 million contract and a $539,800 signing bonus, he'll be able to take very good care of his family.


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'It's difficult to emigrate, but moving home is harder'
'The decision to move back was not an impulsive one. It took years to germinate, and by now, although I'm scared, I have faith I am doing the right thing.'
I never intended to stay away from Ireland for so long. I don't think most emigrants do when they first take flight.
After 30 years abroad, I'm packing my life into boxes in Boston. I've just closed the sale on an apartment in Carrickmines three miles from where I grew up, my cat Danny Boy has his shots, our flights are booked for next month, and in my mind I'm almost home.
The decision to move back was not an impulsive one. It took years to germinate, and by now, although I'm scared, I have faith I am doing the right thing.
I was 23 in 1983 when the Jordanian national airline came to Dublin to recruit Irish air hostesses. I couldn't pinpoint Jordan on a map but it sounded exotic, and I was young and bored with Dublin. I went to the interviews with a friend and we were offered jobs that same day.
Within a year, I had been seconded to the Royal Jordanian Air Force to fly with the royal family. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, which took me all over the world for six wonderful years.
It was a difficult decision to leave that jet-setting life behind, but as I reached my 30th birthday I felt ready to settle, and took a job in technology marketing in London. Having lived in the Middle East for most of the 1980s it was quite a culture shock to be working in the heart of such a cosmopolitan city, but life was frenetic and fun, and much more free than my lifestyle had been in Jordan.
London was my home for nearly 16 years, interrupted only by a six-month stint in South Africa with my now ex-husband. With a painful divorce still fresh, I had no hesitation in accepting a transfer to Boston in 2006 with the start-up technology company I was working for. Workwise, there are incredible opportunities in the US, and I have made some very close friends here. The seasons are beautifully distinct, and the predictable weather means it is possible to plan a ski trip in winter or a day on the beach in the summer without having to bring a brolly.
But with no children or immediate family, I have felt quite alone. I miss the craic at home, the sense of humour, the people, the culture – I have never found the likes of it anywhere else. From the minute I step off the aircraft in Dublin Airport I hear it and feel it. Leaving after trips home has become more and more difficult as the years have slipped by.
I listen to Irish radio and read The Irish Times online every day, making notes of places mentioned or events that interest me. There is much of Ireland I have never seen, but the internet has helped me to learn more about it and keep up with what has changed since I left; I won't be coming home to a totally unfamiliar place.
A lot of the Irish girls I worked with in the Middle East never made it back to Ireland. And I have no close friends left in Dublin. Starting a new social life from scratch will be a challenge, though I have done it several times before. The internet makes things easier these days, with hundreds of online groups for people like me looking to meet new people.
I have already joined a running club in Dún Laoghaire, and met up with them on my last trip to Dublin in November.
I am yearning to explore the country where I'm from but never really got to know. I want to be able to get in my car and drive north to Donegal, where I have never been, or put on my hiking boots and walk the Wicklow Way.
My sister and brother both live in Dublin, as does my mum who is relatively young and in good health. Living in Ireland will give me the freedom to take her away for weekends, or call in for tea on a whim; to spend quality time with her now rather than getting the call that so many emigrants dread, to come home when she's on her deathbed.
At a time when so many others are leaving Ireland in search of work, I know I am coming back at a difficult time – finding work will be the biggest challenge of all. Technology companies are hiring in Ireland, but they seem to favour young employees.
For the past four years I've worked for myself, so I know networking will be key. I'm thinking of business opportunities to help me generate my own income too.
People say it is difficult to emigrate but for me, going back home will be the hardest move of all. I left Ireland full of youthful excitement and although I left some good friends behind me in London, I always assumed the time would come when I'd be back to live there again.
The past month has been a very emotional time. I thought I had dissociated myself from Boston over the last few years as I was making the decision to leave, but as my departure gets closer I am realising how much I am going to miss the US and the friends I have made here.
They keep saying "sure you can always come back if it doesn't work out".
But that won't happen. I am older now, I know this will be the last move I will make.
While it's difficult trying to push upstream through the negativity that is so pervasive in Ireland at the moment, I'm staying positive and look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead. I can't spend the rest of my life living in a place I don't call "home".
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Tampico Evening: William Levis Judson. Photograph. 1953. Privately held by Herstoryan, Houston, Texas. 2009.
Taken in the living room of the Judson House in the Aguila American Colony, Tampico, Mexico. The photo is unlabeled, but the LIFE magazine cover is the Donna Reed issue from August 31, 1953.
Judson House: Corner of Rosal y Encino, Colony Aguila, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Photograph. c. 1950. Privately held by Herstoryan, Houston, Texas. 2009


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Nintendo taking eShop offline for maintenance on Monday
Nintendo will pull take its digital storefronts offline on Monday, which means you will have to buy games on eShop before the maintenance period starts or once it finishes. Obviously.
Maintenance headlines
Nintendo eShop down for maintenance March 13
Nintendo has announced an extended maintenance downtime for the 3DS and Wii U eShop later this week.
PSN maintenance scheduled for June 25
PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance tomorrow, Tuesday June 25.
Diablo III scheduled European outage June 20
In the Americas, Diablo III is currently being readied for patch 1.0.3. In Europe the patch maintenance will start in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday June 20 and finishing around midday, while in Asia it will take place after that. Global Play will not be available on servers in regions that have […]
PSN down this Thursday from 4:00pm until 7:00am GMT
Sony said today there will be PSN maintenance this Thursday that'll take the service down from 4:00pm until 7:00am GMT.
PSN to go down for maintenance this afternoon
Thought last night's postponement of maintenance kept you online for another couple of days, right? Dorian. Sony's just announced that PlayStation Network will go down from 4:30pm this afternoon.
PSN to go down for maintenance on Tuesday
This is probably going to be it. Sony's announced that PSN is to go down for maintenance from Tuesday evening.
PSN to get emergency maintenance tonight
SCEE's announced that PSN is to get emergency maintenance for a couple of hours this evening. Starting at 4.30pm, the work will last until 7.00pm. PSN users will be unable to use PC registration until 4.15pm and account management until 5.30pm. And that's it. More here.
Minor PSN maintenance happening today
SCEE's confirmed that PlayStation Network is to undergo maintenance later today for a short while.
PSN downtime scheduled for today
SCEE's announced PlayStation Network will recieve some downtime from later on this afternoon.
PSN to go down for maintenance today
Sony's confirmed PlayStation Network will go down for maintenance later today.
Reminder: PSN down for maintenance today
Just a heads-up: as previously reported, PSN is down for work today, and won't be fully operational from 8.00am-9.00pm BST.
PSN down for maintenance tomorrow
English Community Head for SCEE MusterBuster has confirmed that the PlayStation Network will undergo maintenance tomorrow morning. It'll go down at 8am GMT, and will return at 11am GMT. Find more through here.
PSN to go down tonight for maintenance
SCEA's announced that the PlayStation Network will be down today from 9am PST to 11am PST, that's 5pm BST to 7pm BST tonight. At that time, you wont be able to play games online, wont be able to sign into the PSN and you'll see a maintenance page for whenever you try to access the […]
Xbox Live down for mandatory maintenance tomorrow
Microsoft's confirmed to EG that Xbox Live will be down for maintenance tomorrow. Why? For the summer update, silly. The update goes live tomorrow to the public after being beta trialed by selective members of Live who filled in a survey a while back. Get the full lowdown on the update here.
Live is back up, DEFCON level drops to three
Microsoft's confirmed that Xbox Live is now back up following a day-log period of maintenance. Looks pretty much the same as it did yesterday, but it's probably more awesomer behind the scenes. Go teabag a Spartan, or something.
Live goes down for maintenance
Microsoft's confirmed that Xbox Live is now properly, completely down, and may be for up to 24 hours. This is scheduled maintenance, so don't panic. Go read a book or something. Only joking. We'll let you know when it's back up.
Don't panic: PSN is down for maintenance
You can rest easy, your PS3 is not broken, your NAT settings are fine, and you need not restart your router. If you're having logging in to PSN, it's because it's down for maintenance. No idea what kind of refurb work we're dealing with, or how long it will last, but it's down, not up, […]
PSN down for maintenance today
SCEA just let everyone know that "parts of" PSN are down for some work this morning, so don't be too shocked if you can't sign into Home. We kill ourselves. There's no detail on what's happening and why through there, but we're assured we'll be told when everything's up and running again.
LBP servers down for maintenance tonight
Media Molecule's confirmed that the LittlBigPlanet servers are going to be offline tonight as the firm continues to fix the game's gremlins. From the post: Please note the LittleBigPlanet online servers will be down for essential maintenance on Thursday November 6th between 12am and 9am PST. During this period the offline game will be unaffected […]
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Sharjah: Fierce bidding at a Sharjah Police licence plate online auction raked in Dh3.4 million for a single plate numbered "15", said Sharjah Police.
In total, Dh9.8 million was raised from the auction of 100 unique number plates.
Organised by Sharjah Police in collaboration with Emirates Auction from March 27 till April 1, the auction attracted the attention of bidders from across the UAE and beyond.
The online auction witnessed intense bidding on 100 unique number plates, including a pair of two-digit plates: 15 and 66, nine three-digit plates: 120, 121, 200, 202, 221, 313, 660, 801, 888, and 44 four-digit plates, featuring unique combinations such as: 2222 and 5000, in addition to 45 five-digit plates.
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A Kiwi with an obsession for the Devil's number is selling his satanic number plate. The price? $66,666 obviously.
But it doesn't stop there.
Wellington's David Blackmore has been amassing things sporting the numbers "666" for 30 years, is now selling the whole collection.
A phone number, website name and a PO Box number, all featuring the number of the beast, are also up for grabs.
The satanic number plate is sure to raise eyebrows
"I've even looked under the cupboard the stairs, he wasn't under there either," Blackmore quipped.
The multimillionaire property developer is leaving New Zealand for good, in favour of Australia's sunny Gold Coast.
"I'm going to spend the rest of my life sitting back and enjoying it rather than participating in the rat-race any longer – I'll leave that to the rats."
Blackmore says number plates are a waste of space if they don't mean something to someone.
"Numbers are just numbers, in China, triple six is actually a very lucky number, second only to 888 of course."
He said it all started when he couldn't get his favourite race number in a car race he was entering.
"Believe it or not, my favourite number is 13. I was borne on the 13th, and turned 13 years old on Friday the 13th."
"They said 13 was taken 'but that's an unlucky number, the next unlucky number we have is 666', so I took it – and that's how Team Satan racing came to be."
And from there, collecting assets bearing the satanic brand became something of a sport.
He got the number plate 66666 in 1988, when personalised plates first came out, and is now asking $66,000 for it.
That year he brought 1000 personalised number plates for under $300 each – and has been selling them off ever since.
The highest price fetched for a plate was $75,000 for "WW".
He got the phone number 021 666 666 about 20 years ago, off a woman who wanted $10,000 for it: "So naturally I paid $6666for it."
He got the website domain name 666.co.nz about 10 years ago, for less than $100 per year for the registration.
A friend gave him the 666 Auckland postal box address, to complement his collection, about 10 years ago.
"I've also got the original New Zealand number plate 666, from back when number plates were just numerals, this was before the time when number plates had letters on them."
"You can't use it – it's just a bit of tin now, but I'll never part with that. I paid him $666 for it."
And to complete the collection, his email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Blackmore hopes to get $66,666 for the combo but is open to selling them separately.
The self-professed collector of weird and wonderful things first started in number plates, then moved on to antiques, boats and even taxidermy.
He also has green a purple Lamborghini with the number plate JOKER and the Rolls-Royce had the number plate BROKE on it.
Blackmore admits the inauspicious number did bring him bad luck once, when the Bentley turbo he was racing in the late 90s crashed – causing more than $40,000 damage.
"But it was all about having a bit of fun, were weren't trying to win," he said.
"We were the forerunners of drifting in New Zealand.
"Our objective was to go around as many corners as possible, sideways and in a cloud of smoke."
Needless to say, Blackmore hasn't raced the Bentley since.
666 has become one of the most widely recognised symbols for the Devil in modern popular culture.
It is called the "number of the beast" in the Bible's New Testament, Book of Revelation.
Some people take the Satanic associations of 666 so seriously that they actively avoid things related to 666. This is known as hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
Aside from religious meanings, the number is also interesting mathematically.
666 is the sum of squares of the first seven prime numbers.
It's also the sum of the first 36 numbers, i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666.
And therefore it is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel – 0 through 36.
The first series of number plates were issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, using the series A 1 to YY 9999. The letter or pair of letters indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered, for example A - London, B - Lancashire, C - West Riding of Yorkshire. In England and Wales the letter codes were initially allocated in order of population size (by the 1901 census) whilst Scotland and Ireland had their own sequences incorporating the letters S" and "I" respectively, which were allocated alphabetically: IA = Antrim, IB = Armagh, etc. When a licensing authority reached 9999, it was allocated another two letter mark, but there was no pattern to these subsequent allocations as they were allocated on a first come first served basis. There are three interesting anomalies where a zero has been issued - The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has S 0 and his Glasgow counterpart has G 0 while the official car of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen has RG 0. In addition the Lord Mayor
Would you like your birthday, wedding, graduation or employment day reflected on your car plate? It's possible.
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a new phase called of 'Your Memorable Moments on Your Vehicle's Plate' initiative for U-Coded plates. The initiative avails the opportunity for customers to choose five-digit plates bearing this code personalised to resemble important events in their lives such as birthday, employment, wedding and graduation day, among others, according to the RTA.
The available numbers relate to the period from 1967 to 2017. The cost of the special plate is Dh1,620 each and customers can buy their number plates from RTA Customers Happiness Centres all over Dubai, service providers, strategic partners, RTA website (www.rta.ae), or the smart app 'Drivers & Vehicles.'
"This stage fits well with the intention of adding to people's happiness in Ramadan and the joyous Eid al-Fitr," said Sultan Al Marzouqi, director of vehicles licensing at RTA's Licensing Agency.
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched a new phase of 'Your Memorable Moments on Your Vehicle's Plate' initiative for U-Coded plates. The initiative avails the opportunity for customers to choose five-digit plates bearing this code personalised to resemble important events in their lives such as birthday, employment day, wedding day, and graduation day, among others. The available numbers relate to the period from 1967 to 2017. Customers can buy their number plates from Customers Happiness Centres all over Dubai, service providers, strategic partners, RTA website (www.rta.ae), or the smart app 'Drivers & Vehicles.' This stage fits well with the intention of adding to people's happiness in Ramadan and the joyous Eid al-Fitr.
Sultan Al Marzouqi, Director of Vehicles Licensing, RTA's Licensing Agency, said: "The U Code number plates bearing dates from 1967 to 2017 will be issued, once available on the list of plates in RTA's website. The total cost of the plate is AED1620. Customers can buy their number plates from Customers Happiness Centres all over Dubai, service providers, strategic partners, RTA website (www.rta.ae), or the smart app 'Drivers & Vehicles'. This stage fits well with the intention of adding to people's happiness in Ramadan and the joyous Eid al-Fitr.
"This phase, of 'Your Memorable Moments on Your Vehicle's Plate' initiative, follows the remarkable turnout seen by previous phases of Code "S" and "T" for the dates from 1981 to 1998. This initiative reflects the core role of RTA in providing new and premium services to raise customers' satisfaction and happiness through engaging them in selecting personalised & important numbers for their vehicle plates," concluded Al Marzouqi.
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Texture: For their first venture into stick gums (as opposed to the classic mentos pellet), they do a pretty good job. The initial bite leaves something to be desired, it's maybe a little rubbery and lacking that nice softness that happens at the start of stick gum, but all-in-all it's a standup, consistent chew that doesn't get hard or sticky or fall apart in your mouth. Well done.
Presentation: The first day I had this gum I avoided saying the name out loud as I couldn't really figure out what it meant (ok, ok, maybe I'm not the sharpest tack in the box). But something about the label makes me want to read the letters and numbers aloud. I still find myself calling it "That you-pee-two-you or whatever gum" even though I know now that it's a clever way of writing "Up to you." (Maybe I'm not hip enough to really grasp the text-language here.) It's a neat way to package it, opening from the side rather than the top (as seen in other gums of this shape) and closing with an over-the-top flap. I don't have any real problem with the new packaging except that I predict the two sides will separate when the pack is being beaten up in my bag, since it's only connected by one short side. The packaging is peppered with clever little phrases like "Emperor Lothar I" and "Times change and we with time," which adds to that hip young thing that's trending in gum these days (and which I don't really understand).
Overall: Both varieties of gum are delightful, and I surprisingly did enjoy both flavors, so I would consider buying this again. I think, though, that I would much rather buy two packs (or three or four or five) of all different varieties to keep in my purse in case I want a choice. I just think mentos is trying a little too hard here; they could have made waves by simply releasing their first stick-shaped gum in lots of delicious, dual-colored pieces. Instead it's their first stick-ed gum, a dual-flavor pack, a new type of packaging, a crazy clever logo... I just need a moment to digest all this newness here. I'm torn on the rating here, so I'm going to break the rules and give a half-gumball...
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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard wants to get community feedback before deciding whether to have a referendum on deciding future municipal budgets by Australian ballot.
It was a few weeks ago that former Selectman Craig Bingham asked the selectboard to consider a switch to Australian ballot for deciding the town budget. That spending plan has historically been decided from the floor at the annual gathering on the first Monday in March. That meeting draws an average of around 200 people out of Middlebury's total checklist of 4,671 registered voters.
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BRISTOL — Voters in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union rejected two of the three school budgets up for consideration Tuesday. It is the latest chapter in a tumultuous spring for the district, which has also seen a citizens petition calling for the removal of the superintendent and a near-unanimous vote of no confidence in his leadership by the teachers' union.
Residents rejected spending plans for Mount Abraham Union High School by a tally of 755 to 485, and Bristol Elementary School, 224 to 166.
This week's writer is Jack Hoffman, a policy analyst for the Public Assets Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit organization in Montpelier.
All we've heard from Montpelier this year, from the governor to legislative leaders, is that Vermont has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. A new analysis by the Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) shows this conventional wisdom is wrong.
The JFO data show state spending has gone down as a percentage of the economy over the last 10 years.
BRISTOL — Citizens who attended the weekly Legislative Breakfast on Monday heard from lawmakers about their struggle with the fiscal year 2016 general fund budget, which is facing a projected $112 million revenue shortfall.
Among the proposed cuts under consideration to shore up the budget are two of the Vermont Department of Public Safety's four Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs) — better known as E-911 dispatching centers — in Derby and Rutland.
WHITING — Town officials hoping for some sort of financial life preserver this year from the state for ailing municipal and/or school programs had better learn how to tread water.
That's because local lawmakers on Monday served notice they are trying to erase a $112 million shortfall in the fiscal year 2016 state budget. And unlike past years, there is no federal stimulus money, nor better-than-anticipated tax revenues to close the gap.
Town Meeting on Saturday in Starksboro featured a lengthy discussion with key players in the state's, the county's and the town's education deciders.
Joining our debate, in addition to our local school board, were Superintendent David Adams and Rep. Dave Sharpe, chair of the Vermont House Education Committee.
BRISTOL — A group of Bristol Elementary School parents have expressed concern about local control of how their education tax dollars are spent, and are urging the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union to be more transparent.
"It seems that currently the budget is developed with a small handful of people with little opportunity for the public to weigh in," said parent Kristin Siringo. "It's not entirely clear how much the board is even involved in the process."
FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh residents in March will be asked to approve a 2015-2016 town budget that calls for the first recent significant spending increase, a 5.6 percent hike to about $1.77 million.
Line items pushing spending higher include increased hours for town office workers, an additional road crew employee, a deficit from the current year that must be retired, and projected higher insurance and road resurfacing costs.
Gov. Peter Shumlin had little choice in his third-term budget address last Thursday but to propose significant cuts in spending and propose some increases in the state's revenue stream. The state is facing a $94 million shortfall in fiscal year 2016, and he did what no politician likes to do: propose cuts in spending and tax increases.
BRANDON — In what is sure to be an in-depth conversation about priorities, the Neshobe Elementary School Board has planned a community forum to discuss some key budget issues as Town Meeting Day draws near.
Residents are invited to a forum at the Brandon school's library on Tuesday, Jan. 13, beginning at 5 p.m. It will be followed by the regular board meeting at 6 p.m., when board members will vote on a 2015-2016 spending plan that will go before voters on Town Meeting Day.
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Dear Colleagues:
I have decided to step down as dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at the end of this summer. This has been a remarkable nine years for me. I am grateful for every day I have been able serve in this capacity and work with each of you to help advance the mission of Portland State. I look forward to continued progress on our shared interests over the next several months.
At the completion of my duties as Dean I will start a sabbatical as a Senior Public Health Fellow at the Moore Institute at OHSU and a Senior Scholar at the Berkeley Media Studies Group. These organizations represent the two substantive areas to which I need to commit the final part of my career-- the science on the developmental origins of health and disease and the framing of public policy and community initiatives to promote the public's health.
As you can appreciate, I have given this decision long and careful thought, and I know that this is the right path at the right time for me. I am very excited about the future and look forward to doing everything I can to make a difference in this world. I will continue to be part of the Portland State community and look forward to returning at the end of my sabbatical. I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with each and every one of you and anticipate potential collaboration on future initiatives in my continuing work with PSU.
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After consumers have begun to make some sense out of writable DVD formats, along comes more confusion. Dual-layer recordable technology is promoted as a significant advance, but where does it fit in the real world?
As with its prerecorded DVD-9 counterpart, recordable dual-layer offers 8.5GB of storage on a 12cm dual-layer (DL) disc, yielding two-to-four hours of high-grade video. Haven't we been doing just fine with existing 4.7GB single-layer (SL) formats, which store several hours or more of perfectly watchable material? Why the rush to DL?
Rather than responding to consumer needs, or even expressed desire, the introduction of recordable dual-layer products is, in my view, merely the next round in the ongoing battle between the "plus" (DVD+R/RW) and the "dash" (DVD-R/RW) competitors. In their unrelenting quest for bragging rights, we will see DVD "plus" write-once DVD+R DL products coming over the next few months. This, to finally smite the "dash" enemy.
It sure isn't obvious to me how DVD+R DL can possibly achieve victory. Even now, the staunchest "plus" (Philips, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, Sony) and "dash" (Pioneer, Toshiba) supporters offer recorders that write both existing single-layer format families. Even assuming a short-term DVD+R DL advantage, the "dash" folks are responding by promising dual-layer DVD-R for the beginning of next year.
Admittedly, there are some applications that will benefit from recordable DL. Generating DVD-9 premasters and increasing the capacity of DVD jukeboxes and high-end camcorders come to mind. However, the design, manufacturing, and marketing of writable DVD products have long since moved beyond caring about professional applications and, instead, are driven by the price-obsessed mass market. What reception will consumers give DL products? I'm skeptical, given DL's initial cost, performance constraints, potential compatibility issues, and the market confusion it will inevitably generate.
While DL writing capability will quickly become a give-away in most new recorders, that feature surely won't often be used, given the high cost of blank media (expected to start in the neighborhood of $10). Contrast this with current 4.7GB DVD±R discs priced ten to twenty times less. Manufacturers promise this will decrease but not likely any time soon. We know that meaningful price reductions come only through production efficiencies, lower material costs, reduced royalties, volume production, and competition. Few producers, however, will initially be fabricating DL media as they grapple with new and proprietary manufacturing equipment and processes, limited material and technology suppliers, uncertain yields, and limited sales.
Further dampening enthusiasm for DL is a morass of performance issues. For example, DVD+R DL comes to market at only 2.4X speed with full discs taking 45 minutes to record, and 4X may be its future maximum. Consequently, when copying movies (the dominant use of writable DVD), consumers will likely favor 4.7GB SL discs since 8X (soon to be 16X) products and software can rip and write titles far quicker. The same can be said for writing downloaded material. For data backup, almost 26GB could be recorded to multiple SL discs in the time it takes to write one 8.5GB DL disc. Set-top DL video recording may also be slow as information must be written to opposite locations on both layers. When recording TV programs or camcorder material (when the length of the content isn't known), nearly half an hour might be wasted finalizing a disc with dummy information.
DL compatibility with the installed base of DVD playing devices also remains an open question. Promoters promise a near perfect experience, saying that a recorded DL disc is virtually identical to a prerecorded DVD-9. This may be true in the laboratory, but the practical experience of optical disc recording, from CD-R through every flavor of writable DVD, repeatedly demonstrates that compatibility cannot be established a priori. Witness the string of industry groups (DCCG, VPC, RWPPI, RDVDC, CDs21Solutions, OSTA) continually meddling to improve compatibility after-the-fact. Truly seamless interchangeability only comes over time as recorders, players, discs and software populate the marketplace and manufacturers adapt designs to accommodate product variability and other realities. As it is, if even 5% of installed DVD devices have some difficulties playing DL discs, 30 million consumers could be left fuming.
Adding to this fact is that none of the installed base of 70 million computer and set-top DVD recorders can write DL discs. New DVD+R DL units (sometimes called "double-layer" recorders) are coming, but many consumers will mistakenly purchase DVD+R DL discs and be frustrated when their existing DVD "plus"-compatible recorder can't write this new kind of "plus" media. Next year's introduction of DVD-R DL technology will complicate matters further, as it's unclear if DVD+R DL recorders can, or will, be upgraded to also write DVD-R DL discs. Are "Double Double" or "Super Double Double Multi" units that write both "plus" and "dash" DL discs to be expected? And what happens if someone eventually releases rewritable DL products? It was only a year ago that industry psalm-singers guaranteed that "Dual RW" and "±" and "Super Multi" recorders would end the chaos.
All this should be interpreted in light of the latest DVD Forum market surveys and OSTA testing revealing spotty conformance to established specifications and less than ideal compatibility for existing single-layer "plus" and "dash" products. Shouldn't the industry now take the time to "get it right" instead of dividing resources that feed more market confusion?


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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College men's and women's cross country teams are ready to begin their quest for the 2011 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championship as they host the annual Bobcat Invitational to start the season this Friday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m.
The GC women will play host to three other schools in Georgia Southwestern University, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and Young Harris College. The men will take on SCAD and Young Harris.
Both the men and women got off to a solid start last season finishing third in their debuts.
Senior Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) leads a men's squad that finished the 2010 season extremely well, finishing fourth at the PBC Championships and ninth at NCAA Southeast Regional. Horseman finished the two events eighth and 25th, respectively.
Sophomore Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) heads the women's squad after leading the team in her last six races of 2010.
The SCAD men return to open their season at the Bobcat Invitational after winning the event last year.
The SCAD women enjoyed success at last year's Bobcat Invitational as well, finishing 2nd.
The Bobcats will have a week before their next race when they head across the country to compete in the UC Irvine Invitational Sept. 10.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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College Admissions Expert Elizabeth Levine: Preparing to Apply to Colleges
I'm ending my junior year in high school. What should I be doing this summer to prepare for applying to colleges in the Fall?
Seniors are graduating from high school, and those that have chosen to move onto college in the Fall have been through the grueling and stressful college admissions journey and feel a sense of relief. Then there are those that are finishing up their junior year in high school and are just beginning the daunting college admissions journey, where the stress is mounting and they wonder where to start. Below are some helpful hints on what to do this summer to make your college admissions journey a bit less stressful when the Fall comes.
+ Take some time to think about what kind of school you would feel best attending and that would set you up for success, academically and socially. Do you work best in smaller classes desiring interaction between you and your professors or can you learn in large lectures? Do you want to be near a city, in a city, on a campus, be in a suburb, near the mountains, involve yourself in the outdoors…etc.? These are just a few of the questions you need to ask yourself to hone in on what school setting is best for you.
+ Whatever you do, don't focus on name brand colleges only. There are over 3,000 colleges out there to choose from and I promise you there is a college, more than 1,that is a perfect fit for you.
+ Write your Common App essay this summer, meaning your 1 general essay that you will need to submit to every college that you apply to. This will alleviate the stress of doing this when school starts since once September 1 comes, you need to hit the ground running!
+ Go visit colleges! This is the only way you are going to know if a college feels right. In the end, it is about how you feel when you are on campus. Prepare for the visit, do your homework so you understand what the college is about and what they offer, and ask current students questions. This is invaluable.
You are going to spend the next 4+ years of your life in college and ensuring you select the right one can mean the difference between being successful and enjoying your college career or leaving school after a period of time since it just didn't work for you. This is the biggest decision you will make in your life, to date, and one of the largest financial decisions you and your family will ever make. Put in the time, it isn't going to be easy but nothing that is this important typically is.
If you have any questions about the college admissions process or the above information please do not hesitate to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone, 845.551.6946.
Elizabeth Levine
Signature College Counseling is an Orange County, Hudson Valley based company
that works one on one with students and their families in navigating the admissions process so you attend the college that is right for you.
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